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  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/11): Midnight Express win World Class American Tag Team Titles

    1901 

    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – Tom Jenkins defeated Dan McLeod to win the American Heavyweight Title

    1954

    Hollywood, California:
    – Wilbur Snyder defeated Mr. Moto for the NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title

    Augusta, Georgia:
    – Don McIntyre defeated Ray Villmer to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Ivan and Soldat Gorky defeated Carl Engstrom and David Jonnes for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1957

    Akron, Ohio:
    – Buddy Rogers defeated Johnny Barend to win the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Jerry Graham defeated Chief Big Heart to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1962

    – Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    1963 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Rip Hawk defeated El Medico II to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Jack Curtis, Jr. and Jan Madrid defeated Bad Boy and Billy Hines to win the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1965

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Don Leo Jonathan and Gene Kiniski defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

    1966

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Mario Milano and Len Rossi won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title, defeating the Mysterious Medics and Kanji (Antonio) Inoki & Hiro Matsuda in a tournament 

    Sioux City, Iowa:
    – Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
    – Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki dq
    – Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Brown
    – Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks

    1968

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Sonny Myers defeated Jack Pesek
    – Steve Bolus defeated Stan the Moose via DQ 
    – Klondike Bill & Ronnie Etchison defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown in three falls to win the North American Tag Team Title

    1974

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Ron Fuller to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title

    1975

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Dick Steinborn won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Carlos Colon 

    1978

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Indian Death Match: Tor Kamata beat Billy Whitewolf
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
    – Hawaiian Champion Steve Strong beat Missing Link Pampero Firpo
    – Rick Martel beat Rocky Tomayo
    – John Tolos & Bill Francis beat Bruce Brown & Chris Markoff

    1979

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Dale Valentine defeated Tully Blanchard to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Television Title

    Little Rock, Arkansas:
    – Ron Bass defeated Ray Candy to win the NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Title

    1980

    Houston, Texas:
    – Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada defeated El Halcan and Jose Lothario for the World Class American Tag Team Title 

    1981 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich won the World Class American Tag Team Title by defeating Gino Hernandez and Gary Young

    Monterrey, Mexico:
    – Centurion Negro defeated Jungle Negra for the UWA World Middleweight Title 

    1984

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Mike Davis and Mike Rotundo defeated Ron Bass and The One Man Gang for the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title 

    1985

    Dallas, Texas:
    – The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the World Class American Tag Team Title 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Ole Anderson and Thunderbolt Patterson defeated The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) for the NWA National Tag Team Title

    1986

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Sam Houston defeated Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title 

    1987

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett and Billy Travis defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll RPM’s (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    1988

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Jonathan Boyd defeated Ranger Ross to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    1991

    East Rutherford, New Jersey:
    – Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting to win the title (title become the WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
    – Arn Anderson and Barry Windham defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) in a non-title steel cage match

    1993

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Dustin Rhodes defeated NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat by countout to win the vacant NWA and WCW United States Heavyweight Titles

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Brian Christopher defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Heavyweight Title
    – The Moondogs (Spike and Spot) defeated Ron and Don Harris for the USWA Tag Team Title 

    2003

    West Miffin, Pennsylvania:
    – Low Ki and A.J. Styles defeated ROH Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels and ROH Heavyweight Champion Xavier in a No Holds Barred match
    – Samoa Joe defeated Bryan Danielson

    2009

    Orlando, Florida:
    – Alex Shelly defeated Chris Sabin to win the X Division Championship 
    – Beer Money won the TNA Tag Team Championship over Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed and Matt Morgan & Abyss

  • AJ Styles, Luke Gallows begin expected final run of indie dates

    In Barnesville, GA, Saturday for the WrestleMerica promotion, AJ Styles and Doc Gallows began what will likely be their last run of indie dates in the U.S. Larry Goodman sent us in some notes:

    Styles was set to face Jimmy Rave in the highly anticipated main event. Both men cut their teeth as pro wrestlers in Georgia with NWA Wildside roughly 15 years ago. It was a decade ago that Styles feuded with Rave in ROH after Rave stole his finishing move.

    The match morphed into a tag match (Styles & Gallows vs. Rave & Sal Rinauro) after just a few minutes of action. The call was made to save wear and tear on Styles, who is headed to England next week for three huge matches vs. Rey Misterio, Morrison and Jay Lethal on consecutive nights. The 450 fans in Barnesvillle didn’t seem to mind the switch. They were into the match full force, as they were for pretty much everything that went down at this event.

    – Doc Gallows defeated Sal Rinauro via DQ in 6:05: Rinauro turned a handshake into a punch in the face and ran out of the ring, where he cut a promo talking about how WrestleMerica was built on the backs of people like himself and Jimmy Rave (unlike Gallows who has missed a number of show due to his New Japan commitments). Rinauro stalled and jawed and stalled some more. When Gallows finally got his hands on him, Rinauro sold his ass off. Rave sneaked in and speared Gallows. That led to an instant “AJ” chant and the save by Styles. Rinauro and Rave bailed out untouched. Beautifully done.

    – AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Rave by DQ in 3:58. Neither the Bullets Club theme nor his ROH music was used in favor of his less familiar New Japan music leading to a rather flat entrance for Styles. Rave didn’t use “House of the Rising Sun” either. Oh well. They grappled. Rave bailed out to avoid Styles’ signature dropkick, and Rinauro jumped Styles for the DQ. Gallows made the save and got on the mic to make the tag match. Gallows said there was a lot of history with Rinauro and Rave, but the whole wrestling world knew there was more history with Gallows and Styles.

    – Styles & Gallows defeated Rave & Rinauro in 11:56. They brawled all over the building. When the action moved inside the ring, Rave interfered to get the heat started on Gallows. A Gallows double clothesline led to the hot tag. Styles had Rave set up for the Clash, but Rinauro intervened with a superkick. The closing minutes were terrific with signature moves and saves galore. Gallows dropped Rinauro on Rave to break up his crossface submission. It appeared that Styles got dinged when Rinauro inadvertently landed on his neck. For the finish, Gallows planted Rinauro with a chokebomb and Styles pinned Rave with a Clash off the ropes.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/10): Taz wins ECW World Title from Shane Douglas

    1917

    Sioux City, Iowa:
    – Earl Caddock beat Paul Domke 2 falls to 0

    1924

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Joe “Toots” Mondt to retain the title 

    1950 

    San Francisco, California:
    – Sandor Szabo won the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title by defeating Ray Eckert 

    1957

    Indianapolis, Indidana:
    – Boris and Nicoli Volkoff defeated Reggie and Stan Lisowski for the Chicago NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1958 

    Oakland, California:
    – Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – The Mighty Yankee defeated Ray Gunkel for the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Nick Kozak defeated Kurt Von Himmler to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    1959

    Fresno, California:
    – Red Hangman and Ben Sharpe defeated Johnny Barend and Ron Etchison for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1961 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Buddy Austin defeated Don Curtis for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – Fence Match: AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder
    – Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Rasmussen 
    – Len Montana drew Jim Hady 

    1967

    Macon, Georgia:
    – Bobby Hart defeated Louie Tillet to win the Georgia NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title

    1968

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Thunder Sugiyama and Toyonobori defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Don Kent) for the Trans-World Wrestling Alliance (International Pro Wrestling) World Tag Team Title 

    1969 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Fred Blassie defeated Bobo Brazil to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Don Kent defeated Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

    1972

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) defeated The Australians (Ron Miller and Larry O’Day) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title 

    1975 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mike George and Jerry Oates defeated The Interns (Tom Andrews and Jim Starr) in a Losers Leave Town match to win the Central States NWA World Tag Team Title

    1976

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – The Spoilers defeated Carlos Colon and Bob Ellis for the WWC North American Tag Team Titles

    1977

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Gene Kiniski defeated Don Leo Jonathan to win the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title

    1979 

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Tully Blanchard defeated Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts) for the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Television Title

    1981

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Algerian Death Match: Mad Dog Vachon beat John Studd
    – Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat The Crusher & Buck Zumhofe
    – Jerry Blackwell beat Tito Santana
    – Brad Rheingans beat Steve Regal

    1983

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Nick Bockwinkel defeated Jerry Lawler for the held up AWA World Heavyweight Title 
    – Robert Gibson defeated Norman Frederick Charles to win the Southeastern NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
    – Bobby Eaton won the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Jacques Rougeau in Memphis, Tennessee.
    – Leather Strap on a Pole Match: Fabulous Ones beat Sheepherders

    1985

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mr. Pogo defeated Harley Race to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

    1986

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Cage match: Road Warriors & Jerry Blackwell beat Fabulous Freebirds Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts
    – Sgt. Slaughter beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Jim Garvin & Steve Regal beat Curt Hennig & Scott Hall
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko dq
    – Boris Zhukov & Barbarian beat Marty Jannetty & Earthquake Ferris
    – Scott Irwin beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Bill Irwin beat Kelly Kiniski

    1987

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeated Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) to win the Continental Wrestling Association International Tag Team Titles

    1992

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Rod Price and John Tatum defeated Black Bart and Bill Irwin for the Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title 

    1994

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Ron and Don Harris won the USWA Tag Team Title, defeating Far 2 Wild (Chris Michaels and Todd Morton) 

    Chilhowie, Virginia:
    – Robbie Eagle defeated Chris Candido to win the SMW Television Title 

    Lima, Ohio:
    – Shinobi the Oriental Assassin (Al Snow) defeated Sean Casey for the World Wide Wrestling Alliance Light Heavyweight Title

    1996 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Tex Slazenger for the USWA Heavyweight Title 
    – Lady Satan (Debbie Combs) defeated Miss Texas (Jackie Moore) to win the USWA Women’s Title

    1998

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Wolfie D defeated Terry Golden to win the Music City Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title 

    1999

    Kissimmee, Florida:
    – Taz defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas to win the title 

    2005 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – TAKA Michinoku defeated Kaz Hayashi both the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title and Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Title

    2006

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Kurt Angle won the 20-man battle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Title, last eliminating Mark Henry

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/09): Triple H wins WWE Championship in an Elimination Match

    1953 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Harold Sakata and Toi Yamamoto defeated John Cretorian and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    1957

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Al Kashey defeated Lord James Blears for the vacant NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title 

    1958

    Stockton, California:
    – Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title

    1959

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Hutton to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
    – Gene Kiniski beat Adrian Baillargeon 
    – Edouard Carpentier and Bobby Managoff beat El Lobo and Hans Schmidt 2 out of 3 falls 
    – Bobby Bruns and Rip Hawk drew 

