Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/30): The Rock wins WWF title

1964 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser 
– The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder
– Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Hans Schmidt & Tiny Mills 2 out of 3 falls
– Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek

1966

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Cage Match: Crusher beat Chris Tolos 2 out of 3 falls (Special Referee: The Alaskan)
– Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne by DQ
– Steve Druk beat The Alaskan 
– Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan
– Chris Markoff beat Johnny Kace
– Mark Starr beat Guy Taylor

1968

Moline, Illinois:
– Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert & Bill Watts
– Dutch Savage beat Dr X COR
– Big K beat Rene Goulet
– Mad Dog Vachon drew Doug Gilbert (sub Mighty Igor Vodik)

1970

Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Stomper & Bob Geigel defeated Baron Von Raschke & Harley Race  

1976

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig by DQ 
– Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Jim Brunzell
– Blackjack Lanza drew Russ Francis 

1977

Baltimore, Maryland:
– Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bruno Sammartino to win the WWWF World Heavyweight Title 

1980

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne 
– Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura went to a no contest with AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon
– Bobby Heenan beat Lord Alfred Hayes
– Jerry Blackwell beat Johnny War Eagle
– Gino Brito beat Mad Dog Lefebvre

1983

Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Greg Valentine defeated Roddy Piper for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight Title 

1992

West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Diamond Dallas Page pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Tracy Smothers
– Dustin Rhodes pinned Mr. Hughes
– WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
– Barry Windham pinned Larry Zbyszko
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton in a non-title match
– Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Steve Austin

1993

Raleigh, North Carolina:
– Kent Cole defeated Wrecking Crew Fury
– Maxx Payne defeated Keith Cole
– Arn Anderson & Erik Watts defeated Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit
– Rick Rude defeated Brad Armstrong
– WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff
– NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Ron Simmons
– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Ricky Steamboat

Shenandoah, Virginia:
– Robbie Eagle pinned Bill Maddox
– Brian Lee pinned Killer Kyle
– The Nightstalker pinned Kevin Sullivan
– SMW Heavyweight Champion Tracy Smothers pinned the Dirty White Boy
– Tim Horner, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Killer Kyle, Tom Prichard, & Jim Cornette

1994

Feds Creek, Kentucky:
– Steven Dunn defeated Anthony Michaels
– Timothy Well defeated Bobby Blaze
– Tracy Smothers defeated Kendo the Samurai via disqualification
– SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy defeated the Prince Kharis
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Brian Lee & Chris Candido via disqualification

1998

Augusta, Georgia:
– Chris Benoit defeated Booker T for the WCW Television Title

2000

WWE Backlash: Washington, DC:
– WWF World Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian defeated Road Dogg & X-Pac 
– WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Scotty Too Hotty
– Big Bossman & Bull Buchanan defeated The Acolytes
– WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly defeated Tazz, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn, Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy in a six-way match 
– The Big Show (dressed as Hulk Hogan and calling himself the “Showster”) defeated Kurt Angle 
– Test & Albert defeated The Dudleys (Bubba & D-Von) 
– WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Esse Rios
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho via DQ
– The Rock defeated Triple H to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title (Shane McMahon special referee)

2006

WWE Backlash:
– Goldust defeated Rob Conway
– Carlito defeated Chris Masters
– Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada) defeated Ric Flair
– Trish Stratus defeated Mickie James by disqualification in a match for the WWE Women’s Championship
– Rob Van Dam defeated Shelton Benjamin to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
– Big Show vs. Kane ended in a no contest
– The McMahons (Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon) defeated Shawn Michaels and God in a No Holds Barred tag team match
– John Cena defeated Triple H and Edge (with Lita) in Triple threat match to retain the WWE Championship