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Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1968	NWA International Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
1984	NWA World Tag Team Titles (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Bob Orton Jr. & Don Kernodle
1984	Mexican National Heavyweight Title: Won by Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
1993	Mexican National Minis Title: Won by Espectrito
1995	WCW World Television Title: Won by Arn Anderson
1998	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
1998	WCW Cruiserweight Title: Won by Juventud Guerrera
2006	WWE Title: Won by Edge
2009	TNAW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Consequences Creed & Jay Lethal
2013	WWE World Heavyweight Title: Won by Alberto del Río
2015	TNAW X-Division Title: Won by Low-Ki
2016	TNAW World Heavyweight Title: Won by Matt Hardy
2017	TNAW World Heavyweight Title: Won by Lashley
2017	TNAW X-Division Title: Won by Trevor Lee
2021	WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles: Won by Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
All in all, there are 144 title changes in our championships database which happened on a January 8th.

Tournament Finals
1984	NWA World Tag Team Titles (Mid-Atlantic-Version) Tournament
2001	NEO Stage 2001
2002	CMLL Torneo de Parejas
2007	Ice Ribbon New Year Tag Team Tournament
2011	NWF Norgesmestere i Tag-team 2011
2012	Shooto Lightweight Survivor Tournament
2017	APC Tournoi des Poids-Lourds 2017
2022	DPW World Title Tournament
2023	PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2023
2023	NOAH 1st Scramble Shuffle Tag Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1934	Show @ New York City
1999	UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title
2003	NWA-TNA PPV #26
2005	NOAH Great Voyage
2006	WWE New Year's Revolution 2006 (Buyrate: 335000)
2012	TNAW Genesis 2012 (Buyrate: 13000)
2016	TNAW One Night Only: Live!
2022	IW Hard to Kill 2022 (Buyrate: 4400)

Free TV Shows
1963	TV-Taping @ Bridgeport
1966	All Star Wrestling - Live Wrestling from Roanoke
1966	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1972	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1972	WWWF Pittsburgh TV
1983	GCW TV-Taping @ Atlanta
1990	WWE WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1994	WCW Saturday Night
1994	SMW TV-Show #102
1994	WCW Worldwide
1994	WWF Superstars
1995	WCW The Main Event
1995	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1996	WCW Monday Nitro #19 (Rating: 2.80)
1996	WWF Monday Night RAW #141 (Rating: 3.00)
1998	WCW Thunder #1
1999	GAEA Side Winder 1999 - Day 1
2000	WCW Saturday Night
2000	NWA Wildside TV Show #17
2000	WCW Worldwide
2000	WWF Jakked
2001	WCW Monday Nitro #276 (Rating: 2.10)
2001	WWF RAW is WAR #398 (Rating: 4.80)
2004	WWE SmackDown #229 (Rating: 3.60)
2005	OVW TV Show
2005	NWA Wildside TV Show #275
2005	WWE Velocity #136
2006	NOAH First Navigation - Day 1
2006	LLPW @ Tokyo
2007	WWE RAW #711 (Rating: 3.65)
2008	BJW Death Match Wars #154
2008	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #83 (Rating: 1.20)
2009	TNAW iMPACT! #237 - Diamonds are forever (Rating: 1.06)
2010	WWE SmackDown #542 (Rating: 2.20)
2011	NWA Anarchy TV Show #259
2011	OVW TV Show #595
2012	Bull Nakano Produce ~ Empress
2012	FCW TV Show #171
2012	WWE Vintage Collection #188
2013	TNAW British Boot Camp #3
2014	WWE Main Event #67 (Rating: 1520000)
2014	TNAW Xplosion #485
2017	WRESTLE-1 2017 Tour Sunrise - Day 1
2018	WRESTLE-1 2018 Tour Sunrise - Day 1
2018	WWE RAW #1285 (Rating: 1.92/2760000)
2019	WWE SmackDown Live #1012 (Rating: 1.41/2032000)
2020	AEW Dynamite #14 (Rating: 947000)
2020	WWE NXT #516 (Rating: 721000)
2021	WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1116 (Rating: 2003000)
2022	AEW Battle of the Belts (Rating: 704000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1901	Show @ Hamburg
1903	Show @ Cleveland
1904	Show @ London
1905	Show @ Hamburg
1905	Show @ Lyon
1906	Show @ Bremen
1907	Show @ Birmingham
1908	Show @ South Bend
1908	Show @ St. John's
1909	Show @ Chicago
All in all, there are 144 shows in our events database which happened on a January 8th.

Birthdays
1900	Dick Chapman
1900	Albert Ben Chemoul
1908	Alabama Gilder
1914	George de Relwyskow Jr.
1919	Oyama Kato
1921	Bill Parks
1925	René Ben Chemoul
1926	Syed Saif Shah
1947	Luke Williams
1947	Ashura Hara
1948	Bobby Jaggers
1955	Ken Raper
1958	Rey Misterio
1959	Peggy Lee Leather
1965	Krusher Knopf
1968	Bull Nakano
1970	Avery Vilche
1972	Paul Panzer
1972	Strong Man
1972	Derek Wylde
1974	Cyber Black
1974	Jason Cross
1975	Rick Brady
1977	Súper Mega
1977	Danny Gimondo
1978	Tara LaRosa
1978	Jacey North
1980	Ricky Marvin
1981	Andre Santos
1981	Karis la Momia
1982	Blue Nikita
1982	Bad Luck Fale
1982	La Máscara
1982	Antoni Chmielewski
1983	Chris Masters
1983	David Swanson
1983	Colin Fletcher
1985	Yojiro Uchimura
1987	NASU Banderas
1987	DJ Pringle
1987	AJ Mitrano
1988	Dan Murdoch
1988	Toby Farley
1990	Kotoka
1991	Michael Graves
1992	Ethan Goss
2002	Puma de Oro
???	Gaby Bau
???	El Hijo del Médico Asesino

Deaths
1930	Joe Cutrer
1937	Farmer Burns
1945	Chuck Braidwood
1980	George de Relwyskow Jr.
1988	Pete Shologan
1989	George Koverly
1990	Bronko Nagurski
1992	Tony Verdi
1993	Naoito Shimitsu
1993	Naoito Shimitsu
1999	Mike Kilonis
2000	Lucky Lambert
2008	George Strong
2010	Tony Halme
2015	Dottie Downs
2017	Billy Jack
2020	El Marquez
2021	El Hijo de Coco Verde
2021	Gunga Khan
2022	Jake Slater
2022	Stan Lavdas

Debuts
1934	Pete Mehringer
1990	Demon Star
1995	Tsubasa Kuragaki
1995	Yuki Miyazaki
2000	Big Mac Smack
2000	Brock Singleton
2003	Danny Duggan
2005	Lance Lude
2011	Juice Jennings
2012	Samoano

Mask Matches
1936	The Yellow Jacket lost the mask at an event against Johnny Marrs.
1936	Black Dragon lost the mask at an event against Martino Angelo.
1951	Mr. Boston lost the mask at an event against Frank James.
1975	Masked Godfather lost the mask at an event against George Gulas and Jackie Fargo.
1975	Masked Godfather lost the mask at an event against George Gulas and Jackie Fargo.

Hair Matches
2008	Asesino Negro lost the hair at an event against Cien Caras Jr..
2010	Chris James lost the hair at an event against Al Farat and Tom Donovan.
2010	Tony Vega lost the hair at an event against Al Farat and Tom Donovan.

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