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February 27, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
  1. Raymond Funaga beat Kyoichi Saito (5th - 1:33) in a "kickboxing" match.

  2. Mamoru Okada KO Maan Sahathai (4th - 0:45) in a "kickboxing" match.

  3. UWA Light Heavyweight Champ Gran Hamada pinned Baby Face (9:12).

  4. Toshio Fujiwara beat Chonchaloon Sackwittaya (7th) via points in a "kickboxing" match.

  5. WWF Martial Arts Champ Antonio Inoki DKO Willie Williams (4th - 1:24).

  6. El Greco & El Sergio beat Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino (3:24) via DQ.
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April 3, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,500
  1. Osamu Kido & Haruka Eigan beat El Greco & El Sergio.

  2. Mike Graham pinned Strong Kobayashi (7:12).

  3. Allen Coage beat Kengo Kimura.

  4. UWA Light Heavyweight Champ Gran Hamada beat Baby Face (13:21).

  5. NWF North American Tag Champs Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu beat The Super Destroyer & The Iron Sheik (11:53) in two straight falls.
    • Sakaguchi forced Destroyer to submit (8:01).
    • Choshu pinned Sheik (11:53).

  6. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tatsumi Fujinami beat Ashura Hara (14:46) via submission.

  7. Antonio Inoki pinned Stan Hansen (12:55) to win the NWF Title.
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June 5, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Haruka Eigan beat Makoto Arakawa.

  2. Chavo Guerrero beat Kuniaki Kobayashi.

  3. Dusty Rhodes & Tito Santana beat Ryuma Go & Kengo Kimura.

  4. Riki Choshu & Strong Kobayashi beat Hulk Hogan & Badnews Allen (8:40) when Kobayashi pinned Allen.

  5. Bob Backlund beat Tatsumi Fujinami (12:03).

  6. Andre the Giant pinned Seiji Sakaguchi (4:37).

  7. Stan Hansen beat Andre the Giant (1:48) via countout.

  8. Antonio Inoki beat Stan Hansen (7:49) via DQ to win the 3rd Annual MSG League.
MSG League final standings

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July 17, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,000
  1. Ryuma Go & Haruka Eigen drew Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino.

  2. Strong Kobayashi beat Gestapo (Rip Oliver) (7:22) via submission.

  3. Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu beat Badnews Allen & Bret Hart.

  4. Umanosuke Ueda beat Seiji Sakaguchi (2:56) via DQ.

  5. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Keith Hart (8:20).

  6. UWA Heavyweight Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Tiger Jeet Singh (12:02).
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November 3, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
  1. Steve Keirn & Jim Garvin beat Kantaro Hoshino & George Takano.

  2. Strong Kobayashi beat Ron Starr.

  3. Paul Orndorff NC Riki Choshu.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda via DQ.

  5. Chavo Guerrero beat Kengo Kimura via countout.
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April 23, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown May 1, 1981 on TV
  1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda.

  2. Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen beat Osamu Kido & Black Cat.

  3. Tiger Mask beat Dynamite Kid (9:29).

  4. Kengo Kimura beat Biko Botowamungo.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu beat Ken Patera & Rick McGraw.

  6. El Canek beat Tatsumi Fujinami via DQ.

  7. Antonio Inoki pinned Stan Hansen (12:56) to win the held-up NWF Title.
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June 4, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,600
  1. Shinichi Nakano pinned Norio Honaga (10:43).

  2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara pinned Black Cat (11:19).

  3. Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen beat George Takano & Akira Maeda (12:33) via pinfall.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned Kengo Kimura (8:10).

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask beat Sgt. Slaughter & Chris Adams (14:13).

  6. Hulk Hogan pinned Riki Choshu (3:31).

  7. Bob Backlund & Dusty Rhodes beat Sgt. Slaughter & Bobby Duncum when Backlund pinned Slaughter.

  8. Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (22:09) via DQ.

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Stan Hansen (7:45) via countout to win the 4th Annual MSG League.
MSG League final standings

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June 24, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
Shown live on TV
  1. George Takano pinned Akira Maeda (10:13).

  2. Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen beat Makoto Arakawa & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:52) via pinfall

  3. Martial Arts Light Heavyweight Champ Don Wilson KO A. Thai (2nd - 1:56).

  4. Riki Choshu pinned Kengo Kimura (6:56).

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Black Cat (4:39).

