On This Day in WWE
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Celebrating milestone anniversaries #OnThisDayInWWE from WWF, WWE, WCW, ECW and JCP. Parody. Copyright WWE. By @TimGatt
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RIP Windham Rotunda. This was Bray Wyatt's debut on NXT, just over 10 years ago . Still spine-tingling.
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"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan rang the bell after completing his 39th and final radiation treatment for prostate cancer ❤️. H/T @POSTwrestling
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When Bray Wyatt revealed Luke Harper to WWE fans. Now both gone far too soon.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. Shawn Michaels' mystery tag team partner is. Triple H!. A huge reception for the DX reunion
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The "incident"
5 years ago today, NXT invaded SmackDown. This was a last-minute decision due to the WWE plane incident in Saudi Arabia.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. The move to Randy Orton that costs Mr Kennedy his WWE career
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A reminder of how @CMPunk publicly took John Laurinaitis to task for firing wrestlers over the phone
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"When we unite, we are strong, we are dangerous, we are family. Make me proud, boys” . RIP Bray Wyatt.
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A forgotten but amazing feat of strength but Johnny Stamboli .
What is the greatest feat of strength in WWE history?.
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RIP Bob Uecker . An iconic moment in WrestleMania history! .
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago (yesterday) on Nitro:. Sid Vicious is accompanied to the ring by his real-life neighbour turned coach for the night, Seth, who has Down's Syndrome . Seth even cuts a backstage promo! ❤️
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on Nitro:. @Goldberg no-sells a chairshot to the head and absolutely demolishes La Parka with a spear
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Paul Heyman revealed to Roman Reigns how he learnt about the wrestling business as a 15 year old kid travelling in a car with Afa & Sika. RIP Wild Samoans 🩸
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on Total Divas:. Lol at John Cena's response to Nikki Bella using his kitchen to cook dinner for them.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 30 years ago on Superstars:. Jim Cornette is terrified when the lights go out, after boasting that there was no viable contender to Yokozuna's WWF Title . Then he turns around. @TheJimCornette
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H gets a planted fan in the crowd to flash DX . "It wasn't a bra! It was breasts! It was breasts!", says a very, very excited Lawler
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago at No Way Out:. It’s all about @TheRock’s facial reactions, which led to the creation of a famous gif🙄. @TheMarkHenry @dlobrown75
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago (yesterday) on #WWERaw:. The show starts with this tribute to the late Big Boss Man. Ray Traylor had died aged only 41 of a heart attack
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago:. Gorilla Monsoon dies, aged 62. This is Bobby Heenan's heartbreaking tribute to Gino on Nitro days later:. "You know the pearly gates in heaven? It's now going to be called the Gorilla Position. "Goodbye, my friend" 💔
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H dramatically collapses during his main event match with Curtis Axel after his exhausting bout against Brock Lesnar the night before
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago:. JBL gives Eddie Guerrero's mum a heart attack - for real - at a house show in Eddie's hometown, on Mother's Day weekend. It was meant to be just a storyline - but it turned very real, very quickly. Talk about getting 'Bradshaw heat'. @JCLayfield
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #WWERaw:. "I’ve had more World Championships than you’ve had women". - Ric Flair on 🔥. @NoContextFlair
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RIP Sid. Only the Master and Ruler of the World could be the first man to kick out of Hulk Hogan's legdrop .
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#OnThisDayinWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. Mr McMahon's limo exploded within a second of him getting into it. reported his death, fans called police and news organisations reported it as fact. And then the share price fell. The WWE quickly told the truth
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago:. The infamous Hell in a Cell match between Seth Rollins and The Fiend. A desperate Seth smashes Bray Wyatt with a sledgehammer while he's still buried under a ladder, chair and a toolbox - and gets DQ'd. The crowd, bathed in red light, boo the finish
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago:. Stone Cold appears to get emotional after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
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#OnThisDayInWWE 35 years ago: . Vince’s infamous performance of Stand Back at the 1987 Slammy Awards 🎶
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago at SummerSlam:. "Tell your kids that Daddy will never, ever be Shawn Michaels" - HBK. And then Chris Jericho accidentally punches Shawn's wife, Rebecca - and the crowd are absolutely shocked . @IAmJericho @ShawnMichaels
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The only time we got Stone Cold and Terry Funk clashing in the WWF - and it's just how you wanted it to be 👊. @steveaustinBSR .
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Love this intimate insight into Mick and Terry's relationship, just chatting away in the ring ❤️.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. "There's always a Plan B. ". Seth Rollins shockingly turns on The Shield 😲
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago:. Ashley Massaro is found dead, aged only 39 💔. This was the WWE's tribute to her, at the start of the Money in the Bank PPV
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#OnThisDayinWWE 25 years ago on Nitro:. Curt Hennig stuns fans by hitting the Perfectplex on The Giant!. @PaulWight
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago at King of the Ring:. "Good Gawd almighty! Good Gawd almighty! They've killed him! As God is my witness, he is broken in half!" - @JRsBBQ . One of the most iconic WWE moments, both in action and commentary. This was just the first 2 mins of the match
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. Stone Cold is stunned at seeing who the Higher Power is. We'd have to wait another week.
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RIP Jerry Springer . Yes his show was crazy, but there were also gentler, kinder moments when Razor Ramon appeared in 1996 to surprise a boy with Aids
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago:. "After the beating you gave me, one thing Mankind is not is ready to face you in a street fight. "But I think the fans deserve a substitute - I think you know the guy,and I think you know him pretty damn well!. "His name is Cactus Jack!". Triple H😲
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. The Highlanders' Robbie McAllister is punished for being shown in the crowd on TNA the day before. The match against JBL is short and stiff
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago at Breaking Point:. Triple H tells the Montreal fans that Shawn Michaels is all to blame for the Screwjob 😂
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #WWERaw:. Teddy Long introduces the Five Minute White Boy Challenge
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H negotiates a deal with Raw GM Eugene on a bouncy castle 😂. @UGeneDinsmore @bfg728
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RIP Terry Funk. This is what happened when Vince went for a drink with him.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. This Triple H and BB skit is more realistic about WWF management than we realised at the time. 😬
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RIP Sid. Part of the finest moment in wrestling CINEMA ever 🎥.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago:. Dave Meltzer reports that Gorilla Monsoon has suffered a heart attack that has seriously affected his kidneys and liver . Sadly, Monsoon dies the next week aged 62. The last time we see him on screen was at WrestleMania 15 💔.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago, the festival of friendship turns sour:. "A new list! Hang on, why's my name on this. ?". Brilliant storytelling by @FightOwensFight and @iamjericho - just listen to the how the crowd react .
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago on #WWERaw:. Bray Wyatt and the rest of the Firefly Funhouse ask fans to "join us". Tonight, the Wyatt 6 are set to be revealed
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #SmackDown:. The Undertaker's last appearance for months, as he refuses to do what Vince McMahon says. We see the signs of the American Badass character thay he would adopt upon his return in May 2000
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago:. Owen Hart tragically dies when a stunt goes wrong at Over the Edge. Jim Ross somehow has to manage to explain to viewers what happened:. "Something went terribly wrong here. This is not a part of the entertainment. This is as real as real can be"
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #SmackDown:. John Cena makes homophobic jokes at Eddie Guerrero's expense and telling him "you don't belong here". But when Cena threatens to "take your sister", Eddie has had enough!
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw :. "I'll take it from here, nurse". Doctor Stone Cold whacking that bedpan over Mr McMahon's head is still just as funny a quarter of a century later 😂. @steveaustinBSR
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Vince and Rock’s meeting last week, captured on camera
I struggle to believe a few months out WWE have just enquired if he's still down and Rock's like 'hmmm, might be a bit too busy ya know'. Add in the recent teases. .
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"I hate that we had to quit [the podcast] but it was causing too many problems. But Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer suck". - @DaxFTR
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H uses a Pakistani accent repeatedly and makes offensive comments to a poor Asian newsagent in the street, a taxi driver and a Sikh shop owner in New York. Surprised this is still on the Network and Peacock
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on Nitro:. La Parka/LA Park repeatedly smashes Disco Inferno with a chair and mockingly does some disco dancing . Enjoy 🕺
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago on #WWERaw:. "Crap, I forgot about Billy, I forgot Billy. ". - Road Dogg. @BrianRDJames @RealBillyGunn @WWERollins
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RIP Sid. So popular that even hardcore ECW fans celebrated his surprise debut!.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. Dusty tells DX that the Fingerpoke of Doom is Kevin Nash's fault. And he asks Shawn who was WWE Champ when WCW had their 83 Weeks streak. 😂 . But Triple H sneaks in a dig at Dream's Johnny B Badd idea🔥. @bfg728 @ShawnMichaels @TripleH
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#OnThisDayInWWE 30 years ago on #WWERaw:. Gorilla Monsoon drags Bobby Heenan from the commentary desk and chucks him out onto the street. And with that, The Brain's 9 legendary year run with the WWF was over. Truly an end of an era 💔
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago at SummerSlam:. Everything has been building for Goldberg to win the World Heavyweight Championship. But Triple H knows what's Best for Business
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. "We're here". The Wyatt Family make their main roster debut . @Windham6 @ErickRedBeard @MandaLHuber
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #SmackDown:. "Got your attention?". For some reason, Stephanie McMahon is bent over a desk to then announce the debut of Mr America next week
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RIP Pete Rose. He *got* sports entertainment (and a Tombstone from Kane a few times, too).
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. It's "choppy choppy pee-pee" time for Val Venis 🗡️. This infamous moment appears to have been removed from the WWE Network and Peacock . @ValVenisEnt @shofufu824 @takam777 .
