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PWG has announced these names for Battle of Los Angeles 8/28 to 8/30 in Reseda, CA:
Ricochet, Will Ospreay, Chris Hero, Brian Cage, Pentagon Jr., Drew Galloway Fenix, Jack Evans, Drago, Aero Star, Biff Busick, Speedball Mike Baily, Marty Scurll, Timothy Thatcher, Zack Sabre Jr., Matt Sydal, Rich Swann, Andrew Everett, Trent ?, Mark Andrews, Angelico, Drew Gulak, Trevor Lee and Tommy End.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1929 – At the Outdoor Battery Arena in St. Louis, Missouri; Dick Shikat defeated Jim Clinstock, Rudy Dusek defeated Jack Washburn, Joe “Toots” Mondt and Charles Strack went to a time limit draw.
1936 – Everett Marshall defeated Ali Baba for the NWA (National Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Wrestling Title
1941 – In Kansas City; World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff defeated Orville Brown in 2 out of 3 falls, (Brown was unable to continue for the third fall after missing a flying tackle and smashing his head on a ringpost) (Brown was carried to his dressing room). Also, Jack Kennedy beat Steve Brody in 2 out of 3 falls and Joe Cox beat Rudy Strongberg. George Simpson was the promoter and Gust Karras the referee.
1947 – In Kansas City; Orville Brown beat Jack McDonald to retain the MWA Title, Wally Dusek beat Fred Blassie, Tug Carlson beat Ralph Garibaldi and Jack Hader beat Jack Page
1962 – Before 3,229 fans in Minneapolis, MN; AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig, Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Crybaby Cannon and Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski.
1964 – In Denver, Colorado; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz von Erich dq, The Crusher beat Art Thomas, Wahoo McDaniel beat Mitsu Arakawa and Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert
1965 – In Minneapolis, MN; Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall count out, The Crusher beat Chris Markoff, Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race, Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff and Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo dq. Attendance was 9,712.
1967 – In El Paso, Texas; AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Medics, Light Heavyweight Champion Gory Guerrero beat Jerry Kozak, North American Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Thunderbolt Patterson and Texas Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Pat Howard.
1968 – In Minneapolis, Verne Gagne & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 2 out of 3 falls, Wilbur Snyder beat Dr X 2-0, 2nd fall by dq, Man Mountain Mike beat Big K and Dutch Savage beat Frankie Laine; Peter Maivia and Billy White Wolf defeated Curtis Iaukea and Ripper Collins to win the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 – In Milwaukee; In a Loser Leaves Town Match, The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi, Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski, Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Moose Cholak & Paul Diamond, Don Muraco beat Black Jack Lanza dq and Big K beat Bill Howard. Attendance was 10,374; In Chicago, Illinois; AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon, Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder, Hans Schmidt beat Sailor Art Thomas and Billy Robinson beat Angelo Poffo; Ripper Collins and Mad Dog Mayne defeated Sunni War Cloud and Steven Little Bear for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Honolulu, Hawaii
1973 – Johnny Valentine defeated Ron Fuller for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida.
1975 – Antonio Inoki defeated Tiger Jeet Singh to win the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan
1982 – Bret Hart defeated Leo Burke to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1982 – In Salt Lake City, Utah; AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum dq, Sheik Adnan beat Baron Von Raschke, Jerry Blackwell beat Brad Rheingans and Buck Zumhofe beat Jacques Goulet. Attendance was 9,600; Invader I and Pierre Martel defeated The Kangaroos (Don Kent and Johnny Heffernan) for the WWC World Tag Team Title in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1983 – The Sheik’s Army (Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera) defeated The High Flyers (Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to win the AWA World Tag Team Title. Also on the card, AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel, Baron Von Raschke no contest Blackjack Lanza, Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay, Buck Zumhofe beat Mr. Saito dq and Brad Rheingans drew Rick Martel. Attendance was 14,000.
