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Enzo and Big Cass vs the Vaudevillians
Enzo did a rap before the match. Vaudevillians have a new heel theme. Lots of comedy spots. Crowd LOVES Enzo. Vaudevillians were pretty over and got cheered until they got the heat on Enzo, Cass got the hot tag, and they won with the rocket launcher move. Fun tag match, crowd was into it.
Carmella vs Alexa Bliss
Carmella did her speech before the match. Crowd loved her. Alexa got heat for being from Ohio. Alexa did a really good job of getting the heat and Carmella did a quick comeback and won with her submission. Surprisingly good match that the crowd was pretty into, Alexa had good heat and Carmella got her chants.
Elias Sampson vs Johnny Gargano
Elias got a lot of heat early on for some reason. He played a song for Detroit before the match to solid boos and Johnny interrupted him. Johnny was over despite being from Cleveland, even got a “Johnny Wrestling” chant. Back and forth match. Crowd was into the heat spots. Crowd blew up for a dive from Johnny to the outside where there was almost no floor space. There was some near falls and Elias won with his neckbreaker. Crowd booed like hell. Great match. Crowd gave a standing ovation to Johnny after the match.
Tye Dillinger vs Sami Zayn
Crowd was into Tye’s entrance. Sami was SUPER over. The story at the beginning of the match was that Sami’s reaction made Tye jealous. The worked heel only to the extent that he wasn’t cheered. Back and forth match where the crowd was into everything Sami did. Some comedy spots with the 10 sign. Tye got the heat, Sami did a comeback and Tye got injured and carried off to the back and they rang the bell. Sami lead a 10 chant and did a speech thanking the fans. Sampson interrupted and beat up Sami and Sami fought him off with a Helluva kick.
Intermission
Women’s Champion Bayley vs Nia Jax
Crowd loved everything Bayley did. The match was similar to their Takeover match. Bayley won with the Belly to Bayley. A fan threw her a Bayley Club shirt and she put it on and celebrated with the crowd afterwards.
American Alpha vs. NXT Tag Team Champions Dash and Dawson
Gable and Jordan got a huge reaction. Dash and Dawson were also there. Crowd loved Jordan and Gable. Match was back and forth at the beginning and then Dash and Dawson got the heat on Jordan. Gable got the heat and American Alpha did some double team stuff and then Dawson started getting the heat on Gable. Jordan exploded with the hot tag. American Alpha hit their finisher and dash pulled the ref out of the ring and got DQ’ed. Chorus of boos. American Alpha got a standing ovation after the match.
Baron Corbin vs Apollo Crews vs Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor
All guys got a great reception and Corbin got plenty of boos. Joe and Corbin disposed of Crews and Balor and then Balor turned on Joe. Balor and Crews disposed of Corbin and Joe and shook hands and went back and forth. Now came in and went one and one with Crews. Then Corbin and Crews. Then Corbin and Balor. Then Joe and Balor. Then Joe and Crews. Corbin and Joe double teamed Balor. Corbin turned on Joe again and then put the beat down on Balor. Joe disposed of Balor and put the beat down on Balor and them Balor got a comeback in on everyone and did the stomp to Crews’ back. Match broke down into a four way brawl. Joe had the clutch on Baron, Crews hit the standing moonsault on him and went for a pin, Balor jumped off the top and hit Crews with the Coup de Grace and pinned Corbin for the win and celebrated after the match. Great back and forth match. Crowd was into it the whole time.
Great show with no real lowlights. Most over was probably Balor or Sami.
Hardly a banner Royal Rumble for either of these guys. Swagger, who according to his ring introduction is still very much “a real American”, suffered the ignominy of the shortest stay in this year’s Rumble match. Meanwhile, Kevin Owens incurred the double blow of losing to Dean Ambrose and getting tossed from the Rumble by arch-rival, Sami Zayn.
