This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 29th - January 4th

12/29/1937 - Lou Thesz defeated Everett Marshall for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/29/1985 - Stan Hansen defeated Rick Martel for the AWA Heavyweight title
12/29/1991 - Event - Starrcade, The Scope, Norfolk, VA
12/29/1995 - Mikey Whipwresk & Cactus Jack defeated Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW Tag Team title
12/29/1996 - Event - Starrcade, Coliseum, Nashville, TN
12/29/1996 - Eddy Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/29/1996 - Ultimo Dragon defeated Dean Melanko for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/29/1997 - Booker T defeated disco inferno for the WCW Television title
12/29/1997 - Ultimo Dragon defeated Eddy Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/29/1998 - Mankind defeated Rocky Maivia for the WWF World Heavyweight title
12/29/1998 - Doug Basham defeated Rip Rogers for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
12/30/1972 - Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens for the AWA Tag Team title
12/30/1989 - King Cobra defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/30/1992 - Big Van Vader defeated Ron Simmons for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/30/2000 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Galt, CA
12/30/2003 - Rey Mysterio, Jr. defeated Tajiri for the WWE Cruiserweight title
01/01/1963 - Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff defeated Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn for the AWA Tag Team title
01/01/1982 - Dick the Bruiser defeated Ken Patera for the Missouri State Heavyweight title
01/01/1986 - Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
01/01/1996 - Billionaire Ted, The Huckster and the Nacho Man debut on Monday Night Raw
01/01/1997 - Brian Christopher defeated Wolfie D for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
01/02/1990 - Arn Anderson defeated the Great Muta for the NWA Television title
01/03/1994 - USWA Tag Team title held up
01/03/1997 - Danny Christian & Johnny Thunder defeated Justin St. John & Butch Black (subbing for Steve Flynn) for the SSW Tag Team title
01/03/1999 - Rip Rogers defeated Doug Basham for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
01/03/2000 - Triple H defeated the Big Show for the WWF Heavyweight title
01/03/2000 - David Flair & Crowbar defeated Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner in a tournament final for the WCW Tag Team title
01/03/2001 - BJ Payne defeated Flash Flanagan in a singles match for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title and choose Damien as his co-holder
01/03/2004 - Hoss defeated Nigel McGuinness for the Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
01/04/1929 - Gus Sonnenberg defeted Ed Strangler Lewis for the World's Heavyweight Wrestling title
01/04/1986 - Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final for the NWA Television title
01/04/1992 - Riki Choshu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/1993 - The Great Muta defeated Masa Chono for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
01/04/1996 - Nobuhiko Takada defeated the Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/1997 - Shotgun Saturday Night debuts from the Mirage Nightclub in New York
01/04/1999 - Hollywood Hogan defeated Kevin Nash for the WCW Heavyweight title
01/04/1999 - Keiji Muto defeated Scott Norton for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/2000 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu for the IWGP Heavyweight title