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  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/26): Scott Steiner wins WCW World Title, WCW vs. WWF on PPV

    1942 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Orville Brown for the Midwest Wrestling Association version of World Heavyweight Title 

    1960 

    – Al Costello & Roy Heffernan defeated Johnny Valentine & Chief Big Heart for the United States Tag Team Title (later became WWWF World Tag Team Titles)

    1964 Thanksgiving Night

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks
    – Igor Vodik beat Klondike Bill
    – Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey 
    – Ivan Kalmikoff beat George Drake

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Sonny Myers defeated Bob Brown
    – Danny Plechas defeated The Lawman
    – Moose Evans defeated Tiny Mills via DQ
    – Rocky Hamilton fought Sailor Art Thomas to a double count out
    – Pat O’Connor fought Mike DiBiase to a draw
    – Ron Reed defeated The Mongolian Stomper
    – Mike DiBiase won an 11-man Battle Royal 

    1981 Thanksgiving Night

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Sheik Adnan
    – Arm Wrestling: Hulk Hogan beat Jesse Ventura
    – Billy Robinson & Tito Santana & Jim Brunzell beat Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum & Jerry Blackwell
    – Adrian Adonis drew Buck Zumhofe
    – Evan Johnson beat Kenny Jay

    1986

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Greg Gagne beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig (AWA belt held up)
    – Adrian Adonis beat Tommy Rich
    – Nord The Barbarian beat Soldat Ustinov
    – Madusa Maceli beat Bambi
    – JT Southern & Mitch Snow beat AWA Tag Team Champions Original Midnight Express dq
    – DJ Peterson beat Kevin Kelly
    – Nick Kiniski beat Alan West dq

    1987 Thanksgiving Night

    Chicago, Illinois: 
    – Dusty Rhodes defeated Lex Luger in a Steel Cage match to win the NWA United States Title
    – Ric Flair defeated Ronnie Garvin in a Steel Cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
    – NWA World Television Champion Nikita Koloff defeated UWF Television Champion Terry Taylor to unify the titles

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Shaun Simpson defeated Eric Embry to win the World Class Light Heavyweight Title 
    – Kevin Von Erich defeated Al Perez in a Texas Death Match
    – Kerry Von Erich defeated Brian Adias

    Richfield, Ohio:
    – Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth), Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, & Brutus Beefcake defeated WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart), King Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan), Danny Davis, Hercules, & Ron Bass 
    – Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan), Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed (w/ Slick), & the One Man Gang defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink), Paul Orndorff, Ken Patera, & Don Muraco 

    1988

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Wahoo McDaniel dq
    – Greg Gagne & Robert Gibson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond (No title change. Wrong man pinned)
    – Sgt. Slaughter beat Iron Sheik dq
    – Michael Hayes no contest King Parsons
    – Jimmy Jack Funk beat Derrick Dukes
    – Wendi Richter beat Madusa Meceli to win AWA Women’s Title
    – Larry Cameron beat Bert Timmons
    – Del Wilkes beat Mike Enos

    1994 

    Madison Square Garden:
    – Bob Backlund lost the WWF World Title to Diesel (Kevin Nash)

    1995

    Norfolk, Virginia:
    – Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage
    – Sting defeated Ric Flair 
    – Randy Savage won the 60-man, three ring World War 3 Battle Royal

    2000

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Scott Steiner defeated Booker T in a Straight Jacket Steel Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title
    – General Rection defeated Lance Storm to win the WCW United States Title 
    – Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chuck Palumbo & Shawn Stasiak to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/25): JYD wins North American Title

    1947

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – World Champion, Sandor Szabo beat Dick Raines 
    – Buddy Rogers beat Dave Levin
    – Ken Fenelon drew Gino Vagnone 

    1965

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Heiniemi & Mighty Igor Vodik
    – Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff
    – Chris Markoff beat Gene Anderson
    – Kenny Jay beat Mike Loren

    1967
    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race
    – Rock Rogowski & Bill Watts beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto
    – Victor the Bear beat Dr X dq
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Blackjack Daniels
    – Big K beat Jack Pesek

    1969

    Los Angeles, California:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2 out of 3 falls
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crazy Luke Graham dq
    – Edouard Carpentier beat Johnny Vander
    – Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig
    – Hard Boiled Haggerty beat El Magnifico

    1972

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq
    – Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Joe Scarpello
    – Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco
    – George Scott beat Ivan Koloff dq
    – Reggie Parks beat Big K

    1978

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick The Bruiser dq
    – Non Title: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens
    – Bobo Brazil beat Super Destroyer Mark II dq
    – Billy Robinson beat Iron Sheik
    – Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
    – King Kong Brody beat Pat O’Connor
    – Moose Cholak beat Guy Mitchell dq
    – Spike Huber drew Paul Christy

    1981

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Retirement Match: Verne Gagne beat Adrian Adonis
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson
    – Bodyslam challenge: Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell
    – Pat Kelly & Mike Kelly beat Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder
    – Tito Santana beat Ed Boulder

    1982 Thanksgiving Night

    New Orleans, Louisiana:
    – Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog under a mask) defeated Ted DiBiase to win the Mid South Wrestling North American Title
    – Mid South Wrestling Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne defeated Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts
    – Tony Atlas defeated Mid South Wrestling Louisiana Champion Hacksaw Duggan via countout

    1983

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat David Von Erich
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Dick the Bruiser & Bulldog Bob Brown
    – Austin Idol beat Denny Brown
    – Iceman Parsons beat Blackjack Lanza
    – Paul Orndorff beat Steve Olsonoski (sub Rick Martel)
    – Tiger Mask (sub Buck Robley) beat Angelo Mosca Jr

    1985

    Madison Square Garden:
    – Fabulous Moolah defeated Wendi Richter to win the WWF Women’s Title (this was a double cross as Richter was not aware of title change before hand)

    1988

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Cage match: Kerry Von Erich beat Jerry Lawler
    – Samoan Swat Team beat Michael Hayes & Jeff Jarrett
    – Cage Match: Eric Embry beat King Parsons dq
    – Steve Cox beat Jimmy Jack Funk dq
    – Eric Embry ddq Botswana Beast

    1991

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Kamala defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title 
    – Robert Fuller & Mike Mitchell defeated Doug Masters & Bart Sawyer for the USWA Tag Team Title

  • Scott Hudson: “Michael Cole sucks” & “JBL is terrible”

    Former WCW & TNA commentator Scott Hudson didn’t hold back in a two-hour conversation with IYH Wrestling Radio, unloading on current WWE announcers, the failed Invasion angle, and the recent Reid Flair death mention in an angle with Charlotte and Paige.

    Excerpts provided by IYH’s Vic Vic Schiavone with the full interview available here:

    – On the current state of wrestling commentary:

    “Well first, Michael Cole sucks. That guy couldn’t call a one-horse race. Unfortunately, the best announcer they have on RAW is Byron Saxton, and they don’t let him show his stuff. JBL…he’s terrible, he’s horrible…They don’t know what to do, but then again I’ll give Cole at least a little bit of credit in that he’s doing what he’s told. If he wasn’t doing what he was told, he would be working for Joey Styles at the dot com office. And that’s sad, is that they’ve got the best announcer in the last twenty years on staff not announcing. The guy for New Japan, Mauro Ranallo, he’s the best announcer in wrestling and it’s not even close. He’s fantastic. The guys on Ring of Honor, Kevin Kelly and the rest of that bunch, they’re good, too. But the announcing on basically every WWE product across platforms is atrocious.

    I’ve gotta say this, I’m a huge mark for The King (Jerry Lawler); he could read things out of the phone book and I would listen. So I love The King, take him out of that equation, otherwise the announcers there are worthless. But, to their everlasting credit, they’re doing what they’re told. And Vince (McMahon) is happy as a clam, watching ratings…and viewership and everything else and gimmick sales go right in the tank.”

    – On the WWE Invasion angle:

    “Keep this in mind…when they bought us out, should there ever have been a bigger angle than the Invasion Angle? Because you had ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) thrown in there, too…That angle, start to finish, should still be going today, fourteen years later. And the problem is one person’s fault, and that’s Vince McMahon. He would not in his dying breath put over a WCW talent or an ECW talent. Now…some guys got over in spite of Vince trying to bury them, but Vince’s whole idea was to bury both companies. It wasn’t to make money by saying “Oh my God, this is WCW vs. WWE vs. ECW”, it was “This is WWE, stop. WCW and ECW guys are job guys.” That’s all he wanted, that’s all he saw, and he did not care that he was sitting on a 20-million dollar profit. He was comfortable with a 2-million dollar profit because he got to bury WCW and ECW.”

    – On the current state of wrestling:

    “Actually I like all the guys in The Shield, the Wyatt Family guys are entertaining to watch, but the guys out there now, to bring this whole show full circle, it’s all promos. When we had WCW, we had the Power Plant and we brought in the bunch called The Natural Born Thrillers ((Chuck) Palumbo, (Mark) Jindrak, (Shawn) Stasiak, Reno, Mike Sanders). All those guys, with the exception of Sanders, they were all horrible promos. I mean, terrible. But they were great athletes…I mean you go back and watch that stuff they were incredible workers, but they couldn’t cut a promo if you had a gun to their head…And it’s like The Natural Born Thrillers are now the entire roster of the WWE top to bottom: great looking guys, average to fantastic workers, no promo ability; none. I think I mentioned on some discussion the other night that I had online that listening to Roman Reigns cut a promo has all the fire of a Dr. Ben Carson haiku reading. And that’s probably being kind to both of them.”

