“It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few years, I’ve spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured another wrestler in my 23 year career. I’ve paid a price for all that “fake” wrestling. Aside from a devastating career-ending concussion and numerous surgeries when I was younger, in recent years I’ve had two knee replacements, two hernia operations, surgery on my right elbow, and, just a few months ago, I underwent a four-corner fusion of my right wrist that even now makes it most difficult to write or type.
Mark Helprin wrote: “We are all perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into a lifelong dance.” I’ve had a great lifelong dance and I’m a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer. In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope of defeating this nemesis once and for all.
My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I’ve always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I draw upon the many adults and young children I’ve met throughout my life who courageously fought and usually lost in their battles against this deadly disease. One year ago, I watched a brave young man named Whesley fight brain cancer to the end. If I can find even an ounce of his courage to stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear.
I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that’s kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I’ve got much of it around me all the time, for which I’m truly blessed and eternally grateful. My children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will win this battle or die trying.
Most important of all, I hope I can take the fight to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can be beaten.
St. Louis, Missouri: – Jim Londos beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis – Ray Steele and Mehmet Yousoff wrestled to a draw – Bronko Nagurski defeated Sol Slagel – Orville Brown beat George Tragos
1945
Des Moines, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Lord Albert Mills in 2 out of 3 falls
1955
Abilene, Texas: – Bob Geigel and Boris Kalmikoff defeated Jesse and Johnny James in a tournament final for the vacant NWA Southwest Tag Team Titles
1957
Amarillo, Texas: – Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Dizzy Davis to win the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title
1961
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Gene Kiniski (60 minute time limit) – Wilbur Snyder beat Len Montana – Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Joe Scarpello – Jim Hady beat George Drake
1964
St. Joseph, Missouri: – Rocky (Larry) Hamilton defeated The Stomper to win the Central States NWA United States Heavyweight Title
Omaha, Nebraska: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa – Pat O’Connor (sub Reggie Parks) beat Larry Hennig – Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert – Jack Pesek beat Jim Grabmire
1965
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher in 2 out of 3 falls to win the AWA tag team titles – Wilbur Snyder beat Iron Mike DiBiase – Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey – Billy Red Cloud beat Black Bart
1966
Vancouver, British Columbia: – Black Terror (Bobby Graham) and John Tolos defeated Paddy Barrett and Tom Geohagen for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles
Tampa, Florida: – NWA World Title: Gene Kiniski defeated Eddie Graham in 2 out of 3 falls – Missouri Mauler defeated Danny Miller – Sputnik Monroe defeated Tony Martin – Jose Lothario & Tito Carreon defeated Tom Bradley & George “Two Ton” Harris – Buddy Fuller defeated Roger Kirby
Portland, Oregon: – Tony Borne and Jay York defeated Shag Thomas and Bearcat Wright to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1976
Sarasota, Florida: – Texas Bullrope Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated King Curtis – Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Missouri Mauler by dq – Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated Frank Goodish – Florida Tag Titles: Eddie Graham & Jerry Brisco defeated Bob Roop & Bob Orton, Jr. by dq
1978
Tampa, Florida: – NWA World Title: Harley Race defeated Steve Keirn – Ivan Putski defeated Ivan Koloff – Killer Karl Kox & Bobby Duncum defeated Rocky Johnson & Pedro Morales – Mike Graham defeated Mr. Saito – Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Tank Patton & Randy Brewer
1981
Atlanta, Georgia: – The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) defeated Ted DiBiase and Stan Frazier to win the NWA National Tag Team Titles
Dothan, Alabama: – Les Thornton won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title from Jerry Stubbs
Greenwood, Mississippi: – The Grappler defeated Killer Karl Kox for the Mid-South Mississippi Heavyweight Title
1984
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad) defeated Norvell Austin and Sweet Brown Sugar for the vacant AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1986
Rockford, Illinois: – AWA Champion Stan Hansen beat Leon White – No dq match: Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko – Non Title: Nord The Barbarian & Mongolian Stomper beat AWA Tag Team Champions Curt Hennig & Scott Hall – Jerry Blackwell beat Boris Zhukov – Buck Zumhofe beat Earthquake Ferris – Marty Jannetty beat Doug Somers
1987
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: – Bad News Allen defeated Kevin Sullivan for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1990
Osaka, Japan: – Jushin Liger defeated Naoki Sano to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
1992
Dallas, Texas: – The Dark Patriot (Doug Gilbert) defeated The Patriot to win the Global Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title
1994
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Moondogs (Rex and Spot) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) to win the USWA Tag Team Title – Eddie Gilbert defeated Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title
1998
