Ogi Pool 1957 Ayame Pond Amusement Park 1961 BudokanHall 1966




October 13, 1957 in Osaka, Japan
Ogi Pool drawing 30,000
  1. Youssaf Turko pinned Yonetaro Tanaka (13:05).

  2. Nagasawa (13:07 pin) Masayuki Tamanogawa (13:07)

  3. Yoshinosato pinned Osamu Abe (12:00).

  4. Michiaki Yoshimura pinned Mitsuo Surugaumi (9:45).

  5. Toyonobori pinned Masaaki Takemura (5:00).

  6. Azumafuji & Kokichi Endo NC Plechas & Sakata.
    • Both teams were counted out (34:24).
    • Both teams fought to a no contest.

  7. NWA World Champ Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (32:33) in three falls.
    • Thesz beat Rikidozan (15:00).
    • Rikidozan beat Thesz (25:40).
    • Both men were counted out (32:33).
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May 7, 1961 in Nara, Japan
Ayame Pond Amusement Park drawing 36,000
  1. Kanji Inoki pinned Mr. Chin (17:13).

  2. Giant Baba & Yukio Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo & Isao Yoshiwara.

  3. Toshi Togo (Harold Sakata) beat Kintaro Oki (5:46) via submission.

  4. The Great Antonio beat Yoshinosato, Kaichi Nagasawa, & Tosanohana (6:11) via pinfall in a "handicap" match.

  5. Karl Krauser (Gotch) beat Ike Eakins (23:24) in three falls.
    • Krauser pinned Eakins (12:27).
    • Eakins pinned Krauser (20:09).
    • Krauser pinned Eakins (23:24).

  6. Kokichi Endo beat Hercules Romero (Cortez) (12:41) in three falls.
    • Endo pinned Romero (10:48).
    • Romero pinned Endo (11:48).
    • Romero was DQed (12:41).

  7. Michiaki Yoshimura beat drew Ronnie Etchison (45:00).
    • Etchison pinned Yoshimura (19:56).
    • Yoshimura pinned Etchison (35:10).
    • The time limit expired (45:00).

  8. Jim Wright & Mr. X (Bill Miller) beat Rikidozan & Toyonobori in three falls.
    • Mr. X forced Toyonobori to submit (37:01).
    • Both teams were counted out (40:46).
    • Rikidozan was DQed.
Note: At the time this was the record wrestling attendance for an indoor building.

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December 3, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 15,300
  1. Gankichi Hirano pinned Masayuki Fujii (8:52).

  2. Kiyotaka Otsubo pinned Gentetsu Matsuoka (8:25).

  3. Shinya Kojika DCO Akihisa Takachiho (9:15).

  4. Kantaro Hoshino pinned Kotetsu Yamamoto (14:32).

  5. Luis Hernandez pinned Yoshinosato (12:06).

  6. Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Morrow & Tarzan Zorro (Hans Mortier) (23:27) in three falls to win the vacant JWA All-Asian Tag Title.
    • Zorro pinned Yoshimura (17:45).
    • Yoshimura beat Morrow (18:13).
    • Oki pinned Morrow (23:27).

  7. NWA International Champ Giant Baba beat Fritz Von Erich (14:07) in three falls.
    • Baba pinned Von Erich (2:36).
    • Von Erich beat Baba (7:12).
    • Baba beat Von Erich (14:07) via DQ.
Note: This is the first ever wrestling show at Budokan Hall.

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