Wrestling Milestones. December 29th - January 4th

12/29/1969 - Born - Terik the Great
12/30/1948 - Born - NWA Chief Referee Fred Richards
12/30/1970 - Born - Curtis Slamdawg
12/31/1974 - Born - Sakoda
12/31/1975 - Born - Madonna Wayne Garcy
12/31/1990 - Died - Ed the Bull Gantner of kidney disease at 31
12/31/1998 - Died - Sam Mushnick of internal bleeding at 93
01/01/1943 - Born - Jimmy Hart
01/01/1955 - Died - The Canadian Angel, Q-Ball Jack Rush
01/02/1897 - Born - Jim Londos in Argos, Greece
01/02/1969 - Born - Jimmy Cicero
01/02/1972 - Born - Joe Storm
01/03/1952 - Born - Jim Ross
01/03/1967 - Born - Brian Day
01/03/1997 - Died - Rick Martello at 38
01/04/1970 - Born - Kanyon
01/04/2001 - Died - Villano I, Jose de Jesus Diaz Mendoza, of a heart attack at age 54

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

Wrestling Milestones. December 22nd - December 28th

12/23/1962 - Born - Keiji Muto aka the Great Muta
12/23/1974 - Born - Juventud Guerrera
12/24/1964 - Born - Andre Baker
12/24/1968 - Born - Johnny Lee
12/24/1969 - Born - Brad Anderson
12/25/1991 - Died - Wilbur Snyder of heart failure at 62
12/25/2001 - Died - "Maniac" Mike Davis of a heart attack at 46
12/26/1963 - Died - Georgeous George Wagner of a heart attack at 48
12/26/1964 - Born - James Clontz
12/26/1968 - Born - Mideon
12/27/1966 - Born - Bill Goldberg
12/27/1966 - Died - Promoter Morris Segal at 69
12/27/1971 - Born - Chyna
12/27/1991 - Died - Wilbur Snyder of heart failure at 62
12/28/1954 - Born - Leaping Lanny Poffo aka the Genius
12/28/1953 - Born - Tatsumi Fujinami
12/28/1967 - Died - George Drake of a heart attack

This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 22nd - December 28th

12/22/2000 - Raven defeated Steve Blackman for the WWF Hardcore title
12/22/2000 - Mike Rapada (Colorado Kid) defeated Sabu for the NWA Heavyweight title
12/23/1999 - Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka for the ECW World Heavyweight title
12/24/2000 - Controversial announcer Mark Madden was fired by WCW
12/25/1902 - Dan McLeod defeated Tom Jenkins for the American Heavyweight title
12/25/1968 - Rey Mendoza defeated Angel Blanco for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/25/1978 - Austin Idol defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Heavyweight Title
12/25/1978 - Kevin Von Erich defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA American Title
12/25/1978 - Ernie Ladd defeated Ray Candy by forfeit to win his 4th Mid-South North American title
12/25/1978 - Jerry Stubbs defeated Assassin #1 to win the Mid-South Louisiana Title
12/25/1983 - Magnum T.A. & Mr. Wrestling II defeated Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart to win the Mid-South Tag Team Title
12/25/1984 - The Rock 'N' Roll Express defeated Ted DiBiase & Hercules Hernandez to win their 3rd Mid-South Tag Team Title
12/25/1987 - Dave Peterson defeated Bob Brown to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
12/25/1994 - The Rock n' Roll Express defeated the Gangstas for the Smokey Mountain Tag Team title
12/26/1983 - The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund for the WWF Heavyweight title
12/26/1988 - Event - Starrcade, The Scope, Norfolk, VA
12/26/1988 - Rick Steiner defeated Mike Rotundo for the NWA Television title
12/26/1990 - Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Riki choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight title
12/26/1993 - Terry Funk defeated Sabu for the ECW Heavyweight title
12/26/1994 - Jimmy & Ron Harris defeated the Moondogs for the USWA Tag Team title
12/26/1994 - PG-13 defeated Jimmy & Ron Harris for the USWA Tag Team title
12/26/1998 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/26/1999 - Flash Flanagan defeated Rico Constantino for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
12/27/1987 - Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels defeated Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose for the AWA Tag Team title
12/27/1993 - Event - Starrcade, Independence Arena, Charlotte, NC
12/27/1993 - Ric Flair defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/27/1993 - Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1994 - Event - Starrcade, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
12/27/1994 - Big Van Vader defeated Hacksaw Jim Duggan for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1995 - Event - Starrcade, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
12/27/1995 - Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/27/1995 - One Man Gang defeated Kensuke Sasaki for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1998 - Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight title
12/28/1963 - Chris & John Tolos defeated Killer Kowalski & Gorilla Monsoon for the WWWF Tag Team title
12/28/1968 - Crusher & Dick the Bruiser defeated Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto for the AWA Tag Team title
12/28/1992 - Event - Starrcade, The Omni, Atlanta, GA
12/28/1992 - Ron & Don Harris defeated the Moondogs for the USWA Tag Team title
12/28/1997 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/28/1997 - Sting defeated Hulk hogan for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/28/1997 - Diamond Dallas Page defeated Curt Hennig for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/28/1998 - Scott Steiner defeated Konnan for the WCW Television title

