Daily pro wrestling history (01/28): Jerry Lawler wins the Smoky Mountain Title
1924
St. Louis, Missouri:
– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Ali Hassan 2 falls to 0 to retain the title
1949
Houston, Texas:
– Wild Red Berry defeated Dizzy Davis to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1954
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Orton defeated Dave Sims to win the Central States Title
1964
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Death match: The Crusher beat Bill Miller
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe
– Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet
– Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson
1965
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Ron Reed beat Dick the Bruiser 2 falls to 1 on a dq
– Steve Bolus beat Bob Brown
– Iron Mike drew Moose Evans
– Doug Gilbert beat Joe Tomasso
1968
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Whipper Billy Watson (sub Bruno Sammartino) beat Baron Mikel Scicluna
– United States heavyweight champion Tiger Jeet Singh beat Dan Miller (sub Edouard Carpentier)
Dewey Robertson and Whipper Billy Watson took 2 of 3 falls from the Assassin and Dan Miller
1975
Tampa, Florida:
– Lights Out Match: Jos LeDuc defeated Dick Slater
– Special Challenge Match: Bob Roop & Dick Murdoch defeated Terry Funk & “Cowboy” Bill Watts
– Southern Title: Mongolian Stomper defeated Bob Armstrong by dq
– Mike Graham defeated Ron Garvin
– Iron Mike McCord & Baron Scicluna defeated Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci
– Johnny Weaver defeated Sonny Rogers
1976
Miami Beach, Florida:
– Grudge Match: Dusty Rhodes & Eddie Graham defeated Karl Von Steiger & Bob Orton, Jr.
– Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated King Curtis by dq
– Collegiate Rules $1,000 Purse: Jerry Brisco defeated Bob Roop
– Missouri Mauler defeated Cyclon Negro
– Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Roger Kirby
1979
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson
– Bobby Duncum no contest Jim Brunzell
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Steve Olsonoski
– Lord Alfred Hayes beat Juan Valez (sub Greg Gagne)
– Frank Hill drew Iron Sheik
1980
West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Bubba Douglas handcuffed to Oliver Humperdink: Dusty Rhodes defeated Leroy Brown
– Florida TV Title: Jim Garvin defeated Bugsy McGraw by dq, Garvin retains title
– Florida Title: Manny Fernandez double countout Super Destroyer, Fernandez retains title
– Florida Tag Team Titles: Bryan St. John & Stan Lane defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco to retain titles
– Nikolai Volkoff defeated Mike Miller
1984
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico:
– The Super Medicos defeated Hercules Ayala & King Tonga (Haku/Meng) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
1987
Homestead, Florida:
– Bad News Allen def. Kevin Sullivan
– Florida Tag Titles: The New Breed beat Scott Hall & Steve Armstrong
– Scott Hall defeated Jack “The Stretcher” Hart
– Steve Armstrong defeated Jerry Grey
– Mark Starr defeated Bob Cook
– Black Magic (Norman Smiley) defeated JJ Pallo
1988
Dallas, Texas:
– The World Class Texas Tag Team Title was held up following a match between champions John Tatum & Jack Victory and challengers The Fantastics
1991
Main Event: Macon, Georgia:
– Hulk Hogan & Tugboat defeated Dino Bravo & Earthquake
– Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Sgt. Slaughter by dq
– The Legion Of Doom defeated The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka & Kato)
1995
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Tony Anthony to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2010
Coventry, United Kingdom:
– TNA World Title: AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the title
– Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and Beer Money (Robert Roode and James Storm) defeated British Invasion (Rob Terry, Brutus Magnus, and Doug Williams) and Eric Young
– Kurt Angle and Hernandez defeated Rhino and Christopher Daniels
Los Angeles, California:
– ROH TV champion Christopher Daniels defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the title
– In a non title match: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated ROH Tag Team champions The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli)
– ROH World Title: Roderick Strong defeated El Genericho to retain the title