Daily pro wrestling history (11/18): Jack Brisco battles Bob Backlund for Missouri gold


1938
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Jim Londos defeated Bronco Nagurski for the World Heavyweight Title
1942
Des Moines, Iowa:
– Orville Brown defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ken Fenelon beat Nick Elitch 2 falls to 0
– Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown
1971
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq
– Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson
– Larry Hennig beat Dr. X
– Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski
– Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips
1972
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak
– Rene Goulet drew George Scott
– Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello
1976
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Jack Brisco defeated Bob Backlund to win the Missouri State Title
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Attendance was 10,000
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel double count out Verne Gagne (Special Referee: Pat O’Connor)
– The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke
– Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson
– Pedro Morales beat Blackjack Lanza
– Pat O’Connor beat Bobby Duncum
– Peter Maivia drew Moose Morowski
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Akio Sato defeated The Iron Sheik via DQ
– Bob Brown defeated Ronnie Etchison
– Bob Geigel & The Super Intern defeated Bob Brown & Mitsuo Hata
1983
Cleveland, Ohio:
– Ted DiBiase defeated Brett Wayne Sawyer for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title
1992
Macon, Georgia:
– Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes to win the NWA & WCW World Tag Team Titles
– Sting and Rick Rude wrestled to a 20 minute draw
1995
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ECW World Champion Mikey Whipwreck defeated Steve Austin
– ECW World Tag Team Champions 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman defeated The Public Enemy
2001
Greensboro, North Carolina:
– WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Matt & Jeff Hardy in a steel cage unification match
– The Rock defeated Steve Austin
2007
Miami, Florida:
– ECW Champion CM Punk defeated The Miz and John Morrison
– WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated Shawn Michaels
– World Champion Batista defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match
2012
– WWE Champion CM Punk defeated Ryback and John Cena
– United States Champion Antonio Cesaro defeated R Truth