Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/3): WCCW Labor Day Star Wars starring the Von Erichs
1944
Waterloo, Iowa:
– Earl Wampler defeated Ken Fenelon to win the Iowa Heavyweight Championship
1948
Santa Monica, California:
– Dave Levin defeated George Becker to win the California Heavyweight Title
1950
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Sandor Szabo defeated Terry McGinnis for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title
1953
Chicago, Illinois:
– Verne Gagne is awarded the first Chicago NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1966
Melbourne, Australia.:
– The Destroyer (Guy Mitchell) defeated Bearcat Wright to win the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title
1969
Miami, Florida:
– Ciclón Negro and Sam Steamboat defeated The Missouri Mauler and Hiro Matsuda for the NWA Florida Tag Team Titls
– Beautiful Brutus (Bugsy McGraw) defeated Boris Malenko to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title
1970
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Harley Race defeated Steve Bolus
– Baron Von Raschke defeated The Viking
– Danny Little Bear defeated Roger Kirby by winning the first fall of a scheduled three falls match
1973
Waterloo, Iowa:
– in a Cage match, The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
– Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi
– Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff
– Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair
1974
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Mariko Akagi and Jumbo Miyamoto won the WWWA World Tag Team Titles by defeating Panama Franco and Jackie West
1976
Lubbock, Texas:
– Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Dennis Stamp for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title
Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Black Bombers (Porkchop Cash and Tom Jones) defeated The Valiant Brothers (Jimmy and Johnny) to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles
– The Hangman defeated Chavo Guerrero for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title
1979
Auckland, New Zealand:
– Mr. Fuji defeated Peter Maivia to win the New Zealand NWA British Empire Heavyweight Title
Greenville, South Carolina:
– in a Texas Death Match; Ric Flair beat Paul Jones
– Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– Pedro Morales & Tony Garea beat Brute Bernard & Jacques Goulet
– Dewey Robertson beat Steve Muslin
– Rick McGraw beat Charlie Fulton
1980
Miami, Florida:
– Barry Windham defeated The Super Destroyer for the NWA Florida Television Title
Nashville, Tennessee:
– Don Fargo and Robert Gibson defeated The Blond Bombers (Larry Latham and Wayne Ferris) for the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles
Columbus, Georgia:
– Stanley Lane defeated Kevin Sullivan for the NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Title
1982
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Bad New Allen defeated Bret Hart to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
Houston, Texas:
– Tony Atlas defeated The Mongolian Stomper for the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Brass Knuckles Title
1984
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Crusher Blackwell and Bruiser Brody to win the vacant NWA International Tag Team Titles
WCCW Labor Day Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas:
– Kerry and Kevin Von Erich defeated WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Champions, The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts) in a Handicap Elimination Loser Leaves Town match to win the titles
– WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion Chris Adams defeated WCCW Television Champion Jake Roberts to win the title
– WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated WCCW American Heavyweight Champion Mike Von Erich to win the title
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jimmy Valiant defeated King Kong Bundy to win a one night tournament and a new Cadillac
1987
Nagoya, Japan:
– Ashura Hara and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Stan Hansen and Austin Idol to win AJPW’s PWF World Tag Team Titles
1988
Portland, Oregon:
– The Beach Boys (Buddy Rose and Avalanche (PN News)) defeated The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1989
Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Great Muta defeated Sting to win the vacant NWA World Television Title
– NWA World Tag Team Champions The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) to retain the titles
– NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated Tommy Rich to retain the title
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk in a Texas Death match to retain the title
1990
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jeff Gaylord and Jeff Jarrett defeated Chuck Casey (replacing Don Harris) and Brian Lee for the vacant USWA Tag Team Titles
1993
Tokyo, Japan:
– Ted DiBiase and Stan Hansen defeated Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles
1993
Dallas, Texas:
– Steven Dane and Chaz Taylor defeated The Sicilian Stallions (Guido Falcone and Vito Mussolini) to win the GWF Tag Team Titles
– King Parsons defeated Chris Adams by disqualification for the vacant GWF North American Heavyweight Title
1996
Louisville, Kentucky:
– Bill and Jamie Dundee defeated The Moondogs (Rover and Spot) for the USWA Tag Team Titles
2001
WWF Monday Night Raw | Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– WCW Champion The Rock pinned Christian to retain the title
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge pinned Lance Storm to retain the title
– Jeff Hardy and Chris Jericho defeated Rhyno and Rob Van Dam