Magazine Cover of the Week

The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser 

1969

Invitation To  Ring Magazine

(Japan)

Magazine Cover of the Week

Magazine Cover of the Week

Kento Miyahara 

 AJPW Triple Crown Champion

He defeated Zeus at the 2016 Excite Series on February 12th 2016

He has had 6 successful title defenses in 2016. 

GHC Heavyweight Champion

Katsuhiko Nakajima

GHC Heavyweight Champion

(Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Won the title October 23rd 2016

This is his first GHC title win, he defeated Takashi Sugiura in Yokohama, Japan.

WE LOVE ALL JAPAN

Shohei "Giant" Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

6 time NWA International Tag Team Champions

Between 1975 and 1983

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

Two Japanese Wrestling Legends

Antonio Inoki 

and 

Tiger Mask

International Match of the Night (Wajima)

December 9th 1986

City Gymnasium

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Rick Martel and Tom Zenk

vs

Giant Baba and Hiroshi Wajima

International Match of the Day (Tiger Mask II vs Mil Mascaras)

International Match of the Day

January 2nd 1986

Korakuen Hall

Tokyo,  Japan

IWA Heavyweight Championship

Mil Mascaras

(Champion)

vs

Tiger Mask II

International Match of the Night

All Japan Television

August 29th 1985

Stan Hansen and Ted Dibiase

vs

Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr.

International Match of the Day

NWA International Tag Team Championship

All Japan Pro Wrestling

April 3rd 1985

Yamagata,  Japan

(Champions)

Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu

vs

Stan Hansen and Ron Bass

Razor and Undertaker (1990)

This past weekend 2 men were making news, first was Scott Hall with his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame as his Razor Ramon persona and then The Undertaker who made news with the end of his legendary "streak of wins" at Wrestlemania.

Here are both men in a tag team

1990 

Tokyo, Japan 

 Shinya Hasimoto and Masa Saito

vs

Scott Hall and Punisher Dice Morgan.

Match of The Night (Vader vs Bam Bam Bigelow)

New Japan Wrestling

Tokyo Japan

09/12/1988

Big Van Vader

vs

Bam Bam Bigelow

Today in Wrestling History - Big Van Vader Debuts in Japan

December 27th 1987

Big Van Vader debuts in New Japan 

One of the most memorable debuts in the history of wrestling takes place at New Japan's "Inoki Toukon Live III" event at Sumo Hall in Tokyo. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura in one of the feature matches of the evening. Following the bout, Antonio Inoki defeated Choshu in an anti-climactic main event, winning via disqualification in six minutes. Big Van Vader then entered Sumo Hall and obliterated Inoki, knocking him out and pinning the Japanese legend with a powerslam in a match that didn't even last three minutes. The crowd rioted, resulting in New Japan being banned from running events at Sumo Hall for over a year. Vader immediately skyrocketed to the top of New Japan, as it had been years since Inoki had lost a match via clean pinfall.

The man behind the Vader mask, Leon White, had previously wrestled as "Baby Bull" Leon White in the AWA, and as Bull Power in Germany. He was actually scheduled to debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling, but New Japan worked out a deal with their promotional rival to sign him away for the Big Van Vader gimmick. Interesting to note, the first two choices New Japan had for the Vader gimmick were Sid Vicious and The Ultimate Warrior. Vader's debut in Sumo Hall is one of the most memorable, and controversial, events in New Japan history. 

NWA World Heavyweight Title November 7th 1979

November 7th 1979, Harley Race would face japanese legend and NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Giant Baba in a rematch for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.  Race lost the title 7 days earlier to Baba in Nagoya, Japan.  This time they met in Amagasaki, Japan with the belt on the line.

Harley Race would hold the belt for 302 days, from November 7th 1979 to September 4th 1980 when he again would lose the belt to Giant Baba, this time in Saga, Japan.  Baba would be World champion for 5 days this time and Race would win back the belt on September 9th in Otsu, Japan.

Classic Tag Team Action

September 1999

WWF Tag Team Ttitles

Monday Night RAW

The Unholy Alliance

(Big Show and The Undertaker)

WWF Tag Team Champions

vs

The Rock and Sock Connection

(Mankind and The Rock)

September 23rd 1993

Hulk Hogan and The Great Muta

vs

The Hell Raisers

(Road Warrior Hawk and The Power Warrior, Kensuke Sasaki)

Three Way Tag Team Elimination

ECW Tag Team Titles

The Dudley Boyz

(Devon and Bubba Ray)

ECW Champions

vs

The Eliminators

(Saturn and Kronus)

vs

The Gangstas

(Nu Jack and Mustafa)

Today in Wrestling History (05/27/2013)

1988 - Owen Hart defeats Hiroshi Hase in Sendai, Japan to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. 

1996 - One of the most famous moments in modern wrestling history takes place, as Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), fresh from his stint in WWF, shows up during the first-ever two hour edition of WCW Monday Nitro, entering from the crowd and informing Eric Bischoff that he was there to "declare war" on WCW. This was the beginning of what would become the New World Order. 

Match of the Night (Mil Mascaras/Dos Caras)

Mil Mascaras and Dos Caras

vs

Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

Tokyo, Japan

1979

Match of the Night (Dynamite Kid vs Tiger Mask II)

Hokkaido - Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center

11/27/1985

Tiger Mask II (Mitsuharu Misawa) 

vs

Dynamite Kid

Match of the Day (Sammartino vs Baba 1968)

In this rare footage, WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino ventures to Japan to face Shohei "Giant"  Baba.

August 7th 1968