News of Other Regions

Joe Higuchi, one of the greatest referees, passed away on 2010/11/8 due to lung cancer at the age of 81.

RIP...

I don't know the author of these great videos. Whoever made these really knows the history of puroresu. They actually brought some tears to my eyes. I will stick this thread.





Jahno.

No need to explain, right? It means a lot to puroresu fans.

Jahno.

I've just been informed that Kotetsu Yamamoto passed away due to hypoxic encephalopathy. He was 68.

RIP...

An official NJPW YouTube clip of the final from each year:



Jahno.

Masao "Rusher" Kimura, the man who popularized the cage matches in Japan, passed away due to aspiration pneumonia at the age of 68. He was known to be a very nice person that nobody disliked.

In 2003/12, he was named the Permanent President of the (NOAH) Wrestlers Association by NOAH's then-president Mitsuharu Misawa. Most likely, Misawa kept Kimura in payroll after his retirement.

RIP...

Seiji Sakaguchi match results have been added to puroresu.com.

I believe I covered most of his Japanese results but am not sure about the matches from overseas.

Jahno.

:cheers:

There isn't a Title History (that I can find here) for the WWA (World Wrestling Allstars). They had 3 Championships: The Heavyweight Championship (that was Unified with the NWA Title when NWA Champ Jeff Jarrett Beat WWA Champ Sting): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history

The WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (which was unified with the TNA X Division Title when TNA Champ Chris Sabin beat WWA Cruiserweight Champ Jerry Lynn): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_International_Cruiserweight_Championship

And the WWA Hardcore Championship (Crowbar defeated Danny Dominion ...

This is what could happen when you have a pro-wrestling card in a country where people are not much familiar with it.

Himalayan Tiger vs. Big Bito on 2010/03/13 in Kathmandu, Nepal:



Jahno.