October 19 history

1939

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns in 2 out of 3 falls
- Earl Lacy beat Bill Davidson
- Al Lovelock defeated Abe Friedman

1946

Wichita, Kansas:
- World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Vincent Lopez in 2 out of 3 falls
- Roy Graham beat Danno O'Mahoney
- Wally Dusek defeated George Rhynn

1956

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Fred Blassie defeated Wild Bull Curry to win the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1972

Cleveland, Ohio:
- Johnny Valentine defeated Abdullah The Butcher to win the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title

Tampa, Florida:
- Bobby Shane defeated Tim Woods to win the NWA Florida Television Title

1973

- Missouri Champion Harley Race draw Dory Funk Jr., with each man winning one fall within the 45-minute limit
- Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Valentine
- Pat O’Connor and Bobo Brazil defeated Yvon Koloff and Big Bill Miller via DQ
- Black Angus defeated Buddy Wolfe
- Ron Fuller defeated Dan Miller
- Kobayashi and Tokyo Joe defeated Reggie Parks and Billy “Red” Lyons

1974

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
- Horst Hoffman beat the Crusher by countout
- Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
- Ivan Putski beat Yugo Babich
- Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski

1979

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Missouri Champion Dick Murdoch no contest Dory Funk Jr.
- Kevin Von Erich defeated Bobby Duncum
- David Von Erich, George Wells and Dick the Bruiser defeated Ox Baker, Lord Alfred Hayes and Bulldog Bob Brown
- Tom Andrews defeated Ron Starr
- The Turk defeated Mike Huber
- Rock Hunter draw Frank Hill

Hampton, Virginia:
- Title vs Title: NWA TV Champion Ricky Steamboat beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by countout
- US Title Match: US Champion Jimmy Snuka beat Mid Atlantic Champion Jim Brunzell
- Rufus R Jones drew Ken Patera
- Johnny Weaver & Jay Youngblood beat Gene Anderson & The Scorpion
- Don Kernodle drew Doug Somers

1982

Omaha, Nebraska:
- Andre the Giant won an 18 man $50,000 battle royal
- Otto Wanz beat Sheik Adnan dq
- Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Rick Martel
- Baron Von Raschke beat Adrian Adonis
- Brad Rheingans beat Tom Lintz
- Evan Johnson drew Rene Goulet

1985

San Juan, Puerto:
- Carlos Colon defeated Abdullah The Butcher to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title

1986

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- Curt Hennig won battle royal
- Non Title Match: Larry Zbyszko beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
- Midnight Rockers & Jerry Blackwell beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & The Blaster
- Jimmy Snuka beat Boris Zhukov
- Curt Hennig beat Colonel DeBeers by count out
- Super Ninja beat Earthquake Ferris
- Steve O drew Ali Khan

1987

Greenville, South Carolina:
- Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion fought the Cuban Connection to a draw
- Mighty Wilbur defeated Teijo Khan
- Nelson Royal (sub. for Lazortron) defeated Denny Brown
- Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the MOD Squad
- NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson defeated Robert Gibson in a taped fist match
- NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
- Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard in a bunkhouse match

1990

Augusta, Georgia:
- Tommy Rich defeated the Iron Sheik
- The Juicer defeated Barry Horowitz
- Brian Pillman defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
- The Nasty Boys defeated Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers
- Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson fought NWA Tag Team Champions Doom to a double count-out
- NWA World Champion Sting defeated the Black Scorpion via count-out

1991

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- WCW US Tag Team Champions Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
- Big Josh pinned Johnny B. Badd
- Misty Blue & Black Venus defeated Linda Dallas & Kat LaRoux
- WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned PN News
- WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Richard Morton
- Rick Steiner fought Cactus Jack to a no contest
- WCW US Champion Sting & Barry Windham defeated WCW World Champion Lex Luger & Mr. Hughes

1993

Kennesaw, Georgia:
- Bobby Walker defeated Mike Winner
- Jim Steele defeated Terry Taylor
- Michael Hayes defeated the Ace
- Kane of Harlem Heat defeated Tom Zenk
- Arn Anderson & Brian Anderson defeated Big Bad John & the Gambler
- Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Thunder & Lightning

1995

Elkhorn City, Tennessee:
- Robert Gibson beat The Punisher
- Tracy Smothers beat Terry Gordy via DQ
- SMW Tag Champs The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey) beat The Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers
- Buddy Landel won a battle royal

1996

AWF Pumpkin Brawl: Anoka, Minnesota:
- Wayne Bloom defeated The Joker
- Tom Zenk/Billy Blaze defeated The Hater/Chi-Town Thug
- Horace the Psychopath defeated Lenny Lane
- JB Trask defeated Dan Jesser
- Tito Santana/Sgt. Slaughter no contest with Black Top Bully/Nailz
- Horace the Psychopath won a battle royal

1997

Kobe, Japan:
- Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki to win the IWGP Tag Team Title

Sendai, Japan:
 - Atsushi Onita & Kintaro Kanemura defeated Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Gannosuke to win the FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag Team
   Title

2001

Yokohama, Japan:
- Vader & 2 Cold Scorpio become the first Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Tag Team Champions by defeating Jun
  Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in the finals of a tournament
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Title

Perth, Australia:
- Road Dogg (BG James) defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the the World Wrestling All-Stars World Heavyweight Championship

2002

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- Sabu defeated Pitbull Gary Wolfe in a tables match to become the 3PW Heavyweight Champion

2003

WWF No Mercy: Baltimore, Maryland:
- WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri pinned Rey Mysterio Jr.
- Chris Benoit defeated Albert
- Zach Gowen pinned Matt Hardy (w/ Shannon Moore)
- Doug & Danny Basham defeated the Acolytes
- Vince McMahon (w/ Sable) defeated Stephanie McMahon (w/ Linda McMahon) in an I Quit match
- Big Show defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the US Title
- Kurt Angle defeated John Cena
- Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to retain the WWE World Title in a biker chain on a pole match

2004

WWF Taboo Tuesday: Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to win the WWF IC Title
- WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus won a school girl battle royal
- Chris Benoit & Edge defeated La Resistance to win the Raw Tag Team Titles
- Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the Raw World Title
- Randy Orton pinned Ric Flair in a steel cage match