Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 28,486 (31,059 in Ohio County, 360 in Marshall County).
Wheeling was originally a settlement in the British Colony of Virginia and later an important city in the Commonwealth of Virginia until 1861 when the western counties of Virginia seceded from the state. Wheeling was the location of the Wheeling Convention, which established the state of West Virginia, and was the first capital of West Virginia. The capital moved so often in its early years that it was nicknamed the "floating capital". In 1870, the State Legislature designated Charleston as the capital city. In 1875, the Legislature reversed their decision and voted to return the Capital to Wheeling. This was appealed by the citizens of Charleston and finally settled by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in favor of Wheeling. In 1877 the Legislature ordered an election to be held for the citizens of West Virginia to select a permanent location for the capital, choosing between Charleston, Martinsburg and Clarksburg. By proclamation of the governor, the official move took place eight years later, and in 1885 the capital moved from Wheeling to Charleston, where it has remained.
Arenas
Television
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - August 20, 1988.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - August 27, 1988.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - September 3, 1988.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - October 28, 1989.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - November 4, 1989.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - November 11, 1989.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - October 19, 1991.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - October 26, 1991.
- WWF Superstars of Wrestling - November 2, 1991.
- Nitro - June 10, 1996
- RAW - March 9, 1998
- Thunder - July 26, 2000
- Smackdown - June 9, 2006
Events
- WWF House Show - July 8, 1987.
- WWF House Show - August 30, 1987.
- WWF House Show - May 20, 1988.
- WWF House Show - November 19, 1988.
- WWF House Show - December 27, 1988.
- WWF House Show - February 10, 1989.
- WWF House Show - March 16, 1989.
- WWF House Show - June 25, 1989.
- WWF House Show - August 18, 1989.
- WWF House Show - October 2, 1989.
- WWF House Show - December 27, 1989.
- WWF House Show - February 16, 1990.
- WWF House Show - October 22, 1990
Promotions
Wrestlers
External Links
- Wheeling, West Virginia on Wikipedia