  6. Tiger Mask beat Villano III (15:55) via countout.

  7. Tiger Toguchi beat Killer Khan (9:45) via DQ.

  8. Abdullah the Butcher & Stan Hansen beat Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu (11:00) in three falls.
    • Hansen pinned Yatsu (9:06).
    • Butcher & Hansen were DQed (9:44).
    • Inoki & Yatsu were DQed (11:00).
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August 6, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
Shown August 7, 1981 on TV
  1. Tiger Mask beat Scorpio, Sr. (10:18).

  2. Makoto Arakawa beat Black Cat.

  3. Ryuma Go beat Akira Maeda.

  4. Roland Bock & Michael Nador beat Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  5. Abdullah the Butcher NC Seiji Sakaguchi.

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Stan Lane.

  7. Antonio Inoki pinned The Masked Superstar (12:16).
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October 8, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,800
Shown October 9, 1981 on TV
  1. Shinichi Nakano beat Nobuhiko Takada.

  2. Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Junji Hirata.

  3. The Assassin (Tim Tall Tree) beat Akira Maeda (7:12).

  4. Negro Navarro, El Texano, & El Signo beat George Takano, Kantaro Hoshino, & Gran Hamada (16:47).

  5. Shozo Kobayashi & Seiji Sakaguchi drew Badnews Allen & Billy Crusher (Bill Eadie) (7:59).

  6. Tiger Mask beat Masked Hurricane (Bobby Lee) (7:09) in a "mask vs. mask" match.

  7. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan beat Riki Choshu & Dino Bravo (8:20).

  8. Animal Hamaguchi beat Ryuma Go (9:29).

  9. Tatsumi Fujiwara beat Isamu Teranishi (11:06).

  10. Rusher Kimura beat Antonio Inoki (10:35) via DQ.
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November 5, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000
Shown November 6, 1981 on TV
  1. El Signo, El Texano, & Negro Navarro beat Kantaro Hoshino, Osamu Kido, & George Takano.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu beat Billy Crusher & Steve Travis.

  3. Dino Bravo beat Abdullah the Butcher via DQ.

  4. Tiger Mask beat Gran Hamada (17:01).

  5. Kengo Kimura beat Isamu Teranishi.

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Animal Hamaguchi via DQ.

  7. Antonio Inoki TKO Rusher Kimura (15:08) in a "lumberjack" match.
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December 8, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown December 18, 1981 on TV
  1. Super Maquina beat George Takano.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi DCO Badnews Allen (8:04).

  3. Tiger Mask DCO El Canek (11:36).

  4. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Tiger Toguchi & Rusher Kimura via DQ.

  5. Andre the Giant pinned Killer Khan.

  6. Stan Hansen & Roland Bock beat Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami.
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April 1, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown April 2, 1982 on TV
  1. Rusher Kimura & Ryuma Go beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  2. Kengo Kimura beat Colosso Colosetti.

  3. Tony Atlas beat Animal Hamaguchi.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi beat The Masked Superstar & The Iron Sheik (7:30) when Toguchi pinned Sheik.

  5. Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu.

  6. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask pinned Steve Wright (17:50).

  7. Andre the Giant pinned Killer Khan (16:42) to win the 5th Annual MSG League.
MSG League final standings

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April 21, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Kantaro Hoshino beat Haruka Eigen.

  2. Kengo Kimura beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  3. Yoshiaki Yatsu & Riki Choshu beat Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi.

  4. UWA & WWF Light Heavyweight Champ Gran Hamada pinned Perro Aguayo (8:45).

  5. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask DCO Black Tiger (14:17).

  6. Abdullah the Butcher beat Tatsumi Fujinami.

  7. Antonio Inoki pinned Jesse Ventura (12:45).
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June 18, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown live on TV
  1. Hiro Matsuda & Kengo Kimura beat Animal Hamiguchi & Isamu Teranishi.

  2. Dick Murdoch beat Yoshiaki Yatsu.

  3. Tatsumi Fujinami NC El Canek.

  4. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Ultraman (9:48).

  5. Hulk Hogan DCO Andre the Giant.

  6. Antonio Inoki pinned Scott McGhee (1:37).
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August 5, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Kantaro Hoshino beat Rick McGraw.

  2. Bret Hart beat Kengo Kimura.

  3. Hiro Matsuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Dick Murdoch & The Grappler.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi beat Greg Valentine & Adrian Adonis via DQ.

  5. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Dynamite Kid (15:58).

  6. WWF World Champ Bob Backlund pinned Tatsumi Fujinami.
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November 4, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown November 12, 1982 on TV
  1. Kantaro Hoshino beat Marty Jones.

  2. Bob Orton, Jr. beat Osamu Kido.

  3. Abdullah the Butcher, Badnews Allen, & SD Jones beat Seiji Sakaguchi, Kengo Kimura, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  4. NWA & WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (13:40) via DQ.

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Riki Choshu.

  6. Rusher Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi, & Isamu Teranishi beat Antonio Inoki (27:07) in a "handicap" match.
    • Inoki forced Teranishi to submit (13:03).
    • Inoki pinned Hamaguchi (22:30).
    • Inoki was counted out (27:07).
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December 10, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Rene Goulet beat Ryuma Go.

  2. Andre the Giant & Dino Bravo beat Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar.

  3. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Adrian Adonis & El Canek (8:33) when Fujinami pinned Canek.

  4. Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan beat Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi (31:17) when Inoki forced Toguchi to submit to win the 3rd Annual MSG Tag League.
MSG Tag League final standings

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February 7, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown February 11, 1983 on TV
  1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Yokpalsan.

  2. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Gran Hamada beat Kantaro Hoshino & Masanobu Kurisu.

  3. Osamu Kido beat Carlos Jose Estrada.

  4. Mike George beat Ryuma Go.

  5. Masa Saito beat Kengo Kimura.

  6. Hulk Hogan beat Blackjack Mulligan.

  7. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Black Tiger (15:18).

  8. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Riki Choshu & Killer Khan (10:00).

  9. Rusher Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi, & Isamu Teranishi beat Antonio Inoki (21:16) in a "handicap" match.
    • Inoki pinned Kimura (10:10).
    • Inoki forced Teranishi to submit (15:20).
    • Inoki was DQed (21:16).
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April 3, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Buddy Rose & Ed Leslie beat Osamu Kido & Ryuma Go.

  2. Paul Orndorff beat Animal Hamaguchi.

  3. Masa Saito & Killer Khan beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura.

  4. Kuniaki Kobayashi DCO Dynamite Kid. This match was for the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.

  5. Riki Choshu beat Fujinami to win the WWF International Title.

  6. Antonio Inoki pinned Rusher Kimura (14:01).
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April 21, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 14,000
Shown April 22, 1983 on TV
  1. Animal Hamaguchi beat Osamu Kido.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura beat Isamu Teranishi & Rusher Kimura.

  3. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Caswell Martin.

  4. Killer Khan beat Ed Leslie.

  5. Akira Maeda pinned Paul Orndorff.

  6. Tiger Mask DCO Dynamite Kid (18:04).

  7. Riki Choshu beat Tatsumi Fujinami via countout.

  8. Antonio Inoki beat Masa Saito (12:29) via submission in a "loser leaves town" match.
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June 2, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($280,000)
Shown June 3, 1983 on TV
  1. Nobuhiko Takada pinned Kazuo Yamazaki (13:12).

  2. Ryuma Go pinned Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:45).

  3. Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino beat El Canek & Enrique Vera (11:19) when Hoshino pinned Vera.

  4. Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura beat Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (12:39) when Maeda pinned Teranishi.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi DCO John Studd (5:09).

  6. Andre the Giant pinned Killer Khan (6:02).

  7. Tiger Mask pinned Kuniaki Kobayashi (18:06) to win the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.

  8. Hulk Hogan beat Antonio Inoki (21:27) via countout to become the first IWGP Champ.
IWGP League final standings

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August 4, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($280,000)
  1. Shunji Kosugi pinned Nobuhiko Takada (11:02).

  2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Makoto Arakawa beat Haruka Eigen & Yokpalsan (10:49) when Fujiwara pinned Yokpalsan.

  3. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Black Cat.

  4. Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido beat Pete Roberts & David Finlay (11:21) when Kido pinned Finlay.

  5. Paul Orndorff pinned Ryuma Go (6:52).

  6. Kengo Kimura pinned Brian Blair (9:35).

  7. Seiji Sakaguchi & Akira Maeda beat Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (12:04) via DQ.

  8. Rusher Kimura pinned Animal Hamaguchi (13:45) in a "death" match.

  9. NWA Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask pinned Isamu Teranishi (14:37).

  10. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu (19:24) via countout to win the WWF International Title.
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November 3, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($300,000)
  1. Gran Hamada beat Black Cat.

