Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/24): Shawn Michaels & Diesel win WWF Tag Team titles

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1952

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Bob Orton defeatd Pat O’Connor in 2 out of 3 falls

1960

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Hard Boiled Haggerty (sub Gene Kiniski) & Len Montana defeated Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski in a 2/3 falls match to win AWA Tag Team Title (titles were returned to Mills and Kowalski due to the substitution)

1963 

El Paso, Texas:
– Gory Guerrero defeated Ali Bey to win the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title

1966

Omaha, Nebraska:
– Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher by DQ
– Dale Lewis beat Doug Gilbert
– Nebraska Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
– Ron Reed beat Harley Race

1971

Denver, Colorado:
– Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne by DQ
– Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon

1972

Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
– Ronnie Etchison defeated Billy Howard
– Les Thornton defeated Black Angus by disqualification
– NWA Central States champion Harley Race defeated Rufus R. Jones

1973

Sapporo, Japan:
– Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne by DQ 
– Lars Anderson & Blackjack Mulligan beat Animal Hamaguchi & Great Kusatsu
– Greg Gagne beat Isamu Sakae

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1974

Tampa, Florida:
– In a Lumberjack Match: Jos Leduc beat Pak Song
– Florida Tag Team Champions Mike Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Dick Slater & Professor Tanaka
– North American Champion Bob Armstrong beat Bill Watts by DQ

1976

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher by DQ
– In a Non Title match, Bill Francis beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon

Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Ron Fuller beat Don Carson in a Loser Leaves Town match
– Great Mephisto beat The Gladiator
– Mike Stallings beat Louie Tillet in a Texas Death match

1979

New Orleans, Louisiana:
– Charlie Cook & Hercules Ayala beat Junkyard Dog & Porkchop Cash in a Texas Tornado match
– Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel(sub for Dusty Rhodes) beat Ernie Ladd & Ken Patera

1981

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Sheik Adnan beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell
– Non Title match, Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell  
– Billy Robinson drew Tito Santana
– Baron Von Raschke beat Ed Boulder

1982 

Houston, Texas:
– Southwest champ Dick Slater beat Jerry Lawler
– Junkyard Dog beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Tony Atlas beat the Mongolian Stomper to win the Southwest Brass Knuckles Title

1983

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Intercontinental champion Magnificent Muraco defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) pinned Sgt. Slaughter in a Texas Death Match
– In a steel cage match, Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd

1984 

London, Ontario, Canada:
– Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana to win the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title.

1985

Portland, Oregon:
– NWA Champion Ric Flair drew Magnum TA
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Sgt. Slaughter & Billy Jack Haynes by DQ
– Steve Simpson & Joe Savoldi beat Mike Miller & Karl Stiener
– Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev beat Bobby Jaggers & Steve Pardee

1988

Dallas, Texas:
– AWA Champion Jerry Lawler ddq Kerry Von Erich
– Terry Gordy ddq The Beast
– Ron Garvin beat Black Bart
– Kendall Windham beat Eric Embry

Washington. D.C.:
– Al Perez defeated the Italian Stallion
– The Russian Assassins defeated the Sheepherders
– NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo fought Steve Williams to a draw
– Sting fought NWA US Champion Barry Windham to a double count-out
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Kevin Sullivan
– NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton
– Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification

1993

Greenville, Tennessee:
– Tim Horner beat Chris Candido
– Scott & Steve Armstrong beat Killer Kyle & The Dirty White Boy
– SMW Tag Champs The Rock N’ Roll Express beat Ron & Don Harris
– Tracy Smothers beat SMW Champ Brian Lee via DQ

1994

Elizabethan, Tennessee:
– Lance Storm pinned Steve Skyfire
– Brian Lee beat Chris Candido via DQ
– SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy pinned Bruiser Bedlam
– The Dirty White Boy & Brian Lee beat The Gangstas via pinfall
– Lance Storm won a battle royal

1995

WWF In Your House: Saginaw, Michigan:
– Fatu pinned Hunter Hearst Helmsley
– Goldust pinned Bob Holly
– Ahmed Williams pinned Skip
– The Undertaker pinned King Mabel
– Savio Vega pinned Waylon Mercy (Dan Spivey)
– Psycho Sid (w/ Ted Dibiase) pinned Henry Godwinn 
– Davey Boy Smith (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned Bam Bam Bigelow
– Bret Hart defeated Jean Pierre Lafitte 
– Dean Douglas (Shane Douglas) pinned Razor Ramon 
– WWF Champion Diesel & WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldog (substituting for Owen Hart) & Yokozuna (with Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji) to win the titles 

2000 

WWF Unforgiven: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Steven Richards, Bull Buchanon, the Goodfather, & Val Venis defeated the Acolytes & the Dudley Boyz 
– Tazz defeated Jerry Lawler in a strap match
– WWF Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman defeated WWF European Champion Al Snow, Crash Holly, Test (w/ Trish Stratus), Perry Saturn (w/ 
  Terri), and Sho Funaki in a 10-minute hardcore challenge match
– Chris Jericho defeated X Pac
– The Hardy Boyz defeated Edge & Christian in a cage match to capture the WWF World Tag Titles
– WWF IC Champion Eddie Guerrero (w/ Chyna) defeated Rikishi via disqualification 
– Triple H (w/ Stephanie McMahon) pinned Kurt Angle in a No DQ match 
– WWF World Champion The Rock defeated The Undertaker, Kane, and Chris Benoit

2017

WWE No Mercy: Los Angeles, California:
– Elias pinned Apollo Crews
– The Miz retained the U.S. title over Jason Jordan
– Finn Balor pinned Bray Wyatt 
– Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins retained the tag titles over Sheamus & Cesaro
– Alexa Bliss retained the women’s title in a five-way over Bayley, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax and Emma 
– Roman Reigns pinned John Cena
– Enzo Amore pinned Neville to win the cruiserweight title
– Brock Lesnar pinned Braun Strowman to retain the WWE title

NJPW Destruction: Kobe, Japan:
– Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hirai Kawato beat Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura
– Togi Makabe & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi & Desperado & Taka Michinoku 
– Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi beat Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owns
– Trent Baretta beat Yujiro Takahashi
– Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. won the IWGP tag titles in a three-way tornado match over champions War Machine and Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
– Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin beat Kota Ibushi & David Finlay
– Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & Rocky Romero beat Tetsuya Naito & Bushi & Seiya Sanada 
– Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay beat Evil & Hiromu Takahashi 
– Kenny Omega beat Juice Robinson to retain the U.S. title