1931 - "The Mormon Giant" Don Leo Jonathan was born.
1959 - Happy Birthday to the best Horseman of all time. A real Stallion.....Paul Roma~!
1966 Denver, Colorado:
Ernie Ladd & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall DQ
Dick The Bruiser defeated Dory Funk
1971 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi
Gene Kiniski beat Blackjack Lanza
Wilbur Snyder beat Big K
1983 St. Louis, Missouri:
NWA champion Ric Flair defeated Crusher Blackwell via count out
Harley Race defeated David Von Erich
1983 Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
David Shultz beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
1984 Chicago, Illinois:
Cage match: The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke & Dick The Bruiser beat Jesse Ventura & Mr. Saito & Jerry Blackwell
Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta by DQ
Road Warriors beat Curt Hennig & Ronnie Garvin
Harley Race no contest Jim Brunzell
Blackjack Mulligan beat Ken Patera
Billy Robinson beat Larry Zbyszko
1985
1985 Memphis, Tennessee:
Jerry Lawler beat Randy Savage
1992 – Ric Flair defeated Sgt. Slaughter in a match for the Number One Contender spot for the WWF Championship at the TV tapings for WWF Superstars of Wrestling in Rochester, New York. Slaughter was kayfabe shocked by The Mountie with a new and enhanced shock-stick to kick start their house show feud of matches.
(Assuming this is correct, I had completely forgotten that was a No. 1 contenders match)
This TV taping also has the infamous Warrior vs Knobbs match that ends with Papa Shango making Warrior puke.
1993 Fisherville, Virginia:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Stan Lane & Tom Prichard
1994 Charlotte, North Carolina:
WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal defeated Johnny B. Badd
Bunkhouse Buck defeated Dustin Rhodes via disqualification
Kevin Sullivan & Cactus Jack defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys in a non-title match
Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW US Champion Steve Austin in a non-title match at the 25-minute mark
WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated Vader via disqualification
1995 Pyongyang, North Korea:
Scott Norton & Masahiro Chono defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka
Road Warrior Hawk defeated Tadao Yasuda
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki
Akira Hokuto defeated Bull Nakano
Antonio Inoki defeated Ric Flair
1996 – The Ultimate Warrior defeated Issac Yankem DDS in the main event of the live edition of WWF Monday Night Raw from Sioux City, Iowa. The live edition also featured an interview segment with WWF Champion Shawn Michaels counteracting accusations from Jim Cornette that Michaels attempted to kayfabe seduce Diana Smith, the wife of the British Bulldog. On the following taped editions The Undertaker defeated Owen Hart and Marc Mero pinned The 1-2-3 Kid which marked Sean Waltman’s final TV appearance in the WWF for two years. Shawn Michaels defended the WWF Title successfully against ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin in a dark match.
1996 – In the main event of NJPW ‘Battle Formation ’96’, Shinya Hashimoto defeated Nobuhiko Takada to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship via submission. The culmination of the New Japan-UWF storyline (the storyline that would be the inspiration for the New World Order in WCW later that year) occurred at this show and it drew over 65,000 people, one of the largest crowds in New Japan Pro Wrestling history.
Yuji Nagata & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto
-Riki Choshu, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami
Great Sasuke defeated Jushin Liger to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
Randy Savage defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Masahiro Chono defeated Lex Luger
The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) & Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) defeated Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner & Scott Norton
The Great Muta defeated Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi)
Genichiro Tenryu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami
(PWI or one of the other Apter mags took the six man Warrior match as a chance to write and argument that WCW needed to bring back the six man titles)
1996 WCW Monday Nitro: Albany, Georgia:
- WCW World Tag Team Champions, Lex Luger and Sting defeated Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray and Booker T) to retain the titles
- The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Fire and Ice (Scott Norton and Ice Train)
- Lord Steven Regal pinned The Belfast Bruiser in a parking lot brawl
- The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair (with Miss Elizabeth and Woman) to win the title
1998
Heartland Wrestling Association presented the first Brian Pillman Memorial Show from Norwood Middle School in Norwood, Ohio. Hosted by the WWF's Steve Austin and Sunny, there were also auctions and signings to help raise money for the family of the late Brian Pillman, who died in October 1997 just hours before a PPV.
- Nick Dinsmore defeated Trailer Park Trash.
- Reno Riggins & Steve Dunn defeated Brian Taylor & The Bounty Hunter.
- Flash Flanagan defeated Bull Pain.
- Chip Fairway & Shark Boy defeated Sean Casey & Terik The Great.
- Al Snow defeated Chris Candido.
- Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho.
2001 – In the main event of WWF Backlash in Chicago WWF Champion Steve Austin & Intercontinental Champion Triple H defeated The Undertaker & Kane for the WWF Tag Team titles in a
“Winner Takes All” match. This was the second occasion that the WWF World, Intercontinental and Tag Team titles were all on the line in a single match. Also Chris Beniot defeated Kurt Angle in an
“Ultimate Submission” match, WWF Commissioner William Regal defeated Chris Jericho in a
“Duchess Of Queensbury Rules” match. Jerry Lynn defeated Crash Holly for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title on Sunday Night Heat.
2006 World Wrestling Legends aired its only PPV event,
6:05-The Reunion, from the Hard Rock Café in Orlando, Florida.
The event, taped back on March 5, was named after the timeslot of TBS’ popular Saturday night wrestling show (
Georgia Championship Wrestling, then
World Championship Wrestling, then
WCW Saturday Night).
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated Nikolai Volkoff.
- Rick Steiner defeated Virgil.
- Koko B. Ware defeated Disco Inferno.
- Superfly Jimmy Snuka defeated Greg Valentine via disqualification.
- Vampiro defeated Eddie Colon.
- Jake Roberts defeated Kamala via disqualification.
- Mike Graham and Dory Funk Jr. defetaed Tully Blanchard and David Flair.
- Diamond Dallas Page pinned Kanyon.
- Bob, Brad, and Scott Armstrong defeated the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, and Stan Lane).
- Scott Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell.
- In a post-show dark match, Johnny B. Badd & Russ Rollins beat The Blue Meanie & Norman Smiley.
2007 – At WWE Backlash in Atlanta, Georgia, Bobby Lashley lost the ECW World Title when he was pinned by Mr Mahon in a 3-on-1 Handicap match. Mr McMahon’s partners were Shane McMahon & Umaga. John Cena retained the WWE Championship in the Fatal Four Way main event against Edge, Randy Orton & Shawn Michaels and the Last Man Standing Match between The Undertaker & Batista for the World Heavyweight Title ended in a draw.
2011 - The Creative Coalition and WWE (NYSE:WWE), announced today the launch of "be a STAR," a multi-platform, nationwide anti-bullying alliance, in conjunction with the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), GLAAD, True Educator Inc., Ad Council, Island Def Jam Music Group, Close Up Foundation and others.
The mission of "be a STAR" —which stands for ‘Show Tolerance And Respect'—is to ensure a positive and equitable social environment for everyone regardless of age, race, religion or sexual orientation through grassroots efforts beginning with education and awareness. "be a STAR" will promote positive methods of social interaction and encourage people to treat others as equals and with respect because everyone is a star in their own right.
(Be a STAR, unless it's JR...)
2012 – John Cena defeated Brock Lesnar in the main event of WWE Extreme Rules in Chicago, Illinois. This was Lesnar’s first match in WWE since WrestleMania XX in 2004. Also, Cody Rhodes defeated The Big Show for the Intercontinental Championship in a Tables match and Sheamus retained the World Heavyweight Title against Daniel Bryan in a 2 Out of 3 Falls match. Layla defeated Nikki Bella for the WWE Divas Championship and CM Punk retained the WWE Title against Chris Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight.
2013 – The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) defeated Daniel Bryan, John Cena & Kane in the main event of WWE Raw from Columbus, Ohio.