Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back and today WE CROWN A CHAMPION. It’s the finals of the 2015 F4W Prediction Show! Who was the BEST PROGNOSTICATOR of the entire year? We’ll read every prediction from 2015, put the final four in a Twitter poll, and away we go. Also, Eric Young drops by to talk TNA’s debut on POP TV coming up Tuesday at 9 ET/8 CT! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Pre-Show Match: New Japan Rumble The New Japan Rumble, more affectionately known as the Rambo, has become a Wrestle Kingdom pre-show tradition as of last year. You’ll see legends, Young Lions, and the leftovers/those who didn’t make the main card. It’s over the top rope elimination rules. Every minute, a new participant will enter. Last year’s Rumble was fun for the surprise names, but it wasn’t much of a match until the last few minutes. Read More →
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship Match: Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Young Bucks vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta Speaking of traditions, this year we get another IWGP Jr. Tag Title match with a thousand teams. OK, four teams, but still, would it kill them to make a straightforward tag team match for the titles? Oh well. Good thing is all four teams are great and it should be a Dragon Gate-esque spectacle of a match. Just don’t ask me to pick a winner. Read More →
NEVER Trios Championship Match: Mark & Jay Briscoe & Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale Mark, Jay, and Yano. This I must see. New Japan is introducing trios titles at this year’s show, and the winners of this match will be the first ever champs! With the Bullet Club team being New Japan regulars, you’d expect the belts to go to them, but if it turns out this is more than a one-time deal for the Briscoes, they might be taking home some gold on their debut. Read More →
ROH Championship Match: Jay Lethal vs. Michael Elgin The ROH World Title will be defended in New japan for the first time ever at Wrestle Kingdom. The two Americans might have a tough time winning over the massive Japanese crowd. One thing they have going for them, besides both being very good wrestlers, is that the fans are familiar with Elgin and he’s gained a pretty good following in his short time in New Japan. Read More →
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Kenny Omega vs. Kushida Two men who’ve dominated New Japan’s Junior division in 2015 will face off for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. At one win apiece, this will be the rubber match to decide who which man truly is the Ace of the Junior division. Read More →
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma The tag titles might not mean what they used to, but the crowd is going to be loud for this one, and that’s about 95% because of Honma. The forever underdog is teaming with his G.B.H. partner Togi Makabe on his quest for that elusive championship. It’s more or less the same story as last year’s title match, except with different challengers. And you know what, if it plays out the same way, I don’t even mind. Read More →
Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito The only match on the show not for a title, the Samurai and the Ingobernable are meeting in a good old fashioned grudge match. Expect a lot of Ingobernable shenanigans from EVIL and new member BUSHI. While not for a title, the winner will likely move on to feud for one of the major titles. Read More →
NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata No backstory. No reason. This match is just happening and it’s probably going to steal the show. It’ll be interesting to see if Shibata will finally get his hands on some singles gold. To say he’s long overdue is an understatement. Either way, this match is going to be something else. I just hope the dome can handle it. Read More →
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. A.J. Styles Yeah, so, this is going to be great. Like, the greatest. A.J Styles is a phenomenal wrestler. I mean, that’s his thing. He’s the Phenomenal One. He has phenomenal matches time after time. Shinsuke Nakamura always brings it on the big stage. His match this time last year with Ibushi was one the greatest. Put these two together, my god, we’re in for a treat. Read More →
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada It’s the champion, Okada, against the Ace, Tanahashi. So much history, so much emotion, so many stellar matches together. This is the culmination a story that’s being going for years. Okada’s never beaten Tanahashi at the Dome, and he’s on a path to redemption after last year’s loss. This feels like it could be the end of an era. The passing of the torch. But don’t expect Tanahashi to move over without a fight. Read More →
We have a show up with Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor covering last night’s UFC show, the Rizin show from New Year’s Eve and some wrestling. We will be doing a show on the Tokyo Dome tomorrow afternoon and then on Raw later that night.
Hope everyone had a Happy New Year. We’re very appreciative of all the support you’ve given us over the past year and hopefully this next year will be a good one for everyone.
We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 10 at the Tokyo Dome as well as last nights’ UFC, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to Dave Meltzer
We’re also looking for reports on today’s WWE shows in Hidalgo, TX (Roman Reigns vs Sheamus for WWE title) and Corpus Christi (Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens for IC title; Kane vs. Bray Wyatt).
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 10 – Follow along with Dave Meltzer here.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for IWGP heavyweight title is the main event of this year’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom show. AJ Styles will attempt to win the Intercontinental title from Shinsuke Nakamura, not Dean Ambrose. Wrestle Kingdom 10 will also have a large presence of ROH including some surprises in the New Japan Rumble. This could be a very long show given they do not have American PPV time constraints. It’s too early to say, but from the line up, this could possibly be the show of the year. Click here for a New Japan Rumble spoiler entrant…
Check out Zach Dominello’s full preview series.
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM AT 2:15 A.M. LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
There will be both a English and Japanese language feed for the show
New Japan Rumble
Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Young Bucks vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta for IWGP jr. tag titles
Mark & Jay Briscoe & Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale for Never trios championships
Jay Lethal vs. Michael Elgin for ROH championship
Kenny Omega vs. Kushida for IWGP jr. title
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma for IWGP tag team titles
Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata for Never Open weight championship
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. A.J. Styles for IC title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for IWGP heavyweight title
Raw will be Monday night from San Antonio with Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus for the WWE title with Vince McMahon as referee.
NEW JAPAN NEW YEAR’S DASH AT 5:30 A.M. EASTERN TUESDAY MORNING ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
No matches have been announced for the “Raw after Mania” show, but Kevin Kelly and Matt Striker will be calling the show in English and there will also be the Japanese feed..
