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