In Barnesville, GA, Saturday for the WrestleMerica promotion, AJ Styles and Doc Gallows began what will likely be their last run of indie dates in the U.S. Larry Goodman sent us in some notes:
Styles was set to face Jimmy Rave in the highly anticipated main event. Both men cut their teeth as pro wrestlers in Georgia with NWA Wildside roughly 15 years ago. It was a decade ago that Styles feuded with Rave in ROH after Rave stole his finishing move.
The match morphed into a tag match (Styles & Gallows vs. Rave & Sal Rinauro) after just a few minutes of action. The call was made to save wear and tear on Styles, who is headed to England next week for three huge matches vs. Rey Misterio, Morrison and Jay Lethal on consecutive nights. The 450 fans in Barnesvillle didn’t seem to mind the switch. They were into the match full force, as they were for pretty much everything that went down at this event.
– Doc Gallows defeated Sal Rinauro via DQ in 6:05: Rinauro turned a handshake into a punch in the face and ran out of the ring, where he cut a promo talking about how WrestleMerica was built on the backs of people like himself and Jimmy Rave (unlike Gallows who has missed a number of show due to his New Japan commitments). Rinauro stalled and jawed and stalled some more. When Gallows finally got his hands on him, Rinauro sold his ass off. Rave sneaked in and speared Gallows. That led to an instant “AJ” chant and the save by Styles. Rinauro and Rave bailed out untouched. Beautifully done.
– AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Rave by DQ in 3:58. Neither the Bullets Club theme nor his ROH music was used in favor of his less familiar New Japan music leading to a rather flat entrance for Styles. Rave didn’t use “House of the Rising Sun” either. Oh well. They grappled. Rave bailed out to avoid Styles’ signature dropkick, and Rinauro jumped Styles for the DQ. Gallows made the save and got on the mic to make the tag match. Gallows said there was a lot of history with Rinauro and Rave, but the whole wrestling world knew there was more history with Gallows and Styles.
– Styles & Gallows defeated Rave & Rinauro in 11:56. They brawled all over the building. When the action moved inside the ring, Rave interfered to get the heat started on Gallows. A Gallows double clothesline led to the hot tag. Styles had Rave set up for the Clash, but Rinauro intervened with a superkick. The closing minutes were terrific with signature moves and saves galore. Gallows dropped Rinauro on Rave to break up his crossface submission. It appeared that Styles got dinged when Rinauro inadvertently landed on his neck. For the finish, Gallows planted Rinauro with a chokebomb and Styles pinned Rave with a Clash off the ropes.
Sioux City, Iowa: – Earl Caddock beat Paul Domke 2 falls to 0
1924
Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Joe “Toots” Mondt to retain the title
1950
San Francisco, California: – Sandor Szabo won the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title by defeating Ray Eckert
1957
Indianapolis, Indidana: – Boris and Nicoli Volkoff defeated Reggie and Stan Lisowski for the Chicago NWA World Tag Team Titles
1958
Oakland, California: – Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title
Atlanta, Georgia: – The Mighty Yankee defeated Ray Gunkel for the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Portland, Oregon: – Nick Kozak defeated Kurt Von Himmler to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1959
Fresno, California: – Red Hangman and Ben Sharpe defeated Johnny Barend and Ron Etchison for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title
1961
Tampa, Florida: – Buddy Austin defeated Don Curtis for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Fence Match: AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder – Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Rasmussen – Len Montana drew Jim Hady
1967
Macon, Georgia: – Bobby Hart defeated Louie Tillet to win the Georgia NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
1968
Osaka, Japan: – Thunder Sugiyama and Toyonobori defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Don Kent) for the Trans-World Wrestling Alliance (International Pro Wrestling) World Tag Team Title
1969
Los Angeles, California: – Fred Blassie defeated Bobo Brazil to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title
St. Joseph, Missouri: – Don Kent defeated Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1972
West Palm Beach, Florida: – The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) defeated The Australians (Ron Miller and Larry O’Day) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title
1975
Kansas City, Kansas: – Mike George and Jerry Oates defeated The Interns (Tom Andrews and Jim Starr) in a Losers Leave Town match to win the Central States NWA World Tag Team Title
