This Day In Wrestling History Jan. 30

[Karl Kox]

On this day in history in ....
1904 - George Hackenschmidt defeats Ahmed Madrali in London, England to become the recognized undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, outside of North America. Hackenschmidt, who had been claiming the title for four years by then, had already won World Championship tournaments in Austria, France, Germany and Russia in 1901. He would gain worldwide championship recognition on May 4, 1905, when he defeated American Heavyweight Champion Tom Jenkins in New York City, New York.

1948 - Yukon Eric defeats Sonny Myers for the Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

1951 - Ben and Mike Sharpe defeat Primo Carnera and Sandor Szabo to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title, beginning their third reign.

1959 - Maurice and Paul Vachon defeat George and Sandy Scott to win the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta.

1963 - Édouard Carpentier defeats Killer Kowalski in Montreal, Quebec to win Montreal's World Heavyweight Title. This began Carpentier's third reign and ended Kowalski's 12th.

1964 - Fred Blassie wins his fourth WWA World Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California, defeating Édouard Carpentier, ending his second reign.

1965 - Larry Hennig and Harley Race defeat The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending Bruiser and Crusher's second reign.

1967 - The WWWF held an event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The results:
- Ricky Sexton defeated Tony Nero by disqualification.
- Bobo Brazil and Arman Hussian defeated Luke Graham and Tank Morgan.
- Baron Mikel Scicluna and WWWF United States Tag Team Champion Antonio Pugliese fought to a draw.
- WWWF United States Tag Team Champion Spiros Arion defeated Bill Miller.
- The Ox defeated Smasher Sloan.
- Gorilla Monsoon defeated Lou Albano (subbing for Louis Cerdan).
- The Sheik defeated Miguel Perez.
- WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ortega.

1967 - Jackie Fargo and Herb Welch defeat Professor Ito (Umanosuke Ueda) and Tojo Yamamoto to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

1968 - Billy Red Lyons and Fritz Von Erich defeat Spiler #1 (Don Jardine) and Gary Hart for the NWA American Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.

1968 - Lloyd and Orest Antonation defeat Jake and John Banman for the Madison Wrestling Club All-Star Tag Team Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1968 - Frank Dalton defeats Eddie Sullivan for the NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Title in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1970 - Abdullah the Butcher defeats Dave Ruhl to win the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta, ending Ruhl's fifth reign.

1970 - Nick Bockwinkel defeats Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) for the NWA Georgia Television Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1970 - Danny Hodge wins the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title for the fifth time, defeating Umanosuke Ueda.

1970 - Aiko Kyo and Yoshiko Miyamoto defeat The Masked Killer and Masked Marie in Tokyo, Japan for the American Girls' Wrestling Association International Tag Team Title.

1971 - The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeats Takachiho (The Great Kabuki) in a tournament final for the vacant NWA Beat the Champ Television Title.

1971 - Ciclón Negro defeats Tarzan Tyler to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title in Miami, Florida.

1972 - Eddie Sullivan and Rip Tyler defeat Mike Boyette and Bob Kelly for the Gulf Coast NWA United States Tag Team Title in Pensacola, Florida, beginning their second reign.

1976 - Dusty Rhodes defeats The Spoiler in Atlanta, Georgia to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title, ending Spoiler's second reign.

1982 - El Modulo defeats Rocky Morton for the Mexican National Featherweight Title in Azteca, Mexico.

1982 - Woody Farmer defeats Mike York to win the California State Heavyweight Title in Bakersfield, California.

1983 - Jacques Rougeau defeats Terry Taylor for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

1984 - World Class Championship Wrestling held a Wrestling Star Wars event in Fort Worth, Texas at the Terrant County Convention Center. The results:
- The Junkyard Dog defeated Kamala by disqualification.
- The Super Destroyers (Bill and WCCW Television Champion Scott Irwin) defeated WCCW American Tag Team Champions Brian Adias and Iceman King Parsons to win the title, beginning their second reign.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) defeated Kerry Von Erich and WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion David Von Erich.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair fought Mike Von Erich to a draw to retain the title.
- WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion Chris Adams defeated WCCW American Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Garvin to win the Heavyweight title. This ended Garvin's second reign and began Adams' second.

1986 - Dos Caras defeats Canek in Toluca, Mexico to win the UWA World Heavyweight Title, ending Canek's sixth reign and beginning his second.

