On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

In 1997, the first ECW November to Remember PPV was held in Monaca, Pennsylvania (it was the 5th NtR event, but the first on PPV)

– Mikey Whipwreck defeats Justin Credible
– Taz defeats Pitbull #2 to retain the ECW Television Title
– The FBI (Tracey Smothers & Little Guido) defeat The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von), The Hardcore Chair Swingin’ Freaks (Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten) & The Gangstanators (New Jack & John Kronus) in a 4-Way Match to retain the ECW Tag Team Titles
– Rob Van Dam fought Tommy Dreamer to a no contest in a Flag Match. Van Dam won the match, but the pinfall was counted by Doug Furnas, Phil LaFon and Stevie Richards rather than the designated referee and the result was later thrown out
– Sabu defeats The Sandman in a Tables & Ladder Match
– Shane Douglas defeats Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW World Title

1998 – on Raw, The Big Boss Man defeats Mankind in a Ladder Match to win the WWF Hardcore Title

2001 – Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa defeat Scorpio & Vader to win the GHC Tag Team Titles

2010 – Kaitlyn wins WWE NXT Season 3

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1974 – Ken Mantell defeats Wrestling Pro to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title. This change is only recognized in the Gulf Coast region

1979 – Jim Garvin & Herb Calvert defeat Oki Shikina & Sugar Bear Harris to win the TSW United States Tag Team Titles

1990 – Terry Funk defeats Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

1991 – Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeat Rick Steiner & Scott Norton (subbing for the injured Scott Steiner) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles

1991 – The Young Pistols (Steve Armstrong & Tracey Smothers) defeat The Patriots (Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip) to win the WCW United States Tag Team Titles

1994 – The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) defeat Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck to win the ECW Tag Team Titles

1997 – The J-Crown is retired after the WWF retakes control of it’s Light Heavyweight Title, causing Shinjiro Otani to vacate all of the J-Crown titles except the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

2001 – on Raw, The Rock defeats Chris Jericho to win the WCW World Title. Also, Test defeats Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Title

2002 – on Smackdown, Edge & Rey Mysterio defeat Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match to win the WWE Tag Team Titles

2005 – Akira Taue defeats Takeshi Rikio to win the GHC Heavyweight Title

On This Day in Pro Wrestling History and other news..

1985 – Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa defeat Norio Honaga & Isamu Teranishi to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles

1998 – Mitsuharu Misawa defeats Kenta Kobashi to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title

2000 – on Smackdown, Ivory defeats Lita to win the WWF Womens Title

2009 – Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeats Jushin Liger in the final of the ‘Jr Heavyweight League’ to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Title

-Happy Birthday to Tiger Mask III (Koji Kanemoto) he turns 47 today! 

-TNA Impact! Wrestling Glory trading cards will be coming out for sale on November 13.  Here is their twitter page for more details: https://twitter.com/tnacards