Daily pro wrestling history (11/16): Brock Lesnar wins UFC Title
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1932
Kansas City, Missouri:
– Jim Londos beat Darna Ostopavich to retain the World Title
– Jim McMillen beat Buck Olson
– Fred Peterson beat Everett Kibbons
– Cliff Olson drew George Gostopavich
1946
Wichita, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat Ed Virag to unify the MWA & NWA World Heavyweight Titles (Strangler Lewis was referee)
– Roy Graham beat Vincent Lopez by dq
– Ray Villmer defeated George Temple
– Ronnie Etchison beat Red Ryan
1955
Tokyo, Japan:
– Tiger Jokinder & King Kong Czaya defeated Rikidozan & Harold Sakata to win a tournament to crowd the first ever
All-Asian Tag Team Champions
1961
Rochester, Minnesota:
– Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy defeated Hardboiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel for the AWA World Tag Team Title
– Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie
– Steve Druk beat Joe Marconi
1963
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– The Crusher beat Verne Gagne in 2 out of 3 falls to win AWA Title when Gagne couldn’t answer the bell for the 3rd fall
– Larry Hennig double countout with Moose Evans
– Tiny Mills beat Johnny Kace
– Maurice LaPointe beat Kurt Von Brauner
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Omar Atlas defeated Mike Loren
– Bobby Whitlock & Les Thornton fought The Destroyer & Billy Howard to a draw
– Steve Bolus defeated The Sheik
– Harley Race & Roger Kirby defeated Danny Little Bear & Black Angus
1974
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Superstar Billy Graham 2 out of 3 falls
– Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell by countout
– Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi
– Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski
– Rock Riddle beat Kenny Jay
1984
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Crusher Blackwell defeated Harley Race for the Missouri State Heavyweight Title
Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Fabulous Ones
– Curt Hennig & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito dq
– Jimmy Garvin beat Jim Brunzell
– Boom Boom Bundy beat Chris Markoff
1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– The Sandman defeated Don Muraco for the ECW Heavyweight Title
1994
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Jacksonville, Florida:
– The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell defeated Paul Roma & Paul Orndorff to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles
– Vader defeated Dustin Rhodes
1996
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler defeated The Colorado Kid to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman defeated Raven
– Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer defeated Shane Douglas & Brian Lee
1998
Wichita, Kansas:
– Juventud Guerrera defeated Billy Kidman to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title
2000
Oberhausen, Germany:
– General Rection & Alex Wright defeated Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire to win the WCW Tag Team Titles
2003
Dallas, Texas:
– TEAM ANGLE (Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, John Cena, Bradshaw, and Hardcore Holly) defeated TEAM LESNAR (Brock Lesnar, Big Show, Nathan Jones, Matt Morgan, and A-Train)
– TEAM BISCHOFF (Chris Jericho, Scott Steiner, Christian, Mark Henry, and Randy Orton) defeated TEAM AUSTIN (Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and the Dudleys)
– Goldberg beat HHH to retain the RAW World Title
2008
Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Former WWE champion Brock Lesnar captured the UFC Heavyweight championship, defeating Randy Couture