WE LOVE ALL JAPAN

Shohei "Giant" Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

6 time NWA International Tag Team Champions

Between 1975 and 1983

Today In Wrestling History (August 31st)

Title Changes for August 31st

1945 – Ted Cox defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rogers to win the Texas Heavyweight Championship

1950 – Don Eagle defeated Gorgeous George to win the AWA (Ohio) World Heavyweight Championship

1951 – Art Neilson & Jack Steel defeated Farmer Jones & Al Massey to win the NWA Southern (Georgia) Tag Team Championship

1968 – Jose Lothario & Joe Scarpa defeated Professor Boris Malenko & Handsome Johnny Valentine to win the NWA Southern (Florida) Tag Team Championship

1968 – Verne Gagne defeated Dr. X (Dick Beyer) to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship

1973 – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Cowboy Bill Watts to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship

1979 – Ole Anderson &"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff defeat Stan "The Lariat" Hansen & "Wildfire" Tommy Rich to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship

1983 – Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA International (Japan) Heavyweight Championship

1986 – Eddie Gilbert & Sting defeated The Fantastics to win the vacant UWF World Tag Team Championship

1987 – Jerry "The King" Lawler defeated Don Bass in a Hair vs.Title Cage match to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship for the 51st time

1987 – Ted Arcidi won a Battle Royal to win the vacant WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

1996 – Jamie Dundee defeated Wolfie D. to win the USWA Television Championship

1997 – PG-13 defeated Steven Dunn & Flash Flanagan to win the USWA World Tag Team Championship. This would be the final reign for the championship before the USWA closed in November 1997

1997 – Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win the NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2002 – El Dandy defeated Perro Aguayo, Jr. to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship

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

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

Match of the Night (Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta)

NWA World Heavyweight Title

June 17th 1976

Tokyo Japan

(2 out of 3 falls)

Terry Funk

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

vs

Jumbo Tsuruta

Match of the Night (Mil Mascaras/Dos Caras)

Mil Mascaras and Dos Caras

vs

Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

Tokyo, Japan

1979

The History of the AWA World Title

Rick Martel

Today is the 54th birthday of former AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel.

Here from May 13th 1984 in St Paul Minnesota, Rick Martel defeats AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta.
This is the night that Martel would win his one and only World Heavyweight title. He held the belt until Dec 31st 1985 when he would submit to Stan Hansen's boston crab.