Disc 1
Antonio Inoki vs. Dory Funk Jr. - NWA World Title 60-minute match, 12/2/69
Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco - UN Title 8/5/71
Disc 2
Antonio Inoki vs. Dory Funk Jr. - NWA World Title 60-minute match, 8/2/70
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch - UN Title 12/4/71
Disc 3
Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch 3/6/72
Antonio Inoki/Sakaguchi vs. Karl Gotch/Lou Thesz 10/14/73
Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers - NWF Title 12/10/73
Disc 4
Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 4/26/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp 5/8/74
10/9/75 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Lou Thesz 17:40. It's amazing what a high level Thesz could still work at despite being almost 60-years-old, especially when you consider this isn't any kind of a nostalgia match, it's just as serious as the "shoot" matches he was doing in his 20's or 30's. Thesz does a great job of carrying Inoki to a memorable technical match in his less unrealistic style, and Inoki should also be praised for his ability to seamlessly follow the master. They based the early portion around the hammerlock, with Thesz consistently maintaining the advantage with primitive Kimura sweeps. Inoki failed to elbow his way out, but managed to drop into his own hammerlock in the scramble, which set up a sweet spot where Thesz tried to snapmare his way out, but Inoki maintained control of the lock on the way over. Thesz slowly inserted his heel tactics to rile Inoki up, always getting a cheap shot or two in such as a short punch to the midsection instead of breaking cleanly on the ropes. Inoki finally wised up and answered Thesz's elbow on what should be the break with one of his own, and maintained control slapping a headlock on. The match was excellent up until this point, but began to break down after this, as it felt like they just didn't know how to get to Inoki going over. I expected Inoki to eventually lose his temper & start brawling, but they didn't build anymore to a response that wasn't coming, instead going back to technical mode for a little while without advancing the match then going to the clunky finish. You knew Thesz wasn't going an hour at his age, but the bridge to the finish should have been better, or more acurately actually existant. Obviously Inoki wasn't just going to staight up knock the legend out or something, but the clash of heads when Thesz was backdropping Inoki into the ring was contrived at best & then Inoki finished a still dazed Thesz off with his own backdrop & a blown bridging fallaway slam that was so mangled Thesz ultimately didn't really take a bump on. Inoki getting the pin over Thesz, even a semi-retired old Thesz, was a momentous occasion in his career, I can't underscore how HUGE it was for his reputation in general and especially as a "shooter". In the end, it was an impressive if incomplete match that could have been a lot better given what a great start they got off to. ***3/4
12/11/75 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson 60:00. A great, great performance by Robinson, carrying Inoki to one of his best matches, and really doing it in a multifaceted manner where he got more out of him by making him answer him but also by knowing how to play his emotions to rile him up & thus escalate the tension. Regardless of who had the advantage, Robinson kept making Inoki work. If Robinson had the advantage, Inoki was just going to stay trapped until he did something to counter, and if Inoki had the advantage, Robinson would keep putting out responses to force Inoki to either work the hold more to make him break/stop or change his position to end it. Inoki may look better physically, but you always got the sense that Robinson was 2 steps ahead of him & had 10 answers to whatever offense Inoki might try, when Inoki wasn't just busy trying to dig himself out of the latest hole. The big problem with this match, as with Thesz match, is Inoki isn't remotely in his opponent's class, but in this case both were in their 30's & primes, so there wasn't the semi-retired legend excuse to even things up. Beyond that, the hour draw wasn't really to their advantage, as it slowed Robinson down way too much. When you look at Robinson's matches against Jumbo or Baba, they're aggressive action oriented matches that take advantage of Robinson's ability to counter & develop sequences even if they're as long as this, and Robinson's opponents really add a lot to the match, even if in Baba's case it's more amazing effort & a willingness to throw everything he could think of at Robinson than than solid technique. This was a much more mat oriented match, for better & worse, and a very slow building one at that. They used a grappling base where they'd lock up, one would gain a quick advantage, & the other would spend the next few minutes working his way out from under this. The holds were worked for minutes at a time, but too often for my liking they'd eventually get to a break then basically just restart with something else rather than keeping things going countering & chaining the holds & playing off the past sequences. Rather than a unique technical classic, it felt more like a not fully developed World of Sport match. I liked the spot where Robinson tried to bodyslam his way out of the cravate, but Inoki maintained the hold. You got that kind of big moment here and there early on, with the highlight being an exchange of elbows with Robinson in the ropes because neither were breaking cleanly from the outset, leading to Robinson just losing it & belly to belly suplexing Inoki and himself over the top to the floor because he could! However, for the most part the match was just working an advantageous position for as long as you could. Things began to pick up when Robinson injured Inoki's back with his backbreaker 19 minutes in. I thought this would lead to the 1st fall finish, but Inoki withstood Robinson's Boston crab & subsequent back stretches & eventually recovered. Robinson has the real fight mindset of winning being the important thing & the manner just being the means to the end, so he isn't the type of fighter that always needs to beat you with the same move or series. He failed to take Inoki out with a back move, but he really didn't care, he's always just taking whatever is available, so he switched to the neck for a while, working the cravate again until he hit a big reverse neckbreaker. The match was very much like an MMA match in that regard, it's not a continuous pro wrestling story where they target a certain area or have a specific injury theme, but rather a series of advantages that are exploited until they no longer can be, at which point they happily move on to something else because it's not about the particulars, it's about being in control & using that control to ultimately get to a spot the opponent can't escape from. The match changed after Robinson finally scored the first fall with a flash backslide 43 minutes in, as Inoki shifted to desperation mode & really pushed to get the fall back. This final third is more standing whereas the 1st 2/3 were almost totally on the ground, and this works better for Inoki because they can just exchange some suplexes & dropkicks, which doesn't take much more than the opponent waiting for you to do your move. I felt Inoki's desperation added to the match, but there still wasn't much beyond the elbow exchange in the final minute that really reached the level of urgency & intensity that Robinson & Jumbo Tsuruta were at in their brilliant 3/11/77 draw when the G+ edit starts somewhere in the 1st fall, much less after they'd upped the level so many times throughout that masterpiece. For me, unlike Robinson's AJ matches, this wasn't particularly improved by the high spots so much as simply moving on to other things with an increasing level of urgency that I would have liked them to be able to show before this on the mat. I feel the main problem is that although Inoki can follow Robinson well enough that Robinson gets the most out of Inoki, Inoki just doesn't possess the creativity or spontaneity to challenge Robinson, much less drag next level moments out of him, so it winds up being a Han vs. Maeda great one man show that results in a really good battle of top stars rather than a Han vs. Tamura give & take that's just magic back & forth. Inoki really brings little to the match beyond his unwillingness to lose & the same old idea it's supposed to be real, and it's pretty clear he's the big reason it doesn't measure up to Robinson's AJ matches, with Baba giving 100 times the performance against Robinson simply on will, effort, and actually having a concept of how to get the most out of what he can bring to the match. Lou Thesz seemed to handle Inoki's limitations better than Robinson because Thesz has a more set routine he's guiding the opponent through whereas Robinson is really doing a primitive version of MMA where the opponent's reactions are necessary to change things up, otherwise there's no reason for him to not maintain the same hold/position/control. I didn't like that Inoki's big push to even the match up led to Robinson trying to stall out his 1-0 lead rather than push himself to regain the dominance he had over Inoki for the first 43 minutes & actually take the title home with him. Sure, it got heel heat & incited Inoki, but Robinson has better ways to do this, and I don't think you can actually win the title without 2 falls unless NWF has different rules. Even if you could, it still just felt false for a cocky fighter such as Robinson to not be pushing forward. There was massive excitment when Inoki managed to finish Robinson with his manjigatame at 59:12 to even things up, a real classic wrestling dramatic finish without actually being a finish, and from Inoki's standpoint that late finish surely "proved" he would have won the match if time didn't expire though the last minute was actually back to playing even, but even Inoki would have earned more if he managed to counter an overconfident Robinson than one who was running out the clock technically he does lock it after ducking a big Robinson chop. In the end, the match earns high marks for managing to consistently work, and it's nice that it's totally different than anything Robinson would go on to do in All Japan, but his best All Japan matches are so much more energetic & interesting worked & structured. ****
Disc 5
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi - NWF Title 3/19/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki - NWF Title 10/10/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi - NWF Title 12/12/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 4/21/78
Disc 6
Antonio Inoki vs. Hiro Matsuda 12/16/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura - Kimura left bloody! 11/5/81
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito - Island Death Match 10/4/87
Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu 1/4/94
Disc 7
Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska 2/6/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska 12/9/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Monsterman 8/2/77
Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner 10/25/77
Antonio Inoki vs. Lumberjack Johnny Lee 4/4/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Mildenberger 11/9/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Mister X - World Martial Arts Title 2/6/79
Disc 8
Antonio Inoki vs. Left Hook Dayton - World Martial Arts Title 4/3/79
NJPW 2/27/80 WWF Martial Arts Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams R4 1:24. Most of Inoki's "martial arts matches" are complete embarrassments, but this was an epiphany, showing there was actually something to this style, and that it could look different in a good way rather than just being a less flashy version of the same sideshow shenanigans. It was a collision of the top pro wrestler & sort of top karate guy, in an era where karate was still big enough that being the top karate fighter mattered, and they still represented the top means of self defense study in Japan, as well as most corners of the globe. Williams was the top foreign protege of karate master Mas Oyama, who was famous for defeating animals such as bulls & bears. He actually only made it to the semifinals of the 160 man Karate World Championships tournament the year before, but he was already known in Japan for playing himself in a movie where he earned the nickname "The Bear Killer" by following in Oyama's footsteps and taking one out, so he seemed to be the flagbearer in this battle between fake fighting & real fighting that was more something the fans demanded than the usual fight where Inoki just leveraged his money to get world class fighters who would beat him in seconds to put him over. While still obviously a work, the heat & intensity were off the charts, and there was genuine desperation, mostly because neither side would agree to do the job, and with such huge stakes, both sides were very leery of a double cross. In a setting where there's genuine suspense & hostility & thus neither side really wants to compromise themselves or be generous and trusting to make the other look superior, even Inoki's usually feeble attempts to create heat by being chippy came off because they wee applied to something that seemed urgent and ready to ignite rather than completely farcical and begging to be laughed at. All that being said, the match was mostly good due to Williams having being an amazing athlete who had great skill & wasn't willing to compromise it. After all, while Williams had more of a name in Japan & higher standing in their karate world, this is ultimately the same disaster as the Monster Man match if he didn't deliver the goods. While Williams was never a favorite of RINGS fans, keep in mind that he was 41 when he debuted there. This 28-year-old version is almost a totally different fighter than we saw in the '90's, really a revelation to this style as he's actually trying to use his length, footwork, & speed rather than reverting back to the established dumbed down no skill hokem the way even most pro wrestlers who have won MMA matches do. Williams was an amazingly fast, reactive athlete even without considering he's 6'7", and he didn't just make it easy for Inoki as Inoki's other clay pigeons did. Williams may not always have employed modern MMA technique, but he understood how to fight, and he was trying to bring his battle tested reactions to wrestling rather than trying to fit in by doing everything half speed & compensating with over the top theatrics. There's great little bits such as Inoki shooting for a single, but Williams stuffing it with an underhook then immediately peeling off to the side & disengaging so Inoki couldn't make a second attempt at the takedown. The action constantly broke down by spilling to the floor, in part because neither guy wanted to give the other an opening for anything major, to be prone to the point the opponent could take them out if they decided to be a back stabber. While this was worked, it's more that 1 guy would do something expecting the other to either take it or not, and then once in a while they'd purposely give an opening. For example, Williams would use his reach to land jabs that Inoki should take because they are solid but not going to knock him out, but then he'd throw a slightly slow & telegraphed high kick that Inoki was supposed to counter. In any case, the real or imagined threat of the opponent choosing glory over honor added a legitimate tension to the fight, keeping both guys on their toes & reacting sooner rather than later. In the 2nd, Williams dodged a rolling thunder & kicked Inoki in the head, but Inoki finally dragged him down. They rolled to the floor though, where things got out of control & Inoki emerged with a bloody head. After a really long break, they finally restarted only to have Inoki escape to the floor to avoid Williams strikes & both guys crashed to the floor (which Inoki tried to recreate in seemingly every UFO match) after Inoki took Williams down. All this smoke & mirrors was keeping the urgency up while limiting exposing the fakery because one of the big problems with Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner particularly was the more Wepner hit Inoki with his obviously pulled strikes, the more the match failed to succeed on any level. Inoki finally seemed to have his chance hitting a hane goshi, but Williams immediately responded with an up kick only to nearly get armbarred trying to follow with ground and pound. The finish where they each throw a dropkick then wrestle each other over the top to the floor, with Inoki getting an armbar but Williams being saved by the double ring out was the only part that seemed obviously scripted. Though Inoki got that bone at the end, Williams owned him for most of the match, certainly doing way better than any of the other martial artists had done against Inoki. In some sense not a lot happened here, but the movement of Williams & the urgency of both made it feel drastically different than perhaps anything we'd seen before. While I wouldn't rank it close to the best match of the 20th century, as it was named in a 2003 poll in Japan, because it's so much better than the previous Inoki martial arts matches that were chores to try to keep a straight face through, it truly felt original, and it has endured the test of time. ****
Antonio Inoki vs. Leon Spinks 10/9/86
Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochoshvili 4/24/89
Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochoshvili 5/25/89
Disc 9
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 5/30/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 3/19/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 9/19/85
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura - IWGP Tag Final 12/12/85
Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda 5/27/83
Disc 10
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 60:00 minute match, 8/8/88
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 2/6/86
Antonio Inoki/Kevin Von Erich vs. Keiji Mutoh/Kengo Kimura 11/3/86
Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Hase 1/4/92
Disc 11
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu 4/19/84
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu 5/18/84
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu 8/2/84
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu - IWGP Title 2/4/88
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu 7/22/88
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu 2/22/89
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu 11/3/83
Disc 12
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine 9/7/84
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido - Tag Final 12/11/86
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Keiji Muto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine - Elimination Match 8/19/87
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto - Tag Final 12/7/88
Antonio Inoki vs. Shiro Koshinaka 4/13/89
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto 2/10/90
Disc 13
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 6/20/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 6/26/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 3/13/75
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 6/26/75
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 2/8/80
Disc 14
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 4/3/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 9/25/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 4/23/81
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 4/18/85
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 8/1/85
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 8/3/85
Disc 15
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant 10/7/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant 6/1/77
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant 6/17/86
Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund - 60:00 7/27/78
Disc 16
Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund 11/30/79
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan 6/2/83
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan 6/14/84
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan 6/13/85
Disc 17
Antonio Inoki vs. Pak Song 10/10/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Akuram Pedwam 12/12/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 2/10/77
Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio 12/8/77
Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock 11/26/78
Disc 18
Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan 12/10/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi 11/4/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito 3/26/87
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu & Big Van Vader 12/12/87
Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair 5/1/95
Disc 19
Antonio Inoki vs. Ernie Ladd - NWF Title 3/20/74
Antonio Inoki vs. Brute Bernard 2/4/75
Antonio Inoki vs. Frank Monte 12/15/75
Antonio Inoki vs. Inferno #2 2/5/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera 5/11/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Majeet Akra 8/4/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Ricky Hunter 8/14/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Superstar Billy Graham 9/10/76
Antonio Inoki vs. Pat Patterson - NWF Title 12/1/77
Disc 20
Antonio Inoki vs. Jerry Brown 2/2/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Chris Markoff - NWF Title 11/1/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Texas Red - Martial Arts Title 12/18/78
Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Roop - NWF Title 1/12/79
Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco - NWF Title 5/10/79
Antonio Inoki vs. Leroy Brown 7/6/79
Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes - NWF Title 11/1/79
Disc 21
Antonio Inoki vs. Pedro Morales - NWF Title 12/4/79
Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera - NWF Title 9/30/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Bobby Duncum - NWF Title 12/9/80
Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen 8/2/81
Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar 8/6/81
Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock 1/1/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah the Butcher 1/28/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Jesse Ventura 4/21/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Scott McGhee 6/18/82
Disc 2 2
Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek 7/6/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter 9/19/82
Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis 12/9/82
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy 2/6/85
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch - IWG Final 6/19/86
Antonio Inoki vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - IWGP Title 8/2/87
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams - IWGP Title 10/25/87
Antonio Inoki vs. Van Vader 7/29/88
Disc 23
Antonio Inoki vs. Great Muta 5/1/94
Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska 9/23/94
Antonio Inoki vs. Gerard Gourdeau 1/4/95
Antonio Inoki vs. Sting - Tournament Final 1/4/95
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 3/19/95
Disc 24
Antonio Inoki & Koji Kitao vs. Riki Choshu & Genichiro Tenryu 5/3/95
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader 1/4/96
Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams 1/4/97
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger King Satoru Sayama 4/12/97
Antonio Inoki & Tiger King vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita 7/6/97
Antonio Inoki vs. Nobuaki Tsunoda - sparring 3/22/98
Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye - Inoki Retirement Match 4/4/98
Disc 1
12/2/69 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dory Funk Jr.
Disc 2
8/2/70 Fukuoka Sports Center NWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dory Funk Jr. Uncut
8/5/71 Aichi Gym United National Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco
12/4/71 Miyagi Sports Center United National Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock. Uncut
Disc 3
12/10/73 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
3/19/74 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi
3/21/74: Antonio Inoki vs. Ernie Ladd
6/20/74: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
6/26/74: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
10/10/74: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki
12/15/74 Sao Paulo Colinchan Stadium: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
3/13/75 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
3/20/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
5/19/75 Montreal Paol Sauber Arena: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
6/26/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
9/19/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Lou Thesz
Disc 4
12/11/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson
3/18/76 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
8/5/76 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
10/10/76 Seoul Scholar Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Park Song
12/2/76 Osaka Prefectural Physical Education Kaikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Ivan Koloff
2/10/77 Nippon Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
3/31/77 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
6/1/77 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
9/2/77 Aichi Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
12/1/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Pat Patterson
2/3/78 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
3/30/78 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
6/1/78 Nippon Budokan NWF & WWWF Heavy Weight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backland
9/21/78 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
11/1/78, Aichi Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Chris Markov
Disc 5
1/12/79 Kawasaki City Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Roop
4/5/79 Tokyo Gym NWF Heavyweight Title Lumberjack Deathmatch: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4/17/79 Allentown Agriculture Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Nikoli Volkoff
4/22/79 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos: Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
5/10/79 Fukuoka Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco
8/2/79 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/10/79 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/17/79 Calgary Stampede Grand Victoria Pavilion: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
10/4/79 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF Heavyweight Title Indian Deathmatch: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
11/1/79 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
12/4/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Pedro Morales
12/17/79 New York Madison Square Garden: Antonio Inoki vs. Hussein Arab
2/8/80 Tokyo Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Disc 6
4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
8/9/80 New York Shea Stadium: Antonio Inoki vs. Larry Sharpe
9/11/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
9/30/80 Nippon Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
11/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
12/29/80 New York Madison Square Garden: Antonio Inoki vs. Bobby Duncan
2/4/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
4/17/81 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Disc 7
2/6/76 Nippon Budokan Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska
10/7/76 Kuramae Kokugikan Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
12/9/76 Kuramae Kokugikan Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska
12/12/76 Karachi National Stadium Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Akram Pahalwan
8/2/77 Nippon Budokan Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man (Everett Eddy)
10/25/77 Nippon Budokan Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Weppner
4/4/78 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Arena Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. The Lumberjack (Johnny Lee)
Disc 8
6/7/78 Fukuoka Sports Center Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man (Everett Eddy)
11/9/78 Frankfurt Fest Hall, Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Mildenberger
2/6/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym WWWF Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. X
4/3/79 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Left Hook Dayton
10/5/79 Seoul Shochu Gym WWF Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska
12/13/79 Kyoto Prefectural Gym WF Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Kim Klokeid
2/27/80, Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams
9/20/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Anoaro Atisanoe
10/9/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Leon Spinks
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochishvili
5/25/89 Osaka Castle Hall Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochishvili
Disc 9
Special Talk
Disc 10
Special Talk
Disc 11
3/6/72, Ota Ward Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch. Uncut
10/14/73 Kuramae Kokugikan World's Strongest Tag: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch. Uncut
Disc 12
12/10/73 Tokyo Gym NWF World Heavyweight Title: Johnny Powers vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
3/19/74 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi. Uncut
Disc 13
4/26/74 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym World League: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi. Uncut
5/8/74 Tokyo Gym World League Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp. Uncut
6/26/74 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. Uncut
Disc 14
10/10/74 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki. Uncut
6/26/75 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
10/9/75 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Lou Thesz. Uncut
Disc 15
12/11/75 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson. Uncut
10/10/76 Seoul City Shochu Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Park Song. Uncut
Disc 16
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio. Uncut
2/8/78 Nippon Budokan Nailboard Deathmatch: Antonio Inoki vs. Umanosuke Ueda. Uncut
4/21/78 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG Series Qualifying Tournament: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi. Uncut
Disc 17
11/25/78 Stuttgart Gilsberg Hall European World Title Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock. Uncut
12/16/78 Kuramae Kokugikan Pre-Japan Title Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiro Matsuda. Uncut
Disc 18
11/30/79 Tokushima City Gym WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backland vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen. Uncut
12/10/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Bob Backland vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan. Uncut
4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF Heavyweight Title: Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen. Uncut
Disc 19
8/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan 30,000 dollars & Unmasking Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar. Uncut
11/5/81 Kuramae Kokugikan Lumberjack Deathmatch: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
1/28/82 Tokyo Gym Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher. Uncut
11/4/82 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi. Uncut
5/27/83 Takamatsu Civic Cultural Center IWGP League Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda. Uncut
Disc 20
6/2/83 Kuramae Kokugikan IWGP Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan. Uncut
6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan IWGP Title: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
8/2/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
Disc 21
4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Uncut
7/28/85 Osaka Castle Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Uncut
9/19/85 Tokyo Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Disc 22
2/6/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Uncut
3/26/86 Tokyo Gym New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Akira Maeda & Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada, Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Uncut
6/17/86 Aichi Gym IWGP Decision League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant. Uncut
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Japan Cup Competition Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido. Uncut
Disc 23
3/26/87 Osaka Castle Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito. Uncut
4/27/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito. Uncut
Disc 24
7/29/88 Ariake Coliseum IWGP Next Challenger Decision League: Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader. Uncut
8/8/88 Yokohama Culture Gym IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
Disc 25
2/22/89 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto. Uncut
Disc 26
9/30/90 Yokohama Arena: Antonio Inoki & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Big Van Vader & Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
1/4/92 Tokyo Dome: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Hase
1/4/94 Tokyo Dome: Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu
Disc 27
5/1/94 Fukuoka Dome INOKI FINAL COUNTDOWN 1st: Antonio Inoki vs. Great Muta. Uncut
3/19/95 Aichi Prefectural Gym INOKI FINAL COUNTDOWN 4th: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Uncut
Disc 28
4/29/95 Pyongyang Stadium: Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair. Uncut
1/4/96 Tokyo Dome INOKI FINAL COUNTDOWN 5th: Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
4/4/98 Tokyo Dome Antonio Inoki Retirement Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye. Uncut
Disc 29
12/8/74 Kariya City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido vs. Robert Soto & George McCreary
6/1/78 Nippon Budokan WWWF & NWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backland vs. Antonio Inoki
4/17/79 Allentown Agriculture Hall NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Nikolia Volkoff. Uncut
2/4/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera. Uncut
2/6/81 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center UWA World Heavyweight Title: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
Disc 30
3/31/82 Aichi Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdock
3/18/83 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis & Cowboy Bob Orton. Uncut
3/24/83 Ohama Sumo Sakai City IWGP Asia Zone Qualifying League: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Khan. Uncut
12/5/84, Osaka Prefecture Gym MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis. Uncut
7/25/88 Aomori Civic Gym IWGP Next Challenger Decision League: Antonio Inoki vs. Kengo Kimura
12/1/96 Yoyogi Stadium 2nd Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. The Gaspar. Uncut
Disc 31
7/11/75 Isahaya Gym: Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi vs. Hans Schmidt & Bull Gregory. Uncut
5/13/76 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp. Uncut
5/28/76 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Pete Roberts
12/17/79 New York Madison Square Garden NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Hussein Arab. Uncut
11/28/80 Miyagi Prefecture Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Ox Baker. Uncut
8/28/83 Denen Coliseum: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura. Uncut
9/16/83 Yoshikawacho Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
12/8/83 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis. Uncut
Disc 32
1/1/84 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes. Uncut
2/7/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen
12/28/84 New York Madison Square Garden: Antonio Inoki vs. David Schulz. Uncut
12/3/86 Kagoshima Gym Japan Cup Tag League: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Shiro Koshinaki & Nobuhiko Takada
6/12/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan IWGP Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito. Uncut
9/17/87 Osaka Prefectural Gym 5 vs 5 New and Old Generation Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu & Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine & Nobuhiko Takada
Disc 33
4/4/75 Kuramae Kokugikan World League: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki. Uncut
8/1/75 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium NWA North American Tag Title: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts. Uncut
1/14/77 Fukuoka Kyuden Memorial Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen. Uncut
11/8/79 Otaru City Gym WWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes. Uncut
8/2/80 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backland vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
Disc 34
10/30/80 Kumamoto Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Paul Ondorf
2/11/82 Sun Gamagori Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Wahoo McDaniel. Uncut
1/14/83 Tokuyama City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
4/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan IWGP League: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura. Uncut
5/30/86 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym IWGP League: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
2/5/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigalow. Uncut
9/1/87 Fukuoka International Center IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch
Disc 35
12/2/76 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ivan Koloff. Uncut
2/2/79 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Tony Rocco. Uncut
3/30/79 Sun Akita City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito
4/13/80 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos UWA World Heavyweight Title: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
4/16/80 Miami Convention Hall WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backland vs. Antonio Inoki. Uncut
Disc 36
5/23/80 Oimachi Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
6/5/80 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG League Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen. Uncut
3/26/82 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym MSG League: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant. Uncut
2/5/85 Aichi Gym $15,000 Bounty for Body Slam Match: Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy. Uncut
5/25/87 Miyagi Prefecture Sports Center IWGP League: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi. Uncut
1/18/88 Tokuyama City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito. Uncut
3/3/89 Iizuka City Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Ron Starr. Uncut
4/4/94 Hiroshima Green Dome: Antonio Inoki & Hiroshi Hase vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa
Disc 37 & 38
10/4/87 Shimonoseki City Ganryujima Island Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito. Uncut
Disc 39 & 40
Rare, backstage, & training footage
8/24/73 Los Angeles,CA Olympic Auditorium, 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pat Patterson & Johnny Powers
12/10/73 Tokyo Taiikukan, 2/3 Falls NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
#1 12/2/96
8/24/73 USA Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Valentine & Pat Patterson
#2 12/2/96
10/14/73 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch
#3 12/4/96
12/10/73 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym NWF World Heavyweight Title: Johnny Powers vs. Antonio Inoki
#4 12/5/96
3/19/74 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi
#5 12/6/96
3/21/74 Cleveland Sports Arena NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ernie Ladd
3/19/74 Kuramae Kokugikan:
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant
#6 12/9/96
4/26/74 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
4/26/74 Hiroshima Kenritsu Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
5/19/75 Canda, 2/3 Falls NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
3/20/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. Digest
Montreal, Quebec NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. Digest
6/26/75 Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#7 12/10/96
5/8/74 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
1st World League Match Three Way Championship Final Match 1: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Karl Krupp
1st World League Match Three Way Championship Final Match 2: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
1st World League Match Three Way Championship Final Match 3: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp
#8 12/11/96
6/26/74 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#9 12/12/96
10/10/74 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki
Disc 1 New Japan Pro Wrestling
8/8/74 Ryogoku Nippon Auditorium Mitsuo Yoshida debut match: Mitsuo Yoshida vs. El Greco
3/4/77 Takasaki City Gym: World League Match: Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Robert Soto. Finish only
3/18/77 Niigata City Gym: World League Match: Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Bella Rodriguez
6/29/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. The Asian Tellows No. 1 & No. 2
6/15/79 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium NWA North American Tag Title Match: Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu. Uncut
8/2/81 Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Roland Bock. Uncut
10/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Dino Bravo & Riki Choshu vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan. Uncut
1/1/82 Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
10/8/82 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen & S.D.Jones
10/22/82 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
11/4/82 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
2/3/83 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
Disc 2
4/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
4/21/83 Ryogoku Kokugikan WWF International Heavyweight Title: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
7/7/83 Osaka Prefectural Gym: WWF International Heavyweight Title: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Uncut
8/4/83 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF International Heavyweight Title: Match: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Uncut
Disc 3
8/28/83 Denen Coliseum: Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
9/2/83 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
9/21/83 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
10/14/83 Osaka Prefectural Seaside Sports Center: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
11/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan Sekigun vs. Ishingun 4 vs. 4:
Riki Choshu vs. Akira Maeda. Uncut
12/2/83 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym MSG Tag League: Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
1/1/84 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
2/3/84 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
2/9/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu. Uncut
Disc 4
3/16/84 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
3/22/84 Amagasaki City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yatsu Yoshiaki
4/18/84 Ogaki City Sports Center: Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
4/19/84 Kuramae Kokugikan Sekigun vs. Ishingun 5 vs. 5: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
6/1/84 Takamatsu Civic Cultural Center IWGP official league Match: Riki Choshu vs. Andre the Giant. Uncut
6/11/84 Aichi Gym: Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar. Uncut
6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis & Ken Patera
Disc 5 All Japan Pro Wrestling
1/3/85 Korakuen Hall: Genichiro Tenryu & Motoshi Okuma vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
2/5/85 Tokyo Gym: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
3/9/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks. Uncut
3/14/85 Aichi Gym AWA World Tag Title: The Road Warriors vs. Riki Choshu & Killer Khan. Uncut
4/23/85 Sagamihara City Gym, NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Flair vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
6/2/85 Korakuen Hall: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu & Motoshi Okuma vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
6/4/85 Osaka Castle Hall: Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. Uncut
Disc 6
6/5/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Riki Choshu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. Uncut
6/21/85 Nippon Budokan UN Heavyweight Title: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu
8/2/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Riki Choshu & Killer Khan vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu. Uncut
10/19/85 Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Rick Martell. Uncut
10/21/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Mil Mascaras & Art Cruise. Uncut
Disc 7
11/4/85 Osaka Castle Hall: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
11/23/85 Korakuen Hall World's Strongest Tag League:
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara. Uncut
11/27/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Riki Choshu vs. Ted DiBiase. Uncut
11/30/85 Yokohama Cultural Gym, World Strongest Tag
Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Disc 8
12/4/85 Fukuoka International Center: Riki Choshu vs. Nick Bockwinkle
12/7/85 Yamagata Prefectural Gym, World Strongest Tag League: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr
12/12/85 Nippon Budokan World's Strongest Tag League: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase
1/1/86 Korakuen Hall, Martial Arts Match: Riki Choshu vs. Tom Magee. Uncut
1/28/86 Tokyo Gym, International Tag Title: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genryu Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu Class. Uncut
Disc 9
2/5/86 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center International Tag Title: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu. Uncut
3/13/1986 Nippon Budokan All Japan vs. Japan Pro 6 vs. 6: Tiger Mask vs. Riki Choshu
4/5/86 Yokohama Cultural Gym, AWA & PWF Double Title: Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
4/12/86 Kumamoto Gym: PWF World Tag Title: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu. Uncut
4/26/86 Nippon-Omiya Skate Center AWA & PWF Double Title: Stan Hansen (AWA) vs. Riki Choshu (PWF). Uncut
Disc 10
5/17/86 Yokosuka City Gym, PWF Heavyweight Title:
Riki Choshu vs. Terry Gordy. Uncut
6/12/86 Nippon Budokan International Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. The Road Warriors. Uncut
7/21/86 Fukuoka Sports Center International Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Killer Khan & Super Strong Machine. Uncut
Disc 11
9/3/86 Osaka Castle Hall: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
9/9/86 Aichi Prefectural Gym, PWF & International Double Title: Riki Choshu (PWF) vs. Stan Hansen (International). Uncut
9/20/86 Sagamihara City Gym: Riki Choshu vs. Super Strong Machine. Uncut
10/21/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan PWF Heavyweight Title: Riki Choshu vs. Terry Funk. Uncut
10/27/86 Niigata City Gym: International Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu. Uncut
Disc 12
12/6/86 Takamatsu Civic Cultural Center World's Strongest Tag: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Chosho Yatsu. Uncut
12/12/86 Nippon Budokan World's Strongest Tag: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. The Funks. Uncut
1/24/87 Yokohama Cultural Gym: International Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu. Uncut
2/5/87 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center International Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genryu Tenryu
Disc 13 New Japan Pro Wrestling
6/12/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi. Uncut
8/19/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan Now Leader vs. New Leader 5 vs. 5 elimination match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Muto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu & Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine. Uncut
8/20/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu
10/5/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
10/19/87 Fuji City Yoshihara Gym: Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu. Uncut
10/19/87 Fuji City Yoshiwara Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami. Uncut
10/25/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
11/19/87 Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiro Saito vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada. Uncut
Disc 14
12/27/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
12/27/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
7/22/88 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, IWGP Heavyweight Title League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
2/22/89 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
12/6/89 Osaka Prefectural Gym, World Cup Conflict League Tournament Semifinal: Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono. Uncut
12/7/89 Ryogoku Kokugikan World Cup Conflict League Final: Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto. Uncut
5/24/90 Tokyo Bay NK Hall Choshu vs. 3 Musketeers Single Match Series: Riki Choshu vs. Keiji Muto
8/19/90 Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Heavyweight Title: Big Van Vader vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
1/4/92 Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight & Greatest 18 Club Title: Tatsuji Fujinami (IWGP) vs. Riki Choshu (Greatest 18)
Disc 15
1/4/93 Tokyo Dome: Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu. Uncut
4/6/93 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu. Uncut
1/4/94 Tokyo Dome: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Uncut
5/1/94 Fukuoka Dome: Riki Choshu vs. Hiroshi Hase
7/18/95 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Riki Choshu
9/23/95 Yokohama Arena: Riki Choshu & Yuji Nagata & Yoji Anjo & Tatsuo Nakano. Uncut
10/9/95 Tokyo Dome: Riki Choshu vs. Yoji Anjo
Disc 16
8/6/96 Ryogoku Kokugikan G1 Climax: Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono. Uncut
1/4/97 Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu. Uncut
1/4/98 Tokyo Dome Riki Choshu Retirement Match: Uncut
Riki Choshu vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
Riki Choshu vs. Yutaka Yoshie
Riki Choshu vs. Takaiwa Tatsuhito
Riki Choshu vs. Takashi Iizuka
Riki Choshu vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
7/30/00 Yokohama Arena No Rope Barbed Wire Current Bomb Death Match: Riki Choshu vs. Atsushi Onita. Uncut
#10 12/13/96
12/12/74 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi
#11 12/16/96
1974 NWF World Heavyweight Title Digest
12/15/74 Sao Paulo Collinchan Stadium NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#12 12/17/96
2/4/75 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Brute Bernard
3/13/75 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#13 12/18/96 taped 4/4/75 Kuramae Kokugikan
2nd World League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki
2nd World League Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Strong Kobayashi
Disc 1
5/16/75 World League Tournament 1975 Semifinal: Kintaro Oki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 2:33. Complete
7/25/75 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi vs. Brute Bernard & Hans Schmidt
8/14/76 Vale Tudo: Ivan Gomes vs. Osamu Kido. Complete
1/24/79: Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu
4/3/79 Martial Arts World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Lefthook Dayton R6 1:25. Complete
disc 2
4/29/86: Akira Maeda vs. Andre The Giant 26:35. Complete
10/9/86 Martial Arts Match: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen R5 2:16. Complete
9/16/96 Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & Riki Choshu 9:38. Complete
disc 3
11/18/77 The Great Antonio vs. Haruka Eigen & Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura 2:43
12/8/77 Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Antonio 3:49. Complete
11/1/79 2/3 Falls: Greg Valentine & Pat Patterson vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami
7/7/83: Abdullah The Butcher vs. Dick Murdoch 8:46. Complete
11/17/78 Pre-Japan Championship Preliminary League: Umanosuke Ueda vs. Kotetsu Yamamoto 2:09. Complete
disc 4
6/6/86 IWGP League 1986 Block B: Akira Maeda vs. Umanosuke Ueda 5:23. Complete
11/19/87 Riki Choshu face attack incident
5/28/90: Big Van Vader vs. Koji Kitao 9:19. Complete
6/26/92: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto & Satoshi Kojima vs. Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura 12:33. Complete
12/23/98: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinjiro Otani 12:50. Complete
1/4/04: Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki 12:10. Complete
5/3/04 Martial Arts Match: Musashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata R2 2:00. Complete
disc 5
10/10/74 NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Kintaro Oki 13:13. Complete
7/13/78 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero & Pedro Morales 26:30. Complete
7/21/78 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero & Pedro Morales 23:45
1/14/77 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda 19:27. Complete
2/2/77 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda. Complete
disc 6
2/8/78 Nail Board Death: Antonio Inoki vs. Umanosuke Ueda 11:02. Complete
12/8/77 Martial Arts Best In The World Decision: Willem Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen 9:16. Complete
2/8/92 Martial Arts Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Michiyoshi Ohara 6:16. Complete
10/29/95 Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Kenichi Yamamoto & Naoki Sano 15:46. Complete
#14 12/19/96 taped 5/16/75 Ryogoku Nihon University Auditorium
2nd World League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi
2nd World League Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kintaro Oki
2nd World League Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp
#15 12/20/96
3/20/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
5/19/75 Montreal: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
#16 12/23/96
10/2/75 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts
#17 12/24/96
10/9/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Lou Thesz
12/15/75 NY Madison Square Garden: Antonio Inoki vs. Frank Monte
12/11/75 Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson
7/27/78 Nippon Budokan, WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
#18 12/25/96
12/11/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson part 1
#19 12/26/96
12/11/75 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson part 2
#20 12/27/96
12/19/75 LA Olympic Auditorium: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts
Disc 1
12/19/75 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mickey Doyle
1/23/78 New York Madison Square Garden WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Jose Estrada
1/27/78 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Canadian
2/20/78 New York Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ted Adams
3/3/78 Takasaki City Gym Triumphal Return Home #1: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Canadian
3/20/78 New York Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez
4/8/78 Los Angeles Olympics Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Goliath
4/24/78 Aichi Gym WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Colossetti
6/9/78 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Mata. Uncut
Disc 2
7/27/78 Nippon Budokan WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go. Uncut
8/4/78 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mando Guerrero
8/13/78 Mexico Barracio de los Deportes WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ray Mendoza. Uncut
10/20/78 Neyagawa Civic Gym WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Fujinami Fujinami Tatsumi vs. Chavo Guerrero
Disc 3
11/30/78 Hiroshima Kenritsu Gym Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
12/18/78 New York Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Jose Estrada
4/5/79 Tokyo Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo. Uncut
4/17/79 Allentown Agriculture Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez
6/7/79 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek. Uncut
6/15/79 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
8/2/79 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Sean Regan
8/10/79 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Skip Young
8/17/79 Calgary Stampede Grand Victoria Pavilion WWF Junior Heavyweight & British Midweight Heavyweight Double Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid. Uncut
Disc 4
10/2/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go. Uncut
10/4/79 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
10/5/79 Seoul Scholarship Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kantaro Hoshino. Uncut
12/4/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
12/13/79 Kyoto Prefectural Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura. Uncut
12/17/79 New York Madison Square Garden WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Johnny Rivera. Uncut
12/19/79 Mexico Palacio de los Deportes WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Angel Blanco
Disc 5
2/1/80 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center WWF & NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn. Uncut
2/5/80 Aichi Prefectural Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid. Uncut
2/8/80 Tokyo Gym NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn
4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ashura Hara. Uncut
4/4/1980 Kawasaki Gym NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mike Graham. Uncut
Disc 6
4/13/80 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Fishman
4/16/80 Florida Miami Beach Convention Hall NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dan Diamond
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero. Uncut
7/17/80 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keith Hart. Uncut
8/8/80 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tom Pritchard
8/9/80 New York Shea Stadium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
9/11/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco. Uncut
Disc 7
9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura. Uncut
9/30/80 Nippon Budokan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr. Uncut
11/6/80 Tsu City Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn
12/29/80 New York Madison Square Garden WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dan Diamond
1/16/81 Yokkaichi Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tom Pritchard. Uncut
3/26/81 Shimizu City Suzuyo Memorial Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura. Uncut
4/10/81 Kitakyushu West Japan General Exhibition Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid
Disc 8
7/3/81 Korakuen Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Les Thorton. Uncut
7/10/81 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Lane
7/31/81 Osaka Prefectural Seaside Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Les Thorton
8/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Lane
9/23/81, Denen Coliseum WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario. Uncut
10/16/81 Oita Prefectural General Gym WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Travis. Uncut
#21 12/30/96
1/6/76 Kyuden Memorial Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
1/29/76 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#22 1/3/97 taped 5/11/76 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pedro Morales
Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera
#23 1/6/97
2/5/76 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Inferno #2
3/18/76 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
#24 1/7/97
8/5/76 Nippon Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
2/6/76 Budokan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska 20:35
12/8/77 Judo Jacket: Willem Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen 9:16
3/25/76 Signing Ceremony New York Plaza Hotel
6/16/76 Ali arrives at Tokyo Haneda Airport
6/16/76 Ali Press Conference at Tokyo Keio Plaza Hotel
6/23/76 Signing Ceremony & Dinner Party at Keio Plaza Hotel
6/25/76 Weigh-in
6/26/76 Tokyo Nippon Budokan Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali 15R
Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Andre the Giant vs. Chuck Wepner R3 1:15. The whole match is basically just Andre grabbing Wepner, but Wepner holding the ropes. Wepner seemingly isn't as bad at faking his punches as most boxers, but he basically only gets to flick a jab here & there before Andre gets him with a headbutt & bodyslams him to the floor for the count out.
Los Angeles,CA Olympic Auditorium: Wilhelm Ruska vs Don Fargo
6/26/76 Tokyo Nippon Budokan Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali 15R
#25 1/8/97 taped 7/29/76 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi vs. The Mongols
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#26 1/9/97 taped 8/4/76 Miyagi-ken Sports Center
Antonio Inoki vs. Majid Akra
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Gama Singh
#27 1/10/97
8/14/76 Brazil Ginasio do Ibirapuera: Antonio Inoki vs. Ricky Hunter
9/10/76 Shinagawa Sports Land: Antonio Inoki vs. Superstar Billy Graham
#28 1/13/97
10/10/76 Korea Jangchung Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Pak Song Nan
#29 1/14/97 taped 2/2/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
10/7/76 Kuramae Kokugikan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant. Digest
6/1/77 Aichi-ken Gym, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
6/10/77 Virginia Convention Center, NWA North American Tag Title Match: Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
7/21/77 Miyagi-ken Sports Center, Tag Title Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath
7/21/77, 2/3 Falls NWF Asia Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Strong Kobayashi
10/7/76 Kuramae Kokugikan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant 23:44
3/20/78 NY, NY MSG Judo Jacket Match: Wilhelm Ruska vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
1/18/90 Toyama-shi Taiikukan: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiro Saito
1/18/90: Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Big Van Vader & The Great Kokina (Yokozuna)
10/7/76 Kuramae Kokugikan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant 23:44
10/10/76 NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Pak Song
3/20/78 NY, NY MSG WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez
1/18/90 Toyama-shi Taiikukan: Riki Choshu vs. Umanosuke Ueda
1/25/90 IWGP Junior Next Challenger Decision League Match: Owen Hart vs. Black Tiger
1/25/90 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, IWGP Junior Next Challenger Decision League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami
1/25/90: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Super Strong Machine
1/25/90 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito
1/25/90: Big Van Vader vs. Masahiro Chono
1/31/90 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
12/9/76 Kuramae Kokugikan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Wilhelm Ruska 21:27
6/7/78 Judo Jacket: Willem Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen
12/12/76 Pakistan Karachi National Stadium, 2/3 Falls 5Min 6R Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Akarum Pedwam
7/21/77 Miyagi-ken Sports Center, 2/3 Falls NWF Asia Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Strong Kobayashi
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Wilhelm Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen (Bad News Allen)
1/31/90 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroshi Hase
1/31/90: Riki Choshu & George Nakano vs. Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto
12/12/76 Pakistan Karachi National Stadium, 2/3 Falls 5Min 6R Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Akarum Pedwam
3/20/78 Judo Jacket: Willem Ruska vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 10:42
Disc 1
1/7/77 Koshiya City Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
1/14/77 Fukuoka Kyuden Memorial Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
2/2/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
9/2/77 Aichi Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
9/22/77 Aizu City Gym: Stan Hansen & The Hangman vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
9/29/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWA North American Tag Title: Stan Hansen & The Hangman vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
10/4/77 Kyoto Shobukan: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
10/5/77 Matsudo City Athletic Park Gym: Stan Hansen & The Hangman vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu
4/27/79 Yokohama Cultural Gym MSG Series Preliminary Tournament: Stan Hansen vs. Umanosuke Ueda
5/18/79 Niigata City Gym MSG Series Final League: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
6/7/79 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG Series Champion Decision: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
1/4/80 Korakuen Hall: Stan Hansen & Rocky Johnson & Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura
1/25/80 Okayama Budokan: Stan Hansen & Steve Khan vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
2/1/80 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
2/5/80 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Stan Hansen & Rocky Johnson vs. Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi
Disc 2
2/8/80 Tokyo Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
5/16/80 Kariya City Gym MSG Series League Final: Stan Hansen vs. Dusty Rhodes
5/23/80 Miyagi Oimachi Gym: Stan Hansen & Dusty Rhodes vs. Bob Backlund & Tatsumi Fujinami
6/5/80 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG Series Playoff: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
6/5/80 Kuramae Kokugikan MSG Series Final: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
8/22/80 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall: Stan Hansen vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
9/11/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
9/19/80 Takaoka Civic Gym: Stan Hansen & Pete Roberts vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu
9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
9/30/80 Nippon Budokan WWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Bob Buckland
4/17/81 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF Heavyweight Title Decision: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
5/26/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki & Dusty Rhodes
6/24/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Stan Hansen & Abdullah the Butcher vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu
9/4/81 Toyoda City Gym: Stan Hansen & Andre the Giant & Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki & Tiger Toguchi & Riki Choshu
9/23/81 Tokyo Den'en Coliseum: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
12/10/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym MSG Tag League Playoff: Stan Hansen & Dick Murdoch vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
9/30/90 Yokohama Arena: Antonio Inoki 30th Anniversary Ceremony
Disc 3
1/7/77 Koshiya City Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
8/26/77 Kiryu City Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Strong Kobayashi
6/1/79 Takamatsu Citizens Culture Center MSG Series Final: Stan Hansen vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
8/17/79 Victoria Pavilion NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
2/8/80 Tokyo Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
Disc 4
12/10/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym MSG Tag League Final: Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki & Bob Buckland
12/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Stan Hansen & Roland Bock vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Big Van Vader
9/23/81 Den'en Coliseum: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant. Complete
Disc 5
9/16/77 Kurume Prefectural Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Seiji Sakaguchi. Complete
9/29/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWA North American Tag Title: Stan Hansen & The Hangman vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi. Complete
1/11/80 Kawasaki City Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Osamu Kido. Complete
1/18/80 Isahaya City Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu. Complete
5/30/80 Takamatsu Citizens Culture Center MSG Series Final: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant. Complete
8/24/80 Den'en Coliseum: Stan Hansen & Larry Sharp vs. Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund
11/21/80 Yokohama Cultural Gym MSG Tag League: Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Ueda Umanosuke. Complete
Disc 6
12/13/80 Tokyo Gym: Stan Hansen & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki & Dusty Rhodes
5/12/81 Natori City Gym MSG Series: Stan Hansen vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Complete
5/29/81 Takamatsu Citizens Culture Center: Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan vs. Bob Backlund & Dusty Rhodes
9/18/81 Japan Hiroshima Prefectural Gym: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki. Complete
6/12/90 Fukuoka International Center IWGP Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Big Van Vader. Complete
2/2/77 Osaka Furitsu Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
8/3/78 Mexico City Palacio De Los Deportes, 2/3 Falls WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ray Mendoza
9/19/78 Osaka Furitsu Gym: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Umanoseke Ueda
10/6/78 Niigata-shi Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
10/6/78 2/3 Falls: Brute Bernard & Killer Karl Krup & Executioner vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi
2/10/77 Nippon Budokan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
2/2/77 Osaka Furitsu Gym, 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda
8/11/78 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Auditorium, WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mando Guerrero
#30 1/15/97
2/10/77 Nippon Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#31 1/16/77
3/31/77 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers
#32 1/17/97
4/1/77 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
4/1/77 Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda
4/8/78 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Auditorium, WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Goliath (Great Goliath)
11/1/78 Aichi-ken Gym, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Chris Markov
5/30/77 Okayama Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera
6/29/77 Osaka Furitsu Gym: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Asian Terrors #1 & #2 (Great Goliath & Black Gordman)
6/29/77: Shozo Kobayashi vs. Umanoseke Ueda
12/1/77 Osaka Furitsu Gym: Riki Choshu vs. Wilhelm Ruska
1/23/78 NY, NY MSG WWWF Junior Title Match: Jose Estrada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/9/78 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Auditorium, WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Mata
#33 1/20/97
6/1/77 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#34 1/21/97
6/10/77 Virginia: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
5/30/77 Okayama Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera
#35 1/22/97 taped 6/29/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Asian Terror #1 (Black Gordman) & Asian Terror #2 (El Goliath)
Strong Kobayashi vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#36 1/23/97 taped 7/21/77 Miyagi Sports Center
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Black Gordman & El Goliath
Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#37 1/24/97
9/2/77 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
English language combat sports documentary
Highlights of Willie Williams taking on a bear, Inoki vs. Ali, breaking techniques including the standing moonsault & headbutting burning blocks, Abdul Bey vs. Susumu Okabe, Paul Fuji vs. Kenji Azuma, Paul Fuji vs. Minoru Ote, Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanosuke Ueda, Inoki vs. Bob Backlund, Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh, Wilhelm Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen (Bad News Brown), Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Lumberjack, Inoki vs. Andre the Giant. Mostly complete matches listed below.
3/18/78 Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Decision Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Mongsawan Ruk Changmai. Fujiwara has a great low kick game with the speed, angles, & power to back it up. Mongsawan was mainly trying to work the middle kick, but Fujiwara just wasn't there for it. As the fight progressed, Fujiwara got his power punching going more & more, first following the low kick then hurting Lukchiangmain with his lead uppercut. Fujiwara pressed his advantage, but got a fluke KO with a high takedown as their heads collided on impact with the canvas. In doing so, Fujiwara became the first non-Thai to win a national Muay Thai championship.
4/10/78: Benny Urquidez vs. Takeshi Naito. Urquidez scores a great KO with a spinning heel kick to the liver.
1/26/80: Benny Urquidez vs. Shinobu Onuki. Urquidez DQ'd for taking Onuki out with a hane goshi, but later switched to a TKO win.
6/7/78 Bangkok Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sepree Kiatsompop. This match shows how far Fujiwara was ahead of his time, as even against a top Thai fighter, he's able to use the front kick to maintain distance so he can continue to brutalize the leg with the low kick. His hands are incredibly powerful though, so he can follow the low kick or do damage if the opponent does manage to get inside. Things begin to get heated when Fujiwara expects a rope break, but the ref allows Kiatsompop to get in a series of elbows to the back of his head & neck. Fujiwara fires up & answers with a leg sweep, and begins to really take over. Fujiwara clearly won the fight, but Sepree got the hometown decision.
8/2/78 Tokyo Den'en Colosseum Kakuto Jutsu World Number-One Lightweight Title Decision Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Refugio Flores
Japanese language Kickboxing documentary featuring the following matches.
Benny Urquidez vs. Prayut Srisontob. 2 rounds shown
Toshio Fujiwara vs. Prayut Srisontob. Urquidez lost a 6R decision to Prayut, but then Fujiwara took Prayut apart with his lead uppercut & powerful low kick to beat him via decision.
Toshio Fujiwara vs. Shinsak Sortsuripan (sp?)
10/30/78 Martial Arts 5 Big Title Match Highlights including Shinsak Sortsuripan vs. Priram Swan Nomsakwan (sp?)
10/30/78 Budokan Kakuto Jutsu World Number-One Lightweight Title Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sepree Kiatsompop
Inoki Martial Arts Matches
NJPW 8/2/77 Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man (Everett Eddy) R5. This match was interesting for their concept of what constituted a real match, but it was often dreadful & embarrassing despite Monster being a good athlete with a lot of potential. The selling was terrible, as there seemed to be no middle ground between horrible overselling (mostly from Monster) & just no selling (mostly from Inoki, which was probably the most realistic thing about the match given it was supposed to be a shoot except it doesn't work combined with the ridiculous theatrical cartoon stuff). Monster really had no concept of grappling, and particularly bungled Inoki's armbar. Monster's flaws were more excusable to me because this was his first work & he's trying to figure out how to not kill Inoki. While Monster wasn't consistent in faking his shots, he had some highlights with a jumping side kicks to the body & the head, enzuigiri, etc, and was generally okay to fun offensively. I mean, he at least knows how to fight & did as passable an approximation of his tournament karate/kickboxing style as he could against an opponent who has no clue how to defend himself against standup fighting (endlessly trying sliding kicks only works on pure boxers, Monster could presumably just chew his legs up with kicks like every other time a fighter tried to use the butt scoot against a striker) & wasn't given him any help whatsoever. Inoki's best defense was when he just stood there with his hands at his waist, slowly backing away from Monster's strikes while still eating almost all of them. Inoki had no attack per se, he just waited around to counter by dropping into some corny schoolyard leg scissors because he doesn't have any wrestling, so his only way to get it to the ground was some kind of trip or the oh so believable doublearm suplex. Things got worse when he started standing around bent over, so literally if he was trying, all Monster had to do was throw a low kick because the only thing Inoki could do was drop down. Inoki managed to take endless shots from Monster without going down, & eventually won with shoot staples the powerbomb & leg drop brutha.
NJPW 10/25/77: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner R6. Inoki wore boxing gloves, and in attempting to mimic a boxing stance, he did a much better of keeping his hands up. He was still bending over way too much looking for the vaunted sliding kick/trip, and in a real fight would likely have been flattened with an uppercut. Wepner was one of the worst workers of all-time, barely resembling a boxer, and instead showing every bad technique of movie boxing with loopy no impact love taps. It didn't help that he was seemingly only being allowed to actually do anything by playing heel & hitting him when they were supposed to be breaking. Wepner did get a clean knockdown with some body shots on the ropes in the 4th. Inoki showed some improvement here, and definitely had the better jab of the two, but was all about those schoolyard leg trips as always, and the gloves were mostly just limiting his already limited ability to grapple. Inoki came on in the 6th with a sleeper hold and scored a knockdown with an enzuigiri that completely missed. Wepner got a rope escape on the Boston crab, but then Inoki just dragged him to the center & reapplied to finish.
