{"id":7967,"date":"2021-03-16T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7967"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:24:24","slug":"daily-pro-wrestling-history-03-11-sting-wins-wcw-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7967","title":{"rendered":"Daily Pro Wrestling History (03\/11): Sting wins WCW World title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1941\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis, Minnesota:<br \/>\n&#8211; Bronko Nagurski won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title from Ray Steele<\/p>\n<p>1952\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco, California:\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Hombre Montana defeated Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title<\/p>\n<p>1963<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:<br \/>\n&#8211; Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya defeated Gene Kiniski and Mr. X for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1967<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco, California:<br \/>\n&#8211; Ray Stevens won the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title by defeating Bill Watts\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicago, Illinois:<br \/>\n&#8211; AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig &amp; Harley Race no contest Dick the Bruiser &amp; the Crusher<br \/>\n&#8211; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\n&#8211; Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel<br \/>\n&#8211; Reggie Parks drew Killer Kowalski<br \/>\n&#8211; Johnny Valentine beat Eddie Graham<br \/>\n&#8211; Dory Funk Sr drew Joe Blanchard<\/p>\n<p>1968\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Palm Beach, Florida:<br \/>\n&#8211; Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich defeated Eddie Graham and Lester Welch to win the Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1971\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hattiesburg, Mississippi:<br \/>\n&#8211; Ken Lucas and Johnny West defeated Jack Morrell and Eddie Sullivan for the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1972\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles, California:<br \/>\n&#8211; Masa Saito defeated Dory Dixon for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title<\/p>\n<p>Wichita, Kansas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi won the Central States NWA North American Tag Team Titles from Omar Atlas and Daniel Little Bear<\/p>\n<p>1976<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, Kansas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Omar Atlas defeated Tank Patton via DQ<br \/>\n&#8211; Mike George defeated Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\n&#8211; Texas Death Match: Harley Race defeated Ed Wiskoswki (Colonel DeBeers)<br \/>\n&#8211; Bob Geigel &amp; Akio Sato defeated Otto Von Heller &amp; Bob Brown<\/p>\n<p>1977\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dothan, Alabama:<br \/>\n&#8211; Sonny King defeated Rip Tyler for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1978<\/p>\n<p>Chicago, Illinois:<br \/>\n&#8211; Texas Death Match: Dick The Bruiser beat Ernie Ladd<br \/>\n&#8211; The Crusher beat Super Destroyer COR<br \/>\n&#8211; Billy Robinson &amp; Rufus R Jones beat Pat Patterson &amp; Ray Stevens by DQ<br \/>\n&#8211; Angelo Mosca beat Wilbur Snyder COR<br \/>\n&#8211; Greg Gagne drew Bob Orton Jr<br \/>\n&#8211; Jimmy Valiant beat Spike Huber<\/p>\n<p>1980\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Louisville, Kentucky:<br \/>\n&#8211; Paul Ellering and Sheik Ali Hassan defeated Ken Lucas and Billy Robinson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>1983<\/p>\n<p>Houston, Texas:<br \/>\n&#8211; Chavo Guerrero beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ<br \/>\n&#8211; Tiger Conway Jr &amp; Mr Wrestling II beat Ted Dibiase &amp; Matt Borne to win the Mid-South tag team title<br \/>\n&#8211; Junkyard Dog beat Kamala<br \/>\n&#8211; Mil Mascaras no contest Black Gordman<br \/>\n&#8211; Hacksaw Duggan beat Tony Atlas<br \/>\n&#8211; Kendo Nagasaki beat Mike Sharpe<br \/>\n&#8211; Tim Horner drew Art Crews<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis, Missouri:<br \/>\n&#8211; King Kong Brody no contest with Crusher Blackwell<br \/>\n&#8211; Harley Race defeated Rick Martel<br \/>\n&#8211; Missouri State champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Super Destroyer<br \/>\n&#8211; Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Dewey Robertson and Greg Valentine<br \/>\n&#8211; Ray Hernandez defeated Spike Huber<br \/>\n&#8211; Kim Duk and Yasu Fuji defeated Mark Romero and Manny Fernandez<br \/>\n&#8211; Roger Kirby