Boston Brawl: Boston, Massachusetts: – Chris Benoit defeated Eddie Guerrero – WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned V.K. Wallstreet to retain the title – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Dean Malenko to retain the title – Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair – Lex Luger, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page, and Larry Zbyszko defeated Randy Savage and WCW World Tag Team Champions The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) – Sting pinned Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match
Hostile City Showdown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – The Triple Threat (ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas and ECW World Tag Team Champions Chris Candido and Lance Storm) fought Bam Bam Bigelow and ECW World Television Champion Taz to a no contest – Al Snow pinned Doug Furnas – In a four-way dance, Rob Van Dam & Sabu defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von), The Gangstanators (Kronus & New Jack) and Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman
2001
Christmas Chaos: Louisville, Kentucky: – The Minnesota Stretching Crew (Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar) defeated Sly Skraper and Johnny Spade – Team Xtreme (Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy and Lita) defeated The Disciples of Synn (Synn and OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Damian and Payne) – OVW Heavyweight Champion Nick Dinsmore defeated Chris Benoit by disqualification to retain the title – Kane pinned Leviathan (Batista)
2010
Royal Rumble: Atlanta, Georgia: – Edge won the Royal Rumble – Undertaker defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the World Title – Mickie James defeated Michelle McCool to win the Divas Title – Christian defeated Ezekial Jackson to retain the ECW Title
London, England: – George Hackenschmidt defeated Ahmed Madrali to become the recognized undisputed World Heavyweight Champion
1947
Kansas City, Kansas: – MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Everette Marshall in 2 of 3 falls to retain title – George Becker beat Ray Schwarz – Tom Zaharias beat Frank Jares
1948
Houston, Texas: – Yukon Eric defeated Sonny Myers for the Texas Heavyweight Title
1951
San Francisco, California: – Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Primo Carnera and Sandor Szabo to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Bronko Nagurski beat Hans Hermann – Al Mills beat Ivan Kalmerkoff – Red Bastien drew Con Bruno (sub for Ole Olsen)
1959
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Maurice and Paul Vachon defeated George and Sandy Scott to win the Stampede International Tag Team Titles
1963
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: – Eduardo Carpentier defeated Killer Kowalski to win Montreal’s World Heavyweight Title
1964
Los Angeles, California: – Fred Blassie won the WWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating Edouard Carpentier
1967
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jackie Fargo and Herb Welch defeated Professor Ito (Umanosuke Ueda) and Tojo Yamamoto to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles
1968
Dallas, Texas: – Billy Red Lyons and Fritz Von Erich defeated Spiler #1 (Don Jardine) and Gary Hart for the NWA American Tag Team Titles
1970
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Abdullah the Butcher defeated Dave Ruhl to win the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title
Atlanta, Georgia: – Nick Bockwinkel defeated Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) for the NWA Georgia Television Title
Tokyo, Japan: – Danny Hodge won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Umanosuke Ueda
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: – The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon – Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq – Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
1972
Pensacola, Florida: – Eddie Sullivan and Rip Tyler defeated Mike Boyette and Bob Kelly for the Gulf Coast NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1976
Atlanta, Georgia: – Dusty Rhodes defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1977
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – non title match: Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum – Pedro Morales no contest Super Destroyer – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke – Bill Francis drew Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek) – Peter Maivia beat Pierre Poisson
1980
Miami Stadium Show: Miami, Florida: – Bunkhouse Match: Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez defeated Bugsy McGraw & Bad Leroy Brown – Special Challenge Match: Mike Graham defeated The Super Destroyer by countout – Jack Brisco defeated Nikolai Volkoff by dq – Don Diamond & Jim Garvin & Jerry Brisco defeated Frank Monte & Bryan St. John & Stan Lane – Hector Guerrero beat Terry Taylor – Twin Devils defeated Mike Miller & Gordon Nelson – Don Serrano drew Luis Astea
Omaha, Nebraska: – Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq – The Crusher & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Bobby Heenan – Adrian Adonis beat Greg Gagne – Dino Bravo drew Jesse Ventura – Steve Olsonoski beat Jerry Blackwell
1981
Orlando, Florida: – Loser of fall must leave town for 30 days: Dusty Rhodes & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Assassin I & Assassin 3 (sub for Dick Murdoch) – Florida Title: Barry Windham double count out with The Sheik – RT Tyler & Bobby Jaggers defeated Bugsy McGraw & Gerald Finley – Florida TV Title: Baron Von Raschke drew Mike Graham – Jerry Brisco defeated Chris Markoff – NWA Junior Title: Les Thornton defeated Mike Davis – Superfly I beat Reggie Parks
1982
Chicago, Illinois: – Andre The Giant beat Jerry Blackwell – Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum beat Hulk Hogan & Tito Santana – Sheik Adnan beat Baron Von Raschke – Greg Gagne beat Sgt. Goulet – Brad Rheingans beat Tom Stone – Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe dq – Andre won a battle royal
Fuchu, Japan: – Stan Hansen & Kelly Kiniski & Nikolai Volkoff beat Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta & Rocky Hata – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ashura Hara – Pat O’Connor beat Prince Tonga – Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras beat Genichiro Tenryu & Mighty Inoue – Gypsy Joe beat Sugawara – Alfonso Dantes beat Mr. Hayashi
1983
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jacques Rougeau defeated Terry Taylor for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1984
WCCW Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas: – The Super Destroyers (Bill and WCCW Television Champion Scott Irwin) defeated WCCW American Tag Team Champions Brian Adias and Iceman King Parsons to win the titles – WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion Chris Adams defeated WCCW American Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Garvin to win the Heavyweight title
1985
Miami Beach, Florida: – Steel Cage Match (Loser of the fall leaves town)-Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy defeated Boris Zhukov & The Saint & Krusher Khruschev – Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated PYTs – Southern Title: Pistol Pez Whatley defeated Rick Rude by dq – First Blood Match: Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr – Dutch Mantell beat King Cobra – Missing Link defeated Jack Hart – “Wild” Bill Irwin defeated Mike Golden
1993
Chiba, Japan: – Terry Gordy and Steve Williams won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title by defeating Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa
St. Louis, Missouri: – World Heavyweight Champion Gus Sonnenberg beat Frank Jorgenson – Joe “Toots” Mondt beat Dick Daviscourt – Nick Lutze beat Pat McGill – Roy Steele beat Tom Draak
1963
Jacksonville, Florida: – One Night Tournament for the World Tag Team Title: Karl & Kurt Von Brauner defeated Yukon Eric & Don Curtis to win the World Tag Team Titles – Reg Parks defeated Russian Crusher – Lou Bastein defeated Pedro Godoy – Dale Lewis defeated Marco Polo
1966
Omaha, Nebraska: – Cage Match: AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods – Reggie Parks & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki dq – Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud – Ivan Kalmikoff drew Danny Plechas
1975
Miami Beach, Florida: – Florida Title: Cowboy Bill Watts defeated The Mongolian Stomper (Lou Thesz special ref) – North American Title: Bob Armstrong defeated Terry Funk – Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci defeated Dick Slater & Bob Roop
1976
Kansas City, Kansas: – Akio Sato defeated Rick McGraw – Bob Geigel defeated Tank Patton – Ray Candy & Johnny Loyal defeated Ripper Collins & Percival A. Friend – Bob Brown & Ed Wiskoski fought Mike George & Pat O’Connor to a double-DQ – Ron Bass & Dutch Mantell defeated Jerry Oates & Ted Oates
1981
Biloxi, Mississippi: – Junkyard Dog & Killer Karl Kox defeated Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown to win the Mid-South Wrestling Tag Team Titles
1983
San Juan, Puerto Rico: – Pierre Martel defeated Mad Dog Lafaib to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title
1986
Orlando, Florida: – Cocoa Samoa & Hector Guerrero defeated Cuban Assassin & Prince Iaukea – Kendall Windham beat Bob Roop – Joe Savoldi & Mike Graham drew Kevin Sullivan & Purple Haze – Jesse Barr defeated Abdullah The Butcher by dq – Wahoo McDaniel defeated “Nature Boy” Ric Flair
1993
Dallas, Texas: – The Bad Breed (Axl & Ian Rotten) defeated John Hawk (JBL) & Bobby Duncum Jr. to win the Global Wrestling Tag Team Titles
1996
Canton, Ohio: – Konnan defeated the One Man Gang to win the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
1998
Raleigh, North Carolina: – Steve Corino defeated Joey Matthews to win the SCW Light Heavyweight title in a ladder match
1999
Memphis, Tennessee: – Baldo (Albert/A-Train/Matt Bloom) defeated Jerry Lawler in a tournament final to become the first Memphis Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
2011
Wrestle Reunion: Los Angeles, California: – Claudio Castagnoli (Cesaro) defeated El Generico (Sami Zayn) to retain the PWG title – Low Ki defeated Davey Richards – Roddy Piper won a legends battle royal
2012
Royal Rumble: St. Louis, Missouri – World Title Steel Cage Match: Daniel Bryan defeated Mark Henry and Big Show to retain the title – WWE Title Match: CM Punk beat Dolph Ziggler to retain the title – Sheamus won the Royal Rumble
St. Louis, Missouri: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Ali Hassan 2 falls to 0 to retain the title
1949
Houston, Texas: – Wild Red Berry defeated Dizzy Davis to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1954
Kansas City, Kansas: – Bob Orton defeated Dave Sims to win the Central States Title
1964
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Death match: The Crusher beat Bill Miller – Mad Dog Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe – Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet – Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson
1965
Kansas City, Kansas: – Ron Reed beat Dick the Bruiser 2 falls to 1 on a dq – Steve Bolus beat Bob Brown – Iron Mike drew Moose Evans – Doug Gilbert beat Joe Tomasso
1968
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Whipper Billy Watson (sub Bruno Sammartino) beat Baron Mikel Scicluna – United States heavyweight champion Tiger Jeet Singh beat Dan Miller (sub Edouard Carpentier) Dewey Robertson and Whipper Billy Watson took 2 of 3 falls from the Assassin and Dan Miller
1975
Tampa, Florida: – Lights Out Match: Jos LeDuc defeated Dick Slater – Special Challenge Match: Bob Roop & Dick Murdoch defeated Terry Funk & “Cowboy” Bill Watts – Southern Title: Mongolian Stomper defeated Bob Armstrong by dq – Mike Graham defeated Ron Garvin – Iron Mike McCord & Baron Scicluna defeated Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci – Johnny Weaver defeated Sonny Rogers
1976
Miami Beach, Florida: – Grudge Match: Dusty Rhodes & Eddie Graham defeated Karl Von Steiger & Bob Orton, Jr. – Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated King Curtis by dq – Collegiate Rules $1,000 Purse: Jerry Brisco defeated Bob Roop – Missouri Mauler defeated Cyclon Negro – Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Roger Kirby
1979
Green Bay, Wisconsin: – AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson – Bobby Duncum no contest Jim Brunzell – Super Destroyer Mark II beat Steve Olsonoski – Lord Alfred Hayes beat Juan Valez (sub Greg Gagne) – Frank Hill drew Iron Sheik
1980
