Today in Puroresu History

2026/04/19 Sun

• 1967 - Japan Women's Pro-wrestling Association is established to unify the women's promotions and the titles. They recognize the titles in three weight divisions: heavyweight, middleweight, and lightweight.
• 1975 - Rusher Kimura defeats Mad Dog Vachon in Sapporo to win IWA World Heavyweight Title.
• 1980 - Giant Baba has 3000th match since his debut without any absences.
• 1988 - Jumbo Tsuruta defeats Bruiser Brody in Sendai to win NWA International Heavyweight Title. This is the last match between the two.
• DEATH: 2000 - Masakazu Fukuda (27) [internal bleeding in brain]



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