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1902 - Georg Hackenschmidt defeats Tom Cannon for the European
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title in Liverpool, England, ending Cannon's second
reign.
1911 - In their second meeting, Frank Gotch defeats Georg Hackenschmidt in
two straight falls to retain the World Heavyweight Title before 30,000 at
Chicago's Comiskey Park.
1941 - George Wagner (Gorgeous George) defeats Billy McEuin for the Pacific
Coast Junior Heavyweight Title in Eugene, Oregon, ending McEuin's second
reign.
1942 - Jerry Jarrett is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1944 - Bill Ludwig defeats Billy Williams to win the Florida Junior
Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida.
1951 - Ray Gunkel defeats Duke Keomuka for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
in Dallas, Texas.
1958 - Mario Galento to win the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
1963 - Georgia Championship Wrestling held a 12-man tournament in Columbus,
Georgia to determine the first Georgia NWA Southeastern Heavyweight
Champion. The results:
First round:
- Joe McCarthy defeated Randy Curtis.
- George Wolfe defeated Red Dugan.
- Honey Boy Hannigan defeated Rocky Stone
- Chris Averoff defeated The Green Hornet.
- Steve Dalton defeated Dick Barkley.
- Marco Polo defeated Ken Fryer.
Quarterfinals:
- Joe McCarthy defeated George Wolfe.
- Chris Averoff defeated Honey Boy Hannigan.
- Marco Polo defeated Steve Dalton to advance to the final.
Semifinal:
- Joe McCarthy defeated Chris Averoff.
Final:
- Joe McCarthy defeated Marco Polo to become the first Georgia NWA
Southeastern Heavyweight Champion.
1964 - Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder defeat Angelo Poffo and Nicoli
Volkoff to become the first two-time WWA World Tag Team Champions.
1968 - Bob Kelly defeats Bobby Fields to win the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight
Title in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, ending Fields' second reign.
1969 - Bob Kelly defeats The Blue Yankee for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight
Title in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to begin Fields' third reign.
1970 - Buddy Colt defeats Nick Bockwinkel for the NWA Georgia Heavyweight
Title in Atlanta, Georgia, ending Bockwinkel's second reign.
1970 - Bobby and Jerry Christy win their fourth Stampede International Tag
Team Title in Calgary, Alberta, defeating Bud and Ray Osborne.
1972 - Jerry Brisco defeats Rip Hawk for the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight
Title in Greenville, South Carolina. This began Brisco's second reign and
ended Hawk's third.
1972 - Bob Brown and John Quinn defeat Steven Little Bear and Dutch Savage
for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in New Westminster, British
Columbia, to end Steven and Savage's second reign and begin Brown and
Quinn's third.
1976 - Dusty Rhodes defeats Ric Flair in Richmond, Virginia to win the NWA
Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title. However, the title change was nullified
because Rhodes had his feet on the ropes during the pin.
1978 - David and Kevin Von Erich defeat Bruiser Brody and Gino Hernandez to
win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in Fort Worth, Texas to begin their second
reign.
1980 - Giant Baba defeats Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in
Saga, Japan, ending Race's fourth reign and beginning Baba's third.
1980 - Roddy Piper defeats Buddy Rose to win the NWA Pacific Northwest
Heavyweight Title, to end Rose's second reign and begin Piper's second
reign.
1987 - The WWF held its third-annual "King of the Ring" event at
the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The results were:
First round:
- Haku (with Tama) pinned Brutus Beefcake with a roll-up after Tama
distracted Beefcake.
- Rick Martel pinned Dan Spivey with a small package.
- King Kong Bundy defeated The One Man Gang by countout.
- Special Delivery Jones pinned Sika with a small package.
- Danny Davis (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Tito Santana by countout.
- The Junkyard Dog pinned Tama with a cradle.
- Jim Brunzell pinned Ron Bass after a dropkick.
- Randy Savage pinned Nikolai Volkoff after a flying elbowdrop.
Quarterfinals:
- Haku and Rick Martel fought to a 15-minute time-limit draw, with neither
man advancing.
- King Kong Bundy pinned Special Delivery Jones after an elbowdrop to
advance to the final.
- Danny Davis (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Junkyard Dog by countout.
- Randy Savage pinned Jim Brunzell after a flying elbowdrop.
Semifinal:
- Randy Savage defeated Danny Davis after a flying elbowdrop.
Non-tournament:
- Jake Roberts defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man
(with Jimmy Hart) by disqualification, after Honky hit Roberts with Hart's
megaphone. Honky retained the title.
Final:
- Randy Savage defeated King Kong Bundy after a flying elbowdrop to win the
King of the Ring tournament.
1989 - Cuchillo defeats Yoshihiro Asai (Ultimo Dragon) for the UWA World
Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1989 - Texas Dirt (Dutch Mantel) defeats Black Bart to win the CWA
Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning his second reign.
