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Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/16): TNA Sacrifice 2010

1922

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Henry Ordemann 2 falls to none

1934

St. Louis, Missouri:

– World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Richard “Dick” Shikat 
– Orville Brown and Ray Steele went to a draw
– George Zaharias beat Matros Kirilenko 

1952

Tacoma, Washington:

– Roger Mackay defeated The Masked Marvel (Buddy Knox) for the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title 

1963

Washington, DC:

– Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy defeated Buddy Austin and The Great Scott to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles

Houston, Texas:

– Bull Curry defeated Jack Dalton for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title

1964

Omaha, Nebraska:

– Verne Gagne defeated Mad Dog Vachon for the AWA World Heavyweight title
– Reggie Parks beat Frisco Montana
– Mongolian Stomper beat George Drake
– Rocky Hamilton drew Jack Pesek

1967 

Little Rock, Arkansas:

– Togo Shikuma and Chati Yokouchi defeated Jack Brisco and Gorgeous George Jr. to win the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles

Tampa, Florida:

– Boris Malenko defeated Wahoo McDaniel for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

1969

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:

– Archie Gouldie (The Mongolian Stomper) defeated Angelo Mosca for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title 

Atlanta, Georgia:

– The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeated El Mongol to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title 

1970

Portland, Oregon:

– The Claw defeated Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in a no time limit match
– Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double X dq
– Edouard Carpentier drew Blackjack Lanza
– Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek 
– Joe Scarpello beat Billy Howard

1972

Tampa, Florida:

– Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

1973

Buffalo, New York:

– Johnny Powers defeated Eric The Animal to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title 

Honolulu, Hawaii:

– Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham in an Indian deathmatch 
– North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson via DQ
– Ivan Koloff and Ken Patera went to a double DQ
– Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson
– Ed Francis beat Bob Ramstead
– Neff Maiava beat The Masked Man

1975 

Tokyo, Japan:

– Antonio Inoki defeated Killer Karl Krupp by submission to win the annual NJPW World League tournament

1977

Tokyo, Japan:

– Giant Baba defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

1980

San Antonio, Texas:

– Al Madril and Tom Prichard defeated Jack Evans and Pampero Firpo to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

St. Louis, Missouri:

– Missouri Champion Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich in 2 out of 3 falls
– King Kong Brody and Dick Murdoch went to a draw 
– Dick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Takachiho and Lord Alfred Hayes 
– WWF Champion Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby
– Pat O’Connor defeated Bobby Jaggers
– Spike Huber and Tom Andrews defeated Guy Mitchell and Billy Howard

1981

Tulsa, Oklahoma:

– Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton defeated The Akbar Army (Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane) to win the NWA Tri-State Tag Team titles

San Juan, Puerto Rico:
– Kim Song defeated Tommy Gilbert for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title 

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1983

Memphis, Tennessee:

– The Ace of Spades pinned Bobby Fulton
– King Cobra beat The Angel
– Stagger Lee, Mad Dog, Terry Taylor, Carl Fergie, & Steve O beat Dream Machine, Porkchop Cash, The Lone Ranger & The Galaxians
– The Rock N’ Roll Express and The Galaxians went to a no contest
– Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers beat The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Team Titles 
– Bill Dundee beat Dutch Mantel in a scaffold match to win the Southern Title
– Ken Patera pinned Jerry Lawler to win the CWA International Title

1984

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada:

– Wojo Yawrenko defeated Al Tomko to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title 

1986

Green Bay, Wisconsin:

– Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen by dq
– Scott LeDoux beat Larry Zbyszko
– Midnight Rockers beat Boris Zhukov & Colonel DeBeers (sub Nord the Barbarian)
– Scott Hall beat Doug Somers
– Curt Hennig beat Buddy Rose 
– Brad Rheingans beat Earthquake Ferris 

1987

Atlanta, Georgia:

– The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Ronnie Garvin and Barry Windham in the finals of a six-team tournament for the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1988 

Memphis, Tennessee:

– AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Bill Dundee
– Robert Fuller beat Jeff Jarrett 
– CWA Champion Max Pain beat Curt Hennig via DQ
– Gary Young drew Scott Steiner
– Cuban Assassins and Bruise Brothers went to a double DQ
– Billy Travis beat Doug Gilbert by dq
– Tommy Gilbert beat Tom Brandi

1991 

Mexico City, Mexico:

– Villano III defeated El Signo to win the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title 
– Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won a tournament to become the first UWA World Tag Team Champions

Richmond, Virginia:

– Sam Houston pinned Rip Morgan
– Brad Armstrong pinned Joey Maggs
– Tracy Smothers pinned Dr. X
– Stan Hansen pinned Ricky Morton
– Ron Simmons defeated Butch Reed via disqualification
– WCW Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner & Ranger Ross (sub. for Scott Steiner) defeated Michael Hayes & Angel of Death (sub. for Jimmy Garvin)
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a no contest

1992

Charleston, South Carolina:

– Big Josh pinned Richard Morton
– Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion defeated Thomas Rich & Tracy Smothers
– Ron Simmons pinned Diamond Dallas Page
– WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
– Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Steve Austin 
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match

1992 

Hazard, Kentucky:

– Killer Kyle pinned Rex Hargrove
– Dixie Dynamite beat Dutch Mantell
– Robert Gibson pinned Jimmy Golden
– Tim Horner pinned Buddy Landel
– Brian Lee pinned The Dirty White Boy (Bob Armstrong as referee)
– Johnny & Davey Rich beat Stan Lane & Jim Cornette 

1998 

Anaheim, California:

– The Undertaker defeated Kane in a lights out match
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Road Dogg & Billy Gunn defeated LOD 2000 to retain
– WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion the Rock to retain 

2010 

TNA Sacrifice | Orlando, Florida:

– The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
– TNA Global Champion Rob Terry defeated Orlando Jordan to retain
– Doug Williams defeated Frankie Kazarian to win the X Division Title
– Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne defeated Tara in a title vs. career match to retain
– Tag Team Champions The Band (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore) to retain
– Abyss defeated Desmand Wolfe (with Chelsea)
– Jeff Hardy defeated Mr. Anderson
– Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett
– World Champion Rob Van Dam defeated AJ Styles (with Ric Flair) to retain