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1st Annual NWA Tag League


 September 25 - November 5, 1970

1.Nick Bockwinkel & John Quinn12
2.Ernie Ladd & Rocky Johnson10
3.Lars Anderson & Bob Roop7
4.Frankie Laine & Bud Ratelle6

1.Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino (winners)13
2.Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirai12
3.Michiaki Yoshimura & The Great Kojika10
4.Kintaro Oki & Kotetsu Yamamoto10

Grand Final
Bockwinkel pinned Hoshino (33:30)
Hoshino pinned Quinn (48:50)
Inoki pinned Bockwinkel (72:09)

Note: The round robin portion of the tournament consisted
of the Japanese teams wrestling each of the foreign teams
twice in three fall matches where each fall was worth one point.

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2nd Annual NWA Tag League


 September 24 - November 1, 1971

1.Killer Kowalski & Buddy Austin18
2.Nelson Royal & Paul Jones11
3.Bob Ellis & Frankie Laine8
4.Sunny War Cloud & Jimmy Snuka6
5.Jim & Jack Dalton5

1.Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (winners)15
2.Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura14
3.Kintaro Oki & Mitsu Hirai12
4.Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto10
5.The Great Kojika & Umanosuke Ueda8

Grand Final
Sakaguchi pinned Austin (5:40)
Inoki pinned Kowalski (15:37)

Note: The round robin portion of the tournament consisted
of the Japanese teams wrestling each of the foreign teams
twice in three fall matches where each fall was worth one point.

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3rd Annual NWA Tag League


 September xx - October 31, 1972

1.Larry & Joe Hamilton?
?.Danny Hodge & Nelson Royal?
?.Waldo Von Erich & Fritz Von Goering?
?.The Hippies?

1.Seiji Sakaguchi & Akihisa Takachiho (winners)?
?.Kintaro Ohki & The Great Kojika?
?.Michiaki Yoshimura & Kantaro Hoshino?
?.Umanosuke Ueda & Mr. Matsuoka?
?.Mitsu Hirai & Haruka Eigen?

Grand Final
Sakaguchi & Takachiho beat The Hamiltons in three falls

Note: The round robin portion of the tournament consisted
of the Japanese teams wrestling each of the foreign teams
twice in three fall matches where each fall was worth one point.

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