1987 – Frank Lancaster and Eric Embry defeated The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton) to win the World Class Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas
1988 – Bull Nakano defeated Yumiko Hotta in the finals of the fourth-annual AJW Grand Prix Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
1992 – The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow to win the IWGP World Tag Team Title reign. Also, El Samurai pinned Jushin Liger to win the IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Title
1995 – Yoshiko Tamura defeated Misae Watanabe for the vacant AJW Junior Title in Sapporo, Japan; Billy Jack Haynes defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.
1996 – Masato Tanaka, Kouji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Super Leather and The Headhunters (A and B) to win the FMW World Street Fight Six-Man Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.
1997 – J.C. Ice defeated Tyrin for the IWA Mid-South Light-Heavyweight Title in Louisville, Kentucky.
1997 – The Masked Maniac defeated Chris Michaels for the USA Pro Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title in New York.
2001 – Albert (A-Train) defeated Kane for the WWF Intercontinental Title in New York City at Madison Square Garden
2011 – At the ROH Best of the World IPPV in New York City; Davey Richards defeated Eddie Edwards to win the ROH World Title and El Generico defeated Christopher Daniels to win the ROH TV Title. Also, ROH Tag Team champions Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated Kings of Wrestling (with Sara del Rey and Shane Hagadorn) the Briscoes and the All Night Express to retain the titles.
By Josh Nason, WrestlingObserver.com
On Thursday, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) announced they are jumping into the on-demand video ocean, launching a cost-effective service on July 4th that will feature classic matches from the promotion’s history.
Here’s the details:
– The service will be called NWA Classics 24/7 and will launch on Saturday, July 4th. NWAClassics.com will launch next week.
– It will have the entire Paul Boesch Houston Wrestling library with many of the matches complete with original commentary by Boesch himself. The matches span the late 1960’s through 1986. The library was stored in an air conditioned unit, and the quality and clarity of the audio and color is said to be amazing. Some of these matches have not been seen in over 40 years.
– The cost will be $8.99/mo which includes unlimited access to the library. A year’s subscription will be reduced to $99.99 (basically 2 months free).
– 50 matches will be released in the first month with 30 new matches added monthly. NWA president Bruce Tharpe said they have enough vintage content to keep up that pace for years.
– Some of the matches included in the first month’s release:
– Harley Race vs. Andre the Giant for the NWA World Title
– Butch Reed vs. Magnum TA
– NWA World Title Match – Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel
– Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams
– Dory and Terry Funk vs. Mil Mascaras and Jose Lothario
– Gino Hernandez vs. Ivan Putski
– Butch Reed vs. Buddy Landell in a “Shoeshine Match”
– Ivan Putski vs. Abdullah the Butcher
– Brad Armstrong vs. One Man Gang
– NWA World Title Match – Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor
– NWA World Title Match – Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed
– Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bruiser Brody
– $20,000 Two-Ring Battle Royal
– Early Shawn Michaels footage, the JYD, Jake “the Snake” Roberts, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, The Rock n’ Roll Express, and more.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1925 – Bobby Roscoe defeated Matty Matsuda in Columbus, Ohio for the World Welterweight Title.
1936 – George McCloud defeated Frank Sexton to win the Ohio Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Ohio.
1950 – Buddy Rogers defeated Bozo Brown for the World Heavyweight Title in Akron, Ohio
1958 – Duke Keomuka and John Tolos defeated Larry Chene and Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.
1964 – Alan Colbeck defeated Jack Dempsey for the European Welterweight Title in Bradford, England: Tokyo Tom defeats Joe Blanchard to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.
