St. Joseph, Missouri: – Sonny Myers defeated Lenny Montana to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1958
Kansas City, Kansas: – NWA World Champion Dick Hutton beat Lou Thesz by dq – Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer beat Bob Geigel and Lee Henning by dq – Mighty Atlas beat Chief Suni War Cloud – Ivan, the Mad Russian beat Carlos Rodriquez (sub for Tito Carreon) – Thor Hagen beat Lord Albert Mills (dq)
1964
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor & Ricky Romero
1965
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Turkey Neck Main Event: The Crusher beat Steve Druk – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Jack Pesek – Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq – Larry Heiniemi beat Great Dane – Bob Kappel beat Danny Plechas
1969
Kansas City, Kansas: – Rufus R. Jones defeated Mike Rolinsky – Stan Pulaski fought Tommy Martin to a draw – Elimination Match: The Stomper & Ernie Ladd & Danny Little Bear & The Viking defeated K.O. Cox & Killer Cox & Baron Turko & Masao Komura
1971
San Antonio, Texas: – The Spoiler defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
1975
Tokyo, Japan: – Giant Baba & The Destroyer defeated Dory Funk Jr. & Jumbo Tsuruta
1977
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – WWWF Champion Superstar Billy Graham beat Jay Strongbow – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier – Blackjack Lanza & Ken Patera (sub Bobby Heenan) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell (No Title Change because Patera was not originally scheduled to be in the match) – Ken Patera beat Roger Kirby – Billy Red Lyons drew Waldo Von Erich 15 – Verne Gagne beat Bobby Duncum – Peter Maivia beat Chris Tolos dq – Angelo Mosca beat Nick DeCarlo
1980
Tokyo, Japan: – Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Dory Jr & Terry Funk
1987
Tokyo, Japan: – Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
1996
Tokyo, Japan: – FMW Brass Knuckles Champion The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeated Wing Kanemura to win the FMW Independent World Heavyweight Title
1997
Lowell, Massachusetts: – Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Title
2002
Nashville, Tennessee: – Sonny Siaki defeated Jerry Lynn to win the TNA X Division Title
2004
Nagoya, Japan: – Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeatd Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki to win the IWGP tag team title
2011
Orlando, Florida: – Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage match – James Storm defeated Kurt Angle – Gail Kim defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockouts Title – TNA Champion Bobby Roode and AJ Styles wrestled to a draw in a 30 minute Iron Man match
Sioux City, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher defeated Paul Martinson in 2 straight falls to retain the title
1953
Kansas City, Kansas: – Johnny Valentine beat Lenny Montana to capture the Central States Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls
1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – The Atomic Blonds (Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallich) defeated Joe & Guy Brunetti for the NWA World Tag Team Titles
1966
Sydney, Australia: – George & Sandy Scott defeated Ray Stevens & Art Nelson to win the IWA tag team titles
1968
Miami, Florida: – The Medics (Billy Garrett & Jim Starr) defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Jose Lothario in the finals of a tournament to become the first NWA Florida Tag Team Champions
1971
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq – Larry Hennig beat Dr X – Lars Anderson beat Joe Blanchard
1973
Tokyo, Japan: – Antonio Inoki defeated Johnny Powers for the NWF World Heavyweight Title
1975
Miami, Florida: – Terry Funk defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
1976
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Verne Gagne – Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Francis dq – Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson – Pedro Morales beat Ray Stevens dq – Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby
1977
Chattanooga, Tennessee: – Don Kent defeated Lanny Poffo to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
1978
Los Angeles, California: – Steve Keirn defeatd Chavo Guerrero to win the All Japan International Jr. Heavyweight title
1979
Memphis, Tennessee: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat CWA Champion Jerry Lawler dq – Sonny King & Tojo Yamamoto beat Rick Morton & Big Red – Paul Ellering & Billy Robinson beat The Assassins – Koko Ware beat Super Destroyer – Steve Regal beat Ken Wayne
1980
Tokyo, Japan: – Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund defeated Hulk Hogan & Stan Hansen in the finals of a tournament to win New Japan’s first annual MSG Tag League
1981
Oakland, California: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell & Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura – Judy Martin beat Joyce Grable – Ken Patera beat Buck Zumhofe – Bobby Heenan beat Roger Kirby
Tokyo, Japan: – Andre The Giant & Rene Goulet defeated Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami in the finals of a tournament to win New Japan’s annual MSG Tag League
1982
Tokyo, Japan: – Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan defeated Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi in the finals of a tournament to win New Japan’s annual MSG Tag League
1985
Tokyo, Japan: – Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
1991
Croydon, England: – Robbie Brookside defeated Danny Collins in a tournament final to win the Middleweight title
1994
Tokyo, Japan: – Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi defeated Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
1995
Tokyo, Japan: – Combat Toyoda defeated Shark Tsuchiya to win the FMW Independent World Women’s Title
1999
Osaka, Japan: – Genichiro Tenryu defeated Keiji Mutoh to win New Japan IWGP Title
2000
Birmingham, Alabama: – Edge and Christian defeated Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather, The Dudleys and Road Dog & K Kwik to capture the WWF World Tag Titles – Chris Benoit defeated Billy Gunn to win the Intercontinental Title
2006
Tokyo, Japan: – Mitusharu Misawa defeated Naomichi Marafuji to win the GHC title
ON THIS DAY IN FLORIDA WRESTLING HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
1956 – Wild Red Berry beat Oni Wiki Wiki (Tampa)
1958 – Sammy Berg & Enrique Torres drew Mike & Ben Sharpe (Miami)
1963 – Eddie Graham beat The Assassin to retain the Southern title (Tampa)
1964 – Lou Thesz drew Hiro Matsuda 60:00 to retain the NWA title (Jacksonville)
1968 – Jack Brisco & Nick Kozak beat Duke Keomuka & Shinya Kojika (Tampa)
1973 – Eddie Graham beat Dusty Rhodes (Orlando)
1974 – Bob Roop beat Bob Armstrong and Dusty Rhodes & Jos LeDuc beat Pak Song & Mongolian Stomper (Tampa)
1980 – Bugsy McGraw drew Baron Von Raschke (Miami Beach)
1981 – Ric Flair beat Mr. Wrestling II to retain the NWA title (Jacksonville)
Here’s five things you should know about the week in British pro wrestling.
