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1867 – Oneida Castle, New York – Homer Lane beats James Hiram McLaughlin for the American Collar and Elbow Championship.
1923 – Melbourne, Australia – Clarence Weber beats Billy Meeske for the Australian Heavyweight title.
1953 – Woodbridge, New Jersey – 6-time world tag champion and Public Enemy member Rocco Rock is born.
1961 – Asbury Park, New Jersey – 1-time ECW World Champion and 3-time world tag champion Bam Bam Bigelow is born.
1966 – San Francisco, California – 1-time WWC Tag Champion and Islander member Tama is born.
1971 – La'ie, Hawaii – 1-time WWE Tag Champion and son of Jimmy Snuka, Sim Snuka is born.
1972 – Sandhurst, England – 3-time world tag champion, 1-time TNA TV Champion and 2-time TNA X Division Champion Doug Williams is born.
1972 – WWWF @ Pittsburgh – Larry Zbyszko makes his wrestling debut beating Frank Durso in 17 seconds and Bruno Sammartino beats Waldo Von Erich in a Texas Death match.
1972 – NWF @ Cleveland – Johnny Valentine beats Johnny Powers for the NWF North American title.
1979 – JCP @ Charlotte – Jimmy Snuka beats Ricky Steamboat for the vacant NWA United States title.
1985 – EMLL @ Guadalajara – El Dandy beats Americo Rocca for the Mexican Welterweight title.
1985 – Melbourne, Australia – 5-time NWA Tag Champion Jay Youngblood dies after what's thought to be a series of heart attacks and a ruptured spleen. He was only 30 years old.
1986 – WCCW @ Fort Worth – Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer beat Chris Adams & Lance Von Erich for the vacant WCCW Tag titles.
1987 – Bellefontaine, Ohio – New NXT wrestler, 2-time CZW Jr Heavyweight Champion, 1-time CZW Iron Man Champion and 1-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion Sami Callahan aka Solomon Crowe is born.
1987 – NJPW Sengoku Battle Series – Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Tag titles and Antonio Inoki retains the IWGP title against Dick Murdoch.
1990 – WCW World Championship Wrestling – Sting retains the NWA title against Shiek Ali Shikar and Lex Luger retains the NWA United States title against Doug Vines.
1990 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 12 – Stan Hansen retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Dr Death Steve Williams.
1991 – WWF TV Taping @ Hershey – Ric Flair beats Randy Savage for the WWF title. This was done so Savage could concentrate on his ongoing separation and subsequent divorce from Miss Elizabeth.
1997 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed yet again as Raw is pre-empted. Nitro treats us by having the nWo mock Arn Anderson's retirement and suggest Arn suffered from alcoholism, which actually Arn's mother suffered from in real life, and thanks to the politicking of Nash and/or the favouritism to the nWo by Bischoff, the originally planned Horsemen run-in after this segment is cancelled so the Horsemen can look like chumps. Again. Arn nearly quits the company in disgust. Alex Wright retains the TV title against Hugh Morrus, Chris Jericho retains the Cruiserweight title against Chavo Guerrero Jr via no contest and Randy Savage & Scott Hall beat DDP & Lex Luger in the main event.
2003 – WWE Raw – Christian retains the IC title against Chris Jericho and La Resistance retain the World Tag titles against Hurricane & Rosey.
2005 – WWE Smackdown – Chris Benoit retains the WWE United States title against Orlando Jordan in 23 seconds.
2006 – WWE Smackdown – Mr Kennedy beats Bobby Lashley and champion Fit Finlay to win the WWE United States title in a 3-way, his only WWE title to date.
2007 – IWA/NWA Weekend – The Naturals beat Carlitos & Hiram Tua for the IWA Tag titles, Bison retains the IWA title against Vampiro and Adam Pearce beats Brent Albright for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight title with Bryan Danielson as special enforcer. Pearce is the first NWA Champion after the NWA withdrew the title from TNA.
2011 – TNA Impact Wrestling – Mickie James beats Winter for the TNA Knockout title and Kurt Angle retains the TNA title against Sting with Hulk Hogan as the special enforcer.