1965 – At Memorial Hall in Kansas City; Bob Geigel and Dutch Savage beat Dick the Bruiser and Mongolian Stomper 2 falls to 1, Pat O’Connor beat Missouri Mauler by dq and Ronnie Etchison beat Ken Hollis
1966 – Luis Hernandez and Pedro Morales defeated Buddy Austin and El Mongol for the World Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title in Los Angeles, California; In Chicago, Wilbur Snyder went to a 60:00 time limit draw with AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon, AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest The Assassins, Chris Markoff beat Doug Gilbert and Ernie Ladd beat the Alaskan
1967 – In Minneapolis; In a Cage match, Johnny Powers beat The Crusher; AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Lou Thesz dq and Johnny Valentine beat Billy Wicks
1968 – In Davenport, Iowa; Dr X no contest AWA Champion Verne Gagne and Dutch Savage & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
1970 – Ripper Collins defeated Sam Steamboat to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 – In Kansas City, Kansas; North American Tag Team Champions Buddy Austin & Bob Orton defeated Rufus R. Jones & The Viking, The Stomper defeated Baron Von Raschke via DQ and Central States Heavyweight Champion Harley Race defeated Dick the Bruiser in three falls
1972 – In Chicago, Illinois; Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher, Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas, Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco and Bobby Heenan beat Billy Red Cloud; NWA Big Time Wrestling held “Parade of Champions” at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. At the event, Billy Red Lyons defeated NWA American Heavyweight Champion The Spoiler to win the title and Stan Stasiak defeated NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion Red Bastien to win the title; Abdullah the Butcher defeated Ernie Ladd for the National Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Akron, Ohio; Boris Malenko and Johnny Walker defeated The Professional (Doug Gilbert) and Mike Webster to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title in Jacksonville, Florida.
1974 – Jackie Fargo defeated Jerry Lawler for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee
1975 – In Omaha, Nebraska; AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski, Dusty Rhodes dcor Baron Von Raschke, Chris Taylor beat Sgt Jacques Goulet (sub Horst Hoffman) and Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff
1976 – El Halcón defeated El Gran Markus for the Mexican National Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico; In Kansas City; Omar Atlas defeated Dr. X, Jerry Kozak fought The Super Intern to a draw, Harley Race fought Abdullah the Butcher to a no contest and in a Fence Match; Mike George defeated Central States Heavyweight Champion Bob Brown via DQ in three falls
1977 – In Minneapolis, MN; Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum to win the title. (The decision was later reversed when it was pointed out that Gagne applied his sleeper on Lanza who was not the legal man in the ring). AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel went to a 60 minute draw with Billy Robinson, Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales, Larry Hennig ddq Angelo Mosca, Greg Gagne beat Bulldog Bob Brown, Jim Brunzell drew Bob Backlund and Steve Olsonoski beat Roger Kirby dq. Attendance was 6,786.
1978 – Roddy Piper defeated Moondog Mayne to win the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title.
1979 – El Signo defeated Bobby Lee for the UWA World Welterweight Title in Tijuana, Mexico.
1983 – At a big card in Houston, Texas; King Kong Bundy & Kamala beat Junk Yard Dog & Hacksaw Duggan dq, In a Non Title Texas Bullrope match, Dusty Rhodes beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel, Chavo Guerrero beat Mr Olympia, Ted Dibiase beat Tito Santana, Mil Mascaras beat Super Destroyer, Butch Reed beat Tim Horner, Mr Wrestling II beat Art Crews, Magnum TA beat Rip Rogers and Johnny Rich drew Boris Zurkov.
1984 – Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title in Greensboro, North Carolina; Canek won the UWA World Heavyweight Title from Dos Caras in Mexico City, Mexico.
