8 Times WWE Recycled Show Names

8. St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Historians will be quick to point out that the 'St. Valentine's Day Massacre' moniker used by WWE for Steve Austin's buy-rate busting cage match against Vince McMahon in 1999 was obviously named for the infamous slaughter of seven members of Chicago's North Side Gang on the eponymous date in 1929 - but it wasn't the first time a wrestling promotion had used the name.

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Ten years earlier, WCW's Clash of the Champions V took place a day removed from the annual lovefest with the exact same subtitle. The show, headlined by The Road Warriors and Genichiro Tenryu against The Varsity Club, was a warm-up on the road to brilliant Chi-Town Rumble pay-per-view five days later - which was more appropriately held in Chicago.

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