Today In History (12/08): Steve Austin Forfeits The IC Title, Pedro Morales Wins Gold, Slammy Awards

Birthdays:- Slick (born December 8, 1957)

– Jimmy Rave (born December 8, 1982)

– Enzo Amore (born December 8, 1986)

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AWA: December 8, 1960in Rochester, Minnesota

– Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Jim Hady – Draw- Wilbur Snyder defeated Lou Whitson- Gene Kiniski defeated Floyd Ude- Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana (c) defeated Jim Hady & Roy McClarity in a AWA World Tag Team Title Match

WWF in Madison Square Garden: December 8, 1980at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York

– Johnny Rodz defeated Sylvano Sousa- The Moondogs (Moondog King & Moondog Rex) defeated Angel Maravilla & Rick McGraw- Larry Zbyszko defeated Dominic DeNucci by Count Out- Rick Martel & Tony Garea (c) defeated The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika) (2:1) Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship- Ernie Ladd vs. Tony Atlas ends in a Double Count Out- Pedro Morales defeated Ken Patera (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (Special Referee: Pat Patterson)- Bruno Sammartino defeated Sgt. Slaughter by Count Out

WWF Championship Wrestling: December 8, 1984at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York

– Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Charlie Fulton & Johnny Rodz- Tony Atlas defeated Gino Carabello- Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik defeated Jim Powers & Jose Luis Rivera- Big John Studd (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Demetrious Niarchos- Tito Santana defeated Terry Manton- Jimmy Snuka & Tonga Kid defeated RT Reynolds & Terry Gibbs

Stampede Wrestling: December 8, 1989in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

– KC Houston defeated Desiree Petersen- Steve DiSalvo defeated Jason Anderson- Konnan defeated Skull Mason- Biff Wellington & Chris Benoit defeated Archangel & Johnny Smith- The Great Gama defeated Bruce Hart (c) by DQ in a STAMPEDE British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title Match- Larry Cameron (c) defeated Bob Emory in a STAMPEDE North American Heavyweight Title Match

WWF Superstars of Wrestling: December 8, 1990at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, New York

– The Bushwhackers (Butch & Luke) defeated Tony Ulysses & Troy Durham- Sgt. Slaughter (w/ General Adnan) defeated Sonny Blaze- Jake Roberts defeated Scott Colontonio- The Warlord (w/ Slick) defeated Glen Ruth- The Big Boss Man defeated Chris Duffy- Demolition (Crush & Smash) (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Jim McPherson & Scott Summers- Earthquake (w/ Dino Bravo & Jimmy Hart) defeated Mike Daniels

WCW Saturday Night: December 8, 1990at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama

– The Motor City Madman & The Big Cat defeated Dave Perry & Scott Allen- Tommy Rich, Ricky Morton, & Tom Zenk vs. Bobby Eaton, Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin- Brian Pillman defeated Rip Rogers- Michael Wallstreet defeated Joe Barrett- Tracy Smothers vs. Buddy Landell- Terry Taylor defeated Joe Cazana- The Juicer defeated Ed Brock

WWF Wrestling Challenge: December 8, 1991at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts

– El Matador defeated The Brooklyn Brawler- Ric Flair (w/ Mr. Perfect) defeated Phil Apollo- Jake Roberts defeated Mark Thomas- The Big Boss Man defeated Mario Mancini- Jim Duggan & Sgt. Slaughter defeated Barry Hardy & Duane Gill- Repo Man defeated Bill Pierce

WWF Superstars of Wrestling: December 8, 1996at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts

– Rocky Maivia defeated TL Hopper (w/ Jim Cornette)- Savio Vega defeated Bert Centeno- Diesel & Razor Ramon defeated Brian Walsh & Tony Roy- Doug Furnas & Philip LaFon defeated The Head Bangers (Mosh & Thrasher)- Bart Gunn defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (c) by DQ in …

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