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1956 – Mexico – 1-time AAA Americas Trios Champion El Vigilante is born.
1958 – Hawaii – 1-time ZERO1 U.S. Champion King Kaluha is born.
1978 – EMLL – Talisman beats Mario Valenzuela for the Mexican National Lightweight title.
1982 – WWF TV Taping @ New York City – Tiger Mask retains the WWF Junior Heavyweight title against Dynamite Kid, The Fabulous Moolah retains the NWA Women's title against Penny Mitchell, Pedro Morales retains the WWF Intercontinental title against Jimmy Snuka via no contest, Tatsumi Fujinami beats Gino Brito for the WWF International title and Bob Backlund retains the WWF title against Buddy Rose.
1983 – AJPW Sumo Hall Show – Jumbo Tsuruta beats Bruiser Brody for the NWA International Championship.
1987 – EMLL – Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan & Jerry Estrada beat Kiss, Ringo Mendoza & Rayo de Jalisco Jr for the Mexican Trios Championship.
1988 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 6 – Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara for the AJPW World Tag titles.
1990 – EMLL – Emilio Charles Jr beats Javier Cruz for the Mexican Middleweight title.
1993 – WWF Summerslam – The Steiners retain the WWF Tag titles against The Heavenly Bodies, Shawn Michaels retains the WWF IC title against Mr Perfect via countout, Undertaker beats Giant Gonzalez in a Rest in Peace match and Yokozuna retains the WWF title against Lex Luger via self countout. The WWF celebrate like Luger has won the belt anyway.
1994 – ECW Hardcore TV – This episode focuses on the NWA Title Tournament that took place two days earlier. Shane Douglas beats 2 Cold Scorpio for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight title. Douglas feigns how proud he is of the title only to throw it down in favour of the Eastern Championship Wrestling title. He proclaims it to now be the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to usher ECW through its extreme transition. The NWA is pissed, by the way.
1995 – AJW Queens Holy Night – Dynamite Kansai beats Aja Kong for the WWWA title and Double Inoue retain the WWWA Tag titles against Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa.
1998 – WWF Summerslam – D'Lo Brown retains the European title via DQ against Val Venis, X-Pac beats Jeff Jarrett in a hair match, New Age Outlaws beat Mankind in a handicap match to win the WWF Tag titles (Mankind's partner Kane was not in the arena), Triple H beats The Rock in a ladder match for the IC title and Steve Austin retains the WWF title against Undertaker.
1999 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw ekes out a victory of 0.2 points. Nitro sees The Windhams retain the WCW Tag titles against Kenny Kaos & Prince Iaukea, Rick Steiner retain the WCW TV title against Disco Inferno, Chris Benoit retain the WCW U.S. Title against Jerry Flynn via DQ and in the main event, Goldberg & Hogan beat The Jersey Triad in a handicap match. Raw sees The Rock n Sock Connection beat Undertaker & Big Show for the WWF Tag Team titles.
2001 – WWF Smackdown – WCW's Kanyon retains the WCW United States title against WWF's Edge.
2002 – AJPW Budokan Show – KroniK retain the AJPW World Tag titles against Mike Barton (Bart Gunn) & Jim Steele.
2007 – TNA Impact – Sting beats AJ Styles, Christian Cage & Samoa Joe in a 4-way to be named Kurt Angle's TNA Tag Championship partner.
2008 – Malden, Massachusetts – 3-time hall of famer and 1-time WWWF Tag Champion Killer Kowalski age 81 after a heart attack.
2009 – AJPW Puroresu Love in Ryogoku Vol 8 – Kaz Hayashi retains the AJPW Junior Heavyweight title against Shuji Kondo and Yoshihiro Takayama retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Suwama.
2009 – AAA – Alex Koslov vacates the AAA Cruiserweight title after leaving AAA.
2010 – 1-time CZW Tag Champion and 2-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion JC Bailey dies age 27 from a brain aneurysm.
2010 – WWE Raw – Raw celebrates its 900th episode! Despite it actually being the 901st. Idiots.