    – On using Reid Flair’s death as part of an angle:

    “Well, there’s been so much made of that from Monday night with Charlotte and Paige, but…has the death of Ric Flair’s son ever been used in an angle before? No. But has something as disgusting because it’s real been used in a promotional angle before? Sure…Katie Vick…Hunter accused Kane of murdering and I guess burying a high-school cheerleader…That obviously wasn’t real, but that’s disgusting. And there have been other disgusting things like Blackjack Mulligan’s heart attack…there was a David and Mike Von Erich memorial parade of champions…they named the show after the two dead guys, much less invoking the name of Reid Flair Mondaynight on RAW. The fact that it’s raising so many eyebrows means that wrestling might have actually not had to resort to that level of angle to get stuff over for so long that this seems so disgusting when in the whole course of history it has been lapped several times in the disgusting category.”

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/24): 1st Starrcade & tons of Thanksgiving day shows

    1938 

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Sammy Stein defeated Lobo Negro for the World Lightweight Title

    1950 

    Atlanta, Georiga:
    – Lord Finis Hall defeated Jack Kennedy to win the Georgia version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1952 

    Huntington, West Virginia:
    – Ed Francis defeated Joe Scarpello to win the Midwest Wrestling Association Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1956

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Nicoli & Boris Volkoff defeated Reggie & Stan Lisowski to win the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1960

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Nikita Mulkovich won the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title from Pancho Lopez 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski
    – Joe Scarpello beat Aldo Bogni
    – Bob Rasmussen drew Larry Hennig

    1961 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Tiny Mills & Jack Daniels won a tournament to win the Stampede International Tag Team Titles 

    1965

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Giant Baba defeated Dick the Bruiser to win the vacant NWA International Heavyweight Title

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – The Mysterious Medics defeated Ken and Chris Lucas to win the Gulf Coast version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Hiro Matsuda & Dick Steinborn defeated Kurt & Skull Von Stroheim for the Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1966

    Minneapolis, Minnesota: Thanksgiving card attendance was 7,462
    – The Alaskan & Big K beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
    – Killer Kowalski won 14 man battle royal
    – Billy Red Cloud drew Reggie Parks
    – Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert
    – Verne Gagne beat Steve Druk
    – Jim Raschke (Baron Von Raschke) beat Blackjack Daniels

    1970

    Macon, Georgia:
    – Bob Armstrong & Paul DeMarco defeated Buddy Colt and Skandor Akbar to win the NWA Macon Tag Team Titles

    1972

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Omar Atlas defeated Harley Race for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

    1975 

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Pat & Mike Kelly defeated Dale Lewis and Siegfried Steinke for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

    1979 

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) defeated Bill Watts & Buck Robley for the Mid-South Tag Team Titles

    St. Petersburg, Florida:
    – Bad Leroy Brown defeated Sweet Brown Sugar (Skip Young) to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
    – Invaders I & II won the WWC Tag Team Title, defeating Terry and Dory Funk, Jr. 
    – Dick Steinborn won the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title by defeating Jose Rivera

    1980

    Greenville, North Carolina:
    – Ric Flair defeated Greg Valentine to win the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby defeated Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1983 (Thanksgiving Day)

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Chris Adams defeated Jimmy Garvin to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Title 

    Greensboro, North Carolina: (First Starrcade)
    – Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco in a No DQ match to win the NWA World Tag Team Title 
    – Ric Flair defeated Harley Race in a Steel Cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
    – Roddy Piper defeated Greg Valentine in a Dog Collar Chain match

    Minneapolis, Minnesota: Attendance 13,162
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon by dq (Special Referee: Ray Stevens)
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell dq
    – Rick Martel drew David Shults
    – Brad Rheingans double count out Mr Saito
    – Superstar Billy Graham beat Buck Zumhofe
    – Billy Robinson beat Bill White

    1988 (Thanksgiving Day)

    Jackson, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Eric Embry to win the WCWA Light Heavyweight Title 
    – AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Kerry Von Erich

    Carolina, Puerto Rico:
    – Ron Garvin defeated Carlos Colon for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
    – Ricky Santana defeated Bobby Jaggers for the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated the Russian Assassins in a chain match
    – Dusty Rhodes & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA U.S. Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
    – Sting & Lex Luger fought NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors to a double countout

