• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 7, 1989) – NWA WRESTLEWAR 1989: MUSIC CITY SHOWDOWN
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 7, 1989, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘NWA WrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown’ LIVE on PPV from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
This pay-per-view event also featured a small concert by the country music band ‘The Oak Ridge Boys’.
Here are the results:
The Great Muta defeated Doug Gilbert
Butch Reed defeated Ranger Ross
Bullrope match: Dick Murdoch defeated Bob Orton Jr.
Dynamic Dudes defeated The Samoan SWAT Team
United States Heavyweight Championship: Michael Hayes defeated Lex Luger (c)
World Television Championship: Sting (c) defeated The Iron Sheik
World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat (c)
Tag Team Championship: The Road Warriors defeated The Varsity Club (c) by DQ
United States Tag Team Championship: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner (c) defeated TheVarsity Club
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 7, 1994) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 7, 1994, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
This live event featured matches on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 1994’ PPV.
Here are the results:
Rick Martel (sub. for Shawn Michaels) defeated The 1-2-3 Kid
Tatanka defeated Jinsei Shinzaki
WWF Tag Team Champions the Headshrinkers defeated The Smoking Gunns
Doink The Clown defeated Nobukazu Hirai
Non-Title: Bull Nakano defeated WWF Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze
Owen Hart defeated Masashi Aoyagi
Adam Bomb defeated Bob Backlund
The Undertaker & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Yokozuna & Bam Bam Bigelow
WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage
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