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What happened on December 8th in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1966WWWF United States Tag Team Titles: Won by Antonio Pugliese & Spiros Arion
1969WWWF International Tag Team Titles: Won by Tony Marino & Victor Rivera
1971NWF World Heavyweight Title: Won by Dominic DeNucci
1978NWA World Light Heavyweight Title: Won by Pak Choo
1980WWF Intercontinental Title: Won by Pedro Morales
1985Mexican National Trios Titles: Won by El Brazo & Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata
1991NWA World Welterweight Title: Won by Misterioso
1994WCW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Booker T & Stevie Ray
1997WCW World Television Title: Won by Disco Inferno
1997WWF Intercontinental Title: Won by Rocky Maivia
2007IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Wataru Inoue
2008Mexican National Middleweight Title: Championship vacant
2019CMLL World Welterweight Title: Won by Titán
All in all, there are 257 title changes in our championships database which happened on a December 8th.

Tournament Finals
1983
NJPW The 4th MSG Tag League
1995
WAR One Night Tag Team Tournament
1997
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII
2002
ARSION Twin Star Tournament
2006
FWA Academy #1 Contender Tournament @ A dose of Betrayal
2007
Shooto Rookie Light Heavyweight Tournament 2007
2007
Shooto Rookie Flyweight Tournament 2007
2007
Shooto Rookie Bantamweight Tournament 2007
2007
Shooto Rookie Featherweight Tournament 2007
2007
Shooto Rookie Lightweight Tournament 2007
2007
Shooto Rookie Middleweight Tournament 2007
2007
BCW Brink of Death
2007
TXT Torneo de Apuestas
2008
AJPW Real World Tag League 2008
2012
BKPW Heavyweight Title Tournament
2013
BATTLEWAR Title Tournament
2013
AJPW Real World Tag League 2013
2013
NJPW World Tag League 2013
2017
H20 305 HOSS Tournament
2018
GWF Who's Next 2018
2018
RWA Torneo Cibernético 2018
2018
Prestige First Annual Rise or Die Trying Tournament
2018
EMERGE Gold Rush Tournament
2019
NJPW World Tag League 2019
2019
TWI Kung Fu Invitational 2019

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1978
EMLL Súper Viernes - Juicio Final 1978
1996
AJW The Real Earnest
2000
AAA Guerra de Titanes 2000
2006
AAA Guerra de Titanes 2006
2007
TXT @ Naucalpan
2012
EVOLVE 18: Gargano vs. Callihan
2012
CZW Cage of Death 14
2013
AAA Guerra de Titanes 2013
2013
NJPW World Tag League 2013 - Day 13
2018
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

Free TV Shows
1955
Show @ New York City
1973
GCW Georgia Championship Wrestling
1982
CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1984
AJPW Real World Tag League 1984 - Day 15
1986
NJPW Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986 - Day 21
1990
WWF Superstars
1996
WWF Superstars #530
1997
WCW Monday Nitro #117 (Rating: 4.30)
1997
WWF RAW is WAR #237 (Rating: 2.70)
2000
NJPW on TV Asahi
2001
NWA Wildside TV Show #114
2002
NWA-TNA Xplosion
2002
WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 1.10)
2003
WWE RAW #550 (Rating: 3.80)
2005
TNAW iMPACT! #75 (Rating: 0.80)
2006
TNAW Xplosion
2006
WWE Friday Night SmackDown #381 (Rating: 2.60)
2007
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Finale (Rating: 1.80)
2007
OVW TV Show #435
2007
NWA Anarchy TV Show #98
2008
WWE RAW #811 (Rating: 3.02)
2009
WWE ECW on SyFy #183 (Rating: 0.80)
2010
TNAW Xplosion
2011
TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #387 (Rating: 1.07)
2012
ROH on SBG #64
2012
WWE Saturday Morning Slam #16 (Rating: 939000)
2012
Osaka Pro Tennozan 2012 - Day 4
2012
OVW TV Show #694
2012
UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Díaz Prelims (Rating: 1200000)
2012
UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Díaz (Rating: 4400000)
2013
OZ Academy Big Bonus ~Kotobuki~
2013
TOW Enregistrement Télé
2013
Dragon Gate Infinity #316
2013
AJPW Real World Tag League 2013 - Day 8
2014
WWE RAW #1124 - 2014 Slammy Awards (Rating: 2.66/3706000)
2018
ROH on SBG #377
2018
AJPW Real World Tag League 2018 - Day 17
2018
TCW Revolution
2019
NJPW World Tag League 2019 - Day 17
2020
IW IMPACT #856 (Rating: 221000)
2021
AEW Dynamite #114 (Rating: 872000)
2022
MLW Fusion #159
2022
IW IMPACT #960 (Rating: 107000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1896
Show @ Chicago
1901
World Championship 1901 Day 27
1905
Show @ Berlin
1905
Show @ Des Moines
1906
Show @ Chicago
1906
Show @ Wien
1910
Show @ Pittsburgh
1912
Show @ Praha
1913
Show @ Blackfoot
1913
Show @ Oswego
All in all, there are 257 shows in our events database which happened on a December 8th.

Birthdays
1896
Lilo Nardi
1907
Ken Hollis
1924
George Strong
1951
Súper Pinocho
1954
Gama Singh
1957
Reverend Slick
1963
Toshiaki Kawada
1964
Chigusa Nagayo
1965
Satoshi Ogawa
1968
Michael Cole
1970
Ryo Miyake
1972
Matt Houston
1972
Joe Rules
1972
Frank Shamrock
1973
Lucio Linhares
1974
Dante Rivera
1974
Makoto Takimoto
1975
Brittany Diamond
1975
Jerrelle Clark
1975
HG
1976
Todd Keneley
1980
Shinichiro Kawamatsu
1981
Don Roid
1981
Naoyuki Kotani
1981
Joey Beltran
1981
Clay Guida
1982
Jimmy Rave
1983
Barba Roja
1985
Luiz Andrade I.
1986
Steve Cantwell
1986
Jason Jaxon
1986
real1
1988
Billy Quarantillo
1989
Hacker
1991
Pannie Kianzad
1991
Shara
1993
Alyssa García
1997
El Fantástico
1999
Toi Kojima
???
Marc Roudin
???
Bud Barnes
???
Rudy Edwards
???
B-Arthur

Deaths
1921
Alex Järvinen
1954
Gus Johnson
1960
Max Luttberg
1960
Vic Weber
1964
Ray Ralls
1976
George Manich
1977
Joe Muscato
1993
Frank Hickey
1996
Espanto #3
2005
Gene Allbert
2009
Lynn Livingston
2009
Louie Collichio
2012
Ian St. John
2012
George the Animal Jr.
2013
Shane del Rosario
2017
Woody Numbers
2021
Jack Lanza

Debuts
1953
Hideyuki Nagasawa
1973
Chris Taylor
1981
Shunji Takano
1993
Joe Líder
1994
Lyguila
1995
Blade Boudreaux
1998
Aaron Brink
2000
Jerek Matthews
2002
Tomoyuki Fukami
2002
Jeff Lawson
2002
Hirohide Fujinuma
2002
Matt Ghaffari
2002
Hajime Moriyama
2002
Brodie Farber
2006
Kzy
2006
Mondai Ryu
2007
Nishi Kazuma
2007
Don-Kizakura
2007
Dan Barrera
2007
Muñeca de Plata
2007
Ben Rozin
2012
Momma Excellent
2012
Nyla Rose
2012
Ariga Nii-san
2019
Anthony Young
2021
Hook

Mask Matches
1938Purple Shadow lost the mask at an event against Chief Thunderbird.
1938Red Devil lost the mask at an event against Gino Garibaldi.
1967Avenger #2 lost the mask at an event against Oki Yama.
1972Ángel Blanco lost the mask at an event against El Solitario.
1978El Ídolo lost the mask at an event against Kung Fu.
1989All Star lost the mask at an event against El Hijo del Santo.
2007Pentagón Black lost the mask at an event against El Hijo del Santo.

Hair Matches
1978TNT lost the hair at an event against Gran Markus.
1991Comando Ruso lost the hair at an event against Huracán Sevilla.
1993Luis Mariscal lost the hair at an event against Ringo Mendoza.
1996Fugaz lost the hair at an event against Rayo Tapatío #2.
2001Todd Morton lost the hair at an event against Ian Rotten.
2001Mad Man Muir lost the hair at an event against Jerin Rose.
2006Brazo de Plata lost the hair at an event against Scorpio Jr..
2011Bugambilia del Norte lost the hair at an event against Apolo Estrada Jr..
2012Dustin Heritage lost the hair at an event against Shane Williams.
2013Pimpinela Escarlata lost the hair at an event against Black Mamba.




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