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  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/04): Sullivan, Tazmaniac win ECW Tag Team Titles

    1947

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – In a MWA Title match, Champion Orville Brown beat Sonny Myers 2 falls to 1
    – Al Lovelock beat Yukon Eric (as Eric Holmback) 
    – Ronnie Etchison beat Fred Blassie  

    1954

    Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
    – Argentina Rocca beat Chest Bernard 
    – Jim Dobie beat Mitsu Arakawa 
    – Great Tor Yamato beat Harry Lewis

    1958

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – no time limit match, Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel 
    – Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer defeated Lee Henning and Bob Orton 
    – Mighty Atlas beat Joe Scarpa  

    1965

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Texas Death Match: AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling dq
    – Verne Gagne beat Haru Sasaki
    – Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks
    – Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson

    1970 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Rey Mendoza defeated John Tolos to win the NWA United National Heavyweight Title

    1971

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Larry Hennig beat The Crusher
    – Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Bill Miller
    – Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien
    – Jerry Miller drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
    – Ox Baker drew Reggie Parks

    1972

    Hiroshima, Japan:
    – Kintaro Oki defeated Bobo Brazil to win the JWA NWA Int. title

    1976

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Hercules Ayala & Victor Jovica defeated Higo Hamaguchi & Gordon Nelson to win the WWC North American Tag Team Title

    1978 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Don Fargo to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1979

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
    – Bill Watts defeated Mike George to win the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title

    1981

    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Shiek Adnan
    – Hulk Hogan beat Jesse Ventura
    – Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne
    – Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis
    – Tito Santana beat Bad Boy Brown

    1992

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshio Kawada won the AJ Real World tag tournament from Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, thus winning the vacant Unified tag title

    1993
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac defeated Tommy Dreamer & Shane Douglas (subbing for Johnny Gunn) to win the ECW Tag Team Titles

    1999

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Rico Constantino defeated Steve Bradley for the Memphis Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title

    2007

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Mistico defeated Vangelis to win the National LHW title

    2011

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – ROH TV champ Jay Lethal defeated Adam Cole in a Proving Ground match
    – Eddie Edwards, El Generico and ROH Tag Team champions Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin defeated the Briscoes, Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin in an 80 minute Elimination match

    Essex, England:
    – Jimmy Havoc defeated Cell to win the NWA (Hammerlock) UK Junior Heavyweight title

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – KAI & Seiya Sanada defeated Masayuki Kono & Masakatsu Funaki to win the AJ World’s Strongest Tag League tournament

    Santiago, Chile:
    – Super Crazy defeated Katastrofe to win the X-Law Junior Heavyweight title

    ON DECEMBER 3 IN FLORIDA WRESTLING HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)

    1956 – June Byers beat Therese Theis to retain the world women’s title (Tampa)

    1956 – Betty Hawkins won five woman Battle Royal (Sarasota)

    1958 – Ben & Mike Sharpe beat Enrique Torres & Sammy Berg (Miami)

    1958 – Fabulous Moolah beat Kitty Adams to retain world women’s title (St. Petersburg)

    1964 – Tarzan & Tim Tyler beat Hiro Matsuda & Bob Orton Sr. (Jacksonville)

    1966 – The Infernos & J.C. Dykes beat Eddie Graham & Jose Lothario & Sammy Steamboat (Lakeland)

    1968 – Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel beat The Medics (Interns) (Tampa) and the semifinal was Lou Thesz & Joe Louis (Yes, that Joe Louis) & Sailor Art Thomas beat Great Malenko & Louie Tillet & Tarzan Tyler

    1973 – Eddie Graham beat Dusty Rhodes via DQ (Orlando)

    1974 – Cowboy Bill Watts beat Jerry Brisco to retain the Florida title (Fort Myers

    1974 – Bob Roop beat Mike Graham (Tampa)

    1975 – King Curtis Iaukea beat Jerry Brisco (Miami Beach)

    1977 – Dusty Rhodes & Rocky Johnson double count out Lars Anderson & Killer Karl Kox (Ocala)

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/02): Von Erichs win WCCW Six Man Titles

    Additional info provided by Graeme Cameron

    1947

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Sandor Szabo drew Buddy Rogers (world title defense)
    – Joe  Pazandak beat Gino Vagnone
    – Abe Kashey beat Ken Fenelon

    1965

    Mankato, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
    – The Crusher beat Jack Pesek
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race

    1966

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq
    – Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Mad Dog Vachon & Big K
    – Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race
    – Jim Raschke drew Billy Red Cloud

    Japan:
    – Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Oki d Eddie Morea (Jack Clayborne) & Tarzan Zorro (Hans Mortier) in Tokyo to win the AJW All-Asian tag title

    1967

    Mexico:

    – El Goliath d Henry Pilusso in Monterrey to win the National HW title

    1969

    Australia:
    – Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard d Lars Anderson & Dick Murdock in Brisbane to win the IWA tag title

    1970

    Japan:
    – Gene Kiniski d Giant Baba in Osaka to win the JWA NWA Int. title 

    1972

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq
    – Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Scott & Joe Scarpello
    – Don Muraco beat Big K
    – Larry Hennig drew Rene Goulet (sub Billy Robinson)

    1974 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Blackjack Lanza defeated Fritz Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title

    Kagoshima, Japan:

    – Giant Baba defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title

    1975

    Japan:
    – The Destroyer d Abdullah the Butcher in Kiryuu to win the AJ PWF US title

    1978

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Texas Death match: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Bob Orton Jr
    – Mask At Stake: Super Destroyer Mark II beat Larry Hennig 
    – Bobby Duncum beat Frank Hill 
    – Steve Olsonoski beat Iron Sheik dq 

    1979

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Assassins defeated Steve Regal & Hector Guerrero for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    1983 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – The Von Erichs (David, Kevin & Kerry) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds for the World Class Six-Man Championship (Michael Hayes had lost a “loser leaves town match”, so Ric Flair wrestled in his place).

    Mexico:
    – El Satanico d Lizmark in Mexico City to win the NWA MW title

    1985

    Mexico:
    – Fuerza Guerrera d El Dandy in Mexico City to win the National WW title

    1989

    Mexico:
    – Sangre Chicana d Perro Agauyo to win the WWF UWA LHW title

    1991 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Tom Prichard defeated Eric Embry to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Kamala to win the USWA Unified World Championship

    1993

    Japan:
    – Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won in Tokyo by a point from Giant Baba & Stan Hansen, thus winning the vacant Unified tag title in the AJPW Real World Tag Team Tournament.

    1999

    Japan:
    – Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama d Stan Hansen & Akira Taue in Tokyo in the AJPW Real World Tag Team Tournament.

    2000

    Japan:
    – Ayoko Hamada d Aja Kong in Tokyo to win the Queen of Arsion title On the same show, AKINO d Chapparita Asari to win the Sky High title and Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita d GAMI & Rie Tamada to win the Twin Star title

    2001

    Mexico
    – Loco Max d Ricky Marvin in Puebla to win the National LW title

    2003

    Japan:
    – Eagle Sawai & Amazing Kong d Shinobu Kandori & Takako Inoue in a tournament final in Tokyo to win the first LLPW tag title

    2014

    Japan:
    – T-Hawk & Eita d CIMA & Gamma in Tokyo to win the DG Twin Gate title

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/01): Sterling Golden (Hulk Hogan) wins NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title 

    1906 

    New Orleans, Louisiana:
    – Fred Beel defeated Frank Gotch to win the American Heavyweight Title two falls to one (match was a work, not a shoot)

    1938 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Mildred Burke won the World Women’s Title by defeating Betty Nichols

    1941 

    Hollywood, California:
    – Billy Varga defeated Wild Red Berry to win the World Light Heavyweight Title

    1949 

    Toledo, Ohio:
    – Tom Marshall defeated Dave Levin to win the Jack Pfieffer-promoted World Heavyweight Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) beat The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) 2 out of 3 falls
    – Enrique Torres beat Roy Graham 2 out of 3 falls
    – Ronnie Etchison defeated Danny Plechas 

    1952

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Gory Guerrero & Cyclone Ayala won a tournament for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title 

    1958 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) for the Texas version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1961

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – Fritz Von Erich defeated Dick the Bruiser to win the Chicago/Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

    – Billy White Wolf defeated Nikoli Volkoff for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – The Assassins defeated Don McIntyre & Ray Gunkel for the Georgia version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Magnificent Maurice defeated Leon Graham to win the Ohio Heavyweight Title 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Jack Dalton (Donnie Fargo) defeated Pepe Gonzales for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1965
    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Ken Lucas won the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title from Danny McShain 

    1970

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Dusty Rhodes defeated Jose Lothario to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title

    1971 

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Donnie Fargo defeated The Wrestling Pro to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

