Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/03): WWF This Tuesday in Texas

1942

Columbus, Ohio:

- Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeated Orville Brown to win the Ohio version of the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

- John Katan defeated Earl McCready for the Toronto British Empire Heavyweight Title

1943

Kansas City, Kansas:

- Swedish Angel defeated Orville Brown to win the MWA World Heavyweight Title

1952

Sydney, Australia:

- Leo Jensen defeated Bonnie Muir for the vacant Australian Heavyweight Title

1953

Kansas City, Kansas:

- Central States Heavyweight Champion Lenny Montana beat Johnny Valentine by DQ (Valentine used a piledriver, which is barred in Kansas)

- Larry Hamilton beat Bobby Lane by DQ

- Dick Hutton defeated Maurice Roberre (Hutton was accompanied by Ed “Strangler” Lewis)

1959

Amarillo, Texas:

- Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Antoine Leone to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title

1960

San Bernadino, California:

- Stan Holek and The Preacher defeated Sandor Szabo and Edouard Carpentier for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

1962

Memphis, Tennessee:

- Eric Pomeroy and Ray Andrews defeated The Medics for the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1963

- Ciclon Negro and Masked Terror defeated Wilbur Snyder and Dick the Bruiser to win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles

Dallas, Texas:

- Joe Blanchard defeated Billy White Wolf for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1965

Lafayette, Louisiana:

- Bobby Fields won the NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Title by defeating Danny McShain

1966

Tokyo, Japan:

- Michiaki Yoshimura and Kintaro Ohki defeated Eddie Morea and Tarzan Zorro to win the vacant All Asia Tag Team Titles

1967

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico:

- El Goliath defeated Henry Pirousso for the Mexican National Heavyweight Title

1970

Osaka, Japan:

- Gene Kiniski defeated Giant Baba for the NWA International Heavyweight Title

1971

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:

- Dr. X (Jim Osborne) defeated Ramon Torres for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

1975

Kiryu, Japan:

- The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) defeated Abdullah the Butcher to win the Pacific Wrestling Federation United States Heavyweight Title

1976

- Chavo Guerrero, Sr. defeated Dr. Hiro Ota to win the NWA America Heavyweight Title

Ozark, Alabama:

- The Wrestling Pro defeated Ken Lucas for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

Dothan, Alabama:

- Rip Tyler won the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title by defeating Dick Dunn

1977

New Brocton, Alabama:

- Billy Spears defeated Johnny Eagles for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title

Chicago, Illinois:

- Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher

- Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel (no title change, decision later reversed)

- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Jose Lothario beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant & Roger Kirby

- Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder by countout

- Bobby Dumcum beat Steve Regal

- Rufus R Jones beat Blackjack Lanza

- Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff

1981

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

- AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura

- Jerry Blackwell beat Billy Robinson

- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Sheik Adnan

- Ken Patera beat Buck Zumhofe

- Bobby Duncum drew Tito Santana

1982

St. Louis, Missouri:

- Dick the Bruiser and Butch Reed defeated NWA Champion Ric Flair and Crusher Blackwell

- Kerry Von Erich defeated Hercules Hernandez

- Ivan Koloff draw Ken Patera

- Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Dewey Robertson

- Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Art Crews

- Crusher Ayala and Roger Kirby defeated Manny Fernandez and Mike George

- Buzz Tyler defeated Jerry Brown via DQ

Ponce, Puerto Rico:

- Mad Dog Lafaib defeated Invader I to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title

1983

Hampton, Virginia:

- Dick Slater defeated Rufus R. Jones to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

Dothan, Alabama:

- Bob Armstrong won a tournament for the vacant NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title

1984

New Orleans, Louisiana:

- Ted DiBiase and Hercules Hernandez defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to win the Mid-South Tag Team Titles

Memphis, Tennessee:

- Tim Ashley beat The Invader

- Jimmy Valiant beat Plowboy Frazier

- Tim Ashley & Steve Constance beat The Dirty White Boys via DQ

- Mike Sharpe pinned Tojo Yamamoto

- National Tag Champs Bill & Scott Irwin beat Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo

- The Interns beat The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Team Titles

- Rick Rude beat King Kong Bundy in a no DQ loser leaves town match (Jerry Lawler was the referee)

- Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Bob Roop via DQ

1985

- Fuerza Guerrera defeated El Dandy for the Mexican National Welterweight Title

1986

Raleigh, North Carolina:

- Denny Brown defeated Hector Guerrero

- Tim Horner defeated Bill Dundee

- Nelson Royal defeated Shaska Whatley

- Brad Armstrong defeated the Barbarian

- Dutch Mantell fought Ivan Koloff to a no contest

- Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a chain and bullrope match

- Big Bubba won a Bunkhouse Stampede match

1988

Houston, Texas:

- Tug Taylor pinned Tony Torres

- Mike Rotunda pinned Ron Simmons

- Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton via disqualification

- Rick Steiner defeated Steve Williams via disqualification

- NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Eddie Gilbert & Bam Bam Bigelow

- Sting & Lex Luger fought NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors to a double count-out

1989

Chicago, Illinois:

- Johnny Ace defeated Jack Victory

- Brian Pillman defeated Mike Rotunda

- Tom Zenk defeated Bill Irwin

- Sid Vicious defeated NWA World Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner

- WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Steve Williams

- Sting defeated NWA TV Champion the Great Muta via disqualification

- The Road Warriors defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin

- NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk in a steel cage match

- Sangre Chicana defeated Perry Aguayo to win the Universal Wrestling Association-promoted WWF World Light Heavyweight Title

1990

Coos Bay, Oregon:

- Steve Doll and Scotty the Body (Raven) defeated The Wrecking Crew (The Grappler and The Equalizer) for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

1991

WWF This Tuesday in Texas: San Antonio, Texas:

- The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly) (with The Genius) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship

- Ric Flair defeated Roddy Piper

- Bret Hart defeated Skinner to retain the Intercontinental Title

- Randy Savage defeated Jake Roberts

- Hulk Hogan pinned The Undertaker to win the WWF World Title (title held up and decided at Royal Rumble)

Ft. Pierce, Florida:

- WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman defeated Mike Graham

- Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong

- Madusa defeated Bambi

- WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Oz

- Badstreet defeated Terry Davis

- Tom Zenk pinned John Peterson

- Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Van Vader & the Diamond Studd

- Van Hammer (sub for Sting) fought Cactus Jack to a double disqualification

1992

Fayetteville, North Carolina:

- Shanghai Pierce defeated Brad Armstrong

- Van Hammer defeated Tony Atlas

- Erik Watts defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude via referee's decision after Rude failed to beat Watts in the 15-minute time-limit

- Dustin Rhodes fought Barry Windham to a double disqualification

- Big Van Vader defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat

- WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated the Barbarian

Funabashi, Japan:

- Jesse Barr and Ryuma Go won the Championship Wrestling USA International Tag Team Titles by defeating The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don Harris)

1993

Paintsville, Kentucky:

- Killer Kyle pinned Anthony Michaels

- SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight Champ Chris Candido pinned Bobby Blaze

- The Rock-n-Roll Express NC Moondogs Rex & Spot

- Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey)

- SMW Champ Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy via DQ

- Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi won the annual Real World Tag League to win the AJPW World Tag Team Championship

Tokyo, Japan:

- Shinjiro Otani & Yuji Nagata defeated Satoshi Kojima & Tatsuhito Takaiwa

- WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka

- Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated the Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, & Hiroshi Hase

- Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi & Tatsutoshi Goto

- Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga

- The Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Black Cat & El Samurai

- Kengo Kimura defeated Jushin Liger

- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Masashi Aoyagi

- Shinya Hashimoto defeated Michiyoshi Ohara

1994

Barbourville, Kentucky:

- Tracy Smothers pinned The Nightmare (Ted Allen)

- Cactus Jack & Brian Lee beat Chris Candido & Boo Bradley

- The Dirty White Boy & Ron Wright beat Bruiser Bedlam & Jim Cornette

- SMW Tag Champs The Gangstas beat The Rock-n-Roll Express in a ghetto street fight match

1995

Wilmington, Delaware:

- Ronnie Roberts defeated Boogie Woogie Brown to win the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

1998

Denton, Maryland:

- King Kong Bundy defeated Romeo Valentino for the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title

2000

ECW Massacre on 34th Street: New York City, New York:

- Steve Corino defeated Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Title

- Rhino pinned Spike Dudley to retain the ECW World Television Title

2006

ECW December to Dismember: Augusta, Georgia:

- Stevie Richards defeated René Duprée

- The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) defeated MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) (with Melina)

- Balls Mahoney defeated Matt Striker in a Striker's Rules match

- Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay defeated The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) (with Trinity)

- Daivari (with The Great Khali) defeated Tommy Dreamer

- Ariel and Kevin Thorn defeated Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox

- Bobby Lashley won the ECW Title in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match over Big Show, Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Test and Hardcore Holly