    1962

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Mister M (Bill Miller) defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title (Mister M’s AWA United States Heavyweight Title was vacated)
    – Nikita Kalmikoff beat Tony Baillargeon 
    – Bob Geigel no contest Tiny Mills
    – Nick Roberts beat Pat Kennedy 

    1965 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Don Leo Jonathan and Whipper Billy Watson defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) for the Winnipeg NWA International Tag Team Title 

    1966

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik
    – Handicap match: The Crusher beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk
    – Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq
    – Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey
    – Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff  
    – Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Morgan

    1968 

    Macon, Georgia:
    – Butcher Vachon and Stan Vachon (Stan Pulaski) defeated Enrique and Ramon Torres for the Georgia NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1969 

    Hiroshima, Japan:
    – Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder defeated Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki to win the NWA International Tag Team Title 

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Buddy Colt defeated Ricky Romero for the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title

    1970 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Dave Ruhl won the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title by defeating Danny Lynch

    1971 

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Curtis Iaukea defeated Billy Robinson for the Hawaii NWA North American Heavyweight Title

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Al and Don Greene) to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1973

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Mark Lewin defeated Buddy Colt for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1974

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Billy Graham defeated Ed Francis to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq Billy Robinson & Red Bastein
    – Pak Song ddq Ripper Collins
    – Tosh Togo drew Bill Francis
    – Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I
    – Neff Maiava beat Peace Brother II

    1978

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Norvell Austin and Bill Dundee defeated Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1979

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jimmy Garvin defeated Dick Slater to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

    1982

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco for the Florida NWA North American Tag Team Titles

    1983

    Reynosa, Mexico:
    – Luis Arizona defeated Centurion Negro to win the UWA World Middleweight Title 

    1984

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) won the World Class Television Title by defeating Brian Adias.

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Charlie Cook defeated Jerry Stubbs for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – No dq, two referees (one will be Austin Idol), $500 fine for each illegal punch: AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler dq 
    – Anything Goes, No referee in the Ring: Fabulous Ones beat The Moondogs
    – Austin Idol beat Jos Leduc
    – Dutch Mantell beat Mid American Champion Randy Savage dq
    – King Konga beat Terry Taylor
    – Texas Death Match: A Team beat Rock and Roll Express
    – Porkchop Cash & Dream Machine beat Koko Ware & Jerry Grey
    – Art Crews drew Terry Gibbs

    1987

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Larry Hamilton defeated Tom Prichard to win the Southeast NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title

    1989

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Wendell Cooley defeated Sid Vicious to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title

    1993

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Bart Sawyer defeated John Rambo to win the Championship Wrestling USA Television Title

    1995

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich defeated PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the USWA tag team titles
    – PG-13 defeated Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich to win the USWA tag team titles
    – Sweet Georgia Brown won the USWA Women’s Title by defeating Miss Texas (Jackie Moore)

    1997

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn defeated Mike Samples and Sir Mo to win the held up USWA Tag Team Titles 

    2000

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions Tommy Dreamer and Raven to win the titles 
    – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome pinned Spike Dudley to retain the title

    2005

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Trish Stratus won the WWE Diva’s Title by defeating Lita 
    – Triple H won the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match by defeating Edge, Bastista, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Randy Orton

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/08): Edge defeats John Cena to win WWE Championship

    1917 

    Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania:
    – Wladek Zbyszko defeated B.F. Roller for the American Heavyweight Title 

    1925

    Kansas City, Missouri:
    – Wayne Munn defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis to win the World Heavyweight Champion in 2 out of 3 falls

    1946

    San Francisco, California:
    – Jim Casey defeated Dean Detton to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1957

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober in a tournament final to become the first Minneapolis NWA World Tag Team Champions (The title would go on to become the AWA World Tag Team Title in 1960)

    1958

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Yvon Robert defeated Mario Galento to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1959

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and Bob Ellis drew 1 fall each (60 minutes)
    – Ernie Dusek, Lee Henning and Mighty Atlas beat Bobby Bruns, John Foti and Thor Hagen 
    – Bob Orton beat Joe Scarpa 

    1960

    Houston, Texas:
    – Pete Managoff defeated Nick Kozak for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1962

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Len Rossi won the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Don Greene 

    1965

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Pepper Martin defeated Pat Patterson for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak 
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud
    – Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace
    – Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen

    1966

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon in 2 out of 3 falls to win AWA Title (recognized only in Omaha)
    – Reggie Parks drew Haru Sasaki
    – Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek 
    – Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Wehba (Skandar Akbar)

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser (NWA title only on the line)
    – Johnny Valentine no contest Wilbur Snyder
    – Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff
    – The Assassins beat Dennis Hall & Huey Long
    – The Crusher beat Prince Pullins

    1970 

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – Brass Knuckles Title: Jack Brisco defeat Missouri Mauler to win title
    – Mephisto & Dante defeated Sam Steamboat & Ciclon Negro
    – Bob Orton defeated Skull Von Stroheim 
    – Dory Dixon defeated The Executioner 

    1971

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Karl and Kurt Von Steiger defeated Tony Borne and Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    1972

    Hanley, England:
    – Albert Wall defeated George Gordienko to win the British Empire Heavyweight Title

