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Daily pro wrestling history (11/27): Rock & Roll Express win Smoky Mountain Tag Team Titles, more Thanksgiving cards

1949 

– National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown, unable to defend his title due to injuries suffered in a car accident (which also ended his career), forfeits the title to his scheduled opponent, Lou Thesz. 

1958

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Tito Carreon, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Joe Scarpa beat Ike Eakins, Lee Henning and Lord Albert Mills 2 falls to 1
– Bob Geigel beat Ray Villmer 2 falls to 1 
– Ivan the Mad Russian beat Chief Suni War Cloud 
– Mighty Atlas beat Al Szasz (sub for Thor Hagen) 

1970

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Tampa, Florida:
– Jack Brisco defeated Tarzan Tyler to win the NWA Florida Television Title

1971

Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
– Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Danny Miller
– Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker
– Reggie Parks drew Jerry Miller (sub Ray Stevens)
– Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Stan Kowalski

1975

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig
– Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke
– Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk
– Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski
– Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek) beat Don Wade

1980

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura dq
– Jerry Blackwell beat Mad Dog Vachon
– Buck Zumhofe no contest Bobby Heenan
– John Studd beat Dino Bravo
– Tito Santana beat Steve Regal

1986 – Thanksgiving Night

Greensboro, North Carolina: 
– Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes in a First Blood match to win the NWA Television Title 
– NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated Ole & Arn Anderson in a Steel Cage match

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Big Bubba Rogers defeated Ronnie Garvin in a Louisville Street Fight match
– The Road Warriors defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) in a Scaffold match
– NWA World Heavyweight Champ Ric Flair defeated Nikita Koloff via DQ

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko
– Midnight Rockers & Despina Montagus beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Sherri Martel
– Step Ladder match: Jerry Blackwell beat Colonel DeBeers
– Curt Hennig beat Boris Zhukov
– Alexis Smirnoff & Yuri Gordienko beat Buck Zumhofe & John Paul Demann
– Super Ninja beat Steve Olsonoski

New Orleans, Louisiana:
– World Class Heavyweight Champion Kevin Von Erich defeated Black Bart
– Lance & Mike Von Erich defeated Brian Adias & Matt Borne
– Kevin Von Erich defeated Al Madril in a Lights Out match 
– Fritz Von Erich defeated Abdullah The Butcher via disqualification

1991

Detroit, Michigan:
– The Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Title 

1992 

Welch, West Virginia:
– The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard) to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles

1999

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Uganda (aka Kamala II)
– The Sandman defeated Raven
– ECW World Champion Mike Awesome defeated Justin Credible

2005

Detroit, Michigan:
– Triple H defeated Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match
– WWE Champion John Cena defeated Kurt Angle

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