Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/16): Midnight Express wins NWA US Tag Team Titles; Inoki wins NJPW World League Tournament

1922

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Henry Ordemann 2 falls to 0

1934

St. Louis, Missouri:
– World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Richard “Dick” Shikat 
– Orville Brown and Ray Steele drew 
– George Zaharias beat Matros Kirilenko 

1952

Tacoma, Washington:
– Roger Mackay defeated The Masked Marvel (Buddy Knox) for the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title 

1963

Washington, DC:
– Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy defeated Buddy Austin and The Great Scott to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles

Houston, Texas:
– Bull Curry defeated Jack Dalton for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title

1964

Omaha, Nebraska:
– Verne Gagne won the AWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating Mad Dog Vachon
– Reggie Parks beat Frisco Montana
– Mongolian Stomper beat George Drake
– Rocky Hamilton drew Jack Pesek

1967 

Little Rock, Arkansas:
– Togo Shikuma and Chati Yokouchi defeated Jack Brisco and Gorgeous George, Jr. to win the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles

Tampa, Florida:
– Boris Malenko defeated Wahoo McDaniel for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

1969

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Archie Gouldie (The Mongolian Stomper) defeated Angelo Mosca for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeated El Mongol to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title 

1970

Portland, Oregon:
– The Claw defeated Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– No Time Limit: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
– Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double X dq
– Edouard Carpentier drew Blackjack Lanza
– Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek 
– Joe Scarpello beat Billy Howard

1972

Tampa, Florida:
– Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

1973

Buffalo, New York:
– Johnny Powers defeated Eric the Animal to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title 

Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham in an Indian Death Match 
– North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson via DQ
– Ivan Koloff ddq Ken Patera
– Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson
– Ed Francis beat Bob Ramstead
– Neff Maiava beat The Masked Man

1975 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Antonio Inoki defeated Killer Karl Krupp by submission to win the annual NJPW World League tournament

1977

Tokyo, Japan:
– Giant Baba defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

1980

San Antonio, Texas:
– Al Madril and Tom Prichard defeated Jack Evans and Pampero Firpo to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

St. Louis, Missouri:
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby 
– Missouri State Champion Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich

1981

Tulsa, Oklahoma:
– Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton defeated The Akbar Army (Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane) to win the NWA Tri-State Tag Team Titles

San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– Kim Song defeated Tommy Gilbert for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title 

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Bobby Eaton and Duke Myers defeated The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title
– Ken Patera won the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Title from Jerry Lawler
– Bill Dundee won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title from Dutch Mantell

1984

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada:
– Wojo Yawrenko defeated Al Tomko to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title 

1987

Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Ronnie Garvin and Barry Windham in the finals of a six-team tournament for the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1988 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Bill Dundee
– Robert Fuller beat Jeff Jarrett 
– CWA Champion Max Pain beat Curt Hennig via DQ
– Gary Young drew Scott Steiner
– Cuban Assassins ddq Bruise Brothers
– Billy Travis beat Doug Gilbert dq
– Tommy Gilbert beat Tom Brandi

1991 

Mexico City, Mexico:
– Villano III defeated El Signo for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title 
– Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won a tournament to become the first UWA World Tag Team Champions

1992

Charleston, South Carolina:
– Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Steve Austin 
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match

1998 

Anaheim, California:
– The Undertaker defeated Kane in a lights out match
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Road Dogg & Billy Gunn defeated LOD 2000 
– WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion the Rock 

2010 

TNA Sacrifice: Orlando, Florida:
– The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)    
– Rob Terry defeated Orlando Jordan to retain the TNA Global Championship    
– Doug Williams defeated Frankie Kazarian to win the X Division Title
– Madison Rayne defeated Tara in a title vs. career match to retain the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship    
– The Band (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore) to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship
– Abyss defeated Desmand Wolfe (with Chelsea)    
– Jeff Hardy defeated Mr. Anderson    
– Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett
– Rob Van Dam defeated A.J. Styles (with Ric Flair)    to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship