Daily Pro Wrestling History (2/14): Austin vs. McMahon steel cage match

1935

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Jim Browning 
– Otto Kuss beat Tommy Marvin 
– Bronko Nagurski beat Joe Cox

1945

Des Moines, Iowa:
– World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon 2 out of 3 falls
– Bill Kuusisto beat Jerry Meeker in 2 out of 3 falls
– Kurt Von Zuppi defeated Jim Lefkis 

1957

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric wrestled The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed) to a draw 
– Killer Kowalski defeated Ilio DiPaolo 
– Dick Hutton and Pat O’Connor wrestled to a draw
– The Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe) beat the Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike)

1958

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne and Don Curtis wrestled to a one hour draw
– Sonny Myers beat Bob Geigel by dq
– Baron Von Krupp beat Danny O’Shocker 
– Rip Hawk and Bull Montana went to a draw

1961

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski (a fan hit Kiniski with a chair)
– Wilbur Snyder beat Roy McClarty 
– Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Nick Roberts 
– Len Montana drew Jim Hady 
– Joe Scarpello beat Bob Rassmussen

1974

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Reggie Parks defeated Tokyo Joe
– Don Fargo defeated Omar Atlas
– Harley Race defeated Bob Brown in a Texas death match
– Jim Brunzell & Mike George defeated Baron Scicluna & Bob Orton
– Andre the Giant & The Viking defeated Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Kenya Condori pinned Bobby Fulton
– Mid American title tournament match: Sweet Brown Sugar pinned Sabu
– Mid American title tournament match: Jesse Barr drew Dutch Mantel and advanced in the tournament via coin flip
– Mid American title tournament match: Bobby Eaton pinned King Cobra
– Mid American title tournament match: Bill Dundee beat Apocalypse via forfeit
– The Fabulous Ones beat U.S. Tag Champs The Executioners via DQ
– Mid American title tournament match: Bobby Eaton beat Bill Dundee via DQ
– Mid American title tournament match: Sweet Brown Sugar pinned Jesse Barr
– Jerry Lawler and AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel went to a double countout
– Terry Taylor beat Jacques Rougeau to win Southern Title
– Mid American title tournament match: Bobby Eaton beat Sweet Brown Sugar in a tournament final to win Mid American title

1984

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Austin Idol beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by dq
– Jos Leduc beat Buzz Sawyer in a Mad Dog match where anything goes
– Zambuie Express beat Koko Ware & Norvell Austin to win the Southern Tag Team titles
– Dutch Mantell & Bugsy McGraw beat Randy Savage & Angelo Poffo & Jimmy Hart in a handicap match
– Brett Sawyer beat Rick Rude by dq

1994

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Del Rios beat Skull Von Crush
– Mike Anthony beat Ken Wayne via DQ
– Robert Gibson drew Koko B. Ware
– Wolfie D beat JC Ice in a hubcap on a pole match
– Brian Christopher beat Doug Gilbert to win the USWA Title in a hair vs. title match
– Eddie Gilbert beat Jerry Lawler via countout to win the USWA Unified World Title
– Moondogs Spot & Rex went to a no contest with Jerry Lawler & Brian Christopher

1996 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Spellbinder pinned Motley Cruz 
– USWA Women’s Champ Miss Texas pinned Tasha Simone 
– Doug Gilbert pinned Tex Slazenger in a bullrope match
– Jesse James Armstrong & Tracy Smothers beat PG-13 to win the USWA Tag Team titles
– Brian Christopher pinned Tommy Rich to win the USWA Title
– Spellbinder won a battle royal
– Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett beat The Undertaker & Bret Hart via DQ

1999

WWF St. Valentine’s Day Massacre | Memphis, Tennessee:
– Steve Austin defeated Vince McMahon in a steel cage match
– WWF Champion Mankind and Rocky Maivia in a Last Man Standing match ended in a draw
– World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Mark Henry & D’Lo Brown 

2010

TNA Against All Odds | Orlando, Florida
– Nasty Boys defeated Team 3-D
– TNA champion AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe
– 8 Card Stud tournament finals: D’Angelo Dinero pinned Mr. Anderson

2015

NJPW New Beginning | Sendai, Japan:
– Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish (ReDRagon) defeated Jay White & Tiger Mask IV
– Mascara Dorada, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA defeated Kenny Omega, Nick & Matt Jackson
– NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Chase Owens
– NWA Heavyweight Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Rob Conway
– Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata defeated Tama Tonga, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
– Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale
– NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tomoaki Honma
– IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Yuji Nagata

2020

NXT TakeOver | Portland, Oregon:
– North American Champion Keith Lee pinned Dominik Dijakovic
– Dakota Kai pinned Tegan Nox in a street fight 
– Finn Balor pinned Johnny Gargano 
– NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley pinned Bianca Belair
– Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne beat Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly to win the NXT tag team titles 
– NXT Champion Adam Cole pinned Tommaso Ciampa