defeated Buzz Tyler<\/p>\n<p>1985<\/p>\n<p>Memphis, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Mike Sharpe pinned Tracy Smothers<br \/>\n&#8211; Lanny Poffo &amp; Joe Lightfoot beat The Terminators<br \/>\n&#8211; Mark &amp; Brad Batten beat Harley &amp; JR Hogg<br \/>\n&#8211; Randy Savage pinned Adrian Street in a &#8220;lumberjack&#8221; match<br \/>\n&#8211; Steve Constance pinned Jerry Bryant<br \/>\n&#8211; Eddie Gilbert &amp; Mr. Wrestling beat The Rock-n-Roll Express<br \/>\n&#8211; Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones beat The Interns in a &#8220;title vs. masks&#8221; match<br \/>\n&#8211; Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler in a &#8220;Texas death&#8221; match<\/p>\n<p>1989\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa, Florida:<br \/>\n&#8211; Al Perez defeated Mike Graham for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Memphis, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jeff Jarrett defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Caguas, Puerto Rico:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jason the Terrible and Steve Strong defeated The Batten Twins (Bart and Brad) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles<\/p>\n<p>WWF Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event: Hershey, Pennsylvania:<br \/>\n&#8211; Hulk Hogan (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned Bad News Brown\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Ted DiBiase (with Virgil) pinned The Blue Blazer<br \/>\n&#8211; The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (with Bobby Heenan)) and The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) fought\u00a0to a double-countout<\/p>\n<p>1991\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Memphis, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Night Train Jackson beat Keith Roberson<br \/>\n&#8211; Steve Austin pinned Curtis Thompson<br \/>\n&#8211; Brian Christopher &amp; Tony Williams beat The Eliminators<br \/>\n&#8211; JC Ice beat Uptown Bruno<br \/>\n&#8211; Danny Davis beat El Grande Pistolero<br \/>\n&#8211; Bill Dundee beat Doug Gilbert<br \/>\n&#8211; Steve Austin won a battle royal<br \/>\n&#8211; Jerry Lawler pinned Terry Funk to win the USWA Unified World Title (Jackie Fargo was the special referee)<br \/>\n&#8211; Eric Embry &amp; Tom Pritchard NC Jeff Jarrett &amp; Eddie Gilbert in a &#8220;Texas death steel cage&#8221; match<\/p>\n<p>1993<\/p>\n<p>London, England:<br \/>\n&#8211; WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff defeated Michael Hayes<br \/>\n&#8211; WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes fought NWA World Champion Barry Windham to a double count-out in a non-title match<br \/>\n&#8211; Maxx Payne pinned Cactus Jack<br \/>\n&#8211; Johnny B. Badd defeated Vinnie Vegas<br \/>\n&#8211; Van Hammer defeated Scotty Flamingo<br \/>\n&#8211; Davey Boy Smith defeated Rick Rude via disqualification<br \/>\n&#8211; Sting pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader to win the title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Springs, Tennessee:<br \/>\n&#8211; Brian Lee pinned Tom Prichard\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Tim Horner pinned the Nightstalker\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Tracy Smothers pinned SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy in a non title match<br \/>\n&#8211; Ricky Morton &amp; Robert Gibson defeated Stan Lane &amp; Tom Prichard<br \/>\n&#8211; Tracy Smothers won a battle royal<\/p>\n<p>1994<\/p>\n<p>Paintsville, Kentucky:<br \/>\n&#8211; Chris Jericho &amp; Lance Storm defeated the Infernos<br \/>\n&#8211; Tracy Smothers defeated Chris Candido in a non-title ladder match<br \/>\n&#8211; Bob Armstrong defeated Dick Murdoch &amp; Jim Cornette in a handicap match<br \/>\n&#8211; Ricky Morton &amp; Robert Gibson defeated Tom Prichard &amp; Jimmy Del Ray via disqualification<br \/>\n&#8211; SMW Heavyweight Champion Dirty White Boy &amp; Dirty White Girl defeated Brian Lee &amp; Tammy Fytch<\/p>\n<p>Halle, Germany:<br \/>\n&#8211; Marcus Alexander Bagwell &amp; Johnny B. Badd defeated Ron Simmons &amp; Harlem Heat Kole<br \/>\n&#8211; Frank Anderson defeated Harlem Heat Kane<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Maxx Payne<br \/>\n&#8211; Vader defeated Paul Roma<br \/>\n&#8211; Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff<br \/>\n&#8211; Sting &amp; Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW US Champion Steve Austin &amp; Ron Simmons<br \/>\n&#8211; WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal defeated Maxx Payne<br \/>\n&#8211; WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated Johnny B. 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