{"id":5678,"date":"2020-07-17T14:14:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=5678"},"modified":"2020-07-17T14:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:14:34","slug":"daily-pro-wrestling-history-01-01-sam-muchnick-retirement-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=5678","title":{"rendered":"Daily Pro Wrestling History (01\/01): Sam Muchnick retirement show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1931\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Columbus, Ohio:<br \/>\n&#8211; Joe Banaski defeated Nick Bozinis to become the first Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Champion<\/p>\n<p>1936\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Detroit, Michigan:<br \/>\n&#8211; The Great Mephisto defeated Walter Roxey to win the MWA World Light Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>1940<\/p>\n<p>Eugene, Oregon:<br \/>\n&#8211; Pete Belcastro defeated Ernie Piluso for the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1941<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph, Kansas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Orville Brown beat Tom Zaharias\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Ras Samara beat Jay Steele\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Mel Peters drew Frank Frogge<\/p>\n<p>1943<\/p>\n<p>Columbus, Ohio:<br \/>\n&#8211; Billy Thom defeated Martino Angelo for the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1949<\/p>\n<p>Waco, Texas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Dizzy Davis defeated Antonino Rocca for the Texas Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1950<\/p>\n<p>Portland, Oregon:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jack O&#8217;Reilly defeated Buck Weaver to win the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>1954<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City, Mexico:<br \/>\n&#8211; El Santo defeated Sugi Sito for the NWA World Middleweight Title<\/p>\n<p>1959<\/p>\n<p>Mobile, Alabama:<br \/>\n&#8211; Billy Wicks defeated Lee Fields to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, Kansas:<br \/>\n&#8211; NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton beat Bob Ellis 2 out of 3 falls<br \/>\n&#8211; The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) beat The Hamilton Brothers (Joe and Larry Hamilton)\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Bobby Bruns and Lee Henning wrestled to a time limit draw<br \/>\n&#8211; Rip Hawk beat Joe Scarpa\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1961<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth, Texas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Rocket and Sputnik Monroe defeated Duke Keomuka and Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1963<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis, Minnesota:<br \/>\n&#8211; Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Mr. High (Doug Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Dick Steinborn) for the AWA World Tag Team Title<br \/>\n&#8211; Larry Hennig beat Karl Von Shoberg<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Art and Stan Neilson defeated Karl and Kurt Von Brauner to win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1970<\/p>\n<p>Amarillo, Texas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Dick Murdoch defeated The Lawman (Don Slatton) for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Omaha, Nebraska:<br \/>\n&#8211; Stan Pulaski defeated Tarzan Tyler for the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland, Ohio:<br \/>\n&#8211; Bulldog Brower defeated Johnny Powers to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, Kansas:<br \/>\n&#8211; The Stomper &amp; Bob Geigel defeated Tor Kamata &amp; Masao Komura\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Ernie Ladd defeated Bob Brown\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Ernie Ladd won a 14-man Battle Royal<\/p>\n<p>1971<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph, Missouri:<br \/>\n&#8211; Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Roger Kirby\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1975<\/p>\n<p>Nashville, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler defeated Jackie Fargo and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1978<\/p>\n<p>Greensboro, North Carolina:<br \/>\n&#8211; Blackjack Mulligan defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>1979<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta, Georgia:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1980<\/p>\n<p>Memphis, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Ricky and Robert Gibson won the AWA Southern Tag Team Title from The Assassins<\/p>\n<p>1982<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo, Japan:<br \/>\n&#8211; Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) defeated The Dynamite Kid to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis, Missouri: (Sam Muchnick retirement show)<br \/>\n&#8211; Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes in 2 out of 3 fall to retain the NWA World Title<br \/>\n&#8211; Dick the Bruiser defeated NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Ken Patera to win the title<br \/>\n&#8211; David Von Erich &amp; Rufus R. Jones wrestled Harley Race and Greg Valentine to a time limit draw<br \/>\n&#8211; Crusher Blackwell defeated Ox Baker &amp; Bruce Reed<br \/>\n&#8211; Pat O&#8217;Conner defeated Bob Sweetan<br \/>\n&#8211; Bob Brown wrestled Jerry Brown to a draw<br \/>\n&#8211; Dewey Robertson defeated Von Raschke<\/p>\n<p>1983<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio, Texas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan to win the vacant SCW Southwest Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco, California:<br \/>\n&#8211; AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pat Patterson<br \/>\n&#8211; Hulk Hogan beat Ken Patera<\/p>\n<p>Portland, Oregon:<br \/>\n&#8211; The Assassin and Rip Oliver defeated Billy Jack (Haynes) and Stan Stasiak for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1984<\/p>\n<p>Memphis, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jerry Lawler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Southern Tag Team Champions Fabulous Ones ddq Moondogs<br \/>\n&#8211; Sabu (sub Jos Leduc) beat Austin Idol<br \/>\n&#8211; Bruise Brothers beat Terry Taylor &amp; Stagger Lee<br \/>\n&#8211; Stretcher match: Rock and Roll Express beat A Team<br \/>\n&#8211; Dutch Mantell &amp; Stagger Lee beat Giant Frazier &amp; Terry Gibbs<\/p>\n<p>1985<\/p>\n<p>Tampa, Florida:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jay and Mark Youngblood defeated Krusher Khrushchev and Jim Neidhart to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1986<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis, Missouri:<br \/>\n&#8211; Brad &amp; Bart Batten defeated Akio Sato &amp; Sheik Abdullah<br \/>\n&#8211; Tarzan Goto defeated Gary Jackson<br \/>\n&#8211; Bob Brown defeated Marty Jannetty<br \/>\n&#8211; Jimmy Valiant defeated Mr. Pogo<br \/>\n&#8211; NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard via disqualification<br \/>\n&#8211; Dusty Rhodes &amp; the Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff, NWA National Tag Team Champions Ole &amp; Arn Anderson<br \/>\n&#8211; Harley Race fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double disqualification<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta, Georgia:<br \/>\n&#8211; Sam Houston defeated Jim Jeffers<br \/>\n&#8211; Manny Fernandez defeated Tony Zane<br \/>\n&#8211; Ron Bass defeated Thunderfoot<br \/>\n&#8211; Ron Garvin defeated Black Bart<br \/>\n&#8211; Bobby Eaton &amp; Dennis Condrey defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton &amp; Robert Gibson in a non-title match<br \/>\n&#8211; NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard via disqualification<br \/>\n&#8211; Dusty Rhodes &amp; the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, National Tag Team Champions Ole &amp; Arn Anderson via disqualification<\/p>\n<p>Tulsa, Oklahoma:<br \/>\n&#8211; Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Jake Roberts won the Mid-South Television Title, defeating Dick Slater in the finals of a month-long tournament<\/p>\n<p>1988<\/p>\n<p>Des Moines, Iowa:<br \/>\n&#8211; Masahiro Chono defeated Mike George to become the last NWA Central States Television Champion<\/p>\n<p>1990<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo, Japan:<br \/>\n&#8211; Bull Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final to win the vacant AJW title<\/p>\n<p>1992<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta, Georgia:<br \/>\n&#8211; Terrance Taylor &amp; Big Josh defeated Richard Morton &amp; Tomas Rich\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Diamond Dallas Page pinned Brad Anderson\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; The Young Pistols defeated the Patriots\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Johnny B. 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