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March 29

1999


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2004

Shelton Benjamin upsets Triple H on his first night on RAW after the draft-lottery the previous week

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2008

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Ric Flair
-Peter Maivia
-Rocky Johnson
-Mae Young
-Jerry & Jack Brisco
-Eddie Graham
-Gordon Solie

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March 30

1998


X Pac returns to the WWF and joins DX. How is there not a video of this on youtube?

2003

WrestleMania XIX

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2008

WrestleMania XXIV

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March 30

1991


WWF/SWS WrestleFest

-Kendo Nagasaki defeats Jim Duggan
-Demolition (Crush & Smash) defeat Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takan
-The Hart Foundation defeat The Rockers
-John Tenta defeats Koji Kitao
-King Haku & Ted DiBiase defeat Takashi Ishikawa & The Great Kabuki
-The Ultimate Warrior defeats Sgt. Slaughter
-Kerry Von Erich defeats Mr. Perfect by DQ
-Randy Savage defeats George Takano
-The Road Warriors defeat Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu by countout

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1996

WWF Slammy Awards

-Sunny wins Best Buns
-Shawn Michaels wins Best Slammin’ Jammin’ Entrance
-Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter wins Best Finisher
-Vader’s attack on Gorilla Monsoon wins Crime of the Century
-Ahmed Johnson wins the ‘New Sensation’ award
-Jerry Lawler wins Biggest Mouth
-Sunny wins Manager of the Year
-Freddie Blassie wins the Lifetime Achievement Award
-Shawn Michaels & Razor Ramon’s Ladder Match from Summerslam ’95 wins the US West Match of the Year Award

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1998

Debut of the new global WWF Championship belt. Austin stuns Vince again.



The Rock becomes the new leader of the Nation Of Domination

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The infamous 'Man Of 1004 Holds' promo by Chris Jericho

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2000

Stephanie McMahon wins the WWF Womens Championship

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2007

ROH All-Star Extravaganza III

-Adam Pearce defeats Colt Cabana, Chris Hero and Matt Sydal in a Four Corners Survival match
-The Briscoe Brothers defeat Naruki Doi and Shingo to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship
-Brent Albright defeats Nigel McGuiness
-Homicide defeats Christopher Daniels
-Roderick Strong defeats Jack Evans
-Team Dragon Gate (CIMA, Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) defeat Team ROH (Austin Aries, Claudio Castagnoli, Delirious and Rocky Romero) in a Dragon Gate Rules match


Keiji Mutoh wins the AJPW Champion’s Carnival, defeating Toshiaki Kawada in the final

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2012

ROH Showdown In The Sun (Event 1)

-The Briscoe Brothers defeat TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) in a Proving Ground Match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Titles
-Jay Lethal defeats Kyle O’Reilly to retain the ROH Television Title
-Mike Bennett defeats Lance Storm
-Kevin Steen defeats El Generico in a Last Man Standing Match
-Davey Richards defeats Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong in a 3-Way Elimination Match to retain the ROH World Title

 
March 31

1985


WrestleMania I

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1996

WrestleMania XII

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2003

Goldberg debuts in WWE

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2008

Ric Flair's farewell on Raw

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March 31

1989


Sting defeats Mike Rotunda to win the NWA Television Title

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1997

Bret Hart and Owen Hart reunite after a 3 year rivalry




2007

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Dusty Rhodes
-‘Mr Perfect’ Curt Hennig
-Jerry Lawler
-Afa & Sika, The Wild Samoans
-Nick Bockwinkel
-Mr Fuji
-The Sheik
-Jim Ross

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2012

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Edge
-Mil Mascaras
-Mike Tyson
-Ron Simmons
-Yokozuna
-The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard & JJ Dillon)

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ROH Showdown In The Sun (Event 2)

-The Young Bucks defeat The All Night Express in a Street Fight
-The Briscoe Brothers defeat Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
-Roderick Strong defeats Jay Lethal to win the ROH Television Title
-Davey Richards defeats Michael Elgin to retain the ROH World Title

 
April 1

1990


WrestleMania VI

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1996

Mankind debuts on Raw

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2001

WrestleMania X7

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2007

WrestleMania 23

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2012

WrestleMania XVIII

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April 1

1994


SMW Bluegrass Brawl II: The Famous Final Scene

-Tracy Smothers defeats Chris Candido in a Ladder match
-Dirty White Boy & Dirty White Girl defeat Primetime Brian Lee & Tammy Sytch in a Street Fight
-The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeat The Heavenly Bodies in a Loser Leaves Town Cage match to win the SMW Tag Team Championship


2002

The first RAW of the brand split - Eddie Guerrero returns and attacks RVD after his match with Booker T. Debut of the new WWE Undisputed Championship belt. Bubba Ray Dudley defeats Raven to win the Hardcore Title. Stone Cold Steve Austin decides to sign with RAW instead of Smackdown.




