8 October 2013

This day, in Pro Wrestling History!

1986 - Barry Windham defeats Outlaw Ron Bass for the vacant Florida State Heavyweight Title to begin his sixth reign with the belt in Tampa. The belt had been held up following a September 24th match in which Bass used chloroform to beat Windham.

1999 - ECW on TNN airs, including a controversial segments where Tammy Lynn Sytch (Sunny) was interview by an off-camera Paul Heyman.  During the interview, Sytch talked about women in the business using drugs in order to stay in shape, and discussed the death of Louie Spicolli due to soma use.  Sytch also talked about having a drinking problem before proclaiming that she was "back" at the end.  ECW received a great deal of criticism at the time for the segment. 

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