Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/19): Owen Hart wins 1994 King of the Ring
1939
Hollywood, California:
– Leroy McGuirk defeated Jon Swenski to win the World Junior Heavyweight Title
1941
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo defeated Bronko Nagurski
– Don McIntyre defeated Cherry Vanilla
– Warren Bockwinkel defeated Joe Dusek
1958
Kansas City; Kansas:
– Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa defeated Emil Dusek, Ricci Sexton and Otto Von Krupp 2 falls to 1
– Joe Scarpa defeated Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton
– Otto Von Krupp and Thor Hagen went to a draw
– Bobby Bruns defeated Emil Dusek via DQ
1959
– Fred Blassie defeated Dick Gunkel (Dick Steinborn) for the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1962
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Larry Hennig defeated AWA Champion Mr. M by DQ
– Doug Gilbert defeated Crybaby Cannon
– Jack Pesek defeated Stan Kowalski
1967
Davenport, Iowa:
– In the first ever cage match held in Davenport; The Crusher defeated Johnny Powers
– Harley Race defeated Rene Goulet
– Larry Hennig defeated Kenny Jay
– Chris Markoff defeated Billy Wicks
1969
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dick Murdoch and K.O. Kox defeated Luke Brown and Tor Kamata to win the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
1971
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– The Crusher defeated Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan in a cage match
– Billy Robinson defeated Strong Kobayashi
– Nick Bockwinkel defeated Dr. Big Bill Miller
– Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson defeated Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas
1973
Mobile, Alabama:
– The Lumberjack defeated The Mighty Mongol to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title
1974
Peoria, Illinois:
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Larry Heiniemi in an Indian strap match
– Ivan Putski defeated Buddy Wolff
– Baron Von Raschke defeated Bull Bullinski
– Greg Gagne defeated Bill Howard
– Larry Hennig defeated Jim Brunzell
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Billy Graham defeated The Crusher by DQ
– Gene Kiniski defeated Dory Funk Jr.
– Sam Steamboat defeated Horst Hoffman by DQ
– Neff Maiava defeated Igor Volkoff
– Reggie Parks vs. Mad Dog Griffin went to a draw
– The Destroyer defeated Betto Castro
– Susan Green defeated Paula Kaye
1978
West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Dusty Rhodes defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
1979
Allentown, Pennsylvania:
– Pat Patterson defeated Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Title
1982
San Francisco, California:
– Hulk Hogan defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan in a handicap match
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
– Ken Patera defeated Ray Stevens by DQ
– Pat Patterson defeated Alexis Smirnoff
– Princess Victoria & Sabrina defeated Joyce Grable & Wendi Richter
– Jacques Goulet defeated Buck Zumhofe
1983
Hamburg, Minnesota:
– Buck Zumhofe defeated Mike Graham for the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Mr. Wrestling II defeated Larry Zbyszko to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title
1986
Tokyo, Japan:
– Antonio Inoki defeated Dick Murdoch in the finals of the annual IWGP tournament
1987
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Greg Gagne defeated AWA Champion Curt Hennig by DQ
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Larry Zbyszko & Brian Knobbs
– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Boris Zhukov
– AWA Women’s Champion Sherri Martel defeated Madusa Miceli
1991
Battle Creek, Michigan:
– Larry Zbyszko defeated Sam Houston
– Oz defeated Joey Maggs
– Brad Armstrong defeated the One Man Gang via reverse decision
– Tracy Smothers & Tommy Rich defeated WCW US Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin in a non-title match
– Ron Simmons & Yellow Dog defeated WCW World Champion Ric Flair & Barry Windham
1992
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Dixie Dynamite defeated Joe Cazana
– Jimmy Golden defeated Robert Gibson
– Tim Horner defeated Buddy Landel via countout
– SMW Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard defeated Danny Davis & Dixie Dynamite
– SMW Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee defeated Dirty White Boy via DQ
Montgomery, Alabama:
– The Junkyard Dog defeated Richard Morton
– Ron Simmons defeated Vinnie Vegas
– WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman defeated Scotty Flamingo
– Dustin Rhodes defeated Cactus Jack
– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Barry Windham went to a draw
– Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Tom Zenk
– WCW World Champion Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton
– WCW US Champion Rick Rude pinned Ricky Steamboat in a no DQ match
1993
St. Louis, Missouri:
– The Steiner Brothers defeated Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS) for the WWF World Tag Team Titles
Charlotte, North Carolina:
– 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger
– Van Hammer defeated Vladimir Koloff
– Maxx Payne defeated Johnny Gunn via submission
– Davey Boy Smith, Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
– Sting vs. Sid Vicious went to a double countout
– NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
– Ric Flair defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader via DQ
Puerto Rico:
– Mohammad Hussein and Dusty Wolfe defeated Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
1994
WWF King of the Ring | Baltimore, Maryland:
– Razor Ramon defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in a King of the Ring quarterfinal match
– Irwin R. Schyster defeated Mabel (with Oscar) in a King of the Ring quarterfinal match
– Owen Hart defeated Tatanka in a King of the Ring quarterfinal match
– 1–2–3 Kid defeated Jeff Jarrett in a King of the Ring quarterfinal match
– Diesel (with Shawn Michaels) defeated WWF Champion Bret Hart (with Jim Neidhart) by DQ
– Razor Ramon defeated Irwin R. Schyster in a King of the Ring semifinal match
– Owen Hart defeated The 1–2–3 Kid in a King of the Ring semifinal match
– WWF Tag Team Champions The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) (with Lou Albano and Afa) defeated Crush and Yokozuna
– Owen Hart defeated Razor Ramon to become the 1994 King of the Ring
2001
Orlando, Florida:
– The Dudley Boyz defeated Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho for the WWF Tag Team Titles
2002
Nashville, Tennessee:
– AJ Styles defeated Psicosis, Low-Ki, and Jerry Lynn in a double elimination match to win the NWA X Division Title
– Ken Shamrock won a Gauntlet for the Gold battle royal to become the NWA World Champion
2011
WWE Capitol Punishment | Washington, DC:
– Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston for the WWE US Championship
– Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Title
2015
ROH Best in the World | New York City:
– Mark Briscoe (with ODB) defeated Donovan Dijak (with Truth Martini)
– The Decade (B.J. Whitmer and Adam Page) (with Colby Corino) defeated Matt Sydal and ACH
– Dalton Castle defeated Silas Young
– War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander)
– Roderick Strong defeated Michael Elgin and Moose (with Veda Scott and Stokely Hathaway)
– Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, and Matt Taven) (with Maria Kanellis)
– ROH Tag Team Champions The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) defeated reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) in a no DQ match
– Jay Lethal defeated Jay Briscoe to win the ROH World Title