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  • Daily pro wrestling history (1/4): Huge history of Tokyo Dome shows, Finger Poke O’Doom

    1929 

    Boston Massachusetts:
    – Gus Sonnenberg defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis to win the World Heavyweight Title 

    1945

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Frankie Talaber defeated The Great Mephisto for the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1950

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz beat Enrique Torres 2 out of 3 falls
    – Farmer Jones beat Frankie Murdock 
    – Vic Christy and Otto Kuss wrestled to a draw

    1951

    Columbus Ohio:
    – Jackie Nichols defeated Frankie Talaber to win the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1955

    – Lee Fields and Herb Welch defeated Mario Galento and Red Roberts in a tournament final to become the first holders of the Gulf Coast version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title

    1957 

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

    1961

    Los Angeles California:
    – Nick Bockwinkel and Edouard Carpentier defeated Stan Holek and The Preacher for the World Wrestling Association International Television Tag Team Title

    1962

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Chris and John Tolos won the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Title by defeating Whipper Billy Watson and Yukon Eric

    1966

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Johnny Barend and Ripper Collins defeated Luther Lindsay and Bearcat Wright for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title

    1971

    Orlando, Florida:
    – The Infernos defeated Jose Lothario and Danny Miller to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title 

    1972

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Bobby Shane defeated Bob Roop for the NWA Florida Television Title 

    1974 

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Dick Dunn defeated Duke Miller for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title

    1975

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Jackie Fargo defeated Don Kent to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

    1982

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – Florida Title: Killer Karl Kox defeated The Spoiler dq 
    – North American Tag Title: Jack & Jerry Brisco no contest Mike Sharpe & Chan Chung (Kendo Nagasaki/Mr. Sakaruda) 
    – Dave Sierra defeated Bobby Jaggers 
    – Florida TV Title: Eric Embry defeated JJ DIllion 

    1984

    Las Vegas, Nevada:
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera & Sheik Adnan & Mr Saito
    – Billy Robinson beat Jesse Ventura dq
    – Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan count out
    – Jesse Ventura beat Buck Zumhofe

    1986

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant NWA World Television Title 

    1987

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Jerry Lawler
    – Soul Train Jones beat Big Bubba to win International title
    – RPMs beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis
    – Austin Idol beat Goliath
    – Boy Tony beat Tracy Smothers
    – Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka beat Tarzan Goto & Tojo Yamamoto

    1988

    Dallas, Texas: 
    – The Freebirds (Terry Gordy, King Parsons and Buddy Roberts) defeated Chris Adams, Matt Borne (subbing for Kevin Von Erich) and Steve Simpson to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler beat Bill Dundee dq
    – Lumberjack Strap match: Hector Guerrero beat Jeff Jarrett dq
    – AWA and Southern Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Ken Wayne & Scott Hall dq
    – Manny Fernandez beat Billy Travis
    – Bruise Brothers beat The Rock & Roll RPMs
    – Debbie Combs beat Candi Divine
    – Jimmy Jack Funk beat Jerry Saggs
    – Teijo Kahn beat Brian Knobbs

    1989

    – Eric Embry defeated Cactus Jack for the World Class Light Heavyweight Title

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Madusa Miceli won the IWA Japan Women’s Title from Chigusa Nagayo 

    1990

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Bull Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final for the vacant WWWA World Singles Title 

    1992

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Riki Choshu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title

    1993 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP World Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated Masahiro Chono to win the NWA World Title
    – Jushin Liger defeated Ultimo Dragon for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

    1994

    Tokyo, Japan:
    The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior (Road Warrior Hawk) and Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki)) defeated The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) to win the IWGP World Tag Team Titles

    1996 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Nobuhiko Takada defeated Keiji Muto to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title
    – Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

    1997

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win the IWGP World Tag Team Titles
    – Jushin Liger defeated Ultimo Dragon for the eight J-Crown titles

    1999 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Hulk Hogan pinned Kevin Nash with the “Finger Poke of Doom” to win the WCW World Title

    1999

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Keiji Muto defeated Scott Norton to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title
    – Kendo Kashin and Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles

    2000 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Kensuke Sasaki pinned Genichiro Tenryu to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Super Delfin defeated Dick Togo to become the first Osaka Pro Wrestling Singles Champion
    – Kuishimbo Kamen defeated Ebessan to become the first Osaka Pro World’s Best Attraction Champion

