Today In Wrestling History- September 3rd

Events

In 1984, WCCW “Labor Day Star Wars” was held at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas:

– George Weingroff defeated Kelly Kiniski
– WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion Chris Adams defeated WCCW Television Champion Jake Roberts to win the title
– Jules Strongbow & WCCW American Tag Team Champion Buck Zumhofe defeated The Long Riders (Bill & Scott Irwin)
– WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Champion Michael Hayes defeated The Missing Link via DQ
– Kerry Von Erich defeated Bruce Reed via DQ in an arm wrestling match
– WCCW American Tag Team Champion King Parsons & Skip Young defeated The Pretty Young Things (Norvell Austin & Koko B. Ware) via DQ
– WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated WCCW American Heavyweight Champion Mike Von Erich to win the title
– Killer Khan defeated Terry Gordy in a No DQ Spike match
– Kerry & Kevin Von Erich defeated WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, & Buddy Roberts) in a Handicap (due to Mike Von Erich being injured in his earlier match) Elimination Loser Leaves Town match to win the title

In 2010, the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show was held in Mexico City:

– Dark Angel, Luna Magica & Marcela defeated Amapola, Princesa Blanca & Princesa Sugei
– Angel de Oro, Delta & Stuka Jr defeated Arkangel de la Muerte, Escandalo, & Polvora
– Blue Panther, La Mascara & Mascara Dorada defeated Dragon Rojo, Misterioso II & Sangre Azteca
– Felino, Negro Casas, & Rey Bucanero defeated Mr. Aguila, Charly Manson, & Hector Garza
– Olimpico lost a 14-man ‘infierno en el ring’ match and was forced to unmask

Title Changes

1944 – Earl Wampler defeated Ken Fenelon to win the Iowa Heavyweight Champion in Waterloo, Iowa

1948 – Dave Levin defeated George Becker to win the California Heavyweight Title in Santa Monica, California

1966 – The Destroyer (Guy Mitchell) defeated Bearcat Wright to win the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title in Melbourne, Australia

1976 – Dory Funk Jr. defeated Dennis Stamp to win the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title in Lubbock, Texas

1979 – Mr. Fuji defeated Peter Maivia to win the New Zealand NWA British Empire Heavyweight Title in Auckland, New Zealand

1982 – Bad News Allen defeated Bret Hart to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta

1989 – The Great Muta defeated Sting to win the NWA Television Title

1990 – Jeff Gaylord & Jeff Jarrett defeated Chuck Casey (replacing Don Harris) & Brian Lee to win the vacant USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee

1993 – Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen defeated The Holy Demon Army (Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada) to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

2006 – The British Militia (Jon Moxley (WWE’s Dean Ambrose) & Hade Vansen) defeated Chicano & Slash Venom to win the IWA World Tag Team Title in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

2006 – Minoru Suzuki defeated Taiyo Kea to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title

Birthdays

Happy birthday to current TNA wrestler TJ ‘Manik’ Perkins (30), Ring of Honor star Bob Evans (42), & 3-time IWGP Tag and Junior Heavyweight Champion Shiro Koshinaka (56)

Also, today would have been the birthday of former WWF Diva Marianna ‘Mrs Cleavage’ Komlos (45), & famed promoter Nick Gulas (99)