Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/24): Ricky Steamboat wins US Title
1944
Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and Les Wolfe drew 1 fall a piece
– Jimmy Coffield beat Jack Suzek in 2 out of 3 falls
– Jack Hader beat Earl Wampler
– Harold “Sonny” Myers defeated Larry Tilliman by DQ
1955
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Don Leo Jonathan defeated Yvon Robért for the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title
1956
– Eddie Gossett (Graham) and Art Neilson defeated Don and Red McIntyre for the Georgia NWA World Tag Team Titles
1960
Bridgeport, Connecticut:
– The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) defeated Lou and Red Bastien for the Capitol Wrestling United States Tag Team
Titles
Mobile, Alabama:
– Eric Pederson defeated Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1961
Chicago, Illinois:
– Pat O’Connor is awarded the NWA United States Heavyweight Title at the annual NWA meeting (title had been vacant since Buddy Rogers won the NWA World Heavyweight Title from O’Connor on June 30)
1962
Portland, Oregon:
– Luther Lindsay defeated Fritz Von Goering for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1963
Portland, Oregon:
– Tony Borne defeated Billy White Wolf to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1964
Davenport, Iowa:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher
– Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig
– Mitsu Arakawa beat Sailor Art Thomas
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Al Perez and Tojo Yamamoto for the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles
1966
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Neff Maivia defeated Ripper Collins to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title
Nashville, Tennessee:
– Giant and Moose Evans defeated Luke Graham and Karl Von Brauner to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles
1970
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Johnny Walker and Tojo Yamamoto defeated The Interns for the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1972
Amarillo, Texas:
– Lord Alfred Hayes and Ricky Starr defeated Bobby Duncum and Dick Murdoch to win the NWA Western States Tag Team Titles
1973
Los Angeles, California:
– John Tolos defeated Victor Rivera for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title
1974
Chattanooga, Tennessee;
– Ricky Gibson and Steve Kovacs won the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles from Chris Gallagher and Don Kent
1975
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons and Dewey Robertson) defeated NWA Toronto International Tag Team Champions The Kelly Twins (Mike and Pat) to win the titles
– NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Champion The Sheik defeated John Quinn to retain the title
1977
Murfreesboro, Tennessee;
– Dan Morrow and Bryan Turner defeated Kory Williams and Mike Woods for the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles
Miami, Florida:
– Rocky Johnson and Steve Keirn defeated Dutch Mantel and Buddy Roberts
– NWA Florida Television Champion Pedro Morales defeated Pat Patterson to retain the title
– NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion Ivan Koloff defeated Don Muraco to retain the title
– NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham by disqualification to retain the title
1978
Jacksonville, Florida:
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated The Spoiler to win the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1979
Augusta, Georgia:
– Killer Karl Kox defeated Bob Armstrong to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Dick Slater defeated The Mongolian Stomper for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title
1981
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler defeated The Dream Machine in a No Disqualification match for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
– Bugsy McGraw defeated Steve Keirn to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
1984
San Antonio, Texas:
– Chicky Starr defeated Eric Embry to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title
1986
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Fishman defeated Villano III to win the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title
– El Dandy won the NWA World Welterweight Title by defeating Javier Cruz
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Don Bass defeated Jerry Lawler for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1990
East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) to win the titles
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting pinned Ric Flair to retain the title
– NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated Mark Callous to retain the title
– NWA World Tag Team Champions Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton)
1991
Tokyo, Japan:
– Mark Starr defeated Ricky Fuji for the FMW version of the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title
1992
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Miss Texas defeated USWA Women’s Champion Lauren Davenport to win the title
– USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert defeated Chris Adams to retain the title
– USWA Tag Team Champions Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler defeated The Moondogs (Cujo and Spike) to retain the title
1994
WCW Clash of the Champions: Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
– Ricky Steamboat pinned WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Steve Austin to win the title
– Ric Flair (with Sensuous Sherri) defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (with Jimmy Hart) by countout
2002
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Gary Wolfe defeated Christian York to become the first 3PW Heavyweight Champion
Boston, Massachusetts:
– ROH Heavyweight Champion Low Ki defeated A.J. Styles to retain the title
2003
WWF SummerSlam: Phoenix, Arizona:
– World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Randy Orton in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the title
– WWE Champion Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar by submission to retain the title
– Kane pinned Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match
2007
Hartford, Connecticut:
– ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima defeated Brent Albright and Claudio Castagnoli in a three-way Elimination match to retain the title
– Roderick Strong defeated Jack Evans in a Steel Cage match
– ROH World Tag Team Champions The Briscoes (Jay and Mark) defeated El Generico and Kevin Steen in a Steel Cage match to retain the titles