Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/11): Monday Night Raw debuts
By Brian Hoops | @brianhoops | Jan 11, 2021 8:26 am
1901
Cleveland, Ohio:
- Tom Jenkins defeated Dan McLeod to win the American Heavyweight Title
1954
Hollywood, California:
- Wilbur Snyder defeated Mr. Moto for the NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title
Augusta, Georgia:
- Don McIntyre defeated Ray Villmer to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Portland, Oregon:
- Ivan and Soldat Gorky defeated Carl Engstrom and David Jonnes for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1957
Akron, Ohio:
- Buddy Rogers defeated Johnny Barend to win the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Title
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Jerry Graham defeated Chief Big Heart to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1962
- Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1963
Houston, Texas:
- Rip Hawk defeated El Medico II to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
Dothan, Alabama:
- Jack Curtis, Jr. and Jan Madrid defeated Bad Boy and Billy Hines to win the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1965
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- Don Leo Jonathan and Gene Kiniski defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles
1966
Nashville, Tennessee:
- Mario Milano and Len Rossi won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title, defeating the Mysterious Medics and Kanji (Antonio) Inoki & Hiro Matsuda in a tournament
Sioux City, Iowa:
- Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
- Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki by DQ
- Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Brown
- Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks
1968
Kansas City, Kansas:
- Sonny Myers defeated Jack Pesek
- Steve Bolus defeated Stan the Moose via DQ
- Klondike Bill & Ronnie Etchison defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown in three falls to win the North American Tag Team Title
1971
Orlando, Florida:
- NWA World Title: Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Rene Goulet
- Texas Tornado Match: Great Malenko & Tarzan Tyler drew Jack Brisco & Louie Tillet
- Elimination Match: Hiro Matsuda & Leo Garibaldi & Jose Lothario & Danny Miller defeated Super Inferno & Inferno I & Inferno II & JC Dykes
- Ron Fuller & Bob Roop defeated Frank Martinez & Eduardo Perez
1972
Tampa, Florida:
- Bob Roop defeated Gary Fulton
- The Infernos defeated Hiro Matsuda & Rick Sanchez
- Bearcat Wright & Johnny Walker defeated Ole Anderson & Bobby Duncum by DQ
- Bobby Shane defeated Roy Welch
- Loser Leaves Town: Jack Brisco defeated Dick Murdoch
- NWA World Title: Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Mr. Wrestling
1974
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Mr. Wrestling II defeated Ron Fuller to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1975
Caguas, Puerto Rico:
- Dick Steinborn won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Carlos Colon
1978
Honolulu, Hawaii:
- Indian Death Match: Tor Kamata beat Billy Whitewolf
- AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
- Hawaiian Champion Steve Strong beat Missing Link Pampero Firpo
- Rick Martel beat Rocky Tomayo
- John Tolos & Bill Francis beat Bruce Brown & Chris Markoff
1979
San Antonio, Texas:
- Dale Valentine defeated Tully Blanchard to win the Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Television Title
Little Rock, Arkansas:
- Ron Bass defeated Ray Candy to win the NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Title
1980
Houston, Texas:
- Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada defeated El Halcan and Jose Lothario for the World Class American Tag Team Title
1981
Dallas, Texas:
- Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich won the World Class American Tag Team Title by defeating Gino Hernandez and Gary Young
Monterrey, Mexico:
- Centurion Negro defeated Jungle Negra for the UWA World Middleweight Title
1982
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Tojo Yamamoto & Ricky Morton drew The Nightmare & Speed
- Bobby Eaton pinned Roy Rogers
- Dream Machine pinned Ric McCord
- Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar beat Don Anderson & Dutch Mantel
- Ricky & Robert Gibson beat Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey in a no DQ match
- Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, & Steve Keirn beat Jimmy Hart, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins
- Jerry Lawler won an elimination match
1983
Tampa, Florida:
- $10,000 vs. The Mask: Midnight Rider & Barry Windham defeated Kevin Sullivan & Ric Flair