1987 - Makhan Singh (Mike Shaw) defeats Owen Hart for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta, beginning his second reign.

1991 - WCW held Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia. The show aired live on TBS, earning a 3.9 rating. The results:
- Sting and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) by disqualification, when Simmons threw Sting over the top rope.
- WCW World Television Champion Tom Zenk pinned Bobby Eaton with a backslide.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated Allen Iron Eagle and Tommy Rich, when Garvin pinned Eagle following a double-team DDT behind the referee's back. The referee was getting Rich out of the ring after he tagged in Eagle without the referee seeing the tag.
- Sid Vicious pinned Joey Maggs after the powerbomb.
- Terry Taylor pinned Ricky Morton, when Morton landed on his head after missing a dropkick and bouncing off the ropes. During the match, Alexandra York came to the ring and a pre-taped promo played announcing Taylor as the latest member of the York Foundation.
- Ranger Ross pinned El Cubano with a sunset flip.
- Arn Anderson and Barry Windham defeated Chris and Mark Youngblood, when Anderson pinned Chris after a lariat and a superplex from Windham.
- Brian Pillman pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker with a crossbody off the top.
- Missy Hyatt defeated Paul E. Dangerously in an arm wrestling match, after Dangerously became distracted by Missy's cleavage. Two-time Billboard Disc Jockey of the Year, Warren "Rhubarb" Jones of WYAY 106.7 FM in Atlanta, Georgia, was the ring announcer for the match.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair fought WCW United States Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner fought to a draw to retain the title. The winner of the match was to defend against New Japan Pro Wrestling's Tatsumi Fujinami in Tokyo, Japan in March.

1992 - Tarzan Goto defeats Big Titan to win the FMW World Martial Arts Title in Osaka, Japan.

1993 - Terry Gordy and Steve Williams win their fifth AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title, ending the second reign of Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa in Chiba, Japan.

1994 - The Universal Wrestling Association held its 19th Anniversary Show at El Toreo in Naucalpan, Mexico. The results:
- Pequeño Goliath and Fuercita Guerrera defeated Pequeño Chucky and Micro Konnan.
- Blackman II and Shogun defeated Bad Boy I and Lobo Rubio.
- Adrian el Exotico, Pimpinela Escarlata and Luis Mariscal vs. Nuevo Audaz, Super Pinochio and Super Ratón ended in a draw.
- Super Astro, Halcon Dorado, Jr. and King I defeated Black Power, Shu el Guerrero and UWA World Tag Team Champion Villano IV.
- Karloff Lagarde, Jr. defeated UWA World Welterweight Champion Celestial to win the title, ending Celestial's third reign.
- Villano III, UWA World Light Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion Villano V and Yamato defeated UWA World Heavyweight Champion Canek, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion Gran Hamada and Transformer.

1997 - Chad Ripley defeats Spice Richards to win the Canadian Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1998 - Chip Fairway wins his second IWA Mid-South Television Title in Lexington, Kentucky, defeating Cash Flo, ending his second reign.

1998 - Robert Thompson defeats Michael Modest to win the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title in San Jose, California. This ended and began both men's second reign.

1999 - Robby Royce defeated Hysteria for the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba, ending Hysteria's second reign.

1999 - Brickhouse Brown defeats Don Brodie in Cleveland, Mississippi to win the NWA Southern Television Title.

1999 - Pat McGuire defeats Gator B. Long for the Future of Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Oakland Park, Florida.

1999 - Rik Ratchett defeats Lupus to win the Independent Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Verona, New Jersey, to begin his second reign.

1999 - Iron Cross defeats Steve Flynn in Kingsport, Tennessee for the Southern States Wrestling Appalachian Heavyweight Title. At the same event, Frank Parker and Roger Anderson win their seventh SSW Tag Team Title, ending the fourth reign for Bam Bam and Danny Christian.


