1868
Utica, New York:
– Homer Lane defeated James H. McLaughlin for the American Collar-and-Elbow Title
1923
Melbourne, Australia:
– Clarence Weber defeated Billy Meeske to win the Australian Heavyweight Title
1941
Hollywood, California:
– Wild Red Berry defeated Danny McShain for the World Light Heavyweight Title
1946
Portland, Oregon:
– George Becker defeated Babe Sharkey to win the Pacific Northwest (later Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Title
1958
Washington, DC:
– Eddie and Jerry Graham defeated Don Curtis and Mark Lewin to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1967
Melbourne, Australia:
– Killer Kowalski defeated Bearcat Wright for the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title
1972
Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff
– In a Steel Cage Match with special referee Jersey Joe Walcott; Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
– Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel;
– Handicap Match: Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon
– Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud
– Sailor Art Thomas beat Hans Hermann
– Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo
– Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco
Cleveland, Ohio:
– Johnny Valentine defeated Johnny Powers to win the National Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title
1977
Johannesburg, South Africa:
– Don Leo Jonathan defeated Otto Wanz for the Catch Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title
Amarillo, Texas:
– Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Ciclón Negro to win the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title
1978
Portland, Oregon:
– Pak Choo and Roddy Piper defeated Ryuma Go and Black Gordman to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Paddy Ryan defeated Mr. Sakurada for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1979
Pat Patterson was introduced as the first WWF Intercontinental Champion
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Jimmy Snuka defeated Ricky Steamboat to win vacant Mid-Atlantic NWA United States Heavyweight Title during a one night tournament
1980
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1982
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
1985
San Antonio, Texas:
– American Force (Paul Diamond and Shawn Michaels) are awarded the TASW Texas Tag Team Titles
Orlando, Florida:
– Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors by DQ
– Rick Rude beat Frank Lane
– Rip Oliver & Grappler beat Coco Samoa & Kendall Windham
– Hector Guerrero drew Jack Hart
1986
CWF Battle of the Belts III: Daytona Beach, Florida:
– The White Ninja (Keiji Muto) defeated NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion Tim Horner to win the title
– Barry Windham defeated NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Ron Bass to win the title
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair wrestled Lex Luger to a time limit draw
WCWA Labor Day Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas:
– Matt Borne and WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer defeated WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams and WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Lance Von Erich to become the first WCWA World Tag Team Champions
– WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude by disqualification to retain the title
– Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bruiser Brody by disqualification
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato defeated Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka to win the CWA International Tag Team Titles
– Don Bass and Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) defeat Cousin Junior and Giant Hillbilly Elmer to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
Greenville, South Carolina:
– Denny Brown defeated Steve Regal to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title
1990
Vienna, Austria:
– Fit Finlay defeated Steve Wright to win the CWA World Middleweight Title
1991
Seaside, Oregon:
– The Grappler and Don Harris defeated Demolition Crush and Steve Doll for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1993
Tlanepantla, Mexico:
– Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won the WWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Corazón de León (Chris Jericho) and El Dandy
1994
Saku, Japan:
– Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado defeated Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and Warlord to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Titles
2004
Nashville, Tennessee:
– NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) and Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a three-way match to retain the title
– TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams (with Coach D’Amore) defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the title
2011
Huntsville, Alabama:
– Mickie James defeated Winter to become TNA Knockout Champion
– TNA World Champion Kurt Angle retained the title over Sting
– Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles
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