Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/01): Edge wins vacant World Title; Shield defeats Evolution in no holds barred Elimination match
1939
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Prospector Pete beat Steve Brody 2 out of 3 falls
– Walter Sirois beat Stanley Buresch
– Ede Edner (Ebner) beat Don George
– Mike Chacoma beat Dale Wayne
1945
– Bobby Bonales defeated El Santo to win the Mexican National Middleweight Title
Wichita, Kansas:
– Lord Albert Mills defeated Ray Eckert in 2 out of 3 falls to earn a match next week with Orville Brow
– Lee Wykoff beat Jim Parker
– Jack Hader beat Bob Hayford
– Gene Blakely defeated Pat O’Dowdy
1948
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Sandor Szabo wins the Minneapolis World Heavyweight Title defeating Bronko Nagurski
Nashville, Tennessee:
– The Green Shadow defeated Herb Welch for the Tennessee World Junior Heavyweight Title
1950
Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bill Longson 2 falls to 0
– Sonny Myers beat Lee Henning 2 out of 3 falls
– Dutch Hefner beat Pete Peterson
1956
Houston, Texas:
– Buddy Rogers defeated Pepper Gomez for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1957
Kansas City, Kansas:
– for the Central States Title, Bobby Bruns went to a time limit draw with Richard Brown
– Mike Clancy beat Angelo Savoldi
– Wild Red Berry beat Joe Costello
1960
Los Angeles, California:
– Édouard Carpentier and Sandor Szabo defeated Art Michalik and Legs Wilson to win the NWA International TV Tag Team Titles
1962
Dothan, Alabama:
– Jack Donovan and Jackie Fargo defeated The Mysterious Medics for the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1966
Portland, Oregon:
– René Goulet and Pepper Martin defeated Tony Borne and Prof. Hiro to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1968
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher
– Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik via dq
– Bill Watts drew Larry Hennig
– Rene Goulet beat Harley Race
1971
Croydon, England:
– Brian Maxine defeated Clayton Thomson to win the British Middleweight Title
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas fought Roger Kirby to a draw
– Black Angus (w/ Percival A. Friend) defeated The Viking
– Harley Race defeated Rufus R. Jones
1973
St. Petersburg, Florida:
– The Samoans (Tio Tio and Reno Tufuuli) defeated Mike Graham and Kevin Sullivan to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles
Portland, Oregon:
– Bull Ramos and Clay Spencer (Ken Mantell) defeated Steven Little Bear and Dutch Savage for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Rey Mendoza and Raul Reyes to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
1974
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Jim Dalton and Bruce Swayze defeated Carlos Colón and José Manuel Pérez for the WWC North American Tag Team Titles
1975
Sydney, Australia:
– Bobby Hart and Larry O’Day defeated The Missouri Mauler and Steve Rackman to win the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Titles
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Tauro defeated Dardo Aguilar for the Mexican National Lightweight Title
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson via dq
– Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke dq
– Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff
– Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet
1976
Wolverhampton, England:
– Jim Breaks defeated Bobby Ryan to win the British Lightweight Title
1978
Akita, Japan:
– Tor Kamata defeated Giant Baba for the AJPW PWF Heavyweight Title
1979
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Ron Garvin won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title from Alex Smirnoff
Houston, Texas:
– El Halcón defeated José Lothario defeated Mark Lewin and The Spoiler to win the NWA American Tag Team Titles
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Greg Gagne (sub Verne Gagne) & Mad Dog Vachon beat Pat Patterson & Nick Bockwinkel
– Bobby Duncum beat Doug Gilbert
– in a Posedown, Paul Ellering beat Jesse Ventura
– Super Destroyer Mark II (Sgt. Slaughter) beat Joe Scarpello
1981
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Bill Dundee defeated Stan Lane for the Mid-America NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
Birmingham, Alabama:
– Jimmy Golden defeated Ken Lucas to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title
1983
Omiya, Japan:
– Lioness Asuka won the AJW Singles Title from Kaoru Matsumoto
– Jaguar Yokota defeated La Galactica for the WWWA World Singles Title
Sunrise, Florida:
– Terry Allen (Magnum T.A.) defeated Tommy Wright
– Brad Armstrong and The Professional (Doug Gilbert) fought to a draw
– NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Scott McGhee defeated The Purple Haze by disqualification to retain the title
– NWA Global Tag Team Champions, NWA Bahamas Heavyweight CHampion Angelo Mosca and Bobby Duncum defeated Barry Windham and NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion Ron Bass to retain the title
– Mike Graham defeated Kevin Sullivan
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Adrian Street
1984
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA Champion Ric Flair went to a time limit draw with Kerry Von Erich
– Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Kamala via dq
– Jim Duggan beat Luke Graham
1985
Atlanta, Geogia:
– Black Bart defeated Ron Garvin to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title
– Invader III defeated Denny Brown for the vacant WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title
1986
Marshalltown, Iowa:
– Marty Jannetty defeated The Shadow (Jaymie Knight) to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jeff Jarrett won the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Moondog Spot
1990
Dallas, Texas:
– Kerry Von Erich defeated Matt Borne to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1990
Mexico City, Mexico:
– El Dandy defeated Angel Azteca to win the NWA World Middleweight Title
1991
Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– TNT (Savio Vega) defeated King Kong to win the WWC Television Title
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire:
– The Billion Dollar Babies (Mike Samson and G.Q. Stratus) defeated G.Q. and T.D. Madison (Tommy Dreamer) for the IWCCW Tag Team Titles
1995
Texcoco, Mexico:
– Latin Lover and Panterita del Ring defeated Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera to win the Mexican National Tag Team Titles
1996
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
– Pitbull #2 defeated ECW World Television Champion Shane Douglas to win the title
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Christopher defeated Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Heavyweight Title
World Wrestling Peace Festival: Los Angeles, California:
– Craig Pittman defeated KGB
– Jim Neidhart defeated Bobby Bradley, Jr
– Lady Apache and Akira Hokuto defeated Bull Nakano and Neftali
– Chris Benoit defeated Alex Wright
– NWA World Middleweight Champion Ultimo Dragon and Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Heavy Metal and Mexican National Welterweight Champion Psicosis
– Lex Luger defeated Masa Saito
– NWA World Welterweight Champion Negro Casas defeated Mexican National Middleweight Champion El Hijo del Santo
– CMLL World Tag Team Champion Atlantis, Dos Caras and Héctor Garza defeated Gran Markus, Jr., Silver King and CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr
– Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Black Cat
– Perro Aguayo and La Parka defeated Cibernético and Mexican National Heavyweight Champion Pierroth, Jr
– AAA Americas, IWAS World and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Konnan defeated Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Jericho in a triangle match
– Jushin Liger defeated The Great Sasuke
– WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Giant defeated WCW World Tag Team Champion Sting
– Antonio Inoki and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Oleg Taktarov
2007
OVW Summer Sizzler Series: Louisville, Kentucky:
– ODB defeated OVW Women’s Champion Katie Lea to win the title
– Jay Bradley defeated Paul Birchill and Idol Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant OVW Heavyweight Title
2008
WWE One Night Stand: San Diego, California:
– Matt Hardy defeated Shelton Benjamin
– Jeff Hardy defeated Umaga in a Falls Count Anywhere match
– Big Show defeated CM Punk, John Morrison, Tommy Dreamer, and Chavo Guerrero
– John Cena defeated John “Bradshaw” Layfield in a First Blood match
– Beth Phoenix defeated Melina in an I Quit match
– Batista defeated Shawn Michaels in a Stretcher match
– Triple H defeated Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Championship
– Edge defeated the Undertaker in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship
2014
WWE Payback: Chicago, Illinois
– El Torito (with Diego and Fernando) defeated Hornswoggle (with Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal) in a Mask vs. Hair match
– Sheamus defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE United States Championship
– RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel) defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust
– Rusev (with Lana) defeated Big E
– Kofi Kingston vs. Bo Dallas ended in a no contest
– Bad News Barrett defeated Rob Van Dam to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
– John Cena (with Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) defeated Bray Wyatt (with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in a Last Man Standing match
– Paige defeated Alicia Fox to retain the WWE Divas Championship
– The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose) defeated Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista) in a No Holds Barred Elimination match