Today in NJPW History
All the happenings from June 12th's past
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Today in New Japan Pro Wrestling history - June 12th (big up to Pro Fight DB)
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Liger Wins the Junior Title for a Fourth Time
On this day 29 years ago, Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger became the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion for the fourth time (he’ll win it seven more times in the future). The victim on June 12, 1991 was Norio Honaga, and 14,014 people in Tokyo’s Budokan Hall witnessed this historic event.
Black Tiger II Wins the BOSJ
The 1996 Best of the Super Juniors wrapped up on June 12th in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in front of 6,650 spectators. The late, great Eddie Guerrero, under the hood as Black Tiger II, won the tournament, besting Jushin Liger in the main event on this night. Also, in the semi-main, new tag champs were crowned, as Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto.
Happy 29th Birthday Great O-Kharn
Young Lion on excursion, Great O-Kharn aka Tomoyuki Oka, turns 29 today. Oka hasn’t graced a New Japan ring since February 2, 2019. He’s currently learning his craft in RevPro.