1985 – In Montreal; Dino Bravo & King Tonga beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors in a non title match, Raymond Rougeau & Jacques Rougeau Jr no contest Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin (famous Saint-Jean-Baptiste Massacre, as the Rougeaus get beat up as well as their father). Also, Tony Parisi beat Abdullah the Butcher via forfeit, Abby no showed and Gino Brito Jr drew Leo Burke; Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) in Fort Worth, Texas to win the NWA American Tag Team Title; Bota the Witch Doctor defeated Jerry Lawler for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee
1987 – Cien Caras defeats MS-1 for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
1988 – Johnny Smith defeated Chris Benoit to win the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta; Shiro Koshinaka defeated Owen Hart to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title in Osaka, Japan. Also at that event, Tatsumi Fujinami won the IWGP Heavyweight Title by defeating Riki Choshu; Fabuloso Blondie defeated Lizmark for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico; In New Haven, CT; AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond dcor Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Curt Hennig, Wahoo McDaniel dcor Manny Fernandez and Madusa Macelli beat Heidi Lee Morgan
1989 – Chicky Starr defeated Super Medico I to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico
1990 – Los Villanos (I, IV and V) defeated Khaos, Rambo and Zandokhan to win the UWA World Trios Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1992 – The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) defeated Doug Masters and Ron Starr for the WWC World Tag Team Title in Dorado, Puerto Rico
1993 – Brian Lee defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion Tracy Smothers to win the King of Kentucky Tournament in Hazard, Kentucky.
1995 – Tommy Cairo defeated Devon Storm in a tournament final for the vacant NWA North American Heavyweight Title in Williamstown, New Jersey.
1996 – Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Lex Luger & Sting and The Steiner Brothers in a three-way match to win the title in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2001 – Edge pinned Kurt Angle to win the King of the Ring tournament in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
2007 – Johnny Nitro pinned CM Punk to win the vacant ECW World Title and Candice Michelle defeated WWE Women’s Champion Melina to win the title in Houston, Texas.
2012 – All Night Express defeated World’s Greatest Tag Team to win the ROH World Tag Team Titles in New York City.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1939 – Bronko Nagurski defeated Lou Thesz to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.
1944 – Firpo Segra defeated Doc Macias to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1945 – In Wichita, KS; World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Ray Eckert in a 2 out of 3 falls match and Don McIntyre beat Jerry Meeker via dq.
1949 – In Kansas City, KS; World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Joe Pazandak in 2 out of 3 falls, Tarzan Kowalski beat Lou Newman in 2 out of 3 falls and Herman Von Doyle defeated Fred Blassie
1959 – Bobby Jones defeated George Eakin for the Madison Wrestling Club Heavyweight Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1960 – In Kansas City, KS; Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen beat Rocky Lee in 2 out of 3 falls and Bob Orton beat Joe Costello.
1961 – For promoter Gust Karras in St. Joseph, Missouri; Bobby Graham and Sonny Myers defeated The Bat and Ernie Dusek in 2 out of 3 falls, Buddy Austin beat The Alaskan in 2 out of 3 falls, Ronnie Etchison defeated Don McClarity and Thor Hagen and Don Miller went to a time limit draw; Waldo Von Erich defeated Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1964 – Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat defeated Chris and John Tolos for the Florida NWA World Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida; Pampero Firpo defeated Nick Bockwinkel to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title in Eugene, Oregon
1965 – Ken Lucas is awarded the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1966 – In Kansas City, In a Texas Death Lumberjack Match; The Mongolian Stomper defeated The Viking; In Eau Claire, Wisconsin; The Crusher beat Stan Kowalski, The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey (sub Billy Red Cloud) and Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff; In Sioux City, Iowa; Big Luke Brown beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq, Dale Lewis beat Billy Red Cloud, Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Bulldog Danny Plechas and Jack Pesek drew Haru Sasaki
1967 – Butcher and Stan (Stan Pulaski) Vachon defeated Enrique and Ramon Torres to win the Georgia NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia; In Chicago, Illinois; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa dq, Devils Duo (Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff) beat Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard, Johnny Powers no contest Wilbur Snyder and Lou Thesz beat Moose Cholak
1970 – Nick Bockwinkel defeated Joe Scarpa to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Macon, Georgia; Moondog Mayne defeated The Claw for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1973 – In Milwaukee before 6,078 fans; The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in 2 out of 3 falls, Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz and Sailor Art Thomas beat Rene Goulet
1974 – The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons and Dewey Robertson) defeated The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald) for the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Title in Toronto, Ontario.
1977 – Kurt Von Hess defeated the Wrestling Pro to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Panama City, Florida.
1978 – Ringo Mendoza defeated Perro Aguayo to win the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico; The Mongolian Stomper won a tournament final in Knoxville, Tennessee to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title; Tony Atlas and Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia; Pak Choo (Kengo Kimura) and Mr. Ito defeated Black Gordman and Hector Guerrero to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title.
1979 – In Milwaukee before 4,876 fans; The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Super Destroyer Mark II, Greg Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq, Billy Robinson beat Pat Patterson and Paul Ellering beat Doug Gilbert; In Des Moines, Iowa; Bob Brown defeated Jerry Brown in a Texas Death Match and for the Central States Heavyweight Title, Champion Bob Sweetan defeated Frank Hill.
1980 – Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada defeated Tiger Conway, Jr. and José Lothario to win the NWA American Tag Team Title in Amarillo, Texas
1982 – Ted DiBiase defeated The Junkyard Dog for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title in Shreveport, Louisiana
1984 – WCCW American Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair to win the vacant WCCW Texas Heavyweight Title in San Antonio, Texas.
1986 – Giant Hillbilly Elmer (Stan Frazier) and Jerry Lawler defeated The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike) in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles; Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden defeated Steve Armstrong and Tommy Rich to win the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title in Dothan, Alabama; Brad Armstrong won the NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Title from Jerry Stubbs in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same show, Adrian Street defeated Wendell Cooley to capture the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title.
1987 – The Sheepherders (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) defeated Mike Graham and Steve Keirn for the NWA Florida Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.
1989 – In Villa Park, Illinois; AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko drew Greg Gagne, Colonel DeBeers beat Derrick Dukes, Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero & Hector Guerrero beat Texas Hangmen & The Executioner (Tom Stone), Wendi Richter beat Candi Divine and Ken Patera & Scott Norton beat Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom dq; Robert Fuller and Brian Lee defeated Jeff Jarrett and Mil Máscaras to win the WCWA World Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas; Tom Prichard defeated Wendell Cooley for the Continental Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Knoxville, Tennessee
1990 – Dave Finlay and Marty Jones defeated Tony St. Clair and Miles Zrno to win the Catch Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title in Graz, Austria; Rex King and Joey Maggs defeated Tony Anthony and Tom Burton for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee; The Juice Patrol (Beetlejuice (Art Barr) and Big Juice (Jeff Warner)) defeated U.S. Male (Ricky Santana and Curtis Thompson) to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Portland, Oregon.
1992 – The Super Destroyers (#1 and #2) defeated Glenn Osbourne and Max Thrasher to become the first-ever ECW Tag Team Champions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1994 – WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair pinned WCW International World Heavyweight Champion Sting to unify the titles and Lord Steven Regal (with Sir William) pinned WCW World Television Champion Larry Zbyszko to win the title in Charleston, South Carolina.
1995 – Scott D’Amore defeated Bruiser Bedlam for the Border City Wrestling Can-Am Heavyweight Title in LaSalle, Ontario,
1996- Ahmed Johnson pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust (with Marlena) to win the title and Steve Austin pinned Jake Roberts to win the King of the Ring tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2000 – In Louisville, Kentucky; The Disciples of Synn (Damian and Slash) defeated OVW Southern Tag Team Champions B.J. Payne and Scotty Sabre to win the title.
2002 – Molly Holly defeated WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus to win the title and Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated WWE
Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam to win the King of the Ring tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com
William Ansor, who was once on the verge of becoming one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling in the mid-80s as “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel, passed away Monday at the age of 53.
Details are still sketchy, but the reports are that Landel was in a bad auto accident over the weekend, and checked himself out of the hospital on Sunday. He said he was feeling bad when he went to sleep, and when his wife went to check on him today, he had died.
