On this day in pro wrestling history (August 26): Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect SummerSlam classic, Harley Race beats Dusty Rhodes for NWA title
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1955 – Don McIntyre defeated Freddie Blassie to win the Southern Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia
1965 – Memorial Hall in Kansas City; Bobo Brazil beat Dick the Bruiser 2 falls to 1 on a dq, Bob Geigel and Bob Brown drew Sonny Myers and Jerry Miller, Mongolian Stomper beat Bob Rader, The Ox (Ox Baker) beat Johnny Raminez and Thor Hagen beat Frank Hickey
1966 – Chicago, Illinois; AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat the Crusher, Verne Gagne beat the Alaskan dq, Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak and Killer Kowalski drew Doug Gilbert
1975 – Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Irish Pat Barrett & Dominic DeNucci for the WWWF Tag Team Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1976 – Kansas City, Kansas; Bob Brown & Ox Baker defeated Chief Thundercloud & The Super Intern(Tom Andrews), Skip Young & Rick Gibson defeated Black Gordman & Great Goliath, Harley Race defeated Abdullah the Butcher via DQ
1979 – Harley Race defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title in Orlando, Florida; In Minneapolis, Minnesota; AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne dq, Billy Robinson & Mad Dog Vachon beat Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum, Steve Olsonoski & Paul Ellering beat Ray Stevens & Jesse Ventura, Super Destroyer Mark II beat Dr. X and Jesse Ventura beat Ron Ritchie
1982 – San Francisco, California at the Cow Palace; AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Tito Santana & Rick Martel, Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum & Jesse Ventura beat Baron Von Raschke & Otto Wanz & Buck Zumhofe, Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Bobby Heenan & Sheik Adnan and Adrian Adonis & Jacques Goulet beat Brad Rheingans & Jerry Monti
1985 – Boston, Mass at Northeastern University; AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin, AWA Champion Rick Martel drew Nick Bockwinkel, Sgt. Slaughter beat Boris Zhukov, Bob Backlund beat Larry Zbyszko dq, Greg Gagne beat Steve Regal and Brad Rheingans beat Billy Robinson. This was a benefit show called “Wrestle for a Cure” and shown on local television.
1989 – Rochester, Minnesota; AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko beat Sgt. Slaughter dq, Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos & Johnny Valiant beat Tommy Jammer & Derrick Dukes & Russian Brute, Paul Diamond ddq Colonel Debeers, AWA Women’s Champion Wendi Richter beat Judy Martin, Russian Brute beat Jerry Lynn and Kokina Maximus (Yokozuna) beat Butler Stevens
1991 – The Legion Of Doom (Road Warriors) defeated The Nasty Boys to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles in Madison Square Garden and Bret Hart defeated Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig to win the WWF Intercontinental Title at SummerSlam; The Dragon Master defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee,
1999 – Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley defeated Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship in Queens, New York.
2000 – Tony Marmaluke & Little Guido defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW World Tag Team Title in Manhattan, New York. Also on the card, Kid Kash defeated Rhino for the ECW World Television Title.
2007 – At SummerSlam, ECW Champion John Morrison retained the title over CM Punk and WWE Champion John Cena retained the title over Randy Orton.