April 27 history

1944

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Dave Levin beat Orville Brown to capture the MWA World Heavyweight Title 1 fall to 0 (the match was halted due to the
  Midnight curfew however, Brown refused to give up his belt since the bout was scheduled 2 out of 3 falls. Future promoter
  Gus Karras was the referee and awarded the match to Levin)
- Lee Wyckoff beat Bill Kuusisto 2 falls to 1

1963

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Hercules Cortes in a 2 out of 3 falls match
- AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello 2 out of 3 alls
- Crusher beat Butch Levy
- Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Jessica Rogers
- Rocky Hamilton beat Bob Boyer
- Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green

1972

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Black Angus defeated Danny Little Bear in three falls to win the Central States Heavyweight Title
- Ronnie Etchison defeated Blackjack Black
- Billy Howard defeated Benny Ramirez
- Terry Martin fought Omar Atlas to a draw (15:00)
- The Stomper & Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji in three falls
- Victor the Wrestling Bear defeated Harley Race via countout

1973

St. Louis, Missouri:
- Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Harley Race, who was DQ’ed by special referee Joe Louis
- Bruno Sammartino defeated The Invader inside the 7-foot high chain link fence
- Invader unmasked to be Dick Murdoch
- Terry Funk and Big Bill Miller defeated Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor
- Rip Hawk draw Jerry Brisco
- Billy the Kid and Little Bobo Johnson defeated Little Jumbo and Johnny Reb
- George Steele (no longer billed as Jim) defeated Louis Tillet
- Dan Miller draw Ronnie Etchison

1975

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes in a 2 out of 3 falls
  match

1976

Omaha, Nebraska:
- Cage match: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
- Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke
- Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk
- Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick Blood (Ricky Steamboat)
- Russ Francis drew Blackjack Lanza

1979

St. Louis, Missouri:
- NWA Champion Harley Race defeated Ted DiBiase in 2 out of 3 falls
- King Kong Brody defeated Ox Baker
- Fritz and David Von Erich defeated Jerry Brown and Siegfried Stanke
- Dick the Bruiser defeated Rip Hawk
- Marie Laverne defeated Early Dawn
- Bobo Brazil and Bryan St. John defeated Bulldog Bob Brown and Roger Kirby

1981

Augusta, Georgia:
- Tommy Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title

1986

Cleveland, Ohio:
- Teijo Khan defeated the Italian Stallion
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Pez Whatley via disqualification
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Black Bart defeated Sam Houston
- Magnum TA defeated Baron Von Raschke
- Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel defeated NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard & NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson
  in a bullrope Indian strap match
- NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated the Road Warriors via disqualification
- NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin in a No DQ, no count-out, no time limit match

1987

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Bambi & The Hunter beat Emily Arthur & Alan Martin when Bambi pinned Arthur
- Mark Starr & Steve Keirn beat The Mercenaries to win the CWA International Tag Title
- Mr. Shima & Mr. Helo beat John Paul & JT Southern
- Chick Donovan & Jack Hart beat Soul Train Jones & Rocky Johnson
- Paul Diamond pinned Billy Joe Travis in a "no DQ" match
- Jeff Jarrett pinned Pat Tanaka in a "steel cage" match
- Austin Idol defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Heavyweight Title in a hair vs. title steel cage match

1991

St. Louis, Missouri: (The final wrestling event held at Keil Auditorium)
- Brad Armstrong pinned Rip Rogers
- Dustin Rhodes pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
- Big Josh defeated Dutch Mantel
- Brian Pillman pinned El Cubano
- WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Stan Hansen & the Master Blaster (Kevin Nash)
- WCW US Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a double disqualification
- Ron Simmons pinned Butch Reed
- WCW World Champion Ric Flair & WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated Sting & El Gigante

1992

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin for the WCW Television Title

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Brian Christopher defeated Tom Pritchard in a match for the held up USWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1997

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Lawler defeated King Reginald (Reggie B. Fine) for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title

2000

San Diego, California:
- The Prototype (John Cena) defeated Smelly to win the Ultimate Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title

2003

WWE Backlash: Worchester, Massachusettes:
- Scott Steiner defeated Rico
- Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero)	to retain the
  WWE Tag Team Championship
- Sean O'Haire (with Roddy Piper) defeated Rikishi
- Rob Van Dam and Kane defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)	to retain the World Tag Team
  Championship
- Jazz (with Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship
- Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio
- Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship
- Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho defeated Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Booker T
- Goldberg defeated The Rock

2007

Memphis Wrestling: Memphis, Tennessee:
- Moondog Cujo with "Big Cheese" Sal Corrente beat The Barbarian
- Greg Valentine beat Mr. Hughes
- Jazz beat Christie Ricci & Miss Passion in a triple threat Ladies Match
- Abdullah The Butcher vs Big Al Greene was No Contest
- Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell with Jimmy Valiant beat Koko Ware/Bobby Eaton with Slick
- Brutus Beefcake/Bubba The Love Sponge beat The New Assassins with "Big Cheese" Sal Corrente
- Brian Christopher beat Buff Bagwell
- Southern Tag Team Title Match: Ricky Morton/Kid Kash beat "Too Cool 2" to win the titles
- Hulk Hogan beat Paul Wright

2008

WWE Backlash: Baltimore, Maryland:
- Triple H won the WWE Title defeating John Cena, JBL and Randy Orton
- John Morrison and The Miz defeated Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore
- Matt Hardy defeated Montel Vontavious Porter to win the WWE United States Championship
- Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero to retain the ECW Championship
- Big Show defeated The Great Khali
- Shawn Michaels defeated Batista
- Beth Phoenix, Melina, Layla, Jillian Hall, Victoria, and Natalya defeated Mickie James, Maria, Ashley, Michelle McCool,
  Cherry, and Kelly Kelly
- The Undertaker defeated Edge to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

2017

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku: Hiroshima, Japan:
- Tomoyuki Oka, Hirai Kawato & Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Shota Umino & Tiger Mask
- Will Ospreay & Toru Yano defeated TAKA Michinoku & El Desperado
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay defeated Guerrillas of Destiny & Chase Owens
- Roppongi Vice defeated Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag titles
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoshitatsu, Juice Robinson, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ricochet defeated SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, EVIL &
  Hiromu Takahashi
- Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii
- Minoru Suzuki defeated Hirooki Goto to win the NEVER Openweight Championship

2018

WWE Greatest Royal Rumble: Saudi Arabia:
- John Cena pinned HHH
- Cedric Alexander retained the cruiserweight title over Kalisto
- Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt beat Sheamus & Cesaro for the vacant Raw tag team titles
- Jeff Hardy pinned Jinder Mahal to retain the U.S. title
- Luke Harper & Erick Rowan beat the Usos to retain the Smackdown tag titles
- Seth Rollins retained the IC title in a ladder match over Samoa Joe, The Miz and Finn Balor
- A.J. Styles double count out Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the WWE title
- Undertaker beat Rusev in a casket match
- Brock Lesnar beat Roman Reigns to retain the Universal title in a cage match
- Braun Strowman won the 50 man Royal Rumble

2019

NWA Crocket Cup: Concord, North Carolina:
- Royce Isaacs & Thomas Latimer won the wild card Battle Royal to get into the Crockett Cup
- Flip Gordon & Bandido beat Stuka Jr. & Guerrero Maya Jr
- Isaacs & Latimer beat Crimson& Jax Dane
- Mark & Jay Briscoe beat Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
- Brody King & PCO beat Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
- Allyson Kay pinned Santana Garrett to win the vacant NWA women’s title
- Isaacs & Latimer beat Gordon & Bandido
- King & PCO beat the Briscoes via DQ
- Colt Cabana pinned Willie Mack to win the NWA national title
- Brody King & PCO beat Isaacs & Latimer to win the tournament
- Nick Aldis beat Marty Scurll to keep the NWA title