    1974

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Danny Hodge defeated Ali (Iron Sheik) Vaziri
    – Kevin Sullivan defeated Skull Von Stroheim
    – Tom Jones defeated Mark Stone
    – Mad Dog & Stan Vachon defeated Paul LeDuc & Tex McKenzie
    – Mike Graham defeated Dick Slater by dq
    – Buddy Colt defeated Paul Jones by dq
    – Dusty Rhodes no contest Jos LeDuc

    1975

    Miami, Florida:
    – NWA Title: Jack Brisco defeat Dory Funk, Jr by dq to retain title
    – Florida Tag Team Title: Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci defeated Dick Slater & Prof. Toru Tanaka to retain titles
    – Florida Title: Bill Watts defeat The Great Malenko to retain title
    – Bob Roop & Mongolian Stomper beat Jos LeDuc & Bob Armstrong
    – Johnny Weaver beat Sonny Rogers
    – Pat Barrett drew Iron Mike McCord

    1978

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
    – Leo Burke defeated Don Gagne (Frenchy Martin) for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Stan Stasiak
    – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
    – Dusty Rhodes beat Waldo Von Erich
    – Jay Strongbow beat Chris Tolos dq
    – Ken Patera beat Jim Brunzell
    – Angelo Mosca ddq Peter Maivia

    1983

    Cloverdale, British Columbia:
    – Moose Morowski and Al Tomko defeated Dean Ho and Moondog Moretti for the Vancouver NWA International Tag Team Title 

    Kumaya, Japan:
    – Kaoru Matsumoto defeated Lioness Asuka to win the AJW Singles Title 

    1984

    Charlotte, North Carolina:
    – Don Kernodle and Bob Orton, Jr. defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Jimmy Valiant for the vacant Mid-Atlantic NWA World Tag Team titles

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. defeated Pirata Morgan to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title 

    1985

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Winner gets held up Florida Title and $15,000: Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr (Blair regains title)
    – Texas Tornado Match: Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Khrusher Khruschchev & Jim Neidhart
    – PYT Express defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Scott McGhee
    – Mike Graham defeated Jack Hart

    1990

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated King Cobra for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title 

    1994

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Far 2 Wild (Chris Michaels and Todd Morton) defeated PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the held up USWA Tag Team Title

    1995

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd to win the WCW World Television Title 

    Nagano, Japan:
    – Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado to win the Pro Wrestling WAR Six-Man Tag Team Titles

    1998

    Daytona Beach, Florida:
    – Juventud Guerrera defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Ultimo Dragon to win the title 

    2000 

    Fajardo, Puerto Rico:
    – Ray Gonzalez defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

    2003

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash) to win the NWA World Tag Team Titles
    – Curt Hennig defeated David Flair in an axe-handle on a pole match

    2006 

    Albany, New York:
    – John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels, Kane, Chris Masters, Carlito and Kurt Angle in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE Championship
    – Edge defeated John Cena to win the WWE Championship after cashing in his “Money in the Bank briefcase”

    2012

    Orlando, Florida:
    – TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries defeatd Zema Ion, Jesse Sorensen and Kid Kash to retain the title
    – TNA Knockouts champion Gail Kim (with Madison Rayne) defeated Mickie James to retain the title
    – TNA Tag Team champions Matt Morgan & Crimson beat Samoa Joe & Magnus to retain the titles
    – TNA champion Bobby Roode retained the title over Jeff Hardy by dq

  • Daily pro wrestling history (1/7): Gene Kiniski defeats Lou Thesz to win NWA World Title

    1913 

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Jess Westergaard defeated Henry Ordemann for the American Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls (Frank Gotch referee)
    – Danny Larkin beat Crowley  

    1941

    San Francisco, California:
    – Ivan Rasputin defeated Bobby Managoff to win the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title

    1953

    Vancouver, British Columbia:
    – Carl Engstrom and Frank Stojack defeated Johnny Cretorian and Kurt Von Poppenheim for the Big Time Wrestling Northwest Tag Team Title 

    1954 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Hombre Montana and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Al and Tiny Mills to win the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Title 

    1958

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Casey and Danny McShain won a tournament for the vacant NWA Texas Tag Team Title

    1961

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Dr. X (Bill Miller) to win the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight Title 

    1965

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Mr. Fujiwara and Curtis Iaukea defeated Lord James Blears and Neff Maivia for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title 

    1966 

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Gene Kiniski defeated Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight Title 

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Sonny Meyers 

    1974
    Nigata, Japan:
    – Sharon Lee and Jackie West defeated Mariko Akagi and Peggy Kuroda to win the WWWA World Tag Team Title 

    1976

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
    – Greg Valentine and Bill Watts defeated The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) to win the vacant Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title

    1977

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd
    – Bill Francis & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke
    – Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski
    – Chris Taylor beat Bounty Hunter II

    1978

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ted DiBiase won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Bob Brown 

    1979

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes defeated Bobby Eaton and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title

    1980

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Assassins (Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) defeated Ricky and Robert Gibson for the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1982

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Cage match: AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura  
    – Sheik Adnan beat Mad Dog Vachon
    – Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell
    – Brad Rheingans beat Ken Patera dq
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Rene Goulet
    – Bobby Duncum beat Rick Hunter

    1984

    Indianapolis, Indiana:
    – Spike Huber defeated Bobby Colt to win the World Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 
    – Dick the Bruiser and Jeff Van Kamp defeated Abdullah the Great and Jerry Valiant for the WWA World Tag Team Title

