Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (June 17th)
According to wrestlingdata.com, 306 title changes have taken place on June 17th across promotions around the world. Below are the notable championship changes recorded on this date:
Pro Wrestling Title changes on June 17th
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Mexican National Welterweight Title | Mario Núñez |
| 1983 | NWA United National Heavyweight Title | Vacant |
| 1983 | Mexican National Women’s Title | Vicky Carranza |
| 1984 | NWA World Television Title | Jake Roberts |
| 1984 | NWA World Television Title | Vacant |
| 1985 | WWF World Tag Team Titles | Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda |
| 1987 | WWF World Light Heavyweight Title | Villano III |
| 1999 | Mexican National Middleweight Title | Máscara Sagrada Jr. |
| 2007 | TNA World Heavyweight Title | Kurt Angle |
| 2007 | TNA X-Division Title | Jay Lethal |
| 2010 | TNA World Tag Team Titles | Vacant |
| 2012 | AJPW World Tag Team Titles | Manabu Soya & Takao Omori |
| 2018 | WWE RAW Women’s Title | Alexa Bliss |
| 2018 | NEVER Openweight Title | Hirooki Goto |
1934-1987
The earliest June 17th entry is from 1934, when Mario Núñez won the Mexican National Welterweight Title. In 1983, the NWA United National Heavyweight Title was vacated and Vicky Carranza won the Mexican National Women’s Title. In 1984, Jake Roberts won the NWA World Television Title, which was also recorded as vacated that year. Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda won the WWF World Tag Team Titles in 1985. Villano III won the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title in 1987.
1999-2012
Máscara Sagrada Jr. won the Mexican National Middleweight Title in 1999. In 2007, Kurt Angle won the TNA World Heavyweight Title and Jay Lethal won the TNA X-Division Title. The TNA World Tag Team Titles were vacated in 2010. Manabu Soya and Takao Omori won the AJPW World Tag Team Titles in 2012.
2018
Two titles changed hands on June 17th, 2018. Alexa Bliss won the WWE RAW Women’s Title, and Hirooki Goto won the NEVER Openweight Title.
Jake is the Head of Audience at F4WOnline, having previously worked as a Combat Sports, Gaming and Pro Wrestling writer, successful Editor in Chief and Sports Coordinator for NationalWorld. He has more than ten years of experience covering mixed martial arts, pro wrestling, football and gaming across a number of publications, starting at SEScoops in 2012. His work has also been featured on Wrestling Headlines, Wrestlingnewsco, HotNewHipHop, The Hard Times and Sportskeeda.
Previously, he worked as the Editor in Chief of 24Wrestling, building the site profile with a view to selling the domain, which was accomplished in 2019. Jake was previously the Editor in Chief for FightFans, a combat sports and pro wrestling site that was launched in January 2021 and broke into millions of pageviews within the first two years. He previously worked for Snack Media and their GiveMeSport site, creating Evergreen and Trending content that would deliver pageviews via Google as the UFC and MMA SEO Lead. Jake managed to take an area of GiveMeSport that had zero traction on Organic and push it to audiences across the globe. Jake also has a record of long-term video and written interview content with the likes of the Professional Fighters League, ONE and Cage Warriors, working directly with the brands to promote bouts, fighters and special events.
He previously also worked for PROGRESS Wrestling, as PR Head and Head of Media across the social channels of the company.