On this day in pro wrestling history (July 6): Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka win belts, Santana vs. Valentine, Goldberg vs. Hogan seta WCW record

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By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

1946 – At Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri; Frankie Talaber beat Whitey Whittler, Dick Raines defeated Gene Bowman, Sonny Myers defeated The Great Mephisto, Buck Lipscomb and Jack Vansky defeated Al Szasz and Whitey Wahlberg. Promoter was  Sam Muchnick, Referee was Ray Steele. 2,109 fans.

1967 – In Davenport, Iowa; Johnny Powers beat the Crusher and Harley Race beat Jack Lanza; In Kansas City; Sonny Myers fought Jack Donovan to a draw, The Hangman defeated Steve Bolus, Bob Ellis defeated Bob Brown via DQ and Bob Geigel defeated The Viking in three falls.

1972 – At Memorial Hall in Kansas City; Les Thornton defeated Billy Howard, The Viking & Omar Atlas fought Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji to a draw, Bob Ellis defeated Juan Sebastian, Rufus R. Jones & Danny Little Bear defeated Central States Tag Team Champions Roger Kirby & Black Angus (w/ Percival A. Friend) via DQ in three falls and Harley Race defeated The Stomper in three falls.

1981 – Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka defeated Ted DiBiase & Steve Olsonoski to win the National Tag Team Title in Augusta, Georgia.

1985 – Tito Santana defeated Greg Valentine for the WWF Intercontinental Title in Baltimore, Maryland in a steel cage match; NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Khruschev & Ivan Koloff went to a DDQ against AWA World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match to win the NWA Television Title and the services of Blanchard’s valet, Baby Doll, for thirty days at the Great American Bash in Charlotte, NC in front of 25,000 fans. Also, NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Nikita Koloff dq

1992 – The Moondogs (Spot & Cujo) defeated Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee

1997 – Koki Kitihara, Lance Storm, & Nobutaku Araya defeated Tommy Dreamer, Koji Kitao, & Nobukazu Hirai to win the vacant WAR Six-Man Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan

1998 – At the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, Bill Goldberg defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Title in front of a WCW record 41,412 fans.