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Daily pro wrestling history (04/24): AWA Super Sunday: Big Van Vader wins IWGP Title

1947

Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA Title: Orville Brown beat Vic Christy 2 falls to 1
– Ralph Garibaldi beat Dan O’Connor 
– Warren Bockwinkel beat Ed White 

1967 

– John & Chris Tolos defeated Don Leo Jonathan & Rocky Johnson to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

1969

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dick Murdoch defeated the Viking in a 2 out of 3 falls match

1978

Madison Square Garden:
– WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Superstar Graham in a steel cage match 
– WWWF Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo & Dominic DeNucci defeated Stan Stasiak & Johnny Rodz

1979

Raleigh, North Carolina:
– Ricky Steamboat beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
– Ernie Ladd beat Jimmy Snuka
– Gene Anderson & Moose Morowski beat Leo Burke & Jay Youngblood
– Herb Gallant beat Len Denton
– Don Kernodle beat David Patterson

1982

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Hulk Hogan dq
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
– Bobby Duncum beat Baron Von Raschke
– Ken Patera beat Spike Huber
– Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan
– Brad Rheingans beat Dr X
– Tito Santana drew Rene Goulet

1983 

AWA Super Sunday: St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel defeated Hulk Hogan by DQ 
– Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
– Ken Patera & Jesse Ventura & Blackjack Lanza beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Rick Martel
– Jerry Lawler beat John Tolos
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Ed Boulder
– Brad Rheingans beat Tom Stone
– Joyce Grable & Wendi Richter beat Judy Martin & Velvet McIntrye

1985

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA World Champion Rick Martel defeated Mr. Saito 
– steel cage match: Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Jerry Blackwell defeated The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering

1989 

Super Powers Clash: Tokyo, Japan:
– Big Van Vader defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win the IWGP Title tournament (Lou Thesz special referee)
– Shota Chochyashvili defeated Antonio Inoki to win the New Japan Martial Arts Title
– Naoki Sano defeated Hiro Saito to win the Young Lions League
– IWGP Tag Team Champions Super Strong Machine & George Takano defeated Hiro Hase & Shiro Koshinaka
– Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi.
– Salman Hashimikov defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
– Wahka Eveleov defeated Masa Saito

1991 

WWF UK Rampage: London, England
– Jim Neidhart defeated The Warlord
– Greg Valentine defeated Haku
– Ted DiBiase defeated Kerry Von Erich via countout
– The Rockers defeated The Orient Express
– Jimmy Snuka defeated The Barbarian
– Davey Boy Smith defeated The Bezerker
– Earthquake defeated Jake Roberts via countout
– WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter

1994 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to win back the WCW World Title (title was held up) 

2001

– Steve Corino defeated Mike Rapada to win the NWA title

2004 

Chicago, Illinois:
– Colt Cabana & CM Punk defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe to win the Ring Of Honor Tag Team Titles

2005

TNA Lockdown: Orlando, Florida:
– 3 Live Kru (Konnan and Ron Killings) defeated David Young and Lex Lovett and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) (with Chris Candido)    
– Apolo and Sonny Siaki defeated Chris Candido and Lance Hoyt in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match    
– Dustin Rhodes defeated Bobby Roode (with A-1 and Coach D’Amore)
– Shocker defeated Chris Sabin, Michael Shane (with Trinity) and Sonjay Dutt1 ina Four Man Xscape match    
– Jeff Hardy defeated Raven in a Six Sides of Steel Tables match    
– America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Team Canada (Eric Young and Petey Williams) (with A-1) in a Six Sides of Steel Strap match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship    
– Christopher Daniels defeated Elix Skipper    to retain the TNA X Division Championship    
– Team Nash (B.G. James, Diamond Dallas Page and Sean Waltman) defeated Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown and The Outlaw) in a Lethal Lockdown match    
– A.J. Styles defeated Abyss to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match