Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (June 25th)
June 25th has been quite a day when it comes to title changes in pro wrestling. According to wrestlingdata.com, there’s been at least 310 changes on this day in history. It definitely helps that there have been some major shows on this date in the past, including WWF King of the Ring 2000, WWE Vengeance 2006 and AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023.
Pro Wrestling Title changes on June 25th
Here are all of the major title changes that have taken place on this day historically:
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NWA International Heavyweight Title | Bobo Brazil |
| 1992 | NWA/WCW United States Tag Team Titles | The Barbarian & Dick Slater |
| 2000 | WWF Tag Team Titles | Christian & Edge |
| 2000 | WWF Hardcore Title | Crash Holly |
| 2000 | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles | Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka |
| 2000 | WWF Title | The Rock |
| 2001 | WWF Hardcore Title | Mike Awesome |
| 2001 | WWF World Light Heavyweight Title | X-Pac |
| 2001 | WWF Hardcore Title | Rhyno |
| 2004 | CMLL World Tag Team Titles | Atlantis & Blue Panther |
| 2006 | WWE Intercontinental Title | Johnny Nitro |
| 2009 | TNA Women’s Knockout Title | Tara |
| 2014 | TNA X-Division Title | Vacant |
| 2015 | TNA World Tag Team Titles | Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards |
| 2015 | TNA Knockouts Title | Brooke |
| 2015 | TNA World Heavyweight Title | Ethan Carter III |
| 2017 | GHC Junior Heavyweight Title | Taiji Ishimori |
| 2020 | IW World Title | Vacant |
| 2023 | IWGP United States Heavyweight Title | Will Ospreay |
1968-1992
The earliest June 25th entry is from 1968, when Bobo Brazil won the NWA International Heavyweight Title. The Barbarian and Dick Slater won the NWA/WCW United States Tag Team Titles in 1992.
2000
Four titles changed hands on June 25th, 2000: Christian and Edge won the WWF Tag Team Titles, Crash Holly won the WWF Hardcore Title and The Rock won the WWF Title at King of the Ring 2000. Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles.
2001
Three titles changed hands on June 25th, 2001. Mike Awesome won the WWF Hardcore Title, X-Pac won the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title, and Rhyno won the WWF Hardcore Title.
2004-2014
Atlantis and Blue Panther won the CMLL World Tag Team Titles in 2004. Johnny Nitro won the WWE Intercontinental Title in 2006. Tara won the TNAW Women’s Knockout Title in 2009. The TNAW X-Division Title was vacated in 2014.
2015-2023
Three titles changed hands in 2015: Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards won the TNA World Tag Team Titles, Brooke won the TNA Knockouts Title, and Ethan Carter III won the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Taiji Ishimori won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title in 2017. The TNA World Title was vacated in 2020. The most recent entry is from 2023, when Will Ospreay won the IWGP United States Heavyweight Title.
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