Today in Puroresu History

2026/04/24 Fri

• BIRTH: 1916 - Lou Thesz [Banat, Michigan]
• 1974 - Jumbo Miyamoto defeats Jackie West in Kumamoto to win WWWA World Title. Junko Sasaki & Peggy Kuroda defeat Jackie West & Paula Niet win WWWA World Tag Team Title on the same card.
• 1987 - Stan Hansen defeats Hiroshi Wajima in Yokohama to win the vacant PWF Heavyweight Title.
• 1989 - New Japan has its first card at Tokyo Dome. In the main event, Shota Chochoshivili defeats Antonio Inoki to win World Martial Arts Heavyweight Title. This is Inoki's first loss in the mixed martial arts matches. Also, Big Van Vader defeats Shin'ya Hashimoto in one-night 8-man tournament finalto win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Title with Lou Thesz as the special referee.
• DEATH: 2001 - Johnny Valentine (71) - one of Antonio Inoki's biggest rivals



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