  2. John Studd & Steven Wright beat Ryuma Go & Osamu Kido.

  3. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada.

  4. Paul Orndorff beat Masanobu Kurisu.

  5. The Cobra pinned Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.

  6. Animal Hamaguchi beat Seiji Sakaguchi via DQ.

  7. Riki Choshu beat Akira Maeda.

  8. WWF International Champ Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Killer Khan.

  9. Antonio Inoki pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu (9:48).
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December 8, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000 ($318,000)
  1. Shunji Kosugi beat Kazuo Yamazaki.

  2. Ryuma Go beat Masanobu Kurisu.

  3. Haruka Eigen & Nobuhiko Takada drew Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi.

  4. Otto Wanz & Wayne Bridges beat Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned Bobby Duncum (5:39).

  6. Andre the Giant & Curt Hennig beat Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, & Akira Maeda DCO Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi, & Yoshiaki Yatsu.

  8. Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki beat Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch (11:10) when Inoki pinned Adonis to win the 4th Annual MSG Tag League.
MSG Tag League final standings

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February 7, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000 ($287,000)
  1. Masanobu Kurisu beat Yokpalsan.

  2. Kantaro Hoshino & Baby Face beat Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki.

  3. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Black Tiger & Bret Hart when Kobayashi pinned Hart.

  4. Akira Maeda DCO Kengo Kimura.

  5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Animal Hamaguchi via DQ.

  6. The Cobra DCO Davey Boy Smith (9:55).

  7. Dynamite Kid beat Davey Boy Smith (14:03) via countout.

  8. Dynamite Kid pinned The Cobra (6:17) to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.

  9. Hulk Hogan & Mike Sharpe beat Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu when Hogan pinned Yatsu.

  10. Rusher Kimura beat Tatsumi Fujinami via DQ.

  11. Antonio Inoki beat Badnews Allen (9:20) via submission.
WWF Junior Title League final standings

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April 19, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($285,000)
  1. Fumihiro Niikura beat Shunji Kosugi.

  2. Bruce Hart beat Nobuo Honaga.

  3. Ray Candy, Leroy Brown, & Hercules Ayala beat Kantaro Hoshino, Makoto Arakawa, & Masanobu Kurisu when Candy beat Kurisu.

  4. Don Muraco beat Haruka Eigen.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido beat The Masked Superstar & Mike Sharpe when Kido beat Sharpe.

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Kengo Kimura, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Antonio Inoki beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Isamu Teranishi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, & Riki Choshu (65:11) in an "elimination series" match.
    • Fujinami pinned Kobayashi (7:30).
    • Fujinami beat Teranishi (15:57) via submission.
    • Yatsu beat Fujinami (18:59) via countout.
    • Yatsu pinned Takada (29:05).
    • Kimura pinned Yatsu (37:26).
    • Hamaguchi pinned Kimura (43:55).
    • Hamaguchi and Fujiwara were both counted out (51:27).
    • Antonio Inoki TKO Riki Choshu (65:11).
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June 14, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($285,000)
  1. Makoto Arakawa pinned Shinichi Nakano (8:30).

  2. Black Cat pinned Shunji Kosugi (12:19).

  3. Kantaro Hoshino pinned Masanobu Kurisu (7:16).

  4. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Animal Hamaguchi beat Nobuhiko Takada & Norio Honaga when Hamaguchi pinned Honaga.

  5. John Quinn & Otto Wanz beat Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:58) when Wanz pinned Fujiwara.

  6. Andre the Giant & The Masked Superstar beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami (7:59) when Andre pinned Fujinami.

  7. Yoshiaki Yatsu, Masa Saito, & Riki Choshu beat Ken Patera, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch (10:48) when Choshu pinned Patera.

  8. Antonio Inoki beat Hulk Hogan (22:41) via countout to win the IWGP Title.
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August 2, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000 ($250,000)
  1. Naoki Sano beat Keiichi Yamada.

  2. Fumihiro Niikura beat Shunji Kosugi.

  3. Kantaro Hoshino & Norio Honaga beat Osamu Kido & Black Cat.

  4. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith beat Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi when Dynamite beat Hamaguchi.

  5. Yoshiaki Yatsu pinned El Canek (11:11).

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura beat Badnews Allen & Rip Oliver (7:55) when Kimura pinned Oliver.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned David Schultz (7:37).

  8. NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champ The Cobra DCO Kuniaki Kobayashi (15:04).

  9. Antonio Inoki pinned Riki Choshu (29:39).
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Old Sumo Hall (Kuramae Kokugikan) was demolished
and replaced by new Sumo Hall (Ryogoku Kokugikan).









April 18, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,066 ($280,000)
  1. Black Cat beat Hirakazu Hata.

  2. Keiji Mutoh & Makoto Arakawa beat Shinya Hashimoto & Shuko Kim.

  3. Mike Miller beat Masa Saito via DQ.

  4. Shunji Takano & Anoaro Antisanoe beat Badnews Allen & Gestapo (Rip Oliver).

  5. Shunji Kosugi beat Keiichi Yamada to win the 1985 Young Lions Tournament.

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned Billy Jack Haynes.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Strong Machine #1.

  8. WWF International Tag Champs Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch beat Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino.

  9. Antonio Inoki DCO Bruiser Brody (26:20).
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August 1, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
  1. Bruiser Brody beat Antonio Inoki (21:24) via DQ.
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December 6, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,750
  1. Naoki Sano drew Masahiro Chono (15:00).

  2. Black Cat pinned Kim Su-hong (10:21) .

  3. Yokpalsan pinned Shinya Hashimoto (10:00).

  4. Mike & Pat Kelly beat Shunji Kosugi & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:24) when Mike pinned Goto.

  5. Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino DCO El Canek & Dos Caras (12:23) .

  6. Hacksaw Higgins & Nord the Barbarian beat Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo (9:10) via DQ.

  7. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka beat Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar (14:48) via countout.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi drew Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (30:00).
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February 6, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,190
  1. Shinya Hashimoto beat Akira Nogami.

  2. Mokoto Arakawa & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shuka Kim & Riki Bassan.

  3. Tony St. Clair beat Masa Chono.

  4. Keiichi Yamada & Shunji Kosugi beat Scorpio & Black Tiger.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi, Kendo Nagasaki, & Kantaro Hoshino beat Johnny Mantell, Mad Maxx #1 & #2.

  6. Kevin Von Erich beat Kengo Kimura (9:31) via DQ.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Kerry Von Erich (5:40).

  8. Shiro Koshinaka pinned The Cobra (15:22) to become the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ.

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (19:37) via sleeperhold.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League Bracketing

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May 1, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,200
  1. Kantaro Hoshino DCO El Canek.

  2. Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda beat Andre the Giant & Ichimasa Wakamatsu (8:37) when Inoki pinned Wakamatsu.

  3. Nobuhiko Takada, Kazuo Yamazaki, Osamu Kido, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Akira Maeda beat Keiichi Yamada, Seiji Sakaguchi, Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, & Tatsumi Fujinami (63:18) in a "series elimination" match.
    • Takada beat Yamada via submission (14:27).
    • Sakaguchi beat Takada via submission (19:07).
    • Sakaguchi beat Yamazaki via submission (24:29).
    • Kido pinned Sakaguchi (28:02).
    • Kido beat Koshinaka (36:15) via DQ.
    • Kimura beat Kido (40:56) via submission.
    • Fujiwara beat Kimura (47:52).
    • Fujinami pinned Fujiwara (56:48).
    • Maeda TKO Fujinami (63:18).
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June 19, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,080
  1. Shinya Hashimoto pinned Masaharu Funaki (8:56).

  2. Black Cat & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Masa Chono & Keiichi Yamada (13:50) when Cast forced Chono to submit.

  3. Kantaro Hoshino pinned Tony St. Clair (10:09).

  4. The Cobra & Shiro Koshinaka DCO Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada (14:12).

  5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Klaus Wallas (9:01) via submission.

  6. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido beat Jimmy Snuka & Samu (111:55) when Maeda pinned Samu.

  7. Umanosuke Ueda, Kengo Kimura, & Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Cuban Assassin, The Masked Superstar, & Andre the Giant (8:46) via DQ.

  8. Antonio Inoki pinned Dick Murdoch (30:07) to win the 1986 IWGP Tournament.
1986 IWGP League Bracketing

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August 5, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,550
  1. Bad News Allen beat Umanosuke Ueda via DQ.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano beat Hacksaw Higgins & Alexis Smirnoff.

