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1908 – 1-time Illinois Heavyweight Champion Bill Bartush is born.
1936 – Cuernavaca, Mexico – 2-time UWA Women's Champion and 1-time Mexican Women's Champion Irma Gonzalez is born.
1963 – Portland, Michigan – 1-time NWA Florida Tag Champion Bob Cook is born.
1964 – Cheyenne, Wyoming – Former WWF Diva and 1-time LPWA Champion Tori is born.
1968 – EMLL Martes Arena Mexico – Estrella Blanca beats Raul Guerrero for the Mexican Lightweight title.
1970 – Ogden, Utah – Former UFC commentator, the late Ryan Bennett is born.
1974 – ASWA @ Atlanta – Carlos Colon retains the WWC North American title against Luke Graham and Ox Baker beats Ernie Ladd for the NWF North American title.
1981 – Burke, Virginia – Former ECW commentator, former NXT wrestler and current NXT ring announcer Byron Saxton is born.
1987 – New Port Richey, Florida – 1-time FCW Champion and former NXT wrestler Lucky Cannon is born.
1987 – NJPW @ Tokyo – Kuniaki Kobayashi beats Nobuhiko Takada for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.
1994 – SMW TV – The Rock n Roll Express beat Chris Candido & Dirty White Boy for the SMW Tag titles.
1994 – WWF Superstars – Diesel retains the IC title by jobbing out Kevin Krueger.
1995 – IWA Japan King of the Death Match – The famous tournament where Cactus Jack and Terry Funk beat the life out of each other complete with a failure of an exploding ring with Cactus Jack finally crawling over to make a cover after Funk was just too hurt to continue and was immediately taken to a hospital after the match. Also on this show, Dan Severn retains the NWA World title against IWA Japan Champion Tarzan Goto, The Headhunters beat Silver King & El Texano for the IWA Japan Tag titles and Takashi Okano beats Flying Kid Ichikara for the WWA International Light Heavy title.
1998 – WWA/WWF @ Salem – Kurt Angle makes his wrestling debut, losing to Dr Tom Pritchard.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Psychosis.
2001 – WWF Raw – In the main event, WWF's Sara Calaway beats WCW's Diamond Dallas Page in a minute. f*** the Invasion. Matt Hardy retains the WWF European title against Christian (both wrestlers are WWF guys) and WWF's Rock retains the WCW title against ECW's Lance Storm.
2003 – TNA Weekly PPV – Michael Shane beats champion Chris Sabin and fellow challenger Kazarian to win the X Division title in an Ultimate X match. The match is repeatedly stopped and restarted due to the belt falling down. Raven beats twelve other men in a gauntlet match to become NWA World #1 contender.
2004 – AAA TV Taping – Cuije & El Alebrije win a 4-way match to become AAA Mascot Tag Champions dethroning Mascara Sagrada & Mascarita Sagrada 2000. The Black Family beat Alan, Decnis, Billy Boy & Oscar Sevilla for the Mexican Atomicos title, La Familia del Apache retain the AAA Mixed Tag titles against Cinthia Moreno & El Oriental, Sangre Chicana beats Latin Lover for the vacant AAA Americas title and La Parka Jr & Octagon retain the Mexican Tag titles against Abismo Negro & Cibernetico.
2004 – CMLL Super Viernes – El Hijo del Santo & Mistico beat Dr X & Ultimo Guerrero to win the La Gran Alternativa tournament.
2005 – OVW TV – The Spirit Squad pre-emptively explodes as Ken Doane retains the OVW TV title against Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler).
2005 – UFC 54 – Chuck Liddell retains the UFC Light Heavyweight title against Jeremy Horn via fourth-round TKO.
2006 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Heavy Metal & El Texano Jr beat Misterioso #2 & Damian El Terrible to win the Torneo de Parejas tournament.
2006 – WWE Summerslam – Big Show retains the ECW World title against Sabu, Hulk Hogan beats Randy Orton with the Atomic Legdrop BROTHER!, Ric Flair beats Mick Foley in a fantastically graphic I Quit match, King Booker retains the World Heavyweight title against Batista via self DQ from the interference of Sharmell, DX beat The McMahons in a no-DQ affair and Edge retains the WWE title against John Cena after clocking him in the back of the head with brass knucks.
2008 – 5-time NWA Southern Tag Champion in the Memphis territory, Sonny Fargo dies age 80.
2010 – WWE Smackdown – Alberto Del Rio makes his debut on the WWE main roster, defeating Rey Mysterio with the cross armbreaker.
2012 – WWE Raw – Chris Jericho leaves the WWE for a third time after losing a WWE Contract vs Money in the Bank Briefcase match to Dolph Ziggler.
