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What happened on January 1st in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1954NWA World Middleweight Title: Won by El Santo
1970NWA North American Heavyweight Title: Won by Bulldog Brower
1978NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Blackjack Mulligan
1982WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Tiger Mask
1993WWF World Light Heavyweight Title: Won by El Signo
2004WWE Cruiserweight Title: Won by Rey Mysterio
2005NWA World Middleweight Title: Won by Místico
2012CMLL World Heavyweight Title: Won by Damián el Terrible
2021NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title: Championship vacant
2022WWE Title: Won by Brock Lesnar
2022NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title: Championship vacant
2023GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Eita & Yoshinari Ogawa
2023NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title: Championship vacant
2024NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title: Championship vacant
All in all, there are 199 title changes in our championships database which happened on a January 1st.

Tournament Finals
2003
CMLL La Gran Alternativa 2003
2004
KAGEKI New Year Tag Tournament 2004
2006
GCW Tag Team Titles Tournament
2010
IWRG El Torneo de Nuevo Promesas 2010
2011
CMLL El Rey del Aire 2011
2011
New Years Cup Tournament
2014
CMLL La Copa Junior 2014 (A)
2023
JCW BattleBowl 2023

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
2009
IWRG @ Naucalpan - La Guerra del Golfo 2009 (A)
2011
UFC 125: Resolution (Buyrate: 270000)
2017
CMLL Domingos Arena México - Sin Piedad 2017
2018
CMLL Lunes Arena México - Sin Piedad 2018
2022
WWE Day 1 2022

Free TV Shows
1966
GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1972
GCW Georgia Championship Wrestling
1983
GCW TV-Taping @ Atlanta
1984
NJPW New Year Golden Series - Day 1
1985
WWF Prime Time Wrestling #1
1994
WWF Superstars
1994
WCW Worldwide
1994
WCW Saturday Night
1994
SMW TV-Show #101 - Year in Review
1995
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995
WCW The Main Event
1996
WWF Monday Night RAW #140 - The RAW Bowl (Rating: 2.60)
1996
WCW Monday Nitro #18 (Rating: 2.50)
2000
NWA Wildside TV Show #16
2001
WWF RAW is WAR #397 (Rating: 4.55)
2004
WWE SmackDown #228 (Rating: 2.80)
2005
WWE Velocity #135 (Rating: 0.40)
2005
NWA Wildside TV Show #274
2006
TNAW iMPACT! #79 - New Year's Special (Rating: 0.70)
2007
WWE RAW #710 (Rating: 3.90)
2008
WWE ECW on Sci Fi #82 (Rating: 1.20)
2009
TNAW iMPACT! #236 - Best of 2008 (Rating: 0.95)
2010
WWE SmackDown #541 (Rating: 1.80)
2011
UFC 125: Resolution Preliminary Card (Rating: 829000)
2011
OVW TV Show #594
2011
NWA Anarchy TV Show #258
2012
ZERO1 Pro-Wrestling Nippon
2012
WWE Vintage Collection #187
2012
FCW TV Show #170
2013
ZERO1 Happy New Year
2013
TNAW British Boot Camp #2
2013
TNAW British Boot Camp #1
2014
ZERO1 Happy New Year
2014
TNAW Xplosion #484
2015
ZERO1 Happy New Year
2016
ZERO1 @ Tokyo
2017
ZERO1 New Year Dream Series 2017 - Day 1
2018
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2018
2018
WWE RAW #1284 (Rating: 1.94/2860000)
2019
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2019
2019
WWE SmackDown Live #1011 - New Year’s SmackDown (Rating: 1.44/2091000)
2020
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2020
2020
WWE NXT #515 (Rating: 548000)
2020
AEW Dynamite #13 (Rating: 967000)
2021
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2021
2021
WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1115 - New Year’s SmackDown (Rating: 1915000)
2022
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2022
2023
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2023
2024
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2024 ~ Shinjiro Otani Aid
2024
WWE RAW #1597 - Day 1 2024 (Rating: 1751000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1901
Show @ Hamburg
1902
Show @ Buffalo
1904
Show @ London
1905
Show @ Montréal
1905
Show @ Hamburg
1906
Show @ Ogden
1906
Show @ Bremen
1907
Show @ Wien
1907
Show @ Chicago
1907
Show @ Chicago
All in all, there are 199 shows in our events database which happened on a January 1st.