    1972 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Victor Rivera defeated Ernie Ladd to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title

    Yokohama, Japan:
    – Bobo Brazil defeated Kintaro Oki for the vacant NWA International Heavyweight Title 

    1973 

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Stan Stasiak defeated Pedro Morales to win the WWWF World Heavyweight Title

    1976

    Davenport, Iowa:
    – Saloon match: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
    – Billy Francis beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson
    – Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby dq

    1977

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mike George & Scott Casey defeated Crusher Blackwell & Buck Robley to win the Central States version of the NWA
    World Tag Team Titles

    1978 

    Huntsville, Alabama:
    – George Gulas, Bobby Eaton & Arvil Hutto win a tournament for the vacant NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Titles

    Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – Ken Lucas & Kevin Sullivan defeated Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson to win the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Titles

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Big Daddy Ritter (Junkyard Dog) defeated Alo Leilani to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

    1979

    Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – Sterling Golden (Hulk Hogan) defeated Dick Slater to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobo Brazil
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Super Destroyer Mark III
    – Dick the Bruiser beat King Kong Brody
    – Ernie Ladd dcor Billy Robinson
    – Ox Baker dcor Wilbur Snyder
    – The Crusher beat Paul Christy dq 
    – Spike Huber drew Bobby Heenan
    – Moose Cholak beat Tiny Hampton dq
    – Jerry Graham Jr beat Ron Ritchie

    1983

    Lexington, Kentucky:
    – Terry Taylor defeated Buddy Landel for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Bobby Fulton defeated Roger Kirby to win the NWA Central States Television Title 

    1984 

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Sonny Myers defeated Al Tomko for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title

    1985

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Road Warriors beat AWA Tag Team Champions Jim Garvin & Steve Regal dq
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Terry Gordy
    – Strap Match: Jerry Blackwell beat Michael Hayes
    – Paul Ellering drew Buddy Roberts
    – Handicap match: Sgt. Slaughter beat Boris Zhukov & Chris Markoff
    – Larry Zbyszko beat Kevin Kelly
    – Scott Hall beat Bill Irwin
    – Leon White beat Scott Irwin dq

    1986

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Al Madril & Brian Adidas defeated Lance Von Erich & The Dingo (Ultimate) Warrior for the World Class Championship
    Wrestling World Tag Team Titles
    – Tony Atlas defeated Crusher Yurkof (Bam Bam Bigelow) to win the World Class Television Title

    1989

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Robert Fuller & Brian Lee defeated Jeff Jarrett & Matt Borne in a tournament final to win the USWA World Tag Team Title 

    1992 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the first JWP Project Openweight Champion

    1995 

    Nigata, Japan:
    – El Samurai defeated Sabu to win the UWA World Junior Light-Heavyweight Title 

    Reading, Pennsylvania:
    – Akita Kaos defeated Crash the Terminator to win the PCW Heavyweight Title
    – Chris Candido defeated Ray Odyssey to win the PCW Americas Heavyweight Title
    – Reckless Youth defeated Ubas for the PCW Commonwealth Title

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Negro Casas defeated El Hijo del Santo in a tournament final to win the vacant NWA World Welterweight Title

    2000

    Manila, Arkansas:
    – The American Dragon (Bryan Danielson) and Spanky (Brian Kendrick) defeated The Triad (Seven (Kevin Fertig) and Thrash) to win the Memphis Championship Wrestling Southern Tag Team Titles

    North Richland Hills, Texas:
    – Hotstuff Hernandez defeated Al Jackson to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    – The Masked Maniac defeated Chris Michaels to win the United States Extreme Wrestling United States Heavyweight Title

    2001

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Carly Colon defeated Ray Gonzalez for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

    2005 

    McDonough, Georgia:
    – Mike Mizanin (The Miz) defeated Mike Knox in a tournament final to become the first Deep South Wrestling Heavyweight
    Champion

  • AJ Styles injury update, ECW talent on WWE Smackdown

    Former IWGP Champion A.J. Styles missed another New Japan World Tag League tournament match today in Fukuoka, Japan. His team with Yujiro Takahashi forfeited their second match, this time to Michael Bennett & Matt Taven.

    Styles has been out of action since last working on Nov. 24 due to a bulging disc in his lower back.

