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Ultimate History of Pro Wrestling - A Time Line of Every Major Event in Pro Wrestling History - 1993

By: Karl Stern

1993

01-04-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Fantastic Story at the Tokyo Egg Dome with an announced attendance of 63,500. Results: Akira Nogami & El Samurai & Takeshi Iizuka defeated Koki Kitahara & Masao Orihara & Nobukazu Hirai… Heisei Ishingun (Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi & Shiro Koshinaka & Great Kabuki defeated Raging Staff (Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Super Strong Machine & Tasutoshi Goto)… IWGP Junior heavyweight title: Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Ultimo Dragon… Ron Simmons defeated Tony Halme… Sting defeated Hiroshi Hase… Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton… IWGP World heavyweight title & NWA World heavyweight title: Great Muta defeated Masahiro Chono… IWGP World tag team titles: Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior Kensuki Sasaki) battled Rick & Scott Steiner to a double count out… Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa… Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Choshu.

01-11-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spot & Spike) beat Ron & Don Harris to win the USWA tag team titles… Brian Christopher beat Jeff Jarrett in a hair vs. title match to win the USWA Southern title.

01-13-1993: WCW: Clash of Champions 22: in Milwaukee, WI: Mecca Arena drawing 4,000: Shown live on TBS: Cactus Jack pinned Johnny B. Badd… Too Cold Scorpio pinned Scotty Flamingo… Chris Benoit pinned Brad Armstrong… Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) beat Tony Atlas in an arm wrestling match… Wrecking Crew beat Johnny Gunn & Tom Zenk… NWA & WCW World tag team champions Shane Douglas & Ricky Steamboat beat Brian Pillman & Steve Austin via DQ… Dustin Rhodes & Sting & Cactus Jack beat Big Van Vader & Paul Orndorff & Barry Windham in a steel cage match.

01-18-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Newton, NC: TV taping: Rec Center drawing 390: The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) beat The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team titles.

01-23-1993: ECW in Philadelphia, PA: Radisson Hotel drawing 670: ECW tag team champions The Super Destroyers (Doug Stahl & AJ Petrucci) beat The Lords of Darkness (Duane Gill & Barry Hardy) to win the WWA tag team titles… Terry Funk beat Eddie Gilbert in a Texas death I quit match.

RINGS: in Tokyo, Japan: NK Hall drawing 6,570: Mitsuya Nagai beat Masayuki Naruse… Sotir Gotchev beat Todor Todorov… Yoshihisa Yomamoto beat Yoshinori Nishi… Volk Han beat Andrei Ruminezei… Akira Maeda beat Herman Renting for third place in the Mega Battle Tournament 1992… Chris Dolman beat Dick Leon-Vrij to win the Mega Battle Tournament 1992.

01-24-1993: WWF Royal Rumble in Sacramento, CA at the Arco Arena drawing 16,000: Dark Match: Doink (Matt Borne) defeated Jim Powers… Rick & Scott Steiner defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau & Blake Beverly/Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos)… WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty… Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Big Boss Man… WWF World champion Bret Hart defeated Razor Ramon… Yokozuna won the Royal Rumble which included: Bob Backlund, The Berserker (John Nord), Carlos Colon, Ted DiBiase, Damien Demento, Earthquake, Fatu, Ric Flair, Owen Hart, Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig), Jerry Lawler, Rick Martel, Max Moon (Paul Diamond), The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs), Repoman (Barry Darsaw), Samu, Tito Santana, Randy Savage, Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo), Papa Shango, Skinner (Steve Keirn), Tatanka, Red Rooster (Terry Taylor), Genichiro Tenryu, Typhoon, The Undertaker, Virgil, and Koko B. Ware.

01-25-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Ron & Don Harris beat Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett to win the vacant USWA tag team titles.

01-28-1993: Andre the Giant (Andre Rene Rousimoff) dies at the age of 46 in France. (This is the correct date. It is often reported incorrectly as the 27th).

01-29-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 12,000: Bret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow… Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) defeated Ric Flair by DQ… The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau & Blake/Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos)… Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase… The Undertaker defeated Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo)… Bob Backlund defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels by count out… Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated Big Bossman… Typhoon (Fred Ottman) defeated Berserker (John Nord)… Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) defeated Virgil & Jim Powers… Tatanka defeated Damien Demento… Tito Santana defeated Skinner (Steve Keirn).

01-31-1993: Joe McHugh, memorable ring announcer from Allentown, PA, famous for his WWF ring introductions, dies at the age of 88.

UWA Mexico: 18th Anniversary Show: in Naucalpan, Mexico: El Toreo drawing 14,000: Sato & El Sagrado beat Titere & Rey Richard… The King & Villanos I & V beat El Rudo & Kennich & Karloffe Lagarde, Jr… King Lee & Villano IV & Enrique Vera beat Killer & Scorpio Sr. & El Engendro via DQ… UWA Trios champions El Signo & Negro Navarro & Black Power II drew Dr. Wagner Jr. & Scorpio Jr. & Shu el Guerrero… Crash the Terminator & Eddie Watts & Goliath el Gigante beat Dos Caras & El Texano & Silver King… Vampiro beat El Canek to win the UWA Heavyweight title.

02-01-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spot & Splat) beat Ron & Don Harris to win the USWA tag team titles.

02-08-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Jellico, TN: Jellico High School drawing 600: TV taping: The Nightstalker pinned Tracy Smothers to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title. Later during the taping to air at a different date on television Tim Horner pinned The Nightstalker to win the SMW Beat the Champ TV Title.

02-14-1993: UWFI (Japan): The Root of Wrestling Ryogoku in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,500: Yoshihiro Takayama drew Tom Burton… Tatsuo Nakano beat Masahito Kakihara… Mark Flemming beat Hiromitsu Kanehara… Yuko Miyato beat Gene Lydick… Dan Severn beat Yoji Anjoh… Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Dennis Koslowski… Gary Albright defeated Naoki Sano… Nobuhiko Takada defeated Kiyoshi Tamura.

02-15-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Ron & Don Harris beat Moondogs (Spot & Splat) to win the USWA tag team titles… USWA Unified World champion Jerry Lawler pinned his son Brian Christopher.

02-16-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Akira Nogami beat Brad Armstrong… Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masashi Aoyagi… Jushin Liger & Ultimo Dragon beat Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga… Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Great Kabuki beat Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat Tony Halme & Rambo… Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Hiroshi Hase & Takayuki Iizuka & Osamu Kido beat Genichiro Tenryu & Koki Kitihara & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa & Samson Fuyuki.

02-18-1993: Kerry Von Erich (Kerry Adkisson) dies of a self inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 33 in Texas.

02-21-1993: WCW Super Brawl 3: in Asheville, NC: Civic Center drawing 6,500: Shown live on PPV: Brian Pillman & Steve Austin beat Erik Watts & Marcus Bagwell… Too Cold Scorpio pinned Chris Benoit… Davey Boy Smith pinned Bill Irwin… Cactus Jack pinned Paul Orndorff in a falls count anywhere match… Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) beat Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Stan Lane) via DQ… WCW U.S. champion Dustin Rhodes beat Maxx Payne via DQ… Barry Windham pinned Great Muta to win the NWA World heavyweight title… Big Van Vader beat Sting in a White Castle of Fear leather strap match.

02-22-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spot & Splat) beat Ron & Don Harris to win the USWA tag team titles.

02-28-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Mighty & Masao Inoue beat Takao Omori & Mitsuo Momota… Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat The Blackhearts… Dory Funk, Jr. beat Kurt Beyer… Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & Yoshinori Ogawa beat Haruka Eigan & Ryukaku Izumida & Satoru Asako… The Patriot (Del Wilkes) & The Eagle (Jackie Fulton) beat Steve Williams & Rob Van Dam… Terry Gordy pinned Jun Akiyama… PWF Junior Heavyweight champion Masa Fuchi pinned Tsuyoshi Kikuchi… Kenta Kobashi pinned Danny Spivey… Stan Hansen pinned Toshiaki Kawada… All Japan Triple Crown champion Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Akira Taue.

03-01-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: JC Ice beat Danny Davis to become the first USWA Middleweight champion… Jeff Jarrett beat Brian Christopher to win the USWA Southern title.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Sevierville, TN: Catan's Chapel Elementary School drawing 700: TV taping: Bobby Eaton pinned Tim Horner to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title.

03-08-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Danny Davis beat JC Ice to win the USWA Middleweight title.

03-10-1993: Dino Bravo is killed at the age of 44 in an attack at his home. He is gunned down in what was reported to be a gang style attack in Quebec, Canada.

03-12-1993: ECW in Radnor, PA: Cabrini College drawing 250: Jimmy Snuka beat Glenn Osbourne to win the ECW TV title.

03-15-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spot & Splat) beat Brian Christopher & The Big Black Dog to win the USWA tag team titles.

03-21-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 10,400: Bret Hart & Mr. Perfect defeated Lex Luger & Razor Ramon (Scott Hall)… Randy Savage defeated Doink the Clown (Matt Borne) by DQ… Rick Steiner defeated Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo)… Tatanka defeated Reno Riggins… Jerry Lawler defeated Tito Santana… Virgil defeated Repo Man (Barry Darsaw)… Terry Taylor defeated Jim Brunzell.

03-22-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Brian Christopher & Scotty Flamingo (AKA: Raven) beat Moondogs (Spot & Splat) to win the USWA tag team titles.

03-25-1993: Wally Karbo, age 77, dies in Minnesota. He was a longtime promoter and owned a portion of the AWA at one point.

03-29-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spot & Splat) beat Brian Christopher & Scotty Flamingo to win the USWA tag team titles… WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels pinned Jeff Jarrett.

04-02-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Bluegrass Brawl 1993: in Pikeville, KY: Pikeville College Gym drawing 2,000: Robbie Eagle pinned Rip Rogers… The Mongolian Stomper beat Rob Morgan… Tim Horner beat The Nightstalker via DQ… Brian Lee pinned Kevin Sullivan in a Singapore spike match… Tracy Smothers beat The Dirty White Boy in a chain match to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling title… The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) & Bobby Eaton beat The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) & Arn Anderson and Dutch Mantel & Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller in a three way street fight match.

ECW in Radnor, PA: Cabrini College drawing 230: Tony Stetson & Larry Winters beat The Super Destroyers (Doug Stahl & AJ Petrucci) to win the ECW tag team titles.

WAR vs. NJPW in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,250: Jushin Liger & El Samurai beat Ultimo Dragon & Masao Orihara… Haku beat Dick Slater… Earthquake (John Tenta) beat The Renegade… Shiro Koshinaka & Akio Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Sato beat Samson Fuyuki & Super Strong Machine & Ashura Hara & Isao Takagi… Tatsumi Fujinami beat The Great Kabuki… Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto beat Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa.

All-Japan Women: All-Star Dream Slam in Yokohama, Japan: Yokohama Arena drawing 16,500: Plum Marika & Hikari Fukuoka beat Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito… Yoshika Maedomari & Erica Tsuchiya beat Terri Power & Saemi Numata… Ultima Tigrita & Kaoru Maeda beat Mima Shimoda & Tomoko Watanabe… Rumi Kazama & Miki Handa beat Suzuka Minami & Etsuko Mita… WWWA Martial Arts champion Bat Yoshinaga beat Susan Howard via unanimous decision… Devil Masami pinned Chigusa Nagayo… Legends Ceremony: Lioness Asuka, Mach Fumiaki, Mimi Hagiwara, Lucy Kayama, Bison Kimura, Nancy Kumi, Dump Matsumoto, Jumbo Miyamoto, Mitsuko Nishiwaki, Yukari Omori, Noriyo Tateno, and Jaguar Yokota… Kyoko & Takako Inoue beat Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki… Bull Nakano & Aja Kong beat Eagle Sawai & Harley Saito… Dynamite Kansai pinned Yumiko Hotta… Akira Hokuto pinned Shinobu Kandori… WWWA tag team champions Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada beat Megumi Kido & Combat Toyoda.

04-03-1993: ECW in Radnor, PA: Cabrini College: Johnny Hotbody & Chris Candido beat Tony Stetson & Larry Winters to win the ECW tag team titles. Don Muraco pinned The Sandman to win the ECW title.

04-04-1993: WWF WrestleMania 9 in Las Vegas, NV: Caesar's Palace: Attendance: 15,045 ($1,100,000): Dark Match: Tito Santana defeated Papa Shango… Tatanka defeated Shawn Michaels via countout… Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Headshrinkers (Samu & Fatu)… Doink (Matt Borne) defeated Crush (Bryan Adams)… Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated Bob Backlund… WWF World tag team champions Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo) defeated Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake via DQ… Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig)… The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzales via DQ… Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF heavyweight title... Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna to win the WWF heavyweight title.

04-06-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Osamu Nishimura beat Tokimitsu Ishizawa… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Takashi Ishikawa beat Michiyoshi Ohara… Ultimo Dragon & Norio Honaga beat Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Hiromichi Fuyuki & Tatsutoshi Goto & Koki Kitihara beat Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito… The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat Masahiro Chono & Takayuki Iizuka… Super Strong Machine & Ashura Hara beat Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami… Riki Choshu beat Genichiro Tenryu.

04-10-1993: UWFI (Japan): The Fight of Champions in Osaka, Japan: Furitsu Gym drawing 7,500: Steve Day beat Hiromitsu Kanehara… Mark Fleming beat Yoshihiro Takayama… Tatsuo Nakano & Gene Lydick beat Yoji Anjoh & Tom Burton… Bad News Allen beat Yuko Miyato… Naoki Sano beat Masahito Kakihara… Dan Severn beat Kiyoshi Tamura… Gary Albright defeated Dennis Koslowski… Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki.

04-11-1993: WWF UK Rampage: in Sheffield, UK at Sheffield Arena: Shown live on Sky Sports: Fatu pinned Brian Knobbs… Doink pinned Kamala… Mr. Perfect pinned Samu… Bob Backlund pinned Damian Demento… Typhoon (Fred Ottman) pinned Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi)… Crush (Bryan Adams) beat WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels via countout… Lex Luger beat Jim Duggan via DQ.

All-Japan Women: All-Star Dream Slam II in Osaka, Japan: Furitsu Gym drawing 6,500: Sakie Hasegawa pinned Hikari Fukuoka… Leo Kitimura & Mikiko Futagami & Utako Hozumi beat Kaoru Ito & Saemi Numata & Tomoko Watanabe… Bat Yoshinaga & Terri Power beat Rumi Kazama & Miki Handa… Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kido beat Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda… Yumiko Hotta & Kyoko & Takako Inoue beat Cutie Suzuki & Plum Mariko & Boirshoi Kid… Suzuka Minami pinned Harley Saito… Bull Nakano pinned Chigusa Nagayo… Shinobu Kandori & Eagle Sawai beat Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong… Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki beat Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota to win the WWWA tag team title.

04-12-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Southern Rockers (Rex King & Steve Doll) beat Moondogs (Spot & Splat) to win the USWA tag team titles.

04-19-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Sherri Martel pinned Miss Texas to win the USWA Women’s title. However, the decision was later reversed with the title reverting to Texas.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Barbourville, KY: Knox Central High School: TV taping: Brian Lee pinned Bobby Eaton to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title.

04-30-1993: AAA Triple Mania 1: in Mexico City, Mexico: Plaza de Toros drawing 48,000: Martha Villalobos & Pantera Surena & Wendy beat Lola Gonzales & Vicky Caranza & La Rosa… Winners & Super Calo & El Salsero beat May Flowers & Rudy Reyna & Baby Sharon… Volador & Misterioso & Rey Misterio Jr. beat Tony Arce & Vulcano & Rocco Valente… Octagon & El Hijo del Santo & Villano III beat Fuerza Guerrera & Heavy Metal & Rambo… Mexican Heavyweight champion Lizmark beat La Parka in four falls… Mascara Sagrada & Love Machine (Art Barr) & Mascarita Sagrada beat Jerry Estrada & Blue Panther & Jerrito Estrada… Perro Aguayo beat Mascara 2000 in three falls in a hair vs. mask match… Cien Caras beat Konnan in two straight falls in a retirement match.

05-03-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Papa Shango (Charles Wright) pinned Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World title.

New Japan Pro Wrestling: Wrestling Dontaku 1993: in Fukuoka, Japan: Fukuoka Dome drawing 55,000: El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto & Osamu Nishimura… Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Akitoshi Saito… Brutus Beefcake pinned Masa Saito… The Great Kabuki & Masashi Aoyagi & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka beat Takashi Ishikawa & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto & Ashura Hara & Hiro Saito… Tiger Mask (Koji Kanemoto) pinned Jushin Liger… Sting battled Scott Norton to a double DQ… Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Hiro Hase… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto… WWF heavyweight champion Hulk Hogan pinned Keiji Mutoh… Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu & Genichiro Tenryu.

05-05-1993: FMW: 4th Anniversary Show in Kawasaki, Japan: Kawasaki Stadium drew 41,000 ($1,800,000): Eiji Ezaki (AKA: Hayabusa) pinned Koji Nakagawa… Rie Nakamura pinned Keiko Iwame… Eagle Sawai & Utako Ozumi & Yasha Kurenai & Midori Saito & Mikiko Futagami beat Miwa Sato & Erica Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari & Kumiko Matsuda & Yukie Nabeno… The Sheik & Sabu beat Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal… Great Sasuke & Kendo & Battle Ranger beat Super Delfin & Espantos IV & V… Shinobu Kandori beat Victoria Kazumiya… Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo beat Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota… Ricky Fuji & Big Titan (Rick Bogner) & Gladiator (Mike Awesome) beat Katsuji Ueda & Great Punk & Tarzan Goto in a loser leaves town no rope barbed wire tornado street fight death match… Gregori Veritchev beat Leon Spinks… Atsushi Onita pinned Terry Funk in an exploding ring barbed wire land mine match.

05-06-1993: UWFI (Japan): The Fight of Champions II in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,500: Bad News Allen beat Yoshihiro Takayama… Masahito Kakihara & Yoji Anjoh beat Gene Lydick & Tom Burton… Kazuo Yamazaki beat Yuko Miyato… Kiyoshi Tamura beat Naoki Sano… Super Vader (Leon White) defeated Tatsuo Nakano… Gary Albright defeated Dennis Koslowski… Nobuhiko Takada beat Dan Severn.

05-07-1993: William Ospreay is born.