1976
Caguas, Puerto Rico: – The Spoilers defeated Carlos Colon and Bob Ellis for the WWC North American Tag Team Titles
1977
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: – Gene Kiniski defeated Don Leo Jonathan to win the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1979
San Antonio, Texas: – Tully Blanchard defeated Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts) for the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Television Title
1981
Omaha, Nebraska: – Algerian Death Match: Mad Dog Vachon beat John Studd – Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat The Crusher & Buck Zumhofe – Jerry Blackwell beat Tito Santana – Brad Rheingans beat Steve Regal
1983
Memphis, Tennessee: – Nick Bockwinkel defeated Jerry Lawler for the held up AWA World Heavyweight Title – Robert Gibson defeated Norman Frederick Charles to win the Southeastern NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title – Bobby Eaton won the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Jacques Rougeau in Memphis, Tennessee. – Leather Strap on a Pole Match: Fabulous Ones beat Sheepherders
1985
Kansas City, Kansas: – Mr. Pogo defeated Harley Race to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1986
Chicago, Illinois: – Cage match: Road Warriors & Jerry Blackwell beat Fabulous Freebirds Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts – Sgt. Slaughter beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen dq – AWA Tag Team Champions Jim Garvin & Steve Regal beat Curt Hennig & Scott Hall – Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko dq – Boris Zhukov & Barbarian beat Marty Jannetty & Earthquake Ferris – Scott Irwin beat Baron Von Raschke – Bill Irwin beat Kelly Kiniski
1987
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeated Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) to win the Continental Wrestling Association International Tag Team Titles
1992
Dallas, Texas: – Rod Price and John Tatum defeated Black Bart and Bill Irwin for the Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title
1994
Memphis, Tennessee: – Ron and Don Harris won the USWA Tag Team Title, defeating Far 2 Wild (Chris Michaels and Todd Morton)
Chilhowie, Virginia: – Robbie Eagle defeated Chris Candido to win the SMW Television Title
Lima, Ohio: – Shinobi the Oriental Assassin (Al Snow) defeated Sean Casey for the World Wide Wrestling Alliance Light Heavyweight Title
1996
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler defeated Tex Slazenger for the USWA Heavyweight Title – Lady Satan (Debbie Combs) defeated Miss Texas (Jackie Moore) to win the USWA Women’s Title
1998
Nashville, Tennessee: – Wolfie D defeated Terry Golden to win the Music City Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title
1999
Kissimmee, Florida: – Taz defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas to win the title
2005
Tokyo, Japan: – TAKA Michinoku defeated Kaz Hayashi both the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title and Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Title
2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Kurt Angle won the 20-man battle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Title, last eliminating Mark Henry
– Brian Fury beat Shaheem Ali in the first round of the top prospect tournament
– Cedric Alexander beat Cheeseburger
– Jonathan Gresham beat Cedric Alexander via DQ
– Nigel McGuinness announced that the main event for the 2/26 Anniversary show in Las Vegas would be Jay Lethal defending the ROH title in a three-way against Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly
– Jay Briscoe won a three-way over Moose and Michael Elgin. This led to challenges for another match at the PPV which is Hiroshi Tanahashi & Elgin vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe.
Second hour
– TV Champion Roderick Strong beat Masada to retain
– Punisher Martinez beat Colby Corino in the first round of the top prospect tournament
– Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly beat ROH Champion Jay Lethal & Adam Cole. Lethal accidentally hit Cole with the Lethal injection to lead to the pin.
Third hour
– Alex Shelley beat Frankie Kazarian
– Dalton Castle b Joey Daddiego
– Ben “Action” Ortiz beat Leon St. Giovanni in the first round of the top prospect tournament
– Stokley Hathaway came out and said that Moose was issuing a challenge to Kazuchika Okada on the PPV show.
– Rhett Titus & Kenny King beat ROH Tag Champions War Machine via DQ
Fourth hour
– Lio Rush beat Jason Kincaid in the first round of the Top Prospect tournament
– Caprice Coleman & Will Ferrera beat Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser
– Rich Swann defeats the debuting Chris Gerard (aka Biff Busick) with his standing 450. Good showing here by both newcomers.
