On July 27, 1979 in one of the first ladder matches in professional wrestling history, Big Daddy Ritter (later known as the The Junkyard Dog) defeated Jake Roberts to win the Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship and $1,000 at a Stampede Wrestling Show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The match is called by Ed Whalen. The ladder is being held by Wayne Hart, the older brother of Bret and Owen Hart. Ritter had previously lost the belt to Roberts on April 6th. | Davenport Sports Ne

💪🏻On November 17, 1979 Hulk Hogan wrestled his first match in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) defeating Harry Valdez on WWF Championship Wrestling. On November 13th, Hogan wrestled 3 matches during a taping of WWF Championship Wrestling at the Agricultural Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The last of those 3 matches was the match aired on November 17th. During his initial run, Hogan was managed by Classy" Freddie Blassie.💪🏻 | Davenport Sports Network

Ric Flair v Harley Race at Starrcade (11/24/83) | NWA Wrestling Memories

WCW @ Jacksonville, FL – Coliseum – November 28, 1993 (1,000) Ric Flair defeated Harley Race (sub. for injured WCW World Champion Vader) via disqualification when Vader ran out and attacked Flair; prior to the bout, Race cut a promo saying Vader was too injured to compete; Flair then came out and challenged Race; after the match, Flair put Vader in the figure-4 before preliminary wrestlers intervened #onthisday #wrestling #wcw | RassleRama