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Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/09): Chris Jericho becomes Undisputed Champion

1967

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Verne Gagne & Bill Watts no contest Harley Race & Hard Boiled Haggerty
– Dr X beat Rene Goulet
– Handicap Match: Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels & Big K
– Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay
– Steve Druk drew Mark Starr

1974 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Jack Brisco beat Giant Baba to win the NWA World Heavyweight title
 
1976

Tokyo, Japan:
– Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk to win the JWA/NWA International tag team titles

Denver, Colorado:
– The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon by DQ
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis 
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson
– Pat O’Connor beat Blackjack Lanza
– Ray Stevens dcor Pedro Morales
– Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby

1977

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell
– Super Destroyer & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Larry Hennig (sub Crusher) & George Gadaski
– Ray Stevens no contest Angelo Mosca
– Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay

1979

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest The Crusher 
– Greg Gagne & Steve Olsonoski no contest Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark III
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Dino Bravo
– Buddy Wolff beat Ron Ritchie
– Buck Zumhofe beat Peter Sandor Szabo

1983

St. Louis, Missouri: 
– David Von Erich and Harley Race went to a double DQ; Von Erich retained the Missouri State title
– Dick the Bruiser & Rick Martel defeated Ken Patera and Crusher Blackwell by DQ
– Bob Orton defeated Rufus R. Jones
– Austin Idol defeated Buddy Landel by DQ
– Ron Ritchie defeated Paul Orndorff by DQ
– Scott Harris & Buzz Tyler defeated MEB and 666 by DQ
– Bobby Fulton defeated Doug Somers

1985 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Mega Maharishi pinned Tojo Yamamoto
– Rick Casey pinned Tony Falk
– Koko Ware & Phil Hickerson beat Freedom Fighters Flash & Justice via DQ
– The Kiwi Sheepherders beat The Fantastics
– Tom Pritchard, Pat Rose, & Sherri Martel beat The Fabulous Ones in a handicap match
– Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol beat Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel won a two-ring battle royal

1986 

Spartansburg, South Carolina:
– Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship

1988

Tokyo, Japan:
– Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kerry Von Erich for the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title

Mexico City, Mexico:
– Lizmark beat Fabuloso Blondie (Ken Timbs) to win the NWA Light Heavyweight title

1989

Tokyo, Japan:
– Stan Hansen & Genchiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu winning the vacant Unified tag titles

1990 

Naucalpan, Mexico:
– El Canek defeated Vader to win the UWA title

1991

Tokyo, Japan:
– Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto defeated Gregory Veritchev & Koba Krutanize in the finals of a tournament to win the FMW-based WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Titles 

1993

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

1994 

Morgantown, North Carolina:
– Tracy Smothers beat Bryant Anderson
– The Dirty White Boy beat Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam via pinfall in a handicap match
– Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy beat Chris Candido & Boo Bradley
– SMW Tag Champs The Gangstas beat The Rock-n-Roll Express un a “ghetto street fight” match

1995

Saitama, Japan:
– Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke defeated Cactus Jack & Tiger Jeet Singh in the finals of a tournament to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck and Steve Austin in a Three Way Dance to win the title

Tokyo, Japan:
– Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi defeated Toshio Kawada & Akira Taue
 
1997

Louisville, Kentucky:
– Bull Pain defeated Paul Diamond in Louisville, Kentucky to become IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion

2000

Tokyo, Japan:
– Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams defeated Toshio Kawada & Masa Fuchi 

2001

WWF Vengeance: San Diego, California:
– Scotty 2 Hotty & Albert defeated Test & WWF European Champion Christian 
– WWF IC Champion Edge pinned William Regal 
– Jeff Hardy pinned Matt Hardy 
– WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz (w/ Stacy Keibler) defeated Kane & the Big Show 
– The Undertaker pinned WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam
– WWF Women’s Champion Trish Stratus pinned Jackie 
– WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned Kurt Angle 
– Chris Jericho pinned WCW World Champion the Rock to win the title 
– WCW World Champion Chris Jericho pinned WWF World Champion Steve Austin to unify the titles 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Takeo Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC tag team titles
– Naomichi Marafuji defeated Tatsuhiko Takaiwa to win the Junior Heavyweight title

2012

TNA Final Resolution: Orlando, Florida:
– Rob Van Dam defeated Kenny King to retain the TNA X Division Title
– Austin Aires defeated Bully Ray
– Tara defeated Mickie James to retain the Knockouts Title
– Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles
– Jeff Hardy defeated Bobby Roode to retain the TNA World Title

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