NJPW 2/27/80 WWF Martial Arts Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams R4 1:24. Most of Inoki's "martial arts matches" have been complete embarrassments, but this was truly an epiphany, showing "real" fighting was a style actually worth developing and exploring, something that could look different in a good way rather than just being a less flashy version of the same sideshow shenanigans. Here we had a collision between the top pro wrestler & sort of top karate guy, in an era where karate was still big enough that being the top karate fighter mattered, as they still represented the top means of self defense study in Japan, as well as most other corners of the globe. Williams was the top foreign protege of legendary karate master Mas Oyama, who was famous for defeating animals such as bulls & bears. Willie actually only made it to the semifinals of the 160 man Karate World Championships tournament the year before, but he was already known in Japan for playing himself in a movie where he earned the nickname "The Bear Killer" by following in Oyama's footsteps and taking one out, so he seemed to be the flagbearer in this battle between fake & real fighting, which was actually more something the fans demanded than the usual fight where Inoki just leveraged his money to get world class fighters who would beat him in seconds to lay down for him. While still obviously a work, the heat & intensity were off the charts, and there was genuine desperation, mostly because neither side would agree to do the job, and with such huge stakes, both sides were very leery of a double cross. In a setting where there's genuine suspense & hostility, and thus neither side really wants to compromise themselves or be generous and trusting to make the other look superior, even Inoki's usually feeble attempts to create heat by being chippy came off well because they were applied to something that seemed urgent and ready to ignite, rather than completely farcical and begging to be laughed at. All that being said, the match was mostly good due to Williams having being an amazing athlete who had great skill & wasn't willing to compromise it. After all, while Williams had more of a name in Japan & higher standing in their karate world, this is ultimately the same disaster as the Monster Man match if he didn't deliver the goods. While Williams was never a favorite of RINGS fans, keep in mind that he was 41 when he debuted there. This 28-year-old version is almost a totally different fighter than we saw in the '90's, really a revelation to this style, as he's actually trying to use his length, footwork, & speed rather than reverting back to the established dumbed down, no skill stand around begging to be clobbered hokem the way even most pro wrestlers who have won MMA matches do. When I say Williams was a great athlete, I don't just mean for a 6'7" guy, he seemed like he could have been a dominant power forward in another life, and I have no doubt he could have won the UFC heavyweight title had he been born later, especially if he was competing with today's stiffs such as Derrick Lewis & Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who stand around doing nothing beyond praying the opponent for some reason gets bored enough to just run into their right hand. Williams was an amazingly fast, reactive athlete, and he didn't just make it easy for Inoki as Inoki's other clay pigeons did. Williams may not always have employed modern MMA technique, but he understood how to fight, and he was trying to bring his battle tested reactions to wrestling rather than trying to fit in by doing everything at half speed, and compensating with over the top theatrics. There were great little bits such as Inoki shooting for a single, but Williams stuffing it with an underhook, then immediately peeling off to the side & disengaging so Inoki couldn't make a second attempt at the takedown. The action constantly broke down by spilling to the floor, in part because neither guy wanted to give the other an opening for anything major, to be prone to the point the opponent could take them out if they decided to be a shady back stabber. While this was worked, it's more that 1 guy would do something expecting the other to either take it or not, and then once in a while they'd purposely give an opening. For example, Williams would use his reach to land jabs that Inoki should take because they are solid but not going to knock him out, but then he'd throw a slightly slow & telegraphed high kick that Inoki was supposed to counter. In any case, the real or imagined threat of the opponent choosing glory over honor added a legitimate tension to the fight, keeping both guys on their toes & reacting sooner rather than later. In the 2nd, Williams dodged a rolling thunder & kicked Inoki in the head, but Inoki finally dragged him down. They rolled to the floor though, where things got out of control & Inoki emerged with a bloody head. After a really long break, they finally restarted only to have Inoki escape to the floor to avoid Williams strikes & both guys crashed to the floor (which Inoki tried to recreate in seemingly every UFO match) after Inoki took Williams down. All this smoke & mirrors was keeping the urgency up while limiting exposing the fakery because one of the big problems with Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner particularly was the more Wepner hit Inoki with his obviously pulled strikes, the more the match failed to succeed on any level. Inoki finally seemed to have his chance hitting a hane goshi, but Williams immediately responded with an up kick only to nearly get armbarred trying to follow with ground and pound. The finish where they each threw a dropkick then wrestled each other over the top to the floor, with Inoki getting an armbar but Williams being saved by the double ring out was the only part that seemed obviously scripted. Though Inoki got that bone at the end, Williams owned him for most of the match, certainly doing way better than any of the other martial artists had done against Inoki. In some sense not a lot happened here, but the movement of Williams & the urgency of both made it feel drastically different than perhaps anything we'd seen before. While I wouldn't rank it close to the best match of the 20th century, as it was named in a 2003 poll in Japan, because it's so much better than the previous Inoki martial arts matches that were chores to try to keep a straight face through, it truly felt original, and it has endured the test of time. ****
Amazons in Wrestling. English language Korean women's wrestling "documentary" that's basically just a compilation of complete matches with a couple minutes of behind the scenes footage. Names surely misspelled.
Helen Haley vs. Yeong Kim Chi
The Tigress vs. Eun Ming Yuk
2/3 Falls: Helen Haley & Cho Chomok vs. Yeok Ping Che & Ken Eng Kei
12/16/74 2/3 Falls: Cho Chomok vs. Ken Eng Kei
3-5 minute clips from AJW 1/3/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Chikako Shiratori vs. Rie Tamada
Kaoru Ito vs. Numacchi
AJ Title: Mima Shimoda vs. Tomoko Watanabe
Etsuko Mita vs. Suzuka Minami
Kyoko Inoue vs. Sakie Hasegawa
Manami Toyota vs. Bull Nakano
Toshiyo Yamada vs. Takako Inoue
Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta
AJW 1/24/94 Tokyo Ota-ku Taiikukan
Captain Fall Survival War: Numacchi & Chikako Shiratori & Miki Yokoe & Akiko Abe vs. Tomoko Watanabe & Rie Tamada & Kumiko Maekawa & Miho Ikari
Suzuka Minami & Takako Inoue vs. Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito. Typical good undercard match with regular bursts of fast action interrupted by submissions. Lots of suplexes & dropkicks. Ito was the most energetic, albeit a bit repetitive. Suzuka was good throughout & Sakie came on toward the end, though her uranage has seen better days.
NJPW 8/2/77 Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man (Everett Eddy) R5
9/2/77 Aichi-ken Gym NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Pat Patterson & Steve Wright
3/30/78 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ivan Koloff
1/31/90 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Big Van Vader & Great Kokina
10/25/77 Nippon Budokan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner
1/13/78 Okayama Budokan 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda
5/30/78 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, 1st MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Osamu Nishimura vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
2/10/93: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto vs. Yuji Nagata
2/10/93: Shinjiro Otani vs. Satoshi Kojima
Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner
Judo Jacket: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Allen Coage
11/9/77: Andre The Giant vs. Stan Hansen
3/20/78 Kuramae Kokugikan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
4/21/78 Kuramae Kokugikan, 1st MSG Series Opening: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Umanoseke Ueda
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome: Naoki Sano & Pegasus Kid vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Akira Nogami
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome: Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Norio Honaga vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Kantaro Hoshino
#38 1/27/97
11/9/77 Muroran City Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
12/1/77 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Pat Patterson
#39 1/28/97 taped 12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Steve Wright & Pat Patterson
Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio
#35
12/1/77 Osaka Furitsu: Great Antonio vs. Riki Choshu
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan: Seiji Sakaguchi & Shozo Kobayashi vs. Pat Patterson & Steve Wright Tag Title Match
3/30/78 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ivan Koloff
#36
1/13/78 Okayama Budokan: Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
5/30/78 Osaka Furitsu Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund & Tony Garea
12/1/77 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Pat Patterson
8/2/77 Nippon Budokan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monsterman (Eddie Everett)
10/25/77 Nippon Budokan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Buffalo Allen
5/30/78 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2/3 Falls: Bob Backlund & Tony Garea vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome: Steve Williams vs. Salman Hashimikov
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome AWA Heavyweight Title Match: Larry Zbyszko vs. Masa Saito
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio. This is supposed to have turned into a shoot. It may not have gone entirely as planned given Great was difficult to control to say the least, really didn't like to lose, & was basically illiterate even in his native language. Furthermore, given all that, who knows how much of Inoki's own idea for the match was shared with Great to begin with, but when you look at Great's other famous match in Japan, 6/2/61 against Inoki's mentor Rikidozan, it bears some striking similarities, as Rikidozan beats him up with open hands to the head then finishes him with a kick to the face when he's prone. Great Antonio was a lot more annoying than Great, one of those big guys who was only interested in putting himself over. The eccentric 450 plus pound strongmen, cited in Guinness Book of World Records for pulling a 433-tonne train 19.8 metres & pulling four city buses loaded with passengers, basically just discounted all of Inoki's offense. Great didn't really attack, instead he just made Inoki look like a fool by brushing off all his attempts to engage & have a wrestling match. He discounted his low kicks, acted like his dropkick didn't even occur, & kept telling him to hit him harder in the gut, with the idea that Inoki's fist would basically bounce off the pillow. Great finally attacked with some pretty heavy but sloppy clubbing "forearm" slaps to the upper back & probably accidentally the back of the neck, and boy did the match deteriorate quickly, as Inoki erupted with some stiff palm blows, took him down (with Great finally cooperating), and hit 3 soccer ball kicks that may or may not have been fairly legitimate - the camera was well positioned so they look fierce but Great's head is blocking the point of connection - then repeatedly does fake pro wrestling stomps to the back of Great's head as Great's manager jumps in, protesting, and the fight is stopped for the knockout. Great comes up bloody, but he's been laying face first with his hands around his head and you can see something small in his left hand that's almost undoubtedly the blade. Great either retired or at least didn't have any more high profile matches, but it seems like he was just brought in so Inoki could put himself over as a shooter with something of a reenaction of Great's match with Rikidozan. As a bizarre curio, I suppose this is interesting enough to watch once, but in the end it's mostly pro wrestling mythology.
Aired 2/24/78 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Jerry Brown
10/30/78 Okayama Budokan 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Baron Karl Von Krupp & Brute Bernard
4/5/79 Tokyo Taiikukan, WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Osamu Kido vs. Black Cat
#1
1/23/78 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Carlos Jose Estrada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 11:31
4/8/78 LA Grand Olympic Auditorium, WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Goliath 29:18
Wonderland Junior #2
3/20/78 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez 8:45. Rodriguez was an awkward, deliberate, overseller with terrible timing and no offense. In short, he showed no signs of skill. Fujinami couldn't come close to saving it. 1/2*
8/13/78 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, 2/3 Falls WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rey Mendoza 8:59, 3:31, 5:22. It was weird seeing Fujinami doing moves such as the flying headscissors and enzuigiri. He worked a more Lucha oriented style, but ultimately it was more his match than Mendoza's. A good, highly technical match where both men did a good job of working in and out of the holds that was much more interesting to me than mid 90's and beyond Fujinami. They started out using a simple hold such as an armbar as the basis of a series, working some athleticism in through their counters. Fujinami took the first fall, but Mendoza’s persistent stretching began to break the champion down. Fujinami’s left leg was injured in the second, a hobbling title holder giving the crowd some real hope their boy could outlast him. Mendoza worked the injury, setting up his Mendoza special (kind of a standing figure 4 where he splits his legs and squats forward) to take the second fall. Mendoza continued his leg attack in the third, but they inexplicably scrapped the injury when Fujinami came back with his Dragon missile (tope). The action was quite good from this point forward, but the failure to transition from Mendoza’s legwork to Fujinami’s finishing sequence in a remotely believable manner was a glaring liability. Fujinami crashed the turnbuckle trying a jumping tackle when Mendoza reentered, but although Mendoza had dominated the last fall and a half, the suplex this set up was his final hope spot with Fujinami running around as though his leg were fine during the finishing segment. The moves were nothing special by today's standards, and I felt let them down during the fast-paced running segments though that’s more a product of the times than a specific liability of the particular wrestlers whose offense was certainly above average. More importantly, they got pretty good mileage out of the moves and the leg injury greatly added to the drama and fan interest before they dropped the ball in scrapping it. ***1/2
2/3/78 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
10/6/78 Niigata-shi Taiikukan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
4/5/79 Tokyo Taiikukan, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title Match: Gran Hamada vs. Baby Face
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Hiroshi Hase & Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi & & Akira Nogami vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine & Norio Honaga
#41 1/30/97
2/3/78 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#42 1/31/97 taped 2/2/78 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center
Antonio Inoki vs. Jerry Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
#43 2/3/97 taped 3/30/78 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ivan Koloff
Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
#44 2/4/97
3/20/78 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez.
4/8/78 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez
#45 2/5/97 taped 4/21/78 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
Wonderland Junior #2
3/20/78 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Gypsy Rodriguez. Rodriguez was an awkward, deliberate, overseller with terrible timing and no offense. In short, he showed no signs of skill. Fujinami couldn't come close to saving it. 1/2*
8/13/78 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, 2/3 Falls WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rey Mendoza 8:59, 3:31, 5:22. It was weird seeing Fujinami doing moves such as the flying headscissors and enzuigiri. He worked a more Lucha oriented style, but ultimately it was more his match than Mendoza's. A good, highly technical match where both men did a good job of working in and out of the holds that was much more interesting to me than mid 90's and beyond Fujinami. They started out using a simple hold such as an armbar as the basis of a series, working some athleticism in through their counters. Fujinami took the first fall, but Mendoza’s persistent stretching began to break the champion down. Fujinami’s left leg was injured in the second, a hobbling title holder giving the crowd some real hope their boy could outlast him. Mendoza worked the injury, setting up his Mendoza special (kind of a standing figure 4 where he splits his legs and squats forward) to take the second fall. Mendoza continued his leg attack in the third, but they inexplicably scrapped the injury when Fujinami came back with his Dragon missile (tope). The action was quite good from this point forward, but the failure to transition from Mendoza’s legwork to Fujinami’s finishing sequence in a remotely believable manner was a glaring liability. Fujinami crashed the turnbuckle trying a jumping tackle when Mendoza reentered, but although Mendoza had dominated the last fall and a half, the suplex this set up was his final hope spot with Fujinami running around as though his leg were fine during the finishing segment. The moves were nothing special by today's standards, and I felt let them down during the fast-paced running segments though that’s more a product of the times than a specific liability of the particular wrestlers whose offense was certainly above average. More importantly, they got pretty good mileage out of the moves and the leg injury greatly added to the drama and fan interest before they dropped the ball in scrapping it. ***1/2
Wonderland Junior #3
7/27/78 Tokyo Nippon Budokan WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go. I didn't realize that Go could actually do some wrestling at one point. He had a surprising amount of support too given this was before his days as a Shah type of fan favorite. Good technical match that the fans were in to. It was pretty basic, but they made the holds interesting by wrenching them and struggling desperately. Go didn't show too much ability, but Fujinami was at the top of his game so Go's desire was enough. Go was overmatched, but his run of offense made it exciting. ***1/2
8/11/78 LA, CA Olympic Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mando Guerrero. This was one of the coolest matches I've ever seen that didn't go anywhere. Interesting takedowns and amateur wrestling. Lots of cool bridges and counters. Guerrero had great balance and body control. I liked how he got out of a headscissors by doing a headstand into a standing position. They basically did 21 interesting minutes without doing one "good wrestling move." I was all excited when they finally stood up expecting a segment that would live up to the high quality of the matwork, but all I got was a dropkick from each, a double dropkick, and a suplex from each to end it. Oh well. ***1/2
4/21/78 Kuramae Kokugikan, MSG Series Tournament: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
10/30/78 Okayama Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. The Executioner (Mr. X):
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto vs. Tony Halme & Perry Saturn
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Brad Armstrong & Rambo vs. Hell Raisers
2/10/93 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Takashi Iizuka & Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
#46 2/6/97 taped 5/30/78 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund & Tony Garea
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#47 2/7/97
6/9/78 USA Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Mata
8/4/78 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mando Guerrero
Puroresu vs. Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man
Puroresu vs. Martial Arts World #1 Decision: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Lumberjack R3
#48 2/10/97 & #49 2/11/97
7/27/78 Nippon Budokan WWWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
7/27/78 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, 2/3 Falls WWWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
5/30/78 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: 1st MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
7/27/78 Nippon Budokan, 2/3 Falls WWWF Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Shinjiro Otani vs. Tokumitsu Ishizawa
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto vs. Satoshi Kojima
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Black Cat vs. Perry Saturn
#50 2/12/97
7/27/78 Nippon Budokan WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
8/3/78 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, 2/3 Falls WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rey Mendoza 8:59, 3:31, 5:22. It was weird seeing Fujinami doing moves such as the flying headscissors and enzuigiri. He worked a more Lucha oriented style, but ultimately it was more his match than Mendoza's. A good, highly technical match where both men did a good job of working in and out of the holds that was much more interesting to me than mid 90's and beyond Fujinami. They started out using a simple hold such as an armbar as the basis of a series, working some athleticism in through their counters. Fujinami took the first fall, but Mendoza’s persistent stretching began to break the champion down. Fujinami’s left leg was injured in the second, a hobbling title holder giving the crowd some real hope their boy could outlast him. Mendoza worked the injury, setting up his Mendoza special (kind of a standing figure 4 where he splits his legs and squats forward) to take the second fall. Mendoza continued his leg attack in the third, but they inexplicably scrapped the injury when Fujinami came back with his Dragon missile (tope). The action was quite good from this point forward, but the failure to transition from Mendoza’s legwork to Fujinami’s finishing sequence in a remotely believable manner was a glaring liability. Fujinami crashed the turnbuckle trying a jumping tackle when Mendoza reentered, but although Mendoza had dominated the last fall and a half, the suplex this set up was his final hope spot with Fujinami running around as though his leg were fine during the finishing segment. The moves were nothing special by today's standards, and I felt let them down during the fast-paced running segments though that’s more a product of the times than a specific liability of the particular wrestlers whose offense was certainly above average. More importantly, they got pretty good mileage out of the moves and the leg injury greatly added to the drama and fan interest before they dropped the ball in scrapping it. ***1/2
#51 2/13/97
9/19/78 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Umanosuke Ueda
#52 2/14/97
9/21/78 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
10/6/78 Niigata City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. The Executioner & Brute Bernard & Killer Karl Krupp
#53 2/17/97
10/6/78 Niigata Shi Taiikukan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco 13:02. This match aged pretty well because Rocco's offense was crisp and believable. Even if the moves themselves weren't that interesting, a side suplex was one of the big highlights from Rocco, he at least made me believe they did some damage. They played the leverage game early, but although Fujinami began hobbling after escaping the Romero special, they never really developed any sort of storyline or body. The hold and counter hold was solid, and the finish was energetic with several dropkicks from Fujinami, but the match didn't really build and wasn't very dramatic. ***
10/30/78 Okayama Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. The Executioner
#54 2/18/97
1978/10/30 Okayama Budokan NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Killer Karl Krupp & Brute Bernard
Wonderland #49
10/30/78 Okayama Budokan 2/3 Falls NWA International Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Killer Karl Von Krupp & Brute Bernard. Really dull match between a bunch of slow unskilled guys. Killer & Brute were really talentless and unathletic to the point they didn't even fall well. Lots of exciting moves like the bear hug and ground claw, though the gaijins at least focused on Sakaguchi's knee. The heels were strictly brawlers, and the faces were without talent or fire. 17:32 & 3:27
4/5/79 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo. These two worked well together, both being able to do the others style, though it was far more Fujinami working quicker sequences with more transitions and running to suit his opponent. Fujinami looked great, both skill wise and also in being fiery and exciting to make people care about his technical prowess. Perro did an admireable job of hanging with him. Though his selling was comical, and offensively he relied mostly on low impact and elevation sentons, the more important thing is the two were able to play off and counter one another well. Most of the quality came from Fujinami, who gave a really good performance that was different for him because he relied on his flying to keep it interesting. Fujinami was actually exciting, doing some nice sequences like a cartwheel to avoid Perro's monkey flip then 2 flying headscissors and a dropkick in rapid succession. Short match and Perro was still a dog though. ***1/2
#50
12/5/78 Fukuoka, 2/3 Falls NWA World Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Thunder Sugiyama
6/15/79 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
12/14/78 WWWF Heavyweight Title (VG VQ): Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
2/23/79 Chiba Park Gymnasium
IWA World Tag Title (Fair VQ): Kantaro Hoshino & Tojo Yamamoto vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue
(VG VQ) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4/17/79 PA (VG VQ)
Andre the Giant vs Mark Paul & Mike Harl
WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs Johnny Rodz
(Gd VQ) WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs Gypsy Rodriguez
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs Nikolai Volkoff
4/27/79 (Gd VQ): Tatsumi Fujinami vs Jack Brisco
11/1/78 Aichi-ken Taiikukan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Chris Markov
12/5/78 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Thunder Sugiyama
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Masa Saito vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Kido vs. Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito
2/13/93 Okayama-ken Taiikukan: Masahiro Chono vs. Rambo
#55 2/19/97
11/1/78 Aichi Prefectural Gym NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Chris Markoff
12/5/78 Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gym NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Thunder Sugiyama
#56 2/20/97
12/16/78 Kuramae Kokugikan Pre-Japan Championship Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiro Matsuda
Disc 1 Fighting King: Genealogy of Fighting I 1978-1984
11/24/78 Katsuta Municipal General Gym: Battle Royal
4/21/83 Kuramae Kokugikan: Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff. Complete
5/13/83 Omiya Skate Center IWGP Final League: Akira Maeda vs. Andre the Giant
Disc 2
5/27/83 Takamatsu Civic Cultural Center IWGP Final League: Akira Maeda vs. Antonio Inoki. Complete
5/30/83 Chiba Park Gym: Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan. Complete
11/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan Sekigun vs. Ishingun 4v4 Tug of War: Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu. Complete
11/25/83 Takasaki City Central Gym MSG Tag League Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant & Swede Hansen
12/2/83 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym MSG Tag League Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
12/7/83 Takamatsu Civic Cultural Center MSG Tag League Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan. Complete
2/3/84 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Akira Maeda & Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan & Iron Mike Sharpe
2/9/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu. Complete
Disc 3 Fighting King: Genealogy of Fighting II 1985-1986
1/3/86 Korakuen Hall UWF Representative League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada. Complete
1/31/86 Koga City Gym UWF Representative League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Osamu Kido
2/5/86 Osaka-jo Hall UWF Representative Decision Match: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Complete
3/14/86 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino. Complete
3/21/86 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda
Disc 4
3/26/86 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino. Complete
4/18/86 Isesaki Civic Gym: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Masked Superstar & Gestapo
4/25/86 Kumamoto City Gym: Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
4/29/86 Tsu City Gym: Akira Maeda vs. Andre the Giant. Complete
Disc 5 Fighting King: Genealogy of Fighting III 1986-1987
5/1/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Complete
6/12/86 Osaka-jo Hall IWGP Heavyweight Championship Decision League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Complete
8/5/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura. Complete
10/9/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Mixed Martial Arts Match: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen. Complete
11/24/86 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Akira Maeda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
12/10/86 Osaka-jo Hall Japan Cup Tag League Match: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Japan Cup Tag League Advance to the Championship Decision: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan Japan Cup Tag League Final: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
3/2/87 Soka City Sports and Health City Memorial Gym IWGP Tag Championship Decision League Match: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
3/20/87 Korakuen Hall IWGP Tag Championship Final: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
Disc 6
3/26/87 Osaka-jo Hall IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka. Complete
5/25/87 Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki. Complete
8/19/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan New Leader vs. Now Leader 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Keiji Muto & Kantaro Hoshino
9/17/87 Osaka Prefectural Gym New Leader vs. Now Leader 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Dick Murdoch
8/29/87 Korakuen Hall: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
8/20/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Akira Maeda vs. Super Strong Machine
11/19/87 Korakuen Hall Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiro Saito
Disc 7 Selected Treasured Masterpieces I
5/6/83 Fukuoka Sports Center: Akira Maeda & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Big John Studd & Enrique Vera
5/13/83 Omiya Skate Center IWGP Final League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Andre the Giant. Complete
6/1/83 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan & Big John Studd. Complete
7/1/83 Korakuen Hall: Akira Maeda & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
8/28/83 Den-en Coliseum: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. Complete
11/18/83 Korakuen Hall Exhibition Match: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant & Swede Hansen
1/1/84 Korakuen Hall: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu. Complete
Disc 8
1/10/86 Funabashi City Sports Park Gym UWF Representative Decision League Battle: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Complete
1/31/86 Koga City Gym UWF Representative League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Osamu Kido
4/25/86 Kumamoto City Gym: Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
7/4/86 Korakuen Hall: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kengo Kimura & Umenosuke Ueda
7/18/86 Matsumoto General Gym: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Disc 9 Selected Treasured Masterpieces II
8/29/86 Korakuen Hall IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura. Complete
11/14/86 Korakuen Hall Japan Cup Scramble Tag League Match: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar. Complete
2/23/87 Isesaki Municipal Gym IWGP Tag Title League Match: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
3/16/87 Sun Okazaki Municipal Gym: Akira Maeda vs. Steve Williams
4/13/87 Hiroshima Sun Plaza: Akira Maeda vs. Shiro Koshinaka
4/27/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka. Complete
5/11/87 Korakuen Hall IWGP Heavyweight Championship Decision League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Hacksaw Higgins
Disc 10
5/18/87 Korakuen Hall IWGP Heavyweight Championship Decision League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Masa Saito. Complete
7/7/87 Chitose City Sports Center: Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido vs. Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito & Kantaro Hoshino. Complete
7/14/87 Yamagata Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Bad News Allen & Johnny Smith. Complete
7/21/87 Ueda Municipal Gym: Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
9/1/87 Fukuoka International Center IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki. Complete
9/7/87 Kyoto Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Complete
#57 2/21/97 taped 12/14/78 Osaka Prefectural Gym
WWWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
#58 2/24/97 taped 11/25/78 West Germany Stuttgart Millsberg Hall
European Championship Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock
#59 2/25/97 taped 1/12/79 Kawasaki City Gym
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Roop
The second installment of the martial arts fighting documentary "Square Jungle" series following King of the Square Ring.
12/16/78: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiro Matsuda
2//6/79 WWF Martial Arts Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. X
8/2/78: Benny Urquidez vs. Prayut Sitiboonlert
8/28/80: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sinsak Sosripan
10/30/78: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Siprae Kiatsompop
1/12/79 Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Roop
2/2/79 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, 2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Bob Roop & Kurt Von Hess
2/16/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Shinjiro Otani vs. Osamu Nishimura
2/16/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto & Yuji Nagata vs. Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
#60 2/26/97
1/26/79 Okayama Budokan: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers
4/5/79 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym: Gran Hamada vs. Baby Face
#61 2/27/97 taped 2/2/79 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center
Antonio Inoki vs. Tony Rocco
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Bob Roop & Kurt von Hess
NJ 7/17/80 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keith Hart
9/30/80 NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
2/4/81 NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
7/28/77: Satoru Sayama vs. Seiei Kimura (Kengo Kimura)
1/26/79 NWF North American Heavyweight Title: Johnny Powers vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
7/17/80 UWA Title: Antoni Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
AJ 4/4/80 Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta [5] vs. Terry Funk [7]
2/2/79 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Tony Rocco
4/5/79 Tokyo Taiikukan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
2/16/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Brad Armstrong vs. Akira Nogami
2/16/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: El Samurai vs. Masao Orihara
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2/2/79 Sapporo Nakajima, NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Bob Roop & Kurt Von Hess
5/18/79 Niigata-shi Taiikukan, 2nd MSG Series League Match: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
#52
4/22/79 Mexico El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
6/15/79 Olympic Auditorium NWA North American Tag Title Match: Masa Saito & Hiro Matsuda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu
#62 2/28/97 taped 4/5/79 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#63 3/3/97 taped 4/22/79 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos
Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
#64 3/4/97
5/10/79 Fukuoka International Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco
5/18/79 Niigata City Gym: Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen
5/4/79 Okayama Budokan (Fair VQ)
MSG Series Preliminary Block C Second Round: Strong Kobayashi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 30:00
Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco & Stan Hansen
5/10/79 Fukuoka Sports Center (Good VQ): Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario
5/25/79 Hirosaki Civic Gymnasium (VG VQ)
Haraku Eigen & Osamu Kido vs. Andre the Giant
2nd MSG Series: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito
2nd MSG Series: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
5/28/79 Ogawa Town Gym (Ex VQ): Kantaro Hoshino vs El Canek
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5/10/79 NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Jack Brisco
6/7/79 2nd MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
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6/7/79 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
5/10/79 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mr Saito & Tiger Jeet Singh
5/10/79 Fukuoka Sports Center, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. & Jack Brisco
5/18/79 Niigata-shi Gym, MSG Series Decision League: Stan Hansen vs. Andre The Giant
3/9/93 Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan
Young Lion League: Shinjiro Otani vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Young Lion League: Satoshi Kojima vs. Osamu Nishimura
4/22/79 Mexico El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
2/16/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls NJ vs. WAR 10 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido & Hiroshi Hase & Takayuki Iizuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa & Hiromichi Fuyuki & Koki Kitahara
6/1/79 Takamatsu Civic Culture Center (Good VQ, tracking issue in 10 min)
2nd MSG Series: Seiji Sakaguchi vs Stan Hansen
2nd MSG Series: Antonio Inoki vs Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs Andre the Giant
8/2/79 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match (Good VQ): Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Sean Regan 16:01
10/4/79 Kuramae Kokugikan
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match (VG VQ): Ryuma Go vs Tatsumi Fujinami
NWF Heavyweight Title Indian Death Match (Good VQ): Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
10/5/79 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match (VG VQ): Tatsumi Fujinami vs Kantaro Hoshino
12/13/79 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match (VG VQ): Tatsumi Fujinami vs Rusher Kimura
#65 3/5/97 taped 6/7/79 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#66 3/6/97 taped 6/15/79 LA Olympic Auditorium
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito
Wonderland Junior #4
6/9/78 LA, CA Olympic Auditorium WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Mata. The first match in the series that was a "true" junior style match. Much faster paced than typical Fujinami and Lucha oriented because of Mata. Still very technical, but more standing and transitions and little sitting in the holds. Fujinami did this wicked backdrop where he had such amazing arch that Mata went into the canvas at an angle somewhere between 6-7 o'clock. Had some dull moments that sometimes had focus and meandered some, but had a lot of peaks as well. The actual wrestling was the most exciting up to this point in the series, but the crowd wasn't overly interested. Great near fall where Mata looked done for being caught in Fujinami's highly effective German suplex, but was able to get his foot on the rope. A nice long match, but that makes the cheesy over the top rope finish that much more annoying. ***3/4
4/5/79 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo. Fujinami once again worked Lucha style to suit his opponent. Unfortunately, Perro did nothing to change my mind about him probably never being any good. His selling was comical, and offensively he relied totally on low impact and elevation sentons. All the quality came from Fujinami, who gave a really good performance that was different for him because he relied on his flying to keep it interesting. Fujinami was actually exciting, doing some nice sequences like a cartwheel to avoid Perro's monkey flip then 2 flying headscissors and a dropkick in rapid succession. Short match and Perro was still a dog though. **1/2
Wonderland Junior #5
6/7/79 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek. I can see where Canek's style would work well against a big foreign stiff. I expected a lot more from him against a talented opponent though, certainly more than test of strengths, rest holds, and shoulderblocks. Canek showed no technical skill here, just strength and slow sloppy flying. Fujinami ripped Canek's mask so he could bleed, while Canek undid Fujinami's boot for reasons known only to them. **
10/2/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go. Not as good or heated as their previous match, but it was once again a quality match where Go was more than carryable. Go does a cool swinging neckbreaker looking takedown from snapmare position. ***
12/8/77 Kuramae Kokugikan, Kakutogi World #1 Decision Match: Wilhelm Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen
6/7/79 Kuramae Kokugikan
WWWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
3/9/93 Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan Young Lion League: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto vs. Manabu Nakanishi
6/15/79 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Auditorium
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mark Rocco
2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Masa Saito & Hiro Matsuda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu
3/9/93 Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan
Pegasus Kid & Dean Malenko vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Akira Nogami & Takyuki Iizuka vs. Great Kabuki & Akitoshi Saito
7/6/79
Tatsumi Fujinami & El Gran Hamada vs. Tony Rocco & Ultraman
Antonio Inoki vs. Leroy Brown
2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Strong Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura
3/9/93 Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan: Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto & Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Scott Norton & Hercules & TNT & Axe Boulder
#67 3/7/97 taped 7/6/79 Yokkaichi Gym
Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ultraman & Tony Rocco
Antonio Inoki vs. Leroy Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Strong Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura
#68 3/10/97
8/2/79 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/10/79 LA Olympic Auditorium: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/2/79 Shirakawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/10/79 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Auditorium, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4/6/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Great Kabuki vs. Akira Nogami
Michyoshi Ohara vs. Takashi Ishikawa
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8/2/79 NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
9/28/79: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
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8/2/79 NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/31/79: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
9/6/79 NWA North American Heavyweight Title Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masked Superstar
8/17/79 Victoria: Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
1/11/80 Kawasaki-shi Gym: Dynamite Kid & Steve Keirn vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
1/18/80: Dynamite Kid & Steve Keirn vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino
1/25/80 Okayama Budokan, WWF Junior Title Next Challenger Decision Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Skip Young
2/5/80 Aichi-ken Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid
4/10/81 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid
4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
1/8/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dynamite Kid & Abdullah The Butcher & Baby Face vs. Antonio Inoki & Tiger Mask
1/22/82: Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino
1/28/82 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
2/11/82: Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart & Baby Face vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura
7/16/82: Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura
7/23/82 Ishikawa: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
7/31/82 Osaka: Dynamite Kid & Greg Valentine & Bret Hart vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura
8/3/82 Okayama Budokan: Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino
8/5/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
8/30/82 MSG WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
1/15/82: Dynamite Kid vs. Kantaro Hoshino
4/7/83 Nagaoka: Dynamite Kid vs. Kantaro Hoshino
4/1/83 Korakuen: Dynamite Kid & Bobby Gaitano vs. Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino
4/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan: Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
4/21/83 Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
1/1/84 Korakuen: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
1/6/84 Korakuen WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision League: Dynamite Kid vs. Isamu Teranishi
1/13/84 Yokohama Bunka Gym, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision League: Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
1/20/84: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. The Cobra & Black Tiger
1/27/84 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision League: Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra
2/3/84 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision League: Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith
2/7/84 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title 3 Way: Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith
2/7/84 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title 3 Way: Dynamite Kid vs. Cobra
6/29/84 Korakuen: Dynamite Kid vs. Cobra
7/5/84 Osaka Furitsu Gym, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid
7/13/84: Dynamite Kid & David Schultz & Davey Boy Smith vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & The Cobra
7/20/84 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith
7/26/84: Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
7/28/84: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith & Rick Oliver vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Dynamite Kid A Matter of Pride documentary
8/17/79 Victoria Pavillion
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid 4min
NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 11min
7/29/83 The Cobra & Hiro Saito vs. Davey Boy Smith & Keith Hart 9min
7/22/83 Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title: Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 7min
8/12/83 Nobuhiko Takada vs. Athol Foley 4min
6/87 Keiichi Yamada vs. Cuban Assassin 6min
3/27/87 Chris Benoit vs. Viet Cong Express 1 (Hiroshi Hase) 8min
11/87: Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman vs. Hashif Khan (Shinya Hashimoto) & Yang Chung (Shinji Sasazaki) 4min
7/79 Battle Royal 11min
11/13/87: Corporal Kirchner & Phil Lafleur vs. Hashif Khan & Viet Cong Express 2 5min
4/88 Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight Title: Chris Benoit vs. Yang Chung 5min
7/88: Chris Benoit vs. Johnny Smith 3min
JWA Highlights of Antonio Inoki & Giant Baba teaming 8/13/69 vs. Crusher Lisowski & Dick The Bruiser, 8/4/70 vs. Funks, 12/1/70 vs. Kiniski & Valentine. 3/2/71 vs. Mascaras & Arion
Antonio Inoki & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh 13:03
Jumbo Tsuruta & Mil Mascaras & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akihisa Takachiho & Masa Saito & Tiger Toguchi. Digest
8/27/82 (Gd-VG VQ): Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger
5/27/86 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (VG): Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 19:05
All Star Dream Card 8/26/79 Nippon Budokan (Gd VQ awkwark angle)
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Abdullah the Butcher 13:03
Strong Kobayashi vs. Rusher Kimura 12:04
8/31/79 Miyagi: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
9/6/79 Fukuoka Sports Center, NWA North American Title Match: Masked Superstar vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
4/6/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Osamu Nishimura vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
#69 3/11/97
8/31/79 Miyazaki Kyushu Gakuin Junior College Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
9/6/79 Fukuoka Sports Center: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Masa Saito
#70 3/12/97
9/6/79 Fukuoka Sports Center: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masked Superstar
9/28/79 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
#71 3/13/97 taped 10/2/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
9/6/79 Fukuoka Sports Center 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Masa Saito
3/9/93 Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan Raging Staff vs. Heisei Ishingun Single 4 Battles
Norio Honaga vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Hiro Saito vs. Masaji Aoyagi
Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kengo Kimura
Super Strong Machine vs. Shiro Koshinaka
9/28/79 Aichi-ken Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
11/8/79 WWF North American Heavyweight Title Match: Pat Patterson vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
4/6/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Ultimo Dragon & Norio Honaga
IWGP Tag Title Match: Hell Raisers vs. Masahiro Chono & Takayuki Iizuka
10/2/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
12/19/79 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, 2/3 Falls: El Canek vs. Riki Choshu
4/6/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Handicap Match: Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito vs. Koki Kitahara & Hiromichi Fuyuki & Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido vs. Ashura Hara & Super Strong Machine
#72 3/14/97
10/4/79 Kuramae Kokugikan Indian Deathmatch NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#73 3/17/97
11/1/79 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
#74 3/18/97 taped 11/8/79 Otaru City Gym
North American Heavyweight Title: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pat Patterson
WWF World Heavyweight Championship Challenger Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
#75 3/19/97 taped 11/30/79 Tokushima City Gym
Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Pedro Morales & Tiger Jeet Singh
WWWF World Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
#76 3/20/97
12/6/79 Kuramae Kokugikan WWWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
#77 3/21/97 taped 12/4/79 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Bob Backlund vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
Antonio Inoki vs. Pedro Morales
#78 3/24/97 taped 12/19/79 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
Riki Choshu vs. El Canek
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Angel Blanco
2/29/80 Korakuen Hall
El Greco & El Sergio vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Gran Hamada
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Angel Blanco
Bad News Allen & Super Destroyer vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
3/7/80 Matsusaka General Gym
George Takano & Gran Hamada vs. Mando Guerrero & BabyFace
Riki Choshu vs. Super Detroyer
3/7/80: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Iron Sheik
3/14/80
Gran Hamada & George Takano vs. El Greco & El Sergio
Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen & Super Destroyer & Iron Sheik
3/20/80
Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mando Guerrero & Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki vs. Iron Sheik
3/28/80
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Mike Graham & Stan Hansen
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bad News Allen
Gran Hamada vs. BabyFace
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ashura Hara. Classics
NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen. Classics
2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title: Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Iron Sheik & The Super Destroyer 11:53
4/18/80 UWA taped 4/13/80 Naucalpan El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
2/3 Falls: Gran Hamada & Satoru Sayama vs. BabyFace & Perro Aguayo
2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Fishman
2/3 Falls UWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4/16/80 Miami Convention Hall
WWF World Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
NWA International Junior Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dan Diamond
4/18/80 UWA taped 4/13/80 Naucalpan El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
2/3 Falls: Gran Hamada & Satoru Sayama vs. BabyFace & Perro Aguayo
2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Fishman
2/3 Falls UWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4/25/80 Korakuen Hall
MSG Series 1980 Preliminary Block C First Round Match: Riki Choshu vs. Ryuma Go
MSG Series 1980 Preliminary Block B First Round Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen
2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen & Steve Travis
4/25/80 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen & Steve Travis
5/2/80
Riki Choshu vs. Steve Travis
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bad News Allen
Stan Hansen & Chavo Guerrero vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
5/9/80
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
AJ 4/18/80 Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
AJ 4/4/80: Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher
AJ 10/13/80 PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson
NJ 10/4/79 Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
AJ 5/23/80: Ab dullah The Butcher vs. The Destroyer
NJ 8/9/80: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
NJ 4/11/80: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
11/1/79 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
11/8/79 WWF World Heavyweight Title Next Challenger Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan Young Lion Cup Tournament: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Osamu Nishimura
4/6/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu
11/30/79 WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Wild Pegasus & Dean Malenko
Masahiro Chono & Takayuki Iizuka vs. TNT & Tony St. Clair
58
11/1/79 NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
11/8/79 WWF North American Heavyweight Title Match: Pat Patterson vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
59
10/2/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go
11/8/79 WWF Heavyweight Title Next Challenger Decision Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
60 taped 11/30/79
2/3 Falls: Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Pedro Morales
WWF Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
#61
10/2/79: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
12/6/79 WWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
12/6/79 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
12/19/79 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, WWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Angel Blanco Jr.
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan: Great Kabuki vs. Akira Nogami
Wonderland Junior #6
6/15/79 LA, CA Olympic Auditorium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco. Solid technical match. Fujinami was much quicker, smoother, and more advanced than Rocco. I was surprised that Rocco was going to do a Tiger suplex, but he just rolled back into a pin from that position. **1/2
2/1/80 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center 2/3 falls WWF Junior Heavyweight & NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Double Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami (WWF champ) vs. Steve Keirn (NWA champ). Keirn didn't fight junior style at all. The match was basically Keirn beating Fujinami up with uninteresting brawling. Keirn was DQ'd in the 1st fall for repeatedly punching Fujinami in his previously wounded forehead to keep him from reentering the ring. *1/2
Wonderland Junior #7
12/4/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine. Fujinami worked much stiffer for Valentine & displayed more fire here. He showed his diversity here, while Valentine was just stiff. Fujinami did a victory flip called a Dragon roll out of nowhere for the win. It was excellent while it lasted, but it could have been developed a lot more and went a lot longer. ***1/2
12/19/79 Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Angel Blanco. Slow submission oriented match. Wasn't Lucha and wasn't Fujinami's mat style. Wasn't good either. It took 6 minutes into the third fall before it got interesting, and 2 minutes later there was a double pin so Fujinami retained without really winning. *1/2
#62 taped 12/4/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Bob Backlund vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
NWF World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Pedro Morales
12/19/79 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes: Riki Choshu vs. El Canek
#63
12/4/79 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine. Fujinami worked much stiffer for Valentine. Fujinami showed his diversity here, while Valentine was just stiff. Fujinami displayed more fire here. Fujinami did a victory flip called a Dragon roll out of nowhere for the win. It was excellent while it lasted, but it could have been developed a lot more and went a lot longer. ***1/2
12/19/79 Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Angel Blanco. Slow submission oriented match. Wasn't Lucha and wasn't Fujinami's mat style. Wasn't good either. It took 6 minutes into the third fall before it got interesting, and 2 minutes later there was a double pin so Fujinami retained without really winning. *1/2
12/17/79 MSG
WWF Heavyweight Title Texas Death Match: Bob Backlund vs Bobby Duncum
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs Hussein Arab
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs Johnny Rivera
1/18/80: Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dynamite Kid & Steve Keirn
3/20/80 Tsuyama City Gym
Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Chavo Guerrero & Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki vs Iron Sheik
3/31/80 IWA World Tag Title (Ex VQ): Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue vs Haruka Eigen & Rusher Kimura
2/1/80 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Riki Choshu & Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen
NWA Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan 4th Young Lion Cup Final: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto vs. Osamu Nishimura
#64 taped 2/1/80 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen
2/3 falls WWF Junior Heavyweight & NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Double Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami (WWF champ) vs. Steve Keirn (NWA champ). Keirn didn't fight junior style at all. The match was basically Keirn beating Fujinami up with uninteresting brawling. Keirn was DQ'd in the 1st fall for repeatedly punching Fujinami in his previously wounded forehead to keep him from reentering the ring. *1/2
#65
2/5/80 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid. Fujinami was greeted like a big star, while Dynamite flipped off the crowd because he got hit with a roll of toilet paper as soon as he entered the ring. Dynamite brings such intensity to everything he does. He just pounded on Fujinami, focusing on the right side of his forehead where Fujinami had a bandaid over that cut that wasn't healing. Fujinami was busted open before long, but Dynamite also got a bloody nose. Not much technical wrestling here since Dynamite set the stiff brawling tone early, but this match didn't need technical wrestling. It should have been a great match, but like many Fujinami matches from this period, it looked like it was going another 5-10 minutes but just ended. This was worse though because Dynamite went down to a leg trip into a Dragon leg roll clutch hold after whooping Fujinami almost the whole match. Dynamite tended to lose his junior title matches here in that kind of fashion, but at least Tiger Mask's German suplex has some impact so it's not all the "element of surprise" or whatever the supposed justification is for this kind of finish. But anyway Dynamite was awesome and Fujinami ran with what Dynamite was doing so well, unlike many other greats that won't recognize their equal or superior and impose their will for the worse of the match. ****1/2
2/8/80 Tokyo Taiikukan 2/3 Falls NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn. Unlike their previous double title debacle, Keirn actually wrestled here. His highlight was the 1st fall finish where he landed on his feet for Fujinami's vertical suplex and put him away with a German suplex hold. After 5 1/2 minutes that were totally technical, Fujinami screwed up the bump that Foley made famous where instead of going to the floor he gets his neck tied in between the top/middle rope. Keirn had to tie Fujinami up himself so he could "lose it" for no reason at all other than to avoid doing a real job in the 2nd fall. The third fall started with Keirn wrestling technically again. This was actually a good wrestling match, but the screw job in the middle made it kind of silly. Doing 3 falls in 11 minutes didn't help either, especially when the 2nd was illogical and the 3rd obviously coming too quickly. **3/4
#79 3/25/97 taped 2/1/80 Sapporo Nakajima Athletic Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Khan
#80 3/26/97 taped 2/8/80 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Khan
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#81 3/27/97
2/5/80 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid
2/7/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Wonderland Junior #8
2/5/80 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid. Fujinami was greeted like a big star, while Dynamite flipped off the crowd because he got hit with a roll of toilet paper as soon as he entered the ring. Dynamite brings such intensity to everything he does. He just pounded on Fujinami, focusing on the right side of his forehead where Fujinami had a bandaid over that cut that wasn't healing. Fujinami was busted open before long, but Dynamite also got a bloody nose. Not much technical wrestling here since Dynamite set the stiff brawling tone early, but this match didn't need technical wrestling. It should have been a great match, but like many Fujinami matches from this period, it looked like it was going another 5-10 minutes but just ended. This was worse though because Dynamite went down to a leg trip into a Dragon leg roll clutch hold after whooping Fujinami almost the whole match. Dynamite tended to lose his junior title matches here in that kind of fashion, but at least Tiger Mask's German suplex has some impact so it's not all the "element of surprise" or whatever the supposed justification is for this kind of finish. But anyway Dynamite was awesome and Fujinami ran with what Dynamite was doing so well, unlike many other greats that won't recognize their equal or superior and impose their will for the worse of the match. ****1/2
2/8/80 Tokyo Taiikukan 2/3 Falls NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn. Unlike their previous double title debacle, Keirn actually wrestled here. His highlight was the 1st fall finish where he landed on his feet for Fujinami's vertical suplex and put him away with a German suplex hold. After 5 1/2 minutes that were totally technical, Fujinami screwed up the bump that Foley made famous where instead of going to the floor he gets his neck tied in between the top/middle rope. Keirn had to tie Fujinami up himself so he could "lose it" for no reason at all other than to avoid doing a real job in the 2nd fall. The third fall started with Keirn wrestling technically again. This was actually a good wrestling match, but the screw job in the middle made it kind of silly. Doing 3 falls in 11 minutes didn't help either, especially when the 2nd was illogical and the 3rd obviously coming too quickly. **3/4
Wonderland Junior #9
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero. This match got off to such a slow boring start with Chavo dominating with unimpressive heavyweight style offense. Chave did do a backflip out of the corner, but it served no purpose and took him forever to set it up with the ref having to hold his butt like he was Choshu. Chavo did a shoulderbreaker from Death Valley bomb position, although it appeared to have little to no impact. Just when I'd given up hope, Chavo finally stopped punching and they did some athletic moves like the rolling senton and diving body attack. The last 3 minutes were exciting enough that, considering it was 1980, I don't have any problem saying it was an adequate match. It's just frustrating that they had to nearly put me to sleep first. **
9/26/80 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Kengo Kimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. This is one of those matches that's never all that great, but it's usually interesting and looks better than most as a whole. Long even match where both bled. It started off technical since that's their style, but also because its was a rare title match between natives. Tempers flared when Kimura released a failed scorpion because Fujinami was in the ropes, but Fujinami started giving Kimura low licks from his side ala Inoki. They calmed down and went back to mat, and unfortunately it was of the poorly aging variety with headscissors and the like. It was a match about parity, so when it picked up they were both missing the same moves. Kimura gave Fujinami a wicked jumping piledriver, which Fujinami didn't put over enough. Kimura actually did a pescado. What seperated this match from the others in the series is it had a long segment of action with many dramatic near falls. What killed the match is the cheesy finish where Fujinami dropkicked Kimura off the top to stop his flying move, with Kimura taking a flip bump into the ring even though that was the exact opposite direction the momentum would have knocked him. Fujinami wasn't that bad off in my opinion, but apparently the deadly impact of hitting the canvas after he hit this dropkick was enough that, like Kimura, he couldn't answer the 10 count. They went much longer than normal, almost 25 minutes, for that? ***1/4
#66
2/7/80 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
2/8/80 Tokyo Taiikukan NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
67
4/4/80 Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan: Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Goro Tsurumi & Katsumi Oiyama
4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
2/5/80 Aichi-ken Gym, WWF Junior Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid
2/7/80 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan
Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito & Ashura Hara vs. Akitoshi Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura
IWGP Tag Title Match: Hell Raisers vs. Scott Norton & Hercules
#71 4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
Gran Hamada vs. Baby Face
Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. The Spoiler & Iron Sheik
5/27/80: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#72
5/16/80: Dusty Rhodes vs. Stan Hansen
6/27/80 WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Dusty Rhodes
7/11/80: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanoseke Ueda
4/4/80 Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
NWA World Junior Title Match: Mike Graham vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
3/23/93 Tokyo Taiikukan
Hiromichi Fuyuki vs. Shinya Hashimoto
Takashi Ishikawa & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
#68
4/4/80 Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Mike Graham vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Strictly technical wrestling, much of which doesn't age well like the long bodyscissors. The first 15 minutes were slow paced then Fujinami did a pescado and there was fast action until the finish. Graham didn't have any high spots, but the last 3 1/2 minutes were still really good even though they had almost nothing to do with the early portion. They did some smart spots like Graham avoiding a diving knee drop then going for his figure four. ***
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center NWF Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
69
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero. This match got off to such a slow boring start with Chavo dominating with unimpressive heavyweight style offense. Chave did do a backflip out of the corner, but it served no purpose and took him forever to set it up with the ref having to hold his butt like he was Choshu. Chavo did a shoulderbreaker from Death Valley bomb position, although it appeared to have little to no impact. Just when I'd given up hope, Chavo finally stopped punching and they did some athletic moves like the rolling senton and diving body attack. The last 3 minutes were exciting enough that, considering it was 1980, I don't have any problem saying it was an adequate match. It's just frustrating that they had to nearly put me to sleep first. **
5/30/80
Hulk Hogan vs. Bob Backlund
Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen
#82 3/28/97 taped 4/4/80 Kawasaki City Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Mike Graham vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Kotetsu Yamamoto retirement: Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Goro Tsurumi & Katsuzo Oiyama
#83 3/31/97 taped 4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
UWA World Light Heavyweight Title: Gran Hamada vs. Baby Face
NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Super Destroyer & Iron Sheik
2/1/80 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen
#84 April 1/97 taped 4/3/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
Wonderland Junior #10
4/4/80 Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Mike Graham vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Strictly technical wrestling, much of which doesn't age well like the long bodyscissors. The first 15 minutes were slow paced then Fujinami did a pescado and there was fast action until the finish. Graham didn't have any high spots, but the last 3 1/2 minutes were still really good even though they had almost nothing to do with the early portion. They did some smart spots like Graham avoiding a diving knee drop then going for his figure four. ***
8/9/80 Flushing, NY Shea Stadium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero. Much faster paced and more athletic than their title match in Fukuoka. Match not being as long was a plus because they didn't lie around. It slowed for a few minutes in the middle, but then they did a shortened and somewhat altered version of the same good finishing sequence. The moves at the end being good made up for the match somewhat losing it's way during the second half. ***1/4
12/29/80 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Don Diamond. Short technical match that didn't really pick up. Diamond showed no offense. *3/4
Wonderland Junior #11
9/11/80 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco. Pretty even match that was split into a section of Fujinami controlled matwork, a shorter section of Rocco controlled matwork after they'd both go for the same move like a dropkick at the same time, and a section of highspots. Fujinami's matwork was very nice because he would have an answer for Rocco that would allow him to stay in control or quickly regain it. Rocco is more a guy that sets his opponent up for something impressive than does it himself, so this style match worked for him. He's certainly a solid worker, but even though he's not the most graceful he did do some nice moves like the missile kick. Actually, this match had the most moves off the top rope we've seen thusfar in the series. The final 4 minutes were certainly excellent with a high level of excitement and drama. ***3/4
9/30/80 Tokyo Nippon Budokan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr. Starr didn't look or wrestle like a junior. Fujinami let Starr take it to him becuse he's kind of the rough and rugged type, but this killed the match since Starr has no good offense and Fujinami was hardly countering him. The match dragged on as the matwork was pretty dull with too many arm bars and headlocks. *1/2
#85 4/2/97 taped 5/9/80 Fukuoka International Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#86 4/3/97 taped 6/5/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
5/16/80 Kariya City Gym: Dusty Rhodes vs. Stan Hansen
MSG Series 1980 Semifinal: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant
MSG Series 1980 Semifinal: Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
MSG Series 1980 Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#69
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero. This match got off to such a slow boring start with Chavo dominating with unimpressive heavyweight style offense. Chave did do a backflip out of the corner, but it served no purpose and took him forever to set it up with the ref having to hold his butt like he was Choshu. Chavo did a shoulderbreaker from Death Valley bomb position, although it appeared to have little to no impact. Just when I'd given up hope, Chavo finally stopped punching and they did some athletic moves like the rolling senton and diving body attack. The last 3 minutes were exciting enough that, considering it was 1980, I don't have any problem saying it was an adequate match. It's just frustrating that they had to nearly put me to sleep first. **
5/30/80 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center
Hulk Hogan vs. Bob Backlund
Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen
#70 6/5/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
5/30/82: Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
3rd MSG Series 1R: Andre The Giant vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
3rd MSG Series 1R: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki
#87 4/4/97 taped 5/30/80 Takamatsu Citizens Culture Center
Hulk Hogan vs. Bob Backlund
Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#88 4/7/97 taped 5/27/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Bob Backlund vs. Dusty Rhodes
#87 4/4/97 taped 5/30/80 Takamatsu Citizens Culture Center
Hulk Hogan vs. Bob Backlund
Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#88 4/7/97 taped 5/27/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Bob Backlund vs. Dusty Rhodes
#89 4/8/97 taped 7/17/80 Kuramae Kokugikan
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
#90 4/9/97 taped 8/9/80 New York Shea Stadium
Backland & Morales vs. The Wild Samoans 1 & 2
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
Antonio Inoki vs. Larry Sharpe
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
#91 4/10/97 taped 8/22/80 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Gold Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen
Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
#73 8/9/80 NY Shea Stadium
7/17/80 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: UWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
WWF Tag Title: The Samoans vs. Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Larry Sharpe
#74 8/22/80 Tokyo Prince Hotel Gold Room
8/9/80 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen
WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki
#75
8/9/80 NY Shea Stadium: Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
9/25/80 NWA Jr. Title: Kengo Kimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#76
9/11/80 WWF Jr. Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
9/30/80 NWA Jr. Title: Kengo Kimura vs. Chavo Guerrero
#92 4/11/97 taped 9/11/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#93 4/14/97 taped 9/25/80 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Kengo Kimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#77
NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/11/80
NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/25/80
#78
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr Jr. 9/30/80
NWF Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera 9/30/80
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 12/10/80
#77
NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/11/80
NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/25/80
#78
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr Jr. 9/30/80
NWF Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera 9/30/80
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 12/10/80
#79
9/22/80: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Larry Sharpe
9/30/80 WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen
11/6/80: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Hulk Hogan & Paul Orndorff
#80
10/24/80 UWA Heavyweight Title: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
11/6/80 WWF Jr. Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn
9/22/80 WWF North American Heavyweight Title Match: Larry Sharpe vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
4/23/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Tiger Mask Debut
NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
5/3/93 Fukuoka Dome: Brutus Beefcake vs. Masa Saito
9/30/80 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
4/4/80 Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan, Kotetsu Yamamoto Retirement Match: Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Oiyama & Goro Tsurumi w/Retirement Ceremony:
5/3/93 Fukuoka Dome
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto & Osamu Nishimura vs. El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami
Akitoshi Saito vs. Michiyoshi Ohara
#94 4/15/97 taped 9/30/80 Nippon Budokan
Kengo Kimura vs. Chavo Guerrero
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr
Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen
Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
#95 4/16/97 taped 9/30/80 Nippon Budokan
WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen
Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera
4/17/81 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 13:24
#96 4/17/97 taped 10/24/80 Okinawa Prefectural Onoyama Park Gym
UWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
Yoshiaki Yatsu & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Carlos Estrada & Samoan #1
#97 4/18/97 taped 12/29/80 New York MSG
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Carlos Estrada
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Wild Samoan #1
11/6/80 Tsu City Gym
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Hulk Hogan & Paul Orndorff
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn
#98 4/21/97 taped 12/10/80 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Dusty Rhodes
Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan
#99 4/22/97 taped 12/29/80 New York MSG
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dan Diamond
Bob Backlund vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki vs. Bobby Duncum
#100 4/23/97 taped 2/9/81 Akita City Gym
Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu vs. Samoans #1 & #2
WWF North American Heavyweight Title: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Enforcer
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Duncum
#81
12/10/80: Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund vs. Hulk Hogan & Stan Hansen
2/9/81 WWF North American Heavyweight Title: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Enforcer
4/17/81 NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#82 taped 12/29/80
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jose Estrada
WWF Jr. Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Don Diamond
WWF World Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Killer Kahn
#83 taped 12/29/80
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Samoan Sika
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bobby Duncum
2/9/81: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Duncum
#84 taped 5/1/81
2/9/81 The Samoans Afa & Sika vs. Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
NWF Heavyweight Title Decision: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
12/29/80 MSG:
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jerry Estrada
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Sika
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Don Diamond 10:28
Bob Backlund vs. Killer Khan
Inoki vs. Bobby Duncum
1/9/81 Koga City Gym
Kengo Kimura vs. Enforcer
Riki Choshu vs. Ken Patera
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Samoan 1 & 2
1/16/81 Yokkaichi City Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Samoan 1 & 2
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tom Prichard 5:37
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Duncum 1981
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 1980
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen 1981
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Stan Hansen & Abdullah The Butcher 1981
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura 1981
3/13/81 Fukuyama City Gym
Killer Khan vs. Umanoseke Ueda
Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano vs. Perro Aguayo & Fishman
3/20/81 Aizu Gymnasium
Killer Khan vs. Umanoseke Ueda
2/3 Falls NWA North American Tag Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Don Muraco
3/27/81 taped 3/26/81 Suzuyo Memorial Gymnasium
WWF Light Heavyweight Title League Final: Perro Aguayo vs. Gran Hamada 14:58
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura 14:36
Antonio Inoki & Killer Khan vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda
2/16/81 MSG: The Great Yatsu (Yoshiaki Yatsu) vs. Johnny Rodz
4/10/81: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund & Rick McGraw
5/12/81 Natori Civic Gym
Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Hansen
#101 4/24/97 taped 4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#102 4/25/97 taped 5/8/81 Kawasaki City Gym
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum
5/26/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Dusty Rhodes vs. Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum
Kantaro Hoshino & Ryuma Go vs. Haruka Eigen & Tiger Toguchi
5/8/81: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Sgt. Slaughter
5/10/81 MSG Series 1981: Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen
5/13/81 MSG Series 1981: Hulk Hogan vs. Mike Masters
5/14/81 MSG Series 1981: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/4/81: Bob Backlund & Dusty Rhodes vs. Bobby Duncum & Sgt. Slaughter
5/28/81 MSG Series 1981: Hulk Hogan vs. Riki Choshu
7/3/81: Frank Savage vs. Haruka Eigen
8/6/81: Michelle Nador & Roland Bock vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
9/6/81 Tatebayashi Morinji Hagoromo Hall Square
Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Pete Roberts vs. Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi & Riki Choshu
George Takano & Tiger Mask vs. Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata
Andre The Giant vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
5/10/81 Korakuen Hall Handheld: Stan Hansen vs. Hulk Hogan
2/10/90 Tokyo Dome
Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Riki Choshu & George Takano vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Tiger Mask
4/29/87 Tsu City: Akira Maeda vs. Andre The Giant
11/19/87 Korakuen Hall
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiro Saito vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido 10:51. Akira Maeda breaks Riki Choshu's orbital with a shoot kick. TV-Asahi leak Handheld camera version.