Very good TV match here, that hovered around the 15-minute mark (including commercials). The early exchanges are enlivened by a typically talkative Kevin Owens, who admonishes the referee for not letting him stay in the ropes indefinitely to escape Swagger’s ankle-based intentions: “I’m allowed to do that! What’s your problem!?”
The mid-match commercial break is also bookended by a “WE ARE IDIOTS!” chant from Owens and a rousing rendition of “Oh Canada!”, as Swagger struggles to escape Chinlock City.
Great workrate from both men in this one; Owens ate a running clothesline on the outside after taking a powder to avoid Swagger’s comeback, while Swagger took his face-first bump onto the ringsteps after being tossed over the top rope. Both men also nailed a German suplex apiece, with Swagger hitting his after a brilliant reversal of the Pop-Up Powerbomb into a Patriot Lock attempt.
Owen’s second failed attempt at his finish is also reversed into a roll-up for two, before he finally nails it seconds later when Swagger drives his own shoulder into the ringpost off a dodged corner charge.
Another excellent showing for Swagger, who has burnished his babyface credentials on this show of late; add this to his two very watchable 10+ minute outings against Stardust and The Miz in the last couple of months. Credit to Owens for giving him so much too.
The Dudley Boyz def. The Ascension via pinfall
I’m sure the Dudleys were delighted to see Konnor and Viktor’s names beside theirs on the format sheet; The Ascension were the last team that Bubba and D-Von defeated in a straight tag match on RAW – on November 16th of last year.
We get the usual five-minute second match here. Very early “hot” tag to Bubba signals an even quicker ending, only for Konnor to save Viktor from the Wassup headbutt by crotching D-Von on the top rope.
Quick heat segment (featuring Viktor’s awesome-looking STO), before the hot tag to D-Von, who runs through his usual offensive repertoire. Blind tag and a Reverse 3-D to Konnor follows, before a Bubba big boot heads off Konnor’s attempted interference. Viktor eats the regular 3-D to wrap it up for the Dudleys and compensate somewhat for last week’s unfortunate defeat at the hands of the Social Outcasts.
– Rusev and Be-A-STAR candidate, Lana, are backstage with Jojo, who wonders if the powerbomb Rusev suffered on RAW will affect his performance against Ryback tonight. Lana responds that “nothing affects the super-athlete”, with the Bulgarian Brute adding that he intends to destroy “The Ryback” tonight.
Rusev w/Lana def. Ryback by submission
This, of course, is the dumb feud they dropped after Lana’s social media activity made her persona non grata in the company. Lawler briefly references her punishment – Lana’s part in The Rock’s promo on Monday night – at the beginning of the match, only for Rich Brennan to cut him off: “Should we repeat that!?…..is it family friendly?” No, Rich. It’s not.
Decent 10+ minute match here, that was admittedly pretty boring prior to Ryback’s comeback, but picked up significantly forthwith – the turning point being a back-and-forth battle to suplex each other over the top rope. Ryback wins, bringing Rusev from the apron to the ring, before again busting out Punk’s high knee into the corner.
The Ryback also hits a top rope missile dropkick and brings back his old backpack stunner maneuver to kick off the nearfalls segment of the match. Ryback appears to be responding to criticism of his work in a similar fashion to John Cena, by expanding his moveset – which, ironically, is arguably the least important element of what makes one a great worker.
A failed Shellshock sees Ryback almost get pushed into Lana, who had positioned herself on the apron. He gets a slap to the face for his troubles, but the roll-up from Rusev only gets two. Ryback then returns the superkick he received earlier, as if he is now absorbing the signature moves of his opponents. This also gets two.
A second Shellshock attempt then also fails, as Rusev grabs the ropes. Ryback’s workrate aspirations then finally cost him, as a high knee from the top misses, allowing Rusev to hit another superkick and lock in the Accolade. Ryback doesn’t tap, but is deemed to have passed out by referee, Charles Robinson. Rusev celebrates vigorously in front of the large flag bearing his own visage as the show goes off the air.
