Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/05): Eric Bischoff wins WCW Hardcore title

1941

St. Louis, Missouri
– Sandor Szabo defeated Bronko Nagurski for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title 

1947

Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat The Swedish Angel in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ralph Garibaldi Jack McDonald by third fall DQ
– Tug Carlson beat Dan O’Connor 
– Jack Hader beat Jack Page

1952

Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Duseks (Dick, Ernie and Joe Dusek) beat Steve Gob, Sonny Myers and Bob Orton Sr. in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ronnie Etchison beat Tony Galento 2 out of 3 falls 
– Joe Dusek and Bob Orton Sr. went to a time limit draw

1958

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Sonny Myers went to a no contest with Otto Von Krupp
– Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Bob Orton and Rip Hawk

1967

Davenport, Iowa:
– Johnny Powers beat the Crusher in a Texas Death Match
– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Earl Maynard 
– Jack Lanza beat Big K (Stan Kowalski)

1971

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
– Strong Kobayashi beat Bull Bullinski 
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond

1976

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke by DQ
– Russ Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 
– Buddy Wolff beat Scott Irwin

1977

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis beat Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby
– Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales 
– Bob Backlund wrestled to a draw with Billy Robinson

1982

Rockford, Illinois:
– Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Hulk Hogan & Baron Von Raschke
– Rick Martel beat Bobby Heenan
– Ken Patera beat Brad Rheingans 
– Buck Zumhofe beat Sgt Goulet

1989

Tokyo, Japan:
– Yoshinari Ogawa pinned Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
– Kenta Kobashi pinned Johnny Smith
– Mighty Inoue pinned Goro Tsurumi
– Shinichi Nakano, Isao Takagi, & Akira Taue beat Dick Slater, Don Muraco, & Mitch Snow
– PWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Mitsuo Momota pinned Isamu Teranishi
– Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura, & The Great Kabuki beat Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen, & Masanobu Fuchi
– Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki to win the All Asian Tag Title
– Yoshiaki Yatsu pinned Shunji Takano
– Dan Spivey pinned Sting
– Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
– Genichiro Tenryu pinned Jumbo Tsuruta to win the All Japan Triple Crown

1992

Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Dixie Dynamite defeated Dutch Mantell
– Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony defeated Joey Maggs
– Robert Gibson defeated Killer Kyle
– Buddy Landel defeated Tim Horner
– The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) defeated Johnny and Davey Rich
– Brian Lee defeated Paul Orndorff by disqualification

Rock Hill, South Carolina:
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Scotty Flamingo
– Super Invader (Hercules Hernandez) pinned Tom Zenk
– Larry Zbyszko pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell
– WCW Light Heavyweight Champion, Brian Pillman pinned Richard Morton
– WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine
– Barry Windham pinned Bobby Eaton
– Sting, Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff beat Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Steve Austin

2000

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk for the WCW Hardcore Title 

2001

Grand Forks, North Dakota:
– Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title