Want more wrestling news, rumors, and results? Be sure to visit PWInsider.com and PWInsiderXtra.com.
February 29th
On this day in history in ....
1940 - Prince Ilaki defeats Pete Belcastro for the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title in Eugene, Oregon.
1964 - Ray Stevens defeats Dominic DeNucci to win the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title in San Francisco, California, beginning his fifth reign.
1968 - Kurt Von Brauner defeats Thunderbolt Patterson for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title in Amarillo, Texas, ending Patterson's second reign.
1972 - Gorgeous George, Jr. defeats The Wrestling Pro to win the Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling City of Mobile Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama.
1988 - The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron Harris) defeat Max Pain and Gary Young to win the Continental Wrestling Association Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.
1992 - WCW held the second-annual SuperBrawl pay-per-view at the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The results:
- In a dark match, Big Josh pinned Diamond Dallas Page.
- Brian Pillman pinned WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger with a leg roll-up into a bridge to win the title, becoming the first two-time champion.
- Marcus Bagwell pinned WCW United States Tag Team Champion Terrance Taylor with a roll-up.
- Ron Simmons pinned Cactus Jack after a powerslam.
- Van Hammer and Tom Zenk defeated Ricky Morton and Vinnie Vegas, when Zenk pinned Morton with a sunset flip.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) by reverse decision to retain the title. The Steiners initially won the match, but this was overturned because one of the champs was thrown over the top rope, which was against the rules, just before the match ended.
- Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko, when Windham pinned Zbyszko with a lariat off the top.
- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude pinned Ricky Steamboat to retain the title, after Paul E. Dangerously, in a ninja outfit, hit Steamboat in the head with his cellphone.
- Sting pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger (with Mr. Hughes and Harley Race) with a crossbody off the top to win the title.
1992 - The WWF held an afternoon event at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The results were:
- The Warlord pinned Chris Walker.
- Rick Martel and Davey Boy Smith fought to a time-limit draw.
- Tito Santana pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Ted DiBiase.
- The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Jim Duggan and Sgt. Slaughter by disqualification.
- J.W. Storm (later Maxx Muscle in WCW) pinned Kato.
- The Big Bossman pinned Repo Man.
- Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper defeated Sid Justice and WWF Champion Ric Flair, when Hogan pinned Flair
1992 - Rex King and Ricky Santana defeat The Heartbreakers (Wendell Cooley and Frankie Lancaster) to win the WWC World Tag Team Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, ending the Heartbreakers's second reign and beginning King and Santana's second.
2000 - WCW taped the March 1 edition of Thunder and the March 4 Worldwide at the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota. The results:
Worldwide:
- The Maestro defeated The Demon.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) defeated XS (Lenny Lane and Rave).
Thunder:
- Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea (with Paisley) by disqualification.
- Terry Funk and Dustin Rhodes fought to a no-contest.
- The Hardcore Army (Fit Finlay, Brian Knobbs and The Dog) defeated WCW co-Hardcore Champions 3 Count (Shane Helms, Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore).
- La Parka pinned The Demon.
- Lex Luger (with Elizabeth) pinned Vampiro.
- Mickey Jay pinned Mark "Slick" Johnson.
- Crowbar (with Daffney and David Flair) defeated The Wall by disqualification.
- Ric Flair pinned Buff Bagwell.
- Jeff Jarrett, Ron Harris and Don Harris defeated Booker, Billy Kidman and Sid Vicious.
2004 - Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX held "Manifesto-1" at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan, which aired live on pay-per-view. The results:
- C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino, Kintaro Kanemura, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Yoshito Sasaki defeated Akashi, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Jun Kasai, Osamu Roko and Tatsuhito Takaiwa, when when Kuroda pinned Akashi.
- Masa Fuchi and Masanobu Kurisu defeated Don Arakawa and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, when Fuchi pinned Arakawa.
- Kohei Sato and Hiro Yokoi defeated Tom Howard and Zebraman, when Sato pinned Zebraman.
- NWA United National Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka pinned The Gladiator to retain the title.
- NWA International Light Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky defeated Frankie Kazarian and A.J. Styles, when Spanky pinned Kazarian, to retain the title.
- Shinjiro Ohtani pinned Wataru Sakata.
- Naoya Ogawa and The Predator (Sylvester Terkay) defeated Dustin Rhodes and Giant Silva, when Predator pinned Silva.
- Keiji Muto pinned Takao Omori.
- Shinya Hashimoto pinned Riki Choshu.
2004 - Trik Nasty defeats Ron Killings to win the NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title in Fairmont, West Virginia, beginnig his second reign. The title was vacated by Chance Prophet earlier in the month. At the same event, J.D. Escalade defeats Rocky Reynolds to become the first NWA Tri-State X Division Champion.
2004 - Mystico defeates Nicho El Millonario (Psicosis) for the World Wrestling Association World Middleweight Title in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2004 - Il Drago defeats Mr. Excellent to win the Italian Championship Wrestling Interregional Heavyweight Title in Carugate, Italy.
2008 - WWE.com's website added a section called Industry News, collecting reprints of not just WWE articles, but newspaper stories about WWE talent, and even news from independent wrestling websites, including PWInsider.com. WWE even mentioned articles on TNA and other promotions. The idea was to become a direct competitor to websites such as this one but was eventually changed to covering media articles about WWE in the mainstream before being discarded within a year.
2008 - TNA announced they would broadcast a live Impact on 3/27, taking advantage of fans being in Orlando for Wrestlemania.
2008 - The Omaha World Herald reported that Congressman Lee Terry wasn't backing down from his comments about World Wrestling Entertainment head Vince McMahon skipping the Congress subcommittee meeting on the usage of illegal substances in professional athletics. Noting McMahon's reasoning being WWE's lead counsel Jerry McDevitt was busy working on a criminal case unrelated to WWE, Terry responded, "He probably has more than one attorney, so it sounded pretty hollow."
The article goes on to note that McMahon personally called Terry's office, but the Congressman was unavailable. He said he was willing to speak to McMahon in the future. In discussing steroids in professional wrestling, Terry commented, "There's no doubt that the entertainment factor is that they are physically huge freaks — that's part of the show, so there is kind of a belief that steroids are very ubiquitous in the wrestling entertainment industry."
WWE's Gary Davis told the Herald that said such comments "represent stereotypical assumptions made by people who don't follow professional wrestling."
2008 - Chris Jericho's second autobiography was officially titled "Undisputed".
If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!
Bang On Casino
