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1929 – Marquette, Michigan – Gus Sonnenberg retains the World Heavyweight Wrestling title against Stanley Stasiak (not the former WWE Champion of the same name) via no contest.
1929 – 4-time NWA U.S. Tag Champion in the Tri-State territory and 1-time NWA Southern Tag Champion in the Memphis territory, Treach Phillips is born.
1936 – Los Angeles – Dave Levin beats Vincent Lopez for the LA version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling title.
1959 – Morristown, Tennessee – 1-time NWA National Tag Champion, 1-time UWF Tag Champion and 3-time SMW TV Champion Tim Horner is born.
1965 – Guaynabo, Puerto Rico – 1-time WWC Puerto Rican Champion, 2-time WWC Tag Champion and 6-time IWA-PR Tag Champion Victor the Bodyguard is born.
1967 – AWA @ Minneapolis – Ole Anderson makes his debut under the name Rock Rogowski beating Jose Quintero.
1973 – Madrid, Spain – Long-time WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia is born.
1975 – 7-time world champion Jim Londos passes away to a heart attack.
1975 – Japan – 4-time Osaka Pro Battle Royal Champion Kuishinbo Kamen is born.
1977 – Nochistlan, Mexico – 2-time Mexican Atomicos Champion El Angel is born.
1977 – San Jose, California – 1-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez is born.
1978 – New York City – Former MLW promoter and former WWE creative member Court Bauer is born.
1980 – 2-time OVW Champion Chet Jablonski is born.
1981 – Leland, California – Former NXT wrestler Percy Watson is born.
1984 – EMLL – Talisman beats Americo Rocca for the vacant Mexican Welterweight title.
1987 – JCP TV Taping – Nikita Koloff beats Tully Blanchard for the NWA TV title.
1989 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 1 – Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat retain the All Asia Tag titles against Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki.
1989 – WCW Worldwide – Fabulous Freebirds retain the NWA Tag titles against The Steiners via self DQ and The Great Muta jobs out a young Scott Hall.
1990 – NJPW @ Tokyo – Keiji Muto & Masa Chono retain the IWGP Tag titles against the Destruction Crew (WWF's Beverly Brothers), Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) beats Jushin Liger for the IWGP Jr Heavy title and Riki Choshu beats Big Van Vader for the IWGP title.
1995 – WCW Saturday Night – The Renegade jobs out Ray Hudson to retain the WCW TV title and the Stud Stable retain the WCW Tag titles against Marcus Bagwell & Alex Wright via self DQ.
1996 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Nitro wins by 0.6 points. Nitro sees Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against American Males (AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES) and the main event of Giant vs Randy Savage go to a no contest when the Dungeon of Doom run in. Raw sees Shawn Michaels retain the WWF title against Yokozuna.
1999 – WCW Thunder – Lenny Lane beats Rey Mysterio Jr for the WCW Cruiserweight title, Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against Scott Norton & Horace Hogan and Rick Steiner retains the WCW TV title against Saturn via self DQ.
2000 – Niagara Falls, Ontario – 1-time WWWF Tag Champion, 2-time WWWF US Tag Champion and 1-time WWF International Champion Tony Parisi passes away to a heart attack.
2001 – Michinoku Pro Love Michinoku – Jado & Gedo retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles against Tiger Mask #4 & The Great Sasuke.
2001 – WWF Summerslam – WWF's Edge beats ECW's Lance Storm for the WWF IC title, WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri loses to WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac in a title vs title match, ECW's Rob Van Dam beats WWF's Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the WWF Hardcore title, WWF's WCW Tag Champions Kane & Undertaker beat WCW's WWF Tag Champions DDP & Kanyon in a steel cage title vs title match, WCW's Steve Austin retains the WWF World title against WWF's Kurt Angle via self DQ and WWF's Rock beats WCW's Booker T for the WCW World title.
2002 – WWE Raw – Tommy Dreamer retains the Hardcore title in a Hardcore Battle Royal after a few title changes and Trish Stratus beats Stacy Keibler in a bra and panties mud match.
2004 – WWE Smackdown – Spike Dudley retains the Cruiserweight title against Scotty 2 Hotty.
2006 – OVW TV – Deuce n Domino retain the OVW Tag titles against TJ Dalton & Wyatt Young and Seth Skyfire retains the OVW TV title against Mike Kruel.
2008 – ECW – Mark Henry retains the ECW World title against Matt Hardy.
2010 – Garland, Texas – 1-time Australasian Heavyweight Champion and hated WCCW and Mid-South manager Skandor Akbar passes away to prostate cancer.
2010 – TNA Impact – Angelina Love retains the TNA KO title against Madison Rayne and Rob Van Dam vacates the TNA World title due to a kayfabe injury at the hands of Abyss.
2011 – WWE Smackdown – Cody Rhodes retains the WWE IC title against Ezekiel Jackson and Mark Henry wins a 20-man battle royal to become World Heavyweight #1 contender.
2012 – WWE Summerslam – Antonio Cesaro beats Santino Marella for the US title in the pre-show, Miz retains the IC title against Rey Mysterio and concusses him with a slingshot sitout powerbomb, Sheamus retains the World title against Alberto Del Rio after the Irish Curse despite Del Rio's foot being on the ropes, R-Boom retain the Tag titles against the Primetime Players, CM Punk retains the WWE title against John Cena & Big Show in a 3-way and Brock Lesnar beats Triple H via submission from the arm-breaking Kimura in the main event which is oddly treated like a retirement match afterwards. HHH stands in the ring for ages to try for the face sympathy reaction but is instead treated to YOU TAPPED OUT.
