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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 

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– 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. hair 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 titles

– 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 Team 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 Greatest 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