Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/26): HHH wins the WWF title at Unforgiven
1940
Kansas City, Kansas:
Orville Brown defeated Don McIntyre 2 falls to 0 (referee was James J. Braddock)
1949
Tampa, Florida:
– Danny Dusek defeated Pedro Godoy in a tournament final to win the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1952
– El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales to win the NWA World Welterweight Title
1964
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa
– Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Chene & Jack Lanza in 2 out of 3 falls
– Moose Cholak beat Johnny Carr
1973
Dallas, Texas:
– Johnny Valentine beat Mil Mascaras by DQ
– Fritz Von Erich & Jose Lothario beat Dory Funk Jr and Terry Funk, special referee Bearcat Wright (substituting for Pat O’Connor)
1973
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Ken Patera beat Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
– North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava beat Ripper Collins & Ed Francis
1974
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bobby Whitlock defeated Bob Orton by DQ
– Pat O’Connor fought Jerry Oates to a draw
– Ken Mantell defeated Lord Alfred Hayes in three falls
– Mike George & The Viking defeated The Interns by DQ
– Bob Brown fought Killer Karl Krupp to a double countout in three falls
1981
Sioux City, Iowa:
– Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell by DQ
– Billy Robinson drew Jerry Blackwell
– Handicap match: Hulk Hogan beat Dizzy Ed Boulder & George Gadaski
– Tito Santana beat Sheik Adnan
1982
Mexico City, Mexico:
– El Canek defeated Riki Choshu to win the UWA World Heavyweight Title
Orlando, Florida:
– Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan & Terry Allen (Magnum TA) beat Jim Garvin & the Texan & Vic Rossitani
– Barry Windham beat Jake Roberts
– WWF Champion Bob Backlund beat King Kong Tonga
– Butch Reed & Ron Bass battled John Studd & Angelo Mosca to a double countout
– Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in a lights out Texas Barbed Wire Cage Match
1984
Shreveport, Louisiana:
– Adrian Street defeated Terry Taylor to win the Mid-South Wrestling Television Title
1986
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Jarrett beat Tojo Yamamoto
– Tracy Smothers pinned The Ninja (Tom Burton) to win the Mid-America Title
– CWA International Tag Champs Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto beat Giant Hillbilly & Paul Diamond
– Fire & Flame won a tag team battle royal
– Jerry Lawler & Tommy Rich beat Fire & Flame in a “losers leave town vs. masks” match; Fire and Flame were unmasked as Dirty Rhodes & Don Bass
1994
Hyden: Kentucky:
– Lance Storm defeated Killer Kyle
– Chris Candido defeated Brian Lee
– SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy defeated Bruiser Bedlam via disqualification
-SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy & Brian Lee defeated New Jack & Mustafa
1995
Tokyo, Japan:
The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeated Hayabusa in the finals of a tournament to crown a new FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion
1999
WWF Unforgiven: Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Triple H defeated The Rock, Mankind, Big Show, Davey Boy Smith and Kane to win the vacant WWF World Title
– D’Lo Brown defeated Mark Henry to win the WWF European Title
2009
ROH Ladder War II: New York City:
– The American Wolves defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico to retain the ROH World Tag Team Title
– Austin Aries defeated Petey Williams by countout to retain the ROH World Title
– Daniel Bryan defeated Nigel McGuiness
– The Young Bucks defeated The Briscoe Brothers