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We’ve seen some exceptional talent over the years, and This Day in Wrestling History is remembering one of the greatest ring announcers, Gordon Solie, who passed away on July 27, 2000 at 71 years old. Professional wrestling is all about…
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On July 26, 1986, Dusty Rhodes faced Ric Flair at the Great American Bash for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to make This Day in Wrestling History moment. To add more umph to the match, they faced off in a steel cage in what…
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Impact Wrestling Results returned and Gia Miller was outside Kenny Omega’s locker room and Don Callis came out and he mocked Tommy Dreamer and Scott D’Amore for firing him. He said he’s more powerful than them because Omega is Impact…
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For a while now, we’ve seen Thunder Rosa become one of the top women in AEW. This was despite not actually being signed to the company, as Rosa was contracted to the NWA. However, she would still get a lot of focus in AEW, from facing…
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A majority of our This Day in Wrestling History accounts are from the last thirty or so years and cover the modern WWE and WCW, but we’re going a little further back to July 20, 1973. We’ve all heard of Harley Race as stories of his…
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The 1990s were an awesome decade for many reasons, and they had more than their share of This Day in Wrestling History moments, and this one helped turn WCW around. Since breaking away from the NWA, WCW lost money every year of their…
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Since Billy Corgan took over the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), he had a clear vision for the top of the card. This vision was centered around Nick Aldis. The former TNA World Champion has the look of a champion, carries himself well…
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There have been several wrestlers who also worked as teachers such as “The Franchise” Shane Douglas, George “The Animal” Steele, and Tim Storm. Look at that—two former NWA World champions! This was used as the premise of the late 80s…
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Best known in WWE as Wade Barrett, Stu Bennett began his wrestling career on the UK indy scene in the summer of 2004 after an extremely eventful bare-knuckle boxing career. Like many wrestlers from the…
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This Day in Wrestling History started like every event starts as an idea somewhere, and WarGames came to fruition on July 4, 1987 at the NWA’s Great American Bash Tour ’87 where it was called War Games: The Match Beyond. The event…
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