Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/19): The Rock captures WCW gold at SummerSlam

1942

Des Moines, Iowa: 
– Iowa State Heavyweight Champion Gene Bowman beat Ken Fenelon 2 out of 3 falls
– Emil Dusek beat Hans Schultz 
– Joe Dusek defeated Bad Boy Brown

1965 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Geigel and Bob Brown beat Sonny Myers and Mongolian Stomper 2 falls to 1
– Dick the Bruiser beat Jerry Miller
– The Ox beat Jim Grabmire 
– Ronnie Etchison drew Bulldog Plechas

1966 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– in a No DQ, non-title match; Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
– Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan
– Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski
– Billy Red Cloud drew Chris Markoff 
– Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey

1972 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 2 out of 3 falls (No title change because the wrong man was pinned in the 3rd fall)
– Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel by DQ
– Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder
– Billy Robinson beat Hans Hermann
– Rene Goulet beat Ramon Torres 
– Don Muraco beat Big K

1973 

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– in a Saloon Match; The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff
– Red Bastien & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall DQ 
– Greg Gagne beat Vic Rositanni

1976 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– John Foley defeated Hubert Gallant by DQ
– Akio Sato defeated Wayne Hammer
– The Super Intern defeated Joe Palardy
– Chief Thundercloud defeated Bob Brown
– World Tag Team Champions Black Gordman & Great Goliath fought Rick Gibson & Skip Young to a 30 minute draw 
– Harley Race defeated Dory Funk Jr. by DQ

1979

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– WWWF Championship, Bob Backlund defeated Ken Patera by disqualification
– Ricky Steamboat pinned Paul Jones to retain the NWA TV crown
– Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd 
– Jay Youngblood beat Joe Marcus
– Tiger Jeet Singh and Pedro Morales defeated British Bernard and Sgt Jacques Goulet
– Billy Red Lyons wrestled to a draw with Bob Marcus

1984

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher no contest Road Warriors
– Nick Bockwinkel beat Tony Atlas
– Jim Brunzell beat Sheik Adnan
– Bobby Heenan beat Stan Lane
– Billy Robinson beat Steve Regal 
– Curt Hennig beat Larry Zbyszko

1990

Tokyo, Japan:
– Riki Choshu defeated Big Van Vader to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title 

1999 

Lubbock, Texas:
– Lenny Lane defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title 

2001 

WWF Summerslam: San Jose, California:
– Edge defeated Lance Storm to win the Intercontinental Title 
– The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Title 
– The Undertaker and Kane defeated Kanyon and Dallas Page to win the WWF Tag Team Titles in a steel cage

2012

WWE SummerSlam: Los Angeles, California:
– Antonio Cesaro defeated Santino Marella to win the United States Title
– Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H 
– WWE Champion CM Punk retained the title over The Big Show and John Cena