2011 – WWE Smackdown – Randy Orton retains the World title in a cage match against Christian.
1958 – Hawaii – 1-time ZERO1 U.S. Champion King Kaluha is born.
1978 – EMLL – Talisman beats Mario Valenzuela for the Mexican National Lightweight title.
1982 – WWF TV Taping @ New York City – Tiger Mask retains the WWF Junior Heavyweight title against Dynamite Kid, The Fabulous Moolah retains the NWA Women's title against Penny Mitchell, Pedro Morales retains the WWF Intercontinental title against Jimmy Snuka via no contest, Tatsumi Fujinami beats Gino Brito for the WWF International title and Bob Backlund retains the WWF title against Buddy Rose.
1983 – AJPW Sumo Hall Show – Jumbo Tsuruta beats Bruiser Brody for the NWA International Championship.
1987 – EMLL – Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan & Jerry Estrada beat Kiss, Ringo Mendoza & Rayo de Jalisco Jr for the Mexican Trios Championship.
1988 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 6 – Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara for the AJPW World Tag titles.
1990 – EMLL – Emilio Charles Jr beats Javier Cruz for the Mexican Middleweight title.
1993 – WWF Summerslam – The Steiners retain the WWF Tag titles against The Heavenly Bodies, Shawn Michaels retains the WWF IC title against Mr Perfect via countout, Undertaker beats Giant Gonzalez in a Rest in Peace match and Yokozuna retains the WWF title against Lex Luger via self countout. The WWF celebrate like Luger has won the belt anyway.
1994 – ECW Hardcore TV – This episode focuses on the NWA Title Tournament that took place two days earlier. Shane Douglas beats 2 Cold Scorpio for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight title. Douglas feigns how proud he is of the title only to throw it down in favour of the Eastern Championship Wrestling title. He proclaims it to now be the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to usher ECW through its extreme transition. The NWA is pissed, by the way.
1995 – AJW Queens Holy Night – Dynamite Kansai beats Aja Kong for the WWWA title and Double Inoue retain the WWWA Tag titles against Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa.
1998 – WWF Summerslam – D'Lo Brown retains the European title via DQ against Val Venis, X-Pac beats Jeff Jarrett in a hair match, New Age Outlaws beat Mankind in a handicap match to win the WWF Tag titles (Mankind's partner Kane was not in the arena), Triple H beats The Rock in a ladder match for the IC title and Steve Austin retains the WWF title against Undertaker.
1999 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw ekes out a victory of 0.2 points. Nitro sees The Windhams retain the WCW Tag titles against Kenny Kaos & Prince Iaukea, Rick Steiner retain the WCW TV title against Disco Inferno, Chris Benoit retain the WCW U.S. Title against Jerry Flynn via DQ and in the main event, Goldberg & Hogan beat The Jersey Triad in a handicap match. Raw sees The Rock n Sock Connection beat Undertaker & Big Show for the WWF Tag Team titles.
2001 – WWF Smackdown – WCW's Kanyon retains the WCW United States title against WWF's Edge.
2002 – AJPW Budokan Show – KroniK retain the AJPW World Tag titles against Mike Barton (Bart Gunn) & Jim Steele.
2007 – TNA Impact – Sting beats AJ Styles, Christian Cage & Samoa Joe in a 4-way to be named Kurt Angle's TNA Tag Championship partner.
2008 – Malden, Massachusetts – 3-time hall of famer and 1-time WWWF Tag Champion Killer Kowalski age 81 after a heart attack.
2009 – AJPW Puroresu Love in Ryogoku Vol 8 – Kaz Hayashi retains the AJPW Junior Heavyweight title against Shuji Kondo and Yoshihiro Takayama retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Suwama.
2009 – AAA – Alex Koslov vacates the AAA Cruiserweight title after leaving AAA.
2010 – 1-time CZW Tag Champion and 2-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion JC Bailey dies age 27 from a brain aneurysm.
2010 – WWE Raw – Raw celebrates its 900th episode! Despite it actually being the 901st. Idiots.
2011 – WWE Smackdown – Randy Orton retains the World title in a cage match against Christian.