05-09-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Volunteer Slam 2: in Knoxville, TN: Civic Coliseum drawing 1,110: Robert Gibson pinned The Tazmaniac… Killer Kyle beat Robert Fuller via DQ… Brian Lee pinned Stan Lane… Kevin Sullivan pinned Jimmy Golden… Tom Prichard pinned Ricky Morton… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Tracy Smothers beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) in a coward waves the flag match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) & Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden & Brian Lee beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Stan Lane) & Killer Kyle & Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac in a Rage in a Cage match.

05-14-1993: ECW in Philadelphia, PA: Tommy Cairo won a battle royal to become the first ECW Pennsylvania Champ.

05-15-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Last Tango in Tennessee: in Johnson City, TN: Freedom Hall drawing 1,100: Killer Kyle pinned Bobby Blaze… Tim Horner & Brian Lee beat Dutch Mantel & Jimmy Golden… Brian Lee pinned Kevin Sullivan in a Singapore spike match… The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) (seconded by Don Wright) beat Tracy Smothers (seconded by Tim Horner) in a coward waves the flag match. Due to the controversial finish, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling title was held-up… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Stan Lane) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team titles in a loser of the fall leaves SMW match. Stan Lane lost the fall.

ECW in Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Hotbody & Rick Michaels beat The Super Destroyers (Doug Stahl & AJ Petrucci) to win the ECW tag team titles.

05-16-1993: Little Coco (Stanley Littlejohn) dies at the age of 40.

05-17-1993: At a Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV taping in Harlan, KY, Jimmy Del Rey (previously known as Jimmy Backlund) replaces Stan Lane as one half of The Heavenly Bodies with Tom Prichard.

05-23-1993: WCW Slamboree: A Legends Reunion: in Atlanta, GA: The Omni drawing 7,008: Shown live on PPV: Legends Introduction: Ole Anderson, The Assassin (Jody Hamilton), Ox Baker, Red Bastien, James Blears, Crusher, Fabulous Moolah, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne, Bob Geigle, Stu Hart, Magnum TA, Bugsy McGraw, Don Owen, Dusty Rhodes, Grizzly Smith, Lou Thesz, John Tolos, Maurice Vachon, Johnny Valentine, and Mr. Wrestling II (Johnny Walker)… Too Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell beat Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit… Sid Vicious pinned Van Hammer… Dick Murdoch & Don Muraco & Jimmy Snuka battled Wahoo McDaniel & Blackjack Mulligan & Jim Brunzell to a no contest… Thunderbolt Patterson & Brad Armstrong beat Ivan Koloff & Baron Von Raschke… Dory Funk, Jr. (seconded by Gene Kiniski) drew Nick Bockwinkel (seconded by Verne Gagne)… Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff beat Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki… Sting pinned The Prisoner (AKA: Nailz)… WCW Hall of Fame Inductions: Lou Thesz, Mr. Wrestling II, Verne Gagne, and Eddie Graham (posthumous)… WCW World tag team champions Brian Pillman & Steve Austin beat Dos Hombres (Ricky Steamboat & Tom Zenk) in a steel cage match. Zenk was supposed to be Shane Douglas… NWA World heavyweight champion Barry Windham pinned Arn Anderson… WCW World heavyweight champion Big Van Vader beat Davey Boy Smith via DQ.

05-24-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Danny Davis beat The Master of Terror (Ken Wayne) to win the USWA Middleweight title.

05-25-1993: David “D.J.” Peterson is killed in a motorcycle accident near St. Joseph, MO at the age of 33.

05-29-1993: AAA in Queretoro, Mexico: drawing 30,000: El Bandito lost a "three way loser unmasks" match to Rey Misterio, Jr. and Angel Mortal… La Parka & Angel Blanco Jr. & Fantasma beat Tinieblas Jr. & Lizmark & Mascara Sagrada… WWA Welterweight champion Heavy Metal beat El Hijo del Santo… Love Machine (Art Barr) & Octagon & Perro Aguayo beat Mascara Ano 2000 & Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera.

RINGS: Battle Dimension: Tokyo Bay Area Circuit II: 2nd Anniversary: in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 8,700: Masayuki Naruse drew Yuki Ishikawa… Georgi Keandelaki defeated Mikhail Simov in a shoot boxing match… Willie Peeters beat Nobuaki Kakuta…. Dick Leon-Vrij defeated Andrei Kopilov… Chris Dolman beat Mitsuya Nagai… Volk Han beat Willie Williams.

06-01-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Mitsuo Momota beat Takao Omori… Giant Kamala II (Ben Peacock) beat Ryukaku Izumida… Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Al Perez & Kurt Beyer… Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue beat Abdullah the Butcher & Masa Fuchi & Haruka Eigan… Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Satoru Asako beat Yoshinori Ogawa & Masao Inoue… The Patriot (Del Wilkes) & The Eagle (Jackie Fulton) & Joel Deaton beat Steve Williams & Richard Slinger & Barry Horowitz… Stan Hansen pinned Terry Gordy… All Japan World tag team champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi.

06-07-1993: Don Kent, age 60, former member of the Fabulous Kangaroos tag team, dies.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Cumberland, KY: Cumberland High School drawing 275: TV taping: Bobby Blaze pinned The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) to win the vacant Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title.

06-11-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Knoxville, TN: City Coliseum drawing 600: Tracy Smothers beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) to win the held-up Smoky Mountain Wrestling title.

06-12-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 9,100: Bret Hart defeated Bob Backlund… Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels by count out… Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig)… The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) & Samoan Afa defeated The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) & Kamala… The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzalez (AKA: El Gigante) by DQ… Tatanka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by count out… Tito Santana defeated Papa Shango. This card is also noteworthy as Bob Backlund’s first ever pinfall loss at Madison Square Garden.

06-13-1993: WWF King of the Ring takes place for the first time on Pay-Per-View: in Fairborn, OH at the Nutter Center drawing 6,500: Dark Match: USWA Unified Champ Papa Shango pinned Owen Hart… Bret Hart pinned Razor Ramon… Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) beat Mr. Hughes via DQ… Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Jim Duggan… Tatanka battled Lex Luger to a time limit draw… Bret Hart pinned Mr. Perfect… Yokozuna pinned Hulk Hogan to win the WWF heavyweight title… The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) & Rick & Scott Steiner beat Headshrinkers (Samu & Fatu) & Irwin R. Schyster & Ted DiBiase… WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels pinned Crush (Brian Adams)… Bret Hart pinned Bam Bam Bigelow to win the King of the Ring Tournament.

06-15-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 14,214: Yuji Nagata & Shinjiro Ohtani & Osamu Nishimura beat Yoshiro Ito & Nobukazu Hirai & Yuji Yasuraoka… Hiromichi Fuyuki & Koki Kitihara beat Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi… Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka… Ultimo Dragon & Dean Malenko beat El Samurai & Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit)… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat John Tenta & Haku… IWGP heavyweight champion Great Muta beat Great Kabuki via DQ… Hiroshi Hase & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto & Takashi Ishikawa in an elimination match.

06-16-1993: WCW: Clash of Champions 23: in Norfolk, VA: The Scope drawing 6,000: Shown live on TBS: Pre-show: Jim Neidhart pinned Shanghai Pierce… Ron Simmons pinned Dick Slater… Steven Regal pinned Marcus Bagwell… Maxx Payne beat Johnny B. Badd via forfeit… NWA World champion Barry Windham pinned Too Cold Scorpio… Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious & Rick Rude beat Dustin Rhodes & Sting & Davey Boy Smith… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson beat NWA & WCW World tag team champions Brian Pillman & Steve Austin in two straight falls.

06-17-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 14,300: Osamu Nishimura & Black Cat beat Yuji Yasuraoka & Nobukazu Hirai… Ultimo Dragon beat Norio Honaga… Takeshi Ishikawa beat Masashi Aoyagi… Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Yoshiro Ito & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto… Hiroshi Hase beat Hiromichi Fuyuki… John Tenta & Haku beat Tony Halme & The Barbarian… Masahiro Chono beat Koki Kitihara… The Great Muta beat Ashura Hara… Genichiro Tenryu pinned Shinya Hashimoto.

06-19-1993: ECW Super Summer Sizzler: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 650: Herve Rinesto battled Don E. Allen to a no contest… ECW TV champion Jimmy Snuka pinned JT Smith… Tony Stetson beat Larry Winters in a first blood match… Peaches beat Tigra in a cat fight… ECW TV champion Jimmy Snuka pinned Tommy Cairo… Rockin' Rebel pinned Sandman in a Philadelphia street fight match… Dick Murdoch pinned Dark Patriot II… Sal Bellomo & Stevie Wonderful & Super Destroyer 1 (Doug Stahl) beat Johnny Hotbody & Chris Michaels & Hunter Q. Robbins III… Eddie Gilbert beat Terry Funk in a chain match.

06-21-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: New Jack & Homeboy beat Southern Rockers (Rex King & Steve Doll) to win the USWA tag team titles… Owen Hart pinned Papa Shango (Charles Wright) to win the USWA Unified World title.

06-28-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Jarrett beat Brian Christopher to win the USWA Southern title. Jackie Fargo was the special referee.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Council, VA: Council High School: TV taping: Ron & Don Harris beat The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team titles… The Mighty Yankee (Tony Anthony) pinned Bobby Blaze to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title.