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiro Saito vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido 10:51. TV-Asahi leak fixed camera version.
#85
5/8/81: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum
6/4/81: Antonio Inoki & Dusty Rhodes vs. Hulk Hogan & Stan Hansen
#86 taped 6/4/81
4th MSG Series Playoff: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4th MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#103 4/28/97
6/4/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters
6/3/81 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Dusty Rhodes & Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Bobby Duncum
#104 4/29/97 taped 6/4/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
4th MSG Series Semifinal: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
4th MSG Series Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
#87 taped 6/4/81
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters
Bob Backlund & Dusty Rhodes vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Bobby Duncum
6/8/81: Dusty Rhodes vs. Killer Kahn
#88 taped 7/3/81
WWF Jr. Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Les Thornton
Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
8/2/81: Tiger Mask vs. Scorpio
#105 4/30/97 taped 6/8/81 New York MSG
Killer Khan vs. Dusty Rhodes
WWF World Tag Title: Moondog Rex & Moondog Spot vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu
#106 May 1/97 taped 7/3/81 Korakuen Hall
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Les Thornton
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
8/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
#89 taped 8/2/81
Roland Bock vs. Riki Choshu
Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen
8/6/81 WWF Jr. Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Lane
#90 taped 9/18/81
8/6/81: Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Solitario & Solar I
Andre The Giant & Bad News Allen vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi
#107 5/2/97 taped 8/14/81 Korakuen Hall
8/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Lane
Tiger Mask vs. Scorpio
Riki Choshu vs. Roland Bock
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen
#108 5/5/97 taped 9/18/81 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Solitario & El Solar
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi vs. Andre the Giant & Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen
10/16/81 Oita Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
#109 5/6/97 taped 9/23/81 Denen Coliseum
Tiger Mask vs. Solar
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario
Stan Hansen vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Toguchi
9/23/81 Tokyo Den'en Coliseum
Tiger Mask vs. Solar I
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario
Andre The Giant vs. Stan Hansen
IWGP Asia League: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Toguchi (Kim Duk)
4/23/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid
9/23/81 Den'en Coliseum: Tiger Mask vs. Solar
11/5/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
2/5/85 Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Black Tiger vs. The Cobra
5/11/85 Fukuoka Sports Center: Gran Hamada & The Cobra vs. El Canek & Hiro Saito
Disc 1
4/23/81: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 9:29
6/4/81: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters 14:13
8/2/81: Tiger Mask vs. Scorpio 8:55
9/18/81: El Solitario & Solar vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask 11:36
9/23/81: Tiger Mask vs. Solar 8:51
10/8/81 Mask vs. Mask: Tiger Mask vs. Masked Hurricane 7:09
10/30/81: Kengo Kimura & Tiger Mask vs. El Signo & Negro Navarro
11/5/81: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada 17:01
12/1/81: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Canek & Super Maquina 11:42
1/1/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 8:31
1/28/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 12:38
2/5/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart 17:34
2/9/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Baby Face 12:44
3/4/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright 11:48
3/12/82: Tiger Mask vs. Black Man 12:27
3/19/82: Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Black Man & Colosso Colosetti 15:22
3/30/82 2/3 Falls: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Don Muraco & Masked Superstar & Steve Wright 21:59
3/31/82: Kengo Kimura & Tiger Mask vs. Black Man & Steve Wright 14:51
4/1/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright 17:50
4/21/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger 14:17
5/25/82 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Les Thornton vs. Tiger Mask 13:59
5/26/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask 14:15
6/18/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask c vs. Ultraman 12:37
6/25/82: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Polaco & Ultraman 12:22
7/6/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman 12:12
7/23/82: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 13:54
7/30/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart 17:03
7/31/82 2/3 Falls: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart & Dynamite Kid & Greg Valentine 19:22
8/5/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 15:58
8/27/82: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger & Pete Roberts 10:47
8/30/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 7:00
9/3/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Villano III 7:02
9/10/82: Tiger Mask vs. Pete Roberts 15:44
9/17/82: Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams 14:10
9/19/82: Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger & Villano III
9/21/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger 19:08
10/8/82: Tiger Mask vs. Marty Jones 12:09
Disc 2
10/26/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 16:57
11/4/82 NWA World & WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 13:40
11/25/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Eddie Gilbert 11:36
1/6/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 23:10
1/14/83: Gran Hamada & Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. El Signo & El Texano & Negro Navarro
1/20/83: Tiger Mask vs. Negro Navarro 11:21
1/28/83: Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger & Jose Estrada
2/3/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada 17:20
2/7/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger 15:18
2/8/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 16:50
2/10/83: Gran Hamada & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask
4/21/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 6:52
6/2/83 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Decision Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 18:06
6/12/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision 2/3 Falls Match: Tiger Mask vs. Fishman 22:48
7/7/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi 16:59
7/14/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 16:52
7/20/83: Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask
7/29/83: Tiger Mask vs. Halcon 78 8:38
8/1/83: Osamu Kido & Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi
8/4/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi 14:37
Disc 3
4/23/81: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 9:29
8/30/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 7:00
3/12/82: Tiger Mask vs. Black Man 12:27
2/3/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada 17:20
9/10/82 Tiger Mask vs. Pete Roberts 15:44
Disc 4
5/26/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask 14:15
2/5/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart 17:34
11/4/82 NWA World & WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 13:40
6/2/83 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Decision Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 18:06
8/4/83 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi 14:37
Disc 5
5/8/81: Tiger Mask vs. Black Cat
5/12/81: Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams
6/24/81: Tiger Mask vs. Villano III. Complete
8/6/81: Tiger Mask vs. Scorpio
8/21/81: Tiger Mask & Solitario vs. Brazo de Plata & Brazo de Oro
9/4/81: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Solitario & Pete Roberts. Complete
9/9/81: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Brazo de Plata & Brazo de Oro. Complete
9/17/81: Tiger Mask vs. Brazo de Plata. Complete
10/16/81: Tiger Mask vs. El Texano
10/23/81: Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada vs. Signo & Negro Navarro
Disc 6
1/8/82: Tiger Mask & Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Dynamite Kid & Baby Face
1/15/82: Tiger Mask vs. Halcon 78. Complete
1/22/82: Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart. Complete
2/11/82: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Baby Face & Bret Hart & Dynamite Kid. Complete
3/4/82: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright
Disc 7
3/26/82: Tiger Mask vs. Colosso Colosetti
4/30/82: Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada vs. Les Thornton & Perro Aguayo. Complete
5/21/82: Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Carlos Estrada & Jose Gonzales
7/2/82: Tiger Mask vs. El Polaco. Complete
7/16/82: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Bret Hart & Dynamite Kid. Complete
8/3/82: Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Bret Hart & Dynamite Kid
10/15/82: Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Johnny Londos & Les Thornton. Complete
Disc 8
10/22/82: Tiger Mask vs. Les Thornton
11/25/82 WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Eddie Gilbert
3/4/83 Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Abdullah Tamba & Mile Zrno
3/11/83: Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams. Complete
3/18/83: Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Abdullah Tamba & Chris Adams. Complete
4/15/83: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
4/19/83: Osamu Kido & Tiger Mask vs. Caswell Martin & Kuniaki Kobayashi
7/1/83: Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi & Pete Roberts
Disc 9
7/28/77: Satoru Sayama vs. Seiei Kimura
12/19/79 2/3 Falls: Kato Kung Lee& Mascara Ano 2000 & Satoru Sayama vs. Enfermero I & Enfermero II & Sangre Chicana
4/13/80 2/3 Falls: Gran Hamada & Satoru Sayama vs. Babe Face & Perro Aguayo. Complete
Disk 1
4/23/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, Tiger Mask Debut: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
6/4/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters
8/2/81 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask vs. Scorpion
9/18/81 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solar & El Solitario
9/23/81 Tokyo Den'en Coliseum: Tiger Mask vs. El Solar
10/8/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan Mask vs Mask: Tiger Mask vs. Masked Hurricane (Bobby Lee)
10/30/81: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. El Signo & Negro Navaro
11/5/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
12/1/81: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek & Super Maquina
12/8/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. El Canek
1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Dynamite was all over Tiger's knee, totally persistent with Tiger fighting him off for his life. He tied it in the ropes and stomped from the right side until the ref pushed him away. Instead of backing off he circled around, so when the ref turned his back and tried to pry Tiger loose, he came in from the left side and stomped it some more. Tiger did some of his best selling here. I like how Dynamite was the fiercest most aggressiev bastard yet he was still wary of his opponents impressive techniques. The match was mainly knee work, but that made the lightning fast counters that much more impressive. Moves keep getting better and better, but still no one has been able to match the speed of the counter sequences these guys did together, and they were very intricate ones done precisely. There was a particularly great sequences where Tiger tried to come back with kicks, but after some counters I could barely keep up with, Dynamite had Tiger beat with his tombstone and diving headbutt only to pull him up. The wrestling was exceptional and they wasted no time, but it was so short I'm not sure I can rate it a great match. 8:31. ****1/4
1/28/82 Tokyo Taiikukan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. The opposite of their last match, as Dynamite was the one doing all the selling and Tiger was attacking his knee. Dynamite was taking some wild bumps where he'd jump/be propelled high and far, but even though Dynamite is the better seller, a Dynamite focused attack makes for a better match because his ferocity makes you buy into him wanting to hurt his opponent and Tiger has the better comeback offense plus is so over it'll surely get a big reaction. All that being said, what might have hurt this the most is that it was so much slower. Not that they can't have a high quality slow match, but their speed sequences are what separates them. Though this is probably their worst match available, it was still very good and had some serious highlights. Tiger did this wicked implant DDT where he lifted Dynamite so he was parallel to the mat then dropped down, with Dynamite's body being straight up and down when his head hit the mat. The finish was a crazy scramble with Dynamite landing on his feet (surprisingly sloppily) for a verticle suplex into the ring then 3 lightning go-behinds into a German suplex. The match really never took off though, and the added time was a negative if anything. 12:36. ***1/2
2/5/82 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart. Very good match. Tiger has tremendous flurries, chaining together spots with incredible speed. Bret is very solid, predominantly taking good bumps and providing a base for Tiger's tremendous spots.
Disk 2
2/9/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Baby Face. The thing you have to understand about Tiger is his athleticism and body control are unparalled. He could essentially find a way to land on his feet from any position, and this aspect was so spectacular that the traditional highspots (ie highspot=something that supposedly does a lot of damage) often took a back seat. The running portions were very impressive, especially a sweet segment where Tiger landed on his feet for a backdrop and did a jumping dropdown with Baby Face leaping over him with a somersault while Tiger was still in the air. The problem with the match is it just about stopped in between these highlights, with too many restmissions. Match lacked flow and direction. They should have essentially done a lucha match because that's the only aspect Baby showed proficiency in here, and Tiger made such an impression in Mexico that every Japanese guy that toured after was held to his standard. 12:43. ***
3/12/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask vs. Blackman. Very good Lucha style match. Blackman was really athletic in his day, but he didn't have high spots that were in the same stratosphere as Sayama's. Mat oriented early, picking up at the 10-minute mark for a great, albeit short, finishing sequence that was highlighted by Sayama exploding through the ropes with a suicida.
3/19/82: Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Blackman & Carlos Colosetti
3/30/82: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Masked Superstar & Don Muraco & Steve Wright
3/31/82 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Steve Wright & Blackman. Good, but nothing special. Highlights were Wright's cool cartwheel counters and Tiger and Blackman working together at a super speed. Kimura's work was cut out.
4/1/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright. Wright is very flexible, but stylistically he's a better opponent for Fujinami. What I like about his technical game is how he uses leverage and his opponent's momentum. Wright grounded Tiger and had him selling for much of the match, so while Wright is proficient this was pretty dull by Tiger's standards. Even once it picked up it was more of a striking and submission match, but they mixed it up pretty well and it did have some nice athletic spots like Wright countering a headscissors with a cartwheel. 17:48. ***1/4
4/21/82 Tokyo Sumo Hall WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger. Great match with really good work. Peers throwing bombs. Sayama was forced to sell here. Tiger does a really cool slingshot plancha. Finish was kind of lame because Tiger "snapping" didn't make much sense to me.
5/25/82 Shizuoka NWA Jr. Title: Les Thorton vs. Tiger Mask. Merely good. This match was all wrong for Sayama. Sayama's style was light years ahead of his time, while Thorton was a throwback technician. So, it was kind of like the 1990's meeting the 1960's. The match didn't work and was too long, even though it was pretty short. Tiger wins the NWA World Jr. Title!
5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask. Started off with all the impressive arm bar/drag/whip counters. Tiger entered the ring with the gymnastics move that Muto later used often where he slingshots over and lands on his feet. Tiger did similar if not the same spots he did in the title match against Hamada, but they were much more impressive here because of the difference in athleticism between Tiger & Hamada. Similarly, what kept it down was that instead of building momentum, Black would kill it with a rest hold or some mediocre brawling. The match had Mask's best finishing sequence so far in the series starting when he missed a pescado, but Black still couldn't pin him with the suplex back into the ring. 14:15. ****
Disk 3
6/18/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman. Lucha style match with some exceptional offense. What kept this from being an excellent match is that, due to their lack of familiarity and the two technico problem, their offense was way ahead of their ability to work with each other. Their sequences only had a couple of steps and then they'd kind of wait. Though the moves weren't particularly well utilized you still had to be impressed. Tiger did things like turn Ultraman's arm drag into one of his own in midair and land on his feet when Ultraman jumped off the top into an arm drag. Tiger did his space flying Tiger drop here. He also used the move originally known as the Tigerdriver, which was kind of a cross between a snap suplex and DDT. 12:37. ***1/2
6/25/82 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ultraman & El Polaco
7/6/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman. This was a little sloppy, but overall better than their previous match because they did longer sequences and utilized each other's athleticism more. The chemistry wasn't close to what Tiger has with Dynamite or Kobayashi, but the match boasted some spectacular new spots like Tiger doing a one-arm cartwheel to counter Ultraman jumping off the top into an arm drag. It probably would have been excellent if it went a few minutes longer, but I can understand why this was kept shorter. 12:42. ***3/4
7/23/82 Ishikawa: Tiger vs. Dynamite Kid. Awesome match with tremendous performances by both men. Great fluid work. Execution, timing, etc were all top notch. Cool athletic counters and some beautiful sequences. Interesting to see Tiger refusing to break when Dynamite gets the ropes, which leads to a young Bret Hart interfering on Dynamite's behalf. Normally I hate screw jobs, but this might be the most successful count out ever. ****3/4
7/30/82 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger vs. Bret Hart
7/31/82 Osaka Rinkai Sports Center 2/3 Falls: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Greg Valentine & Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart. Good, interesting match. Hart looked really sharp working with Sayama, who got destroyed in this match, as was Kimura. Valentine worked American style and looked totally out of place.
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. One of the reasons this is one of the couple best series of all time is they'd always do a different match. Most series just fall into a groove - especially the ones like this where the same guy wins every match - but getting to the same place didn't stop these two from doing a different scenario and experimenting along the way. It would take much longer to describe the sequences than it did for them to do them. They extended the match by combining the speed with the substance, mixing bursts of action between Tiger's knee attack. The big difference was the way they used the floor to allow for new and innovative spots/sequences. Tiger knocked Dynamite over the top to the floor with his rolling savate then ran the ropes to get up a head of steam for his dive. Dynamite immediately re-entered to avoid it, so Tiger simply high cross bodied him when he stood up. Tiger suplexed Dynamite over the top to the floor, but Dynamite held on enough to take Tiger over with him. Dynamite realized that instead of guys always jumping to the floor to set up the next move, he should just throw the guy there and do the move, in this case a suplex. Tiger realized that instead of doing the pescado like several guys, he could just run and leap over the top onto his opponent. It looked like Tiger was going to side suplex Dynamite back into the ring, but instead he dropped him for a new version of the piledriver. 15:57. *****
8/27/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Black Tiger & Pete Roberts 10:45. Some excellent stuff from the Tigers, both in terms of garnering heat for the rivalry &, of course, in state of the art junior wrestling. Black attacked Mask with the flowers they presented him before the match, with Mask soon returning the favor. They did some really fast, counter laden sequences, providing the pure action. Roberts was very fun as well with his leverage based British offense. There was a lot of potential for athletic counters there with Tiger, but he was mostly paired with Fujinami. Fujinami was actually the least interesting in the match, but the UK style was nonetheless a really good fit for him because it's a lot more based on athleticism & movement than the Japanese or American technical styles of the day. Fujinami wasn't a true junior or heavyweight stylist, but this could have been the perfect mix of the two. ***1/2
8/30/82 New York, NY MSG WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. This match really stood out to me when I first got into puroresu because many people that weren't overly into Japanese wrestling considered it a classic, perhaps the best ever in Madison Square Garden. The match was like a decade ahead of it's time in the U.S.; really not until the Liger vs. Pillman matches was there something so good and stylistically different than anything else that was being done here. What I really noticed about the match this time was the incredible reaction it got. The myth was always that no one wanted to see the little guys because they could never beat the big roiders. They certainly needed to win the fans over, it just didn't seem that way because the crowd was just in awe of the speed and the gymnastic style they'd never seen before, so they were reacting from the get go. The execution was extremely crisp execution and the moves had a lot of impact, but really the best part was the opening where they were just doing the amazing gymnatic counters. Match really flies by and is excellent at the very least.
Disk 4
9/3/82 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Villano III. Beautiful Lucha action for a hot crowd.
9/10/82 Kumamoto: Tiger Mask vs. Pete Roberts. Worst match from Sayama's prime that I've seen. Roberts technical style should have been fine for setting up Tiger for his athletic counters, but he was getting on in years & didn't want to do anything but rest holds. Only notable because Black Tiger attacked Sayama before the match, but Sayama kicked his butt then Roberts tossed Black Tiger to the floor.
9/17/82 Aomori: Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams. Adams was a weird opponent for Sayama because his style wasn't exactly juniorish. Not bad by any means, but Adams style wasn't right and his offense was too limited. Slow paced, with Sayama using mainly strikes and matwork. Crowd really pulls for Sayama's comeback.
9/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Villano III 15:53. Good match, but one of Tiger's least memorable. Lots of good moves, but little that was spectacular. Both worked Lucha style with V3. They heated up the Tiger vs. Tiger fued with a post match fight on the outside. ***1/4
9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger. Unlike the previous match, the extra length wasn't beneficial. It seemed like they were holding back. The 1st 13 minutes were mainly submissions, strikes, and athletic counters. Those counters might have helped a lot, but Mask was off and couldn't land on his feet cleanly. Black was carrying the match as usual, and I think he might have reset Mask's comebacks after Mask didn't get the first counter right. In any case, this wasn't as exciting as usual. Black wound up attacking Mask's knee later in the match, which then gave Mask an excuse for not flying like usual. Black did a double axehandle to the floor like Savage made famous. After the match, he attacked Mask including a tombstone on the floor. 19:08. ***1/4
10/8/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask vs. Martin Jones. Very good match. Jones is like a poor man's Dynamite Kid here. His offense wasn't as spectacular, but it was a wrestled like a grudge match (though it lacked heat) with great work and execution. If the finish didn't come out of nowhere, it probably would have been great.
10/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. This quality of match was determined more by how they did it than by what they did, especially early on. What they did was somewhat typical, but they were intense and struggling for everything to the point you could almost believe they weren't cooperating. They gave it purpose. Unfortunately, as the match progressed, they reverted back to the more standard way of doing things. The match also had its share of down time. The athletic sequences were very graceful though, and it was a nice mix of styles. Tiger did 2 elbow drops and a somersault senton within 4 seconds. He also did an impressive All Japan style backdrop. The highlight was when Kobayashi stopped Tiger's rounding body press by punching him to the floor because Tiger took the bump off the top straight to the floor instead of the requisite landing on the apron and rolling off. Kobayashi followed with a pescado then back in the ring he got inexplicably aggressive tying Tiger in the tree of woe and stomping him until well after he was DQ'd, as well as trying to rip his mask. Oddly, the opening was the best wrestled portion. 16:56. ****
11/4/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight & NWA World Junior Heavyweight Double Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Tiger was extremely spectacular here, even by his own standards. His offense had evolved considerably, so now he was able to use his athleticism to sometimes do damage while gaining the advantage. He basically decided he was going to show off every chance he got. This wasn't an exhibition of spots though because Kobayashi was trying to ground Tiger, theoretically doing his best to keep it where he had the advantage and prevent Tiger from doing his thing. Also, Tiger used his aerial manuevers and suplexes to set up submissions. There were all kinds of highlights, many of which were well thought out. For instance, the great opening where Tiger jumped off the top as always, but this time he immediately jumped again, dropkicking a surprised Kobayashi to the floor then catching him with a suicida. It was one of the only times that it wasn't annoying that they didn't scrap the intros and keep fighting because the ref was holding Kobayashi back the whole time. Another smart spot saw Kobayashi retain the advantage even though Tiger landed on his feet for a back body drop because knowing what Tiger is capable of, Kobayashi immediately turned around and dropkicked him before Tiger could try a move. Tiger's backflip double kneedrop is one of the greatest athletic moves because you have to be a supreme athlete to do the backflip from the standing position and it's one of the rare aerial moves that would actually do noteworthy damage. This match continued where the 10/26 one left off with Kobayashi this time succeeding in ripping Tiger's mask, which changed the result from a probable Tiger count out to a Kobayashi DQ. Tiger was incensed at the mask ripping and "lost it, tying Kobayashi in the tree of woe and kicking him repeatedly. The post match was pretty amazing because one guy would kick the crap out of the other until he was restrained then the other would quickly recover and gain the advantage because he didn't have anyone in his way. Even though it was silly and not properly sold, it was very memorable and a major heat/hate generator. 13:38. ****3/4
Disk 5
1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. This wasn't quite as good as their previous matches because Kobayashi was more successful in grounding Tiger. It was probably the closest pre-UWF Tiger Mask match to what he'd go on to do as Super Tiger in the UWF, but it wasn't as intense as their last couple of matches. In between Kobayashi's judo and Tiger's kicks and submissions they'd still do the Lucha segments, with Kobayashi being the workman who set Tiger up for several explosive comebacks. The fighting out of the ring was articularly notable. Tiger jumped so far on his dive over the top that he cleared Kobayashi's head and landed on the guard rail. There was a great segment where Kobayashi hit a pescado, but Tiger reversed his whip into the bars. Kobayashi stopped Tiger from reentering though and suplexed him, but Tiger just slid back in at 19. Another cool sequence on the outside saw Tiger run Kobayashi into the ring post then German suplex him when he bounced off. Match wasn't as consistently good as some of their others since it went so long, but Kobayashi had a better chance of winning since it was more his style and thus he was in control more. 23:09. ****1/4
1/14/83 Yamaguchi: Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Los Missioneros de la Muerte (El Signo, El Texano, & Negro Navaro). Very good to great fast-paced Lucha action. Animal Hamaguchi and Rusher Kimura, among others, destroy Sayama before the match. Highlight is Tiger against Texano, as they do some super counters.
1/20/83 Oita: Tiger Mask vs. Negro Navaro. Just ok. Navaro was unimpressive. Too much time wasting. Signo & Texano jump Sayama after the match, but Kobayashi makes the save.
1/28/83 Ibaraki: Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Jose Estrada. Very good when the Tigers were in together, but generally nothing special.
2/3/83 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada. Tiger's best matches come when the opponent is calling and setting him up, but Hamada is also a technico and not one to carry a match. Hamada still dictated more than Tiger, but he was going in dull direction rather than making it a battle of perhaps the two best athletes in the division. Poor development, a surprising amount of wear down locks, and Hamada not being that sharp resulted in one of Tiger's least memorable title matches. 17:19. **3/4
2/7/83 Tokyo Sumo Hall WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger. Tiger looked better here than in their previous encounters as his arsenal was larger and his work seemed better. Seemed like an excellent match.
2/8/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Another great match between these two. Kobayashi pushes matwork before the high spots. Heated match. Finish is along the same lines as their match on 3rd Dimension, but works a lot better here.
2/10/83: Tiger Mask & Hoshino vs. Hamada & Kobayashi. Very good match. Had nice work and told a story. Hamada & Kobayashi concentrate on trying to unmask Tiger.
4/21/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Dynamite was all jacked up, totally determined to finally beat Tiger. I loved the early sequence where he was preventing Tiger from a spectacular arm bar counter. Tiger finally does two quick rolls reverse only to have Dynamite do a beautiful head spring out of the arm bar. They were a little more hesitant here to show that they were leery of going to the risks to soon because their opponent was so adept at making them backfire. They were that much stiffer than they'd ever been, measuring each other than bringing it with the extra impact. Tiger even did the western lariat. What really set this match apart from their others was the screw jobs. Normally one is an automatic rating deduction in my book, and this match had 3! However, they amazingly worked, primarily by exploiting their own ridiculousness. This was a match about closing the gap between Tiger and Dynamite, and the finishes were more showing how equal they were and that they needed to keep going than anything else. Dynamite would keep petitioning for a restart in between attacking Tiger again. They set some of the spots up pretty well like how Dynamite couldn't do his tombstone during the first match, but then he kicked Tiger when they were petitioning for the second match, which gave him the opening. The one problem with this match was on the second screw job. They were out of the ring for 1:15 for the ref to give a 20 count, which would have been fine if the ref was finally close to 20 when Tiger reenter, but since he wasn't Dynamite had to stumble around out there for almost 30 seconds. The whole match was just a crazy out of control spectacle. Some of their lesser matches were better technically, but this is kind of like the 8/15/92 Toyota vs. Yamada where you not only have a great match but an entire scene that's wholly memorable. Finally, when they got tired of fighting after the third screw job Dynamite grabbed the ref's arm and raised it so it looked like the ref was declaring him the victor then got on the mic and said he'd just won the belt. 11:11, 3:32, & 1:52. *****
Disk 6
6/2/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Kobayashi believed in a big start before getting into the body of the match. I agree with this mentality when there actually is a body because it grabs the crowds attention and buys you some time to develop the match without them getting impatient. Kobayashi made it work for him the way few have though because having already done some damage made his submissions more credible. Though the match started as a sprint, the way they came out fired up and intense and kept the success rate low showed the urgency and importance. I mean, these guys were just dead set on not letting the other get the advantage. At the same time, the match was extremely well choreographed. There were new sequences like Tiger landing on his feet for a back body drop, avoiding a 360 kick, then hitting a rounding high kick. They knew when to use the moves and how to incorporate them. Kobayashi stopped Tiger's reverse diving body attack by sticking his knee out for a stomach breaker then followed with a traditional stomachbreaker and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. This was one of the few matches where you believed Tiger could lose. The fans were going nuts toward the end, especially when it appeared Kobayashi was 1 move away from victory. Unfortunately, after so much brilliance the finisher was real lame and slow, not to mention probably a bad call by the ref. 18:03. ****3/4
6/12/83 Mexico El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos 2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Fishman. The match was good when Fishman utilized Tiger's ability to roll out of moves to their advantage. It's always good when Tiger is on offense, but Fishman doesn't do much so it's hard for Tiger to have much of a match with him. Fishman did do one interesting move where he set Tiger on the second and threw him past the center of the ring, kind of like a press slam. The big mistake of the match was the fall Fishman won was the shortest. I'll write this (and it being much more contrived) off to it being Mexico, but Tiger always withstands tons more and never loses, so it was very hard to take. The pacing was very awkward with the match basically stopping then starting again, and Fishman stalled too much. Tiger sometimes found interesting ways out of Fishman's submissions, but as a whole they did more harm than good. Had it's moments though not as many as usual and wasn't as good in any other area to make up for that, but barring a series of miscues Tiger is entertaining enough that his presence guarantees a good match. 11:03, 4:37, & 6:53. ***
7/7/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. What was Teranishi doing here? He's not athletic, has no offense, and was too clumsy and awkward for Tiger to do his thing with. He was killing the match with rest holds and incompetence, though that was an improvement over nearly killing Tiger early when he lost his balance near the ropes as Tiger was trying to monkey flip him, with Tiger's weight sending both over the top to the floor. Tiger needed to step up here, but he wasn't doing as much of interest as usual. What he did do didn't come off as well because Teranishi's positioning was suspect and selling so exaggerated. Kobayashi was in the front row, and he and Tiger got into it after Kobayashi gave Teranishi a boost to help him reenter following Tiger's suicida. Kobayashi attacked Tiger after the match, destroying Tiger's mask so we got a glimpse of his face before they went to the long shot, and running off with the title belt. 15:58. **1/4
7/14/83 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Very good match.
7/20/83 Asahikawa City: Tiger Mask & Hoshino vs. Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi. Work was good, but the match itself is unspectacular. Mainly just Kobayashi & Teranishi using heel tactics on Tiger to get heat. Notable because Tiger's team actually loses.
7/29/83 Toyama City Taiikukan: Tiger Mask vs. El Halcon. Average Lucha style match. Halcon didn't show much offensively and wasn't too competitive.
8/1/83 Gifu: Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Kobayashi & Teranishi. More of the same as Kobayashi & Teranishi concentrate on unmasking Tiger.
8/4/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. Tiger didn't have much confidence in Teranishi after the last debacle and was basically trying to figure out how he could have a good match without relying on his opponent to help him pull the spots off. He did a lot of kicking and knee dropping, but the submission stuff was totally dull without the movement and counters. The second half was action packed, though Tiger was still hardly Tiger, but had some problems because Teranishi reacts slowly and sometimes Tiger would clearly be waiting for him. Tiger was better here than in their first match, and I can't fault the adjustments he tried to make, but Teranishi is a hopeless wrestler that makes everything look worse than it should so they didn't really work. 14:35. *3/4
NJ Tadakai no Wonderland Shodai Tiger Mask Hen #1 10/24/99
5/1/81 taped 4/23 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Sayama's debut as Tiger Mask
6/14/81 taped 6/4 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters
9/18/81 taped 9/18 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solar & El Solitario
Wonderland Shodai Tiger Mask #2
8/18/81 taped 8/14 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tiger Mask vs. Scorpio
11/13/81 taped 10/30 Anjo Shi Taiikukan: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Negro Navaro & El Signo
11/6/81 taped 11/5 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
#110 5/7/97 taped 10/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Isamu Teranishi
Tiger Mask vs. Masked Hurricane
Riki Choshu & Dino Bravo vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#111 5/8/97 taped 11/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#93 taped 10/8/81
Mask vs. Mask: Tiger Mask vs. Mascara Hurricane (Bobby Lee)
Hulk Hogan & Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu & Dino Bravo
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#94
10/16/81: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen
10/30/81: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Negro Navarro & El Signo
10/30/81: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen
12/10/81: Dusty Rhodes vs. Killer Khan
#112 5/9/97 taped 10/30/81 Anjo City Gym
11/6/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Dino Bravo
Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. El Signo & El Navarro
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
#113 5/12/97 taped 12/10/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Tiger Toguchi vs. Roland Bock
2nd MSG Tag League Seimfinal: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Hansen & Dick Murdoch
2nd MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant & Rene Goulet
12/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. El Canek
11/5/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
Abdullah The Butcher vs. Dino Bravo
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi
9/7/84 Fukuoka Sports Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine
Wonderland Tiger #3
10/8/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, Mascara Contra Mascara: Tiger Mask vs. Masked Hurricane 7:07. **1/4
12/8/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tiger Mask vs. El Canek 11:34. ***1/2
2/9/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Baby Face 12:43. **
Wonderland Tiger #4
12/1/81 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek & Super Machina
1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
1/28/82 Tokyo Taiikukan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
9/23/81 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum: Tiger Mask vs. El Solar
3/19/82 Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Blackman & Carlos Colosetti
5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger
Wonderland #95 taped 11/5/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
Lumberjack Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
Wonderland #96 taped 11/5/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Dino Bravo vs. Abdullah The Butcher
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi
12/1/81 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
Wonderland Junior #12
11/6/80 Mie Tsu Shi Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn. They did a long feeling out process where it took 10 minutes for anyone to truly gain an advantage. Suddenly, Fujinami got fired up for a knee attack. Once they got into it they looked like they meaned it, but the match would have worked better if they weren't so laid back and conservative initially. 16:40. **3/4
7/3/81 Tokyo Korakuen Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Les Thornton. Thornton's NWA title wasn't on the line. As you'd expect, this was a highly technical match that was a strong example of the lost art of basic holds and counter holds. Very nice countering. They roughed it up too, with Thornton throwing his nice European uppercuts, but this was a secondary aspect that Thornton usually used to sneak an advantage and apply some more locks. The main problem was overexaggerated selling, which with them jumping to the floor set up the lame screw job finish. 15:48. ***1/4
Wonderland Junior #13
9/30/80 Tokyo Nippon Budokan NWA World Junior Heavyweight International Title Match: Kengo Kimura vs. Chavo Guerrero. This match also took a long time to get going, but featured more rough housing than Fujinami's matches. The fans got into it more and more, with good hard shots and a few nice suplexes and breakers. Even match throughout, unfortunately leading to no winner because of a screw job. 15:51. ***
9/23/81 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario. Probably as exciting as Fujinami gets. They traded rest holds for lucha and legitimate submissions, greatly improving the early portion. Solitario is a guy that can match Fujinami's athletic offense move for move, which doesn't sound like that great a feat since action Fujinami is dropkicks and headscissors, but it's only true of a few guys Fujinami's fought in this series (Dynamite, Mando, maybe Mendoza) and those are his best matches. Both men were very impressive, with Solitario being a good puncher/slapper as well as a guy that does a dive. They got tied up in positions I practically didn't even know existed. 11:58. ***3/4
1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Dynamite was all over Tiger's knee, totally persistent with Tiger fighting him off for his life. He tied it in the ropes and stomped from the right side until the ref pushed him away. Instead of backing off he circled around, so when the ref turned his back and tried to pry Tiger loose, he came in from the left side and stomped it some more. Tiger did some of his best selling here. I like how Dynamite was the fiercest most aggressiev bastard yet he was still wary of his opponents impressive techniques. The match was mainly knee work, but that made the lightning fast counters that much more impressive. Moves keep getting better and better, but still no one has been able to match the speed of the counter sequences these guys did together, and they were very intricate ones done precisely. There was a particularly great sequences where Tiger tried to come back with kicks, but after some counters I could barely keep up with, Dynamite had Tiger beat with his tombstone and diving headbutt only to pull him up. The wrestling was exceptional and they wasted no time, but it was so short I'm not sure I can rate it a great match. 8:31. ****1/4
#114 5/13/97 taped 12/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Toguchi & Rusher Kimura vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stan Hansen & Roland Bock
12/1/81 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Canek & Super Maquina
#115 5/14/97 taped 12/1/81 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Stan Hansen vs. Killer Khan
Tiger Toguchi vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
1/1/82 Korakuen Hall
Karl Gotch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Riki Choshu vs. Animal Hamaguchi
#116 5/15/97 taped 1/1/82 Korakuen Hall
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
WWF World Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bob Backlund
Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock
#117 5/16/97 taped 1/28/82 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah the Butcher
10/14/73 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, 2/3 Falls World's Strongest Tag Match Part. 2: Karl Gotch & Lou Thesz vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Karl Gotch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
10/9/75 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Lou Thesz
Steve Williams
10/19/87: Steve Williams vs. Keiji Muto
12/6/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Steve Williams vs. Shinya Hashimoto
12/11/90 Nagoya Rainbow Hall: Steve Williams vs. Masahiro Chono
#97 12/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tiger Mask vs. El Canek
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Rusher Kimura & Tiger Toguchi
Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan
#98 12/10/81 Osaka Furitsu Gym
12/8/81 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Roland Bock & Stan Hansen
Roland Bock vs. Tiger Toguchi
2nd MSG Tag League Winner Advances to Finals: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch & Stan Hansen
Wonderland #99
12/10/81 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, 2nd MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre The Giant & Rene Goulet
taped 12/1/81 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. El Canek & Super Maquina
Killer Khan vs. Stan Hansen
12/10/81 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Andre The Giant vs. Tiger Toguchi
Wonderland #100 taped 1/1/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Karl Gotch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
10min 5rd: Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock
#101 taped 1/1/82
Riki Choshu vs. Higo Hamaguchi
WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
1/28/82 WWF Jr. TitleTiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
#102 taped 1/28/82
IWGP Asia League: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher
2/19/82 Martial Arts Match: Stewder Rosenblum vs. Haseem Mohammed
1/1/82 taped 1/1/82 Korakuen Hall
Karl Gotch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Riki Choshu vs. Animal Hamaguchi
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock
1/8/82 taped 1/8/82 Korakuen Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Tiger Toguchi vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Dynamite Kid & Babe Face
1/15/82 taped 1/15/82 Himeji Welfare Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Wahoo McDaniel
Tiger Mask vs. El Halcon
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen & S.D. Jones
1/22/82 taped 1/22/82 Kanoya City Gym
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart
Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
#118 5/19/97 taped 2/9/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Martial Arts Match: Stewder Rosenblum vs. Haseem Mohammed
Dusty Rhodes vs. Abdullah the Butcher
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Baby Face
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#119 5/20/97 UWA 7. Aniversario taped 2/14/82 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos
Black Man & Enrique Vera & Mano Negra vs. Babe Face & Rudy Reyna & Scorpio
UWA World Middleweight Title: Centurion Negro vs. Gran Hamada
5/6/82 Fukuoka International Center: Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Buddy Rose
2/11/82
2/3 Falls: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart & Babe Face
Antonio Inoki vs. Wahoo McDaniel
2/14/82
UWA World Middleweight Title: Centurion Negro vs. Gran Hamada
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Perro Aguayo
#120 5/21/97 UWA 7. Aniversario taped 2/14/82 Mexico City El Toreo de Quatro Caminos
El Canek vs. Don Corleone
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Perro Aguayo
#121 5/22/97 taped 3/19/82 Katsushima Prefectural Gym
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Man & Colosso Colosetti
5th MSG League Match: Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
5th MSG League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
4/2/82 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes
3/5/82
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Davey O'Hannon
Tiger Toguchi vs. The Iron Sheik
Gran Hamada & Kengo Kimura & Tiger Mask vs. Black Man & Colosso Colosetti & Steve Wright
MSG Series 1982: Rusher Kimura vs. Riki Choshu
MSG Series 1982: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick. Murdoch
4/17/84
Mano Negra & Nobuhiko Takada vs. El Signo & Negro Navarro 17:29
Ryuma Go vs. Dutch Mantel 10:54
2/3 Falls WWF Light Heavyweight Title: Perro Aguayo vs. Gran Hamada 13:10
#105 taped 3/19/82 Kagoshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
4/1/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright. Wright is very flexible, but stylistically he's a better opponent for Fujinami. What I like about his technical game is how he uses leverage and his opponent's momentum. Wright grounded Tiger and had him selling for much of the match, so while Wright is proficient this was pretty dull by Tiger's standards. Even once it picked up it was more of a striking and submission match, but they mixed it up pretty well and it did have some nice athletic spots like Wright countering a headscissors with a cartwheel. 17:48. ***1/4
#106 taped 4/1/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Riki Choshu & Tastsumi Fujinami
Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan
3/31/82
Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Blackman & Steve Wright
Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
4/21/82
UWA World Middleweight & WWF Light Heavyweight Title: Gran Hamada vs. Perro Aguayo
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Antonio Inoki vs. Jesse Ventura
#122 5/23/97 taped 4/1/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki Greetings
Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright
5th MSG League: Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan
#123 5/26/97 taped 5/6/82 Fukuoka Sports Center
Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Carlos Jose Estrada & Perro Aguayo
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title:Gran Hamada vs. Black Tiger
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujitsumi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
4/30/82 taped 4/30/82 Yamato Auto Body Gym
Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada vs. Perro Aguayo & Les Thornton
Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger
2/3 Falls: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen & S.D. Jones
5/7/82 taped 5/6/82 Fukuoka Sports Center
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Gran Hamada vs. Black Tiger
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
#107 taped 5/6/82 Fukuoka Sports Center
Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Carlos Jose Estrada & Perro Aguayo
"Playboy" Buddy Rose vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu
WWF Junior Championship Decision Match: Black Tiger vs. Gran Hamada 11:30 & 6:34. This was similar to Tiger vs. Baby in that it was high quality when they were running, but bogged down by all kinds of unfocused restmissions (and in this case stomps) in between. Hamada was a very good athlete, but that didn't cut it when Tiger was around since the primary enjoyment of both was their athletic spots. This was kind of an odd match because it was picking up when they had a double count out. Though they restarted it because they needed to give someone the belt, these guys came closer to starting over than picking up where they left off. Hamada did a tope and missed a plancha, but probably the coolest spot was when Tiger tried to come off the top with an axe (probably), but Hamada fingertipped him over for a body slam. . **1/2
#108 taped 5/12/82 Okinawa
5/7/82 Fukuoka Sports Center: Bad News Allen & Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi
Abdullah The Butcher vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Hulk Hogan & Buddy Rose
#124 5/27/97 taped 5/12/82 Okinawa Naha Onoyama Park Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Les Thornton vs. Kantaro Hoshino
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Hulk Hogan & Buddy Rose
#125 5/28/97 taped 5/26/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki practice scene-interview
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Perro Aguayo
Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Wonderland Junior #16
5/12/82 Okinawa NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton vs. Kantaro Hoshino. An incredible bore. Hoshino just wanted to hold a standing side headlock the whole match, though eventually he got real aggressive and took Thornton over so he could do it on the mat. Thornton was more than willing to lay around, and just let Hoshino hold his arm. The highlight would have been Hoshino trying a tope at the start of the match, except he didn't get through the ropes cleanly. 13:29. *
5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask. Started off with all the impressive arm bar/drag/whip counters. Tiger entered the ring with the gymnastics move that Muto later used often where he slingshots over and lands on his feet. Tiger did similar if not the same spots he did in the title match against Hamada, but they were much more impressive here because of the difference in athleticism between Tiger & Hamada. Similarly, what kept it down was that instead of building momentum, Black would kill it with a rest hold or some mediocre brawling. The match had Mask's best finishing sequence so far in the series starting when he missed a pescado, but Black still couldn't pin him with the suplex back into the ring. 14:15. ****
8/30/82 New York, NY MSG WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. This match really stood out to me when I first got into puroresu because many people that weren't overly into Japanese wrestling considered it a classic, perhaps the best ever in Madison Square Garden. The match was like a decade ahead of it's time in the U.S.; really not until the Liger vs. Pillman matches was there something so good and stylistically different than anything else that was being done here. What I really noticed about the match this time was the incredible reaction it got. The myth was always that no one wanted to see the little guys because they could never beat the big roiders. They certainly needed to win the fans over, it just didn't seem that way because the crowd was just in awe of the speed and the gymnastic style they'd never seen before, so they were reacting from the get go. The execution was extremely crisp execution and the moves had a lot of impact, but really the best part was the opening where they were just doing the amazing gymnatic counters. Match really flies by and is excellent at the very least. 6:35 of 9:36.
Wonderland Junior #17
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. One of the reasons this is one of the couple best series of all time is they'd always do a different match. Most series just fall into a groove - especially the ones like this where the same guy wins every match - but getting to the same place didn't stop these two from doing a different scenario and experimenting along the way. It would take much longer to describe the sequences than it did for them to do them. They extended the match by combining the speed with the substance, mixing bursts of action between Tiger's knee attack. The big difference was the way they used the floor to allow for new and innovative spots/sequences. Tiger knocked Dynamite over the top to the floor with his rolling savate then ran the ropes to get up a head of steam for his dive. Dynamite immediately re-entered to avoid it, so Tiger simply high cross bodied him when he stood up. Tiger suplexed Dynamite over the top to the floor, but Dynamite held on enough to take Tiger over with him. Dynamite realized that instead of guys always jumping to the floor to set up the next move, he should just throw the guy there and do the move, in this case a suplex. Tiger realized that instead of doing the pescado like several guys, he could just run and leap over the top onto his opponent. It looked like Tiger was going to side suplex Dynamite back into the ring, but instead he dropped him for a new version of the piledriver. 15:57. *****
9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger. Unlike the previous match, the extra length wasn't beneficial. It seemed like they were holding back. The 1st 13 minutes were mainly submissions, strikes, and athletic counters. Those counters might have helped a lot, but Mask was off and couldn't land on his feet cleanly. Black was carrying the match as usual, and I think he might have reset Mask's comebacks after Mask didn't get the first counter right. In any case, this wasn't as exciting as usual. Black wound up attacking Mask's knee later in the match, which then gave Mask an excuse for not flying like usual. Black did a double axehandle to the floor like Savage made famous. After the match, he attacked Mask including a tombstone on the floor. 19:08. ***1/4
5/21/82
Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Jose Estrada & Jose Gonzales
Gran Hamada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Perro Aguayo & Black Tiger
2/3 Falls: Hulk Hogan & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen & S.D. Jones
5/25/82
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Les Thornton vs. Tiger Mask
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo
Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
#109 taped 5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
5/12/82 Okinawa NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton vs. Kantaro Hoshino. An incredible bore. Hoshino just wanted to hold a standing side headlock the whole match, though eventually he got real aggressive and took Thornton over so he could do it on the mat. Thornton was more than willing to lay around, and just let Hoshino hold his arm. The highlight would have been Hoshino trying a tope at the start of the match, except he didn't get through the ropes cleanly. 13:29. *
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen& Perro Aguayo
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask. Started off with all the impressive arm bar/drag/whip counters. Tiger entered the ring with the gymnastics move that Muto later used often where he slingshots over and lands on his feet. Tiger did similar if not the same spots he did in the title match against Hamada, but they were much more impressive here because of the difference in athleticism between Tiger & Hamada. Similarly, what kept it down was that instead of building momentum, Black would kill it with a rest hold or some mediocre brawling. The match had Mask's best finishing sequence so far in the series starting when he missed a pescado, but Black still couldn't pin him with the suplex back into the ring. 14:15. ****
#110 taped 6/18/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher
El Canek vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Scott McGhee
#118 5/28/82 taped 5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Black Tiger vs. Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask wins title. ****
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Perro Aguayo. **1/4
Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah The Butcher. DUD
#125 9/24/82 taped 9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Villano III. ***
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi. **
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Antonio Inoki. 1/2*
5/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) vs. Black Tiger (Marc Rocco). Solid match with a really hot finish. Very good.
3/30/82: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Masked Superstar & Don Muraco & Steve Wright. Only the portions Tiger worked are shown.
4/1/82 Ryogoku Kokugikan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger vs. Steve Wright. Definite style clash here. Slow paced for a Tiger match. Wright did some cool stuff that you don't see anymore, but after a while the match began to drag when he was on offense. Good.
7/6/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger vs. Ultraman. Smooth work. Excellent when it wasn't on the mat. Very good.
7/23/82 Ishikawa: Tiger vs. Dynamite Kid. Awesome match with tremendous performances by both men. Great fluid work. Execution, timing, etc were all top notch. Cool athletic counters and some beautiful sequences. Interesting to see Tiger refusing to break when Dynamite gets the ropes, which leads to a young Bret Hart interfering on Dynamite's behalf. Normally I hate screw jobs, but this might be the most successful count out ever. ****3/4
7/30/82 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan WWF Jr. Title: Tiger vs. Bret Hart. Only about 4 minutes shown. Dynamite tries to lend Bret a hand, but it backfires.
8/30/82 NY Madison Square Garden WWF International Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger vs. Dynamite. Off the charts work. Tremendous while it lasts, but too short and spot intensive. Great match.
