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May 7th

On this day in history in ....

1914 - Stanislaus Zbyszko defeats Americus (Gus Schoenlein) to win the World Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Missouri.

1948 - Danny McShain defeats Miguel Guzmán for the Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas, ending Guzmán's second reign.

1954 - Bull Curry defeats Ray Gunkel to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas, ending Gunkel's third reign.

1955 - Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski defeat Ben and Mike Sharpe for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title, ending the Sharpes' ninth reign.

1956 - Larry Chene and Herb Freeman defeat Jack O'Reilly and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.

1964 - Louie Tillet defeats Jerry Kozak to win the NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Title in Austin, Texas, ending Kozak's second reign and beginning Tillet's second.

1965 - Owen Hart is born in Calgary, Alberta.

1967 - Vento Castella defeats Karloff Lagarde for the NWA World Welterweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, ending Lagarde's second reign.

1970 - Jerry Christy defeats Abdullah the Butcher for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta. This began Christy's second reign and ended Abdullah's third.

1970 - Terry Funk defeats Ricky Romero for the NWA Western States Heavyweight Title in Amarillo, Texas.

1974 - Mike Dubois and Fred Sweetan defeat The Beast and Bobby Kay to win the Eastern Sports Association International Tag Team Title in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1975 - George Gulas and Jerry Jarrett defeat Don and Ron Wright for the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee. At the same event, Luke Graham wins the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Don Kent, ending his third reign and beginning Graham's second.

1976 - The Super Destroyer defeats The Mighty Canadian (Gene Kiniski) to win the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title in Amarillo, Texas, beginning his third reign.

1977 - José Miguel Perez defeats Hurácan Castillo in a tournament final for the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

1979 - Bill Dundee and Robert Fuller defeated The Assassins in a loser leaves town match in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title.

1979 - Blackjack Mulligan wins his second Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title in Odessa, Texas, ending Dory Funk, Jr.'s third reign.

1981 - Rufus R. Jones defeats Bobby Jaggers for the NWA Central States Television Title in Kansas City, Kansas.

1982 - Timothy Flowers and Adrian Street defeat Chris Adams and Ringo Rigsby to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title.

1983 - La Galactica defeats Jaguar Yokoto for the WWWA World Singles Title in Kawasaki, Japan.

1984 - Tommy Gilbert defeats Johnny Rich to win the NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Title in Birmingham, Alabama.

1984 - Killer Khan defeats Kelly Kiniski for the World Class Television Title in Fort Worth, Texas.

1985 - Jerry Oske defeats Randy Savage to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Louisville, Kentucky.

1987 - Kid McCoy defeats Steve Grey for the British Lightweight Title in Adwick le Street, England, ending Grey's fifth reign.

1988 - The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeat Avalanche (P.N. Newz) and Mike Golden to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Portland, Oregon, beginning their second reign.

1989 - WCW, under the NWA banner, held the first-annual WrestleWar pay-per-view event, subtitled "Music City Showdown", at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The results were:
- The Great Muta (with Gary Hart) pinned Doug Gilbert (with NWA United States Tag Team Champion Eddie Gilbert) after a moonsault.
- Butch Reed pinned Ranger Ross after shoulderblock off the top rope.
- Dick Murdoch pinned Bob Orton, Jr. (with Gary Hart) in a bullrope match after two elbowdrops after he hogtied Orton.
- The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) defeated The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu (with Paul E. Dangerously)), when Douglas pinned Fatu after a missile dropkick from Ace.
- Michael Hayes (with Hiro Matsuda) pinned NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger to win the title, ending Luger's second reign. Both men ran into referee Nick Patrick. While the referee was out, Terry Gordy came out and put Hayes on top of Luger, and pushed Luger's foot off the bottom rope during the count.
- NWA World Television Champion Sting defeated The Iron Sheik (with Rip Morgan) by submission with the Scorpion Deathlock to retain the title.
- Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat by reversing a bodyslam into an inside cradle to win the title, beginning his seventh reign. Judges at ringside to decide the match in the event it went the full hour time limit were former champions Terry Funk, Pat O'Connor and Lou Thesz. After the match, Funk attacked Flair after Flair turned down a future title match with him.
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk (with Paul Ellering)) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams (with Kevin Sullivan)) by disqualification, when Dan Spivey pinned referee Nikita Koloff out of the ring. The Varsity Club retained the title, but were stripped of the title just after the match for their actions.
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (with Missy Hyatt) defeated The Varsity Club (Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan), when Gilbert pinned Sullivan after Steiner clotheslined Sullivan behind the referee's back, to retain the title.

1990 - Navajo Kid defeats Steve Gatorwolf for the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Chinle, Arizona.

1993 - The Sicilian Stallions (Guido Falcone and Vito Mussolini) defeat The Ebony Experience (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win the GWF Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas, ending the Ebony Experience's third and final reign before leaving for WCW.

1993 - Madusa Miceli defeats Jamie West for the International World Class Championship Wrestling Women's Title in Southampton, New York.

1998 - Damiancito el Guerrero defeats El Oriental to win the vacant Mexican National Lightweight Title in Guadalajara, Mexico.

1999 - Nick Dinsmore defeats Rob Conway to win his third OVW Heavyweight Title in New Albany, Indiana.

1999 - The Ultimate Fighting Championship held UFC 20: Battle for the Gold at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. The results:
- In a preliminary fight, Ron Waterman defeated Chris Condo by TKO (strikes) at 0:28.
- Laverne Clark defeated Fabiano Iha by TKO (cut) at 1:31.
- Marcelo Mello defeated David Roberts by TKO (strikes) at 1:23.
- Wanderlei Silva defeated Tony Petarra by knockout (knee) at 2:53.
- Pete Williams defeated Travis Fulton by submission (armbar) at 6:28.
- Pedro Rizzo defeated Tra Telligman by knockout at 4:30.
- Bas Rutten defeated Kevin Randleman by split decision after 21:00 to win the UFC Heavyweight Title. The title had been vacated in January 1998, when Randy Couture was stripped due to a contract dispute.

2000 - WCW held the eighth-annual, and final, Slamboree pay-per-view at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The results were:
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Candido (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) pinned The Artist (with Paisley) after a diving headbutt to retain the title.
- WCW Hardcore Champion Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley and Ralphus in a handicap match, by pinning Smiley with a small package, to retain the title.
- Shawn Stasiak pinned Curt Hennig with a fisherman suplex.
- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner (with Midajah and Shakira (Kim Kanner)) defeated Captain Rection to retain the title.
- Mike Awesome fought Kanyon to a no-contest after Kevin Nash, Billy Kidman, Vampiro, Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, Ric Flair, and Sting all interfered.
- Lex Luger defeated Buff Bagwell by submission with the Torture Rack.
- Shane Douglas pinned Ric Flair after David Flair hit Ric with a baseball bat.
- Sting pinned Vampiro after a Scorpion Deathdrop.
- Hulk Hogan (with Horace Hogan) defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) after Kidman missed a splash and went through a table. Eric Bischoff was the guest referee.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple-tier steel cage match to win the title, beginning his second reign. Jarrett grabbed the belt at the top of the structure to win, after Arquette, who Page had been helping throughout the match, hit Page with a guitar, knocking him down to on top of the second level. After the match, Mike Awesome attacked Page, with Kanyon attempting to make the save. Awesome threw Kanyon off the second cage onto the entrance ramp, breaking it.

2000 - Los Villanos (III, IV and V) defeat Cyborg Cop, Maniacop and Vader Cop to win the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Title in Naucalpan, Mexico.

2000 - Abismo Negro and Electro Shock defeat Hator and The Panther for the Mexican National Tag Team Title in Monterrey, Mexico.

2000 - Takehiro Murahama defeats Super Delfin to win the Osaka Pro Wrestling Singles Title in Osaka, Japan.

2001 - Justin Starr defeats Drew McDonald for the British Heavyweight Title in Weymouth, England.

2003 - TNA held its 44th weekly pay-per-view event at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. The results were:
Xplosion:
- Jimmy Rave defeated Joey Idol.
- The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) defeated Chad and Jason Dubbins.
- Erik Watts defeated Frankie Capone.
- Mike Sanders defeated Shawn Daivari.
Pay-per-view:
- D'Lo Brown and A.J. Styles defeated Triple X (Low Ki and Elix Skipper), when Brown pinned Low Ki.
- Sabu defeated New Jack and The Sandman in a three-way hardcore match, by pinning New Jack, to earn a spot in the Anarchy in the Asylum battle royal.
- James Storm defeated Chris Harris to earn a spot in the Anarchy in the Asylum battle royal.
- Traci defeated Desire and Trinity in a three-way match to earn a spot in the Anarchy in the Asylum battle royal.
- Christopher Daniels defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn by disqualification in a handicap match to win the title.
- Ken Shamrock and Malice won the Anarchy in the Asylum battle royal. The other participants were: Mike Awesome, Buff Bagwell, D'Lo Brown, Justin Credible, Glenn Gilberti, Kid Kash, Ron Killings, Konnan, Brian Lawler, Sabu, Perry Saturn, Sonny Siaki, Rick Steiner, James Storm, A.J. Styles and Traci.

2004 - Shane Holmes defeats Gibby Guerro and champion Pyro in Winnipeg, Manitoba to win the Canadian Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title. At the same event, Kerry Brown defeats Rob Stardom for the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title.

2005 - ROH held Manhattan Mayhem at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York. The results:
- Lacey's Angels (Deranged and Izzy (with Lacey) defeated Azrieal and Dixie. As a result of the loss, Azrieal and Dixie were forced to disband.
- Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana.
- James Gibson defeated Black Tiger (Rocky Romero).
- ROH Tag Team Champions Jimmy Jacobs and B.J. Whitmer defeated Generation Next (Jack Evans and Roderick Strong) to retain the title.
- Samoa Joe defeated ROH Pure Champion Jay Lethal to win the title.
- Jimmy Rave defeated CM Punk in a Dog Collar match.
- ROH World Champion Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley to retain the title.
- The Rottwielers (Homicide and Low Ki (with Julius Smokes)) defeated Jay Lethal and ROH Pure Champion Samoa Joe.

2005 - NWA Midwest held an event at the Park District Recreation Center in Streamwood, Illinois. The results were:
- NWA Illinois Heavyweight Champion Marco Cordova defeated Jayson Reign to retain the title.
- Brad Bradley defeated Silas Young.
- NWA Midwest Tag Team Champions The Centerfolds (Matt Longtime and Eric Priest) defeated Danny Dominion and Mike Venom to retain the title.
- Ryan Boz defeated Chad Collyer.
- Jason Dukes defeated Hardcore Craig.
- NWA Midwest X Division Champion Matt Sydal fought Delirious and Puma to a 30-minute time-limit draw in a three-way match to retain the title.
- MsChif defeated NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Champion Daizee Haze to win the title.
- The Black and the Brave (Tyler Black and Marek Brave) defeated The All-Stars (Bryce Benjamin and Chandler McClure), The BJ Xpress (NWA Indiana Heavyweight Champion Brandon Thomaselli and Josh Abercrombie) and The Usual Suspects (Chris Chaos and Diego Corleone) in a four-way elimination match to become #1 contenders to the NWA Midwest Tag Team Title.
- NWA Heartland State Heavyweight Champion Danny Daniels defeated Tracy Smothers to retain the title.

2006 - Brent Dail defeats Stefano to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to begin his seventh reign.

2006 - Billy Roc defeats Shawn Cook for the Central Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Lafayette, Indiana, ending Cook's second reign.

2007 - Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harold "Sonny" Myers passes away in St. Joseph, Missouri at age 83, after a long illness.

2007 - WWE held a live RAW at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania, which got a 3.6 rating on USA Network. The results were:
- In a dark match, Chuck Palumbo pinned Viscera after a big boot.
Heat:
- Jim Duggan and Eugene defeated Scotty Charisma and Xavier, when Duggan pinned Xavier after a running clothesline.
- Val Venis pinned Sean Reynolds with the Money Shot.
- Cryme Tyme (JTG and Shad) defeated Kenny Dykstra and Johnny Nitro, when JTG pinned Dykstra after the G9.
RAW:
- Candice Michelle and Mickie James defeated WWE Women's Champion Melina and Victoria, when Candice pinned Melina after a spinkick.
- WWE Intercontinental Santino Marella pinned Chris Masters with a roll-up to retain the title.
- Umaga defeated The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister) in a handicap match by pinning both men after a splash off the top rope.
- The Great Khali defeated Shawn Michaels in a no-disqualification match after the referee stopped the match due to Michaels being unable to continue, after Khali gave Michaels a tree slam through the announce table. With the win, Khali earned a shot at John Cena's WWE Title at Judgment Day.
- World Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Jeff and Matt) defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas), when Matt pinned Haas after Jeff hit the Swanton.
- Edge pinned Mr. Kennedy after a spear, and attacking him from behind on his way to the ring and hitting him with a television monitor, to win the Money in the Bank contract.
- WWE Champion John Cena fought Randy Orton to a no-contest after The Great Khali came out and hit Cena with the title belt.
- In a dark match after the show, WWE Champion John Cena defeated Edge.

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