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1913 – Illinois – 1-time NWA Southern Tag Champion in the Georgia territory and 1-time NWA Texas Jr Heavy Champion Whitey Whittler is born.
1952 – Mexico – 1-time Mexican Women's Champion La Marquesa is born.
1953 – NWA San Francisco @ Eureka – Enrique Torres retains the San Francisco version of the NWA Pacific Coast title against Mr Moto.
1957 – Chicago – Former WWF wrestler and 1-time FMW Brass Knuckles Champion Mike “Corporal” Kirschner aka Leatherface/Super Leather is born.
1962 – Atlanta – Former WWF, WCW and JCP jobber and 1-time NWA Georgia Jr Heavy Champion George South is born.
1967 – EMLL @ Mexico City – Raul Guerrero beats Raul Rojas for the Mexican Lightweight title.
1969 – Omaha, Nebraska – 3-time CWA Tag Champion (the German CWA, not the Memphian CWA), 2-time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Champion and former WCW and ECW wrestler Cannonball Grizzly aka PN News is born.
1972 – JWA @ Osaka – Seiji Sakaguchi beats The Shiek for the NWA United National title.
1977 – Forest Lake, Minnesota – 2-time WWE Women's Champion,1-time WWE Hardcore Champion and a goddess of big bottoms (big butts rule, regardless of what WWE storylines may say) Molly Holly is born.
1982 – Dominican Republic – Shit goes down with the NWA title. Champion Ric Flair defends his title against local hero Jack Veneno. According to Flair, the match was to go to a time limit draw while Flair was stuck in a sleeper and when Flair's arm dropped the third time, the bell would ring signalling the draw. However, the fans mistook this as Veneno winning and started rioting in jubilation. Flair, scared of what would happen if they were angry about the decision being reversed, handed the belt to Veneno and got the hell out of there, allowing the Dominican fans to think that Veneno was the NWA Champion. The title “change” is not recognised by the NWA and the belt was immediately returned to Flair backstage, who refused to do a rematch for the title.
1984 – Jersey City, New Jersey – Former Tough Enough V contestant and current NXT wrestler Michael Zaki is born.
1985 – WWF All Star Wrestling – The Dream Team retain the WWF Tag titles against Paul Roma & Bob Marcus and Tito Santana retains the IC title against Gino Carabello.
1986 – Rochester, New York – Former WWE jobber Colin Delaney is born.
1987 – WCCW Labor Day Star Wars – Tony Atlas beats Brian Adidas for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title, The Simpsons (D'oh!) retain the NWA Texas Tag titles against Eric Embry & Frankie Lancaster, Ted Arcidi wins a battle royal for the vacant NWA Texas title and Al Perez retains the WCCW title against Kevin Von Erich via countout.
1988 – EMLL @ Nezahaulcoyotl – Mogur beats Pierroth Jr for the Mexican Light Heavyweight title.
1988 – JCP Clash of the Champions III – Mike Rotuna successfully defends the NWA TV title against Brad Armstrong via time limit draw and Sting retains the NWA United States title against Barry Windham via a Dusty Finish DQ as Windham had waffled Sting with a chair and another referee came out to stop the pin and DQ Windham.
1990 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 16 – Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi defeat The Fantastics for the All Asia Tag titles.
1991 – WWF King of the Ring – Bret Hart beats IRS in the final to become King.
1997 – WWF In Your House 17 Ground Zero – Steve Austin and Dude Love vacate the WWF Tag titles due to Austin's neck injury from Owen Hart's reverse piledriver at Summerslam but not before Austin stuns JR for the hell of it, The Headbangers win the vacant titles in a 4-way match against Owen & Bulldog, LOD & The Godwinns when Austin interferes against the British Commonwealth coalition of the match, Bret Hart retains the WWF title against The Patriot and the main event of Undertaker and Shawn Michaels goes to a no contest due to them keep attacking the refs.
1998 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed. Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Hector Garza, Chris Jericho retains the WCW TV title against Jim Neidhart in a botched finish where the ref thinks Neidhart has tapped, Jericho thinks a time limit draw and the announcers think a passout. Dean Malenko beats Curt Hennig in a cage match via DQ (what is this shit?), Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight title against Scott f***ing Putski (why is he competing for the world title?!) and Roddy Piper & DDP beat Lex Luger & Sting via DQ when Nash interferes for his Wolfpac brethren.
2000 – WWF Smackdown – Eddie Guerrero retains the IC title against Road Dogg and The Rock retains the WWF title against Kane and Christian in a 3-way.
2002 – NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line Day 9 – Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio retain the GHC Tag titles as Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama beats Yoshinari Ogawa for the GHC title.
2003 – Montreal – The Great Antonio passes away at age 77 of a heart attack. Antonio's most famous moment is when he decided to stiff and no-sell Antonio Inoki who promptly beat the shit out of him in the middle of the ring leaving him a bloody mess.
2007 – WWE @ Johannesburg – Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch regain their World Tag titles from Paul London & Brian Kendrick.
2008 – WWE Unforgiven 2008 – Matt Hardy wins his only world title to date as he dethrones Mark Henry of the ECW title in a Championship Scramble, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr retain the World Tag titles against Cryme Tyme, Shawn Michaels beats Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match via stoppage, Randy Orton punts World Champion CM Punk backstage causing Punk to drop out of his Championship Scramble, Triple H retains his WWE title in a Championship Scramble, Michelle McCool retains the Divas title against Maryse and Chris Jericho shocks everyone when, as CM Punk's replacement and having gone through the unsanctioned amtch, is able to win the final Championship Scramble and walk away World Heavyweight Champion, his fourth world title.
2010 – CMLL Martes Arena Mexico – Mascara Dorada beats Negro Casas for the CMLL Welterweight title.
2012 – NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour Road to Destruction Day 1 – Kota Ibushi retains the IWGP Jr Heavy title against KUSHIDA.
2012 – WWE Smackdown – The Prime Time Players beat Primo & Epico and The Usos to become Tag Team #1 contenders.
1952 – Mexico – 1-time Mexican Women's Champion La Marquesa is born.
1953 – NWA San Francisco @ Eureka – Enrique Torres retains the San Francisco version of the NWA Pacific Coast title against Mr Moto.
1957 – Chicago – Former WWF wrestler and 1-time FMW Brass Knuckles Champion Mike “Corporal” Kirschner aka Leatherface/Super Leather is born.
1962 – Atlanta – Former WWF, WCW and JCP jobber and 1-time NWA Georgia Jr Heavy Champion George South is born.
1967 – EMLL @ Mexico City – Raul Guerrero beats Raul Rojas for the Mexican Lightweight title.
1969 – Omaha, Nebraska – 3-time CWA Tag Champion (the German CWA, not the Memphian CWA), 2-time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Champion and former WCW and ECW wrestler Cannonball Grizzly aka PN News is born.
1972 – JWA @ Osaka – Seiji Sakaguchi beats The Shiek for the NWA United National title.
1977 – Forest Lake, Minnesota – 2-time WWE Women's Champion,1-time WWE Hardcore Champion and a goddess of big bottoms (big butts rule, regardless of what WWE storylines may say) Molly Holly is born.
1982 – Dominican Republic – Shit goes down with the NWA title. Champion Ric Flair defends his title against local hero Jack Veneno. According to Flair, the match was to go to a time limit draw while Flair was stuck in a sleeper and when Flair's arm dropped the third time, the bell would ring signalling the draw. However, the fans mistook this as Veneno winning and started rioting in jubilation. Flair, scared of what would happen if they were angry about the decision being reversed, handed the belt to Veneno and got the hell out of there, allowing the Dominican fans to think that Veneno was the NWA Champion. The title “change” is not recognised by the NWA and the belt was immediately returned to Flair backstage, who refused to do a rematch for the title.
1984 – Jersey City, New Jersey – Former Tough Enough V contestant and current NXT wrestler Michael Zaki is born.
1985 – WWF All Star Wrestling – The Dream Team retain the WWF Tag titles against Paul Roma & Bob Marcus and Tito Santana retains the IC title against Gino Carabello.
1986 – Rochester, New York – Former WWE jobber Colin Delaney is born.
1987 – WCCW Labor Day Star Wars – Tony Atlas beats Brian Adidas for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title, The Simpsons (D'oh!) retain the NWA Texas Tag titles against Eric Embry & Frankie Lancaster, Ted Arcidi wins a battle royal for the vacant NWA Texas title and Al Perez retains the WCCW title against Kevin Von Erich via countout.
1988 – EMLL @ Nezahaulcoyotl – Mogur beats Pierroth Jr for the Mexican Light Heavyweight title.
1988 – JCP Clash of the Champions III – Mike Rotuna successfully defends the NWA TV title against Brad Armstrong via time limit draw and Sting retains the NWA United States title against Barry Windham via a Dusty Finish DQ as Windham had waffled Sting with a chair and another referee came out to stop the pin and DQ Windham.
1990 – AJPW Summer Action Series II Day 16 – Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi defeat The Fantastics for the All Asia Tag titles.
1991 – WWF King of the Ring – Bret Hart beats IRS in the final to become King.
1997 – WWF In Your House 17 Ground Zero – Steve Austin and Dude Love vacate the WWF Tag titles due to Austin's neck injury from Owen Hart's reverse piledriver at Summerslam but not before Austin stuns JR for the hell of it, The Headbangers win the vacant titles in a 4-way match against Owen & Bulldog, LOD & The Godwinns when Austin interferes against the British Commonwealth coalition of the match, Bret Hart retains the WWF title against The Patriot and the main event of Undertaker and Shawn Michaels goes to a no contest due to them keep attacking the refs.
1998 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed. Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Hector Garza, Chris Jericho retains the WCW TV title against Jim Neidhart in a botched finish where the ref thinks Neidhart has tapped, Jericho thinks a time limit draw and the announcers think a passout. Dean Malenko beats Curt Hennig in a cage match via DQ (what is this shit?), Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight title against Scott f***ing Putski (why is he competing for the world title?!) and Roddy Piper & DDP beat Lex Luger & Sting via DQ when Nash interferes for his Wolfpac brethren.
2000 – WWF Smackdown – Eddie Guerrero retains the IC title against Road Dogg and The Rock retains the WWF title against Kane and Christian in a 3-way.
2002 – NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line Day 9 – Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio retain the GHC Tag titles as Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama beats Yoshinari Ogawa for the GHC title.
2003 – Montreal – The Great Antonio passes away at age 77 of a heart attack. Antonio's most famous moment is when he decided to stiff and no-sell Antonio Inoki who promptly beat the shit out of him in the middle of the ring leaving him a bloody mess.
2007 – WWE @ Johannesburg – Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch regain their World Tag titles from Paul London & Brian Kendrick.
2008 – WWE Unforgiven 2008 – Matt Hardy wins his only world title to date as he dethrones Mark Henry of the ECW title in a Championship Scramble, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr retain the World Tag titles against Cryme Tyme, Shawn Michaels beats Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match via stoppage, Randy Orton punts World Champion CM Punk backstage causing Punk to drop out of his Championship Scramble, Triple H retains his WWE title in a Championship Scramble, Michelle McCool retains the Divas title against Maryse and Chris Jericho shocks everyone when, as CM Punk's replacement and having gone through the unsanctioned amtch, is able to win the final Championship Scramble and walk away World Heavyweight Champion, his fourth world title.
2010 – CMLL Martes Arena Mexico – Mascara Dorada beats Negro Casas for the CMLL Welterweight title.
2012 – NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour Road to Destruction Day 1 – Kota Ibushi retains the IWGP Jr Heavy title against KUSHIDA.
2012 – WWE Smackdown – The Prime Time Players beat Primo & Epico and The Usos to become Tag Team #1 contenders.