Shawn Michaels relinquishes the WWF World Heavyweight title on RAW, and gives an emotional speech where he tells Vince McMahon that he “Lost His Smile”
Hawk and Animal have had enough of Precious Paul Ellering, so they fire him, and then attack him, on an episode of World Championship Wrestling
Jimmy Hart makes his WWF debut at a TV taping in Poughkeepsie, New York, managing both Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine and Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart
1984 -Ric Flair & Dusty Rhodes are announced as the competitors in the ‘One Million Dollar Challenge’ and have a staredown on stage in Greensboro
1969 – Dory Funk, Jr. defeats Gene Kiniski to win the NWA World Heavyweight title in Tampa, Florida, and begins a four-year reign with the Ten Pounds of Gold
The man known as ‘Captain Redneck’ faces off with the Horsemen and gets some help from Ronnie Garvin, Magnum TA, and Dusty Rhodes
1984 – David Adkisson, best known to wrestling fans as “The Yellow Rose of Texas” David Von Erich, dies while on tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling
In Memphis, Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt harass matchmaker Randy Hales at the announce table, and a scuffle leads to Gilbert throwing a fireball in Hales’ face
1983 – The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes under a mask) defeats Ric Flair to win the World Heavyweight Championship, until NWA President Bob Geigel steps in…
Dick Slater calls out several of the contenders in the Universal Wrestling Federation, including Jim Duggan and Terry Taylor, and says he will defeat them all
1971 – Pedro Morales climbs to the top of the mountain in the Biggest City in the World, when he takes the WWWF heavyweight title from Ivan Koloff
The American Dream dumps a sack full of money on the table in front of JJ Dillon, and issues a challenge for the NWA World Television Title
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Larry Zbyszko eliminates Tom Zenk in a 20-man battle royal to win his first world heavyweight championship
Wahoo McDaniel is supposed to defend the Southern Heavyweight title against The Barbarian, but since he isn’t there, Arn Anderson challenges instead
1990 – Things get wild at Clash of the Champions X, when Sting gets kicked out of The Four Horsemen and injures his knee while trying to brawl with Ric Flair