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Former WWE tag team champion Rico Constantino was on the ‘Pancakes & Powerslams’ show and had a bit of a rant on current WWE roster member Bubba Ray Dudley. Here’s a link to the whole show.

Excerpts:

“If you’re listening, Bubba, come here to Vegas and I’ll tell it to your frickin face. You are a spoiled brat. If you don’t get your way, you hurt people, and you do it on purpose.”

“He ripped my hamstring three times in Chicago. I told him I tore, and he kept going. He suplexed me, and tore it again. And when he pinned me, he threw my legs over my head, and put his legs on the second turnbuckle, and tore it again.” 

“Yes, Devon is OK. Bubba, is a brat. You’re a spoiled, little baby. And I knew that when we went to Italy. Charlie and I had the tag team belts, and Bubba is there, Devon, we’re gonna wrestle in Italy. And out of respect, when they put the match up, I said, ‘OK. What would you like to do, Bubba?’ You know, cuz he’s been in the business longer than I have, so has Devon, and Charlie and I were giving them respect, ‘What would you like to do?’”

“Bubba popped off, ‘I’m tired of making the matches! You guys are the champions! Why don’t you make up the match!’ He was throwing a fit, in Italy! I said, what the hell? Like we win these titles; they give them to us! You want to win a title, go win Gladiators, you fat pig. That’s what I’m thinking. He [cried] and moaned. I looked at Dean Malenko and said, ‘Hey. Here.’ Threw him the belt and said, ‘Bubba wants the belt, give it to him. I’m not going out.’ ‘What’ [said Malenko]? I said, ‘I’m not going out. That’s it. Forget it. I don’t want the titles!’ And I left.”

“25-30 minutes later, Dean came up, that fat, little spoiled brat apologized, and we went out and had a match. Yep, Bubba’s famous for that. I’ll tell it to his face, and I live is Las Vegas, Bubba. Come over here, and I will tell ya.”

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1965

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Mongolian Stomper beat Bob Geigel 2 falls to 1
– The Ox (Ox Baker) beat Bob Brown
– Sonny Myers beat Bulldog Plechas by dq
– Jerry Miller drew Thor Hagen

1967

Boston, Massachusetts:
– WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon in a Texas Death match at the Boston Garden

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Dr. X beat The Crusher dq
– Ramon Torres beat Harley Race
– Larry Hennig beat Al Kashey
– Rock Rogowski (Ole Anderson) beat Big K
– Chris Markoff beat Steve Druk
– Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso

1972

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon

1975
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson in 2 out of 3 falls
– Pampero Firpo no contest Nick Bockwinkel
– Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
– Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski

1976

Kansas City, Kansas: 
– The Super Intern defeated Ox Baker in a Texas Death Match
– Skip Young & Rick Gibson fought Black Gordman & Great Goliath to a double-DQ
– Harley Race defeated Bob Brown to retain the Central States Title

1977

– Georgia Championship Wrestling held a one night tournament for the Georgia Tag Team Titles. Tony Atlas and Tommy Rich defeated Pak Song and the Executioner to win the Titles.

1980

Allentown, Pennsylvania:
– The Samoans defeated Tony Garea & Rene Goulet in a tournament
final for the WWWF World Tag Team Title

1984

St. Paul, Minnesota (3000 attendance):
– AWA Champion Rick Martel drew Brad Rheingans
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Steve O & Jim Brunzell
– Fabulous Ones & Blackjack Lanza beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito & Bobby Heenan in a Weasel Suit Match
– Curt Hennig beat Harley Race dq
– Larry Zbyzsko beat Tom Zenk
– Billy Robinson beat Steve Regal

1986

Columbia, South Carolina:
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson for the NWA Television Title

1993

– Shane Douglas won the ECW Heavyweight Title via forfeit from Tito Santana.

