Today In History (1/4): Mankind Wins WWF World Title, Fingerpoke Of Doom, Bret Hart Returns To WWE

Birthdays: – Jim Powers (born January 4, 1958)turns 58

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AWA: January 4, 1961in Duluth, Minnesota

– Lorraine Johnson defeated Mars Monroe- Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana (c) defeated Joe Scarpello & Nick Roberts in a AWA World Tag Team Title Match- Gene Kiniski (c) defeated Tiny Mills in a AWA United States Heavweight Title Match

NWA Hollywood: January 4, 1969in San Bernadino, California

– The Stomper defeated Jack Garfano- Crybaby Cannon defeated Magnificent Maurice- Fred Blassie & Harley Race defeated Don Chuy & Ham Lee [2-0] in a Best Of Two Out Of Three Falls Match- Black Gordman defeated The Masked Raider

NWA Western States: January 4, 1970in the Civic Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico

– Billy Spears vs. Inferno X- Mr. Wrestling vs. Rufus R. Jones- Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs. Terry Funk & The Lawman- Dory Funk Jr. (c) vs. Ricky Romero for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Stampede Wrestling: January 4, 1980in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

– Bobby Bass defeated Andre Zvezda- Eric Embry defeated Daigoro Oshiro- Cuban Assassin defeated Joe Ventura- Mr. Sekigawa (c) defeated Tom Stanton in a Stampede North American Title Match- Bret Hart & Keith Hart (c) defeated Hubert Gallant & Leo Burke in a Stampede International Tag Team Title Match

WWF Championship Wrestling: January 4, 1986at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center at Poughkeepsie, New York

– Cousin Luke & Hillbilly Jim defeated Al Navarro & Moondog Spot- Hercules Hernandez (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Ted Ripley- The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) defeated Barry O & Rick Jacobs- Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated Don DriggersWATCH: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan’ vs. Randy Savage’ at Saturday’s Night Main Event- Corporal Kirchner defeated Gino Carabello- The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine) (w/ Johnny V) (c) defeated Mike Saxon & Paul Dose in a WWF World Tag Team Title Match

WCW Saturday Night: January 4, 1992at the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

– Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) via DQWATCH: Dustin Rhodes vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin’ at WCW Halloween Havoc

WWF Superstars of Wrestling: January 4, 1992at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

– Roddy Piper defeated The Brooklyn Brawler- The Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Rudy Gonzales- The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) (w/ The Genius) defeated Ken Johnson & Scott Bazo- The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Richie Garvin- The British Bulldog defeated Louie Spicolli

WCW-New Japan Supershow III: at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japanat the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan

– Akira Nogami, El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Koki Kitahara, Masao Orihara & Nobukazu Hirai- Heisei Ishingun (Akitoshi Saito, Masashi Aoyagi, Shiro Koshinaka & The Great Kabuki) defeated Raging Staff (Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga, Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto)- Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Ultimo Dragon (c) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship- Ron Simmons defeated Tony Halme- Sting defeated Hiroshi Hase- Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton- Great Muta (c) [IWGP] defeated Masahiro Chono (c) [NWA] in a IWGP Heavyweight Title / NWA World Heavyweight Title Match- The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) ended in a Double Count Out in a IWGP Tag Team Championship- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa- Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Choshu

ECW Hardcore TV: January 4, 1994in the Viking Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

– Terry Funk defeated Sabu (c) in a No Disqualification Match to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

WCW Saturday Night: January 4, 1997at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama

– Chris Jericho defeated Jim RichlandWATCH FULL MATCH: “Lion Heart” Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero’ on WCW Nitro 1997- Arn Anderson defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr.- Eddie Guerrero (c) vs. Dean Malenko ended in a double count out in a WCW United States Heavyweight ChampionshipWATCH FULL MATCH: Eddie Guerrero’ vs. Dean Malenko for the ECW Television Title on ECW Hardcore TV 1995- Masahiro Chono defeated Mark StarrWATCH: Masahiro Chono vs. Chris Jericho at WCW Souled Out 1997- Big Bubba Rogers defeated Mr. JL- The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) defeated The Armstrongs (Scott Armstrong & Steve Armstrong)- Lex Luger defeated Mike Enos- Lord Steven Regal (c) vs. Ice-Train ended in a time limit draw in a WCW World Television ChampionshipWATCH: Lord Steven Regal vs. Antonio Inoki’ on …

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