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1940
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Joe Cox defeated Yvon Robert to win the Montreal World Heavyweight Title
1947
Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat George Becker 2 out of 3 falls
– Vic Christy beat Wee Willie Davis 2 out of 3 falls
– Jack Kennedy and Dan O’Connor drew
1958
Galveston, Texas:
– Albert and Enrique Torres defeated Casey and Danny McShain for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1962
– Johnny Barend and Magnificent Maurice defeated Art and Stan Neilson for the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles
1964
Bakersfield, California:
– The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) defeated Edouard Carpentier and Ernie Ladd to win the World Wrestling Association World Tag Team Titles
1967
Madison Square Garden:
– Gorilla Monsoon defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammarinto by countout
1969
– Johnny Long and Tojo Yamamoto win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Title by defeating Don Carson and Len Rossi
Lexington, Kentucky:
– Bill and Joe Sky defeated The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan) to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1970
Portland, Oregon:
– Kurt Von Steiger defeated Moondog Mayne to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Abdullah the Butcher defeated Billy Robinson for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1972
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ivan Koloff beat Mad Dog Vachon
– Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski
– Don Muraco beat Treach Phillip
1973
Tokyo, Japan:
– Giant Baba finishes undefeated, with two draws, in a 10-match series to become the first holder of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Pacific Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title
1974
Raleigh, North Carolina:
– Danny Miller defeated Ole Anderson in a tournament final to become the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
Miami Beach, Florida:
– Southern Title: Jos LeDuc defeated Dusty Rhodes by dq
– No DQ Match: Super Texan defeated Paul Jones
– Bill Watts & Ron Fuller defeated Buddy Colt & The Psycho
– Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated Dick Slater & Stan Vachon by dq
– Danny Hodge drew Tony Charles
– Rip Hawk defeated Paul LeDuc
1975
Portland, Oregon:
– The Royal Kangaroos (Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles) defeated Dutch Savage and Jimmy Snuka for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Jerry Oates defeated Tommy Martin
– Omar Atlas & Ted Oates defeated Oki Shikina & Yasu Fuji via DQ in two straight falls
– Terry Martin & Haystack Calhoun fought Chuck O’Connor & Ed Wiskowski to a draw
– Akio Sato defeated Billy Howard in two straight falls
– Bob Brown & Lord Alfred Hayes defeated The Interns
– Jack Brisco defeated Mike George in three falls
1976
– Chavo and Gory Guerrero defeated Senor X and Karl Von Brauner to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
Denver, Colorado:
– Texas Death Match: Jim Brunzell & Pampero Firpo (sub Greg Gagne) beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
– Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
– Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Kim Duk
1978
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Don Leo Jonathan and John Quinn defeated The Black Avenger and Don Wayt to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title
1980
Los Angeles, California:
– John and Rick Davidson defeated Chris Adams and Tom Prichard for the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
Hollywood, Florida:
– Jack & Jerry Brisco & Jim Garvin defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Bugsy McGraw & Leroy Brown
– Florida Title vs. Mask: Manny Fernandez defeated Super Destroyer by countout
– Bubba Douglas defeated Twin Devil I
– Don Diamond defeated Geoff Portz
– Hector Guerrero defeated Twin Devil II
– Gordon Nelson defeated Frank Monte
– Butcher Brannigan defeated Terry Taylor
– Don Serrano drew Barry Windham
1981
Houston, Texas:
– Gino Hernandez defeated Chavo Guerrero to win the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– David Schultz defeated Leo Burke to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1982
Chicago, Illinois:
– Hulk Hogan beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
– Bobby Heenan & Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum beat Tito Santana & Baron Von Raschke & Buck Zumhofe
– Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Jim Brunzell & Brad Rheingans
– Wilbur Snyder beat Tom Stone
– Billy Robinson beat Jacques Goulet
– Spike Huber beat Tony Leone
1983
San Antonio, Texas:
– Bob Sweetan defeated Tully Blanchard for the Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title
1984
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Danny Davis and Hubert Gallant defeated Bruce Hart and Davey Boy Smith for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles
San Antonio, Texas:
– Killer Tim Brooks defeated Scott Casey for the Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title
1985
Bangor, Maine:
– Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Carlos Colon to win both the International Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title and the World Wrestling Council’s Universal Heavyweight Title
1987
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Brown won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title defeating Bill Dundee
– Bart Batten and Rick McCord won the NWA Central States Tag Team Title from The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike)
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Tom Prichard defeated Larry Hamilton to win the Southeast NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
1988
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– Carlos Colon defeated Afa to win the Gillette Cup
1993
Portland, Oregon:
– Colonel DeBeers defeated Bart Sawyer for the Championship Wrestling USA Television Title
1999
Wilmington, Delaware:
– Steve Bradley defeated Christopher Daniels to win the Super 8 Tournament
2000
WWF No Way Out: Hartford, Connecticut:
– Kurt Angle pinned Chris Jericho to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
– The Dudley Boyz defeated the New Age Outlaws to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles
– Big Show pinned The Rock
2001
Louisville, Kentucky:
– Rico Constantino defeated Nick Dinsmore to win the OVW Heavyweight Title
Cincinnati, Ohio:
– Shark Boy won a battle royal to win the vacant Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
2005
Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– Glamour Boy Shane defeated Ricky Banderas to win the held-up IWA World Heavyweight Title
– Golden Boy and Noriega defeated Thunder and Lightning for the IWA World Tag Team Titles
Windsor, Ontario, Canada:
– Danny Daniels and N8 Mattson defeated Bobby Roode and Petey Williams to win the Border City Wrestling Can-Am Tag Team Titles
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– Adrian Neville defeated Bo Dallas in a ladder match to win the NXT Title
– Cesaro defeated Sami Zayn
– NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension (Konor and Viktor) defeated Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty and Brian Christopher) to retain the titles