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
- 2011 - Knox Stribling Hager - (Catalina White & Jake Hager's son)
Deaths
- 1995 - Frank Dalton (age 54) - Stroke
Debuts and Returns
- 2008 - Andrea The Giant makes her professional debut.
- 2008 - Noam Dar makes his professional debut.
- 2013 - Veronica Lane debuted on WWE NXT.
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.
Retirements
Title changes
External links
- October 17 on Wikipedia