07-04-1993: WWF presents the “Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge”: in New York City, NY on The U.S.S. Intrepid drawing 1,500: The following wrestlers all failed to bodyslam Yokozuna: Rick & Scott Steiner, Tatanka, Bob Backlund, Randy Savage, and Crush… The following pro athletes all failed to bodyslam Yokozuna: Joe Morris & Peter Taglianetti (Pittsburgh Penguins), Scott Burrell (Charlotte Hornets), Bill Fralic (Detroit Lions), Regy Roby (Miami Dolphins), George Martin, Joe Smith, and several others including a jockey… Lex Luger successfully body slammed Yokozuna.

07-05-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: CW Bergstrom & Melvin Penrod beat New Jack & Homeboy to win the USWA tag team titles… Jerry Lawler pinned Owen Hart to win the USWA Unified World title.

07-13-1993: RINGS: Battle Dimension: Osaka Metropolitan Circuit II in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 6,380: Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Georgi Keandelaki via decision… Masayuke Naruse beat Nobuaki Kakuto… Nikolai Zouev beat Todor Todorov… Hans Nyman defeated Mitsuya Nagai… Willie Williams beat Bitsadze Tariel… Dick Len-Vrij defeated Volk Han.

07-17-1993: Phil Zacko, longtime promoter in the Philadelphia, PA area, dies at the age of 77.

07-18-1993: WCW Beach Blast: in Biloxi, MS: Gulf Coast Coliseum drawing 8,600: Shown live on PPV: WCW TV champion Paul Orndorff beat Ron Simmons via DQ… Too Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell beat Tex Slashinger & Shanghai Pierce… Steven Regal pinned Erik Watts… Johnny B. Badd pinned Maxx Payne… WCW World tag team champions The Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin) beat Paul Roma & Arn Anderson… Dustin Rhodes drew Rick Rude scoring one fall each in an ironman challenge match that was for the held-up WCW U.S. title… Ric Flair pinned Barry Windham to win the NWA World title… Sting & Davey Smith beat Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious.

07-18-1993: UWFI (Japan): Pro Wrestling World Championship: Takada vs. Hashimikov in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,000: Hiromitsu Kanehara drew Gene Lydick… Bad News Allen beat Yoshihiro Takayama… Yuko Miyato beat Ray Lloyd… Dennis Koslowski & Steve Day beat Naoki Sano & Masahito Kakihara… Kazuo Yamazaki beat Yoji Anjoh… Kiyoshi Tamura beat Tatsuo Nakano… Gary Albright defeated Mark Silver… UWFI World champion Nobuhiko Takada beat Salman Hashimikov.

07-19-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: The Vampire Warrior (Dave Heath) pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Southern title.

07-29-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Satoru Asako beat Takao Omori… Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota & Mighty Inoue beat Yoshinori Ogawa & Joel Deaton & Ryukaku Izumida… Pete Roberts & Richard Slinger beat Mark & Chris Youngblood… Giant Baba & The Destroyer & Kurt Beyer beat Masao Inoue & Haruka Eigan & Masa Fuchi… Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Jun Akiyama beat Johnny Smith & Dynamite Kid… Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Johnny Ace & Kendall Windham… Akira Taue beat Bubba Rogers… Stan Hansen pinned Kenta Kobashi… All Japan Triple Crown champion Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Toshiaki Kawada.

08-02-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Luna Vachon beat Miss Texas to win the USWA Women’s title… Moondogs (Spike & Cujo) beat CW Bergstrom & Melvin Penrod to win the USWA tag team titles… Jerry Lawler battled Bret Hart to a double DQ.

New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 9,000: Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga beat Black Cat & Satoshi Kojima & Takayuki Iizuka… Super Strong Machine beat Masashi Aoyagi… Michiyoshi Ohara beat Hiromichi Fuyuki… Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido… Jushin Liger & El Samurai beat Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) & Shinjiro Otani… Tiger Mask III (Koji Kanemoto) beat Eddy Guerrero… Akira Nogami & Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh beat Great Kabuki & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat The Barbarian & Haku… Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishizawa beat Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono & Tatsumi Fujinami.

08-03-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 7,500: Yuji Yasuraoka & Yoshiro Ito & Nobukazu Hirai beat Shinjiro Otani & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima… Masashi Aoyagi & Kengo Kimura & Great Kabuki beat Manabu Nakanishi & Akira Nogami & Keiji Mutoh… Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akitoshi Saito… Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) beat Tiger Mask III (Koji Kanemoto)… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat The Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs & Brian Knobbs)… Genichiro Tenryu & Koki Kitihara beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Jushin Liger… Hiromichi Fuyuki beat Takayuki Iizuka… Super Strong Machine beat Shiro Koshinaka… Masahiro Chono beat Ashura Hara… Hiroshi Hase beat Shinya Hashimoto.

08-04-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Yoshiro Ito & Nobukazu Hirai beat Black Cat & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Norio Honaga & Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima… Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Koki Kitihara… Hiroshi Hase & Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka beat Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi… Jushin Liger beat Shinjiro Otani… IWGP tag team champions The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara… Kengo Kimura beat Michiyoshi Ohara… Osamu Kido beat Takashi Ishikawa… Keiji Mutoh beat Great Kabuki… Tatsumi Fujinami beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

08-05-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 9,000: Jushin Liger beat Eddy Guerrero… Negro Casas beat Shinjiro Otani… Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Koki Kitihara beat Masashi Aoyagi & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka… The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) beat Satoshi Kojima & Takayuki Iizuka… Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Nogami… Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) to win the IWGP tag team title… Hiroshi Hase beat Kengo Kimura… Masahiro Chono beat Hiromichi Fuyuki… Tatsumi Fujinami beat Osamu Kido… Keiji Mutoh beat Super Strong Machine.

08-06-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Norio Honaga beat Osamu Nishimura… Masashi Aoyagi beat Yuji Nagata… Hiromichi Fuyuki beat Satoshi Kojima… Shinjiro Otani beat El Engendro… Negro Casas & Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) beat Jushin Liger & El Samurai… The Barbarian & Haku beat The Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs & Brian Knobbs)… Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat Masa Saito & Manabu Nakanishi… Great Kabuki & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka beat Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito & Takashi Ishikawa… Tatsumi Fujinami beat Keiji Mutoh… Hiroshi Hase beat Masa Chono.

08-07-1993: ECW in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena: Tony Stetson beat Tommy Cairo to win the ECW Pennsylvania title.

New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Yuji Nagata & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Nobukazu Hirai & Yuji Yasuraoka… Satoshi Kojima & Takayuki Iizuka beat Koki Kitihara & Yoshiro Ito… Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto… El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani… The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) beat Masa Saito & Akira Nogami… Jushin Liger & Eddy Guerrero & Black Cat beat El Engendro & Negro Casas & Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit)… Super Strong Machine & Takashi Ishikawa beat Masa Chono & Manabu Nakanishi… IWGP tag team champions Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat The Barbarian & Haku… Tatsumi Fujinami beat Hiroshi Hase to win the 1993 G-1 Climax tournament.

08-08-1993: WWC: 20th Anniversary Show: in Bayamon, PR: Bayamon Stadium drawing 12,000: El Bronco beat El Exotico… The Bushwhackers (Luke Williams & Butch Miller) beat Warlord & Mr. Hughes… Madusa beat Luna Vachon… WWC tag team champions Dusty Wolfe & Mohammad Hussein beat Jose Luis Rivera & Mike Anthony… Johnny Ace beat Doink… Dan Kroffat beat La Ley… Hercules Ayala battled Abdullah the Butcher to a double count out… Greg Valentine beat Invader 1 (Jose Gonzalez) to win the vacant WWC Universal title… Carlos Colon beat Terry Funk.

New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Yasuraoka & Nobukazu Hirai & Yoshiro Ito… Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Nishimura… Eddy Guerrero beat Shinjiro Otani… Black Cat & Osamu Kido beat Hiromichi Fuyuki & Koki Kitihara… The Nasty Boys (Jerry Stubbs & Brian Knobbs) beat Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito… IWGP Junior heavyweight champion Jushin Liger beat Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit)… Masashi Aoyagi & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura & Great Kabuki beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Takayuki Iizuka & Masa Chono & Keiji Mutoh & Tatsumi Fujinami… IWGP tag team champions Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki) via DQ… Hiroshi Hase beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara… Genichiro Tenryu beat Shinya Hashimoto.

08-13-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 13,000: WWF champion Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart… Diesel (Kevin Nash) & Shawn Michaels & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) & Tatanka & Marty Jannetty in an elimination match… Jerry Lawler defeated Randy Savage by DQ… Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) defeated The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu)… 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman) defeated Doink the Clown… Owen Hart defeated Blake Beverly (Wayne Bloom)… Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw) defeated Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi).

UWFI (Japan): The Fight of Champions III in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,500: Bovy Chowaikung beat Tony Cockburn in a kickboxing match… Steve Nelson beat Kazushi Sakuraba… Greg Bobchick beat Tommy Cairo… Gene Lydick beat Yoshihiro Takayama… Hiromitsu Kanehara defeated Tom Burton… Masahito Kakihara beat Bad News Allen… Dennis Koslowski beat Yuko Miyato… Naoki Sano beat Yoji Anjoh… Gary Albright & Dan Severn beat Nobuhiko Takada & Kiyoshi Tamura… Super Vader (Leon White) defeated Kazuo Yamazaki.

