THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY: WWE Hall of Famers &. . . others. . .
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- October 11th:
{1980} Bobby Jaggers defeated Bugsy McGraw for the Florida State Heavyweight title . . .
{1984} Ronnie Garvin defeated Ted DiaBiase for the Georgia National Heavyweight title. . .
{1987} Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler defeated Doug Somers & Soldat Ustinov for the AWA Tag Team titles. . .
{1993} "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Jerry "The King" Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title. . .
- October 12th:
{1992} Bret "the HitMan" Hart defeated "Nature Boy" Ric Flair for the WWF Heavyweight title. . . Butch Reed defeated Junkyard Dog for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title. . .
{1998} Ken Shamrock defeated X-Pac in a tournament final for the WWF Intercontinental title. . .
{1999} Big Bossman defeated Al Snow & the Big Show for the WWF Hardcore title, then The Rock & Sock Connection (Mankind & the Rock) defeated the New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jesse James & "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) for the WWF Tag Team titles. . .
{2002} The Messiah defeated Adam Flash for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title. . .
- October 13th:
{1966} Former California Independent Wrestler from the 1903s to the 1950s, Sandor Szabo died of a heart attack @ age 60. . .
{1973} Harley Race defeated Gene Kiniski for the Missouri State Heavyweight title. . .
{1981} Mister Fuji & Mister Saito defeated Tony Garea & Rick Martel for the WWWF Tag Team titles. . .
{1983} Ernie Roth, The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, died of a heart attack @ age 54. . .
{1985} The Koloffs (Ivan & Nikita Koloff) defeated the Rock & Roll Express (Rick Morton & Robert Gibson) for the NWA Tag Team titles. . .
{1992} Money, Incorporated ("$1,000,000 Man" Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Shyster) defeated the Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) for the WWF Tag Team titles. . .
{1997} The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) defeated Addicted to Gold (Scott Hall & Syxx) for the WCW Tag Team titles. . .
{2001} NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title was held up when Steve Corino was unable to continue against Shinya Hashimoto. . .
- October 14th:
{1954} 1930s Wrestler Don Sugai died in a car crash @ age 39. . .
{1981} Tommy Rich defeated Masked Superstar for the Georgia National Heavyweight title. . .
{1984} Jesse Barr defeated Scott McGhee for the Florida State Heavyweight title. . .
{1985} Butch Reed defeated Dick Murdoch for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title. . .
{1994} 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels was beaten up in Syracuse, New York outside Club 37. . .
{2002} Vitamin C (Chris Jericho & Christian) defeated teh Masked Avengers (the Hurricane & Kane) for the RAW Tag Team titles. . .
- October 15th:
{1998} X-Pac defeated D-Lo Brown for the WWF European title. . .
{2003} Mark Magnus defeated Johnny Jeter for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title. . .
- October 16th:
{1997} Bam Bam Bigelow defeated "Franchise" Shane Douglas for the ECW Heavyweight title. . .
{1999} Lobo defeated Justice Pain for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title. . .
{2000} William Regal defeated Al Snow for the WWF European title. . .
{2003} Patriarch of the Hart Wrestling Family, Stu Hart died of Pneumonia @ age 88. . .
- October 17th:
{1975} Former NWA Wrestler "Golden Boy" Ron Dupree died of a heart attack. . .
{1982} Masked Superstar defeated Paul Orndorff for the Georgia National Heavyweight title . . .
{1992} Todd Champion defeated Butch Reed for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title. . .
{1999} World Wrestling Federation's "No Mercy" @ the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, where Fabulous Moolah defeated Ivory for the WWF Women's title, then Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental title. . .
{2000} Leo Nominelli died of a stroke @ age 76. . . Mister Black defeated Trailer Park Trash for the Ohio Valley Hardcore title, then BJ Payne & Flash Flanagan defeated Slash & Damien for the Ohio Valley Southern Tag Titles. . .