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June 21st
On this day in history in ....
1934 - Francisco Aguayo defeats Martinez Larrea in Mexico City, Mexico
for the Mexico National Heavyweight Title.
1942 - Ciclon Veloz defeats Jack O'Brien to win the Mexico National
Welterweight Title.
1957 - Pepper Gomez & El Medico defeat Duke Keomuka & Tokyo Joe
in Houston, Texas for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title.
1963 - Pepper Gomez defeats Bill Watts to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight
Title in Houston, Texas.
1965 - Stan Stasiak & Haru Sasaki defeats Pepper Martin & Shag
Thomas in Portland, Oregon for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
1966 - Tojo Yamamoto & Great Higami defeat Len Rossi & Mario
Milano to win the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title in
Birmingham, Alabama.
1969 - Paul DeMarco defeats The Professional (Doug Gilbert) for the NWA
Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia.
1969 - Johnny Walker & Bearcat Brown defeats The Great Mephisto &
Dante to win the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, ending Mephisto and Dante's second reign.
1971 - Don & Al Greene win the Mid-America version of the NWA
Southern Tag Team Title for the seventh time, defeating Tojo Yamamoto &
Jerry Jarrett in Memphis, Tennessee, ending their third reign.
1971 - Tarzan Zorra defeats Jos LeDuc to win the International Wrestling
Association International Heavyweight Title in Montreal, Quebec.
1978 - Mongolian Stomper wins an elimination tag team match in Knoxville,
Tennessee to win the vacant NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title, beginning his
second reign.
1980 - Takachiho (The Great Kabuki) & Killer Karl Kox defeat Bob
Brown & Pat O'Connor to win the NWA Central States Tag Team Title in Kansas
City, Kansas.
1981 - Dusty Rhodes defeats Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title in Atlanta, Georgia, ending Race's sixth title reign, and starting Rhodes' second run with the belt. This would begin Rhodes' longest NWA World Title reign, lasting almost three months (his first and last reigns were one and two weeks, respectively).
1982 - Junkyard Dog defeats Bob Roop for the Mid-South North American
Heavyweight Title in New Orleans, Louisiana, starting his first run with the
belt.
1984 - The Uptown Boys (Marty Janetty & Tommy Rogers) defeat The
Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) for the NWA Central States Tag Team
Title in Kansas City, Kansas. At the same show, Ted Oates defeats Luke Graham to
win his second NWA Central States Heavyweight Title.
1984 - Steve Grey defeats Danny Collins for the British Welterweight
Title in Malvern, England.
1985 - Sgt. Slaughter defeats Larry Zbyszko to win the AWA America's
Heavyweight Title in Chicago, Illinois.
1985 - Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. defeats MS-1 to win the NWA World Light
Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1986 - Mika Komatsu and Kanako Nagatomo defeat The Red Typhoons (Kazue
Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) for the AJW Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.
1987 - Although possibly a phantom title change, Al Perez defeats The
Dingo (Ultimate) Warrior for the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title in Puerto
Rico.
1992 - Punish (Keiti Takayami) and Crush (Shoji Akiyoshi) defeat Scorpio,
Jr. and Shu El Guerrero to win Michinoku Pro Wrestling's UWA/UWF
Intercontinental Tag Team Title for the second time in Tokyo, Japan.
1992 - Villano III defeats The Killer for the UWA World Junior
Heavyweight Title in Naucalpan, Mexico.
1993 - Owen Hart defeats Papa Shango for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee. On the same show, New Jack & Homeboy defeated Rex King & Steve Doll for the USWA Tag Team Title, ending King & Doll's fourth title reign.
1994 - El Pantera defeats Felino to win the CMLL World Welterweight
Title in Cuernavaca, Mexico, beginning his second reign and ending Felino's
second.
2000 - Two Memphis Championship Wrestling titles change in Memphis,
Tennessee. Steven Regal defeats Jerry Lawler for the MCW Southern Heavyweight
Title, and The Fabulous Rocker defeats Spanky to become the first MCW Light
Heavyweight Champion.
2000 - The Samoans (Eddie Fatu [now WWE's Umaga] and Matty Samu [later
known as Rosey]) defeat Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki in Tokyo, Japan to
win the FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title.
2000 - Mens Teioh defeats Chabinger (Masayoshi Motegi) for the Big Japan
Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Title in Fukushima, Japan, ending Motegi's
secnod reign.
2001 - The first ever episode of WWF Tough Enough airs on MTV.
The reality show/competition results in current WWE stars Maven and Nidia
winning contracts after beating out 11 other participants.
2001 - Michael Modest defeats Bruce Hart fot the Stampede North American
Heavyweight Title in Lethbridge, Alberta. Modest's All Pro Wrestling Universal
Heavyweight Title was also on the line.
2002 - Justin 2 Fine & B.J. Turner defeat The Blackbird Posse (Larry
Green & Chris Young) to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in North Richland
Hills, Texas, ending the Posse's third reign.
2002 - Kidd Quick is awarded the vacant Outlaws of Championship Wrestling
Heavyweight Title in Grand River, Ohio, beginning his second reign. Quick had
been stripped of the title three months earlier.
2002 - Rod Steel defeats Doctor Heresy to win the Independent Pro
Wrestling Television Title in St. Petersburg, Florida.
2003 - Terry Funk defeats The Sandman and "Pitbull" Gary Wolfe
(subbing for then-champion Sabu) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the vacant
3PW Heavyweight Title.
2003 - The Impact (Scott Cage & Kaos) defeat Future Shock (Jay Freeze
& Brandon P.) for the NWA Wildside Tag Team Title in Cornelia, Georgia.
2003 - Sebastian defeats Julio Dinero to win the Keystone Championship
Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Altoona, Pennsylvania, beginning his second
reign. At the same event, Mercury Flash wins his second KCW Central Pennsylvania
Title, ending the second reign of Charlie Mansun.
2003 - Headshrinker Samu and John Rambo defeat Leslie Leatherman and Flex
Fenom for the National Wrestling League Tag Team Title in Martinsburg, West
Virginia. Two other titles also changed that night. The Goodfellas (Shorty
Smalls and Dueces Wild) defeat The Freak and Snatch Haggis to win the House of
Pain Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title and Sam Sanders defeats champion Fumar,
Joker and Spyral in a four-way ladder match for the HoPWF Cruiserweight Title,
ending Fumar's fourth reign.
2004 - Steve Stone wins the Brew City Wrestling Heavyweight Title for the
second time, defeating Adrian Serrano in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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