Today in history with Brian Hoops

1959 - Billy Wicks defeats Lee Fields to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama

1961 - Rocket and Sputnik Monroe defeat Duke Keomuka and Mad Dog Vachon to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Title in Fort Worth, Texas.

1963 - Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeat Mr. High (Doug Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Dick Steinborn) for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1963 - Art and Stan Neilson win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title by defeating Karl and Kurt Von Brauner.

1970 - Stan Pulaski defeats Tarzan Tyler in Omaha, Nebraska for the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Title

1971 - Bob Geigel won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title by defeating Roger Kirby in St. Joseph, Missouri

1975 - Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler defeat Jackie Fargo and George Gulas to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee.

1978 - Blackjack Mulligan defeats Ricky Steamboat in Greensboro, North Carolina to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title.

1979 - Jack and Jerry Brisco defeat Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1980 - Ricky and Robert Gibson won the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, by defeating The Assassins

1982 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Dick the Bruiser defeated Ken Patera to wint he NWA Missouri Title

1985 - Jay and Mark Youngblood defeat Krusher Khrushchev and Jim Neidhart to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.

1986 - Dick Slater defeats Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title in Tulsa, Oklahoma