This Day In History - October 15th

October 15th

On this day in history in ....

1951 - Mae Young defeats Cora Combs to become the first NWA Florida Women's Champion in Tampa, Florida.

1963 - Bobo Brazil defeats Tim Anderson in Tampa, Florida, reportedly the first professional wrestling match to take place in Tampa involving black wrestlers.

1967 - El Nazi defeats Mil Mascaras to win the Mexican Light-Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.

1970 - Akio Kyo defeats Marie Vagnone for the WWWA World Title in Tokyo, Japan.

1979 - Jerry Lawler defeats Bill Dundee in Memphis, Tennessee to win his fifth Southern Heavyweight Title.

1981 - The Junkyard Dog & Mike George defeat The Samoans (Afa & Sika) to win the Mid-South Wrestling Tag Team Title in Jackson, Mississippi, ending the second reign for the Samoans.

1988 - Michael Hayes & Steve Cox defeat The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu & Samu) for the World Class Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas, ending the SST's second reign and beginning their own second run with the belts. On the same show, Jeff Jarrett defeats Eric Embry for the World Class Light Heavyweight Title, ending the second of Embry's five reigns with the belt.

1988 - Hurricane Castillo, Jr. & Miguelito Perez defeat Bobby Jaggers & Dan Kroffat in Bayamon, Puerto Rico for the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title, ending the second reign of Jaggers & Kroffat.

1998 - X-Pac defeated D'Lo Brown for the WWF European Heavyweight Title in Chicago, Illinois. This marked the beginning of the second reign with the belt for X-Pac, as well as the end of Brown's second reign.


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