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1905 – USA - Old-school shoot wrestler James Hiram McLaughlin dies.
1926 – Paris, France – 1-time NWA Hawaiian Tag Champion Robert Duranton is born.
1944 – USA - 1-time NWA US Junior Heavyweight Champion in the Memphis territory Kenny Mack is born.
1946 – Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico – 3-time Mexican Women's Champion and 1-time UWA Women's Champion Chabela Romero is born.
1949 – USA – 1-time National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion Peter Sauer aka Ray Steele passes away from a heart attack age 49.
1959 – EMLL @ Guadalajara – Ray Mendoza beats Dory Dixon for the NWA Light Heavyweight title.
1960 – Chicago, Illinois – 5-time world tag champion and 4-time hall of fame member Road Warrior Animal is born.
1965 – Scarsdale, New York – Former owner of ECW and one of the greatest managers in history Paul Heyman is born.
1970 – Totatiche, Mexico – 2-time CMLL Welterweight Champion Mascara Magica is born.
1973 – WWWF @ Philadelphia – Mr Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka beat Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea via ref stoppage for the WWWF Tag titles.
1977 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – 7-time OVW Women's Champion and former TNA Knockout Sojourner Bolt is born.
1978 – AJPW @ Morioka – The Destroyer beats Mil Mascaras for the PWF United States title.
1981 – 1-time CHIKARA Tag Champion and former ROH wrestler Hallowicked is born.
1991 – Mexico – AAA wrestler Atomic Boy is born.
1993 – WCW Saturday Night – Dustin Rhodes beats Rick Rude for the vacant WCW United States title.
1993 – CMLL Sabados de Coliseo – Ultratumbita beats Ultimo Dragoncito for the CMLL Minis title.
1994 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Apolo Dantes beats Javier Llanes for the CMLL Middleweight title.
1994 – AAA @ Monterrey – Heavy Metal & Latin Lover beat Rocco Valente & Tony Arce for the Mexican Tag titles.
1995 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – The second-ever Nitro manages to beat Raw by 0.2 points. Nitro sees Sabu make his WCW debut getting DQ'ed against Alex Wright, Sting retains the WCW United States title against VK Wallstreet (Mike Rotunda) and Hulk Hogan retain the WCW World title via DQ against Lex Luger. This also marks the first time that WCW gave away the results of WWF Raw as announcer and head of WCW Eric Bischoff correctly predicts that “Shawn Michaels beats the big guy [Sycho Sid] with three superkicks” to retain the WWF IC title on Raw. The WWF learns the hazards of pre-taping shows and the Monday Night War starts to get very, very real.
1996 – St Louis, Missouri – Best known for being Dusty Rhodes's manager, Juanita Wright aka Sweet Sapphire passes away age 61 of a heart attack.
1998 – AJPW Super Power Series II – Kenta Kobashi retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Akira Taue.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw easily beats Nitro by 2.6 points. Raw sees The Hardy Boyz become WWF Tag #1 contenders by beating the Dudleyz, Lita retain the Women's title against Ivory, Al Snow (representing Germany with a photo of David Hasselhoff at ringside) retains the European title against Tazz using the photo as a weapon, Steve Blackman retains the Hardcore title against X-Pac and Kane & Chris Benoit beat Undertaker & WWF Champion The Rock in a no-DQ tag main event. Nitro has Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr retain the WCW Tag titles against KroniK and Kevin Nash retains the WCW title against Scott Steiner via no contest. Wrestlecrap wise, David Flair tries to marry Stacy Keibler but Stacy is reluctant so Flair concludes that she's carrying someone else's child. Oh and Scott Steiner tells us something about not waiting for a “vernal equilax” to go behind and do the bump n grind on the Big Dipper or some shit.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – Eddie Guerrero retains the United States title against John Cena in a Parking Lot Brawl.
2005 – TNA Unbreakable – The Naturals retain the NWA Tag titles in a 4-way match, Raven retains the NWA World title against Rhino in a Raven's Rules affair and AJ Styles beats champion Chris Daniels and fellow challenger Samoa Joe in a three-way to become X Division Champion in TNA's only Meltzer-rated 5-star match.
2009 – WWE Smackdown – Finlay beats Mike Knox in a Belfast Brawl and World Champion CM Punk beats Matt Hardy in a submission match in preparation for his submission match against Undertaker at Breaking Point.
2010 – Marquette, Michigan - 3-time Stampede North American Champion and 2-time Stampede International Tag Champion Mike Shaw aka The Bastion Booger dies age 53 of a heart attack.
2010 – ROH Glory By Honor IX – Eddie Edwards retains the ROH TV title against Shawn Daivari and Roderick Strong beats Tyler Black for the ROH World title in a no-DQ affair with Terry Funk as special enforcer.
2011 – TNA No Surrender – Winter beats Mickie James for the TNA KO title, Mexican America retain the TNA Tag titles against Devon and D'Angelo Dinero, Austin Aries beats Brian Kendrick for the X Division title, Bobby Roode beats Bully Ray to win the BFG Series and Kurt Angle retains the TNA title against Mr Anderson and Sting.