West Palm Beach, Florida: – Bubba Douglas handcuffed to Oliver Humperdink: Dusty Rhodes defeated Leroy Brown – Florida TV Title: Jim Garvin defeated Bugsy McGraw by dq, Garvin retains title – Florida Title: Manny Fernandez double countout Super Destroyer, Fernandez retains title – Florida Tag Team Titles: Bryan St. John & Stan Lane defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco to retain titles – Nikolai Volkoff defeated Mike Miller
1984
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: – The Super Medicos defeated Hercules Ayala & King Tonga (Haku/Meng) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
1987
Homestead, Florida: – Bad News Allen def. Kevin Sullivan – Florida Tag Titles: The New Breed beat Scott Hall & Steve Armstrong – Scott Hall defeated Jack “The Stretcher” Hart – Steve Armstrong defeated Jerry Grey – Mark Starr defeated Bob Cook – Black Magic (Norman Smiley) defeated JJ Pallo
1988
Dallas, Texas: – The World Class Texas Tag Team Title was held up following a match between champions John Tatum & Jack Victory and challengers The Fantastics
1991
Main Event: Macon, Georgia: – Hulk Hogan & Tugboat defeated Dino Bravo & Earthquake – Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Sgt. Slaughter by dq – The Legion Of Doom defeated The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka & Kato)
1995
Knoxville, Tennessee: – Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Tony Anthony to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2010
Coventry, United Kingdom: – TNA World Title: AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the title – Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and Beer Money (Robert Roode and James Storm) defeated British Invasion (Rob Terry, Brutus Magnus, and Doug Williams) and Eric Young – Kurt Angle and Hernandez defeated Rhino and Christopher Daniels
Los Angeles, California: – ROH TV champion Christopher Daniels defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the title – In a non title match: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated ROH Tag Team champions The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) – ROH World Title: Roderick Strong defeated El Genericho to retain the title
Bellingham, Washington: – Frank Gotch defeated Tom Jenkins to win the American Heavyweight Title
1916
Madison Square Garden: New York City: – Joe Stecher defeated The Masked Marvel (Mort Henderson) to retain the World Heavyweight Title in two straight falls
1936
Detroit, Michigan: – George Dussette defeated The Great Mephisto to win the Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Title
1942
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: – Lou Thesz drew Ed (Strangler) Lewis – Earl McCready beat Bobby Roberts – Art LeGrand beat Bob Rogers
1945
Manchester, England: – Bert Assirati defeated Michael O’Leary for the British Heavyweight Title
1947
Hollywood, California: – Danny McShain won the World Light Heavyweight Title from Martino Angelo
1949
Kansas City, Kansas: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Don Eagle 2 falls to 0 – Bobby Bruns beat Lou Newman 2 out of 3 falls – Bob Wagner beat “Sailor” Fred Blassie
1954
Mansfield, Ohio: – Oyama Kato defeated Frankie Talaber to win the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title
1960
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Hard Boiled Haggerty and Bill Savage defeated Lord James Blears and Jerry Gordet for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Titles
Mobile, Alabama: – Bobby and Don Fields defeated The Corsicans (Jean and Joe) to win the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1965
Jacksonville, Florida: – Fred Blassie and Tarzan Tyler defeated Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat to win the Florida NWA World Tag Team Titles
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser – Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
1967
Portland, Oregon: – Paul Jones and Pepper Martin defeated Tony Borne and Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
1972
Kansas City, Kansas: – Omar Atlas and Danny Little Bear defeated Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi to win the Central States NWA North American Tag Team Titles
Tampa, Florida: – Boris Malenko defeated Bobby Duncum to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title
1973
Detroit, Michigain: – The Sheik defeated Bobo Brazil for the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1976
Columbia, South Carolina: – Rufus R. Jones and Wahoo McDaniel defeated Gene and Ole Anderson to win the Mid-Atlantic NWA World Tag Team Titles
Tampa, Florida: – Bob Orton, Jr. and Bob Roop defeated Eddie and Mike Graham to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles – Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated King Curtis to retain the title – Florida Title: Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Frank Goodish (Bruiser Brody) – Missouri Mauler defeated Jerry Brisco – Dino Bravo defeated Killer Kowalski
1977
Jacksonville, Florida: – Dusty Rhodes defeated Superstar Billy Graham – The Assassin defeated Ox Baker – Jack Brisco defeated Harley Race – Jerry Brisco defeated Bob Roop – Steve Keirn beat Bob Orton, Jr. – Kevin Sullivan & Skip Young defeated Mr. X & Rock Hunter – Hiro Matsuda drew Pat McGinnis
1980
Chattanooga, Tennessee: – Bobby Eaton and George Gulas defeated The Blond Bombers (Larry Latham and Wayne Farris) to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles
Omaha, Nebraska: – The Crusher & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan – Greg Gagne beat Jesse Ventura – Adrian Adonis beat Dino Bravo – Super Destroyer Mark III beat Farmer Blackwell (Jerry) by dq – Super Destroyer Mark II drew Steve Olsonoski
1981
Raleigh, North Carolina: – Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair for the NWA United States Heavyweight Title
Tampa, Florida: – Mike Graham defeated Dick Slater – Florida Title: Barry Windham defeated Assassin I by dq to retain title – Bounty Match: Bugsy McGraw defeated The Sheik – World Jr. Title: Les Thornton drew Hiro Matsuda – Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke – Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Assassin III – Nikolai Volkoff & Chris Markoff defeated Scott McGhee & Gerald Finley
1985
