Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/23): HHH wins WWF Title on Raw
1929
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Dick Shikat defeated Jim Londos to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title
1941
San Francisco, California:
– Frank Sexton defeated Bill Longson for the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1944
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Yvon Robért defeated Frank Sexton to win the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title
– Sandor Szabo defeated Dean Detton for the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1955
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Bronko Nagurski & Ilio DiPaolo beat Ike Eakins & Kinji Shibuya by DQ
– Adrian Baillargeon beat Johnny Moochy
– Johnny Kostas beat Stan Kowalski
– Red Bastien drew Oni Wiki Wiki
1956
Augusta, Georgia:
– Don McIntyre & Red McIntyre defeated Eddie Gossett (Eddie Graham) & Art Nelson to win the Georgia Tag Team Titles
1958
Sacramento, California:
– Gene Dubuque and Mike Valentino defeated Ramon Torres and Dick Warren for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
1961
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Whipper Billy Watson defeated Gene Kiniski to win the Vancouver NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship
Mobile, Alabama:
– Dick Dunn defeated Dr. Jerry Graham for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1963
Los Angeles, California:
– Bearcat Wright defeated Fred Blassie by countout to win the World Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title
1968
Atlanta, Georgia:
– In a match for the Georgia Heavyweight Title, The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeated Tarzan Tyler to win the title
1972
Winter Haven, Florida:
– Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
– Bob Orton Sr drew Hiro Matsuda
– Mike George beat Taurus
– George McCreary beat Bob Orton Jr (sub Dick Slater)
1973
Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
– Ken Lucas defeated Rocket Monroe for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title
1974
Atlanta, Georgia:
– In a No Disqualification match for the Georgia Heavyweight Title versus the Mask of Mr. Wrestling #2; Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated Buddy Colt to win the title
1975
San Francisco, California:
– The Invaders defeated Moondog Mayne and Pat Patterson for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
1977
Shreveport, Louisiana:
– The Medics won the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Title by defeating Porkchop Cash and Mike George
Tampa, Florida:
– Jerry Brisco and Steve Keirn defeated Tony Marino and Buddy Roberts
– NWA Florida Television Champion Pedro Morales defeated Pat Patterson to retain the title
– NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Buddy Wolff to retain the title
– WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham defeated Rocky Johnson to retain the title
– Don Muraco defeated NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion Ivan Koloff by disqualification to retain the title
1978
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– In a non title match; Andre The Giant beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Hawaiian Title Match; Don Muraco drew Tor Kamata
– Mike Cunningham & John Tolos & Steve Strong beat Mr. Fuji & Prof Tanaka & Karl Von Steiger
– Mr. Fuji beat Missing Link Pampero Firpo
– Reno Tuufuli ddq John Studd
– Bill Francis beat Randy Morse
1979
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– Baron Von Raschke and Paul Jones defeated Blackjack Mulligan and Ric Flair to win the NWA World Tag Team Titles
1980
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Dino Bravo no contest Nick Bockwinkel
– AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Mad Dog Vachon & Angelo Mosca by DQ
– In a Weasel Suit match, Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan
– In a Handicap Match, John Studd beat Kenny Jay & Juan Valez
– Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff
San Antonio, Texas:
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tully Blanchard to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title
1982
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood defeated Don Kernoodle and Jim Nelson to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles
1986
Kawasaki, Japan:
– Dump Matsumoto and Bull Nakano defeated The Crush Gals (Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo) to win the WWWA World Tag Team Titles
– Yukari Oomori defeats Devil Masami for the WWWA World Singles Title
1987
Marietta, Georgia:
– Bruiser Brody ddq Abdullah The Butcher
– Original Midnight Express Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose beat Wahoo McDaniel & Jerry Blackwell by DQ
– Jon Michael & Steve Lawler won a tag team Battle Royal
– in an Elimination Match, Jon Michaels & Mr Wrestling II & Grizzly Boone beat Ken Timbs & Luke Graham & The Nightmare
– Mr. Olympia beat Tony Anthony by DQ
– Kevin Blackwell beat Nick Busick by DQ
– The Bullet beat Mike Golden
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig dcor Jerry Lawler
– Mr USA (Jerry Oates under a mask) drew Mighty Igor
1991
Dallas, Texas:
– The Patriot defeated Al Perez to become the first GWF North American Heavyweight Champion
1993
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jeff Jarrett defeated USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion The Vampire Warrior (Gangrel) to win the title
– Miss Texas (Jacqueline) defeated USWA Women’s Champion Luna Vachon to win the title
1999
WCW Monday Nitro: Las Vegas, Nevada:
– The West Texas Rednecks (Barry and Kendall Windham) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win the titles
– WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan fought Sting to a no-contest to retain the title
WWF Monday Night Raw: Ames, Iowa:
– Triple H pinned WWF Champion Mankind after the Pedigree to win the title
2009
WWE SummerSlam: Los Angeles, California:
– WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated John Cena to retain the title
– CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy to win the World Title in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match
2015
WWE SummerSlam: Brooklyn, New York:
– The Undertaker defeated Brock Lesnar
– The New Day won the WWE tag titles in a four way over champions Titus O’Neil & Darren Young, Los Matadores and Sin Cara & Kalisto
– Seth Rollins pinned John Cena to win the U.S. title in a WWE title vs. U.S. title match