October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births[]
Deaths[]
- 1995 - Frank Dalton (age 54) - Stroke
- 2009 - Mike Fever
- 2020 - Principe Aereo
Debuts and Returns[]
- 2006 - Rebecca DiPietro
- 2008 - Andrea The Giant makes her professional debut.
- 2008 - Noam Dar makes his professional debut.
- 2011 - Aiden English
- 2013 - Veronica Lane debuted on WWE NXT.
- 2015 - Big Daddy D-Roy
- 2016 - Natty
- 2020 - Brittnie Brooks
Events[]
- 1987 - WWF Superstars of Wrestling aired. Taped on October 6.
- 1994 - RAW aired. Tapings of the October 24 and October 31 episode also took place.
- 1998 - Shotgun Saturday Night aired. Taped on October 12.
- 1999 - CMLL Japan Women's Championship is created.
- 1999 - WWE Heat aired. Taped on October 12.
- 1999 - Osaka Pro aired.
- 2002 - Smackdown aired. Taped on October 15.
- 2004 - WWE Heat aired. Taped on October 11.
- 2005 - RAW aired.
- 2008 - Smackdown aired. Taped on October 14.
- 2011 - RAW aired.
- 2012 - WWE Main Event aired. Taped on October 16.
- 2012 - NXT aired. Taped on August 23.
- 2013 - iMPACT! aired. Taped on October 10.
- 2014 - Maryland Championship Wrestling began its MCW Autumn Armageddon Tour.
Year | Event(s) |
---|---|
1994 | Monday Night RAW |
1999 | No Mercy |
2002 | SmackDown |
2005 | RAW |
2006 | WWE ECW |
2008 | Friday Night SmackDown |
2011 | RAW |
2012 | NXT |
2014 | Friday Night SmackDown |
2016 | RAW |
2017 | SmackDown Live |
2018 | NXT |
2022 | RAW |
2023 | NXT |
Retirements[]
Title changes[]
1999
- The Fabulous Moolah defeated Ivory (c) to win the WWF Women's Championship.
- Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
External links[]
- October 17 on Wikipedia