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