    Richfield, Ohio:
    – Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan), Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin), Mr. Perfect, Harley Race, and Rick Rude defeated Jake Roberts, Ken Patera, Jim Duggan, Tito Santana, and Scott Casey (sub. for B. Brian Blair)
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion the Ultimate Warrior, the Blue Blazer, Jim Brunzell, Sam Houston, and Brutus Beefcake defeated the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart), Greg Valentine, Ron Bass, Bad News Brown, and Danny Davis

    1990 

    Jonesboro, Arkansas:
    – Jeff Jarrett & Cody Michaels defeated Doug Gilbert & Tony Anthony for the USWA Tag Team Titles

    1993 

    Boston, Massachusetts:
    – The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock N’ Roll Express to win the Smoky Mountain Tag Team Titles

    1996

    Norfolk, Virginia:
    – The Giant won the 60 man, three-ring, World War 3 battle royal
    – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Psicosis
    – WCW World Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash defeated The Faces Of Fear and The Nasty Boys in a Triangle match

  • The Week In British Wrestling: Lucha Britannia, PROGRESS season tickets, more

    By Alan Boon for WrestlingObserver.com

    1) The big news this week is tickets!

    PROGRESS put their 2016 season tickets on sale: valid for every one of the eleven events held at Camden’s Electric Ballroom next year. They sold over TWO HUNDRED of them with the front row (priced at £264, roughly $400) and the gold (second and third rows, £242/$360) selling out in under a minute. The promotion has always had a great record of selling out shows without announcing a single match, but this is a leap of faith that demonstrates just how essential their shows have become to UK fans. Later in the week on the heels of their triumphant Fear & Loathing VIII show at Glasgow’s SECC, Insane Championship Wrestling put tickets on sale for Fear & Loathing IX at the Hydro, a building set up for 11,000 seats. On the first day alone they sold FIFTEEN HUNDRED tickets, which is more than TNA sold the last time they ran the Hydro in January of this year. All that for a promotion with no TV and a niche product which owes more to classic ECW than a mainstream pro-wrestling product.

    2) One of the UK’s best kept secrets is Lucha Britannia, presenting chaotic and innovative showcases in a disused railway arch in London’s East End.

    The promotion started way back in 2006 out of the ashes of RAMWA – Rock And Metal Wrestling Alternative. Showing no sign of – nor desire to – moving out of the two-hundred-capacity Resistance Gallery (which they own), their monthly shows sell out to a crowd made up of wrestling fans, hipsters, and curious onlookers. As well as products of their training school, the London School of Lucha Libre, their shows are populated by a who’s who of the UK’s brightest with Will Ospreay, Paul Robinson, RJ Singh, and even WWE World Heavyweight champion Sheamus having walked through the tightly-packed crowd to the ring. The school, by the way, has regular guest training spots by lucha legends Juventud Guerrera and Cassandro who are the only people from “our” dimension to have entered the “RetroFutureVerse” unchanged.

    Last Friday’s show saw Jimmy Havoc return to the promotion, resurrecting his exótico alter-ego Glamsexico to face Juventud Guerrera, as well as the debut of “Anunaki Pharaoh” Marduk Malik, a “Sumerian god” who hit an EIGHT-FOOT dropkick on his way to winning the opening Lucha Chaos match, which also featured Freddie Mercurio, the resurrected rock star.

    3) Another bold diversion from the traditional pro wrestling route trodden by most UK promotions is Tetsujin, who held their first show on Friday night in Liverpool.

    Aiming to present a shoot-style spectacle, along the lines of classic UWFI and Battlarts, and with bouts decided only by submission or knockout, they engaged a ton of the UK’s top names for a one-night only tournament, as well as two of Europe’s finest in Tommy End and Big Daddy Walter for a non-tournament slugfest. Fittingly, Jack Gallagher – a northern-based pure grappler who works a traditional British style of holds and reversals – came out on top, overcoming Zack Gibson, Dave Mastiff, and Chris Brookes on his way to the title. The show, held at the Black-E nightclub, did not draw fantastically well, but it’s a sign of the breadth of the UK scene that this promotion can exist and run on the same night as a lucha show.

    4) Zack Sabre Jr. made his final appearance for Pro Wrestling NOAH.

    Although he spends most of his time outside the UK, we still claim Sabre Jr. as our own and he made his final NOAH appearance with his future endeavours somewhat shrouded in mystery at this point. The smart money has him moving to California, where presumably he will continue to be a regular for Pro-Wrestling Guerilla, as well as EVOLVE and other US indies. The California aspect raises questions of whether Lucha Underground is in his future, but him being featured in a WWE.com article on EVOLVE’s best talent – along with the aggressive acquisition policy of NXT lately – can’t rule out a run in Orlando. Like Neville, who worked all over the UK for the best part of a decade as Pac, Sabre Jr. is held in high-regard by British indy fans, and his any further success will shine brightly on the scene that birthed him.

