This Day in Wrestling History - July 29

[Chris]

Television Shows
1989: WWF Satuday Night's Main Event #22
1990: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WCW Pro
1995: WCW Saturday Night
1995: WWF Superstars
1996: WCW Monday Nitro #46 (Rating: 3.10)
1996: WWF Monday Night RAW #169 (Rating: 2.10)
2000: WCW Worldwide
2002: WWE RAW #479 (Rating: 3.70)
2004: WWE SmackDown #259 (Rating: 3.10)
2008: ECW on Sci-Fi #112 (Rating: 1.42)
2010: TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! #317 (Rating: 1.22)
2010: WWE Superstars #68 (Rating: 0.74)
2011: WWE SmackDown #624 (Rating: 2.02)
2012: WWE Vintage Collection #217
2013: WWE RAW #1053 (Rating: 2.87/Viewers: 3,768,000)

Title Changes
1977: Ric Flair wins NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
2002: Tommy Dreamer wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Jeff Hardy wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Johnny Stamboli wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Chris Benoit wins WWE Intercontinental Championship
2004: Spike Dudley wins WWE Cruiserweight Championship
2004: Booker T wins WWE United States Championship

Birthdays
1929: Baron Miken Scicluna
1933: Lou Albano
1962: Scott Steiner
1962: Sonny Onoo​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Keith]

04/05 was the last time I really cared about the US Title. Booker was the perfect champion.

Sonny Onoo was a great old school chicken shit manager.

 

[Deezy]

Sonny Onoo was also a very bad stereotype who only got his job because him and Bischoff were friends.

 

[Keith]

True enough.

 

[Chris]

I thought Onoo was pretty terrible and has his job way too long.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Didn't mind him at all, made for a decent, scumbag manager.

 

[Keith]

Didn't mind him at all, made for a decent, scumbag manager.

This.

 

[Deezy]

Japanese guy who had a camera, always smiled and knew karate.

Maybe all Japanese wrestlers should've been managers.

 

[Keith]

I agree that the character itself was pretty lame, but that doesn't mean he didn't make the most out it.

 

[Deezy]

Jobber manager whose only purpose was to speak engrish for Japanese cruiserweights....made the most of what? Being Teddy Long.