The first Smackdown on the USA Network will be taped on Tuesday night in Laredo. Mauro Ranallo debuts as announcer and John Cena will be on the show.
TNA ON POP TV AT 9 P.M. FROM BETHLEHEM, PA
Matt Hardy vs. Ethan Carter III
Bobby Lashley vs Eric Young
Winners of these two matches meet for the vacant TNA title
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter
We have our annual business year in review as the lead of the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week. We cover our awards balloting year from 12/1/14 to 11/30/15 looking at the biggest events and biggest draws, with the year’s biggest crowds, records set in several different companies, Cena compared to those in similar positions on the all-time list, the year’s PPV buys for every wrestling, MMA and boxing show, how this year compared with other years.
Dwayne Johnson returning for WrestleMania, different ideas of where he may fit in, and his recent track record of WrestleMania matches.
The history of New Japan on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome. The first New Japan Tokyo Dome show and its main event, what drew the first house, what Lou Thesz said to Antonio Inoki after the show and why Thesz thought the result was a good thing and why it ended up being a waste. We look at how this year’s show will differ from last year as well as a match-by-match rundown and a look at the history of the New Japan big four, Tanahashi, Okada, A.J. Styles and Nakamura, with all of their previous Tokyo Dome matches.
Jonathan Coachman on HGH usage in WWE, why usage is so prevalent in certain types of sports and entertainment.
WWE injury coverage, why WWE stars are doing more NBC media, how movies with Sting are doing at the box office, how the WWE’s head of medical came across in the movie “Concussion” plus a concussion expert on Daniel Bryan situation. Update on Nikki Bella, NXT sellouts, Brock Lesnar’s next match, Cena facing a surprise opponent, Chris Jericho on future, Royal Rumble, Sin Cara injury update, NXT in Dallas, the go-home show for WrestleMania, two international stars about to start with WWE and the Bayley character on the main roster.
The holiday show in Madison Square Garden coverage, Ben Askren talks about One’s possibly revolutionary weight cutting regulations that could be the catalyst for changing MMA. We look at the first Rizin show, the sad spectacle of Sakuraba, the pro wrestlers on the show, the mentality behind why certain people were on the show and match-by-match coverage.
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TODAY’S DAILY UPDATE
UFC 195 was No. 10 for most searched items on Google at 200,000, which would indicate a lower level PPV number, which most were expecting.
Carlos Condit’s talk about retirement last night wasn’t a spur of the moment emotional thing as he had talked about it for months, that if he didn’t win the title he was considering retiring. Condit landed 82 more significant strikes then Lawler, which is the greatest difference in strikes of any fighter who has ever lost a decision in UFC history. What’s notable about the judging last night is that there were five close decisions, four splits and the unanimous decision win by Justine Kish over Nina Ansaroff. Of those five fights, the media and judges disagreed on four of the five, all by significant margins. For the Condit-Lawler fight, media scores were 15 for Condit, three for Lawler and two had it a draw. We did our own poll which was 29% for Lawler, 64% for Condit and 7% had it a draw.
50,000 dollar performance bonuses were given Stipe Miocic and Michael McDonald. While Carlos Condit and Robbie Lawler earned fight of the night.
F4WOnline.com’s staff prediction results: John Pollock went 5-0, Josh Nason, David Bixenspan, Mike Sawyer, Steve Juon, Mike Sempervive and Ryan Fredrick were 4-1, Paul Fontaine, me and Front Row Brian were 3-2.
Cheeseburger and Delirious are both in Japan. Cheeseburger will be in the Rumble tonight (opener at the Dome). Delirious is there for business reasons.
The talk from TNA on “The Miracle” debuting refers to the debut of Michael Bennett.
WWE
UFC/MMA
MISCELLANEOUS
*Sam Roberts, Marina Sharif and a singer from Tool were at the show
*Brian Cage beat Chris Dickinson
*Timothy Thatcher beat Drew Gulak in a good technical match
*Sami Callihan beat Trevor Lee in an okay match
*Drew Galloway beat Jack Evans in a good match
*Adam Cole beat Speedball Mike Bailey in a good match
*Zack Sabre Jr. beat Akira Tozawa. Huge reaction for both and a great match. People chanted match of the year at them when it was over
*Roderick Strong beat Chris Hero to retain the PWG title
Here is today’s FULL Daily Pro Wrestling History including International history: Daily pro wrestling history (01/03): Freebirds win WCCW 6 Man Tag Team Titles
Here is what went down tonight at NJPW Wrestling Festival 2016, a Axxess-like event featuring matches between wrestlers who are not on the main WrestleKingdom 10 card. It will also feature the debut of two new rookies, Kanemitsu Teruaki and Kawato Hirai as they face off against long time young lions Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu, respectively.
Hirai Kawato vs. Yohei Komatsu
Hirai is only eighteen. Just to compare, Yohei is 27. Okada is 28. Weird how some guys start older while some start younger. He looked fine here as it was mostly a chain grappling match. People were behind Kawato immediately, chanting his name. I guess that’s because it’s his first match. Komatsu won with the Boston crab.
Teruaki Kanemitsu vs. Sho Tanaka
Same deal here. First part of the match was chain grappling. Kanemitsu busted out a dropkick and a gutwrench, but ultimately Tanaka got the win with a Boston crab. Interesting to see both of the older younger lions control the match. Kanemitsu looked fine here as well for his first ever match.
Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Jay White vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada & David Finlay
Another short match. It was good enough for what it was, which was a typical New Japan six man. White was pinned here via a Dorada Screwdriver by Mascara Dorada.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Juice Robinson
This got more time than the other matches. Another solid match. CNJ, Nagata and Nakanishi worked as the heels. CNJ did the Mongolian chops to irritate Tenzan and the crowd booed. They all worked on Robinson for a bit. One funny spot was Robinson doing his punches, hit the last one, and Nagata responded by doing a Flair flop. Kojima got the pin for his team with a diamond cutter followed by a lariat.
Other show notes:
At one point Yuji Nagata came out and introduced two new young lions, Oka and Kitamura. Oka is a national wrestling champion that’s been in the dojo off and on for a while while Kitamura is a freestyle wrestler who was undefeated from 2008 to 2010. Kitamura in particular looks gigantic and already has a presence about him. Let’s just say WWE would probably sign him on the spot if he weren’t 5’11.
The first Lion’s Gate show will be on 2/25. This was the concept introduced last year where young wrestlers would be brought in from various promotions. The new young lions debuting tonight (Kanemitsu and Kawato) will be a part of that show.
Rest of the stream, besides a few comedy segments with celebrities and Ryusuke Taguchi, was dedicated to promos for tomorrow’s show. Nothing noteworthy other than good promos from Elgin and Tama Tonga. Kushida said his second was about to arrive in Japan for tomorrow’s show, which is probably Shelley if I were a betting man.
UFC 195
Thumbs way up. Some upsets, burst bubbles, and stylistic surprises, and as expected an off the chart main event. Some questionable decisions but what else is new.
Best fight: Lawler-Condit
Worst fight: wasn’t one
Best performance: Condit even losing
KO: Stipe
Sub: Ortega
Sheldon Westcott eats a couple of Edgar Garcia right hands and very quickly takes it down, ties him in knots, and gets the rather late TKO off about a zillion unanswered punches. Michonori Tanaka aggressive early but Joe Soto threatens off his back throughout and comes on very strong in the 3rd. Entertaining and competitive. 29-28 split Tanaka. Soto would have won by whole fight but by the rounds/points system you can see how it went that way. Dustin Poirer looks outstanding back at LW busting the Joe Duffy bubble, taking a wide but also entertaining and competitive UD with one 30-26.
Striker Drew Dober surprisingly widely dominates the TD game and takes the 29-28 upset UD over wrestler Scott Holtzman. Similarly, Nina Ansaroff outstrikes Justine Kish, who seems overanxious, and Kish comes on late to dominate the ground game. Could go either way. Kish takes the the UD with two 30-27s, which seems weird, as Ansaroff certainly looked to win the 1st. Alex Morono takes a dubious 29-28 x 2, 27-30 SD over Kyle Noke in a very close one. Michael McDonald looking very rusty after two years off gets used as a mat rag by Masanori Kanehara but somehow reverses a sunk-looking arm tri into RNC for the tap in the 2nd.
Tony Sims looks good early at long range and stuffing Abel Trujillo’s TD, but Trujillo counters a power double with a Guillotine for the tap. He’s so strong he didn’t even need proper position, getting pressure using his neck, shoulder and chest. Facially Trujillo and Roman Reigns could be twins.
Diego Brandao outboxes and outwrestles Brian Ortega for 2 1/2 rounds but misses a punch badly in the 3rd allowing Ortega to get position to chain subs till he locks up a triangle for the tap.
Very interesting fight that might have been too subtle for the audience. Basically Lorenz Larkin’s low kicks vs. Albert Tumenov’s body punches. Very close. Like the earlier fight whole fight scoring would be Larkin who finished strong but points go 29-28 split Tumenov. Not popular decision. Both looked very good.
A bigger bubble bursts as Stipe Miocic catches Andrei Arlovski’s always questionable chin with a short right that rocks him and does not let him off the hook and it’s over in 54s. Stipe screams at Dana for a title shot, which seems unarguable. Stipe was just ranting (not in a bad way) and I think on his promo he said at one point ‘I’m CM Punk, bro.’
Carlos Condit turns in a career-best performance in his WW title challenge to Robbie Lawler. Most fluid and instinctive he’s ever looked. Pattern is set in the 1st with Condit constantly moving and leading and Robbie looking to counter after Carlos scores a flash KD. He then dictates the rest of the round, 10-9. Pattern holds in the 2nd but Robbie finds the range and drops Carlos, a lot harder and has him in brief trouble and evens it up. The 3rd is the swing round as it turns out with Carlos again just much much busier and Robbie throwing very little but landing most of it clean and hard. I thought the sheer volume made it Condit’s round. The 4th was similar until late when Carlos rocked Robbie late and had him in some trouble and I thought was enough for a 10-8. The corner told Robbie he needed a KO and he went out and tried to get it, hitting Carlos with everything but the kitchen sink, but he couldn’t drop him and Carlos fought back every time. Early round of the year candidate and fight of the year also. Robbie took the 5th, borderline but IMO not quite 10-8. Both collapsed against the fence at the bell. I had Condit 49-46 but the judges went 48-47 split for Robbie. No losers here. A rematch could be called for but Carlos said he may retire.
Crimson Mask
Good morning Dave,
I ordered the show on UFC.tv with a fight pass discount. I definitely got my money’s worth. A solid thumbs up show, with very good prelims, and a great main event. I think a rematch at UFC 200 or that weekend HAS TO happen (sorry Tyrone). And have a #1 contender fight on standby that weekend. I scored the main event 47-47, with the champ winning rounds 2, 3, 5 @ 10-9. I scored Condit winning 1 @ 10-9 and 4 @ 10-8. Lawler did nothing in 4 and CC’s striking stats showed I was justified having a 10-8 score.
