Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/12): Bryan Danielson & Curry Man win IWGP Junior tag titles
1959
Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor beat Lee Henning in 2 out of 3 falls
– Dino Bravo and Bob Ellis beat Dick the Bruiser and The Mighty Atlas
– Rip Hawk beat Lou Spindola
1979
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Hans Schroeder beat Buzz Sawyer
– Tommy Gilbert beat Danny Davis
– Mike Stallings pinned Dennis Condrey
– Don Carson beat Ron Slinker
– Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden, & Tony Charles beat The Assassins & The Mongolian Stomper via DQ in an elimination match
– Southern Champ Toru Tanaka pinned Kevin Sullivan
– Austin Idol beat Bill Dundee in a no DQ match
1980
Miami, Florida:
– Bugsy McGraw defeated Nikolai Volkoff by DQ
– Texas Death Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated Leroy Brown
– Florida Tag Titles: Jack Brisco & Jim Garvin defeated Bryan St. John & Stan Lane to win the titles
– Florida TV Title: Steve Keirn defeated Don Muraco
– Super Destroyer & Mr. Saito & Dick Slater defeated Manny Fernandez & Mr. Florida & Hector Guerrero
– Gordon Nelson beat Butcher Brannigan
– Geoff Portz defeated Barry Windham
1983
JCP Final Conflict: Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Jerry Brisco defeated Ken Timbs via submission
– Mike Rotundo pinned Rick Harris
– Jim Nelson & Johnny Weaver defeated Red Dog Lane & Gene Anderson
– Roddy Piper pinned Mid-Atlantic TV Champion Dick Slater (w/ Gary Hart)
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Greg Valentine to a 60-minute time-limit draw
– Ricky Steamobat & Jay Youngblood defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle in a no time limit steel cage match to win the titles
Landover, Maryland:
– Andre the Giant won a 20 man battle royal
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund pinned WWF IC Champion Don Muraco in a Texas Death Match
Baltimore, Maryland:
– Rocky Johnson defeated Superstar Billy Graham by countout
– Big John Studd defeated WWF World Champion Bob Backlund by DQ
1984
New Orleans, Louisiana
– Mr. Wrestling II defeated The Junkyard Dog in to win the Mid South North American Heavyweight Title
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Rick Martel no contest Dino Bravo
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson
– AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Leo Burke & The Destroyer
– Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Mulligan
– Greg Gagne beat Bob Boucher
– Richard Charland beat Baron Von Raschke
– Gino Brito Jr beat Tito Senza
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Dirty Rhodes & Harley Davidson beat The Executioners
– Dutch Mantel, Scott Shannon, & Spike Huber beat King Konga, The Black Ninja, & The Executioner
– Rick Rude beat Bugsy McGraw
– Norvell Austin & Stagger Lee beat The A-Team
– Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert beat The Moondogs (Rex & Spot)
– CWA International Champ Austin Idol beat Mid-America Champ Randy Savage via DQ
– Jerry Lawler & Jos LeDuc beat The Zambuie Express in a no DQ match to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
1987
Tokyo, Japan:
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated the Great Wajima
Sunrise, Florida:
– Barry Windham fought Lex Luger to a 20-minute time-limit draw
– NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
– NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson
– NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
1988
Landover, Maryland:
– SD Jones pinned Johnny V
– Dino Bravo pinned Koko B. Ware after Frenchy Martin interfered
– Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
– Andre the Giant pinned Bam Bam Bigelow with a boot to the face at around the 3-minute mark
– WWF Women’s Tag Team Champions the Jumping Bomb Angels defeated Judy Martin & Leilani Kai
– Brutus Beefcake defeated Greg Valentine via disqualification when Jimmy Hart interfered
– Hulk Hogan pinned Virgil (w/ Ted Dibiase)
– Don Muraco & George Steele defeated the One Man Gang & Butch Reed
El Paso, Texas:
– Dan Spivey pinned Lanny Poffo
– Danny Davis pinned Sam Houston
– Hillbilly Jim pinned Sika
– The Junkyard Dog defeated Bad News Brown via disqualification
– The Ultimate Warrior pinned King Harley Race
– Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Demolition
– Jim Duggan pinned Ron Bass
– Jim Duggan won an 18-man bunkhouse battle royal
Chicago, Illinois:
– Scott Casey defeated Barry Horowitz
– Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated the Conquistadors
– Rick Rude defeated Ken Patera
– The Islanders defeated Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid
– WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Rockin Robin
– Jake Roberts fought Hercules to a double count-out
– Randy Savage, WWF Tag Team Champions Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man, Bret Hart, & Jim Neidhart
in a steel cage match
1989
– Jeff Jarrett & Kerry Von Erich defeated The Stud Stable, Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden, to win the World Class Tag Team Titles
1990
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Jimmy Valiant in for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
