Daily pro wrestling history (11/3): Bobby Roode wins big, Rusev wins WWE U.S. gold
1939
Buffalo, New York:
– Steve Casey defeated Ed Don George to win the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title
1956
Des Moines, Iowa:
– World Tag Team Champions The Volkoff Brothers (Boris and Nicolai Volkoff) defeated Bobby Bruns and Roy McClarity
– Billy Wicks defeated Dick Raines
1962
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Rocky Hamilton & Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn dq
– Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brauner
– Larry Hennig beat Crybaby Cannon
– Jack Lanza beat Bob Sabre
1967
Chicago, Illinois:
– Pat O’Connor & Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race & Chris Markoff to win AWA Tag Team Title
– Dr X beat the Crusher
– Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Ramon Torres & Santiago Acosta
– Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet
– Rock Rogowski (Ole Anderson) beat George Gadaski
1972
Chicago, Illinois:
– Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Baron Von Raschke
– Sailor Art Thomas drew Blackjack Lanza
– Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott
– Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet
– Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski
1979
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Killer Karl Kox defeated Stan Hansen to win the Georgia TV Title
1981
Tampa, Florida:
– The Spoiler defeated Charlie Cook for the Florida State Heavyweight Title
1984
Chicago, Illinois:
– Boom Boom (King Kong) Bundy & Jerry Blackwell won a tag battle royal (Bundy couldn’t be called King Kong because that was the name Brody was using during his AWA run)
– Lights Out Match, Jerry Blackwell beat King Kong Brody (Blackwell pinned mgr Sheik Adnan for the win because Brody wouldn’t agree to be pinned. Brody was called King Kong instead of Bruiser because the area already had one “Bruiser” and that was Dick the Bruiser)
– Non Title, Fabulous Ones beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors
– Curt Hennig drew Nick Bockwinkel
– Mr. Saito beat Baron Von Raschke
– Jimmy Garvin beat Steve O
– Brad Rheingans beat Steve Regal
(AWA was on fire at this stage — despite losing Hogan to the WWF almost a year earlier — drawing 18,301 fans for this card)
1985
Chicago, Illinois:
– Road Warrior Animal won battle royal
– Road Warriors beat Fabulous Freebirds, Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts
– Sgt. Slaughter beat Bill Irwin
– Curt Hennig & Greg Gagne & Scott Hall beat Jim Garvin & Steve Regal & Larry Zbyszko
– Handicap match, Stan Hansen beat Jerry O & Rob Rechsteiner (Rick Steiner)
– Leon White beat Scott Irwin dq
(Attendance was 9,500)
1997
– Perry Saturn defeated Disco Inferno to win the WCW World Television Title
– WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated Public Enemy in a Philly Street Fight
– Chris Jericho pinned Scott Hall
2011
– Gail Kim & Madison Rayne defeated Tara & Brooke Tessmacher to win the Knockouts Tag Team Title
– Robert Roode defeated James Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title
2014
– Rusev defeated Sheamus to win the WWE United States Heavyweight championship