Daily pro wrestling history (01/11): Midnight Express win World Class American Tag Team Titles


1901
Cleveland, Ohio:
– Tom Jenkins defeated Dan McLeod to win the American Heavyweight Title
1954
Hollywood, California:
– Wilbur Snyder defeated Mr. Moto for the NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title
Augusta, Georgia:
– Don McIntyre defeated Ray Villmer to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Portland, Oregon:
– Ivan and Soldat Gorky defeated Carl Engstrom and David Jonnes for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1957
Akron, Ohio:
– Buddy Rogers defeated Johnny Barend to win the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Jerry Graham defeated Chief Big Heart to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1962
– Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1963
Houston, Texas:
– Rip Hawk defeated El Medico II to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
Dothan, Alabama:
– Jack Curtis, Jr. and Jan Madrid defeated Bad Boy and Billy Hines to win the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1965
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Don Leo Jonathan and Gene Kiniski defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles
1966
Nashville, Tennessee:
– Mario Milano and Len Rossi won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title, defeating the Mysterious Medics and Kanji (Antonio) Inoki & Hiro Matsuda in a tournament
Sioux City, Iowa:
– Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
– Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki dq
– Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Brown
– Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks
1968
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Sonny Myers defeated Jack Pesek
– Steve Bolus defeated Stan the Moose via DQ
– Klondike Bill & Ronnie Etchison defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown in three falls to win the North American Tag Team Title
1974
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Mr. Wrestling II defeated Ron Fuller to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1975
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Dick Steinborn won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Carlos Colon
1978
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Indian Death Match: Tor Kamata beat Billy Whitewolf
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
– Hawaiian Champion Steve Strong beat Missing Link Pampero Firpo
– Rick Martel beat Rocky Tomayo
– John Tolos & Bill Francis beat Bruce Brown & Chris Markoff
1979
San Antonio, Texas:
– Dale Valentine defeated Tully Blanchard to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Television Title
Little Rock, Arkansas:
– Ron Bass defeated Ray Candy to win the NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Title
1980
Houston, Texas:
– Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada defeated El Halcan and Jose Lothario for the World Class American Tag Team Title
1981
Dallas, Texas:
– Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich won the World Class American Tag Team Title by defeating Gino Hernandez and Gary Young
Monterrey, Mexico:
– Centurion Negro defeated Jungle Negra for the UWA World Middleweight Title
1984
Tampa, Florida:
– Mike Davis and Mike Rotundo defeated Ron Bass and The One Man Gang for the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title
1985
Dallas, Texas:
– The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the World Class American Tag Team Title
Columbus, Ohio:
– Ole Anderson and Thunderbolt Patterson defeated The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) for the NWA National Tag Team Title
1986
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Sam Houston defeated Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jeff Jarrett and Billy Travis defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll RPM’s (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title
1988
Birmingham, Alabama:
– Jonathan Boyd defeated Ranger Ross to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
1991
East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting to win the title (title become the WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
– Arn Anderson and Barry Windham defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) in a non-title steel cage match
1993
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Dustin Rhodes defeated NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat by countout to win the vacant NWA and WCW United States Heavyweight Titles
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Christopher defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Heavyweight Title
– The Moondogs (Spike and Spot) defeated Ron and Don Harris for the USWA Tag Team Title
2003
West Miffin, Pennsylvania:
– Low Ki and A.J. Styles defeated ROH Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels and ROH Heavyweight Champion Xavier in a No Holds Barred match
– Samoa Joe defeated Bryan Danielson
2009
Orlando, Florida:
– Alex Shelly defeated Chris Sabin to win the X Division Championship
– Beer Money won the TNA Tag Team Championship over Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed and Matt Morgan & Abyss