2000

– Rhino defeated Kid Kash in Mississauga, Ontario, to become the last ECW Television Champion

2012

TNA No Surrender: 
– Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe
– Bully Ray defeated James Storm
– TNA Knockouts Champion Brooke Tessmacher defeated Tara
– X Division Champion Zema Ion defeated Sonjay Dutt
– Rob Van Dam defeated Magnus
– TNA Tag Team Champions Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles & Kurt Angle
– Jeff Hardy defeated Bully Ray

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1932

In Kansas City, Missouri:
– World Champion Jim Londos beat Abe Coleman
– Rudy Dusek beat Wee Willie Davis
– George Zaharias drew Gino Garibaldi
– Jim McMillen beat Jack Hurley

1935

In Waterloo, Iowa:
– Earl Wampler beat Louis Thesz

1950

In Houston, Texas:
– Verne Gagne defeated Miguel Guzman for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1962

In Minneapolis, Minnesota (4150 attendance):
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ilio DiPaolo
– Bill Miller beat Bob Geigel
– Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brauner
– Crusher beat Floyd Ude (this was the debut of the Crusher character)
– Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King

1967

In Atlanta, Georgia:
– El Mongol defeated Mr. Wrestling for the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title

1973

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin (6059 attendance):
– Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher
– Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq
– Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas
– Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz
– Ric Flair beat Billy Howard

1974

In Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell
– The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham
– Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman
– Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri (sub Bobby Heenan)

1979

In Springfield, Massachusetts:
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund via countout in a rare champion vs. champion match

1983

In Chiba, Japan:
– Stan Hansen defeated Giant Baba for the Pacific Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title (now part of the All Japan Triple Crown)

1985

In Asheville, North Carolina:
– NWA Champion Ric Flair no contest Ivan Koloff

– Bunkhouse Match: Ron Bass & Manny Fernandez & Magnum TA beat Ole Anderson & Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev dq

In Minneapolis, Minnesota for an ESPN TV taping:
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Kamala dq
– Terry Gordy beat Jerry Blackwell dq
– Greg Gagne & Curt Hennig & Scott Hall beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Larry Zbyszko
– Curt Hennig & Greg Gagne beat Jim Garvin & Steve Regal dq

1990

– Kim Duk (aka Tiger Chung Lee) defeated Invader #1 for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title in Bayamon, Puerto Rico

1991

– The National Wrestling Alliance officially stripped Ric Flair of the NWA World Heavyweight Title

1999

– Brian Hildebrand, better known to fans as referee Mark Curtis, passed away at the age of 37 after a battle with cancer.

2007

– Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeated Paul London & Brian Kendrick to win the WWE World Tag Team championships.

1927
Jack Reynolds won the World Welterweight Title from Bert Willard in Columbus, Ohio.

1936
Honey Boy Hackney won the Southern Light Heavyweight Champion in Atlanta, Georgia, by defeating Ben Jordan.

1945
Buddy Rogers defeated Ted Cox to win the Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

1953
Ciclón Anaya and Tommy Martindale defeated Cowboy Carlson and Dory Funk for the NWA Southwest Tag Team Title in Abilene, Texas.

1956
Pepper Gomez defeated Gene Kelly (Kiniski) for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas

1956
Don McIntyre defeated Fred Blassie to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia

1956
Médico Asesino defeated Jose Lothario in a tournament final for the vacant Mexican National Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.

1960
Tony Borne defeated Ed Francis to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

1961
Cyclone and Hurricane Smith defeated Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak to win the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Title in Toronto, Ontario.

1961
Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Ike Eakins and Eddie Graham in a tournament final in Jacksonville, Florida for the vacant Florida NWA World Tag Team Title

1962
Duke Keomuka and Taro Miyake defeated The Alaskan (Jay York) and Tarzan Tyler in Houston, Texas for the Texas NWA World Tag Team Title.

1963
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Omaha World Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich in Omaha, Nebraska to unify the titles. Also on the card, Waldo Von Erich ddq Mitsu Arakawa, Guy Mitchell & Don Whittler beat Missouri Mauler Rocky Hamilton & Bulldog Danny Plechas and Bob Geigel drew Jack Pesek. Attendance was 4,012

Minneapolis, Minnesota AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher no contest Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Larry Hennig drew Don McClarty
Paul Christy beat Bill Wright
Stan Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Attendance was 5,006

1964
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated American Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion Karl Krauser (Karl Gotch) in Columbus, Ohio to unify the titles.

