Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/07): WrestleManias II and XXIX

1927

St. Louis, Missouri:

– Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat 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 by 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 by 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 by DQ

– Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor

– Fabulous Ones beat Moondogs by 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

WWF 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

WWF WrestleMania II: 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 

WWF WrestleMania II: 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

1994

Cumberland, Kentucky:

– Steven Dunn defeated Bobby Blaze

– Tracy Smothers defeated Timothy Well

– SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy defeated Prince Kharis

– SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Brian Lee & Chris Candido via disqualification

– Tracy Smothers won a battle royal

1995

SMW Bluegrass Brawl III – Pikeville, Kentucky:

– Boo Bradley defeated Killer Kyle

– SMW Heavyweight Champion Bobby Blaze fought Buddy Landel to a draw

– Al Snow & Unabomb defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a coal miner’s glove match to win the titles

– The Dirty White Boy defeated Buddy Landel in a chain match

– The Undertaker & Tracy Smothers defeated New Jack, Mustafa, & D-Lo Brown in a handicap loser salutes the flag match

2013

WWE 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