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1915 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – AWA co-founder Wally Karbo is born.
1928 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 1-time NWA Midwest Tag Champion and 2-time NWA Rocky Mountain Tag Champion Jack Allen is born.
1944 – Austin, Texas – 1-time AWA Tag Champion and holder of 19 regional NWA titles, Bobby Duncum Sr is born.
1949 – Princeton, Minnesota – 2-time WWF Champion and 1-time WWF Tag Champion Bob Backlund is born.
1953 – Guadalajara, Mexico – 3-time Mexican Heavyweight Champion and 1-time CMLL Tag Champion Gran Markus Jr is born.
1957 – Highland Park, Texas – 3-time NWA American Champion (this belt would become the WCCW World title) and 5-time NWA American Tag Champion (this belt would become the WCCW Tag title) Gino Hernandez is born.
1958 – Huntsville, Alabama – 1-time WCW TV Champion and 3-time world tag champion Bobby Eaton is born.
1961 – Lexington, Tennessee – 4-time USWA Unified World Champion, 1-time ECW Tag Champion and 1-time NWA U.S. Tag Champion Eddie Gilbert is born.
1962 – New York City – Jeff Farmer aka Cobra aka nWo Sting is born.
1970 – AWA @ Chicago – Verne Gagne retains the AWA title against Baron von Raschke in a 3-fall match and The Vachons retain the AWA Tag titles against The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser in a 3-fall match.
1981 – Ghana – 4-time WWE IC Champion, 3-time world tag champion and 3-time WWE US Champion Kofi Kingston is born.
1987 – Cleveland, Ohio – 2-time CHIKARA Tag Champion and current DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano is born.
1989 – UWA – Sangre Chicana beats Villano III for the WWF Light Heavyweight title
1995 – WWF Raw – Shawn Michaels retains the IC title against Jerry Lawler via DQ.
1998 – CMLL Super Viernes – Apolo Dantes beats Rayo de Jalisco Jr to win the CMLL Gran Prix Internacional tournament.
1999 – WCW Road Wild – Harlem Heat beats Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow for the WCW Tag titles, Chris Benoit retains the WCW US title against DDP, Randy Savage beats Dennis Rodman to avenge the implied rape of his wife-beaten girlfriend (don't ask) and Hulk Hogan beats Kevin Nash in a retirement match to retain the WCW World title. This is a political move by Nash as he can remain as head booker without complaints of him unfairly pushing himself.
1999 – ECW @ Toledo – Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney beat The Dudleys for the ECW Tag titles.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw wins by a landslide 3.5 points. Nitro sees Lance Storm award the Cruiserweight title (sorry, Mr Storm, 100kg & Under title) to Elix Skipper and the Hardcore title (sorry again, Saskatchewan Hardcore International title) to Carl Oulette. Oulette drops the belt to Norman Smiley the same night and Skipper retains against Kwee Wee. Lance Storm retains the US title (and again, sorry, the Canadian Heavyweight title) against Mike Awesome, Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr beat Vampiro & The Great Muta for the WCW Tag titles and Booker T retains the WCW World title via self DQ against Jeff Jarrett. Raw sees Chris Jericho retain the IC title against Val Venis and The Rock & The Dudleyz go to a no-contest with HHH, Kurt Angle & Shane McMahon.
2001 – CMLL Martes de Coliseo – El Olimpico & El Sicodelico Jr beat Black Warrior & Sangre Azteca to win the Gran Alternativa tournament.
2002 – TNA Weekly PPV – Low Ki retains the X Division title against all three Flying Elvis members in a 4-way elimination match.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – The World's Greatest Tag Team retain the WWE Tag titles against Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman and A-Train beats Stephanie McMahon in a no countout match.
2005 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 8 – Masa Chono beats Kazuyuki Fujita to win the G1 Climax tournament.
2005 – TNA Sacrifice – Samoa Joe beats AJ Styles to win the 2005 Super X Cup and Jeff Jarrett & Rhino beat Raven & Sabu in a main event.
2006 – WWE Raw – Lita beats Mickie James for the Women's title.
2010 – AAA Verano de Escandalo – Aero Star, Fabi Apache & Mari Apache beat Alex Koslov, Christina Von Eerie & Sexy Star to walk away with the AAA Reina de Reinas title and AAA Mixed Tag titles. Dr Wagner Jr retains the AAA Heavyweight title against Silver Cain and Vampiro in a 3-way.
2011 – FCW TV – Seth Rollins retains the FCW 15 title against Dean Ambrose via time limit draw.
2011 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 10 – Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles against Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi and Shinsuke Nakamura beats Tetsuya Naito to win the G1 Climax.
2011 – CMLL Guadalajara Domingos – Palacio Negro beats Mr Trueno for the Occidente Middleweight title.
2011 – WWE Summerslam – Kelly Kelly retains the Divas title against Beth Phoenix, Cee Lo Green makes a vagina-licking gesture at the camera, Randy Orton beats Christian for the World title in a No Holds Barred match (sad face), CM Punk beats John Cena despite Cena's foot on the rope (got to keep Cena strong, one clean job could completely ruin his career) to become undisputed WWE Champion with Triple H as special referee, Kevin Nash texts himself on HHH's phone to “stick the winner” leading to Punk taking a jackknife powerbomb and Alberto del Rio cashes in Money in the Bank on CM Punk, winning his first world title in the WWE Championship.
