Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on May 16th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 1999) – WWF No Mercy (UK) 1999
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 16, 1999, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WWF No Mercy UK 1999’ LIVE on PPV from the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.
This was a UK-exclusive pay-per-view, just like “WWF One Night Only 1997” and “WWF Capital Carnage 1998” were during the previous years.
There was also a regular “WWF No Mercy” PPV later that year on October 17, 1999, which eventually became a regular annual event until 2008 and again from 2016 onwards.
Here are the results from that night:
– Tiger Ali Singh defeated Gillberg
– The Ministry of Darkness defeated The Brood
– Steve Blackman defeated Droz
– Kane defeated Mideon by DQ
– Nicole Bass defeated Tori
– WWF European Championship: Shane McMahon (c) defeated X-Pac
– Billy Gunn defeated Mankind
– Anything Goes – Triple Threat – WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated Triple H and The Undertaker
Triple H comes to the UK: No Mercy 1999 https://t.co/Q22EZ9Zw0O via @wwe
— Old School Wrestling Fans (@80s90sWWFFans) March 19, 2024
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 1992) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 16, 1992, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF SummerSlam 1992’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Crush defeated Kato
Owen Hart & Koko B. Ware defeated The Nasty Boys by count-out
Tito Santana defeated Bob Bradley
WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated Shawn Michaels
The Ultimate Warrior defeated Papa Shango
Jim Duggan defeated Repo Man by DQ
The Legion of Doom defeated The Beverly Brothers
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 1985) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 16, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Matt Borne defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Paul Roma defeated Steve Lombardi
Big John Studd defeated Tony Atlas
Ken Patera defeated Tony Garea
Tito Santana wrestled Don Muraco to a double count-out
WWF Women’s Champion Wendi Richter defeated The Fabulous Moolah
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Nikolai Volkoff & the Iron Sheik by DQ
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