Daily pro wrestling history (02/21): Chris Jericho wins World Title; Barry Windham wins NWA World Title

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1951

Sioux City, Iowa:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mike DiBiase

1961

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski by countout
– AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills
– Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts 
– Jim Hady drew Bob Geigel 

1974

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Ronnie Etchison defeated Taro Kabayoshi
– Bull Bullinski defeated Billy Howard
– Jim Brunzell defeated Bob Orton
– Reggie Parks defeated Baron Scicluna
– Tokyo Joe defeated Kit Conway
– Don Fargo fought Omar Atlas to a double-DQ
– Texas Death Match: The Viking defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
– Harley Race defeated Bob Brown via DQ in three falls

1982

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
– Hulk Hogan beat Bobby Duncum
– Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan
– Ken Patera beat Baron Von Raschke

1983

Memphis, Tennessee: 
– Jerry Lawler won by forfeit over AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel when Nick failed to show
– No dq Match: Austin Idol beat Jerry Lawler
– Sheepherders beat Bill Dundee & Steve O
– Southern Champion Terry Taylor beat Austin Idol
– Sweet Brown Sugar beat Bobby Eaton to win Mid American Title
– Adrian Street & Jesse Barr beat Fabulous Ones to win Southern Tag Title
– Jacques Rougeau beat Dutch Mantel dq

1993

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WCW SuperBrawl: Ashville, North Carolina:
– Barry Windham defeated The Great Muta to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Sting in a non -title Leather Strap match
– Brian Pillman & Steve Austin defeated Erik Watts & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
– 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Benoit 
– Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin 
– Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff in a Falls Count Anywhere match
– The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated SMW Tag Team Champions The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Pritchard & Stan Lane) via disqualification
– United States Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Maxx Payne via disqualification

1999

WCW SuperBrawl: Oakland, California:
– Barry Windham & Curt Hennig defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles 
– Scott Hall defeated Roddy Piper to win the United States Title 
– Booker T defeated Disco Inferno
– Chris Jericho defeated Perry Saturn via countout
– WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr
– Kevin Nash & Scott Hall (subbing for Lex Luger) defeated Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr
– WCW World Television Champion Scott Steiner defeated Diamond Dallas Page
– Bill Goldberg defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
– WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair

2010 

WWE Elimination Chamber: St. Louis, Missouri:
– John Cena won the WWE Championship in the Raw Chamber match, but lost the title in an impromptu match against Batista
– Chris Jericho won the Smackdown Chamber match to win the World Title

2013

– Velvet Sky defeated Brooke Tessmacher, Tara and Gail Kim to win the TNA Knockouts Title
– Rob Van Dam defeated Kenny King to retain the TNA X Division Title

2014

ROH 12th Anniversary Show: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– The Decade defeated Adam Page & Mark Briscoe & Cedric Alexander
– Matt Taven beate Silas Young
– ROH TV Tomasso Ciampa beat Hanson to retain the title
– Michael Elgin defeated Rowe
– Jay Briscoe beat Michael Bennett
– ROH Tag Team champions ReDragon defeated ACH & Tadarious Thomas to retain the titles
– AJ Styles defeated Jay Lethal
– ROH champion Adam Cole beat Chris Hero to retain the title
– Streetfight: Kevin Steen defeated Cliff Compton