5 December 2013

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History


1977 - Bill Dundee & Norvell Austin defeat Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title. On the same show, Jerry Lawler defeats Jimmy Valiant for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title, starting his third of an eventual 33 runs with the belt.


2004 - TNA held their "Turning Point" Pay-per-view in Orlando, Florida, featuring Randy Savage's final match and an incredible spot by Elix Skipper, who walked along the top of a steel cage like a tight rope before giving James Storm a rana off of it during the final match of the evening. Here are the results of the show:
- Eric Young & Bobby Roode defeated BG James & Ron Killings to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Hector Garza, Sonny Siaki, & Sonjay Dutt defeated Michael Shane, Frankie Kazarian, & Kid Kash when Garza pinned Kazarian.
- Monty Brown defeated Abyss in a "Serengeti survival" match when Abyss was slammed into thumbtacks.
- Johnny B. Badd & Pat Kenney defeated Glenn Gilberti & Johnny Swinger when Badd pinned Gilberti. Jacquelyn Moore was the special referee.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Raven.
- NWA X-Division Champion Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin.
- Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles & Randy Savage defeated Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, & Jeff Jarrett when Savage pinned Jarrett.
- Chris Harris & James Storm defeated Elix Skipper & Christopher Daniels in a steel cage match when Storm pinned Daniels.

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