April 4 history

1945

Des Moines, Iowa:
- Earl Wampler beat Ken Fenelon to capture the Iowa State Heavyweight Title

1965

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
- Crusher beat Bob Geigel
- Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo
- Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek
- Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer

1969

Atlanta, Georgia:
- The Assassins (Jody Hamilton & Tom Renesto) defeated El Mongol & Louie Tillet in a tournament final to win the NWA
  Georgia Tag Team Titles

1974

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- No dq Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon
- Billy Graham beat Red Bastien
- Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq
- Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien
- Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera
- Geoff Portz drew Greg Gagne
- Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski

1975

St. Louis, Missouri:
- NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Edouard Carpentier in 2 out of 3 falls
- Terry Funk defeated Stan Stasiak
- Harley Race draw Bobo Brazil
- Ray Stevens defeated Red Lyons
- Big Bill Miller defeated Clem Turner
- Ted Oates defeated Gary Fulton
- Tommy Martin and Ronnie Etchison defeated Ed Wiskoski and Chuck O’Connor

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
- The Moondogs defeated the Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Team Titles
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler dq
- Southern Champion Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
- Masks at Stake: Galaxians beat Rock & Roll Express
- Mask & Title vs $1,000: Mid American Champion Stagger Lee beat Plowboy Frazier
- Bruise Brothers beat Dutch Mantel & Steve O
- Bobby Eaton drew Ace of Spades
- Duke Myers beat Bobby Fulton
- Carl Fergie beat Sonny King dq

1984

Spartanburg, South Carolina:
- Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Titles

1988

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Stretcher Match: AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jerry Lawler
- Doug Gilbert & Gary Young beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis
- AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Mighty Yankees
- Eddie Marlin beat Tommy Gilbert
- CWA Champion Maxx Payne beat Scott Steiner
- Don Bruise beat Scott Levy
- Brickhouse Brown beat Tom Brandi

1991

East Rutherford, New Jersey:
- Owen Hart pinned El Cubano
- Ricky Morton pinned the Black Angel (Jose Luis Rivera)
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
- Big Van Vader pinned Larry Zbyzsko
- WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated Nikita Koloff via disqualification
- WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
- Sid Vicious pinned Brian Pillman
- Ron Simmons pinned Butch Reed
- WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting in a steel cage match

1992

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

1993

Wrestlemania IX: Las Vegas, Nevada:
- Yokozuna, with Mr. Fuji pinned Bret Hart to win the WWF championship
- Yokozuna lost the title to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu match
- Tatanka with Sherri Martel defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Shawn Michaels with Luna Vachon via DQ
- The Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers
- Doink the Clown (Matt Borne) pinned Crush (Bryan Adams)
- Razor Ramon pinned Bob Backlund
- WWF Tag Team champions Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster) defeated Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake by DQ
- Lex Luger pinned Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig
- The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzales via DQ

Fleming-Neon, Kentucky:
- Tom Pritchard defeated Bobby Blaze
- Brian Lee pinned Kevin Sullivan
- SMW Heavyweight Champion Tracy Smothers pinned the Dirty White Boy
- Ricky Morton & Tim Horner defeated Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton
- Tim Horner won a battle royal

1994

Hurley, Virginia:
- Robert Gibson defeated D-Lo Brown
- Ricky Morton defeated Unabom via disqualification
- Buddy Landel defeated Boo Bradley
- New Jack & Mustafa defeated the Dirty White Boy & Tracy Smothers

Hiroshima, Japan:
- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Title

1998

Buffalo, New York:
- Rob Van Dam defeated Bam Bam Bigelow for the ECW World Television Title

Tokyo, Japan:
- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Title

2014

ROH Supercard of Honor: New Orleans, Louisiana:
- Roderick Strong defeated Cedric Alexander	Singles match
- The Decade (Adam Page, B.J. Whitmer, and Jimmy Jacobs) defeated Andrew Everett and Adrenaline Rush (ACH and TaDarius
  Thomas)
- R.D. Evans (with Veda Scott and Ramon) defeated Silas Young by disqualification
- Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis) defeated Mark Briscoe in a No Disqualification match
- reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Hanson and Raymond Rowe and Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky
  Romero) in a ROH World Tag Team Championship match at War of the Worlds
- Jay Lethal defeated Tommaso Ciampa in a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the ROH World Television Championship
- Michael Elgin defeated Kevin Steen for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at War of the Worlds
- Adam Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in Ladder War V to retain the ROH World Championship

DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate: New Orleans, Louisiana:
- Richochet defeated Johnny Gargano to win the Open The Freedom Gate Title
- Rich Swann defeated Biff Busick
- Trent Baretta defeated Low Ki
- Masato Tanaka beat Chris Hero
- Michael Elgin defeated Kevin Steen
- ROH Champion Adam Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in a Ladder War match

2020

Wrestlemania 36: Orlando, Florida: Night One:
- Cesaro pinned Drew Gulak
- Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss beat Asuka & Kairi Sane
- Elias pinned King Corbin
- Becky Lynch retained the Raw women’s title pinning Shayna Baszler
- Sami Zayn pinned Daniel Bryan to retain the IC title
- John Morrison won a three-way ladder match to keep the Smackdown tag titles over Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso
- Kevin Owens beat Seth Rollins via DQ
- Kevin Owens pinned Seth Rollins in a no DQ match
- Braun Strowman pinned Bill Goldberg to win the Universal title
- Undertaker beat A.J. Styles of a Boneyard match

2021

New Japan Sakura Genesis: Tokyo, Japan:
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi & Douki beat Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Jado
- Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Evil & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori & Dick Togo
  & Yujiro Takahashi
- Jeff Cobb & Great O’Khan & Aaron Henare beat Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & Sanada
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Satoshi Kojima beat Jay White & Bad Luck Fale
- Sho & Yoh won the IWGP jr. tag titles beating Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado
- Will Ospreay pinned Kota Ibushi to win the IWGP world title