Kawasaki Stadium 1957 1966 1967 1969 1971
Tokyo Stadium 1966 1968 1970 _ _
Osaka Stadium 1967 1968 _ _ _
Korakuen Stadium 1957 Thailand National Stadium 1969




September 25, 1957 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 12,000
  1. Masayuki Tamanogawa beat Isao Yoshihara (15:50).

  2. Matamichi Daidozan drew Masaaki Takemura (20:00).

  3. Osamu Abe beat Hideyuki Nagasawa (6:15).

  4. Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mitsuo Surugaumi (6:27).

  5. Kokichi Endo beat Harold Sakata (11:30) via DQ.

  6. Azumafuji beat Lord Athol Layton (9:35).

  7. Rikidozan & Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil & Danny Plechas (36:31) in two straight falls.
    • Brazil & Plechas were DQed.
    • Rikidozan beat Brazil (36:31).
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October 7, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Stadium drawing 27,000
Shown live on TV (87.5)
  1. Takeo Kaneko pinned Yonetaro Tanaka (7:25).

  2. Youssaf Turko pinned Isao Yoshawara (10:29).

  3. Masaaki Takemura pinned Masayuki Tamanogawa (9:06).

  4. Osamu Abe pinned Kaichi Nagasawa (13:22).

  5. Mitsuo Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato (20:00).

  6. Kokichi Endo pinned Michiaki Yoshimura (5:17).

  7. Azumafuji & Toyonobori drew Danny Pretches & Toshi Togo (45:00) in three falls.
    • Pretches was DQed (35:17).
    • The time limit expired (45:00).

  8. NWA World Champ Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (60:01).
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June 18, 1966 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 15,000
  1. Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka (10:17).

  2. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho (Great Kabuki).

  3. Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Homma (11:08).

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto won a six man "battle royal" (17:24).

  5. Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika (8:45).

  6. Karl Kox beat Yoshinosato (8:45).

  7. Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carrolo (10:13).

  8. Giant Baba beat Don Chuy (6:07).

  9. JWA All-Asian Tag Champs Hiro Matsuda & Michiaki Yoshimura drew Eddie Graham & Sam Steamboat (10:00) in three falls.
    • Matsuda pinned Steamboat (33:30).
    • Graham pinned Matsuda (38:56).
    • The time limit expired (61:00).
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August 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Stadium drawing ???
  1. Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantesu Matsuoka.

  2. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa.

  3. Mighty Atlas beat Yoshinosato via DQ.

  4. JWA All Asian Tag Champs Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Vigilantes (Bobby & Jerry Christy) (17:55) in two straight falls.
    • Vigilante #2 was counted out (13:16).
    • Baba pinned Vigilante #2 (17:55).
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July 22, 1967 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 15,000
  1. Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika (11:19).

  2. Michiaki Yoshimuta beat Catalina (George) Drake (17:10).

  3. Antonio Pugliesi beat Umanosuke Ueda (8:04).

  4. Kintaro Oki NC Tank Morgan (15:55) in three falls.
    • Oki beat Morgan (9:27).
    • Morgan beat Oki (13:31).
    • Both men were counted out (15:55).

  5. JWA All-Asian Tag Champs Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki beat Jesse Ortega & Art Michalik (53:37) in three falls.
    • Ortega beat Inoki (14:56).
    • Ortega & Michalik were DQed (32:46).
    • Baba beat Michalik (53:37).
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August 14, 1967 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Stadium drawing 25,720
  1. Gankichi Hirano beat Motoyuki Kitazawa (10:32) via DQ.

  2. Gentetsu Matsuoka pinned Mr. Chin (12:09).

  3. Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii (16:05) via submission.

  4. Umanosuke Ueda pinned Motoshi Okuma (11:38).

  5. Antonio Pugliese beat Akihisa Takachiho (Great Kabuki) (12:40) via submission.

  6. Mitsu Hirai pinned Catalina (George) Drake (9:16).

  7. Kintaro Oki pinned Tank Morgan (9:24).

  8. Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jess Ortega & Art Michalik (19:34) in two straight falls.
    • Both teams were counted out (16:04).
    • Yoshimura pinned Michalik (19:34).

  9. NWA World Champ Gene Kiniski drew NWA International Champ Giant Baba (65:00) in three falls.
    • Baba pinned Kiniski (28:31).
    • Kiniski pinned Baba (36:16).
    • The time limit expired (65:00).
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July 8, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Stadium drawing ???
  1. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masayuki Fuji.

  2. Akihisa Takachiho beat Haruka Eigen.

  3. Gino Brito beat Kantaro Hoshino.

  4. Ray Stevens beat Antonio Inoki.

  5. Giant Baba beat Mike Loren

  6. Klondike Bill & Skull Murphy beat Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura (24:15) in three falls to win the JWA All Asian Tag Title.
    • Oki pinned Klondike (14:12).
    • Murphy pinned Yoshimura (19:11).
    • Yoshimura was counted out (24:15).
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August 7, 1968 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Stadium drawing ???
  1. Klondike Bill beat Kotetsu Yamamoto.

  2. Mike Loren beat Mitsu Hirai via DQ.

  3. Kintaro Oki beat Gino Brito.

  4. Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura DCO Skull Murphy & Ray Stevens.

  5. NWA International Champ Giant Baba beat Bruno Sammartino (25:00) in three falls.
    • Sammartino beat Baba (12:58).
    • Baba pinned Sammartino (17:26).
    • Sammartino was counted out (25:00).
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July 1, 1969 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 8,000
  1. Mikiyuki Kitazawa beat Masayuki Fujii (5:23).

  2. Haruka Eigen beat Katsuji Adachi (11:03).

  3. Atsuhide Koma drew Akihisa Takachiho (15:00).

  4. Kurt Von Steiger beat Motoshi Ohkuma (9:08).

  5. Kantaro Hoshino beat Edward Perez (10:31).

  6. Karl Von Steiger beat Kotetsu Yamamoto (9:13).

  7. Kotetsu Yamamoto won an eight man "battle royal" (15:36).

  8. Kintaro Oki beat Brute Bernard (11:15) via DQ.

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Skull Murphy (25:24) in two straight falls.
    • Both men were counted out (23:14).
    • Inoki forced Murphy to submit (26:24).

  10. Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie & Kurt Von Stroheim (24:04) in three falls.
    • Blassie beat Baba (16:08).
    • Blassie & Stroheim were DQed (20:12).
    • Baba beat Stroheim (24:04).
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July 10, 1969 in Bangkok, Thailand
National Stadium drawing 24,000
  1. Antonio Inoki beat Karl Von Stroheim in three falls.
    • Stroheim pinned Inoki (13:12).
    • Inoki forced Stroheim to submit (20:29).
    • Inoki pinned (26:41).

  2. Giant Baba & Kintaro Oki beat Kurt & Karl Von Steiger.
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September 5, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Stadium drawing ???
  1. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned Mystery the Oregon (Mike Romero) (10:11).

  2. Giant Baba drew Abdullah the Butcher.

  3. JWA All Asian Tag Champs Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Atomic & Prince Pullins (34:49) in three falls.
    • Atomic pinned Inoki (24:38).
    • Yoshimura beat Pullins (29:41).
    • Inoki forced Atomic to submit (34:49).
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August 7, 1971 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 8,000
  1. Antonio Inoki beat Victor Rivera (14:48) via submission.

  2. Giant Baba & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Chris Markoff & Art Michalik (18:10) in two straight falls.
    • Markoff & Michalik were DQed (12:11).
    • Sakaguchi pinned Michalik (18:10).
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