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What happened on May 21st in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1981	NWF North American Heavyweight Title: Championship defunct
1982	NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Wahoo McDaniel
1989	Mexican National Welterweight Title: Won by Ciclón Ramírez
1989	Mexican National Heavyweight Title: Won by Popitekus
1993	AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title: Won by Dan Kroffat
1995	WCW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags
1995	WWF Intercontinental Title: Won by Jeff Jarrett
1996	CMLL World Welterweight Title: Won by Máscara Mágica
2000	WWF Title: Won by Triple H
2001	WWF Hardcore Title: Won by Big Show
2001	WWF Tag Team Titles: Won by Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho
2006	WWE Tag Team Titles: Won by Brian Kendrick & Paul London
2009	AAA World Cruiserweight Title: Won by Alex Koslov
2010	CMLL World Trios Titles: Won by La Máscara & Máscara Dorada & La Sombra
2015	AJPW Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Won by Akebono
2017	AJPW Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Won by Shuji Ishikawa
2017	WWE Title: Won by Jinder Mahal
2017	AJPW World Tag Team Titles: Won by KAI & Kengo Mashimo
2022	GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Won by Masa Kitamiya & Michael Elgin
2023	IWGP Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2023	NJPW Strong Openweight Title: Won by KENTA
2023	NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2023	NJPW Strong Women’s Title: Won by Willow Nightingale
All in all, there are 258 title changes in our championships database which happened on a May 21st.

Tournament Finals
1983	SWCW Undisputed World Heavyweight Title Tournament
1996	CMLL World Welterweight Tite Tournament
1999	IWA Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament
1999	GLW Tag Team Titles Tournament
2003	WWA International Cruiserweight Title Tournament
2004	IWS Tournament of Icons 2004
2006	WWE King of the Ring 2006
2009	AAA World Cruiserweight Title
2010	CWE Tag Team Titles Tournament
2011	Dragon Gate King of Gate 2011
2011	UEWA European Cruiserweight Title Tournament
2011	AIW Todd Pettengill Invitational
2011	Hall of Fame Cup
2011	Bellator Season 4 Featherweight Tournament
2011	Bellator Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament
2016	PWM Donald Casamento Memorial Cup 2
2016	NHPW Global Conflict Tournament 2016
2016	SWA Undisputed World Women’s Title Tournament
2016	PPW Pacific Light Heavyweight Title Tournament
2017	Pro-Wrestling:EVE Title Tournament
2017	Captain of the Secret Base Tag Team Titles Tournament
2022	H20 Tremont's Tag Team Death Match Tournament 2022
2023	BSP Tri-State Tag Team Titles Tournament
2023	DDT King of DDT 2023
2023	NJPW Strong Women's Title Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1995	WCW Slamboree 1995 (Buyrate: 0.57)
2000	WWF Judgment Day 2000 (Buyrate: 1.05/420000)
2003	NWA-TNA PPV #45
2006	WWE Judgment Day 2006 (Buyrate: 240000)
2010	Moosin: God of Martial Arts
2017	EVOLVE 85
2017	WWE Backlash 2017

Free TV Shows
1966	All Star Wrestling - Live Wrestling from Roanoke
1966	Live Pittsburgh Studio Wrestling
1966	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1977	GCW Columbus Championship Wrestling
1977	Macon Championship Wrestling
1983	GCW TV-Taping @ Atlanta
1988	WWF @ Philadelphia
1989	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1993	AJPW Super Power Series 1993
1994	WCW Saturday Night
1994	SMW TV-Show #121
1994	WCW Worldwide
1994	WWF Superstars
1995	WWF Action Zone
1995	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1996	ECW Hardcore TV #161
1998	WCW Thunder #17 (Rating: 3.50)
2000	ECW Hardcore TV #369
2001	WWF RAW is WAR #417 (Rating: 4.20)
2004	NOAH Navigation With Breeze - Day 5
2004	WEC 10: Bragging Rights
2005	OVW TV Show
2005	NWA Wildside TV Show #294
2005	WWE Velocity #154 (Rating: 0.50)
2006	Dragon Gate Infinity #42
2006	M's Style Real Dream ~ Time Door
2006	DSW TV Show #4
2007	WWE RAW #730 (Rating: 3.70)
2009	TNAW iMPACT! #256 - Double J in Jeopardy (Rating: 1.10)
2009	Kensuke Office Take the Chance Vol. 2
2009	WWE Superstars #6 (Rating: 0.80)
2010	K-1 World GP 2010 in Bucharest - East Europe GP
2010	ShoMMA - Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey (Rating: 0.84/249000)
2010	WWE SmackDown #562 (Rating: 1.70)
2011	Bellator 45 (Rating: 0.30/264000)
2011	KSW 16
2011	NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood #36
2011	NWA Anarchy TV Show #278
2011	OVW TV Show #613
2011	BAMMA 6: Kong vs. Ninja
2012	WWE RAW #991
2014	AAW TV Show #12
2014	TNAW Xplosion #504
2015	WWE SmackDown #823 (Rating: 1.81/2589000)
2015	AJPW Super Power Series 2015 - Day 9
2016	RCW/STARDOM Europe Tour 2016 - Day 2
2016	ROH on SBG #244 - Bullet Club Special
2017	ZERO1 Dream Series ~ Growth
2017	AJPW Super Power Series 2017 - Day 7
2018	WWE RAW #1304 (Rating: 1.86/2669000)
2019	WWE SmackDown Live #1032 (Rating: 1983000)
2021	WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1136 (Rating: 0.50/1930000)
2021	ROH on SBG #505
2023	NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 30 - Day 8
2023	DDT King of DDT 2023 - Day 3