1967
John DaSilva defeated Al Hobman in Wellington, New Zealand to win the New Zealand Heavyweight Title

Sioux City, Iowa Pat O’Connor beat Bob Orton dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Bob Ellis beat Chris Markoff Mike Dibiase beat Eddie Sharkey

1970
Don Leo Jonathan and Duncan McTavish defeated Bob Brown and John Quinn to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Vancouver, British Columbia.

1970
The Interns won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee by defeating Johnny Walker and Tojo Yamamoto.

1971
Red Bastien and Bill Howard defeated Rusher Kimura and Thunder Sugiyama for the vacant International Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.

1972
Seiji Sakaguchi defeated The Sheik to win the NWA United National Title in Osaka, Japan

Kansas City Danny Little Bear defeated The Destroyer Rufus R. Jones & Omar Atlas defeated North American Tag Team Champions Black Angus & Roger Kirby (w/ Percival A. Friend) via DQ in three falls Texas Death Match: Harley Race defeated Dory Funk, Sr.

1974
Man Mountain Mike defeated Manny Soto in Hollywood, California for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title.

Chicago, Illinois at Cominskey Park AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson COR The Sheik & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Chris Taylor beat Ox Baker dq Pepper Gomez no contest Baron Von Raschke Wilbur Snyder beat Rene Goulet Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff Vivian Vachon beat Lucille DuPree

1975
Pat Patterson won the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title from Angelo Mosca in Sacramento, California.

1977
Greg Valentine defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title in Raleigh, North Carolina

1977
Texas Red defeated Chavo Guerrero for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California.

1980
NWA Tri-State held an 11-man tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma to crown the first NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Champion. Terry Gibbs defeated Mr. Pogo to become the first NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Champion. Danny Hodge was the guest referee.

1980
El Texano defeated El Gringo for the UWA World Welterweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.

1981
The Continental Wrestling Association held an event at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Heartbreakers (Joey Cagle and Rocky Sortor) defeated AWA Southern Tag Team Champions Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton to win the title. Also, Steve Keirn defeated NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Bugsy McGraw in a Title vs. Hair No Disqualification match to win the title. The Dream Machine defeated AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler in a Loser Leaves Town No Disqualification match to win the title. Koko Ware was the guest referee.

1981
Dory Funk, Jr. defeated El Gran Apolo to win the NWA Florida Television Title in Tampa, Florida.

1983
The Dynamite Kid defeated Curt Hennig for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title in Seattle, Washington.

1985
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Dusty Rhodes AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Tully Blanchard beat Magnum TA Ole Anderson beat Sam Houston Arn Anderson beat Starship Eagle

Las Vegas, Nevada Jerry Blackwell & Rick Martel beat Fabulous Freebirds Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy Sleeper vs Sleeper Match Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne Larry Zbyszko beat Sgt. Slaughter dq Boris Zhukov beat Brad Rheingans Curt Hennig drew Jim Garvin

1986 Chicago, Illinois Midnight Rockers beat AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers to win title. (Decision later reversed as the wrong man (Somers) was pinned) Curt Hennig (sub Nord The Barbarian) beat Nick Bockwinkel to win AWA Title when Larry Zbyszko hit Bockwinkel with nunchakus (Later announced, Curt returned the AWA Title to Bockwinkel because Hennig could not accept winning it in an unjust manner.) Greg Gagne & Jerry Blackwell & Jimmy Snuka beat Sheik Adnan & Ali Khan & Boris Zhukov Scott Hall beat Colonel DeBeers Curt Hennig dcor Larry Zbyszko

1987
The World Class Wrestling Association held its fifth and final “Labor Day Star Wars” event at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Steve and Shaun Simpson defeated WCWA World Tag Team Champions Eric Embry and Frankie Lancaster to win the title. Also, WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Al Perez defeated Kevin Von Erich by countout to retain the title

1987
Carl Fergie defeated Jeff Jarrett in Memphis, Tennessee to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

Larry Hamilton defeated Scott Armstrong for the Southeast NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title in Birmingham, Alabama. This ended Armstrong’s fourth reign and began Hamilton’s third.

