Today in Wrestling History (June 23rd)

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1944 – Firpo Segra defeated Doc Macias to win the EMLL Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

1959 – Bobby Jones defeated George Eakin to win the MWC (Winnipeg) Heavyweight Championship

1961 – Waldo Von Erich defeated Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

1964 – Pampero Firpo defeated Nick Bockwinkel to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship

1970 – Nick Bockwinkel defeated Joe Scarpa to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship

1972 – Billy Red Lyons defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA American Heavyweight Championship

1978 – "Black Superman" Tony Atlas & Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Ole Anderson & Ivan Koloff to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship

1980 – Mr. Hito & Mr. Sakurada defeated Jose Lothario & Tiger Conway, Jr. to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship

1982 – Ted DiBiase defeated Junkyard Dog to win the MSW North American Heavyweight Championship

1984 - NWA American Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nature Boy Ric Flair to win the vacant NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. The title had been vacant since the previous champion, David Von Erich, had passed away in February 1984.

1987 – The Sheepherders defeated Mike Graham & Steve Keirn to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship

1989 – The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller & Brian Lee) defeated Jeff Jarrett & Mil Mascaras to win the WCWA World Tag Team Championship

1989 – Dr. Tom Prichard defeated Wendell Cooley to win the CWF (Tennessee) Heavyweight Championship

1990 – Dave Finlay & Marty Jones defeated Tony St. Clair & Miles Zrno to win the CWA (Germany) World Tag Team Championship

1992 – The Super Destroyers (AJ Petrucci & Doug Stahl) win a tournament to become the first NWA ECW Tag Team Champions

1995 – Apolo Dantes defeated Silver King to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

1995 – Scott D’Amore defeated Bruiser Bedlam to win the BCW (Ontario) Can-Am Heavyweight Championship

2000 – Dakota defeated Brianna Starr & Alben Thunder in a Triple Threat to become the first NWA Mid-South Women’s Champion

2002 – Bam Bam Bambi defeated Madison to win the NWA Canadian Women’s Championship

2006 – 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Trent Acid to win the PWU (Pennsylvania) Heavyweight Championship

2007 – Mr. Prime Time defeated Psicosis 2 out of 3 Falls to win the APW (California) Worldwide Internet Championship