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1917 – Kumamoto, Japan – Japanese wrestler and judoka Masahiko Kimura is born. The famed kimura submission hold is named after him.
1921 – Tonypandy, Wales – 1-time British Heavyweight Champion and 1-time holder of the UK version of the World Light Heavyweight title Dai Sullivan is born.
1922 – Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba – 1-time Madison Tag Champion Ole Olsen is born.
1929 – Kansas City, Missouri – Charles Fischer retains the Illinois version of the World Middleweight title against Joe Wisack and Gus Sonnenberg retains the World Heavyweight Wrestling title against Stanley Stasiak 2 falls to 0.
1930 – New Brunswick – 2-time NWA Gulf Coast Champion, 1-time NWA Tag Champion in the Memphis territory and 2-time NWA Southern Jr Heavyweight Champion Yvon Roberre is born.
1943 – Paradise Valley, Arizona – 1-time WWWF Champion and 3-time hall of famer Superstar Billy Graham is born.
1949 – Sunset Beach, Hawaii – 2-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 2-time ECW Champion and 2004 WWE Hall of Famer Don Muraco is born.
1949 – Martinique – 7-time Stampede International Tag Champion and 2-time WWC Tag Champion Gerry Morrow is born.
1951 – Tampa, Florida - Holder of over 30 NWA titles, 17-time AWA Southern Tag Champion, WWF's Skinner, former Fabulous One and the current president of NXT, Steve Keirn is born.
1951 – Seattle, Washington – 1-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 5-time world tag champion, 3-time NWA United States Champion and 2004 WWE Hall of Famer Greg Valentine is born.
1974 – Vinkovci, Croatia – MMA fighter, former Croatian parliament member and current K-1 World Champion Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is born.
1976 – Fairfield, Connecticut – 2-time TNA Tag Champion and 1-time Ring Ka King Champion Matt Morgan is born.
1977 – Clinton, Mississippi – 1-time NWA North American Champion, son of Ted DiBiase and brother of Ted DiBiase Jr, Mike DiBiase Jr is born.
1980 – Coffeyville, Kansas – 3-time WWE World Tag Team Champion Trevor Murdoch is born.
1981 – Ichinoseki, Japan – Current 2-time Open the Dream Gate Champion YAMATO is born.
1983 – Madera, California – Current 1-time Bellator Women's Champion Zoila Gurgel is born.
1984 – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1-time holder of the CZW Heavyweight, Tag, and Jr Heavyweight titles and 2-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion Drake Younger is born.
1988 – JCP @ Philadelphia – Barry Windham retains the NWA US title against Sting via self DQ, Mike Rotunda retains the NWA TV title via DQ against Nikita Koloff, The Midnight Express beat Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard for the NWA Tag titles (Arn & Tully were leaving for the WWF) and Ric Flair retains the NWA World title via self DQ against Lex Luger.
1994 – WCW Saturday Night – Paul Roma & Paul Orndorff retain the WCW Tag titles against Terry Taylor and Buddy Wayne.
1995 – AJPW Budokan Show – Yoshinari Ogawa beats Dan Kroffat for the AJPW Junior Heavyweight title and Mitsuharu Misawa retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Akira Taue.
1997 – Dallas, Texas – 1-time AWA Champion, 3-time Hall of Famer and WCCW owner Fritz Von Erich dies from brain and lung cancer age 68.
2001 – WWF Raw – WWF's Tajiri beats WCW's Kanyon for the WCW US title, WWF's Kurt Angle beats ECW's Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore title and RVD immediately beats Angle to win the title back.
2004 – Michinoku Pro @ Tokyo – Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhio Nakajima beat Jinsei Shinzaki & Ultimo Dragon for the Tohoku Eastern Tag titles.
2007 – Calgary, Alberta – 13-time NWA Tag Champion (8 in the San Francisco territory, 5 in Georgia) and 2-time Los Angeles World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres dies age 85.
2009 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1-time NWA Canadian Champion, 1-time Stampede North American Champion, 1-time WWC Tag Champion and 4-time Stampede International Tag Champion Kerry Brown dies age 51 of liver failure.
2011 – REINA 12 – Ray beats Zeuxis to become the first CMLL/REINA International Junior Champion.
2012 – WWE Raw – Tragedy strikes as Jerry Lawler has a heart attack while on commentary, having wrestled a match eariler. The remainder of the show is silent except for sporadic updates from Michael Cole. Despite being without oxygen for ten minutes, King miraculously manages to pull through without any permanent damage.
