Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/17): Kurt Angle wins TNA World title

1934 

Mexico City, Mexico:

– Mario Nuez defeated Tony Canales to become the first holder of the Mexico National Welterweight Title

1936 

Des Moines, Iowa:

– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ede Virag beat Ras Samara 2 falls to 0

– World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon beat Jack Conley 2 falls to 0

1948

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Lord Albert Mills beat Lou Newman 2 out of 3 falls

– The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) defeated The Garibaldi Brothers (Chick and Ralph Garibaldi) 

– Emil Dusek beat Barney Bernard

1949 

St. Louis, Missouri;

– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bill Longson

– Sandor Szabo beat Dutch Hefner 

– Warren Bockwinkel beat Joe Dusek via DQ

1957

Birmingham, Alabama:

– Cyclone Anaya defeated Tor Yamata for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title 

1960 

St. Joseph, Missouri:

– Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen and Gory Guerrero wrestled to a draw

– World Tag Team Champions The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) beat George and Sandy Scott in 2 out of 3 falls

1964 

Salem, Oregon:

– Pat Patterson and Tony Borne defeated Nick Bockwinkel and Buddy Mareno (Omar Atlas) for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

1965 

Davenport, Iowa:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Rene Goulet

– Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff 

– Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson

Kansas City, Kansas:

– In a Penalty Box rules match; Bob Geigel and Dutch Savage beat Pat O’Connor and Mongolian Stomper 2 falls to 1

– Ronnie Etchison drew Missouri Mauler 1 fall to 1 fall 

– Sonny Myers beat Ken Hollis

Jacksonville, Florida:

– Bob Orton, Sr. won a tournament for the vacant NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Title 

1966 

St. Joseph, Missouri:

– The Viking (Bob Morse) defeated Ron Reed to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat The Alaskan & Mad Dog Vachon 

– Verne Gagne beat Angelo Poffo

– Wilbur Snyder beat Guy Mitchell 

– Ernie Ladd beat Chris Markoff

1971 

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Rufus R. Jones & The Stomper defeated North American Tag Team Champions Buddy Austin & Bob Orton via DQ

– Central States Heavyweight Champion Harley Race defeated Bob Ellis in three falls 

– In a Texas Death Match; Dick the Bruiser defeated Baron Von Raschke

1972

Portland, Oregon:

– Dutch Savage and Moondog Mayne defeated The Royal Kangaroos (Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles) to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– In a Saloon Match; The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes

– Ivan Koloff beat Edouard Carpentier

– Billy Robinson beat Big K 

– George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay

1977 

St. Louis, Missouri:

– WWWF World Champion Billy Graham defeated Bob Slaughter

– NWA World Champion Harley Race defeated Missouri Champion Jack Brisco by countout 

– AWA World Tag Team Champions; The High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell) defeated Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Duncum

– Bulldog Bob Brown & Ivan Koloff drew Rufus R Jones & Billy Robinson

– Pat O’Connor beat Bobby Jaggers 

– Bob Sweetan beat Ron Starr

1981 

Oakland, California:

– Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura by DQ

– Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan

– Tito Santana beat Sheik Adnan

1982 

Roanoke, Viginia:

– Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson defeated Porkchop Cash and Iceman Parsons to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– In a Non Title match; Rick Martel beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel

– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan

– Ken Patera beat Baron Von Raschke 

– Brad Rheingans beat Tito Santana

1983 

WCCW Wrestling Star Wars: Dallas, Texas:

– Genichiro Tenryu defeats Johnny Mantell

– Vicky Carranza defeated Lola Gonzalez to win the Mexican National Women’s Championship

– Al Madril, Chavo Guerrero & Jose Lothario defeated Bill Irwin, Fishman & The Mongol

– Iceman King Parsons defeaed Buddy Roberts in a Hair Vs. Hair Match

– David von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin (w/ Sunshine) to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Championship

– Jumbo Tsuruta  vs. Ted DiBiase ended in a Draw in an AJPW United National Championship

– Giant Baba defeated King Kong Bundy to retain the AJPW/PWF Heavyweight Championship

– Kamala defeats Armand Hussian, Mike Bond & Tola Yatsu in a Three On One Handicap Loser Leaves Town Match 

– Harley Race defeated Kevin Von Erich by DQ to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 