Memphis, Tennessee: – Eddie Gilbert defeated Jerry Lawler to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1986 San Antonio, Texas: – Al Madril and Magnificent Zulu defeated American Force (Paul Diamond and Shawn Michaels) for the Texas All-Star Wrestling Texas Tag Team Titles
1987
St. Paul, Minnesota: – The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeated Buddy Rose and Doug Somers to win the AWA World Tag Team Titles – Larry Zbyszko & Mr Saito beat Nick Bockwinkel & Greg Gagne – Coal Miners Glove match: Colonel DeBeers beat Jimmy Snuka – Steve O beat The Ninja by dq – Kevin Kelly beat Earthquake Ferris – Boris Zhukov beat Jerry Seganovich (Jerry Sags) – Buck Zumhofe beat Brian Knobbs
1990
Portland, Oregon: – The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Rex King) won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title by defeating Brian Adams and The Grappler
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko beat David Sammartino – Nikita Koloff beat Manny Fernandez dq – Dog Collar Match: Junkyard Dog beat Paul Jones – Bam Bam Bigelow dcor Terry Gordy – Larry Winters beat DC Drake – WWA Junior Champion Johnny Hot Body beat Tony Stetson dq
1992
Saturday Night’s Main Event | Lubbock, Texas: – Hulk Hogan (with Brutus Beefcake) and Sid Justice defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) and WWF Champion Ric Flair (with Mr. Perfect) by dq – WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper beat The Mountie to retain the title – Randy Savage defeated Jake Roberts – Jim Duggan and Sgt. Slaughter defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake) (with The Genius)
1994
Clash of Champions | Baton Rouge, Louisiana: – Sting and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Rick Rude and Vader in an elimination match – Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) in a non-title match – Brian Pillman beat Colonel Rob Parker in a “loser wears a chicken suit” match – Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma)
1996
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Raven defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman to win the title
2001
Toms River, New Jersey: – Big Dick Dudley defeated Chris Candido and Sabu in a three-way match for the vacant NWA Jersey Hardcore Title
2006
ROH Tag Wars | Dayton, Ohio – ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Jay Lethal and ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson to retain the title – ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness defeated Delirious – Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels
2008
Royal Rumble | New York City: – WWE Title Match: Randy Orton defeated Jeff Hardy to retain title – World Heavyweight Title Match: Edge defeated Rey Mysterio to retain title – Career Threatening Match: Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious Porter – John Cena won the Royal Rumble
2010
Cardiff, Wales: – Rob Terry defeated Eric Young to become the new TNA Global Champion
2013
Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ – The Rock defeated CM Punk to win the WWE Title – World Title, Last Man Standing match: Alberto del Rio defeated the Big Show to retain the title – WWE Tag Team champions, Daniel Bryan & Kane defeated Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow to retain the titles – John Cena won the Royal Rumble
We’ve got some of the best grapplers in the world doing great things on a weekly basis! Here’s 5 things you need to know about British wrestling this week:
1) Scurll & Ospreay do it again…
On January 16th, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll put on a masterclass of modern wrestling at Revolution Pro-Wrestling’s High Stakes event. Just 8 days later, at PROGRESS’s Chat Sh*t, Get Banged, across London at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, they did it again. The two matches, although they were both around 30 minutes long, could not have been more different. The first was all about showing how to link a series of moves into a flawless contest, the second – also virtually flawless – was about emotion and feeling and two men who hate one another.
Ospreay is being talked about in hushed tones, and watching him you do get the feeling that every time might be the last time, that before your ticket for his next appearance can be validated, he’ll be off to Orlando or Japan. Scurll had a glimpse of glory, runner-up in the first TNA Bootcamp, and you sometimes could be forgiven for thinking his time has passed. This past week – and a year of solid work as The Villain before that – shows that to be nonsense, and both men would enhance the roster of any company in the world. For now, though, they’re ours. Enjoy it while it lasts.
2) PROGRESS banged it…
As well as the superb main event detailed above, Chat Sh*t, Get Banged, named after a tweet from Leicester City (PROGRESS owner Jim Smallman’s team) footballer Jamie Vardy, delivered everything it promised. Mark Haskins – bearing the marks of a pounding by Kenny Omega in Swindon the night before – beat Zack Gibson to become the number one contender, and will face new PROGRESS champion Marty Scurll in Manchester on February 14th. Opening the card, The Origin beat FSU to retain the tag-team titles, and their next challengers will likely come from whoever wins the feud between the London Riots and the Sumerian Death Squad. They kicked off a three-match series on Sunday with a Michael Dante versus Rob Lynch encounter that was every bit as hard-hitting as a New Japan NEVER title match.
Coming dangerously near to stealing a show with so much talent having so many great matches, however, were the women, who turned a four-way into an intense twenty minute encounter, with even the most skeptical about the distaff athletes converted and delivering a standing ovation by the end. Dastardly Sloan ranger Jinny triumphed, and will face Leva Bates at the next ENDVR show in March, but there are so many threads still dangling between the four – Pollyanna, Dahlia Black, and Toni Storm made up the quartet – that this will run for the whole year. And that year will be a year in which PROGRESS promotes at least 22 shows, each one more anticipated than the last. It’s a great time to be a fan of British wrestling.