  3. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo beat Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Kosugi.

  4. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Nobuhiko Takada pinned Shiro Koshinaka (21:04).

  5. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (13:52) when Kido pinned Kimura to win the IWGP Tag Title.

  6. Antonio Inoki pinned Steve Williams (16:33).
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Inoki Toukan Live


 October 9, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,520 ($837,158)
Shown on Live on TV Asahi (28.9)
  1. Shinya Hashimoto beat Masaharu Funaki (9:21) via submission.

  2. Tatsutoshi Goto beat Masa Chono (11:13).

  3. Don Arakawa beat Akira Nogami (6:42) via submission.
  4. Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano drew Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido (20:00).

  5. Lance Von Erich beat Kengo Kimura (5:23) via DQ.

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami beat The Jackal (7:33) via submission.

  7. Akira Maeda beat Don Nielson (5th - 2:16) via submission in a "wrestler vs. karate" match.

  8. Antonio Inoki pinned Leon Spinks (8th - 1:33) in a "wrestler vs. boxer" match.
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December 11, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Masa Chono beat Masa Funaki (10:46) via submission.

  2. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Shinya Hashimoto (9:28).

  3. Shunji Kosugi pinned Tonga Kid (5:26).

  4. Shiro Koshinaka & Kintaro Hoshino beat Black Cat & Kengo Kimura (12:48) when Koshinaka pinned Cat.

  5. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido beat Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar (14:43) when Maeda pinned Superstar.

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Mutoh beat Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki (9:37) when Mutoh pinned Pogo.

  7. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido (13:32) to win the Japan Cup Tag Team League when Inoki forced Kido to submit.
1986 Japan Cup Tag League Bracketing

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February 5, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,020
  1. Masa Funaki & Akira Nogami beat Tatsuo Nakano & Yoji Anjoh (14:09) when Funaki forced Anjoh to submit.

  2. Tatsutoshi Goto & Naoki Sano beat Shinya Hashimoto & Chris Benoit (13:55) when Goto pinned Benoit.

  3. The Cuban Assassin pinned Masa Chono (7:09).

  4. Don Arakawa & Shoku Kim beat El Canek & Rey Cobra (10:05) when Arakawa pinned Cobra.

  5. Osamu Kido pinned Tony St. Clair (8:03).

  6. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino beat Black Bart & Brett Sawyer when Takano pinned Sawyer.

  7. Konga the Barbarian pinned Darryl Peterson (6:06).

  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Shiro Koshinaka beat Nobuhiko Takada (21:24) via submission.

  9. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Mutoh DCO Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (12:34).

  10. Antonio Inoki beat Bam Bam Bigelow (12:29) via DQ.
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April 27, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,880 ($465,000)
  1. Masa Chono & Don Arakawa beat Riki Bassan & Shoku Kim.

  2. Matt Borne pinned Kantaro Hoshino.

  3. Kazuo Yamazaki pinned Shinya Hashimoto.

  4. Ray Candy & Bad News Allen beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Darryl Peterson when Allen pinned Peterson.

  5. Dick Murdoch beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (21:00) via DQ.

  6. Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido when Kimura pinned Kido.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Bam Bam Bigelow via countout.

  8. Antonio Inoki TKO Masa Saito (26:02).
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June 12, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Akira Nogami pinned Kensuke Sasaki (11:13).

  2. Tatsutoshi Goto & Masaharu Funaki beat Tatsuo Nakano & Yoji Anjoh (14:58) when Goto pinned Nakano.

  3. Don Arakawa beat Black Cat (6:53) via DQ.

  4. Kantaro Hoshino pinned Shunji Kosugi (6:22).

  5. Kazuo Yamazaki pinned Norio Honaga (9:43).

  6. Alexis Smirnoff & Scott Hall beat Umanosuke Ueda & George Takano (8:48) via DQ.

  7. Seiji Sakaguchi & Darryl Peterson (Max Pain) beat Tim Brooks & Konga the Barbarian (8:39) when Sakaguchi pinned Brooks.

  8. Kengo Kimura & Masa Chono beat Tony St. Clair & Kevin Von Erich (11:57) when Kimura pinned St. Clair.

  9. Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine, & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Nobuhiko Takada, Osamu Kido, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (13:25) when Choshu pinned Takada.

