Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/04): Hulk Hogan wins WWF title at WrestleMania IX


1945
Des Moines, Iowa:
– Earl Wampler beat Ken Fenelon to capture the Iowa State Heavyweight Title
1965
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
– Crusher beat Bob Geigel
– Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo
– Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek
– Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer
1969
Atlanta, Georgia:
– The Assassins (Jody Hamilton & Tom Renesto) defeated El Mongol & Louie Tillet in a tournament final to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles
1974
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon in a no DQ match
– Billy Graham beat Red Bastien
– Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke by dq
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien
– Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera
– Geoff Portz drew Greg Gagne
– Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski
1975
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Edouard Carpentier in 2 out of 3 falls
– Terry Funk defeated Stan Stasiak
– Harley Race and Bobo Brazil went to a draw
– Ray Stevens defeated Red Lyons
– Big Bill Miller defeated Clem Turner
– Ted Oates defeated Gary Fulton
– Tommy Martin and Ronnie Etchison defeated Ed Wiskoski and Chuck O’Connor
1983
Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Moondogs defeated the Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler by dq
– Southern Champion Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
– The Galaxians beat Rock & Roll Express to keep their masks
– Mid American Champion Stagger Lee beat Plowboy Frazier in a mask & title vs $1000 challenge
– Bruise Brothers beat Dutch Mantel & Steve O
– Bobby Eaton and Ace of Spades went to a draw
– Duke Myers beat Bobby Fulton
– Carl Fergie beat Sonny King by dq
1984
Spartanburg, South Carolina:
– Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Titles
1988
Memphis, Tennessee:
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jerry Lawler in a stretcher match
– Doug Gilbert & Gary Young beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis
– AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) beat Mighty Yankees
– Eddie Marlin beat Tommy Gilbert
– CWA Champion Maxx Payne beat Scott Steiner
– Don Bruise beat Scott Levy
– Brickhouse Brown beat Tom Brandi
1991
East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– Owen Hart pinned El Cubano
– Ricky Morton pinned Black Angel (Jose Luis Rivera)
– Dustin Rhodes pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
– Big Van Vader pinned Larry Zbyzsko
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Nikita Koloff via disqualification
– WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
– Sid Vicious pinned Brian Pillman
– Ron Simmons pinned Butch Reed
– WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting in a steel cage match
1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Tracy Smothers
– Cactus Jack pinned the Junkyard Dog
– WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
– Nikita Koloff pinned Diamond Dallas Page
– Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko
– WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton fought Rick & Scott Steiner to a double countout
– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification
– WCW World Champion Sting pinned Big Van Vader
1993
Wrestlemania IX | Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji) pinned Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship
– Hulk Hogan pinned Yokozuna in an impromptu match to win the WWF Championship
– Tatanka (with Sherri Martel) defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels (with Luna Vachon) by DQ
– The Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers
– Doink the Clown pinned Crush
– Razor Ramon pinned Bob Backlund
– WWF Tag Team Champions Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster) defeated Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake by DQ
– Lex Luger pinned Mr. Perfect
– The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzales via DQ
Fleming-Neon, Kentucky:
– Tom Pritchard defeated Bobby Blaze
– Brian Lee pinned Kevin Sullivan
– SMW Heavyweight Champion Tracy Smothers pinned Dirty White Boy
– Ricky Morton & Tim Horner defeated Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton
– Tim Horner won a battle royal
1994
Hurley, Virginia:
– Robert Gibson defeated D-Lo Brown
– Ricky Morton defeated Unabom via disqualification
– Buddy Landel defeated Boo Bradley
– New Jack & Mustafa defeated Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers
Hiroshima, Japan:
– Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Title
1998
Buffalo, New York:
– Rob Van Dam defeated Bam Bam Bigelow for the ECW World Television Title
Tokyo, Japan:
– Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Title
2014
ROH Supercard of Honor | New Orleans, Louisiana:
– Roderick Strong defeated Cedric Alexander
– The Decade (Adam Page, B.J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs) defeated Andrew Everett and Adrenaline Rush (ACH and TaDarius Thomas)
– R.D. Evans (with Veda Scott and Ramon) defeated Silas Young by dq
– Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis) defeated Mark Briscoe in a no dq match
– reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Hanson and Raymond Rowe and Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) to earn a Tag Team title shot
– Jay Lethal defeated Tommaso Ciampa in a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the ROH World Television Championship
– Michael Elgin defeated Kevin Steen to earn an IWGP World title match
– ROH World Champion Adam Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in Ladder War V
DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate | New Orleans, Louisiana:
– Ricochet defeated Johnny Gargano to win the Open The Freedom Gate Title
– Rich Swann defeated Biff Busick
– Trent Baretta defeated Low Ki
– Masato Tanaka beat Chris Hero
– Michael Elgin defeated Kevin Steen
– ROH Champion Adam Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in a Ladder War match
2020
Wrestlemania 36 | Orlando, Florida (night one)
– Cesaro pinned Drew Gulak
– Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss beat Asuka & Kairi Sane
– Elias pinned King Corbin
– Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch beat Shayna Baszler
– I-C Champion Sami Zayn pinned Daniel Bryan
– John Morrison defeated Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso in a three-way ladder match to retain the SmackDown Tag Team titles
– Kevin Owens beat Seth Rollins via DQ and then pinned Seth Rollins in a no DQ match
– Braun Strowman pinned Bill Goldberg to win the Universal title
– Undertaker beat A.J. Styles in a boneyard match