This Day in WRESTLING HISTORY: RANDY ORTON WINS WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
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1956
Mobile, Alabama:
- The Great Malenko defeated Herb Welch to win the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title
1969
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Joe Scarpa (aka Chief Jay Strongbow) defeated Paul DeMarco to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1975
St. Louis, Missouri:
- Dick the Bruiser beat Missouri Champion Harley Race in a non-title Texas Death match
- Rocky Johnson and Jerry Oates defeated Jim and John Valiant
- Pat O’Connor draw Dick Murdoch
- Red Bastien defeated Chuck O’Connor via DQ
- Stan Stasiak defeated Ronnie Etchison
- Bobby Heenan and Tank Patton defeated Prince Tapu and Don Wayt
1980
Shreveport, Louisiana:
- The Grappler defeated Ted DiBiase to win the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title
1981
Landover, Maryland:
- WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated George Steele in a Texas Death match at the Capital Center
1982
Charlotte, North Carolina:
- Jos LeDuc defeated Jimmy Valiant to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Title
1985
Baltimore, Maryland:
- NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Magnum TA
- Rock & Roll Express beat Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev by dq
- Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff went to a draw
- Larry Zbyszko & Nick Bockwinkel beat Sgt. Slaughter & Greg Gagne by dq
- Ronnie Garvin and Black Bart went to a no contest
- Brad Rheingans beat Kevin Kelly
Wally Karbo Tribute Card | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Boris Zhukov by dq
- Jerry Blackwell beat Michael Hayes
- Tom Zenk & Curt Hennig beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin
- Jim Garvin beat Buck Zumhofe
- Baron Von Raschke beat Buddy Roberts
1986
Fukuoka, Japan: a
- Shiro Koshinaka defeated Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
Ponce, Puerto Rico:
- Ron Starr defeated Invader I to win the WWC Television champion
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin defeated JJ Dillon
- Baron Von Raschke defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
- Arn Anderson defeated Jimmy Valiant
- Dick Murdoch defeated Shaska Whatley
- Tully Blanchard defeated Magnum TA via disqualification
- NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
- NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
- The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Ivan Koloff, & Krusher Kruschev
1988
Memphis, Tennessee:
- AWA Champion Jerry Lawler and Kerry Von Erich went to a double DQ
- Samoan Swat Team beat Michael Hayes & Steve Cox to regain the Texas Tag titles
- Brickhouse Brown & Jeff Jarrett & Bill Dundee beat Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden & Phil Hickerson
- AWA TV Champion Ronnie Garvin drew Robert Gibson
- AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat RPMs
- Rock & Roll Express & Sgt. Slaughter beat Soldat Ustinov & Teijo Kahn & Colonel DeBeers
- Tommy Rich and Jimmy Valiant went to a double DQ
- AWA Women's Champion Madusa Meceli beat Magnificent Mimi by dq
1991
Nashville, Tennessee:
- Big Josh & Tracy Smothers defeated the Diamond Studd & Oz
- Richard Morton fought Brian Pillman to a draw
- Bobby Eaton defeated Johnny B. Badd via disqualification
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Terrance Taylor
- Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
- PN News pinned Thomas Rich
- WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko fought Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier to a double countout
- WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham
1992
Johnson City, Tennessee:
- Mike Sampson pinned Pat Rose
- Tim Horner pinned Joe Cazana
- SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy pinned Dixie Dynamite
- Brian Lee beat Killer Kyle via DQ
- SMW Tag Champs The Heavenly Bodies (Lane & Pritchard) beat The Fantastics (Fultons)
- The Rock-n-Roll Express beat Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden in a stretcher match
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- Erik Watts defeated Mark Canterbury
- Van Hammer defeated Diamond Dallas Page
- Barry Windham defeated the Barbarian
- Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Greg Valentine & Dick Slater
- WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated the Super Invader
- Dustin Rhodes defeated Vinnie Vegas
- Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated Jake Roberts & WCW US Champion Rick Rude
- WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton
- WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated Steve Austin
Yokohama, Japan:
- Atsushi Onita defeated Tiger Jeet Singh for the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Title
1993
WCW Fall Brawl | Houston, Texas:
- Erik Watts defeated Bobby Eaton
- Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) pinned WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat to win the title
- Charlie Norris pinned Big Sky
