March 7 history

1914

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Henry Ordemann beat Eugene Sampson
- Jess Westergaard beat Julius Nelson

1939

San Francisco, California:
- Dean Detton defeated Lou Plummer for the San Francisco Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title

1940

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Ray Steele defeated Bronko Nagurski to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title

1953

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Gorgeous George defeated Don McIntyre for the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1958

St. Joseph, Missouri:
- Bob Geigel beat Ronnie Etchison in 2 out of 3 falls
- Larry Hamilton beat Otto Von Krupp by a third DQ
- Don Curtis and Sonny Myers beat Joe Dusek and Rip Hawk

1961

Tampa, Florida:
- Eddie Graham defeated Buddy Austin for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1963

Washington, DC:
- Buddy Austin and Great Scott defeated Johnny Barend and Buddy Rogers to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team
  Titles

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa in 2 out of 3 fall match
- Fight To The Finish Lumberjack Match: The Crusher beat Moose Evans
- Wilbur Snyder beat Tiny Mills
- Rene Goulet beat George Drake
- Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe
- Gene Anderson beat Lee Mattson

1967

Tokyo, Japan:
- NWA International Heavyweight Champion Giant Baba fought WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino to a draw
  in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain his title

1969

Madison Square Garden:
- WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Killer Kowalski by countout to retain the title

Sydney, Australia:
- Mario Milano and The Spoiler (Don Jardine) defeated Don Leo Jonathan and Antonio Pugiliese to win the International
  Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles

1970

Chicago, Illinois:
- Baron Von Raschke won the World Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title from Dick the Bruiser

1973

Honolulu, Hawaii:
- The Sheik beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr by countout
- Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2 out of 3 fall match
- Jimmy Snuka beat Ripper Collins
- Ken Patera beat Tony Borne
- Ed Francis beat Haru Sasaki
- Sam Steamboat drew Masked Executioner

1975

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Missouri Champion Harley Race no contest Johnny Valentine
- Dick the Bruiser, Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier defeated Big Bill Miller, Dick
  Murdoch and Lord Alfred Hayes
- Sailor Art Thomas defeated Don Fargo (sub for Ox Baker)
- Ox Baker (sub for Stan Stasiak) won a handicap match from Tommy Martin and Ronnie
  Etchison
- Chuck O’Connor (Big John Studd) defeated Ted Oates
- Ali Vaziri defeated Yugo Babich

Dothan, Alabama:
- Terry Latham and Ron Starr defeated The Hell's Angels for the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Title

1976

Memphis,Tennessee:
- Tojo Yamamoto, Rosey Jones, & Eddie Marlin beat Don Greene, Mitsu Arakawa, & The Spoiler
- David Schultz & Roger Kirby beat Tommy Gilbert & Bearcat Brown to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
- Ron Mikolajczyk beat Jerry Lawler via DQ
- Jerry Jarrett beat Al Greene in a "no DQ hair vs. hair" match when Greene was unable to pin Jarrett twice in 15 minutes

1977

Madison Square Garden:
- WWWF World Tag Team Champions Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf defeated Tor Kamata and Stan Stasiak to
  retain the titles
- WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Ken Patera to retain the title

1978

Miami, Florida:
- Mike Graham and Steve Keirn won the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles by defeating Jack and Jerry Brisco

1979

Davenport, Iowa:
- Greg Gagne beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
- The Crusher beat Lord Alfred Hayes
- Jim Brunzell beat Pat Patterson
- Billy Robinson beat Bobby Duncum dq
- Super Destroyer Mark II no contest Steve Olsonoski
- Cecil Dubois beat Dick Reynolds

1980

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Ric Flair defeated Jack Brisco in 2 out of 3 falls (Pat O’Connor, special referee)
- David Von Erich and Dick the Bruiser defeated King Kong Brody and Bulldog Bob Brown
- Missouri Champion Kevin Von Erich defeated Ed Wiskoski
- WWF Champion Bob Backlund defeated Dick Murdoch via DQ
- Pak-Song and Takachiho defeated Kerry Brown and George Wells
- Eddie Gilbert defeated Billy Howard
- Tom Andrews draw The Mongol

1981

Rockford, Illinois:
- Nick Bockwinkel drew Tito Santana
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd
- Pose Down: The Crusher beat Jesse Ventura
- Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal

1982

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Non Title Match: Sheik Adnan Al Kaissie & Jerry Blackwell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
- Hulk Hogan beat Bobby Duncum
- Ken Patera beat Baron Von Raschke
- Buck Zumhofe beat Jacques Goulet
- Brad Rheingans drew Tito Santana
- Laurent Soucie (sub Evan Johnson) beat Tom Stone

Toronto, Canada, Ontario:
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Jesse Ventura to win the Cadillac Tournament

1983

Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
- Dino Bravo defeated Billy Robinson to win the International Wrestling International Heavyweight Title

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jim Dalton beat Sabu via DQ
- Terry Taylor & Ricky Morton drew The Galaxians
- Dutch Mantel pinned Jerry Roberts in a "loser leaves town" match
- Bill Dundee & Steve O beat The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) in a "back alley street brawl" match
- Stagger Lee (Koko Ware) pinned Bobby Eaton to win the Mid-America Title
- Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones beat Adrian Street & Jesse Barr
- Jerry Lawler defeated Austin Idol to win the AWA International Heavyweight Title

1984

Spartanburg, South Carolina:
- Mark Youngblood defeated Dick Slater in a tournament final to win the NWA Television Title

1985

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jim Garvin
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito
- King Tonga beat Sgt. Slaughter dq
- Jerry Blackwell beat Masked Superstar
- Jerry Blackwell drew Sheik Adnan
- Billy Robinson beat Buddy Lane
- Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Gary Royal defeated Marty Jannetty to win the NWA Central States Television Title

1986

Fajardo, Puerto Rico:
- Al Perez defeated Jos LeDuc for the WWC North American Heavyweight Title

1987

Boston, Massachusetts:
- Billy Jack Haynes, WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart), Hercules and Paul
  Orndorff (with Bobby Heenan) in an Elimination match

Las Vegas, Nevada:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Curt Hennig dq
- No dq match, Special Referee, Russ Francis: Jimmy Snuka beat Colonel DeBeers
- Jerry Blackwell & Leon White beat Boris Zhukov & The Blaster

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Lazer Tron (Hector Guerrero) defeated Denny Brown to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

1988

Memphis, Tennessee
- Billy Wicks beat Sputnik Monroe
- Lou Winston beat Don Bass
- Terry Adonis beat Giant Hillbilly via forfeit
- Don Harris beat Doug Gilbert
- Jimmy Jack Funk beat Ron Harris
- Big Bad Jim beat Zebra Warrior #2
- Brickhouse Brown beat Scotty the Body
- Gary Young beat Zebra Warrior #1
- Max Pain beat Rikki Nelson
- Billy Joe Travis beat Marty Jannetty
- Jeff Jarrett beat Sean Michaels
- Eddie Gilbert beat Ken Wayne
- Eddie Marlin beat Tommy Gilbert in a "lumberjack strap" match
- Max Pain and Gary Young defeated The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don) for the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling
  Association Tag Team Titles
- AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis

1992

Oakland, California:
- Johnny B. Badd pinned Richard Morton
- Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Terrence Taylor
- Abdullah the Butcher fought Cactus Jack to a double count-out
- Barry Windham pinned Larry Zbyszko in a death match
- Dustin Rhodes, Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin, WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby
  Eaton in an elimination match
- WCW World Champion Sting pinned WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title steel cage match

1993

Raleigh, North Carolina:
- Steve Regal fought Vinnie Vegas to a 10-minute time-limit draw
- Brad Armstrong pinned the Barbarian
- 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce
- Maxx Payne defeated Erik Watts via submission
- Cactus Jack fought Paul Orndorff to a double disqualification
- WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas
- WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned NWA World Champion Barry Windham in a non-title match
- WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Sting via disqualification

Baltimore, Maryland:
- Nick Tarentino defeated The Lightning Kid (Sean Waltman) to win the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Maryland Title

1994

USWA Memphis Memories: Memphis, Tennessee:
- USWA Tag Team Champions, The Moondogs (Rex and Spot) defeated Frankenstein and Leatherface
- Austin Idol, Jerry Lawler and USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Brian Christopher defeated Terry Funk, Doug Gilbert and
  USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert by disqualification
- Tommy Gilbert, Al Greene, Don Greene, Jerry Jarrett, Sputnik Monroe and Lance Russell were inducted to the Memphis Hall
  of Fame
- Jerry Lawler defeated USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Brian Christopher, Terry Funk, Doug Gilbert, USWA Unified World
  Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert, Austin Idol, Moondog Spot, Tommy Rich, Jimmy Valiant and Koko B. Ware in a 10-man
  Four Corners Elimination match

Dungannon, Virginia:
- Mike Furnas defeated Killer Kyle for the SMW Television Title

1998

Hope Mills, North Carolina:
- The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt) are awarded the NWA 2000 Tag Team Titles
- Eddie Brown defeated The Iron Sheik for the NWA 2000 American Heritage Heavyweight Title

1999

Jonesboro, Arkansas:
- Michael Hayes pinned champion Baldo (Albert/A-Train/Giant Bernard) in a tag team match with Hayes and Brandon Baxter
  against Baldo and Randy Hales, to win the Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title
- Derrick King and Kid Wikkid won a tournament for the vacant PPW Tag Team Titles

2001

Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada:
- Tommy Dreamer defeated Scott D'Amore and Rhino in a three-way match to win the Border City Wrestling Can-Am Heavyweight
  Title
- Otis Apollo and Johnny Swinger defeat Geza Kalman, Jr. and Dyson Pryce for the BCW Can-Am Tag Team Titles

2020

Elimination Chamber: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- Viking Raiders beat Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder
- Daniel Bryan beat Drew Gulak
- Andrade retained the U.S. title over Humberto Carrillo
- John Morrison & The Miz retained the Smackdown tag titles in an elimination chamber match over The Usos, Big E & Kofi
  Kingston, Heavy Machinery, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik and Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
- Aleister Black pinned A.J. Styles in a no DQ match
- The Street Profits retained the Raw tag titles over Seth Rollins & Murphy
- Sami Zayn & Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro beat Braun Strowman in an IC title match
- Shayna Baszler won the women’s Elimination Chamber over Natalya, Asuka, Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan

2021

AEW Revolution: Jacksonville, Florida:
- Britt Baker & Maki Itoh beat Thunder Rosa & Riho
- Young Bucks beat Chris Jericho & MJF to retain the AEW tag titles
- Pac & Rey Fenix won the Casino Battle Royale
- Hikaru Shida retained the AEW women’s title over Ryo Mizunami
- Miro & Kip Sabian beat Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor
- Adam Page pinned Matt Hardy
- Scorpio Sky won a six-man ladder match over Cody Rhodes, Max Caster, Lance Archer, Penta El Cero Miedo and the debuting
  Ethan Page
- Sting & Darby Allin beat Brian Cage & Ricky Starks in the street fight
- Kenny Omega pinned Jon Moxley to retain the AEW title in an explosive barbed wire death match