June 5 history

1941

St. Louis, Missouri
- Sandor Szabo defeated Bronko Nagurski for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title

1947

Kansas City, Kansas:
- MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat The Swedish Angel in 2 out of 3 falls
- Ralph Garibaldi Jack McDonald by third fall DQ
- Tug Carlson beat Dan O’Connor
- Jack Hader beat Jack Page

1952

Kansas City, Kansas:
- The Duseks (Dick, Ernie and Joe Dusek) beat Steve Gob, Sonny Myers and Bob Orton Sr. in 2 out of 3 falls
- Ronnie Etchison beat Tony Galento 2 out of 3 falls
- Joe Dusek and Bob  Orton Sr. went to a time limit draw

1958

Kansas City, Kansas:
- Sonny Myers went to a no contest with Otto Von Krupp
- Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Bob Orton and Rip Hawk

1967

Davenport, Iowa:
- Johnny Powers beat the Crusher in a Texas Death Match
- AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Earl Maynard
- Jack Lanza beat Big K (Stan Kowalski)

1971

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
- Strong Kobayashi beat Bull Bullinski
- Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond

1976

St. Paul, Minnesota:
- Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq
- Russ Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
- Buddy Wolff beat Scott Irwin

1977

Green Bay, Wisconsin:
- Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
- Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis beat Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby
- Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales
- Bob Backlund wrestled to a draw with Billy Robinson

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo
- Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog) beat David Schultz
- Tommy Gilbert & Jim Garvin beat The Exterminators
- Rocky Johnson beat Mike Stark via DQ
- Southern Tag Team Champions Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey beat Tommy Rich & Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog)
- Tommy Rich and Phil Hickerson won a two-ring battle royal
- Southern Champion Paul Orndorff beat Leroy Brown

1978

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Bryant beat Mike Hendricks
- Hans Schroeder & The Assassin beat Kojak & Steve Kyle
- Porkchop Cash beat Norvell Austin via DQ
- Jimmy Valiant, Rocky Johnson, & Bill Dundee beat John Louie, Sonny King, & Gorgeous George Jr
- Jos LeDuc beat Jerry Lawler via DQ
- Jerry Lawler won a two-ring battle royal

1982

Rockford, Illinois:
- Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Hulk Hogan & Baron Von Raschke
- Rick Martel beat Bobby Heenan
- Ken Patera beat Brad Rheingans
- Buck Zumhofe beat Sgt Goulet

1989

Tokyo, Japan:
- Yoshinari Ogawa pinned Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
- Kenta Kobashi pinned Johnny Smith
- Mighty Inoue pinned Goro Tsurumi
- Shinichi Nakano, Isao Takagi, & Akira Taue beat Dick Slater, Don Muraco, & Mitch Snow
- PWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Mitsuo Momota pinned Isamu Teranishi
- Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura, & The Great Kabuki beat Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen, & Masanobu Fuchi
- Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki to win the All Asian Tag Title
- Yoshiaki Yatsu pinned Shunji Takano
- Dan Spivey pinned Sting
- Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
- Genichiro Tenryu pinned Jumbo Tsuruta to win the All Japan Triple Crown

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Frankie Lancaster beat Ken Draper
- Tracy Smothers & Frankie Lancaster beat Mr. Devastation & Spike Huber
- Chris Champion & Mark Starr beat Alan Reynolds & Jimmy Masters
- Dutch Mantel double count out with Freddie
- Action Jackson & Billy Joe Travis beat Robert Fuller & Brian Lee to win the CWA Tag Team Titles
- Jerry Lawler & Freddie beat PY Chu-HI & The Master of Pain

1992

Knoxville, Tennessee:
- Dixie Dynamite defeated Dutch Mantell
- Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony defeated Joey Maggs
- Robert Gibson defeated Killer Kyle
- Buddy Landel defeated Tim Horner
- The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) defeated Johnny and Davey Rich
- Brian Lee defeated Paul Orndorff by disqualification

Rock Hill, South Carolina:
- Johnny B. Badd pinned Scotty Flamingo
- Super Invader (Hercules Hernandez) pinned Tom Zenk
- Larry Zbyszko pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell
- WCW Light Heavyweight Champion, Brian Pillman pinned Richard Morton
- WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine
- Barry Windham pinned Bobby Eaton
- Sting, Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff beat Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Steve Austin

2000

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk for the WCW Hardcore Title

2001

Grand Forks, North Dakota:
- Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title

2019

Best of the Super Juniors Finals: Tokyo, Japan:
- Dragon Lee & Titan & Shota Umino beat Bandido & Johnathan Gresham & Ren Narita
- Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo & Robbie Eagles beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Sho & Yoh
- Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask beat Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu
  Kanemaru & Douki
- Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Bushi & Sanada beat Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
- Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero beat Brody King & Marty Scurll
- Jay White pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Jon Moxley pinned Juice Robinson to win the U.S. title
- Will Ospreay beat Shingo Takagi to win the Best of the Super Juniors tournament

2022

Hell in a Cell: Chicago, Illinois:
- Bianca Belair retained the Raw women’s title over Becky Lynch and Asuka
- Bobby Lashley beat MVP and Omos in a handicap match
- Kevin Owens pinned Ezekiel
- Edge & Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley beat A.J. Styles & Finn Balor & Liv Morgan
- Madcap Moss pinned Happy Corbin in a no holds barred match
- Theory retained the U.S. title over Mustafa Ali
- Cody Rhodes pinned Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match