2006

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Bret Hart
-Eddie Guerrero
-Gene Okerlund
-The Blackjacks, Lanza & Mulligan
-Sensational Sherri
-Verne Gagne
-Tony Atlas
-William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry




2011

ROH Honor Takes Centre Stage (Event 1)

-Homicide defeats Colt Cabana, Caleb Konley & Tommaso Ciampa in a Four Corner Survival Match
-Davey Richards defeats Roderick Strong
-Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team defeat The Kings of Wrestling to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
-Eddie Edwards defeats Christopher Daniels to retain the ROH World Title

 
April 2

1989


WrestleMania V

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1995

WrestleMania XI

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2000

WrestleMania 16

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2006

WrestleMania 22

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2012

Brock Lesnar returns to WWE

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April 2

1989


NWA Clash Of The Champions: Ragin' Cajun

-The Varsity Club defeat The Road Warriors to win the NWA World Tag Team Titles. Referee Teddy Long fast-counted the pinfall on Hawk, so he was (kayfabe) fired.
-Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner defeat Dan Spivey & Kevin Sullivan to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Titles
-Ricky Steamboat defeats Ric Flair in a 2-Out-of-3 Falls Match to retain the NWA World Title

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2001

The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship. Triple H attacked The Rock and formed an alliance with Stone Cold & Mr. McMahon. This was The Rock's last WWF appearance before he left to go film The Mummy Returns. He would return a few months later during the Invasion storyline.




2005

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Hulk Hogan
-Roddy Piper
-Bob Orton
-Jimmy Hart
-Paul Orndorff
-Nikolai Volkoff
-The Iron Sheik






2010

Jack Swagger cashes in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Chris Jericho and wins the World Heavyweight Championship

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2011

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Shawn Michaels
-Jim Duggan
-Bob Armstrong
-Sunny
-Drew Carey
-Abdullah The Butcher
-The Road Warriors (Hawk, Animal & Paul Ellering)

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ROH Honor Takes Centre Stage (Event 2)

-Colt Cabana defeats Dave Taylor
-Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa defeat Ayumi Kurihara & Hiroyo Matsumoto to retain the Shimmer Tag Team Titles
-The Briscoe Brothers defeat The All Night Express
-El Generico defeats Roderick Strong
-Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team defeat The American Wolves
 
April 3

1995

Sid attacks Shawn Michaels after a disagreement over the WM11 title match

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2005

WrestleMania 21

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2011

WrestleMania XXVII

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April 3

1983


Dick Slater defeats Roddy Piper to win the NWA Television Championship


1995

Razor Ramon defeats Bill Dundee to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


1999

ECW Cyberslam

-Jerry Lynn defeats Yoshihiro Tajiri
-Taka Michinoku defeated Papi Chulo (Essa Rios)
-Shane Douglas defeated Justin Credible
-Rob Van Dam defeats 2 Cold Scorpio to retain the ECW World Television Championship
-Taz defeats Chris Candido to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
-The Dudley Boys & Mustapha Saed defeat The Hardcore Chair-Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten) & New Jack in an Ultimate Jeopardy Cage (WarGames) match

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2000

Eddie Guerrero defeats Chris Jericho to win the European Championship after Chyna turns on Jericho for Guerrero.




2003

Sable returns on Smackdown


2006

Umaga makes his debut

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2009

Jerry Lynn defeats Nigel McGuiness to win the ROH World Championship
 
April 4

1993


WWF Wrestlemania IX

-Yokozuna defeats Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship
-Hulk Hogan defeats Yokozuna to win the WWF Championship

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1994

Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Shinya Hashimoto to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title

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1998

WWF Mayhem In Manchester

-The Undertaker defeats Kane
-Stone Cold Steve Austin defeats HHH to retain the WWF Championship

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Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Kensuke Sasaki to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title


2002

Hulk Hogan returns in the red & yellow on the first Smackdown of the brand split

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2009

WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Inductees:

-Steve Austin
-Ricky Steamboat
-Bill Watts
-Koko B Ware
-Terry Funk
-Dory Funk Jr
-The Von Erich Family
-Howard Finkel

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April 5

1992


WWF Wrestlemania XIII

-Bret Hart defeats Rowdy Roddy Piper to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
-Randy Savage defeats Ric Flair to win the WWF Championship
-Hulk Hogan defeats Sid Justice by DQ after interference by Papa Shango. Ultimate Warrior runs-in after the match to help Hulk Hogan, making his return to the company.

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1993

ECW Hardcore TV makes it debut

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1996

Jerry Lawler defeats Bill Dundee to win the vacant USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


1999

Kane & X-Pac defeat Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Tag Team Titles




2001

Stone Cold beats up JR in an interview





Triple H defeats Chris Jericho to win the Intercontinental Title

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2004

Shelton Benjamin upsets Triple H again by countout




2009

WWE Wrestlemania XXV

-The Undertaker defeats Shawn Michaels
-John Cena defeats Edge & Big Show in a Triple Threat to win the World Heavyweight Championship
-HHH defeats Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship

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NJPW Resolution

-Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger & AKIRA defeat Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine & El Samurai in a ‘Heritage Tag Team Match’
-The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeat Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
-Tiger Mask defeats Black Tiger in a Title vs Mask Match to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title and force Black Tiger to unmask
-Takashi Iizuka defeats Yuji Nagata by referee stoppage in a Chain Death Match
-Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Togi Makabe
-Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Kurt Angle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title

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April 6

1997


WCW Spring Stampede

-Dean Malenko fought Chris Benoit to a No Contest; Malenko retains the WCW United States Title
-Kevin Nash defeats Rick Steiner to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (was originally scheduled to be The Outsiders vs The Steiner Brothers, however Scott Hall no-showed the event and Scott Steiner was kayfabe arrested earlier in the PPV)
-Lex Luger defeats The Giant, Booker T & Stevie Ray in a 4 Corners match to become #1 contender to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (this was the PPV where Booker T infamously let slip the 'n' word in his pre-match interview)
-Diamond Dallas Page defeats Randy Savage in a No DQ match

 
April 7

1986


WWF Wrestlemania II

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1991

NJPW/WCW Starrcade 1991

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1995

SMW Bluegrass Brawl III

-SMW Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Blaze wrestled Buddy Landell to a Time Limit Draw
-Al Snow & Unabomb (Kane) defeat The Rock 'n' Roll Express in a Coal Miner's Glove match to win the SMW Tag Team Championship
-The Undertaker & Tracy Smothers defeat D'Lo Brown & The Gangstas in a Loser Salutes the Flag match
 
April 8

1990


AWA SuperClash IV

-Baron Von Raschke defeats Col. DeBeers by countout
-Larry Zbyszko defeats Masa Saito to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
-The Trooper & Paul Diamond defeat The Destruction Crew in a Cage match


1995

ECW Three Way Dance

-Eddie Guerrero defeats 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW World Television Championship
-Shane Douglas defeats The Sandman to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
-The Public Enemy defeat Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko and Rick Steiner & The Tazmaniac in a 3 Way Dance to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship

SMW Fright Night

-Unabomb defeats Ricky Morton in a Coal Miner's Glove match
-Buddy Landell defeats Bobby Blaze by TKO to win the SMW Heavyweight Championship
-The Undertaker, Bob Armstrong & Tracy Smothers defeat D-Lo Brown & The Gangstas in an 'I Quit' Six Man Tag Team match


1998

Rob Van Dam defeats Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW Television Title

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2012

Hirooki Goto wins the New Japan Cup, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the final



Colt Cabana defeats Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title for a second time

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April 9

1978


Ric Flair defeats Mr Wrestling to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States Title


1990

Kenta Kobashi & Tiger Mask II defeat Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles


2001

Kazuyuji Fujita defeats Scott Norton to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
 
April 10

1999


Jushin Liger & The Great Sasuke defeat Dr Wagner Jr & Kendo Kashin to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles.


2000

Vince Russo makes his WCW debut, and along with Eric Bischoff vacates all the WCW championships, "rebooting" WCW. The WCW TV Title is retired.



ECW World Champion, Mike Awesome makes his WCW debut, attacking Kevin Nash.

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2002

Keiji Mutoh wins the AJPW Champions Carnival, defeat Mike Barton in the final


2005

AJPW Untitled PPV

-Bull Buchanan defeats Jamal
-Satoshi Kojima defeats Shuji Kondo
-Giant Bernard defeats Kensuke Sasaki
-Keiji Mutoh fought Toshiaki Kawada to a time-limit draw
 
April 11

1987


The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff & Dusty Rhodes) win the second annual Jim Crockett Sr Memorial Tag Team Tournament, defeating Lex Luger & Tully Blanchard in the final


1995

The Rock 'n' Roll Express win an 8-team tournament, defeating Dick Murdoch & Randy Rhodes to win the vacant NWA Tag Team Titles


1997

The infamous Good Morning Kuwait incident in which Vader attacks the host for asking him if wrestling was fake. Vader was detained afterwards.

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1999

WCW Spring Stampede

-Rey Mysterio Jr. defeats Billy Kidman to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title
-Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko defeats Raven & Perry Saturn
-Scott Steiner defeats Booker T in the final of the WCW United States Title tournament to win the vacant belt
-Goldberg defeats Kevin Nash
-DDP defeats Ric Flair, Sting and Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title. Randy Savage was the Special Guest Referee.

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2001

Genichiro Tenryu wins the AJPW Champion's Carnival, defeating Taiyo Kea in the final


2003

OVW held its second-annual Spring Breakout event

-Chris Cage and Mark Jindrak defeat Orlando Jordan and Mark Magnus
-Nikita defeats Passion
-Nova defeats Christopher Nowinski
-A.P.A. defeat Lance Cade and René Duprée to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
-Kane defeats Matt Morgan.
-Chris Benoit, Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter defeat Rob Conway, The Damaja and OVW Heavyweight Champion, Doug Basham in a 30-minute Iron Man match


2010

Minoru Suzuki wins the AJPW Champion’s Carnival, defeating Masakatsu Funaki in the final


2011

Edge announces his retirement due to severe neck injuries

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April 12

1987


Rick Steiner & Sting defeat Terry Taylor & Chris Adams to win the UWF Tag Team Titles


1997

NJPW Battle Formation

-Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeats Manabu Nakanishi
-El Samurai defeats Shinjiro Otani
-Chris Benoit defeats Kevin Sullivan
-Jushin Liger defeats The Great Sasuke to retain the J-Crown Title
-Antonio Inoki defeats Tiger King
-Keiji Muto defeats Masahiro Chono.
-Riki Choshu and Kensuke Sasaki defeat Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
-Naoya Ogawa defeats IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Shinya Hashimoto by TKO.


1999

The Rock throws Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Smoking Skull belt off a bridge




2001

Jeff Hardy defeats Triple H to win the Intercontinental Championship

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2008

The Briscoe Brothers defeat No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards & Rocky Romero) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles


2009

Minoru Suzuki wins the AJPW Champion’s Carnival, defeating Kaz Hayashi in the final

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April 13

1996


ECW Massacre on Queen's Boulevard

-Shane Douglas defeats Axl Rotten
-Taz defeats Chris Jericho
-Primetime Brian Lee & The Harris Brothers defeat Tommy Dreamer & The Pitbulls
-The Gangstas defeat The Headhunters and The Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio




Jesse James Armstrong (Road Dogg) wins a Battle Royal to become the first USWA Television Champion


1997

ECW Barely Legal

-The Eliminators defeat The Dudley Boyz to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship
-Shane Douglas defeats Pitbull #2 to win the ECW Television Championship
-Taz defeats Sabu
-Terry Funk defeats The Sandman & Stevie Richards in a 3 Way Dance
-Terry Funk defeats Raven to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

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2000

Taz (a WWF superstar) returns to ECW to defeat Mike Awesome (a WCW superstar) to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

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2002

Genichiro Tenryu defeats Keiji Mutoh to win the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Title

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2006

Samoa Joe defeats Christopher Daniels to win the X-Division Title for a second time

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2007

Yuji Nagata defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title




2008

TNA Lockdown

-Jay Lethal defeats Johnny Devine, Shark Boy, Sonjay Dutt, Curry Man & Consequences Creed in an Xscape Match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
-BG James (Billy Gunn) defeats Kip James (Road Dogg)
-Team Cage (Christian Cage, Matt Morgan, Kevin Nash, Rhino & Sting) defeat Team Tomko (Tomko, A.J. Styles, Team 3D & James Storm) in a Lethal Lockdown match
-Samoa Joe defeats Kurt Angle in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

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2011

Yuji Nagata wins the AJPW Champion’s Carnival, defeating Seiya Sanada in the final

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April 13

1998


Raw beats Nitro in the ratings to end Nitro's streak of 84 consecutive wins. Steve Austin is scheduled to wrestle Vince McMahon with one arm tied behind his back. The match is broken up before it gets started when Dude Love interferes.
 
April 14

1989


Jerry Lawler defeats Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Title, a rematch from their match on April 5. Lawler unified the WCWA title with his AWA title to become the Unified World Heavyweight Champion, which would become the top title in the USWA.


2002

WWA Eruption

-AJ Styles defeats Jerry Lynn in the finals of a tournament to become the first WWA International Cruiserweight Champion
-Sabu defeats Devon Storm in a Cage match
-Scott Steiner defeats Nathan Jones to win the WWA World Heavyweight Championship

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