January 4 is the 4th day of the year (4th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births[]
- 1969 - GAMI
- 1970 - Disco Machine
- 1974 - Cuervo
- 1976 - Ben Hur
- 1982 - Hollie Stevens
- 1983 - Lyla Lei
- 1986 - Ayako Sato
- 1997 - Alfa
- ? - Dark Magic
Deaths[]
- 2001 - Villano I
- 2007 - Cowboy Lang
- 2009 - Águila India
- 2011 - John Heidman
Debuts and Returns[]
- 1998 - Ryota Chikuzen
- 2000 - Kenzo Suzuki, Mascarita Dorada
- 2005 - Antonio Honda
- 2008 - Harlem, Lena Yada
- 2018 - Hikari Noa
- 2019 - Cade Carson, Chavy Chulo
- 2023 - Wakana Uehara
Events[]
- 1986 - Saturday Night's Main Event IV
- 1999 - Monday Night RAW
- 1999 - Monday Nitro
- 2001 - Thursday Night SmackDown
- 2007 - Wrestle Kingdom I in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2008 - Wrestle Kingdom II in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2008 - Friday Night SmackDown
- 2009 - Wrestle Kingdom III in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2010 - Wrestle Kingdom IV in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2010 - Monday Night RAW
- 2011 - Wrestle Kingdom V in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2011 - NXT (Season 4, Episode 5)
- 2012 - Wrestle Kingdom VI in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2012 - NXT (Season 5, Episode 44)
- 2013 - Wrestle KingdoM VII in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2013 - Friday Night SmackDown
- 2014 - Wrestle Kingdom VIII in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2015 - Wrestle Kingdom IX in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2016 - Wrestle Kingdom X in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2016 - Monday Night RAW
- 2017 - Wrestle Kingdom XI in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
- 2017 - NXT
- 2021 - Monday Night RAW
- 2022 - NXT: New Year's Evil
Retirements[]
Title changes[]
- 1999 - Mankind defeated The Rock (c) to win the WWF Championship.
- 1999 - Hollywood Hogan defeated Kevin Nash (c) to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- 2017 - Adam Cole defeated Kyle O'Reilly to win the ROH World Championship for the third time in his career at Wrestle Kingdom XI.
- 2017 - Hiromu Takahashi defeated KUSHIDA to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career at Wrestle Kingdom XI.
- 2017 - Hirooki Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the first time in his career at Wrestle Kingdom XI.
- 2021 - R-Truth defeated Angel Garza (c) to win the WWE 24-7 Championship
- 2022 - Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Roderick Strong (c) to unify the NXT North American Championship and the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
- 2022 - Bron Breakker defeated Tommaso Ciampa (c) to win the NXT Championship.
External links[]
- January 4 on Wikipedia