  10. Antonio Inoki pinned Masa Saito (14:43) to win the vacant IWGP Title.
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August 2, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,070 ($375,000)
  1. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Chris Benoit (13:00).

  2. Tatsuo Nakano & Yoji Anjoh beat Osamu Matsuda 7 Shinya Hashimoto (16:37) when Nakano pinned Matsuda.

  3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Masa Funaki drew Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga (20:00).

  4. The Warlord pinned George Takano (6:05).

  5. Buzz Sawyer pinned Osamu Kido (5:26).

  6. Keiji Mutoh & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Johnny Smith & Bad News Allen (12:10) when Mutoh pinned Smith.

  7. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Kengo Kimura beat Masa Saito, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Seiji Sakaguchi (16:52) via countout.

  8. IWGP Tag Champs Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Super Strong Machine (17:21) when Takada pinned Kobayashi.

  9. IWGP Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Bam Bam Bigelow (9:38).
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August 19, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,070 ($433,944)
  1. Takayuki Iizuka beat Shigeo Miyato (10:08) via submission.

  2. Kenichi Oya beat Akira Takayama (10:43) via submission.

  3. Tatsu Nakano & Yoji Anjoh beat Osamu Matsuda & Kensuke Sasaki (18:09) when Anjoh forced Matsuda to submit.

  4. Don Arakawa beat Shinya Hashimoto (9:30) via submission.

  5. Osamu Kido & Black Cat beat George Takano & Shunji Kosugi (12:12) when Kido pinned Kosugi.

  6. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Norio Honaga (11:11).

  7. Kuniaki Kobayashi pinned Masa Funaki (11:01).

  8. Kazuo Yamazaki pinned Hiro Saito (10:28).

  9. Nobuhiko Takada beat Keiichi Yamada (17:18) via submission.

  10. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura, & Super Strong Machine beat Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Kantaro Hoshino, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Keiji Mutoh (25:05) in an "elimination" match. Fujinami and Choshu were the survivors.
    • Choshu pinned Sakaguchi (12:19).
    • Inoki forced Machine to submit (14:26).
    • Fujiwara forced Kimura to submit (16:46).
    • Inoki and Maeda were counted out (19:14).
    • Fujinami pinned Fujiwara (20:45).
    • Choshu pinned Hoshino (21:40).
    • Fujinami pinned Mutoh (25:05).
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August 20, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,570 ($453,544)
  1. Takayuki Iizuka beat Akira Katayama (11:02) via submission.

  2. Osamu Matsuda, Kenichi Oya, & Kensuke Sasaki beat Yoji Anjoh, Tatsuo Nakano, & Shigeo Miyato (12:23) when Matsuda pinned Miyato.

  3. Don Arakawa & Shinya Hashimoto beat Shunji Kosugi & Black Cat (12:15) via DQ.

  4. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga beat Keiichi Yamada & Masa Funaki (10:26) when Honaga pinned Funaki.

  5. Osamu Kido pinned George Takano (7:44).

  6. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Tatsutoshi Goto (7:12) via sleeperhold.

  7. Nobuhiko Takada pinned Kazuo Yamazaki (15:21).

  8. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Kengo Kimura (12:54) via countout.

  9. Akira Maeda beat Super Strong Machine (18:19) via submission.

  10. Kuniaki Kobayashi pinned Nobuhiko Takada (15:45) to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

  11. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Antonio Inoki & Keiji Mutoh (15:41) when Choshu pinned Mutoh.
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament Bracketing

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October 25, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,120 ($400,000)
  1. Akira Nogami drew Kensuke Sasaki (15:00).

  2. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga beat Masa Funaki & Shunji Kosugi (11:41) when Saito pinned Funaki.

  3. Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinya Hashimoto beat Darryl Peterson & Steve Casey (9:47) when Goto pinned Casey.

  4. Super Strong Machine pinned Eli the Eliminator (3:04).

  5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Bad News Allen (9:38) via DQ.

  6. Kengo Kimura & Keiji Mutoh beat Konga the Barbarian & Manny Fernandez when Kimura pinned Fernandez.

  7. Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka (15:41) when Takada forced Koshinaka to submit.

  8. IWGP Champ Antonio Inoki DCO Steve Williams (11:47).

  9. Riki Choshu beat Tatsumi Fujinami (14:19) in three falls.
    • Choshu pinned Fujinami (0:39).
    • Fujinami pinned Choshu (10:55).
    • Fujinami was counted out (14:19).
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December 4, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Kensuke Sasaki beat Osamu Matsuda (12:48) via submission.

