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This is a list of various things that took place in 2004.

Significant events[]

Unknown Dates

January

February

March

April

  • April 3 - Christopher Daniels wins the ECWA Super 8 Tournament in a tournament final over Austin Aries in Wilmington, Delaware
  • April 16 - Steve Austin is released from his WWE contract after eight years with the company
  • April 19 - Lance Storm retires for the first time after losing his final match to Stevie Richards in Storm's hometown of Calgary, Alberta during a taping for WWE Sunday Night Heat; Storm cites chronic back injuries and WWE Creative's non-interest in him in his decision to retire after a 14-year career.

May

  • May 2 - The WWE Experience, a recap program covering both Raw and Smackdown, debuts on Spike TV
  • May 16 - WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero retains his title despite being disqualified against John Bradshaw Layfield at Judgement Day in a match consider one of the bloodiest in modern WWE history. Guerrero, frustrated with the foul tactics of JBL, strikes Layfield with the WWE title belt to cause the DQ, and the champion is later taken to the hospital due to shock caused by massive blood loss
  • May 18 - Jerry Jarrett undergoes triple-bypass heart surgery in Nashville, Tennessee after being hit with chest pains and dizziness prior to the weekly NWA-TNA PPV
  • May 22 - Former NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat suffers a larynx injury when CM Punk jumps off the top rope with a timekeeper's bell and drives the object into Steamboat's throat at a Ring of Honor show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Steamboat also suffered a throat injury in a similar incident involving Randy Savage in late-1986
  • May 26 - NWA-TNA debuts the TNA World X Cup, a four-team, points-based tournament featuring stars of the X-Division, on its weekly PPV

Births[]

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Deaths[]

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March

April

  • 12 - The Great Goliath 69 (Heart failure)

May

June

July

August

  • 1 - Ken Timbs 53 (Heart failure/cardiomyopathy)

September

October

Debuts[]

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Title changes[]

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