Landel, managed by J.J. Dillon, was set for a major push in Jim Crockett Promotions, including a potential NWA title run or at least a major feud with Ric Flair. The two had set a record in Raleigh, NC, in a tryout match. However, he was out of control, didn’t get up for a television taping, and was fired. He was National heavyweight champion at the time, and on that morning at the TBS Studios, it was announced that Landel had lost the title to Dusty Rhodes in Albuquerque, NM, and he never appeared again.
While he had a steady career for the next decade, including participating in USWA’s last sellouts at the Mid South Coliseum (Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantel vs. Landel & Bill Dundee), he never came close to that level of stardom again.
We have more on Landel’s passing on this edition of Wrestling Observer Radio.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1947 – In Waterloo, Iowa; Orville Brown beat Ras (Seelie) Samara to retain his “World Title”.
1968 – In Milwaukee; Bill Watts beat Harley Race, Dutch Savage beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq and Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig
1972 – In Peoria, Illinois; Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig and Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel; In Kansas City, Kansas; Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi, Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji & Juan Sebastian defeated Rufus R. Jones & The Viking & Ronnie Etchison, Black Angus & Roger Kirby defeated Omar Atlas & Danny Little Bear and The Stomper fought Harley Race to a 60 minute draw.
1974 – In Duluth, MN; Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Hennig interfered, AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz, Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig when Larry couldn’t pin Greg in 10 minutes, Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff.
1979 – In Rockford, Illinois; Mad Dog Vachon & Greg Gagne beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens, Bobby Duncum beat Billy Robinson and in a Pose Down, Paul Ellering beat Jesse Ventura
1980 – Ray Stevens & Jimmy Snuka defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina; In Minneapolis, MN; Jumbo Tsuruta beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Giant Baba beat Super Destroyer Mark II,
Greg Gagne no contest Jesse Ventura, Dino Bravo beat Adrian Adonis, John Studd beat Steve Olsonoski and Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff
1984 – In St. Louis, Missouri; NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Wahoo McDaniel, Crusher Blackwell & Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes beat Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson & Iceman Parsons, Missouri State Champion Harley Race beat Curt Hennig, Nick Bockwinkel beat Steve Olsonoski, Ted Oates (sub Jim Duggan) beat Luke Graham and Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers beat The Grapplers
1985 – During a Pro Wrestling USA event held in East Rutherford, NJ; In a Boot Camp Cage match, Sgt. Slaughter beat Kamala, AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel, Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Zbyszko dq, Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts beat Curt Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Duggan, Butch Reed beat Baron Von Raschke and Bobby Duncum beat Steve O
1986 – In Green Bay, Wisconsin; In a Cage Match, AWA Champion Stan Hansen beat Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne beat Boris Zukhov & Nord The Barbarian & Sheik Adnan, Jerry Blackwell beat Boris Zukhov (sub King Kong Brody) by countout,
AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers beat Midnight Rockers, Curt Hennig drew Larry Zbyszko and Colonel DeBeers beat Scott Hall dq.
1990 – Bill Dundee defeated John Tatum for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas.
1996 – Chris Jericho defeated Pitbull #2 for the ECW World Television Title at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1940 – At Memorial Hall in Kansas City; World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Wladek Zbyszko 2 falls to 0.
1947 – In St. Joseph, Missouri; Tug Carlson & Ralph Garibaldi beat Orville Brown & Sockeye Jack McDonald, Ras (Seelie) Samara beat Wally Dusek by dq, Sailor Fred Blassie beat Jack Page and Don Anderson drew Harry McGinnis.
1953 – Sugi Sito defeated Tarzan Lopez to win the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico
1960 – Tor Yamata and Mr. Moto defeated Mike Clancy and Oni Wiki Wiki for the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team title in Birmingham, Alabama.
1961 – In Minneapolis, MN before 4,059 fans; In Non Title Death Match, Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder, Tiny Mill beat Roy McClarty, Jack Pesek beat Marquis de Paree and Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon
1963 – In Kansas City, Kansas; In a match for the World Tag Team Titles, Masked Medic#1 and Masked Medic#2 drew Pat O’Connor and Tiny Mills, In a match for the US Title, Larry Hamilton beat Rock Hunter via dq, Bob Orton drew Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs beat Joe Scarpello.
