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1980: Verne Gagne defeated Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA World Title in Chicago, Illinois.

1993: WCW Beach Blast was held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, in Biloxi, Mississippi. 8,600 were in attendance to see the following take place:

* Paul Orndorff defeated Ron Simmons via DQ to retain the WCW Television Title

* Too Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce 

* Lord Steven Regal (with Sir William) defeated Erik Watts 

* Johnny B. Badd defeated Maxx Payne

* The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin) defeated Paul Roma & Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles 

* Dustin Rhodes fought Rick Rude to a draw in an Iron Man Challenge. 

 * Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham to win the NWA World Title 

* Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious 

1999: ECW Heat Wave was held at Hara Arena, in Dayton, Ohio. 3,700 were in attendance to see the following take place:

* Nova & Chris Chetti defeated Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring 

* Jazz defeated Jason Knight 

* Super Crazy defeated Little Guido 

* Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley defeated The Dudley Boyz  to win the ECW Tag Team Titles 

* Taz defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri to retain the ECW World Title 

* Rob Van Dam & Jerry Lynn (with Bill Alfonso) defeated The Impact Players 

2000: Lance Storm defeated Mike Awesome in the final of a tournament to win the vacant WCW United States Title on Nitro.

2007: 4-time ECW Tag Team Champion George “John Kronus” Caiazo died on this day at the age of 38.

2009: Former WCW World champion Ron Simmons was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

2010: WWE Money In The Bank was held at the Sprint Center, in Kansas City, Missouri. 8,000 were in attendance to see the following take place:

* Kane defeated The Big Show, Matt Hardy, Christian, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, & Drew McIntyre to win the Smackdown Money In The Bank Ladder Match 

* Alicia Fox defeated Eve Torres to retain the WWE Divas Title 

* The Hart Dynasty defeated The Usos to retain the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles

* Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Jack Swagger to retain the World Heavyweight Title

* Kane cashed in his Money In The Bank and defeats Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the World Heavyweight Title

* Layla defeated Kelly Kelly (with Tiffany) to retain the WWE Women’s Title 

* The Miz defeated Ted DiBiase Jr., Chris Jericho, Edge, Evan Bourne, John Morrison, Randy Orton, & Mark Henry to win the Raw Money In The Bank Ladder Match

*Sheamus defeated John Cena in a Cage Match to retain the WWE Title

2011: Less than 24 hours after WWE Money in the Bank, CM Punk attended a Chicago Cubs game while WWE was filming Raw at the same time when he was still WWE Champion. 

2013: TNA Destination X was held live on Spike TV at the Broadbent Arena, in Louisville, Kentucky. 3,200 were in attendance to see the following take place:

* Austin Aries defeated Bobby Roode in a Bound For Glory Series Match 

* Sonjay Dutt defeated Homicide & Petey Williams in a TNA X–Division Tournament Match

* Manik defeated Kenny King & Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a TNA X–Division Tournament Match 

* Greg Marasciolu  defeated Rubix & Rockstar Spud in a TNA X–Division Tournament Match 

* Chris Sabin defeated Bully Ray to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title

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