The ten oldest shows in our database
1902	Show @ Graz
1903	Show @ Cleveland
1903	Show @ New York City
1903	Show @ New York City
1904	Show @ Nanaimo
1905	Show @ Budapest
1905	Show @ Hannover
1906	Show @ Hannover
1907	Show @ Boston
1908	Show @ Graz
All in all, there are 258 shows in our events database which happened on a May 21st.

Birthdays
1890	George Gable
1895	Ralph Hand
1898	Cliff Maupin
1905	Dale Raines
1907	Geza Tako
1911	Warren Bockwinkel
1914	Barney Lobby
1918	Ivan Kalmikoff
1919	Karl Von Hess
1948	Magic Schwarz
1952	Mr. T
1957	Shinobu Aso
1959	Bruce Buffer
1959	Sean Mooney
1965	Kazumasa Nihei
1967	Chris Benoit
1972	Dr. Cerebro
1974	Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru
1974	The Sheik
1977	Micah Taylor
1978	Kal-El
1978	Yasuhiro Kanayama
1979	Scott Smith
1980	Indio Cherokee
1982	Rasse
1982	Ricardo Lamas
1982	Kota Ibushi
1983	Leva Bates
1983	Chuey Martínez
1984	Andy Simmonz
1984	CK Light
1985	Jody Kristofferson
1985	Dave Cole
1989	Renato Carneiro
1995	Kelly McGill-Velasco
???	Christian Angers
???	Chic Canyon
???	Ricky Suave

Deaths
1962	Ubaldo Bianchi
1964	Tex Riley
1981	Larry Pressnall
1990	Pierrot
1996	Whiskers Blake
2008	Tommy White
2009	Bob Beasly
2012	Toshiyuki Moriya
2017	Bud Ellis
2021	Chamaco Maravilla
2022	Nikolai Zouev

Debuts
1966	Sandokán
1980	Len Mitchell
1989	Kiyoshi Tamura
1995	HAYATE
1995	Hiroaki Moriya
1999	Qenaan Creed
1999	Ruffy Silverstein
2000	Jason Black
2002	Shinsuke Jet Wakataka
2002	Sheamus
2003	Abongo Humphrey
2003	Jamil Silveira da Conceicao
2004	Rafael del Real
2004	Yuichi Ikari
2004	Steve Ramírez
2005	Brayan Rafiq
2005	Aung La Nsang
2005	Kaide Lothbrok
2005	Rikochet
2005	Jake O'Brien
2005	Matt Jaggers
2005	Michael Knight
2005	Flamante Turbo #2
2007	Karla Benitez
2011	Kaline Medeiros
2011	Nitro
2013	Grappling Greg
2015	Shiro Tomoyose
2016	Patrick Scott
2016	Masha Slamovich
2016	Setanta Furey
2018	Kota Minoura

Mask Matches
1955	Diablo #1 lost the mask at an event against Vic Holbrook and Wilbur Snyder.
2001	Morguilla Dos Mil lost the mask at an event against Águila Solitaria.

Hair Matches
1999	Brazo de Oro lost the hair at an event against El Satánico.
2006	Rick O'Shea lost the hair at an event against Irish Dragon.
2010	David E. Jones lost the hair at an event against Espíritu Infernal and SoCal Crazy.
2010	Ryan Stone lost the hair at an event against Espíritu Infernal and SoCal Crazy.

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