Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/01): Jushin Liger wins junior heavyweight gold


1944
Des Moines, Iowa:
– NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon beat Eddie Campbell to unify the MWA World Junior Title and the NWA World Junior Title
1949
– NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown is injured in an automobile accident, forcing him to retire. (Brown is stripped of the title, and the title is awarded to National Wrestling Association Champion Lou Thesz. Brown and Thesz were scheduled to wrestle in a unification match later with Brown reportedly scheduled to win the unification match)
1955
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Herb Schiff
1960
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski by DQ (Bronco Nagurski was referee)
– Joe Scarpello beat Hard Boiled Haggerty by DQ
– Len Montana beat Roy McClarty
1962
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Pat O’Connor & Sonny Myers defeated Lee Henning & Bob Orton in 2 of 3 falls
– Bob Geigel defeated Red Bastien via DQ in three falls
1971
Rockford, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
– Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig
– Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski
– Don Muraco beat Big K
1975
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher by DQ
– Baron von Raschke no contest Pampero Firpo
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Pepper Gomez beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Soldier LeBoeuf & Johnny Valiant
– Wilbur Snyder beat Chuck O’Connor (Big John Studd)
– Jimmy Valiant beat Billy Robinson
– Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski
1980
Richmond, Virginia:
– Roddy Piper defeated Paul Jones in a tournament final for the Mid-Atlantic Title
1981
Lake Charles, Louisiana:
– Ted DiBiase defeated Paul Orndorff to win the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title
Tokyo, Japan:
– Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA International Heavyweight Title
1987
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Tommy Rich won a Battle royal
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Greg Gagne
– AWA Tag Team Champions Original Midnight Express beat Nord The Barbarian & Wahoo McDaniel
– Tommy Rich beat Adrian Adonis by DQ
– Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski beat DJ Peterson & JT Southern
– Alan West beat Dick Slater by DQ
– Soldat Ustinov beat Mitch Snow
1990
Tokyo, Japan:
– Jushin Liger defeated Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
2003
Elizabeth, New Jersey:
– Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Special K (Izzy & Dixie) to win the Ring Of Honor Tag Team Championship
2005
WWF Taboo Tuesday: San Diego, California:
– Kane & Big Show defeated Trevor Murdoch & Lance Cade to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship
– Intercontinental Champion Ric Flair defeated Triple H inside a steel cage
– WWE Champion John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle