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1916 – Oyster Bay, New York – 1-time NWA North American Champion in the Amarillo territory and 1-time NWA Southwest Tag Champion Antone Leone is born.
1929 – Santa Monica, California – 2-time holder of the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight title, 4-time AWA U.S. Champion, 4-time world tag champion and the credited inventor of the abdominal stretch, Wilbur Snyder is born.
1937 – Honolulu, Hawaii – 1-time WWWF Tag Champion and 2011 Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer Curtis Iaukea is born.
1940 – Columbia, New Hampshire – 2-time NWA Los Angeles TV Champion Man Mountain Mike is born.
1954 – Puerto Rico – 1-time WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion El Profe is born.
1954 – Buffalo, New York – 2-time world tag champion and the first kayfabe openly gay wrestler Adorable Adrian Adonis is born.
1955 – Atlanta, Georgia – Long-time JCP, WCW and WWE referee and manager Theodore Long is born.
1973 – Tokyo, Japan – 2-time AJW Junior Heavyweight Champion and 4-time WWWA Super Lightweight Champion Chaparrita ASARI is born.
1987 – Forked River, New Jersey – 1-time ROH Tag Champion Rhett Titus is born.
1988 – AJPW Exciting Night in Korakuen – Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada beat Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano for the All Asia Tag titles.
1996 – WCW Pro – Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against Public Enemy via no contest.
1996 – WCW Worldwide – Rey Mysterio Jr retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Pat Tanaka and Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against The Renegade & Jim Powers.
1996 – WCW Fall Brawl – Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against The Nasty Boys (meaning that WCW viewers saw Harlem Heat defend the belts three times in one day), Rey Mysterio Jr retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Super Calo and the nWo beat WCW in a War Games match. Sting is pissed at his fellow WCW team-mates for doubting his loyalty and flips them off, starting his transformation into Crow Sting.
1996 – AAA – Fuerza Guerrera beats El Hijo del Santo for the Mexican Middleweight title.
1997 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Nitro beats Raw by 1.3 points. Nitro sees Alex Wright defend the TV title against Steven Regal, The Outsiders retain the Tag titles against Mortis & Wrath, Eddie Guerrero retain the Cruiserweight title against Ultimo Dragon and Curt Hennig beat Steve McMichael for the United States title. Raw sees The Headbangers retain the WWF Tag titles against Bret Hart & The British Bulldog via DQ.
1998 – CMLL – El Olimpico beats Karloff Lagarde Jr for the CMLL Welterweight title.
2008 – WWE Raw – Chris Jericho retains the World Heavyweight title against CM Punk in a steel cage match when Punk accidentally managed to headbutt Jericho out of the cage.
2009 – ECW – The king of battle royals, Zack Ryder, wins a 10-man battle royal to become ECW #1 contender.
2012 – ROH TV – Kevin Steen beats Eddie Kingston in a Anything Goes match to retain the ROH title.
2012 – ROH Death Before Dishonor X – Adam Cole retains the ROH TV title against Mike Mondo, Steve Corino & Jimmy Jacobs beat Rhett Titus & Charlie Haas for the vacant ROH Tag titles (the titles were vacant because Kenny King, one half of the champions, jumped to TNA without any notice) and Kevin Steen retains the ROH World title against Rhino in a no-DQ match.
1929 – Santa Monica, California – 2-time holder of the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight title, 4-time AWA U.S. Champion, 4-time world tag champion and the credited inventor of the abdominal stretch, Wilbur Snyder is born.
1937 – Honolulu, Hawaii – 1-time WWWF Tag Champion and 2011 Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer Curtis Iaukea is born.
1940 – Columbia, New Hampshire – 2-time NWA Los Angeles TV Champion Man Mountain Mike is born.
1954 – Puerto Rico – 1-time WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion El Profe is born.
1954 – Buffalo, New York – 2-time world tag champion and the first kayfabe openly gay wrestler Adorable Adrian Adonis is born.
1955 – Atlanta, Georgia – Long-time JCP, WCW and WWE referee and manager Theodore Long is born.
1973 – Tokyo, Japan – 2-time AJW Junior Heavyweight Champion and 4-time WWWA Super Lightweight Champion Chaparrita ASARI is born.
1987 – Forked River, New Jersey – 1-time ROH Tag Champion Rhett Titus is born.
1988 – AJPW Exciting Night in Korakuen – Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada beat Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano for the All Asia Tag titles.
1996 – WCW Pro – Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against Public Enemy via no contest.
1996 – WCW Worldwide – Rey Mysterio Jr retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Pat Tanaka and Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against The Renegade & Jim Powers.
1996 – WCW Fall Brawl – Harlem Heat retain the WCW Tag titles against The Nasty Boys (meaning that WCW viewers saw Harlem Heat defend the belts three times in one day), Rey Mysterio Jr retains the WCW Cruiserweight title against Super Calo and the nWo beat WCW in a War Games match. Sting is pissed at his fellow WCW team-mates for doubting his loyalty and flips them off, starting his transformation into Crow Sting.
1996 – AAA – Fuerza Guerrera beats El Hijo del Santo for the Mexican Middleweight title.
1997 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Nitro beats Raw by 1.3 points. Nitro sees Alex Wright defend the TV title against Steven Regal, The Outsiders retain the Tag titles against Mortis & Wrath, Eddie Guerrero retain the Cruiserweight title against Ultimo Dragon and Curt Hennig beat Steve McMichael for the United States title. Raw sees The Headbangers retain the WWF Tag titles against Bret Hart & The British Bulldog via DQ.
1998 – CMLL – El Olimpico beats Karloff Lagarde Jr for the CMLL Welterweight title.
2008 – WWE Raw – Chris Jericho retains the World Heavyweight title against CM Punk in a steel cage match when Punk accidentally managed to headbutt Jericho out of the cage.
2009 – ECW – The king of battle royals, Zack Ryder, wins a 10-man battle royal to become ECW #1 contender.
2012 – ROH TV – Kevin Steen beats Eddie Kingston in a Anything Goes match to retain the ROH title.
2012 – ROH Death Before Dishonor X – Adam Cole retains the ROH TV title against Mike Mondo, Steve Corino & Jimmy Jacobs beat Rhett Titus & Charlie Haas for the vacant ROH Tag titles (the titles were vacant because Kenny King, one half of the champions, jumped to TNA without any notice) and Kevin Steen retains the ROH World title against Rhino in a no-DQ match.