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Today in Puroresu History
2026/07/18 Sat
- 1948 - The National Wrestling Alliance is founded in Waterloo, Iowa by six promoters : Sam Muchnick (St. Louis), Pinky George (Des Moines), Al Haft (Columbus, OH), Harry Light (Detroit), Tony Stecher (Minneapolis), and Orville Brown (Kansas City). Pinky George is named the first NWA president.
- 1953 - Toshio Yamaguchi promotes the first wrestling card promoted by Japanese at Osaka Prefectural Gym. He wreslted against a former sumo wreslter Kiyomikawa.
- 1985 - Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi defeat Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato in Tokyo to win All Asia Tag Team Title.
- 1989 - Fire Jets (Yumiko Hotta & Mitsuko Nishiwaki) defeat Marine Wolves (Suzuka Minami & Akira Hokuto) in Tokyo to win WWWA World Tag Team Title.
- 1991 - Joel Deaton & Billy Black defeat Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace in Tokyo to win All Asia Tag Team Title.
- 2005 - Kazuyuki Fujita defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan in Sapporo to win IWGP Heavyweight Title.
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