December 9 history

1967

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Verne Gagne & Bill Watts no contest Harley Race & Hard Boiled Haggerty
- Dr X beat Rene Goulet
- Handicap Match: Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels & Big K
- Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay
- Steve Druk drew Mark Starr

1974

Tokyo, Japan:
- Jack Brisco beat Giant Baba to win the NWA World Heavyweight title

1976

Tokyo, Japan:
- Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk to win the JWA/NWA International tag team title

Denver, Colorado:
- The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson
- Pat O'Connor beat Blackjack Lanza
- Ray Stevens dcor Pedro Morales
- Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby

1977

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell
- Super Destroyer & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Larry Hennig (sub Crusher) & George Gadaski
- Ray Stevens no contest Angelo Mosca
- Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay

St. Louis, Missouri: (Attendance: 4598)
- Missouri Champion Dick Slater draw Rocky Johnson with each man winning one fall in the 45-minute limit
- Dick the Bruiser won two straight falls over Blackjack Lanza, who could not continue in the second fall
- Ron Fuller, Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones won a tag elimination match over Bulldog Bob Brown, Jim Valiant and Roger
  Kirby
- Jan Nelson (sub for Art Thomas) defeated John Valiant via DQ
- Mike Huber (sub for Wilbur Snyder) defeated Randy Colley
- Jan Nelson defeated Seki

1979

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest The Crusher
- Greg Gagne & Steve Olsonoski no contest Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
- Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark III
- Super Destroyer Mark II beat Dino Bravo
- Buddy Wolff beat Ron Ritchie
- Buck Zumhofe beat Peter Sandor Szabo

1983

St. Louis, Missouri:
- David Von Erich and Harley Race went to a double dq; Von Erich retained the Missouri State title
- Dick the Bruiser & Rick Martel defeated Ken Patera and Crusher Blackwell by dq
- Bob Orton defeated Rufus R. Jones
- Austin Idol defeated Buddy Landel by dq
- Ron Ritchie defeated Paul Orndorff by dq
- Scott Harris & Buzz Tyler defeated MEB and 666 by dq
- Bobby Fulton defeated Doug Somers

1985

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Mega Maharishi pinned Tojo Yamamoto
- Rick Casey pinned Tony Falk
- Koko Ware & Phil Hickerson beat Freedom Fighters Flash & Justice via DQ
- The Kiwi Sheepherders beat The Fantastics
- Tom Pritchard, Pat Rose, & Sherri Martel beat The Fabulous Ones in a "handicap" match
- Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol beat Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
- Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel won a two-ring battle royal

1986

Spartansburg, South Carolina:
- Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev to win the NWA United States Tag Team
  Championship

1988

Tokyo, Japan:
- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kerry Von Erich for the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title

Mexico City, Mexico:
- Lizmark beat Fabuloso Blondie (Ken Timbs) to win the NWA Light Heavyweight title

1989

Tokyo, Japan:
- Stan Hansen & Genchiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu winning the vacant Unified tag title

1990

Naucalpan, Mexico:
- EL Canek defeated Vader to win the UWA title

1991

Tokyo, Japan:
- Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto defeated Gregory Veritchev & Koba Krutanize in the finals of a tournament to win the FMW-
  based WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Title

1993

Shiga, Japan:
- Yuji Nagata defeated Shinjiro Otani
- Brad Rheingans defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Black Cat defeated Manabu Nakanishi
- Kuniaki Kobayashi & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Osamu Kido & Takayuki Iizuka
- Kengo Kimura & the Great Kabuki defeated Jushin Liger & Satoshi Kojima
- WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Masahiro Chono & El Samurai
- Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara
- The Great Muta, Hiroshi Hase, & Masa Saito defeated Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules

1994

Morgantown, North Carolina:
- Tracy Smothers beat Bryant Anderson
- The Dirty White Boy beat Jim Cornette & Bruiser Bedlam via pinfall in a "handicap" match
- Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy beat Chris Candido & Boo Bradley
- SMW Tag Champs The Gangstas beat The Rock-n-Roll Express un a "ghetto street fight" match

1995

Saitama, Japan:
- Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke defeated Cactus Jack & Tiger Jeet Singh in the finals of a tournament to win the NWA
  World Tag Team Championship

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck and Steve Austin in a Three Way Dance to win the
  title

Tokyo, Japan:
- Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi defeated Toshio Kawada & Akira Taue

1997

Louisville, Kentucky:
- Bull Pain defeated Paul Diamond in Louisville, Kentucky to become IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion

2000

Tokyo, Japan:
- Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams defeated Toshio Kawada & Masa Fuchi

2001

WWF Vengeance: San Diego, California:
- Scotty 2 Hotty & Albert defeated Test & WWF European Champion Christian
- WWF IC Champion Edge pinned William Regal
- Jeff Hardy pinned Matt Hardy
- WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz (w/ Stacy Keibler) defeated Kane & the Big Show
- The Undertaker pinned WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam
- WWF Women's Champion Trish Stratus pinned Jackie
- WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned Kurt Angle
- Chris Jericho pinned WCW World Champion the Rock to win the title
- WCW World Champion Chris Jericho pinned WWF World Champion Steve Austin to unify the titles

Tokyo, Japan:
- Takeo Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC tag team titles
- Naomichi Marafuji defeated Tatsuhiko Takaiwa to win the Junior Heavyweight title

2012

TNA Final Resolution: Orlando, Florida:
- Rob Van Dam defeated Kenny King to retain the TNA X Division Title
- Austin Aires defeated Bully Ray
- Tara defeated Mickie James to retain the Knockouts Title
- Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles
- Jeff Hardy defeated Bobby Roode to retain the TNA World Title

2018

Finals NJPW Tag Team Tournament: Tokyo, Japan:
- Kojima & Tenzan & Nakanishi & Nagata beat Yoshida & Umino & Makabe & Henare
- Smith & Archer & Suzuki & Iizuka beat Baretta & Chuckie T & Elgin & Cobb via DQ
- Ishii & Sho & Yoh beat Sabre & Desperado & Kanemaru
- Naito & Bushi & Takagi beat Page & Takahashi & Owens
- White & Fale & Ishimori beat Okada & Yano & Kushida
- Young Bucks & Omega & Scurll beat Tanahashi & Taguchi & Finlay & Robinson
- Ospreay pinned Taichi in a No. 1 contender for the Never title match
- Ibushi pinned Goto to win the Never Open weight title
- Evil & Sanada beat Tonga & Loa to win the tag team tournament