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  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/1): Backlund vs. Inoki; John Cena & Christian win WWE gold

    1969 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk, Jr. wrestled Dick Murdoch to a time limit draw 

    1976

    Indianapolis, Indiana:
    – Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ox Baker & Chuck O’Connor to win the WWA Tag Team Title in a steel cage match
    – The Strangler beat Pepper Gomez to win the WWA title
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Art Thomas
    – Art Thomas won a 16 man battle royal
    – Bounty Hunters beat Steve Regal (sub Bob Kelly) & Bobby Bold Eagle
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Blackjack Heddon (sub Baron Von Krupp)
    – Johnny Starr beat Raoul Guzman
    – Moose Cholak beat Emile Zapata
    – Paul Christy beat Cashbox Jim Kent

    1980

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher dq
    – Dino Bravo no contest Jerry Blackwell
    – Greg Gagne beat Super Destroyer Mark II
    – Super Destroyer Mark III beat Bobby Heenan
    – Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Mad Dog Vachon & Steve Olsonoski
    – Little Bruiser & Lone Eagle beat Billy the Kid & Tom Thumb

    1981 

    Gainesville, Georgia:
    – Harley Race defeated Tommy Rich for the NWA World Heavyweight Title 

    Richmond, Virginia:
    – Gene & Ole Anderson defeated Paul Jones & Masked Superstar for the NWA World Tag Team Title 

    Mexico City, Mexico;
    – Bob Backlund defended the WWF title against NWF World champion Antonio Inoki, wrestling to a draw in a 2 out of 3 falls match

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura in a non-title Cage Match
    – The Crusher and Jerry Blackwell went to a double disqualification
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Big John Studd 
    – Ray Stevens beat Buck Zumhofe

    1983 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Tommy Rich & Paul Orndorff defeated Larry Zbyszko & Killer Brooks a
    – Tony Atlas defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
    – Bob Roop defeated Joe Lightfoot
    – Ray Candy defeated Chick Donovan
    – Arn Anderson & Matt Borne (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Brian Blair & Tito Santana
    – Ron Garvin defeated the Iron Sheik (w/ Paul Ellering)
    – Dick Murdoch defeated Buzz Sawyer via count-out

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Greg Valentine defeated NWA U.S. Champion Roddy Piper to win the title 
    – NWA World Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood defeated Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle
    – Keith larsen defeated Ken Timbs
    – Jos LeDuc defeated Rick Harris
    – Bugsy McGraw defeated the One Man Gang
    – Jake Roberts defeated Mike Graham
    – Dick Slater defeated Sweet Brown Sugar
    – Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Angelo Mosca & Gene Anderson
    – Jimmy Valiant defeated the Great Kabuki in a New York Street fight

    1987

    Euguene, Oregon:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Curt Hennig
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Mike Miller & Rip Oliver
    – Jimmy Snuka beat Larry Zbyszko dq
    – Assassin & Ricky Santana beat Kevin Kelly & Doug Somers
    – Art Crews beat Scott Peterson
    – Joey Jackson drew Coco Samoa
    – George Skaaland drew Buddy Wolff
    – Mark Young beat Mighty Sputnik
    – Sherri Martel beat Madusa Meceli

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – The New Breed, Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jeff Sampson & Jeff Belk
    – Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #1
    – Vladimir Pietrov defeated Jimmy Valiant
    – The Midnight Express, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
    – Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
    – Arn Anderson & NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson & Tim Horner
    – NWA U.S. Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
    – NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin in a lumberjack match 

    1988

    Indianapolis, Indiana:
    – Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan
    – Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
    – Steve Williams defeated NWA World Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
    – The Road Warriors defeated the Powers of Pain
    – Lex Luger & Nikita Koloff defeated the Sheepherders
    – Dusty Rhodes fought NWA World Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard to a double countout when both men began fighting on the floor
    – NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting

    1993

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Brian Christopher defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1994

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Shinya Hashimoto defeated Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP Heavyweight Title 

    1995

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Razor Ramon for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title 
    – PG-13 defeated Brickhouse Brown & The Gambler for the USWA Tag Team Title

    1998

    Greenville, South Carolina:
    – Booker T defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW World Television Title 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Satoru Asako defeated Yoshinobu Kanemura
    – Manukea Mossman (Tayyo Kea) defeated Daisuke Ikeda
    – Jumbo Tsuruta, Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota defeated Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigan & Tsuyoshi Kikichi
    – The Headhunters defeated Tamon Honda & Shigeo Okumura
    – Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield (Jim Steele) defeated Gedo & Jado
    – Akira Taue, Takao Omori & Masao Inoue defeated Mike Awesome, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka
    – Steve Williams & Gary Albright defeated Masahito Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama
    – Giant Baba, Kentaro Shiga & Hayabusa defeated Hakushi, Jun Izumida & Giant Kamala II
    – Jun Akiyama defeated Hiroshi Hase
    – Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace defeated Vader & Stan Hansen
    – Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa to win the All Japan Triple Crown

    2005

    WWE Backlash | Manchester, New Hampshire:
    – Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis
    – Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship    
    – The Hurricane and Rosey defeated Tajiri and William Regal, The Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo), Simon Dean and Maven, and La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) in a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship    
    – Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match
    – Kane (with Lita) defeated Viscera (with Trish Stratus)
    – Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari    
    – Batista defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

    2011

    WWE Extreme Rules | Tampa, Florida:
    – Kofi Kingston defeated Sheamus to win the US Title in a Tables Match
    – Christian won the World title in a ladder Match defeating Alberto del Rio 
    – John Cena won the WWE title in a three-way cage match defeating The Miz and John Morrison