April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 267 days remain until the end of the year.
Births[]
Deaths[]
- 2014 - Warrior
- 2017 - Fishman, Joaquin Roldan
Debuts and Returns[]
- 1974 - Antonio Peña
- 1996 - Luna Mágica
- 2012 - Ayumu Honda
- 2017 - DisGrace
- 2018 - Mii
Events[]
Title changes[]
1995
- Eddie Guerrero defeated 2 Cold Scorpio (c) to win the ECW World Television Championship
- The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (c) and Rick Steiner & The Tazmaniac in a Three Way Dance to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship
2002
- Spike Dudley defeated William Regal (c) to win the WWF European Championship
2013
- Wade Barrett defeated The Miz (c) to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Dolph Ziggler (w/Big E & AJ Lee) defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) (w/Ricardo Rodriguez) to win the World Heavyweight Championship
2018
- Cedric Alexander defeated Mustafa Ali to win the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship
- Seth Rollins defeated The Miz (c) and Finn Bálor to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Jinder Mahal (w/Sunil Singh) defeated Randy Orton (c), Bobby Roode, and Rusev (w/Aiden English) to win the WWE United States Championship
- The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan} defeated The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) and The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (w/Xavier Woods) to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- Nia Jax defeated Alexa Bliss (c) (w/Mickie James) to win the WWE Raw Women's Championship
- Braun Strowman & Nicholas defeated The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) (c) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
2021
- Santos Escobar (c) defeated Jordan Devlin (c) in a Ladder Match to become the undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion
- Karrion Kross (w/Scarlett) defeated Finn Bálor (c) to win the NXT Championship
External links[]
- April 8 on Wikipedia