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1914 – Birmingham, Alabama – Long-time Memphis promoter Nick Gulas is born.
1924 – Ogdensburg, New York – 1-time NWA Northwest Tag Champion and 1-time holder of the Tri-State version of the NWA U.S. Jr Heavyweight title, Jim Larock is born.
1924 – 3-time NWA Canadian Champion in the Stampede territory and 1-time Stampede International Tag Champion Czaya Nandor is born.
1928 – Sydney, Australia – Ted Thye retains his Australian version of the World Light Heavyweight title against Hugh Nichols.
1929 – Napier, New Zealand – 3-time NWA New Zealand Champion, 8-time NWA British Commonwealth Champion in the New Zealand territory, New Zealand and Australia promoter and NWA President from 1993-1996, Steve Rickard is born.
1969 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Marianna Komlos aka Mrs Cleavage is born.
1984 – Kansas City, Missouri – Current TNA X Division Champion TJ Perkins aka Manik is born
1984 – WCCW Labor Day Star Wars – Chris Adams beats Jake Roberts for the WCCW TV title, Gino Hernandez beats Mike Von Erich for the NWA American title and Kevin & Kerry Von Erich beat The Freebirds in a handicap match for the Texas version of the NWA 6-Man Tag titles.
1984 – AJPW @ Hiroshima – Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu drop the bomb (I'm sorry) on Jerry Blackwell & Bruiser Brody to win the vacant NWA International Tag titles.
1985 – Yokosuka, Japan – Former NXT wrestler and current pervert (look it up) Jiro is born.
1987 – AJPW @ Nagoya – Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara beat Stan Hansen & Austin Idol for the PWF Tag titles.
1988 – EMLL – Bestia Salvaje beats Aguila Solitaria for the Mexican Welterweight title.
1989 – WCW @ Atlanta – The Great Muta beats Sting for the NWA TV title, The Freebirds retain the NWA Tag titles against The Midnight Express, Ric Flair retains the NWA World Heavyweight title against Terry Funk in a Texas Death match and the Road Warriors beat The Samoan SWAT Team in a steel cage main event.
1993 – AJPW Summer Action Series II – Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen beat Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada for the AJPW World Tag titles. DiBiase quietly retires during this reign due to a neck injury and the titles would be vacated. Also on this show, Mitsuharu Misawa retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Dr Death Steve Williams.
1994 – WCW Saturday Night – Lord Steven Regal retains the WCW TV title against Brian Armstrong (Road Dogg). This show also has Ricky Steamboat beating everyone's favourite burier, Jean Paul Levesque.
1994 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 11 – Dan Kroffat retains the AJPW Jr Heavyweight title against Yoshinari Ogawa and Dr Death Steve Williams retain the AJPW Triple Crown title against Kenta Kobashi.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against a young Nick Dinsmore, who would become Eugene in WWE.
2001 – WWF Raw – WWF's Rock retains the WCW title against WWF's Christian and WWF's Edge would retain the WWF IC title against ECW's Lance Storm. Christian's jealousy of his brother's success would cause Christian to attack Edge after his match and turn heel. To close RAW, Kurt Angle would kidnap Steve Austin as revenge for Austin throwing Angle's Olympic medals into a river. Angle took Austin to a bridge and threatened to throw him off the side unless he was given a WWF title match at Unforgiven. Austin agreed so Angle pushed him into a paddling pool instead.
2003 – TNA Weekly PPV – Chris Sabin beats Juventud Guerrera to win the 2003 Super X Cup.
2004 – CMLL Super Viernes – El Averno beats Zumbido for the vacant NWA Middleweight title.
2006 – PWG Battle of Los Angeles – Davey Richards beats CIMA to win the BOLA tournament. I'm pretty sure he was going to retire immediately afterwards to become a paramedic, but I may be confused with his other BS retirements.
2006 – AJPW Summer Impact Day 10 – Minoru Suzuki beats Taiyo Kea for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
2006 – NOAH Shiny Navigation Day 6 – Kentaro Shiga beats Scorpio for the GHC Openweight Hardcore title.
2007 – WWE Raw – Jeff Hardy beats Umaga for the WWE IC title as Umaga was going away for a 30-day Wellness suspension (the irony of Jeff Hardy gaining a title due to a drug suspension) and was destroyed by Triple H later with a sledgehammer (he's the ULTIMATE ASSKICKAH!), Paul London & Brian Kendrick beat Charle Haas & Shelton Benjamin to become World Tag #1 contenders and Vince McMahon is given a clue to who his illegitimate son is (“things are looking up”). See you on the 10th for that one!
2012 – WWE Raw – Antonio Cesaro retains the WWE United States title against Santino Marella and CM Punk solidifies his heel turn costing John Cena a match against Alberto del Rio and publicly aligning with Paul Heyman.
1924 – Ogdensburg, New York – 1-time NWA Northwest Tag Champion and 1-time holder of the Tri-State version of the NWA U.S. Jr Heavyweight title, Jim Larock is born.
1924 – 3-time NWA Canadian Champion in the Stampede territory and 1-time Stampede International Tag Champion Czaya Nandor is born.
1928 – Sydney, Australia – Ted Thye retains his Australian version of the World Light Heavyweight title against Hugh Nichols.
1929 – Napier, New Zealand – 3-time NWA New Zealand Champion, 8-time NWA British Commonwealth Champion in the New Zealand territory, New Zealand and Australia promoter and NWA President from 1993-1996, Steve Rickard is born.
1969 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Marianna Komlos aka Mrs Cleavage is born.
1984 – Kansas City, Missouri – Current TNA X Division Champion TJ Perkins aka Manik is born
1984 – WCCW Labor Day Star Wars – Chris Adams beats Jake Roberts for the WCCW TV title, Gino Hernandez beats Mike Von Erich for the NWA American title and Kevin & Kerry Von Erich beat The Freebirds in a handicap match for the Texas version of the NWA 6-Man Tag titles.
1984 – AJPW @ Hiroshima – Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu drop the bomb (I'm sorry) on Jerry Blackwell & Bruiser Brody to win the vacant NWA International Tag titles.
1985 – Yokosuka, Japan – Former NXT wrestler and current pervert (look it up) Jiro is born.
1987 – AJPW @ Nagoya – Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara beat Stan Hansen & Austin Idol for the PWF Tag titles.
1988 – EMLL – Bestia Salvaje beats Aguila Solitaria for the Mexican Welterweight title.
1989 – WCW @ Atlanta – The Great Muta beats Sting for the NWA TV title, The Freebirds retain the NWA Tag titles against The Midnight Express, Ric Flair retains the NWA World Heavyweight title against Terry Funk in a Texas Death match and the Road Warriors beat The Samoan SWAT Team in a steel cage main event.
1993 – AJPW Summer Action Series II – Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen beat Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada for the AJPW World Tag titles. DiBiase quietly retires during this reign due to a neck injury and the titles would be vacated. Also on this show, Mitsuharu Misawa retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Dr Death Steve Williams.
1994 – WCW Saturday Night – Lord Steven Regal retains the WCW TV title against Brian Armstrong (Road Dogg). This show also has Ricky Steamboat beating everyone's favourite burier, Jean Paul Levesque.
1994 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 11 – Dan Kroffat retains the AJPW Jr Heavyweight title against Yoshinari Ogawa and Dr Death Steve Williams retain the AJPW Triple Crown title against Kenta Kobashi.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against a young Nick Dinsmore, who would become Eugene in WWE.
2001 – WWF Raw – WWF's Rock retains the WCW title against WWF's Christian and WWF's Edge would retain the WWF IC title against ECW's Lance Storm. Christian's jealousy of his brother's success would cause Christian to attack Edge after his match and turn heel. To close RAW, Kurt Angle would kidnap Steve Austin as revenge for Austin throwing Angle's Olympic medals into a river. Angle took Austin to a bridge and threatened to throw him off the side unless he was given a WWF title match at Unforgiven. Austin agreed so Angle pushed him into a paddling pool instead.
2003 – TNA Weekly PPV – Chris Sabin beats Juventud Guerrera to win the 2003 Super X Cup.
2004 – CMLL Super Viernes – El Averno beats Zumbido for the vacant NWA Middleweight title.
2006 – PWG Battle of Los Angeles – Davey Richards beats CIMA to win the BOLA tournament. I'm pretty sure he was going to retire immediately afterwards to become a paramedic, but I may be confused with his other BS retirements.
2006 – AJPW Summer Impact Day 10 – Minoru Suzuki beats Taiyo Kea for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
2006 – NOAH Shiny Navigation Day 6 – Kentaro Shiga beats Scorpio for the GHC Openweight Hardcore title.
2007 – WWE Raw – Jeff Hardy beats Umaga for the WWE IC title as Umaga was going away for a 30-day Wellness suspension (the irony of Jeff Hardy gaining a title due to a drug suspension) and was destroyed by Triple H later with a sledgehammer (he's the ULTIMATE ASSKICKAH!), Paul London & Brian Kendrick beat Charle Haas & Shelton Benjamin to become World Tag #1 contenders and Vince McMahon is given a clue to who his illegitimate son is (“things are looking up”). See you on the 10th for that one!
2012 – WWE Raw – Antonio Cesaro retains the WWE United States title against Santino Marella and CM Punk solidifies his heel turn costing John Cena a match against Alberto del Rio and publicly aligning with Paul Heyman.