The One and Only 'Today in wrestling thread'

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1975 - Nick Bockwinkel defeated Verne Gagne for the AWA Heavyweight title

1975 - Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan for the WWWF Tag Team title

1980 - Tony Garea & Rick Martel defeated The Samoans for the WWWF Tag Team title

1993 - Brian christopher & Jeff Jarrett defeated Rex Hargrove & Koko B. Ware for the USWA Tag Team title

1999 - The New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind & Al Snow for the WWF Tag Team title

1999 - Scott Hall defeated Bret Hart, Sid Vicious & Goldberg for the WCW US Heavyweight title

1966 - Born - Gabe Casteel

1971 - Born - Bane

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1956 - Lou Thesz defeated Whipper Billy Watson for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title

1986 - One Man Gang defeated Terry Gordy by forfeit for the UWF Heavyweight title

1991 - Eric Embry defeated Tom Prichard for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title

1996 - The Bruise Brothers defeated Brian Christopher & Wolfie D for the USWA Tag Team title

1997 - Event - Survivor Series, Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1997 - Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Heavyweight title

1997 - Earl Hebner, under orders from Vince McMahon, declared that Bret Hart submitted to Shawn Michaels, when he did not

1997 - Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart for the WWF Intercontinental title

1999 - Event - November to Remember, Bert Flickenger Center, Buffalo, NY

2000 - WWFE filed suit against the Parents Television Council

1945 - Born - "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels)

1970 - Born - Chris Jericho

 

huh, I never knew Jericho and Dusty had the same b-day...

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November 11, 1987 – Seattle is home to Saturday Night’s Main Event. In the match of the night, Randy Savage scores a win over Bret Hart, as payback for the attack he suffered against the Hart Foundation and the Honkytonk Man weeks prior. In the title bout of the night, King Kong Bundy defeated World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out.

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November 20, 1977 – World Champion Superstar Billy Graham defeated Stan Stasiak in the main event of a card held in Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. The AWA title was also on the line when world champion Nick Bockwinkel met and defeated Edouard Carpentier.

 

November 20, 1993 – Bret Hart defeats Shawn Michaels in a steel cage match in the main event of a card held at the Philadelphia Spectrum. The undercard features the Headshrinkers defeating SMW Tag Team Champions the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express in a non-title match, Lex Luger defeating Ludvig Borga, and the Steiners defeat Johnny Polo & Jacques Rougeau.

 

November 20, 1994 – Bull Nakano finally wins the Women’s title from Alundra Blayze at the Tokyo Dome following a legdrop off the top rope.

 

November 20, 1995 – Shawn Michaels collapses during a Monday Night Raw telecast held in Richmond, VA. After sending Owen Hart to the floor, Michaels drops to the mat with a number of emergency personel swarming the ring moments later. The injury angle put more heat on Michaels and helped build him up for his world title bout at WrestleMania XII.