3) ICW turned a different corner…
The build-up to Square Go, Insane Championship Wrestling’s version of the Royal Rumble, was all about the feud between ICW Heavyweight champion Grado and his challenger, Chris Renfrew. Renfrew, the leader of the New Age Kliq, framed his challenge as defending the honour of ICW, although few outside NAK loyalists went along with that. But, after the dust had settled on Sunday’s show, it was Renfrew who came away with the title, leaving Grado – who debuted a new look, with new music – wondering where to go next.
Renfrew’s first challenge could come from his fellow NAKer, Wolfgang, who walked out of the Square Go match with a heavyweight title shot, after besting 29 other men to win a 12-month window to cash in his opportunity. The rules of Square Go allow for 5 wrestlers to bring weapons to the ring, and the lucky recipients were Noam Dar (steel chair), Timm Wylie (lead pipe), Red Lighting (kendo stick), Jack Jester (sex toy), and Sebastian, who brought his GZR tag-team partner Tom Irvin as his weapon. Also in the match were Dave Mastiff, Jimmy Havoc, Doug Williams, ICW owner Mark Dallas, and all the ICW regulars. Next up for ICW is their spring tour, visiting England, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, and it’s all building towards November’s massive Fear & Loathing IX.
4) Alpha Omega kicked off their 2016 season…
While British wrestling has its areas of concentration, the north Lancashire coast is not exactly a hotbed of grappling action, despite the part the area played in the tradition and history of the sport in the UK. Preston City Wrestling operates 30 miles inland but the seaside is dominated by Alpha-Omega Wrestling, based in Morecambe, and presenting a series of well-attended, sensibly-booked shows that have kept fans in the area – and the adventurous traveller – entertained since they emerged in 2007 as the XWA. Initially owned by former FWA promoter (and on-screen personality) Greg Lambert, the promotion has passed through several hands but is still booked by Lambert, alongside current owner Charles Nelson Riley. The promotion tries to harken back to a time when wrestling was real, and while the success (or otherwise) might speak more about the people of the town than anything else, it’s a refreshing change in an era of kayfabe-breaking, social media-embracing meta wrestling, and more power to them.
Saturday’s Outbreak event, at Alpha-Omega’s regular Morecambe Winter Gardens home, attracted a healthy crowd to see heavyweight champion Stixx down Joe Hendry, the latest contender to try and break an 8-year undefeated streak. Also on the show, The Referendum (the top heel stable, all Scots and playing on the 2014 Scottish divorce from the UK which never quite happened), represented by Liam Thomson & Bobby Roberts, won the tag-team titles, Craig Kollins beat Chris Silvio, and Lana Austin & Alexis Rose defeated Nikki Storm & Carmel Jacob. With a roster that also includes Chris Ridgeway, Cyanide, and many of the northern standouts, Alpha-Omega are one of the UK’s best kept secrets, and might just be worth a trip to the seaside…
5) The shows keep coming…
As well as spending much of the year promoting spot shows around their south west territory, 4 Front Wrestling promotes several big shows a year, and this weekend presented New Year’s Wrestleultion, at the MECA in Swindon. The show was supposed to have been main-evented by a 4FW Heavyweight title match between Tiger Ali and Doug Williams, but a series of events led to Williams putting his title shot on the line against local favourite Samie Sahin and losing, before helping Sahin beat Ali to win the title which sent the hall crazy. Also on the show, Kenny Omega beat Mark Haskins to win the vacant 4FW Cruiserweight title, and then immediately vacated it because he’s a heavyweight now, Drago beat Pentagon Jr in a Lucha Underground showcase match, and Japanese women’s star Hikaru Shida beat Shanna. The women were also in action down the road in High Wycombe (Nadia Sapphire actually worked both shows), where Empress Pro-Wrestling presented Never Say Never Again at the Arts4Every1 Centre. Three of the four women from the PROGRESS match were in action, with Jinny losing to Kira Fox, Toni Storm beaten by Courtney, and Pollyanna teaming with Katie Harvey to defeat Rhia O’Reilly & Addy Starr. Robbie Brookside’s daughter, Xia, also worked the show.
With an eye on the next generation, IPW:UK staged Future 15 on Saturday, at the Community Centre in Selsdon. As well as a multi-man “scrum” match (won by ProJo head trainer Darrell Allen, and also featuring London Riot James Davis, Lord Jonathan Windsor, and the return of scene veteran Muscles Mansfield), women’s champion Tennessee Honey successfully defended her title against Elizabeth, tag-team champions DnD saw off Sammy Smooth & Maverick Mayhew, and Donovan Dijak collided with Rampage Jackson in a super heavyweight bout. Across the Thames Estuary, in Essex, Reloaded Championship Wrestling Alliance – a promotion part-owned by Will Ospreay – presented Fall Out at the Rainham Methodist Church. Ospreay worked the opener, defeating 2016 rookie of the year contender Malik, while his Swords of Essex tag-team partner Paul Robinson beat Ash Draven & Sean Wilson in a handicap match, by disqualification. Also on the show, which our spy highly recommended, were “Blackbelt” Tom Dawkins, and TNA Bootcamp nearlymen Chuck Cyrus and Priscilla.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Illio Do Paolo and Billy Red Lyons won the Canadian Open Tag Team Championship over Tiny Mills and Crusher Kowalski in 2 of 3 falls – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers defeated John DeSilva – Duke Keomuko and Sato Keomuko beat Dick Byer and Farmer Boy on count out – Fred Atkins and Mike Gallagher wrestled 20 minutes to a draw – Doc Gallagher defeated Don McClarity
1969
St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa – Pampero Firpo beat Dr. X COR – Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts in 2 out of 3 falls – Larry Hennig beat Luke Brown – Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello
1974
Punta Gorda, Florida: – Florida Tag Titles: Jos & Paul LeDuc defeated The Texan & Stan Vachon to retain titles – Florida TV Title: Mike Graham defeated Rip Hawk by dq – Harry “Georgia Boy” Smith (sub Danny Hodge) beat Bob Orton, Sr.
