CSTC #2: 31st July - 6th August

31st July - 6th August Wrestling History!

31st July
2015:
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper passed away at the age of 61. The WWE Hall Of Famer and former Intercontinental Champion passed away as a result of a heart attack.

1st August
1994:
Shawn Michaels took part in his first match since losing to Razor Ramon in the iconic ladder match at WrestleMania X. In the main event of Monday Night Raw, Michaels defeated Ramon in a 23-minute barnburner.

2nd August
1992:
Ron Simmons became the first African American to win a major world title in wrestling when he defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in Baltimore, Maryland.

3rd August
1997:
WWE SummerSlam took place at the Continental Airlines Arena in Rutherford, New Jersey. The main event saw Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart defeat The Undertaker for the WWE Championship. However, the event is best known for being the night when ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin suffered a career-altering broken neck at the hands of a botched Owen Hart Tombstone Piledriver. Austin managed to finish the match, of a fashion, and win the Intercontinental title

4th August
1997:
On the 100th episode of Monday Nitro, Lex Luger defeated ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title and end the NWO leader’s near year-long reign. Luger’s run with the title would not last long. He dropped it back to Hogan five days later at the WCW Road Wild PPV. It was the second, and final, world title reign for The Total Package.

5th August
2011:
WWE conducted one of the biggest one day talent purges in their history when they released a raft of talent including Melina, Harry Smith, Chris Masters and Vladimir Kozlov.

6th August
1993:
On a house show in Sheffield, England, Hulk Hogan defeats WWF Champion Yokozuna by disqualification. This would prove to be Hogan’s last match under the WWF banner until his return to the company in February 2002.