1987: Randy "Macho Man" Savage lies on the mat bloodied with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat during their WWF steel cage match circa 1987. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images)

Two Of WWE’s Biggest Moments Occur This Day In History

By Dominic DeAngelo

Two Of WWE’s Biggest Moments Occur This Day In History
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It was 19 years ago today when the countdown clock first made waves on WWE Raw and fans (along with The Rock) witnessed the debut of Y2J Chris Jericho. “The Millennium Man” interrupted “The People’s Champ” in grandiose fashion and wanted to thoroughly drink the moment in (maaaan), but The Rock was having none of it. You can witness the now classic moment below:

Relive Chris Jericho’s WWE debut in its entirety – Raw, Aug. 9, 1999

Chris Jericho's WWE Debut

Also, this day in history includes the steel cage classic between Bruno Sammartino and Larry Zbyszko that went down at Shea Stadium in 1980. It was the third and final “Showdown At Shea” events WWE had and became the endcap to one of the greatest feuds in wrestling history. You can view a clip of the match below:

Bruno Sammartino and Larry Zbyszko took their rivalry to Shea Stadium inside an unforgiving cage!

Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko - Cage Match: Showdown at Shea, August 9, 1980

Dominic DeAngelo
Dominic DeAngelo

Dominic started at WrestleZone in April of 2018.
He is a book reviewer for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, loves Penguins hockey, Pirates baseball and the lowly New York Jets.
Dominic also hosts a weekly Pittsburgh comedy podcast with his brother called The Keystone Cast and runs a Pittsburgh-based sports & pop culture blog called The Keystone Statement.
He lived in Philadelphia for five years before setting up shop back in Pittsburgh.
Feel free to rip him on Twitter @DominicDeAngelo.

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