Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/26): Edge defeats John Cena to win WWE World title

1934

St. Louis, Missouri:

– Richard “Dick” Shikat beat Everette Marshall to earn a match with World Champion Jim Londos
– Orville Brown and Gino Garibaldi went to a 30 minute draw
– Jugat Singh beat Jimmy Parker 

1951

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Dennis Clary defeated Tarzan Kowalski to win the Central States Title

1962

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– Lumberjack match: AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric  
– Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski
– Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills
– Roy Collins beat Ricky Lopez

1973 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch by DQ in the 3rd fall of a 2 out of 3 falls match to retain the title
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca 
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel
– Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds
– Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) 
– Moose Morowski beat Dave Muir

1975

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Bobby Heenan beat Ivan Putski by countout
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew with Horst Hoffman & Buddy Wolff
– Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Breznikoff
– Khosrow Vaziri beat Billy Howard
– Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle

1976 

Madison Square Garden:

– Stan Hansen defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino when the referee stopped the match due to excessive bleeding, but Sammartino retained the title

1978

Honolulu, Hawaii:

– Non Title: Rick Martel beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Ed Francis beat Bobby Heenan dq in a Pier 9 brawl (ten 2:00 rounds)
– Billy Whitewolf beat Tor Kamata in an Indian death match
– Bill Francis & Russ Francis beat Steve Strong & Chris Markoff
– George Wells beat John Anson to win Hawaiian title

1980

Milton, Wisconsin:

– The Crusher beat Adrian Adonis 
– Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell by dq
– Jesse Ventura beat Greg Gagne
– Billy The Kid & Tom Thumb beat Dirty Morgan & Lone Eagle
– Steve Olsonoski beat Buck Zumhofe

1981

Green Bay, Wisconsin:

– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated AWA Tag Team Champions the East-West Connection in a non title steel cage match
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Brad Rheingans dq
– Jerry Blackwell no contest Baron Von Raschke
– Ray Stevens beat Tito Santana
– Buck Zumhofe beat Ben Deleon 

1982

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:

– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jay Youngblood
– Angelo Mosca dcor John Studd
– Jimmy Valiant beat Ivan Koloff
– Johnny Weaver beat Ninja dq
– Tony Parisi beat Tito Senza
– Tarzan Tyler beat Tony Ricco

1983

Watertown, Wisconsin:

– Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell by dq
– Jesse Ventura beat Wahoo McDaniel
– Joyce Grable & Wendi Richter beat Velvet McIntyre & Judy Martin
– Baron Von Raschke beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet (sub Sheik Adnan)
– Buck Zumhofe beat Tom Stone

1984

Omiya, Japan:

– AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim Brunzell
– Dory Funk Jr beat Stan Hansen dq
– Bruiser Brody & Goro Tsurumi beat Genichiro Tenryu & Takahashi Ishikawa
– Kerry Von Erich beat Bulldog Bob Brown
– Greg Gagne beat Masa Fuchi
– Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue beat Jos Leduc & David Sammartino
– Magic Dragon & Ultra Seven beat Rocky Hata & Hiromichi Fuyuki
– Great Kojika beat Tarzan Goto
– Motoshi Okuma beat Yoshi Momota
– Mitsu Momoto beat Toshiaki Kawada

Las Vegas, Nevada:

– Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat Bobby Heenan & Mr. Saito & Jesse Ventura
– Blackjack Mulligan beat Jerry Blackwell
– Fabulous Ones beat Sheik Adnan & Ken Patera
– Curt Hennig drew Larry Zbyszko

1985 

Rockford, Illinois:

– Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell & The Crusher beat Masked Superstar & King Tonga & Sheik Adnan in a cage match
– AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jim Garvin
– Mr. Saito beat Jim Brunzell
– Steve Regal beat Buck Zumhofe
– Butch Reed beat Tom Zenk

1986 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– Nord The Barbarian & Boris Zhukov (sub King Kong Brody) beat Leon White & Mike Rotundo (sub Sgt Slaughter)
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko
– Colonel DeBeers beat Curt Hennig
– Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers
– Scott Hall beat The Ninja (sub Scott Irwin)
– Brad Rheingans drew Boris Zhukov

1987

Green Bay, Wisconsin:

– Boris Zhukov & Soldat Ustinov (sub for Sheik Adnan) no contest Buck Zumhofe & Jerry Blackwell
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko 
– Curt Hennig beat Doug Somers 
– Karate Kid & Gorilla Kruz (sub Cowboy Lang) beat Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook
– Paul Neu beat Jerry Saganowicz 

1988

– The Fantastics defeated The Midnight Express to win the NWA United States Tag Team championship

1992

Roanoke, Virginia:

– WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Big Josh
– Mike Graham pinned Diamond Dallas Page
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Tracy Smothers
– WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton fought Rick & Scott Steiner to a double countout
– Nikita Koloff (sub. for WCW World Champion Sting) pinned Big Van Vader
– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification
– Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

– Johnny Hotbody defeated Jimmy Snuka to win the ECW (Eastern Championship Wrestling) title

1994

Burlington, Vermont:

– The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) defeated The Quebecers in to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship

1999

WCW Monday Nitro: Fargo, North Dakota:

– Sting won the WCW World Title from Dallas Page in the opening match, only to lose it back to Page in the final match of the show in a four way match
– Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Psicosis to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Title
– Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Erik Watts
– WCW World Television Champion Booker T defeated Meng
– Brian Knobs defeated Hardcore Hak (Sandman), Horace Hogan and Mikey Whipwreck in a four way hardcore match

2009 

WWE Backlash PPV | Providence, Rhode Island:

– Christian defeated Jack Swagger to win the ECW Title
– Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes defeated WWE Champion Triple H, Batista and Shane McMahon. As a stipulation of the match, Randy Orton became new WWE Champion.
– Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler
– Chris Jericho defeated Ricky Steamboat
– Kane defeated CM Punk
– Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Hardy in an I Quit match
– Edge defeated John Cena in a Last Man Standing match to win the World Heavyweight Championship