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1905 – Ukraine – St Louis promoter and 2-time NWA President Sam Muchnick is born.
1912 – Kansas City, Missouri – Frank Gotch retains the World Heavyweight Wrestling title against Jess Westergaard 2-0 in a 3-fall match.
1914 – 1-time NWA Texas Champion and 4-time Southwest Junior Heavyweight Champion in the Amarillo territory Wayne Martin is born.
1924 – Auckland, New Zealand – 4-time world champion, 9-time world tag champion and 4-time Hall of Fame member Pat O'Connor is born.
1925 – Melbourne, Australia – Ike Robin retains the Australasian Heavyweight title against Clarence Weber
1953 – Melrose, Minnesota – 1-time NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion in the Memphis territory, 1-time AWA Southern Tag Champion and Legion of Doom manager Paul Ellering is born.
1958 – Robbinsdale, Minnesota – 2-time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Champion and portrayer of Battle Kat, Brady Boone is born.
1958 – Houston, Texas – 1-time WCW TV Champion and 10-time WCW Tag Champion Stevie Ray is born.
1979 – JCP @ Raleigh – Paul Jones & Baron Von Raschke beat Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan for the NWA Tag titles.
1982 – JCP @ Charlotte – Wahoo McDaniel beats Sgt Slaughter for the NWA U.S. Title.
1985 – San Francisco, California – 1-time FCW Tag Champions The Usos are born.
1987 – Stone Mountain, Georgia – 1-time Open the Twin Gate Champion and 1-time FIP Florida Heritage Champion Uhaa Nation is born.
1992 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 3 – Mitsuharu Misawa beats Stan Hansen for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
1992 – WCW Worldwide – Rick Rude retains the WCW U.S. Title against Nikita Koloff.
1993 – WWF Summerslam Spectacular – Shawn Michaels retains the WWF Intercontinental title against Bob Backlund and The Steiners retain the WWF Tag titles against Money Inc in a steel cage match.
1998 – WCW Saturday Night – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Tokyo Magnum.
1999 – WWF Summerslam – Jeff Jarrett beats D'Lo Brown for the IC & European titles after interference from Mark Henry, The Acolytes win a tag team turmoil to become Tag #1 contenders, Al Snow beats Big Boss Man for the Hardcore title, Ivory retains the Women's title against Tori, Undertaker & Big Show beat Kane & X-Pac for the Tag titles and Mankind beats champion Steve Austin and fellow challenger Triple H in a triple threat with Jesse Ventura as special referee to become a 3-time WWF Champion.
2000 – 3-time WWWF Tag Champion, 2-time IWA-AUS World Heavyweight Champion and 1-time WWWF International Tag Champion Prof. Toru Tanaka passes away to kidney failure age 70.
2002 – Hamilton, Ontario – 1-time NWA Canadian Tag Champion and 1934 CFL All-Star Abe Zvonkin passes away age 92.
2002 – WWE Smackdown – Molly Holly retains the Women's title against Nidia.
2005 – WWE Raw – John Cena retains the WWE title against Chris Jericho in a You're Fired match, prompting Chris Jericho to be carried out of the WWE by security.
2006 – ECW – Big Show retains the ECW title against Sabu via DQ.
2010 – NOAH 10th Anniversary Show New Navigation in Tokyo – Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask #4 beat Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin for the GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag titles and Takashi Suigura retains the GHC title versus Jun Akiyama.
2011 – WWE Raw – Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne (remember him?!) beat David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty for the WWE Tag titles and John Cena beats CM Punk to become WWE #1 contender.
1912 – Kansas City, Missouri – Frank Gotch retains the World Heavyweight Wrestling title against Jess Westergaard 2-0 in a 3-fall match.
1914 – 1-time NWA Texas Champion and 4-time Southwest Junior Heavyweight Champion in the Amarillo territory Wayne Martin is born.
1924 – Auckland, New Zealand – 4-time world champion, 9-time world tag champion and 4-time Hall of Fame member Pat O'Connor is born.
1925 – Melbourne, Australia – Ike Robin retains the Australasian Heavyweight title against Clarence Weber
1953 – Melrose, Minnesota – 1-time NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion in the Memphis territory, 1-time AWA Southern Tag Champion and Legion of Doom manager Paul Ellering is born.
1958 – Robbinsdale, Minnesota – 2-time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Champion and portrayer of Battle Kat, Brady Boone is born.
1958 – Houston, Texas – 1-time WCW TV Champion and 10-time WCW Tag Champion Stevie Ray is born.
1979 – JCP @ Raleigh – Paul Jones & Baron Von Raschke beat Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan for the NWA Tag titles.
1982 – JCP @ Charlotte – Wahoo McDaniel beats Sgt Slaughter for the NWA U.S. Title.
1985 – San Francisco, California – 1-time FCW Tag Champions The Usos are born.
1987 – Stone Mountain, Georgia – 1-time Open the Twin Gate Champion and 1-time FIP Florida Heritage Champion Uhaa Nation is born.
1992 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 3 – Mitsuharu Misawa beats Stan Hansen for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
1992 – WCW Worldwide – Rick Rude retains the WCW U.S. Title against Nikita Koloff.
1993 – WWF Summerslam Spectacular – Shawn Michaels retains the WWF Intercontinental title against Bob Backlund and The Steiners retain the WWF Tag titles against Money Inc in a steel cage match.
1998 – WCW Saturday Night – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Tokyo Magnum.
1999 – WWF Summerslam – Jeff Jarrett beats D'Lo Brown for the IC & European titles after interference from Mark Henry, The Acolytes win a tag team turmoil to become Tag #1 contenders, Al Snow beats Big Boss Man for the Hardcore title, Ivory retains the Women's title against Tori, Undertaker & Big Show beat Kane & X-Pac for the Tag titles and Mankind beats champion Steve Austin and fellow challenger Triple H in a triple threat with Jesse Ventura as special referee to become a 3-time WWF Champion.
2000 – 3-time WWWF Tag Champion, 2-time IWA-AUS World Heavyweight Champion and 1-time WWWF International Tag Champion Prof. Toru Tanaka passes away to kidney failure age 70.
2002 – Hamilton, Ontario – 1-time NWA Canadian Tag Champion and 1934 CFL All-Star Abe Zvonkin passes away age 92.
2002 – WWE Smackdown – Molly Holly retains the Women's title against Nidia.
2005 – WWE Raw – John Cena retains the WWE title against Chris Jericho in a You're Fired match, prompting Chris Jericho to be carried out of the WWE by security.
2006 – ECW – Big Show retains the ECW title against Sabu via DQ.
2010 – NOAH 10th Anniversary Show New Navigation in Tokyo – Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask #4 beat Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin for the GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag titles and Takashi Suigura retains the GHC title versus Jun Akiyama.
2011 – WWE Raw – Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne (remember him?!) beat David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty for the WWE Tag titles and John Cena beats CM Punk to become WWE #1 contender.