#126 5/29/97 taped 6/18/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Scott McGhee
#127 5/30/97 taped 7/6/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
7/23/82 Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
NJ Tadakai no Wonderland Encore #119 7/21/99 Originally aired 6/18/82 taped 6/18 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek. Really heated. 3:30 shown
WWF Sekai Junior Heavykyu Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman. ***3/4
Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan. -**
Antonio Inoki vs. Scott Maghee. DUD
Originally aired 7/9/82 taped 7/6/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek. 1/2*
NJPW Wonderland #120 taped 7/6/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdock
Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
Wonderland Junior #14
2/9/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Baby Face. The thing you have to understand about Tiger is his athleticism and body control are unparalled. He could essentially find a way to land on his feet from any position, and this aspect was so spectacular that the traditional highspots (ie highspot=something that supposedly does a lot of damage) often took a back seat. The running portions were very impressive, especially a sweet segment where Tiger landed on his feet for a backdrop and did a jumping dropdown with Baby Face leaping over him with a somersault while Tiger was still in the air. The problem with the match is it just about stopped in between these highlights, with too many restmissions. Match lacked flow and direction. They should have essentially done a lucha match because that's the only aspect Baby showed proficiency in here, and Tiger made such an impression in Mexico that every Japanese guy that toured after was held to his standard. 12:43. ***
4/1/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Steve Wright. Wright is very flexible, but stylistically he's a better opponent for Fujinami. What I like about his technical game is how he uses leverage and his opponent's momentum. Wright grounded Tiger and had him selling for much of the match, so while Wright is proficient this was pretty dull by Tiger's standards. Even once it picked up it was more of a striking and submission match, but they mixed it up pretty well and it did have some nice athletic spots like Wright countering a headscissors with a cartwheel. 17:48. ***1/4
Wonderland Junior #15
1/28/82 Tokyo Taiikukan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. The opposite of their last match, as Dynamite was the one doing all the selling and Tiger was attacking his knee. Dynamite was taking some wild bumps where he'd jump/be propelled high and far, but even though Dynamite is the better seller, a Dynamite focused attack makes for a better match because his ferocity makes you buy into him wanting to hurt his opponent and Tiger has the better comeback offense plus is so over it'll surely get a big reaction. All that being said, what might have hurt this the most is that it was so much slower. Not that they can't have a high quality slow match, but their speed sequences are what separates them. Though this is probably their worst match available, it was still very good and had some serious highlights. Tiger did this wicked implant DDT where he lifted Dynamite so he was parallel to the mat then dropped down, with Dynamite's body being straight up and down when his head hit the mat. The finish was a crazy scramble with Dynamite landing on his feet (surprisingly sloppily) for a verticle suplex into the ring then 3 lightning go-behinds into a German suplex. The match really never took off though, and the added time was a negative if anything. 12:36. ***1/2
5/6/82 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Championship Decision Match: Black Tiger vs. Gran Hamada. This was similar to Tiger vs. Baby in that it was high quality when they were running, but bogged down by all kinds of unfocused restmissions (and in this case stomps) in between. Hamada was a very good athlete, but that didn't cut it when Tiger was around since the primary enjoyment of both was their athletic spots. This was kind of an odd match because it was picking up when they had a double count out. Though they restarted it because they needed to give someone the belt, these guys came closer to starting over than picking up where they left off. Hamada did a tope and missed a plancha, but probably the coolest spot was when Tiger tried to come off the top with an axe (probably), but Hamada fingertipped him over for a body slam. 11:30 & 6:34. **1/2
7/9/82 taped 7/6/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
STV Classics Version
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki vs. Canek
7/16/82 taped 7/16/82 Nakama Athletic Culture Center
Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Toguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & Greg Valentine & Rick McGraw
Samurai Classics 7/23/82 Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murduch 21:43
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 13:53
7/30/82 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis 10:29
#128 6/2/97 taped 8/5/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi vs. Adrian Adonis & Greg Valentine
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#129 6/3/97 taped 8/27/82 Korakuen Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger & Pete Roberts
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Brutus Beefcake & Ed Leslie
#115
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 25:15. Slow paced, technical match. 80% of the match was Fujinami working Backlund's left arm. Backlund was staying in the locks forever, doing loads of oft corny overselling with the goofy faces & flailing arms. The match was, I suppose, good for what it was, but there just wasn't a whole lot of movement or countering or back and forth. Backlund worked the leg a little, but generally did very little the entire match then managed to win with a flash pin to retain. **
8/30/82 New York Madison Square Garden, WWF World International Heavyweight Title Match: Gino Brito vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Fujinami wins title. *1/2
#116 taped 8/30/82 New York Madison Square Garden
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Greg Valentine & Adrian Adonis w & Freddie Blassie vs. Kim Duk & Seiji Sakaguchi
Bob Backlund vs. Buddy Rose
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Excellent
Wonderland Junior #22
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. One of the reasons this is one of the couple best series of all time is they'd always do a different match. Most series just fall into a groove - especially the ones like this where the same guy wins every match - but getting to the same place didn't stop these two from doing a different scenario and experimenting along the way. It would take much longer to describe the sequences than it did for them to do them. They extended the match by combining the speed with the substance, mixing bursts of action between Tiger's knee attack. The big difference was the way they used the floor to allow for new and innovative spots/sequences. Tiger knocked Dynamite over the top to the floor with his rolling savate then ran the ropes to get up a head of steam for his dive. Dynamite immediately re-entered to avoid it, so Tiger simply high cross bodied him when he stood up. Tiger suplexed Dynamite over the top to the floor, but Dynamite held on enough to take Tiger over with him. Dynamite realized that instead of guys always jumping to the floor to set up the next move, he should just throw the guy there and do the move, in this case a suplex. Tiger realized that instead of doing the pescado like several guys, he could just run and leap over the top onto his opponent. It looked like Tiger was going to side suplex Dynamite back into the ring, but instead he dropped him for a new version of the piledriver. 15:57. *****
7/7/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. What was Teranishi doing here? He's not athletic, has no offense, and was too clumsy and awkward for Tiger to do his thing with. He was killing the match with rest holds and incompetence, though that was an improvement over nearly killing Tiger early when he lost his balance near the ropes as Tiger was trying to monkey flip him, with Tiger's weight sending both over the top to the floor. Tiger needed to step up here, but he wasn't doing as much of interest as usual. What he did do didn't come off as well because Teranishi's positioning was suspect and selling so exaggerated. Kobayashi was in the front row, and he and Tiger got into it after Kobayashi gave Teranishi a boost to help him reenter following Tiger's suicida. Kobayashi attacked Tiger after the match, destroying Tiger's mask so we got a glimpse of his face before they went to the long shot, and running off with the title belt. 15:58. **1/4
Wonderland Junior #23
7/6/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman. This was a little sloppy, but overall better than their previous match because they did longer sequences and utilized each other's athleticism more. The chemistry wasn't close to what Tiger has with Dynamite or Kobayashi, but the match boasted some spectacular new spots like Tiger doing a one-arm cartwheel to counter Ultraman jumping off the top into an arm drag. It probably would have been excellent if it went a few minutes longer, but I can understand why this was kept shorter. 12:42. ***3/4
4/21/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Dynamite was all jacked up, totally determined to finally beat Tiger. I loved the early sequence where he was preventing Tiger from a spectacular arm bar counter. Tiger finally does two quick rolls reverse only to have Dynamite do a beautiful head spring out of the arm bar. They were a little more hesitant here to show that they were leery of going to the risks to soon because their opponent was so adept at making them backfire. They were that much stiffer than they'd ever been, measuring each other than bringing it with the extra impact. Tiger even did the western lariat. What really set this match apart from their others was the screw jobs. Normally one is an automatic rating deduction in my book, and this match had 3! However, they amazingly worked, primarily by exploiting their own ridiculousness. This was a match about closing the gap between Tiger and Dynamite, and the finishes were more showing how equal they were and that they needed to keep going than anything else. Dynamite would keep petitioning for a restart in between attacking Tiger again. They set some of the spots up pretty well like how Dynamite couldn't do his tombstone during the first match, but then he kicked Tiger when they were petitioning for the second match, which gave him the opening. The one problem with this match was on the second screw job. They were out of the ring for 1:15 for the ref to give a 20 count, which would have been fine if the ref was finally close to 20 when Tiger reenter, but since he wasn't Dynamite had to stumble around out there for almost 30 seconds. The whole match was just a crazy out of control spectacle. Some of their lesser matches were better technically, but this is kind of like the 8/15/92 Toyota vs. Yamada where you not only have a great match but an entire scene that's wholly memorable. Finally, when they got tired of fighting after the third screw job Dynamite grabbed the ref's arm and raised it so it looked like the ref was declaring him the victor then got on the mic and said he'd just won the belt. 11:11, 3:32, & 1:52. *****
8/6/82 taped 8/5/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. DVD version
WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. STV version.
8/13/82 taped 8/3/82 Okayama Budokan
Hiro Matsuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & The Grappler
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
#130 6/4/97 taped 8/30/82 New York MSG
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Gino Brito vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Bob Backlund vs. Buddy Rose
#131 6/5/97 taped 9/24/82 Korakuen Hall
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Villano 3
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter
10/21/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher
#124 originally aired 9/3/82 taped 8/30/82 New York Madison Square Garden
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Excellent
WWF World International Heavyweight Title Match: Gino Brito vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Fujinami wins title. *1/2
WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Playboy Buddy Rose. *3/4
NJPW Wonderland #128 taped 11/4/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
Handicap Tag Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
Wonderland #117 taped 9/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Villano III 15:53. Good match, but one of Tiger's least memorable. Lots of good moves, but little that was spectacular. Both worked Lucha style with V3. They heated up the Tiger vs. Tiger fued with a post match fight on the outside. ***1/4
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi 15:22. Hamaguchi didn't have to be a heel. In fact, he probably wasn't meant to be one because he was a pretty talented wrestler. The one thing he lacked was big moves. He was up for the task of enterting Fujinamit's world, and they delivered a good technical match. It kept getting better and better culminating with an impressive few minutes of junior style action. ***1/2
Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter 6:12. Slaughter couldn't do puroresu well, and wound up fighting like he was in the US with the ridiculous overexaggerated bumps, corny facials and goofy mannerisms. Match never got going much less hit any kind of stride. Slaughter was treated as though he was nothing special, never getting Inoki in trouble. *
#118 taped 9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
10/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher
WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar
Rusher Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki
#132 6/6/97 taped 9/21/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#133 6/9/97 taped 10/21/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
7/23/82 Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Wonderland #118
10/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher
9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan:
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
Wonderland #119
9/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger. Unlike the previous match, the extra length wasn't beneficial. It seemed like they were holding back. The 1st 13 minutes were mainly submissions, strikes, and athletic counters. Those counters might have helped a lot, but Mask was off and couldn't land on his feet cleanly. Black was carrying the match as usual, and I think he might have reset Mask's comebacks after Mask didn't get the first counter right. In any case, this wasn't as exciting as usual. Black wound up attacking Mask's knee later in the match, which then gave Mask an excuse for not flying like usual. Black did a double axehandle to the floor like Savage made famous. After the match, he attacked Mask including a tombstone on the floor. 19:08. ***1/4
10/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
#124 originally aired 9/3/82 taped 8/30/82 New York Madison Square Garden
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid. Excellent
WWF World International Heavyweight Title Match: Gino Brito vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Fujinami wins title. *1/2
WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bob Backlund vs. Playboy Buddy Rose. *3/4
NJPW Wonderland #128 taped 11/4/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
Handicap Tag Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
Wonderland Junior #18
10/26/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. This quality of match was determined more by how they did it than by what they did, especially early on. What they did was somewhat typical, but they were intense and struggling for everything to the point you could almost believe they weren't cooperating. They gave it purpose. Unfortunately, as the match progressed, they reverted back to the more standard way of doing things. The match also had its share of down time. The athletic sequences were very graceful though, and it was a nice mix of styles. Tiger did 2 elbow drops and a somersault senton within 4 seconds. He also did an impressive All Japan style backdrop. The highlight was when Kobayashi stopped Tiger's rounding body press by punching him to the floor because Tiger took the bump off the top straight to the floor instead of the requisite landing on the apron and rolling off. Kobayashi followed with a pescado then back in the ring he got inexplicably aggressive tying Tiger in the tree of woe and stomping him until well after he was DQ'd, as well as trying to rip his mask. Oddly, the opening was the best wrestled portion. 16:56. ****
11/4/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight & NWA World Junior Heavyweight Double Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Tiger was extremely spectacular here, even by his own standards. His offense had evolved considerably, so now he was able to use his athleticism to sometimes do damage while gaining the advantage. He basically decided he was going to show off every chance he got. This wasn't an exhibition of spots though because Kobayashi was trying to ground Tiger, theoretically doing his best to keep it where he had the advantage and prevent Tiger from doing his thing. Also, Tiger used his aerial manuevers and suplexes to set up submissions. There were all kinds of highlights, many of which were well thought out. For instance, the great opening where Tiger jumped off the top as always, but this time he immediately jumped again, dropkicking a surprised Kobayashi to the floor then catching him with a suicida. It was one of the only times that it wasn't annoying that they didn't scrap the intros and keep fighting because the ref was holding Kobayashi back the whole time. Another smart spot saw Kobayashi retain the advantage even though Tiger landed on his feet for a back body drop because knowing what Tiger is capable of, Kobayashi immediately turned around and dropkicked him before Tiger could try a move. Tiger's backflip double kneedrop is one of the greatest athletic moves because you have to be a supreme athlete to do the backflip from the standing position and it's one of the rare aerial moves that would actually do noteworthy damage. This match continued where the 10/26 one left off with Kobayashi this time succeeding in ripping Tiger's mask, which changed the result from a probable Tiger count out to a Kobayashi DQ. Tiger was incensed at the mask ripping and "lost it, tying Kobayashi in the tree of woe and kicking him repeatedly. The post match was pretty amazing because one guy would kick the crap out of the other until he was restrained then the other would quickly recover and gain the advantage because he didn't have anyone in his way. Even though it was silly and not properly sold, it was very memorable and a major heat/hate generator. 13:38. ****3/4
Wonderland Junior #19
2/3/83 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada. Tiger's best matches come when the opponent is calling and setting him up, but Hamada is also a technico and not one to carry a match. Hamada still dictated more than Tiger, but he was going in dull direction rather than making it a battle of perhaps the two best athletes in the division. Poor development, a surprising amount of wear down locks, and Hamada not being that sharp resulted in one of Tiger's least memorable title matches. 17:19. **3/4
6/2/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Kobayashi believed in a big start before getting into the body of the match. I agree with this mentality when there actually is a body because it grabs the crowds attention and buys you some time to develop the match without them getting impatient. Kobayashi made it work for him the way few have though because having already done some damage made his submissions more credible. Though the match started as a sprint, the way they came out fired up and intense and kept the success rate low showed the urgency and importance. I mean, these guys were just dead set on not letting the other get the advantage. At the same time, the match was extremely well choreographed. There were new sequences like Tiger landing on his feet for a back body drop, avoiding a 360 kick, then hitting a rounding high kick. They knew when to use the moves and how to incorporate them. Kobayashi stopped Tiger's reverse diving body attack by sticking his knee out for a stomach breaker then followed with a traditional stomachbreaker and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. This was one of the few matches where you believed Tiger could lose. The fans were going nuts toward the end, especially when it appeared Kobayashi was 1 move away from victory. Unfortunately, after so much brilliance the finisher was real lame and slow, not to mention probably a bad call by the ref. 18:03. ****3/4
#134 6/10/97 taped 11/4/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
#135 6/11/97 taped 12/10/82 Kuramae Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi
#136 6/12/97 taped 12/9/82 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dino Bravo
Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis
#137 6/13/97 taped 1/6/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
Kengo Kimura vs. Jesse Ventura
Seiji Sakaguchi & Killer Khan vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
#122 12/9/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar vs. Killer Kahn & Tiger Toguchi (Kim Duk)
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dino Bravo
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
#123
12/10/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, 3rd MSG Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Killer Kahn & Tiger Toguchi
1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Killer Kahn & Seiji Sakaguchi
#130
12/10/82 taped 12/10/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Dick Murdock & Masked Superstar vs. Andre The Giant & Dino Bravo
12/24/82 taped 12/9/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dino Bravo
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis
Wonderland #132 taped 1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kengo Kimura vs. Jesse Ventura
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
2/3/83 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Blackjack Mulligan & Killer Khan vs. Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi
Heisei #29 taped 10/14/96
Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata vs. Lord Steven Regal & David Taylor
SG Tag League Match: Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima
SG Tag League Match: Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka
NJPW Wonderland #124 taped 1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. This wasn't quite as good as their previous matches because Kobayashi was more successful in grounding Tiger. It was probably the closest pre-UWF Tiger Mask match to what he'd go on to do as Super Tiger in the UWF, but it wasn't as intense as their last couple of matches. In between Kobayashi's judo and Tiger's kicks and submissions they'd still do the Lucha segments, with Kobayashi being the workman who set Tiger up for several explosive comebacks. The fighting out of the ring was articularly notable. Tiger jumped so far on his dive over the top that he cleared Kobayashi's head and landed on the guard rail. There was a great segment where Kobayashi hit a pescado, but Tiger reversed his whip into the bars. Kobayashi stopped Tiger from reentering though and suplexed him, but Tiger just slid back in at 19. Another cool sequence on the outside saw Tiger run Kobayashi into the ring post then German suplex him when he bounced off. Match wasn't as consistently good as some of their others since it went so long, but Kobayashi had a better chance of winning since it was more his style and thus he was in control more. 23:09. ****1/4
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Rusher Kimura
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Killer Khan & Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
1/14/83
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino & Gran Hamada vs. El Signo & Negro Navarro & El Texano
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
1/21/83
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Black Tiger
Tiger Mask vs. Negro Navarro
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Khan & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
1/28/83 taped 1/28/83
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Carlos Estrada & Black Tiger
Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Killer Khan & Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Masked Superstar & Mike George
2/4/83 taped 2/3/83
Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Khan & Blackjack Mulligan
Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
#138 6/16/97 taped 2/3/83 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Seiji Sakaguchi & Hulk Hogan vs. Killer Khan & Blackjack Mulligan
Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
#139 6/17/97 taped 4/21/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
1/6/83 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff
Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Heisei #29
10/14/96: Tadao Yasuda & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara
10/25/96 Takasaki-shi Sogo Taiikukan: Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara
10/16/96, SG Tag League Match: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
#125 taped 2/3/83 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada. Tiger's best matches come when the opponent is calling and setting him up, but Hamada is also a technico and not one to carry a match. Hamada still dictated more than Tiger, but he was going in dull direction rather than making it a battle of perhaps the two best athletes in the division. Poor development, a surprising amount of wear down locks, and Hamada not being that sharp resulted in one of Tiger's least memorable title matches. 17:19. **3/4
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami. Choshu was really intense. He & Saito pretty much stomped and used dull lengthy submissions for the entire match. Inoki, who was actually the one beaten on here, finally came back without Fujinami's help and pinned Saito. 15:06. **1/4
2/11/83 taped 2/7/83
Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger
Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi & Rusher Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki
2/18/83 taped 2/8/83
2/7/83: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Killer Khan & Riki Choshu taped
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Heisei #30
10/14/96: Norio Honaga & El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani & Yutaka Yoshie
10/16/96
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura vs. Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda
Yuji Nagata & Junji Hirata vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima
Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner vs. Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
Wonderland #126
1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Kengo Kimura vs. Jessie Ventura
2/3/83 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Khan & Blackjack Mulligan
4/21/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff. Karl Gotch was in Maeda's corner. Started typically with moves out of the lock up and arm bar, but then Maeda did a front suplex, a lame knee kick, and pinned Orndorff in a bridging suplex. 3:33
4/21/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF International Heavyweight Title: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami. Crowd was extremely loud. Fast started leading to an early figure 4 by Fujinami. He kept on the knee leading to a sasorigatame attempt. Fujiname had a taped up knee that Choshu went after. Choshu got frustrated when Fujinami escaped a few sasorigatames, so he hung Fujinami over the guard rail for the screw job. A pity because the early portion was very good. Choshu attacked a hobbling Fujinami after the match. Fujinami would try to get up and take revenge, but he could hardly stand. 13:58. ***1/4
2/25/83 taped 2/10/83
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Gran Hamada
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Rusher Kimura& Mike George
3/4/83 taped 3/4/83
Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Mile Zrno & Abdullah Tamba
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr.
3/11/83 taped 3/11 Higashimurayama Civic Sports Center
3/4/83: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr.
Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams
Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Killer Khan
3/18/83 taped 3/18/83 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Chris Adams & Abdullah Tamba
Killer Khan & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr.
3/25/18 taped 3/24/83
Tiger Mask vs. Mile Zrno clip
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Adrian Adonis & Tony Parisi
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura
Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Khan
4/15/83 taped 4/15/83 Fukuyama City Gym
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Riki Choshu vs. Paul Orndorff
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
3/30/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Kengo Kimura
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi vs. Norio Honaga & Nobuhiko Takada
Masked Superstar & Don Muraco vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. The Zambaui Express (Kareem Muhammad & Elijah Akeem)
5/3/93 Fukuoka Dome: Hiroshi Hase vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Khan & Masa Saito
Dynamite Kid vs. Kantaro Hoshino
Paul Orndorff vs. Kengo Kimura
Killer Khan & Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido & Seiji Sakaguchi 16:00
#140 6/18/97 taped 4/21/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
5/6/83 Fukuoka Sports Center
Killer Khan vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#141 6/19/97 taped 5/20/83 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Killer Khan vs. Akira Maeda
Andre the Giant vs. Big John Studd
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
4/21/83
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid
Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
4/29/83
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Caswell Martin
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Paul Orndorff & Ed Leslie
Wonderland #32 taped 10/25/96 Takasaki-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Yugi Nagata & Shinjiro Otani vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
SG Tag League Match: Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner vs. Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Wonderland #127 taped 4/21/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
Wonderland #33 taped 10/28/96 Kagoshima Kenritsu Gym
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Norio Honaga
Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka
10/25/96 Takasaki-shi Sogo Taiikukan, SG Tag League Match: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton
Wonderland #128 taped 5/6/83 Fukuoka-shi Sports Center
Big John Studd & Enrique Vera vs. Akira Maeda & Seiji Sakaguchi
IWGP Decision League Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Killer Khan. Khan was not able to get anything out of Hogan, who was his typical deliberate and phony self. Aside from a few of Hogan's patented punchs of his own hand there was nothing embarrassing, but it was unskilled and dull. Hogan didn't Hulk up in these days, so he just stopped selling when he was finally successful in reentering the ring and put Khan away. 10:57. *1/2
IWGP Decision League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant. Inoki knocked Andre down withing 30 seconds with a missed enzuigiri. Inoki went full force when he had Andre down, but it quickly got slow and grew progressively slower. The coolest thing about Andre was how he'd kick out by heaving his opponent off him. I felt this really added to his aura as an unstoppable mass. Inoki did an enzuigiri style kick to Andre's arm and tried to start attacking that appendage, but Andre dumped him over the top for the typical screw job. Neither really got anywhere with one another. 11:54. 1/2*
Wonderland Heisei #34 taped 10/28/96 Kagoshima Kenritsu Gym
Hiro Saito vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
SG Tag League Match: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner
Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata & Scott Norton vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
#129 taped 5/19/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Akira Maeda vs. Killer Khan
IWGP Decision League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Big John Studd
IWGP Decision League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
Wonderland Heisei #35
10/28/96 Kagoshima Kenritsu Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu vs. Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura
11/1/96 Hiroshima Green Arena
Kazuyuki Fujita Debut Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
SG Tag League Match: Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton vs. Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner
#130 taped 5/27/83 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda
6/1/83: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura
#142 6/20/97 taped 5/27/83 Takamatsu Civic Culture Center
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda
#143 6/23/97 taped 6/2/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
IWGP Heavyweight Title Decision IWGP League 1983 Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
#144 6/24/97 taped 5/30/83 Chiba Park Gym
Killer Khan & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Andre the Giant & Big John Studd & El Canek
#145 6/25/97 taped 6/1/83 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Rusher Kimura vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan & Big John Studd
Wonderland Heisei #36 taped 11/1/96 Hiroshima Green Arena
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani & Norio Honaga
Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Satoshi Kojima
NJPW Wonderland #131 taped 6/2/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Andre The Giant vs. Killer Khan
1st IWGP Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
NJPW Wonderland Heisei #37 BATTLE FINAL '96 taped 11/26/96 Hirosaki Shimin Taiikukan
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Yutaka Yoshie 7:50. *
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. 9:30. **1/4
Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito vs. Tadao Yasuda & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata 12:51. ***
Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Power Warrior & Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior 6:50 *
#132
6/2/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Kobayashi believed in a big start before getting into the body of the match. I agree with this mentality when there actually is a body because it grabs the crowds attention and buys you some time to develop the match without them getting impatient. Kobayashi made it work for him the way few have though because having already done some damage made his submissions more credible. Though the match started as a sprint, the way they came out fired up and intense and kept the success rate low showed the urgency and importance. I mean, these guys were just dead set on not letting the other get the advantage. At the same time, the match was extremely well choreographed. There were new sequences like Tiger landing on his feet for a back body drop, avoiding a 360 kick, then hitting a rounding high kick. They knew when to use the moves and how to incorporate them. Kobayashi stopped Tiger's reverse diving body attack by sticking his knee out for a stomach breaker then followed with a traditional stomachbreaker and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. This was one of the few matches where you believed Tiger could lose. The fans were going nuts toward the end, especially when it appeared Kobayashi was 1 move away from victory. Unfortunately, after so much brilliance the finisher was real lame and slow, not to mention probably a bad call by the ref. 18:03. ****3/4
5/30/83 Chiba Koen Taiikukan
Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Andre The Giant & El Canek & Big John Studd
NJPW Wonderland Heisei #38 BATTLE FINAL '96 taped 11/26/96 Hirosaki Shimin Taiikukan
12/1/96 Nagoya Rainbow Hall: Akitoshi Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Kido & Yutaka Yoshie
Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Kido
#132
6/1/83 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan & Big John Studd
6/12/83 Mexico El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos 2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Fishman. The match was good when Fishman utilized Tiger's ability to roll out of moves to their advantage. It's always good when Tiger is on offense, but Fishman doesn't do much so it's hard for Tiger to have much of a match with him. Fishman did do one interesting move where he set Tiger on the second and threw him past the center of the ring, kind of like a press slam. The big mistake of the match was the fall Fishman won was the shortest. I'll write this (and it being much more contrived) off to it being Mexico, but Tiger always withstands tons more and never loses, so it was very hard to take. The pacing was very awkward with the match basically stopping then starting again, and Fishman stalled too much. Tiger sometimes found interesting ways out of Fishman's submissions, but as a whole they did more harm than good. Had it's moments though not as many as usual and wasn't as good in any other area to make up for that, but barring a series of miscues Tiger is entertaining enough that his presence guarantees a good match. 11:03, 4:37, & 6:53. ***
NJPW Wonderland Heisei #39 BATTLE FINAL '96 taped 12/7/96 Okayama-ken Taiikukan
Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Kido & Black Cat
Kengo Kimura vs. Hiro Saito
12/1/96 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto
The Road Warriors vs. Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda
#132
5/30/83 Chiba Koen Taiikukan: Killer Kahn & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
6/12/83 Mexico El Torneo De Cuatro Caminos UWA Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
NJPW Wonderland Heisei #40 BATTLE FINAL '96 taped 12/1/96 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
#135
6/1/83 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Andre The Giant vs. Killer Kahn
7/7/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Dick Murdock vs. Abdullah The Butcher
8/4/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Rusher Kimura vs. Animal Hamaguchi
#146 6/26/97 taped 6/12/83 Mexico El Torneo De Cuatro Camino
Tiger Mask vs. Fishman
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
#147 6/27/97 taped 7/7/83 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Dick Murdoch vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
7/1/83
Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Pete Roberts & Isamu Teranishi
Akira Maeda & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
9/22/83
Bad News Allen vs. Killer Khan
Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Akira Maeda & Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony St. Clair & Dick Murdoch
#136
7/7/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. What was Teranishi doing here? He's not athletic, has no offense, and was too clumsy and awkward for Tiger to do his thing with. He was killing the match with rest holds and incompetence, though that was an improvement over nearly killing Tiger early when he lost his balance near the ropes as Tiger was trying to monkey flip him, with Tiger's weight sending both over the top to the floor. Tiger needed to step up here, but he wasn't doing as much of interest as usual. What he did do didn't come off as well because Teranishi's positioning was suspect and selling so exaggerated. Kobayashi was in the front row, and he and Tiger got into it after Kobayashi gave Teranishi a boost to help him reenter following Tiger's suicida. Kobayashi attacked Tiger after the match, destroying Tiger's mask so we got a glimpse of his face before they went to the long shot, and running off with the title belt. 15:58. **1/4
8/4/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. Tiger didn't have much confidence in Teranishi after the last debacle and was basically trying to figure out how he could have a good match without relying on his opponent to help him pull the spots off. He did a lot of kicking and knee dropping, but the submission stuff was totally dull without the movement and counters. The second half was action packed, though Tiger was still hardly Tiger, but had some problems because Teranishi reacts slowly and sometimes Tiger would clearly be waiting for him. Tiger was better here than in their first match, and I can't fault the adjustments he tried to make, but Teranishi is a hopeless wrestler that makes everything look worse than it should so they didn't really work. 14:35. *3/4
#137
7/7/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
8/4/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
8/3/83 Yokosuka General Gym
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Halcon 78
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Pete Roberts
Tiger Mask vs. Dave Finlay
1/7/84 Matsudo Athletic Park Gym
Dusty Rhodes vs. Riki Bassan
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title League: Black Tiger vs. Baby Face 11:27
Akira Maeda vs. Abdullah The Butcher
2/7/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Kengo Kimura vs. Akira Maeda 10:25
4/19/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Hercules Ayala & Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Makoto Arakawa & Masanobu Kurisu 9:01
#148 6/30/97 taped 8/4/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
Animal Hamaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura
Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#149 7/1/97 taped 8/13/83 Edmonton Stampede Pavilion
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Athol Foley
Kuniaki Kobayashi & The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith & Owen Hart
Animal Hamaguchi vs. Bret Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Don Kolov
Wonderland Junior #20
8/6/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Stanley Lane. Lane hadn't developed the Sweet Stan style or persona yet. He fought technically for the most part with a little brawling thrown in as the match progressed and his frustration increased. Fujinami did a good job of carrying this, but it wasn't good because Lane didn't add much and there was no build or finishing segment. 9:26 of roughly 15:30.
6/12/83 Mexico El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos 2/3 Falls WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Fishman. The match was good when Fishman utilized Tiger's ability to roll out of moves to their advantage. It's always good when Tiger is on offense, but Fishman doesn't do much so it's hard for Tiger to have much of a match with him. Fishman did do one interesting move where he set Tiger on the second and threw him past the center of the ring, kind of like a press slam. The big mistake of the match was the fall Fishman won was the shortest. I'll write this (and it being much more contrived) off to it being Mexico, but Tiger always withstands tons more and never loses, so it was very hard to take. The pacing was very awkward with the match basically stopping then starting again, and Fishman stalled too much. Tiger sometimes found interesting ways out of Fishman's submissions, but as a whole they did more harm than good. Had it's moments though not as many as usual and wasn't as good in any other area to make up for that, but barring a series of miscues Tiger is entertaining enough that his presence guarantees a good match. 11:03, 4:37, & 6:53. ***
Wonderland Junior #21
6/18/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman. Lucha style match with some exceptional offense. What kept this from being an excellent match is that, due to their lack of familiarity and the two technico problem, their offense was way ahead of their ability to work with each other. Their sequences only had a couple of steps and then they'd kind of wait. Though the moves weren't particularly well utilized you still had to be impressed. Tiger did things like turn Ultraman's arm drag into one of his own in midair and land on his feet when Ultraman jumped off the top into an arm drag. Tiger did his space flying Tiger drop here. He also used the move originally known as the Tigerdriver, which was kind of a cross between a snap suplex and DDT. 12:37. ***1/2
1/6/83 Tokyo Korakuen Hall NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. This wasn't quite as good as their previous matches because Kobayashi was more successful in grounding Tiger. It was probably the closest pre-UWF Tiger Mask match to what he'd go on to do as Super Tiger in the UWF, but it wasn't as intense as their last couple of matches. In between Kobayashi's judo and Tiger's kicks and submissions they'd still do the Lucha segments, with Kobayashi being the workman who set Tiger up for several explosive comebacks. The fighting out of the ring was articularly notable. Tiger jumped so far on his dive over the top that he cleared Kobayashi's head and landed on the guard rail. There was a great segment where Kobayashi hit a pescado, but Tiger reversed his whip into the bars. Kobayashi stopped Tiger from reentering though and suplexed him, but Tiger just slid back in at 19. Another cool sequence on the outside saw Tiger run Kobayashi into the ring post then German suplex him when he bounced off. Match wasn't as consistently good as some of their others since it went so long, but Kobayashi had a better chance of winning since it was more his style and thus he was in control more. 23:09. ****1/4
NJ Tadakai no Wonderland ~Nobuhiko Takada Hen~ #1 7/18/99
8/19/83 taped 8/13 Canada Stampede Pavilion: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Anthole Foley
3/22/84 taped 3/22 Amagasaki Shi Taiikukan: Kantaro Hoshino & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
3/30/84 taped 3/30 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Nobuhiko Takada & Norio Honaga vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
NJPW Wonderland Takada #2
4/18/84: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Bruce Hart
1/3/86 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda
3/14/86 Kagashima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino
#1
8/13/83 Canada Stampede Pavilion: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Anthole Foley
3/22/84: Nobuhiko Takada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
3/30/84 Korakuen: Nobuhiko Takada & Norio Honaga vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
#2
4/18/84: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Bruce Hart
1/3/86 Korakuen: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda
3/14/86: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino
8/26/83 Omiya
Killer Khan & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Bad News Allen & Tony St. Clair
Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki
Seiji Sakaguchi vs Kengo Kimura
Riki Chosu & Animal Hamaguchi vs Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
Osamu Kido vs Hercules Lone Hawk (Magnificent Zulu)
Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dick Murdoch & Dizzy Hogan
12/13/80 Tokyo
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs Heigo Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi
IWA Heavyweight Title: Rusher Kimura vs Shozo Kobayashi
#150 7/2/97 taped 9/2/83 Fukuoka Sports Center
Akira Maeda vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock
Animal Hamaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura
International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#151 7/3/97 taped 9/21/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Seiji Sakaguchi & Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murduch & Tony St. Clair
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
#140 taped 9/21/83 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Seiji Sakaguchi & Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murduch & Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#141 taped 10/14/83 Osaka-fu Rinkai Sports Center
Big John Studd vs. Killer Kahn
Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
#152 7/4/97 taped 10/14/83 Osaka-fu Rinkai Sports Center
Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
11/3/83 NWA Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith
#153 7/7/97 taped 11/3/83 Kuramae Kokugikan
New Japan Regular Army vs. Restoration Army 4vs4 Tug of War Match:
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Animal Hamaguchi
Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu
NJPW Wonderland #142 taped 11/3/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith
Animal Hamaguchi vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
#143 taped 11/3/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Riki Choshu vs. Akira Maeda 12:58. ***1/2
Killer Khan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu
Seiji Sakaguchi (Sekigun) vs. Animal Hamaguchi (Ishingun). Neither of these guys looked any good. Bad
Akira Maeda (Sekigun) vs. Riki Choshu (Ishingun). Great heat, although every match on these two tapes had great heat. Choshu's execution was really precise. Finish is similar to the vastly overrated Hart vs. Austin from WM 13, although there's no blood. Good match.
Tatsumi Fujinami (Sekigun) vs. Killer Kahn (Ishingun). Selling was really strong. Given the limitations of Kahn, this was probably a very good match, but overall just average.
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu. This had the best heat due to Inoki being super over, but it was a pretty boring match with nothing beyond a couple of big spots by Inoki. Bad
#154 7/8/97 taped 11/25/83 Takasaki City Central Gym
10/14/83 Osaka-fu Takaishi Rinkai Sports Center: Killer Khan vs. Big John Studd
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Andre the Giant & Swede Hanson
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
#155 7/9/97 taped 12/2/83 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
NJPW Wonderland #144 taped 11/25/83
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu
Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Andre The Giant & Swede Hanson
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis
#145 12/2/83 Kagoshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant. DUD
NJPW Wonderland #146 taped 12/7/83 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center
Andre The Giant vs. Killer Khan
4th MSG Tag League Finalist Team Decision Match Yushosen Shinshutsu Team Ketteisen (team advance to final decision match): Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan. 1/2*
#147 taped 12/19/83 Vancouver Agro Dome
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiro Saito. Takada's execution was sharp, but he was still developing his offense. **3/4
The Cobra & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Davey Boy Smith & Bret Hart. Solid 80's style match. **1/4
Antonio Inoki vs. Kerry Brown. 1/2*
#156 7/10/97 taped 12/7/83 Takamatsu Civic Culture Center
Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda
12/30/83 Vancouver Agrodome: Antonio Inoki vs. Kerry Brown
#157 7/11/97 taped 1/6/84 Korakuen Hall
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen
Isamu Teranishi vs. Dynamite Kid
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. The Cobra
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dusty Rhodes & Buddy Rose
The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Antonio Inoki vs. Dusty Rhodes
NJPW Wonderland #148 taped 1/6/84 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Junior Heavyweight Champion Decision League Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Isamu Teranishi. Match was above *** when Dynamite was on offense kicking Teranishi's ass, but no better than * when Teranishi was putting me to sleep with his restmissions. **
Bad News Allen & Abdullah The Butcher vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dusty Rhodes & Buddy Rose
#149
1/6/84 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, Junior Heavyweight Champion Decision League Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Intense, heated match with very good drama. Kobayashi bleeds. At one point Cobra sidesteps a suicida, sending Kobayashi right into the security rail. ***1/2
1/27/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid
2/23/84: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mike Sharpe & Hulk Hogan
Bad News Allen & Abdullah the Butcher vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship Decision League Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Isamu Teranishi
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship Decision League Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Dusty Rhodes & Buddy Rose vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
#158 7/14/97 taped 1/27/84 Aichi Prefectural Gym
The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid
Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan & Larry Sharpe
2/3/84 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#159 7/15/97 taped 2/3/84 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
12/30/83 Vancouver Agrodome: Tatsumi Fujinami & The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith & Owen Hart
Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda vs. Hulk Hogan & Larry Sharpe
NJPW Wonderland #150 taped 2/3/84 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Badnews Allen & Rusher Kimura vs. Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi
Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith
Hulk Hogan & Mike Sharp vs. Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda
WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#151 taped 2/9/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Hulk Hogan vs. Rusher Kimura
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Another excellent Kobayashi opening with Tiger entering with his backflip only to have Kobayashi knock him to the floor with a spinning high kick then follow with a suicida. He pulled Cobra's jacket off and tossed it into the crowd, but Cobra didn't react to any of this and just waited for the intros. Aside from the lack of fire, the other big difference was Cobra didn't react to/counter Kobayashi's stuff nearly as well as Tiger. He just kind of waited for his chance to go on offense, which really hurt Kobayashi's submissions since they didn't seem like anything to worry about. Kobayashi was Kobayashi, but Cobra didn't play off him and had some obvious flubs so it was nothing special. 14:29. ***
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship League Triangle Final 2/7/84
The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith 9:55
Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith 14:03
Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 6:17
World Pro Wrestling 1985-1986
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Jimmy Snuka & Samu
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock
Tony St. Clair vs. Keiji Muto
IWGP Tag Team Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Chris Adams & The Jackal 23:23
Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
/85: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Kerry Brown & Hacksaw Higgins
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka & Dos Caras
11/22/85 IWGP Tag League: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Hacksaw Higgins & Nord the Barbarian
#160 7/16/97 taped 2/9/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym
The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Rusher Kimura vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
#161 7/17/97 taped 3/16/84 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Ed Leslie
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
3/22/84 Amagasaki City Gym: Kantaro Hoshino & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi
2/9/84
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Rusher Kimura vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda & Yoshanri Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi
3/2/84
Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Wild Samoan
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Ed Leslie & Bobby Duncum
3/9/84
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu
3/16/84
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Ed Leslie & Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu
NJPW Wonderland #152 taped 3/16/84 Kagoshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Adrian Adonis vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu
Dick Murdock & Ed Leslie vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura. *
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. *1/4
#153 taped 3/22/84 Amagasaki-shi Taiikukan
Nobuhiko Takada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis
Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
#162 7/18/97 taped 3/22/84 Amagasaki City Gym
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
3/30/84 Korakuen Hall
Norio Honaga & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar & Don Muraco
#163 7/21/97 taped 3/16/84 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Ed Leslie
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi
3/22/84 Amagasaki City Gym: Kantaro Hoshino & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi
#164 7/22/97 taped 3/30/84 Korakuen Hall
3/22/84 Amagasaki City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Nobuhiko Takada & Norio Honaga vs. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar & Don Muraco
#165 7/23/97 taped 4/17/84 Tokushima City Gym
Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad & Hercules Ayala
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
5/11/84 Fukuoka International Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Andre the Giant vs. Ken Patera
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
4/17/84
Kareem Muhammed (Ray Candy) & Elijah Akeem (Leroy Brown) & Hercules Ayala vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
Antonio Inoki vs. Masked Superstar
5/3/93 Fukuoka Dome, IWGP Tag Title Match: Hell Raisers vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono
6/5/93 Tsu-shi Taiikukan: Satoshi Kojima vs. Black Cat
NJPW Wonderland #154 taped 4/18/84 Ogaki-shi Sports Center
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Bruce Hart
Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi. *1/4
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Superstar & Hercules Ayala
5/11/84 Fukuoka Sports Center IWGP League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Ken Patera. DUD
#155 taped 5/11/84 Fukuoka Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito. **1/2
IWGP League Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki
5/18/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis
*This is a series of singles matches with the winner staying on until one team has no more wrestlers left*
Fujinami vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (Ishingun). Technically excellent, but much too short. Good match
Fujinami vs. Isamu Teranishi (Ishingun). Teranishi launched an all out attack on Fujinami's bad hand. Better than the Kobayashi match because of the storyline.
Fujinami vs. Yatsu (Ishingun). Yatsu immediately attacks the bad hand. Average
Nobuhiko Takada (Sekigun) vs. Yatsu. Takada was really over as the young junior punk pushing the established heavyweight star. Great near falls with the fans believing Takada could win. Takada was excellent here. Great match.
Kengo Kimura (Sekigun) vs. Yatsu. Kimura looked very good here and carried this to a good match. Lots of big spots for the time.
Kimura vs. Animal Hamaguchi (Ishingun). Hamaguchi wasn't very good and this was just average.
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Ishingun) vs. Hamaguchi. Hamaguchi ripped the patch on Fujiwara's head off and Fujiwara bled. Fans were really into Fujiwara, but neither was that good. Average.
Antonio Inoki (Sekigun) vs. Riki Choshu (Ishingun). Mainly rest holds then Inoki did a few of his signature spots for the win. I expected them to do more for Choshu. Bad.
5/11/84
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Andre the Giant vs. Ken Patera
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
5/18/84
Masked Superstar & Hulk Hogan vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
NJPW Wonderland #156 taped 5/18/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
IWGP League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
IWGP League Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
5/24/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Andre The Giant vs. Seiji Sekaguchi
IWGP League Match: Dick Murduch vs. Adrian Adonis
#157
5/24/84: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
6/1/84 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu
IWGP League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Riki Choshu
#166 7/24/97 taped 5/18/84 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
5/24/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant
#167 7/25/97 taped 5/24/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
IWGP League Match: Dick Murduch vs. Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
6/1/84 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center: IWGP League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Riki Choshu
5/25/84
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant
Dick Murdoch vs. Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
6/1/84 Takamatsu Civic Culture Center
Riki Choshu vs. Andre the Giant
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshikai Yatsu & Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis
#168 7/28/97 taped 6/1/84 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis
8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
#169 7/29/97 taped 6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murduch & Ken Patera
'84 IWGP Title: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki
Andre the Giant vs. Adrian Adonis
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch & Hulk Hogan
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masa Saito vs. Ken Patera & Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
IWGP Heavyweight Title IWGP League Final: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki
#170 7/30/97 taped 6/11/84 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#171 7/31/97 taped 8/24/84 Korakuen Hall
8/2/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. David Schultz
Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund
Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Roger Smith & Duke Myers
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Davey Boy Smith
The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Dr. D David Shultz
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino & Antonio Inoki vs. Rip Oliver & Mike Davis & Bad News Allen. No Finish
6/14/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis & Ken Patera
'84 IWGP Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
6/5/93 Tsu-shi Taiikukan
Best Of The Super Jr. III League Match: Eddie Guerrero vs. Lightning Kid
Best Of The Super Jr. III League Match: Pegasus Kid vs. Flying Scorpio
6/11/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis
Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
6/5/93 Tsu-shi Taiikukan
Best Of The Super Jr. III League Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Norio Honaga
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. David "Fit: Finlay & Dean Malenko
Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. David Shultz & Bad News Allen
WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. El Canek
Yoshiaki Yatsu & Riki Choshu vs. Mike Davis & Bad News Allen
Cobra & Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. David Shultz & Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
NJPW Wonderland #158
6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murduch & Ken Patera
8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. David Schultz
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
Wonderland #159 taped 6/11/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Hulk Hogan & Masked Superstar
IWGP League Match: Andre The Giant vs. Antonio Inoki
IWGP League Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis
NJPW Wonderland #160
6/1/84 Takamatsu Shimin Bunka Center, IWGP League Match: Adrian Adonis vs. Antonio Inoki
6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan, IWGP League Final: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki
#161
8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWA Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Again, Cobra showed a lot of promise. He was much more aggressive here, attacking Kobayashi before the bell for revenge, including ripping his T-shirt up and choking him with it. Kobayashi didn't get into his submissions today, which was for the best given the opponent. Instead, they did a more out of control (in the good way) match, which made sense because the rivalry was escalating. I thought they really put a lot of heat on the program here, with the final minutes being very exciting and dramatic. The finish was totally stupid though. Why would the challenger suplex the champ into the crowd when he's so close to winning the title and knows they have the corniest of rules that the match ends when both guys are propelled into the crowd? I mean, how hard is it really to turn the guy 90 degrees and drop him on the floor, which does more damage anyway? 15:04. ***3/4
8/24/84 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund
Wonderland Junior #24
8/4/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Isamu Teranishi. Tiger didn't have much confidence in Teranishi after the last debacle and was basically trying to figure out how he could have a good match without relying on his opponent to help him pull the spots off. He did a lot of kicking and knee dropping, but the submission stuff was totally dull without the movement and counters. The second half was action packed, though Tiger was still hardly Tiger, but had some problems because Teranishi reacts slowly and sometimes Tiger would clearly be waiting for him. Tiger was better here than in their first match, and I can't fault the adjustments he tried to make, but Teranishi is a hopeless wrestler that makes everything look worse than it should so they didn't really work. 14:35. *3/4
11/3/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision Match: The Cobra vs. Davey Boy Smith. Cobra had a huge entrance where he sat like an emperor and was carried out by famous juniors from around the world plus a fake Tiger Mask. This was basically like a lesser version of the early Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid matches, with both being positioned as proteges rather than wannabes. Davey should be the poster boy for bigger isn't better. He really powerful here, and he used his power in impressive ways so anyone with their eyes open could see this was one strong guy. However, he didn't have the ridiculous muscles that kept him from being able to move or bend and really just got in his way. At this point he was not only able to move fluidly, but able to do all the athletic and gymnastic stuff that's much more important than power when it comes to having good matches. This was chock full of excellent athletic counters to basic moves. It had it's share of imperfections and didn't have the spontaneity of Tiger vs. Dynamite, but the problem with this match was more that we'd seen it done better before. It was a nice model to use though, and I thought it was well recieved. I just don't know why Cobra couldn't build on this match. It wasn't the best style for him because he's hardly the smoothest and most fluid wrestler around and just isn't a natural, but when the guy pulls it off well when there are plenty of reasons they shouldn't you have to wonder why they don't succeed when there are reasons they should. 20:06. ***1/2
Wonderland Junior #25
2/9/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Another excellent Kobayashi opening with Tiger entering with his backflip only to have Kobayashi knock him to the floor with a spinning high kick then follow with a suicida. He pulled Cobra's jacket off and tossed it into the crowd, but Cobra didn't react to any of this and just waited for the intros. Aside from the lack of fire, the other big difference was Cobra didn't react to/counter Kobayashi's stuff nearly as well as Tiger. He just kind of waited for his chance to go on offense, which really hurt Kobayashi's submissions since they didn't seem like anything to worry about. Kobayashi was Kobayashi, but Cobra didn't play off him and had some obvious flubs so it was nothing special. 14:29. ***
8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Again, Cobra showed a lot of promise. He was much more aggressive here, attacking Kobayashi before the bell for revenge, including ripping his T-shirt up and choking him with it. Kobayashi didn't get into his submissions today, which was for the best given the opponent. Instead, they did a more out of control (in the good way) match, which made sense because the rivalry was escalating. I thought they really put a lot of heat on the program here, with the final minutes being very exciting and dramatic. The finish was totally stupid though. Why would the challenger suplex the champ into the crowd when he's so close to winning the title and knows they have the corniest of rules that the match ends when both guys are propelled into the crowd? I mean, how hard is it really to turn the guy 90 degrees and drop him on the floor, which does more damage anyway? 15:04. ***3/4
8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Roger Smith & Duke Myers
9/7/84 Fukuoka Sports Center
Riki Choshu vs. Greg Valentine
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah The Butcher
9/20/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Cronic
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
Ishu Kakutogisen 3Min 10Rd: Antonio Inoki vs. Anoaro Atisanoe
#172 8/3/97 taped 9/7/84 Fukuoka International Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Riki Choshu vs. Greg Valentine
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine
#173 8/4/97
8/2/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
9/20/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Anoaro Atisanoe
4/19/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
9/18/84 Aichi Konan Shimin Taiikukan
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi vs. Tony St. Clair & Greg Valentine
Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Norio Honaga
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi
10/19/84 Region Plaza Indoor Stadium
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton. JIP
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 & Hiro Saito
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
#174 8/5/97 taped 9/18/84 Konan City Gym
Kantaro Hoshino & Norio Honaga vs. The Strong Machine #1 & 2
Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Greg Valentine & Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
#175 8/6/97 taped 10/19/84 Joetsu Region Plaza Indoor Stadium
9/20/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Kantaro Hoshino & Kuroneko vs. The Strong Machines #1 & #2
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machine #1 & #2 & Hiro Saito
Wonderland #167
8/3/84 taped 8/2/84 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
NWA Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Roger Smith & Duke Myers
9/17/84 taped 9/7 Fukuoka Sports Center: Riki Choshu vs. Greg Valentine
Wonderland #168
8/24/84 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Bob Backlund
9/7/84 Fukuoka Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah The Butcher
Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine
Wonderland #169
9/18/84: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi
9/20/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan:
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
Ishu Kakutogisen 3Min 10Rd: Antonio Inoki vs. Anoaro Atisanoe
NJPW Wonderland #170
9/20/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Cronic
9/18/84 Aichi Konan Shimin Taiikukan : Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi vs. Tony St. Clair & Greg Valentine
10/19/84:
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 & Hiro Saito
8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF World Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
9/7/84 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Bob Backlund vs. Riki Choshu
9/7/84 Fukuoka Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah The Butcher
Greg Valentine vs. Riki Choshu
9/20/84 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
The Strong Machines No.1 & No. 2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Kuroneko (Black Cat)
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
Ishu Kakutogisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Anoaro Atisanoee
NJPW Wonderland #171
9/18/84: Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Norio Honaga
10/19/84 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan, WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
NJPW Wonderland #172
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdock 11:08. ***
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan:
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine No. 1 & No. 2 11:06. *
#176 8/7/97 taped 11/1/84 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.
Antonio Inoki vs. The Strong Machine #1
#177 8/10/97 taped 11/30/84 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Andre the Giant & Kerry Brown vs. Wild Samoan & Anoaro Atisanoe
Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis
MSG Tag League: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Strong Machines #1 & #2
AJ 11/28/84 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center Tag League 1984: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen [2] vs. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura [0] 10:40
Keiichi Yamada vs. Keiji Muto
Masahiro Chono vs. Rocky Iaukea
Makoto Arakawa vs. Naoki Sano
Shunji Kosugi vs. Shinya Hashimoto
Hiro Saito vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Strong Machine #1 & Strong Machine #2
Andre The Giant & Wild Samoan vs. Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi 8:05
MSG Tag League 1984: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Brown & Tiger Toguchi
11/30/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Adrian Adonis vs. Kengo Kimura
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan
WWF International Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
Antonio Inoki & vs. Strong Machine No. 2
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
11/30/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki & Andre The Giant vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2
11/30/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Adrian Adonis vs. Kengo Kimura
MSG Tag League: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Strong Machines
6/5/93 Mie Tsu-shi Taiikukan
Hiroshi Hase & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine
Bobby Eaton & Tony Halme vs. Masahiro Chono & Takashi Iizuka
12/2/84
Anoaro Atisanoe vs. Gerry Morrow 6:43
Tiger Toguchi vs. Wild Samoan 9:25
Strong Machine #1 & Strong Machine #2 vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Kosugi 12:04
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kerry Brown 9:44
Adrian Adonis & Andre The Giant & Dick Murdoch vs. Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami 12:50
11/20/84
Tiger Toguchi vs. Kantaro Hoshino 15:52
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kerry Brown 7:21
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki & Andre The Giant vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2
Super Heavyweight Battle Royal
6/5/93 Mie Tsu-shi Taiikukan
Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Masaji Aoyagi
Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Tatsumi Fujinami
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan: Kantaro Hoshino vs. Hiro Saito
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Antonio Inoki & Andre The Giant vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2
Super Heavyweight Battle Royal
12/8/84 Philippines Quezon Araneta Coliseum: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi (Chung Lee) vs. Jerry Morrow & Kerry Brown
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Toguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis & Andre The Giant
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan
Kantaro Hoshino vs. Hiro Saito
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Toguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis & Andre The Giant
6/5/93 Mie Tsu-shi Taiikukan: Keiji Mutoh & Akira Nogami vs. The Great Kabuki & Akitoshi Saito
#178 8/11/97 taped 12/6/84 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Antonio Inoki & Andre the Giant vs. The Strong Machines #1 & #2
Battle Royal
#179 8/12/97 taped 12/3/84 Okayama Budokan
Kantaro Hoshino vs. Hiro Saito
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Strong Machines #1 & #2
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Toguchi vs Andre the Giant & Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
#170 taped 12/8/84
WWF Tag Title: Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Andre the Giant vs. Antonio Inoki
1/18/85: King Kong Bundy vs. Seiji Sekaguchi
#171 taped 1/18/85
The Cobra & Samson Fuyuki vs. Black Tiger Rocco & Norio Honaga
Super Strong Machines vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura
1/25/85: King Kong Bundy vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Wonderland #173
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan: Kantaro Hoshino vs. Hiro Saito
11/30/84 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Super Heavyweight Battle Royal
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machine No. 2
Wonderland #174
12/6/84 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki & Andre The Giant vs. Strong Machine No. 1 & Strong Machine No. 2
12/8/84 Philippines Quezon Araneta Coliseum: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi (Chung Lee) vs. Jerry Morrow & Kerry Brown
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Toguchi vs. Andre The Giant & Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis
Wonderland #175
12/3/84 Okayama Budokan: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Strong Machine No. 1 & Strong Machine No. 2
12/28/84 Phillipines, WWF World Tag Title: Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura 18:17. US plotting with heels controlling the bulk of the match, keeping the face cut off from his corner and double teaming in their own. Fujinami & Kimura tended to wait until the last few minutes to deliver the action, so this worked well for them because they'd get a minute of hot offense when they were finally able to tag, spreading the action across the match rather than withholding it. Adonis & Murdock, aside from being smart tag wrestlers, also have much better offense than most of the faces of their day, so in spite of being heels the duo dominating the match actually helped the quality. Murdock & Fujinami were both very impressive, clearly outshining their partners. Fujinami was particularly fiery in stretches, which showed how great he could have been. He was NJ's best heavyweight of the decade because of his technical skill and diversity, but he actually had some of Choshu's fire in him, he just didn't show it often enough or with any consistency. ***1/2
1/18/85: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. King Kong Bundy
Wonderland #176 taped 1/18/85 Kumamoto
Shunji Takano & The Cobra vs. Black Tiger & Hiro Saito 12:09. Hiro's brawler push continues in this mixed bag. Black Tiger does by far the best wrestling, with Cobra having a good day with sharp execution for once and good chemistry with Tiger. Shunji is much taller than everyone else and not a junior, nor much of a worker, but he had a bad knee that they beat on to make his time passable. Hiro didn't have any chemistry with anyone, but Ueda was at ringside and eventually jumped in, causing a wild postmatch brawl where Shunji was beaten bloody and Fujinami eventually made the save. **3/4
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Strong Machines 15:41. Fans were into this, but I found it rather dull and run of the mill. Hard to get into the Machines when they are one in the same, they don't even bother giving them numbers or doing anything to distinguish one from the other. They did a lot of triple teaming. Fujinami was fired up and it went up several notches each time he came in. *3/4
1/25/85: Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher
#180 8/13/97 taped 12/8/84 Philippines
Tiger Toguchi & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kerry Brown & Gerry Morrow
WWF World Tag Title: Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#181 8/14/97 taped 1/16/85 Yachiyo City General Gym
The Cobra & Shunji Takano vs. Hiro Saito & Black Tiger
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. King Kong Bundy
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Strong Machine #1 & 2 & 3