Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on June 3rd.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 3, 1993) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 3, 1993, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 1993’ pay-per-view.
The results can be found below:
Tiny Tim singing the national anthem
Owen Hart defeated Terry Taylor
Papa Shango defeated Jim Powers
Luna Vachon defeated Sensational Sherri
Yokozuna defeated Jim Duggan
Tatanka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by DQ
Rick Steiner & Bob Backlund (sub. for Scott Steiner) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS by count-out
WWF IC Champion Marty Jannetty defeated Shawn Michaels
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 3, 1991) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1991, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event aired on the MSG Network and featured Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, & Jim Neidhart on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Ricky Steamboat pinned Demolition Smash
The Warlord pinned Koko B. Ware
Col. Mustafa defeated Jim Duggan by count-out
Bret Hart pinned the Barbarian
Jimmy Snuka pinned Bob Bradley
Earthquake defeated Jake Roberts by DQ
Tugboat pinned the Brooklyn Brawler (sub. for the Berzerker)
The Mountie pinned the Big Bossman
Road Warrior Animal pinned Paul Roma
Dessert Storm Match: WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter
6/3/91:
Hulk Hogan gets a win over Sgt Slaughter in their Desert Storm match at MSG pic.twitter.com/OfPdkp1fwc
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) June 3, 2023
6/3/91: Intros for Smash vs The Dragon at MSG
Mainly because Smash's faces to the hard camera are funny. pic.twitter.com/ymQqHLcf2d
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) June 3, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 3, 1989) – WWF Boston Garden House Show *Final NESN Show*
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 3, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This was the last ever Boston Garden House Show that aired on NESN (New England Sports Network), a regional sports cable and satellite TV network.
Tony Schiavone & Lord Alfred Hayes were doing commentary for the event.
Here are the results from that night:
Tim Horner pinned Barry Horowitz (Prime Time Wrestling – 6/12/89)
The Warlord pinned Jim Neidhart
Dusty Rhodes (sub. for Jake Roberts) pinned Ted Dibiase
Paul Roma pinned Boris Zhukov
Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by count-out (Hulk Hogan: The Unreleased Archives DVD)
Bret Hart wrestled Mr. Perfect to a time-limit draw
Dino Bravo pinned Hercules (WWF Strong Men VHS)
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated The Big Bossman & Akeem
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 3, 1984) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 3, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1984 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Pete Doherty defeated Fred Marzino
WWF Women’s Champion The Fabulous Moolah & Desiree Peterson defeated Donna Christianello & Judy Martin
Salvatore Bellomo defeated Butcher Vachon (sub. for Jose Gonzalez)
Tony Garea defeated Ron Shaw
Terry Daniels defeated Rene Goulet by referee’s decision
Greg Valentine defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Jimmy Snuka wrestled The Iron Sheik to a double count-out
Sgt. Slaughter defeated David Schultz
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 3, 2016) – Old School WrestleMania Celebrity Passed Away
On this day in 2016 we lost Old School WWF WrestleMania 1 Celebrity Muhammad Ali (fka Cassius Clay) at the age of 74.
Ali is considered one of the best boxers of all time, and probably even THE most famous boxer in the history of boxing.
He wasn’t just the 2nd (outside) special guest referee at the inaugural WWF WrestleMania in 1985, but also presented the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan at the end of the Halloween Havoc 1994 PPV, as well as fighting Wrestling Legend Antonio Inoki years earlier (1976) in a “Boxer vs. Wrestler” match.
In 2024 Ali was posthumously inducted into the Celebrity Wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.
REST IN PEACE MUHAMMAD ALI.
January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016
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