On this day in pro wrestling history (August 28): Kevin Nash beats Booker T for WCW World title, Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude for WWF I-C belt
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1941 – Kansas City, Kansas at Memorial Hall; World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff defeated Dorv Roche in 2 of 3 falls, Nanjo Singh beat Steve Brody and Ray Eckert and Jack Hader went to a 30 minute draw. 1944 – Des Moines, Iowa; Jack Conley beat Jim Coffield, Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke beat Mae Weston 2 falls to 0 and Earl Wampler defeated Jack Hader in 2 of 3 falls. 1958 – Kansas City, Kansas; NWA World Champion Dick Hutton beat Otto Von Krupp 2 falls to 1, for the Central States tag team titles, Thor Hagen and Sonny Myers beat Emil Dusek and Red McIntyre 2 falls to 1 to retain the title. 1964 – Denver, Colorado; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher, Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig, Mitsu Arakawa beat Dale Lewis and Dory Funk Jr beat Dan Miller 1965 – Minneapolis, MN; AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race, Larry Hennig beat Tex McKenzie, Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff, Rene Goulet beat Danny Plechas, Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson by dq and Larry Heiniemi beat Paul Caruso. Attendance: 5,610 1967 – Stan and Butcher Vachon defeated Alberto Torres and Ramon Torres to win the Southern Tag Team Title in Augusta, Georgia. 1970 – Denver, Colorado; in a Cage Match, The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon, Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Butcher Vachon in 2 of 3 falls. In a no dq, no countouts match; Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X, Paul Diamond beat Double X and Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski. Attendance was a record 10,260. 1976 – St Paul, MN; Verne Gagne no contest AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel, Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke, Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk, Billy Francis beat Moose Morowski and Billy Red Cloud beat Buck Zumhofe 1986 – Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tully Blanchard for the NWA National Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California. 1989 – At SummerSlam in East Rutherford, New Jersey, The Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude to win the WWF Intercontinental Title, The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) defeated The Hart Foundation, Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake (with Elizabeth( defeated Randy Savage & Zeus, with Sherri Martel. 1994 – Shawn Michaels & Diesel defeated The Headshrinkers to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles in Indianapolis, Indiana. 1995 – PG-13 defeated Terry Gordy & Tracey Smothers in a tournament final for the USWA Tag Team Titles in Memphis, Tennessee
2000 – Kevin Nash defeated Booker T for the WCW World Heavyweight Title in Las Cruces, New Mexico.