Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/05): Rock & Roll Express win SMW Tag Titles
1942
Des Moines, Iowa:
– Iowa State Heavyweight Champion Gene Bowman beat Jay Steele in 2 consecutive falls
– Emil Dusek beat Babe Zaharias 2 falls to 0
– Joe Dusek and Hans Schultz went to a draw
1949
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Don McIntyre won the Southern Heavyweight Title from Tom Mahoney
1965
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Mongolian Stomper beat Bob Geigel 2 falls to 1
– Bob Brown beat Jerry Miller by DQ
– Pat O’Connor beat Jim Grabmire
– Ox Baker beat Johnny Raminez
1966
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Crusher on a 3rd fall DQ
– The Alaskan & Big K beat Wilbur Snyder & Verne Gagne in 2 out of 3 falls
– Killer Kowalski beat Guy Mitchell
1969
Tampa, Florida:
– Hiro Matsuda & Missouri Mauler defeated Cyclon Negro & Jack Brisco for the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles
1972
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel by countout
– Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres
– Don Muraco beat Big K
1975
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke in 2 out of 3 falls
– Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Kim Duk beat Sgt. Bob Slaughter (sub Dusty Rhodes)
– Jos Leduc & Ivan Putski beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant by DQ
– Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Sheik)
1977
St Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
– Billy Robinson beat Pedro Morales
– Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Ray Stevens & the Crusher
– Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby by DQ
– Bob Backlund beat Chris Markoff
– Steve Olsonoski drew Jan Nelson
1980
Portland, Oregon:
– Roddy Piper and Rick Martel defeated Ed Wiskoski and Buddy Rose to win the PNW Tag Team Titles
1986
Tokyo, Japan:
– Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
1988
Dallas, Texas:
– Iceman King Parsons defeated Kerry Von Erich (subbing for Kevin Von Erich) to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title
1994
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– The Rock n’ Roll Express defeated Chris Candido & Brian Lee for the Smoky Mountain Tag Team Title
1996
Tokyo, Japan:
– The Great Sasuke defeated Ultimo Dragon in the finals of a tournament to unify eight separate junior heavyweight titles into one
unified J-Crown championship
Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Moondogs (Spot & Rover) defeated Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine for the USWA Tag Team Titles
2010
TNA Impact:
– Taylor Wilde & Hamada defeated the Beautiful People to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team titles