Today in ECW History - July 14th

 

Today in ECW History - July 14th, 1992

Original Sports Bar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• Mr. Perez def. Jimmy Jannetty
• King Kaluha and Scott Summers def. Hurricane Curry and JT Smith
• The Samoan Warrior def. Jack Hammer
• Salvatore Bellomo fought Tony Stetson to a double DQ
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Super Destroyers (Super Destroyer #1 and Super Destroyer #2) (c) def. Glen Osbourne and Max Thrasher to retain the titles
• Tommy Cairo def. Damien Stone (Little Guido)
• Super Ninja and Vladimir Markoff def. Chris Michaels and Nikolai Volkoff
• Mr. Sandman def. Larry Winters
• ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Jimmy Snuka def. Johnny Hot Body (c) to win the title

Wrestler birthday(s): Buh Buh Ray Dudley turns 54 years old today. Following his time in ECW, him and his partner D-Von Dudley moved on to the WWF where they would hold the WWF World Tag Team Championship 8 times, the WWF/E Tag Team Championship once, the WCW World Tag Team Championship once. He is a 8-time WWF Hardcore Champion. He would appear at the first ECW One Night Stand where he and D-Von main evented the show against The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer. Not long after ECW ONS, Buh Buh Ray would move on to TNA along with D-Von where they would be rechristened as Brother Ray and Brother Devon. They would hold TNA's tag titles 2 times and the NWA Tag Titles once. In addition to his success as a tag team competitor, Buh Buh Ray would move on to singles competition, becoming Bully Ray and reinventing himself in the process where he would go on to hold TNA's World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2014 and four years later would make his return to the WWE to be inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2018. In addition to his success with D-Von, he would hold the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles with The Briscoe Brothers once. He and D-Von have a record setting 36 tag team title reigns between his record-setting 8 in ECW, and others in TNA, WWF/E and the IWGP Tag Titles he held twice. He is one of the most decorated tag team competitors of all time and after reinventing himself became a decorated singles competitor who still to this day still wrestles in Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA).