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Harley Race, in his seventh reign as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Starrcade was headlined by the feud between Ric Flair and Harley Race over the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In 1981, Flair won the title from Dusty Rhodes on September 17 in Kansas City, Kansas, where Rhodes and Flair were not major names. Flair felt that the match ...
For the next several months, Race teamed with Hard Boiled Haggerty (Don Stansauk) who over the years presented Gagne with some of his greatest matches. Together, Race and Haggerty often were cast against Gagne and "Cowboy" Bill Watts. In March 1968, after Hennig's return to the ring, he and Race were back together, though the two never again ...
Race and Hennig branded themselves as "Handsome" Harley Race and "Pretty Boy" Larry Hennig, a cocky villainous tag team with a penchant for breaking the rules to win matches. [3] They quickly became top contenders, and on January 30, 1965, they defeated the tandem of Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher to capture the AWA World Tag Team ...
After a dispute between Dennis Condrey and Verne Gagne over payments, AWA President Stanley Blackburn appeared on television on January 24, 1988, and stated that, after rewatching the December 27, 1987 AWA World Tag Team Title match, he believed that the Midnight Rockers had actually won the match, and they were then retroactively recognized as ...
The 1986 tournament was won by Harley Race. In addition to the tournament, there were two other matches. Prior to the final match of the King of the Ring tournament, Bruno Sammartino defeated The Designated Hitman (a substitute for Eddie Andelmann, a local TV/radio
Tommy Rich defeated Buzz Sawyer in a Steel Cage Match with Paul Ellering suspended above the cage November 24 JCP: Starrcade: Greensboro, North Carolina: Ric Flair defeated Harley Race (c) in a steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Gene Kiniski as special guest referee [3] December 8 NJPW: MSG Tag League: Tokyo, Japan
Harley Race: June 10, 1983: House show: St. Louis, MO: 7 167: 167 28 Ric Flair: November 24, 1983: Starrcade: Greensboro, NC: 2 (5) 117: 164 This was a steel cage match. Former champion Gene Kiniski was the special referee. † Harley Race: March 20, 1984: House show: Wellington, New Zealand: 8 3 — This title change was not authorized by the NWA.
Booker T faced Chris Benoit in a Best of Seven series, winning the first three matches; Randy Orton substituted for Booker T after that due to injury, losing the next three matches, but winning the final for the vacant title. WWE recognizes Booker T's reign as beginning on January 13, 2006, when the episode aired on tape delay. [100] 108 Chris ...