    1985 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Billy Haynes defeated Gino Hernandez (subbing for an absent Chris Adams) for World Class Television Title

    1987

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Coco Samoa and Ricky Santana defeated Abbuda Dein and Mike Miller for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title 

    1989 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeated Abbuda Dein and The Grappler to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title 

    Las Vegas, Nevada:
    – Cage Match: Manny Fernandez beat Wahoo McDaniel
    – Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans beat Iron Sheik & Mike Enos dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero
    – AWA Women’s Champion Wendi Richter beat Magnificent Mimi
    – Brad Rheingans beat Iron Sheik
    – Jay Strongbow Jr beat Mike Enos

    1991 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) defeated Tony Anthony and Doug Gilbert for the USWA Tag Team Titles

    1993 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Masayoshi Motegi defeated Ray Gonzalez to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1995

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Kevin Von Erich defeated Greg Valentine to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Title.

    1996

    San Germain, Puerto Rico:
    – Mabel defeated Carlos Colon for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

    1999

    Kochi, Japan:
    – Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title from Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue

    Glen Burnie, Maryland:
    – Romeo Valentino defeated King Kong Bundy for the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title 

    2001 

    New York City:
    – The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino and Justin Credible in a Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match to win the title
    – ECW World Television Champion Rhino pinned ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman to win the World Heavyweight Title 

    Mayaguez, Puerto Rico:
    – One Man Gang defeated champion Carlos Colon and Abdullah the Butcher in a three-way match to win the WWC Hardcore Title 

    2002 

    New York City:
    – Spike Dudley and Tazz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) to win the title 
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge pinned Lance Storm
    – Steve Austin and The Rock defeated Big Bossman and Booker T

    2004 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Chris Sabin defeated champion Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in an Ultimate X match to win the TNA X Division Title 

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Nick Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter for the vacant OVW Heavyweight Title

    2006

    Rahway, New Jersey:
    – Rhino defeated JAPW Heavyweight Champion Jay Lethal to win the title 
    – Teddy Hart defeated JAPW Light Heavyweight Champion Azrieal in the finals of a Gauntlet match to win the title

    2007

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura to win the Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title
    – Gedo and Jado defeated Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki for the Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Title

  • The Week In British Wrestling: RevPro & ICW Tape TV; PROGRESS go large

    1) The Revolution will be televised!

    With access to traditional television shows thin on the ground for UK promotions, they’ve had to think outside the box for solutions. In last week’s column, I gave a rundown of the different options available if you want to watch British wrestling (apart from the always-preferable live option), and this week Revolution-Pro held another of their popular “TV” tapings at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, London. The Cockpit is more used to hosting fringe theatre but is a perfect venue for a television taping, harking back to the studio shows of old with its tight seating arrangement perfectly fitting around the squared circle in the centre. RevPro held three tapings at the Cockpit last year, for their YouTube TV show, and on Sunday they came back with a stacked card for a new run of shows for 2016.

    Despite ENDVR taking place at the same time just 3 miles across London (more of which later), the show still attracted a good crowd, and they were treated to a mini-tournament for the Undisputed British Cruiserweight title, with Pete Dunne overcoming “Flash” Morgan Webster in the final – el Ligero & Josh Bodom being eliminated in the semi-finals. Jimmy Havoc continued his feud with the Revolutionists, bringing a mystery partner to face the Undisputed British Tag-Team champions, Sha Samuels & James Castle, and it turned out to be T-Bone.

    Thanks to shenanigans, the champions kept their titles but Havoc has promised to bring back T-Bone and a third man to take on the tag champs and Bodom at High Stakes on January 16th. Main-eventing a card that also featured Big Damo, Mark Haskins, Marty Scurll, and Martin Kirby, was a bout between Will Ospreay and ACH, who made his return to RevPro after October’s Uprising. The two tore the house down and the match will be available to watch – for free – on RevPro’s YouTube channel very soon.

    2) PROGRESS take their big guns to Brixton.

    In last week’s column I trailed HUGE news from PROGRESS, and speculated what it could be. Well, speculate no more, because on January 1st they announced that September’s show – chapter 36 – will be held at the legendary Brixton Academy, in south London. It won’t be the company’s first trip south of the river – their ProJo wrestling school is situated round the corner from the Academy, and they’ve held trainee shows at the Bedford, in nearby Balham, before – but it will be the first time they’ve played a hall bigger than their usual 700 seats at the Electric Ballroom. The Academy will be set up for 2000 seats, and while that is dwarfed by ICW’s planned show at the Hydro in Glasgow, it will be the biggest crowd to see a British wrestling show in London for a good thirty years.

    PROGRESS have always resisted temptation to move to a bigger building before, simply stating that the Electric Ballroom treat them very well and they would be afraid to lose that special atmosphere created at the sold-out shows, so this is a step into the unknown for the company. However, they’re doing it in conjunction with LiveNation, the company that handled NXT’s UK tour, and the logistics shouldn’t be too high a hurdle. Whether they can sell almost 3 times the amount of tickets they usually do in London is another thing, but UK wrestling is VERY hot right now, and with a 9-month lead they have every chance. Progress indeed!

    3) A Sex Pest won a rap battle.

