History of Wrestling Presents Events Stephen Von SlagleMarch 4, 201903K views The Moments In Time That Shaped Professional Wrestling’s History Events James Mclaughlin Wins Professional Wrestling’s First Recognized Championship by Stephen Von Slagle March 10, 1870 by Stephen Von Slagle March 10, 1870 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Tom Jenkins Wins The Undisputed American Championship by Stephen Von Slagle November 1, 1901 by Stephen Von Slagle November 1, 1901 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events George Hackenschmidt Becomes The First Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1905 by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1905 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Gotch Defeats Hackenschmidt For The World Heavyweight Championship by Stephen Von Slagle April 3, 1908 by Stephen Von Slagle April 3, 1908 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Rematch Draws Professional Wrestling’s Biggest Gate by Stephen Von Slagle September 4, 1911 by Stephen Von Slagle September 4, 1911 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Joe Stecher Wins The World Heavyweight Championship by Stephen Von Slagle July 4, 1915 by Stephen Von Slagle July 4, 1915 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Masked Marvel Appears At International Tournament by Mark Long December 7, 1915 by Mark Long December 7, 1915 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Professional Wrestling Crowns Its First Paper Champion by Stephen Von Slagle April 15, 1925 by Stephen Von Slagle April 15, 1925 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Original Montreal Screwjob by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1931 by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1931 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Lou Thesz Becomes Professional Wrestling’s Youngest World Champion by Stephen Von Slagle December 29, 1937 by Stephen Von Slagle December 29, 1937 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Formation Of The National Wrestling Alliance by Stephen Von Slagle July 18, 1948 by Stephen Von Slagle July 18, 1948 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Wrestling From Marigold Debuts On The Dumont Network by Stephen Von Slagle September 17, 1949 by Stephen Von Slagle September 17, 1949 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Burke vs. Byers Alters The Future Of Women’s Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle August 20, 1954 by Stephen Von Slagle August 20, 1954 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Wrestling At The Chase Debuts by Stephen Von Slagle May 23, 1959 by Stephen Von Slagle May 23, 1959 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Rogers vs. O’Connor Sets A New Standard by Stephen Von Slagle June 30, 1961 by Stephen Von Slagle June 30, 1961 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Vince McMahon, Sr. Forms the WWWF by Mark Long January 24, 1963 by Mark Long January 24, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Bruno Sammartino Wins the WWWF Title by Mark Long May 17, 1963 by Mark Long May 17, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Death Of Rikidozan by Stephen Von Slagle December 8, 1963 by Stephen Von Slagle December 8, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Battle For Atlanta by Stephen Von Slagle November 23, 1972 by Stephen Von Slagle November 23, 1972 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Verne Gagne’s ‘The Wrestler’ Opens In Theaters Nationwide by Stephen Von Slagle February 1, 1974 by Stephen Von Slagle February 1, 1974 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Plane Crash That Changed The Course Of History For Mid-Atlantic Wrestling by Mark Long October 4, 1975 by Mark Long October 4, 1975 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Superbowl of Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle January 25, 1978 by Stephen Von Slagle January 25, 1978 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Jim Crockett Promotions Presents Starrcade `83: A Flare For The Gold by Stephen Von Slagle November 24, 1983 by Stephen Von Slagle November 24, 1983 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Black Saturday by Stephen Von Slagle July 14, 1984 by Stephen Von Slagle July 14, 1984 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Brawl To End It All by Stephen Von Slagle July 23, 1984 by Stephen Von Slagle July 23, 1984 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The War To Settle The Score by Stephen Von Slagle February 18, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle February 18, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events ABC’s 20/20 Exposes Professional Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle February 21, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle February 21, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Wrestlemania 1 by Stephen Von Slagle March 31, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle March 31, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The WWF Presents Pro Wrestling’s 1st Pay-Per-View by Stephen Von Slagle November 7, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle November 7, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Wrestlemania III by Mark Long March 29, 1987 by Mark Long March 29, 1987 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Death Of Bruiser Brody by Stephen Von Slagle July 16, 1988 by Stephen Von Slagle July 16, 1988 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Dr. George Zahorian Convicted Of Selling Steroids To WWF Wrestlers by Stephen Von Slagle June 28, 1991 by Stephen Von Slagle June 28, 1991 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events ECW Double Crosses the NWA and Goes Extreme by Mark Long August 27, 1994 by Mark Long August 27, 1994 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Beginning of the Monday Night War by Mark Long September 4, 1995 by Mark Long September 4, 1995 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Austin 3:16 Launches The Career of Steve Austin by Mark Long June 23, 1996 by Mark Long June 23, 1996 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Formation of the New World Order by Mark Long July 7, 1996 by Mark Long July 7, 1996 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Montreal Screwjob by Mark Long November 9, 1997 by Mark Long November 9, 1997 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events D-Generation X Invades WCW Monday Nitro by Mark Long April 27, 1998 by Mark Long April 27, 1998 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Mankind Defies Death At Hell in a Cell by Mark Long June 28, 1998 by Mark Long June 28, 1998 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Owen Hart Dies In Tragic Stunt Gone Wrong by Mark Long May 23, 1999 by Mark Long May 23, 1999 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The World Wrestling Federation Goes Public by Stephen Von Slagle August 3, 1999 by Stephen Von Slagle August 3, 1999 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Vince McMahon Buys WCW by Mark Long March 26, 2001 by Mark Long March 26, 2001 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Debut Of Total Nonstop Action by Stephen Von Slagle June 19, 2002 by Stephen Von Slagle June 19, 2002 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events Billy Corgan Purchases The National Wrestling Alliance by Stephen Von Slagle May 1, 2017 by Stephen Von Slagle May 1, 2017 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events ‘All In’ Changes The Pro Wrestling Landscape by Stephen Von Slagle September 1, 2018 by Stephen Von Slagle September 1, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The G1 Supercard Sells Out Madison Square Garden by Stephen Von Slagle April 6, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle April 6, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events AEW Presents Its First Pay-Per-View by Stephen Von Slagle May 25, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle May 25, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Events The Debut Of AEW Dynamite On TNT by Stephen Von Slagle October 2, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle October 2, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events James Mclaughlin Wins Professional Wrestling’s First Recognized Championship by Stephen Von Slagle March 10, 1870 by Stephen Von Slagle March 10, 1870 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Tom Jenkins Wins The Undisputed American Championship by Stephen Von Slagle November 1, 1901 by Stephen Von Slagle November 1, 1901 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events George Hackenschmidt Becomes The First Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1905 by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1905 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Gotch Defeats Hackenschmidt For The World Heavyweight Championship by Stephen Von Slagle April 3, 1908 by Stephen Von Slagle April 3, 1908 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Rematch Draws Professional Wrestling’s Biggest Gate by Stephen Von Slagle September 4, 1911 by Stephen Von Slagle September 4, 1911 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Joe Stecher Wins The World Heavyweight Championship by Stephen Von Slagle July 4, 1915 by Stephen Von Slagle July 4, 1915 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Masked Marvel Appears At International Tournament by Mark Long December 7, 1915 by Mark Long December 7, 1915 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Professional Wrestling Crowns Its First Paper Champion by Stephen Von Slagle April 15, 1925 by Stephen Von Slagle April 15, 1925 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Original Montreal Screwjob by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1931 by Stephen Von Slagle May 4, 1931 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Lou Thesz Becomes Professional Wrestling’s Youngest World Champion by Stephen Von Slagle December 29, 1937 by Stephen Von Slagle December 29, 1937 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Formation Of The National Wrestling Alliance by Stephen Von Slagle July 18, 1948 by Stephen Von Slagle July 18, 1948 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Wrestling From Marigold Debuts On The Dumont Network by Stephen Von Slagle September 17, 1949 by Stephen Von Slagle September 17, 1949 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Burke vs. Byers Alters The Future Of Women’s Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle August 20, 1954 by Stephen Von Slagle August 20, 1954 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Wrestling At The Chase Debuts by Stephen Von Slagle May 23, 1959 by Stephen Von Slagle May 23, 1959 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Rogers vs. O’Connor Sets A New Standard