Daily pro wrestling history (04/19): Randy Savage wins WCW World Title; Ric Flairs wins NWA US Title

1954 

Hollywood, California:
– The Great Bolo and Tom Rice defeated Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

1956

Springfield, Ohio:
– Bobo Brazil defeated Gene Stanlee for the Ohio Heavyweight Title

1957

Houston, Texas:
– Don Leo Jonathan defeated Pepper Gomez for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1960 

Tampa, Florida:
– Mike DiBiase defeated Eddie Graham to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title 

1962

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Mike Clancy and Lester Welch defeated Dante and Mephisto for the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1963

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Tarzan Tyler defeated Eddie Graham to win the Georgia World Heavyweight Title 

1966

Tampa, Florida:
– Eddie Graham and Bob Orton defeated The Medics for the Florida NWA World Tag Team Titles

1973

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Black Angus defeated Jim Dalton
– Argentina Zuma fought L.D. Lewis to a draw
– Tex McKenzie defeated The Viking
– Rufus R. Jones & Danny Little Bear defeated Bob Brown & Bob Orton via DQ
– Boxing: Betty Niccoli fought Jean Antone to a draw
– Central States Heavyweight Champion Roger Kirby defeated Harley Race via DQ

1974 

Sydney, Australia:
– The Original Mr. Wrestling (George Barnes) and Bobby Shane defeated Pat Barrett and Tony Kontellis to win the NWA Austra-Asian Tag
Team Titles

1975

Detroit, Michigan:
– Bobo Brazil defeated Abdullah the Butcher for the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title 

Sapporo, Japan:
– Rusher Kimura defeated Mad Dog Vachon for the International Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Title 

1980

Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Snuka to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

1981

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd
– Jim Brunzell no contest Nick Bockwinkel
– Greg Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq
– Sheik Adnan beat Steve Regal
– Curt Hennig beat Adrian Adonis dq
– Tito Santana drew Brad Rheingans
– Jesse Ventura beat Buck Zumhofe

1982 

Augusta, Georgia:
– Tommy Rich defeated Ron Bass for the NWA National Heavyweight Title 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Dream Machine defeated Dutch Mantel for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

1984

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Luke Graham won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Buzz Tyler 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Stan Lane & Steve Keirn beat Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie & Ken Patera
– Cage match: Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat Jesse Ventura & Jerry Blackwell & Mr. Saito
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Blackjack Mulligan dq
– Curt Hennig drew Steve Regal
– Billy Robinson beat Brad Rheingans dq
– Larry Zbyszko beat Buddy Lane

Koriyama, Japan:
– Shohei Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr dcor Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
– AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Greg Gagne
– Kerry Von Erich beat Bulldog Bob Brown
– Genichiro Tenryu beat Jos Leduc
– Takahashi Ishikawa & Ashura Hara beat Jim Brunzell & David Sammartino
– Mighty Inoue beat Goro Tsurumi dq
– Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma drew Rocky Hata & Akio Sato
– Magic Dragon & Ultra Seven beat Masa Fuchi & Nobuyoshi Sugawara
– Yoshi Momoto beat Hiromichi Fuyuki

1985

AWA/JCP Star Wars: East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat King Tonga
– Jim Garvin beat Baron Von Raschke
– Bob Backlund beat Larry Zbyszko
– Ugandan Death Match: Kamala beat Sgt. Slaughter
– Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Tonga Kid
– Jim Duggan beat Kendo Nagasaki
– The Samoans beat Tom Zenk & Steve O
– Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
– Bobby Duncum beat Larry Sharpe

1986

New Orleans, Louisiana:
– The Road Warriors defeated Ron Garvin and NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Magnum T.A. in the finals of the Jim Crockett Sr. tag team tournament
– Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion Jim Duggan defeated Dick Slater to retain the title
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification to retain the title

1993 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Sherri Martel defeated Miss Texas for the USWA Women’s Title (decision was later reversed)

Barbourville, Kentucky:
– Brian Lee defeated Bobby Eaton to win the SMW Television Title

Kayenta, Arizona:
– Steve Gatorwolf defeated Navajo Kid for the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title 

1997

Tokyo, Japan:
– Toshiaki Kawada defeated Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa in a three-way round-robin match to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Truth Commission (Recon and The Interrogator) defeated The Shooting Stars (Jerry Faith and Troy Haste) for the USWA Tag Team Titles 

1998

WCW Spring Stampede: Denver, Colorado:
– Goldberg pinned Saturn 
– Ultimo Dragon defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
– WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Chris Benoit to retain the title
– Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) pinned The British Bulldog (with Jim Neidhart) 
– WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Prince Iaukea to retain the title
– Lex Luger and Rick Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner
– Psychosis pinned La Parka 
– Hulk Hogan and WCW World Tag Team Champion Kevin Nash defeated The Giant and Roddy Piper in a baseball bat on a pole match
– Raven defeated WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page in a Raven’s Rules match to win the title
– Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting in a no-disqualification match to win the title 

1999

Gainesville, Florida:
– Psychosis defeated Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera and WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Misterio, Jr. to win the title i

2002 

Dayton, Ohio:
– Colt Cabana defeated champion CM Punk and Eddie Guerrero in a three-way match to win the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title
– Vic Capri defeated Ace Steel for the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title

2004 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit and Edge defeated World Tag Team Champions Batista and Ric Flair to win the title 

2009

TNA Lockdown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Eric Young defeated Danny Bonaduce
– Suicide defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi in an Xscape match for the TNA X Division Championship    
– ODB (with Cody Deaner) defeated Daffney, Madison Rayne and Sojournor Bolt in a Queen of the Cage match    
– The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) defeated The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) and No Limit (Naito and Yujiro) in a three-way Tornado Tag Team Six Sides of Steel cage match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship    
– Matt Morgan defeated Abyss in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match
– Angelina Love (with Velvet Sky) defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) and Taylor Wilde in a three-Way Six Sides of Steel cage match to retain the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship    
– Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) (IWGP Champions) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) (TNA Champions)    in a winner take all Philadelphia Street Fight for both the TNA World Tag Team and IWGP Tag Team Championship    
– Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels) defeated Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, Booker T and Kevin Nash) (with Sharmell)    in a Lethal Lockdown match
– Mick Foley won the TNA title from Sting

2010 

– Rob Van Dam defeated AJ Styles to win the TNA Title