    5) After two quiet weeks show-wise, things woke up with a score of shows last weekend from the southwest of England to Scotland’s capital.

    Discovery Wrestling presented Live In Edinburgh, and brought TNA bootcamp stars Mark Andrews, Grado, and Rampage Brown in, alongside ICW’s Joe Coffey & Joe Hendry, Nikki Storm, and the “Beast of Belfast” Big Damo. Across Scotland, in Glasgow, Pride Wrestling also brought in Big Damo, Joe Coffey, and Nikki Storm, while further south in Manchester, Futureshock Wrestling held a tournament won by Zack Gibson. HOP:E did a quick two-day shot, in Mansfield and Milton Keynes, with el Ligero, Jack Jester, Doug Williams, the GZRS, and Martin Kirby featuring, and Mark Andrews and former-NXT prospect Joel Redman pulled on their boots for Pro-Wrestling Evolution in Trowbridge.

    The biggest show of the weekend, though, was Tidal Championship Wrestling’s 2nd Anniversary show at the University of Leeds, which drew a decent crowd to witness Dara Diablo retain his TCW title over el Ligero, on a show which also featured Rampage Brown, Tyler Bate, and Addy Starr, a former Inter-Species Wrestling (Quebec) competitor.

    *****

    Next weekend is a HUGE one for the UK scene, with PROGRESS opening their doors for their latest chapter and Preston City Wrestling presenting their Supershow Of Honor weekend, with Ring of Honor sending over reDRagon, Roderick Strong, Dalton Castle, and ROH champion Jay Lethal to mix it with the UK’s best.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/23): John Cena & Edge win WWE titles, Scott Hall wins World War 3

    1933

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Ray Steele beat John Pesek 
    – Orville Brown and George Zaharias wrested to a 30 minute draw
    – Dick Shikat beat Fred “Frank” Speer  

    1961

    Rochester, Minnesota:
    – Bob Geigel & Otto von Krupp (Boris Malenko) beat Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy to win AWA tag title
    – Millie Stafford & Annette Palmer beat Jessica Rogers & Mars Monroe
    – George Armstrong (sub Steve Druk) beat Jules LaRance

    1965

    Sioux City, Iowa:
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
    – Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki dq
    – Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud
    – Tim Woods beat Danny Plechas

    1968

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza by countout
    – Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
    – Edouard Carpentier beat Mitsu Arakawa
    – Bill Watts beat Mike Riker
    – Pampero Firpo beat Fernando Stampos

    1972

    Kansas City, Kansas: (Thanksgiving show)
    – Rufus R. Jones defeated Juan Sebastian
    – Les Thornton defeated Hans Schmidt via DQ
    – The Destroyer defeated Bobby Whitlock
    – Harley Race fought Black Angus to a double-CO
    – Black Angus won a 17-man Battle Royal 

    1978

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Non title: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens
    – Super Destroyer Mark II beat Billy Robinson
    – Bobby Duncum beat Paul Ellering
    – Steve Olsonoski beat Cecil DuBois dq
    – Iron Sheik beat Kenny Jay

    1981 

    New York, New York:
    – Pedro Morales defeated Magnificent Muraco to win the WWF Intercontinental Title 

    1994 

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Bob Backlund defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title 
    – The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna in a Casket Match

    1996

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Steven Dunn & Flash Flanagan defeated The Grimm Twins (Ron & Don Harris) to win the USWA Tag Team Titles 

    1997 

    Auburn Hills, Michigan:
    – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr 
    – WCW United States Champion Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair 
    – Scott Hall won the three ring, 60-man World War 3 battle royal 

    2008 

    Boston, Massachusetts:
    – Edge defeated Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov to win the WWE Title 
    – John Cena defeated Chris Jericho to win the WWE World Title

    2014

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Nikki Bella defeated AJ Lee to win the Divas Title
    – Team Cena defeated Team Authority
    – The Miz and Damien Mizdow defeated The Usos, Goldust & Stardust and Los Matadores to win the WWE Tag Team Titles

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/22): Midnight Rockers win AWA Tag Team Titles

    1922 

    Melbourne, Australia:
    – Billy Meeske defeated Joe Bailey in a tournament final to win the vacant Australian Heavyweight Title 

    1950 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Baron Michele Leone defeated Enrique Torres to become recognized World Heavyweight Champion in Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest

    1954 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Lord James Blears & Joe Pazanadak defeated Gene Kiniski and John Tolos for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

