1927 - Antonio Basetton, the man who become known as Antonio Rocca, is born along with his twin sister in Treviso, Italy
1932 - Ed Strangler Lewis defeated Ed Don George for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
1990 - All-Japan, New Japan, and WWF put on a combined show at the Tokyo Dome. The top matches were Hulk Hogan defeated Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Randy Savage.
1994 - Diesel defeated Razor Ramon for the WWF Intercontinental title
1994 - Jesse Ventura was awarded $809,958 by a federal jury in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the result of a lawsuit aginast Titan Sports. All but $8,625 was for royalties on videotapes which Ventura did color commentary. Ventura originally sought for $2 millinon in the case.
1996 - The USWA held it's 1000th live card at WMC Studios in Memphis, TN
1997 - ECW holds first PPV event
1997 - Event - Barely Legal, ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1997 - Terry Funk defeated Raven for the ECW Heavyweight title
1997 - The Eliminators defeated Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley for the ECW Tag Team title
1998 - Beau James stripped of the SCW Brass Knuckles Championship
1998 - RAW finally defeats NITRO 4.6 to 4.3 since they went head-to-head on June 10, 1996.
1999 - The WWF released several wrestlers including: The Blue Meanie (who was later reinstated), Public Enemy, Disciples of Apocalypse, Steve Williams, Gillberg, Steven Regal, and Golga (John Tenta).
2000 - Taz, coming from the WWF, saves ECW by winning their World Heavyweight Title from Mike Awesome in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2002 - Event - WWA: Eruption, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia
2002 - Gen'ichiro Tenryu defeated Toshiaki Kawada to win his third All-Japan Triple Crown in Tokyo, Japan. Kawada vacated the title a few weeks ago when he injured his knee.
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