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Ken Shamrock Timeline

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Ken Shamrock

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The following is a timeline for both the professional wrestling and mixed martial arts career of "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock. Listed is every PPV match (excluding weekly TNA PPV events and battle royals in which he was not involved in the ending) and title change that he has been involved in. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses. Following his wrestling career timeline is his MMA career timeline.

Pro Wrestling Career
1997
3/23 WrestleMania 13 - Submission Match: Bret Hart beat Steve Austin when special ref Ken Shamrock stopped the match
5/11 In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell - beat Vader
7/9 IYH: Canadian Stampede - The Hart Foundation beat Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock & The Road Warriors
8/3 SummerSlam - beat European Champion Davey Boy Smith by DQ
11/9 Survivor Series - The Road Warriors, Ahmed Johnson, & Ken Shamrock beat The Nation of Domination
12/7 IYH: DeGeneration X - beat WWE Champion Shawn Michaels by DQ

1998
1/18 Royal Rumble - lost to Intercontinental Champion The Rock by DQ
2/15 No Way Out of Texas - Chainz, Skull, 8 Ball, Ahmed Johnson, & Ken Shamrock beat The Rock, Kama D-Lo Brown, Farooq & Mark Henry
3/29 WrestleMania XIV - lost to Intercontinental Champion The Rock by DQ
4/26 Unforgiven - Ken Shamrock, Steve Blackman & Farooq beat The Rock, D-Lo Brown, & Mark Henry
6/28 King of The Ring - Semi-Final: Ken Shamrock beat Jeff Jarrett
6/28 King of The Ring - Final: Ken Shamrock beat The Rock to win the tournament
7/26 Fully Loaded - In a match at Stu Hart's famous dungeon: Owen Hart beat Ken Shamrock. Dan Severn served as special guest referee
8/30 SummerSlam - beat Owen Hart in a Lions Den Match
9/27 Break Down - Triple Threat Steel Cage Match: The Rock beat Mankind & Ken Shamrock
10/12 RAW - Ken Shamrock beat X-Pac in the final round of the tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion
10/18 Judgment Day - beat Mankind
11/15 Survivor Series - First Round of WWE Championship Tournament: Ken Shamrock beat Goldust
11/15 Survivor Series - Quarterfinals: The Rock beat Ken Shamrock
12/13 Rock Bottom - World Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws beat Big Bossman & Ken Shamrock
12/14 RAW - Big Bossman & Ken Shamrock won the World Tag Team Championship from the New Age Outlaws

1999
1/24 Royal Rumble - beat Billy Gunn
1/25 RAW - Big Bossman & Ken Shamrock lost the World Tag Team Championship to Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
2/14 St. Valentine's Day Massacre - Ken Shamrock lost the Intercontinental Championship to Val Venis in a match where Billy Gunn was the special guest referee
3/28 WrestleMania XV - Four corner elimination match for I-C title: Champ Jesse James beat Val Venis, Goldust & Ken Shamrock
4/25 Backlash - lost to The Undertaker
6/27 King of the Ring - Quarterfinals: Billy Gunn beat Ken Shamrock
7/25 Fully Loaded - Iron Circle Match: Ken Shamrock beat Steve Blackman
8/22 SummerSlam - beat Steve Blackman in a Lions Den Match

2002
6/19 TNA Weekly PPV # 1 - Ken Shamrock won a gauntlet match to become the first TNA-era NWA World Champion
8/7 TNA Weekly PPV # 8 - Ron Killings won the NWA World Championship from Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock's MMA Career 27-13-2
9/21/1993 Pancrease 1 - beat Masakatsu Funaki
10/14/1993 Pancrease 2 - beat Yoshiki Takahashi
11/8/1993 Pancrease 3 - beat Takaku Fuke
11/12/1993 UFC 1 - beat Patrick Smith
11/12/1993 UFC 1 - lost to Royce Gracie
12/8/1993 Pancrease 4 - beat Andre Van Den Oetelaar
1/19/1994 Pancrash 1 - lost to Minoru Suzuki
4/21/1994 Pancrash 3 - beat Ryushi Yanagisawa
7/6/1994 Pancrase - beat Matt Hume
7/26/1994 Pancrase - beat Bas Rutten
9/1/1994 Pancrase - lost to Masakatsu Funaki
9/9/1994 UFC 3 - beat Felix Mitchell
9/9/1994 UFC 3 - beat Christopher Leninger
10/15/1994 Pancrase - beat Takaku Fuke
12/16/1994 Pancrase - beat Maurice Smith
12/16/1994 Pancrase - beat Alex Cook
12/17/1994 Pancrase - beat Masakatsu Funaki
12/17/1994 Pancrase - beat Manabu Yamada
1/26/1995 Pancrase - beat Leon Dijk
3/10/1995 Pancrase - beat Bas Rutten
4/7/1995 UFC 5- fought to a draw against Royce Gracie
5/13/1995 Pancrase - lost to Minoru Suzuki
7/14/1995 UFC 6 - beat Dan Severn
7/22/1995 Pancrase - beat Larry Papadopoulos
9/8/1995 UFC 7 - fought to a draw against Oleg Taktarov
12/14/1995 Pancrase - beat Katsuomi Inagaki
1/28/1996 Pancrase - beat Yoshiki Takahashi
2/16/1996 UFC 8 - beat Kimo Leopoldo
5/17/1996 UFC 9 - lost to Dan Severn
12/7/1996 Ultimate Ultimate 96 - beat Brian Johnston
5/1/2000 Pride - beat Alexander Otsuka
8/27/2000 Pride - lost to Kazuyuki Fujita
8/10/2001 World Mixed Martial Arts Association - beat Sam Adkins
2/24/2002 Pride - lost to Don Frye
11/22/2002 UFC 40 - lost to Tito Ortiz
6/19/2004 UFC 48 - beat Kimo Leopoldo
4/9/2005 UFC Ultimate Fighter Finale - lost to Rich Franklin
10/23/2005 Pride - lost to Kazushi Sakuraba
7/28/2006 UFC 61 - lost to Tito Ortiz
10/10/2006 UFC: The Final Chapter - lost to Tito Ortiz
3/8/2008 Cage Rage - lost to Robert Berry
2/14/09 Wargods - beat Ross Clifton

Sources used include: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, wwe.com, onlineworldofwrestling.com, ufc.com, and Sherdog.com

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