Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on May 26th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 26, 1996) – WWF In Your House 8: Beware of Dog *DAY 1*
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 26, 1996, the World Wrestling Federation aired the first part of ‘WWF In Your House 8: Beware of Dog’ LIVE on PPV from the Florence Civic Center in Florence, South Carolina.
It was the 8th edition of the WWF In Your House pay-per-views, that took place between 1995 and 1999.
The power went out during the event, caused by a severe thunderstorm, thus resulting in only 2 matches airing that night and the other 3 matches aired 2 days later during the rescheduled pay-per-view, which included the 2 original matches from May 26th.
Here are the results from the first night:
Marc Mero defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley
WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Shawn Michaels (c) wrestled The British Bulldog to a no-contest
Plus several “dark matches”!
5/26/96:
A controversial ending to the Shawn Michaels vs British Bulldog WWF title match at In Your House: Beware of Dog.
Full OVP review just released!
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— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 6, 2023
5/26/96:
The lights go out at In Your House: Beware of Dog
Full OVP review just released!
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— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 6, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 26, 1989) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 26, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
This live event included matches on the road to the WWF SummerSlam 1989 pay-per-view.
The results can be found below:
Tim Horner defeated Barry Horowitz
The Honky Tonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim
Bret Hart wrestled Mr. Perfect to a draw
Dino Bravo defeated Hercules
The Genius defeated Jim Powers
Big John Studd & King Jim Duggan defeated Andre the Giant & Haku
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 26, 1981) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 26, 1981, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show in Stratford, Connecticut.
This live event included matches featuring the 1981 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Johnny Rodz defeated Angelo Gomez
The Black Demon wrestled Steve King to a draw
Rick Martel & Tony Garea defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Moondogs by DQ
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Fred Marzino
Rick McGraw defeated Capt. Lou Albano by count-out
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 26, 1977) – WWWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 26, 1977, Vince McMahon Sr.’s World Wide Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the South Shore Vocational High School Gym in Hanover, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1977 WWWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Frank Williams wrestled Pete Doherty to a 20-minute time limit draw
Larry Zbyszko defeated Jan Nelson
Sylvano Sousa defeated Pete Austin
Tony Garea defeated Frank Rodriguez
WWWF Tag Team Champions Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Ken Patera & Doug Gilbert
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