April 5 history

1953

Honolulu, Hawaii:
- Bobby Bruns and Bobby Managoff defeated Al Kashey and Tom Rice to win the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Titles

1961

Mobile, Alabama:
- Bobby and Don Fields defeated The Mysterious Medics for the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

Columbus, Georgia:
- Skull Murphy defeated Guy Mitchell to win the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1968

Houston, Texas:
- Spoiler #1 (Don Jardine) defeated Fritz Von Erich for the NWA American Heavyweight Title

St. Joseph, Missouri:
- Harley Race defeated Sonny Myers to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title

1974

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Dory Funk Jr. won a Wrestle Royal
- Harley Race defeated Pat O’Connor in a Texas Death Match
- Bruno Sammartino defeated Lord Alfred Hayes via DQ
- Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bob Orton
- Big Bill Miller defeated Black Angus
- Bobo Brazil defeated Frank Valois
- Tommy Tsuruta (to become Jumbo Tsuruta of Japanese fame) defeated Billy Howard
- Great Kojika and Tokyo Joe defeated Red Lyons and Reggie Parks

Sydney, Australia:
- Pat Barrett and Tony Kontellis won a tournament for the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Titles

1976

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Big Bad John and Bill Dundee defeated Roger Kirby and David Schultz for the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1978

Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
- The Assassin and Ernie Ladd defeated Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear to win the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team
  Titles

Blackburn, England:
- Steve Grey defeated Bobby Ryan in a tournament final for the British Lightweight Title

1980

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
- Roger Mason defeated Steve Travis to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

1982

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Ric McCord beat Tojo Yamamoto
- Bobby Fulton beat JR Hart
- Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose beat Roy Rogers & Dutch Mantel
- Steve Keirn, Stan Lane, & Eric Embry beat Luke Graham, The Angel, & Dream Machine
- Southern Champ Jerry Lawler pinned The Monk
- Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton beat Robert Gibson & Steve Keirn in a "no DQ" match
- Andy Kaufman defeated AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler by disqualification

1984

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Jerry and Ted Oates won the NWA Central States Tag Team Title defeating The Grapplers (Tony Anthony and Len Denton)

1986

Yokohama, Japan:
- Riki Choshu defeated Stan Hansen to win the NJPW PWF Heavyweight Title

1987

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
- Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman defeated Kerry Brown and Duke Meyers to win the vacant Stampede International Tag Team
  Titles

1991

Dallas, Texas:
- Bill Dundee won the USWA Texas Heavyweight Title from Eric Embry
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Tom Prichard for the USWA Heavyweight Title

1992

Wrestlemania VIII: Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Bret Hart pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper to win the title
- Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned WWF Champion Ric Flair (with Mr. Perfect) to win the title
- Shawn Michaels (with Sensational Sherri) pinned Tito Santana
- The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) pinned Jake Roberts
- The Big Bossman, Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter and Virgil defeated The Mountie, The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags)
  and Repo Man
- Tatanka pinned Rick Martel
- The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R.
  Schyster (with Jimmy Hart)) by dq
- Owen Hart pinned Skinner
- Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice (with Harvey Whippleman) by disqualification

Jacksonville, Florida:
- WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
- Johnny B. Badd pinned Tracy Smothers
- Cactus Jack pinned the Junkyard Dog
- Nikita Koloff pinned Diamond Dallas Page
- Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko
- WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification
- WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton fought Rick & Scott Steiner to a double count-out
- WCW World Champion Sting pinned Big Van Vader

Mexico City, Mexico:
- Satanico defeated Lizmark for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title

1997

Caguas, Puerto Rico:
- Carlos Colón won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title by defeating Jim Steele

1999

Uniondale, New York:
- Kane and X-Pac defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) to win the titles

2002

Manatí, Puerto Rico:
- Ricky Banderas and Shane the Glamour Boy defeated The Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr and Victor the Bodyguard) to win
  the IWA World Tag Team Titles

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
- Bruce and Teddy Hart defeated Apocalypse and Dave Swift in a tournament final for the Stampede International Tag Team
  Titles

OVW Spring Breakout: Louisville, Kentucky:
- Leviathan (Batista) pinned both Chris Cage and Johnny Jeter in a handicap match
- Flash Flanagan and Trailer Park Trash defeated Big Bad John (Heidenreich) and Bull Buchanan
- The Dogg Pound (Shelton Benjamin and Redd Dogg) and Nidia defeated The Disciples of Synn (Damien and Payne) and Synn
- Danny Davis and The Lords of the Ring (Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore) defeated Victoria and OVW Southern Tag Team
  Champions Doug Basham and Damaja
- David and Ric Flair defeated Sean O'Haire and OVW Heavyweight Champion The Prototype (John Cena)

2003

Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
- Ray Gonzalez won the IWA World Heavyweight Title from Ricky Banderas

2006

Louisville, Kentucky:
- K.C. James and Roadkill defeated The Untouchables (Deuce and Domino) for the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles

2013

ROH Supercard of Honor 7: New York City:
- Jay Brisco defeated Kevin Steen to win the ROH World Title
- ROH World Tag Team Title Match: reDRagon defeated American Wolves to retain the titles
- ROH TV Title Match: Matt Taven defeated Adam Cole and Matt Hardy to retain the title
- Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson defeated Roderick Strong
- #1 Contender Match: Michael Elgin defeated Jay Lethal
- Mike Bennett beat Shelton Benjamin

2019

NXT Takeover New York: Brooklyn, New York:
- War Raiders retained the NXT tag titles over Ricochet & Aleister Black
- Velveteen Dream retained the North American title over Matt Riddle
- Walter won the NXT U.K. title from Pete Dunne
- Shayna Baszler retained the NXT women’s title in a four-way over Bianca Belair, Kairi Sane and Io Shirai
- Johnny Gargano won the vacant NXT title beating Adam Cole in a 2/3 fall match

2020

Wrestlemania 36: Orlando, Florida: Night Two:
- Liv Morgan pinned Natalya
- Charlotte Flair beat Rhea Ripley to win the NXT women’s title
- Aleister Black pinned Bobby Lashley
- Otis pinned Dolph Ziggler
- Edge beat Randy Orton in a last man standing match
- Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford retained the Raw tag titles over Austin Theory & Angel Garza
- Bayley retained the Smackdown women’s title in a five-way elimination match over Naomi, Sasha Banks, Tamina and Lacey
  Evans
- Bray Wyatt beat John Cena
- Drew McIntyre pinned Brock Lesnar to win the WWE title