1) PROGRESS hits the north.
After three and a half years of sold out shows in London, PROGRESS promoted their first card outside the capital on Sunday, making the two-hundred mile journey to England’s third city, Manchester, for Hit The North. Headlined by a successful title defence by PROGRESS champion Will Ospreay (over Origin scoundrel Zack Gibson and 2015 Natural Progression Series winner Flash Morgan Webster), the show at the 650-capacity Ritz also featured a match of the year candidate between Zack Sabre Jr and Tomasso Ciampa, who has become a regular visitor to the UK this year. The show sold out, and the promotion has already announced a further half-dozen shows for 2016 at the same venue. England’s north west is one of the most hotly-concentrated areas of the country for wrestling action but PROGRESS just proved there’s always room for more if there’s a great show in the offing.
2) There’s always something different going on.
Also in the north west, a little further north and west in Hindley, on the outskirts of Wigan, is Grand Pro-Wrestling. Starting out in 2003, as Garage Pro-Wrestling, at the grandly-titled Monaco Ballroom in Wigan, the promotion evolved into Grand-Pro by 2010 and has presented its own brand of weirdness ever since, with their latest show – Double Jeopardy – taking place last Friday. Amongst the storylines spinning out of Hindley this year have been the purchase of the promotion by a wealthy Arab Sheikh, and a unique spin on a loser-leaves-town match between Martin Kirby and Ashton Smith, where Kirby had to sell his house if he lost, and Smith would be banned from his local supermarket if Kirby won (Smith got the win and a homeless Kirby was found living under the ring at the next show).
Last week’s show – one of their regular outings at the Rose Club – was headlined by a four-man, double-championship match, with Bubblegum winning the GPW British title from T-Bone in the first fall, and T-Bone returning the favour in the second to win the GPW Heavyweight title. Also on the show, the wealthy Arab Sheikh teamed with Martin Kirby against the Midnight Bin Collection, a tag-team of a garbage man and a party animal, and suspiciously-Caucasian Pacific Islander Tabu was reunited with his estranged brother, and former tag-team partner, Rio. The UK is dotted with promotions that occupy their own little worlds, and is all the stranger (and better) for it.
3) Girls wanted to have fun, and did.
Women’s wrestling can often be little more than an add-on, a titillating sideshow whose competitors are seldom booked for their athletic ability. Thankfully, though, the UK has a strong women’s wrestling scene, with the distaff sections of PROGRESS and Lucha Britannia – to name just two of the promotions who take it very seriously – putting on matches the equal of anything presented by their penis-endowed colleagues. In addition to the matches on male-dominated cards, the UK also has two female-only promotions – Empress Pro-Wrestling and Bellatrix, and the latter ran their latest show last weekend.
An offshoot of WAW, which has been run by WWE-star Paige’s dad, Ricky Knight, since the late 1990s, Bellatrix is obviously centered around Paige’s mum, Saraya, but has built a roster of British girls and European and American imports, with a talent exchange arrangement with both Shimmer and Shine. On their latest show, Bellatrix 16, champion Sammi Baynz was unable to defend her title through injury and Saraya installed Lady Lory in her place, making the main event against Destiny (a thirteen-year veteran trained by Saraya, as was Baynz) a non-title match. Earlier in the show, Saraya lost to Liberty, and Queen Maya retained her RQW European title over Erin Angel.
4) A good hand hung up his boots….somewhat.
Greg Burridge – also known as Darren Burridge and Baxter Burridge – had his last match on Saturday. Kind of. At Future Pro-Wrestling’s Jingle Bell Brawl, in Sutton, south London, Burridge faced Rob Cage in his farewell match, and won. Two hours later, however, at Lucha Britannia’s Season’s Greetings, Season’s Beatings (part 1), Metallico (who very much resembles Burridge) took on Steakley Bakewell (who has never been seen in the same room as Rob Cage), as part of a lucha three-way with Marduk Malik, and thus proved that Terry Funk doesn’t have the monopoly on odd retirements. The RetroFutureVerse aside, though, Burridge is very much retired, and can look back on a career blemished by injuries and poor timing.
With good genetics, height, and great natural ability, if he’d stayed fit – and started five years earlier, or five years later – he’d have had the opportunities that the likes of Sheamus O’Shaugnessy, Drew Galloway, and Stu Sanders got but sometimes things don’t go your way. As it is, Burridge was a big part of 1PW, and has appeared for just about every UK company worth noting in the last decade and a half. With an acting career, which also included stunts for the Harry Potter movies, taking off, and still being very much involved in the London School of Lucha Libre and the Lucha Britannia promotion, he’ll not be short of things to occupy his time.
5) There’s still so much going on!
If Burridge and Cage did make it through to the weird alternate universe occupied by Lucha Britannia, they might have been dragged there by Lucha Britannia champion Fug, who definitely did do double-duty on Saturday night, defending his title against Lagarto de Plata at the Resistance Gallery just hours after competing as part of Team Windsor for Future-Pro in Sutton. Also on that show were PROGRESS regulars Paul Robinson and Pastor William Eaver. North of the border, ICW held a TV taping for their OnDemand channel and British Championship Wrestling pulled a double shot, in Kilmarnock and East Kilbride, and brought in Carlito & MVP, but the real attractions were Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll, making rare visits to Scotland. Scurll put over local guys both nights, while Ospreay beat BT Gunn but lost in a mouth-watering three-way against Noam Dar and BCW Openweight champion Kenny Williams.
Chikara-Pro affiliate, Fight Club: Pro staged their Infinity 2015 tournament, which featured Zack Sabre Jr alongside the regulars. Pete Dunne, who competed in this year’s King of Trios tournament, emerged victorious from a field which also included Tyler Bate and Trent Seven. Dave Mastiff successfully defended his FCP title against MK McKinnan on the same show. As well served as the north west, Scotland, and London are for professional wrestling, so too is Bristol, the UK’s tenth largest city. At least four promotions regularly run shows there, and one of those, Chaos Pro-Wrestling, drew almost 500 to Yate Leisure Centre for Rhynos, Boars, Birds & Beards. Alongside Rhyno, Wild Boar, Mike Bird, and the bearded Big Grizzly were Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster, Mikey Whiplash, and Martin Kirby pretending to be a woman. Well, it is pantomime season.
The long-awaited NXT tour rolls into the UK next week, and most of the bigger promotions are (understandably) laying quiet, but there’s still lots going on. Join me next week for all the happenings!
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Verne Gagne & Bill Watts no contest Harley Race & Hard Boiled Haggerty – Dr X beat Rene Goulet – Handicap Match: Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels & Big K – Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay – Steve Druk drew Mark Starr
1974
Tokyo, Japan: – Jack Brisco beat Giant Baba to win the NWA World Heavyweight title
1976
Tokyo, Japan: – Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk to win the JWA/NWA International tag team title
Denver, Colorado: – The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson – Pat O’Connor beat Blackjack Lanza – Ray Stevens dcor Pedro Morales – Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby
1977
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell – Super Destroyer & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Larry Hennig (sub Crusher) & George Gadaski – Ray Stevens no contest Angelo Mosca – Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
1979
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest The Crusher – Greg Gagne & Steve Olsonoski no contest Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura – Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark III – Super Destroyer Mark II beat Dino Bravo – Buddy Wolff beat Ron Ritchie – Buck Zumhofe beat Peter Sandor Szabo
1986
Spartansburg, South Carolina: – Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship
1988
Tokyo, Japan: – Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kerry Von Erich for the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title
Mexico City, Mexico: – Lizmark beat Fabuloso Blondie (Ken Timbs) to win the NWA Light Heavyweight title
1989
Tokyo, Japan: – Stan Hansen & Genchiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu winning the vacant Unified tag title
1990
Naucalpan, Mexico: – EL Canek defeated Vader to win the UWA title
1991
Tokyo, Japan: – Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto defeated Gregory Veritchev & Koba Krutanize in the finals of a tournament to win the FMW-based WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Title
1995
Saitama, Japan: – Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke defeated Cactus Jack & Tiger Jeet Singh in the finals of a tournament to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck and Steve Austin in a Three Way Dance to win the title
Louisville, Kentucky: – Bull Pain defeated Paul Diamond in Louisville, Kentucky to become IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
2000
Tokyo, Japan: – Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams defeated Toshio Kawada & Masa Fuchi
2001
San Diego, California: – Chris Jericho defeated the Rock to capture the former WCW World Title – Chris Jericho defeated Steve Austin to become undisputed WWF World Champion – The Undertaker defeated Rob Van Dam to win the WWF hardcore title
Tokyo, Japan: – Takeo Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC tag team titles – Naomichi Marafuji defeated Tatsuhiko Takaiwa to win the Junior Heavyweight title
2012
Orlando, Florida: – Rob Van Dam defeated Kenny King to retain the TNA X Division Title – Austin Aires defeated Bully Ray – Tara defeated Mickie James to retain the Knockouts Title – Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles – Jeff Hardy defeated Bobby Roode to retain the TNA World Title
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, and STAIRS… Oh My! Part 6
By: PeachMachine (@hendosfoodblog)
This week…
TLC 6: December 15, 2014; Cleveland, Ohio, Quicken Loans Arena
(39,000 PPV Buys, lowest number since the network)
An excellent video package opens the PPV comparing the TLC show to a demolition derby. It was pretty rad.
Pre Show Match: The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) defeated Gold and Star Dust.
JBL, Cole, and King on the cans.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Luke Harper (c) in a Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship
In TLC 4, Dolph was in the main event against Cena. In TLC 5 he was in the pre show match jobbing to Fandango, and tonight he’s in the opener for the Kiss of Death belt.
Something like 20 ladders had been set up at one point.
Harper had about 90 seconds alone in the ring and just sort of didn’t do anything. I feel like I personally could put up a ladder and climb it and grab the title in no more than 15 seconds.
Luke pushed Dolph off the ladder twice.
Dolph took a Power Bomb on a ladder suspended on the second rope.
Dolph countered the Power Bomb and gave Harper a face buster on a ladder.
Harper has a gash on his arm.
Ziggs tosses a ladder into Harper’s face who then took a bump across another ladder set up off the apron to the announce desk.
“This is awesome chants,” and I agree.
Dolph super kicks Harper off the ladder and wins the belt.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) vs. The Miz and Damien Mizdow (c) in a Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Has anyone made more out less than The Miz? He was a reality TV dork. Then a reality TV star. Then a pretend reality wrestler. He’s been WWE Champ, Headlined WrestleMania, Made a bunch of movies. Made millions of dollars, and is married to Maryse. Unbelievable!
Everyone wants Mizdow to tag in. How can they possibly get any heat?
Double Rikishi ass spots by Jimmy Uso.
An interesting parade of finishers leading to Jimmy Uso hooking up a Tequila Sunrise.
Miz and Mizdow grab their belts and leave, and in doing so, Miz lays out one of the Usos for the DQ. So the Usos win by DQ, but no title change.
Mr. Money in the Bank Seth Rollins (with J and J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble)) talks about Sting, and then how he’s going to make John Cena pay tonight. This is the storyline where Cena has the ability to bring back The Authority.
We’re getting an anatomy cut away view of the Steel Stairs. They weigh 288, and can withstand an impact of 22,000 lb.
Big Show vs. Erick Rowan in a Stairs match
A loss for Rowan could really hurt his wine sales this season.
This was a bad idea on paper, and an even worse idea in execution.
Big Show Speared Rowan through a stack of chairs.
Big Show Choke-Slammed him on the stairs and then gave him the Knock Out Punch, and then pinned him with the stairs.
Mediocre at best.
We get an awesome video package explaining the stips of the next match, which are if Cena loses; he also loses his number one contendership to the WWE Championship.
John Cena vs. Mr. Money in the Bank Seth Rollins with (J and J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury)) in a Tables match
Paul Heyman came to the announce booth, but is just standing near it.
J and J jump in and just start putting the boots to Cena. It turns out no DQ applies to others entering the ring as well.
