Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/23): Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to win WWF title
1923
Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe “Toots” Mondt
1948
Houston, Texas:
– Sonny Myers defeated Miguel Guzman to win the Texas Heavyweight Title
1951
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Primo Carnera beat Sky Hi Lee
– Pat O’Connor drew Ivan Kameroff
– Tommy O’Toole beat Stan Mayslack
– Red Bastien beat Bobby Coleman
1958
Amarillo, Texas:
– Buddy Rogers defeated Dory Funk, Sr. to win the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title
1961
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Maurice and Paul Vachon defeated Jack Curtis and Ray Villmer to win the Mid-Atlantic NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1962
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mr. M by DQ
– Yukon Eric beat Tiny Mills
– Joe Scarpello beat Maurice LaPointe
– Bob Geigel beat Don Jardine
1966
Los Angeles, California:
– El Mongol and Gorilla Monsoon defeated Luke Graham and Moondog Lonnie Mayne to win the World Wrestling Association World Tag Team Titles
1968
Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
– Eddie Sullivan defeated Bob Kelly to win the NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Title
1973
Tampa, Florida:
– NWA World Title: Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Jerry Brisco by DQ
– Florida Title: Jack Brisco no contest Bobby Shane
– Mark Lewin & Big Bad John defeated Buddy Colt & Paul Jones
– Gorgeous George, Jr. defeated Great Malenko by DQ
– Robert Fuller defeated Jim Slade
1977
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Steel Cage match: Billy Francis & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke
– Super Destroyer beat Moose Morowski
– Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson
– Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza
– Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby beat Larry Hennig & Jan Nelson
1978
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Doug Gilbert beat Roger Howell
– Sonny King beat Robert Gibson
– Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson beat Big Red & Bearcat Brown
– North American Champ Mr. Wrestling beat Terry Sawyer
– Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Norvell Austin beat The Medic & Frankie Laine
– Southern Champ Jerry Lawler no contest Jimmy Valiant in a hair vs. hair match
Sacramento, California:
– Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Karl and Kurt Von Steiger to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
1979
Tampa, Florida:
– Lights Out Match: Jos Leduc defeated Killer Karl Kox
– Lumberjack Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated Sonny King
– Florida Tag Titles: Pak Song & Mr. Uganda defeated Louie Tillet & Rocky Johnson
– Southern Title: Thor The Viking defeated Mike Graham by DQ
– Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Mr. Saito & Mr. Sato
– Super Gladiator beat Prince Tonga
1980
Miami, Florida:
– Texas Tornado Match: Mike Graham & Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez defeated Ernie Ladd & Bugsy McGraw & Leroy Brown
– $5,000 Challenge Match: Super Destroyer defeated Don Diamond
– Handicap Match: Nikolai Volkoff beat Gordon Nelson & Mike Miller
– Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Bryan St. John & Stan Lane
1981
Atlanta, Georiga:
– Steve O defeated Bobby Eaton for the NWA National Television Title
1983
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Kerry Von Erich defeated Harley Race to win the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell by DQ
– Arm Wrestling: Hulk Hogan beat Jesse Ventura
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Duncum
– Ken Patera (sub Tom Lintz) beat Baron Von Raschke
– Buck Zumhofe drew Bobby Heenan
1984
New York City:
– Tony Garea pinned Jose Luis Rivera
– The Invaders fought Mr. Fuji & Tiger Chung Lee to a 20-minute time-limit draw
– The Masked Superstar pinned Chief Jay Strongbow
– Sgt. Slaughter defeated Ivan Putski via count-out
– Paul Orndorff (w/ Roddy Piper) pinned Salvatore Bellomo
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco and Tito Santana fought to a double-disqualification
– The Haiti Kid & Tiger Jackson defeated Dana Carpenter & Pancho Boy in a Best 2 out of 3 falls bout, 2-0
– Hulk Hogan (sub for Bob Backlund) defeated the Iron Sheik to win the WWF World Title
– Jimmy Snuka pinned Rene Goulet (sub. for Iron Mike Sharpe)
– Andre the Giant, WWF Tag Team Champions Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated Afa, Sika, & Samula
Louisville, Kentucky:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler by reverse decision
– Austin Idol beat Randy Savage by DQ
1987
– Hacksaw Jim Duggan lost a Loser Leaves UWF match to the One Man Gang and Duggan and Terry Taylor were forced to vacate the UWF World Tag Team Titles (this was done as Duggan was leaving for the WWF)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage won by disqualification over Ricky Steamboat
– Paul Orndorff and Jake Roberts were both counted out
– Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell beat Bon Orton and Don Muraco
– Butch Reed beat Tito Santana
– Ron Bass beat Corporal Kirschner
– Rick Martel and Tom Zenk beat Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake
– Pedro Morales drew Nick Kiniski
– Billy Jack Haynes beat Dino Bravo
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– North American champion Owen Hart won by disqualification over former champion Mike Shaw (Makhan Singh)
– Ben Bassarab won on a count to Gama Singh and Viet KongExpress # 1 in a Bermuda Triangle Match
– Ron Ritchie drew Cuban Assassin
– Duke Myers, Kerry Brown and Ted Arcidi beat Bill Kazmeier, Mr. Hito and Jeff Wheeler
– Dick Wellington beat Ken Johnson
1988
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Mike George defeated Dick Slater in a tournament final to become the first World Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Champion (Bob Geigel had previously sold the Central States name and rights to Jim Crockett but restarted his promotion using the World Wrestling Alliance name)
Tomah, Wisconsin:
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Kevin Kelly
– Ray Stevens & Baron Von Raschke beat Nasty Boys
– Sheik Adnan beat Greg Gagne
– Tom Zenk beat Soldat Ustinov
– Nick Kiniski beat Ricky Rice
1991
San Francisco, California:
– WCW US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Sid Vicious via count-out
– NWA & WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting with both feet on the ropes
– Barry Windham & WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Butch Reed & Ron Simmons in a non-title streetfight
1993
Shenandoah, Virginia:
– Bart Batten pinned Robbie Eagle
– Killer Kyle pinned Brad Batten
– Tracy Smothers pinned the Dirty White Boy
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Stan Lane & Tom Prichard
– Tracy Smothers won a battle royal; other participants included: Bart & Brad Batten, the Dirty White Boy, Robbie Eagle, Robert Gibson, Killer Kyle, Stan Lane, Ricky Morton, and Tom Prichard
1994
Morristown, Tennessee:
– The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated Ron and Don Harris for the USWA Tag Team Titles
1996
WCW Clash of Champions: Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Lord Steven Regal defeated Chris Benoit
– WCW US Champion the One Man Gang defeated Disco Inferno
– The Nasty Boys fought Public Enemy to a double disqualification
– Dean Malenko pinned Alex Wright
– Kevin Sullivan defeated Disco Inferno via forfeit
– Brian Pillman pinned Eddie Guerrero
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting and Lex Luger defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton)
– Ric Flair and The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage
2000
WWF Royal Rumble: New York City:
– Tazz (mystery opponent) defeated Kurt Angle
– Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated the Dudley Boyz in a tables match
– WWF IC Champion Chris Jericho defeated WWF IC Champion Chyna and Hardcore Holly
– WWF Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg defeated the Acolytes
– Triple H defeated Cactus Jack in a street fight
– The Rock won the Royal Rumble
2004
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Shocker & La Parka beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero to win the CMLL tag team titles
2005
Kobe, Japan:
– 2 Cold Scorpio & Doug Williams defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC tag team titles
Tokyo, Japan:
– Takeo Omori defeated Steve Corino in a tournament final to win the AWA title