Today in Puroresu History

2026/06/12 Fri

• 1952 - In Rikidozan's first match on the U.S. mainland, he pins Ike Aikens at the San Francisco Cow Palace.
• 1971 - Masked Killer & Masked Lee defeat Maxie Murata & Jumbo Miyamoto in Shikarawa, Fukushima to win AGWA International Tag Team Title.
• 1978 - Bill Robinson defeats Tor Kamata in Ichinomiya to win PWF Heavyweight Title.
• 1983 - Tiger Mask defeats Fishman in Mexico City to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title. Also on the same card, Canek defeats Tatsumi Fujinami in Mexico City to win UWA World Heavyweight Title.
• 1987 - After winning the final of '87 IWGP Champinship against Masa Saito, Inoki abandones the annual tournament and becomes the first IWGP Heavyweight champion.
• 1998 - Kenta Kobashi defeats Toshiaki Kawada in Tokyo to win Triple Crown Heavyweight Title.
• 2004 - Kendo Kashin & Yuji Nagata defeat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi in Nagoya to win World Tag Team Title (All Japan).



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