Final matches of the first 13 WWE Champions

[Joe Neglia]

per wrestlingdata.com:

Decided to make UT the cutting-off point. Several more after him, but eh. Not including Inoki, Valentine or Dibiase.

WWF @ Baltimore
1983/09/17 @ Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America)
Jimmy Snuka and Buddy Rogers defeated Lou Albano and Don Muraco

Wrestle Reunion 2
2005/08/27 @ Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (United States of America)
Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko ended without a winner as a no contest

NWA Charlotte Homecoming
2009/01/24 @ NWA Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina (United States of America)
Ivan Koloff defeated The Barbarian (8:40 minutes) - TITLE CHANGE!!! [Russian Chain Match - NWA Charlotte Legends Title Match]

WWF @ East Rutherford
1987/11/16 @ Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey (United States of America)
Lou Thesz defeated Al Costello and Arnold Skaaland and Art Thomas and Baron Mikel Scicluna and Bobo Brazil and Chief Jay Strongbow and The Crusher and Dominic DeNucci and Édouard Carpentier and Gene Kiniski and Gino Brito and Killer Kowalski and Nick Bockwinkel and Pat O'Connor and Pedro Morales and Ray Stevens and Rene Goulet and Tony Garea [Battle Royal]

PNW @ Medford
1984/10/17 @ Medford, Oregon (United States of America)
Stan Stasiak defeated Rip Oliver [Street Fight]

WWF @ St. Louis
1987/11/07 @ Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri (United States of America)
Butch Reed defeated Billy Graham

Dradition Back to the New York Tour in Osaka
2018/04/21 @ ATC Hall C Hall in Osaka, Osaka (Japan)
Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu and Masakatsu Funaki defeated Bob Backlund, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Hiro Saito (13:40 minutes) [Special Match]

MWF Soul Survivor VI
2010/10/24 @ Melrose Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts (United States of America)
The Iron Sheik and Jay Lethal defeated Dylan Kage [No Disqualification No Countout Handicap Match]

TNA @ Manchester
2012/01/27 @ Manchester Arena in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (United Kingdom)
Hulk Hogan, James Storm and Sting defeated Bobby Roode, Bully Ray and Kurt Angle

AJPW Real World Tag League 1992 - Day 19
1992/12/04 @ Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
André the Giant, Giant Baba and Rusher Kimura defeated Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen and Masanobu Fuchi (11:09 minutes)

TNA Turning Point 2004
2004/12/05 @ Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida (United States of America)
AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Randy Savage defeated Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Jeff Jarrett

NWE Summer Tour 2008 - Day 3
2008/06/25 @ Pavelló Olímpic in Badalona, Cataluña (Spain)
Warrior defeated Orlando Jordan (c) - TITLE CHANGE!!! [NWE World Heavyweight Title]

NEW March Mayhem
2014/03/29 @ Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, New York (United States of America)
Jeff Starr and Sgt. Slaughter defeated Dalton Castle and Jake Manning

[sungod2020]

Mar 4, 2020 13:08:24 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

NWA Charlotte Homecoming
2009/01/24 @ NWA Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina (United States of America)
Ivan Koloff defeated The Barbarian (8:40 minutes) - TITLE CHANGE!!! [Russian Chain Match - NWA Charlotte Legends Title Match]

According to wikipedia

"Koloff would win his final wrestling title defeating The Barbarian in a Russian chain match for the Legends title at NWA Charlotte.



On July 19, 2013 Koloff lost Shane Douglas in an Extreme Rules match at Mega Pro.



His final match was against Bob Armstrong in which Armstrong won on November 16, 2013 at Superstars of Wrestling 1 in Rome, Georgia."

[corndog]

Most of these are later than you would expect, minus Billy Graham and Pedro Morales, who both retired relatively young. Graham of course had to, due to failing health, but I am surprised how early Morales retired, since he seemed to still be able in the ring. I also wonder what Bruno's last match looked like, since he was still in great shape.

[timelimitdraw]

Didn't realize Bruno had a match so late. Probably a schmoz, but still surprising. I know it was reported that WCW was interested in bringing him in at points, but he wanted to make sure he wouldn't be embarrassed with the booking, which they would never guarantee because WCW. The latest was when Jeff Jarrett had to wrestle three matches against legends on Nitro in late 1999 - they approached Bruno, but he declined.

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Hulk Hogan's final match was a tag match in TNA in England. That seems really weird.

[Balesirion]

I'm surprised Lou Thesz wrestled for the WWF in 1987.

[Ryushinku]

Hogan's last televised bout being against Sting at Bound for Glory 2011 is a kind of neat little detail to WCW history. As is Flair's last proper tv match being against Sting, too.

That 2004 Savage TNA tag match, isn't that the one where he's not in it at all until coming out at the end, throwing one punch and the match just ends?

[Joe Neglia]

Mar 5, 2020 14:07:01 GMT -5 Balesirion said:

I'm surprised Lou Thesz wrestled for the WWF in 1987.

Wasn't the first time Lou visited McMahonLand:

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I had no idea King of Prussia was a place.