08-14-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Fire on the Mountain 1993: in Johnson City, TN: Freedom Hall drawing 1,400: Jimmy Del Rey pinned Steve Armstrong… The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) battled The Mongolian Stomper to a double DQ… Big Boss Man pinned Kevin Sullivan… Chris Candido beat Tim Horner via DQ in a loser sucks a baby bottle match… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee pinned Tracy Smothers in a coal miner's glove match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) & Bob & Steve & Scott Armstrong beat The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Rey & Tom Prichard) & The Bruise Brothers (Ron & Don Harris) & Jim Cornette in a rage in a cage match.

08-16-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: The Dog Catchers (Doug Vine & Jeff Sword) beat Moondogs (Spike & Cujo) to win the USWA tag team titles… Bret & Owen Hart beat Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Clintwood, VA: Clintwood Elementary School drawing 310: TV taping: Jimmy Del Ray pinned Ricky Morton to win the vacant Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV Title.

08-18-1993: WCW: Clash of Champions 24: in Daytona Beach, FL: Ocean Center drawing 8,903: Shown live on TBS: Arn Anderson & Paul Roma beat Steve Austin & Steven Regal to win the WCW World tag team titles… Too Cold Scorpio pinned Bobby Eaton… Johnny B. Badd pinned Maxx Payne… Ricky Steamboat pinned Paul Orndorff to win the WCW TV title… Sting & Ric Flair beat Awesome & King Kong… Road Warrior Hawk & Dustin Rhodes beat The Equalizer & Rick Rude… WCW World champion Vader pinned Davey Boy Smith.

08-20-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: K-Town Showdown: in Knoxville, TN: Civic Coliseum drawing 2,780: Bobby Blaze beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony)… Tim Horner beat Chris Candido via DQ in a loser must wear a diaper match… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee pinned The Mongolian Stomper… The Big Boss Man pinned Kevin Sullivan in a Singapore spike match… The Bruise Brothers (Ron & Don Harris) beat The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) and Steve & Scott Armstrong and The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) in a four corners tag team match… Bob Armstrong pinned Jim Cornette in a lumberjacks with tennis rackets match. The Big Bossman was the special referee.

08-21-1993: RINGS: Battle Dimension: Tokyo Bay Area Circuit III in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 11,500: Masayuki Naruse beat Tiger Levani… Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Mikhail Simov… Pieter Oele defeated Willie Peeters… Nikolai Zouev beat Grom Zaza… Bitsadze Tariel beat Hans Nyman… Willie Williams beat Dick Leon-Vrij via decision… Volk Han beat Chris Dolman.

08-22-1993: FMW: Summer Spectacular 1993 in Osaka, Japan: Hyago Nishnomiya Stadium drawing 36,223: Masato Tanaka pinned Mr. Chin… Koji Nakagawa pinned Chiaki Matsuyama… Combat Toyoda & Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari beat Kumiko Matsuda & Keiko Iwame & Nurse Nakamura… Little Frankie pinned Tomezo Tsunokake… Ricky Fuji pinned Mercurio… Yasha Kurenai pinned Yukie Nabeno… Terry Boy & Atsushi Onita, Jr beat Cockroaches 1 & 2… Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato beat Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito… Great Sasuke & Taka Michinoku & Battle Ranger beat Super Delfin & Jinsei Shinzaki & Gran Naniwa… Big Titan (Rick Bogner) & Gladiator (Mike Awesome) beat Katsuji Ueda & Sambo Asako in a street fight match… Katsuji Ueda defeated Leon Spinks… Terry Funk & Tarzan Goto beat The Sheik & Sabu in a stretcher match… Atsushi Onita pinned Mr. Pogo in an exploding ring no rope barbed wire match to win the first FMW Brass Knux title.

08-23-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Jarrett pinned The Vampire Warrior (Dave Heath) to win the USWA Southern title… Jerry Lawler pinned Paul Neighbors (seconded by Vince McMahon) in a stretcher match… Lex Luger pinned Yokozuna.

08-25-1993: All-Japan Women: Legacy of Queens in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 14,500: Midori Endo & Yasha Kurenai & Utako Hozumi beat Chikako Shiratori & Numatchi & Tomoko Watanabe… Candy Okutsu & Boirshoi Kid beat Chaparita Asari & Infernal Kaoru… Bull Nakano & Suzuka Minami & Mima Shimoda & Bat Yoshinaga & Etsuko Mita beat Leo Kitimura & Eagle Sawai & Harley Saito & Miki Handa & Yukari Osawa in an elimination match…. Takako Inoue pinned Cutie Suzuki… Kaoru Ito & Toshiyo Yamada beat Megumi Kudo & Yuki Nabeno… Shinobu Kandori beat Kyoko Inoue… Plum Mariko & Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka beat Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta & Sake Hasegawa… All-Pacific champion Akira Hokuto pinned Rumi Kazama… WWWA champion Aja Kong pinned Dynamite Kansai.

08-28-1993: AAA: La Revencha: in Los Angeles, CA: Sports Arena drawing 17,500: Super Boy pinned Thunder Machine… Lover Boy & El Mercenario & Pat Tanaka beat Piloto Suicida & Mando Guerrero & El Mercurio… Mascarita Sagrada & Octagoncito beat Espectrito & Jerrito Estrada… Psicosis & Heavy Metal & Jerry Estrada beat Volador & Rey Misterio Jr. & Misterioso… Octagon & El Hijo del Santo & Blue Panther beat Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero & Fuerza Guerrera… Konnan beat Jake Roberts and Cien Caras in a triangle match.

08-29-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jerry Lawler pinned Bret Hart in a steel cage match.

08-30-1993: WWF SummerSlam in Auburn Hills, MI at The Palace drawing 14,000: Dark Match: Owen Hart pinned Barry Horowitz… Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) pinned Ted DiBiase… WWF World tag team champions Rick & Scott Steiner beat The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray & Tom Pritchard)… WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels beat Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) via countout… Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo) pinned The 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman)… Bret Hart beat Doink (Phil Apollo) via submission… Jerry Lawler beat Bret Hart via DQ… Ludwig Borga (Tony Halme) beat Marty Jannetty… The Undertaker pinned Giant Gonzales in a rest in peace match… Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) & Tatanka beat Bam Bam Bigelow & Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu)… Lex Luger beat WWF World Champ Yokozuna via countout.

09-03-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Takao Omori beat Mighty Inoue… Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kamala II (Ben Peacock) beat Thunder & Lightning… Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Tracey Smothers & The Eagle (Jackie Fulton)… Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Ryukaku Izumida & Haruka Eigan & Joel Deaton… Jun Akiyama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Satoru Asako beat Masa Fuchi & Yoshinori Ogawa & Masao Inoue… Kenta Kobashi pinned The Patriot (Del Wilkes)… Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue to win the All Japan World tag team titles… All Japan Triple Crown champion Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Steve Williams.

09-06-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Moondogs (Spike & Cujo) beat The Dog Catchers (Doug Vines & Jeff Sword) to win the USWA tag team titles.

09-08-1993: ECW in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 300: Tito Santana beat Don Muraco to win the ECW title… Eddie Gilbert & The Dark Patriot (Doug Gilbert) beat Sandman & Salvatore Bellomo to win the vacant ECW tag team title.

09-11-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Morristown, TN: East High School drawing 450: The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) beat Ron & Don Harris in a hair vs. title match to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team titles.

09-12-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Knoxville, TN: City Coliseum drawing 800: Terry Funk pinned Bob Armstrong. As a result, Jim Cornette became the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Commissioner.

09-13-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: The Dog Catchers (Doug Vines & Jeff Sword) beat Moondogs (Spike & Cujo) to win the USWA tag team titles… Tommy Rich pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA title… Tatanka pinned Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World title.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Oakwood, VA: Garden High School: TV taping: Robert Gibson pinned Jimmy Del Rey to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ TV title. Later in the taping The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) pinned Robert Gibson to win the SMW Beat the Champ TV title.

09-18-1993: ECW UltraClash: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 1,131: The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) beat Jason Knight & Ian Rotten… ECW Pennsylvania champion Tony Stetson pinned Tommy Cairo… Super Destroyer 1 (Doug Stahl) pinned Super Destroyer 2 (AJ Petrucci) in a mask vs. mask match… The Dark Patriot (Doug Gilbert) beat JT Smith in a scaffold match… Terry Funk & Stan Hansen beat Kevin Sullivan & Abdullah the Butcher via DQ in a bunkhouse match… Tigra won a battle royal. Also in the match were: Don E. Allen, Angel, Hunter Q. Robbins III, Sherri Martel, and Jay Sullie… Sal Bellomo pinned Richard Michaels in a strap match… ECW champion Shane Douglas pinned Sandman… The Headhunters (Headhunter A & B) beat Miguelito Perez & Crash the Terminator in a baseball bat match.

09-19-1993: WCW Fall Brawl: in Houston, TX: Astro Arena drawing 6,000: Shown live on PPV: Dark match: Erik Watts beat Bobby Eaton… Steven Regal pinned Ricky Steamboat to win the WCW TV title… Charlie Norris pinned Big Sky… Too Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell beat The Equalizer & Paul Orndorff… Ice Train pinned Shanghai Pierce… The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) beat Arn Anderson & Paul Roma to win the WCW World tag team titles… Cactus Jack pinned Yoshi Kwan (Chris Champion)… Rick Rude pinned Ric Flair to win the WCW International World title… Sting & Davey Boy Smith & Dustin Rhodes & The Shockmaster (Fred Ottman) beat Sid Vicious & Vader & Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) in a War Games match.

