Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/04): El Hijo del Vikingo wins vacant AAA Mega title


1947
Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA Champion Orville Brown defeated Sonny Myers 2 falls to 1
– Al Lovelock defeated Eric Holmback
– Ronnie Etchison defeated Fred Blassie
1954
Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
– Argentina Rocca defeated Chest Bernard
– Jim Dobie defeated Mitsu Arakawa
– Great Tor Yamato defeated Harry Lewis
1958
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Lou Thesz defeated Bob Geigel in a no time limit match
– Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer defeated Lee Henning and Bob Orton
– Mighty Atlas defeated Joe Scarpa
1965
Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Mr. Wrestling by DQ in a Texas Death Match
– Verne Gagne defeated Haru Sasaki
– Mitsu Arakawa vs. Reggie Parks went to a draw
– Billy Red Cloud defeated Gene Anderson
1970
Los Angeles, California:
– Rey Mendoza defeated John Tolos to win the NWA United National Heavyweight Title
1971
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Larry Hennig defeated The Crusher
– Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu defeated Bill Miller
– Ray Stevens defeated Red Bastien
– Jerry Miller vs. Stan Pulaski went to a draw
– Ox Baker vs. Reggie Parks went to a draw
1972
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Kintaro Oki defeated Bobo Brazil to win the JWA NWA International title
1976
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Hercules Ayala & Victor Jovica defeated Higo Hamaguchi & Gordon Nelson to win the WWC North American Tag Team Titles
1978
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Don Fargo defeated Jackie Welch
– Koko Ware, Robert Gibson & Lou Thesz defeated Terry Sawyer, Bill Dromo & Wayne Ferris
– Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Valiant
– The Bounty Hunters defeated Mike & Pat Kelly in a loser leaves town match
– Jerry Lawler defeated Tommy Gilbert to win the Southern Title
1979
Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
– Bill Watts defeated Mike George to win the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title
1981
St. Louis, Missouri
– NWA Champion Ric Flair won a battle royal
– NWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Jack Brisco in a non-title match via countout
– Missouri Champion Ken Patera defeated Kerry Von Erich
– David Von Erich defeated Sgt. Slaughter via DQ
– Crusher Blackwell and Gene Lewis won a tag team elimination match
– Dewey Robertson defeated Chan Chung
– Rufus R. Jones defeated Ron McFarlane
– Jerry Brown vs. Bruce Reed went to a draw
Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel defeated Sheik Adnan
– Hulk Hogan defeated Jesse Ventura
– Bobby Duncum defeated Greg Gagne
– Jim Brunzell defeated Adrian Adonis
– Tito Santana defeated Bad Boy Brown
1988
Lubbock, Texas:
– Rick Steiner defeated Alvin Martinez
– Eddie Gilbert defeated Ted Heath
– Mike Rotunda defeated Ron Simmons
– Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton via DQ
– NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Bam Bam Bigelow via countout
– Sting & Lex Luger vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors went to a double countout
1989
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Lee defeated Frankie Lancaster
– King Cobra defeated The Grappler
– Chris Champion defeated Tony Anthony
– Ricky & Todd Morton defeated Brian Lee & The Grappler, The New York Brawler & Mike Davis, and King Cobra & Frankie Lancaster in an elimination tag team match to win the vacant CWA Tag Team Titles
– Jerry Lawler & Soultaker vs. Dutch Mantel & The Master of Pain went to a a no contest
1992
Tokyo, Japan:
– Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada defeated Terry Gordy & Steve Williams in the All Japan Real World Tag Tournament finals, winning the vacant Unified Tag Team titles
Charleston, South Carolina:
– Shanghai Pierce defeated Brad Armstrong
– Van Hammer defeated Tony Atlas
– Erik Watts defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude via referee’s decision
– Dustin Rhodes vs. Barry Windham went to a double DQ
– Big Van Vader defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat
– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated the Barbarian
Barbourville, Kentucky:
– Chris Comet defeated Paul Lee
– The Dirty White Boy vs. Tracy Smothers went to a draw
– Kevin Sullivan vs. The Mongolian Stomper went to a double DQ
– The Heavenly Bodies & Jim Cornette defeated The Rock n’ Roll Express & Tim Horner
1993
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac defeated Tommy Dreamer & Shane Douglas to win the ECW Tag Team Titles
Newland, North Carolina:
– SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight Champ Chris Candido defeated Bobby Blaze
– The Rock n’ Roll Express vs. Moondogs Rex & Spot went to a no contest
– Ron & Don Harris defeated The Heavenly Bodies
– SMW Champ Brian Lee defeated The Dirty White Boy
– Robert Gibson won a battle royal
Numazu, Japan:
– Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
– Masashi Aoyagi defeated Shinjiro Otani
– Osamu Kido defeated Brad Rheingans
– Mike Enos defeated El Samurai
– WCW Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys defeated Hiroshi Hase & Satoshi Kojima
– IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Black Cat & Tatsumi Fujinami
– The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono defeated Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara
– Tatsutoshi Goto, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Jushin Liger, Takayuki Iizuka, & Shinya Hashimoto
1999
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Rico Constantino defeated Steve Bradley for the Memphis Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2007
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Mistico defeated Vangelis to win the National Light Heavyweight Title
2011
Greensboro, North Carolina:
– ROH TV champ Jay Lethal defeated Adam Cole in a Proving Ground match
– Eddie Edwards, El Generico & ROH Tag Team Champions Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated The Briscoes, Roderick Strong & Michael Elgin in an 80-minute elimination match
Essex, England:
– Jimmy Havoc defeated Cell to win the NWA (Hammerlock) UK Junior Heavyweight title
Tokyo, Japan:
– KAI & Seiya Sanada defeated Masayuki Kono & Masakatsu Funaki to win the AJ World’s Strongest Tag League tournament
Santiago, Chile:
– Super Crazy defeated Katastrofe to win the X-Law Junior Heavyweight title
2021
AAA Triplemania Regia: Monterrey, Mexico:
– Gran Mazo & Leyenda Americana defeated Engañoso & Venenoide
– La Hiedra, Lady Flammer & Angel Maravilla defeated Faby Apache, Sexy Star & Lady Shani in a lumberjack strap match
– The New Generation Dinamitas (Cuatrero, Sanson & Forastero) won a three-way over El Poder del Norte (Tito Santana, Carta Brava Jr. & Mocho Cota Jr.) and Los Vipers (Arez, Psicosis & Abismo Negro Jr.)
– Team Empresa (Sam Adonis, Puma King & DMT Azul) defeated Team AAA (Chessman, Murder Clown & Dave the Clown)
– Dragon Lee & Dralisitco defeated Willie Mack & Laredo Kid
– AAA Tag Team Champions FTR defeated Pentagon Jr. & Fenix in a ladder match to retain
– Cain Velasquez, Pagano & Psycho Clown defeated L.A. Park, Rey Escorpion & Taurus
– El Hijo del Vikingo won the vacant AAA Mega title in a five-way over Bandido, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish and Samuray del Sol