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1956

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Central States title-wire fence around ring match: Dr. Lee Grable defeated Richard Brown to win Central States title

1959

Pensacola, Florida:
- Billy Wicks defeated Pancho Villa in a tournament final to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship

1971

Buffalo, New York:
- Dominic DeNucci defeated Waldo Von Erich for the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title

Miami, Florida:
- The Alaskans (Mike York & Frank Monte) defeated The Australians (Larry O'Day & Ron Miller) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles

1972

Denver, Colorado:
- AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dusty Rhodes
- Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch
- Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco
- Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks

1973

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
- The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
- Chris Taylor (pro debut) beat Rene Goulet
- Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz
- Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco

1974

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
- Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal
- The Crusher beat Horst Hoffman
- Ivan Putski drew Baron Von Raschke
- Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff
- Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan by countout
- Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz

1977

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens by count out
- AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
- Angelo Mosca beat Larry Hennig
- Super Destroyer beat Johnny Solo
- Larry Hennig beat Ivan Crankovic
- Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson

1978

St. Louis, Missouri:(Attendance: 9,998)
- Dick the Bruiser won a non-title bout from NWA Champion Harley Race inside the chain-link fence
- Bobo Brazil defeated Bob Sweetan (sub for Superstar Graham) via DQ
- King Kong Brody defeated Pierre Lefebvre
- Tom Andrews and Pat O’Connor defeated Buck Robley and Hartford Love
- Bob Sweetan defeated Rick Oliver
- David and Kevin Von Erich defeated Coloso Colosetti and Bulldog Bob Brown

Sydney, Australia:
- Andre the Giant & Ron Miller defeated Butcher Brannigan & Ox Baker to win the Australian-Asian heavyweight tag team titles

1979

Osaka, Japan:
- Tastusmi Fujinami defeated Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan)

1980

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Carl Fergie beat Gypsy Joe
- Robert Gibson beat Bill Irwin
- Sonny King beat The Angel via DQ
- Bobby Eaton beat Tony Charles
- Southern Tag Champs Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby beat Ricky Morton & Bill Dundee via DQ
- Jimmy Valiant & Tojo Yamamoto beat Tommy Rich & Koko Ware via DQ

1983

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rick Martel
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera
- Bunkhouse Match: Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan
- Mad Dog Vachon no contest David Shults
- Mr Saito beat Baron Von Raschke
- Superstar Billy Graham beat Steve Olsonoski
- Bulldog Bob Brown beat Bill White

Tokyo, Japan:
- Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan defeated Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis

1986

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Tracy Smothers beat Tom Burton
- Boy Tony beat John Paul
- Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Big Bubba & Goliath when Bubba & Goliath couldn't beat them twice in fifteen minutes
- Jeff Jarrett, Billy Joe Travis, Paul Diamond, & Pat Tanaka beat Tojo Yamamoto, Akio Sato, Tarzan Goto, & Jonathon Boyd
- Jerry Lawler beat The Great Kabuki
- Steve Keirn & Tracy Smothers beat The Rock-n-Roll RPMs via DQ

1993

Onahama, Japan:
- Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Brad Rheingans defeated Black Cat
- Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Yuji Nagata
- Michiyoshi Ohara & the Great Kabuki defeated Satoshi Kojima & El Samurai
- WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masa Saito
- The Great Muta defeated Mike Enos
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Masahiro Chono & Jushin Liger
- Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Shinya Hashimoto, & Tatsumi Fujinami

1994

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Stars & Stripes (The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell) to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles

2001

Glasgow, Scotland:
- Psicosis defeated Juventud Guerrera to win the World Wrestling All-Stars International Cruiserweight Title

2008

Tokyo, Japan:
- Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shuji Kono & Suwama to win NJPW Tag Team Titles

2013

Tokyo, Japan:
- Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win NJPW Tag Team Titles

2017

Overland Park, Kansas:
- Jeremy Wyatt won the NWL Rumble and became the new NWL Champion
- Leo Howlett defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a no holds barred match
- Carolina Rodriguez defeated Savanna Stone
- Foundation (Ace Steel/Michael Strider) defeated Besties in the World to retain NWL Tag Team Titles
- Jet Royal, Sharkbait Gutierrez, Fuego Del Sol defeated Niles Plonk, Everett Connors & Rasheed Ali
- Christian Rose defeated Jojo Bravo

2019

NJPW World Tag League finals: Tokyo, Japan:
- Nagata & Nakanishi beat Kojima & Tenzan
- Cabana & Yano beat Fale & Owens
- Cobb & Nicholls beat Takagi & Terrible
- Tanahashi & Henare beat Goto & Fredericks
- Suzuki & Archer beat KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
- Ibushi & Liger & Tiger Mask beat Okada & Sho & Yoh
- Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi beat Tonga & Loa
- Robinson & Finlay beat Evil & Sanada to win the tournament

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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