Daily pro wrestling history (01/01): Bob Geigel wins Central States Title
1931
Columbus, Ohio:
- Joe Banaski defeated Nick Bozinis to become the first Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Champion
1936
Detroit, Michigan:
- The Great Mephisto defeated Walter Roxey to win the MWA World Light Heavyweight Title
1940
Eugene, Oregon:
- Pete Belcastro defeated Ernie Piluso for the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title
1941
St. Joseph, Kansas:
- Orville Brown beat Tom Zaharias
- Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown
- Ras Samara beat Jay Steele
- Mel Peters drew Frank Frogge
1943
Columbus, Ohio:
- Billy Thom defeated Martino Angelo for the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title
1949
Waco, Texas:
- Dizzy Davis defeated Antonino Rocca for the Texas Heavyweight Title
1950
Portland, Oregon:
- Jack O'Reilly defeated Buck Weaver to win the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title
1954
Mexico City, Mexico:
- El Santo defeated Sugi Sito for the NWA World Middleweight Title
1959
Mobile, Alabama:
- Billy Wicks defeated Lee Fields to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
Kansas City, Kansas:
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton beat Bob Ellis 2 out of 3 falls
- The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) beat The Hamilton Brothers (Joe and Larry Hamilton)
- Bobby Bruns and Lee Henning wrestled to a time limit draw
- Rip Hawk beat Joe Scarpa
1961
Fort Worth, Texas:
- Rocket and Sputnik Monroe defeated Duke Keomuka and Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1963
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Mr. High (Doug Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Dick Steinborn) for the AWA World Tag Team Title
- Larry Hennig beat Karl Von Shoberg
- Art and Stan Neilson defeated Karl and Kurt Von Brauner to win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles
1970
Amarillo, Texas:
- Dick Murdoch defeated The Lawman (Don Slatton) for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title
Omaha, Nebraska:
- Stan Pulaski defeated Tarzan Tyler for the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Title
Cleveland, Ohio:
- Bulldog Brower defeated Johnny Powers to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title
Kansas City, Kansas:
- The Stomper & Bob Geigel defeated Tor Kamata & Masao Komura
- Ernie Ladd defeated Bob Brown
- Ernie Ladd won a 14-man Battle Royal
1971
St. Joseph, Missouri:
- Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Roger Kirby
1975
Nashville, Tennessee:
- Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler defeated Jackie Fargo and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title
1978
Greensboro, North Carolina:
- Blackjack Mulligan defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1979
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles
1980
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Ricky and Robert Gibson won the AWA Southern Tag Team Title from The Assassins
1982
Tokyo, Japan:
- Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) defeated The Dynamite Kid to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title
St. Louis, Missouri:
- Dick the Bruiser defeated NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Ken Patera to win the title
1983
San Antonio, Texas:
- Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Sweetan to win the vacant SCW Southwest Heavyweight Title
San Francisco, California:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pat Patterson
- Hulk Hogan beat Ken Patera
Portland, Oregon:
- The Assassin and Rip Oliver defeated Billy Jack (Haynes) and Stan Stasiak for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1984
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Lawler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
- Southern Tag Team Champions Fabulous Ones ddq Moondogs
- Sabu (sub Jos Leduc) beat Austin Idol
- Bruise Brothers beat Terry Taylor & Stagger Lee
- Stretcher match: Rock and Roll Express beat A Team
- Dutch Mantell & Stagger Lee beat Giant Frazier & Terry Gibbs
1985
Tampa, Florida:
- Jay and Mark Youngblood defeated Krusher Khrushchev and Jim Neidhart to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1986
Tulsa, Oklahoma:
- Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title
- Jake Roberts won the Mid-South Television Title, defeating Dick Slater in the finals of a month-long tournament
1988
Des Moines, Iowa:
- Masahiro Chono defeated Mike George to become the last NWA Central States Television Champion
1990
Tokyo, Japan:
- Bull Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final to win the vacant AJW title
2014
Tokyo, Japan:
- Shinjiro Otani & Kamikaze beat Masato Tanaka & Yusaku Obata to win the NWA Z-1 Intercontinental tag team titles
