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Today in Puroresu History
2026/05/06 Wed
- 1963 - Rikidozan & Toyonobori defeat Killer Kowalski & Fred Atkins in Sapporo to win the vacant All Asia Tag Team Title.
- 1979 - Ashura Hara defeats Miles Zrno in Tokyo to win WWU World Junior Heavyweight Title.
- 1982 - Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco) defeats Gran Hamada in Fukuoka to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.
- 1983 - The 1st International Wrestling Grand Prix(IWGP) touranment starts. The participants include Antonio Inoki(the last NWF Heavyweight champion who abandoned the title for the IWGP tournament), Killer Khan, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, Rusher
- 1989 - Lioness Asuka defeats the American representative Madusa Miceli in Yokohama to be recognized as the Unified Global Champion. The belt is presented by Nick Bockwinkel. On the same card, Chigusa Nagayo, one-half of the famous Crush Gals, retires. WWWA World Tag Team Title, held by Crush Gals, is vacated.
- 2009 - Manabu Nakanishi defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title in Tokyo.
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