January 4

Wrestling history for January 4: historic matches, title changes, debuts and big moments, each with its sources.

2 entries from 2 years, newest first.

2017

9 years ago

New Japan Pro-WrestlingHistoric match9th anniversary was January 4

Kazuchika Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega. The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer rated it six stars.

27 years ago

WWF (now WWE)Title changeAired on this day27th anniversary was January 4

Mankind beat The Rock for the WWF Championship at a Raw taping. The episode aired on tape delay, and WWE dates the reign from the broadcast.

Every entry is a verified record with linked sources. Summaries are short; follow the links for the full story.
Dates are the local date where it happened. Taped television shows both dates and appears on both days, labelled "Taped" or "Aired".
When the exact day isn't established, we say so: month-only records appear under "Also in" that month, and uncertain dates get no exact anniversary count.
The same moment reported by several sources is one entry, with every source listed.
February 29 records appear on February 28 in years without a leap day. "Today" follows Toronto time.