Daily pro wrestling history (12/07): Williams & Gordy win All Japan Tag Team Titles
1945
St. Joseph, Missouri:
– MWA Title match: Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns 2 falls to 1
– Ralph Garibaldi beat LaVerne Baxter
– Jimmy Parker (sub for Marshall Esteppe) beat Jay Steele by dq
1971
Sapporo, Japan:
– Dory Jr & Terry Funk defeated Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki in Sapporo to win the JWA/NWA International tag team title
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas defeated The Destroyer via DQ
– The Sheik defeated Les Thornton
– Bob Geigel & Black Angus defeated Harley Race & Roger Kirby via DQ
1973
Tokyo, Japan:
– Johnny Powers & Pat Patterson defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi to debut the NWF/NWA North American tag team titles in a match with Powers & Patterson billed as champions
1974
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq
– Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff)
– Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich
– Greg Gagne beat Rock Riddle
– Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz
1980
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon
– John Studd no contest Dino Bravo
– Jerry Blackwell beat Tito Santana
– Greg Gagne beat Steve Regal
– Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe
– George Gadaski beat Ben Deleon dq
1981
New Orleans, Louisiana:
– Junkyard Dog defeated The Great Kabuki to win the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title
1987
Landover, Maryland:
– WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy
– WWF Tag Team Champions Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) defeated The Bolsheviks (Boris Zuhkov & Nikolai Volkoff) in 2 out of 3 falls
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler beat Jeff Jarrett
– Jerry Lawler beat Manny Fernandez by dq to become CWA Champion (International, Southern & Mid American titles)
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jeff Jarrett (sub Jerry Lawler)
– Southern Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Nasty Boys
– Bill Dundee beat Hector Guerrero
– Billy Travis beat Steve Keirn
– Jimmy Jack Funk beat John Paul
– Tommy Lane beat Lou Winston
– Teijo Kahn beat Jerry Bryant
– Bobby Jaggers ddq Mike Davis
Tokyo, Japan:
– Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch to win the New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Japan Cup Tag League
1988
Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in a tournament final to win the United States Tag Team Title.
– Ric Flair & Barry Windham defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane)
1989
Tokyo, Japan:
– Riki Choshu defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win New Japan Pro Wrestling’s World Cup Tournament
1990
Tokyo, Japan:
– Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won the All Japan World Tag Team Title by winning the annual Real World Tag League tournament
1992
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Leslie Belanger defeated Miss Texas to win the USWA Women’s Heavyweight Title
1993
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Corazon de Leon (Chris Jericho) defeated Mano Negra to win the NWA Middleweight Title
1996
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Raven defeated The Sandman in a Barbed Wire match to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title
1997
Springfield, Massachusetts
– TAKA Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher in the finals of a tournament to win the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title
– WWF World Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & Road Dogg defeated The Legion of Doom via DQ
– Ken Shamrock defeated WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels via DQ
2014
Tokyo, Japan:
– Hirooki Goto & Katsuyoshi Shibata defeated Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson to win the G-1 Tag League tournament
Zapopan, Mexico:
– El Patron Alberto (Alberto Del Rio) defeated El Tezano Jr to win the AAA Heavyweight title
ON DECEMBER 6 IN FLORIDA HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
1956 – Penny Banner beat Betty Hawkins (Jacksonville)
1956 – Angelo Martinelli beat Wild Red Berry via DQ (Orlando)
1956 – June Byers beat Therese Theis to retain the NWA women’s title (Fort Lauderdale)
1963 – Lou Thesz retained the NWA title over Don Curtis (Miami Beach)
1965 – Ronnie Etichison & Sammy Steamboat beat Tarzan Baxter & Red Roberts (Orlando)
1966 – Lester Welch beat Missouri Mauler via DQ in a Florida title match (Tampa)
1967 – Aldo Bogni & Bronko Lubich went to a 60:00 draw with Jose Lothario & Joe Scarpa (Eau Callie)
1971 – Johnny Walker beat Ole Anderson (Orlando)
1972 – Jack Brisco beat NWA champion Dory Funk Jr. via DQ (Miami Beach)
1973 – Eddie Graham & Paul Jones beat Dusty Rhodes & Buddy Colt (Jacksonville)
1976 – Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in a bullrope match (West Palm Beach)
1977 – NWA champion Harley Race beat Dusty Rhodes via DQ (Tampa)