1906
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Frank Gotch defeated Fred Beel to win the American Heavyweight Title
1930
St. Louis, Missouri:
– World Champion Jim Londos beat Milo Steinborn to retain the title
– Fred Grubmeier beat Ray Steele
1965
Dothan, Alabama:
– Chris and Ken Lucas defeated The Mysterio Medics to win the Gulf Coast version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Title
1967
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski (Ole Anderson)
– Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik
– Harley Race beat Bob Geigel
– Luke Brown beat Bill Green
– Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff dq
– Eddie Sharkey beat Steve Druk
1968
Dallas, Texas:
– Fritz Von Erich & Dan Miller defeated The Spoiler & Gary Hart to win the NWA American Tag Team Title (later to become the World Class World Tag Team Title)
1969
Brisbane, Australia:
– King Curtis Iaukea defeated Billy Robinson to win the IWA title
1970
– Kim Il and Pak Song defeated Gorgeous George, Jr. and Rufus R. Jones to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1971
– The Royal Kangaroos (Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles) defeated Beauregard and Dutch Savage for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title
1973
Miami, Florida:
– Buddy Colt defeated Eddie Graham for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
Vancouver, British Columbia:
– Buck Ramstead and Mr. X (Guy Mitchell) defeated The Samoans (Afa and Sika) to win the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title
1977
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– The Hollywood Blondes (Jack Evans and Larry Sharpe) defeated Carlos Colon and Victor Jovica for the WWC North American Tag Team Title – Jose Rivera and Invader I defeated The Samoans (Afa and Sika) for the WWC World Tag Team Title
– Joe Novak defeated Hercules Ayala for the WWC Caribbean Heavywight Title
1978
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Dino Bravo defeated Gene Kiniski to become the first holder of the Toronto version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title
Dallas, Texas:
– Tiger Conway, Jr. and Bull Ramos defeated Killer Karl Krupp and Mark Lewin for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1979
New York City:
– Bob Backlund defeated Bobby Duncum in a Texas death match to win the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Title
1985
Ames, Iowa:
– Bob Brown defeated Brett Sawyer to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1987
Acapulco, Mexico:
– El Gran Markus, Jr. defeated Super Halcon for the Mexican National Heavyweight Title
1988
Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– Hercules Ayala defeated Ricky Santana for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
1989
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico:
– Leo Burke defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
1993
Tokyo, Japan:
– Gran Hamada defeated Villano IV to win the WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title
1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Tommy Dreamer & Cactus Jack defeated Tommy Cairo & The Sandman
– ECW World Champion Shane Douglas defeated Ron Simmons
– ECW World Tag Team Champions The Public Enemy defeated Sabu & Taz
1995
Hershey, Pennsylvania:
– The Undertaker defeated King Mabel in a Casket match
– Bret Hart pinned The British Bulldog to retain the WWF Title
Mexico City, Mexico:
– Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Atlantis to win the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title
1999
Nashville, Tennessee:
– Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome for the ECW World Heavyweight Title
2000
Washington, DC:
– Kevin Nash & Dallas Page defeated Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Polumbo to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles
– Goldberg defeated Lex Luger
– Scott Steiner defeated Sid Vicious to retain the WCW World Title
2005
Edison, New Jersey:
– Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– Bryan Danielson defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the ROH World Title
– KENTA defeated Low Ki to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
2006
Richmond, Virginia:
– The Undertaker defeated Mr. Kennedy in a Last Ride Match
– Chris Benoit defeated Chavo Guerrero to retain the US Title
YESTERDAY IN FLORIDA WRESTLING HISTORY (thanks to Barry Rose)
1958 – Sylvia Torres won 5 woman Battle Royal (Lake Worth)
1960 – Chief Big Heart & Chief Big Eagle beat Eddie Graham & Buddy Austin via DQ (Miami Beach)
1968 – Great Malenko & Louie Tillet & Tarzan Tyler beat Rene Goulet & Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel (Orlando)
1969 – Dory Funk Jr. beat Dale Lewis to retain NWA title (Tampa)
1972 – Great Malenko & Big Bad John beat Paul Jones & Buck Robley (Lakeland)
1974 – Toru Tanaka & Dick Slater retained Florida tag titles over Eddie & Mike Graham (Orlando)
1975 – Terry Funk beat Jack Brisco to retain NWA title (Tampa)
1978 – Dusty Rhodes beat Pak Song in a bullrope match (Lakeland)
1979 – Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez beat Bugsy McGraw & Bad Leroy Brown in a cage match (Orlando)
1980 – Dusty Rhodes beat Dick Murdoch (Tampa)
1981 – Barry Windham beat The Spoiler via DQ in a Southern title match (Miami Beach)
1983 – Blackjack Mulligan beat Ron Bass in a bullrope match (St. Petersburg)
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