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Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/29): Charlotte wins NXT Women's title

1962 

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– Pat O’Connor beat AWA Champion Mr. M via DQ

– Doug Gilbert went to a draw with Bob Geigel

– Thor Hagen beat Tiny Mills 

– Joe Scarpello drew Stan Kowalski 

1965 

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– The Crusher beat Harley Race in 2 out of 3 falls 

– Rene Goulet beat Kurt Von Brauner

– Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo by DQ

– Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills

1968

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Luke Brown

– Harley Race beat Bill Watts by DQ

– Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet 

– Dutch Savage beat Rock Rogowski (Ole Anderson)

1977 

Houston, Texas:

– Terry Funk went to a draw with AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel (sub Harley Race, Race was to defend the NWA World Title but wrestled a double shot that afternoon and was not at the building in time to wrestle, so Bockwinkel wrestled Funk in his place)

– Fritz Von Erich drew with Bruiser Brody

– Bruno Sammartino beat Mike York

– Jose Lothario went to a draw with AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel

– Cyclone Negro beat Chavo Guerrero

– Fabulous Moolah beat Susan Green

– Big John Studd beat Gino Hernandez

– Jimmy Snuka beat Muhammad Farouk

1983 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

– Leo Burke defeated North American Champion Johnny Weaver to win the title

– WWF Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco defeated Rocky Johnson 

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA U.S. Champion Greg Valentine

1984

Night of the Champions: East Rutherford, New Jersey:

– National TV Champion Ron Garvin pinned Jake Roberts

– Invader #1 pinned the Great Kabuki

– NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Les Thornton defeated El Gran Apollo by count-out

– Dusty Rhodes pinned the Assassin (Jesse Barr) 

– NWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle defeated Pez Whatley & Mark Youngblood

– Wahoo McDaniel fought All Japan PWF Champion Stan Hansen to a double disqualification

– NWA National Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Jimmy Valiant & King Kong Bundy when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Bundy

– WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Carlos Colon pinned NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA US Champion Ricky Steamboat 

1988 

Memphis, Tennessee:

– AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Dutch Mantel

– Jeff Jarrett & Great Senshi beat Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden by count out

– CWA Champion Brickhouse Brown beat Bill Dundee via DQ

– Scott Steiner & Billy Travis beat Cuban Choir Boys to win Southern Tag Titles

– AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) beat Gary Young & Don Bass

– Tommy Gilbert beat Tom Brandi

1992

Norfolk, Virginia:

– Cactus Jack defeated Tom Zenk

– Van Hammer pinned JT Southern 

– Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham defeated Greg Valentine & Terrance Taylor

– WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman pinned Scotty Flamingo

– WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyzsko, & Paul E. Dangerously in a handicap match

– Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Arn Anderson in a steel cage match

– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat in a Best 2 out of 3 falls steel cage match

1993

Jacksonville, Florida:

– Erik Watts defeated Joey Maggs

– Erik Watts defeated Mike Thor

– Maxx Payne defeated Kensuke Sasaki

– Arn Anderson defeated the Barbarian

– Ron Simmons defeated Dick Slater

– Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated Rick Rude & WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff

– Dustin Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Barry Windham via disqualification

1995 

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Brian Christopher defeated Doug Gilbert for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

2000

Salt Lake City, Utah:

– Jeff Jarrett defeated Ric Flair to win the WCW World Title 

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:

– Too Cool defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian to win the titles

2014 

NXT TakeOver: Winter Park, Florida:

– Adam Rose defeated Camacho

– The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) defeated El Local and Kalisto to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship

– Tyler Breeze defeated Sami Zayn to determine the #1 contender to the NXT Championship

– Charlotte (with Ric Flair) defeated Natalya (with Bret Hart) to win the vacant NXT Women’s Championship

– Adrian Neville defeated Tyson Kidd to retain the NXT Championship

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