Today in Puroresu History

2026/10/16 Fri

• 1972 - The Momota Family (Rikidozan's) presents Rikidozan's old NWA International Heavyweight belt to Giant Baba. Baba announces that he creats a World Heavyweight title with the belt(later becomes PWF Heavyweight Title).
• 1981 - After defending the title against Steve Travis, Tatsumi Fujinami vacates the WWF Junior Heavyweight Title in order to move up to the heavyweight division.
• DEATH: 2003 - Stu Hart (88) [heart attack & lung failure]
• 2003 - The Mask of Tiger (Satoru Sayama, the legendary original Tiger Mask) wrestles for All Japan for the first time and defeats Gran Hamada.



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