Thursday, June 5, 2014

Today in Wrestling History (June 5th)

Title Changes for June 5th

1958 – Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Angelo Savoldi to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
1975 – "Dirty" Dick Murdoch defeated "Dandy" Danny Miller to win the NWA North American (Tri-State) Heavyweight Championship
1989 – Genichiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
1989 - Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Footloose (Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada) to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1990 – Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship



1990 - Shinichi Nakano &; Akira Taue defeated Johnny & Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship
1998 – Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Tag Team Championship
2000 – Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk to win the WCW Hardcore Championship
2001 – Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
2004 – Gedo & Jado defeated American Dragon & Curry Man to win the NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
2004 – Kazuyuji Fujita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2005 – Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura defeated Kenta & Naomichi Marufuji to win the Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

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