June 10: This Day in History, WWE National Expansion to Today Options

[cawthon777]

Which date(s) would you have attended and why?

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WWF @ Higinum, CT - June 10, 1984
Salvatore Bellomo defeated Tiger Chung Lee
Rene Goulet defeated Dr. X
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Terry Daniels
The Iron Sheik defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Afa defeated Salvatore Bellomo

WWF @ Englishtown, NJ - June 10, 1984
The Fabulous Moolah & Desiree Peterson defeated Donna Christanello & Judy Martin
Ivan Putski defeated David Schultz
WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Paul Orndorff via disqualification
Rocky Johnson defeated Sika
Greg Valentine defeated B. Brian Blair
SD Jones defeated Mr. Fuji

Shizuoka, Japan - June 10, 1984
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch defeated Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, & Osamu Kido

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - June 10, 1985
The 1st WWF show held at the Cow Palace
George Wells defeated Jim Neidhart via disqualification
B. Brian Blair defeated Rene Goulet
Herschel Hoffman defeated Jerry Monti
Tony Atlas defaeted Guy Lambert
Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff defeated Bob Orton Jr. & Alexis Smirnoff (sub. for Roddy Piper)
Bret Hart defeated Gama Singh
Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff via disqualification

WWF @ Ft. Myers, FL - Lee Civic Center - June 10, 1986
Included WWF Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid

WWF @ Sioux City, IA - Municipal Auditorium - June 10, 1986
Included Adrian Adonis

WWF @ Ft. Myers, FL - Civic Center - June 10, 1987
Included Butch Reed and Koko B. Ware

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - June 10, 1987 (3,500)
Sivi Afi defeated Frenchy Martin
Scott Casey defeated Jose Estrada
Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V
Hercules defeated Ken Patera
Paul Orndorff (sub. for King Kong Bundy) defeated Ricky Steamboat via count-out
WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Debbie Combs
Rick Rude defeated Dusty Wolfe
Demolition defeated B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell

WWF @ Manchester, NH - JFK Coliseum - June 10, 1988 (1,100)
The Big Bossman pinned Lanny Poffo
Joe LeDuc pinned Sam Houston
Danny Davis pinned Koko B. Ware
The One Man Gang pinned Bam Bam Bigelow
George Steele fought Greg Valentine to a double count-out
The Junkyard Dog pinned Ron Bass

WWF @ Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena - June 10, 1988 (4,734)
Steve Lombardi pinned Bill Dixon
Bret Hart fought Bad News Brown to a time-limit draw at 16:16
Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
The Ultimate Warrior pinned Hercules
Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition via disqualification
WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man pinned Brutus Beefcake after Peggy Sue (Jimmy Hart in disguise) handed the champion a weapon which Honky used to hit Beefcake
WWF World Champion Randy Savage pinned Ted Dibiase at 10:38

WWF @ Toledo, OH - Sports Arena - June 10, 1988
Included Andre the Giant & Ken Patera

WWF @ Toledo, OH - Sports Arena - June 10, 1989
Included Bad News Brown and Ted Dibiase

WWF @ Houston, TX - Summit - June 10, 1989
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

WWF @ Long Island, NY - Nassau Coliseum - June 10, 1989 (12,000)
Televised on the MSG Network - featured Tony Schiavone & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary; featured Sean Mooney conducting an in-ring interview with Zeus, where Zeus said he was the star of ‘No Holds Barred’ because he was bigger and badder than Hulk Hogan, and Hogan was not a man but a woman, Zeus eventually scared Mooney from the ring after Mooney asked what he would say if Hogan was there right now, with Zeus later saying he would destroy Hogan:
The Genius pinned Jim Powers (sub. for Koko B. Ware) at 14:02 after Genius reversed a suplex into a small package
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty at 23:14 when Jacques pinned Jannetty after Raymond reversed Jannetty’s roll up attempt on Jacques
Prime Time Wrestling - 10/23/89: Brutus Beefcake pinned Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 14:47 with a roll up after Beefcake shoved Valentine into Hart who was on the apron trying to find Beefcake’s scissors in the bag Beefcake had brought to the ring
Hillbilly Jim (sub. for Big John Studd) defeated Andre the Giant via disqualification at 8:04 when Haku interfered after King Jim Duggan had hit Andre with his 2X4 from the outside; moments before Haku had came to ringside and attacked Hillbilly on the floor, which prompted Duggan to make the save; after the bout, Andre choked out a crew member at ringside after Andre tripped up over some cables at ringside
King Jim Duggan pinned Haku at 10:32 with the running clothesline after Haku missed a diving headbutt
Jimmy Snuka pinned Boris Zhukov (sub. for the Honkytonk Man who was injured on 6/6 in Madison, WI) (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 7:20 with the splash off the top after dropkicking Hart off the ring apron; prior to the bout, Hart announced that Honky had the flu and had found a suitable replacement in Zhukov (World Tour 1990)
Prime Time Wrestling - 10/9/89: Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated the Powers of Pain (w/ Mr. Fuji) via count-out at 13:34 when as all four men were brawling on the floor, Bret went back inside the ring after Fuji accidentally hit Barbarian with his cane

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - June 10, 1990

WWF @ Tucson, AZ - June 10, 1990

WWF @ Toledo, OH - June 10, 1990

WWF @ Wheeling, WV - Civic Center - June 10, 1991
IRS pinned Greg Valentine
The Berzerker pinned Koko B. Ware
WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect fought Bret Hart to a time-limit draw
Road Warrior Animal pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Jerry Sags
Jimmy Snuka pinned Demolition Smash
The British Bulldog pinned the Barbarian
The Mountie pinned the Big Bossman
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Sgt. Slaughter

WWF @ South Bend, IN - Joyce Athletic & Convocation Center - June 10, 1991

WWF @ Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena - June 10, 1994 (5,500)
Doink the Clown defeated Jeff Jarrett
WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze defeated Luna Vachon
Kwang defeated the 1-2-3 Kid
Lex Luger defeated Crush
IRS defeated Tatanka via count-out
Yokozuna defeated Typhoon
WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart at 22:52

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - June 10, 1995 (8,340)
Skip defeated Aldo Montoya
Men on a Mission defeated the Smoking Gunns
Jean Pierre Laffiette defeated Doink the Clown
Adam Bomb defeated WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett via disqualification
Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Duke Drose
Man Mountain Rock defeated Bob Backlund
Savio Vega defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Owen Hart
Tatanka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
Shawn Michaels (sub. for WWF World Champion Diesel) defeated Psycho Sid in a steel cage match

WWF @ Lowell, MA - June 10, 1999
Christian & Gangrel defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy
Kurt Angle defeated Tiger Ali Singh
D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry defeated Scott Taylor & Albert (sub. for Brian Christopher)
WWF Hardcore Champion Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly and Steve Blackman
WWF Tag Team Champions the Acolytes defeated Ken Shamrock & Test
Kane defeated Mideon
Meat & Jackie defeated Val Venis & Tori
WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated the Godfather after the Blue Meanie interfered
The Big Show defeated Viscera in a slam match
The Rock defeated the Big Bossman in a nightstick match

WWF @ Albuquerque, NM - June 10, 2000
The Godfather defeated D-Lo Brown
Hardcore Holly defeated Al Snow
WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Crash Holly
WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn
The Dudley Boyz defeated Test & Albert
WWF IC Champion Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho
Essa Rios defeated Sho Funaki
The Acolytes defeated the Big Bossman & Bull Buchanon
WWF Tag Team Champions Too Cool defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy and Edge & Christian
Rikishi defeated Kurt Angle

WWF @ Hampton Roads, VA - June 10, 2001
Spike Dudley pinned Steven Richards with the Dudley Dog
Molly Holly pinned Jackie with a roll up after Spike Dudley came ringside
Edge (w/ Christian) defeated Steve Blackman
Crash & Hardcore Holly defeated the Dudley Boyz and Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn in an elimination match; Malenko was pinned following the 3D; Hardcore pinned Bubba Ray after hitting him with the time keeper's bell
Haku defeated K-Kwik via submission with the Tongan Death Grip
Raven pinned Christian (w/ Edge) with the DDT after Steve Blackman came ringside to counter Edge's interference
The Big Show pinned Test with the chokeslam
WWF Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit defeated WWF World Champion Steve Austin & William Regal when Jericho pinned Austin

