This Day In Wrestling History

Greg Gagne defeats Adrian Adonis in a tournament final to become the first AWA International Television Champion in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the same card, Madusa Miceli defeats Candi Devine to win the AWA World Women's Title, which had been vacant since July 1987 when champion Sherri Martel jumped to the WWF(E).
December 27, 1987

Big Van Vader makes his Japan debut. Vader squashes Antonio Inoki in only 2 minutes in the main event match. The result starts riots in the area.
December 27, 1987

Alex Wright defeated Jean Paul Levesque (Triple H) with a rollup at Starrcade.
December 27, 1994

Starrcade was held in Washington, DC at the MCI Center, and saw the end of Bill Goldberg's huge storyline winning streak of 170+ matches.
December 27, 1998