The Original Hardcore Legend, Sabu (Terry Brunk), was born on this day. Sabu tragically passed away in May of this year. Rest in peace, you are missed. #prowrestling #wrestling #ECW #HardcoreLegend #Sabu #OnThisDay #WWE #TNA #ImpactWrestling #WWEHistory #heavenlybirthday #restinpeace

Longtime ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta is 73 today, Happy birthday! If you are looking for a Christmas gift for a wrestling fan check his book "Bodyslams: Memoirs of a Wrestling Pitchman" #WWE #prowrestling #nwa #happybirthday #birthday #wrestling #professionalwrestling #WWEHistory #awa #WCW

Jose Lothario was born on this day in 1934. The legendary Texan star passed away in 2018 at the age of 83. Rest in peace. #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wweuniverse #OnThisDay #restinpeace #ShawnMichaels #WrestleMania #heavenlybirthday

Ultimo Dragon turns 59 today! Happy birthday to one of the most influential junior heavyweights of all time! #prowrestling #wrestling #happybirthday #birthday #WCW #wrestler #wrestlinglife #OnThisDay #MondayNitro #WWE #WWEHistory #wwesuperstars

The current NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion, Flip Gordon turns 34 today! Happy birthday! #prowrestling #happybirthday #birthday #wrestling #wrestler #RingOfHonor #ROH #onthisdayhistory #CMLL #njpw

18 years ago tonight on the Raw 15th Anniversary Special Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly won the WWE Tag Title defeating Trevor Murdoch & Lance Cade! #WWE #WWERaw #prowrestling #CodyRhodes #wrestling #wweuniverse #wwesuperstars #WWEHistory #OnThisDay #DustyRhodes

Legendary promoter Jack Pfefer was born on this day in 1894. Pfefer died in 1974 at the age of 79. #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #OnThisDay #WWE #heavenlybirthday #restinpeace #WWEHistory #wweuniverse

52 years ago tonight, Bruno Sammartino reclaimed the WWWF World Heavyweight Title, defeating Stan Stasiak in Madison Square Garden! Stasiak's reign lasted just nine days. 📷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQFL... #wrestling #prowrestling #wrestler #WWE #wweuniverse #madisonsquaregarden

50 years ago today in Miami, Florida Terry Funk defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA World Title! The win made the Terry & Dory, the first and only brother duo to have held the NWA World Title. #prowrestling #wrestling #NWA #wrestler #TerryFunk #WWE #WWEHistory #OnThisDay #miami #wrestlingfans

Five years ago today, we lost Tom “Tiny” Lister, best known to wrestling fans as Zeus, at the age of 63. #prowrestling #zeus #WWE #wrestling #wrestler #HulkHogan #OnThisDay #restinpeace #wwesuperstars #WWEHistory #friday #Deebo #SummerSlam

53 years ago today, a debut took place that changed the lives of wrestling fans forever. “The Nature Boy" Ric Flair stepped into the ring for the very first time in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, battling George “Scrapiron” Gadaski to a time-limit draw. #NWA #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #RicFlair

Three years ago tonight, Jay Briscoe stepped into the ring for what would tragically become his final match in Ring of Honor. #prowrestling #wrestling #ringofhonor #aew #wrestler #JayBriscoe #ROH #OnThisDay #AEWDynamite #WWE #restinpeace

AEW giant Satnam Singh turns 30 today! Happy birthday! #AEWDynamite #happybirthday #birthday #aew #prowrestling #wrestling #NBA #wrestler #dallasmavericks #AEWCollision #wrestler

21 years ago tonight on Smackdown, Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio defeated Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree to win the WWE Tag Team Title in Greenville, South Carolina! #WWEHistory #wweuniverse #WWE #wwesuperstars #wrestling #prowrestling #ReyMysterio #OnThisDay #SmackDown #greenvillesc #RobVanDam

Eight years ago today Nick Aldis defeated Tim Storm to win the NWA title in Sewell, New Jersey! Aldis would hold the belt for most of the next four years with the exception of a brief loss to Cody Rhodes. #prowrestling #wrestling #NWA #WWE #wrestler #SmackDown #WWEHistory #wwesuperstars

Oh its true, its damn true; Kurt Angle is 57 today! Happy birthday! #wrestling #prowrestling #happybirthday #birthday #wweuniverse #WWE #Olympics #TNA #wrestler #KurtAngle #wwesuperstars

51 years ago today, Jack Brisco regained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Shoei “Giant” Baba in Toyohashi, Japan! #wrestling #prowrestling #NWA #wrestler #professionalwrestling #OnThisDay #toyohashi #WWE #WWEHistory

39 years ago today, Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham beat Krusher Krushchev & Ivan Koloff to capture the NWA United States Tag Team Title in Spartanburg, South Carolina! tinyurl.com/y2vmay9w #professionalwrestling #OnThisDay #WWEHistory #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #nwa #WWE #spartanburgsc

24 years ago tonight, Chris Jericho made history by defeating Steve Austin and The Rock to become the first-ever Undisputed World Champion, unifying the WWF and WCW Titles! www.dailymotion.com/video/x6bu818 #WWE #wweuniverse #wrestling #prowrestling #ChrisJericho #TheRock #WWEHistory #wwesuperstars

Masao Ito turns 77 today. Happy birthday! Here is a match between Ito and a young Rick Rude from Mid-South Wrestling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpec... #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #professionalwrestling #happybirthday #birthday #WWE #WWEHistory #nwa

Steve Doll was born on this day in 1960. Sadly, Doll passed away in 2009 due to a blood clot. He was just 48 years old. #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wweuniverse #WWEHistory #restinpeace #heavenlybirthday #wwesuperstars #pacificnorthwest

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

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

Super Crazy, the Mexican superstar, is 52 today. Happy birthday! #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #wweuniverse #WWE #wwesuperstars #mexico #luchalibre #WCW #ECW

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sylvester Terkay is 55 today! Happy birthday! #wwe #wwesuperstars #happybirthday #birthday #mma #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse

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

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

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

Hakushi (Jinsei Shinzaki) turns 59 today. Happy birthday! #wweuniverse #WWE #happybirthday #birthday #prowrestling #wrestling #WWERaw #wwesuperstars #njpw #ajpw #japan

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

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

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

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

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

"Proceed with caution!" Naomi is 38 today, Happy Birthday! #wweuniverse #happybirthday #birthday #WWE #jimmyuso #Naomi #wrestling #prowrestling #wwesuperstars #pregnancy

"The Patriarch" Christian Cage turns 52 today! Happy birthday! #happybirthday #birthday #aew #wweuniverse #WWE #wrestling #prowrestling #TNA #ontario #AEWDynamite #wwesuperstars

“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

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

34 years ago today, the dream match fans had waited a decade for finally came to Madison Square Garden: “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan! #WWE #wweuniverse #prowrestling #wrestling #hulkhogan #RicFlair #OnThisDay #wwesuperstars #80swrestling #MadisonSquareGarden #newyork

“Mr. Wrestling” Tim Woods died on this day 23 years ago at the age of 68. #prowrestling #wrestling #NWA #wrestler #RicFlair #OnThisDay #restinpeace #wrestler #WWE

Jushin “Thunder” Liger is 61 today! Happy birthday! #happybirthday #birthday #wrestling #prowrestling #njpw #wrestler #PWI #wweuniverse #WWE #Japan

27 years ago tonight on Monday Nitro, Bret Hart won the US Title defeating Diamond Dallas Page! It was Hart's third of five runs with the belt. #WCW #MondayNightWars #prowrestling #wrestling #BretHart #MondayNitro #WWE #WWEHistory #DiamondDallasPage