• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 17, 1992) – WCW WrestleWar 1992
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 17, 1992, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW WrestleWar 1992’ LIVE on PPV from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.
This pay-per-view featured one of WCW’s very own creations, the famous ‘WarGames’ match, as the main event’s stipulation.
This was the final out of a total of 4 WrestleWar PPVs that aired between 1989 and 1992.
Here are the results:
WCW United States Tag Team Championship: The Freebirds defeated Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine (c)
Johnny B. Badd defeated Tracy Smothers
Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Ron Simmons defeated Mr. Hughes
The Super Invader defeated Todd Champion
Big Josh defeated Richard Morton
WCW Light Heavyweight Championship: Brian Pillman (c) defeated Tom Zenk
The Steiner Brothers defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka
WarGames: Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff) defeated Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 17, 1990) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 17, 1990, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF SummerSlam 1990’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Hillbilly Jim defeated the Brooklyn Brawler
Brutus Beefcake defeated the Genius
Bushwhackers defeated Greg Valentine & the Honky Tonk Man by DQ
The Barbarian defeated Jimmy Snuka
The Big Boss Man defeated Ted DiBiase
Dino Bravo defeated the Red Rooster
Jim Powers defeated Pez Whatley (sub. for Akeem)
WWF World Champion The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 17, 1987) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 17, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
This live event included matches featuring the 1987 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
The Karate Kid & Pepe Gomez defeated Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo
Dick Slater defeated Steve Lombardi
SD Jones defeated Tiger Chung Lee
Kimchee (sub. for Killer Khan) defeated Jerry Allen
Rick Martel & Tom Zenk defeated Sika & Kamala
Steel Cage: WWF Tag Team Champions Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid
Randy Savage defeated Tito Santana
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