Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/28): Undertaker-Mankind Hell in a Cell '98
By Brian Hoops | @brianhoops | Jun 28, 2020 11:03 am
1923
St. Louis, Missouri:
- Wladek Zbyszko defeated Ivan Orloff in 2 straight falls (Zbyszko was billed as the World Greco-Roman wrestling champion)
- Jack Kelly defeated Barney Kuczma
1939
St. Louis, Missouri:
- Warren Bockwinkel beat Swede Swenson
- Joe Stecher defeated Joe Millich
- Jim Logas beat Mannie Marqulis
1946
St. Joseph, Missouri:
- Mildred Burke beat Juanita Coffman
- Bobby Bruns defeated Ray Villmer
- Bill Lee double countout with Dean Detton
- Sonny Myers defeated Nate Brown
1955
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- Butch Levy & Leo Nomellini beat Kinji Shibuya & Ike Eakins
- Ilio DiPaolo beat Shag Thomas (as King Toby)
- Johnny Kostas drew Dick the Bruiser (Bruiser Afflis)
- Red Bastien beat Al Warshawsky
1962
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada:
- In a one-night tournament, Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello defeated Mr. M and Bob Geigel to become the first AWA Canadian Open Tag Team Champions
1963
Lewiston, Minnesota:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty in 2 out of 3 falls
1966
Davenport, Iowa:
- AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & the Alaskan
- Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff
- Wilbur Snyder beat Big K by dq
- Eddie Sharkey drew Doug Gilbert
1969
Bloomington, Minnesota:
- In a non-title match, Bill Watts beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne
- Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
- Wilbur Snyder beat Dr. X by dq
- Pampero Firpo beat Stan the Moose
- Bob Geigel beat Rene Goulet
1974
Sheboygan, Wisconsin:
- The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
- Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi (sub Billy Graham) in 2 out of 3 falls
- Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff by dq
- Jim Brunzell pinned Bill Howard
1975
St. Paul, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Verne Gagne went to a no contest Baron Von Raschke
- Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon by countout
- Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk
1978
Davenport, Iowa:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rufus R Jones
- Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Steve Olsonoski (sub for Greg Gagne)
1979
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
- Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Super Destroyer Mark II by dq
- Billy Robinson beat Lord Alfred Hayes by count out
- Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel
- Jesse Ventura beat Paul Ellering
- Buddy Wolff beat Ron Ritchie
1980
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
- In a no DQ match, AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
- In an arm wrestling competition, Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell with special referee The Crusher)
- Tito Santana beat Super Destroyer Mark II
1981
St. Paul, Minnesota:
- AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Baron Von Raschke
- Jesse Ventura beat The Crusher by dq
- Tito Santana no contest Sheik Adnan
- AWA Light Heavyweight Champion Mike Graham beat Buck Zumhofe
- In a handicap match, Jerry Blackwell beat Ben Deleon & Juan Valez
- Adrian Adonis beat Jim Brunzell
- Brad Rheingans beat Laurent Soucie
1982
Madison Square Garden:
- Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito for the WWF Tag Team Titles
1986
AWA Battle By The Bay in Oakland, California:
- Jerry Blackwell beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen by dq
- Nord The Barbarian beat Nick Bockwinkel
- Curt Hennig & Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Alexis Smirnoff
- Scott LeDoux no contest Larry Zbyszko
- Colonel DeBeers beat Brad Rheingans (sub for Scott Hall)
- Jimmy Snuka beat Jay York
- Sherri Martel beat Candi Devine to win the AWA Ladies title
- Earthquake Ferris beat Ali Kahn
1992
Chicago, Illinois:
- Greg Valentine defeated Brian Pillman
- Tom Zenk defeated the Super Invader via disqualification
- Larry Zbyzsko pinned Bobby Eaton
- Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes
- Barry Windham fought WCW TV Champion Steve Austin to a time limit draw
- WCW World Champion Sting & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Cactus Jack via countout
1993
Council, Virginia:
- The Bruise Brothers defeated the Rock n' Roll Express for the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles
Memphis, Tennessee:
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1997
Inglewood, California:
- Chris Jericho defeated Syxx for the WCW Cruiserweight Title
1998
WWF King of the Ring from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
- The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and Taka Michinoku defeated Kaientai (Funaki, Men's Teioh, and Dick Togo)
- Ken Shamrock defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Tennessee Lee)
- The Rock defeated Dan Severn
- Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) defeated Al Snow and Head
- X-Pac (with Chyna) defeated Owen Hart
- The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) (w/Chyna) defeated The New Midnight Express (Bodacious Bart and Bombastic Bob) (w/Jim Cornette) to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles
- Ken Shamrock defeated Rocky Maivia to win the King Of The Ring tournament
- The Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell In A Cell match
- Kane defeated Steve Austin in a First Blood match to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title
2009
WWE Great American Bash from Sacramento, California:
- Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho in a title vs. mask match to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
- Edge and Chris Jericho defeated Carlito & Primo and Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes to win the WWE Tag Team Championship
- Michelle McCool defeated Melina to win the Divas Title
2012
Orlando, Florida:
- Badd Influence (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) defeated Kurt Angle & AJ Styles to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles
2019
ROH Best in the World from Baltimore, Maryland:
- Rush pinned Flip Gordon
- Dalton Castle pinned Dragon Lee
- Angelina Love & Mandy Leon beat Jenny Rose & Kelly Klein
- Kenny King pinned Jay Lethal to win their best-of-three series
- Jonathan Gresham pinned Silas Young in a pure wrestling match
- Mark & Jay Briscoe went to a double countout with Nick Aldis & Eli Drake
- Shane Taylor pinned Bandido to retain the TV title
- PCO & Brody King & Marty Scurll retained the ROH six-man titles over Tracy Williams & Mark Haskins & P.J. Black
- Matt Taven pinned Jeff Cobb to retain the ROH title