1990
Johnny Ace and Kenta Kobashi defeatedThe Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) for the vacant AJPW All Asia Tag Team Title in Fukui, Japan.

1991
The WWF held its sixth “King of the Ring” event at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the final edition of the event before its 1993 pay-per-view debut. WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart defeated Irwin R. Schyster to win the King of the Ring Tournament.

1991
Galan Mendoza and Dusty Wolfe defeated The Latin Connection (Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana) to win the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico. At the same show, Monster Ripper (Rhonda Singh) defeated Candi Devine for the WWC Women’s Title

1997
The WWF held its 17th “In Your House” event, subtitled “Ground Zero”, at the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky. Brian Pillman pinned Goldust (with Marlena). As a result, Pillman won Marlena for 30 days. If Pillman had lost, he would have had to leave the WWF. Also, The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) (subbing for Steve Austin & Dude Love) defeated WWF European Champion The British Bulldog & Owen Hart, The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas) and The Legion of Doom (Animal & Hawk) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Title.

1999 The Undertaker and Kane defeated The Rock and Mankind to win the WWF Tag Team Titles in a Buried Alive Match. 

2004
René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki defeated Billy Kidman and Paul London to win the WWE Tag Team Title at a “SmackDown” taping in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2008 At the Unforgiven PPV; Matt Hardy won the ECW Title over Mark Henry, The Miz, Chavo Guerrero and Fit Finlay. Also, Chris Jericho defeated CM Punk, JBL, Kane, Batista and Rey Mysterio in a Championship Scramble match.

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1902 

George Hackenschmidt defeated Tom Cannon for the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title in Liverpool, England 1911

In their second meeting, Frank Gotch defeated George Hackenschmidt in two straight falls to retain the World Heavyweight Title before 30,000 at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. 1935 

Waterloo, Iowa; Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat Lou Plummer, Earl Wampler beat Louis Thesz and Dell Guthrie beat Stanley Mayslack 1941

George Wagner (Gorgeous George) defeated Billy McEuin for the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title in Eugene, Oregon 1944 

Bill Ludwig defeated Billy Williams to win the Florida Junior Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida. 1947 
Kansas City, Kansas at Memorial Hall; In a tournament final with winner getting an MWA Title shot; Warren Bockwinkel beat Antone Leone. Semifinals; Warren Bockwinkel beat Jay Steele and Antone Leone beat Dick Trout. First round; Warren Bockwinkel beat Lee Wykoff dq, Jay Steele beat Roberto Pico, Dick Trout beat Cardiff Giant dq and Antone Leone beat Sockeye Jack McDonald 1951

Ray Gunkel defeated Duke Keomuka for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas. 1963

Georgia Championship Wrestling held a 12-man tournament in Columbus, Georgia to determine the first Georgia NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Champion. Joe McCarthy defeated Marco Polo to become the first Georgia NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Champion. 1964

Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder defeated Angelo Poffo and Nicoli Volkoff to win the WWA World Tag Team Champions. 1965 

Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon to win Nebraska Tag Team title in Omaha, Nebraska.  1968 

Bob Kelly defeated Bobby Fields to win the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 1969 

– In Kansas City, Kansas; The Viking defeated Jack Armstrong, Stan the Mad Russian fought K.O. Cox to a double countout and  Danny Little Bear & Big Luke defeated Tarzan Tyler & The Great Kojika via DQ in three falls

– Bob Kelly defeated The Blue Yankee for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title in Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1970

– Buddy Colt defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia

– Bobby and Jerry Christy won the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta, defeating Bud and Ray Osborne. 1972 

– Jerry Brisco defeated Rip Hawk for the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title in Greenville, South Carolina.

– Bob Brown and John Quinn defeated Steven Little Bear and Dutch Savage for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in New Westminster, British Columbia. 1975 

In Kansas City, Kansas; Bob Geigel fought Ed Wiskowski to a double-DQ, French Martin defeated Paul Perschmann,Oki Shikina & Jesse Ventura & Sharon Brooks defeated Don Wayt & Scotty Campbell & Jean Antone, Tank Patton & Mr. Seki defeated Akio Sato & Prince Tapu, Jerry Oates defeated Baron Von Raschke via DQ and Jack Brisco defeated Danny Little Bear in three falls 1976 

Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair in Richmond, Virginia to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title. However, the title change was nullified because Rhodes had his feet on the ropes during the pin. 1978 
David and Kevin Von Erich defeated Bruiser Brody and Gino Hernandez to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in Fort Worth, Texas 1979 
In Raleigh, North Carolina; Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan & Ricky Steamboat beat Paul Jones & Baron Von Raschke & Nick Bockwinkel, Dewey Robertson vs Johnny Weaver and  Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs The Scorpion 1980 

– Giant Baba defeated Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in Saga, Japan

– Roddy Piper defeated Buddy Rose to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title 1987 
 The WWF held its third-annual “King of the Ring” event at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Randy Savage defeated King Kong Bundy to win the King of the Ring tournament. 1989

– Cuchillo defeated Yoshihiro Asai (Ultimo Dragon) for the UWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico. – Texas Dirt (Dutch Mantel) defeated Black Bart to win the CWA Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee 1990 

Danny Collins defeated Richie Brooks for the British Heavy-Middleweight Title in Croydon, England 1991 
 Alex Porteau defeated Ricky Santana to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title reign in Cataño, Puerto Rico. 1992 
Bestia Salvaje defeated El Dandy for the CMLL World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico. 1994

Pierroth, Jr. defeated Vampiro in Monterrey, Mexico to win the Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre Heavyweight Title. 1995 

WCW Monday Nitro debuted on TNT, live from the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scott Riggs) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater (with Col. Robert Parker) in a non-televised match. Brian Pillman defeated Jushin Liger, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Sting defeated Ric Flair by disqualification to retain the title. During this match, Lex Luger made his surprise return to WCW and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Big Bubba Rogers to retain the title. 1996

Vance Nevada defeated JT Atlas to win the Canadian Junior Heavyweight Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1998
Adam Pearce defeats Billy Joe Eaton in West Allis, Wisconsin to win the Mid American Wrestling Heayweight Title 1999

Blade Boudreaux defeated Don Bass to win the NWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title in Brownsville, Tennessee 2004 

Nuevo Gran Apolo defeated Ray Gonzalez for the IWA World Heavyweight Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1965

Kansas City at Memorial Hall; Mongolian Stomper beat Bob Brown 2 falls to 1, The Ox (Ox Baker) beat Bob Rader, Pat O’Connor beat Corsica Joe by dq and Betty Nicoli beat Betty Boucher

1968

Waterloo, Iowa; In a Cage match, Dr X beat the Crusher, Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Bill Watts and Billy Red Lyons beat Big K

1974

In Davenport, Iowa; Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig, Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski dq, Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski, Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq and Paul Perschmann (Buddy Rose) beat Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek)

1976

Kansas City, Kansas; Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Mike George & Pat O’Connor, Skip Young & Rick Gibson defeated Black Gordman & Great Goliath, Ox Baker fought The Super Intern to a double-DQ and Harley Race defeated Bob Brown

1979

Columbia, SC; Title vs Title match, NWA TV Champion Ricky Steamboat beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Mid Atlantic Champion Ken Patera beat Jim Brunzell, Non Title Match Rufus R Jones beat US Champion Jimmy Snuka, Gene Anderson & Swede Hanson beat Coco Samoa & Pedro Morales, Nick Decarlo beat Tony Russo and Pedro Morales (sub SD Jones) beat Charlie Fulton

Greensboro, NC; Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan beat Paul Jones & Baron Von Raschke dq, TV Title Match (AWA Title not on the line) NWA TV Champion Ricky Steamboat beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel, Johnny Weaver & Jay Youngblood beat John Studd & Jimmy Snuka, Jim Brunzell, Tim Woods, Dewey Robertson and Bob Marcus also won their singles matches. Attendance was 5,549

1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan wrestled UWA Champion El Canek to a draw in Mexico City, Mexico.

