On this day in pro wrestling history: Fargos headline MSG, Funks vs. Briscos, Badnews vs. Dynamite, Lesnar beats Angle in Mania, Flair’s WWE retirement
By Brian Hoops
1870 – James H. McLaughlin defeated Homer Lane to win the American
Collar-and-Elbow Champion in New York City, New York
1957 – Miguel Perez and Antonino Rocca defeated Wildman (Jackie) Fargo
and Don Stevens (Fargo) in New York City, New York to win the Capitol
Wrestling NWA World Tag Team Title.
1971 – Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco to
win the NWA Florida Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.
1973 – Ron Miller and Larry O’Day defeated Don Carson and Dick Dunn for
the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Title in Sydney, Australia.
1976 – Rick Gibson defeated Duke Miller in Mobile, Alabama for the NWA
Alabama Heavyweight Title
1977 – Bob Roop and Alexis Smirnoff defeated Pepper Gomez and Pat
Patterson to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title in
Sacramento, California.
1981 – Eric Embry defeated El Solitario in Puebla, Mexico to win the UWA
World Junior Light Heavyweight Title.
1981 – Ron Bass defeated Ken Lucas for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight
Title in Birmingham, Alabama.
1981 – Masa Fuchi and Mr. Onita (Atsushi Onita) defeated The Dream
Machine and Bill Dundee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in
Memphis, Tennessee.
1984 – Bad News Allen defeated The Dynamite Kid to win the Stampede
North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta
1984 – Cien Caras won the Mexican National Heavyweight Title in Mexico
City, Mexico, by defeating Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.
1985 – Jimmy Golden won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title in
Dothan, Alabama by defeating Boomer Lynch.
1991 – TNT (Savio Vega) defeated Action Jackson to win the WWC
Television Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
2003 – Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship at
Wrestlemania XIX in Seattle, Wash.
2007 – At the ROH All Star Extravaganza III at the Michigan State
Fairgrounds Expo Center in Detroit, Michigan; FIP Tag Team Champions The
Briscoes (Jay and Mark) defeated ROH World Tag Team Champions Naruki Doi
and Shingo to win the title.
2008 – Undertaker defeated Edge to win the World Title at Wrestlemania
24 and Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair in
Ric Flair’s retirement match in Orlando, Florida.
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