1967 -In Duluth, MN before 3,000 fans; Harley Race beat The Crusher, Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza, Johnny Powers beat Doug Gilbert and Rene Goulet beat Big K
1968 – In Kansas City, Bob Ellis defeated Bob Brown and Argentina Rocca defeated Roger Kirby in three falls
1969 – Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Murdoch to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in St. Joseph, Missouri; The Chain Gang (Jack and Frank Dillinger) defeated Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher for the WWA World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana
1970 – Beauregard and The Claw defeated Moondog Mayne and Frankie Laine for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
1971 – Aiko Kyo and Jumbo Miyamoto defeated Masked Killer and Masked Lee to win the American Girls’ Wrestling Association International Tag Team Title in Toride, Japan.
1973 – In Honolulu, Hawaii; Ina Stretcher match, Sam Steamboat beat Ed Francis, North American Champion Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham in 3rd fall, Ripper Collins beat Jimmy Snuka and Ken Patera beat The Alaskan
1975 – In Denver; AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig in 2 out of 3 falls, Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff, Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan and Jim Brunzell drew Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek).
1978 – Dos Caras defeated Canek for the Mexico National Light Heavyweight Title in Pachuca, Mexico.
1979 – Ricky and Robert Gibson defeated The Twin Devils to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title
1981 – Don Muraco defeated Pedro Morales to win the WWF Intercontinental Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Les Thornton defeated Terry Taylor for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title in Richmond, Virginia; In Chicago before 6,800 fans; Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura, Bobo Brazil no contest Jerry Valiant, Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Valiant dq, Spike Huber beat Johnny Starr, Moose Cholak beat Dr. Jerry Graham Jr and Greg Wojokowski (The Great Wojo) beat Max Blue
1982 – In St. Paul, MN; Hulk Hogan beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Tito Santana & Rick Martel beat Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum dq, Jerry Blackwell beat Ray Stevens, Buck Zumhofe beat Jacques Goulet, Brad Rheingans beat Sheik Adnan dq and Pat Patterson beat Tom Stone; Paul Orndorff defeated Buzz Sawyer for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia; Halcon Ortiz defeated Herodes to win the Mexico National Heavyweight Title in Guadalajara, Mexico.
1983 – Man Mountain Link defeated Jerry Lawler in Memphis, Tennessee for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1986 – Wayne Farris defeated Bad News Allen in Calgary, Alberta to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1987 – Barry Windham defeated Black Bart to become the first NWA Western States Heritage Champion in a tournament final in Houston, Texas; The Hunters (Dale Veasey and Bob Brown) defeated Miguel Perez Jr. and Tony Atlas in San Juan, Puerto Rico to win the WWC North American Tag Team Title.
1988 – In Memphis; AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Iceman King Parsons, Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden beat Dutch Mantel & Great Senshi, Brickhouse Brown beat Max Payne, Southern Tag Title Match Don Bass & Gary Young no contest Billy Travis & Scott Steiner
1991 – The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don Harris) won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title, defeating Steve Doll and Jimmy Jack Funk in Portland, Oregon.
1992 – Scotty Flamingo (Raven) defeated Brian Pillman to win the WCW Light Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama.
1997 – The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) defeated The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) in Waltham, Massachusetts to win the ECW World Tag Team Title.
2000 – At a SmackDown taping in Memphis, Tennessee, Rikishi defeated Chris Benoit for the WWF Intercontinental Title
2003 – Duke Durrango defeated Bruce Hart to win the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta
2010 – Rey Mysterio won the WWE World Title in a fatal four way match involving Jack Swagger, CM Punk and The Big Show in Long Island, New York. Also, Sheamus won the WWE Championship in a four way match involving John Cena, Randy Orton and Edge.
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1939 – Leroy McGuirk defeated Jon Swneski to win the World Junior Heavyweight Title in Hollywood, California.