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Manami Toyota won the WWWA World Singles Title by defeating Yumiko Hotta 
    – Rumi Kazama, Carol Midori and Eagle Sawai defeated Keiko Aono, Noriyo Tateno and Harley Saito for the Ladies’ Legend Pro Wrestling Six-Woman Tag Team Title

    2001

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Kensuke Sasaki pinned Toshiaki Kawada to win the tournament and the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Title

    2004 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeated NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama to unify the titles

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Amazing Kong defeated Ayako Hamada to win the WWWA World Singles Title 
    – Saki Maemura and Kaori Yoneyama defeated Hikaru and Haruka Matsuo for the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Titles

    2006

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Aaron Stevens defeated CM Punk for the OVW Television Title 

    2008

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – A.J. Styles, Christian Cage & Petey Williams defeated RISE (Milano Collection AT, Minoru & Prince Devitt) 
    – NJPW IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) to retain the titles
    – IGF IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kurt Angle defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the title
    – NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the title

    2009 

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Keiji Muto to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
    – Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title
    – Tiger Mask defeated Low Ki to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title

    2010

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Tag Team Title, Hardcore Rules Match: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat “Team 3D” Brother Ray  & Brother Devon and Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson to win the titles
    – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji  beat Tiger Mask to win the title
    – NJPW vs. NOAH: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Go Shiozaki 
    – GHC Heavyweight Title: Takashi Sugiura beat Hirooki Goto to retain the title
    – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Yoshihiro Takayama to retain the title

    2011

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Tag Team champions Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat James Storm & Robert Roode and Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man to retain the title
    – IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Prince Devitt beat Kota Ibushi to retain the title
    – TNA champion Jeff Hardy beat Tetsuya Naito 
    – Shinsuke Nakamura beat Go Shiozaki 
    – Togi Makabe beat Masato Tanaka
    – Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Satoshi Kojima to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title

    2012

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Davey Richards & Rocky Romero to win the titles
    – IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson to win the titles
    – Keiji Muto beat Tetsuya Naito 
    – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title

    2013

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson to retain the titles
    – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt beat Low Ki & Kota Ibushi to retain the title
    – Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani 
    – IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kazushi Sakuraba to retain the title
    – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kazuchika Okada to retain the title

    2014

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson beat KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi and Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov to retain the title
    – IWGP Tag Team Title: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows beat Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win the titles
    – NWA World Heavyweight Title: Satoshi Kojima beat Rob Conway to win the title
    – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi beat Prince Devitt to win the title
    – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada to retain the title
    – IWGP Intercontinental Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shinsuke Nakamura to win the title

    2015

    Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan:
    – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (ReDRagon) defeated Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA (Time Splitters),  Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (Forever Hooligans) and Nick & Matt Jackson (The Young Bucks) to retain the titles
    – NEVER Openweight Championship: Togi Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the title
    – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to win the title
    – IWGP Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (Meiyu Tag) defeatedKarl Anderson & Doc Gallows (Bullet Club) to win the titles
    – AJ Styles defeated Tetsuya Naito
    – IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the title
    – IWGP championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchida Okada to win the title

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/03): Freebirds win WCCW 6 Man Tag Team Titles

    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

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/02): Arn Anderson wins WCW TV Title

    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)

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/01): Bob Geigel wins Central States Title

    1931 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Joe Banaski defeated Nick Bozinis to become the first Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Champion

    1936 

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – The Great Mephisto defeated Walter Roxey to win the MWA World Light Heavyweight Title

    1940

    Eugene, Oregon:
    – Pete Belcastro defeated Ernie Piluso for the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title 

    1941

    St. Joseph, Kansas:
    – Orville Brown beat Tom Zaharias 
    – Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown 
    – Ras Samara beat Jay Steele 
    – Mel Peters drew Frank Frogge

    1943

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Billy Thom defeated Martino Angelo for the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1949

    Waco, Texas:
    – Dizzy Davis defeated Antonino Rocca for the Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1950

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Jack O’Reilly defeated Buck Weaver to win the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title

    1954

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – El Santo defeated Sugi Sito for the NWA World Middleweight Title

