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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: TAJIRI WINS THE GOLD, VADER BEATS THE HORSEMEN AND MORE

By Buck Woodward on 2008-08-06 08:00:00

August 6th

On this day in history ....

1963 - Ali Bay defeats Gory Guerrero to win the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight Title in El Paso, Texas. 

1994 - Chris Candido & Brian Lee defeat The Rock N' Roll Express for the Smoky Mountain Tag Team Title in Johnson City, Tennessee, ending Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson's eighth title reign after only a day. Candido & Lee had lost the belts the day before in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1995 - WCW held the Clash Of The Champions XXXI in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Ocean Center.  Here are the results from the show:
In matches held before the television broadcast:
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Big Bubba Rogers.
- The Nasty Boys defeated David Sierra & Ricky Santana.
- Brian Pillman defeated Marcus Bagwell.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala via DQ.
In matches that aired on TBS:
- Sting & Road Warrior Hawk defeated Meng & Kurasawa when Hawk pinned Kurasawa.  After the match, Kurasawa "broke" Hawk's arm.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Alex Wright.
- WCW Television Champion The Renegade defeated Paul Orndorff.
- Harlem Heat & Sherri Martel defeated Bunkhouse Buck, Dick Slater & Col. Robert Parker to earn a tag team title match.
- Big Van Vader defeated Arn Anderson & Ric Flair in a handicap match when Vader pinned Anderson with a powerbomb.

2001 - Yoshihiro Tajiri defeats X-Pac for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title in Anaheim, California.

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