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1957 - Richard Brown defeats Red Berry in Witchita, Kansas for the NWA Central States Title. This marked the beginning of the third reign for Brown, and ended the second run with the belt for Berry.
1959 - Lee Fields defeats The Mighty Yankee in Mobile, Alabama to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title for the second time in his career. In a different twist, Fields would vacate the title a few months later when he decided to buy the promotion.
1964 - Chin Lee defeats Silento Rodriguez for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title, ending Rodriguez' second title reign in Mobile Alabama.
1989 - The World Wrestling Council held their 16th Anniversary show in Bayamon, Puerto Rico at Juan Lobriel Stadium, drawing a crow of 17,000. Here are the results:
- Cuban Assassin & Jerry Morrow defeated Miguel Peres, Jr. & Hurricane Castillo, Jr. for the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title, ending Perez & Castillo's third reign as champions.
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight Champion Super Medico defeated El Gran Mendoza.
- Manny Fernandez defeated Invader #3.
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Kareem Muhammad.
- Kevin Von Erich defeated Ron Bass.
- Chris & Mark Youngblood defeated Rip Oliver & Abddhuadein to win the WWC World Tag Team Title.
- TNT defeated Chicky Starr, forcing him to shave his head. If TNT had lost, he would have to give up his name and character.
- Invader #1 defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian Chain Match to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title.
- Carlos Colon defeated Steve Strong in a Barbed Wire Cage match to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title.
1990 - Manami Toyota defeats Bison Kimura in a tournament final for the All Japan Pacific Title in Tokyo, Japan. The belt had been vacated on June 17, 1990 when Suzuka Minami defeated champion Aja Kong by disqualification, but refused to take the championship.
1995 - ECW ran a show at the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- The Eliminators defeated Chad Austin & Tony Stetson.
- Taz defeated Jason Knight.
- Cactus Jack defeated Pablo Pena (As part of his storyline at the time, Cactus purposely made the match as boring as possible, in order to infuriate the hardcore fans. He would tease using a chair or fighting on the floor, but then would simply apply a side headlock instead. The fans responded by doing the "wave".)
- Konnan defeated Dudley Dudley.
- Psicosis defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. in a three falls match.
- Raven & Stevie Richards defeated The Pitbulls to become two-time ECW World Tag Team Champions.
- ECW TV Champion 2 Cold Scorpio defeated JT Smith.
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman defeated Mikey Whipwreck to retain the title.
- Originally, ECW planned to have The Public Enemy vs. The Gangstas in a match held outside the building, but the local authorities wouldn't allow it. Instead, ECW held the "Three Way Dance, Part 2" with Public Enemy defeating The Gangstas and Steven Richards & Raven to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship for the fourth, and final, time in their careers.
1996 - WCW Monday Nitro defeated WWF Monday Night Raw, 3.5 to 2.1 in the Monday night ratings battle. Nitro was headlined by a Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage bout that didn't take place due to the NWO attacking both men, while Raw featured Sid Vicious defeating Goldust.
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