– Bruiser Brody & Kerry Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship 

Tokyo, Japan:

– The Dynamite Girls (Jumbo Hori and Yukari Ohmori) defeated Devil Masami and Talantula for the WWWA World Tag Team Titles

1984

Atlanta, Georgia:

– Jake Roberts defeated Ron Garvin to win the NWA World Television Title (title held up due to use of foreign object)

1985

Poughkeepsie, New York:

– Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo; the U.S. Express, defeated The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff for the WWF World Tag Team Titles

Memphis, Tennessee:

– The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) defeated Ron Sexton and Billy Travis in a tournament final to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1987

Mexico City, Mexico:

– Villano III defeated Perro Aguayo for the vacant WWF World Light Heavyweight Title

1988

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:

– Chris Benoit defeated Johnny Smith to win the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title

Dallas, Texas:

– AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Terry Taylor

– Kamala beat Kerry Von Erich

– King Parsons beat Skip Young 

– Terry Gordy ddq John Tatum

1989

San Juan, Puerto Rico:

– TNT (Savio Vega) defeated Abudda Dein to win the vacant WWC Television Title 

1993

WCW Clash of the Champions: Norfolk, Virginia:

– Ron Simmons pinned Dick Slater (sub. for an injured WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff) 

– Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell 

– Maxx Payne defeated Johnny B. Badd via forfeit

– NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned 2 Cold Scorpio 

– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race), Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) & Rick Rude defeated Sting, Davey Boy Smith & Dustin Rhodes 

– Ric Flair & Arn Anderson defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match by DQ

1994 

Knoxville, Tennessee:

– The Thrillseekers (Chris Jericho & Lance Storm) defeated Steven Dunn & Killer Kyle

– Bruiser Bedlam defeated Tracy Smothers in a coal miner’s glove match

– SMW Tag Team Champions Brian Lee & Chris Candido fought The Rock N’ Roll Express to a no contest in a piledriver match 

– SMW Heavyweight Champion Jake Roberts defeated the Dirty White Boy via disqualification

1996

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Flex Kavana (the Rock) and Bart Sawyer defeated Brickhouse Brown and Reggie B. Fine in a tournament final for the USWA Tag Team Titles

Tokyo, Japan:

– Jushin Liger defeated Dick Togo for the Michinoku Pro Wrestling British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title 

– Shinjiro Otani defeated Kazushi Sakuraba for the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title

1997 

Sapporo, Japan:

– Kyoko Inoue defeated Kaoru Itoh for the vacant WWWA World Singles Title

1999 

Fargo, North Dakota:

– Sherri Martel defeated Miss Manners (Adrian Lynch) to win the (revived) AWA World Women’s Title

Bolton, Massachusetts:

 – The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson and Rick Fuller) for the NWA World Tag Team Titles

2000

Cornelia, Georgia:

– Bad Attitude (Rick Michaels and David Young) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to win the NWA Wildside Tag Team Titles

2007 

TNA Slammiversary: Nashville, Tennessee:

– Jay Lethal defeated Chris Sabin to win the TNA X-Division title

– Kurt Angle won the King of the Mountain match to win the TNA Title

– Rhino and Senshi (with Hector Guerrero) defeated The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan)

– Eric Young defeated Robert Roode (with Ms. Brooks)

– Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship

– Sting defeated Christopher Daniels

– Abyss defeated Tomko in a No Disqualification match

2018

WWE Money in the Bank: Chicago, Illinois:

– Luke Harper & Erick Rowan retained the Smackdown tag titles beating Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson 

– Daniel Bryan beat Big Cass

– Bobby Lashley pinned Sami Zayn

– Seth Rollins retained the IC title over Elias

– Alexa Bliss won the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match over Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Naomi, Becky Lynch, Lana and Ember Moon

– Roman Reigns pinned Jinder Mahal 

– Carmella pinned Asuka to retain the Smackdown women’s title

– A.J. Styles beat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the WWE title in a last man standing match 

– Ronda Rousey beat Nia Jax via DQ; Jax retained the Raw women’s title

– Alexa Bliss pinned Nia Jax to win the Raw women’s title after cashing in her Money in the Bank contract

– Braun Strowman won the Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match over Samoa Joe, Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Bobby Roode, The Miz and Kofi Kingston