1985

In Ft. Worth, Texas; Kerry Von Erich, Kevin Von Erich & Brian Adidas defeated One Man Gang, Mark Lewin & Jack Victory to win the World Class Six Man Tag Team Title. Gino Hernandez defeated Brian Adidas to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title and Kevin Von Erich defeated Chris Adams

Tampa, Florida; CWF promoted a card called “Battle of the Belts.” NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Wahoo McDaniel in a 2 out of 3 falls match, Nick Bockwinkel (sub Rick Martel) beat Frank Lang, AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors double countout Stan Hansen & Harley Race, Rick Rude beat Billy Jack Haynes, Kendall Windham beat Jack Hart to win the Florida Title, Coco Samoa beat Rip Rogers and Hector Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero beat Rip Oliver & The Grappler

1987

Terry Taylor defeated Shane Douglas to win the UWF Television championship.

1989

Clinton, Iowa; Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom beat Paul Diamond & Tommy Jammer, AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko beat Baron Von Raschke dq, Derrick Dukes beat Colonel DeBeers, Mighty Thor no contest Jonnie Stewart and Mike George beat TC Carter

1991

Jerry Lawler defeated The Dragon Master to win the USWA Unified championship in Memphis, TN. On the same show, Danny Davis defeated Bill Dundee to win the USWA Junior Heavyweight championship.

1992

WCW broadcast Clash of the Champions XX from Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia. Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin in a No-DQ Match to win the WCW World Television championship, Ron Simmons defeated Cactus Jack to retain the WCW World championship and Rick Rude & Jake Roberts & The Super Invader (Hercules Hernandez), & Big Van Vader defeated Sting & Nikita Koloff & Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner in an Elimination Tag Team Bout.

1996

Jerry Lawler defeated Sid Vicious to win the USWA Unified championship

2002

During an edition of Raw, Eric Bischoff created a new World Heavyweight Title and awarded it to Triple H.

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1868 – Homer Lane defeated James H. McLaughlin for the American Collar-and-Elbow Title in Utica, New York.

1923 – Clarence Weber defeated Billy Meeske in Melbourne, Australia to win the Australian Heavyweight Title

1941 – Wild Red Berry defeated Danny McShain for the World Light Heavyweight Title in Hollywood, California

1946 – George Becker defeated Babe Sharkey in Portland, Oregon to win the Pacific Northwest (later Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Title.

1958 – Eddie and Jerry Graham defeated Don Curtis and Mark Lewin in Washington, DC to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Title.

1967 – Killer Kowalski defeated Bearcat Wright in Melbourne, Australia for the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title.

1972 – At Soldier Field (Home of the Bears) in Chicago, Illinois; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff, Steel Cage Match, Special Ref Jersey Joe Walcott, Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan, AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder, Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Handicap Match: Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon, Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud, Sailor Art Thomas beat Hans Hermann, Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo and Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco. Attendance was 12,000: Johnny Valentine defeated Johnny Powers to win the National Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title in Cleveland, Ohio

1977 – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Otto Wanz for the Catch Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Johannesburg, South Africa; Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Ciclón Negro in Amarillo, Texas to win the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title

1978 – Pak Choo and Roddy Piper defeated Ryuma Go and Black Gordman to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title; Paddy Ryan defeated Mr. Sakurada for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta.

1979 – Pat Patterson was introduced as the first WWF Intercontinental Champion.

1979 – Jimmy Snuka defeated Ricky Steamboat to win vacant Mid-Atlantic NWA United States Heavyweight Title during a one night tournament held in Charlotte, NC.

1980 – Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

1982 – Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title in Charlotte, North Carolina

1985 – American Force (Paul Diamond and Shawn Michaels) are awarded the TASW Texas Tag Team TItle in San Antonio, Texas.

1985 – In Orlando, Florida; Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors dq, Rick Rude beat Frank Lane, Rip Oliver & Grappler beat Coco Samoa & Kendall Windham and Hector Guerrero drew Jack Hart

1986

Championship Wrestling from Florida hosted the Battle of the Belts III card at Daytona Beach, Florida. The White Ninja (Keiji Muto) defeated NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion Tim Horner to win the title and Barry Windham defeated NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Ron Bass to win the title. Also, NWA World Champion Ric Flair wrestled Lex Luger to a time limit draw. Attendance was 8,000.

