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Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1986	NWA World Television Title: Won by Arn Anderson
1992	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Riki Choshu
1993	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1993	NWA World Heavyweight Title: Won by The Great Muta
1994	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior
1996	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1996	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Nobuhiko Takada
1997	WWF World Light Heavyweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1997	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
1997	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1997	NWA World Welterweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1997	J-CROWN Octuple Unified Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
1999	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Keiji Muto
1999	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Won by Hulk Hogan
1999	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
1999	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Dr. Wagner Jr. & Kendo KaShin
1999	WCW World Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2000	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Kensuke Sasaki
2001	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Kensuke Sasaki
2001	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Johnny Smith & Maunakea Mossman
2002	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
2003	NWF Heavyweight Title (NJPW-Version): Won by Yoshihiro Takayama
2004	NWF Heavyweight Title (NJPW-Version): Won by Shinsuke Nakamura
2004	GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Jushin Thunder Liger
2005	U-30 Title: Won by Shinsuke Nakamura
2005	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Tiger Mask #4
2008	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Shinsuke Nakamura
2009	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Hiroshi Tanahashi
2009	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Tiger Mask #4
2009	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Brother Devon & Brother Ray
2009	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
2010	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro
2010	TNAW Knockouts Tag Team Titles: Won by Awesome Kong & Hamada
2010	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Naomichi Marufuji
2010	TNAW Women's Knockout Title: Won by ODB
2010	WWE Divas Title: Championship vacant
2011	WWE Intercontinental Title: Won by Kofi Kingston
2011	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Hiroshi Tanahashi
2012	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
2012	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
2014	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
2014	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Kota Ibushi
2014	NWA World Heavyweight Title: Won by Satoshi Kojima
2014	IWGP Intercontinental Title: Won by Hiroshi Tanahashi
2015	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Kenny Omega
2015	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
2015	NEVER Openweight Title: Won by Togi Makabe
2016	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
2016	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
2016	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Won by Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe & Toru Yano
2016	NEVER Openweight Title: Won by Katsuyori Shibata
2016	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by KUSHIDA
2017	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Hiromu Takahashi
2017	ROH World Title: Won by Adam Cole
2017	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Baretta & Rocky Romero
2017	NEVER Openweight Title: Won by Hirooki Goto
2017	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
2017	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Won by BUSHI & EVIL & SANADA
2018	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Will Ospreay
2018	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by EVIL & SANADA
2018	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
2018	NEVER Openweight Title: Won by Hirooki Goto
2018	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Won by Baretta & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
2019	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by BUSHI & Shingo Takagi
2019	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Hiroshi Tanahashi
2019	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Taiji Ishimori
2019	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by EVIL & SANADA
2019	NEVER Openweight Title: Won by Will Ospreay
2019	IWGP Intercontinental Title: Won by Tetsuya Naito
2019	IWGP United States Heavyweight Title: Won by Juice Robinson
2020	GHC Heavyweight Title: Won by Go Shiozaki
2020	IWGP Intercontinental Title: Won by Tetsuya Naito
2020	IWGP United States Heavyweight Title: Won by Jon Moxley
2020	GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Yoshinari Ogawa
2020	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Hiromu Takahashi
2020	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by David Finlay Jr. & Juice Robinson
2021	WWE 24/7 Title: Won by R-Truth
2021	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Kota Ibushi
2021	IWGP Intercontinental Title: Won by Kota Ibushi
2021	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Won by Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
All in all, there are 214 title changes in our championships database which happened on a January 4th.

Tournament Finals
1986	NWA World Television Title Tournament
2001	IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament
2005	NJPW Ultimate Royal
2008	CMLL Los Pequeños Reyes del Aire 2008
2010	Ice Ribbon Super Ice-Cup
2014	WNC Dave Finlay Cup 2013
2020	BCP Tag Team Titles Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1992	NJPW Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome
1993	NJPW Fantastic Story In Tokyo Dome
1994	NJPW Battlefield
1995	NJPW Battle 7
1996	NJPW Wrestling World 1996
1997	NJPW Wrestling World 1997
1998	NJPW Final Power Hall In Tokyo Dome
1999	NJPW Wrestling World 1999
2000	NJPW Wrestling World 2000
2001	NJPW Wrestling World 2001
2002	NJPW Wrestling World 2002
2003	NJPW Wrestling World 2003
2004	Hustle Vol. 1
2004	NJPW Wrestling World 2004
2005	NJPW Toukon Festival ~ Wrestling World 2005
2006	NJPW Toukon Shidou Chapter 1
2007	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom In Tokyo Dome
2008	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome
2009	Sengoku no Ran 2009
2010	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome
2011	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome
2012	NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour - Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome
2013	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome - Evolution
2014	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome
2015	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome
2016	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome
2017	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome
2018	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome
2019	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome
2020	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome - Day 1
2021	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome - Day 1

