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