Cena goes and gets a piece of guardrail and lays out the baddies.
Noble takes the Suplex from Cena on the guardrail.
Seth sets up two tables on the outside.
Now Cena tosses in some more tables.
Rollins brings in the MITB case and starts whacking Johnny.
Ref bump and it gets crazy leading to Cena giving Seth the AA off the top through table.
J and J run in and clean the crime scene and pay for it with a Double AA.
Cena and Seth fall through a table together and Chiota comes back just in time to see it. They take a long time to debate the results. Chiota restarts the match. Let’s start the 90 second clock… The announce table did NOT break but it was supposed to and that was like at 45 seconds.
Cena tosses another table in the ring. It is all improv at this point.
Out comes Big Show and he starts punching Cena and sets up a Choke Slam, just as Roman Reigns’ music hits. Reigns gets in and delivers a Spear to Big Show through a table. Cena jumps in and hits an AA on Rollins for the win.
Heyman and Cena make goo goo eyes at each other.
Nikki Bella (c) (with Brie Bella) vs. AJ Lee for the Divas Championship
This is pre revolution, so it’s pretty boring. That’s sarcasm.
Nikki did a surfboard with AJ’s spine around the post.
A nice tornado DDT by AJ.
AJ hits a pop up bulldog for a two count, and follows it up with the Shining Wizard, but Brie saves Nikki by putting her foot on the rope. Then Brie gets booted for interfering.
Nikki sprayed something in AJ’s face then hits the Rack Attack for the win. They actually send a fake doctor down to check on AJ’s eyesight, because like I said, doctors don’t mess around with life, limb, or eyesight.
Roman Reigns cuts a promo about doing something awesome at the Royal Rumble. Did that ever happen?
Ryback vs. Corporate Kane in a Chairs match
Ryback’s outfit makes him look like a guy grilling meat.
Kane is in control and drops Ryback’s face on a chair.
This match is garbage. Just really rough spots and nothing going on.
Kane gave a seated Ryback the Big Boot.
Ryback with a step out spining belly to belly, a la the great Scott Steiner.
Kane throws 15 chairs in the ring.
Kane took half a Spine Buster through half a chair, and then Ryback started whipping him with chairs.
Kane throws a fastball with a chair right at Ryback’s face then hits him with the Chokeslam, but Ryback kicked out.
Ryback wins with the Shell Shock
Rusev (c) (with Lana) vs. Jack Swagger
Rusev hooked on the Accolade, right in the middle. The ref checks Swagger to see if he’s conscious. A lot of times I type conscience when I mean conscious. Swagger makes a crazy comeback and grabs the Ankle Lock.
Rusev fights it off and hooks on the Accolade again, and the ref calls for the bell.
Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match with nothing on the line, so it’s basically a weapons match
Ambrose section shown in the crowd.
It’s just bad booking to not give them a reason to climb for something even if it’s just a box that contains Scott Hall’s 8×10.
Ambrose starts it off with a ladder launch at Bray. Immediately they start crowd brawling.
Ambrose in control after tossing in Kendo sticks.
Bray comes back with a big punch that knocks Dean off the corner through a table.
Wyatt rams Dean’s eye into the point of the kendo stick.
Just a lot of wild brawling and some junk spots. It’s a watered down hardcore match.
They did one of the weakest table spots ever, where Dean dropped an elbow on Wyatt on a table, from the 3rd rung of a ladder.
Well, now he’s making up for it by doing it again from farther away on a higher ladder. Is it farther or further?
Dean goes and gets a twenty-foot ladder and lays Bray on the Spanish Announce team’s desk. He hits a third elbow from really high up.
This got weird. Ambrose had uncovered a TV from under the ring that was plugged in and showing the PPV for some reason. He tried to use the TV on Wyatt but the chord got caught, so he yanked at it and as he yanked, it exploded, like an electrical burst or fuse blowing. This gave Bray the opportunity to hit Sister Abigail on Dean for the pin.
Yes, a pin ended a TLC match.
In summary, this was a good show but not the best of the TLC’s. It was near the top. My TLC picks would go in this order 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2. Let’s hope this Sunday we get something that tops the first 6. The bar is set fairly low, but with the current match line-up, it doesn’t look good. However, I will still be reviewing this year’s offering.
Kansas City, Kansas: – Central States title-wire fence around ring match: Dr. Lee Grable defeated Richard Brown to win Central States title
1959
Pensacola, Florida: – Billy Wicks defeated Pancho Villa in a tournament final to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship
1971
Buffalo, New York: – Dominic DeNucci defeated Waldo Von Erich for the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title
Miami, Florida: – The Alaskans (Mike York & Frank Monte) defeated The Australians (Larry O’Day & Ron Miller) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title
1972
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dusty Rhodes – Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch – Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco – Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
1973
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien – The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham – Chris Taylor (pro debut) beat Rene Goulet – Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz – Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco
1974
Green Bay, Wisconsin: – Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal – The Crusher beat Horst Hoffman – Ivan Putski drew Baron Von Raschke – Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff – Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan by countout – Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz
1977
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens by count out – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant – Angelo Mosca beat Larry Hennig – Super Destroyer beat Johnny Solo – Larry Hennig beat Ivan Crankovic – Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson
1978
Sydney, Australia: – Andre the Giant & Ron Miller defeated Butcher Brannigan & Ox Baker to win the Australian-Asian heavyweight tag team title
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rick Martel – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera – Bunkhouse Match: Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan – Mad Dog Vachon no contest David Shults – Mr Saito beat Baron Von Raschke – Superstar Billy Graham beat Steve Olsonoski – Bulldog Bob Brown beat Bill White
Tokyo, Japan: – Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan d Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis
1990
Memphis, Tennessee: – Tony Anthony & Doug Gilbert defeated Jeff Jarrett & Cody Michaels to win the USWA World Tag Team Title
1994
Atlanta, Georgia: – Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Stars & Stripes (The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell) to win the WCW World Tag Team Title
2001
Glasgow, Scotland: – Psicosis defeated Juventud Guerrera to win the World Wrestling All-Stars International Cruiserweight Title
2008
Tokyo, Japan: – Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shuji Kono & Suwama
2013
Tokyo, Japan: – Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Submitted by Leonardo Mendez Toledo from the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon
The show opened with local singer Barreto introducing Willy Urbina and El Wizard, who was escorted by a model. She was wearing a very revealing skirt and Wizard used that for comedy like pretending to tied up his shoes when his shoes didn’t have any shoelaces or dropping the mic to peek at her. She had a Christmas themed hat and Urbina joked that at least someone in the pair “had balls”. Fans were really into it. They then announced the card and it was clear that the fans were there for the two top matches.