Wrestling Milestones. December 15th - December 21st

12/15/1963 - Died - Rikidozan of a fatal stabbing at 38
12/15/1983 - Born - Rene Dupree
12/15/1998 - Died - Brady Boone in an auto accident at 40
12/16/1917 - Died - Frank Gotch of uremic poisoning at 39
12/16/1948 - Died - Ali Aliba, Larry LaBelle in a car crash at 40
12/16/1966 - Born - Men's Teoh
12/16/1975 - Born - Brian Fury
12/16/1976 - Born - Logan Caine
12/16/2000 - Died - The Blue Demon of a heart attack at 78
12/17/1969 - Born - Kiyoshi Tamura
12/17/1975 - Born - Brandon Bishop
12/17/1975 - Born - Merc the Cruiser
12/18/1948 - Died - Ali Aliba in an auto accident at 40
12/18/1964 - Born - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
12/18/1965 - Born - Terry Austin
12/18/1968 - Born - Maniac Mark Mustang
12/18/1971 - Born - Rob Van Dam
12/18/1975 - Born - Trish Stratus
12/20/1985 - Died - Tarzan Tyler in an auto accident
12/21/1965 - Born - Del Wilkes aka the Patriot, the Trooper

This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 15th - December 21st

12/15/1996 - Event - In Your House VII, Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL
12/15/1998 - Road Dogg defeated Big Bossman for the WWF Hardcore title
12/15/1999 - Jebediah Blackhawk & Trailer Park Trash defeated Rip Rogers & Jason Lee for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
12/15/2000 - The Dudley Boyz and Tazz do a one-time return appearance for ECW to help the struggling company
12/15/2001 - Shinya Hashimoto defeated Steve Corino & Gary Steele in a 3-Way for the vacant NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/15/2001 - Trent Acid defeated Ruckus to win the CZW and Big Japan Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Titles
12/15/2001 - Adam Flash defeated Nick Berk and Nick Mondo in a three-way match for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
12/15/2002 - Event - Armegeddon, Office Depot Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
12/15/2002 - Kurt Angle defeated The Big Show for the WWE Smackdown Heavyweight title
12/15/2002 - Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWE Raw World title
12/15/2002 - Booker T & Goldust defeated Chris Jericho & Christian, The Dudley Boyz, and William Regal & Lance Storm for the WWE Raw Tag Team title
12/16/1962 - Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn defeated Art & Stan Nielson for the AWA Tag Team title
12/16/1983 - Mike Rotondo defeated Greg Valentine in a tournament final for the Florida State Heavyweight title
12/16/1990 - Event - Starrcade, Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO
12/16/1990 - Lex Luger defeated Stan Hansen for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
12/16/1995 - NWA Champion Dan Severn won the UFC Ultimate Ultimate in Denver, CO
12/16/2003 - J.T. Stahr & T.J. Dalton defeated Johnny & Jason Riggs and Apollo & The Hussla for the Heartland Wrestling Association Tag Team Titles
12/17/1906 - Frank Gotch defeated Fred Beell for the American Heavyweight title
12/17/1995 - Event - In Your House V, Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA
12/17/1999 - Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome for the ECW World Heavyweight title
12/17/2000 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/17/2000 - Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chuck Palumbo & Sean Stasiak for the vacant WCW Tag Team title
12/17/2000 - Terry Funk defeated Crowbar for the WCW Hardcore title
12/18/1999 - Big Dick Dudley defeated Damien Steele for the XPW Heavyweight title
12/18/2000 - Undertaker & the Rock defeated Edge & Christian for the WWF Tag Team title
12/19/1969 - Carlos Elio Colisetti defeated Rey Mendoza for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/19/1985 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Buddy Landell for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
12/19/1994 - Tommy Rich defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/19/1997 - Death & Destruction defeated The Legends for the SSW Tag Team title
12/19/1999 - Event - Starrcade '99, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/19/1999 - Chris Benoit defeated Scott Hall for the WCW US Heavyweight title
12/19/1999 - Madusa defeated Evan Karagias for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/19/2000 - Edge & Christian defeated Undertaker & the Rock for the WWF Tag Team title
12/20/1993 - Jerry Lawler defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/20/1996 - The Eliminators defeated the Gangstas for the ECW Tag Team title
12/20/1999 - Chris Jericho and Chyna pinned each other to become co-holders of the WWF Intercontinental title
12/20/1999 - Bret Hart defeated Goldberg for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/20/1999 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW US Heavyweight title
12/21/1973 - Rey Mendoza defeated Kim Sung Ho for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/21/1992 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/21/1996 - The War Machine defeated Beau James for the SSW Appalachian title

Wrestling Milestones. December 8th - December 14th

12/08/1963 - Born - Toshiaki Kawada
12/08/1972 - Born - Shane Austin
12/08/1972 - Born - Rizing Sun
12/09/1968 - Born - Kurt Angle
12/09/1968 - Born - Mike Maverick
12/09/1975 - Born - Juggernaut
12/09/1990 - Died - Mike Mazurki at 82
12/11/1961 - Born - Doug Furnas
12/11/1965 - Born - La Parka
12/12/1966 - Born - Jinsei Shinzaki
12/12/1966 - Born - Ultimo Dragon
12/12/1974 - Born - Rey Misterio, Jr.
12/12/1974 - Born - Chad Collyer
12/13/1953 - Born - Junkyard Dog
12/13/1993 - Died - Larry Cameron of a heart attack at 41
12/14/2001 - Died - Russ Haas of a heart attack at 27