This Day In Wrestling History – February 10th
Feb 10, 2011 - by Jamie Cruickshank
Events
In 2008, TNA held their annual Against All Odds PPV in Greenville, South Carolina. Highlights from the show:
- AJ Styles & Tomko defeat BG James & Bob Armstrong to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
- Scott Steiner defeats Petey Williams to retain his Feast or Fired briefcase
- Awesome Kong defeats ODB to retain the TNA Womens Title
- Abyss defeats Judas Mesias in a Barbed Wire Massacre Match
- Jay Lethal & The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeat Johnny Devine & Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) in a Street Fight. Lethal pinned Devine to win the TNA X-Division Title
- Kurt Angle defeats Christian Cage with Samoa Joe as special guest enforcer to retain the TNA World Title
Title Changes
1969 – Bobo Brazil defeats The Sheik in a Texas Death Match to win the WWWF United States Title
1990 – Mr Saito defeats Larry Zbyszko to win the AWA World Title
2001 – The WWF Hardcore Title’s 24/7 Rule sees Hardcore Holly defeat Raven for the belt, but lose it back to Raven before the end of the night
Birthdays
Happy birthday to former WWE Diva and current TNA Knockout Lisa ‘Tara/Victoria’ Varon (40) and former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori (28)
In Memoriam
Sadly, the wrestling world has lost two stars on this date. Firstly in 1984, WWE Hall of Famer David von Erich suffered a heart attack brought on by acute enteritis, he was only 25. Also, in 2003, fellow WWE Hall of Famer Curt ‘Mr Perfect’ Hennig died of a cocaine overdose at the age of 44.


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One additional Title change:
1956 Danny McShain def. Bull Curry for the Texas Brass Knuckles Title
Also, today would have been Chris Adams’ 56th birthday.