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1908 – Akron, Ohio – 1-time NWA Ohio Champion and 1-time NWA California State Champion Ed Meske is born.
1929 – Dallas, Texas – WCCW promoter, 13-time NWA American Champion (the precursor to the WCCW World title) and 1-time AWA Champion Fritz von Erich is born.
1936 – 2-time NWA Southeastern Tag Champion and 2-time NWA Southern Jr Heavyweight Champion Frank Hester is born.
1937 – Pascagoula, Mississippi – 1-time NWA Tag Champion in the Memphis territory and 4-time AWA Southern Tag Champion Stan Frazier aka Uncle Elmer is born.
1946 – Waxahachie, Texas – 4-time world tag champion and KKK member Dick Murdoch is born.
1960 – Mexico – 3-time WWA Middleweight Champion and 1-time UWA Welterweight Champion Charles Lucero is born.
1963 – Shimada, Japan – 1-time NWA Tag Team Champion and 2-time IWA Japan Champion Tarzan Goto is born.
1974 – NWA Hollywood – Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Hollywood Blonds for the LA/Japan version of the NWA North American Tag titles.
1982 – Rick Rude makes his wrestling debut.
1986 – JCP @ Philadelphia – The Rock n Roll Express beat The Midnight Express for the NWA World Tag titles.
1990 – 4-time world champion Pat O'Connor passes away of cancer.
1992 – NJPW G1 Climax Special Day 2 – The Steiners retain the IWGP Tag titles against Masa Chono & Shinya Hashimoto and The Great Muta beats Riki Choshu for the IWGP title and Greatest 18 title.
1992 – WCW Main Event – Ron Simmons beats Big Van Vader for the WCW World title. Simmons is the first black world champion in wrestling history.
1992 – CMLL @ Pista Arena Revolucion – Ciclon Ramirez beats Fantasma de la Quebrada to win the vacant Mexican Welterweight title.
1997 – WCW Saturday Night – Chris Jericho beats Alex Wright for the Cruiserweight title and Steve McMichael defends the U.S. Title against Hector Guerrero.
1998 – WWF Heat #3 - Kane & Mankind retain the WWF Tag titles against LOD and HHH & X-Pac beat Southern Justice in the main event.
1999 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw murders Nitro by 3.3 points. Nitro sees Rey Mysterio retain the WCW Cruiserweight title against Lenny via DQ, Chris Benoit retain the WCW U.S. Title against Disco Inferno, Rick Steiner retain the WCW TV title against Brian Knobbs and Hulk Hogan retains the WCW World title against Sid Vicious by pinning Rick Steiner. Yes, you read that right. Hogan beats Sid by pinning Rick Steiner. Raw sees X-Pac & Kane retain the WWF Tag titles against The Acolytes and convoluted horseshit leads to Mankind & Triple H becoming #1 contenders to the WWF title.
2000 – WCW Thunder – Rey Mysterio & Juventud Guerrera retain the WCW Tag titles against The Natural Born Thrillers and Lance Storm retains the WCW Canadian title against Ernest Miller via self DQ.
2004 – WWE Raw – Edge retains the IC title against Kane and Randy Orton retains the World Heavyweight title against Chris Benoit. Evolution famously dump Orton after this match, leading to Orton's first and failed face turn.
2007 – Hamilton, Ontario – Dewey Robertson aka The Missing Link passes away. Robertson was the first wrestler to ever get a full-page spread in Sports Illustrated.
2007 – TNA Impact – Jay Lethal beats Chris Daniels to become X-Division #1 contender and Abyss beats Christian Cage in a First Blood match to become Heavyweight #1 contender.
2007 – AAA TV Taping – El Mesias beats Cibernetico for the IWC Heavyweight title.
2009 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 8 – Togi Makabe beats Shinsuke Nakamura to win the G1 Climax.
2009 – TNA Hard Justice – Christoper Daniels beats seven other men in a Steel Asylum to become X-Division #1 contender, British Invasion retain the IWGP Tag titles against Beer Money, ODB & Cody Deaner beat champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky for the TNA KO title but since Deaner got the pin there is dispute to who the champion is, Samoa Joe beats Homicide for the X-Division title, Scott Steiner & Booker T retain the TNA Tag titles against Team 3D, Kevin Nash beats Mick Foley for the Legends title and Kurt Angle retains the TNA World title against Matt Morgan & Sting.
2009 – CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico – El Valiente beats Sangre Atzeca for the Mexican Welterweight title.
2009 – FCW TV – Tyler Reks beats Alex Riley in a 2 out of 3 fall match to retain the FCW title.
2010 – WWE Raw – Darren Young loses to John Cena, prompting him to get kicked out of The Nexus and the World Tag Team titles are officially retired, as the Hart Dynasty are presented the brand-new penny-resembling WWE Tag Team titles.
2012 – TNA Impact Wrestling – Miss Tessmacher beats Madison Rayne for the TNA KO title.