    1955 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Rikidozan defeated King Kong in a tournament final to become the first All Asia Heavyweight Champion  

    1960 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    – George Eakin won the Madison Wrestling Club Heavyweight Title from Bob Brown

    1961

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia won the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title by defeating Shoulders Newman and Ted Travis 

    1962

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) defeated Tony Baillargeon & Maurice Lapoine for the Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Title

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Battle of the K(C)rushers, Loser no longer can use the name K(C)rusher: Crusher beat Krusher Stan Kowalski 
    – Farmer Pete & Nan Regen beat Pee Wee James & Mars Monroe
    – Jack Lanza beat George Cannon 

    1963

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Billy Hines defeated Mickey Sharpe to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1968 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – The Assassins (Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton) defeated Ramon & Alberto Torres for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title 

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Rocket & Flash Monroe defeated Don Carson & Dick Dunn to win the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Title 

    1969 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) defeated Assassin #2 (Tom Renesto) in a tournament final to become the first NWA Georgia Television Champion

    1972 

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Bob Kelly won the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship by defeating The Wrestling Pro 

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Rocket & Flash Monroe defeated Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan to win the Gulf Coast version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title

    1973

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2 in out of 3 falls
    – Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham
    – Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco
    – Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud
    – Big K drew Ric Flair

    1974

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Pampero Firpo defeated John Tolos for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

    1976 

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – “Superstar” Billy Graham defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

    1978 

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Mando Guerrero defeated Larry Sharpe for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title 

    1979 

    Bowling Green, Kentucky:
    – Tojo Yamamoto, Bobby Eaton & Secret Weapon defeated George Gulas, Ken Lucas & Joey Rossi for the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – The Avenger defeated The Turk to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

    1980 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Judy Martin defeated Princess Little Heart for the NWA United States Women’s Title 

    1982

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – Kevin Sullivan defeated Dusty Rhodes for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1984

    Greensboro, North Carolina: Attendance was 16,000
    – NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes to retain the title
    – Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the NWA TV Title

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Jimmy Golden defeated Austin Idol for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title 

    Bayaman, Puerto Rico:
    – Invaders I & III win the vacant WWC Tag Team Title by defeating Super Medico I & Black Gordman

    Kansas City, Kansas: afternoon show attendance was 1,600
    – Jerry Blackwell won battle royal
    – Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts no contest Road Warriors & Paul Ellering
    – Handicap Match: Jerry Blackwell beat Tug Taylor & Mike Pagel
    – Marty Jannetty beat Missing Link
    – Bulldog Bob Brown & King Parsons beat King Kong Bundy & Hacksaw Higgins dq
    – Mr. Pogo beat Dave Peterson
    – Candi Devine beat Princess Jasmine

    St. Paul, Minnesota: evening show attendance was 16,000
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Boom Boom Bundy & Jerry Blackwell
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Billy Robinson
    – Cage match: Greg Gagne beat Sheik Adnan dq
    – Mr. Saito drew Curt Hennig
    – Fabulous Ones beat Luke Graham & Steve Regal
    – Jimmy Garvin beat Steve O
    – Cowboy Lang & Little Koko beat Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo

    1987 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Midnight Rockers (Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    1989 

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Big Van Vader defeated Canek for the Universal Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 

    1991 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – John Tatum & Rod Price defeated Steve Simpson in a handicap match to win the Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Titles

    1992

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Ultimo Dragon defeated El Samurai for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title 
    – Scott Norton & Tony Halme (later known as Ludvig Borga in the WWF) defeated The Steiner Brothers to win the the IWGP World Tag Team Titles

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett won a Battle Royal to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title 

    1993

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Buddy Landell defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1995

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Tex Slazenger defeated Brian Christopher for the vacant USWA Heavyweight Title 

    1998

    Auburn Hills, Michigan:
    – Billy Kidman defeated Juventud Guerrera to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title

    1999 

    Auburn Hills, Michigan:
    – Creative Control (Patrick & Gerald [The Harris Brothers]) defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Billy Kidman) to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles

    2003

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Raven defeated Justin Credible for the 3PW Heavyweight Title 

    2010 

    – The Miz captured the WWE championship after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract and defeating Randy Orton

  • On this date in pro wrestling history (11/21): Bret Hart wins WCW World Title

    1940

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Orville Brown defeated Dorv Roche in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Lee Wykoff beat Dan O’Connor 
    – Steve Brody beat Jack Hader 
    – Prospector Pete and Ray Schwartz drew 

    1963

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mongolian Stomper beat Bob Geigel 2 falls to 1
    – Pat O’Connor beat Bulldog Plechas 2 falls to 0
    – Rock Hunter beat Reggie Parks  