1941 – At Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo beat Bronko Nagurski, Don McIntyre beat Cherry Vallina and Warren Bockwinkel defeated Joe Dusek. Attendance was 9,236.
1944 – In Des Moines, Iowa; promoter Pinkie George held an “all women’s” wrestling show, drawing 2,300 fans. Elviry Sndograss beat Mae Young in 2 out of 3 falls. Young was described as “former softball player from Tulsa”. Also, Purple Flash beat Gladys Gillem and Nell Stewart beat Rose Evans.
1958 – In Kansas City; Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Emil Dusek, Ricci Sexton and Otto Von Krupp 2 falls to 1, Joe Scarpa beat Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton, Otto Von Krupp drew Thor Hagen and Bobby Bruns beat Emil Dusek via dq.
1959 – Fred Blassie defeated Dick Gunkel (Dick Steinborn) for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title.
1962 – In Minneapolis, MN before 2,370 fans; Larry Hennig beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq, Doug Gilbert beat Crybaby Cannon and Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski
1967 – In Davenport, Iowa; In the first ever cage match held in Davenport, The Crusher beat Johnny Powers, Harley Race beat Rene Goulet, Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay and Chris Markoff beat Billy Wicks.
1969 – Dick Murdoch and K.O. Kox defeated Luke Brown and Tor Kamata in Kansas City, Kansas to win the NWA North American Tag Team Title.
1971 – In Minneapolis, MN; In a Cage Match, The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan, Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi, Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr. Big Bill Miller and Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas. Attendance was 8,229; Bonnie Watson defeated Ella Waldek for the NWA Florida Women’s Title in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
1973 – The Lumberjack defeated The Mighty Mongol to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama.
1974 – In an Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi, Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff, Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski, Greg Gagne beat Bill Howard and Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell in Peoria, Illinois; In Honolulu, Hawaii; Billy Graham beat The Crusher dq and Gene Kiniski beat Dory Funk Jr.
1978 – Dusty Rhodes defeated The Spoiler in West Palm Beach, Florida for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
1979 – Pat Patterson defeated Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Title in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
1982 – In San Francisco; In a Handicap Match, Hulk Hogan beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan, AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan and Ken Patera beat Ray Stevens dq
1983 – Buck Zumhofe defeated Mike Graham for the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title in Hamburg, Minnesota.
1983 – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Larry Zbyszko to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title
1986 – Antonio Inoki defeated Dick Murdoch in the finals of the annual tournament for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in Tokyo
1987 – In Green Bay, Wisconsin; Greg Gagne beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig dq, Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (sub Jimmy Snuka) beat Larry Zbyszko & Brian Knobbs (sub Super Ninja), Wahoo McDaniel beat Boris Zhukov and AWA Women’s Champion Sherri Martel beat Madusa Miceli.
1993 – The Steiner Brothers defeated Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS) for the WWF World Tag Team Title in St. Louis, Missouri; Mohammad Hussein and Dusty Wolfe defeated Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana to win the WWC World Tag Team Title in Puerto Rico
1994 – Combat Toyoda defeated Megumi Kudoh for the FMW Independent Women’s World Title in Tokyo, Japan.
2001 – The Dudley Boyz defeat Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho for the WWF Tag Team Title in Orlando, Florida
2002 – AJ Styles defeated Psicosis, Low-Ki, and Jerry Lynn double elimination match to win the NWA X Division Title in Nashville, Tennessee and Ken Shamrock won a “Guantlet for the Gold” battle royal to become the new NWA World Champion.
2011 – Dolph Ziggler won the WWE US Championship from Kofi Kingston at the Capitol Punishment PPV in Washington, DC., and Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Title.
PWG has made these talent announcements for upcoming shows:
– 7/24 show: Akira Tozawa, Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, Jack Evans and Angelico
– For their annual Battle of Los Angeles: Mike Bailey, Chris Hero, Biff Busick, Mark Andrews, Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll and Timothy Thatcher.