WWF @ Roanoke, VA - Civic Center - June 10, 2001
Taka Michinoku & Sho Funaki defeated Charlie & Russ Haas after Funaki hit a tornado DDT
Lita pinned Ivory with the Twist of Fate / moonsault combo
WWF European Champion Matt Hardy pinned X-Pac with the Twist of Fate
The Acolytes defeated Bull Buchanon & the Goodfather after Bradshaw hit the Clothesline from Hell on Buchanon
The Undertaker pinned Kurt Angle with the chokeslam after kicking a chair into Angle's face
Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Essa Rios via submission with the Octopus
WWF Hardcore Champion Rhyno pinned Justin Credible with the Gore
WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy pinned Jerry Lynn with the Swanton
WWF IC Champion Kane pinned Albert (w/ X-Pac & Justin Credible) with the chokeslam after hitting a double clothesline on Albert's cornermen

WWE @ Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena - June 10, 2002 (8,000)
Bull Buchanon defeated Ron Waterman
Prototype defeated Scott Vick; Jackie was the guest referee for the bout
Sunday Night Heat:
Goldust defeated Steven Richards
Tommy Dreamer defeated Shawn Stasiak
D-Lo Brown pinned Crash Holly with a modified side slam in an impromptu match
Raven defeated Jeff Hardy via disqualification when Jeff began choking his opponent with television cables
Raw - this was the episode in which Steve Austin no-showed and, as such, walked out of the company; it also featured the nWo kicking Booker T out of the group:
Booker T, the Big Show, & X-Pac defeated Tommy Dreamer, Spike Dudley, & Shawn Stasiak at 2:50 when Booker pinned Dreamer with the Harlem side kick; after the match, Booker had the nWo music cut so he could do the Spinaroonie to his own music
WWE European Champion William Regal pinned WWE Hardcore Champion Bradshaw at 3:41 after Regal hit Bradshaw with a pair of brass knuckles, thrown in the ring by Christopher Nowinski who sat ringside for the show; following the contest, Regal and Nowinski left ringside together after Nowinski was restrained by security; only the European title was on the line (Nowinski's debut)
Molly Holly pinned WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus in a non-title match with the Molly-Go-Round at 2:27; due to prematch stipulations, Molly earned a Women's title shot for the near future; had Trish won, Molly would have to wrestle the following Raw in a thong; after the match, Molly choked Trish out with a pair of Trish's panties
KOTR Qualifying Match: WWE IC Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Eddie Guerrero in a non-title match at 9:38 after a series of roll overs
KOTR Qualifying Match: Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned Bubba Ray Dudley at 4:49 with the F5 as Bubba Ray attempted to hit the Bubba Bomb on an interfering Heyman
Vince McMahon pinned Ric Flair in a no holds barred match at 9:03 when Brock Lesnar interfered as Flair had the figure-4 applied, scared Arn Anderson from ringside (Arn was taunting Vince and urging him to submit), and hit the F5 on Flair; due to prematch stipulations, McMahon won ownership of the Raw brand and thus became the sole owner of the WWE; had Flair won, he would have earned McMahon's ownership of Smackdown! and become the sole owner of the WWE