Matt Borne and WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer defeated WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams and WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Lance Von Erich to become the first WCWA World Tag Team Champions during the Labor Day Star Wars event in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude by disqualification to retain the title and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bruiser Brody by disqualification.

Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato defeated Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka for the CWA International Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee. At the same show, Don Bass and Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) defeat Cousin Junior and Giant Hillbilly Elmer to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title; Denny Brown defeated Steve Regal to win the NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Title in Greenville, South Carolina

1990 – Fit Finlay defeated Steve Wright in Vienna, Austria to win the CWA World Middleweight Title.

1991 – The Grappler and Don Harris defeated Demolition Crush and Steve Doll for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Seaside, Oregon.

1993 – Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won the WWA World Tag Team Championship in Tlanepantla, Mexico, by defeating Corazón de León (Chris Jericho) and El Dandy.

1994 – Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado defeated Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and Warlord to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title in Saku, Japan.

2004 – In Nashville, Tennessee; NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) and Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a three-way match to retain the title and TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams (with Coach D’Amore) defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the title.

2011 – Mickie James defeated Winter to become TNA Knockout Champion in Huntsville, Alabama. Also, TNA World Champion Kurt Angle retained the title over Sting and Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles.

From The Diamond in Richmond, VA

Pat Buck def Dirty Money via piledriver

Buck was announced as being from Richmond. Match was short and nothing you couldn’t see at a local indy show

Pepper Parks def Kevin Matthews

Matthews cut a promo about how he was from New York. Amazingly, this successfully gets heel heat.

Ring announcer Brandon Baxter introduces Jeff Jarrett. Double J thanks various people who helped promote the show. He thanks the fans. He mentions that Karl Anderson can’t be on the show due to travel issues. Ali Akbar (dressed like Skandor Akbar) and Seiya Sanada (with a Japanese flag) walk to the ring. They say we don’t know travel issues until we’ve seen what it is like for them to try to travel through an airport. Main event is a handicap match since Anderson no showed.

Kimber Lee def Cherry Bomb

Sonjay Dutt pinned BLK Jeez

Good athletic style match.

Chris Mordetzky def Brian Myers with the Masterlock

Mordetzky was the only heel to go over all evening. Fans cheered both guys.

Kevin Nash cut a promo in the ring and said the Bullet Club was continuing the tradition started by the nWo, and would be watching the main event.

Doc Gallows with Bullet Babe Amber Gallows def Ali Akbar and Seiya Sanada in a handicap match after both Jeff Jarrett and Kevin Nash interfered.

Match was much too short to be a main event.

Notes: 

– Card lasted exactly two hours including intermission which seems a bit short for a house show. Show took place in a 6 sided ring. There were approximately 250 fans in attendance. This would have looked like a reasonable crowd in a high school gym or national guard armory. It looked embarrassing in a baseball stadium. All fans were seated in four sections on the ground level right around the home plate area leaving 80% of the stadium empty.

– A meet and greet took place two hours before the show for fans who bought VIP tickets. The rest of us were allowed in an hour before bell time. We bought a Global Force Wrestling program specifically asking if the wrestlers who were still sitting at the autograph table (most everyone but Nash and Jarrett) would sign the book for free if we bought the book. The guy selling the program assured us they would. And some of them did. But about half of them charged me ten dollars to get a signature in a book I only bought because it would be cheaper than buying 8x10s of each wrestler individually. 

– Guitars with a picture of Jeff Jarrett were being sold for $200. Fans who bought them also got to spend intermission with Jeff Jarrett and get their pictures taken with him.

– After the show Jarrett and Nash posed for photos in the ring for $20 a pop.