Happy WK Eve,
James Brown
Thumbs up
Best fight Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit
Worst fight Drew Dober vs Scott Holtzman
Best KO Stipe Miocic
Best Sub Michael MacDonald
Best Performance Robbie Lawler & Carlos Condit
Robbie and Carlos was a war, scored it for Condit but 3rd round was so close that i cant be upset about it, way more upset over the Kyle Noke decision. Poirier vs Duffy was also a great fight that is gonna go unnoticed because it aired on Fight Pass and due to the main event euphoria
Wade Haugen
Thumbs Up
Best Fight: Lawler vs. Condit
What a terrible decision. I could see a draw if you gave Lawler a 10-8 2nd round and a 10-9 5th but I can’t see how you give him the fight. Rest of the show was fun if not inconsequential outside of the Miocic KO win.
Mike Hiscoe
Thumbs up show fight of the night lawler vs condit. Worst fight was Justine kish vs Nina Anasaroff. Just an awesome main event. I think the reason I had lawler winning 48-47 was in that third round even though condit threw more, a lot of the punches didn’t land while when they were exchanging lawler got the better of him. Three was the only close round. Every other one was solid by condit in 1 and 4 while lawler in 2 and 5. Again great show.
Corey Lieb
Thumbs up. Best fight lawler vs condit. Think fight is great but being overhyped. Maybe best round 5 I’ve seen, but lot of fight was lawler failing to get off. I scored 3 to 2 for condit. Lawler would have won pride rules. Enjoyed lawler macdonald and lawler Hendricks both times better. Wish Hendricks hadn’t missed weight as I still think he and lawler is best fight to make. Love condit but don’t think he’s top 3 in division at moment. Other than lawler , think Hendricks, woodley, and macdonald all beat him. Don’t think this decision was any more controversial than Hendricks lawler 2 which I thought was more clearly for Hendricks than this was for lawler.
All that said, loved the fight.
Mark Libell
Thumbs way up.
Best match was obviously Lawler/Condit. One of the best fights ever, I think. Hope they run it back, I’d pay double to watch it.
Worst match I’d say Kish/Ansaroff for lacking anything that looked like pro-level technique.
With that main event, easy thumbs up, but the co-main was a great performance and Brian Ortega and Michael McDonald had 2 outstanding submissions. Fun show on the whole.
Jeremy Sexton
1952
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Heart of America Champion Bob Orton Sr. beat The Masked Monster 2/3 falls (“Masked Monster” unmasked revealing Slim Zimbleman)
– Chief Big Heart and Dutch Hefner drew in 45-minutes
– Jim Coffield beat Dick Hatcher
1957
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Stan Mykietowich and Ted Stefanyk defeated Frenchy Champagne and John DePaulo for the Madison Wrestling Club Tag Team Title
Amarillo, Texas:
– Dizzy Davis defeated Jim Wright to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title
Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Tag Team Champions, Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton to retain titles
– Sonny Myers beat Mario DeSouza
1963
Rochester, Minnesota:
– Non Title:Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton
– Gene Anderson beat Pepe Gonzales
1964
Portland, Oregon:
– The Destroyer defeated Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1965
Portland, Oregon:
– Pat Patterson defeated Pepper Martin for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Johnny Valentine defeated The Sheik to win the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1970
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons
– The Crusher beat Luke Graham
– Dr X beat Joe Scarpello
– Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham
– Lars Anderson beat Buddy Smith
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts
– Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Wilbur Snyder & Moose Cholak
– Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig
– Pepper Gomez beat Angelo Poffo
1974
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Mike George & Jim Brunzell defeated Chuck Riley & Taro Kabayoshi
– Tokyo Joe defeated Jim Ledford
– Baron Scicluna & Bob Orton defeated Frank Diamond & Danny Little Bear
– Bob Brown defeated Pat O’Connor via DQ
– Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby defeated Harley Race & Rufus R. Jones in three falls
1976
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant in 2 out of 3 falls
– Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke
– Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk
– Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Duncum
– Larry Hennig beat Frankie Hill
– Jos Leduc beat Don Wade
– Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann
1977
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Bruiser Brody defeated Fritz Von Erich to win the World Class American Heavyweight Title
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Dutch Mantel and David Schultz defeated Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud for the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title
1978
Birmingham, Alabama:
– Randy Savage defeated Don Kent for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
1980
Jackson, Tennessee:
– Jimmy Valiant won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title from Jerry Lawler
1981
Chicago, Illinois:
– Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd by countout
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson
– Tito Santana beat King Kong Brody dq
– Bobo Brazil beat Bobby Vann
– Spike Huber beat Ali Hassan
– Steve Regal drew El Bracero
– Jerry Graham Jr beat Buck Zumhofe
1983
Fort Worth, Texas:
– The Great Kabuki defeated Al Madril to win the World Class Television Title
San Antonio, Texas:
– Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan in a tournament final for the vacant Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Heavyweight Title
1986
Dallas, Texas:
– The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts) defeated Brian Adias and Kerry and Kevin Von Erich to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title
1987
Topeka, Kansas:
– Bill Dundee defeated Sam Houston to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1988
Montgomery, Alabama:
– Moondog Spot defeated Tom Prichard for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
Tokyo, Japan:
– Abdullah The Butcher & TNT beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Great Kabuki
– Non Title: AWA Champion Curt Hennig dcor John Tenta
– Genichiro Tenryu & Ashara Hara & Samson Fuyuki beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Wajima & Ishikawa
– Shohei Giant Baba & Akira Taue beat Kimura & Gori Tsurumi
– Buddy Landel beat Toshiaki Kawada
– Tiger Mask II & Nakano beat Pete Roberts & Paul Harris
1993
Windsor Locks, Connecticut:
– The Tazmaniac defeated Flex Wheeler in a tournament final to become the first Century Wrestling Alliance Light Heavyweight Champion
1996
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich win the USWA Tag Team Title defeating Jesse James Armstrong and Tracy Smothers
1999
Louisville, Kentucky:
– Rip Rogers defeated Doug Basham for the OVW Heavyweight Title
2000
Greenville, South Carolina:
– David Flair and Crowbar defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner in the finals of a one night tournament to win the vacant WCW World Tag Team Titles
Miami, Florida:
– Triple H defeated the Big Show to win the WWF Title
2004
Bayaman, Puerto Rico:
– Abdullah the Butcher won the Universal Heavyweight Title from Carly Colon
– Jose Rivera, Jr. defeated Eddie Colon for the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight with special guest Filthy Tom Lawlor to talk all of the matches from UFC 195 top-to-bottom, the amazing main event, RIZIN results and commentary, Tokyo Dome and TNA previews, Raw Monday and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Dana White said he believed Carlos Condit won the fight 3 rounds to 2. Media scores had 15 for Condit, three for Lawler and two had it a draw.
Every judge agreed that Lawler won rounds two and five and Condit won one and four. It came down to the third round, where Tony Weeks gave it to Condit, while Chris Lee and Derek Cleary gave it to Lawler.
The big surprise post-match is that Condit talked of retiring.
“It’s not an emotional thing,” said Condit, who didn’t appear mad at all about losing the decision, even though he said he felt he won rounds one, three and five. “I’m not really dejected. I have to evaluate, but there’s a possibility this fight will be the last one. I’ve been doing this a long time, over 40 professional MMA fights. I came up short tonight. I don’t know. Tonight was kind of a do-or-die moment for my career. I was all in. If I got the strap, I was going to keep on fighting. If I didn’t, I’d have to see if I can continue to do this.”
White pushed pretty strongly that he agreed Stipe Miocic deserved the next heavyweight title shot, but was noncommittal about whether Condit would get a rematch.
We will have more on this story, UFC 195, the Tokyo Dome and more weekend news on the new Wrestling Observer Radio.
Welcome to F4WOnline.com’s live coverage of UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the first event for the UFC in 2016 and airs on pay-per-view as UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler makes his second title defense against former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit in the main event. The co-main event is a heavyweight bout that could secure the winner a title shot as Stipe Miocic takes on former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6:30 PM eastern time with the preliminary action all the way thru the main card.
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PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT)
WELTERWEIGHTS- SHELDON WESTCOTT (8-3-1, 0-2 UFC) VS. EDGAR GARCIA (14-4, 0-3 UFC)
First round: Wescott with a bodylock takedown Wescott throwing lefts. He’s got the back and working for a choke. Wescott landing all kinds of punchex from back position. Wescott landing a ton of punches. I’m surpised it wasn’t stopped. This is too many punches. It was stopped way too late. Not as bad as the Sakuraba fight, but it was feeling like the same kind of nightmare.
BANTAMWEIGHTS- JOE SOTO (15-4, 0-2 UFC) VS. MICHINORI TANAKA (10-1, 1-1 UFC)
First round: Holy crap does Mario Yamasaki look like he hasn’t slept in a month. Soto using low kicks. Soto tried a takedown, Tanaka blocked and landed punches. Tanaka landed a right. Soto with another low kick. Hard low kick by Tanaka. Nice left by Soto. Low kick by Tanaka and Tanaka took him down. Soto working for a googplata. Elbows by Soto. Tanaka out of trouble. Tanaka escaped and had a huge smile on his face. Soto 10-9, but close.
Second round: Head kick by Tanaka. Tanaka missing punches. Tanaka staring to land now. Knee by Tanaka but Soto back with a punch. Soto with a hard low kick. Body kick by Soto. Tanaka’s left leg is all red from the low kicks. Knee by Tanaka and a judo hip toss took Soto down. Soto working for a guillotine now. Tanaka cleared it and on top. Tanaka landing some elbows. Nice groundwork by Tanaka. Tanaka with some punches and elbows. Tanaka with more punches. Tanaka’s round so 19-19.
Third round: Tanaka landing some punches. Knee by Tanaka. Left by Soto. Left by Tanaka. Tanaka landing more punches and Soto back with a left. Tanaka with a takedown attempt but Soto back up. Left by Soto. Left by Tanaka as Soto taunted him. Tanaka with a takedown. Soto again working for a guillotine. Soto has a body triangle as well. Tanaka escaped and on top. Soto back up. Soto with a left and right. Crowd really into this. Uppercut by Soto. Trading punches but Soto landing more solidly. Nice left by Soto. Tanaka bleeding from the nose and mouth. Takedown by Soto and he got mount and his back and is working for a choke as time ran out. The crowd really liked the fight, 29-28 Soto.
Scores: Tony Weeks 29-28 Tanaka Adelaide Byrd 29-28 Soto, Chris Lee 29-28 Tanaka. Bad call. Not terrible call but bad call.
LIGHTWEIGHTS- (#12) DUSTIN POIRIER (18-4, 9-3 UFC) VS. JOSEPH DUFFY (14-1, 2-0 UFC)
First round: Poirier landing good shots from a clinch. Duffy with punches. Leg kick by Duffy. Body kick by Poirier. Right by Duffy. Big right by Duffy hurt Poirier to the body. Poirier looks out of trouble. Duffy with a body shot. Two right uppercuts by Duffy. Another right by Duffy. Poirier landing shots from the clihch. Both swinging. This is geat. Takedown by Poirier. Duffy bleeding from the nose. Duffy bleeding from the nose Poirier with a shot. Punch and knee by Poirier as Duffy got up. Hard elbow by Duffy. Both landed good rights. Close round, Poirier 10-9.
Second round: Poirier with a takedown. Poirier bleeding badly from the nose. Blood is pouring out of Poirier’s nose all over Duffy, who is on the bottom. The nose looks broken. Poirier just bleeding all over him. Poirier with an elbow from the top. Nice elbows from the top by Poirier. More hard elbows by Poirier. Lots of elbows by Poirier. Hard elbows by Poirier. Now Duffy bleeding badly from the elbows. He’s got a ton of different cuts. Big rights from the top by Poirier 10-8 round I’ve got so 20-17 Poirier
Third round: Poirier with a low kick. Good body shot by Duffy. Poirier took him down again. Duffy tried to roll out. Duffy went for a heel hook. Poirier escaped and back on top. The ref ordered a standup. There was no reason and fans booed that call. Duffy now landing punches. Left and right to the body. Poirier with a punch and takedown. Poirier with an elbow. Duffy with a triangle right as the fight ended. Really good fight. 30-26 Poirier.
Scores: 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27 for Poirier.
Poirier said he’s coming after the strap. Poirier said I don’t get triangled, I’ve got double jointed shoulders and I don’t get tired.
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)
LIGHTWEIGHTS- SCOTT HOLTZMAN (8-0, 1-0 UFC) VS. DREW DOBER (15-7 1 NC, 1-3 1 NC UFC)
First round: Dober with a left. Body kick by Holtzman. Holtzman tied him up in a clinch. Holtzman has him against the cage. Holtzman trying for a takedown but Dober blocking the attempts. Dober with a takedown. Dober with another takedown. Dober 10-9.
Second round: Elbow by Dober hurt him. Dober shot in for a takedown but Holtzman blocked it this time. Dober with elbows standing. Holtzman with a shin to the face. Takedown by Holtzman. Another takedown by Holtzman. Holtzman with ground and pound. Holtzman with good punches from the top. Holtzman with more punches and elbows from the top. Holtzman’s round for sure so 19-19.
Third round: Dober with a nice left. Dober looking for a takedown and got him down after a struggle. Spinning backfist by Holtzman. Dober took him down again. Holtzman all bloody from an elbow and Herb Dean stopped the fight for the doctor to check on him. Head kick by Hotlzman and Dober back with a punch. Right by Dober. Another right and left by Dobrer. Dober working for a takedown and got it. Hotltzman back up. Another takedown by Dober. He’s got his back. Dober 29-28.
Scores: All three have it 29-28 for Dober. All three rounds were clear.
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHTS- JUSTINE KISH (4-0, 0-0 UFC) VS. NINA ANSAROFF (6-4, 0-1 UFC)
First round: Ansaroff got poked in the right eye. Kish’s left thumbs went right in the eye. Ansaroff landing punches and kicks. Kish blocked a takedown. Both trading. Kish with elbows. Kish now landing punches. Kish with a knee to the body. Body kick by Ansaroff. Ansaroff with punches. They traded knees to the body. Takedown by Kish. Body kick by Ansaroff and Kish with punches. Ansaroff with some punches. Very close round. 10-9 Ansaroff.
Second round: Kick by Kish. Low kicks by Kish. Both landing hard shots. Ansaroff hurt him with a left hook and a kick. Left jab by Ansaroff. Right by Ansaroff. Kish used a headlock takedown. Kish’s round 19-19, but this round was close as well as Ansaroff was getting the better of the standup before the takedown.
Third round: Ansaroff with a takedown. Kish thought armbar but Ansaroff cleared it. Nice escape by Kish. Kish with punches. Kish with the takedown. Kish with punches from the top. Kish moved to the mount. Now she’s got her back. Ansaroff reversed to the top. Ansaroff’s comeback at the end made it close. I’ve got Kish 29-28 and she should win, but we’ll see.
Scores: 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 Kish. You could go 30-27 as the first round was close.
WELTERWEIGHTS- KYLE NOKE (22-7-1, 6-3 UFC) VS. ALEX MORONO (11-3, 0-0 UFC)
First round: Morono was taking this fight on 11 days notice. Noke with a kick. Noke with a right. Nice spin kick by Morono. Noke landed a left as Morono was off balance. Big right by Noke. Side kicks by Noke. Morono landed a good right moving in. Noke 10-9.
Second round: Spin kick by Morono. Morono with a Superman punch. Noke missed a kick and Morono landed punches. Morono landing punches. Noke jumped on his back. Morono shook him off. Morono going for a heel hook. Noke out of it and on top. Noke with a knee to the body and punches. Noke 20-18.
Third round: Noke told his corner his nose was broken. Noke kicked the body. Both throwing punches. Morono with a hard right. Trading punches. Noke landing punches. Spinning elbow by Noke. Takedown by Noke. Morono working for an armrbar. Noke escaped. Morono so 29-28 Noke I’ve got. Morono winning would be possible.
Scores: Sal D’Amato has it 29-28 Morono, Patricia Morse Jarman has it 30-27 Noke, Chris Lee has it 29-28 Morono. Morono was shocked he won. Crowd doesn’t like it.
BANTAMWEIGHTS- (#8) MICHAEL MCDONALD (16-3, 5-2 UFC) VS. MASANORI KANEHARA (25-12-5, 1-1 UFC)
First round: McDonald with a big right. Kanehara shot for a takedown and got it. McDonald working for a guillotine with a body triangle. Kanehara out of trouble. Kanehara moved to mount. Kanehara 10-9.
