Daily Pro Wrestling History (07/15): Flair wins Missouri State title; Lesnar stripped of IWGP title
1932
Kansas City, Missouri:
– Jack London beat John Mosier to win the Missouri Valley heavyweight title
1942
Des Moines, Iowa:
– Gene Bowman defeated Earl Wampler for the Iowa heavyweight title in 2 out of 3 falls
– Babe Zaharias defeated Cowboy Luttrall in 2 of 3 falls
– Jack Kennedy and Tom Zaharias went to a draw
1949
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Tom Mahoney defeated Al Massey in a tournament final for the vacant Georgia Southern heavyweight title
1954
Columbus, Ohio:
– Eddie Gossett (Eddie Graham) defeated Frankie Talaber to win the Midwest Wrestling Association world junior heavyweight title
1959
Mobile, Alabama:
– The Mighty Yankee (Ray Villmer) defeated Papa Pasquale for the NWA Gulf Coast heavyweight title
1960
Houston, Texas:
– Tony Borne & Danny McShain defeated El Gladiador & Torbellino Blanco to win the vacant NWA Texas tag team titles
Bradford, England:
– Billy Joyce defeated Dennis Mitchell for the British heavyweight title
1963
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Bobo Brazil defeated Johnny Barend to win the WWWF United States heavyweight championship
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Dick the Bruiser defeated Curtis Iaukea to win the Hawaii NWA United States heavyweight title
1965
Shizuoka, Japan:
– Giant Baba & Toyonobori defeated The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons for the JWA All-Asia tag team titles
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Geigel & Killer Kox beat Bobo Brazil & Dick the Bruiser 2 falls to 1
– Mongolian Stomper beat Missouri Mauler
– Pat O’Connor drew Sonny Myers
– Ronnie Etchison beat Jerry Miller
1966
Sydney, Australia:
– Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy defeated Mark Lewin & Dominic DeNucci to win the International Wrestling Alliance world tag team titles
1967
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Nebraska heavyweight champion Bob Orton Sr. defeated Doug Gilbert to become the first AWA Midwest heavyweight champion (the title was unified with the Nebraska title)
Indianapolis, Indiana:
– Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher defeated The Devil’s Duo (Chris Markoff & Angelo Poffo) for the World Wrestling Association world tag team titles
1970
Los Angeles, California:
– Pantera Negra & Tony Rocco defeated The Great Kojika & John Tolos to win the NWA Americas tag team titles
1971
Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Dan Miller defeated The Missouri Mauler for the NWA Eastern States heavyweight title
1972
Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Don & Ron Wright defeated Tommy Gilbert & Sputnik Monroe to win the NWA Tennessee tag team titles
1975
Dallas, Texas:
– Al Madril defeated John Toloes for the NWA Texas heavyweight title
1976
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas defeated Hubert Gallant
– Bob Geigel defeated Tank Patton
– Black Gordman & Great Goliath defeated Pat O’Connor & Harley Race
– The Super Intern defeated Bob Brown
Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
– Bob Kelly won the NWA Mississippi heavyweight title by defeating Sweet Daddy Banks
1977
Tallahassee, Florida:
– Ernie Ladd defeated Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA Florida heavyweight title
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Billy Robinson & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
– Angelo Mosca beat Larry Hennig by DQ
– Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby
– Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson
Sapporo, Japan:
– Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda defeated Strong Kobayashi & Seiji Sakaguchi for the NJPW Asia tag team titles
Dothan, Alabama:
– Johnny Eagles defeated The Blue Yankee to win the NWA Alabama heavyweight title
1978
Graz, Austria:
– Otto Wanz defeated Don Leo Jonathan to become the first two-time Catch Wrestling Association world heavyweight champion
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Armand Hussein defeated Invader I for the WWC Caribbean heavyweight title
– Kendo Kimura defeated Carlos Colón to win the WWC Puerto Rico heavyweight title
1979
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Greg Gagne beat AWA champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– in a Taped Fist Match, Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon by DQ
– in a Dead Lift Contest, Paul Ellering beat Jesse Ventura
– Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Robinson & Doug Gilbert
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Doug Gilbert
1980
Fuji, Japan:
– Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue defeated Haruka Eigen & Strong Kobayashi to win the International Pro Wrestling world tag team titles
1982
Portland, Oregon:
– Rocky Johnson defeated Rip Oliver for the NWA Pacific Northwest heavyweight title
1983
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ric Flair defeated David Von Erich to win the vacant Missouri State heavyweight title in the finals of a 20-man tournament
Denver, Colorado:
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Tully Blanchard & Bobby Jaggers
– in a Lumberjack Match, Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Heenan
– Rick Martel beat David Shults
– Mr. Saito beat Buck Zumhofe
1984
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Jim Brunzell beat King Kong Brody by DQ
– The Crusher beat Abdullah The Butcher by DQ
– Fabulous Ones beat Mr. Saito & Larry Zbyszko
– Road Warriors beat Steve O & Curt Hennig
– Tony Atlas beat Steve Regal
– Billy Robinson beat Chris Markoff
1985
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Terry Taylor defeated Phil Hickerson to win the CWA/AWA nternational heavyweight title
– Jerry Lawler defeated Rick Link to win the NWA Mid-America heavyweight title
Fort Worth, Texas:
– Iceman Parsons defeated Killer Tim Brooks for the World Class television title
Birmingham, Alabama:
– Bill Ash defeated Scott Armstrong for the Southeast NWA United States junior heavyweight title
Verdun, Quebec, Canada:
– Jimmy Garvin & Ronnie Garvin beat Raymond Rougeau & Jacques Rougeau Jr.
– Tonga Kid & Tony Parisi beat AWA tag team champions The Road Warriors in a non-title match
– King Tonga beat Butch Reed
1986
Tampa, Florida:
– Ron Bass defeated Kendall Windham to win the NWA Florida heavyweight title
1989
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Ivan Koloff defeated Invader I for the WWC Puerto Rico heavyweight title
1990
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Astro de Oro defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the UWA world junior heavyweight title
1991
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Robert Fuller & Jeff Jarrett won the USWA tag team titles by defeating The Barroom Brawlers (Bonecrusher & Crowbar)
1992
Tokyo, Japan:
– Sakie Hasegawa defeated Mariko Yoshida to win the AJW singles title
1996
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine defeated Flex Kavana (The Rock) & Bart Sawyer for the USWA tag team titles
1998
Tokyo, Japan:
– Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP tag team titles
2005
Buffalo, New York:
– Christopher Daniels defeated natural heavyweight champion AJ Styles in a best-of-three falls match to win the title
2006
– Brock Lesnar is stripped of the IWGP heavyweight title by New Japan Pro Wrestling
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ROH world champion Bryan Danielson defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the title
– Team ROH (ROH world champion Bryan Danielson, Homicide, Adam Pearce, Samoa Joe, Ace Steel, & B.J. Whitmer (with J.J. Dillon) defeated Team CZW (Claudio Castagnoli, CZW world heavyweight champion Chris Hero, CZW World tag team champion Eddie Kingston, Necro Butcher, & Nate Webb) in a Cage of Death match
2007
Orlando, Florida:
– TNA world heavyweight champion Kurt Angle & TNA X Division champion Samoa Joe defeated TNA world tag team champions Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (The rules stated that whoever got a pin won that person’s title, so Samoa Joe won the TNA world tag team title)