• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 9, 1988) – Memphis Wrestling House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 9, 1988, Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association held a televised House Show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.
On this show Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Curt Hennig (later known as Mr. Perfect in the WWF) to become the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion..
Here are the results:
Brickhouse Brown defeated Ken Wayne
Mark Starr & Scott Steiner defeated Doug Gilbert & Tommy Gilbert
The Cuban Choir Boys defeated The Bruise Brothers
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated Gary Young & Max Pain
Jeff Jarrett wrestled Robert Fuller to a double-DQ
AWA World Tag Team Title: Badd Company (c) defeated Billy Travis & Tom Brandi
Bill Dundee defeated Eddie Gilbert
AWA World Heavyweight Title: Jerry Lawler defeated Curt Hennig (c)
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 9, 1988) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 9, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Brown County Arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF SummerSlam 1988’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Jose Luis Rivera defeated Barry Horowitz
Steve Lombardi defeated Brady Boone
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated the One Man Gang
Dino Bravo defeated Ken Patera
Bret Hart defeated Bad News Brown
Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition by DQ
WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase
(Hillbilly Jim vs. Jim Neidhart was scheduled but did not take place)
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 9, 1987) – WWF Philadelphia House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 9, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The live event was televised on the local PRISM Network with Dick Graham & Lord Alfred Hayes doing commentary.
The results can be found here:
Pedro Morales defeated Steve Lombardi
Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated the Shadows
Kamala (w/ Mr. Fuji & Kimchee) defeated George Steele by count-out
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Harley Race
Billy Jack Haynes (sub. for Jake Roberts) defeated the Honkytonk Man
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner
Danny Davis defeated Koko B. Ware
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo
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