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[Karl Kox]

2000 - The PRIDE Fighting Championships held Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The event featured the opening round of that year's 16-man Openweight Grand Prix Tournament, PRIDE's first-ever tournament. The winners advanced to PRIDE's next event on May 1, also at the Tokyo Dome, featuring the remainder of the tournament. The results of the show were:
- In an opening non-tournament bout, Wanderlei Silva defeated Bob Schrijber by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:42.
- Gary Goodridge defeated Osamu Tachihikari by submission (forearm choke) at 0:51.
- Akira Shoji defeated Ebenezer Fontes Braga by decision after 15:00.
- Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Hans Nijman by submission (choke) at 2:48.
- Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Guy Mezger by forfeit after 15:00. The forfeiture occurred due to Mezger and his corner refusing to continue into overtime, citing the conditions of his PRIDE contract, which stated that he would only fight 15 minutes with no overtime.
- Mark Coleman defeated Masaaki Satake by submission (neck crank) at 1:14.
- Igor Vovchanchyn defeated Alexander Otsuka by decision after 15:00.
- Mark Kerr defeated Enson Inoue by decision after 15:00.
- Royce Gracie defeated Nobuhiko Takada by decision after 15:00.

2000 - Minoru Tanaka defeats Naoki Sano in Tokyo, Japan for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title.

2001 - Tony Jones is awarded the vacant UPW Southern California Heavyweight Title in Santa Ana, California, after he made Frankie Kazarian submit in a six-man tag team match.

2003 - Danny Doring defeats The Bruiser to win the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Glen Burnie, Maryland, ending Bruiser's fifth reign.

2004 - The first NWA New South Cruiserweight and Heavyweight Champions are crowned in Greenville, Mississippi, as Krazy D defeats Chris Sanders for the Cruiserweight title, and Doug Gilbert defeats Black Jack Tatum for the Heavyweight title.

2005 - WWE holds the 18th-annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. This event made Fresno the first city to host more than one Royal Rumble event. San Antonio, Texas and New York City, New York would join that list in 2007 and 2008, respectively. In the main event, Batista won the Royal Rumble match from the #28 entry position, last eliminating #25 entrant John Cena. Both men had gone out of the ring at the same time, ala 1994 with Bret Hart and Lex Luger, prompting Vince McMahon to come to the ring to start the match, McMahon was injured while getting into the ring, slamming his thighs into the metal frame on the side of the ring, resulting in a double quadricep tear. The ironman of this Rumble match, for the second straight year, was Chris Benoit, who was the second man in, and lasted 47 minutes and 26 seconds, and was one of the final five men in the ring along with Batista, Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Ric Flair, before being eliminated by Flair.
Here is Buck Woodward's original report on the event:

2005 ROYAL RUMBLE

2006 - Esteban Molina defeats Ruff Ryder Rashaan in Pound, Wisconsin to win the NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Title.

2007 - WWE tapes the February 2 edition of Friday Night SmackDown! and airs a live edition of ECW from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. ECW got a 1.7 rating on SciFi, while SmackDown! got a 3.1 rating on The CW. The results of the show:
ECW:
- Matt Striker pinned CM Punk by blocking a sunset flip into the ring and grabbing the ropes.
- Hardcore Holly pinned Rob Van Dam after the Alabamaslam.
- ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley pinned Test after a running powerslam. After the match, the lights in the arena went out, The Undertaker's bell sounded, and when the lights came back on The Undertaker, who had won the Royal Rumble Match two nights earlier, and Lashley stood alone in the ring. Test attempted to hit Taker with a chair but was chokeslammed for his efforts. Undertaker then motioned that he wanted Lashley's title.
SmackDown!:
- WWE United States Champion Chris Benoit pinned Finlay with a roll-up.
- Deuce 'N Domino defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick, when Domino pinned Kendrick after Deuce hit the Crack 'Em in the Mouth.
- Mr. Kennedy pinned Vito after the Green Bay Plunge.
- Ashley defeated Jillian Hall and Kristal in a bikini contest, hosted by JBL. Jillian opted to sing Britney Spears' 'Oops...I Did it Again' instead of disrobe, JBL took the mic from her and said that "Michael Hayes singing 'Badstreet' was better than that."
- The Miz pinned Matt Hardy after the Mizard of Oz, after Joey Mercury interfered and hit Hardy in the jaw with his protective facemask.

2007 - Peter Goodman defeats champion Lil' Nate, John Williams and Frankie Kazarian in a four-way match to win the Impact Zone Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Tempe, Arizona, beginning his second reign.

2008 - TNA star Chris Harris posted the following on his website, www.wildcatchrisharris.c om:

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