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What happened on January 16th in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1980	Mexican National Heavyweight Title: Won by Tony Benetto
1985	NWA Mid-Atlantic Brass Knuckles Title: Won by Black Bart
1992	WCW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton
2000	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Won by Chris Benoit
2000	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
2000	WCW United States Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
2000	WCW Cruiserweight Title: Won by Oklahoma
2005	TNAW X-Division Title: Won by AJ Styles
2005	WWE World Tag Team Titles: Won by Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier
2005	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Jamal & Taiyo Kea
2009	CMLL World Tag Team Titles: Won by La Sombra & Volador Jr.
2012	WWE United States Title: Won by Jack Swagger
2014	TNAW Knockouts Title: Won by Madison Rayne
2014	TNAW X-Division Title: Won by Austin Aries
2018	WWE United States Title: Won by Bobby Roode
2021	IW Knockouts Tag Team Titles: Won by Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz
All in all, there are 200 title changes in our championships database which happened on a January 16th.

Tournament Finals
1997	USWA Unified World Title #1-Contender Tournament
2005	NEO Stage 2005
2009	HOOKnSHOOT GFight Grand Prix 2009
2011	IWRG La Copa Higher Power 2011 (A)
2011	wXw Ambition 2
2015	#1-Contender Tournament (Open the Dream Gate Title)
2016	CRW Tag Team Titles Tournament
2016	VPW King of New York 2016
2018	WWE United States Title Tournament
2019	Dragon Gate Rookie Ranking Tournament
2021	BvG The Cassandro Cup
2021	IW Knockouts Tag Team Titles Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
2000	WCW Souled Out 2000 (Buyrate: 0.26)
2005	TNAW Final Resolution 2005 (Buyrate: 20000)
2009	ROH Rising Above 2009
2021	IW Hard to Kill 2021

Free TV Shows
1965	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1971	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1971	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1982	WWF @ Philadelphia
1985	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1988	JCP Pro
1989	NJPW New Year Golden Series 1989 - Day 6
1993	WCW Power Hour
1993	WCW Saturday Night
1993	SMW TV-Show #51
1993	WCW Worldwide
1993	WWF Mania
1993	WWF Superstars
1994	WCW The Main Event
1994	USWA Wrestling
1994	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995	WWF Monday Night RAW #94 (Rating: 2.60)
1999	NJPW on TV Asahi
1999	WCW Saturday Night
1999	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #107
2000	ECW Hardcore TV #351
2000	AJPW on Nippon TV
2000	GAEA Rumbling of the New Age 2000 - Day 1
2002	NOAH First Navigation Of 2002 - Day 7
2003	WWE SmackDown #179 (Rating: 3.40)
2004	MLW Underground TV #31
2004	WEC 9: Cold Blooded
2005	GAEA Wild Times 2005 - Day 1
2005	WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.70)
2005	TNAW Final Resolution 2005 Preshow
2006	WWE RAW #660 (Rating: 4.30)
2006	UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3 (Rating: 1.70)
2007	LDN Capital TV #17
2007	BJW Death Match Wars #107
2007	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #32 (Rating: 1.50)
2008	NWA Wrestling Showcase
2008	PWU Power Surge TV #18
2009	Dragon Gate Infinity #115
2009	WWE SmackDown #493 (Rating: 2.10)
2010	NWA Anarchy TV Show #208
2010	OVW TV Show #545
2011	FCW TV Show #120
2011	WWE Vintage Collection #137
2012	WWE RAW #973 (Rating: 3.01/4290000)
2013	WWE Main Event #16 (Rating: 1495000)
2013	WWE NXT #152
2014	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #497 - Genesis (Rating: 1.08/1316000)
2015	Bellator 132: Pitbull vs. Straus
2015	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #548 (Rating: 387000)
2015	NJPW World Pro-Wrestling #1
2016	Invicta FC 15: Cyborg vs. Ibragimova
2016	ROH on SBG #226
2017	WWE RAW #1234 (Rating: 3270000)
2018	Dragon Gate Open the New Year Gate 2018 - Day 3
2018	WWE SmackDown Live #962 (Rating: 1.76/2603000)
2019	Dragon Gate Open the New Year Gate 2019 - Day 4
2019	NJPW presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2019 - Day 5
2020	NJPW presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2020 - Day 5
2021	IW Countdown to Hard to Kill 2021
2023	WWE RAW #1547 (Rating: 1489000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1888	Show @ Atlanta
1901	Show @ Hamburg
1901	Show @ Memphis
1902	Show @ New York City
1905	Show @ Hamburg
1905	Show @ Lyon
1905	Show @ Melbourne
1905	Show @ Wien
1906	Show @ Bremen
1907	Show @ Braunschweig
All in all, there are 200 shows in our events database which happened on a January 16th.

Birthdays
1910	Roy Von Hellrigel
1923	Joe Scarpello
1934	Denny Forslund
1944	Mike Eagers
1949	Sir Oliver Humperdink
1958	Tony Demato
1969	Conscience
1970	Big Titan
1974	Paul Buentello
1975	Apocalipsis
1975	Takashi Sasaki
1975	Candy Okutsu
1977	El Capo Mayor
1978	Diana la Cazadora
1978	Heather Savage
1981	Angel D'Souza
1981	Gery Roif
1984	Nobuhiro Yoshitake
1985	Hyun Gyu Lim
1985	Luke Robinson
1985	Evva Johnson
1985	David Duran
1986	Mini Escoria
1986	Hiren
1986	Wang Sai
1987	Murorga Sim Bowa
1987	EVIL
1988	Bull James
1988	Aaron Insane
1989	Rinoceronte Jr.
1990	Daniel Haas
1992	Pinkie Mayuka
1992	Genaro Valdez
1993	Ron Becker
1993	Chris Avila

Deaths
1959	Ace Gordon
1964	Charles Postl
1965	Yukon Eric
1972	Joe Risberg
1976	Gust Karras
1979	Marcel Nonest
2000	Multifacético
2006	Dr. O'Borman
2009	Paul E. Normous
2010	Katsuhisa Shibata
2013	Marquis de Paree
2016	Darren Richardson
2016	Mike Sharpe
2021	Paul Varelans

Debuts
1993	Lady Victoria
1998	Jeff Curran
2004	Lavar Johnson
2004	Adrienna Jenkins
2004	John Polakowski
2008	Misaki Ozawa
2010	Cassie Rodish
2010	Tsukushi
2010	Katya Pronina
2010	Mike Jackson

Mask Matches
1935	Masked Scorpion lost the mask at an event against Chief Little Wolf.
1939	Masked Phantom lost the mask at an event against Cliff Gustafson.
1947	Hooded Terror lost the mask at an event against Frank Sexton.
1962	Mysterious Medic #1 lost the mask at an event against Abe Jacobs and George Becker.
1962	Mysterious Medic #2 lost the mask at an event against Abe Jacobs and George Becker.
1964	The Destroyer lost the mask at an event against Johnny Valentine.
1965	Axeman lost the mask at an event against Pedro Morales.
2010	Tiger Kid lost the mask at an event against Helix.

Hair Matches
2003	Full Contact lost the hair at an event against Avisman.
2005	El Signo lost the hair at an event against Villano III.
2010	King Azteca lost the hair at an event against Camaleón de Oro.
2011	Chica de Arabia lost the hair at an event against Médico Infernal.

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