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Wrestling History: What happened on April 2nd?	2023/04/02 6:00	2023/04/02 0:00
Wrestling History: What happened on April 1st?	2023/04/01 6:00	2023/04/01 0:00
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What happened on April 1st in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1944	Mexican National Middleweight Title: Won by Tarzán López
1979	NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Ric Flair
1990	WWF Intercontinental Title: Championship vacant
1990	WWF Tag Team Titles: Won by Ax & Crush & Smash
1990	WWF World Heavyweight Title: Won by Ultimate Warrior
1996	WWF Intercontinental Title: Won by Goldust
1996	WWF Intercontinental Title: Championship vacant
2001	WWF European Title: Won by Eddie Guerrero
2001	WWF Title: Won by Steve Austin
2001	WWF Hardcore Title: Won by Kane
2001	WWF Women’s Title: Won by Chyna
2001	WWF Tag Team Titles: Won by Christian & Edge
2002	WWF Hardcore Title: Won by Bubba Ray Dudley
2005	CMLL World Tag Team Titles: Won by El Averno & El Mephisto
2007	GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio
2007	WWE World Heavyweight Title: Won by The Undertaker
2011	ROH World Tag Team Titles: Won by Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
2012	WWE World Heavyweight Title: Won by Sheamus
2012	WWE Intercontinental Title: Won by Big Show
2016	NXT Women’s Title: Won by Asuka
2016	NXT Tag Team Titles: Won by Chad Gable & Jason Jordan
2017	ROH World Tag Team Titles: Won by Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
2022	Mexican National Heavyweight Title: Won by Damián el Terrible
2022	ROH World Television Title: Won by Minoru Suzuki
2022	ROH Interim Women’s World Title: Won by Mercedes Martínez
2022	ROH Pure Title: Won by Wheeler YUTA
2022	ROH World Tag Team Titles: Won by Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood
2023	WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles: Won by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
2023	NXT Title: Won by Carmelo Hayes
2023	NXT Women’s Title: Won by Indi Hartwell
2023	WWE SmackDown Women’s Title: Won by Rhea Ripley
2023	WWE RAW Tag Team Titles: Won by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
2023	NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles: Won by Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
All in all, there are 252 title changes in our championships database which happened on a April 1st.

Tournament Finals
1982	NJPW The 5th MSG Series
1994	AJW Okinawa Cup Tag Team Tournament
2011	APW Young Lions Cup 2011
2011	Smoky Mountain Cup 2011
2011	DGUSA Breakout Challenge
2012	IWA Deep South Carnage Cup 8
2013	CMLL Torneo de Parejas Increíbles 2013 (Version Puebla)
2016	wXw Mitteldeutschlandcup 2016
2016	CWE Rise of a Queen Tournament
2017	SWE Opportunity Knocks 2017
2017	CZW Best of the Best 16
2018	FCP Dream Tag Team Invitational 2018
2018	DOVE World Heavyweight Title Tournament
2020	Vanguardia El Rey del Ghetto
2021	Beyond Tournament for Tomorrow 2021
2021	Beyond Greatest Rivals 2021
2021	CCW Cruiserweight Title Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1935	Show @ New York City
1978	Show @ New Orleans
1990	WWF WrestleMania VI (Buyrate: 3.80/1520000)
2001	WWF WrestleMania X-Seven (Buyrate: 2.15/1040000)
2007	WWE WrestleMania 23 (Buyrate: 2.97/1200000)
2011	ROH Honor Takes Center Stage - Night 1
2012	WWE WrestleMania XXVIII (Buyrate: 1219000)
2015	TNAW One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
2016	EVOLVE 58
2016	ROH Supercard of Honor X - Night 1
2016	CZW Welcome to the Combat Zone
2017	CZW Best Of The Best 16
2017	Beyond Caffeine
2017	ROH Supercard of Honor XI
2017	SHIMMER Volume 91
2017	WWN Mercury Rising 2017
2018	NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2022	IW Multiverse of Matches
2022	ROH Supercard of Honor XV (Buyrate: 23000)
2023	WWE WrestleMania 39 - Night 1

