Today in Puroresu History

2026/10/02 Fri

• 1957 - Lou Thesz comes to Japan. He is the first World Heavyweight Champion to visit Japan.
• 1974 - Jumbo Miyamoto & Junko Sasaki defeat Jackie West & Jane Sherill in Takamatsu to win WWWA World Tag Team Title.
• 1975 - Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi defeat Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts) in Osaka to win NWA North American Tag Team Title.
• 1976 - Jerry Oates & Ted Oates defeat Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma in Tokyo to win All Asia Tag Team Title.
• 1979 - Ryuma Go defeats Tatsumi Fujinami in Osaka to win WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.
• 1981 - After having a match against Gen'ichiro Tenryu, former International Wrestling Enterprise star Ashura Hara also joins All Japan.
• 1995 - Nobuhiko Takada vacates his World Heavyweight Title when Lou Thesz refuses to recognize the double title match between Takada and IWGP champion Keiji Mutoh on 10/09/95 at Tokyo Dome.
• 1999 - Naoya Ogawa defeats Gary Steele in Thomaston, CT to win NWA World Heavyweight Title.



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