Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/12): Bockwinkel and Stevens win AWA Tag TeamTitles in a steel cage

Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/12): Bockwinkel and Stevens win AWA Tag TeamTitles in a steel cage

1933 

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos defeated Ray Richards

1938

Waterloo, Iowa:
– Al Bisignano went to a 60 minute draw with Earl Wampler
– Otto Kuss beat Alford Johnson

1944 

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Earl Wampler beat Tom Zaharias in 2 out of 3 falls

1947 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA Champion Orville Brown beat Lee Wykoff 2 falls to 1
– Sailor Fred Blassie beat Jack McDonald on a third fall DQ

1952 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Heart of America Champion Sonny Myers beat Roy Graham 2 out of 3 falls
– Ronnie Etchison and Bob Orton Sr. wrestled to a draw
– Doug Henson defeated Bob Clay 
– Larry Hamilton beat Jack Hader via DQ

1958 

Orange City, Iowa:
– United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Ernie Dusek in 2 out of 3 falls
– Emil Dusek defeated Jack Pesek in 2 out of 3 falls

1962

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig 
– Pat O’Connor & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski

1964 

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz von Erich dq
– Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq 
– The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert

1971 

Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
– Midwest Champion The Claw (Tom Andrews) beat Dr. Big Bill Miller 
– Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres beat Ox Baker & Ali Ben Kahn

1974

Denver, Colorado:
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel to regain the AWA Tag Team Title in a Steel Cage Match 
– Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham via dq
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in 2 out of 3 falls
– Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz
– Kay Noble (sub Cora Combs) beat Vivian Vachon 
– Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann (Playboy Buddy Rose)

1975 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson by countout
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Ray Stevens
– Dusty Rhodes beat Siegfried Steinke
– Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff by dq 
– Roddy Piper beat Scotty Campbell

1976 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– In a No DQ Match; Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos LeDuc
– Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan & Ray Stevens

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor
– The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum by dq
– Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien 
– Wilbur Snyder beat Billy Red Cloud

1980

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
– In a Ladder Match; Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell
– The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 
– Steve Olsonoski beat Super Destroyer Mark II

1983 

Las Vegas, Nevada:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel
– Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke 
– AWA Light Heavyweight Champion Mike Graham beat Buck Zumhofe

1991

WCW Clash of Champions: Knoxville, Tennessee:
– IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Hase
– WCW U.S. Champion Lex Luger defeated The Great Muta 
– WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Bobby Eaton in a two out of three falls match

1998 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Kenta Kobashi defeated Toshiaki Kawada for the All-Japan Triple Crown 

2001

Baltimore, Maryland:
– Test defeated Rhyno for the WWF Hardcore Title 

2012

TNA Slammiversary:
– Mr. Anderson defeated Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Title

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