Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/23): Sting makes WWE debut at Survivor Series 2014
1933
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ray Steele beat John Pesek
– Orville Brown and George Zaharias wrested to a 30 minute draw
– Dick Shikat beat Fred “Frank” Speer
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1961
Rochester, Minnesota:
– Bob Geigel & Otto von Krupp (Boris Malenko) beat Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy to win the AWA tag titles
– Millie Stafford & Annette Palmer beat Jessica Rogers & Mars Monroe
– George Armstrong (sub Steve Druk) beat Jules LaRance
1965
Sioux City, Iowa:
– AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
– Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki by DQ
– Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud
– Tim Woods beat Danny Plechas
1968
Chicago, Illinois:
– Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza by countout
– Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
– Edouard Carpentier beat Mitsu Arakawa
– Bill Watts beat Mike Riker
– Pampero Firpo beat Fernando Stampos
1970
Orlando, Florida:
– Texas Tornado Florida Tag Titles Match: Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Jose Lothario & Jack Brisco
– No DQ: Tarzan Tyler defeated Louie Tillet
– Southern Title: Great Mephisto defeated Bob Roop to retain title
– Rene Goulet defeated Mr. Saito
– James (Luke Graham) Wolfe & Ronnie Garvin drew Jack & Roy Welch
– Frank Martinez defeated Tito Montez
1972
Kansas City, Kansas: (Thanksgiving show)
– Rufus R. Jones defeated Juan Sebastian
– Les Thornton defeated Hans Schmidt via DQ
– The Destroyer defeated Bobby Whitlock
– Harley Race fought Black Angus to a double-CO
– Black Angus won a 17-man Battle Royal
1978
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Non title: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Billy Robinson
– Bobby Duncum beat Paul Ellering
– Steve Olsonoski beat Cecil DuBois by DQ
– Iron Sheik beat Kenny Jay
1979
St. Louis, Missouri: (Attendance: 8,672)
– 2 out of 3 falls: Harley Race defeated Gene Kiniski to retain the NWA World Title
– Kevin Von Erich defeated Ox Baker to retain Missouri State Title
– Pat O’Conner and Dick The Bruiser defeated King Kong Brody and Dick Murdoch
– The Fabulous Moolah defeated Winoa Little Heart to retain Women’s Title
– Ed Wiskoski defeated Tom Andrews
– The Turk & Bob Brown defeated Frankie Hill and Gama Singh
1981
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ricky Morton pinned Gypsy Joe
– Bobby Eaton pinned Roy Rogers
– Ricky & Robert Gibson beat The Cuban & Iranian Assassins via DQ
– Andy Kaufman beat three female fans and drew the fourth when time ran out
– Southern Champ Dutch Mantel beat Dream Machine via DQ in a title vs. diamond ring match
– Jerry Lawler beat The Super Destroyer via DQ in a match where piledrivers were legal
– Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn beat Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar in a Texas death match
New York, New York:
– Pedro Morales defeated Magnificent Muraco to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
1991
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Johnny B. Badd pinned Thomas Rich
– Madusa defeated Bambi
– Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer
– Big Josh & Mike Graham defeated Richard Morton & Terrance Taylor
– Big Van Vader fought PN News to a double count-out
– Scott Steiner pinned Mr. Hughes
– Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated Tom Zenk & WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes
– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman
– Sting pinned WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match
– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Rick Steiner
1992
Tokyo, Japan:
– Shinjiro Otani defeated Yuji Nagata
– Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura
– Jushin Liger & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit
– TNT & Scott Norton defeated Tony Halme & Ron Powers
– Super Strong Machine defeated Akitoshi Saito
– IWGP Heavyweight Champion the Great Muta & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Akira Nogami
– Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase
– NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono pinned Scott Steiner (w/ Rick Steiner)
– Genichiro Tenryu, Takashi Ishikawa, & Tatsumi Kitahara defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, & Masashi Aoyagi
1994
WWF Survivor Series: San Antonio, Texas:
– Bob Holly defeated Kwang
– WWF IC Champion Razor Ramon, the 1-2-3 Kid, Davey Boy Smith, Fatu & Sionne (w/ Afa & Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, Jeff Jarrett, WWF Tag Team Champions Shawn Michaels & Diesel in an elimination match
– Jerry Lawler, Queazy, Sleazy, & Cheezy defeated Doink the Clown, Dink, Pink, & Wink in a mixed tag team elimination match
– Bob Backlund (w/ Owen Hart) defeated WWF World Champion Bret Hart (w/ Davey Boy Smith) to win the title
– Tatanka (w/ Ted Dibiase), Bam Bam Bigelow, King Kong Bundy, Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray defeated Lex Luger, Adam Bomb, Mabel (w/ Oscar), & the Smoking Gunns in an elimination match
– The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Yokozuna (w/ Mr. Fuji & Jim Cornette) in a casket match
1995
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder: Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Flash Flannagan pinned Headbanger Thrasher
– Sgt. The Rock pinned The Wolfman
– Butch Cassidy beat Jim Cornette via DQ
– Brad Armstrong pinned Terry Gordy in a country whipping match to win the SMW Title
– Buddy Landel & The Bullet beat Tommy Rich & The Punisher
– Robert Gibson & The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey) beat Ricky Morton, Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy via DQ
1996
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Steven Dunn & Flash Flanagan defeated The Grim Twins (Ron & Don Harris) to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
1997
WCW World War: Auburn Hills, Michigan:
– Meng & the Barbarian (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Glacier & Ernest Miller
– WCW TV Champion Perry Saturn (w/ Raven) defeated Disco Inferno
– Yugi Nagata (w/ Sonny Onoo) pinned the Ultimo Dragon
– WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner (w/ Ted Dibiase) defeated Lord Steven Regal & Dave Taylor
– Raven defeated Scotty Riggs in a Raven’s Rules match
– Steve McMichael pinned Alex Wright (w/ Debra) (sub. for Bill Goldberg)
– WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Rey Mysterio Jr.
– WCW US Champion Curt Hennig pinned Ric Flair in a No DQ match
– Scott Hall won the 3-ring, 60-man World War III battle royal
2008
WWE Survivor Series: Boston, Massachusetts:
– The Brian Kenrick (w/ Ezikial Jackson) defeated Sho Funaki
– Shawn Michaels, Cryme Tyme, Rey Mysterio Jr. & the Great Khali (w/ Runjin Singh) defeated John Bradshaw Layfield, John Morrison, Mike Mizanin, Kane & MVP in an elimination match
– WWE Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix (w/ Santino Marella), Candice Michelle, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Jillian Hall (Raw) defeated WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya Neidhart, Maria & Victoria (SmackDown) in an elimination match
– The Undertaker defeated the Big Show in a casket match
– Randy Orton, Mark Henry (w/ Tony Atlas), WWE IC Champion William Regal (w/ Layla), WWE US Champion Shelton Benjamin & Cody Rhodes (w/ Manu) defeated Batista, ECW World Champion Matt Hardy, R Truth & WWE Raw Tag Team Champions CM Punk & Kofi Kingston in an elimination match
– Edge (sub. for Jeff Hardy) defeated WWE World Champion Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov to win the title in a No DQ match
– John Cena pinned World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho to win the title
2014
WWE Survivor Series: St. Louis, Missouri:
– Fandango (w/ Rosa Mendes) pinned Justin Gabriel
– Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter) defeated Antonio Cesaro
– Mike Mizanin & Damien Sandow defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso, Los Matadores (w/ El Torito), and WWE Tag Team Champions Goldust & Stardust
– Natalya Neidhart (w/ Tyson Kidd), Emma, Naomi & Alicia Fox defeated Paige, Cameron, Summer Rae & Layla in an elimination match
– Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose via disqualification
– Adam Rose & the Bunny defeated Heath Slater & Titus O’Neil
– Nikki Bella (w/ Brie Bella) pinned WWE Divas Champion AJ to win the title
– John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, the Big Show, Ryback & Erick Rowan defeated Seth Rollins (w/ Joey Mercury & Jamie Noble), WWE IC Champion Luke Harper, WWE US Champion Alexander Rusev (w/ Lana), Mark Henry & Kane (w/ Triple H & Stephanie McMahon) in an elimination match (Sting made his WWE debut during the match)
2019
NXT TakeOver WarGames: Chicago, Illinois:
– Angel Garza pinned Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
– Rhea Ripley & Candice LeRae & Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox defeated Bianca Belair & Kay Lee Ray & Io Shirai & Shayna Baszler in a WarGames match
– Pete Dunne won a three-way for a title shot at NXT Champion Adam Cole the next day over Killian Dain and Damian Priest
– Finn Balor pinned Matt Riddle
– Tommaso Ciampa & Dominik Dijakovic & Kevin Owens & Keith Lee defeated Adam Cole & Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong in a WarGames match