1921 – Tonypandy, Wales – 1-time British Heavyweight Champion and 1-time holder of the UK version of the World Light Heavyweight title Dai Sullivan is born.
1922 – Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba – 1-time Madison Tag Champion Ole Olsen is born.
1929 – Kansas City, Missouri – Charles Fischer retains the Illinois version of the World Middleweight title against Joe Wisack and Gus Sonnenberg retains the World Heavyweight Wrestling title against Stanley Stasiak 2 falls to 0.
1930 – New Brunswick – 2-time NWA Gulf Coast Champion, 1-time NWA Tag Champion in the Memphis territory and 2-time NWA Southern Jr Heavyweight Champion Yvon Roberre is born.
1943 – Paradise Valley, Arizona – 1-time WWWF Champion and 3-time hall of famer Superstar Billy Graham is born.
1949 – Sunset Beach, Hawaii – 2-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 2-time ECW Champion and 2004 WWE Hall of Famer Don Muraco is born.
1949 – Martinique – 7-time Stampede International Tag Champion and 2-time WWC Tag Champion Gerry Morrow is born.
1951 – Tampa, Florida - Holder of over 30 NWA titles, 17-time AWA Southern Tag Champion, WWF's Skinner, former Fabulous One and the current president of NXT, Steve Keirn is born.
1951 – Seattle, Washington – 1-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 5-time world tag champion, 3-time NWA United States Champion and 2004 WWE Hall of Famer Greg Valentine is born.
1974 – Vinkovci, Croatia – MMA fighter, former Croatian parliament member and current K-1 World Champion Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is born.
1976 – Fairfield, Connecticut – 2-time TNA Tag Champion and 1-time Ring Ka King Champion Matt Morgan is born.
1977 – Clinton, Mississippi – 1-time NWA North American Champion, son of Ted DiBiase and brother of Ted DiBiase Jr, Mike DiBiase Jr is born.
1980 – Coffeyville, Kansas – 3-time WWE World Tag Team Champion Trevor Murdoch is born.
1981 – Ichinoseki, Japan – Current 2-time Open the Dream Gate Champion YAMATO is born.
1983 – Madera, California – Current 1-time Bellator Women's Champion Zoila Gurgel is born.
1984 – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1-time holder of the CZW Heavyweight, Tag, and Jr Heavyweight titles and 2-time CZW Ultraviolent Champion Drake Younger is born.
1988 – JCP @ Philadelphia – Barry Windham retains the NWA US title against Sting via self DQ, Mike Rotunda retains the NWA TV title via DQ against Nikita Koloff, The Midnight Express beat Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard for the NWA Tag titles (Arn & Tully were leaving for the WWF) and Ric Flair retains the NWA World title via self DQ against Lex Luger.
1994 – WCW Saturday Night – Paul Roma & Paul Orndorff retain the WCW Tag titles against Terry Taylor and Buddy Wayne.
1995 – AJPW Budokan Show – Yoshinari Ogawa beats Dan Kroffat for the AJPW Junior Heavyweight title and Mitsuharu Misawa retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Akira Taue.
1997 – Dallas, Texas – 1-time AWA Champion, 3-time Hall of Famer and WCCW owner Fritz Von Erich dies from brain and lung cancer age 68.
2001 – WWF Raw – WWF's Tajiri beats WCW's Kanyon for the WCW US title, WWF's Kurt Angle beats ECW's Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore title and RVD immediately beats Angle to win the title back.
2004 – Michinoku Pro @ Tokyo – Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhio Nakajima beat Jinsei Shinzaki & Ultimo Dragon for the Tohoku Eastern Tag titles.
2007 – Calgary, Alberta – 13-time NWA Tag Champion (8 in the San Francisco territory, 5 in Georgia) and 2-time Los Angeles World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres dies age 85.
2009 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1-time NWA Canadian Champion, 1-time Stampede North American Champion, 1-time WWC Tag Champion and 4-time Stampede International Tag Champion Kerry Brown dies age 51 of liver failure.
2011 – REINA 12 – Ray beats Zeuxis to become the first CMLL/REINA International Junior Champion.
2012 – WWE Raw – Tragedy strikes as Jerry Lawler has a heart attack while on commentary, having wrestled a match eariler. The remainder of the show is silent except for sporadic updates from Michael Cole. Despite being without oxygen for ten minutes, King miraculously manages to pull through without any permanent damage.