September 11th

1995:
WWE Raw and WCW Nitro went head-to-head for the very first time in the now infamous Monday Night War. On Raw the newly-turned heel British Bulldog took on Razor Ramon, and Shawn Michaels defended the Intercontinental Title against Psycho Sid. Whilst over on Nitro, Hulk Hogan defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lex Luger, and Randy Savage faced Scott Norton.

September 12th

2006:
For the first time ever, an ECW card was held in the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the main event, ECW Champion The Big Show defeated Sabu in an Extreme Rules match.

September 13th

1998:
Three teams of three competitors competed for the very first time in the ‘War Games’ cage match at WCW Fall Brawl ’98. Team WCW, Diamond Dallas Page, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper & The Warrior defeated NWO Hollywood (Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart & Stevie Ray) and NWO Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Sting & Lex Luger). As a result of scoring the winning pinfall, DDP received a shot at Goldberg’s WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc the following month.

September 14th

1999:
On an episode of SmackDown, Vince McMahon defeated Triple H to become the new WWE Champion. The win made the then 54-year old McMahon the oldest WWE champion in history. He would go on to vacate the title the following Monday.

September 15th

1995:
WCW fires Steve Austin. Austin was out with a triceps injury at the time when he was sent his termination notice via FedEx mail. Eric Bischoff, Vice President of WCW at the time, reportedly didn’t see Austin as a marketable performer. That aged well

September 16th

1996:
Sting turned his back on WCW. This was part of the ongoing storyline involving a ‘fake Sting’. The Stinger cut a promo telling his fellow stars and the fans off for doubting him. This led him into his famous gimmick change into ‘The Vigilante Sting’ draped in black with his Crow makeup and trusty baseball bat around a month later. It is also worth noting that it was on this episode of Nitro that Sean Waltman (better known as X-Pac or the 1-2-3 Kid) made his Nitro debut as Syxx.

September 17th

2017:
Legendary former wrestler, manager and commentator Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan passed away at the age of 72.