    1964

    Stillwater, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Eddie Sharkey

    1966

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
    – Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza
    – Billy Red Cloud beat Big K

    1971

    Green Bay, Wisconsin:
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien
    – Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens
    – Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski
    – Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips

    1974

    Osaka, Japan:
    – AWA Tag Title vs IWA Tag Title: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & beat IWA Tag Team Champions Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu by dq 
    – AWA Title vs IWA Title: AWA Champion Verne Gagne double knockout IWA Champion Mighty Inoue 

    1978 

    Allentown, Pennsylvania:
    – Tony Garea & Larry Zbyszko defeated The Yukon Lumberjacks for the WWWF World Tag Team Title 

    1983

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Gino Brito
    – International Champion Dino Bravo beat Sailor White
    – Tony Parisi beat Bob Boucher
    – Richard Charland no contest Mad Dog Lefebvre
    – Gino Brito & Hubert Gallant beat Mr Hito & John White in 2 out of 3 falls

    1986

    Las Vegas, Nevada:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel went to a 60 minute draw with Curt Hennig 

    1987

    San Francisco, California:
    – AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat DJ Peterson
    – Wahoo McDaniel won battle royal
    – Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose & Dick Slater
    – Tommy Rich no contest Adrian Adonis
    – Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski drew Mitch Snow & Alan West
    – JT Southern beat Soldat Ustinov

    1999 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Evan Karagias defeated Disco Inferno to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title
    – Norman Smiley defeated Brian Knobs to become the first WCW Hardcore Champion 
    – In a tournament final, Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit to win WCW World Heavyweight Title 

    2000 

    Ft. Lauderdale, Florida:
    – Billy Gunn defeated Eddie Guerrero for the WWF Intercontinental Title 

    2010 

    – Natalya defeated LayCool to win the WWE Diva’s Title
    – US Champion Daniel Bryan defeated Ted DiBiase to retain the title

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/20): Jeff Jarrett wins NWA Title

    1964

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Reggie Parks drew AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
    – Eddie Sharkey drew Bob Boyer 
    – Jack Lanza beat George Drake

    1966

    Melbourne, Australia;
    – Ray Stevens and Art Nelson defeated George & Sandy Scott for the IWA Tag Team Titles 

    1970

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Dory Funk Jr. defeated Thunderbolt Patterson for the Southwest Brass Knux Title 

    1974

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne double countout Billy Robinson 
    – Great Kusatsu & Kimura beat Ray Stevens & Buddy Wolff
    – Mighty Inoue beat Nick Bockwinkel in 2 out of 3 falls

    1977

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – WWWF Champion Billy Graham beat Stan Stasiak 
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier 
    – Black Jack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell dq 
    – Verne Gagne beat El Santos

    1988

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Pit Viper
    – Loser Leaves Town, Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller beat Cactus Jack & Gary Young
    – Sid Vicious beat Bill Dundee dq
    – Jeff Jarrett beat Buddy Landell
    – CWA Champion Brian Lee beat Mike Miller
    – RPMs beat Scott Steiner & Brickhouse Brown

    1990 

    Rochester, New York:
    – Curt Hennig defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the WWF Intercontinental title 

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – Ric Flair defeated Butch Reed
    – The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated The Southern Boys (Tracey Smothers & Steve Armstrong

    2000 

    Augusta, Georgia:
    – Chuck Palumbo & Sean Stasiak defeated Elix Skipper (subbing for an injured General Rection) & Alex Wright for the WCW World Tag Team Title 

    2002 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Title 

    2011

    New York City:
    – WWE Champion CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to retain the title
    – The Rock and John Cena defeated Miz and R Truth

  • Daily pro wrestling history (11/19): Curt Hennig wins WWF Intercontinental Title

    1906 

    Melbourne, Australia:
    – Clarence Weber defeated Buttan Singh for the Australian Heavyweight Title 

    1951

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Danny McShain defeated Verne Gagne to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1954 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Polo Torres defeated The Sheik for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1956 

    Phoenix, Arizona:
    – Otto Lenz and Jack O’Reilly defeated Enrique Romero and Black Hawk to win the Western States Tag Team Title 

    1958 

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

    1960 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Joe Scarpello
    – Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts
    – US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Cowboy Rocky Lee
    – Bob Rasmussen beat Bill Green

    – Johnny Valentine & Buddy Rogers defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) for the United States Tag Team Title 

    1964 

    Kalamazoo, Michigan:
    – Martino Angelo defeated Danny Ferraza to win the Wolverine Wrestling Midwest Heavyweight Title 