09-20-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett & Moondogs (Spike & Cujo) beat Tatanka & Tommy Rich & The Dog Catchers (Doug Vines & Jeff Sword) in an elimination match. By pinning Tatanka, Lawler won the USWA Unified World title.

09-23-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: Battlefield Yokohama: in Yokohama, Japan: Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000: Satoshi Kojima & Shinjiro Ohtani & Dean Malenko beat Yuji Nagata & El Samurai & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Brutus Beefcake beat Black Cat… Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) beat Tiger Mask (Koji Kanemoto)… IWGP tag team champions The Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami… Hiromichi Fuyuki & Tatsumi Kitihara beat Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi… IWGP heavyweight champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Jake Roberts… IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Jushin Liger beat Masao Orihara… Tatsumi Fujinami & Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa… The Great Muta & Hulk Hogan beat The Hellraisers (Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior Sasaki)… Genichiro Tenryu beat Hiroshi Hase.

09-25-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 11,500: WWF champion Yokozuna defeated The Undertaker… The Quebecers (Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouellet) defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Adam Bomb (Bryan Clark) by count out… Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) defeated Diesel (Kevin Nash) by DQ… Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated Rick Martel… Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotundo) battled Tatanka to a draw… Men on a Mission (Mo & Mabel) defeated Well Dunn (Timothy Well & Steven Dunn/Rex King & Steve Doll)… Jimmy Snuka defeated Brian Christopher… Bastian Booger (Mike Shaw) defeated 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman).

10-01-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Big Apple Grapple: in Paintsville, KY: Paintsville High School drawing 650: Tim Horner beat Chris Candido in a country whipping match… Steve & Scott Armstrong beat Ron & Don Harris… Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey)… Tracy Smothers beat Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee via DQ… Tracy Smothers won a battle royal.

NWA Bloodfest 1: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 250: Ian & Axl Rotten beat Chad Austin & Todd Shaw… Rockin' Rebel pinned Don E. Allen… The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) beat Silver Jet & Gino Caruso… Malia Hosaka pinned Molly McShane… Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) beat Ian & Axl Rotten… Sandman pinned Metal Maniac… Abdullah the Butcher & JT Smith & Terry Funk beat Jimmy Snuka & Kevin Sullivan & Don Muraco… Sabu pinned The Tazmaniac in a no DQ no countout match… ECW tag team champions Tony Stetson & Johnny Hot Body beat Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka)… Rockin' Rebel pinned Chris Michaels… Kevin Sullivan battled Abdullah the Butcher to a double DQ… Terry Funk pinned Jimmy Snuka in a steel cage match to win the ECW TV title.

EMLL: 60th Anniversary Show: in Mexico City, Mexico: Arena Mexico drawing 17,678: Jaque Mate & Kahos I & Javier Cruz beat Los Brazos via DQ… Vampiro & Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) & King Haku beat Mocho Cota & Pierroth Jr. & Black Magic (Norman Smiley) via DQ… Negro Casas beat La Fiera in a hair vs. hair match… Atlantis beat Mano Negra in a mask vs. mask match.

10-02-1993: NWA Bloodfest 2: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 400: ECW tag team champions Tony Stetson & Johnny Hot Body beat Sandman & JT Smith via DQ… The Tazmaniac pinned Tommy Dreamer… Kevin Sullivan pinned Gino Caruso… ECW champion Shane Douglas beat JT Smith via DQ… Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) beat The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge)… Richards Michaels beat Rockin' Rebel via DQ… Ian & Axl Rotten beat Don E. Allen & Chad Austin… Don Muraco & Jimmy Snuka beat The Public Enemy via forfeit… Sabu pinned Shane Douglas to win the ECW title… Jimmy Snuka pinned Chad Austin… Kevin Sullivan beat Abdullah the Butcher in a steel cage match… The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) beat Ian & Axl Rotten and Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) in a three way steel cage match.

10-04-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Jarrett pinned Tommy Rich to win the held-up USWA title… Moondog Spike & Mike Anthony beat The Dog Catchers (Doug Vines & Jeff Sword) to win the USWA tag team titles… USWA Unified World champion Jerry Lawler beat Randy Savage via DQ. As a result, the title was held-up.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Jellico, TN: Jellico High School: TV Taping: Chris Candido pinned Bobby Blaze to win the SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight title… Tim Horner pinned Juicy Johnny to win the vacant SMW Beat the Champ TV title.

UWFI (Japan): The Fight of Champions: Japan-USA-Russia Final in Osaka, Japan: Furitsu Gym drawing 5,900: Shown on PPV (0.48): Mark Silver beat Kazushi Sakuraba… Yoshihiro Takayama beat Tom Burton… Yoji Anjoh beat Tatsuo Nakano… Dennis Koslowski beat Masahito Kakihara… Hiromitsu Kanehara defeated Tommy Cairo… Kiyoshi Tamura beat Yuko Miyato… Gene Lydick beat Greg Bobchick… Kazuo Yamazaki beat Bad News Brown… Salman Hashimikov & Vladimir Berkovich beat Gary Albright & Dan Severn… UWFI World champion Nobuhiko Takada beat Billy Scott… Super Vader (Leon White) defeated Naoki Sano. The name of the U.S. PPV for this event was "Shootfighting: It's Real."

10-08-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Parade of Champions: in Knoxville, TN: City Coliseum drawing 1,100: The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) pinned Tim Horner… Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido to win the SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight title… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Killer Kyle… Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Steve & Scott Armstrong to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee pinned Tracy Smothers… The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) beat Rick & Scott Steiner via DQ.

10-09-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Parade of Champions: in Barbourville, KY: Knox Central High School drawing 1,009: The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) pinned Tim Horner… Chris Candido pinned Bobby Blaze to win the SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight title… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Killer Kyle… Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Steve & Scott Armstrong to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat Tracy Smothers… The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) beat Rick & Scott Steiner via DQ.

All-Japan Women: Wrestlemarinpiad V in Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Bay Hall drawing 6,000: Etsuko Mita & Tomoko Watanabe & Numatchi beat Mikiko Futagami & Mitsuko Endoh & Carol Midori… Cutie Suzuki & Plum Mariko & Hikari Fukuoka & Boirshoi Kid beat Mima Shimoda & Kaoru Ito & Chaparita Asari & Chikako Shiratori in a captain's falls match… Shinobu Kandori & Yasha Kurenai beat Sakie Hasegawa & Takako Inoue… Bull Nakano & Reggie Bennett beat Yumiko Hotta & Suzuka Minami… Kyoko Inoue beat Devil Masami… Manami Toyota pinned Mayumi Ozaki… Dynamite Kansai beat Toshiyo Yamada… Aja Kong pinned Akira Hokuto.

10-10-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Parade of Champions: in Johnson City, TN: Freedom Hall drawing 969: The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) pinned Tim Horner… Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido to win the SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight title… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Killer Kyle… Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Scott & Steve Armstrong to a double count out… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat Tracy Smothers via DQ… Rick & Scott Steiner beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) via DQ.

10-11-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Randy Savage pinned Jerry Lawler to win the held-up USWA Unified World title.

10-16-1993: ECW in North East, MD: Cecil Community College drawing 200: JT Smith won a battle royal to become the first ECW Maryland champion.

10-23-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: 21st Anniversary Show: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Mitsuo Momota & Mighty Inoue beat Masao Inoue & Yoshinori Ogawa… Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Satoru Asako… Dory Funk, Jr. & Tamon Honda beat Joel Deaton & Kendall Windham… Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Masa Fuchi & Haruka Eigan & Ryukaku Izumida… The Eagle (Jackie Fulton) & The Patriot (Del Wilkes) beat Akira Taue & Yoshinori Ogawa… Steve Williams & Big Bubba Rogers beat Danny Spivey & Johnny Ace… Ted DiBiase beat Jun Akiyama… Toshiaki Kawada pinned Kenta Kobashi… All Japan Triple Crown champion Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Stan Hansen.

RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament 1993: First Round in Fukuoka, Japan: International Center drawing 7,526: Willie Peeters defeated Yoshihisa Yamamoto… Bitsadze Tariel defeated Pieter Oele… Herman Renting beat Hans Nyman… Volk Han beat Masayuki Naruse… Dick Leon-Vrij beat Willie Williams via decision… Nikolai Zouev beat Andrei Kopilov… Akira Maeda beat Sotir Gotchev.

10-24-1993: WCW Halloween Havoc: in New Orleans, LA: Lakefront Arena drawing 6,000: Shown live on PPV: Ice Train & Charlie Norris & The Shockmaster (Fred Ottman) beat Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) & The Equalizer… Paul Orndorff beat Ricky Steamboat via countout… WCW TV champion Steven Regal drew Davey Boy Smith… WCW U.S. champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Steve Austin… The Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs & Brian Knobbs) beat Marcus Bagwell & Too Cold Scorpio to win the WCW World tag team titles… Sting pinned Sid Vicious… WCW International World champion Rick Rude beat Ric Flair via DQ… Vader beat Cactus Jack in a "Texas death" match.

10-25-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Jarrett & Brian Christopher beat Jerry Lawler & The Red Knight to win the vacant USWA tag team titles.

