Ricky Steamboat

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Title History

• NWA Mid Atlantic Television title defeating Ric Flair (June 15, 1977);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/ Paul Jones defeating Ric Flair and Greg Valentine (August 22, 1977);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) United States Heavyweight title defeating Ric Flair (October 21, 1977);
• PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) Rookie of the Year (1977);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Paul Jones defeating Ken Patera and Masked Superstar [Tournament] (April 23, 1978);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/ Paul Jones defeating Ric Flair and John Studd (August 5, 1978);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/ Paul Jones defeating Ric Flair and John Studd (November 5, 1978);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) United States Heavyweight title defeating Ric Flair (December 18, 1978);
• PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) Tag Team of the Year w/ Paul Jones (1978);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/ Paul Jones defeating Ken Patera and John Studd (1979);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Television title defeating Paul Jones (June 10, 1979);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Paul Jones and Baron Von Raschke (October 24, 1979);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Greg Valentine and Ray Stevens (May 10, 1980);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight title defeating The Iron Sheik (November 1, 1980);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight title defeating Ivan Koloff (October 10, 1981);
• NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Jim Nelson and Don Kernodle (August 22, 1982);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Don Kernodle and Sgt. Slaughter (March 12, 1983);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Jack and Jerry Brisco (October 3, 1983);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) World Tag Team titles w/ Jay Youngblood defeating Jack and Jerry Brisco (November 24, 1983);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) United States Heavyweight title defeating Dick Slater (April 21, 1984);
• WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight title defeating Randy “Macho Man” Savage (March 29, 1987);
• PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) Match of the Year vs. Randy Savage at WrestleMania III (1987);
• NWA World Heavyweight title defeating “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair (Febuary 20, 1989);
• PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) Match of the Year vs. Ric Flair at WrestleWar (1989);
• WCW World Tag Team titles w/ Dustin Rhodes defeating Larry Zbyszko and Arn Anderson (November 19, 1991);
• WCW World Television title defeating Steve Austin (September 2, 1992);
• WCW World Tag Team titles w/ Shane Douglas defeating Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham (November 18, 1992);
• WCW World Television title defeating “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (August 18, 1993);
• WCW United States Heavyweight title defeating “Stunning” Steve Austin (August 24, 1994);
• PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) Editor’s Award (1995);
• Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Inductee (1996);

Career Highlights

In The Beginning:

• February 15, 1976: Rick Steamboat wrestled his first match for Verne Gagne’s promotion in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• March 13, 1976: Scott Irwin vs. Rick Steamboat ended in a draw in Davenport, Iowa.

NWA: Mid-Atlantic:

• 1976: Richard Blood got his first big exposure in the NWA: Mid Atlantic territory out of North Carolina.
• Richard Blood was originally billed as “Sam Steamboat Jr.” due to his resemblence to wrestler Sam Steamboat.
• Richard Blood is legitimately part-Japanese, but they were saying that he was from Honolulu, Hawaii.
• June 25, 1977: Ricky Steamboat scored an upset win over Rookie Of The Year and Mid Atlantic TV Champion Ric Flair.
• ~~~And so began one of the greatest feuds in the history and would last over a decade..
• August 22, 1977: Rick Steamboat and Paul Jones defeated Ric Flair and Greg Valentine for the Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles.
• October 15, 1977: Baron von Raschke defeated Rick Steamboat for the NWA Mid Atlantic TV title after a four month reign.
• November 1, 1977: Rick Steamboat defeated his nemesis Ric Flair for the prestigious United States Heavyweight title.
• ~~~Blackjack Mulligan eventually defeated Steamboat for the US title.
• April 23, 1978: Rick Steamboat and Paul Jones won the NWA World Tag Team titles winning a 10-team tournament.
• ~~~March 1978: Steamboat/Jones was forced to vacate the Mid Atlantic Tag titles due to winning the World Tag titles.
• Paul Jones eventually turned violently on Steamboat, and the two former partners engaged in a series of grudge matches.
• December 18, 1978: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair for the United States Heavyweight title.
• April 1, 1979: Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to regain the United States Heavyweight title.
• October 23, 1979: Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood teamed to win the NWA World Tag Team titles.
• 1980: Ricky Steamboat defeated Hussein Arab for the NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight title.
• April 16, 1981: Ivan Koloff defeated Ricky Steamboat for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title.
• Ricky Steamboat and Dino Bravo teamed up to win the NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles.
• The Sheepherders defeated Ricky Steamboat and Dino Bravo for the NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles.
• 1981: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ivan Koloff to regain his NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight title.
• August 22, 1982: Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood won the Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles in Toronto.
• March 12, 1983: Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood defeated Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle for the NWA World Tag Team titles.
• December 25, 1983: Ricky Steamboat announced that he was going to retire from the sport of wrestling, vacating the Tag titles.