Jr Title 4-Way Match: Peter The Bad Romance (w/ Angel Cotto) def. Rikochet, Morgan and Tommy Diablo in around 7 minutes to retain the title when he pinned Rikochet after a belt shot
This was a good opener with some cool looking spots. At one point, all three challengers chopped Peter and he complained to the referee who then also chopped him for a big pop. Late in the match Diablo took a Spanish fly and landed high on his neck, it looked real nasty; he went to the apron and barely moved afterwards. Peter then called from someone in the back and it was Cotto’s former tag partner OT Fernandez, who nobody knew; but OT attacked Peter and brawled with Cotto to the back. Morgan then did a Pescado on Diablo, who was selling on the outside, and they both remained outside; as the referee checked on them, Peter used the belt to get the pin on Rikochet. The referee did a slow count and Rikochet still didn’t kick out, which is a terrible spot for a face.
After the match, everybody left but Diablo was still on the floor. Some crew members checked him and he didn’t move. Other people came by, I guess from the commission, but he still didn’t move. They called someone from the back and instead of a doctor or paramedic it was Fernandez, who didn’t know what to do. He finally got to his feet and they helped him to the back. He got a minor response. Either this was legit or it was a way to write him off. He’s like the local Chris Jericho in the sense that he works part time.
PR Title #1 Contender’s Match: Joe Bravo def. Mike Mendoza (w/ Vanela Vargas) in around 10 minutes with help from Vargas
When Joe arrived, Diablo was still on the floor so he had to stale around while they worked on them. Vargas is Angel Fashion’s valet but is with Mendoza due to a 30 days stipulation; so this would lead to another match between the two. Below average match.
El Hijo de Dos Caras def. El Cuervo in 9 minutes
The intros were the highlight. Caras came first and cut a promo praising the Latin community just to then turn by saying that the only real Latin there was him; he stumble in the way but did get the message across and people reacted to it. A few years ago his brother did the exact same promo in a WWE show in San Juan prior to a match with CM Punk, so he took the idea from there. Cuervo then arrived with two guys dressed as druids and two women with face paint, one took his cape and the other his mask, fans reacted big to him. So-so match but it was the right result as it saved the heat for the other “PR vs Mexico” match. Caras won by hitting Cuervo with the PR flag.
PR Title: Miguel Perez Jr def. Angel Fashion to retain in 7 minutes
Fashion is usually good but Perez can’t do much these days. For some reason Perez wore a singlet, which at his age it’s a stretch.
Mighty Ursus (w/ JM Ortega) def. Black Pain (w/ Chicky Star)
They immediately went to the outside and fans went crazy for it, but then got back to the ring and lost the crowd. The biggest pop was when Chicky punched Ortega in the outside but it was just two times and they went to the back; Ursus used the distraction to hit Pain with a chain and got the pin in less than 5 minutes. During the decisive count the referee asked the fans about how Ursus got Pain to the mat but still made the count. Again, the face didn’t kick out after a long count. After the match, Pain teased a Chockeslam on the referee but he escaped, fans didn’t like that. This was a perfect scenario for a wild brawl with a double dq or count out, but by doing something else it felt more like an angle than a match.
Tag Titles: La Revolucion 2&3 (w/ Orlando Toledo & Revolucion #1) def. Thunder & Lightning to retain in 17 minutes
Pelayo Vazquez was the referee and got a nice reaction. Pelayo ordered #1 to the back. They started very slow with long rest holds. They then did some comedy which is weird given who they are. Finally they pick things up and got the crowd going. Finish saw T&L hitting their finish (3D) on the legal Revolucion member (it’s impossible to tell them apart) but the other Revolucion broke the count, Toledo then distracted them and #1 sneaked from the back, switched places with his downed fellow and used a brassknuckle on Lightning when he went for the cover.
Intermission
Chicano & Doris Cotto (his daughter) def. Apolo & Havana when Doris pinned Havana in less than 10 minutes
The guys started and did nothing but stalling, Apolo then tagged Havana and went outside, she slapped Chicano but he didn’t reacted because she is a woman; he went to the outside after Apolo instead and left the ring to Doris but the referee stopped her because she wasn’t tagged in (so the rules here were different than in WWE because there is no automatic gender tag). Apolo then put the heat on Chicano and they worked forever for a hot tag; it was mostly long rest holds but Apolo hit a prefect Enzuigiri, which is impressive for his size, and followed by lifting Chicano in a Electric chair and dropping him with a Michinoku driver II type slam for a near fall.
Chicano finally got the hot tag on Doris and the place exploded; they teased it for so long that it worked. She just throw a few punches and then won with a Samoan drop but the fans reacted big to her and the pin got a giant pop. After the match, the heels attacked and Apolo hit Doris with his Fondo del Abismo (Rock bottom) to a great reaction as the heel didn’t respect that she was a woman. Chicano try a comeback but Havana stopped him with a low blow. The heels then took a photo of Doris knocked out in the mat with their smart phone, which I guess is some form of modern times humiliation. Finally Chicano got to his feet and helped his daughter and she got a standing ovation. So she got a way better reaction than Tommy Diablo even though he is a veteran and got what it looked like a legit injury. Match wasn’t much but fans reacted to the story they wanted to tell.
Axel Cruz did a backstage interview with Alberto Del Rio who cut a great promo saying that Mexico was better than Puerto Rico not because he said it but because God himself said it. He noted that Mexico had recently beaten PR in the Caribbean Series of Baseball (which is suppose to be PR’s strength); in the Olympics Basketball Qualifiers (which is the number one sport in PR and the National Basketball Team is the main local sports team and PR had historical dominated Mexico and the region), and in boxing when Canelo destroyed Cotto (well Canelo clearly won but it wasn’t a beatdown). He called Cotto overrated and washout and told him to retire.
