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This Date in Wrestling: May 1
By Jesse Suchanek on May 1, 2008 at 11:47 PM EST
1981 - Harley Race defeated Tommy Rich for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
1981 - Gene & Ole Anderson defeated Paul Jones & Masked Superstar for the NWA World Tag Team title
1984 - Tully Blanchard defeated Mark Youngblood for the NWA Television title
1986 (May): The Four Horsemen are formed consisting of Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Ole and Arn Anderson with manager James J. Dillon
1993 - Brian Christopher defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
1994 - Shinya Hashimoto defeated Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP Heavyweight title
1995 - Jerry Lawler defeated Razor Ramon for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
1995 - PG-13 defeated Brickhouse Brown & the Gambler for the USWA Tag Team title
1998 - Booker T defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW Television title
1998 - Toshiaki Kowada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa for the All-Japan Triple Crown
2003 - Another tragedy in pro wrestling occurred when Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Heulette) passes away in here Atlanta, Georgia home
2005 - WWE RAW presents "Backlash" from the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Some of the results were:
*Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match: Shelton Benjamin pinned Chris Jericho (14:38) to retain the title
*Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammed Hassan and Khasrow Daviri
*World Heavyweight Title Match: Batista pinned Triple H (16:27) to retain the title
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