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On August 21, 2018, Arturo Díaz Mendoza, known to generations of wrestling fans as Villano III, died at 66 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. In one sense it was the passing of a
On August 20, 1995, Mick Foley did the kind of thing that only made sense in the wrestling world of that era. Working as Cactus Jack, he went into Kawasaki Stadium in Japan, surviv
Summary A short ROH clip shows Smart Mark Sterling taking a brutal-looking neck bump from the apron to ringside.
On August 19, 2018, WWE finally stopped waiting. Roman Reigns beat Brock Lesnar in the SummerSlam main event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, winning the Universal Championship in a
On August 18, 2013, WWE gave Daniel Bryan the kind of moment fans had spent all summer begging for, then took it away before the confetti had even finished falling. SummerSlam at S
On August 17, 1998, WCW got exactly what it wanted from Warrior's debut on Monday Nitro. It got noise. It got curiosity. It got one of those live-crowd explosions that makes a wres
On August 16, 1997, Plum Mariko died at 29 after suffering catastrophic injuries in a match the night before. There are deaths in wrestling history that feel distant because they b
On August 15, 1995, Keiji Muto beat Shinya Hashimoto in the G1 Climax final at Tokyo's Sumo Hall and gave New Japan one of those tournament endings that means more in hindsight wit
On August 14, 2011, WWE had the chance to give its hottest story of the year the kind of clean, lasting ending fans almost never get. For a few minutes at SummerSlam, it looked lik
On August 13, 2018, Jim Neidhart died at 63 after suffering a seizure and a fall at his home in Florida. Wrestling lost no shortage of famous names in that era, but Neidhart's deat
On August 11, 2019, WWE closed SummerSlam with something the company had not been especially good at delivering that year: a straightforward heroic payoff that people could feel in
On August 10, 2018, a wrestling ticket sale told the industry something it had been slowly inching toward for months, but had not fully proven yet. Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-
On August 9, 1997, ECW did not just stage another violent main event in South Philadelphia. It produced one of the matches that still gets talked about with a wince. At Born to Be
On August 8, 1993, Carlos Colón beat Terry Funk in Bayamón in what was billed as his final match ever, and the result mattered for more than the usual retirement-match sentiment. F
On August 7, 1994, Masahiro Chono beat Power Warrior in the G1 Climax final at Tokyo's Sumo Hall and gave New Japan one of those victories that matters more for what it confirmed t
On August 6, 2000, Pro Wrestling NOAH stopped feeling like a bold idea and started feeling real. The promotion had only just been born out of the chaotic All Japan split that summe
On August 5, 1996, The Great Sasuke beat Ultimo Dragon in Tokyo to become the first J-Crown champion, and in the process gave junior heavyweight wrestling one of its great visual s
On August 4, 1997, WCW reached one of those rare television nights where the building, the storyline, and the timing all lined up at once. It was the 100th episode of Monday Nitro,
On August 3, 1997, WWF arrived at SummerSlam with the kind of momentum that made every major angle feel louder than life. Bret Hart was in the middle of his bitter U.S. versus Cana
On August 2, 1992, WCW walked into Baltimore with Big Van Vader advertised to defend the world title against Sting. By the end of the night, the promotion had something much bigger