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1956 - Jerry Graham defeats Bobby Wepner to win the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Florida.
1963 - Verne Gagne becomes a six-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion, defeating The Crusher in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending Crusher's second reign as champion.
1979 - Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus defeats Jose Lothario & El Halcon for the NWA American Tag Team Title in Houston, Texas, ending Lothario & Halcon's second title reign, and beginning the second reign for Hernandez & Markus.
1983 - Dick Slater defeats Greg Valentine in Shelby, North Carolina for the United States Heavyweight Title, ending Valentine's third, and final, reign with the belt.
1986 - WWF taped the ninth Saturday Night's Main Event program for NBC during a show at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The show would air on January 3, 1987. Here are the results of the show:
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff in a Steel Cage match. This was the famous "restart" match, where Hogan and Orndorff both escaped the cage on opposite sides, and allegedly touched the ground at the same time. The referee ruled the match a tie and had it restarted. This was the end of the Hogan-Orndorff feud.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage defeated George "The Animal" Steele.
- Junkyard Dog defeated Harley Race via disqualification.
- Adrian Adonis defeated Roddy Piper via countout when Adonis sprayed perfume in the eyes of Piper, blinding him.
- Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jimmy Jack Funk with a reverse elbow.
1992 - The Hell Raisers (Road Warrior Hawk and "Power Warrior" Kensuke Sasaki) defeat Scott Norton & Tony Halme (aka Ludvig Borga in WWF) for New Japan's IWGP Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.
2002 - The Messiah defeats Justice Pain in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the CZW World Heavyweight Title, ending Pain's fourth reign and starting the second run with the belt for Messiah.
2003 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie in Nagoya, Japan to win New Japan's IWGP Tag Team Title.
2003 - WWE's Armageddon Pay-per-view was held in Orlando, Florida at the TD Waterhouse Arena, headlined by Triple H defeating champion Goldberg and Kane in a Triple Threat match, ending Goldberg's only World Title reign in WWE. Here are the results:
- In a Heat match, Rico defeated Heidenreich with a neckbreaker after Miss Jackie distracted Rico.
- Booker T defeated Mark Henry with an ax kick.
- Randy Orton defeated Rob Van Dam with the RKO to win the Intercontinental Title. Mick Foley was the special referee.
- Chris Jericho & Christian defeated Trish Stratus & Lita when Christian rolled up Trish from behind while she was talking with Jericho.
- Shawn Michaels defeated Batista with a superkick.
- Matt Hardy defeated Maven. Batista, enraged over his loss to Michaels, beat up Maven, and when Hardy came out, Maven was already out cold from a Batista powerbomb. Hardy covered Maven and counted his own pin.
- Ric Flair & Batista won a Tag Team Turmoil match to become the World Tag Team Champions defeating champions the Dudley Boyz when Batista pinned D-Von with a powerbomb. Other teams in the match were Scott Steiner & Test, Rob Conway & Rene Dupree, Hurricane & Rosey, Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade, Lance Storm & Val Venis.
- Women's Champion Molly Holly defeated Ivory with a cradle.
- Triple H defeated champion Bill Goldberg and Kane in a Triple Threat match to win the World Heavyweight Title. Triple H hit Goldberg with a low blow, setting up for Kane to chokeslam Goldberg. Batista, at ringside, pulled Kane out of the ring, allowing Triple H to get the pin on Goldberg.
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