May 16 history

1922

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- World Heavyweight Champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis beat Henry Ordemann 2 falls to 0

1934

St. Louis, Missouri:
- World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Richard “Dick” Shikat
- Orville Brown and Ray Steele drew
- George Zaharias beat Matros Kirilenko

1952

Tacoma, Washington:
- Roger Mackay defeated The Masked Marvel (Buddy Knox) for the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title

1963

Washington, DC:
- Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy defeated Buddy Austin and The Great Scott to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles

Houston, Texas:
- Bull Curry defeated Jack Dalton for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title

1964

Omaha, Nebraska:
- Verne Gagne won the AWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating Mad Dog Vachon
- Reggie Parks beat Frisco Montana
- Mongolian Stomper beat George Drake
- Rocky Hamilton drew Jack Pesek

1967

Little Rock, Arkansas:
- Togo Shikuma and Chati Yokouchi defeated Jack Brisco and Gorgeous George, Jr. to win the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles

Tampa, Florida:
- Boris Malenko defeated Wahoo McDaniel for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1969

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
- Archie Gouldie (The Mongolian Stomper) defeated Angelo Mosca for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

Atlanta, Georgia:
- The Professional (Doug Gilbert) defeated El Mongol to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title

1970

Portland, Oregon:
- The Claw defeated Moondog Mayne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- No Time Limit: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
- Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double X dq
- Edouard Carpentier drew Blackjack Lanza
- Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek
- Joe Scarpello beat Billy Howard

1972

Tampa, Florida:
- Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1973

Buffalo, New York:
- Johnny Powers defeated Eric the Animal to win the NWF North American Heavyweight Title

Honolulu, Hawaii:
- Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham in an Indian Death Match
- North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson via DQ
- Ivan Koloff ddq Ken Patera
- Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson
- Ed Francis beat Bob Ramstead
- Neff Maiava beat The Masked Man

1975

Tokyo, Japan:
- Antonio Inoki defeated Killer Karl Krupp by submission to win the annual NJPW World League tournament

1977

Tokyo, Japan:
- Giant Baba defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the annual AJPW Champion's Carnival tournament

1980

San Antonio, Texas:
- Al Madril and Tom Prichard defeated Jack Evans and Pampero Firpo to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Missouri Champion Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich in 2 out of 3 falls
- King Kong Brody and Dick Murdoch ruled a draw
- Dick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Takachiho and Lord Alfred Hayes
- WWF Champion Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby
- Pat O’Connor defeated Bobby Jaggers
- Spike Huber and Tom Andrews defeated Guy Mitchell and Billy Howard

1981

Tulsa, Oklahoma:
- Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton defeated The Akbar Army (Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane) to win the NWA Tri-State Tag Team
  Titles

San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Kim Song defeated Tommy Gilbert for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
- The Ace of Spades pinned Bobby Fulton
- King Cobra beat The Angel
- Stagger Lee, Mad Dog, Terry Taylor, Carl Fergie, & Steve O beat Dream Machine, Porkchop Cash, The Lone Ranger, & The
  Galaxians
- The Rock-n-Roll Express NC The Galaxians
- Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers beat The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
- Bill Dundee beat Dutch Mantel in a "scaffold" match to win the Southern Title
- Ken Patera pinned Jerry Lawler to win the CWA International Title

1984

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada:
- Wojo Yawrenko defeated Al Tomko to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title

1986

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
- Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen dq
- Scott LeDoux beat Larry Zbyszko
- Midnight Rockers beat Boris Zhukov & Colonel DeBeers (sub Nord the Barbarian)
- Scott Hall beat Doug Somers
- Curt Hennig beat Buddy Rose
- Brad Rheingans beat Earthquake Ferris

1987

Atlanta, Georgia:
- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Ronnie Garvin and Barry Windham in the finals of a six-team
  tournament for the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1988

Memphis, Tennessee:
- AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Bill Dundee
- Robert Fuller beat Jeff Jarrett
- CWA Champion Max Pain beat Curt Hennig via DQ
- Gary Young drew Scott Steiner
- Cuban Assassins ddq Bruise Brothers
- Billy Travis beat Doug Gilbert dq
- Tommy Gilbert beat Tom Brandi

1991

Mexico City, Mexico:
- Villano III defeated El Signo for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title
- Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won a tournament to become the first UWA World Tag Team Champions

Richmond, Virginia:
- Sam Houston pinned Rip Morgan
- Brad Armstrong pinned Joey Maggs
- Tracy Smothers pinned Dr. X
- Stan Hansen pinned Ricky Morton
- Ron Simmons defeated Butch Reed via disqualification
- WCW Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner & Ranger Ross (sub. for WCW Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner) defeated Michael Hayes &
  the Angel of Death (sub. for Jimmy Garvin)
- WCW US Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a no contest

1992

Charleston, South Carolina:
- Big Josh pinned Richard Morton
- Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion defeated Thomas Rich & Tracy Smothers
- Ron Simmons pinned Diamond Dallas Page
- WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
- Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Steve Austin
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match

1992

Hazard, Kentucky:
- Killer Kyle pinned Rex Hargrove
- Dixie Dynamite beat Dutch Mantell
- Robert Gibson pinned Jimmy Golden
- Tim Horner pinned Buddy Landel
- Brian Lee pinned The Dirty White Boy (Bob Armstrong was the referee)
- Johnny & Davey Rich beat Stan Lane & Jim Cornette

1998

Anaheim, California:
- The Undertaker defeated Kane in a lights out match
- WWF Tag Team Champions the Road Dogg & Billy Gunn defeated LOD 2000
- WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion the Rock

2010

TNA Sacrifice: Orlando, Florida:
- The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) and
  Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
- Rob Terry defeated Orlando Jordan	to retain the TNA Global Championship
- Doug Williams defeated Frankie Kazarian to win the X Division Title
- Madison Rayne defeated Tara in a title vs. career match to retain the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
- The Band (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore)	to retain the TNA World Tag Team
  Championship
- Abyss defeated Desmand Wolfe (with Chelsea)
- Jeff Hardy defeated Mr. Anderson
- Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett
- Rob Van Dam defeated A.J. Styles (with Ric Flair)	to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

2021

WWE Wrestlemania Backlash: Orlando, Florida:
- Sheamus pinned Ricochet to retain the U.S. title
- Rhea Ripley retained the Raw women’s title over Asuka and Charlotte Flair
- Rey & Dominik Mysterio won the Smackdown tag titles over Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
- Damien Priest pinned The Miz in a lumberjack match
- Bianca Belair pinned Bayley to retain the Smackdown women’s title
- Bobby Lashley retained the WWE title in a three-way over Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman
- Roman Reigns retained the Universal title over Cesaro