WWE @ Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre - June 10, 2003
Ian Harrison & an unknown defeated Normam Smiley & Billy Fives
The Ultimo Dragon defeated Jamie Noble
Velocity:
Orlando Jordon pinned Shannon Moore at 4:29 with a neckbreaker
Rikishi pinned Crash Holly with the Bonzai Drop
Spanky pinned Chad Collyer with a hurricanrana into a modified victory roll after Collyer avoided the Sliced Bread #2
Bill DeMott pinned Kanyon by avoiding the Flatliner and hitting the No Joke reverse swinging neckbreaker
Smackdown! - included WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri as guests of Piper's Pit:
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Matt Hardy with the West Coast Pop off the top rope; prior to the match, the challenger had Shannon Moore and Crash Holly stay backstage since - in his opinion - they were the reason he lost the title the previous week
Billy Gunn pinned Albert with the Fameasser; Torrie Wilson was the guest ring announcer (Gunn's return match to TV)
The Undertaker pinned Johnny Stamboli (w/ Nunzio & Chuck Palumbo) with the chokeslam; after the bout, Taker fought off all three members of the FBI
Vince McMahon defeated Zach Gowen in an arm wrestling match after Gowen became distracted by Sable flashing herself; due to prematch stipulations, Mr. America had to leave ringside prior to McMahon's arm wrestling match with Zach Gowen; after the arm wrestling contest, Vince sent Stephanie McMahon and Sable backstage as well
Vince McMahon defeated Zach Gowen in an arm wrestling match after kicking Gowen in his prosthetic leg; had Gowen won the match, he would have earned a WWE contract
Doug & Danny Basham (w/ Shaniqua aka Linda Miles) defeated Chris Benoit & Rhyno when Benoit was pinned with a modified Fameasser after Rhyno accidentally hit his partner in the face; after the bout, Benoit and Rhyno had a brief staredown
John Cena pinned Sho Funaki with the FU
WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar fought the Big Show to a no contest at around the 7:30 mark when EMTs attended to both men after a superplex from Lesnar caused the ring to collapse; nearly a dozen referees and medics tended to the two men as the show came to a close (Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain)

[Dobbs 3K]

You can see the quality of the cards started to pick up around 1987 in general, at least in terms of names on each show.

Hilarious to see Salvatore Bellomo doing double duty on that first card, unless that was a typo or something.

[Bruiser_Brody_]

Cow palace in 85 and no pat patterson. Kind of surprisng

[King Kamala]

Patterson retired in 83/84ish I thought. Might have wrestled part time I have no idea.


I'd go to the Hampton Roads, VA show in '01. The undercard sounds bleh but I'd love to see the main event (Benoit and Jericho Vs Steve Austin and William Regal). Most of these card, IMO, are really underwhelming sounding on paper.

[TheDevilAndGodAr...]

I'd see the '03 one for the "oh shit" factor of the ring breaking.

[Vern Gagne]

Who was Prototype? I'm thinking John Cena, but I can't remember for sure.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Who was Prototype? I'm thinking John Cena, but I can't remember for sure.

That's him.

[cawthon777]

Yeah, I believe that was just a few weeks before Cena made his TV debut vs. Angle.

[Dobbs 3K]

That '02 RAW show is mind-boggingly. They totally hot-shotted the end of the Flair/McMahon ownership feud in one night.

[King Kamala]

Semi off topic but I saw John Cena the night before he made his TV debut, teaming with former hot prospect, Steve Bradley against Lance Storm and Christian at a house show.

[TheDevilAndGodAr...]

That '02 RAW show is mind-boggingly. They totally hot-shotted the end of the Flair/McMahon ownership feud in one night.

I think that was the night where they had to totally re-write the show because Austin stormed out and refused to job to somebody, I wanna say Lesnar. His reason being that it would be stupid to give that match away for free and/or with no build.

[mysterious_w]

Yeah it was Lesnar. I rememebr that event vividly, because instead of the regular WWE LiveWire type program of RAW highlights that I used to watch they had an hour of interviews with McMahon, Ross and others talking about how unprofessional Austin had been.

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

WWF @ Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena - June 10, 1988 (4,734)
Bret Hart fought Bad News Brown to a time-limit draw at 16:16

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[Hunter's Tor...]

WWF @ Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena - June 10, 1988 (4,734)
Bret Hart fought Bad News Brown to a time-limit draw at 16:16

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Time shaving. A lot of '20 minute draws' were really only fifteen minutes because they cut time.

[TheDevilAndGodAr...]

Remember when they used to actually announce the match had a time limit, and the Raw main event was always "scheduled for TV time remaining." But they always finished the match before they went off the air.