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Wrestling History: What happened on May 21st?	2023/05/21 6:00	2023/05/21 0:00
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What happened on May 22nd in Wrestling History?

Title changes (Selection of important championships)
1972	WWWF World Tag Team Titles: Won by Chief Jay Strongbow & Sonny King
1981	NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Internationale Version): Won by Chavo Guerrero
1989	NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Mid-Atlantic-Version): Won by Lex Luger
1994	Mexican National Trios Titles: Won by Ángel Azteca & El Hijo del Santo & Súper Muñeco
1994	WCW World Tag Team Titles: Won by Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan
1994	WCW International Title: Won by Sting
2000	WCW Hardcore Title: Won by Shane Douglas
2000	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
2000	WCW Cruiserweight Title: Won by Daffney
2000	WCW World Heavyweight Title: Won by Jeff Jarrett
2004	ROH Pure Title: Championship vacant
2004	All Asia Tag Team Titles: Won by Gen'ichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi
2013	AAA World Tag Team Titles: Championship vacant
2016	WWE United States Title: Won by Rusev
2017	CMLL World Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
2017	CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title: Championship vacant
All in all, there are 210 title changes in our championships database which happened on a May 22nd.

Tournament Finals
1992	SMW Heavyweight Title Tournament
1997	NWA UK King of the Ring 1997 #2
2003	M-1 MFC Northwest Open Mix-Fight Championship
2003	M-1 MFC Northwest Open Mix-Fight Championship
2004	ESW Title Tournament
2009	PWG DDT4 2009
2010	NBWA Alberta Murray Memorial Tournament 2010
2011	DREAMERS Tag Grand Prix 2011
2015	CMLL Leyenda de Plata 2015
2015	PWG DDT4 2015
2016	Battle of West Lothian 2016
2016	BEW International Grand Prix 2016
2016	BEW/STARDOM International Women's Grand Prix 2016
2021	H20 Hardcore Kingdom 5
2021	DMDU Heavyweight Title Tournament
2022	KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles Tournament

Pay-Per-Views (or similar)
1933	Show @ New York City
1994	WCW Slamboree 1994 - A Legends Reunion (Buyrate: 0.48)
2005	PRIDE Bushido 7
2005	WWE Judgment Day 2005 (Buyrate: 0.66/240000)
2010	APW XI: Throwdown
2011	WWE Over the Limit 2011 (Buyrate: 145000)
2016	WWE Extreme Rules 2016

Free TV Shows
1964	CWF Championship Wrestling from Florida
1965	Dallas TV
1965	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1965	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1970	GCW @ Atlanta
1971	GCW Live Atlanta Wrestling
1971	GCW Live Wrestling from Columbus
1989	NJPW Battle Satellite Series - Day 10
1990	WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1993	WCW Saturday Night
1993	SMW TV-Show #69
1993	WWF Superstars
1994	WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995	WWF Monday Night RAW #111 (Rating: 3.30)
1999	NJPW on TV Asahi
1999	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #125
2000	WCW Monday Nitro #244 (Rating: 2.30)
2000	WWF RAW is WAR #365 (Rating: 7.10)
2003	WWE SmackDown #197
2004	K-1 ROMANEX
2004	NWA Wildside TV Show #242
2004	ZERO-ONE on Samurai! TV
2004	WWE Velocity #104 (Rating: 0.40)
2005	WWE Sunday Night Heat (International Version)
2005	WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.80)
2006	BJW Death Match Wars #77
2006	WWE RAW #678 (Rating: 3.70)
2007	LDN Capital TV #35
2007	BJW Death Match Wars #125
2007	WWE ECW on Sci Fi #50 (Rating: 1.50)
2008	TNAW iMPACT! #204 - Kurt & Karen: The Beginning... or the End? (Rating: 1.00)
2009	M-1 Challenge 2009: Team Brazil vs. Team USA West
2009	Dragon Gate Infinity #132
2009	WWE SmackDown #510 (Rating: 1.60)
2009	TNAW Epics #2
2010	NWA Anarchy TV Show #226
2010	OVW TV Show #563
2011	FCW TV Show #138
2011	WWE Vintage Collection #155
2013	NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XX Prelude
2013	WWE Main Event #34
2013	WWE NXT #170
2013	TNAW Xplosion #452
2014	WRESTLE-1 2014 Tour Triumph - Day 1
2014	Dragon Gate Infinity #337
2014	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #515 (Rating: 0.87/1067000)
2015	TNAW IMPACT WRESTLING #566 (Internationale Version) (Rating: 262000)
2015	NJPW World Pro-Wrestling #14
2016	NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 23 - Day 2
2016	BEW/STARDOM Europe Tour 2016 - Day 3 ~ Super Show: International Grand Prix
2016	Dragon Gate King of Gate 2016 - Day 7
2016	OZ Academy Take Back 2016 - Day 2 ~ Dynamite Kansai 30th Anniversary Show
2017	WWE RAW #1252 (Rating: 2615000)
2018	WWE SmackDown Live #980 (Rating: 1.54/2195000)
2020	WWE Friday Night SmackDown #1084 (Rating: 2040000)
2023	WWE RAW #1565 (Rating: 1638000)