    According to those in Japan, his injury appears to be very serious with the description that he seems to be in great pain with any movement.  Styles went into the tour injured, and missed ROH bookings to rest up for the tour. The 38-year-old has not returned home, but he has major matches over the next several weeks. After the tournament concludes on 12/9, he has an ROH title match with Jay Lethal at Final Battle in Philadelphia, as well as his IC title match with Shinsuke Nakamura that is second from the top at the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo Dome show on 1/4.

    According to what we’ve been told, Styles is resting and rehabbing as best he can at the present time, and New Japan is being patient and not pressuring him to come back early.

    ******

    WWE has announced one of the main matches for the Smackdown tapings tonight will be Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Bray Wyatt in a singles match with both Devon and Tommy Dreamer in Bubba’s corner.

    Smackdown will be taped tonight in Hershey, PA.  All of the major names that were on Raw last night, including Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Dean Ambrose and The New Day are being advertised as appearing tonight.

    Following Raw, the Wyatt family came back to the ring, and Bray said that he had a sour taste in his mouth, and wasn’t ready to leave town just yet. He called out the Dudleys and Tommy Dreamer. They entered, followed by Kane. Everyone brawled in the ring for a couple of minutes before Bray left the ring. Braun Strowman was kicked out of the ring. Harper ended up eating a DDT from Dreamer, and a 3D from the Dudleys, and Rowan took a chokeslam from Kane to send the handful of people left in the crowd happy. No actual match took place. (Thanks to Joe Kazmer)

  • The Week In British Wrestling: Will Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews do it again

    By Alan Boon for WrestlingObserver.com

    It may be late November, and the weather may have taken a turn for the cold and wet, but things are still heating up on the UK wrestling scene. Here are five things you need to know about British wrestling this week.

    1) Will Ospreay and Mark Andrews proved lightning can strike twice.

    When Will Ospreay and Mark Andrews stepped through the ropes at Pro-Wrestling Guerilla’s yearly BOLA extravaganza in August, few thought they’d be two of the standout stars on a card full of the biggest names in independent wrestling (and a sprinkling of lucha, to boot). Once they’d finished their first round bout, few were in doubt of that status. Ospreay, only in his fourth year as a pro, and Andrews, criminally underused in TNA after winning last year’s British Bootcamp competition, put themselves on the worldwide map but only cemented what British fans already knew.

    On Sunday, at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London, they met again, and put their summer contest firmly in the shade with a jaw-dropping display of head-dropping and acrobatics that had the sellout crowd on their feet and wowed. For Ospreay, it was just the latest in a series of 2015 contests that have seen him rocket up everyone’s top 20 lists, while for Andrews, it was a reminder that he’s back in the main event mix on this side of the Atlantic. We’re happy to see him again.

    2) You can’t halt the march of PROGRESS.

    As 750 people crammed into the Electric Ballroom for the final time in 2015, I’m sure the thoughts of more than a few PROGRESS “ultras” turned to the year-to-date, which saw the culmination of the Jimmy Havoc storyline, the first Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, and a string of sellout shows. By the end of the show – Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive! – those other shows and that other stuff, was distant history. Aside from the main event, the aforementioned masterpiece theatre for the PROGRESS title, the rest of the show (six matches, plus two pre-show bouts) reached highs in terms of hard-hitting – Rampage Brown and Austria’s Big Daddy Walter just about broke the ring in the opening bout – and lows in terms of pesky shenanigans – heel stable The Origin finagled their way to the tag-team titles AND a shot at the title at next week’s debut show in Manchester – and had just about everything in between.

    While the absence of Jimmy Havoc leaves a big hole in the shows, such was his influence in a two-year reign of terror, things look very promising for 2016, with monthly London shows and bi-monthly forays up North. That begins early with Chapter 24: Hit The North on Sunday (another sellout), this time in England’s third city. Ospreay defends his title against Zack Gibson, with Zack Sabre Jr. and Tomasso Ciampa joining the regular crew. News on that next week…

    3) Preston isn’t just the home of Wade Barrett; it’s also Ring of Honor’s British base.

    Back in the days of Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks, it used to be that the heavyweights sold tickets but the lighter weights brought the entertainment. That still holds true but the heavyweights have been replaced in recent years by former WWE and TNA imports, and the lighter weights by younger, local talent. Nowhere has that formula been more successful than at Preston City Wrestling, whose promoter Steven Fludder has brought a parade of “name” stars (often in conjunction with memorabilia fairs) to the North West for autograph signings, special appearances, and the odd match, and kept the fans wowed with some of the UK’s top talent.