  2. Don Arakawa beat Akira Nogami (10:58) via submission.

  3. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Black Cat (12:49).

  4. Nobuhiko Takada, Keiichi Yamada, & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Dynamite Chris (11:28) when Takada pinned Chris.

  5. Super Strong Machine pinned Scott Hall (6:34).

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano beat Ron Starr & Ron Ritchie (8:57) when Takano forced Ritchie to submit.

  7. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich beat Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Mutoh (8:57) when Kevin pinned Koshinaka.

  8. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki (7:12) when Fujinami pinned Nagasaki.

  9. Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch drew Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (30:00).
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Inoki Toukan Live III


 December 27, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000 ($500,000)
  1. Kensuke Sasaki beat Osamu Matsuda (11:31) via submission.

  2. Akira Nogami pinned Yoji Anjoh (11:11).

  3. Norio Honaga pinned Black Cat (13:21).

  4. Keiichi Yamada pinned Masaharu Funaki (10:38).

  5. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Shunji Kosugi (9:33).

  6. Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano beat Hiro Saito & Super Strong machine (10:04) when Koshinaka pinned Saito.

  7. Hiro Hase pinned Shiro Koshinaka (17:03) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

  8. IWGP Tag Champs Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki DCO Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido (21:47).

  9. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (6:30) when Choshu pinned Kimura.

  10. Antonio Inoki beat Riki Choshu (6:06) via DQ.

  11. Big Van Vader pinned Antonio Inoki (2:49).
Note: A riot broke out at the end of the show which resulted in wrestling being banned from Sumo Hall until February 1989.

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February 22, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,000
  1. Takayuki Iizuka beat Minoru Suzuki (13:04) via submission.

  2. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Mark Flemming (7:24).

  3. Osamu Kido & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Daniel (Hurricane Jr.) Castillo & Al (Miguelito) Perez (13:25) when Kobayashi pinned Castillo.

  4. Super Strong Machine & George Takano beat Naoki Sano & Shiro Koshinaka (14:43) when Takano pinned Sano.

  5. Kengo Kimura beat Avalanche (Paul Neu) (5:45) via DQ.

  6. Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ron Starr & Bob Orton, Jr. (8:51) when Saito pinned Starr.

  7. Victor Zangiev drew Salman Hashimikov (5:00).

  8. Vladimir Berkovich drew Hiroshi Hase (5:00).

  9. Victor Zangiev pinned Osamu Matsuda (2:40).

  10. Salman Hashimikov pinned Hiro Saito (3:48).

  11. IWGP Champ Tatsumi Fujinami beat Vicious Warrior (Sid Eudy) (7:28) via submission.

  12. Riki Choshu pinned Antonio Inoki (15:29).
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July 13, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,950
  1. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka beat Black Tiger & Biff Wellington.

  2. Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura beat Brad Rheingans & Mike Kirschner.

  3. Masa Saito pinned Kokina the Samoan.

  4. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Jushin Liger DCO Naoki Sano (13:55).

  5. Big Van Vader pinned Salman Hashimikov (8:45).

  6. Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka beat Super Strong Machine & George Takano (16:08) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Choshu pinned Takano.
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August 10, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,980
  1. Vladimir Berkovich pinned Tatsutoshi Goto.

  2. Osamu Kido beat Victor Zangiev.

  3. Super Strong Machine & George Takano beat Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi.

  4. Masa Saito & Kengo Kimura beat Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez.

  5. Salman Hashimikov pinned Shinya Hashimoto.

  6. Naoki Sano pinned Jushin Liger to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

  7. Big Van Vader pinned Riki Choshu (10:04) to win the IWGP Title.
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December 7, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,850
  1. Akira Nogami pinned Black Cat.

  2. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Naoki Sano beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Norio Honaga.

  3. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido beat Super Strong Machine & George Takano.

  4. Masa Chono pinned Manny Fernandez.

  5. Hiroshi Hase beat Habieli Victashev (8:15) via submission.

  6. Steve Williams & Brad Rheingans beat Salman Hashimikov & Victor Zangiev when Williams pinned Zangiev.

  7. Riki Choshu beat Shinya Hashimoto (15:32) via sleeperhold to win the World Cup Tournament.
World Cup Tournament Bracketing

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