On this date in pro wrestling history (9/20): Flair defeats McDaniel, Gagne beats Von Raschke
By: Brian Hoops WrestlingObserver.com
1957
Houston, Texas:
– Ivan The Terrible & Nikita Zolotoff defeated Pepper Gomez & El Medico to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title.
1962
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Buddy Austin & Lee Henning defeated Sonny Myers & Bill Dromo in three falls
– Pat O’Connor defeated Bob Geigel in three falls
1968
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Ramon & Alberto Torres defeated Butcher Vachon & Stan Vachon for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title
1972
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq WWWF Champion Pedro Morales & Wahoo McDaniel
– Cage match: Ed Francis beat Fred Blassie
– Giant Baba ddq The Sheik
1973
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera
– Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff in 2 out of 3 falls
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien dq
– Ric Flair beat Billy Howard
1975
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele in a stretcher match. Andre The Giant was the special referee
Chicago, Illinois:
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dr X
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke
– Ox Baker beat Jim Brunzell
– Greg Gagne vs Jimmy Valiant
– Kim Duk vs Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Sheik)
– Pampero Firpo beat Joe Guzman
1975
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Jose Miguel Perez defeated The Spoiler II to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title. On the same show, Carlos
Colon defeated The Spoiler I in to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title
1975
Hampton, Virginia:
– Ric Flair defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
Chatanooga, Tennessee:
– The Mongolian Stomper & Ivan Koloff defeated Robert Fuller & Bob Armstrong
– Jackie Fargo & Pepper Gomez defeated The Interns by DQ
– Tommy Rich & TojoYamamoto fought to a draw against Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey
1977
Tampa, Florida:
– Florida Title vs. $1,000 Silver Dollars; champion Lars Anderson beat Dusty Rhodes via DQ
– Pedro Morales beat WWWF champion Billy Graham in a non-title bout
– Ivan Koloff & Pat Patterson beat Rocky Johnson & Don Muraco
– Mr. Saito beat Raul Mata
– Mike Graham & Jerry Brisco beat Buddy Roberts & Keith Franks (Adrian Adonis)
1978
Honolulu, Hawaii:
Steel Cage Match, Loser Leaves Town for Hawaiian Title:
Don Muraco beat Tor Kamata
AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mr. Fuji & Karl Von Steiger
Larry Sharpe beat John Tolos
Missing Link Pampero Firpo drew John Studd
Monroe, Louisiana:
Jose Lothario defeated Assassin #1 to win the Mid-South Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
1981
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Big John Studd defeated Angelo Mosca to win the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title
1985
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Mark Batten.
– The Ax Attack (Larry and Curt Hennig) defeated Mr. Pogo and Edgar Thomas
– Crusher Blackwell fought Kamala to a double disqualification
– AWA World Champion Rick Martel defeated Jimmy Garvin
– Bruiser Brody defeated One Man Gang
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Missouri champ Harley Race
1985
Fort Wayne, Indiana:
– Brad Rheingans fought Steve Regal to a draw
– Larry Zbyszko defeated Buck Zumhofe
– Sgt. Slaughter defeated Boris Zhukov via disqualification
– Magnum TA fought NWA US Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
– NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Ivan Koloff
1987
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– Hurricane Castillo Jr. defeated Gran Mendoza to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title
– Carlos Colon defeated Hercules Ayala to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
1992
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated Jake Roberts & Super Invader
– Unified NWA/NWA World Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton
– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude
1993
Nagoya, Japan:
– Shinya Hashimoto defeated The Great Muta to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
1997
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– New Jack & John Kronus defeated The Dudley Boys to win the ECW World Tag Team Title
Kawasaki, Japan:
– Sugar Sato defeated Yoshiko Tamura to win the WCW Women’s World Cruiserweight Title in Kawasaki, Japan
Birmingham, England:
– Shawn Michaels defeated Davey Boy Smith to win the WWF European Title
– The Legion of Doom defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn
2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Adam Pearce defeated Brent Albright to regain the NWA World Title
– Bryan Danielson defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
2009
– Sarita & Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People to win the TNA Knockouts Tag team Title
– AJ Styles won the TNA World Championship by defeating Matt Morgan, Sting and Kurt Angle in a 4 way match
2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Adam Cole defeated Michael Elgin to win the ROH World Title
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team champions The Forever Hooligans defeated The American Wolves