Final Thoughts
Unquestionably the best outing for Main Event this year, with two good-to-very good 10+ minute matches. It’s particularly worth going out of one’s way to see Kevin Owens’ match with Jack Swagger, who has turned in some truly excellent work on this show over the last couple of months.
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
Submitted by Ryan Dunch w/additional notes from Joe Kazmer
Stage AE was sompletely sold out, with a substantial amount of a standing room tickets sold.
– The night started with a pre-taped intro from Triple H thanking the fans for making NXT.
NXT Tag Champions Dawson & Wilder def. Big Cass and Enzo Amore
People were really excited and chanted along with the whole Enzo/Cass intro. Lots of How You Doin and other chants. Wilder and Dawson won after hitting their finisher on Enzo. Enzo and Cass got a standing ovation after they were left alone in the ring. This was a theme for the night anytime someone the crowd liked lost a match.
Nia Jax pinned Carmella after the big leg drop
Wasn’t very good but not as bad as I was expecting. Poor Nia was cat called early on when the crowd was otherwise pretty silent.
Elias Sampson def. Tye Dillinger
Sampson, who is from Pittsburgh, claimed that he wrote a special song about returning to Pittsburgh which was comically bad:
“Back in my hometown of Pittsburgh for the sold out show tonight and I’d say it’s nice to be here but that would be a lie, You can all tip me money for playing my guitar cuz I’ll never turn it down, In fact I should get a lot of money for even coming back to this crappy town!”
Met with boos and an inaudible chant, and actually was worse than it looks on paper. Dillinger was cheered, mostly just people having fun with the 10 chants. Sampson defeated Tye Dillinger after raking Tye’s eyes while the ref was distracted, and pinned him following a swinging neckbreaker. Then he kissed his guitar and carried it over his shoulder as he exited.
Baron Corbin pinned Apollo Crews after the End of Days
Baron out to good heel reaction, Apollo got a decent pop. “Boring Corbin” chants. Mostly an anti-Corbin crowd as opposed to a pro-Crews crowd. Corbin looked strong for a lot of the match and Crews got a lukewarm response for his comeback. People were into some of his athletic spots and did react to those – including a plancha to the floor. Crowd got into the last bit with trading shots and some near falls.
Sami Zayn pinned Johnny Gargano
They had a lively match, and both men were over with the crowd. A lot of singing for Zayn, and “Johnny Wrestling” chants for Gargano. Really a great final few minutes which led to Sami pinning Johnny with a Heluva Kick. After the match was over, Sami helped Johnny up and embraced him and raised his hand. The crowd gave Gargano a really nice standing ovation after the match while Zayn hopped out of the ring and applauded him on the outside. Really loud sustained “Johnny Wrestling” chant here as well.
> Intermission
Women’s Champion Bayley pinned Alexa Bliss with the Bayley to Belly suplex
Bayley is very beloved by this audience. Little girls with Bayley shirts in attendance, Bayley made sure to give them hugs. There was a lot of stalling at the beginning with lots of people in the crowd screaming for hugs and Bayley hopping out to give some. There was a fun spot where she popped out and hugged a guy in the front row for a big pop and as she ran back in Alexa gave her a cheap shot. They did some mat wrestling and traded near falls in the final sequence which ended with Bayley catching Alexa with a sudden Bayley-to-Belly for the pin.
American Alpha (Jason Jordan & Chad Gable) def. The Vaudevillians
Gable pinned English with their back suplex finisher. Jordan and especially Gable were over huge. Good technical stuff here early on. Both teams looked sharp, all of the stuff was tight. Jordan and Gable are really impressive to see live, lots of spots I’ve never seen anyone do, and it all looked great. Big this is Wrestling chant for the earlier mat wrestling.
NXT Champion Finn Balor def. Samoa Joe
They had a good match. It was quiet early. When the match went on, the show had been on for a solid 2 hours 30 minutes if you include the intermission. But they pulled the crowd in after some mat wrestling when Joe bailed to the outside. This led to brawling on the floor. Joe got some solid heel heat. He made a comeback and hit his flying kick thing in the corner. Crowd started with a “Joe Joe Joe” chant after all the boos and Joe just looked at the crowd and shook his head.
Finn threw Joe back outside and his a baseball slide. He hit the footstomp to Joe while Joe was still standing and hunched over for a nearfall. This is Awesome chants. Joe hit a bad ass clothesline for a 2 count. Dueling punches, Joe catches Balor in a rear naked, Balor escapes, misses a corner kick. Joe went for the Buster and Balor countered it into a sunset flip pin for another near fall. Final sequence was really good. Balor ended up hitting his kick to the corner and the Coup de Grace for the win.
Tonight’s episode took place on April 5, 2015 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan, our first look at the matches that took place on the Invasion Attack 2015 card.
First up we have the Young Bucks taking on Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) for the IWGP Junior tag team championships. I believe this is their first tour together, as Romero’s former partner Alex Kozlov has taken a sabbatical from wrestling at the start of this year. I always like it when they do singles matches in this division. This was the year they went overboard on the multi tag bouts that are fine, but get kind of stale if you do them over and over. I don’t mind a multi-man match every now and then, but I’d like to see more singles tag team bouts in 2016 as I just feel it means a bit more when competiing for a title. Very good stuff overall in this bout. Romero is pretty underrated in these kind of matches, he’s really tremendous in what he does and he’s usually the most over guy in the division. They win the titles with the Omori Driver/dropkick combination.
After the match Romero says let’s get the party started in Roppongi. Backstage, Romero says that Beretta has proved himself here tonight by winning the titles. Beretta says this is just the beginning and joked they were just going to go to McDonalds or something to celebrate.
Kenny Omega faced Mascara Dorada next for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight championship. This was easily the highlight of Dorada’s tour as he looked great. His agility is outstanding and and is a really refined worker in knowing the style of New Japan while also implementing lucha libre moves. Omega looked fine in keeping up with Dorada and they had a really great match. It’s astonishing that they didn’t do more with Dorada during his excursion in New Japan. I would have loved to see him work a match with Kushida (they did, but it was really short during the Super Juniors tournament). Feels like a waste of talent just putting him in multi man tags. He lost here, with Omega getting the win with the One Winged Angel.
Omega takes a mic after the match and says that as the master of dark custodial arts he’s cleaned up Mexican and Japanese trash, but now it’s time to take out the worst – American trash. Shelley, who is helping Dorada after the match, is called out by Omega. They two have a staredown before Omega bails. Omega is prone to over-acting in promos as I guess he’s going for an anime heel vibe in terms of delivery, but he was fine here.
Shelley says he (Omega) can clean up his body parts after their match as he’ll take him out piece by piece. How can you do that if your body parts are all over the place? He promises he’ll be the next champion..
Time for a chat with Kazushi Sakuraba. He thought forming a tag team with Toru Yano would be interesting, and felt most natural to him. After not knowing if he’s a member of Chaos or not, he talks about facing Shibata. He says when you are in the ring, you have to think of everyone as your enemy. He doesn’t really have anything special to say in facing Shibata.
Sakuraba, teaming with Toru Yano, faces Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata in the main event of this program. This is interesting, as Shibata and Sakuraba are facing off against one another despite coming back to New Japan together in 2012 as Laughter7. They did a lot of technical wrestling and looked good, since both have experience in MMA (obviously). Got very heated towards the end as Sakuraba fireman carries Shibata to the floor and taps him out with a kimura. I liked the latter half of this match, but the first just kind of stalled. I didn’t buy this as a main event, but obviously this is just one part of a multi-show series on the event, and I guess it was fine when you think about that.
Yano after the match says Tanahashi is no longer the ace and will change him into a garbage wrestler. Sakuraba says he came to NJPW to stir things up. He suggests Tanahashi should face Shibata. He also says he would face him if he got the chance. Tanahashi simply says Yano got him.
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
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