    This past weekend, though, and for the second year in a row, PCW brought over a ton of ROH stars, including current ROH champion Jay Lethal, alongside Dalton Castle, Adam Cole, reDRagon, Cedric Alexander, and War Machine for the Supershow Of Honor. Although no local star was able to top Lethal, over 2000 fans attended the weekend shows to witness the ROH and UK talent trade wins across four shows. PCW heavyweight champion Dave Mastiff also fought off all-comers, but Adam Cole was able to steal away the Cruiserweight belt from el Ligero, promising to keep hold for a long time.

    4) Rebellious Scots won’t be crushed.

    Two weeks on from their MASSIVE Fear & Loathing supershow at Glasgow’s SECC, Insane Championship Wrestling picked up their storylines at the puntastic Fear & Lothian show, held at in the heart of Lothian at Edinburgh’s City nightclub. The success of ICW has been built on a foundation of love for WWF’s Attitude Era and classic ECW, and the swerve was in early as former general manager Red Lightning revealed he was, in fact, majority owner of the company and would do everything he could to rid ICW of its incredi-popular champion, Grado.

    Luckily for ICW’s fans, Red Lightning’s chosen man, Lionheart (fresh from being HATED at PCW’s Supershow Of Honor weekend), came up short, but New Age Kliq main man Chris Renfrew announced he would cash in his title shot at the company’s next big show, Square Go in Glasgow on January 24th. Noam Dar also earned a title shot at Square Go by winning a number one contenders’ match for Davey Blaze’s Zero-G championship – that’s if Blaze makes it through the next couple of TV tapings without Stevie Boy and the NAK taking him out.

    5) There’s so much going on!

    Elsewhere, the Scottish Wrestling Alliance held a big show at the Lagoon Centre, in Paisley, which saw Mark Coffey pin Drew Galloway to become the new SWA champion and appearances from Will Ospreay, Grado, Jack Gallagher, Kenny Williams, and Viper. Ahead of bringing in Pentagon Jr and Drago (and, erm, Tatanka) in January, 4 Front Wrestling opened their doors in Emerson Green in Bristol on Saturday night, and drew a healthy crowd for a show headlined by an eight-man elimination match, featuring the Hunter Brothers and Saul Adams.

    Earlier in the week, PROGRESS held the third of their PTNTL trainee shows at a new venue, Nambucca, in north London. The show featured ProJo trainees of all levels of development, and was main-evented by a six-man featuring the promotion’s most senior rookies which saw the team of Sweet Bearded Jesus – California hippy surfer Chuck Mambo, full-bearded Kyle Ashmore & Pastor William Eaver defeat Hong Kong’s Shen Woo, the bruiser Damon Moser & the outrageous Jack Sexsmith by pinfall. Also of note was Kamikaze-Pro’s latest show in the chocolate town of Bournville, Birmingham, starring Rhyno, Juventud Guerrera, Jody Fleisch, Jonny Storm, the Dunne Brothers, and Tyler Bate.

    Next weekend sees PROGRESS make their way to Manchester for the first time, Lucha Britannia run a rare Saturday, Pro-Wrestling CHAOS end their year in Bristol, and WAW & Bellatrix promoting a double-shot in Norwich, featuring the top UK women’s talent, as well as WWE star Paige’s father, mother, and brothers! Join me then for all the news that’s fit to print!

    (Special thanks to Ben Corrigan for contributing to this report!)

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/30): Shane Douglas wins ECW Title

    1945

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – MWA Champion, Orville Brown beat Vic Holbrook 2 falls to 1
    – Bobby Bruns beat Cowboy Roy Graham 
    – Rube Wright drew Dan O’Connor 

    1948

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Antonio Rocca defeated Danny McShain to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    1968

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa
    – Billy Red Lyons no contest Dr. X
    – Bill Watts beat Harley Race
    – Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown
    – Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine

    1972

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 
    – George Gordienko beat Ivan Koloff
    – Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel
    – Don Muraco beat George Scott 
    – Rene Goulet beat Bob Tuck

    1973

    Denver, Colorado:
    – No dq Match: Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera
    – Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 
    – Ricky Romero beat Bill Crouch
    – Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq
    – Larry Heiniemi beat Sailor Art Thomas
    – Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Bob Ellis beat Buddy Wolff
    – Rene Goulet beat Billy Red Cloud
    – Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne

    1979 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Bruiser Brody defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title

    1986

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – No DQ: Bulldog Bob Brown beat Sam Houston 
    – Rufus R. Jones, Rocky King & George South beat The Mod Squad & Mark Fleming 
    – Central States Tag Team Titles: Dave Peterson & Todd Champion beat The Warlord & Colt Steele to retain the titles
    – Mitch Snow beat Teijo Khan 
    – Italian Stallion & Denny Brown beat Thunderfoot I & Thunderfoot II

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Curt Hennig beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
    – Jerry Blackwell beat Colonel DeBeers
    – Midnight Rockers & Despina Montagus beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Sherri Martel
    – Greg Gagne beat Larry Zbyszko dq
    – Leon White beat Boris Zhukov
    – Alexis Smirnoff & Yuri Gordienko beat Billy Robinson & Steve Olsonoski

    1997 

    Monaca, Pennsylvania:
    – Shane Douglas defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title

    2001

    Sapporo, Japan
    – Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Vader & Scorpio to win the Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Tag Team Title

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/29): Tito Santana becomes 1st AWF Champion

    1943

    Wichita, Kansas:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ede Virag beat Charley Lutkie 
    – Jack Nasworthy beat Bill Ely 

    1956

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ernie Dusek, Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Jim Dobie, Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers 2 falls to 1
    – Mighty Atlas beat Mario DeSouza 2 falls to 1

    1960

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello
    – Gene Kiniski beat Bob Rasmussen
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Tommy O’Toole

    1962 

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – Eddie Graham defeated Boris Malenko to win the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1972

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Ed Francis & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq (only recognized in Hawaii)
    – The Destroyer beat Dory Dixon
    – Tosh Togo drew Jack Carson
    – Sam Steamboat beat John Foley

    1973

    Rockford, Illinois:
    – Weightlifting: Ken Patera beat Billy Graham dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
    – Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair
    – Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet

    1980

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – Killer Karl Kox defeated The Grappler for the Mid-South Mississippi Heavyweight Title 

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Mad Dog Vachon beat John Studd dq
    – Adrian Adonis beat Greg Gagne
    – Dino Bravo & Tito Santana beat Jesse Ventura & Jerry Blackwell
    – Buck Zumhofe drew Steve Regal

    1986 

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Al Perez defeated The Mighty Igor to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title

    1992 

    Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard) in a Steel Cage match to win the SMW Tag Team Championshipin 

    1994

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Tito Santana defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. to become the first American Wrestling Federation World Champion

    2003 

    Miyagi, Japan:
    – Gedo & Jado defeated Hiroki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi in a tournament final to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

    2010

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Sheamus defeated John Morrison in the finals of a one night tournament to win the WWE King of the Ring

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/28): The Crusher wins the AWA World Title

    1933

    Springfield, Missouri:
    – Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Whitey Hewitt 
    – Casey Columbo and Jimmy Moore wrestled to a 30 minute draw

    1939 

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Paul Jones defeated Pedro Martinez for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title

    1957

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ronnie Etchison and Thor Hagen beat Tommy O’Toole and Great Tonina in the finals of a one night tournament to win the vacant Central States tag team titles

    1958

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel to win Central States Title

    1963 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – The Crusher defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mongolian Stomper won a 10 man battle royal 
    – Mongolian Stomper and Pat O’Connor wrestled to a double count out
    – Bob Geigel beat Bulldog Plechas 
    – Sonny Myers drew Enrique Torres  
    – Rock Hunter beat Ronnie Etchison
    – Larry Hamilton beat Mike Sharpe (dq)

    1968

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Dr. X beat The Crusher 
    – Bill Watts beat Harley Race 
    – Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown
    – Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Lyons

    1973

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Fred Blassie
    – Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine beat Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava in 2 out of 3 falls to win Hawaiian tag title
    – Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq
    – Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid beat Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe
    – Ed Francis no contest Al Madril

    1977 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson defeated The Samoans (Afa & Sika) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title
    – Jimmy Valiant defeated Jerry Lawler for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1979

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Super Destroyer Mark III
    – Jesse Ventura drew Greg Gagne
    – Billy Robinson beat Lord Alfred Hayes
    – Adrian Adonis beat Paul Ellering
    – Dino Bravo beat Buddy Wolff

    1982

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana
    – Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
    – Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig
    – Rick Martel beat Bobby Duncum dq

