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1923

Wichita, Kansas:
– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Taro Miyake (Miyake was billed as the Jiu-Jitsu champion)

1966

Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Ox defeated Bulldog Plechas
– Sonny Myers defeated Ron Reed
– Bob Geigel & Bob Brown defeated Mike DiBiase & Jack Donovan in three falls

1977

Tokyo, Japan:
– Terry & Dory Funk Jr. defeated Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik to win the first All Japan Pro Wrestling Real World Tag League  tournament 

1978

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens
– Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum by DQ
– Lord Alfred Hayes beat Paul Ellering
– Pat Patterson beat Red Bastien
– Paul Ellering & Steve Olsonoski beat Cecil Dubois & Iron Sheik

Tokyo, Japan: 
– Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Dory Jr & Terry Funk 

1979

Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– Abdullah The Butcher defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title

1980

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Sonny King beat Bill Irwin
– Bobby Eaton & The Angel beat Tony Charles & Ricky Morton via DQ
– Koko Ware beat Jimmy Valiant via DQ
– Billy Robinson beat Robert Gibson
– Dream Machine beat Carl Fergie via submission
– Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee beat Southern Tag Champs Roger Kirby & Guy Mitchell via DQ

1984

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Fabulous Ones went to a no contest with AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors
– Lights Out Match: Jerry Blackwell beat Crazy Luke Graham (sub King Kong Brody)
– Curt Hennig beat Mr. Saito
– Jimmy Garvin beat Tom Zenk
– Baron Von Raschke beat Steve Regal

1986

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tracy Smothers & John Paul drew Tony Burton & Boy Tony
– Jonathon Boyd beat Davey Haskins
– Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Goliath & Downtown Bruno
– Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka beat Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto in a “stretcher” match to win the CWA International Tag Team Titles
– Big Bubba beat Tommy Rich (12:20) via DQ
– Southern Tag Champs The Rock-n-Roll RPMs beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Joe Travis
– The Great Kabuki pinned Jerry Lawler

1989

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Eddie Gilbert fought Kevin Sullivan to a double count-out 
– The New Zealand Militia defeated Tommy Rich & Ranger Ross
– Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace
– Road Warrior Hawk defeated Dan Spivey via disqualification when Teddy Long interfered
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA US Champion Lex Luger 
– Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
– NWA Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Doom

2002

WWE Armageddon: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida:
– Booker T and Goldust defeated Christian & Chris Jericho and The Dudleys and William Regal & Lance Storm to capture the RAW World Tag 
  Titles in an elimination match
– Edge defeated Albert via disqualification 
– Chris Benoit defeated WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion Eddie Guerrero 
– Batista (w/ Ric Flair) pinned Kane 
– WWE Women’s Champion Victoria defeated Trish Stratus and Jackie
– Kurt Angle defeated Big Show to capture the WWE World Title
– Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a two-out-of-three falls match to capture the Raw World Title

1956

Kansas City, Kansas: 
– Central States title-wire fence around ring match: Dr. Lee Grable defeated Richard Brown to win Central States title

1959

Pensacola, Florida:
– Billy Wicks defeated Pancho Villa in a tournament final to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship

1971

Buffalo, New York:
– Dominic DeNucci defeated Waldo Von Erich for the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title 

Miami, Florida:
– The Alaskans (Mike York & Frank Monte) defeated The Australians (Larry O’Day & Ron Miller) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title

1972

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dusty Rhodes
– Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch 
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco 
– Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks 

1973

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
– The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
– Chris Taylor (pro debut) beat Rene Goulet
– Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz
– Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco

1974

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal
– The Crusher beat Horst Hoffman 
– Ivan Putski drew Baron Von Raschke 
– Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff
– Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan by countout
– Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz 

1977

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens by count out
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
– Angelo Mosca beat Larry Hennig
– Super Destroyer beat Johnny Solo
– Larry Hennig beat Ivan Crankovic
– Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson

1978

Sydney, Australia:
– Andre the Giant & Ron Miller defeated Butcher Brannigan & Ox Baker to win the Australian-Asian heavyweight tag team title

1979

Osaka, Japan:
– Tastusmi Fujinami defeated Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan) 

1980

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Carl Fergie beat Gypsy Joe
– Robert Gibson beat Bill Irwin
– Sonny King beat The Angel via DQ
– Bobby Eaton beat Tony Charles
– Southern Tag Champs Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby beat Ricky Morton & Bill Dundee via DQ
– Jimmy Valiant & Tojo Yamamoto beat Tommy Rich & Koko Ware via DQ

1983

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rick Martel
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera
– Bunkhouse Match: Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan
– Mad Dog Vachon no contest David Shults
– Mr Saito beat Baron Von Raschke
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Steve Olsonoski
– Bulldog Bob Brown beat Bill White

Tokyo, Japan:
– Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan defeated Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis

1986

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tracy Smothers beat Tom Burton
– Boy Tony beat John Paul
– Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Big Bubba & Goliath when Bubba & Goliath couldn’t beat them twice in fifteen minutes
– Jeff Jarrett, Billy Joe Travis, Paul Diamond, & Pat Tanaka beat Tojo Yamamoto, Akio Sato, Tarzan Goto, & Jonathon Boyd
– Jerry Lawler beat The Great Kabuki
– Steve Keirn & Tracy Smothers beat The Rock-n-Roll RPMs via DQ

1990

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Tony Anthony & Doug Gilbert defeated Jeff Jarrett & Cody Michaels to win the USWA World Tag Team Title

1993

Onahama, Japan:
– Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
– Brad Rheingans defeated Black Cat
– Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Yuji Nagata
– Michiyoshi Ohara & the Great Kabuki defeated Satoshi Kojima & El Samurai
– WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masa Saito
– The Great Muta defeated Mike Enos
– IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Masahiro Chono & Jushin Liger
– Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Shinya Hashimoto, & Tatsumi Fujinami

1994

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Stars & Stripes (The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell) to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles

2001

Glasgow, Scotland:
– Psicosis defeated Juventud Guerrera to win the World Wrestling All-Stars International Cruiserweight Title