Today in Puroresu History

2026/10/31 Sat

• 1967 - Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki defeat Bill Watts & Tarzan Tyler in Osaka to win NWA International Tag Team Title. Because of winning the International title, Inoki vacates All Asia Tag Team Title.
• 1972 - Tomomi Tsuruta, member of the Japanese Olympic wrestling team for Munich, joins All Japan.
• 1974 - Miss Z & Jane Sherill defeat Jumbo Miyamoto & Junko Sasaki in Tokuyama to win WWWA World Tag Team Title.
• 1977 - Takashi Ishikawa, a former sumo wrestler, leaves for the United States to be a pro-wrestler.
• 1979 - Giant Baba defeats Harley Race in Nagoya to win NWA World Heavyweight Title.
• 1985 - New Japan and WWF end the working agreement. The International Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight, and International Tag Team are all abandoned.
• 1985 - Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue defeat Isamu Teranishi & Norio Honaga in Tsuruoka to win All Asia Tag Team Title. Honaga has replaced the injured Animal Hamaguchi.
• 1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa defeats Kenta Kobashi in Tokyo to win Triple Crown Heavyweight Title.
• 2004 - Keiji Muto and Mitsuharu Misawa team for the first time and defeat the team of Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase on an All Japan card at Ryogoku Kokugikan.



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