Second round: Left and right by McDonald. Kanehara took him down off a kick. Kanehara moved to side control. Kanehara with knees to the body. Kanehara with a head and arm choke. McDonald escaped and got his back and is working for a choke. Kanehara tapped. Wow. McDonald was losing the entire fight, escaped a submission and then got the win.
MAIN CARD (PPV- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)
LIGHTWEIGHTS- ABEL TRUJILLO (12-7 1 NC, 3-3 1 NC UFC) VS. TONY SIMS (12-3, 1-1 UFC)
First round: Both threw. Sims landed a right. Sims with a left and right. Sims took him down but Trujillo has a guillotine and tapped him out.
FEATHERWEIGHTS- DIEGO BRANDAO (20-10, 6-3 UFC) VS. BRIAN ORTEGA (9-0 1 NC, 1-0 1 NC UFC)
First round: Brandao swinging wildly. High slam and Ortega tried an uma plata, but Brandao is out of trouble. Brandao with a hard low kick. Hard right by Brandao. Takedown by Brandao. Brandao with punches. Right by Brandao. Both landing punches but Brandao’s shots are crisper. Body kick by Ortega. Brandao 10-9.
Second round: Brandao with a left. Body kick by Brandao. Ortega with a right. Big right by Brandao. Right by Brandao. Ortega with punches. Body kick by Ortega. Brandao took this round as well so up 20-18. Ortega looks to need a finish.
Third round: Both out swinging. Ortega went for a takedown but Brando ended up on top. Brandao let him up and took him back down. Ortega working for a choke. Brandao escaped. Ortega went for a triangle for the submission. It was an Anaconda choke and moved to a mount, went for a guillotine, let it go and did a great triangle set up for the submission. That finish was bonus worthy.
WELTERWEIGHTS- LORENZ LARKIN (16-4 1 NC, 3-4 UFC) VS. ALBERT TUMENOV (16-2, 4-1 UFC)
First round: Nothing happening early. Larkin caught the kick. Low kick by Larkin. Another low kick by Larkin. Tumenov moving in with a big flurry. Right and left by Tumenov. Low kick by Larkin. Hard kick by Tumenov. Front kick by Larkin. Big right by Tumenov. Low kick by Larkin. Another low kick by Larkin. Low kick by Larkin. Larkin 10-9. Close round.
Second round: Larkin with a body kick. Larkin with a low kick. Larkin throwing low kicks. Right by Larkin. Tumenov in with punches. Tumenov landing to the body hard. Larkin with a low kick and Tumenov switched his stance. Tumenov landing lefts to the body. Larkin with a right. Both missing big punches. Tumenov landed a head kick. Big left by Tumenov. Left and right by Tumonev. Tumenov’s left leg is hurt. Tumenov’s round 19-19.
Third round: Tumenov with punches. Larkin with spinning low kicks. More low kicks by Larkin. Spin kick to the thigh by Larkin. Right by Tumenov. Larkin destroyed Tumenov’s left leg. Tumenov with a right. Larkin shot in for a takedown attempt. Tumenov blocking. Right by Larkin as Tumeonv went for the takedown. Larkin 29-28. Another close one.
Scores: Juichiro Kamijo 29-28 Tumenov, Adelaide Byrd 29-28 Larkin, Derek Cleary 29-28 Tumenov.
HEAVYWEIGHTS- (#3) STIPE MIOCIC (13-2, 7-2 UFC) VS. (#2) ANDRE
First round: Arlovski kicking the knee. Miocic hurt him with two punches and finished him with punches on the ground. Right to the left ear, a right to the jaw and a left and Arvloski was down and a few punches on the ground and it was over. :54
Miocic is demanding a title shot and with this one, he deserves it.
UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- (C) ROBBIE LAWLER (26-10 1 NC, 11-4 UFC) VS. (#4) CARLOS CONDIT (30-8, 7-4 UFC)
First round: Condit with a body kick. Low kick by Condit. Lawler landing good punches. Condit landed a left and a push and Lawler went down. Body kick by Condit and a knee. Condit is hurting him. Body kick by Condit. Another body kick by Condit. Lawler with a right. Knee by Condit. Body kick by Condit. High kick by Condit. Condit with a left and kick. Low kick by Condit. Low kick again by Condit. Body kick and left hook by Condit. Condit 10-9
Second round: Slower second round. Condit with some low kicks. Lawler landed a punch but Condit back with punches Body kick by Condit. Lawler blasted him with a left and Condit went down and he’s inn trouble. Condit tied him up. Lawler wanted him to get up. Made sense for him to do so. Left by Lawler. Head kick by Condit. Lawler with a hard left. Lawler missing big punches. Big left by Lawler. Lawler’s round 19-19.
Third round: Condit with low kicks. Body kick by Condit. Both swinging and Lawler getting the better of it. Knee by Condit and hard punch, Both swinging like crazy. Body kick by Condit. Lawler with a hard elbow. Condit missing a flurry. Head kick by Condit but didn’t land hard. Condit with a knee to the body. Body kick by Condit. Low kick by Lawler. Condit 29-28.
Fourth round: Lawler threw a left. Body kick by Condit. Body kick by Condit. Lawler slipped. Lawler landed a left. Both throwing big punches. Lawler threw a kick and Condit with a low kick and Lawler went down. Head kick by Condit. Condit with a right. Jumping knee by Condit short. Front kick by Condit and hard body kick by Condit. Low kick by Condit. Punches and low kick by Condit. Condit hurt him and Condit trying to finish him. Spinning backfist, knee and a flurry of punches by Condit. Condit landing more punches and a knee. Lawler with a big left. Condit 39-37.
