May 4 history

1972

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Danny Little Bear fought Harley Race to a draw in three falls
- Bob Orton defeated Billy Howard

1974

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens went to a no contest with Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
- Baron Von Raschke beat Ric Flair
- Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig

1976

Omaha, Nebraska:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor
- Jim Brunzell defeated Mad Dog Vachon

1980

Atlanta, Georgia:
- NWA World Champion Harley Race defeated Georgia Heavyweight Champion Austin Idol
- Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated NWA World Champion Harley Race in a non-title lights out match

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon via dq
- Step Ladder Match: Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell

1981

Madison Square Garden:
- Pat Patterson defeated Sgt. Slaughter in an alley fight

1983

Akron, Ohio:
- Tony Atlas defeated NWA Champion Ric Flair in a non-title match

1987

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Bill Dundee & Rocky Johnson beat Tommy Rich & Austin Idol dq
- Nick Bockwinkel beat Jeff Jarrett
- AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond dq
- Chick Donovan & Jack Hart beat Rocky Johnson & Soul Train Jones to win Southern tag title

Lubbock, Texas:
- The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) defeated The RPMs in a tournament final to win the World Class Tag Team
  Titles

1991

Raleigh, North Carolina:
- Sam Houston pinned El Cubano
- Big Josh pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
- Brian Pillman pinned Dutch Mantell
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Black Bart
- Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Michael Hayes & Master Blaster (sub. for an injured Jimmy Garvin)
- Big Van Vader defeated Stan Hansen via disqualification
- Terrence Taylor pinned Bobby Eaton
- Sting & El Gigante defeated Barry Windham & WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson

1994

Fukuoka, Japan:
- Satoshi Kojima defeated Yuji Nagata
- Tokimitsu Ishizawa & El Samurai defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka, & Osamu Kido defeated Akitoshi Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, & Tatsutoshi Goto
- Kuniaki Kobayashi, The Great Kabuki, & Kengo Kimura defeated Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito, & Shinichi Nakano
- El Gigante defeated Tadao Yasuda
- Jushin Liger vs. Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mash) fought to a ten-minute draw
- Shiro Koshinaka defeated Yoshiaki Yatsu
- The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) to
  retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
- Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Title
- Masahiro Chono defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Riki Choshu defeated Hiroshi Hase
- Shinya Hashimoto defeated Tatsumi Fujinami to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title
- Antonio Inoki defeated The Great Muta

1995

Kingston, Tennessee:
- Bobby Blaze defeated D-Lo Brown
- The Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers defeated New Jack & Mustafa
- Steve Armstrong defeated SMW Heavyweight Champion Buddy Landel via disqualification
- SMW Tag Team Champions Al Snow & Unabom defeated Robert Gibson & Boo Bradley
- Steve Armstrong won a pole battle royal

1998

Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Fit Finlay won the WCW World TV championship from Booker T

2002

WWF Insurrextion: London, England:
- Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) defeated The Radicalz (Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko)
- Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Bull Buchanan
- Road Dogg (with Tori) defeated Bradshaw
- The Kat (with Mae Young) defeated Terri Runnels in an Arm Wrestling match
- Showkishi and Rikishi defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)
- Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit
- The British Bulldog defeated Crash Holly in a	Hardcore match to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
- The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) defeated Edge and Christian via disqualification for the WWF Tag Team
  Championship
- Eddie Guerrero (with Chyna) defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWF European Championship
- The Rock defeated Shane McMahon (with Vince McMahon) and Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) in a Triple Threat
  match to retain the WWF Championship

2013

ROH Border Wars: Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
- Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander defeated ACH and TaDarius Thomas
- Roderick Strong defeated Mike Bennett (with Maria Kanellis)
- B.J. Whitmer defeated Rhett Titus	in an "I Quit" match
- S.C.U.M. (Cliff Compton and Jimmy Jacobs) defeated Kevin Steen and Michael Elgin
- Eddie Edwards defeated Taiji Ishimori
- Matt Taven (with Truth Martini and Scarlett) defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Television Championship
- Davey Richards defeated Paul London
- Jay Briscoe defeated Adam Cole to retain the ROH World Championship

2014

WWE Extreme Rules: East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Cesaro (with Paul Heyman) defeated Rob Van Dam and Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter)
- Alexander Rusev (with Lana) defeated R-Truth and Xavier Woods in a 2-on-1 handicap match
- Bad News Barrett defeated Big E to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) defeated Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista)
- Bray Wyatt (with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) defeated John Cena in a	Steel Cage match
- Paige defeated Tamina Snuka to retain the WWE Divas Championship
- Daniel Bryan defeated Kane in an Extreme Rules match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

2018

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: Fukuoko, Japan:
- Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Yuya Uemura & Ren Narita & Shota Umino
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka
- Sho & Yoh & Rocky Romero beat Takashi Iizuka & Taichi & Taka Michinoku
- Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe & Toa Henare
- Hirooki Goto & Jay White & Yoshi-Hashi beat David Finlay & Michael Elgin & Juice Robinson
- Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Seiya Sanada & Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi beat Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. &
  Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale beat Marty Scurll & Young Bucks & Cody & Hangman Page
- Will Ospreay beat Kushida to retain the IWGP jr. title
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP heavyweight title

2019

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: Fukuoko, Japan:
- Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji
- Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taka Michinoku beat Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi & Jeff Cobb &
  Toa Henare & Yoshi-Hashi
- Jushin Liger & Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Jado
- Juice Robinson & Hirooki Goto & Mikey Nicholls & Tomoaki Honma beat Jay White & Hikuleo & Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
- Will Ospreay & Dragon Lee beat Taiji Ishimori & Phantasmo
- Tetsuya Naito & Bushi & Shingo Takagi beat Kota Ibushi & Sho & Yoh
- Tomohiro Ishii pinned Evil
- Kazuchika Okada beat Seiya Sanada to retain the IWGP heavyweight title

2021

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night 2: Fukuoko, Japan:
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi & Douki beat Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Jado
- Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato
- Jeff Cobb & Great O’Khan & Toa Henare beat Tetsuya Naito & Sanada & Bushi
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Evil & Jay White & Dick Togo
- Will Ospreay pinned Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP world heavyweight title