Month: July 2020

1906  Kansas City, Kansas: – Frank Gotch defeated Fred Beel to win the American Heavyweight Title 1930 St. Louis, Missouri: – World Champion Jim Londos “Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/17): WCW's last Starrcade”

1947 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns 2 out of 3 falls – Ray Villmer beat Ernie Dusek 2 “Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/02): Arn Anderson wins NWA TV title”

1940 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Bruns beat Orville Brown in 2 out of 3 falls 1944  Nashville, Tennessee: – Herb Welch “Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino to win WWWF World title”

ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported Saturday afternoon that UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is injured and is pulling out of his March title defense against Frankie “Report: Max Holloway injured, out of UFC 222 main event vs. Frankie Edgar”

1951 Sioux City, Iowa: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mike DiBiase 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene “Daily Pro Wrestling History (02/21): WCW SuperBrawl III”

The head of Russian military intelligence, which is accused of orchestrating the Salisbury Novichok attack, has died. Igor Korobov died on Wednesday after "a serious and long “Igor Korobov, head of Russian spy agency accused over Salisbury attack, dies aged 63 after ‘serious illness’”

1950 Kansas City, Kansas: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz beat Tarzan Kowalski in 2 out of 3 falls to retain the title – “Daily Pro Wrestling History (3/09): Steiner Brothers win NWA tag titles”

> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER JUNE 3, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA “6/3 AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER: Cody defends against Jungle Boy, Schiavone interviews former Revival team, Jericho vs. Colt Cabana, Sabian & Havoc vs. Hangman & Omega, Swole vs. Nyla Rose”

The Dutch state railway company is to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their families, after accusations that it earned millions transporting Jewish people on “Dutch railway firm to pay compensation for its role in Holocaust”

Molly Holly is set to make her second WWE appearance of 2018. WWE announced today that Holly will be inducting Ivory into the company’s Hall “Molly Holly to induct Ivory into WWE Hall of Fame”