1977
Miami, Florida: – Lights Out Match: Dusty Rhodes defeated Harley Race – The Assassin beat Billy Graham by dq – Jos LeDuc & Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco drew Ox Baker & Steve Strong & Buddy Wolff – Mike Graham defeated Pat McGinnis – Steve Keirn defeated Bob Orton, Jr. – Kevin Sullivan defeated Rock Hunter
1979
Okayama, Japan: – Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Johnny Powers to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title
1980
Bayamon, Puerto Rico: – Mr. Fuji defeated Invader I to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title
1987
Tampa, Florida: – The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) defeated The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship
Memphis, Tennessee: – Austin Idol beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by dq – Texas Death Match: Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis beat RPMs to win Southern tag title
1995
Madison Square Garden: New York City – WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Diesel in a steel cage to retain the title – WWF World Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns defeated The Bodydonnas – Savio Vega defeated Intercontinental Champion Goldust by countout
1996
Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico: – Konnan defeated Pierroth Jr. to become the first International Wrestling All Stars World Heavyweight Champion
1999
Tuscon, Arizona: – Mankind defeated the Rock to win the WWF World Title
2001
Rising Sun, Indiana: – Chad Collyer defeated Ace Steele for the Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
2003
Kobe, Japan: – Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto defeated Pro Wrestling Noah’s Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the New Japan’s IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
2014
Royal Rumble: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: – The New Age Outlaws defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust to win the WWE World Tag Team Titles – Brock Lesnar defeated the Big Show – WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated John Cena to retain the title – Batista won the Royal Rumble
Evolve Wrestling closed up a three-day in Florida with their 55th iPPV/event, emanating from Orlando, FL, Sunday.
– Anthony Nese (w/So Cal Val & Andrea) def. Ethan Page, Fred Yehi, and Jason Cade in a four-way after Nese pinned Page following a pump-handle reverse piledriver.
– Caleb Konley def. Tommaso Ciampa after hitting a double jump moonsault.
– Sami Callihan def. Zack Sabre Jr. after hitting two modified tombstones and a running forearm.
– Style Battle 2016 tournament finals: Matt Riddle def. Hot Sauce Williams with a heel hook to win the tourney. He then challenged Evolve champion Timothy Thatcher for a March New York show which the champion accepted. Konley and then Callihan came out to also challenge Thatcher. The segment ended with Riddle, Williams, and Drew Gulak laying out Callihan after he had laid out Thatcher.
– 2nd Chance Tag Team Tournament Finals (Elimination Rules) Team Tremendous (Dan Barry & Bill Carr) defeated Catch Point (Drew Gulak & TJ Perkins), The Bravado Bros. (Harlem & Lancelot Bravado) and Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta). The win give TT a future tag team title shot.
– Evolve Tag Team Championship Finals: Drew Galloway & Johnny Gargano def. Heroes Eventually Die (Chris Hero & Tommy End) to win the first-ever Evolve tag team titles when Gargano submitted End.