- Special Challenge Match: Rufus R Jones defeated Jake Roberts by DQ
- Charlie Cook defeated Jim Garvin by DQ
- Global Tag Titles: The Kangaroos defeated Scott McGhee & Terry Allen
- Leroy Brown defeated “Cowboy” Ron Bass
1984
Tampa, Florida:
- Mike Davis and Mike Rotundo defeated Ron Bass and The One Man Gang for the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title
1985
Dallas, Texas:
- The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the World Class American Tag Team Titles
Columbus, Ohio:
- Ole Anderson and Thunderbolt Patterson defeated The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) for the NWA National Tag Team Title
1986
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Sam Houston defeated Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Tojo Yamamoto via DQ in a handicap match
- Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka beat Jonathon Boyd & Tony Burton
- Downtown Bruno beat Emily Arthur
- CWA International Champ Soul Train Jones beat Boy Tony
- Jerry Blackwell beat Big Bubba to win the CWA Super Heavyweight Title
- Jeff Jarrett & Billy Joe Travis beat The Rock-n-Roll RPMs to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
- Tommy Rich beat Jerry Lawler via DQ
- Jerry Lawler beat Austin Idol via DQ
1988
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Ron & Don Harris beat The Power Twins
- The Rock-n-Roll Express beat Lou Winston & King Cobra
- Manny Fernandez beat Todd Morton
- Terry Taylor beat Billy Joe Travis
- Jeff Jarrett beat Hector Guerrero
- Jeff Jarrett & Manny Fernandez DCO Jimmy Jack Funk & Teijo Khan
- Scott Hall & Ken Wayne beat AWA Tag Champs Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty via DQ in a match with two referees
- Bill Dundee NC Jerry Lawler in a $5,000 vs. ring match
Birmingham, Alabama:
- Jonathan Boyd defeated Ranger Ross to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
1991
East Rutherford, New Jersey:
- Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting to win the title (title became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
- Arn Anderson and Barry Windham defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) in a non-title steel cage match
- WCW TV Champion Tom Zenk pinned the Black Angel (Jose Luis Rivera)
- Brad Armstrong pinned the Cuban Assassin
- Michael Wallstreet pinned Terry Taylor
- Sid Vicious pinned Brian Pillman
- El Gigante, Tommy Rich, & Ricky Morton defeated Bobby Eaton, Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
- WCW US Champion Lex Luger (w/ Lawrence Taylor) defeated Curtis Hughes (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) in a football challenge match
- WCW US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Master Blasters
1993
WWF Raw (premiere episode): New York City:
- Yokozuna (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Koko B. Ware
- The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated The Executioners (Duane Gill & Barry Hardy)
- Shawn Michaels defeated Max Moon to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Damien Demento
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Dustin Rhodes defeated NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat by countout to win the vacant NWA and WCW United States Heavyweight Titles
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Lauren Davenport NC Leslie Ballenger
- Danny Davis beat Master of Terror #2 via DQ
- Tony DeNucci beat Jeff Gaylord via DQ
- Miss Texas beat Bert Prentice via DQ
- Moondogs Spot & Spike beat Ron & Don Harris to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
- Jerry Lawler beat Mike Miller
- Brian Christopher beat Jeff Jarrett in a hair vs. title match to win the USWA Southern Title
2003
West Miffin, Pennsylvania:
- Low Ki and A.J. Styles defeated ROH Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels and ROH Heavyweight Champion Xavier in a No Holds Barred match
- Samoa Joe defeated Bryan Danielson
2009
TNA Genesis: Orlando, Florida:
- Eric Young, Homicide, & Hernandez defeated Sonjay Dutt, Jimmy Rave, & Kiyoshi
- Alex Shelley pinned Chris Sabin to win the vacant TNA X Division Title
- Shane Sewell pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir
- James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed and Matt Morgan & Abyss to win the titles
- ODB, Roxxi, & Taylor Wilde defeated Raisha Saeed, Rhaka Khan, & Sojourner Bolt
- Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett in a No DQ match
- TNA World Champion Sting pinned Rhino
- Mick Foley, AJ Styles, & Brother Devon defeated TNA Legends Champion Booker T, Scott Steiner, & Kip James (sub. for Kevin Nash)