Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/16): WWE Survivor Series 2003
1932
Kansas City, Missouri:
– Jim Londos beat Darna Ostopavich to retain the World Title
– Jim McMillen beat Buck Olson
– Fred Peterson beat Everett Kibbons
– Cliff Olson drew George Gostopavich
1946
Wichita, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat Ed Virag to unify the MWA & NWA World Heavyweight Titles (Strangler Lewis was referee)
– Roy Graham beat Vincent Lopez by dq
– Ray Villmer defeated George Temple
– Ronnie Etchison beat Red Ryan
1955
Tokyo, Japan:
– Tiger Jokinder & King Kong Czaya defeated Rikidozan & Harold Sakata to win a tournament to crowd the first ever
All-Asian Tag Team Champions
1961
Rochester, Minnesota:
– Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy defeated Hardboiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel for the AWA World Tag Team Title
– Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie
– Steve Druk beat Joe Marconi
1963
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– The Crusher beat Verne Gagne in 2 out of 3 falls to win AWA Title when Gagne couldn’t answer the bell for the 3rd fall
– Larry Hennig double countout with Moose Evans
– Tiny Mills beat Johnny Kace
– Maurice LaPointe beat Kurt Von Brauner
1968
Melbourne, Australia:
– Skull Murphy beat Tex McKenzie to win the IWA title
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas defeated Mike Loren
– Bobby Whitlock & Les Thornton fought The Destroyer & Billy Howard to a draw
– Steve Bolus defeated The Sheik
– Harley Race & Roger Kirby defeated Danny Little Bear & Black Angus
1973
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Terry Funk in 2 out of 3 falls
– Dory Funk Jr. and Rufus R. Jones defeated Harley Race and Big Bill Miller
– Black Angus defeated Yvon Koloff
– Ron Fuller and Billy “Red” Lyons won a handicap tag match over Blackjack Lanza
– Dan Hodge, billed as the Junior Heavyweight Champion, defeated Tokyo Joe
– Baron Scicluna and Hans Schmidt defeated Steve Bolus and Kit Conway
1974
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Superstar Billy Graham 2 out of 3 falls
– Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell by countout
– Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi
– Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski
– Rock Riddle beat Kenny Jay
1976
Tampa, Florida:
– Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ray Candy
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Ox Baker
– Hollywood Blondes & Assassin drew Mike Graham & Jerry Brisco & Hiro Matsuda
– Missouri Mauler defeated Bob Backlund
– Dick Slater defeated Jan Nelson
– Norvel Austin defeated Duke Miller
1979
Wakayama, Japan:
– Rusher Kimura beat Verne Gagne via count out to win the IWE title. (This match was Gagne’s last pro wrestling singles match defeat)
1981
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ricky Morton drew Gypsy Joe
– The Super Destroyer beat Roy Rogers
– The Cuban & Iranian Assassins beat Ricky & Robert Gibson via DQ
– Jerry Lawler, Tojo Yamamoto, & Ricky Morton beat Karl Krupp, The Nightmare, & Speed
– Dream Machine bat Southern Champ Dutch Mantel via DQ
– Jerry Lawler pinned The Super Destroyer
– Jerry Lawler beat Jimmy Hart via DQ
– Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn beat Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar to win the held-up Southern Tag Title in a “no DQ” match
1984
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ric Flair and King Kong Brody wrestled to a no contest; Flair retained the NWA World Title
– Crusher Blackwell defeated Harley Race for the Missouri State Heavyweight Title
– Terry Funk, Wahoo McDaniel and Dick the Bruiser defeated Hacksaw Higgins, TG Stone and Baron Von Raschke
– Kevin Von Erich defeated Billy Robinson
– Ken Timbs defeated Marty Janetty
– Bob Brown defeated Mr. Pogo by dq
– Rufus R. Jones & Marty Janetty defeated Gypsy Joe & Mike Bond
Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Fabulous Ones
– Curt Hennig & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito dq
– Jimmy Garvin beat Jim Brunzell
– Boom Boom Bundy beat Chris Markoff
1986
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Denny Brown & the Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
– Mitch Snow pinned Mark Fleming
– The MOD Squad & Colt Steele defeated Rufus R. Jones, Rocky King, & George South
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: Arn Anderson pinned Dave Patterson
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: Sam Houston defeated Tully Blanchard
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: Bill Dundee defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: Todd Champion defeated Teijo Khan
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: Rick Rude fought Brad Armstrong to a draw
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Opening Round: NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes fought the Warlord to a double countout
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Sam Houston defeated Arn Anderson
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton
– Central States Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals: Sam Houston defeated Bill Dundee
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Billy Joe Travis beat The Executioner
– Giant Hillbilly beat Bobby Jaggers via DQ
– The Snowman beat Manny Fernandez via DQ
– Don Bass, Carl Fergie, & Brickhouse Brown beat Pat Tanaka, Paul Diamond, & Big Bubba in a “loser leaves town” match when Bubba lost the fall
– Hector Guerrero beat Bill Dundee
– Mid-America Champ Jeff Jarrett beat Jimmy Jack Funk
– The Rock-n-Roll RPMs beat Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– Steve Keirn beat Jerry Lawler
Greenville, South Carolina:
– Ricky Nelson fought Larry Stephens to a draw
– John Savage defeated Thunderfoot #1 (sub. for Rick Steiner)
– Denny Brown defeated Rocky King
– Kevin Sullivan & the Barbarian defeated Hiro Matsuda & Rick Steiner
– Mighty Wilbur, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & Barbarian
– NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Inglewood, California:
– Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Billy Anderson & Tim Patterson
– Ron Simmons pinned the Terminator
– Sting pinned Black Bart
– Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Luke Williams & Johnny Ace
– Michael Hayes defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor via disqualification
– NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a double count-out
– NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Eddie Gilbert
– Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams in an elimination match
1988
Raleigh, North Carolina:
– Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Mike Justice & Curtis Thompson
– Eddie Gilbert defeated the Italian Stallion
– Bobby Fulton defeated Cruel Connection #1
– Steve Williams defeated Ron Simmons
– Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated the Russian Assassins
– NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a steel cage match
1991
Charleston, South Carolina:
– Arachnaman pinned Thomas Rich
– The Diamond Studd & Richard Morton defeated WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman & Bobby Eaton
– Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip
– Dustin Rhodes & Mike Graham defeated Terrence Taylor & Thomas Rich
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko via disqualification
– WCW US Champion Sting defeated Cactus Jack
– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Tom Zenk
1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– The Sandman defeated Don Muraco for the ECW Heavyweight Title
1994
WCW Clash of the Champions: Jacksonville, Florida:
– The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell defeated Paul Roma & Paul Orndorff to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles
– WCW TV Champion Johnny B. Badd defeated the Honkytonk Man via disqualification
– Harlem Heat defeated the Nasty Boys
– Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Dustin Rhodes
– WCW US Champion Jim Duggan defeated Steve Austin via disqualification
– WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Jimmy Hart), Sting, & Dave Sullivan defeated the Butcher, Kevin Sullivan, & Avalanche
1996
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler defeated The Colorado Kid to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman defeated Raven
– Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer defeated Shane Douglas & Brian Lee
1998
Wichita, Kansas:
– Juventud Guerrera defeated Billy Kidman to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title
2000
Oberhausen, Germany:
– General Rection & Alex Wright defeated Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire to win the WCW Tag Team Titles
2003
WWE Survivor Series: Dallas, Texas:
– TEAM ANGLE (Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, John Cena, Bradshaw, and Hardcore Holly) defeated TEAM LESNAR (Brock Lesnar, Big Show, Nathan Jones, Matt Morgan, and A-Train)
– WWE Women’s Champion Molly Holly pinned Lita
– Kane defeated Shane McMahon in an Ambulance Match
– WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions Doug & Danny Basham (w/ Shaniqua) defeated Eddie & Chavo Guerrero Jr.
– TEAM BISCHOFF (Chris Jericho, Scott Steiner, Christian, Mark Henry, and Randy Orton) defeated TEAM AUSTIN (Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and the Dudleys)
– Vince McMahon defeated the Undertaker in a Buried Alive Match
– Goldberg beat HHH to retain the RAW World Title
2008
Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Former WWE champion Brock Lesnar captured the UFC Heavyweight championship by defeating Randy Couture
2012
St. Ives, England:
– Prince Devitt (Finn Balor) beat Marty Scurll to win the IPW British cruiserweight title