On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1981 - At World Class Championship Wrestling's "Christmas Star Wars" in Dallas, Texas, Jose Lothario defeats Ernie Ladd in Dallas, Texas to win the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title for the third time. Also, Tiny Tom defeats Little Tokyo to win the NWA World Midgets' Title, ending Tokyo's second reign.

1982 - Mike Rotundo defeats Bad Leroy Brown in Charlotte, North Carolina to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Title.

1982 - World Class Championship Wrestling holds the first "Christmas Star Wars" event at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, drawing a crowd of 18,000 fans (and a Texas record gate at the time) for a show that featured one of the most famous heel turns of all time, a turn that sparked arguably the greatest feud in Texas wrestling history, the Von Erichs vs. The Fabulous Freebirds. Here are the results from the show:
- Brian Adias defeated Frank Dusek.
- Jose Lothario & Al Madril defeated Magic Dragon & Checkmate.
- Lone Eagle defeated Little Tokyo.
- World Class American Champion Kevin Von Erich defeated King Kong Bundy via DQ.
- World Class Texas Champion David Von Erich defeated Bill Irwin.
- Ken Mantel won a Battle Royal.
- Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & David Von Erich (subbing for Buddy Roberts) defeated Tom Steele, Mike & Tommy Sharpe to become the first World Class Six-Man Tag Team Champions. After the match, David gave his share of the title to Roberts, since he was the third member of the Freebirds.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Kerry Von Erich in a No Disqualification Steel Cage match in which Michael Hayes was the referee. Leading up to the match, World Class had run a storyline where, due to past controversial decisions in Flair title matches, there was a dispute as to who the referee would be. It was decided that Hayes, rather than usual officials David Manning or Bronco Lubich, would be "tough but fair" and able to keep control in the match. During the match, Von Erich and Flair got knocked out, and Hayes dragged Kerry on top of Flair and counted to three. However, Von Erich refused to accept the victory, and gave the match to Flair. Hayes screamed at Von Erich, calling him an "idiot" and as Kerry exited the cage, Terry Gordy slammed the door on Von Erich's head, sparking off the Freebird heel turn and the beginning of the legendary feud with the Von Erichs.

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1966 – Jack Brisco & Lou Thesz defeat The Assassins (1 & 2) to win the TSW United States Tag Team Titles

1971 – Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura defeat Dory Funk Jr & Dick Murdoch to win the vacant JWA All Asia Tag Team Titles

1977 – Fritz von Erich defeats Ox Baker to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Title

1980 – Bugsy McGraw defeats Bruiser Brody to win the Texas Brass Knuckles Title

1985 – Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami defeat Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in the final of a tournament to become the first IWGP Tag Team Champions

1990 – The AWA World Title is retired. The company would close shortly after

2004 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeats Kensuke Sasaki to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1960 – The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) defeat Johnny Valentine & Buddy Rogers to win the NWA Northeast United States Tag Team Titles

1975 – Bill Watts defeats Karl Kox to win the TSW North American Title

1982 – The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) defeat King Kong Bundy & Bill Irwin to win the WCCW American Tag Team Titles

1990 – Danny Davis defeats Ken Wayne to win the USWA Junior Heavyweight Title

1994 – Diesel defeats Bob Backlund to win his first WWF Title. The match is the shortest WWF Title Match in history, lasting around 8 seconds

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1982 – Stagger Lee defeats Ted DiBiase to win the MSW North American Title

1985 – The Spider Lady (The Fabulous Moolah in disguise) defeats Wendi Richter to win the WWF Womens Title. This match has been dubbed ‘The Original Screwjob’ as Richter kicked out of the pin at the count of 1.

1987 – The Von Erichs (Kerry & Kevin) defeat Frankie Lancaster & Brian Adias to win the WCCW World Tag Team Titles. Also, Shaun Simpson defeats Eric Embry to win the WCCW World Light Heavyweight Title

1991 – Kamala defeats Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

1994 – Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeat The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles

2006 – Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal defeat The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles

On this Day in Pro Wrestling History

1971 – Jose Lothario defeats Johnny Valentine to win the Texas Heavyweight Title

1978 – Ray Candy defeats Ernie Ladd by forfeit to win the TSW North American Title

1986 - Lance Von Erich & The Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior) defeat Matt Borne & Master Gee (subbing for Buzz Sawyer) to win the World Class Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title in Ft. Worth, Texas.