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Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1990	NWA World Television Title: Won by Arn Anderson
2004	All Asia Tag Team Titles: Won by Great Kosuke & Shiryu
2011	AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Minoru
2013	AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Shuji Kondo
2015	CMLL World Welterweight Title: Won by Máscara Dorada
2016	AJPW Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Won by Suwama
2020	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama
2021	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi
2022	All Asia Tag Team Titles: Won by Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama
2023	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura
All in all, there are 110 title changes in our championships database which happened on a January 2nd.

Tournament Finals
2004	Shooto Americas Middleweight Title Tournament
2004	Shooto Americas Welterweight Title Tournament
2004	ICW Italian Title Tournament
2004	Shooto Americas Light Heavyweight Title Tournament
2005	CMLL Torneo de Parejas
2011	#1-Contenders Tournament (Mexican National Trios Titles)
2011	Guerra de Empresas II
2015	CMLL World Welterweight Title Tournament
2016	EMERGE E8 Tournament
2021	#1-Contender Tournament (King of FREEDOMS World Title)

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
2010	UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva (Buyrate: 300000)
2016	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit

Free TV Shows
1963	TV-Taping @ Bridgeport
1969	WWWF @ Washington, D.C.
1971	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1971	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1980	WWF TV-Taping @ Hamburg
1985	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1987	NJPW New Year Dash 1987 - Day 1
1988	AJPW New Year Giant Series 1988 - Day 1
1988	WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1988	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #14
1990	AJPW New Year Giant Series 1990 - Day 1
1992	AJPW New Year Giant Series 1992 - Day 1
1993	WCW Power Hour
1993	WCW Saturday Night
1993	SMW TV-Show #49 - Year in Review
1993	WCW Worldwide
1993	WWF Superstars
1994	AJPW New Year Giant Series 1994 - Day 1
1994	USWA Wrestling
1994	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995	AJPW New Year Giant Series - Day 1
1995	WWF Monday Night RAW #92
1996	ECW Hardcore TV #141
1999	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #105
2000	ECW Hardcore TV #349
2000	BJW New Year Great Series 2000 - Day 1
2000	WWF Sunday Night Heat
2001	BJW New Year Great Series 2001 - Day 1
2003	WWE SmackDown #176
2005	WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.80)
2006	WWE RAW #658 (Rating: 3.70)
2007	LDN Capital TV #15
2007	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #30 (Rating: 1.50)
2008	PWU Power Surge TV #16
2009	M-1 Challenge 2008 - Semi Final: Team France vs. Team Finland
2009	WWE SmackDown #489 (Rating: 2.10)
2010	BJW @ Tokyo
2010	NWA Anarchy TV Show #206
2010	OVW TV Show #543
2010	UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva Preliminary Card (Rating: 1.00/1500000)
2011	BJW @ Tokyo
2011	FCW TV Show #118
2011	WWE Vintage Collection #135
2012	BJW @ Tokyo
2012	WWE RAW #971 (Rating: 3.11/4430000)
2013	AJPW 2013 New Year Shining Series NEW YEAR 2DAYS - Day 1
2013	BJW @ Tokyo
2013	WWE Main Event #14 (Rating: 1651000)
2013	WWE NXT #150
2013	TNAW Xplosion #432
2014	BJW @ Tokyo
2014	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #495 (Rating: 0.91/1128000)
2014	AJPW New Year Wars 2014 - Day 1
2015	BJW New Year Korakuen Hall
2015	AJPW New Year Wars 2015 - Day 1
2015	WWE SmackDown #802 (Rating: 1.81/2582000)
2016	AJPW 2016 New Years 2 Days - Day 1
2016	ROH on SBG #224
2017	BJW @ Tokyo
2017	AJPW New Year Wars 2017 - Day 1
2017	WWE RAW #1232 (Rating: 3047000)
2018	BJW New Year 2018
2018	AJPW New Year Wars 2018 - Day 1
2018	WWE SmackDown Live #959 - New Year’s Day (Rating: 1.80/2720000)
2019	BJW @ Tokyo
2019	AJPW New Year Wars 2019 - Day 1
2020	AJPW New Year Wars 2020 - Day 1
2020	BJW New Year's Death Match
2021	BJW 2021 New Year
2021	AJPW New Year Wars 2021 - Day 1
2022	BJW 2022 New Year
2022	AJPW New Year Wars 2022 - Day 1
2023	BJW @ Tokyo
2023	AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 - Day 1
2023	WWE RAW #1545 (Rating: 1605000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1901	Show @ Hamburg
1902	Show @ New York City
1904	Show @ Chicago
1905	Show @ Hamburg
1906	Show @ Bremen
1906	Show @ Montréal
1907	Show @ Galesburg
1907	Show @ Wien
1909	Show @ Chicago
1909	Show @ Moskwa - Tournament Day 39
All in all, there are 110 shows in our events database which happened on a January 2nd.

Birthdays
1870	Tex Rickard
1891	Helmer Myre
1895	Tommy Texis
1897	Jim Londos
1898	Charles Fischer
1908	Bull Toyama
1908	Jack Moore
1908	Luigi Bacigalupi
1911	Dick Trout
1912	Tommy Hirai
1917	Dennis Stecher
1921	Hakutozan
1924	Hideyuki Nagasawa
1932	The Mummy
1934	Alberto Torres
1940	Jerry Monti
1940	Motoko Baba
1964	Stuka
1969	Cannonball KAZU
1977	Robby Phoenix
1977	Titanik
1978	Antonio Honda
1979	Igor Pokrajac
1979	Metalo
1980	Mac Danzig
1980	Luis Santos
1980	Oli Thompson
1980	Troy Mandaloniz
1982	Konstantin Erokhin
1983	Jesse Taylor
1984	Banana Senga
1984	Emanuel Newton
1989	Mitsuyoshi Nakai
1990	Ram-C
1992	Shakir McKillip
1995	Sable
1998	Takuho Kato
???	Jeff Mayhem
???	Perfect Creation
???	Ironia
???	Tommy D
???	Keenan Moore
???	Haruka Ishikawa

Deaths
1925	Nicolai Petroff
1947	Teddy Waters
1972	Jatindra Gobar
1984	Louis Reif
1989	Chief Lone Eagle
1989	Alex Peckham
2000	Jim Casey
2001	Nell Stewart
2009	El Sanguinario
2012	King
2019	Gene Okerlund
2021	Jack Curtis Jr.
2023	Spencer Churchill

Debuts
1977	Captain Ed George
1988	Akira Taue
1998	Necro Butcher
2005	Black Mamba
2008	Hajime Suruga
2010	Yasufumi Nakanoue
2010	Jakob Hammermeier
2010	Chandella Powell
2011	Takumi Soya
2014	Ashton Starr
2019	Dan Tamura
2019	Atsuki Aoyagi
2021	Reese
2022	Ryo Inoue

Mask Matches
1950	Zebra Kid lost the mask at an event against Tom Marshall.
1979	Ivanhoe #2 lost the mask at an event against Sombra de Plata and Sombra de Plata #2.
1979	Ivanhoe #1 lost the mask at an event against Sombra de Plata and Sombra de Plata #2.
2011	La Gladiadora lost the mask at an event against La Chacala.
2022	Leo lost the mask at an event against Benga Lee.

Hair Matches
2010	El Corsario Jr. lost the hair at an event against El Suicida Jr..

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