10-28-1993: Independent show: Funk Free For All: in Amarillo, TX: Civic Center drawing 5,500: Mark & Chris Youngblood beat Randy Rhodes & Rod Price… Danny Spivey pinned Mike Davis… Big Bossman beat Stan Hansen via DQ… Dory Funk, Jr. & Dick Murdoch beat The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Rey & Tom Prichard)… Ted DiBiase beat Tito Santana via count out… Terry Funk beat Eddie Gilbert in a Texas death match.

10-29-1993: WWF: Uniondale, Long Island NY: Nassau Coliseum: Attendance 10,300: Owen Hart defeats Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw)… Rick Martel defeats Marty Jannetty… Lex Luger defeats Ludvig Borga (Tony Halme)… The Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn & Billy Gunn) defeat WWF World Tag Team champion The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) by Count Out… Mr. Perfect & Razor Ramon defeat Diesel & Irwin R. Schyster… Bob Backlund defeats Duane Gill… Bret Hart defeats Jerry Lawler by DQ.

11-01-1993: Pinkie George dies from cancer at the age of 89.

In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Rex Hargrove & Koko B. Ware beat Jeff Jarrett & Brian Christopher to win the USWA tag team titles.

11-04-1993: New Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 10,000: Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Shinjiro Otani… Manabu Nakanishi beat Yuji Nagata… Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) beat The Barbarian & Sean Royal… Tatsutoshi Goto beat Super Strong Machine… Kengo Kimura & Great Kabuki & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masashi Aoyagi & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido & El Samurai & Black Cat & Satoshi Kojima… Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka beat Jushin Liger & Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit)… Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase beat Masa Chono & Shinya Hashimoto… Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase beat Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez) to win the 1993 Super Grade Tag League tournament.

11-08-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Jarrett & Brian Christopher beat Rex Hargrove & Koko B. Ware to win the USWA tag team titles via DQ.

11-09-1993: LLPW: 1st Anniversary Show in Tokyo, Japan: Kumazama Gym drawing 4,500: Leo Kitimura & Michiko Nagashima beat Chaparita Asari & Sake Hasegawa… Manami Toyota beat Carol Midori… Kyoko Inoue beat Mikiko Futagami… Toshiyo Yamada beat Shara… Aja Kong beat Miki Handa… Mitsuko Endo & Yasha Kurenai & Noriyo Tateno & Harley Saito & Eagle Sawai beat Numatchi & Mimi Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Suzuka Minami & Yumiko Hotta in an elimination match… Otaku Hozumi & Shinobu Kandori beat Bull Nakano & Takako Inoue… Akira Hokuto beat Rumi Kazama in a hair vs hair match.

11-10-1993: WCW: Clash of Champions 25: in St Petersburg, FL: Bayfront Center drawing 6,000: Shown live on TBS: WCW International World champion Rick Rude battled Road Warrior Hawk to a double count out… The Shockmaster (Fred Ottman) pinned The Equalizer… WCW TV champion Steven Regal pinned Johnny B. Badd… Steve Austin pinned Brian Pillman… WCW U.S. champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Paul Orndorff… The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) beat Sting & Davey Boy Smith… Ric Flair beat WCW World champion Vader via DQ.

11-12-1993: AAA: La Lucha del Honor: in Los Angeles, CA: Sports Arena drawing 12,500: Psicopata & Crazy Boy beat Piloto Suicida & El Mercurio… Louie Spicolli & Vandal Drummond beat Super Boy & Captain Oro… El Mexicano & El Torero & Winners beat Baby Sharon & May Flowers & Rudy Reyna… Rey Misterio Jr. & Misterioso & Volador beat La Parka & Espectro Jr. & Karis la Momia… El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Mascara Sagrada beat Fuerza Guerrera & Jerry Estrada & Heavy Metal… Jake Roberts & Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero beat Konnan & Perro Aguayo & Blue Panther.

11-13-1993: Rufus R. Jones, age 60, dies of a heart attack.

ECW November to Remember 1993: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 1,000: Salvatore Bellomo beat Rockin' Rebel via forfeit in a chair match… Sandman battled Jim Neidhart to a double DQ… The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) beat Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) in a South Philly hood match… Kevin Sullivan pinned Tommy Cairo in a “shoot” match… Malia Hosaka beat Sherri Martel via DQ… ECW tag team champions Johnny Hotbody & Tony Stetson beat Ian & Axl Rotten… Tommy Dreamer & Johnny Gunn beat Johnny Hotbody & Tony Stetson to win the ECW tag team titles… The Tazmaniac pinned Tommy Dreamer… Mr. Hughes pinned Johnny Gunn… Sabu & Road Warrior Hawk beat Terry Funk & King Kong Bundy. Due to match stipulations Sabu won Funk's ECW TV Title.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Morristown, TN: East High School drawing 675: Chris Candido pinned Bobby Blaze to win the SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight title.

11-15-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Crush (Brian Adams) pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA title. However, the title was later returned to Jarrett due to outside interference.

11-18-1993: RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament 1993: Second Round in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 8,995: Oleg Naniev beat Georgi Galdava… Georgi Keandelaki defeated Masayuki Naruse… Mitsuya Nagai beat Dimitri Petkov… Bitsadze Tariel defeated Dick Leon-Vrij… Chris Dolman beat Willie Peeters… Nikolai Zouev beat Volk Han… Akira Maeda beat Herman Renting.

11-20-1993: WCW BattleBowl: in Pensacola, FL: Civic Center drawing 7,000: Shown live on PPV: Vader & Cactus Jack beat Kane & Charlie Norris… Johnny B. Badd & Brian Knobbs beat Erik Watts & Paul Roma… The Shockmaster (Fred Ottman) & Paul Orndorff beat Steven Regal & Ricky Steamboat… King Kong & Dustin Rhodes beat Awesome Kong & The Equalizer… Sting & Jerry Saggs beat Ron Simmons & Keith Cole… Ric Flair & Steve Austin beat Maxx Payne & Too Cold Scorpio… Rick Rude & Shanghai Pierce beat Marcus Bagwell & Tex Slashinger… Roadwarrior Hawk & Rip Rogers beat Davey Boy Smith & Kole… Vader won a battle royal. Also in the match were the winners of all the tag team matches.

11-22-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Buddy Landel pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA title… Jeff Jarrett won a battle royal to win the vacant USWA Unified World title.

11-24-1993: WWF Survivor Series in Boston, MA at the Boston Gardens drawing 15,509: Dark Match: Billy Gunn pinned Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi)… Marty Jannetty & Randy Savage & Razor Ramon & The 1-2-3 Kid beat Irwin R. Schyster & Diesel & Rick Martel & Adam Bomb (Bryan Adams) in an elimination match. Jannetty & The 1-2-3 Kid were the survivors… Bret & Owen & Bruce & Keith Hart beat Shawn Michaels & The Red Knight (Barry Horowitz) & The Blue Knight (Greg Valentine) & The Black Knight (Jeff Gaylord) in an elimination match. Bret, Bruce, & Keith Hart were the survivors… The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray & Tom Prichard) beat Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team titles… The Bushwhackers (Luke Williams & Butch Miller) & Men on a Mission (Mo & Mabel) beat Headshrinkers (Samu & Fatu) & Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw) & Bam Bam Bigelow in an elimination match. The Bushwhackers & Men on a Mission were the survivors… Lex Luger & The Undertaker & Rick & Scott Steiner beat Yokozuna & Crush & Ludvig Borga (Tony Halme) & Quebecer Jacques Rougeau in an elimination match. Lex Luger was the survivor.

11-25-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Thanksgiving Thunder 1993: in Hazard, KY: Memorial Gym drawing 1,337: Chris Candido battled Bobby Blaze to a no contest in a loser gets tarred and feathered match… Prince Kharis defeated Tim Horner… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) beat Kevin Sullivan in a prince of darkness match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Moondogs (Rex & Spot) to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony)… Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) in a gang fight match.

11-26-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Thanksgiving Thunder 1993: in Knoxville, TN: Civic Coliseum drawing 1,280: Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido in a loser is tarred and feathered match… Prince Kharis beat Tim Horner… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) beat Kevin Sullivan in a first blood match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled  Moondogs (Rex & Spot) to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) via DQ… The Bruise Brothers (Ron & Don Harris) beat The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Rey & Tom Prichard) in a street fight match.

WWF: Montreal Quebec, Canada: Montreal Forum: Attendance 13,800: Tiger Jackson defeats Little Louie… Owen Hart defeats Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw)… The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) defeat The Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn & Billy Gunn)… Doink defeats Shawn Michaels… The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) defeat WWF World Tag Team champions The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) by DQ… WWF Intercontinental champion Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeats Diesel (Kevin Nash) by DQ… The Undertaker defeats WWF World Heavyweight champion Yokozuna by DQ.

11-27-1993: WWF at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 12,700: The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna in a casket match… WWF Intercontinental champion Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated Diesel (Kevin Nash)… Rick & Scott Steiner defeated The Quebecers (Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouellette) by DQ… Shawn Michaels defeated Doink the Clown… The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) defeated Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn)… Tiger Jackson defeated Little Louie… Owen Hart defeated Marty Jannetty.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Thanksgiving Thunder 1993: in Barbourville, KY: Knox Central High School drawing 600: Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido in a loser gets tarred and feathered match… Prince Kharis beat Tim Horner… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Kevin Sullivan in a falls count anywhere match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Moondogs (Rex & Spot) to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) via DQ… Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) in a gang fight match.