1928 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 1-time NWA Midwest Tag Champion and 2-time NWA Rocky Mountain Tag Champion Jack Allen is born.
1944 – Austin, Texas – 1-time AWA Tag Champion and holder of 19 regional NWA titles, Bobby Duncum Sr is born.
1949 – Princeton, Minnesota – 2-time WWF Champion and 1-time WWF Tag Champion Bob Backlund is born.
1953 – Guadalajara, Mexico – 3-time Mexican Heavyweight Champion and 1-time CMLL Tag Champion Gran Markus Jr is born.
1957 – Highland Park, Texas – 3-time NWA American Champion (this belt would become the WCCW World title) and 5-time NWA American Tag Champion (this belt would become the WCCW Tag title) Gino Hernandez is born.
1958 – Huntsville, Alabama – 1-time WCW TV Champion and 3-time world tag champion Bobby Eaton is born.
1961 – Lexington, Tennessee – 4-time USWA Unified World Champion, 1-time ECW Tag Champion and 1-time NWA U.S. Tag Champion Eddie Gilbert is born.
1962 – New York City – Jeff Farmer aka Cobra aka nWo Sting is born.
1970 – AWA @ Chicago – Verne Gagne retains the AWA title against Baron von Raschke in a 3-fall match and The Vachons retain the AWA Tag titles against The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser in a 3-fall match.
1981 – Ghana – 4-time WWE IC Champion, 3-time world tag champion and 3-time WWE US Champion Kofi Kingston is born.
1987 – Cleveland, Ohio – 2-time CHIKARA Tag Champion and current DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano is born.
1989 – UWA – Sangre Chicana beats Villano III for the WWF Light Heavyweight title
1995 – WWF Raw – Shawn Michaels retains the IC title against Jerry Lawler via DQ.
1998 – CMLL Super Viernes – Apolo Dantes beats Rayo de Jalisco Jr to win the CMLL Gran Prix Internacional tournament.
1999 – WCW Road Wild – Harlem Heat beats Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow for the WCW Tag titles, Chris Benoit retains the WCW US title against DDP, Randy Savage beats Dennis Rodman to avenge the implied rape of his wife-beaten girlfriend (don't ask) and Hulk Hogan beats Kevin Nash in a retirement match to retain the WCW World title. This is a political move by Nash as he can remain as head booker without complaints of him unfairly pushing himself.
1999 – ECW @ Toledo – Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney beat The Dudleys for the ECW Tag titles.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw wins by a landslide 3.5 points. Nitro sees Lance Storm award the Cruiserweight title (sorry, Mr Storm, 100kg & Under title) to Elix Skipper and the Hardcore title (sorry again, Saskatchewan Hardcore International title) to Carl Oulette. Oulette drops the belt to Norman Smiley the same night and Skipper retains against Kwee Wee. Lance Storm retains the US title (and again, sorry, the Canadian Heavyweight title) against Mike Awesome, Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr beat Vampiro & The Great Muta for the WCW Tag titles and Booker T retains the WCW World title via self DQ against Jeff Jarrett. Raw sees Chris Jericho retain the IC title against Val Venis and The Rock & The Dudleyz go to a no-contest with HHH, Kurt Angle & Shane McMahon.
2001 – CMLL Martes de Coliseo – El Olimpico & El Sicodelico Jr beat Black Warrior & Sangre Azteca to win the Gran Alternativa tournament.
2002 – TNA Weekly PPV – Low Ki retains the X Division title against all three Flying Elvis members in a 4-way elimination match.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – The World's Greatest Tag Team retain the WWE Tag titles against Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman and A-Train beats Stephanie McMahon in a no countout match.
2005 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 8 – Masa Chono beats Kazuyuki Fujita to win the G1 Climax tournament.
2005 – TNA Sacrifice – Samoa Joe beats AJ Styles to win the 2005 Super X Cup and Jeff Jarrett & Rhino beat Raven & Sabu in a main event.
2006 – WWE Raw – Lita beats Mickie James for the Women's title.
2010 – AAA Verano de Escandalo – Aero Star, Fabi Apache & Mari Apache beat Alex Koslov, Christina Von Eerie & Sexy Star to walk away with the AAA Reina de Reinas title and AAA Mixed Tag titles. Dr Wagner Jr retains the AAA Heavyweight title against Silver Cain and Vampiro in a 3-way.
2011 – FCW TV – Seth Rollins retains the FCW 15 title against Dean Ambrose via time limit draw.
2011 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 10 – Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles against Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi and Shinsuke Nakamura beats Tetsuya Naito to win the G1 Climax.
2011 – CMLL Guadalajara Domingos – Palacio Negro beats Mr Trueno for the Occidente Middleweight title.
2011 – WWE Summerslam – Kelly Kelly retains the Divas title against Beth Phoenix, Cee Lo Green makes a vagina-licking gesture at the camera, Randy Orton beats Christian for the World title in a No Holds Barred match (sad face), CM Punk beats John Cena despite Cena's foot on the rope (got to keep Cena strong, one clean job could completely ruin his career) to become undisputed WWE Champion with Triple H as special referee, Kevin Nash texts himself on HHH's phone to “stick the winner” leading to Punk taking a jackknife powerbomb and Alberto del Rio cashes in Money in the Bank on CM Punk, winning his first world title in the WWE Championship.