May 1 history

1969

Kansas City, Kansas:
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk, Jr. wrestled Dick Murdoch to a time limit draw

1976

Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ox Baker & Chuck O'Connor to win the WWA Tag Team Title in a steel cage match
- The Strangler beat Pepper Gomez to win the WWA title
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Art Thomas
- Art Thomas won a 16 man battle royal
- Bounty Hunters beat Steve Regal (sub Bob Kelly) & Bobby Bold Eagle
- Wilbur Snyder beat Blackjack Heddon (sub Baron Von Krupp)
- Johnny Starr beat Raoul Guzman
- Moose Cholak beat Emile Zapata
- Paul Christy beat Cashbox Jim Kent

1978

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Bryant beat El Diablo
- Kojak beat Frank Dalton
- Ron Slinker drew Plowboy Frazier
- Tommy Gilbert pinned Jim White
- Steve Kyle beat Norvell Austin via countout
- Bill Dundee, Jimmy Valiant, & Jerry Lawler NC Jos LeDuc, John Louie, & Sonny King

1980

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher dq
- Dino Bravo no contest Jerry Blackwell
- Greg Gagne beat Super Destroyer Mark II
- Super Destroyer Mark III beat Bobby Heenan
- Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Mad Dog Vachon & Steve Olsonoski
- Little Bruiser & Lone Eagle beat Billy the Kid & Tom Thumb

1981

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

Richmond, Virginia:
- Gene & Ole Anderson defeated Paul Jones & Masked Superstar for the NWA World Tag Team Title

Mexico City, Mexico;
- Bob Backlund defended the WWF title against NWF World champion Antonio Inoki, wrestling to a draw in a 2 out of 3 falls
  match

Denver, Colorado:
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura in a non-title Cage Match
- The Crusher and Jerry Blackwell went to a double disqualification
- Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana
- Baron Von Raschke beat Big John Studd
- Ray Stevens beat Buck Zumhofe

1983

Atlanta, Georgia:
- Tommy Rich & Paul Orndorff defeated Larry Zbyszko & Killer Brooks a
- Tony Atlas defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
- Bob Roop defeated Joe Lightfoot
- Ray Candy defeated Chick Donovan
- Arn Anderson & Matt Borne (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Brian Blair & Tito Santana
- Ron Garvin defeated the Iron Sheik (w/ Paul Ellering)
- Dick Murdoch defeated Buzz Sawyer via count-out

Greensboro, North Carolina:
- Greg Valentine defeated NWA U.S. Champion Roddy Piper to win the title
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood defeated Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle
- Keith larsen defeated Ken Timbs
- Jos LeDuc defeated Rick Harris
- Bugsy McGraw defeated the One Man Gang
- Jake Roberts defeated Mike Graham
- Dick Slater defeated Sweet Brown Sugar
- Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Angelo Mosca & Gene Anderson
- Jimmy Valiant defeated the Great Kabuki in a New York Street fight

1987

Euguene, Oregon:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Curt Hennig
- AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Mike Miller & Rip Oliver
- Jimmy Snuka beat Larry Zbyszko dq
- Assassin & Ricky Santana beat Kevin Kelly & Doug Somers
- Art Crews beat Scott Peterson
- Joey Jackson drew Coco Samoa
- George Skaaland drew Buddy Wolff
- Mark Young beat Mighty Sputnik
- Sherri Martel beat Madusa Meceli

Atlanta, Georgia:
- The New Breed, Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jeff Sampson & Jeff Belk
- Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #1
- Vladimir Pietrov defeated Jimmy Valiant
- The Midnight Express, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
- Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
- Arn Anderson & NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson & Tim Horner
- NWA U.S. Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
- NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin in a lumberjack match

1988

Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan
- Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
- Steve Williams defeated NWA World Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
- The Road Warriors defeated the Powers of Pain
- Lex Luger & Nikita Koloff defeated the Sheepherders
- Dusty Rhodes fought NWA World Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard to a double count-out when both men began fighting on the
  floor
- NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting

1989

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Brian Lee drew Frankie Lancaster
- Action Jackson beat Van Van Horn
- Jimmy Masters beat Tony Anthony via DQ
- Tracy Smothers & John Paul beat PY Chu-Hi & The Master of Pain
- Lord Humongous beat Detroit Demolition
- Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Golden beat Robert Fuller & Dutch Mantel

1993

Hazard, Kentucky:
- Tim Horner pinned Jimmy Golden
- Killer Kyle pinned Brian Lee
- Kevin Sullivan beat The Nightstalker in a "Singapore spike" match
- The Heavenly Bodies (Lane & Pritchard) beat The Rock-n-Roll Express via DQ in a "loser is tarred and feathered" match
- SMW Champ Tracy Smothers beat The Dirty White Boy in a "chain" match

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Brian Christopher defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title

1994

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

1995

Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jerry Lawler defeated Razor Ramon for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
- PG-13 defeated Brickhouse Brown & The Gambler for the USWA Tag Team Title

1998

Greenville, South Carolina:
- Ernest Miller defeated Yuji Nagata
- The Barbarian defeated Bobby Eaton
- Perry Saturn defeated Fit Finlay
- High Voltage defeated Billy Kidman & Sick Boy
- Booker T pinned WCW TV Champion Chris Benoit to win the title
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Raven
- The Giant defeated WCW Tag Team Champion Kevin Nash via disqualification

Tokyo, Japan:
- Satoru Asako defeated Yoshinobu Kanemura
- Manukea Mossman (Tayyo Kea) defeated Daisuke Ikeda
- Jumbo Tsuruta, Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota defeated Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigan & Tsuyoshi Kikichi
- The Headhunters defeated Tamon Honda & Shigeo Okumura
- Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield (Jim Steele) defeated Gedo & Jado
- Akira Taue, Takao Omori & Masao Inoue defeated Mike Awesome, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka
- Steve Williams & Gary Albright defeated Masahito Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama
- Giant Baba, Kentaro Shiga & Hayabusa defeated Hakushi, Jun Izumida & Giant Kamala II
- Jun Akiyama defeated Hiroshi Hase
- Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace defeated Vader & Stan Hansen
- Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa to win the All Japan Triple Crown

2005

WWE Backlash: Manchester, New Hampshire:
- Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- The Hurricane and Rosey defeated Tajiri and William Regal, The Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo), Simon Dean and Maven,
  and La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) in a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship
- Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match
- Kane (with Lita) defeated Viscera (with Trish Stratus)
- Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari
- Batista defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

2011

WWE Extreme Rules: Tampa, Florida:
- Kofi Kingston defeated Sheamus to win the US Title in a Tables Match
- Christian won the World title in a Ladder Match defeating Alberto del Rio
- John Cena won the WWE title in a Three-Way Cage match defeating The Miz and John Morrison

2022

NJPW DONTAKU: Fukuoaka, Japan:
- Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. & Taka Michinoku beat Shingo Takagi & Bushi & Shiro Koshinaka
- Hiromu Takahashi pinned Yoh
- Tanga Loa pinned Yujiro Takahashi
- Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki to retain the IWGP jr. tag titles
- Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens won the IWGP tag titles over champions Jeff Cobb & Great O’Khan and former champions Hirooki
  Goto & Yoshi-Hashi in a no DQ tornado match
- Tama Tonga pinned Evil to win the Never open weight title
- Taiji Ishimori beat Desperado to win the IWGP jr. title
- Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Tomohiro Ishii to win the vacant U.S. title
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP world title