This Day In History - October 25th
October 25th
On this day in history in ....
1910 - Henry Ordemann defeats Frank Gotch in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the American Heavyweight Title, ending Gotch's third reign.
1955 - Ronnie Etchison & Ray Stern defeat Gene Kiniski & Lord James Blears to win the Joe Malcewicz-promoted San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Title.
1958 - Jack Dempsey defeats Alan Colbeck in Newcastle, England for the European Welterweight Title.
1961 - Lord James Blears defeats Curtis Iaukea to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1962 - El Rayo de Jalisco defeats Rene Guajardo for the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1966 - Jose Lothario & Eddie Graham defeat The Infernos (Frankie Cain & Rocky Smith) to win the Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.
1969 - Bronko Lubich & Chris Markoff defeat Ciclon Negro & Sam Steamboat in Tampa, Florida for the NWA Florida Tag Team Title.
1972 - Jose Lothario defeat Stan Stasiak to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in San Antonio, Texas.
1973 - Mike George & Jim Brunzell defeat The Great Togo & Tokyo Joe for the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Title.
1974 - Victor Rivera & Dino Bravo defeat Tonny Rocco & Raul Reyes for the vacant NWA Americas Tag Team Title in Los Angeles, California.
1976 - Jesse "The Body" Ventura & "Playboy" Buddy Rose defeat Dutch Savage & Jimmy Snuka to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title, ending Savage and Snuka's fourth reign.
1978 - Ed Wiskoski & Buddy Rose defeat Dean Ho & Ron Starr to win the Roy Shire-promoted San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in Sacramento, California.
1980 - Jay Youngblood & Joe Lightfoot defeat Rip Oliver & Fidel Cortez for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
1981 - Kerry Von Erich & Terry Orndorff win the NWA American Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.
1982 - El Satanico defeats Cesar Curiel to win the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning his second reign.
1982 - Paul Jones defeats Jack Brisco for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title in Fayetteville, North Carolina, ending Brisco's fourth reign and starting his second.
1982 - In Memphis, Tennessee, The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) defeat Koko Ware & Bobby Eaton for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title.
1982 - David Schultz defeats Bob Armstrong in Birmingham, Alabama to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title.
1984 - Harley Race wins the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Hacksaw Higgins in Kansas City, Kansas, beginning his eighth reign.
1985 - Wayne Farris & Ron Starr defeat Kerry Brown and Hubert Gallant in a tournament final to win the vacant Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1986 - Don Kent ends the fifth WWC Junior Heavyweight Title reign of Invader III in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
1992 - Dick Murdoch defeats Invader I in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title.
1992 - WCW Halloween Havoc took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Civic Center. Here are the results:
- In a dark match, Erik Watts & Van Hammer defeated Vinnie Vegas & Diamond Dallas Page when Watts pinned Page.
- Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn & Shane Douglas defeated Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes & Bobby Eaton when Gunn pinned Hayes with a Thesz press.
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Brian Pillman after a series of reversals off of a sunset flip by Steamboat.
- Big Van Vader (defending the U.S. title for Rick Rude, who was challenging for the NWA Title that night) defeated Nikita Koloff with a powerbomb.
- NWA/WCW World Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Williams & Steve Austin ended in a 30-minute draw. Rhodes had hit a tombstone on Austin and got a two count as time ran out.
- Rick Rude defeated NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono via disqualification due to a referee being hit.
- WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated The Barbarian with a powerslam.
- Sting defeated Jake Roberts in a Coal Miner's Glove match. This was a "Spin The Wheel, Make A Deal" match in which Sting spun a wheel to decide what type of match it would be. The match ended when Cactus Jack brought a cobra out for Jake to use, but Sting hit Jake with the glove and the cobra bit Jake's neck while Sting pinned him.
1998 - WCW Halloween Havoc took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The show ran into a problem on many cable systems, as it went longer than usual PPV events, and some systems were not aware that WCW was going long with the event. As a result, the finish of Hogan-Warrior and the Goldberg-DDP match were not seen on some systems. Goldberg-DDP would be shown on Nitro the next night.
- WCW World Television Champion Chris Jericho defeated Raven via submission with the Liontamer.
- Wrath defeated Meng with the Meltdown.
- Disco Inferno defeated Juventud Guerrera with a piledriver to earn a Cruiserweight Title match later in the show.
- Alex Wright defeated Fit Finlay with a neckbreaker.
- Perry Saturn defeated Lodi with a Death Valley Driver.
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman defeated Disco Inferno with a shooting star press.
- Rick Steiner defeated The Giant & Scott Steiner (subbing for Scott Hall) to win the WCW World Tag Team Title when he pinned Scott with a top rope bulldog. Rick started the match teaming with Buff Bagwell, but Bagwell turned on him early in the match, leaving Rick to fight alone. As a result of the win, Rick also got a one-on-one, no-DQ match with Scott. Rick would later select Judy Bagwell (Buff's mom) as his tag partner.
- Rick Steiner defeated Scott Steiner in a no-DQ match with a top rope bulldog.
- Scott Hall defeated Kevin Nash via countout when Nash walked out after powerbombing Hall twice and leaving him laying in the ring.
- WCW United States Champion Bret Hart defeated Sting with the Sharpshooter after knocking him out with a baseball bat.
- Hulk Hogan defeated (Ultimate) Warrior after Horace Hogan hit Warrior with a chair.
- WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg defeated Diamond Dallas Page with the Jackhammer.
1999 - Ivory defeated Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's Title in Providence, Rhode Island, ending Moolah's seventh (and to date, final) title reign and beginning her second.
1999 - Bret Hart defeats Bill Goldberg for the United States Heavyweight Title in Phoenix, Arizona, ending Goldberg's second run with the title and starting Hart's fourth reign. On the same show, Konnan & Billy Kidman defeat Harlem Heat for the WCW World Tag Team Title, ending Heat's tenth, and final tag title reign.
1999 - Konnan & Billy Kidman defeat Harlem Heat to win the WCW World Tag Team Title in Phoenix, Arizona, ending Harlem Heat's 10th reign.
1999 - Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue defeat Johnny Smith & Maunakea Mossman in a tournament final for the vacant AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Title in Nagaoka, Japan.
2000 - Todd Morton defeats The Suicide Kid to win the held up IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title in Charlestown, Indiana.
2003 - X #3 defeats Yasu Urano for the UWA World Middleweight Title in Chiba, Japan.
2003 - Eddie Colon defeated Jose Rivera, Jr. for the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title in Cidra, Puerto Rico, beginning his second reign and ending Rivera's third.
2003 - Onyx defeats Hotstuff Hernandez for the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Title in Cornelia, Georgia.
2005 - MNM (Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro) defeat Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich to win their second WWE Tag Team Title in San Francisco, California.
Thanks to Ryan Martinez for his help with the above.
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