Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (July 25th)
July 25th has been another pretty busy day in the history of pro wrestling title changes, with wrestlingdata.com reporting that there have been 233 notable/major title changes on this date historically.
WWF Fully Loaded 1999 had three changes on that card, with Jeff Jarrett winning the Intercontinental Championship, D’Lo Brown winning the European Championship, Bradshaw & Faarooq winning the WWF Tag Team Titles and Big Boss Man won the WWF Hardcore Title.
Title changes on July 25th at a glance
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NWA World Welterweight Title | Blue Demon |
| 1990 | Mexican National Welterweight Title | Canelo Casas |
| 1992 | NWA World Light Heavyweight Title | Apolo Dantés |
| 1997 | Mexican National Welterweight Title | El Torero |
| 1997 | AJPW World Tag Team Titles | Gary Albright & Steve Williams |
| 1999 | WWF Hardcore Title | Big Boss Man |
| 1999 | WWF Intercontinental Title | Jeff Jarrett |
| 1999 | WWF European Title | D’Lo Brown |
| 1999 | WWF Tag Team Titles | Bradshaw & Faarooq |
| 2011 | WWE Title | CM Punk & John Cena |
| 2011 | WWE Title | Rey Mysterio |
| 2013 | Mexican National Lightweight Title | Vacant |
| 2016 | WWE Women’s Title | Sasha Banks |
| 2017 | Mexican National Trios Titles | El Cuatrero, El Forastero & Sansón |
| 2017 | WWE United States Title | AJ Styles |
| 2020 | GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles | Vacant |
| 2020 | AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title | Koji Iwamoto |
| 2021 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title | Robbie Eagles |
| 2021 | IWGP Tag Team Titles | Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. |
| 2021 | NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title | Chase Owens |
1953-1997
The earliest July 25th entry is from 1953, when Blue Demon won the NWA World Welterweight Title. Canelo Casas won the Mexican National Welterweight Title in 1990. Apolo Dantés won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in 1992. In 1997, El Torero won the Mexican National Welterweight Title and Gary Albright and Steve Williams won the AJPW World Tag Team Titles.
1999
As I’ve already mentioned, Big Boss Man won the WWF Hardcore Title. Jeff Jarrett won the WWF Intercontinental Title. D’Lo Brown won the WWF European Title. Bradshaw and Faarooq won the WWF Tag Team Titles on this day in 1999.
2011
2011 was a weird one, with Rey Mysterio winning the WWE Championship, then losing it to John Cena. CM Punk would then appear and technically we had two WWE Champions at the same time.
2013-2017
The Mexican National Lightweight Title was vacated in 2013. Sasha Banks won the WWE Women’s Title in 2016. In 2017, El Cuatrero, El Forastero, and Sansón won the Mexican National Trios Titles and AJ Styles won the WWE United States Title.
2020-2021
In 2020, the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles were vacated and Koji Iwamoto won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title. Three titles changed hands in 2021: Robbie Eagles won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. won the IWGP Tag Team Titles, and Chase Owens won the NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title.
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