October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births[]
- 1936 - Rona Barrett
- 1953 - Robert Tepper
- 1971 - Al Katrazz
- 1975 - Michael Nakazawa
- 1977 - The Bloody
- 1980 - Mike Mizanin
- 1983 - Audrey Rose
- 1986 - Britenay
- 1987 - Candy White
- 1990 - Sean Studd
- 1993 - Davey Blaze
- 1999 - Amy Allonsy
Deaths[]
Debuts and Returns[]
- 2006 - Kev Dunphy
- 2008 - Mistrally
- 2010 - Rusty Diamond
- 2014 - Ronnie Rios
- 2015 - Shazza McKenzie first wrestled a guest match during a taping on WWE NXT against Emma. It was their first match against each other since before Emma's WWE debut in 2011.
- 2022 - Mackenzie Morgan
- 2023 - Yuma Makoto
Events[]
- 2014 - WRESTLE-1 introduces the Wrestle-1 Championship.
- 2016 - QPW Quintapalooza! is held in Baldwin Park, California.
- 2017 - WWR Adios Aurora is held in Providence, Rhode Island.
- 2019 - All Elite Wrestling debuts AEW Dark on YouTube.
| Year | Event(s) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | RAW |
| 2006 | No Mercy |
| 2007 | RAW |
| 2010 | Friday Night SmackDown |
| 2012 | RAW |
| 2015 | SmackDown |
| 2017 | Hell in a Cell |
| 2018 | RAW |
| 2021 | Friday Night SmackDown |
| 2022 | Extreme Rules |
Retirements[]
Title changes[]
- 2001 - The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) defeat Booker T & Test (c) to win the WCW Tag Team Championship
- 2001 - Steve Austin defeats Kurt Angle (c) to win the WWF Championship.
- 2014 - Masayuki Kono defeats KAI in a tournament final to become the first-ever WRESTLE-1 Champion.
- 2017 - The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) (w/Kofi Kingston) (c) in a tag team Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
- 2017 - Baron Corbin wins his first WWE title at Hell In A Cell after defeating Tye Dillinger and defending champion AJ Styles to win the WWE United States Championship.
- 2022 - Ronda Rousey defeated Liv Morgan (c) in an Extreme Rules match to win the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
External links[]
- October 8 on Wikipedia