Discover what happened A day like today in The history of wrestling: epic combat, debuts memorables, titles won, key facts And much more.
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WWE
- 1973: Steve Corino (Steven Eugene Corino) NACE EN Winnipig, Manitoba (Canada).
- 1984: Nia Jax (Savelina Fanene) is born in Sydney, Nueva Gales del Sur (Australia).
- 1988: Ridge Holland (Luke Menzies) is born in Liversedge, England (United Kingdom).
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— Ridge Holland (@RidgeWWE) May 15, 2025
- 2014: WWE NXT celebrates the first Premium Takeover event. In the main fight, Adrian Neville (PAC) defeats Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson) to retain the NXT championship. Also, Charlotte Flair (with Ric Flair) expires Natalya (with Bret Hart) to win the vacancy Women's Championship NXT and be the second to show it after Paige.
- 2023: In Monday Night Raw, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler wins the WWE women's female championship.
CMLL
- 1981: During a Super Friday show in the Mexico Arena, the vacancy National Medium Weight Championship finds a new owner when Solar defeats Puppy Mendoza. In addition, Tony Benetto loses his hair at the hands of adorable ruby.
- 1988: In four -way bullfightingSon of the Reconquista Saint Uwa's worldwide weight championship from fright JR .. In the same show, he makes his neftalí debut.
AEW
- 1987: Josh Alexander (Joshua Lemay) is born in Bolton, Ontario (Canada).
- 1995: Konosuke Takeshita was born in Osaka, prefecture of Osaka (Japan).
- 2022: All Elite Wrestling celebrates Double Or Nothing. In the main fight, CM Punk defeats Adam Page to be crowned as a new AEW world champion. In addition, Adam Cole and Britt Baker win their respective Owen Hart Cups, Athena debuts in the company or The Jericho Appreciation Society defeats the Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, Ortiz and Santana in an anarchy in the sand that receives 5 stars from Dave Meltzer.
Several
- 1970: Pete Gas (Peter John Gasparino) Born in Greenwich, Connecticut (United States).
🎂Happy Birthday to Pete Gas! @IAMPETEGAS #Petigas #MeanStreetPosse #WWE #NXT #ECW #NWA #WCW #TNA #ImpactWrestling #ROH #AEW #MLW #LuchaLibreAAA #CMLL #Newjapan #NJPW #ProWrestlingNoah #Ajpw pic.twitter.com/lg5xPFkFxP
— Chupacabra (@Chupacabra_01) May 29, 2024
- 1979: Brian Kendrick (Brian David Kendrick) Nace en Fairfax, Virginia (United States).
- 1986: Hornswoggy (Dylan Mark Postl) is born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (United States).
The kid is back! See you soon at The World!@fanatics_events @Fanatics @WWE pic.twitter.com/ZaFl8aMIj7
– Dylan Postl (@dylanpostl) April 18, 2025
- 1991: Zak Knight (Zak Harley Bevis), Saraya's brother (Paige), born in Norwich, England (United Kingdom).
Painful read 🥺
I’m proud of you @Saraya ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Fo1BscZ7Ub
— Zak Knight (@TheZakZodiac) March 31, 2025
- 2000: It's WCW Monday Nitro. Kevin Nash begins the program as a world weight champion but renounces the title and gives it to Ric Flair arguing that the “Nature Boy” should not have been stripped of the title the previous week. The new monarch is forced to put the belt into play in the main fight and finally loses it to Jeff Jarrett.
The strange journey of the Big Gold Belt in calendar year 2000 continued #TD on #WCW Nitro.
Kevin Nash began the show as champion but willingly forfeited the title to Ric Flair who, in turn, lost it to Jeff Jarrett later that night in the main event.#Wrestling pic.twitter.com/mfbidBji4W
— Wrestling Highlight (@WrestlingH2023) May 29, 2024