World Wrestling Federation:

• 1985: Ricky Steamboat resurfaced in the WWF billed as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
• March 31, 1985 – WrestleMania: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Matt Bourne.
• May 10, 1985 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky Steamboat, Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham defeated George Steele, Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Sheik.
• Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Snuka occasionally teamed as the South Pacific Connection.
• September 14, 1985 WWF Championship Wrestling: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji.
• October 31, 1985 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji.
• November 7, 1985 – Wrestling Classic: Ricky Steamboat defeated Davey Boy Smith to advance into the 2nd round of the tournament.
• ~~~Second Round: Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat after hitting him with a foreign object.
• Ricky Steamboat had a violent, intense feud with fellow Hawaiian “Magnificent” Don Muraco (and manager Mr. Fuji).
• December 19, 1985 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky Steamboat and Junk Yard Dog defeated “Magnificent” Don Muraco and Mr. Fuji.
• April 7, 1986 – WrestleMania II: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez.
• May 1, 1986 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs Jake “The Snake” Roberts ended in a no contest.
• ~~~Jake Roberts attacked Ricky Steamboat before the match and executing the DDT on the concrete floor.
• Ricky Steamboat was out of action for several months selling the head injury sustained by the assault.
• August 28, 1986 – The Big Event: Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts in a ‘Snake Pit’ match.
• August 29, 1986 – Sam Muschnick Tournament: Ricky Steamboat defeated Jim Brunzell in the 1st Round.
• ~~~Steamboat beat Billy Jack Haynes(2nd) | Steamboat beat Hercules (3rd) | Harley Race beat Steamboat (Finals).
• September 6, 1986 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat and Sivi Avi defeated Roger Kirby and Terry Gibbs.
• September 13, 1986 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Jake “The Snake” Roberts.
• September 14, 1986 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Roger Kirby.
• Ricky Steamboat was put out of action when Randy Savage attacked him and crushed his larynx with the ring bell!
• October 18, 1986 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
• November 2, 1986 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Moondog Rex.
• November 22, 1986 – Superstars: Intercontinental champion Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat by count-out to retain the title.
• December 14, 1986 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky Steamboat returned when he showed up at ringside during a Randy Savage match.
• January 17, 1987 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Barry O.
• January 25, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Tiger Chung Lee.
• February 7, 1987 – NESN: Ricky Steamboat defeated Sika.
• February 14, 1987 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Tom Laxton.
• February 21, 1987 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated The Iron Sheik.
• February 22, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Chic Donovan.
• March 7, 1987 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Gibbs.
• March 15, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Pete Doherty.
• March 29, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Jimmy Jack Funk.
• March 29, 1987 – WrestleMania III: Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage to win the Intercontinental title in a classic match.
• ~~~This match won PWI Match of the Year, and is highly regarded as one of the greatest matches in wrestling history.
• April 25, 1987 – Superstars: Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat & The Junkyard Dog defeated Adrian Adonis, King Harley Race & Randy Savage in a dark match.
• April 28, 1987 – Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Hercules Hernandez by disqualification to retain the Intercontinental title.
• May 3, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Intercontinental champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Gibbs to retain the title.
• May 17, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Butch Reed by count-out.
• May 24, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Ricky Steamboat defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
• May 30, 1987 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Dusty Wolfe.
• June 13, 1987 – Superstars: Honky Tonk Man defeated Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental title.
• November 16, 1987 – Legend’s Battle Royal: Ted DiBiase defeated Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
• November 21, 1987 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat vs. The Honky Tonk Man ended in a double count-out.
• November 26, 1987 – Survivor Series: Randy Savage’s Team defeated Honky Tonk Man’s Team in a Survivor Series match.
• ~~~Savage’s Team = Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Jake Roberts, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Brutus Beefcake.
• ~~~Honky’s Team = Honky Tonk Man, King Harley Race, Hercules, Outlaw Ron Bass and Danny Davis.
• ~~~Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat and Jake Roberts were the surviving members of their team.
• January 24, 1988 – Royal Rumble: Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude by disqualification.
• February 6, 1988 – Superstars: Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat ended in a double disqualification.
• March 19, 1988 – Superstars: Ricky Steamboat defeated Dave Wagner.
• March 28, 1988 – WrestleMania IV: Greg Valentine defeated Ricky Steamboat in the 1st Round of the WWF Title Tournament.
• Shortly after, Ricky Steamboat disappeared from the World Wrestling Federation to spend more time with his family.