1992
Camp LeJune, North Carolina:
– Mr. Hughes pinned PN News
– Vinnie Vegas pinned Big Josh
– Abdullah the Butcher fought Cactus Jack to a double disqualification
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & WCW Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Terrence Taylor
– Sting & Ron Simmons (sub. for El Gigante) defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Larry Zbyszko
1993
Morristown, Tennessee:
– The Nightstalker pinned Joe Cazana
– Jimmy Golden pinned Killer Kyle
– Tracy Smothers defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy via disqualification
– Kevin Sullivan defeated Brian Lee in a first blood match
– Stan Lane, Tom Prichard, & Bobby Eaton defeated Tim Horner, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Radnor, Pennsylvania:
– Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka defeated Glenn Osbourne in a tournament final to become the ECW Television Champion
Erie, Pennsylvania:
– Jim Powers defeated Repo Man
– Bob Backlund defeated Damien Demento
– Tito Santana defeated Skinner
– Kamala defeated Kimchee
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Beverly Brothers
– Bob Backlund defeated Damien Demento
– WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
Birmingham, England:
– Van Hammer fought Maxx Payne to a time-limit draw
– Michael Hayes defeated Scotty Flamingo
– Davey Boy Smith pinned Vinnie Vegas
– Rick Rude defeated Johnny B. Badd
– Big Van Vader defeated Cactus Jack
– WCW World Champion Sting & WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Barry Windham & WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff in a bunkhouse match
1994
Johnson City, Tennessee:
– Mike Furnas defeated Jeff Viktory
– Chris Jericho & Lance Storm defeated the Infernos
– Tracy Smothers defeated Chris Candido in a non-title ladder match
– Bob Armstrong defeated Dick Murdoch & Jim Cornette in a handicap match
– SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy & Dirty White Girl defeated Brian Lee & Tammy Fytch
– SMW Tag Team Champions Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a 60-minute Ironman match
Dresden, Germany:
– Frank Anderson defeated Harlem Heat Kane
– European Cup Opening Round: WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal pinned Maxx Payne
– WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned Johnny B. Badd
– 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma
– Vader pinned Cactus Jack (match where Cactus Jack lost his ear)
– Sting & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW US Champion Steve Austin & Ron Simmons
1995
Denver, Colorado:
– WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd via disqualification
– Alex Wright defeated Diamond Dallas Page (sub for Paul Roma)
– WCW Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & the Patriot
– Dustin Rhodes defeated the Blacktop Bully via count-out
– Randy Savage & Sting defeated Avalanche & Big Bubba
– WCW US Champion Vader defeated Jim Duggan
1999
Trenton, New Jersey:
– ECW Tag Team Champions Rob Van Dam & Sabu defeated Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley
– Jerry Lynn defeated Lance Storm
Anaheim, California:
– The Acolytes defeated Goldust & the Blue Meanie
– Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor defeated Gangrel & Edge
– WWF Hardcore Champion Hardcore Holly defeated Al Snow
– WWF IC Champion Val Venis defeated Ken Shamrock & Billy Gunn
– WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Triple H & X-Pac
– Test defeated Steve Blackman
– The Godfather & Jackie defeated D-Lo Brown & Ivory
– The Undertaker defeated the Big Bossman
– Steve Austin & Mankind defeated WWF World Champion the Rock & Kane in a Texas Tornado match
2000
Albany, New York:
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy and Edge & Christian in an elimination match
– The Rock & Kane defeated WWF World Champion Triple H & X-Pac
ECW Living Dangerously: Danbury, Connecticut:
– Lance Storm & Justin Credible defeated ECW Tag Team Champions Mike Awesome & Raven and Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka in a Three-Way Dance to win the titles
– In the finals of the ECW World TV Title Tournament, Super Crazy pinned Rhino to win the title
2004
Tokyo, Japan:
– American Dragon Bryan Danielson & Curry Man defeated Gedo & Jado to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
2005
Tokyo, Japan:
– Kensuke Sasaki defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
2006
TNA Destination X: Orlando, Florida:
– Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe & AJ Styles in an Ultimate X Match to win the TNA X Division Title
– NWA champion Christian Cage defeated Monty Brown
– The Diamonds in the Rough (David Young and Elix Skipper) (with Simon Diamond) defeated Shark Boy and Norman Smiley
– Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal
– Lance Hoyt defeated Matt Bentley
– Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) defeated The Naturals
– The James Gang (BG & Kip James) & Bob Armstrong defeated LAX
– Chris Sabin defeats Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt & Puma
– Jeff Jarrett, Abyss & America’s Most Wanted defeated Rhino, Ron Killings & Team 3D