1923 – Melbourne, Australia – Clarence Weber beats Billy Meeske for the Australian Heavyweight title.
1953 – Woodbridge, New Jersey – 6-time world tag champion and Public Enemy member Rocco Rock is born.
1961 – Asbury Park, New Jersey – 1-time ECW World Champion and 3-time world tag champion Bam Bam Bigelow is born.
1966 – San Francisco, California – 1-time WWC Tag Champion and Islander member Tama is born.
1971 – La'ie, Hawaii – 1-time WWE Tag Champion and son of Jimmy Snuka, Sim Snuka is born.
1972 – Sandhurst, England – 3-time world tag champion, 1-time TNA TV Champion and 2-time TNA X Division Champion Doug Williams is born.
1972 – WWWF @ Pittsburgh – Larry Zbyszko makes his wrestling debut beating Frank Durso in 17 seconds and Bruno Sammartino beats Waldo Von Erich in a Texas Death match.
1972 – NWF @ Cleveland – Johnny Valentine beats Johnny Powers for the NWF North American title.
1979 – JCP @ Charlotte – Jimmy Snuka beats Ricky Steamboat for the vacant NWA United States title.
1985 – EMLL @ Guadalajara – El Dandy beats Americo Rocca for the Mexican Welterweight title.
1985 – Melbourne, Australia – 5-time NWA Tag Champion Jay Youngblood dies after what's thought to be a series of heart attacks and a ruptured spleen. He was only 30 years old.
1986 – WCCW @ Fort Worth – Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer beat Chris Adams & Lance Von Erich for the vacant WCCW Tag titles.
1987 – Bellefontaine, Ohio – New NXT wrestler, 2-time CZW Jr Heavyweight Champion, 1-time CZW Iron Man Champion and 1-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion Sami Callahan aka Solomon Crowe is born.
1987 – NJPW Sengoku Battle Series – Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Tag titles and Antonio Inoki retains the IWGP title against Dick Murdoch.
1990 – WCW World Championship Wrestling – Sting retains the NWA title against Shiek Ali Shikar and Lex Luger retains the NWA United States title against Doug Vines.
1990 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 12 – Stan Hansen retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Dr Death Steve Williams.
1991 – WWF TV Taping @ Hershey – Ric Flair beats Randy Savage for the WWF title. This was done so Savage could concentrate on his ongoing separation and subsequent divorce from Miss Elizabeth.
1997 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed yet again as Raw is pre-empted. Nitro treats us by having the nWo mock Arn Anderson's retirement and suggest Arn suffered from alcoholism, which actually Arn's mother suffered from in real life, and thanks to the politicking of Nash and/or the favouritism to the nWo by Bischoff, the originally planned Horsemen run-in after this segment is cancelled so the Horsemen can look like chumps. Again. Arn nearly quits the company in disgust. Alex Wright retains the TV title against Hugh Morrus, Chris Jericho retains the Cruiserweight title against Chavo Guerrero Jr via no contest and Randy Savage & Scott Hall beat DDP & Lex Luger in the main event.
2003 – WWE Raw – Christian retains the IC title against Chris Jericho and La Resistance retain the World Tag titles against Hurricane & Rosey.
2005 – WWE Smackdown – Chris Benoit retains the WWE United States title against Orlando Jordan in 23 seconds.
2006 – WWE Smackdown – Mr Kennedy beats Bobby Lashley and champion Fit Finlay to win the WWE United States title in a 3-way, his only WWE title to date.
2007 – IWA/NWA Weekend – The Naturals beat Carlitos & Hiram Tua for the IWA Tag titles, Bison retains the IWA title against Vampiro and Adam Pearce beats Brent Albright for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight title with Bryan Danielson as special enforcer. Pearce is the first NWA Champion after the NWA withdrew the title from TNA.
2011 – TNA Impact Wrestling – Mickie James beats Winter for the TNA Knockout title and Kurt Angle retains the TNA title against Sting with Hulk Hogan as the special enforcer.