– Elias “The Drifter” Samson defeated Steve Cutler w/ his neck breaker finish. A lot of heat on Elias now with “Drift Away” chants.
– Eva Marie, Emma & Billie Kay w/ Dana Brooke & LeFort defeated Liv Morgan, Adrien Reese, & Carmella. Eva held the tights and got the pin on Reese. A lot of booing for Eva here, two heel managers at ringside got a lot of distractions going.
– Promo segment w/ Noah Kekoa saying he no longer wants us in his Friend Zone before Bull Dempsey came out to talk to him about being friends. Noah got upset with Bull and called him fat over and over before Bull laid him out and did his seated splash to teach Noah a lesson.
– Tye Dillinger defeated Levis Valenzuela Jr. Fun match with comedy early on, the crowd chanted diece for Levis as opposed to Tye’s ten. Dillinger got the upper hand and picked up the win with his knee finisher.
– Hype Bros defeated BAMF w/ Alexa Bliss & Tucker Knight and Hugo Knox in a triple threat tag match. Crowd was hot for Tucker and Hugo, singing the Silver Boots song for Tucker. Blake and Murphy heckled the crowd for cheering the other teams so much. A lot of action before the Hypes got the win.
– Apollo Crews defeated Alex Riley w/ his big slam. Tough guy match here. Apollo had a lot of support so Riley taunted the crowd back.
– NXT Women’s Champion Bayley defeated Peyton Royce in a NXT Women’s Title Match w/ the Belly to Bayley. This Citrus Springs crowd was even rowdier than the recent Full Sail taping, singing both Bayley songs. Bayley danced along to them as Peyton sassed the crowd. Bayley even did some mat work tonight such as a surfboard. After doing ten punches in the corner, the crowd chanted Ten as per Dillinger so Bayley did his hands routine and even a cartwheel to a huge pop. Peyton escaped one Belly to Bayley but couldn’t avoid it the second time. Great match here. Hope to see more.
– NXT Champion Finn Balor, Enzo Amore, & Big Cass defeated Tino Sabatelli & NXT Tag Champions Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder. Dash & Dawson got a lot of heat on Big Cass in this match before the hot tag to Finn who cleared house and scored the win. Faces went around the ring for high fives to send everyone home happy. Enzo even stopped to talk to some younger fans and pose for pictures, these three are great.
Portland, Oregon: – Harold Sakata and Toi Yamamoto defeated John Cretorian and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title
1957
Los Angeles, California: – Al Kashey defeated Lord James Blears for the vacant NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title
1958
Stockton, California: – Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title
1959
St. Louis, Missouri: – Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Hutton to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title – Gene Kiniski beat Adrian Baillargeon – Edouard Carpentier and Bobby Managoff beat El Lobo and Hans Schmidt 2 out of 3 falls – Bobby Bruns and Rip Hawk drew
1962
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Mister M (Bill Miller) defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title (Mister M’s AWA United States Heavyweight Title was vacated) – Nikita Kalmikoff beat Tony Baillargeon – Bob Geigel no contest Tiny Mills – Nick Roberts beat Pat Kennedy
1965
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – Don Leo Jonathan and Whipper Billy Watson defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) for the Winnipeg NWA International Tag Team Title
1966
St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik – Handicap match: The Crusher beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk – Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq – Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey – Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff – Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Morgan
1968
Macon, Georgia: – Butcher Vachon and Stan Vachon (Stan Pulaski) defeated Enrique and Ramon Torres for the Georgia NWA World Tag Team Title
1969
Hiroshima, Japan: – Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder defeated Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki to win the NWA International Tag Team Title
Amarillo, Texas: – Buddy Colt defeated Ricky Romero for the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title
1970
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Dave Ruhl won the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title by defeating Danny Lynch
1971
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Curtis Iaukea defeated Billy Robinson for the Hawaii NWA North American Heavyweight Title
Chattanooga, Tennessee: – Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Al and Don Greene) to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1973
Tampa, Florida: – Mark Lewin defeated Buddy Colt for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1974
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Billy Graham defeated Ed Francis to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq Billy Robinson & Red Bastein – Pak Song ddq Ripper Collins – Tosh Togo drew Bill Francis – Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I – Neff Maiava beat Peace Brother II
1978
Memphis, Tennessee: – Norvell Austin and Bill Dundee defeated Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1979
Tampa, Florida: – Jimmy Garvin defeated Dick Slater to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
1982
Tampa, Florida: – Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco for the Florida NWA North American Tag Team Titles
1983
Reynosa, Mexico: – Luis Arizona defeated Centurion Negro to win the UWA World Middleweight Title
1984
Fort Worth, Texas: – Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) won the World Class Television Title by defeating Brian Adias.
Birmingham, Alabama: – Charlie Cook defeated Jerry Stubbs for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
Memphis, Tennessee: – No dq, two referees (one will be Austin Idol), $500 fine for each illegal punch: AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler dq – Anything Goes, No referee in the Ring: Fabulous Ones beat The Moondogs – Austin Idol beat Jos Leduc – Dutch Mantell beat Mid American Champion Randy Savage dq – King Konga beat Terry Taylor – Texas Death Match: A Team beat Rock and Roll Express – Porkchop Cash & Dream Machine beat Koko Ware & Jerry Grey – Art Crews drew Terry Gibbs
1987
Birmingham, Alabama: – Larry Hamilton defeated Tom Prichard to win the Southeast NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
1989
Memphis, Tennessee: – Wendell Cooley defeated Sid Vicious to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
1993
Portland, Oregon: – Bart Sawyer defeated John Rambo to win the Championship Wrestling USA Television Title
1995
Memphis, Tennessee: – Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich defeated PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the USWA tag team titles – PG-13 defeated Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich to win the USWA tag team titles – Sweet Georgia Brown won the USWA Women’s Title by defeating Miss Texas (Jackie Moore)
1997
Memphis, Tennessee: – Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn defeated Mike Samples and Sir Mo to win the held up USWA Tag Team Titles
2000
Birmingham, Alabama: – The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions Tommy Dreamer and Raven to win the titles – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome pinned Spike Dudley to retain the title
2005
San Juan, Puerto Rico: – Trish Stratus won the WWE Diva’s Title by defeating Lita – Triple H won the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match by defeating Edge, Bastista, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Randy Orton
– Chris Jericho def. US Champion Alberto del Rio in a non-title match
The night started out with the announcer informing the crowd that John Cena is injured and will not be at the show tonight. Alberto Del Rio then interrupted her and made his way to the ring. He talked for a while, the lights go out and Y2J’s music hits. He cuts a promo about Houston wrestling and their fans’ legacy. Jericho challeges Del Rio to a match. Del Rio talks his trash and tries to walk away by chest slapping Jericho. Match begins, back and forth, a little slow at times. Y2J comes out victorious after kicking out of repeated submissions. ADR missed his finisher, Y2J hits the Code Breaker and it’s over.
– Titus O’Neil beat Stardust
Before the match, crowd starts to chant ‘Cody Rhodes’. Stardust tries to out power Titus with chest chops but that didn’t work. Stardust attacks the leg of Titus. Stardust goes for top rope move, but Titus catches and tosses him. Titus hits a boot to the head, setting up the train to the corner. Stardust stumbles out of the corner into the finishing move and that’s a three count for Titus.
– Ryback def. Rusev (w/Lana)
Pre-match promo with Lana talking trash about Houston sports and says the Dallas Cowboys are better than all of Houston. Lana claims Rusev will be next Heavyweight Champion. Rusev snatches the mic and claims that he hates American football, but if he had a team, it would be the Dallas Cowboys. Ryback’s music hits to a large pop. Strength vs. strength early. Cheap shot by Rusev when tied in the ropes when Ryback tries to break cleanly. Rusev gains upper hand. Rusev antagonizing the crowd by waving flag. Rusev hands flag off to Lana and walks into a belly to belly suplex. Each trying to suplex the other back and forth with a show of strength. Finally Ryback tosses him up and over. Ryback sets up for Meat Hook and hits it. He attempts a shell shock but Lana jumps on apron. Distraction worked, and Rusev takes advantage by kicking him in the head. He locks the submission on Ryback, but fights through it. Rusev goes for the splash and misses. Ryback pops up, hits a power bomb and the big guy gets the pin.
– R-Truth def. Heath Slater
Dance off before the match until Slater cheapshots Truth. Action on the outside. Slater tries for the pin and grabs the middle rope for leverage, but ref breaks it up. That leads to Truth rolling him up for the pin.
– Los Matadores vs. Kalisto and El Torito
Crowd going nuts for Kalisto. Matadores want Torito in there, and he puts on a show for the crowd. Matadores get the upper hand and beat up Torito. Kalisto finally gets tagged in and runs wild. Kalisto hit his finisher for the pin and win.
– Sheamus vs. Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman)
Both are in the ring for intros. Paul takes mic from the ring announcer and begins to introduce Lesnar. They tie up and Lesnar hits a belly to back as the crowd chants “Suplex City.” Sheamus retreats. A few uppercuts from Sheamus, he reverses to the corner, Lesnar stops and pounds him, hitting a suplex on Sheamus. Action spills outside and Lesnar is thrown into the stairs and then back in. Sheamus chops Lesnar, but Brock is no selling it and suplexes Sheamus. Sheamus regains the advantage for a few near falls. Lesnar then hits back to back suplexes. Sheamus retreats and heads to the top, but Lesnar catches him for another suplex. Sheamus hits a brogue kick and goes for the pin, but he kicks out. Sheamus gets suplexed several times and gets hit with the F5 for the pin.
Intermission
– Houston will host Smackdown on the Tuesday after Wrestlemania.
– Kevin Owens does a video promo challenging Dean Ambrose later on in the night. The ring announcer explains it will be a street fight.
– Brie Bella vs. Tamina (w/Alicia Fox) with Summer Rae as special ref
Very slow match. The end came when Tamina and Summer were getting into it and Brie hit a suplex to get the win. Usual “We want Sasha” chants.
– Video promo by Ambrose accepting Owens’ challenge.
– Tyler Breeze vs. Dolph Ziggler
Tyler was using the selfie stick, but it freezes up a couple of times on the big screen, then we get an error for ‘poor connection’. The crowd laughed. Usual good match with plenty of offense from both guys. Several near falls back and forth near the end. Breeze was thrown into the ropes and Ziggler hit a superkick to end it.
– IC Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens street fight
Ambrose enters with kendo sticks in each hand. Fight starts off both men outside of the ring beating on another. Action spilled outside the ring and back into the ring and back outside several times. Lots of chair shows and a “we want tables” chant breaks out. Ambrose goes for the table, but Owens rolls him up for two to prevent it. Eventually, Ambrose set the table up, but got powerbombed through it. Owens goes for the pop-up powerbomb and Ambrose countered it by flipping Owens over. Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds on the shattered table for the clean win.
– Hype Bros defeated Marcus Louis and Sawyer Fulton via pinfall with the Hype Ryder on Marcus. Good reaction for the Bros here. Fun action.
– Elias Samson beat Rich Swann with his new neckbreaker finish. Good match, Swann is beloved already and Elias had a lot of heat here. After the win, Elias hopped the barricade and drifted away.
– Eva Marie, Alexa Bliss and Peyton Royce defeated Liv Morgan, Aliyah, and Adrien Reese. The negative reaction for Eva is amazing these days. Eva got the pin on Aliyah.
– Manny Andrade (the former La Sombra) made his NXT debut and defeated Riddick Moss with running knees to the face while Moss is laying with his head on the bottom turnbuckle. Manny wasn’t known yet, so he had to win over this crowd.
– Jason Jordan, Chad Gable and Apollo Crews defeated NXT Champion Dash & Dawson and Angelo Dawkins. American Alpha is very over, a lot of solid wrestling here. Gable hit a delayed roll through Chaos Theory. It was a thing of beauty. Jordan is the best hot tag in NXT, and cleared house before Gable scored the pin after the assisted German Suplex.
– Baron Corbin defeated Alex Riley with the EOD. Physical match. Baron was jawing with the crowd a lot.
– Asuka defeated Billie Kay (w Sylvester LeFort) via Asuka Lock submission. Good match here, all about Asuka.
– NXT Champion Finn Balor and Bull Dempsey defeated Tye Dillinger and Tino Sabatelli. A lot of comedy with Bull doing his jumping jacks routine and upsetting the heels with his antics. Finn was extra animated in this match as he Irish whipped Tino across the ring and chopped him 9 times before Dillinger got in his way to stop the tenth, Finn then chopped Tye for the large ten chant. Balor got the win with the stomp and sent everyone home happy.
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania: – Wladek Zbyszko defeated B.F. Roller for the American Heavyweight Title
1925
Kansas City, Missouri: – Wayne Munn defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis to win the World Heavyweight Champion in 2 out of 3 falls
1946
San Francisco, California: – Jim Casey defeated Dean Detton to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober in a tournament final to become the first Minneapolis NWA World Tag Team Champions (The title would go on to become the AWA World Tag Team Title in 1960)
1958
Mobile, Alabama: – Yvon Robert defeated Mario Galento to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1959
Kansas City, Kansas: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and Bob Ellis drew 1 fall each (60 minutes) – Ernie Dusek, Lee Henning and Mighty Atlas beat Bobby Bruns, John Foti and Thor Hagen – Bob Orton beat Joe Scarpa
1960
Houston, Texas: – Pete Managoff defeated Nick Kozak for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1962
Memphis, Tennessee: – Len Rossi won the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Don Greene
1965
Portland, Oregon: – Pepper Martin defeated Pat Patterson for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud – Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace – Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen
1966
Omaha, Nebraska: – Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon in 2 out of 3 falls to win AWA Title (recognized only in Omaha) – Reggie Parks drew Haru Sasaki – Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek – Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Wehba (Skandar Akbar)
Chicago, Illinois: – NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser (NWA title only on the line) – Johnny Valentine no contest Wilbur Snyder – Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff – The Assassins beat Dennis Hall & Huey Long – The Crusher beat Prince Pullins
1970
Jacksonville, Florida: – Brass Knuckles Title: Jack Brisco defeat Missouri Mauler to win title – Mephisto & Dante defeated Sam Steamboat & Ciclon Negro – Bob Orton defeated Skull Von Stroheim – Dory Dixon defeated The Executioner
1971
Portland, Oregon: – Karl and Kurt Von Steiger defeated Tony Borne and Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title
1972
Hanley, England: – Albert Wall defeated George Gordienko to win the British Empire Heavyweight Title
1974
Tampa, Florida: – Danny Hodge defeated Ali (Iron Sheik) Vaziri – Kevin Sullivan defeated Skull Von Stroheim – Tom Jones defeated Mark Stone – Mad Dog & Stan Vachon defeated Paul LeDuc & Tex McKenzie – Mike Graham defeated Dick Slater by dq – Buddy Colt defeated Paul Jones by dq – Dusty Rhodes no contest Jos LeDuc
1975
Miami, Florida: – NWA Title: Jack Brisco defeat Dory Funk, Jr by dq to retain title – Florida Tag Team Title: Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci defeated Dick Slater & Prof. Toru Tanaka to retain titles – Florida Title: Bill Watts defeat The Great Malenko to retain title – Bob Roop & Mongolian Stomper beat Jos LeDuc & Bob Armstrong – Johnny Weaver beat Sonny Rogers – Pat Barrett drew Iron Mike McCord
1978
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: – Leo Burke defeated Don Gagne (Frenchy Martin) for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Stan Stasiak – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum – Dusty Rhodes beat Waldo Von Erich – Jay Strongbow beat Chris Tolos dq – Ken Patera beat Jim Brunzell – Angelo Mosca ddq Peter Maivia
1983
Cloverdale, British Columbia: – Moose Morowski and Al Tomko defeated Dean Ho and Moondog Moretti for the Vancouver NWA International Tag Team Title
Kumaya, Japan: – Kaoru Matsumoto defeated Lioness Asuka to win the AJW Singles Title
1984
Charlotte, North Carolina: – Don Kernodle and Bob Orton, Jr. defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Jimmy Valiant for the vacant Mid-Atlantic NWA World Tag Team titles
Mexico City, Mexico: – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. defeated Pirata Morgan to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title
1985
Tampa, Florida: – Winner gets held up Florida Title and $15,000: Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr (Blair regains title) – Texas Tornado Match: Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Khrusher Khruschchev & Jim Neidhart – PYT Express defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Scott McGhee – Mike Graham defeated Jack Hart
1990
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler defeated King Cobra for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title
1994
Memphis, Tennessee: – Far 2 Wild (Chris Michaels and Todd Morton) defeated PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the held up USWA Tag Team Title
1995
Atlanta, Georgia: – Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd to win the WCW World Television Title
Nagano, Japan: – Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado to win the Pro Wrestling WAR Six-Man Tag Team Titles
1998
Daytona Beach, Florida: – Juventud Guerrera defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Ultimo Dragon to win the title
2000
Fajardo, Puerto Rico: – Ray Gonzalez defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
2003
Nashville, Tennessee: – America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash) to win the NWA World Tag Team Titles – Curt Hennig defeated David Flair in an axe-handle on a pole match
2006
Albany, New York: – John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels, Kane, Chris Masters, Carlito and Kurt Angle in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE Championship – Edge defeated John Cena to win the WWE Championship after cashing in his “Money in the Bank briefcase”
2012
Orlando, Florida: – TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries defeatd Zema Ion, Jesse Sorensen and Kid Kash to retain the title – TNA Knockouts champion Gail Kim (with Madison Rayne) defeated Mickie James to retain the title – TNA Tag Team champions Matt Morgan & Crimson beat Samoa Joe & Magnus to retain the titles – TNA champion Bobby Roode retained the title over Jeff Hardy by dq
They opened with two matches taped for a show called WWE Kids. The idea is that Corey Graves announces with two kids and that kids handle the interviews and ring announcing. One of the ring announcers was Izzy, the Bayley fan who had been featured on TV during her matches the last several months.
Becky Lynch beat Natalya
Big Show beat Heath Slater
NXT for January 13, 2016:
William Regal announces a battle royal with the winner getting a shot at Bayley’s championship. Sami Zayn came out, not to enter the battle royal, but to challenge Finn Balor for the NXT title. Samoa Joe came out so this set up Zayn vs. Joe. Baron Corbin then came out and it set up a three-way for the next title shot.
Tommaso Ciampa beat Danny Burch
Dash & Dawson beat The Ascension
Elias Sampson beat Corey Hollis
Carmella won the battle royal. Eva Marie stayed outside the ring and they teased she had won, but Carmella was never eliminated and threw her out. Bayley and Carmella celebrated after the match.
NXT for January 20, 2016:
Sami Zayn beat Adam Rose
Apollo Crews beat Tye Dillinger. Crews then issued challenge to Finn Balor, saying he just wanted a match with him now and it’s not about the title.
Baron Corbin pinned Rich Swann with the End of Days
Bayley & Carmella beat Alexa Bliss & Emma. They celebrate like best friends (which they are in real life)
Samoa Joe beat Johnny Gargano
NXT for January 27, 2016:
Chad Gable & Jason Jordan came out with the new name American Alpha. they beat Blake & Murphy with the double team back suplex.
Nia Jax beat Liv Morgan. Nia Jax & Eva Marie are together as a unit.
Alex Riley (first match back after knee surgery) beat Bull Dempsey
Elias Sampson beat John Skyler
#1 contender’s match: Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin saw Zayn put Corbin the sharpshooter and Joe put Corbin in the crossface. Corbin tapped out, but the question was who did he tap out to, which will lead to a Zayn vs. Joe singles match for the shot.
NXT for 2/3
The Vaudevillains beat Mojo Rawley & Zack Ryder
Carmella beat Emma
Enzo Amore & Big Cass beat ?
Asuka beat Santana Garrett
NXT Champion Finn Balor beat Apollo Crews in a non-title match.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Jess Westergaard defeated Henry Ordemann for the American Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls (Frank Gotch referee) – Danny Larkin beat Crowley
1941
San Francisco, California: – Ivan Rasputin defeated Bobby Managoff to win the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1953
Vancouver, British Columbia: – Carl Engstrom and Frank Stojack defeated Johnny Cretorian and Kurt Von Poppenheim for the Big Time Wrestling Northwest Tag Team Title
1954
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Hombre Montana and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Al and Tiny Mills to win the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Title
1958
Dallas, Texas: – Casey and Danny McShain won a tournament for the vacant NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1961
Omaha, Nebraska: – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Dr. X (Bill Miller) to win the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight Title
1965
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Mr. Fujiwara and Curtis Iaukea defeated Lord James Blears and Neff Maivia for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title
1966
St. Louis, Missouri: – Gene Kiniski defeated Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight Title
St. Joseph, Missouri: – Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Sonny Meyers
1974 Nigata, Japan: – Sharon Lee and Jackie West defeated Mariko Akagi and Peggy Kuroda to win the WWWA World Tag Team Title
1976
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: – Greg Valentine and Bill Watts defeated The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) to win the vacant Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title
1977
Chicago, Illinois: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd – Bill Francis & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke – Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski – Chris Taylor beat Bounty Hunter II
1978
Kansas City, Kansas: – Ted DiBiase won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Bob Brown
1979
Chattanooga, Tennessee: – Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes defeated Bobby Eaton and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title
1980
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Assassins (Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) defeated Ricky and Robert Gibson for the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1982
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – Cage match: AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura – Sheik Adnan beat Mad Dog Vachon – Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell – Brad Rheingans beat Ken Patera dq – Baron Von Raschke beat Rene Goulet – Bobby Duncum beat Rick Hunter
1984
Indianapolis, Indiana: – Spike Huber defeated Bobby Colt to win the World Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title – Dick the Bruiser and Jeff Van Kamp defeated Abdullah the Great and Jerry Valiant for the WWA World Tag Team Title
1985
Fort Worth, Texas: – Billy Haynes defeated Gino Hernandez (subbing for an absent Chris Adams) for World Class Television Title
1987
Portland, Oregon: – Coco Samoa and Ricky Santana defeated Abbuda Dein and Mike Miller for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title
1989
Portland, Oregon: – The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeated Abbuda Dein and The Grappler to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title
Las Vegas, Nevada: – Cage Match: Manny Fernandez beat Wahoo McDaniel – Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans beat Iron Sheik & Mike Enos dq – AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero – AWA Women’s Champion Wendi Richter beat Magnificent Mimi – Brad Rheingans beat Iron Sheik – Jay Strongbow Jr beat Mike Enos
1991
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) defeated Tony Anthony and Doug Gilbert for the USWA Tag Team Titles
1993
Tokyo, Japan: – Masayoshi Motegi defeated Ray Gonzalez to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title
1995
Dallas, Texas: – Kevin Von Erich defeated Greg Valentine to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Title.
1996
San Germain, Puerto Rico: – Mabel defeated Carlos Colon for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
1999
Kochi, Japan: – Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title from Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue
Glen Burnie, Maryland: – Romeo Valentino defeated King Kong Bundy for the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2001
New York City: – The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino and Justin Credible in a Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match to win the title – ECW World Television Champion Rhino pinned ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman to win the World Heavyweight Title
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: – One Man Gang defeated champion Carlos Colon and Abdullah the Butcher in a three-way match to win the WWC Hardcore Title
2002
New York City: – Spike Dudley and Tazz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) to win the title – WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge pinned Lance Storm – Steve Austin and The Rock defeated Big Bossman and Booker T
2004
Nashville, Tennessee: – Chris Sabin defeated champion Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in an Ultimate X match to win the TNA X Division Title
Louisville, Kentucky: – Nick Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter for the vacant OVW Heavyweight Title
2006
Rahway, New Jersey: – Rhino defeated JAPW Heavyweight Champion Jay Lethal to win the title – Teddy Hart defeated JAPW Light Heavyweight Champion Azrieal in the finals of a Gauntlet match to win the title
2007
Tokyo, Japan: – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura to win the Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title – Gedo and Jado defeated Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki for the Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Title