1929 – 4-time NWA U.S. Tag Champion in the Tri-State territory and 1-time NWA Southern Tag Champion in the Memphis territory, Treach Phillips is born.
1936 – Los Angeles – Dave Levin beats Vincent Lopez for the LA version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling title.
1959 – Morristown, Tennessee – 1-time NWA National Tag Champion, 1-time UWF Tag Champion and 3-time SMW TV Champion Tim Horner is born.
1965 – Guaynabo, Puerto Rico – 1-time WWC Puerto Rican Champion, 2-time WWC Tag Champion and 6-time IWA-PR Tag Champion Victor the Bodyguard is born.
1967 – AWA @ Minneapolis – Ole Anderson makes his debut under the name Rock Rogowski beating Jose Quintero.
1973 – Madrid, Spain – Long-time WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia is born.
1975 – 7-time world champion Jim Londos passes away to a heart attack.
1975 – Japan – 4-time Osaka Pro Battle Royal Champion Kuishinbo Kamen is born.
1977 – Nochistlan, Mexico – 2-time Mexican Atomicos Champion El Angel is born.
1977 – San Jose, California – 1-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez is born.
1978 – New York City – Former MLW promoter and former WWE creative member Court Bauer is born.
1980 – 2-time OVW Champion Chet Jablonski is born.
1981 – Leland, California – Former NXT wrestler Percy Watson is born.
1984 – EMLL – Talisman beats Americo Rocca for the vacant Mexican Welterweight title.
1987 – JCP TV Taping – Nikita Koloff beats Tully Blanchard for the NWA TV title.
1989 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 1 – Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat retain the All Asia Tag titles against Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki.
1989 – WCW Worldwide – Fabulous Freebirds retain the NWA Tag titles against The Steiners via self DQ and The Great Muta jobs out a young Scott Hall.
1990 – NJPW @ Tokyo – Keiji Muto & Masa Chono retain the IWGP Tag titles against the Destruction Crew (WWF's Beverly Brothers), Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) beats Jushin Liger for the IWGP Jr Heavy title and Riki Choshu beats Big Van Vader for the IWGP title.
1995 – WCW Saturday Night – The Renegade jobs out Ray Hudson to retain the WCW TV title and the Stud Stable retain the WCW Tag titles against Marcus Bagwell & Alex Wright via self DQ.
1996 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Nitro wins by 0.6 points. Nitro sees Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against American Males (AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES AMERICAN MALES) and the main event of Giant vs Randy Savage go to a no contest when the Dungeon of Doom run in. Raw sees Shawn Michaels retain the WWF title against Yokozuna.
1999 – WCW Thunder – Lenny Lane beats Rey Mysterio Jr for the WCW Cruiserweight title, Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against Scott Norton & Horace Hogan and Rick Steiner retains the WCW TV title against Saturn via self DQ.
2000 – Niagara Falls, Ontario – 1-time WWWF Tag Champion, 2-time WWWF US Tag Champion and 1-time WWF International Champion Tony Parisi passes away to a heart attack.
2001 – Michinoku Pro Love Michinoku – Jado & Gedo retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles against Tiger Mask #4 & The Great Sasuke.
2001 – WWF Summerslam – WWF's Edge beats ECW's Lance Storm for the WWF IC title, WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri loses to WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac in a title vs title match, ECW's Rob Van Dam beats WWF's Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the WWF Hardcore title, WWF's WCW Tag Champions Kane & Undertaker beat WCW's WWF Tag Champions DDP & Kanyon in a steel cage title vs title match, WCW's Steve Austin retains the WWF World title against WWF's Kurt Angle via self DQ and WWF's Rock beats WCW's Booker T for the WCW World title.
2002 – WWE Raw – Tommy Dreamer retains the Hardcore title in a Hardcore Battle Royal after a few title changes and Trish Stratus beats Stacy Keibler in a bra and panties mud match.
2004 – WWE Smackdown – Spike Dudley retains the Cruiserweight title against Scotty 2 Hotty.
2006 – OVW TV – Deuce n Domino retain the OVW Tag titles against TJ Dalton & Wyatt Young and Seth Skyfire retains the OVW TV title against Mike Kruel.
2008 – ECW – Mark Henry retains the ECW World title against Matt Hardy.
2010 – Garland, Texas – 1-time Australasian Heavyweight Champion and hated WCCW and Mid-South manager Skandor Akbar passes away to prostate cancer.
2010 – TNA Impact – Angelina Love retains the TNA KO title against Madison Rayne and Rob Van Dam vacates the TNA World title due to a kayfabe injury at the hands of Abyss.
2011 – WWE Smackdown – Cody Rhodes retains the WWE IC title against Ezekiel Jackson and Mark Henry wins a 20-man battle royal to become World Heavyweight #1 contender.
2012 – WWE Summerslam – Antonio Cesaro beats Santino Marella for the US title in the pre-show, Miz retains the IC title against Rey Mysterio and concusses him with a slingshot sitout powerbomb, Sheamus retains the World title against Alberto Del Rio after the Irish Curse despite Del Rio's foot being on the ropes, R-Boom retain the Tag titles against the Primetime Players, CM Punk retains the WWE title against John Cena & Big Show in a 3-way and Brock Lesnar beats Triple H via submission from the arm-breaking Kimura in the main event which is oddly treated like a retirement match afterwards. HHH stands in the ring for ages to try for the face sympathy reaction but is instead treated to YOU TAPPED OUT.