St. Louis, Missouri: – John Pesek beat Jim Londos in 2 out of 3 falls
1949
San Francisco, California: – Lee Henning defeated Sandor Szabo to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
1950
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: – Yvon Robert defeated Whipper Billy Watson to win the Toronto NWA British Empire Heavyweight Title
1951
Kansas City, Kansas: – Tarzan Kowalski defeated Bill Longson to win the NWA Heart of America (later known as Central States) Heavyweight Title
1954
Hollywood, California: – Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo defeated Lord James Blears and John Tolos to become the first NWA International Television Tag Team Champions
1961
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Sam Steamboat defeated Dick Hutton for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Illio Do Paolo and Billy Red Lyons won the Canadian Open Tag Team Championship over Tiny Mills and Crusher Kowalski in 2 out of 3 falls – “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers defeated John DeSilva – Duke Keomuko and Sato Keomuko beat Dick Byer and Farmer Boy by count out – Fred Atkins and Mike Gallagher wrestled 20 minutes to a draw – Doc Gallagher defeated Don McClarity
1963
New Haven, Connecticut: – Buddy Rogers defeated Bobo Brazil to retain the WWWF World Heavyweight Title
1964
San Francisco, California: – Dominic DeNucci defeated Ray Stevens to win the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1968
Kansas City, Kansas: – Sonny Myers defeated Pedro Valdez – Steve Bolus defeated Cyclone Castro – Ernie Ladd defeated Stan the Moose – Bob Geigel & Bob Brown defeated Klondike Bill & Ronnie Etchison in three falls
1969
Omaha, Nebraska: – Stan Pulaski and Chris Tolos defeated Butcher and Mad Dog Vachon to win the AWA Midwest Tag Team Titles
Atlanta, Georgia: – Assassin #2 (Tom Renesto) and The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeated Alberto and Ramon Torres to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles
1970
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Non Title Match, No Time Limit: The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2 out of 3 falls – Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien – Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham – Lars Anderson beat Mike Lavine – Larry Hennig beat Bruce Kirk
1972
Dallas, Texas: – Dean Ho and Fritz Von Erich defeated Thunderbolt Patterson and Johnny Valentine for the NWA American Tag Team Titles
Macon, Georgia: – El Mongol defeated Buddy Colt to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title – Flash and Rocket Monroe defeated Bob Armstrong and Bill Dromo for the NWA Macon Tag Team Titles
1974
Dothan, Alabama: – The Wrestling Pro defeated Dick Dunn to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
1975
Detroit, Michigan: – Bobo Brazil defeated The Sheik for the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title
Tampa, Florida: – NWA Title: Jack Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. to retain the title – Florida Title: Bill Watts defeated Dick Murdoch to retain the title – Terry Funk defeated Jos LeDuc – Judo Jacket Match: Bob Armstrong defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka – Bob Roop & Dick Slater defeated Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci – The Mongolian Stomper defeated The Great Malenko – Mike Graham defeated Gene Lewis – Rocky Johnson defeated Baron Scicluna
1978
Superbowl of Wrestling: Miami, Florida: – Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Ivan Koloff and Mr. Saito to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles – Mike Graham and Steve Keirn defeated Jimmy and Johnny Valiant to win the NWA Florida US Tag Team Titles – WWWF World Champion, Superstar Billy Graham and NWA World Champion, Harley Race wrestled to a 60 minute time limit draw
1981
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd dq – Nick Bockwinkel beat Dino Bravo – Tito Santana beat Jesse Ventura – Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis – Brad Rheingans beat Ben DeLeon – Buck Zumhofe drew Steve Regal
1982
Wichita,Kansas: – Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant (Guy Mitchell) defeated Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Romero for the NWA Central States Tag Team Titles
1983
Tampa, Florida: – The Fabulous Kangaroos (Johnny Heffernan and Don Kent) defeated Ron Bass and Barry Windham to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Titles – Lumberjack Match: Midnight Rider defeated Kevin Sullivan – Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeated Charlie Cook – Cowboy Ron Bass defeated Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin – Leroy Brown beat Rufus R. Jones – Texas Death Match: Angelo Mosca defeated Barry Windham
1984
Shelby, North Carolina: – Angelo Mosca, Jr. defeated Iwan Koloff to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title
1986
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: – Sgt. Slaughter no contest AWA Champion Stan Hansen – Jerry Blackwell beat Boris Zhukov – Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko by countout – Non Title: Nord The Barbarian & Mongolian Stomper beat AWA Tag Team Champions Curt Hennig & Scott Hall – Buck Zumhofe beat Doug Somers
Singapore – Jerry Lawler defeated Lars Anderson for the NWA Polynesian Wrestling Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Title
1990
Salem, Oregon: – Al Madril defeated Rex King for the NWA Pacific Northwest Television Title
1991
Dallas, Texas: – Bill Dundee defeated Gary Young to win the vacant USWA Texas Title in a tournament final
1992
Annadale, Minnesota: – Brad Rhenigans and Baron Von Raschke defeated The Punishers to win the PWA Tag Team Titles
1993
Memphis, Tennessee: – Ron and Don Harris defeated Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
1995
Clash of Champions: Las Vegas, Nevada: – WCW World Television Champion Arn Anderson (with Col. Robert Parker and Meng) pinned Johnny B. Badd to retain the title – WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray (with Sister Sherri)) defeated Stars-N-Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) to retain the title – Sting defeated Avalanche by submission – WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (with Jimmy Hart) and Randy Savage defeated The Butcher and Kevin Sullivan
1997
Sould Out PPV: Cedar Rapids, Iowa: – The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) (WCW) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) (nWo) to win the title – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddy Guerrero (WCW) defeated Syxx (nWo) in a Ladder match to retain the title – WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hulk Hogan (nWo) fought The Giant (WCW) to a no contest to retain the title
1998
Yokohama, Japan: – Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue defeated Johnny Ace and Kenta Kobashi for the AJPW Unified World Tag Team title
2000
Las Vegas, Nevada: – Sid Vicious defeated Ron Harris and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Kevin Nash in a three-way steel cage match to win the title – Lex Luger defeated Buff Bagwell by dq
2004
Royal Rumble: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Ric Flair & Batista defeated The Dudleys in a tables match to retain the RAW World Tag Titles – WWF Champion Brock Lesnar defeated Bob Holly to retain the WWF World Title – Raw Champion Triple H wrestled Shawn Michaels to a draw to retain the title – Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble
2009
Royal Rumble: Detroit, Michigan: – Randy Orton won the Royal Rumble – Melina defeated Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix to win the title – Edge defeated Jeff Hardy in a no dq match to win the WWE Title – John Cena defeated JBL to retain the World Title
2015
Royal Rumble: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Roman Reigns won the Royal Rumble – Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena and Seth Rollins to retain the WWE World Title – The Usos defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow to retain the WWE World Tag Team Titles