National Wrestling Alliance:

• Early 1989: Ricky Steamboat went to the NWA as Eddie Gilbert’s mystery partner in a match against Ric Flair and Barry Windham.
• February 15, 1989 – Clash of the Champions V: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bob Bradley.
• February 20, 1989 – Chi-Town Rumble: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World title!
• February 28, 1989 – AJPW: Shunji Takano & Tiger Mask defeated Johnny Smith & Ricky Steamboat.
• March 2, 1989 – AJPW: Shunji Takano & Tiger Mask defeated Johnny Smith & Ricky Steamboat.
• March 3, 1989 – AJPW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Shunji Takano.
• March 4, 1989 – AJPW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Shinichi Nakano.
• March 8, 1989 – AJPW: NWA world heavyweight champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Tiger Mask to retain the title.
• April 2, 1989 – Clash VI: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair in a Three Falls match to retain the NWA World title!
• April 10, 1989 – NWA WCW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ron Simmons.
• April 30, 1989 – NWA WCW: WCW world heavyweight champion Ricky Steamboat defeated The Iron Sheik to retain the title.
• May 7, 1989 – WrestleWar: Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to recapture the NWA World title!
• June 13, 1989 – NWA WCW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Butch Reed.
• June 14, 1989 – Clash of the Champions VII: Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Funk by Disqualification.
• June 28, 1989 – NWA WCW: WCW world heavyweight champion Lex Luger defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the title.
• July 23, 1989 – Great American Bash: Lex Luger defeated Ricky Steamboat.
• Ricky Steamboat took another hiatus from wrestling, before returning to the World Wrestling Federation.
• July 29, 1989 – NWA WCW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Jim Bryant.
• February 24, 1990 – NAWA: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ivan Koloff.
• March 23, 1990 – NAWA: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bob Orton Jr..
• June 30, 1990 – NAWA: Ricky Steamboat defeated Curtis Thomson in the 1st round. Ricky Steamboat defeated Brian Knobbs in the quarter-finals. Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne in the semi-finals. Robert Fuller defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the tournament and the vacant NAWA title.
• July 6, 14, 1990 – NAWA: Ricky Steamboat defeated Robert Fuller.
• September 4, 1990 – SAPW: Matt Borne & Robert Fuller defeated Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat.
• September 30, 1990 – NJPW: Great Muta defeated Ricky Steamboat.
• October 5, 1990 – NJPW: Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono defeated Owen Hart & Ricky Steamboat.
• October 7, 1990 – NJPW: Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Miguelito Perez & Ricky Steamboat.
• October 8, 1990 – NJPW: Pegasus Kid & Ricky Steamboat defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Takayuki Iizuka.
• October 9, 1990 – NJPW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Takayuki Iizuka.
• October 11, 1990 – NJPW: Ricky Steamboat, Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Animal Hamaguchi, Big Van Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow.
• October 12, 1990 – NJPW: Ricky Steamboat defeated Hiro Saito.
• October 14, 1990 – NJPW: Hiroshi Hase vs. Ricky Steamboat ended in a double count-out.

World Wrestling Federation:

• March 1991: Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat returned to the WWF as a mid-card wrestler, with an exaggerated “Dragon” gimmick.
• March 30, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated The Brooklyn Brawler.
• April 7, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Keith Steinborn.
• April 20, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Louie Spicolli.
• April 22, 1991 – MSG Network: The Dragon defeated Haku.
• April 28, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Tom Stone.
• May 11, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Ricky Rice.
• May 26, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Brian Costello.
• June 3, 1991 – MSG Network: The Dragon defeated Smash.
• June 8, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Dan Johnson.
• June 16, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Randy Sharkey.
• June 29, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Dusty Wolfe.
• July 7, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Ed Moretti.
• July 14, 1991 – Wrestle Fest: The Dragon defeated Tanaka.
• July 20, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Tim Patterson.
• July 28, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Louis Spicolli.
• August 3, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated The Brooklyn Brawler.
• August 18, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Bob Bradley.
• August 24, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Jim McPherson.
• August 26, 1991 – SummerSlam: Ricky Steamboat and Texas Tornado and British Bulldog beat Power and Glory and The Warlord.
• September 7, 1991 – King of the Ring: Ricky Steamboat wrestled Ted DiBiase to a 15 minute draw.
• September 8, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Brian Donahue.
• September 14, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Paul Perez.
• September 29, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Mike Williams.
• October 5, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Mike Durham.
• October 20, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Dragon defeated Brian Costello.
• October 26, 1991 – Superstars: The Dragon defeated Barry Hardy.
• Not long after, Ricky Steamboat left the WWF for good, deciding to return to WCW.

World Championship Wrestling – Return to WCW:

• November 19, 1991 – Clash XVII: Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat beat Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko to win the Tag Team titles.
• December 29, 1991 – Starrcade: Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeated Buddy Lee Parker and Cactus Jack in a Lethal Lottery.
• ~~~Ricky Steamboat competed in the Two Ring BattleBowl Battle Royal main event.
• January 11, 1992 – Saturday Night: Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Ron Simmons defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko and Rick Rude).
• January 21, 1992 – Clash XVIII: Ricky Steamboat and Sting defeated Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin and Rick Rude).
• February 15, 1992 – Saturday Night: Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko vs. Barry Windham and Ricky Steamboat ended in a no contest.
• February 22, 1992 – Saturday Night: Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat & Sting defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby, Larry Zbyszko & Rick Rude).
• February 29, 1992 – SuperBrawl: Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the United States title.
• May 2, 1992 – Worldwide: Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat defeated Richard Morton and Tracy Smothers.
• May 9, 1992 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Cactus Jack.
• May 17, 1992 – WrestleWar: Sting’s Team defeated The Dangerous Alliance in a war games steel cage match.
• ~~~Sting’s Team = Sting and Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat and Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes.
• ~~~The Dangerous Alliance = Rick Rude and Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko and Bobby Eaton and Steve Austin.
• June 6, 1992 – Saturday Night: Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Richard Morton.
• June 6, 1992 – Worldwide: Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat defeated Arn Anderson and Steve Austin by disqualification.
• June 16, 1992 – Clash XIX: Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff defeated Dean and Joe Malenko.
• June 20, 1992 – Beach Blast: Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude in an Iron Man match.
• July 11, 1992 – Worldwide: Barry Windham and Ricky Steamboat defeated Cactus Jack and Steve Austin.
• July 12, 1992 – Great American Bash: Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff defeated Jushin Liger and Brian Pillman.
• ~~~2nd Round Tag Team Tournament: Steve Williams and Terry Gordy beat Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff.
• August 15, 1992 – Worldwide: Cactus Jack defeated Ricky Steamboat by count-out.
• September 2, 1992 – Clash XX: Ricky Steamboat defeated “Stunning” Steve Austin to win the Television title.
• October 25, 1992 – Halloween Havoc: Ricky Steamboat defeated Flyin’ Brian Pillman.
• October 27, 1992 – Worldwide: Scott Steiner defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the Television title.

