Today in wrestling history

1957 - Kurt Von Poppenheim defeated Red Bastien to win the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title

1961 - Dick Hutton defeated Al Lolotai for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii

1962 - Bill Soloweyko and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Chris and John Tolos to win the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Title in Toronto, Ontario

1967 - Billy Robinson defeated Billy Joyce to win the British Heavyweight Title in Manchester, England

1969 - Ben Justice and Rocky Johnson defeated The Hell's Angels (Paul and Ron Dupree) to win the Detroit NWA World Tag Team Title in Detroit, Michigan.

1969 - Dennis Hall and Ken Lucas won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title by defeating The Mighty Yankees in Chattanooga, Tennessee

1974 - Ron and Terry Garvin defeated Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller to win the vacant NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1980 - Superstar Billy Graham won the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title from Mark Lewin in Houston, Texas.

1980 - Ernie Ladd defeated Mike Sharpe for the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1982 - Jerry Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title by defeating Dutch Mantel in Memphis, Tennessee.

1983 - Terry Allen and Scott McGhee defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Johnny Heffernan and Don Kent) to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.

1986 - Scott Hall and Curt Hennig defeated Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Albuquerque, New Mexico.