1940
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat John Grandovich 2 out of 3 falls
– Karol Krauser beat Turp Grimes
– Wladyslaw Talun beat Albion Britt
– Kola Kwariani beat Vanka Zelezniak
1944
Boxing and Wrestling Show: Des Moines, Iowa:
– Henry Armstrong beat Jackie Byrd (fourth round boxing)
– Jackie Graves beat Cecil Bradley (boxing)
– Cyclone Lynch beat Duke Owens (boxing)
– Bob Jackson and Will Osborn drew (four rounds boxing)
– George Shade beat Bob Lindeman (three rounds, points, boxing)
– Jack League and Johnny Seals drew (wrestling)
1964
San Francisco, California:
– Ray Stevens defeated Dominic DeNucci to win the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1968
Amarillo, Texas:
– Kurt Von Brauner defeated Thunderbolt Patterson for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title
1972
Mobile, Alabama:
– Gorgeous George, Jr. defeated The Wrestling Pro to win the Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling Title
Indianapolis, Indiana:
– Dick the Bruiser & Sailor Art Thomas defeated WWA Tag Team champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan by DQ
– WWA champion Baron Von Raschke defeated Moose Cholak in 2 out of 3 falls to retain the title
– Billy Red Cloud defeated Bobby Heenan in an Indian chain match
– The Graduates (Angelo Poffo & Ken Dillinger) defeated Prince Pullins & the Professor (Doug Gilbert)
– Ricky “Killer” Cortez fought Frank Adonis to a draw
Tampa, Florida:
– Southern champ Bobby Shane and Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) went to a 60-minute draw
– Jack Brisco defeated the Great Mephisto by DQ
– The Australians (Larry O’Day & Ron Miller) defeated the Infernos
– Bob Roop fought Hiro Matsuda to a 20-minute draw
– The Alaskans (Frank Monte & Mike York) defeated Johnny Walker (aka Mr. Wrestling II) & Bearcat Wright
1976
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell (sub Greg Gagne)
– Tug of war: Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
– Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke by DQ
– Bull Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon by DQ
– Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk
– Bobby Duncum beat Khosrow Vaziri
– Dick Reynolds beat Frank Hill
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Ox Baker defeated the Beast
– Brute Bernard defeated Terry Yorkston
– The Crusaders defeated the Kelly Twins
– Killer Kowalski defeated Dominic DeNucci
– Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Susan Green
– WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Waldo Von Erich
1980
Denver, Colorado:
– Non Title: The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Adrian Adonis drew Dino Bravo
– Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Greg Gagne & Dino Bravo by DQ
– Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bobby Heenan
1984
Fergus Falls, Minnesota:
– Jim Brunzell & Baron Von Raschke beat Mr. Saito & Jesse Ventura by DQ
– Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
– Steve O beat Chris Markoff
– Brad Rheingans beat Jimmy Dew
1988
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ricky Morton beat Manny Fernandez
– AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Billy Travis & Jeff Jarrett
– Steve Keirn dcor Eddie Gilbert
– Eddie Marlin beat Tommy Gilbert by DQ
– Robert Gibson beat Maxx Payne by DQ
– Great Kokina & Prince Samu beat Zebra Warriors twice in 10 minutes
– Gary Young beat Rikki Nelson
– Bruise Brothers drew Jimmy Jack Funk & Doug Gilbert
Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron Harris) defeated Max Pain and Gary Young to win the Continental Wrestling Association
Tag Team Titles
Dallas, Texas:
– Michael Hayes battled the Angel of Death to a no contest
– Eric Embry beat Jason Sterling
– Bill Irwin beat Terry Taylor
– Jack Victory & John Tatum beat Steve Casey & Tommy Rogers
– Steve & Shaun Simpson beat John Tatum & Jack Victory to win the Wild West Tag titles
1992
WCW SuperBrawl II: Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Brian Pillman pinned WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger to win the title
– Marcus Bagwell pinned WCW United States Tag Team Champion Terrance Taylor with a roll-up
– Ron Simmons pinned Cactus Jack
– Van Hammer and Tom Zenk defeated Ricky Morton and Vinnie Vegas
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) by reverse decision DQ to retain the title
– Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko
– WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude pinned Ricky Steamboat to retain the title
– Sting pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger (with Mr. Hughes and Harley Race) to win the title
Boston, Massachusetts:
– The Warlord pinned Chris Walker
– Rick Martel and Davey Boy Smith fought to a time-limit draw
– Tito Santana pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Ted DiBiase
– The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Jim Duggan and Sgt. Slaughter by disqualification
– J.W. Storm pinned Kato
– The Big Bossman pinned Repo Man
– Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper defeated Sid Justice and WWF Champion Ric Flair
2004
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico:
– Mystico defeated Nicho El Millonario (Psicosis) for the World Wrestling Association World Middleweight Title
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