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January 1st
On this day in history in ....
1927 - Ira Dern defeats Clarence Eklund for Ohio's World Light Heavyweight Title
in Columbus, Ohio, ending Eklund's second reign.
1931 - Joe Banaski defeats Nick Bozinis in Columbus, Ohio to become the first
Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Champion.
1936 - The Great Mephisto defeats Walter Roxey to win the MWA World Light
Heavyweight Title in Detroit, Michigan.
1940 - Pete Belcastro defeats Ernie Piluso for the Pacific Coast Light
Heavyweight Title in Eugene, Oregon.
1943 - Billy Thom defeats Martino Angelo for the MWA World Junior Heavyweight
Title in Columbus, Ohio. This began Thom's second reign and ended Angelo's
second.
1944 - Jimmy Hart is born in Jackson, Mississippi.
1946 - Larry Tillman defeats Marshall Estep to win the NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Title.
1949 - Dizzy Davis defeats Antonino Rocca for the Texas Heavyweight Title in
Waco, Texas. This began Davis' second reign and ended Rocca's second.
1949 - Johnny Demchuk defeats Tommy Martindale for the MWA World Junior
Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Ohio. This began Thom's second reign and ended
Angelo's second.
1950 - Jack O'Reilly defeats Buck Weaver to win the Pacific Coast Light
Heavyweight Title in Portland, Oregon, beginning his second reign.
1954 - El Santo defeats Sugi Sito for the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico
City, Mexico, to end Sito's second reign.
1959 - Billy Wicks defeats Lee Fields to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight
Title in Mobile, Alabama, beginning his third reign.
1961 - Rocket and Sputnik Monroe defeat Duke Keomuka and Mad Dog Vachon to win
the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in Fort Worth, Texas.
1962 - Larry Chene defeats Jim Bernard for the Wolverine Wrestling Michigan
Heavyweight Title in Saginaw, Michigan.
1963 - Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeat Mr. High (Doug Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Dick
Steinborn) for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1963 - Art and Stan Neilson win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team
Title for the fourth time by defeating Karl and Kurt Von Brauner.
1968 - Mike Lozansky is born in Calgary, Alberta.
1970 - Kimberly Page is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 - Rodney is born in Rutherford, New Jersey.
1970 - Dick Murdoch defeats The Lawman (Don Slatton) for the Amarillo NWA Brass
Knuckles Title in Amarillo, Texas, ending Lawman's second reign.
1970 - Stan Pulaski defeats Tarzan Tyler in Omaha, Nebraska for the AWA Midwest
Heavyweight Title, to begin his second reign.
1970 - Bulldog Brower defeats Johnny Powers to win the NWF North American
Heavyweight Title in Cleveland, Ohio.
1971 - Bob Geigel wins his fifth NWA Central States Heavyweight Title, ending
Roger Kirby's second reign in St. Joseph, Missouri.
1975 - Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler defeat Jackie Fargo and George Gulas to win
the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee. This ended Fargo and
Gulas' second reign.
1977 - Robert Roode is born in Peterborough, Ontario.
1978 - Blackjack Mulligan defeats Ricky Steamboat in Greensboro, North Carolina
to win his fourth NWA United States Heavyweight Title.
1979 - Jack and Jerry Brisco defeat Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA
Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.
1980 - Ricky and Robert Gibson win their second AWA Southern Tag Team Title in
Memphis, Tennessee, by ending The Assassins' second reign.
1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) defeats The Dynamite Kid in Tokyo, Japan for
the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title. Tatsumi Fujinami had vacated the title
in December when he moved up to the heavyweight division.
1982 - The St. Louis Wrestling Club held the "Sam Muchnick Retirement
Show" before 19,821 at The Checkerdome in St. Louis, Missouri. The results:
- NWA Central States Tag Team Champion Bob Brown and Jerry Brown fought to a
draw.
- NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter defeated
Early Dawn and Sandy Partlow to retain the title.
- Pat O'Connor defeated Bob Sweetan.
- Jerry Blackwell defeated Ox Baker and Bruce Reed in a Handicap match.
- Rufus R. Jones and David Von Erich fought Harley Race and Greg Valentine to a
double-disqualification.
- Dick the Bruiser defeated NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Ken Patera to win
the title, beginning the Bruiser's third reign and ending Patera's second.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes in a
Best-of-Three Falls match, 2-1, to retain the title.
1983 - Southwest Championship Wrestling held a one-night 16-man tournament for
the SCW Southwest Heavyweight Title. Dick Slater had left the promotion in
December, leaving the title vacant. The results were:
First round:
- Tully Blanchard defeated Ken Lucas.
- Jerry Lawler defeated SCW Southwest Tag Team Champion Grappler #1.
- Scott Casey defeated Bobby Jaggers.
- Mike Graham defeated SCW Southwest Tag Team Champion Grappler #2.
- Adrian Adonis defeated Steve O.
- Ricky Morton defeated The Ninja Warrior.
- Tonga John defeated Baron Von Raschke.
- Bob Sweetan defeated Gino Hernandez.
Quarterfinals:
- Tully Blanchard defeated Jerry Lawler.
- Mike Graham defeated Scott Casey.
- Adrian Adonis defeated Ricky Morton.
- Bob Sweetan defeated Tonga John.
Semifinals:
- Tully Blanchard defeated Mike Graham.
- Bob Sweetan defeated Adrian Adonis.
Final:
- Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan to win the vacant SCW Southwest
Heavyweight Title. This began Blanchard's seventh reign.
1983 - The Assassin and Rip Oliver defeat Billy Jack (Haynes) and Stan Stasiak
for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Portland, Oregon. This began
their second reign.
1983 - Norman Frederick Charles wins a tournament for the vacant Southeast NWA
United States Junior Heavyweight Title.
1984 - Negro Casas defeats Black Terry to win the UWA World Lightweight Title in
Mexico City, Mexico.
1985 - Jay and Mark Youngblood defeat Krusher Khrushchev and Jim Neidhart to win
the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.
1986 - Dick Slater defeats Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American
Heavyweight Title in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ending Reed's second reign. At the same
event, Jake Roberts won the Mid-South Television Title, defeating Dick Slater in
the finals of a month-long tournament. Roberts had defeated Eddie Gilbert, Buzz
Sawyer and one other man to reach the finals. Slater had beaten Al Perez, Steve
Williams and Jim Duggan.
1988 - Masahiro Chono defeats Mike George in Des Moines, Iowa to become the last
NWA Central States Television Champion. The promotion closed later in the year.
1989 - Juicio defeats El Corallilo to win the Mexican National Featherweight
Title in San Lorenzo, Mexico.
1991 - Los Villanos (I, IV and V) defeats Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and
Brazo de Plata) for the UWA World Trios Title in Puebla, Mexico. This began and
ended both teams' third reigns.
1993 - El Signo defeats Villano III to win the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title
in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, to end his sixth reign.
1994 - Villano V defeats Silver King for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title
in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, beginning his second reign.
1999 - Mr. Showtime defeats Johnny Gunn and Franklin Ray in a three-way match to
become the first Warriors of Wrestling Federation (later NWA Mid-South) Junior
Heavyweight Champion.
2000 - The Rebellion (Kurt Reigns and Tejas) defeat The Sterling Studs (Trent
Atkins and Mike Fox) for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in North Richland Hills,
Texas.
2003 - Naphtali, the reigning NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Champion, is
awarded the title as the first NWA Florida X Division Champion, and the prior
title is vacated.
2005 - MÃstico wins the NWA World Middleweight Title from Averno in Mexico
City, Mexico.
2005 - The New York Connection (Glenn Gilberti and Johnny Swinger) defeat John
Bogie and Elix Skipper to win the GCW Tag Team Title in Columbus, Georgia.
2005 - Todd Sexton ends Jeremy V's second NWA Wildside Television Title reign in
Cornelia, Georgia.
2005 - J.T. Hogg defeats The Juggulator in Parkersburg, West Virginia for the
NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title.
2006 - Hator defeats El Zorro to win the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title in
Monterrey, Mexico, ending Zorro's fourth reign.
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