Discover the important events that occurred on this date in the lucha libre history
1969: El Solitario won the NWA World Middleweight Championship after beating El Rayo de Jalisco at Arena Mexico in Mexico City.
1977: Lou Thez was proclaimed the first UWA World Heavyweight Champion.
1982: Villano III won the El Texano‘s hair in a Hair vs. Hair Steel Match at El Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.
1999: Cadaver de Ultratumba won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship after beating Canek in Tehuacan, Puebla.
2009: Mistico won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship after beating Tiger Mask IV at the NJPW G1 Climax 2009: New Lords, New Laws at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
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