Free TV Shows
1969	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1969	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1984	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1986	NJPW New Year Dash 1986 - Day 2
1986	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #4 (Rating: 10.40)
1988	NJPW New Year Golden Series 1988 - Day 1
1991	NJPW New Year Dash 1991 - Day 1
1993	WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1994	AJW @ Tokyo
1994	ECW Hardcore TV #39
1997	WCW Main Event
1997	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #1
1997	WCW Saturday Night
1999	WCW Monday Nitro #173 (Rating: 5.00)
1999	WWF RAW is WAR #293 (Rating: 5.74)
2001	WWF SmackDown! #73 (Rating: 4.40)
2003	NWA-TNA Xplosion
2003	NWA Wildside TV Show #170
2003	WWE Velocity #33 (Rating: 0.70)
2004	WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 1.10)
2007	TNAW iMPACT! #132 (Rating: 1.10)
2008	WWE SmackDown #439 (Rating: 2.90)
2009	Strikeforce on NBC #22
2009	PWO TV #31
2009	WWE Vintage Collection #31
2010	TNAW iMPACT! #288 - Time for a Change (Rating: 1.45)
2010	ROH on HDNet #41
2010	WWE RAW #867 (Rating: 3.62)
2012	TNAW Xplosion #380
2013	WWE SmackDown #699 (Rating: 1.80/2721000)
2014	DDT New Year's Gift Special
2014	ROH on SBG #120 - Road Rage
2014	OVW TV Show #750
2016	WWE RAW #1180 (Rating: 2.49/3575000)
2018	IW IMPACT #703 (Rating: 309000)
2019	MLW Fusion #38
2020	MLW Fusion #91
2020	NOAH New Sunrise 2020
2020	ROH on SBG #433
2021	WWE RAW #1441 - Legends Night (Rating: 2128000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1876	Show @ Detroit
1899	Show @ Toledo
1901	Show @ Hamburg
1901	Show @ Springfield
1905	Show @ Hamburg
1905	Show @ Lyon
1906	Show @ Bremen
1907	Show @ Toledo
1907	Show @ Wien
1909	Show @ Chicago
All in all, there are 214 shows in our events database which happened on a January 4th.

Birthdays
1884	Harald Christensen
1886	Polly Grimm
1906	Sandor Szabo
1911	Marcel Nonest
1914	Roberto Pico
1917	Ray Eckert
1918	Bobby Managoff
1933	René Guajardo
1940	Manfred Koch
1958	Jim Powers
1964	King RIKI
1966	Hiroyuki Nagase
1966	La Parka Jr.
1967	Nelson Veilleux
1967	Dirty Yamato
1969	GAMI
1970	Chris Kanyon
1971	Vladimir Matyushenko
1974	Cuervo
1974	Simon Sermon
1975	Shane Carwin
1976	Ben Hur
1980	Donny Walker
1982	José Maria Tome
1984	Jin Suk Jung
1984	Raphael Butler
1984	Federico López
1984	Derek Brunson
1985	Jedrus Bulecka
1986	Ayako Sato
1986	Rambo
1990	Shotaro Ashino
1991	Warlley Alves
1993	Takumi Iroha
1996	Gino
1997	Alfa
1997	H.Y.O.
???	Krofton
???	El Hijo del Soberano
???	El Ídolo
???	Sasha
???	Joey Stixx
???	Audrey Bride
???	Christian Temple
???	Dark Magic

Deaths
1976	Walter Klaerner
1981	Clarence Eklund
1987	Herb Lowery
1995	John Regus
1997	Gori Medina
1999	Cyclone Anaya
2001	Villano I
2007	Cowboy Lang
2009	Águila India
2011	Gordon Scozzari
2012	Dave Bond
2014	Johnny Czeslaw
2014	New Orleans Axeman
2018	El Grillo

Debuts
1963	Ernie Ladd
1964	Billy Tipton
1979	Rhonda Singh
1994	Lumbee Warrior
1998	Ryota Chikuzen
1998	Factor
1999	Minsa
1999	Erica Montoya
2000	KENSO
2000	Mascarita Sagrada
2002	Makoto Oishi
2002	Mr. X
2002	Kunio Toshima
2004	Jorel Diez
2005	Antonio Honda
2005	Katsuhiko Nagata
2006	Shun Kasagi
2007	Eric Reynolds
2007	Yosmany Cabezas
2008	Lena Yada
2009	Manny Lara
2013	Shota Nakagawa
2013	Rionne Fujiwara
2016	Nodoka One-san
2016	Marika Kobashi
2016	Nodoka Tenma
2018	Raku
2018	Pinano Pipipipi
2018	AKIRA
2018	Miu
2018	Hikari Noa
2019	Unagi Sayaka
2020	Sena Shiori
2021	Arisu Endo

Hair Matches
1942	Bobby Segura lost the hair at an event against El Enmascarado Rojo.
2007	Mario Mora lost the hair at an event against Joe Líder.
2008	El Enfermero Jr. lost the hair at an event against Camaleón de Oro and Zandokan.
2014	Esqueleto #2 lost the hair at an event against Black Shadow Jr..
2015	Desafio lost the hair at an event against Gato Fantasma.
2018	Minoru Suzuki lost the hair at an event against Hirooki Goto.

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