by Stephen Von Slagle June 30, 1961 by Stephen Von Slagle June 30, 1961 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Vince McMahon, Sr. Forms the WWWF by Mark Long January 24, 1963 by Mark Long January 24, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Bruno Sammartino Wins the WWWF Title by Mark Long May 17, 1963 by Mark Long May 17, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Death Of Rikidozan by Stephen Von Slagle December 8, 1963 by Stephen Von Slagle December 8, 1963 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Battle For Atlanta by Stephen Von Slagle November 23, 1972 by Stephen Von Slagle November 23, 1972 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Verne Gagne’s ‘The Wrestler’ Opens In Theaters Nationwide by Stephen Von Slagle February 1, 1974 by Stephen Von Slagle February 1, 1974 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Plane Crash That Changed The Course Of History For Mid-Atlantic Wrestling by Mark Long October 4, 1975 by Mark Long October 4, 1975 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Superbowl of Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle January 25, 1978 by Stephen Von Slagle January 25, 1978 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Jim Crockett Promotions Presents Starrcade `83: A Flare For The Gold by Stephen Von Slagle November 24, 1983 by Stephen Von Slagle November 24, 1983 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Black Saturday by Stephen Von Slagle July 14, 1984 by Stephen Von Slagle July 14, 1984 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Brawl To End It All by Stephen Von Slagle July 23, 1984 by Stephen Von Slagle July 23, 1984 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The War To Settle The Score by Stephen Von Slagle February 18, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle February 18, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events ABC’s 20/20 Exposes Professional Wrestling by Stephen Von Slagle February 21, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle February 21, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Wrestlemania 1 by Stephen Von Slagle March 31, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle March 31, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The WWF Presents Pro Wrestling’s 1st Pay-Per-View by Stephen Von Slagle November 7, 1985 by Stephen Von Slagle November 7, 1985 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Wrestlemania III by Mark Long March 29, 1987 by Mark Long March 29, 1987 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Death Of Bruiser Brody by Stephen Von Slagle July 16, 1988 by Stephen Von Slagle July 16, 1988 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Dr. George Zahorian Convicted Of Selling Steroids To WWF Wrestlers by Stephen Von Slagle June 28, 1991 by Stephen Von Slagle June 28, 1991 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events ECW Double Crosses the NWA and Goes Extreme by Mark Long August 27, 1994 by Mark Long August 27, 1994 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Beginning of the Monday Night War by Mark Long September 4, 1995 by Mark Long September 4, 1995 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Austin 3:16 Launches The Career of Steve Austin by Mark Long June 23, 1996 by Mark Long June 23, 1996 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Formation of the New World Order by Mark Long July 7, 1996 by Mark Long July 7, 1996 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Montreal Screwjob by Mark Long November 9, 1997 by Mark Long November 9, 1997 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events D-Generation X Invades WCW Monday Nitro by Mark Long April 27, 1998 by Mark Long April 27, 1998 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Mankind Defies Death At Hell in a Cell by Mark Long June 28, 1998 by Mark Long June 28, 1998 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Owen Hart Dies In Tragic Stunt Gone Wrong by Mark Long May 23, 1999 by Mark Long May 23, 1999 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The World Wrestling Federation Goes Public by Stephen Von Slagle August 3, 1999 by Stephen Von Slagle August 3, 1999 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Vince McMahon Buys WCW by Mark Long March 26, 2001 by Mark Long March 26, 2001 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Debut Of Total Nonstop Action by Stephen Von Slagle June 19, 2002 by Stephen Von Slagle June 19, 2002 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events Billy Corgan Purchases The National Wrestling Alliance by Stephen Von Slagle May 1, 2017 by Stephen Von Slagle May 1, 2017 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events ‘All In’ Changes The Pro Wrestling Landscape by Stephen Von Slagle September 1, 2018 by Stephen Von Slagle September 1, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The G1 Supercard Sells Out Madison Square Garden by Stephen Von Slagle April 6, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle April 6, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events AEW Presents Its First Pay-Per-View by Stephen Von Slagle May 25, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle May 25, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Events The Debut Of AEW Dynamite On TNT by Stephen Von Slagle October 2, 2019 by Stephen Von Slagle October 2, 2019 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail