February 28th
On this day in history in ....
1913 - Jean Paradis defeats Eugene Tremblay to win the World Lightweight Title in Montreal, Quebec.
1933 - Jim Hesslyn defeats Jack Ross for the Southern Lightweight Title in Augusta, Georgia.
1934 - Charley Fischer defeats Joe Banaski to win the Midwest Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Ohio. This ended Banaski's third reign.
1952 - Enrique Torres defeats Bob Orton for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Kansas.
1953 - Ricky Steamboat is born in West Point, New York.
1953 - Ray Greenfield defeats Len Holt to win the Australian Middleweight Title in Sydney, Australia.
1957 - Dory Funk defeats The Great Bolo in Amarillo, Texas for both the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title and Southwest Junior Heavyweight Titles. This began Funk's second and ninth respective reigns.
1958 - Angelo Savoldi defeats Mike Clancy for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ending Clancy's third reign.
1961 - Dick the Bruiser defeats Bobo Brazil to win the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title in Detroit, Michigan, beginning his fourth reign.
1963 - Bulldog Brower and Johnny Valentine defeat Bruno Sammartino and Whipper Billy Watson to win the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Title in Toronto, Ontario.
1963 - Jerry Graham and Jim Wright defeat Dominic Bravo and Ron Etchison for the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta.
1966 - Paddy Barrett and Tom Geohagen defeat The Black Terror (Bobby Graham) and John Tolos to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Vancouver, British Columbia. This began Barrett and Geohagen's second reign.
1968 - Archie Gouldie defeats Pat O'Connor in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to become the first Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion.
1968 - Curtis Iaukea defeats Jim Hady for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii, ending Hady's second reign and beginning Iaukea's third.
1969 - Johnny Valentine defeats Dan Miller to win his third NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.
1969 - Dick Murdoch defeats Don Kent for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in St. Joseph, Missouri.
1971 - Dutch Savage defeats Jonathan Boyd for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title, ending Boyd's second reign and beginning Savage's third.
1971 - The Wrestling Pro defeats Bob Kelly in Pensacola, Florida to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title, ending Kelly's third reign and beginning the Pro's second.
1972 - Tim Woods defeats Bobby Shane to win the held-up Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title. This was a rematch from February 15.
1973 - Masato Tanaka is born in Wakayama, Japan.
1973 - Mr. Kleen ends Buddy Colt's fourth Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title reign in Miami, Florida.
1974 - Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes end Jim Brunzell and Mike George's second reign as Central States NWA World Tag Team Champions in Kansas City, Kansas.
1975 - Al Madril defeats El Gran Marcus for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.
1975 - Louie Tillet and John Tolos defeat The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) for the NWA Americas Tag Team Title in Los Angeles, California, to end the Blonds' second reign.
1975 - The Great Mephisto defeats George Gouliovas in Sydney, Australia to win the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Title.
1975 - Ron Fuller defeats Ron Wright for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title in Knoxville, Tennessee. This began and ended both men's second reigns.
1976 - The WWWF held an event at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The results:
- Johnny Rodz defeated Mark Tendler.
- Baron Mikel Scicluna (subbing for Frank Monte) defeated Kevin Sullivan.
- Louis Cyr defeated Pat Barrett.
- Ivan Putski defeated Bugsy McGraw.
- Dominic DeNucci defeated Jerry Blackwell.
- NWA World Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Kitty Adams to retain the title.
- WWWF Tag Team Champions Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi fought Superstar Billy Graham and Ernie Ladd to a double-disqualification to retain the title.
- WWWF Heavywight Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Ivan Koloff by disqualification to retain the title.
1976 - Roddy Piper and Crusher Verdu defeat Chavo and Gory Guerrero to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title.
1977 - Perro Aguayo defeats Ringo Mendoza for the Mexican National Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1978 - Mike Graham and Steve Keirn defeat Jack and Jerry Brisco to win the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida, beginning their second reign.
1980 - Bob Morgan defeats Larry Lane in a tournament final in Amarillo, Texas for the vacant NWA Western States Heavyweight Title.
1981 - Los Pastores (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeat Carlos Colón and Invader I for the WWC North American Tag Team Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
1982 - A 10-team tournament was held in Atlanta, Georgia for the NWA World Tag Team Title. The title was vacated in December after Gene Anderson was injured in October, forcing he and Ole Anderson to give up the title. The results were:
First round:
- Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Ron Bass and Kevin Sullivan.
- Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Rip Oliver and Buddy Rose.
- Leroy Brown and Ron Fuller defeated The Masked Superstar and The Super Destoryer.
- Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Rick Harris (Black Bart) and The Mongolian Stomper.
- Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen defeated Brad Armstrong and Tommy Rogers.
Quarterfinals:
- Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.
- Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Leroy Brown and Ron Fuller.
Semifinal:
- Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta.
Final:
- Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen defeated Jack and Jerry Brisco to win the vacant NWA World Tag Team Title.
1983 - Bobby Eaton wins his 12th and final NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title, defeating Sweet Brown Sugar in a Loser Leaves Town match in Memphis, Tennessee. Sweet Brown Sugar would return as the masked Stagger Lee, and is best known as Koko B. Ware.
1984 - Future Jumping Bomb Angels square off in Sagamihara, Japan as Itsuki Yamazaki defeats Noriyo Tateno for the vacant AJW Title.
1986 - Dick Slater defeats Jake Roberts for the Mid-South Television Title in Houston, Texas. He was the last to hold the title, as Mid-South Wrestling became the Universal Wrestling Federation in March.
1987 - Buddy Landel defeats Ron Fuller to win the NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee, ending Fuller's second reign.
1988 - The NWA held an event at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The results were:
- Ricky Santana defeated Black Bart.
- Rick Steiner defeated The Italian Stallion.
- The Jive Tones (Tiger Conway, Jr. and Pez Whatley) defeated Ron Simmons and Kendall Windham.
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Jimmy and Ron Garvin to retain the title.
- Sting defeated Larry Zbyszko by disqualification.
- Barry Windham defeated NWA World Television Champion Mike Rotundo by disqualification. Rotundo retained the title.
- Road Warrior Hawk and Paul Ellering fought The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) to a no-contest.
- Ole Anderson, Lex Luger and NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair.
1988 - The WWF held an event at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. The results:
- Bad News Brown defeated Johnny K-9.
- Sika defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
- The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov) defeated The Junkyard Dog and George Steele.
- The Islanders (Haku and Tama) defeated The British Bulldogs (The Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith) by disqualification.
- Jim Duggan defeated Butch Reed.
- Rick Rude defeated Jake Roberts.
- Don Muraco defeated The One Man Gang by countout.
1989 - Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner defeat Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams to win the NWA United States Tag Team Title at a television taping in Columbia, South Carolina. The match aired on March 25 on "World Championship Wrestling".
1991 - The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) defeat Team America (Heidi Lee Morgan and Misty Blue Simmes) in Laughlin, Nevada for the Ladies' Professional Wrestling Association Tag Team Title.
1992 - Barry Horowitz defeats Ben Jordan for the GWF Light Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas. This began Horowitz's second reign.
1994 - Brian Christopher defeats Doug Gilbert in Memphis, Tennessee to win the USWA Heavyweight Title, ending Gilbert's second reign and beginning Christopher's 11th.
1996 - Silver King and Dr. Wagner, Jr. win the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Title in a tournament final in Mexico City, Mexico, defeating Dos Caras and Ultimo Dragon.
1996 - Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich defeat PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee. This began Gilbert and Rich's fourth reign and ended PG-13's 11th reign.
1997 - Bobby Jay defeats Robby Royce for the Canadian Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title and Chad Ripley ends J.T. Atlas' second CWF Junior Heavyweight Title reign.
1998 - Ace Darling and Devon Storm defeated The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) at the "3rd Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to win the NWA United States Tag Team Title. This ended the Misfits' second reign.
1998 - J.B. Destiny defeats Sean Evans for the PWX Television Title in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.
1998 - The Tennessee Volunteers (Steven Dunn and Reno Riggins) defeat Ladies' Night Out (Shane Eden and Frenchy Riviera) in Lebanon, Tennessee to become the first two-time Music City Wrestling North American Tag Team Champions.
1998 - The Youth of America (Chris Church and Nate Mattson) defeat The Outlaws (Bobby and Woody Lee) to win the Southern Michigan Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title in Monroe, Michigan.
1999 - Chicky Starr and Victor the Bodyguard defeat Ricky Santana and Shane Sewell for the WWC World Tag Team Title in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
1999 - Shadow WX defeats Abdullah the Butcher in Tokyo, Japan to become the first two-time BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion.
1999 - Azumi Hyuga defeats Hikari Fukuoka in Tokyo, Japan to win the JWP Openweight Title.
Source pwinsider.com