On this day in pro wrestling history (June 22): Ric Flair vs. Wahoo, Stan Hansen vs. Nick Bockwinkel cage match, Chris Jericho wins ECW gold
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1947 – In Waterloo, Iowa; Orville Brown beat Ras (Seelie) Samara to retain his “World Title”.
1968 – In Milwaukee; Bill Watts beat Harley Race, Dutch Savage beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq and Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig
1972 – In Peoria, Illinois; Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig and Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel; In Kansas City, Kansas; Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi, Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji & Juan Sebastian defeated Rufus R. Jones & The Viking & Ronnie Etchison, Black Angus & Roger Kirby defeated Omar Atlas & Danny Little Bear and The Stomper fought Harley Race to a 60 minute draw.
1974 – In Duluth, MN; Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Hennig interfered, AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz, Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig when Larry couldn’t pin Greg in 10 minutes, Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff.
1979 – In Rockford, Illinois; Mad Dog Vachon & Greg Gagne beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens, Bobby Duncum beat Billy Robinson and in a Pose Down, Paul Ellering beat Jesse Ventura
1980 – Ray Stevens & Jimmy Snuka defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina; In Minneapolis, MN; Jumbo Tsuruta beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Giant Baba beat Super Destroyer Mark II,
Greg Gagne no contest Jesse Ventura, Dino Bravo beat Adrian Adonis, John Studd beat Steve Olsonoski and Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff
1984 – In St. Louis, Missouri; NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Wahoo McDaniel, Crusher Blackwell & Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes beat Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson & Iceman Parsons, Missouri State Champion Harley Race beat Curt Hennig, Nick Bockwinkel beat Steve Olsonoski, Ted Oates (sub Jim Duggan) beat Luke Graham and Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers beat The Grapplers
1985 – During a Pro Wrestling USA event held in East Rutherford, NJ; In a Boot Camp Cage match, Sgt. Slaughter beat Kamala, AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel, Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Zbyszko dq, Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts beat Curt Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Duggan, Butch Reed beat Baron Von Raschke and Bobby Duncum beat Steve O
1986 – In Green Bay, Wisconsin; In a Cage Match, AWA Champion Stan Hansen beat Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne beat Boris Zukhov & Nord The Barbarian & Sheik Adnan, Jerry Blackwell beat Boris Zukhov (sub King Kong Brody) by countout,
AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers beat Midnight Rockers, Curt Hennig drew Larry Zbyszko and Colonel DeBeers beat Scott Hall dq.
1990 – Bill Dundee defeated John Tatum for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas.
1996 – Chris Jericho defeated Pitbull #2 for the ECW World Television Title at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.