- 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Paul Orndorff & the Equalizer
- Ice Train pinned Shanghai Pierce (w/ Tex Slazenger)
- The Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Paul Roma to win the titles
- Cactus Jack pinned Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race)
- Rick Rude defeated Ric Flair to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Title
- Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes & The Shockmaster defeated Sid Vicious, Vader & Harlem Heat in a War Games match
1994
Cookville, Tennessee:
- Lance Storm pinned Killer Kyle
- Chris Candido pinned Brian Lee
- SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy beat Bruiser Bedlam via DQ
- SMW Tag Champs The Rock-n-Roll Express beat The Gangstas
- Brian Lee won a battle royal
1999
ECW Anarchy Rulz | Villa Park, Illinois:
- Danny Doring and Roadkill (with Miss Congeniality) defeated Billy Wiles and C.W. Anderson Tag team match
- Lance Storm (with Dawn Marie) defeated Jerry Lynn
- Jazz defeated Tom Marquez (with Simon Diamond) by disqualification
- Chris Chetti and Nova fought Simon Diamond and Tony DeVito to a no-contest
- Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Super Crazy and Little Guido (with Sal E. Graziano)
- Justin Credible (with Jason) defeated Sabu (with Bill Alfonso)
- Mike Awesome (with Judge Jeff Jones) defeated Masato Tanaka and Taz in a Three-Way Dance to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
- Tommy Dreamer and Raven (with Francine) defeated Rhino and Steve Corino (with Jack Victory) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship
- Rob Van Dam (with Bill Alfonso) defeated Balls Mahoney to retain the ECW World Television Championship
2008
Boston, Massachusetts:
- Nigel McGuiness defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title
- Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black to win the ROH World Tag Team Titles
2010
WWE Night of Champions | Chicago, Illinois:
- John Morrison pinned Ted Dibiase Jr.
- WWE IC Champion Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) pinned Kofi Kingston
- Big Show pinned CM Punk
- Daniel Bryan defeated WWE US Champion Miz (w/ Alex Riley) via submission to win the title
- WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool pinned WWE Divas Champion Melina in a lumberjack unification match
- World Heavyweight Champion Kane pinned the Undertaker in a no holds barred match
- Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre defeated WWE Tag Team Champions David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd (w/ Natalya Neidhart), Jimmy & Jey Uso (w/Tamina), Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov, and Evan Bourne & Mark Henry to win the titles in tag team turmoil match
- Randy Orton defeated WWE World Champion Sheamus, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Edge, and Wade Barrett in an elimination match to win the title
https://www.ringsidenews.com/2020/09/19/aew-files-new-trademark-for-possible-bloody-match-concept/
Recent filings indicate that AEW registered a trademark for “Blood Brothers” on September 15h. This wasn’t done through their usual trademark attorney Michael Dockins as Heel By Nature reports that attorney Bradley M Stohry was responsible for the filing.
The filing explicitly says that “Blood Brothers” is set to be used for “wrestling exhibits and performances by professional wrestlers.” Other wording in the uses indicates that this very well could be some sort of match concept.
Dick Bourne loves Mid-Atlantic wrestling with a passion.
As a lifelong follower of the popular Crockett Promotions that oversaw some of the top wrestling in the country for decades, the affable Mount Airy, N.C., native has embraced a particular fascination around the classic title belts and the lineages associated with them.
Author of multiple books on the various championship belts that made their way through the Mid-Atlantic territory, Bourne set his sights on something a little different with his latest effort.
“Crown Jewel: The NWA World Championship 1959-1973” explores the sport’s most revered title.
Tyler Breeze has been on WWE TV since 2014 and across all brands, has continued to display a strong work ethic making him a sought-after commodity in WWE.
Speaking with Comic Book, Breeze commented on finally winning gold alongside Fandango in NXT and how they didn't have too many matches as a team prior to returning to NXT even though they were a popular act.
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The recent passing of wrestler Johnny Kostas is yet another in a long string of wrestling deaths. Anyone wishing to remember Kostas’ career might turn to the Internet, but would be sorely disappointed. There is very little information on Kostas available online and what little there is requires some serious and time-consuming navigation.
Subscribers to Ring Around the Northwest — a monthly wrestling newsletter circulated in wrestling’s Pacific Northwest territory — are, however, provided with a detailed bio of Kostas and a moving reflection of his career that began nearly sixty years ago.