1990 - Danny Collins defeats Richie Brooks for the British
Heavy-Middleweight Title in Croydon, England, to begin his second reign.
1991 - Alex Porteau ends Ricky Santana's third WWC World Junior Heavyweight
Title reign in Cataño, Puerto Rico.
1992 - Bestia Salvaje defeat El Dandy for the CMLL World Middleweight Title
in Mexico City, Mexico.
1994 - Pierroth, Jr. defeats Vampiro in Monterrey, Mexico to win the
Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre Heavyweight Title.
1995 - "WCW Monday Nitro" debuts on TNT, live from the Mall of
America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The show got a 2.9 rating. "WWF
Monday Night RAW" did not air on USA due to U.S. Open tennis coverage.
The results were:
- The American Males (Mark Bagwell and Scott Riggs) defeated WCW World Tag
Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater (with Col. Robert Parker).
- Brian Pillman defeated Jushin Liger.
- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Sting defeated Ric Flair by
disqualification to retain the title. During this match, Lex Luger made his
surprise return to WCW. He signed with the company after working for the WWF
without a contract for several weeks. In fact, Luger had just wrestled for
the WWF the night before in Saint John, New Brunswick.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Big
Bubba Rogers to retain the title.
1996 - Vance Nevada wins his fourth Canadian Junior Heavyweight Title in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, from J.T. Atlas.
1997 - IWA Mid-South held an event in Louisville, Kentucky. The results:
- Reckless Youth defeated The American Kickboxer to win the vacant IWA
Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title.
- Mad Man Pondo defeated Ox Harley in a Make a Wish match.
- Blaze defeated Salvatore Sincere.
- The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) defeated IWA Mid-South Tag
Team Champions The War Machines (#1 and #2) to win the title.
- Pitbull #2 defeated J.R. Ryder.
- The Tower of Doom defeated Twiggy Ramirez.
- NWA World Women's Champion Sherri Martel defeated Debbie Combs in a Dog
Collar match to retain the title.
- The Vampire Warrior defeated Ian Rotten.
- IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Bull Pain defeated Tracy Smothers to
retain the title.
1998 - Adam Pearce defeats Billy Joe Eaton in West Allis, Wisconsin to win
the Mid American Wrestling Heayweight Title, ending Eaton's third reign.
1999 - Blade Boudreaux becomes the first two-time NWA Mid-South Heavyweight
Title in Brownsville, Tennessee, by defeating Don Bass.
2000 - The Monday Night War celebrated its fifth birthday, and the WWF won
the night. "RAW is WAR"'s 4.22 rating (hours of 4.20 and 4.23)
beat out "WCW Monday Nitro"'s 3.62 rating (hours of 3.20 and
4.04).
"Nitro" was live from Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The results:
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio, Jr. (with
Disco Inferno, Konnan and Tygress) defeated The Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2
Dope and Violent J), when Misterio pinned Violent J, to retain the title.
- Sting defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro in a War Games Qualifying
Handicap match, by pinned Sting after the Scorpion Death Drop.
- Booker T pinned Stevie Ray after a Book End in a War Games Qualifying
match.
- Kronik (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) defeated Ernest Miller (with Ms.
Jones) in a War Games Qualifying Handicap match after the High Times.
- Goldberg pinned Shane Douglas (with Torrie Wilson) after the Jackhammer in
a War Games Qualifying match.
- The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Chuck Palumbo,
Reno, Mike Sanders and Shawn Stasiak) defeated Big Vito in a Handicap match,
when Sanders got the pin after O'Haire hit a Seanton Bomb.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Kevin Nash defeated Brian Adams, Booker T,
Goldberg, Heavy D, Ernest Miller, Vince Russo and Scott Steiner in a War
Games match to retain the title.
"RAW is WAR" was live from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The
results were:
- Kane defeated Chris Benoit by disqualification after Benoit hit Kane with
a chair. The match was to decide the #1 contender to the WWF Title at "Unforgiven".
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated The A.P.A. (Bradshaw and
Faarooq) (with Kaientai (Taka Michinoku and Funaki)) in a Tables match, when
Bubba Ray powerbombed Bradshaw backwards through a table as he tried to
superplex D-Von through it.
- Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle and WWF Intercontinental Champion Chyna
by disqualification, by pinning Chyna, to win the title. Angle had hit Chyna
with the belt and run off, with Guerrero appearing to give chase. He checked
on the unconscious Chyna, picking her up off her back and holding her,
before leaning back down on top of her for the win. This ended Chyna's third
reign.
- Triple H pinned Test (with Albert and Trish Stratus) after the Pedigree.
- WWF Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman pinned The Big Bossman after a
superkick to retain the title.
- Road Dogg and Val Venis defeated The Right to Censor (Bull Buchanan and
The Goodfather (with Steven Richards)), when Road Dogg pinned Goodfather
after a flying forearm.
- Chris Jericho and Jerry Lawler defeated Naked Mideon and Tazz, when Lawler
pinned Tazz with a roll-up.
- WWF Tag Team Champions Edge and Christian defeated The Undertaker and WWF
Champion The Rock, when Rock was pinned after a Conchairto, to retain the
title.
2001 - The WWF held a special live edition of "SmackDown!" on UPN
from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, which got a 3.4 rating. The
results:
- The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt (with Lita)) defeated Justin Credible and
Raven (with Terri) after Jeff pinned Credible after the Swanton and the
Twist of Fate from Matt. Lita gave Terri a Twist of Fate of her own after
the match.
- WWF and WCW Tag Team Champion The Undertaker fought Steven Richards to a
no-contest, after Taker followed Richards up the aisle and punched him out.
We then saw the WWF debut of Kronik, as Brian Adams appeared and kicked over
The Undertaker's motorcycle, with Taker attacking Adams for the deed, before
Bryan Clark attacking Taker from behind. Both men beat Taker down in the
ring before hitting the High Times.
- Test pinned Billy Gunn after a big boot.
- The Big Show defeated WWF European Champion The Hurricane by
disqualification when Lance Storm interfered and dropkicked Show when he was
about to chokeslam Hurricane. Big Show chokeslammed both men afterwards.
- Booker T (with Shane McMahon), The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) and
Rhyno defeated The A.P.A. (Bradshaw and Faarooq), Chris Jericho and WCW
Champion The Rock, when Booker pinned Jericho after Rhyno hit the Gore on
him while he had Shane McMahon in the Walls of Jericho.
- WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam pinned WWF Champion Steve Austin with a
roll-up after Austin was distracted by Kurt Angle's entrance music and pyro.
2004 - Nuevo Gran Apolo defeats Ray Gonzalez for the IWA World Heavyweight
Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. This began Apolo's eighth reign and ended
Gonzalez's third.
2004 - PWG held "The Next Show" at the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish
Community Center in Los Angeles, California. The results were:
- The First Family (Brad Bradley and Babi Slymm (with C. Edward Vander
Pyle)) defeated Human Tornado and Supa Badd.
- Chris Bosh defeated Hook Bomberry and Quicksilver in a three-way match.
- Charles Mercury and Top Gun Talwar defeated S.B.S. (Disco Machine and
Excalibur).
- The American Dragon defeated The UK Kid.
- The Dangerous Players (Puma, Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) defeated B-Boy,
Christopher Daniels and Bobby Quance.
- Super Dragon defeated Chris Hero.
- Samoa Joe defeated PWG Champion Frankie Kazarian by disqualification.
Kazarian retained the title.
- PWG Tag Team Champion Scott Lost defeated PWG Tag Team Champion Joey Ryan
in a Ladder match to gain sole possession of the title.
2004 - Steve Madison wins his second NWA Florida Heavyweight Title from Todd
Shane in Clearwater, Florida. At the same event, Scoot Andrews defeats Lex
Lovett for the vacant NWA Southern Heavyweight Title.
2004 - Jason Cross defeats Onyx in Cornelia, Georgia to win the NWA Wildside
Heavyweight Title, to begin his second reign.
2004 - The Psycho defeats Brother Love for the NWA Mississippi Junior
Heavyweight Title in Magee, Mississippi, ending and beginning both men's
third reign.
2005 - PWG held the second of two events of its first-annual "Battle of
Los Angeles" at the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center in Los
Angeles, California. The show featured the final three rounds of the 16-man
Battle of Los Angeles tournament. The results:
Non-tournament:
- Hook Bomberry, T.J. Perkins (with Ed Powers) and Chris Sabin defeated
Disco Machine, Excalibur and Ronin.
Quarterfinals:
- Quicksilver defeated Rocky Romero.
- Chris Bosh defeated James Gibson.
- Bryan Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels.
- A.J. Styles defeated PWG Champion Kevin Steen.
Non-tournament:
- Samoa Joe and NOSAWA defeated Kikutaro and Top Gun Talwar.
Semifinals:
- Chris Bosh defeated Quicksilver.
- A.J. Styles defeated Bryan Danielson.
Non-tournament:
- Jack Evans, PWG Tag Team Champion El Generico, Frankie Kazarian and Super
Dragon defeated Scott Lost, Ricky Reyes, Davey Richards and Joey Ryan.
Final:
- Chris Bosh defeated A.J. Styles to win the Battle of Los Angeles.
2007 - Boso Boy Raito defeats Shiori Asahi for the UWA World Middleweight
Title in Tokyo, Japan, beginning his second reign. At the same show, Ryota
Chikuzen and KAZMA win the Kaientai Dojo STRONGEST-K Tag Team Title from
MIYAWAKI and Naoki Tanizaki.
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