    1959

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Billy Wicks defeated Lee Fields to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton beat Bob Ellis 2 out of 3 falls
    – The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) beat The Hamilton Brothers (Joe and Larry Hamilton) 
    – Bobby Bruns and Lee Henning wrestled to a time limit draw
    – Rip Hawk beat Joe Scarpa 

    1961

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Rocket and Sputnik Monroe defeated Duke Keomuka and Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title 

    1963

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Mr. High (Doug Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Dick Steinborn) for the AWA World Tag Team Title
    – Larry Hennig beat Karl Von Shoberg

    – Art and Stan Neilson defeated Karl and Kurt Von Brauner to win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles

    1970

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Dick Murdoch defeated The Lawman (Don Slatton) for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title 

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Stan Pulaski defeated Tarzan Tyler for the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Title

    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – Bulldog Brower defeated Johnny Powers to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – The Stomper & Bob Geigel defeated Tor Kamata & Masao Komura 
    – Ernie Ladd defeated Bob Brown 
    – Ernie Ladd won a 14-man Battle Royal

    1971

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Roger Kirby 

    1975

    Nashville, Tennessee:

    – Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler defeated Jackie Fargo and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title 

    1978

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Blackjack Mulligan defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

    1979

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles

    1980

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Ricky and Robert Gibson won the AWA Southern Tag Team Title from The Assassins

    1982

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) defeated The Dynamite Kid to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Dick the Bruiser defeated NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Ken Patera to win the title

    1983

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan to win the vacant SCW Southwest Heavyweight Title

    San Francisco, California:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pat Patterson
    – Hulk Hogan beat Ken Patera

    Portland, Oregon:
    – The Assassin and Rip Oliver defeated Billy Jack (Haynes) and Stan Stasiak for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1984

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq 
    – Southern Tag Team Champions Fabulous Ones ddq Moondogs
    – Sabu (sub Jos Leduc) beat Austin Idol
    – Bruise Brothers beat Terry Taylor & Stagger Lee
    – Stretcher match: Rock and Roll Express beat A Team
    – Dutch Mantell & Stagger Lee beat Giant Frazier & Terry Gibbs

    1985

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jay and Mark Youngblood defeated Krusher Khrushchev and Jim Neidhart to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    1986

    Tulsa, Oklahoma:
    – Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title 
    – Jake Roberts won the Mid-South Television Title, defeating Dick Slater in the finals of a month-long tournament

    1988

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – Masahiro Chono defeated Mike George to become the last NWA Central States Television Champion

    1990

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Bull Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final to win the vacant AJW title

    2014

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Shinjiro Otani & Kamikaze beat Masato Tanaka & Yusaku Obata to win the NWA Z-1 Intercontinental tag team titles

  • Memphis’ Buddy Wayne passes away at 81

    Dwayne Peale, best known as Buddy Wayne and Buddy Wayne Peale, a fixture on the Memphis wrestling scene for three decades, passed away today after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis, is son Ken reported this morning.

    Peale was 81.  Ken Wayne (Ken Peale) said that his father had spent the week in the hospital and asked to leave to go into hospice care on Tuesday night as he knew he wasn’t going to last long.  He passed away at 1:30 a.m

    “He passed with dignity and loved ones,” Ken wrote on the Wrestling Classics message board. “He is at peace now.”

    Peale started in the territory in the late 50s until his real name, but was best known as Buddy Wayne.  His most memorable program would have been a father-and-son tag team feud with Buddy & Ken Wayne against Tommy & Eddie Gilbert.

    Buddy Wayne, not to be confused with the Northwest wrestler of the same name, used to promote shows in the Memphis area for Nick Gulas and later Jerry Jarrett.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/31): Bruiser Brody wins NWA Florida Title

    1959 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Ilio DiPaolo and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Don Leo Jonathan and Gene Kiniski to win the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Titles

    1974

    Macon, Georgia:
    – The Mighty Yankees defeated Danny Little Bear and Rocky Johnson for the NWA Macon Tag Team Title

    1975 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Frank Goodish (Bruiser Brody) defeated Rocky Johnson for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

    1977

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Tuxedo match: The Crusher beat Lord Alfred Hayes
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne
    – Billy Robinson & Larry Hennig beat Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca dq to earn a tag title shot on the next card
    – Rufus R Jones beat Bobby Duncum
    – Evan Johnson beat Buck Zumhofe

