Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/19): Styles wins TNA X Division Title; Jay Lethal wins ROH World Title
1939
Hollywood, California:
– Leroy McGuirk defeated Jon Swneski to win the World Junior Heavyweight Title
1941
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo beat Bronko Nagurski
– Don McIntyre beat Cherry Vanilla
– Warren Bockwinkel defeated Joe Dusek
1958
Kansas City; Kansas:
– Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Emil Dusek, Ricci Sexton and Otto Von Krupp 2 falls to 1
– Joe Scarpa beat Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton
– Otto Von Krupp drew Thor Hagen
– Bobby Bruns beat Emil Dusek via dq
1959
– Fred Blassie defeated Dick Gunkel (Dick Steinborn) for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1962
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq
– Doug Gilbert beat Crybaby Cannon
– Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski
1967
Davenport, Iowa:
– In the first ever cage match held in Davenport; The Crusher beat Johnny Powers
– Harley Race beat Rene Goulet
– Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
– Chris Markoff beat Billy Wicks
1969
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dick Murdoch and K.O. Kox defeated Luke Brown and Tor Kamata to win the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
1971
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– In a Cage Match, The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
– Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr. Big Bill Miller
– Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas
1973
Mobile, Alabama:
– The Lumberjack defeated The Mighty Mongol to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1974
Peoria, Illinois:
– In an Indian Strap Match; Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi
– Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff
– Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski
– Greg Gagne beat Bill Howard
– Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Billy Graham beat The Crusher dq
– Gene Kiniski beat Dory Funk Jr
1978
West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Dusty Rhodes defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
1979
Allentown, Pennsylvania:
– Pat Patterson defeated Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Title
1982
San Francisco, California:
– In a Handicap Match; Hulk Hogan beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
-Ken Patera beat Ray Stevens dq
1983
Hamburg, Minnesota:
– Buck Zumhofe defeated Mike Graham for the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title
– Mr. Wrestling II defeated Larry Zbyszko to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title
1986
Tokyo, Japan:
– Antonio Inoki defeated Dick Murdoch in the finals of the annual tournament for the IWGP Heavyweight Title
1987
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Greg Gagne beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig dq
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (sub Jimmy Snuka) beat Larry Zbyszko & Brian Knobbs (sub Super Ninja)
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Boris Zhukov
– AWA Women’s Champion Sherri Martel beat Madusa Miceli
1993
St. Louis, Missouri:
– The Steiner Brothers defeated Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS) for the WWF World Tag Team Titles
Puerto Rico:
– Mohammad Hussein and Dusty Wolfe defeated Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
2001
Orlando, Florida:
– The Dudley Boyz defeat Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho for the WWF Tag Team Titles
2002
Nashville, Tennessee:
– AJ Styles defeated Psicosis, Low-Ki, and Jerry Lynn double elimination match to win the NWA X Division Title
– Ken Shamrock won a “Guantlet for the Gold” battle royal to become the NWA World Champion
2011
WWE Capital Punishment: Washington, DC:
– Dolph Ziggler won the WWE US Championship from Kofi Kingston
– Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Title
2015
ROH Best in the World: New York City:
– Mark Briscoe (with ODB) defeated Donovan Dijak (with Truth Martini)
– The Decade (B.J. Whitmer and Adam Page) (with Colby Corino) defeated Matt Sydal and ACH
– Dalton Castle defeated Silas Young
– War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander)
– Roderick Strong defeated Michael Elgin and Moose (with Veda Scott and Stokley Hathaway)
– Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, and Matt Taven) (with Maria Kanellis)
– The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) defeated reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) in a No Disqualification tag team match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
– Jay Lethal defeated Jay Briscoe to win the ROH World Title