Free TV Shows
1961	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1967	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1967	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1972	GCW Georgia Championship Wrestling
1972	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1989	WCW World Championship Wrestling
1990	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995	WCW Saturday Night
1995	SMW TV-Show #166
1996	WCW Monday Nitro #30 (Rating: 2.80)
1996	WWF Monday Night RAW #152 (Rating: 2.90)
1999	WCW Thunder #57
2000	WCW Saturday Night
2000	NWA Wildside TV Show #29
2000	WCW Worldwide
2001	NOAH Navigation For The Victory - Day 10
2002	WWF RAW #462 (Rating: 4.80)
2004	WWE SmackDown #242 (Rating: 3.20)
2005	ZERO1 on Samurai TV #1
2005	TNAW iMPACT! #44
2006	TNAW iMPACT! #92 (Rating: 0.60)
2006	OVW TV Show
2007	NJPW on BS Asahi
2007	NOAH Spring Navigation - Day 1
2007	OZ Academy Wizard
2008	LDN Capital TV #80
2008	BJW Death Match Wars #166
2008	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #95 (Rating: 1.30)
2009	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann (Rating: 1900000)
2010	WWE Superstars #51 (Rating: 0.67)
2011	Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm (Rating: 0.69/214000)
2011	WWE SmackDown #607 (Rating: 1.96)
2012	NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour New Japan Cup 2012 - Day 1
2012	FCW TV Show #183
2012	RKK TV Show #20
2012	WWE Vintage Collection #200
2013	WWE RAW #1036 (Rating: 3.10/4305000)
2015	WRESTLE-1 2015 Tour Cherry Blossom - Day 1
2015	TNAW Xplosion #549
2015	Lucha Underground TV Show #21 - Uno! Dos! Tres! (Rating: 0.10/91000)
2017	ROH on SBG #289
2018	DDT April Fool 2018
2019	WWE RAW #1349 (Rating: 2639000)
2020	WRESTLE-1 2020 Tour Trans Magic - Day 5
2020	AEW Dynamite #26 (Rating: 685000)
2020	WWE NXT #528 (Rating: 590000)
2022	WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1181 (Rating: 2359000)
2022	AEW Rampage #35 (Rating: 456000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1885	Show @ New York City
1890	Show @ Buffalo
1899	Show @ Chicago
1905	Show @ Bremen
1905	Show @ København
1905	Show @ Lynn
1906	Show @ Praha
1906	Show @ Praha
1907	Show @ Chicago
1907	Show @ Chicago
All in all, there are 252 shows in our events database which happened on a April 1st.

Birthdays
1879	Stanislaus Zbyszko
1898	Pete Adams
1900	Stan West
1900	Charlie Swain
1902	Glen Wade
1905	Sammy Stein
1910	Fred Bozic
1914	Mighty Atlas
1916	Tim McCoy
1920	Oni Wiki Wiki
1921	Pete Shologan
1924	Oatten Fisher
1926	Donn Lewin
1930	Karl von Kramer
1930	Dick Woehrle
1934	Li'l Abner Osborne
1950	Charrito de Oro
1962	Lee Armstrong
1965	Bam Bam Coalson
1967	Webster Dauphiney
1967	Ruckus
1971	AC Jazz
1972	Darren McCarty
1976	Tomko
1977	Vitor Belfort
1978	Alejandro Solano Rodríguez
1978	Razen
1978	Sheik Al-Aziz
1980	Randy Orton
1980	Scott Savage
1983	Chris Logan
1985	Jeremy Spoon
1988	Derek Campos
1988	Ramsey Nijem
1988	Mikey Jay
1989	Jesse Sorensen
1990	Juan Cardenas
1991	Jungle Kyona
1991	Dover
1995	Logan Paul
2000	Hiragi Kurumi
???	Richard Sharpe
???	KC Tanks
???	X-Dream
???	K-Rob

Deaths
1914	Rube Waddell
1947	Charles Donnell
1966	Al Steinhauer
1972	Dave Orshoff
1973	Jim Crockett
1975	Eddie Slake
1976	Tony Czaban
1978	Jack Garofono
1987	Lon Chaney
1992	Stanley Kerfoot
2005	Ted Gordienko
2005	Steve Thomason
2007	Joe Carrillo
2010	Little Brutus
2010	Mickey Gold
2011	Stinky the Homeless Guy
2016	Akim Manuka
2016	Geoff Portz
2017	Hurricane Smith

Debuts
1908	Josef Steinbach
1969	Miyoko Hoshino
1981	Takahiro Takigawa
1986	Terry Kadillac
1995	Jorge Patino
1995	Matt Farmer
1996	Prince Iaukea
1997	Minoru Fujita
2000	Joker
2001	Slim J
2006	Lacrima Christi
2006	Dan Lauzon
2006	John Maguire
2006	Antonio Duarte
2007	Claudio Campari
2007	OGM
2007	Alessandro Corleone
2011	Kid Lightning
2011	Richard Patishnock
2012	Tetsuya Endo
2012	Will Ospreay
2012	Pavel Svoboda
2016	Destanie Yarbrough
2016	Hanna Gujwan
2016	Jayden Caine
2017	Brady Hiestand
2017	Brendan Divine
2017	Tay Melo
2023	Ava

Mask Matches
1938	Masked Marvel lost the mask at an event against Tom Goodeagle.
1942	El Diablo lost the mask at an event against French Angel.
1990	El Corsario Rojo lost the mask at an event against Pegaso.
2000	Bat Blue lost the mask at an event against Óscar Sevilla.

Hair Matches
1977	Manuel Robles lost the hair at an event against Cachorro Mendoza.
2004	Black Terry lost the hair at an event against Rocky Santana.
2007	Golden Boy lost the hair at an event against Konan King.
2007	Vince McMahon lost the hair at an event against Bobby Lashley and Donald Trump.
2014	Leo lost the hair at an event against Camorra.

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