11-28-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Thanksgiving Thunder 1993:  in Johnson City, TN: Freedom Hall drawing 900: Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido in a loser gets tarred and feathered match… Prince Kharis defeated Tim Horner… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Kevin Sullivan in a Singapore spike match… The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) battled Moondogs (Rex & Spot) to a no contest… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) via DQ… Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) in a gang fight match.

All-Japan Women: Wrestling Queendom in Osaka, Japan: Castle Hall drawing 9,600: Tomoko Watanabe pinned beat Candy Okutsu… Harley Saito pinned Chikako Shiratori… AJW Junior champion Chaparita Asari pinned Mitsuko Endoh… Kyoko Inoue pinned Yukie Nabeno… AJW Japanese tag team champions Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito beat Yasha Kurenai & Carol Midori… Bull Nakano pinned Hikari Fukuoka… WWWA champion Aja Kong pinned Eagle Sawai… Dynamite Kansai & Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki & Plum Mariko beat Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami & Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita in five falls. The match consisted of four singles bouts with an elimination match final… UWA tag team champions Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue beat Shinobu Kandori & Miki Handa… Toshiyo Yamada pinned Manami Toyota to win the vacant All-Pacific title.

11-29-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jeff Gaylord & Mike Anthony beat PG-13 (JC Ice & Wolfie D) to win the USWA tag team titles.

12-03-1993: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: in Tokyo, Japan: Budokan Hall drawing 16,300: Masao Inoue pinned Takao Omori… Tamon Honda & Yoshinori Ogawa beat Satoru Asako & Jun Akiyama… Mitsuo Momota & Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue beat Haruka Eigan & Ryukaku Izumida & Masa Fuchi… Abdullah the Butcher & Tracey Smothers & Giant Kamala II (Ben Peacock) beat The Patriot (Del Wilkes) & The Eagle (Jackie Fulton) & Dory Funk, Jr… Danny Spivey & Johnny Ace beat Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas… Stan Hansen & Giant Baba beat Steve Williams & Bubba Rogers… Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue to win the 1993 Real World Tag League and the vacant All Japan World tag team titles.

12-04-1993: ECW in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 600: The Tazmaniac & Kevin Sullivan beat Tommy Dreamer & Shane Douglas (substituting for Johnny Gunn) to win the ECW tag team titles.

12-05-1993: UWFI (Japan): Pro Wrestling World Championship: Takada vs. Vader in Tokyo, Japan: Jingu Stadium drawing 46,168: Bad News Allen beat Kazushi Sakuraba… Gene Lydick beat Tom Burton… Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Greg Bobchick… Yoshihiro Takayama beat Tommy Cairo… Masahito Kakihara defeated Tatsuo Nakano… Mark Silver & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Naoki Sano & Yuko Miyato… Billy Scott beat Yoji Anjoh… Kiyoshi Tamura beat Dennis Koslowski… Salman Hashimikov & Vladimir Berkovich beat Gary Albright & Dan Severn… UWFI World champion Nobuhiko Takada beat Super Vader (Leon White).

12-06-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: The War Machines beat Jeff Gaylord & Mike Anthony to win the USWA tag team titles.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: in Jefferson, NC: Ashe Central High School: TV taping: Tracy Smothers beat Jimmy Del Rey to win the vacant SMW Beat the Champ TV title. Later on the same taping Chris Candido pinned Tracy Smothers to win the SMW Beat the Champ TV title.

All-Japan Women: St. Battle Final in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 11,500: Leo Kitimura & Otaku Hozumi beat Tomoko Watanabe & Chikako Shiratori… Little Frankie beat Buddha Man… Candy Okutsu beat Chaparita Asari to win the AJW Junior title… Miki Handa & Yasha Kurenai beat Sake Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito to win the AJW Japanese tag team title… Combat Toyoda beat Suzuka Minami… Bull Nakano & Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda beat Cutie Suzuki & Plum Mariko & Hikari Fukuoka… Yumiko Hotta & Kyoko & Takako Inoue beat Harley Saito & Rumi Kazama & Eagle Sawai… WWWA champion Aja Kong beat Megumi Kudo… Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada beat Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki to win the WWWA tag team title… Shinobu Kandori beat Akira Hokuto.

12-08-1993: FMW: 1993 Year End Spectacular in Tokyo, Japan: Harumi Dome drawing 12,552: Keiko Iwame & Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno beat Omukai & Michiko Nagashima & Carol Midori & Otaku Hozumi… Tatsuhiro Kuroda & Little Frankie beat Strong Machine & Tomezo Tsunokake… Katsutoshi Niiyama & Mr. Gannosuke & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka beat Dark Ranger & Maseru Toi & Hisakatsu Oya & Hideki Hosaka… Yasha Kurenai beat Tsuppari Mack… Battle Ranger & Sato & Taka Michinoku beat Super Delfin & Jinsei Shinzaki & Gran Naniwa… Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue beat Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari… Independent Junior champion Great Sasuke beat Damien… Bull Nakano beat Combat Toyoda… Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal beat The Sheik & Sabu… Megumi Kudo beat Takako Inoue… Big Titan (Rick Bogner) & Gladiator (Mike Awesome) & Ricky Fuji beat Sambo Asako & Katsuji Ueda & Gregori Veritchev in a street fight match… Mr. Pogo beat Tarzan Goto… FMW Brass Knux champion Atsushi Onita pinned Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in an electrified explosive barbed wire match.

RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament 1993: Semi-Finals in Osaka, Japan: Furitsu Gym drawing 6,838: Grom Zaza beat Hank Newman… Todor Todorov beat Masayuki Naruse… Georgi Keandelaki beat Zourab Sarsania in a boxing match… Dick Leon-Vrij beat Yoshihiro Yamamoto… Volk Han beat Pavel Orlov… Bitsadze Tariel defeated Nikolai Zouev… Akira Maeda beat Chris Dolman.

12-10-1993: A race riot is reported to have occurred at a Smoky Mountain Wrestling spot show in Wise, VA at UVCW with 500 people in attendance.

12-13-1993: Larry Cameron, who wrestled for Stampede wrestling and briefly for WCW, dies of a heart attack while on tour in Germany.

12-15-1993: WAR Japan: in Tokyo, Japan: Sumo Hall drawing 10,100: Nobukazu Hirai & Yuji Yasuraoka beat Yuji Nagata & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Great Kabuki beat Black Cat… UWA Middleweight champion Ultimo Dragon beat Atlantis… John Tenta beat The Warlord… Ashura Hara & Ishinriki beat Masao Orihara & Haku… Hiroshi Hase beat Koki Kitihara… Mil Mascaras beat Gran Markus, Jr… Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Shiro Koshinaka… Genichiro Tenryu beat Tatsumi Fujinami.

12-20-1993: In Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum: Jerry Lawler pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Unified World title.

12-25-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Christmas Chaos 1993 in Knoxville, TN: City Coliseum drawing 1,700: Chris Candido pinned Brian Armstrong… Prince Kharis defeated Bobby Blaze… Ron & Don Harris battled Moondogs (Rex & Spot) to a no contest… Dick Murdoch pinned The Bullet (Bob Armstrong)… The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) beat Doug & Mike Furnas… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat Tracy Smothers and The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) in a triple threat match.

12-26-1993: Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Christmas Chaos 1993: in Johnson City, TN: Freedom Hall drawing 1,700: Chris Candido pinned Brian Armstrong… Prince Kharis beat Bobby Blaze… Moondogs (Rex & Spot) beat Ron & Don Harris… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) pinned Dick Murdoch… The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) beat Doug & Mike Furnas… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat Tracy Smothers and The Dirty White Boy in a triple threat match.

ECW Holiday Hell 1993: in Philadelphia, PA: ECW Arena drawing 800: Chad Austin pinned Pitbull 1… Mike Awesome pinned Randy Starr… ECW tag team champions Kevin Sullivan & The Tazmaniac beat JT Smith & Tommy Cairo… Shane Douglas pinned Tommy Dreamer… Mr. Hughes defeated Sandman… Rockin' Rebel pinned Don E. Allen… Terry Funk pinned Sabu in a no DQ match to win the ECW title… Pat Tanaka pinned Rocco Rock in a body count match… Tommy Dreamer won a lights out battle royal.

12-27-1993: WCW Starrcade: in Charlotte, NC: Independence Arena drawing 8,200: Shown live on PPV: Pre-Show: Terry Taylor pinned The Equalizer… Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma beat Marcus Bagwell & Too Cold Scorpio… The Shockmaster (Fred Ottman) pinned King Kong… WCW TV champion Steven Regal drew Ricky Steamboat… Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne beat Tex Slashinger & Shanghai Pierce… WCW International World champion Rick Rude pinned The Boss (Ray Traylor AKA: Big Bossman)… Steve Austin beat Dustin Rhodes in two straight falls to win the WCW US title… Sting & Road Warrior Hawk beat WCW World tag team champions The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) via DQ… Ric Flair pinned Vader to win the WCW World heavyweight title.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling: Christmas Chaos 1993: in Barbourville, KY: Knox Central High School drawing 800: Chris Candido pinned Brian Armstrong… Prince Kharis beat Bobby Blaze… The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) beat Dick Murdoch… Moondogs (Rex & Spot) beat Ron & Don Harris… The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey) beat Doug & Mike Furnas… Smoky Mountain Wrestling champion Brian Lee beat Tracy Smothers and The Dirty White Boy (Tony Anthony) in a triple threat match.

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