Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/29): Bockwinkle awarded AWA Title; Austin wins WWF Title


1944
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Lee Wykoff beat Dave Levin to capture the MWA World Heavyweight Title
1963
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Crusher beat Moose Evans in 2 out of 3 falls
– AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski
– Don McClarty beat Joe “Tiger” Tomasso
– Doug Gilbert no contest Iron Mike DiBiase
Waterloo, Iowa:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Bob Orton
– The Medics defeated Steve Bolus & Steve Kovacs
– Bob Geigel beat Ray Gordon
1967
Amarillo, Texas:
– Nick Kozak won a Russian Roulette battle royal for $1,000
– Kinji Shibuya beat Dory Funk Jr to win North American Title
– Bearcat Wright & Thunderbolt Patterson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race by dq
– Nick Kozak drew The Alaskan
1968
Bloomington, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig
– The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Harley Race & Dr. X
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Dutch Savage
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Rufus R. Jones defeated Juan Sebastian
– Omar Atlas & Bob Geigel defeated Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji
– Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor
– The Stomper & Danny Little Bear beat Roger Kirby & Black Angus
Fargo, North Dakota:
– In a cage match; The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig
– Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco
1973
Denver, Colorado:
– The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in 2 out of 3 falls
– Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens via dq
– Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet
– Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Kim Sung Ho defeated Alfonso Dantes for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight Title
1974
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham by countout
– Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor
– Bobo Brazil beat Baron Von Raschke by dq
1986
Denver, Colorado:
– Stan Hansen vs. Nick Bockwinkle for the AWA Title never took place. (Hansen was ordered to lose the belt to Bockwinkle and refused and left the building, ran over the AWA belt with his pickup and mailed the belt back to Gagne). The AWA announced that since World Champion Stan Hansen refused to wrestle Nick Bockwinkle, Hansen was stripped of the title and Bockwinkle was named the new champion
– Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jimmy Snuka beat Nord The Barbarian & Boris Zhukov & Sheik Adnan
– AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers beat Midnight Rockers
– Sherri Martel beat Candi Devine
1992
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tom Prichard defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1998
Cleveland, Ohio:
– Steve Austin defeated Kane for the WWF World Heavyweight Title
1999
Fayetteville, North Carolina:
– The Hardy Boyz defeated Faarooq & Bradshaw for the WWF World Tag Team Titles
2008
WWE Night of Champions: Dallas, Texas:
– Jeff Hardy defeated Montel Vontavious Porter
– John Morrison and The Miz defeated Finlay and Hornswoggle to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
– Matt Hardy defeated Chavo Guerrero (with Bam Neely) to retain the WWE United States Championship
– Mark Henry defeated Kane and Big Show to win the ECW Championship
– Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes defeated Hardcore Holly in a Handicap match for the World Tag Team Championship
– Kofi Kingston defeated Chris Jericho (with Lance Cade) to capture the WWE Intercontinental Championship
– Mickie James defeated Katie Lea Burchill (with Paul Burchill) to retain the WWE Women’s Championship
– Edge defeated Batista to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
– Triple H defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship