CSTC #7: 4th September - 10th September

4th - 10th September Wrestling History!

4th September

1995:
WCW presented the historic first episode of WCW Monday Nitro from the unique setting that was The Mall Of The Americas in Minneapolis, Minnestota. The first match in Nitro history saw Brian Pillman face Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger and the night’s main event was between long-time rivals Ric Flair and Sting. The most shocking moment of the night saw Lex Luger appear on the show when most believed he was still contracted to the WWF, setting the tone for the ‘anything can happen’ vibe that Nitro traded off until its final episode in March 2001, also headlined by a match between Flair and Sting

5th September

2020:
AEW All Out took place at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The mammoth 11-match card was headline by Jon Moxley defeated MJF to retain the AEW World Championship. Elsewhere on the card, Britt Baker and Big Swole competed in a cinematic ‘Tooth and Nail’ match in Baker’s dentist surgery, and Orange Cassidy got the better of Chris Jericho in a Mimosa Mayhem match.

6th September

2005:
WWE taped the first ever episode of Friday Night SmackDown featuring a main event of Batista vs. JBL in a Bullrope Match. Notable Wrestling Personalities Born On This Day:

7th September

1997:
WWE hold Ground Zero: In Your House at the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky. The main event of the show would be the first televised singles match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker. The match ended in a draw which led to the famous Hell In A Cell match between the two the following month.

September 8th

1991:
The NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) official stripped Ric Flair of their World Heavyweight title. Flair had left WCW in July but was still official WCW and NWA champion. WCW took the main belt off of him immediately (on paper only as he would turn up on WWF televison with the big gold belt that same week) but for some reason it took the NWA two months to do the same.

9th September

1991:
On the weekly Prime Time Wrestling program, Ric Flair makes his WWF debut after more than a decade of representing the NWA and WCW. In his possession he had WCW’s heavyweight title, announcing himself to be the real world champion

10th September

2001:
On Raw the WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin rallied the Alliance together to take out his frustrations on Kurt Angle by putting the Olympic Gold medallist in a Hardcore Title match against Rob Van Dam. In the main event, Test and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley took on the WCW Champion The Rock in a handicap match. This would also be the last episode to be titled Raw Is War. The 9/11 terrorist attacks took place the next day and the title of the show was changed immediately to Raw.