This Day in Wrestling History - Oct 26th 2010

Today’s History Lesson—October 26th
By: Bill Fenbers

10/26/1982—Chief Jay and Jules Strongbow defeat Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito, to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship.

10/26/1997—highlights from WCW Halloween Havoc
-Rey Mysterio, Jr defeats Eddy Guerrero, to win the Cruiserweight Championship (Mask vs. Title match).
-Curt Hennig defeats Ric Flair by DQ. Hennig retains the United States Championship.
-Roddy Piper defeats Hollywood Hogan, in a Steel Cage match. After the match, a fan entered the cage, and was beaten down by both Piper and Hogan (not shown on the PPV feed).

10/26/1998—DDP defeats Bret Hart, to win the WCW United States Championship.

10/26/1999—at the Smackdown taping, The British Bulldog defeats D’Lo Brown, to win the WWF European Championship (aired on TV 10/28/99).

10/26/2007—among the televised bouts at ShoXC 3:
-Jared Hamman defeats Aaron Rosa, by submission, in the second round.
-Javier Vazquez (not the baseball pitcher) defeats JC Pennington, by submission, in the first round.
-Muhsin Corbbrey defeats Bobby McMasters, by submission, in the first round.

10/26/2008—highlights from WWE Cyber Sunday
-in a match on wwe.com before the PPV, Shelton Benjamin defeats R-Truth, to retain the United States Championship.
-Matt Hardy defeats Evan Bourne, to retain the ECW Championship.
-The Honky Tonk Man defeats Santino Marella, by DQ. Marella retains the Intercontinenal Championship.
-Triple H defeats Jeff Hardy, to retain the WWE Championship.
-Batista defeats Chris Jericho, to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin was special guest referee.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
-Kevin Sullivan (born 1949)
-Nicole Bass (born 1964)
-Robert Maillet (born 1969)
-CM Punk (born 1978)

some good matches in that list. & happy bday to punk