The ten oldest shows in our database
1902	Show @ Graz
1905	Show @ Budapest
1905	Show @ Hannover
1906	Show @ Hannover
1908	Show @ Graz
1908	Show @ Hannover
1908	Show @ Toledo
1909	Show @ Chicago
1911	Show @ Worcester
1913	Show @ Lincoln
All in all, there are 210 shows in our events database which happened on a May 22nd.

Birthdays
1889	Dick Hankel
1906	Eddie Quinn
1908	Dientes Hernández
1909	Johnny Paulin
1927	Don Curtis
1931	Dennis Winn
1946	El Solitario
1962	Brian Pillman
1964	Marcus Dupree
1968	Don Lirette
1969	Staz
1969	Cruiser Lewis
1971	Halloween
1975	Traci Brooks
1976	Yumi Fukawa
1976	Buddy Austin
1977	Freakshow
1978	Dan Rodman
1980	Pure Xtacy
1980	Murilo Rua
1981	Bryan Danielson
1983	Fry Daddy
1984	Keita Nakamura
1984	Joe Lauzon
1985	Hugo Knox
1985	Super Oprah Mustafa
1986	Yul Hubbard
1987	Amanda Lemos
1987	Teemu Packalen
1987	Faith Lehaine
1988	Kameron Kade
1988	Joe Coffey
1988	Santana Garrett
1989	Vengador Galáctico
1990	David Hammons
1990	TJ Brown
1992	Steve García
1993	Jake Logan
1998	Pumita Star
???	Scott Putski
???	Blackhart
???	Startron
???	Rensan
???	Sunami

Deaths
1927	Oscar Sundstrom
1963	Great Gama
1973	Charley Vaden
1984	George Zaharias
1989	Vic Muhl
1990	Janet Henry
1992	Duke Dekeno
2011	Chief Red Cloud
2013	Mick McManus
2017	Tony Francis
2020	Hana Kimura
2023	Peggy Lee Leather

Debuts
1972	Sailor White
1982	Al Snow
2003	Daichi Kakimoto
2004	Tom Tremonia
2005	The Ballymun Bruiser
2005	Rave
2005	Jason Slayer
2005	Michihiro Omigawa
2005	Chico Montoya
2005	Gladiator
2010	Chris Sky
2010	Derek Brunson
2010	Uncle Pat
2010	Andrew Craig
2010	Jake Logan
2010	Reed Bentley
2013	Akane Fujita
2015	Angela Lee

Mask Matches
2003	Danger lost the mask at an event against Máscara Mágica.

Hair Matches
2010	Pancho Cachondo lost the hair at an event against Black Spider.
2011	Rey Infernal lost the hair at an event against Voltaje Negro.

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