Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/05): Ospreay defeats Shingo to win 2019 Best of the Super Juniors
1941
St. Louis, Missouri
– Sandor Szabo defeated Bronko Nagurski for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title
1947
Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat The Swedish Angel in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ralph Garibaldi Jack McDonald by third fall DQ
– Tug Carlson beat Dan O’Connor
– Jack Hader beat Jack Page
1952
Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Duseks (Dick, Ernie and Joe Dusek) beat Steve Gob, Sonny Myers and Bob Orton Sr. in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ronnie Etchison beat Tony Galento 2 out of 3 falls
– Joe Dusek and Bob Orton Sr. went to a time limit draw
1958
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Sonny Myers went to a no contest with Otto Von Krupp
– Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Bob Orton and Rip Hawk
1967
Davenport, Iowa:
– Johnny Powers beat the Crusher in a Texas Death Match
– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Earl Maynard
– Jack Lanza beat Big K (Stan Kowalski)
1971
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
– Strong Kobayashi beat Bull Bullinski
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond
1976
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke by DQ
– Russ Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
– Buddy Wolff beat Scott Irwin
1977
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis beat Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby
– Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales
– Bob Backlund wrestled to a draw with Billy Robinson
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo
– Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog) beat David Schultz
– Tommy Gilbert & Jim Garvin beat The Exterminators
– Rocky Johnson beat Mike Stark via DQ
– Southern Tag Team Champions Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey beat Tommy Rich & Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog)
– Tommy Rich and Phil Hickerson won a two-ring battle royal
– Southern Champion Paul Orndorff beat Leroy Brown
1978
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Bryant beat Mike Hendricks
– Hans Schroeder & The Assassin beat Kojak & Steve Kyle
– Porkchop Cash beat Norvell Austin via DQ
– Jimmy Valiant, Rocky Johnson, & Bill Dundee beat John Louie, Sonny King, & Gorgeous George Jr
– Jos LeDuc beat Jerry Lawler via DQ
– Jerry Lawler won a two-ring battle royal
1982
Rockford, Illinois:
– Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Hulk Hogan & Baron Von Raschke
– Rick Martel beat Bobby Heenan
– Ken Patera beat Brad Rheingans
– Buck Zumhofe beat Sgt Goulet
1989
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Tokyo, Japan:
– Yoshinari Ogawa pinned Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
– Kenta Kobashi pinned Johnny Smith
– Mighty Inoue pinned Goro Tsurumi
– Shinichi Nakano, Isao Takagi, & Akira Taue beat Dick Slater, Don Muraco, & Mitch Snow
– PWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Mitsuo Momota pinned Isamu Teranishi
– Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura, & The Great Kabuki beat Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen, & Masanobu Fuchi
– Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki to win the All Asian Tag Title
– Yoshiaki Yatsu pinned Shunji Takano
– Dan Spivey pinned Sting
– Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
– Genichiro Tenryu pinned Jumbo Tsuruta to win the All Japan Triple Crown
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Frankie Lancaster beat Ken Draper
– Tracy Smothers & Frankie Lancaster beat Mr. Devastation & Spike Huber
– Chris Champion & Mark Starr beat Alan Reynolds & Jimmy Masters
– Dutch Mantel double count out with Freddie
– Action Jackson & Billy Joe Travis beat Robert Fuller & Brian Lee to win the CWA Tag Team Titles
– Jerry Lawler & Freddie beat PY Chu-HI & The Master of Pain
1992
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Dixie Dynamite defeated Dutch Mantell
– Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony defeated Joey Maggs
– Robert Gibson defeated Killer Kyle
– Buddy Landel defeated Tim Horner
– The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) defeated Johnny and Davey Rich
– Brian Lee defeated Paul Orndorff by disqualification
Rock Hill, South Carolina:
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Scotty Flamingo
– Super Invader (Hercules Hernandez) pinned Tom Zenk
– Larry Zbyszko pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell
– WCW Light Heavyweight Champion, Brian Pillman pinned Richard Morton
– WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine
– Barry Windham pinned Bobby Eaton
– Sting, Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff beat Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Steve Austin
2000
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk for the WCW Hardcore Title
2001
Grand Forks, North Dakota:
– Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
2019
Best of the Super Juniors Finals: Tokyo, Japan:
– Dragon Lee & Titan & Shota Umino beat Bandido & Johnathan Gresham & Ren Narita
– Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo & Robbie Eagles beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Sho & Yoh
– Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask beat Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki
– Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Bushi & Sanada beat Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
– Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero beat Brody King & Marty Scurll
– Jay White pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi
– Jon Moxley pinned Juice Robinson to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight title
– Will Ospreay beat Shingo Takagi to win the Best of the Super Juniors tournament