    1978

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Killer Tim Brooks and Roddy Piper defeated Jonathan Boyd and Dutch Savage to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1984 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich won the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title, by defeating Chris Adams, Gino Hernandez and Jake Roberts 

    1994

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Brian Christopher defeated Tommy Rich to win the USWA Heavyweight Title

    1989

    Moscow, Soviet Union:
    – Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Takayuki Iizuka
    – Jushin Liger defeated Black Tiger
    – Masahiro Chono defeated Chimur Zarasov 
    – Wahka Eveloev and IWGP Tag Team Champion Shinya Hashimoto fought to a draw
    – Riki Choshu defeated Victor Zangiev
    – Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Vladimir Berkovich
    – Habieli Victachev defeated Hiroshi Hase 
    – Salman Hashimikov defeated Manny Fernandez

    YESTERDAY IN FLORIDA WRESTLING HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)

    1956 – Don Eagle beat Ray Stevens (Tampa)

    1963 – Don Curtis & Mark Lewin beat Great Malenko & Bob Orton via DQ in a world tag team title match(Tampa)

    1964 – Dick Steinborn beat Tarzan Tyler via DQ (Jacksonville)

    1975 – Frank the Hammer Goodish (Bruiser Brody) beat Rocky Johnson to win the Florida title (Tampa)

  • The Week In British Wrestling: Joey Ryan does it again; possible big announcements coming

    By Alan Boon fof F4WOnline.com

    A lot of promotions enjoyed a Christmas break this week, but while things don’t really wake up until the middle of January, there were still things going on in the UK. Here are five things you need to know about British wrestling this week:

    1) The time for talk is over.

    For the last few years, British wrestling fans – although not necessarily fans of British wrestling – have had their own TV show on Challenge TV every Sunday night. WrestleTalk TV, which follows TNA on the mostly-retro quiz channel, is a discussion show, mostly concerned with the mainstream promotions, and TNA. Most of the interviews, given WWE’s embargo on all but the most valuable (to them) outlets, are with former-WWE stars or current TNA wrestlers, and for fans of that kind of thing it’s been a weekly staple of varying interest. This week, however, Challenge TV announced that the show was cancelled, although producer Alex Shane was quick to claim it would appear on another channel soon. In it’s place – although the exact time slot is yet to be determined – will be another Shane-produced wrestling show, but this time a quiz show more in fitting with the rest of the channel’s output.

    As well as the main show, there was a monthly British Wrestling Round-Up show, which followed late into the evening, but mostly featured footage from just the one promotion, New Generation Wrestling from Hull. Nothing has been announced as to the future of this show. While it wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea, the show did at least maintain a visibility for something other than WWE & TNA on British TV, and for that alone it’s loss should be noted with some disappointment.

    2) Even on a quiet Christmas Day, you can still watch British wrestling.

    For many years TV was seen as the be all and end all for British wrestling companies, and more than one promotion killed itself trying to make that happen. The last few years, however, have seen an explosion in online on-demand channels, made possible by advancements in broadband speeds and editing software available to even the tiniest promotion. The upshot of all this is that there is plenty of quality British wrestling to watch, whenever you want to watch it. The main leaders in the field are Insane Championship Wrestling and PROGRESS, who have mobilised their hefty fanbases into subscribing to on-demand channels. As well as recordings of live shows, both promotions offer exclusive footage only available to subscribers, such as ICW’s Friday Night Fight Club and the excellent Jimmy Havoc Q&A on Demand PROGRESS. Both channels utilise Pivotshare software, and are available through all the usual platforms.

    Many other promotions – and I’ll try to list them later – offer a different model, whereby you pay for access to one or more of their shows to stream or download. Some host their own shows, while others are available through third party sites like Your Fight Site and Wrestling Store, and use a variety of different platforms, although Vimeo is popular. Among the major promotions to use this model are Revolution Pro-Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling, Southside Wrestling Entertainment, and IPW:UK, but there are also shows from Grand-Pro, Pro-Wrestling Chaos, LDN, NGW, FutureShock, and many more out there. In addition, RevPro offer a weekly show on their YouTube channel, the first 2016 taping for which is this coming Sunday and it is a stacked card.

    All this means that, if it happens in the UK, you can pretty much see it within days on one platform or another, and makes it very easy – and enjoyable – to be a fan of British wrestling . Nothing comes close to the live show experience (and there are still a couple of promotions who offer nothing but that experience) but having it beamed live to your living room is the next best thing.

    3) Joey Ryan’s penis is stronger than we thought.

    So how was your Christmas? Yeah, mine too. Oh, did you get to see Joey Ryan replicate his famous spot with Danshoku Dino, only in a sleepy Cambridgeshire market town instead of Tokyo, and with five other men instead of a Japanese sex pest? You didn’t? Oh, man. So, yeah, Joey Ryan came to the UK last week, and of course he played up on that spot. At Southside last Sunday, at the sold out Season’s Beatings in St Neots, he competed in a six-man Giant Lollipop On A Pole match, which also featured Rockstar Spud and Martin Kirby, and a ton of brilliant comedy spots that had me crying with laughter. Spud won the match – does it matter? – but all six men (and referee Joel Allen, who played his part, too) deserved a standing ovation.

    Southside are one of the UK’s second-tier promotions, never grabbing the big headlines but putting on solid shows with a good roster and a sprinkling of the more interesting imports. Already for 2016, they’ve announced Sami Callihan, Angelico, Timothy Thatcher, and Leva Bates, but the main focus is placed on their British stars, which include Will Ospreay, Jimmy Havoc, and el Ligero. Ligero main-evented Sunday’s show, in a Loser Leaves Southside match against Kay Lee Ray, and even though the result was slightly spoiled by Ligero appearing on the poster for February’s show, the match was well-worked, hard-fought, and painful-looking (if a little overbooked).

    Also on the show, Stixx continued his battle against Joseph Conners’s Righteous Army, and Nixon Newell defended her Queen Of Southside title. While the likes of ICW, PROGRESS, PCW, and RevPro get the major headlines – and rightly so for the most part – Southside (and promotions like them) are really worth checking out if you get the chance. They’re not “my” brand but I’m never disappointed by their shows.

    4) PROGRESS are HUGE teases.

    With all their shows for 2016 seemingly announced and a stunning amount of season tickets already sold for the London shows, you might be forgiven for thinking that PROGRESS can sit back and just roll out whatever they’ve got planned for the year as it comes. On Tuesday, however, they tweeted that they would be announcing HUGE news on New Year’s Day, and their fanbase exploded into speculation. The big guess was some kind of TV deal, what with a test being filmed at their last London show, but that was quickly shot down by management with promoter Jim Smallman repeating his opinion that TV wasn’t necessary for a promotion to be a success in 2016. Other guesses have included a tour (ICW run two successful tours a year in the UK), a live webcast of a show, and a big show at a bigger venue than the 700-seaters they traditionally run. Like a lot of “announcements” in this most carny of industries, it could turn out to be a damp squib but I’d lay money on it being something really, really interesting. Check your Twitter feed on Friday at midday to find out.

    5) Shows still happened.

    Although live action was thin on the ground over Christmas week, it wasn’t entirely absent. As well as the Southside show reported above, and a few shows at holiday camps open to seasonal vacationers, New Generation Wrestling ran Hull, and WrestleForce promoted Witham Town Hall. At NGW’s Eternal Glory At Christmas show, NGW champion Nathan Cruz defeated Matt Myers to keep hold of the title he’s worn since July, although Zack Gibson – who added Zack Sabre Jr on this show to his list of recent conquests – will be gunning for him in the new year. Also on the show were Mark Andrews, Bubblegum, Rampage Brown, and el Ligero, as well as a host of other NGW regulars.

    The promotion have already announced their big show for next year, May’s Ultimate Showdown, and will be hoping to capitalise on a nationwide tour in the spring. WrestleForce’s Festive Fury, held in the Essex town of Witham, featured all their usual characters, some of whom may or may not also be regulars in the RetroFutureVerse of Lucha Britannia. Former WWE developmental prospect The Zulu Warrior retained his International Championship, seeing off the challenge of Joey Ozbourne, while the team of Peace & Brad O’Brien sent the fans home happy with a victory in the main event over the evil Voodoo & Damien. Also on the show were Richard Parliament, “Blackbelt” Tom Dawkins, and a good shout for rookie of the year 2016, the Punjabi Prince (Malik Waseem), and – as always at WrestleForce’s slightly surreal outings – a fun time was had by all.

    Next weekend sees us rocket into 2016 with shows from three of the big names of British wrestling.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/30): Big Van Vader wins WCW World Title

    1952

    San Francisco, California:
    – Ben and Mike Sharpe won the San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Title by defeating Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert

    1955

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Henry Lenz and Kurt Von Poppenheim defeated Bill Savage and Buck Weaver to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    1966

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Paul Jones defeated Tony Borne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    1968

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Bobby and Lee Fields defeated The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan) to win the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title

    1972

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – The Sheik defeated Bobo Brazil for the Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title 

    1972

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens for the AWA World Tag Team Titles
    – Andre Rousimoff (Andre the Giant) beat Larry Hennig
    – Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski
    – Bob Bruggers beat Blackjack Daniels
    – Ric Flair drew George Gadaski

    1975

    – Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Rock Riddle and John Tolos to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title

    1978

    St. Petersburg, Florida:
    – Terry Funk defeated Dick Slater for the NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Dick Murdoch defeated Buck Robley to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

    1984 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Terry Taylor defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship

    1985

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Tim Horner won the Southeastern version NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title from Ken Timbs

    1986

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Dos Caras defeated Canek to win the UWA World Heavyweight Title

    1988

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Cactus Jack defeated Eric Embry for the World Class Light Heavyweight Title 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Makhan Singh (Mike Shaw) and Vokhan Singh (Gary Albright) defeated The British Bulldogs (The Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith) to win the Stampede International Tag Team Titles

    1989

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

    Augusta, Maine:
    – The Lethal Weapons (Dennis Condrey and Doug Gilbert) defeated Phil Apollo and Vic Steamboat (subbing for Eric Sbraccia) to win the International Championship Wrestling Tag Team Titles

    1992

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Big Van Vader defeated Ron Simmons to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title

    1994

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    Negro Casas & Hector Garza defeated Satanico & Arkangel de la Muerte to win the CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa

    2000

    Galt, California:
    – Christopher Daniels defeated Donovan Morgan in the finals of the first-ever King of the Indies Tournament

    2003 

    Laredo, Texas: 
    – Rey Mysterio defeated Tajiri to win the WWE Cruiserweight Title 

    2003 

    Guangzhou, China:
    – Steve Williams defeated Terry Taylor to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

    2007

    New York City:
    – The Age of The Fall, (Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs) defeated ROH Tag Team champions, The Briscoes to win the titles
    – Erick Stevens pinned Roderick Strong to win the FIP championship

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/29): Mankind wins the WWF World Title

    1937 

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Lou Thesz defeated Everett Marshall for the National Wrestling Association and Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Titles

    1955

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober defeated Whipper Billy Watson and Ilio DiPaolo for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Titles 

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Bob Geigel defeated Roy Heffernan to win the NWA Southwest Heavyweight Title 

    1956

    Fresno, California:
    – Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Enrique Torres and Ron Etchison to win the San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1960

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Tiny Mills and Stan Kowalski defeated Whipper Billy Watson and Ilio DiPaolo for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Title 

    1961

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Don Curtis defeated Karl Krauser (Karl Gotch) to win the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title 

    1964

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Tarzan Tyler defeated Bob Orton to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1967

    Lafayette, Louisiana:
    – Bob Kelly defeated Don Carson for the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Title 

    1972

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Rick Gibson defeated The Wrestling Pro for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Buddy Colt won the Georgia version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title by defeating Bob Armstrong 

    1973 

    San Francisco, California:
    – Moondog Mayne defeated Pat Patterson for the San Francisco version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title 

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Don Greene and Bearcat Brown defeated The Interns (Tom Andrews and Jim Starr) to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles

    1974

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Fritz Von Erich defeated Blackjack Lanza for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – The Crusaders (Dewey Robertson and Billy Red Lyons) defeated The Love Brothers (Reginald and Hartford Love) to win the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Titles 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Ron Fuller won a tournament final for the vacant Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1976

