Events

August 20, 1954, Atlanta, Georgia Mildred Burke Training On a hot Atlanta night in 1954, perhaps the most pivotal match in the century-long history of women's professional wrestling takes place when the iconic World champion…

May 17, 1963, New York City, New York Buddy Rogers During the 1950s and 1960s, Buddy Rogers was one of the most powerful men in professional wrestling. Sporting an action-packed ring style and a natural…

July 14, 1984, Atlanta, Georgia On Saturday July 14, 1984, at 6:05 EST, the infamous "Black Saturday" edition of World Championship Wrestling airs on TBS. For the first time in a decade, a promotion that…

May 1, 2017, Houston, Texas In a move that confuses many interested parties within the world of professional wrestling, Billy Corgan, founder & frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins, purchases the name, trademarks, championship belts and…

September 4, 1995, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Monday Night War was the result of an evolution of a dispute between Vince McMahon and Ted Turner that originated more than 20 years earlier. McMahon, who was in…

June 23, 1996, Milwaukee, Wisconsin WCW World Television Champion "Stunning" Steve Austin For Steve Austin, it was a pivotal point in his career. He had turned to professional wrestling after a knee injury derailed his football…

May 25, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada Building upon the unprecedented success of their initial pay-per-view offering, "All In," the Jackson brothers, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, and Tony Khan, having officially formed All Elite Wrestling, present…

February 21, 1985 A mere five weeks before the inaugural WrestleMania, the ABC television network airs its infamous edition of the 20/20 news program which featured an exposé on professional wrestling and, more specifically, the…

September 1, 2018, Hoffman Estates, Illinois "I'll take that bet, Dave." - Cody Rhodes, May 2017 The groundbreaking pay-per-view event titled "All In" was precedent-setting in several ways, not the least of which is how…