Today in Puroresu History

2026/04/30 Thu

• 1957 - Rikidozan meets Lou Thesz in St. Louis, MO. Thesz signs the contract to defend World Heavyweight Title in Japan.
• 1975 - Rusher Kimura vacates IWA World Tag Team Title after winning the Heavyweight Title earlier in the same month.
• 1981 - Dory Funk Jr. wins tournament for the vacant NWA International Heavyweight Title when Bruiser Brody is injured and unable to wrestle in final. Dory defeats his own brother Terry Funk in Matsudo for his first title defense instead.
• 1982 - Atsushi Onita defeats Sangre Chicana in Mexico City to win NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (international version).



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