Today in Puroresu History

2026/05/08 Fri

• BIRTH: 1961 - Akira Taue [Chichibu, Saitama]
• 1981 - Abdullah the Butcher, the top heel of All Japan Pro-Wrestling, appears on New Japan card for the first time. The promotional war between All Japan and New Japan starts.
• 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Big Van Vader in Tokyo to win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Title.
• 2003 - Satoshi Kojima vacates World Tag Team Title (All Japan) because of no title defense almost for half a year due to his partner Taiyo Kea's absence.
• 2010 - Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai defeat Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt in a one-night 8-team tournament final to win the vacant IWGP Junior Tag Team Title in Tokyo.



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