Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/07): Bret Hart becomes the King of the Ring

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1927 

Columbus, Ohio:
– Jack Reynolds won the World Welterweight Title from Bert Willard 

1936 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Honey Boy Hackney won the Southern Light Heavyweight Champion by defeating Ben Jordan

1945 

Houston, Texas:
– Buddy Rogers defeated Ted Cox to win the Texas Heavyweight Title 

1953 

Abilene, Texas:
– Ciclón Anaya and Tommy Martindale defeated Cowboy Carlson and Dory Funk for the NWA Southwest Tag Team Titles

1956 

Houston, Texas:
– Pepper Gomez defeated Gene Kelly (Kiniski) for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

Atlanta, Georgia: 
– Don McIntyre defeated Fred Blassie to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

Mexico City, Mexico:
– Médico Asesino defeated Jose Lothario in a tournament final for the vacant Mexican National Heavyweight Title

1960 

Portland, Oregon:
– Tony Borne defeated Ed Francis to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

1961 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Cyclone and Hurricane Smith defeated Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak to win the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Titles

1961 

Jacksonville, Florida:
– Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Ike Eakins and Eddie Graham in a tournament final for the vacant Florida NWA World Tag Team Titles

1962 

Houston, Texas:
– Duke Keomuka and Taro Miyake defeated The Alaskan (Jay York) and Tarzan Tyler for the Texas NWA World Tag Team Titles

1963 

Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Omaha World Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich to unify the title
– Waldo Von Erich ddq Mitsu Arakawa
– Guy Mitchell & Don Whittler beat Missouri Mauler Rocky Hamilton & Bulldog Danny Plechas 
– Bob Geigel drew Jack Pesek

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher no contest Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
– Larry Hennig drew Don McClarty 
– Paul Christy beat Bill Wright 
– Stan Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey

1964 

Columbus, Ohio:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated American Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion Karl Krauser (Karl Gotch)
to unify the titles

1967 

Wellington, New Zealand:
– John DaSilva defeated Al Hobman to win the New Zealand Heavyweight Title

Sioux City, Iowa:
– Pat O’Connor beat Bob Orton by DQ
– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks
– Bob Ellis beat Chris Markoff
– Mike Dibiase beat Eddie Sharkey

1970 

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Don Leo Jonathan and Duncan McTavish defeated Bob Brown and John Quinn to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Interns won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles by defeating Johnny Walker and Tojo Yamamoto

1971 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Red Bastien and Bill Howard defeated Rusher Kimura and Thunder Sugiyama for the vacant International Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Titles 

1972 

Osaka, Japan:
– Seiji Sakaguchi defeated The Sheik to win the NWA United National Title 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Danny Little Bear defeated The Destroyer
– Rufus R. Jones & Omar Atlas defeated North American Tag Team Champions Black Angus & Roger Kirby (w/ Percival A. Friend) by DQ in three falls
– Texas Death Match: Harley Race defeated Dory Funk, Sr.

1974 

Hollywood, California:
– Man Mountain Mike defeated Manny Soto for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title

Chicago, Illinois: (Cominskey Park)
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson COR
– The Sheik & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil
– The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham
– Chris Taylor beat Ox Baker dq
– Pepper Gomez no contest Baron Von Raschke
– Wilbur Snyder beat Rene Goulet
– Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell
– Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff
– Vivian Vachon beat Lucille DuPree

1975 

Sacramento, California:
– Pat Patterson won the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title from Angelo Mosca

1977 

Raleigh, North Carolina:
– Greg Valentine defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title 

Los Angeles, California:
– Texas Red defeated Chavo Guerrero for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

1980 

Tulsa, Oklahoma:
– Terry Gibbs defeated Mr. Pogo to become the first NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Champion

Mexico City, Mexico:
– El Texano defeated El Gringo for the UWA World Welterweight Title

1981 

Memphis, Tennessee: 
-The Heartbreakers (Joey Cagle and Rocky Sortor) defeated AWA Southern Tag Team Champions Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton to win the titles 
– Steve Keirn defeated NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Bugsy McGraw in a Title vs. Hair No Disqualification match to win the title
– The Dream Machine defeated AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler in a Loser Leaves Town No Disqualification match to win the title

Tampa, Florida:
– Dory Funk, Jr. defeated El Gran Apolo to win the NWA Florida Television Title

1983 

Seattle, Washington:
– The Dynamite Kid defeated Curt Hennig for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

1985 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Dusty Rhodes
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff
– Tully Blanchard beat Magnum TA
– Ole Anderson beat Sam Houston
– Arn Anderson beat Starship Eagle

Las Vegas, Nevada
– Jerry Blackwell & Rick Martel beat Fabulous Freebirds Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy
– Sleeper vs Sleeper Match: Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne
– Larry Zbyszko beat Sgt. Slaughter dq
– Boris Zhukov beat Brad Rheingans
– Curt Hennig drew Jim Garvin

1986

Chicago, Illinois:
– Midnight Rockers beat AWA Tag Team Champions, Buddy Rose & Doug Somers to win title (Decision later reversed as the wrong man was pinned)
– Curt Hennig (sub Nord The Barbarian) beat Nick Bockwinkel to win AWA Title when Larry Zbyszko hit Bockwinkel with nunchakus
( Curt returned the AWA Title to Bockwinkel because Hennig could not accept winning it in an unjust manner)
– Greg Gagne & Jerry Blackwell & Jimmy Snuka beat Sheik Adnan & Ali Khan & Boris Zhukov
– Scott Hall beat Colonel DeBeers
– Curt Hennig dcor Larry Zbyszko

1987 

WCWA Labor Day Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas:
– Steve and Shaun Simpson defeated WCWA World Tag Team Champions Eric Embry and Frankie Lancaster to win the title
– WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Al Perez defeated Kevin Von Erich by countout to retain the title

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Carl Fergie defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Larry Hamilton defeated Scott Armstrong for the Southeast NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title 

1990 

Fukui, Japan:
– Johnny Ace and Kenta Kobashi defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) for the vacant AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles

1991

WWF King of the Ring: Providence, Rhode Island:
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart defeated Irwin R. Schyster to win the King of the Ring Tournament

Caguas, Puerto Rico: 
Click Here: Cheap QLD Maroons Jersey– Galan Mendoza and Dusty Wolfe defeated The Latin Connection (Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana) to win the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Titles
– Monster Ripper (Rhonda Singh) defeated Candi Devine for the WWC Women’s Title

1997 

WWF In Your House: Louisville, Kentucky:
– Brian Pillman pinned Goldust (with Marlena)(Pillman won Marlena for 30 days)
– The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) (subbing for Steve Austin & Dude Love) defeated WWF European Champion The British Bulldog & Owen Hart, The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas) and The Legion of Doom (Animal & Hawk) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Titles

1999

WWF Smackdown: Albany, New York:
– The Undertaker and Kane defeated The Rock and Mankind to win the WWF Tag Team Titles in a Buried Alive Match

2004 

WWE Smackdown: Tulsa, Oklahoma:
– René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki defeated Billy Kidman and Paul London to win the WWE Tag Team Titles

2008

WWE Unforgiven: Cleveland, Ohio:
– Matt Hardy won the ECW Title over Mark Henry, The Miz, Chavo Guerrero and Fit Finlay
– Chris Jericho defeated CM Punk, JBL, Kane, Batista and Rey Mysterio in a Championship Scramble match