Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/07): WWE WrestleMania 35
By Brian Hoops | @brianhoops | Apr 7, 2021 9:59 am
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 by 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
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 by DQ
- Sailor Art Thomas beat Higo Hamaguchi
- Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani
- Khosrow Vaziri beat Ken Dillinger
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 by DQ
- Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
- Fabulous Ones beat Moondogs by 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 over Ricochet, EC3, 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 35: 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
- AJ 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 Women's Champion Charlotte Flair in a winner-take-all title match