Daily pro wrestling history (04/28): Pro Wrestling USA show; Owen Hart wins WWF IC Title


1949
Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns by third fall dq
1966
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dick the Bruiser & The Mongolian Stomper defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown via DQ in three falls
– Jerry Kozak defeated Jim Wehba (Skandar Akbar)
– Bobby Hart defeated Tor Kamata via DQ
– Ron Reed defeated Oki Shikina
– Pat O’Connor defeated The Butcher via CO
1967
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon by dq
– NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge defeated Bob Boyer
– Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert
– Johnny Valentine beat The Alaskan
1973
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 2 out of 3 falls
– Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bill Watts
– Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig
– Billy Robinson beat Tosh Togo
– Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet
– Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitani
1979
Chicago, Illinois:
– Andre The Giant beat Bobby Duncum
– Billy Robinson beat Angelo Mosca
– Wilbur Snyder beat Buddy Wolff
– Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas
– Doug Gilbert drew Paul Ellering
– Mighty Igor beat Doug Somers
– Jesse Ventura beat Frank Hill
1985
Chicago, Illinois:
– Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell & Verne Gagne beat Masked Superstar & King Tonga & Sheik Adnan in a steel cage match
– Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig went to a time limit draw with AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors
– Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts beat Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne & Tonga Kid
– Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Butch Reed & Larry Zbyszko
– Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito beat Brad Rheingans & Tom Zenk
– Baron Von Raschke & Buck Zumhofe beat Jim Garvin & Steve Regal
1986
Pro Wrestling USA: East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– Road Warriors beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff in a steel cage match
– Dusty Rhodes beat Arn Anderson in a steel cage match
– Texas Death match: Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko
– AWA Champion Stan Hansen defeated Leon White
– AWA Tag Team Champions Curt Hennig & Scott Hall beat Nord The Barbarian & Boris Zhukov
– Tully Blanchard beat Ronnie Garvin dq
– Magnum TA beat Baron Von Raschke
– King Kong Brody beat Steve O
– Mike Rotundo beat Doug Somers
– Colonel DeBeers beat Davey Gee
1990
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jimmy Valiant defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
– Brickhouse Brown & Sweet Daddy Falcone defeated Rex King & Steve Doll for the USWA Tag Team Titles
WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event: Austin, Texas:
– Hulk Hogan defeated Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig
– Earthquake defeated Hillbilly Jim
– The Hart Foundation vs. The Rockers ended in a double DQ
– WWF World Champion The Ultimate Warrior defeated Haku
– The Big Boss Man defeated Akeem via DQ
1995
Pyongyang, North Korea:
– Yuji Nagata defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
– Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto defeated Manami Toyota & Mariko Yoshida
– Hiroshi Hase defeated Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit)
– Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito defeated El Samurai & Tadao Yasuda
– 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Shinjiro Ohtani
– Kensuke Sasai defeated Masa Saito
– IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto vs. Scott Norton ended in a twenty minute draw
1996
WWF In Your House VII: Omaha, Nebraska:
– Marc Mero defeated The 1-2-3 Kid via DQ
– Davey Boy Smith & Owen Hart defeated Jake Roberts & Ahmed Johnson
– The Ultimate Warrior defeated Intercontinental Champion Goldust via countout
– Vader defeated Razor Ramon
– WWF World Tag Team Champions The Bodydonnas
– WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Diesel in a no-disqualification match
– Savio Vega defeated Steve Austin
– Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Marc Mero
– The Undertaker defeated Mankind
1997
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Owen Hart defeated Rocky Maivia for the WWF Intercontinental Title
1999
– Rob Conway defeated Nick Dinsmore for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight Title