February 28 history

1913

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Henry Ordemann beat Julius Nelson 2 falls to 0

1952

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Enrique Torres defeated Bob Orton for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
- Sonny Myers beat Chief Big Heart to earn number one contender status
- Maurice Roberre beat Dan O’Connor

1957

Amarillo, Texas:
- Dory Funk defeated The Great Bolo for both the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title and Southwest Junior
  Heavyweight Titles

1961

Detroit, Michigan:
- Dick the Bruiser defeated Bobo Brazil to win the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title

1963

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
- Bulldog Brower and Johnny Valentine defeated Bruno Sammartino and Whipper Billy Watson to win the Toronto NWA
  International Tag Team Title
- The Beast beat Jim Hady by dq
- Ilio DiPaolo beat Taro Sakuro
- John Paul Henning beat Fred Atkins
- Red Lyons beat Hans Schmidt dq

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
- Jerry Graham and Jim Wright defeated Dominic Bravo and Ron Etchison for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles

1968

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
- Archie Gouldie defeated Pat O'Connor to become the first Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion

Honolulu, Hawaii:
- Curtis Iaukea defeated Jim Hady to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title

1969

Houston, Texas:
- Johnny Valentine defeated Dan Miller to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

St. Joseph, Missouri:
- Dick Murdoch defeated Don Kent for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

1971

Portland, Oregon:
- Dutch Savage defeated Jonathan Boyd for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

Pensacola, Florida:
- The Wrestling Pro defeated Bob Kelly to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

1972

Miami, Florida:
- Tim Woods defeated Bobby Shane to win the held-up Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1973

Miami, Florida:
- Mr. Kleen defeated Buddy Colt to win the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham
- Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks & Ken Patera 2 out of 3 falls
- Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel
- Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq
- Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell
- Khosrow Vaziri beat Johnny Heidman

1974

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Jim Brunzell and Mike George in three falls to win the Central States NWA World
  Tag Team Titles
- The Viking & Reggie Parks defeated Tokyo Joe & Taro Kabayoshi
- Billy Howard fought Bobby Whitlock to a draw
- Omar Atlas defeated Baron Scicluna
- Sandy Parker defeated Jean Antone via DQ
- Harley Race defeated Bob Orton

Houston, Texas:
- Al Madril defeated El Gran Marcus for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1975

Los Angeles, California:
- Louie Tillet and John Tolos defeated The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) for the NWA Americas Tag Team
  Titles

Knoxville, Tennessee:
- Ron Fuller defeated Ron Wright for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title

1976

Los Angeles, California:
- Roddy Piper and Crusher Verdu defeated Chavo and Gory Guerrero to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

1978

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Kojak beat Mr. Wrestling
- Jos LeDuc beat Roger Howell
- Steve Kyle & Terry Sawyer beat Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey
- Bill Dundee DDQ Norvell Austin
- Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Jimmy Valiant

Tampa, Florida:
- Mike Graham and Steve Keirn defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1981

Bayaman, Puerto Rico:
- Los Pastores (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeated Carlos Colón and Invader I for the WWC North American Tag Team
  Titles

1982

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco to win the vacant NWA World Tag Team Title in a one night
  tournament

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest Tito Santana
- Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe & Hulk Hogan & Baron Von Raschke
- Sheik Adnan beat Greg Gagne by countout
- Jim Brunzell beat Sgt. Goulet
- Jerry Blackwell drew Brad Rheingans
- Evan Johnson beat Tom Stone

1984

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Princess Victoria & Despina Montegas beat Wendi Richter & Leilani Kai
- Larry Higgins beat Mr. Ebony
- The Black Ninja beat Art Crews
- Harley Davidson & Scott Shannon beat Dream Machine & Porkchop Cash
- The A-Team beat Dirty Rhodes & Brian Adidas via DQ
- Jos LeDuc & Randy Savage beat Stagger Lee & Norvell Austin
- Rick Rude beat Dutch Mantel in a "no DQ" match
- Jerry Lawler, Austin Idol, & Tommy Rich beat King Konga & The Zambuie Express

1986

Houston, Texas:
- Dick Slater defeated Jake Roberts for the Mid-South Television Title

1987

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
- Buddy Landel defeated Ron Fuller to win the NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Title

1988

Atlanta, Georgia:
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions, The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Jimmy and Ron Garvin to
  retain the title
- Sting defeated Larry Zbyszko by disqualification
- Barry Windham defeated NWA World Television Champion Mike Rotundo by dq
- Road Warrior Hawk and Paul Ellering fought The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) to a no-contest
- Ole Anderson, Lex Luger and NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Arn
  Anderson and Tully Blanchard and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair

1989

Columbia, South Carolina:
- Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner defeated Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1991

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
- Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Dutch Mantell
- The Junkyard Dog pinned the Master Blaster (Kevin Nash)
- Tom Zenk pinned Terrance Taylor
- Bobby Eaton pinned El Cubano
- WCW US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Barry Windham & Sid Vicious via disqualification
- Sting & WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Ron Simmons & Buddy Landel
- WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated El Gigante via disqualification

Laughlin, Nevada:
- The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) defeated Team America (Heidi Lee Morgan and Misty Blue Simmes) to win
  the Ladies' Professional Wrestling Association Tag Team Titles

1993

Chicago, Illinois:
- 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Scotty Flamingo
- Maxx Payne defeated Rip Rogers
- Vinnie Vegas defeated Van Hammer in an arm wrestling contest
- Steve Regal & Erik Watts defeated Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger
- Van Hammer defeated Vinnie Vegas
- Paul Orndorff defeated Cactus Jack
- NWA World Champion Barry Windham defaeted WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes
- WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Sting
- WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Steve Austin & Brian Pillman

1994

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Brian Christopher defeated Doug Gilbert to win the USWA Heavyweight Title

1996

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich defeated PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the USWA Tag Team Titles

1998

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- Ace Darling and Devon Storm defeated The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) at the "3rd Annual Eddie Gilbert
  Memorial Brawl" to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

2004

Wilmington, Delaware:
- Ace Darling defeated Prince Nana for the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Title

2013

TNA Impact:
- Kenny King defeated Rob Van Dam to win the TNA X Division Title