Today In History (12/29): Eddie Guerrero Wins US Title, Booker T Wins TV Title, Holiday Hell

Birthdays: – B-Boy (born December 29, 1978) turns

Deaths:- “Dr. Death” Steve Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009)

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NWA Championship Wrestling From Florida: December 29, 1958in Sarasota, Florida

– Rocky Lee defeated Harry Smith [2:1] in a Best Of Two Out Of Three Falls Match- John Heath defeated Scotty Williams- Ella Waldek defeated Dot Dotson

AWA: December 29, 1960in Minneapolis, Minnesota

– Nick Roberts defeated Bill Wright- Cowboy Bradley defeated Tiny Roe- Joe Scarpello defeated Bob Geigel by DQ- Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana (c) defeated Jim Hady & Roy McClarity in a AWA World Tag Team Title Texas Death Match

NWA St. Louis: December 29, 1961in the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri

– Ray Gordon defeated Nikita Mulkovitch- Chief Little Eagle defeated Corsica Joe by Count Out- Duke Hoffman vs. Lorenzo Parente ended in a Draw- Ray Gordon defeated Karl von Schober- Johnny Valentine, John Paul Henning & Pat O’Connor defeated Buddy Austin, Don Leo Jonathan & Rip Hawk

NWA Detroit: December 29, 1962in Detroit, Michigan

– Rudy Kay defeated Pierre LeBelle- Sam Steamboat defeated Don Jardine- The Mongol defeated Tim Geohagen- Ray Stern defeated Nicoli Volkoff- Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Great Kudo- Bearcat Wright defeated Taro Sakuro- Czaya Nandor defeated Angelo Poffo- Lou Thesz defeated Steve StanleeWATCH: Lou Thesz vs. Antonino Rocca- Lord Athol Layton (c) defeated Dick The Bruiser by DQ to retain the NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship (Special Referee: Verne Gagne)

WWF in MSG: December 29, 1980at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York

– Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Sika (w/ Afa) ends in a Draw- Tatsumi Fujinami (c) defeated Don Diamond to retain the WWF Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipWATCH: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Johnny Rivera for the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship in MSG- Hulk Hogan defeated Dominic DeNucci- Bob Backlund (c) defeated Killer Khan to retain the WWF Heavyweight ChampionshipWATCH: Bob Backlund vs. Billy Graham for the WWF Heavyweight Championship- Rick Martel & Tony Garea (c) defeated The Moondogs (Moondog King & Moondog Rex) by DQ to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship- Antonio Inoki (c) defeated Bobby Duncum to retain the NWF World Heavyweight Championship- Joyce Grable & The Fabulous Moolah defeated Kandi Malloy & Peggy Lee- Pedro Morales (c) defeated The Hangman to retain the WWF Intercontinental ChampionshipWATCH FULL MATCH: Pedro Morales vs Sgt. Slaughter’ for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in MSG- Pat Patterson defeated Ken Patera by DQWATCH: Ken Patera’ vs. Andre the Giant from Philadelphia Spectrum in 1980

WWF Championship Wrestling: December 29, 1984at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York

– Buddy Rose (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Steve Lombardi- Paul Orndorff defeated Jim Young- Bret Hart defeated Terry Gibbs- The Moondogs (Moondog Rex & Moondog Spike) defeated Aldo Marino & Mario Mancini- Blackjack Mulligan defeated Joe Mirto- Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Rene Goulet & RT Reynolds

WWF Superstars of Wrestling: December 29, 1990at the SunDome in Tampa, Florida

– Mr. Perfect (w/ Bobby Heenan) (c) defeated Rico Federico to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship- Tugboat defeated Bob BradleyWATCH: Undertaker’ vs. Tugboat- The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jim Evans & Sonny Blaze- Jake Roberts defeated Kent CarlsonWATCH: Jake Roberts best promo in WWF- The Big Boss Man defeated Pete Sanchez- Kane the Undertaker (w/ Brother Love) defeated Terry Davis

WWF Wrestling Challenge: December 29, 1991at the Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas

– Ric Flair (w/ Mr. Perfect) defeated Larry Ludden- Jim Duggan & Sgt. Slaughter defeated BA Dalton & The Brooklyn BrawlerWATCH: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs. Randy Savage’ at Saturday’s Night Main Event- Irwin R. Schyster defeated Scott Bazo- El Matador defeated Louie Spicolli- The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) (w/ The Genius) defeated Richie Garvin & Sean Spencer

WCW Starrcade: The Lethal Lottery – December 29, 1991 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia

– Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes and Tracy Smothers- Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Van Hammer and Big Josh- Dustin Rhodes and Richard Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko and El Gigante (with Madusa)- Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Graham- Lex Luger and Arn Anderson (with Harley Race) defeated Terrance Taylor and The Z-Man- Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeated Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker- Sting and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Brian Pillman and Bobby …

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