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We post daily updates about the history of pro wrestling including birthdays, passings, title changes and pay per views!
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Happy Heavenly birthday to Kathy Moreland, who wrestled as Darling Dagmar. She was born on this day in 1942.

The Marilyn Monroe of Midgets, as she was known in her era, died in 2024 at the age of 81.

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #WrestlingCommunity #wrestlinglifestyle #restinpeace
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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12 years ago today Magnus (Nick Aldis) defeated Jeff Hardy in a "Dixieland Match" to win the vacated TNA World Title!

The match took place at a taping of Impact from the Impact Zone at Universal Orlando! The show would air December 19th.

#TNA #tnawrestling #wrestling #prowrestling #NickAldis
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Super Crazy, the Mexican superstar, is 52 today. Happy birthday!

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wweuniverse #WWE #wwesuperstars #mexico #luchalibre #WCW #ECW
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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World Class Championship Wrestling's Steve Simpson is 62 today! Happy birthday!

He and brother Shaun held the World Class tag belts multiple times!

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #professionalwrestling #happybirthday #birthday #southafrica #WWE #wweuniverse
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Japanese legend Riki Choshu is 74 today. Happy birthday!

Incredibly Choshu wrestled as late as 2019 in a 6 man tag match!

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #WrestlingCommunity #ajpw
#WWE #japan #happybirthday #birthday #rikichoshu
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Happy Heavenly birthday to Ray Candy who was born 74 years ago today.

Candy died in 1994 at the age of 42.

#prowrestling #wrestling #WrestlingCommunity #wrestler #WWE #heavenlybirthday #restinpeace #wweuniverse #MidAtlantic
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Nine years ago tonight, Shinksuke Nakamura won the NXT Title from Samoa Joe in Osaka Japan!
tinyurl.com/yc62ymv8

It was Nakamura's second run with the belt.

#wrestling #wrestler #nxt #ShinsukeNakamura #WWE #wweuniverse #prowrestling #Osaka #SamoaJoe #wwesuperstars #WWEHistory
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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19 years ago today, WWE presented their lowest bought Pay Per View of all time; ECW's December to Dismember.

#ECW #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wweuniverse #WWE #wwesuperstars #OnThisDay #ecwwrestling #augustaga
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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34 years ago tonight the WWF presented "This Tuesday in Texas!" The WWF's interesting experiment with a mid-week pay-per-view!
#wweuniverse #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #HulkHogan #wrestler #wwesuperstars #WWEHistory #OnThisDay #Undertaker #RicFlair
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Ozzy Osbourne was born 77 years ago today.

In addition to his incredible rock career he appeared at ringside for The British Bulldogs at Wrestlemania 2.

Ozzy died in July at the age of 76.

#WWE #wweuniverse #ozzyosbourne #rocknroll #wrestling #prowrestling #heavenlybirthday #restinpeace
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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6 years ago today, the legendary Rock ’n’ Roll Express shocked the wrestling world once again by capturing the NWA Tag Team Championship, defeating Thom Latimer & Royce Isaacs!

#NWA #RockNRollExpress #WrestlingHistory #prowrestling #LAKnight #WWE #WWEHistory #WWEHallOfFame #wrestling #OnThisDay
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Sylvester Terkay is 55 today! Happy birthday!

#wwe #wwesuperstars #happybirthday #birthday #mma #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Six years ago tonight on Monday Night Raw, NASCAR champion Kyle Busch surprised the WWE Universe by defeating R-Truth to win the WWE 24/7 Championship!

#prowrestling #wrestling #WWE #WWERaw #wweuniverse #nascar #KyleBusch #RTruth #OnThisDay #raw #wwesuperstars
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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38 years ago tonight, a historic Four Horsemen breakup rocked the Knight Center in Miami, Florida!
Here is the match and the Horsemen’s reaction: tinyurl.com/55cw754a

#nwa #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #professionalwrestling #FourHorsemen #LexLuger #miami #WWE #WWEHistory
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Gypsy Joe was born on this day in 1933.

Joe made his debut in 1951 and wrestled for an incredible 60 years before retiring in 2011. He died in 2016 at the age of 82.

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wrestlinglife #WWE #OnThisDay #restinpeace #heavenlybirthday #WrestlingHistory
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Hakushi (Jinsei Shinzaki) turns 59 today. Happy birthday!

#wweuniverse #WWE #happybirthday #birthday #prowrestling #wrestling #WWERaw #wwesuperstars #njpw #ajpw #japan
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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51 years ago today in Kagoshima, Japan, Giant Baba made history defeating Jack Brisco in a best-of-three-falls match to capture the NWA Championship for the first time.
tinyurl.com/242brnek

#prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #nwa #professionalwrestling #kagoshima #japan #WWEHistory #WWE #OnThisDay
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Five years ago today Kenny Omega defeated Jon Moxley to win the AEW World Title on AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming in Jacksonville, Florida!
tinyurl.com/32p5pprr

#aewdynamite #aew #KennyOmega #JonMoxley #wrestling #prowrestling #OnThisDay #TonyKhan #jacksonville
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Five years ago today, Pat Patterson died at the age of 79.

Patterson was the inaugural Intercontinental Champion and with the exception of a few breaks worked for the WWF/WWE for nearly 40 years.

#wweuniverse #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #professionalwrestler #WWEHistory #RoyalRumble
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Five years ago tonight, Sting returned to the national spotlight, making his AEW debut in Jacksonville, Florida!

tinyurl.com/y3nzjwn9

#aewdynamite #aew #prowrestler #prowrestling #wrestling #Sting #AEWHistory #tnt #jacksonville
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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29 years ago today, WWF held the rare Middle East Cup in Dubai! 🇦🇪

Bret “Hitman” Hart won the one-night tournament, defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin in the final.

#prowrestling #wrestling #BretHart #StoneCold #Dubai #WWEHistory #OnThisDay
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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"Proceed with caution!" Naomi is 38 today, Happy Birthday!

#wweuniverse #happybirthday #birthday #WWE #jimmyuso #Naomi #wrestling #prowrestling #wwesuperstars #pregnancy
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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"The Patriarch" Christian Cage turns 52 today! Happy birthday!

#happybirthday #birthday #aew #wweuniverse #WWE #wrestling #prowrestling #TNA #ontario #AEWDynamite #wwesuperstars
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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“The Z Man” Tom Zenk would have been 67 today.

Zenk, remembered for his runs in WCW, the AWA and his brief time in the WWF as part of the Can-Am Connection, passed away in December 2017 at the age of 59 due to atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly.

#wrestling #prowrestling #WCW #AWA #wrestler
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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28 years ago tonight ECW presented November to Remember at the Golden Dome in Monaca, Pennsylvania.!

In the main event Shane Douglas defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW Title and would hold the belt for a record 405 days!
#ECW #wrestling #prowrestling #wweuniverse #wwe #OnThisDay
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM