Daily pro wrestling history (04/07): John Cena defeats the Rock to win the WWE World Title

1927

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. John Pesek in 2 out of 3 falls

1933

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Bronko Nagurski beat Earl Wampler 

1945

Wichita, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat Ray Eckert 
– Vic Holbrook beat Earl Wampler 
– Chief Little Wolf beat Jim Parker 
– Jack Kennedy beat Al Szasz 

1949

Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Lucky Simunovich 
– Dean Detton beat Jimmy Coffield 
– Abe Kashey and Harold “Sonny” Myers drew (30:00) 

1962

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello beat Mr. M & Stan Kowalski 2 out of 3 falls
– Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills dq
– Ricky Lopez beat Blackjack Daniels
– Roy Collins beat Eddie Sharkey

1964

Des Moines, Iowa:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Pat O’Connor when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
– Sonny Myers ddq Mongolian Stomper
– Kathy Starr beat Jean Antone
– Steve Bolus (sub Don Jardine) beat Lee Henning

1973

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder
– Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham
– Reggie Parks beat Ivan Koloff dq
– Sailor Art Thomas beat Higo Hamaguchi
– Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani
– Khosrow Vaziri beat Ken Dillinger

1979

Chicago, Illinois:
– King Kong Brody beat Dick The Bruiser
– AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Steve Olsonoski
– The Crusher beat Lord Alfred Hayes
– Bobo Brazil beat Cecil Dubois
– Billy Robinson beat Bobby Duncum
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Paul Ellering
– Igor Volkoff drew Spike Huber

1983

Lexington, Kentucky:
– Stagger Lee won a 24 man battle royal
– Jerry Lawler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
– Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
– Fabulous Ones beat Moondogs dq
– Stagger Lee beat Bobby Eaton
– The Galaxians drew Steve O & Bobby Fulton
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson beat Pork Chop Cash & Duke Myers
– Duke Myers beat Carl Fergie
– Dutch Mantel beat The Angel
– Sonny King beat Jim Dalton

1986 

Wrestlemania II: 
New York, New York:
– Don Muraco fought Paul Orndorff to a double countout
– WWF Intercontinental champion Randy Savage pinned George Steele
– Jake Roberts pinned George Wells with a DDT
– Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper via DQ in a boxing match

Chicago, Illinois:
– The British Bulldogs defeated Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake to win the WWF Tag Team championship
– WWF Women’s champion The Fabulous Moolah pinned Velvet McIntyre a
– Cpl. Kirchner pinned Nikolai Volkoff 
– Andre the Giant eliminated Bret Hart to win a 20 man Battle Royal 

Los Angeles, California:
– Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match to retain the WWF World Title
– Ricky Steamboat pinned Hercules Hernandez 
– Adrian Adonis pinned Uncle Elmer 
– Terry and Hoss (Dory Jr.) Funk defeated the team of Tito Santana and The Junkyard Dog

2013 

Wrestlemania 29: East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– John Cena defeated The Rock to capture the WWE World Title
– The Miz defeated Wade Barrett to win the WWE IC Title
– The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) defeated Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus
– Mark Henry defeated Ryback
– Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
– Fandango defeated Chris Jericho
– Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship    
– The Undertaker defeated CM Punk (with Paul Heyman)
– Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) in a No Holds Barred match