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August 12th
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1972 - The "Superbowl of Wrestling" was held in Cleveland, Ohio at Municipal Stadium. Three rings were set up, side by side, and often more than one match would be going on at a time. Attendance figures have been estimated as high as 20,000 and as low as 5,000. No reliable sources seem to agree on a number. Here are partial results of the show:
- Tony Marino & Tony Parisi defeated Motoji Okuma & Mashio Koma to win the tag team tournament.
- Sue Green & Lily Thomas defeated Tippy Wells & Peggy Patterson to win the women's tag team tournament.
- Sky Low Low & Little Brutus defeated Haiti Kid & Frenchy Lamont to win the midget tag team tournament.
- NWF World Tag Team Champions The Fargo Brothers defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Chief White Owl.
- World Women's Tag Team Champions Toni Rose & Donna Christanello defeated Sandy Parker & Debbie Johnson.
- World Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Vickie Williams.
- United States Champion Bobo Brazil defeated Killer Tim Brooks.
- Ernie Ladd vs. Abdullah the Butcher ended in a double disqualification.
- NWF North American Champion Johnny Powers defeated Johnny Valentine.
1991 - Jerry Lawler defeats Awesome Kong in Memphis, Tennessee to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title for the ninth time.
1992 - Johnny Hot Body defeats Larry Winters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to become the first ECW Television Champion.
1992 - Masahiro Chono defeats Rick Rude in the finals of New Japan's G1 Climax tournament at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. As a result of this win, Chono also won the NWA World Heavyweight Title, which had been vacant since Ric Flair left WCW for the WWF in the summer of 1991.
1997 - Chris Jericho defeated Alex Wright for the WCW Cruiserweight Title in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This began Jericho's second reign with the belt.
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