This Day In History - June 18th
June 18th
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1950 - Arjan Singh defeats Sandor Szabo to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1951 - Salvatore Bellomo is born in Hornu, Belgium.
1951 - Miguel Guzman defeats Wayne Martin for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning his eighth reign.
1968 - Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk defeat Kurt & Karl Von Brauner to win the Texas version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in San Angelo, Texas, ending the Von Brauner's third reign.
1971 - Bruno Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci defeat The Mongols (Geeto and Bepo) for the WWF International Tag Team Title in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1971 - The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Colstello & Don Kent) win their second WWA World Tag Team Title, ending the second reign of Wilbur Snyder and Moose Cholak in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1972 - Enrique Vera defeats Raul Mata for the Mexico National Light Heavyweight Title.
1977 - Jimmy & Johnny Valiant defeat Moose Cholak & Paul Christy for the WWA World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana, beginning their third reign.
1977 - Hercules Ayala defeats Huracan Castillo to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, beginning his second reign.
1978 - Dusty Rhodes defeats Dick Slater to win the NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Title in Miami, Florida, beginning his fifth reign.
1980 - Bob Brown & Pat O'Connor defeat Takachiho (The Great Kabuki) & Pak Song for the NWA Central States Tag Team Title in Des Moines, Iowa.
1981 - Bob Sweetan & Terry Gibbs defeat The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) to win the vacant NWA Central States Tag Team Title in Kansas City, Kansas. The title was vacated earlier in the year when Terry Taylor, who held the title with Bob Sweetan, left the area.
1982 - Ringo Mendoza & Cachorro Mendoza defeat Satanico & Espectro, Jr. for the Mexico National Tag Team Title.
1983 - Jack and Jerry Brisco defeat Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood to win the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in Greenville, South Carolina, ending Steamboat and Youngblood's third reign.
1984 - Davey Boy Smith defeats Bad News Allen in Vancouver, British Columbia for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title, ending Allen's third reign.
1984 - Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Frank Morrell) defeat Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.
1989 - The Marine Wolves (Suzuka Minami & Akira Hokuto) defeat Grizzly Iwamoto & Bison Kimura for the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan. The title was vacated on May 6, when The Crush Gals (Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo) gave up the belts when Nagayo retired.
1995 - WCW holds the ninth Great American Bash at Dayton, Ohio's Hara Arena. The show received a 0.51 buyrate.
In matches airing on WCW's Main Event.
- Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers), when Booker pinned Rogers.
- Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Scott D'Amore by submission with the Code Red.
- Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater defeated Frankie Lancaster and Barry Houston.
Pay-per-view matches:
- Alex Wright pinned Brian Pillman
- Dave Sullivan defeated Diamond Dallas Page in an Arm Wrestling match to win a date with the Diamond Doll.
- Jim Duggan defeated Craig Pittman by disqualification.
- Harlem Heat defeated Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater, when Booker pinned Buck.
- The Renegade pinned Arn Anderson to win the WCW World Television Title.
- The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Blue Bloods (Earl Robert Eaton and Lord Steven Regal), when Knobbs pinned Eaton, to retain the WCW World Tag Team Title.
- Sting pinned Meng to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Title, beginning his second reign.
- Ric Flair pinned Randy Savage.
1997 - Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita defeat Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa in Sapporo, Japan to win the WWWA World Tag Team Title.
2002 - Doug Williams defeats Justin Starr for the British Heavyweight Title in Southampton, England, beginning Williams' second reign and ending Starr's third.
2004 - Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeats Canek to win the UWA World Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, ending Canek's 15th reign.
2005 - Ring of Honor holds "Death Before Dishonor III" at Mennan Sports Arena in Morristown, New Jersey. The results:
- BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave and Eddie Vegas to retain the ROH Tag Team Title.
- Lacey defeated Cindy Rogers.
- The Carnage Crew (Loc and DeVito) defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn and Marcos) in an Anything Goes Street Fight.
- Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana to retain the ROH Pure Title.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles defeated Petey Williams.
- Lacey's Angels (Izzy and Deranged )defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong and Jack Evans).
- Nigel McGuiness defeated James Gibson, Homicide and Azrieal in a Four Corners Survival match.
- Low Ki and Jay Lethal fought to a no contest.
- CM Punk defeated Austin Aries to win the ROH Heavyweight Title.
2005 - Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Toru Yano for the IWGP U-30 Title in Kyoto, Japan, beginning his second reign.
2005 - Georgia Championship Wrestling United States Television Champion Damien Steele defeats GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Champion Elix Skipper in Columbus, Georgia to unify the two titles.
2005 - Stixx & Stone (Stixx and Martin Stone) defeat Hampton Court (The Duke of Danger and Simmons) to win the Frontier Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Title in Morecambe, England.
2005 - Daniels and Xander Graves defeat Kato and Honey for the Keystone Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title in Altoona, Pennsylvania, beginning their fourth reign.
2006 - TNA holds the second-annual Slammiversary pay-per-view, at the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. During which Jim Cornette was introduced as the new head of TNA Management. The results:
- In the pre-show match, Team Canada (Eric Young and A-1) defeated The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens), when Young pinned Douglas after a flying elbow.
- Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated The James Gang ( B.G. and Kip James) in a "Bingo Hall Brawl", when Devon pinned Kip after a 3D through a table.
- Rhino defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Scott D'Amore) in a Handicap match, by pinning D'Amore after a Gore
- Senshi defeated Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley, Shark Boy, Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in an Elimination match, last eliminating Dutt by pinfall after a Warrior's Way, to become #1 contender to the TNA X Division Title.
- Kevin Nash pinned Chris Sabin after a Jackknife Powerbomb following interference from Alex Shelley.
- A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) to win the NWA World Tag Team Title, ending AMW's sixth reign.
- Samoa Joe pinned Scott Steiner after a Snap Scoop Powerslam.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated champion Christian Cage, Abyss, Ron Killings and Sting in a King of the Mountain match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title, beginning his sixth reign.
