This Day in Wrestling History - August 23

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Chris

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Pay-Per-Views

2009: WWE SummerSlam (Buys: 380,000)

Television Shows
1986: WWF @ Philadelphia
1992: WWF SummerSlam Spectacular
1994: ECW Hardcore TV
1997: WCW Saturday Night
1997: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #34
1998: WWF SuNDAY NiGHT HeAT #4 (Rating: 3.60)
1999: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 2.90)
1999: WWF RAW is WAR #326 (Rating: 5.650
2000: WCW Thunder
2001: WWF SmackDown! #106 (Rating: 4.30)
2003: WWE Velocity
2004: WWE RAW #587 (Rating: 3.60)
2007: TNA iMPACT! #165 (Rating: 1.05)
2009: WWE Vintage Collection #64
2010: Ring of Honor Wrestling #71
2010: WWE RAW #900 (Rating: 3.20)
2012: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING #424 (Rating: 1.15/Viewers: 1,717,000)
2013: WWE SmackDown #732 (Rating: 1.90/Viewers: 2,572,000)

Title Changes
1999: The West Texas Rednecks (Barry & Kendall Windham) win WCW World Tag Team Championships
1999: Triple H wins WWF Championship
1999: Mark Henry wins WWF European Championship
2009: CM Punk wins World Heavyweight Championship

Birthdays
1986: Adrian Neville

Debuts
1985: Bam Bam Bigelow
1989: David Young​

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Oddly I found the Rap VS. Country feud in WCW quite entertaining even if it did seem quite dated.

Bam Bam Bigelow one of all time great big men. RIP.
 

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