Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/13): John Cena wins the WWE title by making Randy Orton quit

By Brian Hoops
Published: 13 Sep 2016, 15:37

1955

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Ike Eakins beat Kinji Shibuya
– Adrian Baillargeon beat Mike DiBiase
– Nick Roberts beat Bearcat Wright
– Oni Wiki Wiki beat Joe Dusek
– Red Bastien beat Jim Siksay

1963

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich

1968

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X
– Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat the Crusher & Bill Watts
– Billy Red Lyons beat Big K
– Chris Markoff beat Mike Bowyer

1970

Madison Square Garden:
– Bepo Mongol (Nikolai Volkoff) defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via countout

1974

Boston, Massachusetts:
– WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Killer Kowalski in a Stretcher Match

1974

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Harley Race defeated Mr. Wrestling II to win the Georgia Heaveyweight Title

1985

Landover, Maryland:
– Junkyard Dog won a 21-man Battle Royal

1996

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– The Eliminators & Brian Lee defeated Tommy Dreamer, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
– ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven defeated Pitbull #2
– ECW World Television Champion Shane Douglas defeated Louie Spicolli

1997

WCW Fall Brawl: Winston-Salem, North Carolina:
– Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Jericho to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title
– The NWO (Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Syxx & Konnan) defeated The Four Horsemen (Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael, Ric Flair & Curt Hennig) in a WarGames match
– Lex Luger & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Scott Hall & Randy Savage in a No Disqualification match

1998

WCW Monday Nitro: Greenville, South Carolina:
– Billy Kidman defeated Juventud Guerrera for the WCW Cruiserweight Title

1999

WWF Smackdown: Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Vince McMahon defeated Triple H for the WWF World Heavyweight Title

2003

Belleville, Michigan:
– Shane Douglas defeated D’Lo Brown to win the Border City Wrestling Can-Am Title

2008

Tokyo, Japan:
– Bryan Danielson defeated ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match
– Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Tag Team Titles

2009

WWE Breaking Point: Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– John Cena defeated Randy Orton in an I Quit Match to win the WWE Championship
– Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes defeated Shawn Michaels & Triple H in a Submissions Count Anywhere match
– CM Punk defeated The Undertaker in a submissions match