Daily Pro Wrestling History (8/22): Four titles change hands at ’99 SummerSlam


1912
Kansas City, Missouri:
– World Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch beat Jess Westergaard 2 falls to 0 ( after the match, Gotch said that Stanislaus Zbyszko should first meet Mahmout to earn a title match)
1940
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bobby Bruns beat Jack Hader 2 falls to 0
– Don McIntyre defeated Earl Wampler 2 falls to 0
– Steve Brody beat Leo Jensen
– Al Getz and Jim Reeder went to a 30 minute draw
1963
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Pat O’Connor beat Rock Hunter 2 falls to 1
– Mongolian Stomper beat Jim Grabmire
– Bob Geigel beat Jose Ramirez
– Tiny Roe beat Chico Chico
1968
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– In the first cage match in Winnipeg; AWA Champion Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik in 2 out of 3 falls
– Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Al Tomko in 2 out of 3 falls
– Chris Markoff beat Bob Tuck
1972
Tampa, Florida:
– Buddy Colt (sub Paul Jones) beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
– in a Hair vs Hair match; Eddie Graham beat Redbeard
– Florida Tag Team Champions, Hiro Matsuda & Bob Orton beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
– Ron Fuller beat The Scorpion
– Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet
1973
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Ken Patera & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq
– WWWF Champion Pedro Morales double countout Ed Francis
– Betty Niccoli & Ripper Collins beat Jean Antone & Paul Jones
– Sam Steamboat beat Hard Boiled Haggerty
– Bill Francis beat Tony Borne dq
1975
Denver, Colorado:
– Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk in 2 out of 3 falls
– Billy Robinson ddq Baron Von Raschke
– Kim Duk beat Ivan Putski
– Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff
1979
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rick Martel
– Peter Maivia beat Jay York
– Siva Afi beat Mad Dog Martin
– Coconut Willie beat Little Tokyo
– Roddy Piper beat Clayton Rodriguez
1981
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan (sub Pat Patterson)
– Sheik Adnan beat Baron Von Raschke dq
– Brad Rheingans beat Jerry Blackwell
– in a Handicap Match, Hulk Hogan beat Adrian Adonis & Nacho Berrera
– Ed Boulder drew Evan Johnson
1982
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1985
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Boris Zhukov beat AWA Champion Rick Martel dq
– Tom Zenk & Larry Hennig & Jerry Blackwell beat Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts
– Baron Von Raschke beat Nick Bockwinkel by count out
– Tom Zenk beat Steve Regal
– Bulldog Bob Brown beat Man Mountain Mike Moore
– Scott Hall drew Larry Zbyszko
– Long Riders (Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin) beat Rob Rechsteiner (Rick Steiner) & Buck Zumhofe
– Bulldog Bob Brown beat Brian Jewel
1988
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tommy Rich beat AWA Champion Jerry Lawler dq
– Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden double count out with Bill Dundee & Jeff Jarrett
– Jamie Dundee beat Downtown Bruno
– in a Lumberjack match, Brickhouse Brown beat Gary Young
– CWA Champion Phil Hickerson beat David Haskins
– Southern Tag Team Champions RPMs beat Scott Steiner & Shawn Baxter
– Cactus Jack beat Ray Odyssey
1999
WWF SummerSlam | Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Mankind defeated Steve Austin and Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a triangle match to win the WWF World Title (Jesse Ventura was the referee)
– Jeff Jarrett pinned D-Lo Brown to win the WWF Intercontinental Title and European Title
– The Undertaker & Big Show defeated Kane & X-Pac to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles
2015
NXT Takeover | Brooklyn, New York:
– Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to win the NXT Women’s Title
– Samoa Joe beat Baron Corbin
– The Vaudevillians defeated Blake & Murphy to win the NXT Tag Team Titles
– Finn Balor retained the NXT Title over Kevin Owens in a Ladder Match