    It’s impossible to sum up an entire show, especially one featuring so many different characters as an ENDVR show, in one pithy line, but – yes – a sex pest did win a rap battle at ENDVR’s first show of the year on Sunday. Anyone who follows ENDVR (and the PROGRESS shows as of the last London chapter) will know that the sex pest is Jack Sexsmith, and the rap battle was a precursor to his showdown with “Body Guy” Roy Johnson on Sunday’s show at the Garage in Islington. You’ll be reassured to know that “Mr Cocko” made his customary appearance, and those of you who don’t know anything about Jack Sexsmith will no doubt be very confused by now.

    Also on the show, Pollyanna and Livvi won women’s matches, Damon Moser (a favourite for this year’s Natural Progression tournament) won a four-way over Pastor Bill Eaver, Earl Black Jr, and TK Cooper, and ProJo head trainer Darrell Allen beat Chuck Mambo in a “traditional British rules” match (which, unusually for such contests, didn’t suck). Some of the more established PROGRESS stars made an appearance (and a whole load of them were across London at the RevPro TV taping!), with Wild Boar teaming with PROGRESS-debutant Mike Bird (a mainstay of the south-west scene, and Mark Andrews’s trainer) taking a DQ win over Paul Robinson & trainee Shen Woo, and Eddie Dennis and Dave Mastiff colliding in a hard-hitting main event. The consequences of that fight will be felt long after the conclusion of Sunday’s show, with Dennis earning a tag-team title shot for himself and Mark Andrews, and Mastiff earning the ire of PROGRESS management with a sustained beating on a prone Dennis after the match.

    4) Big shows aren’t just channel changers on the USA Network.

    As well as PROGRESS planning their big outing to Brixton in September, several other promotions have already announced big shows of their own for 2016. New Generation Wrestling have already announced their mid-year spectacular, Ultimate Showdown, in Hull in late May, Southside have their annual Speed King tournament inked in for April, and – of course – everything that Insane Championship Wrestling does this year is leading up to their bigger-than-big-it’s-huge show at the 11,000-capacity Hydro in October.

    But even bigger than that show, in relative terms, is Pro-Wrestling Chaos’s April 8th show in Bristol, with The Young Bucks flown in as a special attraction. Why is that so big? Because Chaos, a Bristol-based promotion formed in 2013 for former grappler Dave Mercy, usually run a 200-seater hall and they’ve booked a 3000-seater for this show, which they’ve promised to stack. As gambles go it’s a pretty big one, but with the Bucks only doing one other UK show (in faraway Edinburgh) it’s a risk that could pay off.

    5) Friday Night’s Alright For Fight Club

    In order to bring fresh and exclusive footage to their ICW OnDemand service, the promotion held another Friday Night Fight Club taping at the Garage nightclub, in Glasgow, last weekend. Like RevPro’s taping, they stacked the card with all their usual regulars, plus semi-regular import Tommy End, for a show which saw a title change, an ICW Heavyweight title defence, and a huge 8-man main event, featuring Grado, Davey Blaze, Noam Dar, and Kenny Williams against the New Age Kliq. They have another taping scheduled for this coming Sunday – the only show anywhere in the UK, as far as I can work out – with everything leading up to their big Square Go! show on January 24th.

    Other than a few holiday camp shows (including one where the ATTACK! boys played to over 1000 people), the only other show over the last week was WrestleForce’s return to Rayleigh, in Essex, which featured their usual cast of characters.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/06): Bockwinkel and Stevens regain AWA World Tag Team Titles

    1948

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – George Gordienko beat Dave Levin
    – Buddy Rogers beat Ben Morgan

    1967 

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – “Pretty Boy” Larry Hennig & “Handsome” Harley Race regained the AWA world tag team titles from Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher 
    – Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq
    – Reggie Parks beat the Alaskan
    – Jack Lanza beat Big K
    – Chris Markoff beat Doug Gilbert

    1970

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Brass Knuckles Title: Danny Miller defeated Missouri Mauler to win the title
    – Florida Tag Titles: Cyclon Negro & Jack Brisco defeated Chris Markoff & Bronko Lubich to win the titles
    – Mr. Saito defeated Bob Orton by dq
    – Mephisto & Dante drew Sam Steamboat & Thunderbolt Patterson
    – Bob Roop defeated Aldo Bogni
    – Bobo Johnson defeated Buddy Colt

    1973

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel regained the AWA tag titles from Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson
    – The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq
    – Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel
    – Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks
    – Bob Bruggers beat Big K dq
    – Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman 
    – Jim Brunzell drew Tinker Todd

    1975

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – NWA Title: Jack Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. by dq
    – Texas Bullrope Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated The Mongolian Stomper
    – Jos LeDuc defeated “Cowboy” Bill Watts

    1976

    Tampa, Florida:
    – NWA Title: Terry Funk draw Billy Robinson 
    – Texas Tornado Match: Bob Roop & King Curtis defeated Big Bad John & Dusty Rhodes
    – Florida Tag Titles: Eddie & Mike Graham defeated Karl Von Steiger & Bob Orton, Jr to retain titles
    – Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Frank Goodish
    – Rocky Johnson defeated Mike York
    – Jerry Brisco defeated Killer Kowalski
    – Dino Bravo defeated Rip Hawk

    1977

    – Ed Wiskowski drew with Pat O’Conner 
    – Harley Race downed Mitsuo Hata 
    – Central States title match: Bob Slaughter (Sgt. Slaughter) beat Mike George to retain title
    – NWA World title match: Champion Terry Funk took 2 out of 3 falls from Bulldog Bob Brown to retain title

