Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/08): Brock Lesnar wins IWGP title
1953
Wichita, Kansas:
– Lenny Montana defeated David Sims to win the Heart of America Title (Title would be renamed Central States Title)
1962
Kansas City, Missouri:
– Stan Neilson & Art Neilson defeated George Scott & Sandy Scott
– Texas Death Match: Dick the Bruiser defeated The Sheik by countout
1975
Duluth, Minnesota:
– Cage Match: Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson
– Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff
– Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 2 out of 3 falls
1978
Dallas, Texas:
– Evelyn Stevens defeated The Fabulous Moolah for the NWA Women’s World Heavyweight Title
1986
Tampa, Florida:
– Barry Windham defeated Outlaw Ron Bass to win the vacant Florida State Heavyweight Title
1989
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia
– Norman defeated Tommy Rich
– Tom Zenk defeated Bill Irwin
– Brian Pillman defeated Eddie Gilbert
– Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated the Road Warriors via disqualification
– Sting fought Gary Hart (sub. for NWA TV Champion the Great Muta) to a draw
– NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Steve Williams
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk in an I Quit match
1990
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler won a 21-man tournament by defeating Austin Idol in the finals to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title
1991
Montgomery, Alabama:
– The York Foundation (Terrance Taylor, Richard Morton, & Thomas Rich), managed by Alexandra York (Terri Runnels) defeated Dustin Rhodes, Tom Zenk, & Big Josh (Matt Borne) to win the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Title
1992
New Orleans, Louisiana:
– Erik Watts defeated Scotty Flamingo
– Shane Douglas & Van Hammer defeated Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson
– Mike Graham fought Dick Slater to a draw
– WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated the Barbarian & Tony Atlas
– Brian Pillman defeated Brad Armstrong
– Sting defeated Cactus Jack in a lumberjack match (stipulations stated Sting would face Jake Roberts later in the show if he won)
– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude
– Sting defeated Jake Roberts in a lights out match
Bristol, Tennessee:
– Dixie Dynamite pinned Killer Kyle
– The Fantastics (Fultons) beat Dutch Mantell & Jimmy Golden
– Brian Lee pinned The Nightstalker
– Tim Horner beat SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy via DQ
– The Rock-n-Roll Express beat The Heavenly Bodies (Lane & Pritchard)
1993
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– The Bullet defeated Killer Kyle
– SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Scott & Steve Armstrong to a no contest
– SMW Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee defeated Tracy Smothers
– Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray at w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Rick & Scott Steiner via disqualification
1994
Johnson City, Tennessee:
– Boo Bradley defeated Lance Storm
– Bruiser Bedlam defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy via disqualification in a whipping match
– SMW Tag Team Champions New Jack & Mustafa defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a No DQ, no time-limit match
2001
WWF Monday Night Raw: Indianapolis, Indiana:
– The Big Show, Spike Dudley, & Tajiri (w/ Torrie Wilson) defeated Tazz & the Dudley Boyz (w/ Stacy Keibler)
– The Hardys defeated Booker T and Test to win the WCW Tag Team Titles
– Edge defeated WCW US Champion Rhyno via disqualification
– WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam & Shane McMahon defeated WCW World Champion the Rock & Chris Jericho
– WWF Light Heavyweight / WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac pinned Scotty 2 Hotty
– Molly Holly pinned Lita
– Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWF World Title
2004
Tijuana, Mexico:
– L.A. Park beat Nicho to win the XLAW heavyweight title
Arena Mexico:
– Universo 2000 beat Canek in the finals of the Leyenda de Azul tournament
2005
Tokyo, Japan:
– Brock Lesnar won a three-way over Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono to win the IWGP heavyweight title
– Black Tiger (Rocky Romero) beat Tiger Mask to win the IWGP jr. title
2006
Morioka, Japan:
– Great Sasuke beat Super Delfin to win the Tohoku jr. title
WWE No Mercy: Raleigh, North Carolina:
– WWE Champion Booker T defeated Bobby Lashley, Batista and Fit Finlay to retain the title
– Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero in a falls count anywhere match
– Chris Benoit defeated William Regal
2007
Tokyo, Japan:
– Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata to win the IWGP heavyweight title
2009
Tokyo, Japan:
– The Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, defeated Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles
– Team 3-D, Bubba and D-Von, defeated Togi Makabe and Toru Yano to win the IWGP Tag Titles
2012
Tokyo, Japan:
– Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win the IWGP tag titles
2012
Yokohama, Japan:
– KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi beat Magnus & Samoa Joe to win the GHC tag titles