He then said that Puertorricans didn’t have any dignity as we lost it the moment we sold out to the USA. That line got a giant reaction and I joked with my friends that the local pro-independence party should hired him as a spoke person. The promo was so good that he even got some cheers; there was some Mexican fans there but it was mostly the pro-heel fans.
After ADR’s promo, Urbina came to the ring to introduce the singers for the National Anthems. The Mexican singer got massive heat during his performance. The local guy did a good job and some people signed along with him but not everyone.
Ray Gonzalez Sr def. Alberto Del Rio by DQ in around 15 minutes when Hijo de Dos Caras interfered
Alberto came in with a Mexican flag and climbed to all four corners with it for the easy heat. Ray music began to play but he didn’t appear; they teased it for a while until ADR went to the outside and argued with the referee and in doing so put his back to the entrance so Ray arrived with a 2×4 and hit ADR with it. He beat him all around ringside and the fans were going crazy for every hit. They got to the ring and the referee tried to get the 2×4 but Ray pushed him; another referee came in and Ray also bumped him; Pelayo arrived but he couldn’t do much either. The heat for this was unreal, the likes of which one can only see in old school videos. Alberto finally got a break and went to the top rope but when he jumped Ray nailed him again with the wood. ADR then took the mic, said that it was enough of fighting and asked for a “technical match” saying that that was what the fans wanted to major boos; he went to his knees and extended his hand to Ray; Ray teased a hand shake but then took the mic and said in Spanish the equivalent of “this is Puertorrican wrestling, dumbass” and slapped Alberto in the face for a major pop.
ADR went to the outside and grabbed a PR flag from a fan in the first row but the fan retaliated and pulled Del Rio by the hair, security broke them apart and Ray put Alberto in a rest hold until the fan was removed; they were lucky that the other fans controlled the guy instead of joining him.
After the long chinlock, Dos Caras came with a chair and nailed Ray in the outside, Ray bleed; Caras went to the back. ADR with a DDT; he went to the top rope for a Senton but Ray moved. Ray pulled a fork from his boots and nailed Alberto in the forehead with it several times, the fans went crazy for it which is odd given that’s a traditional heel spot; also of note is that Alberto didn’t bleed form it, maybe they respected the WWE rule. ADR came back with his Superkick and locked the Cross Armbreaker in the middle of the ring but Ray Gonzalez Jr, who got a big reaction, came to ringside and Alberto broke the hold; ADR talked trash to Jr but he throw dust to Alberto’s face and left; Ray Sr used the distraction to setup the Figure-4 with a series of leg kicks, Alberto bumped great for this; Ray finally locked his finisher and Del Rio was about to tap out when Dos Caras returned for the DQ. After such an intense match it was a lame finish.
The heels double teamed Ray until his son made the save. ADR hit Jr with a Mexican flag but then Sr did the same to ADR; they brawled in pairs outside the ring until Sr got a chair and the heels literally run to the back. Ray and Jr came to the ring and Sr cut a great promo. He invited the heels to came back so they could kick their asses one more time; and told them that they run like the chicken they are. He said that Alberto was a bully that took advantage of his son but he was there to protect him and told Jr that he would always had his back. He said that WWC has been running for a long time but if it was up to him it would last another 40 years more.
He then told Del Rio to ask Vince McMahon for another date so they can have a another match maybe inside a cage; the fans went crazy for that. He said that since Dos Caras doesn’t need anyone’s permission he can comeback whenever he wants because Ray Jr is ready for him for another big pop. He thanked the fans for their support during his career and asked for them to do the same for his son. He then put over the upcoming title match and asked fans to stay put to see it. The whole promo came across as a combination of a thank you message, a farewell speech and an I’m taking over note. Even with the weak finish this match needed to be on last just because of the heat and post-match promo.
Some fans started leaving here since it was post midnight by this point.
Universal Title: Mr 450 Hammett def. Sensacional Carlitos to retain in well over 20 minutes
These two are really over with the fan base, and each one got his own “section”. Nonetheless, another group of people walked away during the early stages and it didn’t have much heat early on even tough what they did was good. It was clear that fans were spent after the previous match and just needed a break. After ten minutes or so they got the crowd back and it was spectacular from that point on. The turning point was Carlitos with a Canadian Destroyer followed by a Flat liner and finished with a Koji clutch all in one smooth-fluid motion. The sequence was so good that fans thought it was the finish but 450 made the ropes.
With Carlitos outside, 450 did a bottom rope Suicide Dive and follow with a Asai moonsault. Back in the ring they traded until Carlitos sent 450 to the outside and did his own series of dives. From the apron, 450 did a springboard spear through the second and top rope. Hammett with a Tornado DDT followed by a vertical suplex and finished with his 450 splash from the top rope but Carlitos kicked out for a giant pop. Carlitos with a comeback and a senton bomb for a great near fall. They traded headbutts from their knees; then got up and traded hard chops. Carltios went for a springboard Stunner but hit the referee instead; with the referee down Hammett hit a series of German suplex like Chris Benoit or Brock Lesnar and the fans chanted “Suplex city”; Hammett then went outside took a chair, smashed Carlitos in the face with it and finally got the pin with his 450 splash finish. They did even more but I just can’t remember it all.
After the match, they congratulated each other but Carlitos hit 450 in the back of the head with the chair and cut a promo saying that he wanted a rematch in a TLC match at Euphoria on 1/9. This was the best match of the show but it could have been even better if placed in the semifinal spot. I understand that they feared that nobody could follow them, which is true most of the time, but on this occasion most of the fans were there for the Ray Gonzalez match.
Notes:
On Sunday TV they announced that the next big event would be Euphoria on 1/9 at this same venue which seems like a little early for a return date. So far announced is: Hammett vs. Carlitos for the Universal Title in a TLC Match; Ray Gonzalez & Ray Gonzalez Jr vs. El Hijo de Dos Caras & Scottie Santiago (the guy who called ADR in Texas Wrestling Academy); Ursus vs. Pain in a Chain Match; Revolucion vs. Thunder & Lightning vs. Sons of Samoa in a 3-way match for the tag titles; and Miguel Perez vs. Angel Fashion for the PR title. They also announced an event for 1/6 in Cidra with the gimmick that kids enter free if accompanied by an adult as a Three Kings Day special. No match has been announced so far.
They got a very good crowd, probably more than 4,000. The ringside and lower levels were all full and they had one of the upper deck open and it was half full. The number is even more impressive as it went head to head with a massive Daddy Yankee vs Don Omar “Reggeaton” (Rap) concert in near by San Juan that sold out four straight nights the Coliseum of Puerto Rico (the one WWE runs) and that would the cultural equivalent of a Tupac vs Notorious BIG concert at MSG if they both were still alive. As usual, they started late; it was schedule for 8:00 pm but the show began past 8:30. It was probably due the fact that PR, like Mexico, is a late arriving crowd, so people kept coming in late.
St. Joseph, Missouri: – MWA Title match: Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns 2 falls to 1 – Ralph Garibaldi beat LaVerne Baxter – Jimmy Parker (sub for Marshall Esteppe) beat Jay Steele by dq
1971
Sapporo, Japan: – Dory Jr & Terry Funk defeated Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki in Sapporo to win the JWA/NWA International tag team title
1972
Kansas City, Kansas: – Omar Atlas defeated The Destroyer via DQ – The Sheik defeated Les Thornton – Bob Geigel & Black Angus defeated Harley Race & Roger Kirby via DQ
1973
Tokyo, Japan: – Johnny Powers & Pat Patterson defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi to debut the NWF/NWA North American tag team titles in a match with Powers & Patterson billed as champions
1974
St. Paul, Minnesota: – The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq – Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq – Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff) – Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich – Greg Gagne beat Rock Riddle – Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz
1980
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: – AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon – John Studd no contest Dino Bravo – Jerry Blackwell beat Tito Santana – Greg Gagne beat Steve Regal – Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe – George Gadaski beat Ben Deleon dq
1981
New Orleans, Louisiana: – Junkyard Dog defeated The Great Kabuki to win the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title
1987
Landover, Maryland: – WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy – WWF Tag Team Champions Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) defeated The Bolsheviks (Boris Zuhkov & Nikolai Volkoff) in 2 out of 3 falls
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler beat Jeff Jarrett – Jerry Lawler beat Manny Fernandez by dq to become CWA Champion (International, Southern & Mid American titles) – AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jeff Jarrett (sub Jerry Lawler) – Southern Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Nasty Boys – Bill Dundee beat Hector Guerrero – Billy Travis beat Steve Keirn – Jimmy Jack Funk beat John Paul – Tommy Lane beat Lou Winston – Teijo Kahn beat Jerry Bryant – Bobby Jaggers ddq Mike Davis
Tokyo, Japan: – Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch to win the New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Japan Cup Tag League
1988
Chattanooga, Tennessee: – The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in a tournament final to win the United States Tag Team Title. – Ric Flair & Barry Windham defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane)
1989
Tokyo, Japan: – Riki Choshu defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win New Japan Pro Wrestling’s World Cup Tournament
1990
Tokyo, Japan: – Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won the All Japan World Tag Team Title by winning the annual Real World Tag League tournament
1992
Memphis, Tennessee: – Leslie Belanger defeated Miss Texas to win the USWA Women’s Heavyweight Title
1993
Mexico City, Mexico: – Corazon de Leon (Chris Jericho) defeated Mano Negra to win the NWA Middleweight Title
1996
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Raven defeated The Sandman in a Barbed Wire match to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title
1997
Springfield, Massachusetts – TAKA Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher in the finals of a tournament to win the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title – WWF World Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & Road Dogg defeated The Legion of Doom via DQ – Ken Shamrock defeated WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels via DQ
2014
Tokyo, Japan: – Hirooki Goto & Katsuyoshi Shibata defeated Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson to win the G-1 Tag League tournament
Zapopan, Mexico: – El Patron Alberto (Alberto Del Rio) defeated El Tezano Jr to win the AAA Heavyweight title
ON DECEMBER 6 IN FLORIDA HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
Des Moines, Iowa: – American Heavyweight Champion Fred Beell defeated Charles Hackenschmidt
1952
Kansas City, Kansas: – The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) beat the Becker Brothers (Bobby and George) to become the undisputed World Tag Team champions winning a 2 out of 3 fall contest – Verne Gagne beat Pat Fraley – Bob McCune defeated Kit Fox – George Scott beat Tom Zaharias by dq
1955
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa – Tim Geohagen beat Dave Jons – Red Bastien drew Herb Schiff (Herb Freeman)
1960
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Gene Kiniski no contest Wilbur Snyder – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Joe Scarpello & Nick Roberts – Roy McClarty drew Jim Hady – Bob Geigel beat Guy Hill
1968
Atlanta, Georgia: – The Professional defeated Johnny Valentine to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1973
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham on a reverse decision dq – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in 2 out of 3 falls – Ric Flair beat Dave Muir
1975
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens – Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant – Pampero Firpo no contest Johnny Valiant – Jos Leduc beat Don Wade – Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Khosrow Vaziri & Kenny Jay
1979
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – Canadian Heavyweight Title Match: Canadian Champion Dino Bravo beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel – AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Super Destroyer Mark III – Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Steve Olsonoski & Angelo Mosca dq – Greg Gagne beat Bob Brown Jr (Kerry Brown) – Ricky Hunter beat Ron Ritchie – Peter Sandor Szabo beat Buck Zumhofe
1980
Chicago, Illinois: – Dick The Bruiser beat Ernie Ladd – Jerry Blackwell & John Studd beat Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher – Spike Huber no contest King Kong Brody – Wilbur Snyder beat Ali Hassan – Jerry Graham Jr beat Chief Bobby Bold Eagle
Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Mongolian Stomper defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Georgia National Title
1985
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Gama Singh defeated Bruce Hart to win the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title
1989
Tokyo, Japan: – Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu won the All Japan World Tag Team Title by winning the annual Real World Tag League tournament by defeating Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu to win the tournament
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Candi Devine defeated Judy Martin for the AWA Women’s World Title – AWA Champion Larry Zbyzsko beat Sgt. Slaughter dq – Paul Diamond beat Jonnie Stewart
1993
Jefferson, North Carolina: – Tracy Smothers defeated Chris Candido to win the SMW “Beat The Champ” Television Title
1998
London, England: – WWF World Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws defeated D’Lo Brown & Mark Henry – WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Rock defeated X-Pac via disqualification – Steve Austin defeated Kane, Mankind and The Undertaker in a Four Way match
2002
Glasgow, Scotland: – Lex Luger defeated Sting to win the World Wrestling All-Stars World Heavyweight Title (belt had been vacated by Scott Steiner)
2012
– Devon defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA TV Title
ON THIS DAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
1958 – Sammy Berg & Enrique Torres beat Mike & Ben Sharpe (West Palm Beach)
1960 – Don Curtis drew Eddie Graham to retain the Southern title (Orlando)
1963 – Lou Thesz retained the NWA title going to a no contest with Eddie Graham before 6,122 fans (Jacksonville)
1964 – Fred Blassie beat Abe Jacobs (Tampa)
1966 – Hiro Matsuda & Taki Yamaguchi beat Eddie Graham & Sammy Steamboat (Fort Myers)
1966 – The Infernos & J.C Dykes beat Don Curtis & Lester Welch & Jose Lothario in a Texas death match after eight falls (Orlando)
1967 – Lorenzo Parente & Paul DeMarco beat The Red Demons via DQ (Fort Myers)
1967 – Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) beat Johnny Valentine to win the Florida title (Tampa)
1972 – Jack & Jerry Brisco beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk in a lights out match when Jerry pinned world champion Dory (Tampa)
1972 – Dick Slater beat Bob Orton Sr. (Fort Myers)
1973 – Eddie Graham beat Buddy Colt and Dusty Rhodes beat Jos LeDuc via DQ (Miami Beach)
1974 – Cowboy Bill Watts beat Dusty Rhodes to win the Florida title and Bob Armstrong & Tony Parisi beat Toru Tanaka & Pak Song (Jacksonville)
1978 – Pak Song & Mr. Uganda (Cyclone Negro) beat Dusty Rhodes & Jos LeDuc (Tampa)
1979 – Dusty Rhodes beat Bad Leroy Brown (Miami Beach)
1984 – Khrusher Khrushchev & Jim Neidhart retained U.S. tag titles over Pez Whatley & Sweet Brown Sugar (Skip Young) (Miami Beach)
ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)
1991 – Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won the Real World Tag League tournament by one point over Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey
1991 – Misterioso beat Fuerza Guerrera in Mexico City to win the NWA welterweight title
1993 – Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada beat Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki in Tokyo to win the WWWA tag team titles in an incredible match
1996 – Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama to win the Real World Tag League tournament
1999 – Jushin Liger beat Psicosis in Milwaukee to win the IWGP jr. title
2002 – Taiyo Kea & Satoshi Kojima beat Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka in Tokyo to win the Real World Tag League tournament
2003 – Billy Ken Kid & Tiger Mask beat Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama in Osaka to win the Osaka Pro tag title
2009 – Takeshi Rikio & Mohammed Yone beat Kensuke Sasaki & Takeshi Morishima in Tokyo to win the GHC tag titles
2009 – Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki beat Suwama & Masayuki Kono in Tokyo to win the Real World Tag League tournament
2010 – Mesias beat Zorro to win the vacant AAA heavyweight title and then Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Mesias to win that title in Veracruz
2014 – Atsushi Kotoge beat Daisuke Harada in Tokyo to win the GHC jr. title
2014 – Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori beat Go Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara to win the Real World Tag League tournament
St. Louis, Missouri: – Man Mountain Dean beat Ernie Dusek – Gus Sonnenberg beat Tiny Roebuck – Joe Dusek and Paul Jones wrestled to a draw – Ernie Zeller beat Jules Strongbow – Emil Dusek beat Hank Metheny
1940
Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown and Lee Wykoff wrestled to a 1-1 draw – Steve Brody beat Jimmy Coffield in 2 out of 3 falls – Andy Mexiner defeated Jack Hader dq – Ray Schwartz beat Sammy Feeback
1965
Omaha, Nebraska: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Don Jardine (The Spoiler) – Mongolian Stomper beat Harley Race – George Drake beat Frisco Montana – Pampero Firpo beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq
1970
St. Louis, Missouri: – Terry Funk won a 15-man Battle Royal – Rocky Johnson & Dick the Bruiser defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza by disqualification – Terry Funk defeated Stan Stasiak – Pat O’Connor pinned Lord Alfred Hayes – Ox Baker pinned Les Thornton – Bob Brown pinned Bob Backlund – Jerry Oates and Khosrow Vaziri defeated Tank Patton & Johnny Starr
1976
Green Bay, Wisconsin: – The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski – Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Francis dq – Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza – Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby
1977
Memphis, Tennessee: – Bill Dundee & Norvell Austin defeated Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles – Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Valiant for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1984
Osaka, Japan: – Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock beat Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami to win the NJ MSG Tag League tournament
1988
Memphis, Tennessee: – AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Jimmy Garvin dq – World Class Light Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett beat Eric Embry – Samoan Swat Team beat Michael Hayes & Ricky Morton – Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden beat Bill Dundee & Wendell Cooley – Steve Cox beat Texas Champion Iceman King Parsons – CWA Champion Brian Lee beat Don Bass – Sid Vicious beat Scott Steiner – The Beast beat Alan Reynolds – RPMs beat Ken Raper & Todd Morton
1997
Tokyo, Japan: – Toshio Kawada & Akira Taue defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama to win the AJ Real World tag tournament
2004
Orlando, Florida: – Chris Harris & James Storm defeated Elix Skipper & Christopher Daniels in a steel cage – Eric Young & Bobby Roode defeated BG James & Ron Killings to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
2014
Tijuana, Mexico: – Atlantis defeatd Negro Casas to win the WWA Jr Lightheavyweight title – Bestia 666 & Damian 666 defeated Rayman & Rey Horus to win the tag title – Lady Apache beat Datura to win the Women’s title
