Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (July 20th)
July 20th is another fairly busy day when it comes to pro wrestling title changes, with wrestlingdata.com reporting that there have been 271 notable/major title changes on this date historically.
Some of the big changes include Jack Brisco winning the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1973, Bret Hart winning the WCW United States Heavyweight Title in 1998, Shinsuke Nakamura winning the IWGP Intercontinental Title in 2013 and-then NXT star Jacy Jayne winning the TNA Knockouts World Title.
Pro Wrestling Title changes on July 20th
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NWA International Tag Team Titles | Bull Curry & Fred Curry |
| 1973 | NWA World Heavyweight Title | Jack Brisco |
| 1985 | NWA World Middleweight Title | Chamaco Valaguez |
| 1985 | NWA World Welterweight Title | Vacant |
| 1992 | WWF Tag Team Titles | Earthquake & Typhoon |
| 1998 | WCW World Tag Team Titles | The Giant & Scott Hall |
| 1998 | WCW United States Heavyweight Title | Bret Hart |
| 2000 | IWGP Tag Team Titles | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima |
| 2000 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title | Tatsuhito Takaiwa |
| 2001 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title | Masayuki Naruse |
| 2001 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles | Gedo & Jado |
| 2007 | CMLL World Tag Team Titles | Místico & Negro Casas |
| 2008 | WWE United States Title | Shelton Benjamin |
| 2008 | WWE Divas Title | Michelle McCool |
| 2008 | WWE Tag Team Titles | Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder |
| 2012 | Occidente Heavyweight Title | Diamante |
| 2013 | IWGP Intercontinental Title | Shinsuke Nakamura |
| 2013 | REINA/CMLL International Title | Command Bolshoi |
| 2014 | Occidente Welterweight Title | Sadico |
| 2014 | WWE Intercontinental Title | The Miz |
| 2019 | ROH World Tag Team Titles | Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe |
| 2020 | WWE RAW Women’s Title | Sasha Banks |
| 2020 | WWE 24/7 Title | Shelton Benjamin |
| 2024 | TNA World Tag Team Titles | Ace Austin & Chris Bey |
| 2024 | TNA X-Division Title | Mike Bailey |
| 2024 | Canadian International Heavyweight Title | PCO |
| 2024 | TNA World Title | Nic Nemeth |
| 2024 | TNA Digital Media Title | PCO |
| 2025 | TNA X-Division Title | Leon Slater |
| 2025 | GHC Heavyweight Title | KENTA |
| 2025 | TNA World Tag Team Titles | Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy |
| 2025 | TNA Knockouts World Title | Jacy Jayne |
1964-1992
The earliest July 20th entry is from 1964, when Bull Curry and Fred Curry won the NWA International Tag Team Titles. Jack Brisco won the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1973. In 1985, Chamaco Valaguez won the NWA World Middleweight Title and the NWA World Welterweight Title was vacated. Earthquake and Typhoon won the WWF Tag Team Titles in 1992.
1998-2001
In 1998, The Giant and Scott Hall won the WCW World Tag Team Titles and Bret Hart won the WCW United States Heavyweight Title. In 2000, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima won the IWGP Tag Team Titles and Tatsuhito Takaiwa won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. In 2001, Masayuki Naruse won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title and Gedo and Jado won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles.
2007-2008
Místico and Negro Casas won the CMLL World Tag Team Titles in 2007. Three titles changed hands in 2008: Shelton Benjamin won the WWE United States Title, Michelle McCool won the WWE Divas Title, and Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder won the WWE Tag Team Titles.
2012-2014
Diamante won the Occidente Heavyweight Title in 2012. In 2013, Shinsuke Nakamura won the IWGP Intercontinental Title and Command Bolshoi won the REINA/CMLL International Title. In 2014, Sadico won the Occidente Welterweight Title and The Miz won the WWE Intercontinental Title.
2019-2020
Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe won the ROH World Tag Team Titles in 2019. In 2020, Sasha Banks won the WWE RAW Women’s Title and Shelton Benjamin won the WWE 24/7 Title.
2024
Five titles changed hands on July 20th, 2024. Ace Austin and Chris Bey won the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Mike Bailey won the TNA X-Division Title. PCO won the Canadian International Heavyweight Title. Nic Nemeth won the TNA World Title. PCO also won the TNA Digital Media Title.
2025
Four titles changed hands on this date in 2025. Leon Slater won the TNA X-Division Title. KENTA won the GHC Heavyweight Title. Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy won the TNA World Tag Team Titles and Jacy Jayne won the TNA Knockouts World Title.
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