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#OnThisDayinWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H called Vince "senile" and brought out a string of women who he said the WWE owner had slept with them. These crazy storylines. 😂
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #SmackDown:. The Rock and Triple H jokingly recall their bout on the first SmackDown 15 years ago. but it escalates into them challenging each other to one more match at WrestleMania . A very fun segment!. @bfg728 @TheRock @TripleH
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago at Starrcade '99:. The kick that costs Bret Hart his career . A Goldberg sidekick seems innocuous enough, but causes a concussion that goes untreated. "When Bill Goldberg kicked me in the head, honest to God, I lost about $16 million in one second"
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Just watched the segment from the A&E show on the nWo where Bischoff finally admits: yes, Hulk exercised creative control at Starrcade ‘97. Nash says it best: “You don’t give a wrestler creative control” . H/T @WredditOfficial
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. Triple H: "The experiment of the Rated R Superstar was an abject failure - I hate to break it to you buddy, but you never drew a dime". Edge: "I didn't have to marry into my success - I earned my Hall of Fame ring"
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago at WrestleMania 14: . Love these behind the scenes walks from the dressing room to the ring for the main event between Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago:. One of the lowest points in #WWERaw history as Triple H makes racially-charged remarks about his WrestleMania opponent Booker T. JR says, solemnly: “I fail to see the humour in this”
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I understand Vince is receiving the best possible care from the nurses and doctors at this time.
Vince McMahon had major spinal surgery last week. We're told he's now recovering. The surgery lasted about five hours and was a pretty intensive one.
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#OnThisDayInWWE 40 years ago on Mid-South Wrestling:. Before they became the Million Dollar Man and the Heartbreak Kid. Ted DiBiase faces a 19 year old Shawn Michaels - and he's not happy at nearly being embarrassed by the teenager!. And it's called by Jim Ross!
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #WWERaw:. "Punk's done it! Punk's done it! Punk's the champion!". @CMPunk cashes in his Money in the Bank briefcase to win the World Heavyweight Title - his first WWE main roster world title
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#OnThisDayInWWE 5 years ago on #WWERaw:. A rare behind the scenes shot of Vince at the Gorilla Position
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on Heat:. The Acolytes' infamously brutal match against the Public Enemy. "It ain't gonna be pretty", warned @realkevinkelly - it certainly isn't 😲
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. Well, this promo would get The Rock cancelled today
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. The first promo in the legendary rivalry between The Rock and Stone Cold. It feels like the night before the New Generation era finished and this is where the Attitude Era was well and truly launched. @TheRock @steveaustinBSR
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#OnThisDayInWWE 25 years ago on Nitro:. “Goldberg fears no man! He’s a champion - live on Nitro!” - @tonyschiavone24 . Just listen to the fans roar @Goldberg onto winning the US Title!
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. John Cena: "Your husband has had surgeries that have taken him out of action. You - have had surgeries. ". "Steph:"That put me in action, but that's an another story". "We'll lock that one up in a chest somewhere, don't worry about it" 😂
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#OnThisDayInWWE 15 years ago on #SmackDown:. Jeff Hardy somehow manages a perfect Swanton onto a stretcher and stays on it. And then gets a big ol'chairshot from Matt, for his brother to win their stretcher match . @MATTHARDYBRAND
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#OnThisDayinWWE 60 years ago. Scott Steiner was born. On the weekend of #RicFlairsLastMatch, this memorable promo seems even more relevant . He got suspended for 2 weeks for this 😂. Love Big Poppa Pump 💪
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago:. Joe Hendry does a dodgy Russian accent as he reads a proclamation from Vladimir Putin to Rusev & Lana . And nearly falls out of the ring when Sheamus charges at the group! . Joining them was Lionheart, a British wrestler who sadly died 5 years ago
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RIP Terry Funk . Doing moonsaults off balconies at 53.
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Only a few weeks ago, this historic moment turned 35 years old: The Great Betrayal, when Paul Orndorff turned on @HulkHogan . Listen to those boos!. Want to remember Mr Wonderful for moments like this. @HulkHogan . #RIPMrWonderful .
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#OnThisDayinWWE 25 years ago on #WWERaw:. @ShawnMichaels responds to homophobic chants from the crowd
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#OnThisDayInWWE 10 years ago on #WWERaw:. "Every man's heart one day beats its final beat, his lungs breathe their final breath - and if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others. then his spirit will be immortalised". - Ultimate Warrior
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago on #SmackDown: Christmas From Baghdad:. Stone Cold gives John Cena his first and only Stunner! . @steveaustinBSR @JohnCena
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#OnThisDayInWWE 20 years ago at Judgment Day:. One of the bloodiest matches in WWE history . An iconic (and worrying) image of an incredibly bloodied Eddie Guerrero after a vicious chairshot from JBL and a bladejob that went too deep . @JCLayfield
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