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Death Match: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon 
    – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 
    – Pierre Poisson beat Larry Hennig dq 
    – Peter Maivia beat Moose Morowski 

    1985 

    East Rutherford, New Jersey:
    – At the AWA/NWA Star Wars Event; Stan Hansen defeated AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel to win the title
    – Road Warriors beat Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev dq
    – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Dusty Rhodes dq
    – Magnum TA beat Tully Blanchard

    1986

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Adrian Street defeated Wendell Cooley to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title

    1990

    Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico:
    – Askari El Gringo defeated El Hijo del Black Shadow for the World Wrestling Association World Lightweight Title

    1991

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – Jerry Lynn defeated Ricky Rice to win the PWA Light Heavyweight Title 
    – Ken Patera and Baron Von Raschke defeated The Punishers (Sledge and Hammer) for the PWA Tag Team Titles

    1995

    New York City:
    – Mikey Whipwreck pinned ECW World Television and World Tag Team Champion 2 Cold Scorpio to win both titles 
    – ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman pinned Raven to retain the title

    1996

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – In a tournament final, Eddie Guerrero pinned Diamond Dallas to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
    – Lex Luger pinned The Giant 
    – Roddy Piper defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hulk Hogan in a non-title match

    1997

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Ultimo Dragon defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero to win the title 
    – Booker T won the WCW World Television Title from Disco Inferno

    1998

    Worcester, Massachusetts:
    – Mankind (Mick Foley) defeated The Rock to win the WWF World Title 

    1998

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Doug Basham defeated Rip Rogers to win the OVW Heavyweight Title

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/28): Sting defeats Hogan for WCW World Title

    1876 

    New York City, New York:
    – James Owens defeated James McLaughlin to win the American Collar-and-Elbow Title

    1949 

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – Leroy McGuirk defeated Billy Goelz for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1959

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Mike Clancy defeated Jackie Fargo to win the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1960

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Pancho Villa defeated Lee Fields for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1961 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Whipper Billy Watson and Yukon Eric defeated Chris and John Tolos to win the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Titles

    1963

    Teaneck, New Jersey:
    – Chris and John Tolos defeated Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon for the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – Bob Orton defeated Eddie Graham to win the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1968

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser won the AWA and WWA World Tag Team Titles by defeating Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto (Tor Kamata) 

    1970

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

    1971 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Dutch Savage defeated Jonathan Boyd to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    1972

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Rip Hawk defeated Jerry Brisco for the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title 

    1973

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Archie Gouldie won the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title from Omar Atlas

    Denver, Colorado:
    – One Fall, No Time Limit: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 2 out of 3 falls
    – Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair

    1975

    Pensacola, Florida:
    – Bob Sweetan defeated Rip Tyler for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

    1980

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Angelo Mosca defeated Hussein Arab (The Iron Sheik) to win the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Kerry Von Erich (subbing for his injured brother Kevin) defeated Gino Hernandez to win the vacant NWA American Heavyweight Title

    1983

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Baron Von Raschke & Rick Martel & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Sheik Adnan & Mr Saito & Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera 
    – Bunkhouse Match: Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan 
    – Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham
    – Brad Rheingans beat Steve Olsonoski 
    – Jesse Ventura beat Buck Zumhofe 

    1984 

    Saginaw, Michigan:
    – Ron Garvin defeated Bob Roop to win the Georgia version of the NWA World Television Title (formerly NWA Georgia/National Television Title)

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Terry Taylor defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the CWA International Heavyweight Title 

    1987

    – The Moondogs (Spike and Spot) defeated Tom Brandi and Prince Mike Kaluha for the International Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title

    1992

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – NWA & WCW World Tag Team Champions Shane Douglas & Ricky Steamboat defeated Barry Windham & Brian Pillman 
    – Sting defeated Big Van Vader to win the King of Cable tournament 
    – WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated Steve Williams via DQ
    – NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono defeated The Great Muta

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Ron and Don Harris defeated The Moondogs (Spike and Spot) for the USWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    1997

    Washington, DC:
    – Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title 
    – Diamond Dallas Page defeated Curt Hennig to win the WCW United States Title 

    1998

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Scott Steiner defeated Konnan to capture the WCW World Television Title
    – Ric Flair defeat Eric Bischoff to become WCW President for the next 30 days