1936 – Cuernavaca, Mexico – 2-time UWA Women's Champion and 1-time Mexican Women's Champion Irma Gonzalez is born.
1963 – Portland, Michigan – 1-time NWA Florida Tag Champion Bob Cook is born.
1964 – Cheyenne, Wyoming – Former WWF Diva and 1-time LPWA Champion Tori is born.
1968 – EMLL Martes Arena Mexico – Estrella Blanca beats Raul Guerrero for the Mexican Lightweight title.
1970 – Ogden, Utah – Former UFC commentator, the late Ryan Bennett is born.
1974 – ASWA @ Atlanta – Carlos Colon retains the WWC North American title against Luke Graham and Ox Baker beats Ernie Ladd for the NWF North American title.
1981 – Burke, Virginia – Former ECW commentator, former NXT wrestler and current NXT ring announcer Byron Saxton is born.
1987 – New Port Richey, Florida – 1-time FCW Champion and former NXT wrestler Lucky Cannon is born.
1987 – NJPW @ Tokyo – Kuniaki Kobayashi beats Nobuhiko Takada for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.
1994 – SMW TV – The Rock n Roll Express beat Chris Candido & Dirty White Boy for the SMW Tag titles.
1994 – WWF Superstars – Diesel retains the IC title by jobbing out Kevin Krueger.
1995 – IWA Japan King of the Death Match – The famous tournament where Cactus Jack and Terry Funk beat the life out of each other complete with a failure of an exploding ring with Cactus Jack finally crawling over to make a cover after Funk was just too hurt to continue and was immediately taken to a hospital after the match. Also on this show, Dan Severn retains the NWA World title against IWA Japan Champion Tarzan Goto, The Headhunters beat Silver King & El Texano for the IWA Japan Tag titles and Takashi Okano beats Flying Kid Ichikara for the WWA International Light Heavy title.
1998 – WWA/WWF @ Salem – Kurt Angle makes his wrestling debut, losing to Dr Tom Pritchard.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Psychosis.
2001 – WWF Raw – In the main event, WWF's Sara Calaway beats WCW's Diamond Dallas Page in a minute. f*** the Invasion. Matt Hardy retains the WWF European title against Christian (both wrestlers are WWF guys) and WWF's Rock retains the WCW title against ECW's Lance Storm.
2003 – TNA Weekly PPV – Michael Shane beats champion Chris Sabin and fellow challenger Kazarian to win the X Division title in an Ultimate X match. The match is repeatedly stopped and restarted due to the belt falling down. Raven beats twelve other men in a gauntlet match to become NWA World #1 contender.
2004 – AAA TV Taping – Cuije & El Alebrije win a 4-way match to become AAA Mascot Tag Champions dethroning Mascara Sagrada & Mascarita Sagrada 2000. The Black Family beat Alan, Decnis, Billy Boy & Oscar Sevilla for the Mexican Atomicos title, La Familia del Apache retain the AAA Mixed Tag titles against Cinthia Moreno & El Oriental, Sangre Chicana beats Latin Lover for the vacant AAA Americas title and La Parka Jr & Octagon retain the Mexican Tag titles against Abismo Negro & Cibernetico.
2004 – CMLL Super Viernes – El Hijo del Santo & Mistico beat Dr X & Ultimo Guerrero to win the La Gran Alternativa tournament.
2005 – OVW TV – The Spirit Squad pre-emptively explodes as Ken Doane retains the OVW TV title against Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler).
2005 – UFC 54 – Chuck Liddell retains the UFC Light Heavyweight title against Jeremy Horn via fourth-round TKO.
2006 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Heavy Metal & El Texano Jr beat Misterioso #2 & Damian El Terrible to win the Torneo de Parejas tournament.
2006 – WWE Summerslam – Big Show retains the ECW World title against Sabu, Hulk Hogan beats Randy Orton with the Atomic Legdrop BROTHER!, Ric Flair beats Mick Foley in a fantastically graphic I Quit match, King Booker retains the World Heavyweight title against Batista via self DQ from the interference of Sharmell, DX beat The McMahons in a no-DQ affair and Edge retains the WWE title against John Cena after clocking him in the back of the head with brass knucks.
2008 – 5-time NWA Southern Tag Champion in the Memphis territory, Sonny Fargo dies age 80.
2010 – WWE Smackdown – Alberto Del Rio makes his debut on the WWE main roster, defeating Rey Mysterio with the cross armbreaker.
2012 – WWE Raw – Chris Jericho leaves the WWE for a third time after losing a WWE Contract vs Money in the Bank Briefcase match to Dolph Ziggler.