• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 23, 1993) – WCW Slamboree 1993
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 23, 1993, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Slamboree 1993: A Legends’ Reunion’ LIVE on PPV from the The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was the 1st out of 8 Slamboree PPVs, that WCW aired from 1993 to 2000.
Here are the results from that night:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell defeated Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit
Sid Vicious defeated Van Hammer
Dick Murdoch, Don Muraco & Jimmy Snuka wrestled Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan & Jim Brunzell to a no-contest
Thunderbolt Patterson & Brad Armstrong defeated Ivan Koloff & Baron von Raschke
Dory Funk Jr. wrestled Nick Bockwinkel to a time-limit draw
Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff defeated Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki
Sting defeated The Prisoner (Nailz)
Steel Cage – NWA & WCW World Tag Team Championships: The Hollywood Blonds (c) defeated Dos Hombres
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Barry Windham (c) defeated Arn Anderson
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader (c) by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 23, 1998) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 23, 1998, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF In Your House 22: Over the Edge’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Taka Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher
The Headbangers defeated the Quebecers
Kurrgan defeated D-Lo Brown
Bradshaw defeated Marc Mero
WWF IC Champion the Rock defeated Farooq by count-out
The Undertaker defeated Kane by DQ
Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve Blackman
Vader defeated Owen Hart by DQ
WWF Tag Team Champions The Road Dogg & Billy Gunn defeated Skull & 8-Ball
WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated WWF European Champion Triple H
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 23, 1987) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 23, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1987 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Sam Houston defeated Frenchy Martin
Ron Bass defeated Outback Jack
Jim Duggan defeated the Iron Sheik
WWF Women’s Tag Team Champions Leilani Kai & Judy Martin defeated Velvet McIntyre & Candice Pardue
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo
Chain Match: Hercules defeated Billy Jack Haynes
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage
(Pete Doherty vs. Nick Kiniski was scheduled but did not take place)
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