This Day in Wrestling History: October 19

On October 19 in wrestling history, several title changes took place across various promotions. Fred Blassie defeated Wild Bull Curry to capture the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title for the fourth time in 1956.

In 1972, Johnny Valentine beat Abdullah The Butcher to win the National Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title in Cleveland, Ohio. On the same date that year, Bobby Shane defeated Tim Woods in Tampa, Florida, to claim the NWA Florida Television Title for the second time.

Carlos Colon defeated Abdullah The Butcher in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1985 to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title for the fourth time after the belt had been held up from a prior match between them. In 1987, Hector Guerrero and Dr. D defeated Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee to take the AWA World Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki to win the IWGP Tag Team Title in Kobe, Japan, in 1997. That same day, Atsushi Onita and Kintaro Kanemura beat Hisakatsu Oya and Mr. Gannosuke for the FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title in Sendai, Japan.

In 2001, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio became the inaugural Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Tag Team Champions by defeating Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito in a tournament final in Yokohama, Japan. On the same card, Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Title.

Also in 2001, Road Dogg defeated Jeff Jarrett to become the first World Wrestling All-Stars World Heavyweight Champion in Perth, Australia. Black Warrior defeated Negro Casas to win CMLL's Legend Of The Silver Mask tournament that year as well.