Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (June 30th)

June 30th is another pretty big day when it comes to pro wrestling title changes. According to wrestlingdata.com, there have been 299 major title changes historically on this day.

CM Punk won his first World Heavyweight Championship on WWE RAW in 2008, cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase to beat Edge and keep a world title on the red brand.

Pro Wrestling Title changes on June 30th

Here are the major title changes on this date historically:

1961-2001

The earliest June 30th entry is from 1961, when Buddy Rogers won the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Great Samu won the Canadian International Heavyweight Title in 1986. Solar #2 won the NWA World Welterweight Title in 1988. Head Hunter A and Head Hunter B won the CMLL World Tag Team Titles in 1995. Masanobu Fuchi won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title in 1996. Heavy Metal won the AAA Campeón de Campeones Title in 2001.

2002

Four WWE Hardcore Title changes took place on June 30th, 2002, under the championship’s 24/7 rule: Steven Richards, Raven, Bradshaw, and Crash Holly each held the title on this date.

2008-2013

CM Punk won the WWE World Heavyweight Title in 2008. La Máscara, Rush, and Titán won the Mexican National Trios Titles in 2013.

2014-2019

In 2014, the WWE Intercontinental Title was vacated and AJ Lee won the WWE Divas Title. In 2018, Jay Lethal won the ROH World Title and Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama won the AJPW World Tag Team Titles. Kawato San won the CMLL World Super Lightweight Title in 2019.

2024-2025

In 2024, Mercedes Moné won the NJPW Strong Women’s Title and Tetsuya Naito won the IWGP World Heavyweight Title. The most recent entries are from 2025, when Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh won the WWE World Tag Team Titles and HAYATA won the GHC Hardcore Title.

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