April 7 history

1927

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat John Pesek in 2 out of 3 falls

1933

Des Moines, Iowa:
- Bronko Nagurski beat Earl Wampler

1945

Wichita, Kansas:
- Orville Brown beat Ray Eckert
- Vic Holbrook beat Earl Wampler
- Chief Little Wolf beat Jim Parker
- Jack Kennedy beat Al Szasz

1949

Kansas City, Kansas:
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Lucky Simunovich
- Dean Detton beat Jimmy Coffield
- Abe Kashey and Harold “Sonny” Myers drew (30:00)

1962

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello beat Mr. M & Stan Kowalski 2 out of 3 falls
- Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills dq
- Ricky Lopez beat Blackjack Daniels
- Roy Collins beat Eddie Sharkey

1964

Des Moines, Iowa:
- AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Pat O’Connor when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
- Sonny Myers ddq Mongolian Stomper
- Kathy Starr beat Jean Antone
- Steve Bolus (sub Don Jardine) beat Lee Henning

1972

St. Louis, Missouri:
- NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jerry Brisco two straight falls
- Jack Brisco and Harley Race went to a 20-minute draw as the survivors of a tag elimination bout
- Johnny Valentine defeated Big Bill Miller via DQ
- Bob Geigel defeated Sonny Myers
- Ethel Johnson defeated Marva Scott
- Bob Roop and Hans Schmidt defeated Sonny Myers (sub for Luis Martinez) and Terry Martin.

1973

Chicago, Illinois:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder
- Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham
- Reggie Parks beat Ivan Koloff dq
- Sailor Art Thomas beat Higo Hamaguchi
- Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani
- Khosrow Vaziri beat Ken Dillinger

1978

St. Louis, Missouri:
- NWA Champion Harley Race defeated Terry Funk in 2 out of 3 falls
- Jack Brisco defeated Missouri Champion Dick Murdoch via DQ,
- Dick the Bruiser, Pat O’Connor and Rocky Johnson defeated Ric Flair, Ivan Koloff and Bulldog Bob Brown
- Winona Little Heart defeated Terri Shane
- Bob Sweetan defeated Lord Alfred Hayes (sub for The Stomper)
- David Von Erich defeated Jim Valiant

1979

Chicago, Illinois:
- King Kong Brody beat Dick The Bruiser
- AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Steve Olsonoski
- The Crusher beat Lord Alfred Hayes
- Bobo Brazil beat Cecil Dubois
- Billy Robinson beat Bobby Duncum
- Super Destroyer Mark II beat Paul Ellering
- Igor Volkoff drew Spike Huber

1983

Lexington, Kentucky:
- Stagger Lee won a 24 man battle royal
- Jerry Lawler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
- Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
- Fabulous Ones beat Moondogs dq
- Stagger Lee beat Bobby Eaton
- The Galaxians drew Steve O & Bobby Fulton
- Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson beat Pork Chop Cash & Duke Myers
- Duke Myers beat Carl Fergie
- Dutch Mantel beat The Angel
- Sonny King beat Jim Dalton

1986

WWF Wrestlemania II: New York, New York:
- Don Muraco fought Paul Orndorff to a double countout
- WWF Intercontinental champion Randy Savage pinned George Steele
- Jake Roberts pinned George Wells with a DDT
- Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper via DQ in a boxing match

WWF Wrestlemania II: Chicago, Illinois:
- The British Bulldogs defeated Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake to win the WWF Tag Team championship
- WWF Women's champion The Fabulous Moolah pinned Velvet McIntyre a
- Cpl. Kirchner pinned Nikolai Volkoff
- Andre the Giant eliminated Bret Hart to win a 20 man Battle Royal

WWF Wrestlemania II: Los Angeles, California:
- Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match to retain the WWF World Title
- Ricky Steamboat pinned Hercules Hernandez
- Adrian Adonis pinned Uncle Elmer
- Terry and Hoss (Dory Jr.) Funk defeated the team of Tito Santana and The Junkyard Dog

1994

Cumberland, Kentucky:
- Steven Dunn defeated Bobby Blaze
- Tracy Smothers defeated Timothy Well
- SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy defeated Prince Kharis
- SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Brian Lee & Chris Candido via disqualification
- Tracy Smothers won a battle royal

1995

SMW Bluegrass Brawl III - Pikeville, Kentucky:
- Boo Bradley defeated Killer Kyle
- SMW Heavyweight Champion Bobby Blaze fought Buddy Landel to a draw
- Al Snow & Unabomb defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a coal miner's glove match to win the
  titles
- The Dirty White Boy defeated Buddy Landel in a chain match
- The Undertaker & Tracy Smothers defeated New Jack, Mustafa, & D-Lo Brown in a handicap loser salutes the flag match

2013

WWE Wrestlemania 29: East Rutherford, New Jersey:
- John Cena defeated The Rock to capture the WWE World Title
- The Miz defeated Wade Barrett to win the WWE IC Title
- The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) defeated Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus
- Mark Henry defeated Ryback
- Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
- Fandango defeated Chris Jericho
- Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) to retain the World Heavyweight
  Championship
- The Undertaker defeated CM Punk (with Paul Heyman)
- Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) in a No Holds Barred match

2018

NXT Takeover: New Orleans, Louisiana:
- Kairi Sane pinned Lacey Evans
- Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight) went to a no contest with Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli
- Adam Cole won a six-way ladder match to become the first holder of the new version of the North American title (WWE had a
  version in the late 70s that was transferred into the Intercontinental title and then briefly moved to New Japan Pro
  Wrestling) over Ricochet, EC 3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan and Velveteen Dream
- Shayna Baszler beat Ember Moon to win the women’s title
- Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly won a three-way over Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong & Pete Dunne to retain the NXT tag
  team titles
- Aleister Black pinned Andrade Cien Almas to win the NXT title
- Johnny Gargano pinned Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match to get his job back in NXT

ROH Supercard of Honor XXII: New Orleans, Louisiana:
- Chuckie T pinned Jonathan Gresham
- Punishment Martinez pinned Tomohiro Ishii
- Kota Ibushi pinned Hangman Page
- Sumie Sakai pinned Kelly Klein to become the first Woman of Honor champion
- Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky beat Young Bucks & Flip Gordon to retain the six-man titles
  in a ladder match
- Mark & Jay Briscoe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jay Lethal to retain the ROH tag titles
- Silas Young beat Kenny King in a last man standing match in 15:56 to keep the TV title
- The Dawgs (Rhett Titus & Will Ferrara) went to a no contest with Bully Ray & Cheeseburger
- Cody pinned Kenny Omega
- Dalton Castle pinned Marty Scurll to retain the ROH title

NWL Joplin, Missouri:(last NWL card)
- Gary Jay pinned Thomas Shire
- Anthony Guittereiz defeated Thomas Waterman
- Nile Plonk pinned Shane Sanders
- Dak Draper pinned Leo Howlett
- Maverick retained Spirit of NWL Title over Thor Theriot
- Royal Blood and Marti Belle defeated The Foundation
- Flex Zerpa defeated Rashad Ali
- Jeremy Wyatt pinned Jack Foster to retain the NWL Title

2019

Wrestlemania XXXV: New York City:
- Tony Nese beat Buddy Murphy to win the cruiserweight title
- Carmella won the women’s Battle Royal
- Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder won the Raw tag team titles over The Revival
- Braun Strowman won the Andre the Giant Battle Royal
- Seth Rollins pinned Brock Lesnar to win the Universal title
- A.J. Styles pinned Randy Orton
- Jimmy & Jey Uso retained the Smackdown tag titles in a four-way over Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura, Aleister Black & Ricochet
  and Sheamus & Cesaro
- Shane McMahon pinned The Miz in a falls count anywhere match
- Billie Kay & Peyton Royce won the women’s tag team title in a four-way over champions Bayley & Sasha Banks, Natalya &
  Beth Phoenix and Nia Jax & Tamina
- Kofi Kingston pinned Daniel Bryan to win the WWE title
- Samoa Joe retained the U.S. title over Rey Mysterio
- Roman Reigns pinned Drew McIntyre
- HHH pinned Batista of a no holds barred match
- Baron Corbin pinned Kurt Angle
- Demon Finn Balor pinned Bobby Lashley to win the IC title
- Becky Lynch won a three-way over Raw women’s champion Ronda Rousey and Smackdown champion Charlotte Flair in the winner-
  take-all title match

2021

NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver Night 1: Orlando, Florida:
- Pete Dunne pinned Kushida
- Bronson Reed won a six-way gauntlet match for a North American title shot
- Walter pinned Tommaso Ciampa to retain the U.K. title
- MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) won a three way over Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) and Grizzled Young
  Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) to win the vacant NXT tag titles
- Raquel Gonzalez pinned Io Shirai to win the NXT women’s title