Today in Puroresu History

2026/04/18 Sat

• 1973 - Killer Karl Krupp & Fritz Von Erich defeat Kintaro Ohki & Umanosuke Ueda in Yaizu to win NWA International Tag Team Title.
• 1973 - Mad Dog Vachon & Ivan Koloff defeat Great Kusatsu & Strong Kobayashi in Ibaragi to win IWA World Tag Team Title.
• 1981 - IWA World Tag Team Title is declared vacant when Hamaguchi is unable to wrestle because of liver problems.
• 1989 - NWA International Heavyweight champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeats PWF and United National heavyweight champion Stan Hansen, to become the first Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight champion.
• 1991 - Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey defeat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams in Tokyo to win World Tag Team Title (All Japan).
• DEATH: 1993 - Masahiko Kimura (75) - the greatest judoka ever and puroresu pioneer
• DEATH: 2002 - Wahoo McDaniel (63) [diabetes]
• 2003 - Kengo Kimura has retirement match against Osamu Nishimura at Korakuen Hall.
• 2004 - Kayo Noumi has retirement match against Kumiko Maekawa at Korakuen Hall.



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