Daily pro wrestling history (03/11): Jerry Lawler wins the USWA Unified Title
1941
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Bronko Nagurski won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title from Ray Steele
1952
San Francisco, California:
– Hombre Montana defeated Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1963
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya defeated Gene Kiniski and Mr. X for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles
1967
San Francisco, California:
– Ray Stevens won the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title by defeating Bill Watts
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O’Connor
– Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel
– Reggie Parks drew Killer Kowalski
– Johnny Valentine beat Eddie Graham
– Dory Funk Sr drew Joe Blanchard
1968
West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich defeated Eddie Graham and Lester Welch to win the Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1971
Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
– Ken Lucas and Johnny West defeated Jack Morrell and Eddie Sullivan for the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Titles
1972
Los Angeles, California:
– Masa Saito defeated Dory Dixon for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title
Wichita, Kansas:
– Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi won the Central States NWA North American Tag Team Titles from Omar Atlas and Daniel
Little Bear
1976
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas defeated Tank Patton via DQ
– Mike George defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
– Texas Death Match: Harley Race defeated Ed Wiskoswki (Colonel DeBeers)
– Bob Geigel & Akio Sato defeated Otto Von Heller & Bob Brown
1977
Dothan, Alabama:
– Sonny King defeated Rip Tyler for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
1978
Chicago, Illinois:
– Texas Death Match: Dick The Bruiser beat Ernie Ladd
– The Crusher beat Super Destroyer COR
– Billy Robinson & Rufus R Jones beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens dq
– Angelo Mosca beat Wilbur Snyder COR
– Greg Gagne drew Bob Orton Jr
– Jimmy Valiant beat Spike Huber
1980
Louisville, Kentucky:
– Paul Ellering and Sheik Ali Hassan defeated Ken Lucas and Billy Robinson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1983
Houston, Texas:
– Chavo Guerrero beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
– Tiger Conway Jr & Mr Wrestling II beat Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne to win the Mid-South tag team title
– Junkyard Dog beat Kamala
– Mil Mascaras no contest Black Gordman
– Hacksaw Duggan beat Tony Atlas
– Kendo Nagasaki beat Mike Sharpe
– Tim Horner drew Art Crews
1989
Tampa, Florida:
– Al Perez defeated Mike Graham for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jeff Jarrett defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Jason the Terrible and Steve Strong defeated The Batten Twins (Bart and Brad) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event: Hershey, Pennsylvania:
– Hulk Hogan (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned Bad News Brown
– Ted DiBiase (with Virgil) pinned The Blue Blazer
– The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (with Bobby Heenan)) and The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) fought to a double-countout
1991
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Funk for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title
1993
London, England:
– Sting pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader to win the title
2006
Norton, Virginia:
– Stan Lee defeated Jerry Lawler for the NWA All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2007
TNA Destination X: Orlando, Florida:
– NWA World Tag Team Champions The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez (with Konnan)) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon (with Johnny Rodz)) in a Ghetto Brawl
– TNA X Division Champion Chris Sabin defeated Jerry Lynn in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the title
– Kurt Angle pinned Scott Steiner
– Sting defeated Abyss in a Last Rites (casket) match
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage pinned Samoa Joe to retain the title
Nagoya, Japan:
– Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori to win the IWGP World Tag Team Titles