World Championship Wrestling – Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas:

• Ricky Steamboat formed a tag team with a young Shane Douglas.
• November 14, 1992 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Vader by disqualification.
• November 18, 1992 – Clash XXI: Steamboat and Douglas beat Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham to win the Tag Team titles.
• December 19, 1992 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Flyin’ Brian.
• December 26, 1992 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Randy Sledge and Mike Thor.
• January 2, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Dan Spivey in the quarter-finals of the WCW United States title tournament.
• January 13, 1993 – Clash XXII: Steamboat and Douglas defeated The Hollywood Blondes (Austin and Pillman) by disqualification to retain.
• January 16, 1993 – Saturday Night: Dusty Rhodes defeated Ricky Steamboat by count-out to win the WCW United States title.
• January 24, 1993 – WWC: Mohammed Hussein and Vigilante vs. Rey Gonzalez and Ricky Steamboat ended in a double count-out.
• January 30, 1993 – Worldwide: Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman and Steve Austin) defeated Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas.
• February 13, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Fred Avery and John Cruz.
• February 20, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Flyin’ Brian in a lumberjack match.
• February 21, 1993 – Worldwide: Barry Windham defeated Ricky Steamboat.
• February 28, 1993 – Worldwide: Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin) & Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) vs. Ricky Steamboat, Shane Douglas & The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) ended in a no contest.
• March 2, 1993 – Worldwide: The Hollywood Blondes (Austin and Pillman) defeated Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas for the Tag titles.
• March 6, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Big Sky and Vinnie Vegas by disqualification.
• March 13, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Chic Donovan and The Masked Wrecker.
• April 3, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Bob Cook and Randy Sledge.
• May 23, 1993 – Slamboree: Brian Pillman and Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat and Tom Zenk in a Steel Cage match.
• May 29, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Chris Sullivan.
• June 5, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Mike Moon.
• June 19, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW TV champion Paul Orndorff by disqualification.
• June 26, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat & Ron Simmons defeated Dick Slater & Paul Orndorff.
• August 14, 1993 – Saturday Night: Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Ricky Steamboat & Too Cold Scorpio defeated Lord Steven Regal, Maxx Payne & Paul Orndorff.

World Championship Wrestling – Ricky Steamboat:

