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Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1974	WWWF World Tag Team Titles: Won by Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
1977	NWA World Tag Team Titles (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson
1984	NWA World Tag Team Titles (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Don Kernodle & Ivan Koloff
1988	IWGP Heavyweight Title: Won by Tatsumi Fujinami
2000	WWF Intercontinental Title: Won by Chris Benoit
2003	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2007	WWE World Heavyweight Title: Won by Edge
2010	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai
2015	TNAW World Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2016	ROH World Television Title: Won by Bobby Fish
2022	WWE SmackDown Women’s Title: Won by Ronda Rousey
All in all, there are 194 title changes in our championships database which happened on a May 8th.

Tournament Finals
2004	IWC Super Indy III
2004	ECCW Pacific Cup Tag Team Tournament
2005	Differ Cup 2005
2009	LLF La Copa Juvenil 2009
2009	GNP Elite 8 2009
2010	PWW Tag Team Titles Tournament
2010	EWF X8 Tournament 2010
2010	IWC Super Indy IX
2010	IZW Impact Player of the Year Tournament 2010
2010	NJPW Super J Tag Tournament 2010
2011	SCW Title Tournament
2021	DD Title Tournament
2021	FIST The Compound Cup
2021	PPW Thirst for Blood
2022	Capture International Title Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1988	WCCW Parade of Champions 5
2004	Hustle Vol. 3
2010	CZW Fist Fight
2010	UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 (Buyrate: 520000)
2016	NJPW/ROH Global Wars 2016
2022	WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2022 (Buyrate: 8200)

Free TV Shows
1965	Dallas TV
1971	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1971	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1985	WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1988	JCP The Main Event #6
1988	NJPW Super Fight Series 1988 - Day 24
1993	SMW TV-Show #67
1993	WCW Worldwide
1993	WWF Mania
1993	WWF Superstars
1994	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995	WWF Monday Night RAW #109 (Rating: 3.10)
1999	NJPW on TV Asahi
1999	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #123
2000	WCW Monday Nitro #242 (Rating: 2.80)
2000	WWF RAW is WAR #363 (Rating: 6.20)
2003	WWE SmackDown #194
2004	NWA-TNA Xplosion
2004	NWA Wildside TV Show #240
2004	WWE Velocity #102 (Rating: 0.50)
2005	WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.70)
2006	BJW Death Match Wars #75
2006	WWE RAW #676 (Rating: 4.10)
2007	LDN Capital TV #33
2007	BJW Death Match Wars #123
2007	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #48 (Rating: 1.47)
2008	TNAW iMPACT! #202 (Rating: 0.91)
2009	WWE SmackDown #507 (Rating: 1.90)
2010	NWA Anarchy TV Show #224
2010	OVW TV Show #561
2011	Michinoku Pro @ Yahaba
2011	FCW TV Show #136
2011	WWE Vintage Collection #153
2013	WWE Main Event #32 (Rating: 1357000)
2013	WWE NXT #168
2014	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #513 (Rating: 0.86/1055000)
2015	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #564 (Rating: 0.08/358000)
2016	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
2016	Dragon Gate King of Gate 2016 - Day 1
2016	DDT Road to Ryogoku 2016 in Sapporo ~ Dramatic Dream Clock Tower
2017	WWE RAW #1250 (Rating: 1.89/2696000)
2018	Dragon Gate King of Gate 2018 - Day 1
2018	WWE SmackDown Live #977 (Rating: 1.45/2293000)
2020	WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1081 (Rating: 2040000)
2023	WWE RAW #1563 (Rating: 1785000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1876	Show @ New York City
1890	Show @ Buffalo
1901	Show @ Hannover
1902	Show @ Cleveland
1905	Show @ Budapest
1905	Show @ Hannover
1905	Show @ Montréal
1906	Show @ Birmingham
1906	Show @ Hannover
1908	Show @ Braunschweig
All in all, there are 194 shows in our events database which happened on a May 8th.

Deaths
1951	Bill Salmela
1961	Ned Dugas
1987	Francisco José Flores Lecona
1992	Fred Ward
2001	Art Generas
2005	Guy Brunetti
2008	Judy Grable
2009	Princess Jasmine
2018	Big Bully Busick
2018	Tarahumara

Mask Matches
1937	Red Scorpion lost the mask at an event against Earl McCready.
1962	Mighty Yankee lost the mask at an event against Pat O'Connor.
1978	Black Avenger lost the mask at an event against Jake Roberts.
2007	Camaleón de Oro lost the mask at an event against Antifaz del Norte.

Hair Matches
1949	Polo Torres lost the hair at an event against Silver Fox.
1988	El Espanto Jr. lost the hair at an event against El Hijo del Santo.
1994	Kung Fu lost the hair at an event against Américo Rocca.
2015	Jeremy Jaeger lost the hair at an event against RJ Ruiz.

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