Firth round: Lawler rushed in but Condit landed a few punches. Lawler throwing hard punches but Condit out of the way and came back. Front kick by Condit. Lawler landed big punches. Condit in with punches and elbows. Condit landed several punches and a body kick. Condit landing more punches. Condit landing a lot of punches now. Front kick by Condit. Lawler with a left and right. Body kick by Lawler. Condit back with punches. Condit landing a ton of punches. Head kick by Condit more punches. Lawler with a big right. Big left by Lawler. Condit back. Lawler big left rand big right by Lawler. Knee by Lawler. Big left by Lawler. Head kick by Lawler. Condit with a right. Condit back with punches. One of the best rounds of all-time. Condit back with punches and Lawler with punches. Condit with a right and a left. Both throwing as time ran out. Lawler’s round. This was a match of the year and then some. Lawler’s round I’ve got 48-47 for Condit.
Scores: Tony Weeks has it 48-47 Condit, Chris Lee has it 48-47 Lawler, Derek Cleary has it 48-47 Lawler.
They need a rematch.
I just rewatched round three. This could have gone either way. You could go with Lawler in the third, he landed the best shots even though Condit landed far more. I can’t call it a bad decision although I’d go for Condit. A rematch is the way to go.
1947
Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns 2 out of 3 falls
– Ray Villmer beat Ernie Dusek 2 out of 3 falls
– Ed Virag defeated Karl Von Herbert
1958
Portland, Oregon:
– Herb Freeman and Henry Lenz defeated Kurt Von Himmler and Juan Oinada for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Champion Dick Hutton beat Thor Hagen 2 falls to 1 to retain the title
– Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers beat Lou Plummer and Tommy O’Toole 2 falls to 1
– Otto Von Krupp beat Bobby Bruns
1959
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Fred Blassie defeated Ray Gunkel to win the NWA Georgia Southern Heavyweight Title
1963
Fargo, North Dakota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans
– AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Pepe Gonzales
– Karol Kalmikoff drew Pepe Gonzales
1965
Waterloo, Iowa:
– Sonny Myers defeated Tom Clark for the Central States version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1970
Dothan, Alabama:
– Dick Dunn defeated Rocket Monroe to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
1971
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Ripper Collins defeated Johnny Barend for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title
1976
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA Champion Terry Funk beat Pat O’Connor
– Dick the Bruiser & Rocky Johnson beat Ox Baker & Stan Stasiak
– Missouri State Champion Harley Race drew Rufus R Jones
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest Joe Blanchard
– Jerry Oates beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq
1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Cage match: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Bill Francis beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski & Baron Von Raschke
– Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum
– Roger Kirby beat Peter Maivia dq
– Chris Taylor beat Rodeo Jones
1979
Tampa, Florida:
– Dick Slater defeated Jos LeDuc to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Randy Alls (Randy Rose) defeated Dick Murdoch to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1980
San Francisco, California:
– Ox Baker defeated Bruiser Brody for the World Class American Heavyweight Title
1981
Orlando, Florida:
– Mike Graham and Barry Windham defeated The Cowboy Connection (Bobby Jaggers and R.T. Tyler) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title
1982
Hampton, Virginia:
– Jimmy Valiant defeated Ivan Koloff for the NWA Television Title
1983
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jacques Rougeau defeated Sabu the Wildman (Coco Samoa) to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
1987
Kansas City, Kansas:
– The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike) defeated Todd Champion and Dave Peterson for the NWA Central States Tag Team Titles
1988
Tokyo, Japan:
– Yoshiaki Yatsu & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashara Hara
– Wajima beat Abdullah The Butcher dq
– John Tenta won battle royal
– Tiger Mask II (Misawa) beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig COR
– John Tenta & Great Kabuki beat Black Assassin & TNT
– Akira Taue & Shohei Giant Baba beat Buddy Landel & Paul Harris
1990
Gainesville, Georgia:
– Arn Anderson defeated The Great Muta to win the NWA World Television Title
1991
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Danny Davis defeated Joseph Magliano (Joey Maggs) for the USWA Junior Heavyweight Title
1996
Morresville, North Carolina:
– The Equalizer and George South defeated The Italian Stallion and Star Ryder to win the Pro Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship
1997
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Christopher defeated Wolfie D to win the USWA Heavyweight Title
2015
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Mascara Dorada defeated Negro Casas Jr in a tournament final to win the vacant CMLL welterweight title
FLORIDA WRESTLING HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
1941 – Roland Kirchmeyer beat Bulldog Lee Henning
1964 – Eddie Graham beat Bob Orton Sr. via DQ (Jacksonville)
1965 – Corsica Joe & Corsica Jean beat Lou Bastien (Lou Klein) & Dick Steinborn (Lakeland)
1967 – Lester Welch & Sammy Steamboat beat The Infernos (Fort Myers)
1967 – Don Curtis & Jose Lothario drew Duke Keomuke & Taki Yamaguchi over 60:00 (Orlando)
1968 – Joe Scarpa (Jay Strongbow) beat Johnny Valentine (Tampa)
1969 – Jack Brisco & Nick Kozak beat The Medics (Interns) (Jacksonville)
1973 – Dick Slater beat Bob Griffin in a loser leaves town match (Fort Myers)
1974 – Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Jones via DQ (Miami Beach)
1979 – Harley Race drew Terry Funk over 60:00 to retain the NWA title (Tampa)
1980 – Dusty Rhodes beat Bugsy McGraw in a lights out match (Miami Beach)
1983 – Barry Windham & Ron Bass beat Jake Roberts & Kevin Sullivan in a double bullrope match (Orlando)
1984 – Blackjack Mulligan beat Ron Bass in a chain match (West Palm Beach)
1985 – Ric Flair beat Sweet Brown Sugar (Skip Young) to retain the NWA title (Miami Beach)