• August 18, 1993 – Clash XXIV: Ricky Steamboat defeated Paul Orndorff to win his 2nd Television title.
• September 11, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Equalizer.
• September 19, 1993 – Fall Brawl: Steven Regal defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the Television title.
• September 25, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Steven Regal.
• October 9, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW world heavyweight champion Big Van Vader by disqualification. Big Van Vader retains the title.
• October 16, 1993 – Saturday Night: WCW world heavyweight champion Big Van Vader defeated Ricky Steamboat in a lumberjack match to retain the title.
• October 23, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Starr.
• October 24, 1993 – Halloween Havoc: Paul Orndorff defeated Ricky Steamboat by count out.
• October 30, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Eaton.
• November 20, 1993 – BattleBowl: Paul Orndroff and The Shockmaster defeated Ricky Steamboat and Steven Regal (Lethal Lottery).
• November 27, 1993 – Saturday Night: Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Eaton and The Equalizer.
• December 11, 1993 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ned Brady.
• December 27, 1993 – Starrcade: Ricky Steamboat vs WCW TV champion Lord Steven Regal ended in a draw to retain the title.
• January 29, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bill Payne.
• February 5, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Tom Burton by disqualification.
• February 12, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Fidel Sierra.
• February 22, 1994 – Saturday Night: Arn Anderson and Ricky Steamboat defeated Lord Steven Regal and Steve Austin.
• February 26, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Vader by disqualification.
• March 12, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin by disqualification.
• March 19, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Garfield Quinn.
• March 19, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Paul Roma.
• April 2, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Paul Diamond.
• April 10, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce.
• April 17, 1994 – Spring Stampede: WCW world heavyweight champion Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat ended in a double pin to retain the title.
• April 21, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Eaton.
• April 23, 1994 – Saturday Night: Arn Anderson and Ricky Steamboat defeated Haito and Tanaka-san.
• April 30, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Fargo.
• May 7, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bill Payne.
• May 14, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the WCW world heavyweight title.
• May 21, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated The Shadow.
• June 4, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Eaton.
• June 25, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Buddy Wayne.
• July 9, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Tex Slazenger.
• July 17, 1994 – Bash at the Beach: Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the WCW United States title.
• July 23, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Tony Vincent.
• July 24, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair by disqualification.
• July 30, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ric Flair and Steve Austin defeated Sting and Ricky Steamboat.
• July 30, 1994 – Worldwide: Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin by disqualification.
• August 13, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Chic Donovan.
• August 16, 1994 – Main Event: Ricky Steamboat and Sting defeated Ric Flair and Steve Austin.
• August 18, 1994 – Clash XXVIII: Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin to win the United States title.
• August 20, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated The Gambler.
• August 25-29, 1994 – House Show: WCW United States champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin to retain the title.
• August 27, 1994 – Saturday Night: WCW United States champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Tom Burton to retain the title.
• September 3, 1994 – Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Jean-Paul Levesque.
• September 18, 1994 – Fall Brawl: Ricky Steamboat was forced to forfiet the United States title to Steve Austin due to a severe back injury.
• ~~~The injury was bad enough to force him to again retire from wrestling, this time for good.

Keeping Busy:

• Ricky Steamboat is retired in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently owns and runs a gym.

NWA: Total Nonstop Action:

• 2002: Ricky Steamboat signed on to make an appearance at the first NWA-TNA pay per view in Huntsville, Alabama.
• June 19, 2002 – NWA: TNA Debut: Ricky Steamboat refereed a match between Ken Shamrock and Malice for the NWA World title.
• July 31, 2002 – NWA: TNA: Ricky Steamboat returned to TNA as the On-air Commissioner.
• January 24, 2003 – Live Action Wrestling: Jeff Jarrett defeated B.G. James to retain with Ricky Steamboat as the referee.

Ring of Honor:

• March 13, 2004 – ROH: AJ Styles defeated C.M. Punk (guest referee Ricky Steamboat) to retain the Pure Wrestling title!
• April 23, 2004 – ROH: Ricky Steamboat referees a match between C.M. Punk vs American Dragon.
• May 22, 2004 – ROH: Ricky Steamboat continues his feud with C.M. Punk, but got laid out by the Second City Saints.
• July 17, 2004 – ROH: Ricky Steamboat and C.M. Punk have their “Final Confrontation” with a brief brawl.
• ~~~Ricky Steamboat verbally confronted C.M. Punk and challenged him to “Become the Man he knows he can be”.
• ~~~Generation Next hit the ring and attacked Ricky Steamboat and C.M. Punk valiantly came to Steamboat’s rescue!
• July 24, 2004 – ROH: The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Ace Steel) beat Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer in a “Chicago Street Fight”.
• ~~~This “Weapons of Destruction” match included tables, ladders, chairs, barbed wire, and this resulted in LOTS of blood.
• ~~~After the match, Generation Next came out and attacked the bloody Second City Saints until Ricky Steamboat made the save!
• ~~~CM Punk cut a promo praising Ricky Steamboat’s love of the business, and being an inspiration.
• September 18, 2004 – Championship Wrestling: Tony Givens and Robbie Cassidy b Super Destroyer and Josh Cody w/ ref Steamboat.
• October 2, 2004 – ROH: Generation Next defeated Team Steamboat (CM Punk and Ace Steel and John Walters and Jimmy Jacobs).
• October 15, 2004 – ROH: Mick Foley and Ricky Steamboat got into a verbal confrontation over Hardcore vs Traditional style.
• ~~~Later that night, Team Steamboat (CM Punk and Ace Steel and Jimmy Jacobs) beat Generation Next (Shelley/Aries/Evans).
• October 16, 2004 – ROH: Mick Foley and Ricky Steamboat cut promos on eachother, continuing to build up their confrontation.
• ~~~This led to: Team Steamboat (Nigel McGuinness and Chad Collyer) defeated Team Foley (Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer).

