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Daily pro wrestling history (03/06): Williams & Gordy win AJPW World Tag Team Titles

1934

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Abe Kashey 

1935

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Jim Londos beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis 
– Ray Steele beat Karl Sarpolis  
– Bronko Nagurski beat Karl Davis 
– George Tragos beat Pat Murphy 

1952 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Sonny Myers defeated Enrique Torres to win the NWA Heart of America Heavyweight Title in a 2 out of 3 falls match
– Ray Eckert beat Jack Kennedy 2 out of 3 falls 
– Joe Campbell and Al Massey beat Maurice Roberre and Babe Zaharias 

1953 

Houston, Texas:
– Bull Curry defeated Danny McShain to become the first NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion 

1959

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
– Angelo Savoldi defeated Ivan the Terrible for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

1961

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Guy and Joe Brunetti defeated The Outlaw (Dory Funk, Sr.) and Pancho Pico to win the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Titles

1962

Art and Stan Neilson defeated Johnny Barend and Magnificent Maurice for the American Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Titles

1965

Omaha, Nebraska:
– 10 Rounds of Boxing, Non Title: Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
– Mighty Igor Vodik beat Don Jardine to win Nebraska Heavyweight title
– Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek
– Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bulldog Danny Plechas
– Tony Borne beat Sonny Myers

1970

Los Angeles, California:
– Fred Blassie won the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title defeating Rocky Johnson

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Bobby and Jerry Christy defeated Bill Dromo and Gil Hayes to win the Stampede International Tag Team Title 

1971 

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Jimmy Golden and Dennis Hall defeated Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente for the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles

1973

Nagoya, Japan:
– Kintaro Ohki and Umanosuke Ueda defeated Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine for the NWA International Tag Team Titles

1974

Sacramento, California:
– Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Rocky Johnson and Pat Patterson to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles

San Antonio, Texas:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel
– Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Orton Jr & Black Angus
– Roger Kirby beat Jerry Oates
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– Bob Roop beat Joe Cassidy

1979

Allentown, Pennsylvania:
– The Valiant Brothers (Jerry and Johnny) defeated Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko to win the WWWF World Tag Team Titles

1986 

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada:
– The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) defeated Alofa (Rikishi) and Dan Kroffat for the International Wrestling International Tag Team Titles

1987

Portland, Oregon:
– Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Coco Samoa and Ricky Santana for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles 

1988

Dallas, Texas:
– Kerry Von Erich defeated Al Perez to win the World Class Heavyweight Title 

1990 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Terry Gordy and Steve Williams won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles from Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu

1991 

Nagasaki, Japan:
– Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki won the IWGP World Tag Team Titles defeating Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine

1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 
– Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) defeated Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac to win the ECW Tag Team Titles 
– The Tazmaniac defeated Sabu for the ECW Television Title then lost it later in the event to J.T. Smith

1995 

Council, Virginia: 
– Boo Bradley (Balls Mahoney) defeated Killer Kyle for the vacant The SMW Television Title then lost it to Kyle later in the show

1996

Macon, Georgia:
– Lex Luger defeated Johnny B. Badd to win the WCW World TV Title

1999 

Tokyo, Japan
– Vader defeated Akira Taue to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title 

2003

Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada:
– Chris Sabin defeated Frankie Kazarian and Jerry Lynn in a three-way match to win the vacant Border City Wrestling Television Title
– D’Lo Brown defeated Johnny Swinger for the BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Title

2004 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler in a tournament final for the vacant Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Title 

2011

Hollywood, California:
– Colt Cabana defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA championship