    1966 

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Mad Dog Vachon defeated Dick the Bruiser for the AWA World Heavyweight Title (title change only recognized in Omaha)
    – Ron Reed & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Dale Lewis & Haru Sasaki
    – Jake Smith beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski dq
    – Luke Brown beat Luke Graham

    Melbourne, Australia:
    – Ray Stevens and Art Nelson defeated George and Sandy Scott to win the International Wrestling Alliance (Australia) Tag Team Titles

    1970 

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Thunderbolt Patterson for the Southwest Brass Knuckles Title 

    Ashikaga, Japan:
    – Larry Hennig and Bob Windham (Blackjack Mulligan) defeated Thunder Sugiyama and Great Kusatsu for the International Wrestling Alliance (Japan) Tag Team Titles

    1971 

    – Kinji Shibuya and Masa Saito won the NWA Americas Tag Team Title, defeating Pantera Negra and Salvador Lothario

    1974
    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Jack Donovan defeated Ken Lucas to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1975 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Jackie Fargo and Jerry Lawler defeated Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey for the Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    1976 

    – Chavo Guerrero, Sr. defeated Ken Mantell to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Thunderbolt Patterson defeated The Sheik for the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Bob Kelly defeated The Wrestling Pro (Doug Gilbert) for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    1977

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Sangre Chicana defeated Jose Luis Mendieta to win the Mexican National Middleweight Title 

    1978

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Attendance was 9,000
    – US Champion Ric Flair beat Ricky Steamboat
    – Tony Atlas beat Ken Patera
    – Bob Backlund & Dino Bravo beat AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens dq
    – Jay Youngblood beat Geoff Portz
    – Johnny Weaver beat Steve Muslin
    – Steve Bolus beat Joe Marcus
    – Dewey Robertson (Missing Link) beat Kim Chang

    1979 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Billy Graham beat CWA Champion Jerry Lawler dq
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Sonny King
    – Ricky Morton beat Tojo Yamamoto dq
    – Hector Guerrero & Steve Regal beat The Blond Bombers (Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham) to win the Southern Tag Title
    – The Assassins beat Jerry Bryant & Jerry Barber
    – Koko Ware beat Steve Kyle

    1981 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Tommy Martin defeated Bob Sweetan to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

    1982 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Leo Burke and Bret Hart defeated Duke Myers and The Dynamite Kid for the Stampede International Tag Team Title 

    1984 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jacques Rougeau, Jr. won the vacant NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title 

    Salt Lake City, Utah: Attendance was 3,002
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Fabulous Ones
    – Jimmy Garvin beat Jim Brunzell
    – Curt Hennig & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr Saito dq
    – Jim Brunzell drew Billy Robinson
    – Blackjack Lanza beat Steve Regal

    1985 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Lex Luger defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

    1988 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Brian Lee defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final for the Championship Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title 

    Carolina, Puerto Rico:
    – Jason the Terrible defeated TNT (Juan Rivera) for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title 

    1989 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Bill Dundee defeated Tony Anthony for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1990 

    Rochester, New York:
    – Curt Hennig defeated Kerry Von Erich for the WWF Intercontinental title 

    1991 

    Savannah, Georgia:
    – Dustin Rhodes & mystery partner Ricky Steamboat defeated The Enforcers, Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko to win the WCW World Tag 
      Team Titles 
    – Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW United States Title

    1994

    Cherry Hill, New York:
    – Chris Candido defeated Tracey Smothers to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title in a tournament final 

    1995

    Landover, Maryland:
    – Bret Hart defeated Diesel to win the WWF World Title
    – Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, Sid, & Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon, Owen Hart, Dean 
      Douglas, & Yokozuna

    2004 
    Columbus, Nebraska:
    – Trevor Rhodes defeated Rick Steiner for the World League Wrestling Heavyweight Title 

    2005 

    Wayne, New Jersey:
    – Chris Harris defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA Cyberspace title
    – Abyss defeated Chris Harris to win the NWA Cyberspace title

    2006 

    Orlando, Florida:
    – Abyss defeated Sting by DQ to win the NWA World Title
    – Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe
    – TNA X Division Champion Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin to retain the title
    – Christian Cage defeated AJ Styles

    2011

    Chicago Ridge, Illinois:
    – Eddie Edwards defeated Kyle O’Reilly
    – The Briscoes defeated The Young Bucks
    – ROH Tag Team Champions, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated The All Night Express to retain the titles
    – ROH Champion Davey Richards defeated El Genericho to retain the title

    2014

    – Taryn Terrell defeated Havok & Gail Kim to win the TNA Knockouts Title
    – Low Ki defeated Tigre Uno, Manik and DJ Z to win the TNA X Division Title