    1983

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Title Unification Match: Carlos Colon, the WWC world heavyweight title defeated Ric Flair, the NWA Champions. (Title change was not recognized and Flair returned to the United States as NWA champion)

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Mad Dog Vachon & Jim Brunzell
    – Hulk Hogan beat Ken Patera dq
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Rene Goulet
    – Rick Martel beat Bobby Duncum
    – Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Tom Lintz

    1984

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat King Kong Brody dq
    – Harley Race beat David Von Erich to win the Missouri State Title
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Dick the Bruiser & Gene Kiniski (sub Ted DiBiase)
    – Dory Funk Jr drew Bob Orton Jr
    – Ron Ritchie beat 666 (sub Buddy Landell)
    – Tully Blanchard (sub Buck Robley) beat Buzz Tyler
    – King Cobra & Tiger Mask beat Roger Kirby & Scott Farris

    1985

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Magnum T.A. won the 20-man battle royal
    – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Harley Race
    – Lights Out match: Don Kernodle beat Ivan Koloff
    – NWA Tag Team Champions Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors
    – non title match: Magnum TA beat US Champion Wahoo McDaniel
    – Tully Blanchard beat Dick Slater  
    – Charlie Brown & Assassin I & Buzz Tyler beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ron Bass & JJ Dillon

    Orlando, Florida:
    – Florida Title: Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr to win the title
    – Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Jack Hart
    – “Pistol” Pez Whatley defeated Mike Golden
    – PYT defeated Pez Whatley & Scott McGhee
    – Texas Tornado Match: Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Jim Neidhart & Krusher Kruschev 
    – Lumberjack Match: Dutch Mantell defeated The Saint

    1987

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Southern Title: Bad News Allen defeated Lex Luger to win the title
    – Kendall Windham & Vic Steamboat defeated The Sheepherders
    – Ron Simmons defeated Ed “The Bull” Gantner dq
    – Stan Lane & Dewey Forte defeated Sean Royal & Chris Champion dq

    1992

    Miami, Florida:
    – Kerry Von Erich defeated Hercules
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart defeated the Mountie
    – IRS defeated the Big Bossman
    – Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair via countout

    2003

    Phoenix, Arizona:
    – Lance Storm & William Regal defeated WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Booker T & Goldust to win the tag team titles

    2008

    Orlando, Florida:
    – TNA Tag Team champions AJ Styles & Tomko defeated Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash to retain the titles
    – TNA champion Kurt Angle defeated Christian Cage to retain the title

  • Dave Meltzer to receive honor from National Wrestling Hall of Fame

    Photo: NY Times

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter founder Dave Meltzer will receive the Jim Melby Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Dan Gable Museum later this year in Waterloo, IA.

    On the induction weekend of July 14-16, Dave will be recognized during the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction weekend. The Jim Melby Award recognizes excellence in professional journalism, named in honor of Jim Melby, a professional wrestling historian and journalist. Tickets are available for the entire weekend by emailing the museum or by calling (319) 233-0745.

    Also set to be inducted during the weekend: former UFC fighter and MMA personality Chael Sonnen. Four more inductees will be announced later this year.

    From the press release:

    “I am very proud to receive this honor because of what it entails and because of my great respect for Jim Melby and the connection with Lou Thesz,” said Meltzer. “In 1971, I sent a newsletter to Melby, and he praised it in his fan club column in Wrestling Monthly Magazine. I started getting subscribers based on his recommendation. The truth is, there is not a chance in the world my life would have taken the turn it did without Melby, and he was so gracious with me when I was in my preteen and teenager years.”

    Besides his work being read here on our site, Dave can also be read on MMA Fighting.com where he contributes as an MMA Senior Writer. He’s published, edited, and written the Observer newsletter since 1983 and has worked for The National Sports Daily and Yahoo Sports in his long career.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (1/5): Kerry Von Erich beats Jerry Lawler for World Class title

    1899

    Clinton, Iowa:
    – Tom Cannon beat Farmer Burns in 2 out of 3 falls

    1948 

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – Orville Brown defeated Sonny Myers to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title

    1950

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Frankie Talaber won the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title from Cyclone Anaya

    1951

    Houston, Texas:
    – Danny Savich defeated Danny McShain to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1956

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Zack Melkov and Tony Toss defeated Jack Allen and Jerry Woods for the NWA Illinois Midwest Tag Team Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Wild Red Berry beat Richard Brown 
    – Ike Eakins beat Johnny Kostas 
    – Bibber McCoy beat Jim Dobie 
    – Mike DiBiase drew Don Whitehead 

    1957

    London, England:
    – Mick McManus defeated Jack Dempsey to win the British Welterweight Title 

    1958

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Yvon Robert and Billy Wicks defeated Don and Jackie Fargo for the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1962 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Dory Dixon won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title by defeating Jack Dalton (Don Fargo) 

    1963

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher
    – Bob Ellis beat Bob Orton
    – Tex McKenzie beat Lee Henning
    – Guy Mitchell beat Sonny Myers

    1965

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Fritz Von Erich defeated Pepper Gomez for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Eddie Graham no contest Fred Blassie
    – The Assassins defeated Dick Steinborn & Lou Bastein
    – Harry “Georgia Boy” Smith defeated Pedro Godoy

    1966

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Nick Kozak defeated Killer Kowalski to win the Hawaii version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
    – Ron Reed defeated Luther Lindsay for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title

    1967

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Tony Borne won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title from Paul Jones

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – World Tag Titles: The Infernos defeated Sam Steamboat & Jose Lothario by dq
    – Florida Title: Lester Welch defeated Ken Lucas to retain title
    – Sputnik Monroe defeated Bronko Kelly
    – Bobby Fields defeated Corsica Jean

    1968 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Stan Stasiak defeated Moondog Mayne to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Alberto and Enrique Torres defeated Butcher and Stan Vachon for the Georgia version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Frank and Jack Dalton defeated Don Carson and Dick Dunn to win the vacant NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Title

    1973

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – Kurt Von Hess and Karl Von Shotz defeated Fred Curry and Tony Marino to win the Detroit version of the NWA World Tag Team Title

    1974

    Indianapolis, Indiana:
    – Jimmy and Johnny Valiant defeated Dick the Bruiser and WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino for the World Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
    – Mad Dog Vachon no contest Superstar Billy Graham
    – Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera
    – Chris Taylor beat Redbeard Munson
    – Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco
    – Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann (Buddy Rose)

    1976 

    Vancouver, British Columbia:
    – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Gene Kiniski for the Vancouver version of the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – NWA Title: Terry Funk defeated Thunderbolt Patterson to retain title
    – Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated Killer Kowalski to retain title
    – Texas Tornado Match: Omar & Cyclon Negro defeated Rip Hawk & Roger Kirby

    1977

    Miami, Florida:
    – Steel Cage Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated Ox Baker
    – Jack Brisco defeated Superstar Billy Graham dq
    – Jos Leduc & Roberto Soto defeated Angelo Poffo & Hans Schroeder

    1978

    Osaka, Japan:
    – The Samoans (Afa and Sika) defeated Animal Hamaguchi and Great Kusatsu to win the International Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Titles

    1980 

    Augusta, Georgia:
    – Steve Travis defeated Austin Idol to win the NWA Georgia Television Title

    1982

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell
    – Hulk Hogan & Baron Von Raschke beat Ken Patera & Bobby Heenan (sub Bobby Duncum)
    – Sheik Adnan beat Greg Gagne dq
    – Brad Rheingans drew Sgt Goulet

    1983

    Miami, Florida:
    – The Fabulous Kangaroos (Johnny Heffernan and Don Kent) defeated Ron Bass and Barry Windham for the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Titles
    – NWA World Title: Ric Flair defeated Rufus R. Jones by dq
    – Florida Title: Mike Graham defeated Kevin Sullivan
    – Angelo Mosca defeated Midnight Rider by dq
    – Jake Roberts defeated Terry Allen
    – Scott McGhee drew Jim Garvin

    1984

    Beaumont, Texas:
    – Adrian Street defeated Relampago Leon to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1985

    Lakeland, Florida:
    – NWA World Title: Ric Flair defeated Dutch Mantel (Mantell was booker for the CWF)
    – Michael Hayes & Sweet Brown Sugar & One Man Gang defeated Krusher Khrushchev & Jim Neidhart & The Saint (Fidel Sierra)
    – Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr
    – Mark & Jay Youngblood defeated PYTs (Koko Ware & Norvel Austin)

    1986

    Sendai, Japan:
    – Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura are officially recognized as the first IWGP World Tag Team Champions

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – The Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Title

    1987

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Soul Train Jones defeated Big Bubba for the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Title

    1988 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Jack Victory and John Tatum defeated Skip Young in a handicap match to win Young and Tony Atlas’ World Class Texas Tag Team Title after Atlas failed to show up for the event

    Chosei, Japan:
    – Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Wajima beat Abdullah The Butcher & TNT & Black Assassin
    – Genichiro Tenryu & Ashara Hara beat Great Kabuki & Isao Takagi
    – Shohei Giant Baba & John Tenta beat Kimura & Tsurumi
    – AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Toshiaki Kawada
    – Akira Taue dcor Buddy Landel
    – Tiger Mask II & Ishikawa beat Pete Roberts & Paul Harris

    Mayagez, Puerto Rico:
    – Hurricane Castillo, Jr. defeated Galan Mendoza to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1989

    Nassau, Bahamas:
    – The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated Johnny Ace and The Terminator for the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Chigusa Nagayo won the International Wrestling Association of Japan Women’s Title from Madusa Miceli

    1990

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Kerry Von Erich defeated Jerry Lawler to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1992

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Sakie Hasegawa and Debbie Malenko defeated Takako Inoue and Mariko Yoshida for the AJW World Tag Team Title 

    1994

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Kouji Ishinriki defeated Ultimo Dragon to win the UWA World Middleweight Title 

    1996 

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – 2 Cold Scorpio defeated ECW World Television and World Tag Team Champion Mikey Whipwreck to win the Television title 

    Fort Wright, Kentucky:
    – D’Lo Brown defeated Bobby Blaze in a tournament final to become the first Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion 

    1998

    New Haven, Connecticut:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Barry Windham to win the vacant NWA North American Heavyweight Title 

    2000

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Masato Tanaka for the WEW Heavyweight Title

    2001

    Ponce, Puerto Rico:
    – Damien Steele defeated Eddie Colon, Richie Santiago, Black Boy and Rockero to win the vacant WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title

    2005

    – Eddie Colon defeated Titus (Ryan Wilson) for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Title