Daily pro wrestling history (04/23): Heavenly Bodies win SMW Tag Team Titles; Backlund wins Missouri State Title
1935
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Wildcat Pete defeated Tetsuo Higami to become the first NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Champion
1970
Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Viking defeated Tor Kamata
– Betty Niccoli defeated Fran Gravette
– Harley Race defeated Gino Caruso
– Rufus R. Jones defeated Baron Von Raschke via DQ
– The Stomper & Bob Geigel defeated K.O. Cox & Killer Cox in 2 out of 3 falls
1976
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Bob Backlund defeated Harley Race for the Missouri Title
1978
Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, by defeating Cyclon Negro & Baron Von Raschke, Gene & Ole Anderson, and Masked Superstar & Ken Patera in a tournament to win the belts
1979
Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Assassins defeated Bill Dundee & Robert Gibson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title
– The Mongolian Stomper defeated Toru Tanaka to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Greenville, South Carolina:
– Paul Jones & Baron Von Raschke wrestled to a time limit draw with NWA Tag Team Champions Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pedro Morales
– Leo Burke beat Charlie Fulton
– Mr X I beat Herb Gallant
– Gene Anderson beat Abe Jacobs
1984
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Abdullah the Butcher & Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Tony Parisi & Dino Bravo & Rick Martel
– Mad Dog Vachon & Raymond Rougeau beat Bob Boucher & Gilles The Fish Poisson
– Handicap Match: Gino Brito Sr. beat Frenchy Martin & Mad Dog Lefebvre
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Domenic DeNucci
– Richard Charland beat Leo Burke dq
– Bob & Rocky De La Serra beat The Masked Marvel & Armand Rougeau
– Rick Valentine beat Louis Laurence
– Mike Shaw beat Antonio Ricco
1985
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– Ox Baker defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC World Heavyweight Title
1988
Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Sting & Lex Luger, managed by Magnum T.A., won the third, and final, Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup tag team tournament by defeating Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
1990
Austin, Texas:
– Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
1992
Harrogate, Tennessee:
– The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) in a tournament final to become the
first Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions
2003
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Tiger Mask IV defeated Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
2006
TNA Lockdown: Orlando, Florida:
– Lethal Lockdown Match: Sting & AJ Styles & Rhino & Ron Killings defeated America’s Most Wanted & Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner
– Team Japan (Black Tiger IV, Minoru Tanaka, and Hirooki Goto) defeated Team USA (Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Alex Shelley)
– Senshi defeated Christopher Daniels
– Bob Armstrong (with B.G. James and Kip James) defeated Konnan (with Homicide and Hernandez) in an Arm Wrestling challenge
– Chris Sabin defeated Elix Skipper (with Simon Diamond), Petey Williams (with Coach D’Amore), Chase Stevens, Shark Boy, and Puma in an Xscape match
– TNA X-Division champion Samoa Joe defeated Sabu
– Team 3D (Brother Ray, Brother Devon and Brother Runt) defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Eric Young, and A-1) (with Coach D’Amore)
– NWA champion Christian Cage defeated Abyss (with James Mitchell)
2011
Jacksonville, Florida:
– The Sheik (Joey Machete) defeated Colt Cabana to win the NWA title