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1952

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Heart of America Champion Bob Orton Sr. beat The Masked Monster 2/3 falls (“Masked Monster” unmasked, revealing Slim Zimbleman)
– Chief Big Heart and Dutch Hefner drew in 45-minutes 
– Jim Coffield beat Dick Hatcher  

1957 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Stan Mykietowich and Ted Stefanyk defeated Frenchy Champagne and John DePaulo for the Madison Wrestling Club Tag Team Titles 

Amarillo, Texas:
– Dizzy Davis defeated Jim Wright to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title

Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Tag Team Champions, Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton to retain titles
– Sonny  Myers beat Mario DeSouza  

1963

Rochester, Minnesota:
– Non Title:Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne went to a no contest with Rocky Hamilton
– Gene Anderson beat Pepe Gonzales

1964 

Portland, Oregon:
– The Destroyer defeated Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

1965

Portland, Oregon:
– Pat Patterson defeated Pepper Martin for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Johnny Valentine defeated The Sheik to win the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

1970

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons
– The Crusher beat Luke Graham
– Dr. X beat Joe Scarpello
– Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham
– Lars Anderson beat Buddy Smith

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts
– Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Wilbur Snyder & Moose Cholak
– Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig
– Pepper Gomez beat Angelo Poffo

1974

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Mike George & Jim Brunzell defeated Chuck Riley & Taro Kabayoshi
– Tokyo Joe defeated Jim Ledford
– Baron Scicluna & Bob Orton defeated Frank Diamond & Danny Little Bear
– Bob Brown defeated Pat O’Connor via DQ
– Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby defeated Harley Race & Rufus R. Jones in three falls

1976

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant in 2 out of 3 falls
– Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke
– Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk
– Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Duncum
– Larry Hennig beat Frankie Hill
– Jos Leduc beat Don Wade
– Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann

1977

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Bruiser Brody defeated Fritz Von Erich to win the World Class American Heavyweight Title 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Mike Stark beat Don Bass
– Tommy Gilbert beat Dr. Frank
– Bill Dundee beat Buddy Diamond
– Dutch Mantel & David Schultz beat Danny Littlebear & Chief Thundercloud to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– Porkchop Cash beat Southern Champ Rocky Johnson via DQ
– The Mongolian Stomper beat Jerry Lawler via DQ

1978

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Randy Savage defeated Don Kent for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title 

1980 

Jackson, Tennessee:
– Jimmy Valiant won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title from Jerry Lawler

1981

Chicago, Illinois:
– Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd by countout
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson
– Tito Santana beat King Kong Brody by DQ
– Bobo Brazil beat Bobby Vann
– Spike Huber beat Ali Hassan
– Steve Regal drew El Bracero
– Jerry Graham Jr beat Buck Zumhofe

1983

Fort Worth, Texas:
– The Great Kabuki defeated Al Madril to win the World Class Television Title

San Antonio, Texas:
– Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan in a tournament final for the vacant Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Heavyweight Title

1986

Dallas, Texas:
– The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts) defeated Brian Adias and Kerry and Kevin Von Erich to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Titles

1987

Topeka, Kansas:
– Bill Dundee defeated Sam Houston to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

1988 

Montgomery, Alabama:
– Moondog Spot defeated Tom Prichard for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title

Tokyo, Japan:
– Abdullah The Butcher & TNT beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Great Kabuki
– Non Title: AWA Champion Curt Hennig dcor John Tenta
– Genichiro Tenryu & Ashara Hara & Samson Fuyuki beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Wajima & Ishikawa
– Shohei Giant Baba & Akira Taue beat Kimura & Gori Tsurumi
– Buddy Landel beat Toshiaki Kawada
– Tiger Mask II & Nakano beat Pete Roberts & Paul Harris

Greenville, South Carolina:
– Shaska Whatley fought Jimmy Valiant to a draw
– Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
– Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated the Italian Stallion & Chris Champion
– Ricky Santana defeated Terry Taylor
– Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
– NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Jimmy Garvin
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Michael Hayes
– Lex Luger defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson

1993

Bristol, Tennessee:
– Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Brad Armstrong defeated Tony Atlas & Vinnie Vegas
– Brian Pillman defeated Johnny B. Badd
– Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce
– Erik Watts defeated Paul Orndorff (sub. for WCW US Champion Rick Rude)
– 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Steve Austin
– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Van Hammer
– Barry Windham defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat

Windsor Locks, Connecticut:
– The Tazmaniac defeated Flex Wheeler in a tournament final to become the first Century Wrestling Alliance Light Heavyweight Champion 

1996

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich win the USWA Tag Team Title defeating Jesse James Armstrong and Tracy Smothers 

1999

Louisville, Kentucky:
– Rip Rogers defeated Doug Basham for the OVW Heavyweight Title

2000

Greenville, South Carolina:
– David Flair and Crowbar defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner in the finals of a one night tournament to win the vacant WCW World Tag Team Titles

WWF Raw: Miami, Florida:
– Triple H defeated the Big Show to win the WWF Title

2004 

Bayaman, Puerto Rico:
– Abdullah the Butcher won the Universal Heavyweight Title from Carly Colon
– Jose Rivera, Jr. defeated Eddie Colon for the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title