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Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/15): WCW Fall Brawl 1996

1949

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Bill Longson beat Joe Pazandak in 2 out of 3 falls

– Ronnie Etchison defeated Chief Chewchki 

– Enrique Torres beat Jack Suzek 

– Garza Lozano beat Danny Fenelon

1956

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Whipper Billy Watson beat Dr. Lee Grable by DQ to retain the World Title

– June Byers beat Barbara Baker 2 falls to 0 to retain the World Ladies Title

– Richard Brown beat Sam Menacker 

1957

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Wichita, Kansas:

– Red Berry defeated Richard Brown to win the Central States Title

1977

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– Verne Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum

– Angelo Mosca beat Gene Kiniski

– Super Destroyer no contest the Crusher

– Billy Robinson beat Bob Backlund

– Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby

– Chris Markoff beat Chris Pepper

1984 

WWC Anniversary Show: San Juan, Puerto Rico:

– Invader 3 defeated Anibal to win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title

– Invader 1 defeated Konga The Barbarian to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title 

– Randy Savage defeated Pedro Morales to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title.

1985

Norfolk, Virginia:

– Bunkhouse Match: Dusty Rhodes & Magnum TA & Sam Houston beat Ole Anderson & Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Krusher Khrushchev & Ivan Koloff

– Manny Fernandez beat Abdullah The Butcher

– Jimmy Valiant beat Buddy Landel

– Ron Bass drew Barbarian

– Starship Eagle & Stoney Burke beat Joel Deaton & Golden Terror

– Billy Graham beat Mark Fleming

1986 

Los Angeles, California:

– Black Bart defeated Chris Adams in a phantom title change to win the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title. 

1989 

St. Louis, Missouri:

– Greg Evans defeated Larry Williams

– The Cuban Assassin defeated Richard Sartain

– Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia

– Butch Reed pinned Scott Hall

– Rick & Scott Steiner fought Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey to a double count-out

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Tommy Rich

– Dick Murdoch defeated NWA TV Champion the Great Muta via disqualification

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dick Slater in a Texas Death Match

Dallas, Texas:

 – Sheik Braddock & Ron Starr defeated Jeff Jarrett & Matt Bourne to win the USWA Tag Team Titles

1990

Waco, Texas:

– Hector Guerrero defeated Buddy Landel

– Norman defeated the Iron Sheik

– Lou Perez defeated Barry Horowitz

– El Gigante defeated Dr. X (Randy Culley)

– Ricky Morton & Terry Taylor (sub. for Robert Gibson) defeated Bill Irwin (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ron Simmons) & NWA Tag Team Champion Butch Reed

– Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin

Detroit, Michigan:

– Brad Armstrong pinned Dutch Mantel 

– The Master Blasters defeated Tim Horner & Mike Rotundo 

– Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman 

– NWA US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Samoan Swat Team 

– Stan Hansen pinned Tommy Rich 

– The Junkyard Dog pinned Arn Anderson 

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Sid Vicious via count-out 

– NWA World Champion Sting pinned Ric Flair 

1991 

Marietta, Georgia:

– The Lightning Kid defeated Chaz to win the GWF Light Heavyweight Title

Bristol, Tennessee:

– PN News defeated Zan Panzer

– Thomas Rich pinned Mike Graham

– WCW US Tag Team Champions Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification

– Bobby Eaton pinned Thomas Rich

– Dustin Rhodes & Tom Zenk defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin

– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham 

1995

Knoxville, Tennessee:

– Chris Michaels & Flash Flanagan beat The Headbangers

– Butch Cassidy pinned Bad Boy Bully

– Robert Gibson pinned Al Snow

– Tommy Rich DCO Buddy Landel

– Brad Armstrong beat Terry Gordy via DQ

– SMW Tag Team Champions The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey) beat Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy 

1996

WCW War Games: Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

– Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr.

– Ice Train (with Teddy Long) defeated Scott Norton

– Konnan (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Juventud Guerrera to retain the AAA Heavyweight Championship

– Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho

– Rey Misterio Jr. defeated Super Caló to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

– WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys 

– The Giant defeated Randy Savage

– Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash & Sting (NWO Sting) defeated Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Sting in a War Games match

1997 

Charlotte, North Carolina:

– Curt Hennig defeated Steve McMichael for the WCW United States Heavyweight Title

1998 

Sacramento, California:

– Jacqueline defeated Sable for the vacant WWF Women’s Title

– X-Pac defeating D’Lo Brown to win the WWF European Title

2001 

Carrolton, Georgia:

– Scotty Anton defeated Barry Windham to win the Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title

2005 

Windsor, Ontario, Canada:

– Jeff Jarrett won the NWA title from Raven at a Border City Wrestling event

2007

Chicago, Illinois

– Takeshi Morishima defeated Bryan Danielson via referee stoppage to retain the ROH World Title

– Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico to retain the ROH Tag Titles

2012

Chicago Ridge, Illinois:

– Jay Lethal defeated Homicide

– Kevin Steen defeated Rhino to retain the ROH Title in an Anything Goes Match

– Kyle O’Reilly defeated ACH

2018

NJPW Destruction: Hiroshima, Japan:

– Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Kushida beat Sho & Yoh & Rocky Romero

– Bad Luck Fale pinned Toa Henare

– Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Michael Elgin & Ayato Yoshida

– Will Ospreay & Baretta & Chuckie T beat Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens 

– Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori retained the Never trios titles over Juice Robinson & David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi 

– Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano & Gedo beat Taichi & Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru via DQ 

– Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Seiya Sanada & Bushi beat Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. & Desperado & Taka Michinoku

– Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma beat Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi & Jay White 

– Kenny Omega pinned Tomohiro Ishii to retain the IWGP title

2019

WWE Clash of Champions: Charolette, North Carolina:

– Drew Gulak retained the cruiserweight title in a three-way over Humberto Carrillo and Lince Dorado

– A.J. Styles pinned Cedric Alexander to retain the U.S. title

– Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode beat Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins to win the Raw tag titles 

– Bayley pinned Charlotte Flair to retain the Smackdown women’s title

– The Revival beat Big E & Xavier Woods to win the Smackdown tag titles

– Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross beat Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville to retain the women’s tag titles

– Shinsuke Nakamura pinned The Miz to retain the IC title 

– Sasha Banks beat Becky Lynch via DQ so Lynch retained the women’s title

– Kofi Kingston pinned Randy Orton to retain the WWE title

– Erick Rowan beat Roman Reigns in a no DQ match

– Seth Rollins pinned Braun Strowman to retain the WWE title

NJPW Destruction in Beppu: Beppu, Japan:

– Karl Fredericks beat Yota Tsuji 

– Shota Umino bet Alex Coughlin 

– Yuji Nagata & Ryusuke Taguchi & Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura beat Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare & Clark Connors & Michael Richards

– Jushin Liger & Sho & Yoh beat Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki 

– KENTA & Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi & El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori beat Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & 

  Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles 

– Sanada & Shingo Takagi & Bushi beat Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero 

– Tetsuya Naito & Evil beat Jay White & Chase Owens 

– Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa retained the IWGP tag titles over Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi

– Zack Sabre Jr. pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the British heavyweight title

AAA Invades New York: New York City:

– Chris Dickinson & Mascarita Dorada beat Dave the Clown & Demus

– AAA vs. TNA, Josh Alexander & Michael Elgin & Sami Callihan beat Drago & Faby Apache & Murder Clown

– Daga won a four-way for a cruiserweight title shot beating Flamita, Puma King and Aerostar 

– Taya Valkyrie beat Tessa Blanchard to win the Reina de Reinas title

– Pentagon Jr. & Fenix retained the AAA tag titles over LAX 

– Brian Cage & Cain Velasquez & Psycho Clown beat Black Taurus & El Texano Jr. & Rey Escorpion

– Dr. Wagner Jr. pinned Blue Demon Jr.