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1938 - Cy Williams defeats Yvon Robért in Montreal, Quebec to win the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title, ending Robért's third reign. Williams would later be stripped of the title due to refusal to put a deposit on it.
1947 - Tug Carlson defeats Orville Brown for the Kansas City version of the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in St. Joseph, Missouri, ending Brown's ninth reign.
1957 - In Amarillo, Texas, Dory Funk, Sr. defeats Danny Plechas to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title for the third time.
1962 - The Destroyer and Dan Moukian defeat Haystacks Calhoun and Abe Jacobs for the NWA International Television Tag Team Title in Los Angeles, California.
1963 - In Kansas City, Kansas, Sonny Myers and Pat O'Connor defeat The Mongolian Stomper and Mike Sharpe in a tournament final to become the first holders of the Central States version of the NWA North American Tag Team Title.
1967 - Erik Watts is born in Amarillo, Texas.
1969 - The Assassins (Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) and Nick Bockwinkel defeat NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel, and The Professional in a six-man tag team match in Atlanta, Georgia, with the Assassins winning the title from Fuller and Gunkel, beginning their fourth reign.
1969 - Carlos Elio Colisetti ends Rey Mendoza's third NWA World Light Heavyweight Title reign in Mexico City, Mexico.
1969 - The Great Kojika defeats Mil Máscaras for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California, ending Máscaras' third reign.
1969 - Bobby and Jerry Christy win a tournament to win their second Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta.
1969 - King Curtis Iaukea defeats Bill Robinson for the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title in Sydney, Australia, beginning his second reign. At the same event, Spiros Arion and Mario Milano end the fifth IWA World Tag Team Title reign of Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy.
1970 - Giant Baba defeats Gene Kiniski in Los Angeles, California to begin his fourth, and final, NWA International Heavyweight Title reign. Baba would vacate the title two years later upon leaving the Japan Wrestling Association to found All Japan Pro Wrestling. Over a decade later, Baba would obtain the title for his organization, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and it would go on to become one third of the All Japan Triple Crown, which is still defended today.
1973 - Ken Mantell defeats Danny Hodge in Jackson, Mississippi for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title, ending Hodge's seventh reign.
1977 - 22,085 fans pack New York City's Madison Square Garden for a WWWF card. The results:
- Baron Mikel Scicluna and Special Delivery Jones fought to a 15-minute time-limit draw.
- Dominic DeNucci and The Golden Terror fought to a double countout.
- Butcher Vachon pinned Johnny Rivera.
- Arnold Skaaland defeated Lou Albano by countout.
- Bob Backlund pinned WWWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Fuji. after an atomic drop.
- Mil Máscaras defeated WWWF Heavyweight Champion Billy Graham by referee stoppage due to Graham's bleeding.
- Dusty Rhodes pinned Stan Stasiak after the Bionic Elbow.
- Chief Jay Strongbow defeated WWWF Tag Team Champion Prof. Tanaka by disqualification when Tanaka threw salt into the referee's eyes while Strongbow had him in a sleeper hold.
- Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko defeated Jack Evans and Larry Sharpe in a two out of three falls match, one fall to none. Zbyszko pinned Evans after a kneedrop to win the first fall and MSG's 11pm curfew came during the second fall, ending the match.
1978 - Jos LeDuc defeats Mr. Uganda (Ciclón Negro) for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida.
1985 - Dusty Rhodes shows up on TBS with the NWA National Heavyweight Title, announcing that he had defeated Buddy Landell for the belt in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, that match never existed. What had actually happened was Landell, the National champion, was scheduled to appear on TV to shoot an angle with Ric Flair that, according to Landell, was going to result in him having a brief run with the NWA World Heavyweight Title. But, Landell, by his own admission, went on a cocaine, alcohol and drug binge that week, and didn't make the start of the taping that morning. Accounts differ on what happened next. According to Landell, he hung up on both Jim Crockett and Dusty Rhodes when they tried to call him in his hotel room. Another version has Dusty Rhodes going to the hotel and being unable to get Landell out of bed. Regardless, the decision was made to create a fictional title change, and cancel Landell's push.
1985 - The WWF tapes the fourth Saturday Night's Main Event at the Sundome in Tampa, Florida. The show aired on January 4, 1986 with a 10.4 rating on NBC. The results:
- Bob Orton, Jr., Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura defeated Hillbilly Jim, Uncle Elmer and Cousin Luke when Piper made Luke submit to a sleeper hold after Orton hit Luke in the head with his cast.
- Hulk Hogan pinned Terry Funk after a lariat to retain the WWF World Title.
- Randy Savage pinned George Steele after a double axehandle after Steele got distracted by Miss Elizabeth. The referee for this bout was none other than Dean Malenko.
- Nikolai Volkoff pinned Corporal Kirchner in a Peace Summit match after a stungun and a knee to the chest.
- The Junkyard Dog and Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco and Mr. Fuji when JYD pinned Fuji after a headbutt.
1992 - Road Warrior Hawk defeats Mark Rambo to win the Catch Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Bremen, Germany.
1992 - Tomoko Watanabe and Bat Yoshinaga defeat Takako Inoue and Mariko Yoshida to win the All Japan Women's Tag Team Title, ending Inoue and Yoshida's second reign.
1993 - Canek defeats Canadian Vampire Casanova, later known as Vampiro, for the UWA World Heavyweight Title in Naucalpan, Mexico, beginning his 12th reign.
1993 - Chad and Eric Love defeat The Waveriders for the Mid-American Wrestling Tag Team Title in West Allis, Wisconsin.
1994 - Tommy Rich defeats Brian Christopher to win the USWA Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Christopher's 14th reign and beginning Rich's third.
1996 - The Texas Hangmen (Psycho and Killer) defeat Demolition Ax and Typhoon for the Independent Association of Wrestling Tag Team Title in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1997 - Death and Destruction (Roger Anderson and Frank Parker) defeat The Legends (Beau James and K.C. Thunder) in Fall Branch, Tennessee to win their sixth Southern States Wrestling Tag Team Title.
1998 - Sabu defeats Taz to win the "FTW" Heavyweight Title at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, becoming the only person other than Taz to hold the belt. Terry Funk came out before the match, teasing that he would make it a three way dance, then instead sent his new protégé, Justin Credible, into the match. Credible was eliminated first, leaving Sabu and Taz. Taz suplexed Sabu through a table, rendering him unconscious, then pulled Sabu on top of himself, allowing Sabu to get the pin and the title. The idea was that Taz was so confident he would beat Shane Douglas the following month for the ECW World Heavyweight Title at the "Guilty As Charged" Pay-per-view, he didn't care about losing his "unofficial" belt.
Here are the full results of the show:
- Super Nova defeated Steve Corino. This was Corino's ECW Arena debut.
- Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Antifaz Del Norte.
- The FBI (Little Guido & Big Sal E. Graziano) defeated Roadkill & Danny Doring.
- Lance Storm defeated Wolfie D and Rex King in a three way dance.
- Spike Dudley defeated Skull Von Krush.
- ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Balls Mahoney.
- The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, & Big Dick) defeated Rod Price, Mike Lozansky, & One Man Gang.
- Sabu defeated Taz and Justin Credible in a three way dance to win the FTW Heavyweight Title.
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas defeated Lance Storm.
1998 - Brian Logan defeats Buddy Rose for the vacant Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Kingwood, West Virginia, beginning his second reign.
1999 - WCW holds the 17th-annual Starrcade pay-per-view before 11,799 fans at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. The results:
- Big Vito and Johnny the Bull defeated Disco Inferno and Lash LeRoux when Vito pinned LeRoux after a spinning DDT.
- Madusa pinned Evan Karagias to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title after Spice, who had accompanied Karagias to the ring, low blowed him, enabling Madusa to pick up the victory and become the first-ever female champion.
- Norman Smiley pinned Meng, after Fit Finlay hit Meng with a metal bar, to retain the WCW Hardcore Title.
- The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Asya) defeated the reunited Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner) and Jim Duggan, when Douglas pinned Duggan after The Varsity Club turned on Duggan and attacked him. As a result of losing, Duggan had to renounce his United States citizenship the following night on Monday Nitro.
- Vampiro defeated Steve Williams by disqualification, after Williams attacked the referee.
- Vampiro pinned Oklahoma after a Nail in the Coffin.
- Creative Control (Gerald and Patrick) and Curt Hennig defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Midnight, when Hennig pinned Booker.
- Jeff Jarrett pinned Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Brawl after hitting him with a guitar.
- Diamond Dallas Page pinned David Flair in a Crowbar match after a Diamond Cutter.
- Sting defeated Lex Luger by disqualification after Miss Elizabeth turned on Sting and hit him with a baseball bat.
- Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious in a Powerbomb match. Jeff Jarrett had taken out Vicious when the referee was knocked out, but when the ref came to Nash said he had powerbombed Vicious and was awarded the victory.
- Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Ladder match to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title.
- Bret Hart defeated Goldberg in a No Disqualification match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title. Hart won by submission when Roddy Piper came to ringside and called for the bell as soon as Hart locked in the Sharpshooter, similar to the Montreal Screwjob of two years earlier. During the course of the match, Bret Hart suffered a severe concussion from a mule kick by Goldberg, which ultimately led to his retirement from wrestling.
1999 - The Russian Mafia (Mikael Kolov and Nikolai Petrovka) defeat Genocide (Dark Justice and Nuclear Nightmare) for the NWA Virginia Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title in Newport News, Virginia.
2000 - At a SmackDown! taping in Charlotte, North Carolina, Edge and Christian defeat The Rock and The Undertaker to begin their fifth WWF Tag Team Title reign. Kurt Angle, who was the guest referee, put Edge on top of The Rock after hitting Rock with the Angle Slam.
2003 - April Hunter defeats Cindy Rogers for the World Xtreme Wrestling Women's Title in Sciota, Pennsylvania.
2003 - Paul Atlas defeats Brian Anthony to win the NWA East Triple Jeopardy Title for the second time, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The title was retired after the match, but would return in November 2004 as the NWA East Brass Knuckles Title.
2003 - Hot Rod Biggs and Devon Day defeated The Lethal Weapons (Ty Blade and Chris Bomb) for the United States Wrestling Organization Tag Team Title in Madison, Tennessee, ending the Weapons' second reign.
2004 - Crazy Ivan defeats Balls Mahoney to win the NWA North Jersey Television Title in Passaic, New Jersey.
2004 - Black Buffalo and Daioh QUALLT defeat Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask in Osaka, Japan for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Title.
2005 - Society's Rejects (Mark Anarchy and Rocko Shinoda) defeat DDB and The Rage for the Action Zone Wrestling Tag Team Title in Waipahu, Hawaii.
2006 - Ganger defeats Scottie Murray in Cincinnati, Ohio to win the vacant HWA Television Title.
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