1929 – Dallas, Texas – WCCW promoter, 13-time NWA American Champion (the precursor to the WCCW World title) and 1-time AWA Champion Fritz von Erich is born.
1936 – 2-time NWA Southeastern Tag Champion and 2-time NWA Southern Jr Heavyweight Champion Frank Hester is born.
1937 – Pascagoula, Mississippi – 1-time NWA Tag Champion in the Memphis territory and 4-time AWA Southern Tag Champion Stan Frazier aka Uncle Elmer is born.
1946 – Waxahachie, Texas – 4-time world tag champion and KKK member Dick Murdoch is born.
1960 – Mexico – 3-time WWA Middleweight Champion and 1-time UWA Welterweight Champion Charles Lucero is born.
1963 – Shimada, Japan – 1-time NWA Tag Team Champion and 2-time IWA Japan Champion Tarzan Goto is born.
1974 – NWA Hollywood – Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Hollywood Blonds for the LA/Japan version of the NWA North American Tag titles.
1982 – Rick Rude makes his wrestling debut.
1986 – JCP @ Philadelphia – The Rock n Roll Express beat The Midnight Express for the NWA World Tag titles.
1990 – 4-time world champion Pat O'Connor passes away of cancer.
1992 – NJPW G1 Climax Special Day 2 – The Steiners retain the IWGP Tag titles against Masa Chono & Shinya Hashimoto and The Great Muta beats Riki Choshu for the IWGP title and Greatest 18 title.
1992 – WCW Main Event – Ron Simmons beats Big Van Vader for the WCW World title. Simmons is the first black world champion in wrestling history.
1992 – CMLL @ Pista Arena Revolucion – Ciclon Ramirez beats Fantasma de la Quebrada to win the vacant Mexican Welterweight title.
1997 – WCW Saturday Night – Chris Jericho beats Alex Wright for the Cruiserweight title and Steve McMichael defends the U.S. Title against Hector Guerrero.
1998 – WWF Heat #3 - Kane & Mankind retain the WWF Tag titles against LOD and HHH & X-Pac beat Southern Justice in the main event.
1999 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw murders Nitro by 3.3 points. Nitro sees Rey Mysterio retain the WCW Cruiserweight title against Lenny via DQ, Chris Benoit retain the WCW U.S. Title against Disco Inferno, Rick Steiner retain the WCW TV title against Brian Knobbs and Hulk Hogan retains the WCW World title against Sid Vicious by pinning Rick Steiner. Yes, you read that right. Hogan beats Sid by pinning Rick Steiner. Raw sees X-Pac & Kane retain the WWF Tag titles against The Acolytes and convoluted horseshit leads to Mankind & Triple H becoming #1 contenders to the WWF title.
2000 – WCW Thunder – Rey Mysterio & Juventud Guerrera retain the WCW Tag titles against The Natural Born Thrillers and Lance Storm retains the WCW Canadian title against Ernest Miller via self DQ.
2004 – WWE Raw – Edge retains the IC title against Kane and Randy Orton retains the World Heavyweight title against Chris Benoit. Evolution famously dump Orton after this match, leading to Orton's first and failed face turn.
2007 – Hamilton, Ontario – Dewey Robertson aka The Missing Link passes away. Robertson was the first wrestler to ever get a full-page spread in Sports Illustrated.
2007 – TNA Impact – Jay Lethal beats Chris Daniels to become X-Division #1 contender and Abyss beats Christian Cage in a First Blood match to become Heavyweight #1 contender.
2007 – AAA TV Taping – El Mesias beats Cibernetico for the IWC Heavyweight title.
2009 – NJPW G1 Climax Day 8 – Togi Makabe beats Shinsuke Nakamura to win the G1 Climax.
2009 – TNA Hard Justice – Christoper Daniels beats seven other men in a Steel Asylum to become X-Division #1 contender, British Invasion retain the IWGP Tag titles against Beer Money, ODB & Cody Deaner beat champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky for the TNA KO title but since Deaner got the pin there is dispute to who the champion is, Samoa Joe beats Homicide for the X-Division title, Scott Steiner & Booker T retain the TNA Tag titles against Team 3D, Kevin Nash beats Mick Foley for the Legends title and Kurt Angle retains the TNA World title against Matt Morgan & Sting.
2009 – CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico – El Valiente beats Sangre Atzeca for the Mexican Welterweight title.
2009 – FCW TV – Tyler Reks beats Alex Riley in a 2 out of 3 fall match to retain the FCW title.
2010 – WWE Raw – Darren Young loses to John Cena, prompting him to get kicked out of The Nexus and the World Tag Team titles are officially retired, as the Hart Dynasty are presented the brand-new penny-resembling WWE Tag Team titles.
2012 – TNA Impact Wrestling – Miss Tessmacher beats Madison Rayne for the TNA KO title.