Birthdays
1868
Max Luttberg
1869
Doc Hottum
1882
Heze Clark
1894
Max Reiner
1895
Benny Reuben
1895
Billy Hallas
1900
Al Mercier
1901
Century Milstead
1906
Bill Zouhary
1908
Larry Straub
1910
Kurt Hornfischer
1910
Dan Winters
1916
George Macricostas
1920
Surugaumi
1922
Roy Shire
1922
Gene Stanlee
1926
Manolo Moza
1936
Ricky Hunter
1939
Bobby Graham
1941
Manuel Soto
1942
Shogun KY Wakamatsu
1944
Jimmy Hart
1948
Charito Silva
1950
Mark Manson
1954
Nelson Hamilton
1955
Precious
1958
Loco Zandokan
1959
Steve Cox
1959
Candy Devine
1960
Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
1964
Mic Tierney
1964
Jason Godsey
1965
Cinta de Oro
1966
Súper Colt
1968
Guy Mezger
1968
Mike Lozanski
1969
Verne Troyer
1969
Lorenzo Fertitta
1969
Kimberly Page
1970
Robert Berry
1970
Fantastik
1971
Rodney
1971
Josseline
1972
Azazel
1972
Cat Man
1976
Mamba
1976
Eiji Mitsuoka
1980
Jesús Martínez
1980
Captain Steve Swallow
1982
Wes Draven
1982
Chandella Powell
1982
Anime
1983
Tigre Chong
1983
Joe Vedepo
1983
Bryan Travers
1984
Adam Bueller
1984
Veda Scott
1985
Dan Paysan
1985
Payaso Arenita
1985
Ken-o
1986
Ryosuke Komori
1986
Robert Peralta
1987
Kenji Takeshima
1987
Courtney Synn
1987
TJ O'Brien
1989
Stoney Hooker
1990
Sanya Pankov
1990
Teelo
1990
John Lineker
1990
Xara Grace
1992
Kevin Ferguson Jr.
1992
Seleziya Sparx
1993
Herica Tiburcio
1994
Emily Ducote
1997
Kevin Knight
???
Keebler
???
Dustin Harp
???
Magnum XL
???
Luscious Larry

Deaths
1944
Kala Pasha
1955
Jack Rush
1966
Billy Weidner
1977
Mervin Barackman
1984
Herb Bergeson
1988
Tex Watkins
1990
Black Jack Dillon
1993
Bill Ryan
1994
Eddie Palau
2004
Buck Moore
2007
Eddie Barker
2008
Randy Barber
2008
Jimmy Raye
2011
Verne Langdon
2019
Jim Evans

Debuts
1954
Jim LaRock
1968
Ringo Mendoza
1973
Stan Hansen
1982
Reyes Veloz
1987
Art Barr
1990
The Stro
1992
Renzo Gracie
1992
Ralph Gracie
1996
Psaico
1997
La Hechicera
2001
King Charro
2003
Dave Crist
2003
Gabriel Gonzaga
2005
El Nazareno
2008
Ojo de Halcón Jr.
2009
Hades
2010
Jon West
2014
Hatsuhinode Kamen
2015
Austin Towers
2017
Leon Ruffin
2019
Demencia
2023
Yuki Toki

Mask Matches
1947Black Demond lost the mask at an event against Golden Terror.
1953Black Shadow lost the mask at an event against The Scorpion.
2002El Hijo del Huracán Ramírez lost the mask at an event against Máscara Sagrada Jr..
2009Espantapájaros lost the mask at an event against Súper Ratón.
2011Power Black lost the mask at an event against Nitro.
2012Rayo Tapatío #1 lost the mask at an event against El Hombre Bala Jr. and Súper Halcón Jr..
2012Rayo Tapatío #2 lost the mask at an event against El Hombre Bala Jr. and Súper Halcón Jr..
2013Saeta del Ring lost the mask at an event against Saeta del Ring.
2013Dr. Muerte lost the mask at an event against El Corsario Negro Jr..
2014Leviathán lost the mask at an event against Mr. Rebelde and Ursus.
2015Muerte Fantastica lost the mask at an event against Halcón de Fuego.
2015Cyberman lost the mask at an event against Príncipe Odín Jr..
2019Akuma lost the mask at an event against El Hijo del Signo and Yago.
2020Espíritu Negro lost the mask at an event against Príncipe Diamante.
2023Apocalipsis lost the mask at an event against Valiente Jr..

Hair Matches
2003Bombero Infernal lost the hair at an event against Último Vampiro.
2006Cyborg lost the hair at an event against Cerebro Negro, El Enterrador, Scorpio Jr., El Veneno and Xibalba.
2007Tigre León lost the hair at an event against Ángel Mensajero.
2007Exterminador lost the hair at an event against Destroyer.
2007Nicho el Millonario lost the hair at an event against El Hijo del Rey Misterio and Rey Misterio.
2009Chac-Mol lost the hair at an event against Cocolores.
2009Cerebro Negro lost the hair at an event against Dr. Cerebro.
2011Joe Líder lost the hair at an event against El Hijo del Pierroth.
2012Vampiro Metálico lost the hair at an event against Neza Kid and Súper Nova.
2012Apolo Estrada Jr. lost the hair at an event against Multifacético.
2012Dr. Cerebro lost the hair at an event against Neza Kid and Súper Nova.
2012El Oriental lost the hair at an event against Scorpio Jr..
2013Leono lost the hair at an event against Boby Zavala and Disturbio.
2013Tigre Blanco lost the hair at an event against Boby Zavala and Disturbio.
2014Súper Brazo lost the hair at an event against Rey Lobo.
2014El Toro lost the hair at an event against Mr. Rebelde and Ursus.
2016Súper Parka lost the hair at an event against Negro Casas.
2016Kamaitachi lost the hair at an event against Máximo Sexy.
2017Máscara Año Dos Mil lost the hair at an event against Máximo Sexy.
2018Sam Adonis lost the hair at an event against Negro Casas.
2019Camorra lost the hair at an event against El Hijo del Signo and Yago.
2020Kawato San lost the hair at an event against Dulce Gardenia.
2022Disturbio lost the hair at an event against Dulce Gardenia.
2023Rosel lost the hair at an event against Kenji.
2024Shockercito lost the hair at an event against El Mercurio.




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