By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1944 – Kansas City, Kansas; MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Les Wolfe in 2 of 3 falls and Jack Hader beat Jack Suzek

1945 – Ted Cox defeated Buddy Rogers for the Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

1950 – Don Eagle defeated Gorgeous George in Columbus, Ohio to win the  Ohio AWA World Heavyweight Title

1951 – Art Neilson and Jack Steel defeated Farmer Jones and Al Massey to win the Georgia NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1954 – Al and Tiny Mills defeated George and Sandy Scott for the Calgary NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Edmonton, Alberta

1965 – Don Carson defeated Ken Lucas to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Pensacola, Florida

1967 – Len Rossi defeated The Great Yamaha (Kantaro Hoshino) for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee

1968 – Verne Gagne defeated Dr. X (Dick Beyer) to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title in Bloomington, Minnesota on a 3rd fall count out. Also on the card, Harley Race beat the Crusher, The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race by dq, Billy Red Lyons beat Big K and Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre. Attendance was 6,450; José Lothario and Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) defeated Boris Malenko and Johnny Valentine to win the Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.

1972 – Art Neilson and Johnny Weaver defeated Brute Bernard and Larry Hamilton for the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina; Gorgeous George, Jr. won a battle royal in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to win the vacant NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title.

1973 – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Bill Watts for the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1974 – Manny Soto defeated Mr. California (Salvador Lothario) for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title in Hollywood, California. At the same event, Butcher Brannigan and Man Mountain Mike defeated Angel Blanco and Dr. Wagner to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title; Chris Gallagher and Don Kent defeated Ricky Gibson and Steve Kovacs to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee; In St. Paul, Minnesota, The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham, Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne, Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq, Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Sheik) and Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann (Buddy Rose).

1977 – Jane O’Brien defeated Maki Ueda to become the first Hawaiian Pacific Champion. This title later became known as the All Pacific Title.

1978 – Doug Gilbert defeated Bob Sweetan for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Kansas

1979 – Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff won the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia, by defeating Stan Hansen and Tommy Rich; in Houston, Texas; NWA Champion Harley Race beat El Halcon, Bruiser Brody beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Mark Lewin beat Tor Kamata, The Spoiler drew Tiger Conway Jr and Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts) drew David Von Erich

1981 – Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton defeated Mr. (Masa) Fuchi and Mr. (Atsushi) Onita in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title

1983 – Junbo Tsuruta defeated Bruiser Brody for the NWA International Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan

1985 – Tiger Mask (Mistuharu Misawa) defeated NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Kuniaki Kobayashi to win the title in Tokyo, Japan. Also on the card, PWF World Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase and PWF Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen defeated NWA International Tag Team Champions, NWA United National Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu and NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta to retain the title.

1986 – Eddie Gilbert and Sting defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) for the UWF World Tag Team Title in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1987 – In Tokyo, Japan; Nick Bockwinkel, Austin Idol and Dick Slater defeated Masanobu Fuchi, Samson Fuyuki and Akio Sato; PWF Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen defeated Yoshiaki Yatsu by disqualification to retain the title and NWA United National Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu defeated NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta by countout; Jerry Lawler defeated Don Bass in a Hair vs. Title Steel Cage match for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee. At the same show, Bill Dundee defeated George Barnes to win the CWA International Heavyweight Title.

1990 – Steve Gatorwolf defeated The Japan Bomber (Riki Ataki) to win the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Holbrook, Arizona.

1992 – In Memphis, Tennessee; The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated Doug Gilbert and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert defeated The Dirty White Boy to retain the title, USWA Tag Team Champions Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler defeated The Orient Express (Kato and Tanaka) to retain the title and Bill Dundee defeated Tommy Rich by disqualification in a Steel Cage match.

1993 – Crypt Keeper (José Estrada, Jr.) defeated Crash the Terminator (Bill DeMott) in Akita, Japan for the W*ING World Heavyweight Title.

1996 – Jamie Dundee defeated Wolfie D to win the USWA Television Title in Memphis, Tennessee

1997 – Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in Yokohama, Japan; PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) defeated Steven Dunn and Flash Flanagan for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

2003 – Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka defeated C.W. Anderson and Steve Corino for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title in Gifu, Japan.

2004 – Takao Omori and Shinjiro Otani defeat Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title in Morioka, Japan.