World Wrestling Entertainment:

• November 22, 2004 – RAW: Ricky Steamboat was seen backstage, and is said to be in line for a position as a WWE Agent.
• Late November 2004: Ricky Steamboat worked as a Road Agent on a trial basis and is expected to be brought on full time.
• December 26, 2004 – ROH: Ricky Steamboat and Mick Foley had their FINAL CONFRONTATION as Steamboat was WWE-bound.
• March 19, 2005 – Live Event: The Coach interviewed Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat in the ring and of course got beat up!
• October 3, 2005 – WWE Homecoming: Ricky Steamboat participated in a Legends Ceremony which included roughly 24 Legends.
• January 13, 2006 – SmackDown: Ricky Steamboat appeared on-screen, wishing Batista luck and a speedy recovery.
• February 5, 2006 – Live Event (SD! crew): Kurt Angle defeated Mark Henry with Ricky Steamboat as guest referee IN JAPAN.
• January 21, 2006 – Live Event (RAW crew) in Bristol, Connecticut: The Coach Interviewed Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
• January 22, 2006 – Live Event in Asheville, North Carolina: The Coach Interviewed Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
• March 2007: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat reached a deal with his ex-wife to own the rights to his wrestling name.
• April 1, 2007 – WrestleMania 23: Mike “IRS” Rotundo made a brief cameo during a backstage dance party started by Cryme Tyme.
• June 24, 2007 – Vengeance (Night of Champions): Ricky Steamboat made an appearance as a former Intercontinental Champion.

World Wrestling Entertainment – The Hall of Fame:

• Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat has a son who began wrestling in 2009 – his name is Richie Steamboat.
• February 23, 2009 – RAW: The company announced that Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat would be inducted into the Hall of Fame!
• ~~~Michael Cole interviewed Ricky Steamboat live until Chris Jericho confronted him and disrespectfully attacked him on stage!
• March 16, 2009 – RAW: Chris Jericho was confronted in the ring by Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat!
• March 23, 2009 – RAW: Chris Jericho brutally assaulted Ric Flair, bloodying him, and smashing his prized gold wrist watch.
• April 4, 2009 – WWE Hall of Fame: Ricky Steamboat was officially inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his friend Ric Flair.
• April 5, 2009 – WrestleMania 25: Chris Jericho defeated Legends (Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat and Roddy Piper w/ Ric Flair).
• ~~~Jericho beat Snuka.. Jericho beat Piper.. Jericho beat Steamboat (who looked great).. Jericho then beat the crap out of Flair!
• ~~~Chris Jericho challenged Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke to come into the ring and fight – Rourke knocked Jericho out cold!
• ~~~LATER THAT NIGHT: The entire WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2009 was introduced to the live crowd as a tribute.
• April 6, 2009 – RAW: J.Hardy and Punk and Mysterio and Steamboat and Cena defeated Edge and Big Show and Jericho and M.Hardy and Kane.
• April 26, 2009 – WWE Backlash: Chris Jericho defeated Ricky Steamboat by Submission with the Walls of Jericho.
• June 6, 2009 – WWE SuperShow: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Sheamus O’Shaunessy in Pensacola, Florida.
• June 13, 2009 – WWE SuperShow: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Drew McIntyre in Binghamton, New York.
• July 3, 2009 – WWE Live Event: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeated Drew McIntyre in San Diego, California.
• August 15, 2009 – World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Hiram Túa and Orlando Colón.
• March 29, 2010 – RAW: Christian defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. in a Legends Lumberjack match.
• ~~~Lumberjacks: “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, IRS (Mike Rotundo), Arn Anderson, Pat Patterson, Tony Garea.
• ~~~Lumberjacks: Rowdy Roddy Piper, Nick Bockwinkel, Sgt. Slaughter, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and Jerry “The King” Lawler.
• June 7, 2010: Ricky Steamboat was assigned to FCW (developmental) for a brief stint as trainer to the future stars of the WWE.
• June 18, 2010 – FCW: Ricky and Richie Steamboat defeated Caylen Croft and Trent Baretta.
• June 28, 2010 – RAW: Jerry Lawler and some other legends honored Ricky Steamboat and hyped the release of his new DVD.
• ~~~The other legends in the ring consisted of Arn Anderson and Dean Malenko and Mike “IRS” Rotunda and Michael P.S. Hayes .
• ~~~The Nexus showed up and attacked Ricky “The Dragon Steamboat” and physically destroyed him with all their finishers.
• ~~~Ricky Steamboat suffered a legit sprained neck during the RAW segment with Nexus beating down the WWE legends in the ring.
• July 1, 2010: Ricky Steamboat, 57, suffered a reported brain aneurysm in Tampa, Florida, and spent time in the intensive care unit.
• ~~~The aneurysm is not believed to be related to the angle on Monday, but WWE has decided to downplay the attack on television.

Retirement Match:

• November 27, 2022 – BTW Return of the Dragon: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) and Ricky Steamboat defeated Brock Anderson, Jay Lethal and Nick Aldis.
• August 5, 2023 – AEW Collision: Ricky Steamboat was the special referee in the match between CM Punk & Ricky Starks for the Real World title.
• September 2, 2023 – AEW Collision: Ricky Steamboat tells Ricky Starks that he will face the Dragon, but it is the Dragon, Bryan Danielson.

• Dave Meltzer wrote (On July 3, 2010): The latest update on Ricky Steamboat is that doctors after an angiogram have determined his issues that caused bleeding on the brain were a capillary burst, and not a brain aneurysm as originally diagnosed. That is significantly better. His condition has improved today but he is still expected to be hospitalized for several more days. His son noted that his father is a fighter and is battling back. Needless to say that is great news, that his condition is improving. He will need to be hospitalized until a second angiogram that is scheduled in four or five days, to monitor the bleeding.
• Mike Aldren wrote (On July 5, 2010): Ricky Steamboat’s health has improved to the point he is expected to return home to North Carolina later this week for a month of rest. Doctors in Tampa now believe that 57-year-old Steamboat suffered a ruptured blood vessel, which caused bleeding on his brain, and not technically an aneurysm as originally diagnosed. “The WWE has been completely supportive in their efforts to be sure Rick has the very best doctors,” said a family member adding that the company will release more information on his condition in due course. WWE reported on Thursday, just hours after Steamboat was admitted to hospital, that his ailment was “most likely not related to his performance on Monday night.” The company has since removed videos of last week’s angle from it’s website and YouTube channel.
• Mike Aldren wrote (On October 23, 2010): Ricky Steamboat was back in Tampa this past week following his hospitalization in June. He was initially diagnosed with a brain aneurysm, later confirmed as a capillary burst or bleeding on the brain. Steamboat is said to be in high spirits and was looking forward to resuming his work with WWE, likely a role in developmental.

Cauliflower Alley Club:

• April 2012 – CAC Reunion: Ricky Steamboat was presented with the Lou Thesz Award.