Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/22): The Undertaker debuts at WWF Survivor Series 1990

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1922 

Melbourne, Australia:
– Billy Meeske defeated Joe Bailey in a tournament final to win the vacant Australian Heavyweight Title 

1950 

Los Angeles, California:
– Baron Michele Leone defeated Enrique Torres to become recognized World Heavyweight Champion in Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest

1954 

Los Angeles, California:
– Lord James Blears & Joe Pazanadak defeated Gene Kiniski and John Tolos for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

1955 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Rikidozan defeated King Kong in a tournament final to become the first All Asia Heavyweight Champion  

1960 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
– George Eakin won the Madison Wrestling Club Heavyweight Title from Bob Brown

1961

Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia won the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title by defeating Shoulders Newman and Ted Travis 

1962

Jacksonville, Florida:
– The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) defeated Tony Baillargeon & Maurice Lapoine for the Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans in 2 out of 3 falls
– Battle of the K(C)rushers, Loser no longer can use the name K(C)rusher: Crusher beat Krusher Stan Kowalski 
– Farmer Pete & Nan Regen beat Pee Wee James & Mars Monroe
– Jack Lanza beat George Cannon 

1963

Mobile, Alabama:
– Billy Hines defeated Mickey Sharpe to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title 

1968 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Assassins (Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton) defeated Ramon & Alberto Torres for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title 

Dothan, Alabama:
– Rocket & Flash Monroe defeated Don Carson & Dick Dunn to win the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Title 

1969 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) defeated Assassin #2 (Tom Renesto) in a tournament final to become the first NWA Georgia Television Champion

1972 

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Bob Kelly won the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship by defeating The Wrestling Pro 

Mobile, Alabama:
– Rocket & Flash Monroe defeated Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan to win the Gulf Coast version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title

Tampa, Florida:
– Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt with Big Bad John as ref to win the Southern title 

1973

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2 in out of 3 falls
– Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham
– Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco
– Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud
– Big K drew Ric Flair

1974

Los Angeles, California:
– Pampero Firpo defeated John Tolos for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

1976 

West Palm Beach, Florida:
– “Superstar” Billy Graham defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1978 

Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Mando Guerrero defeated Larry Sharpe for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title 

1979 

Bowling Green, Kentucky:
– Tojo Yamamoto, Bobby Eaton & Secret Weapon defeated George Gulas, Ken Lucas & Joey Rossi for the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Avenger defeated The Turk to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

1980 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Judy Martin defeated Princess Little Heart for the NWA United States Women’s Title 

1982

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Terry Taylor won an elimination match over Crusher Broomfield, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Jerry Roberts, and Sweet Brown Sugar
– Dutch Mantel pinned Jesse Barr to win the Mid-America Title
– Jerry Lawler beat Jimmy Hart & Sweet Brown Sugar in a handicap match
– Bill Dundee beat Southern Champ Sabu via DQ
– Dream Machine & Bobby Eaton beat The Fabulous Ones (8:43) in a no DQ match to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) beat Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee

West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Kevin Sullivan defeated Dusty Rhodes for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

1984 

NWA Starrcade: Greensboro, North Carolina: Attendance was 16,000
– Denny Brown pinned NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Mike Davis to win the title
– Brian Adidas pinned Mr. Ito
– Florida Heavyweight Champion Jesse Barr pinned Mike Graham
– The Assassin & Buzz Tyler defeated Muhammad & Akeem in an elimination match
– Manny Fernandez defeated Mid-Atlantic Brass Knuckles Champion Black Bart to win the title
– Paul Jomes pinned Jimmy Valiant in a loser leaves town tuxedo street fight
– Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ron Bass defeated Dick Slater via disqualification
– Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated Ole Anderson & Keith Larson
– NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Ricky Steamboat 
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham to retain the NWA US title
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes to retain the title

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Jimmy Golden defeated Austin Idol for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title 

Bayaman, Puerto Rico:
– Invaders I & III win the vacant WWC Tag Team Title by defeating Super Medico I & Black Gordman

Kansas City, Kansas: afternoon show attendance was 1,600
– Jerry Blackwell won battle royal
– Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts no contest Road Warriors & Paul Ellering
– Handicap Match: Jerry Blackwell beat Tug Taylor & Mike Pagel
– Marty Jannetty beat Missing Link
– Bulldog Bob Brown & King Parsons beat King Kong Bundy & Hacksaw Higgins by DQ
– Mr. Pogo beat Dave Peterson
– Candi Devine beat Princess Jasmine

St. Paul, Minnesota: evening show attendance was 16,000
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Boom Boom Bundy & Jerry Blackwell
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Billy Robinson
– Cage match: Greg Gagne beat Sheik Adnan by DQ
– Mr. Saito drew Curt Hennig
– Fabulous Ones beat Luke Graham & Steve Regal
– Jimmy Garvin beat Steve O
– Cowboy Lang & Little Koko beat Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo

Dallas, Texas:
– Mike Von Erich defeated WCCW Champion Gino Hernandez by DQ
– Chris Adams defeated Kevin Von Erich in a no DQ match
– The Fantastics, Tommy Rogers & Buddy Fulton defeated Norvell Austin and Koko Ware to retain the WCCW Tag Team Titles

1986

Cleveland, Ohio:
– Nelson Royal defeated Eddie Roberts
– Shaska Whatley defeated Allan West
– Don Kernodle defeated Bill Dundee via disqualification
– NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated the Barbarian in an Indian strap match
– NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez

Baltimore, Maryland: (attendance was 14,000, sellout)
– Larry Winters pinned Ron Shaw 
– Ricky Lee Jones pinned Rocky Kernodle 
– Hector Guerrero defeated Tony Zane
– Jimmy Valiant defeated Gary Royal 
– Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers in a Texas Tornado match 
– Road Warrior Animal & Paul Ellering (sub. for Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification 
– NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match

1987 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Nasty Boys beat The Hangman
– Don Bass & Carl Fergie beat Lou Winston & Jerry Bryant
– Teijo Khan beat John Paul
– Bobby Jaggers beat Billy Joe Travis
– The Midnight Rockers (Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) to win the AWA 
  Southern Tag Team Titles 
– Austin Idol & Bill Dundee beat Hector Guerrero & Manny Fernandez via DQ
– Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett DDQ Jimmy Jack Funk & Steve Keirn

Johnstown, Pennsylvania:
– Eddie Gilbert pinned Jimmy Jackson
– Big Bubba pinned John Gavin
– Kevin Sullivan fought Rick Steiner to a draw
– Paul Ellering pinned JJ Dillon
– NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson pinned Robert Gibson
– Ricky Morton pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard 
– The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match 

1989 

Mexico City, Mexico:
– Big Van Vader defeated Canek for the Universal Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 

1990

WWF Survivor Series: Hartford, Connecticut:

– The Ultimate Warriors (Animal, Hawk, The Texas Tornado & The Ultimate Warrior) defeated The Perfect Team (Ax, Crush, Mr. Perfect & Smash) (w/ Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji)

– The Million Dollar Team (Greg Valentine, Ted DiBiase, The Honky Tonk Man & The Undertaker) (w/ Brother Love, Jimmy Hart and Virgil) defeated The Dream Team (Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Neidhart & Koko B. Ware)

– The Visionaries (Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel & The Warlord) (w/ Slick) defeated The Vipers (Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels)

– The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, The Big Boss Man & Tugboat) defeated The Natural Disasters (Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Haku & The Barbarian) (w/ Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart)

– The Alliance (Butch, Luke, Nikolai Volkoff & Tito Santana) defeated The Mercenaries (Boris Zhukov, Sato, Sgt. Slaughter & Tanaka)

– Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior & Tito Santana defeated Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase & The Warlord (w/ Slick and Virgil)

Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Juicer pinned Barry Horowitz 
– Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated the Master Blasters 
– The Junkyard Dog pinned Moondog Rex 
– El Gigante, Tommy Rich, & Ricky Morton defeated Bobby Eaton, Michael Hayes, & Jimmy Garvin
– Lex Luger pinned the Big Cat 
– NWA Tag Team Champions Doom defeated Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in an elimination match
– NWA World Champion Sting pinned Sid Vicious 
– NWA US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Nasty Boys in a steel cage match 

1991 

Dallas, Texas:
– John Tatum & Rod Price defeated Steve Simpson in a handicap match to win the Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Titles

Washington, D.C.:
– Madusa defeated Bambi
– Big Josh & Mike Graham defeated Richard Morton & Terrance Taylor 
– Johnny B. Badd defeated Thomas Rich
– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin defeated WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman
– Big Van Vader fought PN News to a double count-out
– Van Hammer defeated Cactus Jack
– Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated Tom Zenk & WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes 
– Sting defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW World Champion Lex Luger & Mr. Hughes 

1992

Tokyo, Japan:
– Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Satoshi Kojima
– Chris Benoit defeated the Tazmaniac
– Super Strong Machine, Tatsutoshi Goto, Hiro Saito, & Norio Honaga defeated Osamu Kido, Takayuki Iizuka, Black Cat, & Koji Kanemoto
– Jushin Liger defeated Dean Malenko
– Shinya Hashimoto defeated TNT
– The Ultimo Dragon defeated IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Samurai to win the title 
– Scott Norton & Tony Halme defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner to win the titles 
– IWGP Heavyweight Champion the Great Muta pinned Sting 
– Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase, & Akira Nogami defeated Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi, & Akitoshi Saito 

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1993

Memphis, Tennessee:
– King Cobra beat The Wolfman
– PG-13 beat The American Eagles
– Jeff Gaylord & Mike Anthony beat Phi Delta Slam
– PG-13 beat Jeff Gaylord & Mike Anthony
– Dutch Mantel beat Reggie B. Fine
– The Dirty White Girl beat Toni Adams in a “street fight” match
– Tony Anthony beat Don Bass
– Buddy Landel pinned Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Title
– Jerry Lawler & Brian Christopher beat Rex Hargrove & Koko B. Ware (As a result, Toni Adams had to eat dog food)
– Jeff Jarrett won a Battle Royal to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title 

1995

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Wolfie D beat Reggie B. Fine
– Steven Dunn beat Tony Williams
– Miss Texas beat Tasha Simone to win the USWA Women’s Title
– SMW Champ Brad Armstrong beat King Cobra
– Doug Gilbert NC Moondog Cujo
– PG-13 beat Tracy Smothers & The Smoky Mountain Massacre
– USWA Champ Brian Christopher beat Tex Slazenger via DQ
– Brian Christopher won a battle royal
– Jerry Lawler beat USWA Unified World Champ Ahmed Johnson via DQ
– Jesse James Armstrong beat Jeff Jarrett

1998

Auburn Hills, Michigan:
– Billy Kidman defeated Juventud Guerrera to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title

1999 

Auburn Hills, Michigan:
– Creative Control (Patrick & Gerald [The Harris Brothers]) defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Billy Kidman) to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles

2003

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Raven defeated Justin Credible for the 3PW Heavyweight Title 

2010 

WWE Monday Night Raw: 
– The Miz captured the WWE championship after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract and defeating Randy Orton

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