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Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/22): Chris Jericho wins ECW TV title

1947 

Waterloo, Iowa:

– Orville Brown beat Ras (Seelie) Samara to retain the World Title

1968

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– Bill Watts beat Harley Race

– Dutch Savage beat Dr X on a 3rd fall DQ

– Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig

1972 

Peoria, Illinois:

– Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig 

– Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi

– Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji & Juan Sebastian defeated Rufus R. Jones & The Viking & Ronnie Etchison

– Black Angus & Roger Kirby defeated Omar Atlas & Danny Little Bear 

– The Stomper fought Harley Race to a 60 minute draw

1974

Duluth, Minnesota:

– Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham by DQ

– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz

– Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig 

– Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff

1979 

Rockford, Illinois:

– Mad Dog Vachon & Greg Gagne beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens

– Bobby Duncum beat Billy Robinson

– In a Pose Down, Paul Ellering beat Jesse Ventura

1980 

Greensboro, North Carolina:

– Ray Stevens & Jimmy Snuka defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Titles

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– Jumbo Tsuruta beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ

– Giant Baba beat Super Destroyer Mark II

– Greg Gagne no contest Jesse Ventura

– Dino Bravo beat Adrian Adonis

– John Studd beat Steve Olsonoski 

– Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff

1984 

St. Louis, Missouri:

– NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Wahoo McDaniel

– Crusher Blackwell & Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes beat Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson & Iceman Parsons

– Missouri State Champion Harley Race beat Curt Hennig

– Nick Bockwinkel beat Steve Olsonoski

– Ted Oates (sub Jim Duggan) beat Luke Graham 

– Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers beat The Grapplers

– TG Stone defeated Art Crews

– Ted Oates defeated Akio Sato

1985

Pro Wrestling USA: East Rutherford, New Jersey:

– In a Boot Camp Cage match; Sgt. Slaughter beat Kamala

– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel

– Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Zbyszko by DQ

– Fabulous Freebirds, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts beat Curt Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Duggan

– Butch Reed beat Baron Von Raschke 

– Bobby Duncum beat Steve O

1986 

Green Bay, Wisconsin:

– In a Cage Match: AWA Champion Stan Hansen beat Nick Bockwinkel

– Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne beat Boris Zukhov & Nord The Barbarian & Sheik Adnan

– Jerry Blackwell beat Boris Zukhov (sub King Kong Brody) by countout

– AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers beat Midnight Rockers

– Curt Hennig drew Larry Zbyszko 

– Colonel DeBeers beat Scott Hall by DQ

1990

Dallas, Texas:

– Bill Dundee defeated John Tatum for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

1991

Chicago, Illinois:

– Larry Zbyzsko (sub. for Black Blood) pinned Sam Houston

– Oz pinned Joey Maggs (sub. for Tim Horner)

– Tom Zenk (sub. for WCW Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner) & WCW Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner defeated Stan Hansen (sub. for the Angel of Death) & Dan Spivey via disqualification

– Ron Simmons defeated the One Man Gang via disqualification

– WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Nikita Koloff in a Russian chain match

– Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Sting & Brian Pillman in an elimination match

– WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated El Gigante via count-out in a No DQ match

1992

WCW Clash of the Champions: Charleston, South Carolina:

– Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated Joe & Dean Malenko

– Rick Rude & Steve Austin defeated Marcus Bagwell & Tom Zenk

– Terry Gordy & Steve Williams defeated Larry & Jeff O’Day

– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Miguel Perez, Jr. & Ricky Santana

– Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

– The Freebirds (Michael Hayse & Jimmy Garvin) defeated El Texano & Silver King

– Jushin Liger & Brian Pillman defeated Chris Benoit & Beef Wellington

– Akira Nogami & Hiro Hase defeated The Headhunters (Arn Anderson & Bob Cook under masks)

– Terry Gordy & Steve Williams defeated Rick & Scott Steiner

1995

Jenkins, Kentucky:

– Boo Bradley defeated Killer Kyle

– Steve Armstrong defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion Buddy Landel via disqualification

– Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy defeated the Headbangers

– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Al Snow & Unabom

1996

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

– Chris Jericho defeated Pitbull #2 for the ECW World Television Title

2014

ROH Best in the World: Nashville, Tennessee:

– ACH defeated TaDarius Thomas, Caprice Coleman, B.J. Whitmer, Takaaki Watanabe and Tommaso Ciampa

– Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini and Seleziya Sparx) defeated Matt Taven to retain the ROH World Television Championship

– Cedric Alexander defeated Roderick Strong (with Adam Page and TaDarius Thomas)

– The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis and Nick Searcy) in a no DQ match

– Kevin Steen defeated Silas Young

– reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship

– Michael Elgin defeated Adam Cole to win the ROH World Championship

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