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1939 - Dick Raines defeats Dean Detton in Honolulu, Hawaii to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title.
1956 - Pepper Gomez & Luigi Macera defeat Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills in Dallas, Texas to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title.
1963 - At the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NWA World Champion defeats WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers in a three fall match, two weeks after the controversial match between the two that led to the creative of the WWWF Title. Thesz defeated Rogers via DQ in the first fall, Rogers pinned Thesz in the second fall and Thesz pinned Rogers in the third fall. Only the NWA Title was on the line, and this match is largely ignored in WWWF history.
1969 - El Mongol defeats Dale Lewis in Atlanta, Georgia to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title for the fifth time.
1977 - WWWF ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the following results:
- Mil Mascaras defeated Doug Gilbert.
- Larry Zbyszkp defeated The Executioner.
- WWWF Tag Team Champions Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy Whitewolf defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Tor Kamata.
- Carlos Rocha defeated Frank Monroe.
- Stan Stasiak defeated Manuel Soto.
- Jose Gonzalez defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via disqualification.
- Johnny Rodz vs. Pete Sanchez ended in a draw.
- WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Ken Patera in a Texas Death Match was ruled a no-contest after the referee was knocked out.
1981 - Mr. Fuji & Genichiro Tenryu defeat Dewey Robertson (The Missing Link) & George Wells to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling held the finals of their WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament saw the top three point getters (Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith & The Coba) in a round robin final to determine the champion. The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith ended in a double-countout. Dynamite Kid defeated Smith via countout, then on this show Kid pinned Cobra in the final match to win the title.
1986 - Leo Burke & Ron Ritchie defeat Wayne Ferris (Honky Tonk Man) & Ron Starr in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the Stampede International Tag Team Title.
1987 - The UWF Tag Team Title Tournament, held in Fort Worth, Texas to fill the vacancy created when Hacksaw Duggan (who held the belts with Terry Taylor) left for WWF, saw a team win that wasn't even a unit when the tournament began. Here are the results:
First Round:
- Rick Steiner & Sting defeated Missing Link & Chavo Guerrero.
- Sam Houston & Terry Taylor defeated Terry Gordy & Angel Of Death.
- Steve Williams & Ted DiBiase defeated Eli The Eliminator & Bill Irwin.
- Chris Adams & Iceman King Parsons defeated Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts.
Semifinals:
- Rick Steiner & Sting defeated Sam Houston & Terry Taylor.
- Chris Adams & Iceman King Parsons defeated Steve Williams & Ted DiBiase via countout. Devastation Inc. came to ringside and started brawling with Williams & DiBiase. Adams joined in the fight, helping DiBiase & Williams, while Parsons stayed in the ring. The referee counted out DiBiase & Williams, and gave the win to Adams & Parsons. Adams refused to accept the win, leading to an argument with Parsons. The team split up, and it was decided a coin toss would decide which wrestler (with a new partner) would move on in the tournament. Adams won, and picked Savannah Jack as his partner. However, before the finals could take place, Parsons attacked Jack, injuring him. Adams had to select another partner, and decided on Terry Taylor.
Finals:
- Chris Adams & Terry Taylor defeated Rick Steiner & Sting to win the UWF Tag Team Title.
1987 - Bruno Sammartino defeated Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage in a lumberjack match, selling out the Boston Garden, when King Kong Bundy attacked Sammartino as he had Savage in a bear hug.
1989 - Larry Zbyszko won a Battle Royal in St. Paul, Minnesota for the AWA World Heavyweight title, last eliminating Tom Zenk. Jerry Lawler, the previous champion, had been stripped of the title the previous month. Lawler who was the "Unified" AWA and World Class champion, was splitting time between the AWA, CWA (Memphis) and World Class areas. This led to problems with the AWA, who wanted more control of the situation, so they stripped the title, claiming Lawler had missed title defenses. In truth, Lawler's home promotion (CWA) had split with the AWA. Zbyszko, son-in-law of AWA boss Verne Gagne, had just returned from WCW, and won the title.
1992 - Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS) defeated the Legion of Doom in Denver, Colorado for the WWF World Tag Team Title. This ended the first WWF title run for Animal & Hawk, and it would be five years before they would win it again. This was the first of three title reigns for Money Inc. Interesting to note, the original advertised lineup for the show had the Natural Disasters facing the Legion Of Doom.
1992 - Barry Horowitz defeats Jerry Lynn in Dallas, Texas to win the Global Wrestling Federation World Light Heavyweight Title.
1994 - Jerry Lawler defeated Eddie Gilbert for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title. This continued a string of back and forth title changes between the two, ending Gilbert's third title reign, and beginning Lawler's 18th. On the same show, Doug Gilbert defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title, ending Christopher's ninth run with the belt.
1999 - Jebediah Blackhawk & Cousin Otter defeated The Damaja & David C. for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title.
1999 - WWF ran in Madison Square Garden in New York City with the following results:
- Edge & Christian defeated Blue Meanie & Hardcore Holly.
- Al Snow defeated Goldust.
- Matt & Jeff Hardy and Jacqueline defeated Mark Henry, D'Lo Brown & Luna Vachon.
- WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Val Venis & The Godfather.
- The Undertaker & The Acolytes defeated X-Pac, Road Dogg & Billy Gunn when Undertaker pinned Road Dogg. During the match, Dogg appeared to suffer a neck injury and after the match was over he was taken from the ring on a stretcher.
- Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman and Dan Severn in a three-way match.
- Kane defeated Triple H.
- Steve Austin defeated Mankind, Big Bossman and The Rock in a four-way match.
2000 - Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Brian Knobs in Tulsa, Oklahoma to win the WCW Hardcore Title.
2000 - Raw from Dallas, Texas was headlined by a ten-man tag team match as Triple H, X-Pac, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko defeated The Rock, Cactus Jack, Rikishi & Too Cool when Benoit pinned Grandmaster Sexay with a flying headbutt. After the match, the New Age Outlaws joined the DX & Radicalz team in beating up the babyfaces until Kane made the save.
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