Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/26): Batista wins 2014 Royal Rumble
1961
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 by 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
1981
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Hector Guerrero & Sonny King beat The Bounty Hunters via DQ
– Tojo Yamamoto beat Koko Ware
– Tommy Rich beat Bill Irwin
– Dream Machine beat Ricky Morton
– Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant beat Bill Dundee
– Jerry Lawler pinned Ron Bass
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:
– Paul Diamond beat Tarzan Goto via DQ
– Pat Tanaka beat Boy Tony
– The Hunter beat Tracy Smothers
– Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Big Bubba & Goliath
– Downtown Bruno beat Emily Arthur in a boxing match
– The Daughter of Darkness beat Debbie Combs
– CWA International Champ Soul Train Jones beat Jonathon Boyd
– Jeff Jarrett & Billy Joe Travis beat The Rock-n-Roll RPMs to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– Austin Idol beat AWA World Champ Nick Bockwinkel via DQ
1990
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Mike Rotunda pinned Tommy Rich
– Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated Jack Victory & Rip Morgan
– Kevin Sullivan pinned Norman
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
– Sting pinned the Dragon Master
– NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson pinned the Great Muta
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA World Champion Lex Luger
– The Road Warriors, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Doom, the Samoan Savage & Fatu in a steel cage match
1991
Greenwood, Mississippi:
– Tim Horner pinned Bill Irwin
– Brad Armstrong pinned Moondog Rex
– Tom Zenk pinned Bobby Eaton
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger beat Sid Vicious via count-out
– WCW Tag Team Champions Doom defeared Barry Windham & WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson
Columbia, South Carolina:
– Ricky Morton, Tommy Rich, & Norman defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Lt. James Earl, & Dutch Mantel
– The Junkyard Dog pinned the Iron Sheik
– Brian Pillman pinned Big Cat
– WCW US Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner pinned Michael Hayes
– Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated the Master Blasters
– Sting beat WCW World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
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
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
WWE 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