2011 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Lady Apache beats Princess Sugeith for the PWR Women's title
1926 – Paris, France – 1-time NWA Hawaiian Tag Champion Robert Duranton is born.
1944 – USA - 1-time NWA US Junior Heavyweight Champion in the Memphis territory Kenny Mack is born.
1946 – Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico – 3-time Mexican Women's Champion and 1-time UWA Women's Champion Chabela Romero is born.
1949 – USA – 1-time National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion Peter Sauer aka Ray Steele passes away from a heart attack age 49.
1959 – EMLL @ Guadalajara – Ray Mendoza beats Dory Dixon for the NWA Light Heavyweight title.
1960 – Chicago, Illinois – 5-time world tag champion and 4-time hall of fame member Road Warrior Animal is born.
1965 – Scarsdale, New York – Former owner of ECW and one of the greatest managers in history Paul Heyman is born.
1970 – Totatiche, Mexico – 2-time CMLL Welterweight Champion Mascara Magica is born.
1973 – WWWF @ Philadelphia – Mr Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka beat Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea via ref stoppage for the WWWF Tag titles.
1977 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – 7-time OVW Women's Champion and former TNA Knockout Sojourner Bolt is born.
1978 – AJPW @ Morioka – The Destroyer beats Mil Mascaras for the PWF United States title.
1981 – 1-time CHIKARA Tag Champion and former ROH wrestler Hallowicked is born.
1991 – Mexico – AAA wrestler Atomic Boy is born.
1993 – WCW Saturday Night – Dustin Rhodes beats Rick Rude for the vacant WCW United States title.
1993 – CMLL Sabados de Coliseo – Ultratumbita beats Ultimo Dragoncito for the CMLL Minis title.
1994 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Apolo Dantes beats Javier Llanes for the CMLL Middleweight title.
1994 – AAA @ Monterrey – Heavy Metal & Latin Lover beat Rocco Valente & Tony Arce for the Mexican Tag titles.
1995 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – The second-ever Nitro manages to beat Raw by 0.2 points. Nitro sees Sabu make his WCW debut getting DQ'ed against Alex Wright, Sting retains the WCW United States title against VK Wallstreet (Mike Rotunda) and Hulk Hogan retain the WCW World title via DQ against Lex Luger. This also marks the first time that WCW gave away the results of WWF Raw as announcer and head of WCW Eric Bischoff correctly predicts that “Shawn Michaels beats the big guy [Sycho Sid] with three superkicks” to retain the WWF IC title on Raw. The WWF learns the hazards of pre-taping shows and the Monday Night War starts to get very, very real.
1996 – St Louis, Missouri – Best known for being Dusty Rhodes's manager, Juanita Wright aka Sweet Sapphire passes away age 61 of a heart attack.
1998 – AJPW Super Power Series II – Kenta Kobashi retains the AJPW Triple Crown title against Akira Taue.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw easily beats Nitro by 2.6 points. Raw sees The Hardy Boyz become WWF Tag #1 contenders by beating the Dudleyz, Lita retain the Women's title against Ivory, Al Snow (representing Germany with a photo of David Hasselhoff at ringside) retains the European title against Tazz using the photo as a weapon, Steve Blackman retains the Hardcore title against X-Pac and Kane & Chris Benoit beat Undertaker & WWF Champion The Rock in a no-DQ tag main event. Nitro has Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr retain the WCW Tag titles against KroniK and Kevin Nash retains the WCW title against Scott Steiner via no contest. Wrestlecrap wise, David Flair tries to marry Stacy Keibler but Stacy is reluctant so Flair concludes that she's carrying someone else's child. Oh and Scott Steiner tells us something about not waiting for a “vernal equilax” to go behind and do the bump n grind on the Big Dipper or some shit.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – Eddie Guerrero retains the United States title against John Cena in a Parking Lot Brawl.
2005 – TNA Unbreakable – The Naturals retain the NWA Tag titles in a 4-way match, Raven retains the NWA World title against Rhino in a Raven's Rules affair and AJ Styles beats champion Chris Daniels and fellow challenger Samoa Joe in a three-way to become X Division Champion in TNA's only Meltzer-rated 5-star match.
2009 – WWE Smackdown – Finlay beats Mike Knox in a Belfast Brawl and World Champion CM Punk beats Matt Hardy in a submission match in preparation for his submission match against Undertaker at Breaking Point.
2010 – Marquette, Michigan - 3-time Stampede North American Champion and 2-time Stampede International Tag Champion Mike Shaw aka The Bastion Booger dies age 53 of a heart attack.
2010 – ROH Glory By Honor IX – Eddie Edwards retains the ROH TV title against Shawn Daivari and Roderick Strong beats Tyler Black for the ROH World title in a no-DQ affair with Terry Funk as special enforcer.
2011 – TNA No Surrender – Winter beats Mickie James for the TNA KO title, Mexican America retain the TNA Tag titles against Devon and D'Angelo Dinero, Austin Aries beats Brian Kendrick for the X Division title, Bobby Roode beats Bully Ray to win the BFG Series and Kurt Angle retains the TNA title against Mr Anderson and Sting.
2011 – CMLL Domingos de Coliseo – Lady Apache beats Princess Sugeith for the PWR Women's title
