Today would have been the 88th birthday of Shohei "Giant" Baba. Shoehei was a professional baseball player in Japan before he wrestled, he held the NWA World title on three occasions and was ranked 92nd of the Top 100 Historical People in Japan history by the Japanese people. Baba passed in 1999 at the age of 61 as a result of liver failure from complications of colon cancer. #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestler #japan #ajpw #BornOnThisDay #japan #NWA #baseball #RIP #restinpeace | Today in Pro Wre

73K views · 426 reactions | On July 27, 1979 in one of the first ladder matches in professional wrestling history, Big Daddy Ritter (later known as the The Junkyard Dog) defeated Jake Roberts to win the Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship at a Stampede Wrestling Show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ritter had previously lost the belt to Roberts on April 6th. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

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On May 3, 1993 Wrestling Dontaku 1993 took place in front of 55,000 fans at the Fukuoka Dome in Japan. It was the first Wrestling Dontaku professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As part of working relationships between NJPW and American promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) took part in the event. Professional wrestlers from Japanese promotion Wrestle and Romance (WAR) also appeared at the event. The event featured a "