    1985 Thanksgiving Night

    St. Paul, Minnesota: Attendance was 12,000
    – Scott Hall won a battle royal
    – Jerry Blackwell beat Michael Hayes
    – Road Warriors beat Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts
    – Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal to win light heavyweight title
    – Scott Hall beat Boris Zhukov dq
    – Mongolian Stomper beat Kevin Kelly
    – Leon White drew Bill Irwin

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich in a Steel Cage to win the World Class American Tag Team Title 
    – In a match for the World Class title, Iceman King Parsons defeated champion Rick Rude by dq
    – John Tatum defeated Scott Casey in a steel cage match

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard in an I Quit match in a steel cage to win the United States Heavyweight Title
    – The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff to win the NWA World Tag Team Title
    – Buddy Landell defeated Terry Taylor to win the NWA National Title 
    – Krusher Khruschev defeated Sam Houston to win the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

  • Global Force Wrestling sees one of its titles change hands

    While we await the debut of GFW Amped and an announcement of new Global Force Wrestling shows, the promotion already has a new titleholder as Sonjay Dutt defeated P.J. Black (the former Justin Gabriel) to become the Nex*Gen champion Friday night, their version of the X Division or cruiserweight champion.

    Black had won a tournament for the title on 10/23 in Las Vegas in a four-way final match with TJP, Jigsaw, and Virgil Flynn. On that same night, Nick “Magnus” Aldis beat Bobby Roode for the GFW title while Christina Von Eerie downed Amber Gallows for their women’s title.

    A former mainstay in TNA and plenty of indies, the 33-year-old Dutt has been part of the promotion’s roster since May.

    The match was part of WrestleCade, a weekend event in Winston-Salem, NC, that is built around the Thanksgiving wrestling tradition that existed for so long in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem metropolitan area. Another show is scheduled for Saturday, headlined by Jeff Jarrett vs. Matt Hardy.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/27): Rock & Roll Express win Smoky Mountain Tag Team Titles, more Thanksgiving cards

    1949 

    – National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown, unable to defend his title due to injuries suffered in a car accident (which also ended his career), forfeits the title to his scheduled opponent, Lou Thesz. 

    1958

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Tito Carreon, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Joe Scarpa beat Ike Eakins, Lee Henning and Lord Albert Mills 2 falls to 1
    – Bob Geigel beat Ray Villmer 2 falls to 1 
    – Ivan the Mad Russian beat Chief Suni War Cloud 
    – Mighty Atlas beat Al Szasz (sub for Thor Hagen) 

    1970

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jack Brisco defeated Tarzan Tyler to win the NWA Florida Television Title

    1971

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
    – Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Danny Miller
    – Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker
    – Reggie Parks drew Jerry Miller (sub Ray Stevens)
    – Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Stan Kowalski

    1975

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig
    – Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk
    – Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski
    – Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek) beat Don Wade

    1980

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura dq
    – Jerry Blackwell beat Mad Dog Vachon
    – Buck Zumhofe no contest Bobby Heenan
    – John Studd beat Dino Bravo
    – Tito Santana beat Steve Regal

    1986 – Thanksgiving Night

    Greensboro, North Carolina: 
    – Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes in a First Blood match to win the NWA Television Title 
    – NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated Ole & Arn Anderson in a Steel Cage match

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Big Bubba Rogers defeated Ronnie Garvin in a Louisville Street Fight match
    – The Road Warriors defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) in a Scaffold match
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champ Ric Flair defeated Nikita Koloff via DQ

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko
    – Midnight Rockers & Despina Montagus beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Sherri Martel
    – Step Ladder match: Jerry Blackwell beat Colonel DeBeers
    – Curt Hennig beat Boris Zhukov
    – Alexis Smirnoff & Yuri Gordienko beat Buck Zumhofe & John Paul Demann
    – Super Ninja beat Steve Olsonoski

    New Orleans, Louisiana:
    – World Class Heavyweight Champion Kevin Von Erich defeated Black Bart
    – Lance & Mike Von Erich defeated Brian Adias & Matt Borne
    – Kevin Von Erich defeated Al Madril in a Lights Out match 
    – Fritz Von Erich defeated Abdullah The Butcher via disqualification

    1991

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – The Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Title 

    1992 

    Welch, West Virginia:
    – The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles

    1999

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Uganda (aka Kamala II)
    – The Sandman defeated Raven
    – ECW World Champion Mike Awesome defeated Justin Credible

    2005

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – Triple H defeated Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match
    – WWE Champion John Cena defeated Kurt Angle