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Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/11): The Revival win NXT tag titles

1947

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Bronko Nagurski beat Eric Holmback
– Mildred Burke beat Mae Young

1957 

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Ray Stevens defeated Tor Kamata to win the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title

1960

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis beat Stan Stasiak 
– Lee Henning beat Frank Townsend in 2 out of 3 falls
– Taro Myaki and Bob Orton beat George Drake and Nick Roberts

1964

Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne by DQ
– Pampero Firpo beat Pat Barrett
– Ivan Kalmikoff beat Billy Red Cloud
– Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet
– Igor Vodik beat Bob Brown

1967

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Harley Race beat Verne Gagne
– Dr X beat the Crusher
– Big K & Blackjack Daniels beat Ramon Torres & Rene Goulet

1976

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Akio Sato fought Pat O’Connor to a draw
– The Iron Sheik defeated Skip Young
– Bob Brown & Mitsuo Hata defeated Bob Geigel & The Super Intern
– Harley Race defeated Bob Slaughter via DQ

1977 

Richmond, Virginia:
– Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

1978 

Nashville, Tennessee:
– Dutch Mantel defeated Mexican Angel for The NWA Mid-America Title 
– Randy Savage defeated Dutch Mantell to win the NWA Mid-American Title  

Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– The Invaders defeated Kengo Kimura & Hiro Sasaki to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles

1988 

Dallas, Texas:
– Eric Embry defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the World Class Championship Wrestling Light Heavyweight Title

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
– Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Dante DeNucci & Jumping Jack Flash 
– Steve Williams pinned Eddie Gilbert 
– NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda fought Nikita Koloff to a draw
– NWA Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors defeated Ron Simmons & the Italian Stallion 
– Sting defeated NWA US Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
– Dusty Rhodes & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane 
– Lex Luger fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double count-out 

1990

Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Terry Taylor pinned the Cuban Assassin
– Sam Houston pinned Dutch Mantell
– El Gigante pinned Bill Irwin
– Tom Zenk pinned JW Storm
– Terry Taylor (sub. for NWA US Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner) & NWA US Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner fought the Nasty Boys to a double disqualification
– Big Van Vader pinned the Iron Sheik
– The Junkyard Dog defeated Moondog Rex
– NWA World Champion Sting & Lex Luger defeated Sid Vicious & NWA US Champion Stan Hansen

1991 

Utica, New York:
– Ted DiBiase defeated Virgil to win the Million Dollar Belt

1994 

Lenoir, North Carolina:
– Bryant Anderson drew Tracy Smothers
– Brian Lee & Lance Storm beat Chris Candido & Boo Bradley via DQ
– The Dirty White Boy pinned Bruiser Bedlam in a “strap” match
– SMW Tag Champs The Gangstas beat The Rock-n-Roll Express in a “no DQ” match

Moline, Illinois:
– WCW TV Champion Johnny B. Badd fought the Honkytonk Man to a 15-minute time-limit draw
– Dave Sullivan defeated Kevin Sullivan via reverse decision
– The Nasty Boys defeated Paul Roma & Jean Paul Levesque (sub. for an injured Paul Orndorff)
– The Guardian Angel defeated Lord Steven Regal (sub. for an injured Vader)
– WCW US Champion Jim Duggan defeated Steve Austin via disqualification
– Sting & Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson & Bunkhouse Buck in a steel cage match

1995 

Morristown, Tennessee:
– Robert Gibson pinned Flash Flanagan
– Brad Armstrong pinned Terry Gordy in a “loser gets ten lashes” match
– SMW Tag Champs The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey) beat Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy in a “hospital elimination” match
– Buddy Landel beat Tommy Rich in a “steel cage” match

2007

TNA Genesis: Orlando, Florida:
– Motor City Machine Guns defeated Team 3-D
– Jay Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the TNA X Division Title
– AJ Styles & Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– Kaz defeated Christian Cage in a Ladder match 
– Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash defeated Sting and Booker T in a Tag Team match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

2015

Orlando, Florida:
– The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson defeated The Vaudevillians to win the NXT Tag Team Titles