Author: Today in Pro Wrestling History: On August 26th, 1999,The inaugural episode of Smackdown featured a series of matches at the Kemper Arena.
Today in Pro Wrestling History (August 26): The Debut of Smackdown
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The matches included the following:
- Dark match: Kurt Angle defeated The California Kid
- Dark match: Edge (w/ Christian) defeated Matt Hardy (w/ Jeff Hardy)
- Dark match: D-Lo Brown defeated Hardcore Holly (w/ Crash Holly) by DQ
- Dark match: Val Venis defeated Mark Henry
- Dark match: Gangrel defeated Chaz (w/ Marianna)
- Mr. A** defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/ Miss Kitty and Debra)
- The Unholy Alliance (The Undertaker and The Big Show) (c) (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Kane & X-Pac & The APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship
- Big Bossman defeated Al Snow (c) to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
- Road Dogg defeated Chris Jericho by DQ
- Shane McMahon defeated Mankind
- Tori defeated Ivory in an Evening Gown Match
- Triple H (c) (w/ Chyna) defeated The Rock to retain the WWF Championship (w/ Shawn Michaels and Shane McMahon as the special guest referees)
Here’s a another great Smackdown story: Monday Night SmackDown! How a Volcano Forced Big Changes
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