Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/04): Misawa & Kawada win AJPW tag titles
1947
Kansas City, Kansas:
– In a MWA Title match: Champion Orville Brown beat Sonny Myers 2 falls to 1
– Al Lovelock beat Yukon Eric (as Eric Holmback)
– Ronnie Etchison beat Fred Blassie
1954
Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
– Argentina Rocca beat Chest Bernard
– Jim Dobie beat Mitsu Arakawa
– Great Tor Yamato beat Harry Lewis
1958
Kansas City, Kansas:
– no time limit match: Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel
– Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer defeated Lee Henning and Bob Orton
– Mighty Atlas beat Joe Scarpa
1965
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Texas Death Match: AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling by DQ
– Verne Gagne beat Haru Sasaki
– Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks
– Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson
1970
Los Angeles, California:
– Rey Mendoza defeated John Tolos to win the NWA United National Heavyweight Title
1971
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Larry Hennig beat The Crusher
– Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Bill Miller
– Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien
– Jerry Miller drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
– Ox Baker drew Reggie Parks
1972
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Kintaro Oki defeated Bobo Brazil to win the JWA NWA Int. title
1976
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Hercules Ayala & Victor Jovica defeated Higo Hamaguchi & Gordon Nelson to win the WWC North American Tag Team Title
1978
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Don Fargo beat Jackie Welch
– Koko Ware, Robert Gibson, & Lou Thesz beat Terry Sawyer, Bill Dromo, & Wayne Ferris
– Bill Dundee beat Jimmy Valiant
– The Bounty Hunters beat Mike & Pat Kelly in a “loser leaves town” match
– Jerry Lawler beat 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
Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Shiek Adnan
– Hulk Hogan beat Jesse Ventura
– Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne
– Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis
– Tito Santana beat Bad Boy Brown
1988
Lubbock, Texas:
– Rick Steiner pinned Alvin Martinez
– Eddie Gilbert pinned Ted Heath
– Mike Rotunda pinned Ron Simmons
– Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton via disqualification
– NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Bam Bam Bigelow via count-out
– Sting & Lex Luger fought NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors to a double count-out
1989
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Lee beat Frankie Lancaster
– King Cobra beat The Grappler (Kevin Dillinger)
– Chris Champion beat Tony Anthony
– Ricky & Todd Morton beat 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 NC Dutch Mantel & The Master of Pain
1992
Tokyo, Japan:
– Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshio Kawada won the AJ Real World tag tournament from Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, thus winning the vacant Unified tag 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 fought Barry Windham to a double disqualification
– Big Van Vader defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat
– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated the Barbarian
Barbourville, Kentucky:
– Chris Comet bet Paul Lee
– The Dirty White Boy drew Tracy Smothers
– Kevin Sullivan DDQ The Mongolian Stomper
– The Heavenly Bodies (Lane & Pritchard) & Jim Cornette beat The Rock-n-Roll Express & Tim Horner
1993
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac defeated Tommy Dreamer & Shane Douglas (subbing for Johnny Gunn) to win the ECW Tag Team Titles
Newland, North Carolina:
– SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight Champ Chris Candido pinned Bobby Blaze
– The Rock-n-Roll Express NC Moondogs Rex & Spot
– Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey)
– SMW Champ Brian Lee beat 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 and ROH Tag Team champions Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin defeated the Briscoes, Roderick Strong and 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