On this day in pro wrestling history (August 10): Vader wins IWGP title, Hogan wins WCW title, Luger wins U.S. title
By Brian Hoops
1939 – At Memorial Hall in Kansas City; World Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Brody beat Prospector Pete
1944 – In Kansas City; Kansas; The Black Faced Panther beat Jimmy Coffield in 2 out of 3 falls and Orville Brown defeated Jack Hader 1 fall to 0.
1963 – In St. Paul, Minnesota at Midway Stadium; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig in a fence (cage) match. Also, The Crusher beat Haystack Calhoun in 2 out of 3 falls, AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Don McClarty, Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson and Iron Mike DiBiase beat Stan Kowalski. Attendance was 6,064
1968 – In Chicago, Illinois; Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder, The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon, Bill Watts beat Harley Race and Blackjack Lanza beat Dutch Savage
1972 – In Kansas City, Kansas; Steve Bolus & Les Thornton defeated Omar Atlas & Bobby Whitlock, The Viking vs. Jim Preacher, Danny Little Bear vs. Yasu Fuji, Terry Funk vs. Harley Race and Roger Kirby & Black Angus (w/ Percival A. Friend) vs. The Stomper & Rufus R. Jones
1972 – In Jacksonville, Florida; NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. beat Paul Jones, Eddie & Mike Graham beat Buddy Colt & Phil Robley,
Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet and Nick Bockwinkel drew Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
1973 – In Denver, Colorado; AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel on a 3rd fall countout. Also, Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera, Red Bastien drew Ivan Koloff and Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair. Attendance was 4,501
1976 – In Omaha, Nebraska; Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell ddq Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke,
Bobby Duncum beat the Crusher, Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza and Billy Red Cloud beat Buck Zumhofe
1992 – Big Van Vader defeated Riki Choshu to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
1992 – Reno Riggins defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern
Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee. On the same show, The Moondogs
(Spot & Cujo) defeated Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Tag Team
Title,
1996 – Hulk Hogan defeated The Giant to win the WCW World Title at the
WCW Hog Wild PPV in Sturgis, SD. Also on the show, WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Rick & Scott Steiner, WCW United States Champion Ric Flair defeated Eddie Guerrero and Scott Hall & Kevin Nash defeated Sting & Lex Luger.
1997 – Shinjiro Otani defeated El Samurai in Nagoya, Japan to win the J-Crown.
1998 – On Monday Night Raw, Kane & Mankind defeated Steve Austin &
Undertaker, Rock & D’Lo Brown, and the New Age Outlaws to win the WWF
World Tag Team Title.
1998 – On Monday Nitro, Lex Luger defeated Bret Hart for the United
States Title and Chris Jericho defeated Stevie Ray for the WCW
Television Title.
2003 – Christian defeated Booker T for the WWE Intercontinental Title in
Des Moines, Iowa.
2008 – At the TNA Hard Justice PPV; AJ Styles defeated Kurt Angle in a Last Man Standing match and Samoa Joe defeated Booker T in a 6 sides of Steel match.