Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (July 6th)

After a few fairly light days, July 6th has actually been quite busy when it comes to pro wrestling title changes over the years. Wrestlingdata.com claims that there has been around 229 major/notable pro wrestling title changes on this date historically.

Arguably the biggest title change was Goldberg winning the WCW World Championship, beating Hollywood Hogan in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. 41,412 were in attendance for that Nitro and it remains one of the biggest moments in WCW history.

Pro Wrestling Title changes on July 6th

Here are the most notable pro wrestling title changes on this day historically:

1985-1995

The earliest July 6th entries are from 1985, when Dusty Rhodes won the NWA World Television Title and Tito Santana won the WWF Intercontinental Title. Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera, and Psicosis won the Mexican National Trios Titles in 1995.

1997

Four titles changed hands on July 6th, 1997, all won by El Samurai: the NWA World Welterweight Title, the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title, the J-CROWN Octuple Unified Title, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

1998

Bill Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Title, and the WCW United States Heavyweight Title was vacated.

2002

Four WWE Hardcore Title changes took place on July 6th, 2002, under the championship’s 24/7 rule: Christopher Nowinski, Steven Richards, Bradshaw, and Crash Holly each held the title on this date.

2004-2022

Billy Kidman and Paul London won the WWE Tag Team Titles in 2004. Ryusuke Taguchi won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title in 2007. In 2021, Io Shirai and Zoey Stark won the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles and La Silueta won the Occidente Women’s Title. The most recent entry is from 2022, when the NXT United Kingdom Title was vacated.

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