Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (July 30th)
July 30 has been a slightly slower day in the past then some of the days we’ve seen recently, with wrestlingdata.com reporting that there have been 214 major/notable title changes on this date historically.
Some of the bigger changes include Stan Hansen winning the AJPW/PWF Heavyweight Title in 1985, Booker T winning the WCW World Heavyweight Title in 2001, Mick Foley winning the TNA Legends Title in 2009 and Takashi Sugiura winning the GHC Heavyweight Title in 2016.
Pro Wrestling Title changes on July 30th
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | NWA World Light Heavyweight Title | Gori Guerrero |
| 1968 | All Asia Tag Team Titles | Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura |
| 1976 | Mexican National Welterweight Title | Blue Demon |
| 1982 | NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Internationale Version) | Vacant |
| 1983 | Mexican National Light Heavyweight Title | Mano Negra |
| 1985 | AJPW/PWF Heavyweight Title | Stan Hansen |
| 1987 | All Asia Tag Team Titles | Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa |
| 1994 | CMLL World Women’s Title | Reina Jubuki |
| 2001 | WCW World Heavyweight Title | Booker T |
| 2001 | WCW Cruiserweight Title | X-Pac |
| 2006 | Occidente Middleweight Title | Magnum |
| 2009 | TNA Legends Title | Mick Foley |
| 2016 | GHC Heavyweight Title | Takashi Sugiura |
| 2017 | AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title | TAJIRI |
| 2023 | Mexican National Lightweight Title | Futuro |
| 2023 | NXT Tag Team Titles | Channing Lorenzo & Tony D’Angelo |
1960-1994
The earliest July 30th entry is from 1960, when Gori Guerrero won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title. Kintaro Oki and Michiaki Yoshimura won the All Asia Tag Team Titles in 1968. Blue Demon won the Mexican National Welterweight Title in 1976. The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Internationale Version) was vacated in 1982. Mano Negra won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Title in 1983. Stan Hansen won the AJPW/PWF Heavyweight Title in 1985. Mighty Inoue and Takashi Ishikawa won the All Asia Tag Team Titles in 1987. Reina Jubuki won the CMLL World Women’s Title in 1994.
2001
Booker T won the WCW World Heavyweight Title, and X-Pac won the WCW Cruiserweight Title.
2006–2017
Magnum won the Occidente Middleweight Title in 2006. Mick Foley won the TNA Legends Title in 2009. Takashi Sugiura won the GHC Heavyweight Title in 2016. TAJIRI won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title in 2017.
2023
Futuro won the Mexican National Lightweight Title, and Channing Lorenzo and Tony D’Angelo won the NXT Tag Team Titles.
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