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06/26/75 10/09/75 12/11/75 03/18/76 08/05/76 10/07/76 12/09/76 03/31/77 04/01/77
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October 4, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
Shown on TV Tokyo
  1. Makoto Arakawa beat Kazuo Sato (10:39) via submission.

  2. Little (Gran) Hamada pinned Shinichi Kihara (6:23).

  3. John Kowalski pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (6:30).

  4. Wayne Bridges pinned Harold Sakata (5:51).

  5. John Tolley (Foley) pinned Shoji Kai (7:02).

  6. Osamu Kido pinned Prince Kumali (8:45).

  7. Pat Roach beat Katsuhisa Shibata (7:30) via DQ.

  8. Osamu Kido won a "battle royal" (9:31).

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Karl Gotch (27:16) via countout to win the New Japan Real World Title.

  10. Red Pimpernel (Abe Jacobs) & Sean Regan (2-1) Toyonobori & Yamamoto (24:01) in three falls.
    • Pimpernel forced Yamamoto to submit (17:37).
    • Toyonobori forced Regan to submit (19:40).
    • Pimpernel forced Toyonobori to submit (24:01).
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April 20, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Seiei (Kengo) Kimura beat Masanobu Kurisu.

  2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Tsutomo Oshiro.

  3. Shoji Kai beat Tatsumi Fujinami (10:22).

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan).

  5. Arpad Weber beat Little Hamada.

  6. Katsuhisa Shibata beat Zyl.

  7. Osamu Kido beat Jozsef Molnar.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Cyclone (Manuel) Soto & Jan Wilkins.
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October 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000
  1. Makoto (Don) Arakawa beat Takashi Kimura.

  2. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Little Hamada (11:58).

  3. Clayton Thompson beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  4. Wayne Bridges & El Santo (Ham Lee) beat Shoji Kai & Masashi Ozawa.

  5. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Anaconda (TNT).

  6. Osamu Kido beat Bobby Bold Eagle (Bob Boyer).

  7. Victor Rivera beat Katsuhisa Shibata.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch (47:37) in three falls.
    • Thesz pinned Sakaguchi (19:55).
    • Sakaguchi pinned Thesz (30:17).
    • Inoki pinned Gotch (47:57).
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March 19, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 16,500
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami & Takashi Kimura beat Little Hamada & Makoto Arakawa (15:26) when Kimura pinned Arakawa.

  2. Jim Grabmire pinned Masashi Ozawa (12:01).

  3. Haruka Eigen pinned Les Thornton (5:04).

  4. Tatsumi Fujinami won a "battle royal" (15:07).

  5. Johnny Londos beat Katsuhisa Shibata (10:21) via DQ.

  6. Osamu Kido pinned Norman Frederick Charles (9:49).

  7. Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Eric the Animal & Jonathon Boyd (20:15) in two straight falls.
    • Hoshino pinned Boyd (15:29).
    • Yamamoto pinned Eric (20:15).

  8. Seiji Sakaguchi DCO Andre the Giant (16:45).

  9. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Strong Kobayashi (29:30).
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June 20, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Shoji Kai pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (11:33).

  2. Kurt Von Hess & Karl Von Schotz beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (21:39) in three falls.
    • Hess pinned Hoshino (13:58).
    • Hoshino pinned Von Schotz (17:10).
    • Hoshino was counted out (21:39).

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (22:12) in two straight falls.
    • Inoki pinned Singh (20:51).
    • Singh was DQed (22:12).
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October 10, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Masashi Ozawa (14:20) via DQ.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Nikolai Volkoff (14:13) via submission.

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Kintaro Oki (13:13).
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December 12, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Osamu Kido pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (9:08).

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino beat Andre the Giant & George McCreary (14:51) when Sakaguchi pinned McCreary.

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat Strong Kobayashi (28:27) via submission.
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March 20, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Masashi Ozawa (10:29).

  2. Strong Kobayashi beat Johnny Londos (8:44).

  3. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned The Magnificent Zulu (9:12).

  4. NWF Champ Tiger Jeet Singh DCO Antonio Inoki (19:01).
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April 4, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,500
  1. Kotetsu Yamamoto & Takashi Kimura beat Haruka Eigen & Tatsumi Fujinami (14:45) when Yamamoto pinned Fujinami.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi drew Strong Kobayashi (30:00).

  3. Kintaro Oki beat Antonio Inoki (1:16) via countout.
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June 26, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,600
  1. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi beat The Professional (Doug Gilbert) & Greg Valentine (15:37) when Sakaguchi pinned Professional.

  2. Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (26:51) in three falls to win the NWF Title.
    • Inoki pinned Singh (19:41).
    • Singh pinned Inoki (22:28).
    • Inoki pinned Singh (26:51).
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October 9, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Katsuhisa Shibata & Shoji Kai beat Ryuma Go & Kang Sung Yung.

  2. Kengo Kimura beat Clayton Thompson.

  3. Masashi Ozawa beat Mike Sandow.

  4. Jacques Rougeau beat Haruka Eigen.

  5. Strong Kobayashi & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown (22:05) in two straight falls.
    • Kobayashi pinned Roberts (17:48).
    • Brown was DQed (22:05).

  6. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Lou Thesz (17:40). Antonino Rocca was the special referee.
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December 11, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000
  1. Daigoro Oshiro drew Makoto Arakawa (15:00).

  2. Katsuhisa Shibata pinned Takashi Kimura (9:10).

  3. Ivan Gomez beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:22) via submission.

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto pinned Masashi Ozawa (13:20).

  5. Bearcat Wright pinned Haruka Eigen (5:13).

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ivan Karamazov (8:57) via submission.

  7. Kantaro Hoshino & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ricky Hunter & Greg Valentine (10:57) when Hoshino pinned Hunter.

  8. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki drew Bill Robinson (60:00) in three falls.
    • Robinson pinned Inoki (42:53).
    • Inoki forced Robinson to submit (59:12).
    • The time limit expired (60:00).
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March 18, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 7,800
  1. Ron Starr beat ??? Ozawa.

  2. Kantaro Hoshino beat Don Serrano.

  3. Osamu Kido beat Mike Stallings.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi beat Black Gordman & Goliath (15:20) when Kobayashi pinned Goliath.

  5. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat Johnny Powers (23:08) in two straight falls.
    • Both men were counted out (18:23).
    • Inoki forced Powers to submit (23:08).
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August 5, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki DCO Tiger Jeet Singh (12:43).
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October 7, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Real World Martial Arts Champ Antonio Inoki TKO Andre the Giant (10:29).
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December 9, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
  1. Kantaro Hoshino & ??? Yamamto beat ??? Ozawa & Strong Kobayashi.

  2. Haruka Eigan beat Cien Caras.

  3. Osamu Kido beat Ricky Hunter.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Larry Hennig.

  5. Real World Martial Arts Champ Antonio Inoki TKO Willem Ruska (21:27).
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March 31, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,500
  1. Daigoro Oshiro beat Kuniaki Kobayashi.

  2. Takashi Kimura beat Makoto Arakawa.

  3. Osamu Kido beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  4. Haruka Eigen beat Vera Rodriguez.

  5. Nikolia Volkoff beat Masashi Ozawa.

  6. Mitsuo Yoshida & Kantaro Hoshino beat Tony Charles & Roberto Soto.

  7. Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Masked Superstar (20:05) via submission to win the 4th Annual World League.

  8. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Johnny Powers (20:33). Lou Thesz was the referee.
World League final standings

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April 1, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,000
  1. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Satoru Sayama.

  2. Takashi Kimura beat Masanobu Kurisu.

  3. Makoto Arakawa beat Masashi Ozawa.

  4. Roberto Soto beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  5. Kantaro Hoshino beat Tony Charles.

  6. Nikolia Volkoff beat Haruka Eigen.

  7. The Masked Superstar beat Mitsuo Yoshida.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat North American Tag Champs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (26:08) in three falls.
    • Singh pinned Sakaguchi (17:41).
    • Sakaguchi pinned Ueda (22:52).
    • Singh & Ueda were DQed (26:08).
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December 8, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,000
  1. Daigoro Oshiro pinned Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:030.

  2. Makoto Arakawa pinned Masanobu Kurisu (11:03).

  3. Haruka Eigen pinned Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:47).

  4. Kantaro Hoshino drew Osamu Kido (30:00).

  5. Marty Jones pinned Kengo Kimura (10:08).

  6. Riki Choshu pinned The Golden Falcon (Francisco Flores) (6:19).

  7. NWF North American Tag Champs Seii Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi beat Pat Patterson & Steven Wright (22:02) in two straight falls.
    • Wright was counted out (16:52).
    • Sakaguchi forced Patterson to submit (22:02).

  8. Willem Ruska beat Buffalo (Badnews) Allen (9:16) via submission in a "judo jacket" match

  9. Antonio Inoki KO The Great Antonio (3:49).
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March 30, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat The Masked Superstar (24:58) via submission.
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April 21, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Colosso Colosetti beat Kengo Kimura.

  2. Willem Ruska beat Pete Reeves.

  3. Nikolai Volkoff beat Mitsu Yoshida.

  4. Tony Garea & Jay Strongbow beat Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido.

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Umanosuke Ueda (4:02) via DQ.

  6. Antonio Inoki beat Seiji Sakaguchi (41:12) via countout.
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December 16, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu beat Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi.

  2. Kantaro Hoshino beat Ryuma Go.

  3. Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Masa Saito.

  4. Strong Kobayashi beat Thunder Sugiyama via DQ.

  5. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Mr. Ito via DQ.

  6. Antonio Inoki beat Hiro Matsuda (23:06) via submission to win the Pre-Japanese Tournament.
Pre-Japanese Tournament Bracketing

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June 7, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,500
  1. Chavo Guerrero beat Kuniaki Kobayashi

  2. Strong Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura beat Victor Rivera & Larry Zbyszko (12:23) when Kobayashi forced Zbyszko to submit.

  3. Mr. Ito beat Haruka Eigen.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi, Riki Choshu, & Osamu Kido beat Andre the Giant, Masa Saito, & Tony Garea (12:48) when Choshu pinned Garea.

  5. WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tatsumi Fujinami pinned El Canek (17:02).

  6. Antonio Inoki pinned Stan Hansen (9:03) to win the 2n Annual MSG League.
MSG League final standings

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October 4, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 7,500
  1. Willem Ruska & Masa Saito beat Strong Kobayashi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:13) when Ruska beat Fujiwara with a sleeperhold.

  2. Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts beat Haruka Eigen & Kantaro Hoshino.

  3. The Masked Superstar beat Kengo Kimura.

  4. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Gama Singh (3:09) via submission.

  5. Riki Choshu beat Joey Rossi.

  6. Akira Maeda beat Hiroyuki Saito.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Ryuma Go (14:13) to win title WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.

  8. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki NC Tiger Jeet Singh (20:22) in an "Indian death" match.
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December 6, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,500
  1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda.

  2. Haruka Eigen beat Kuniaki Kobayashi.

  3. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido beat Junji Hirata & Kantaro Hoshino.

  4. Strong Kobayashi beat Nikolai Volkoff (7:25) via DQ.

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu beat Greg Valentine & Pedro Morales (11:37) via countout.

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi TKO Tiger Jeet Singh (7:02) in a "chain death" match.

  7. WWF World Champ Antonio Inoki NC Bob Backlund (27:19).
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