-1hr. Q=Master
1/1/85 Special taped 12/28/84 MSG
Antonio Inoki vs. Dr. D David Shultz
Cobra vs. Black Tiger
Hulk Hogan vs. Iron Sheik
1/4/85 taped 1/1/85 Korakuen Hall
Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Hiro Saito & Umanoseke Ueda
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Wild Samoan & Hulk Hogan
1/11/85 taped 1/11/85 Tagajo General Gym
Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machines
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Wild Samoan & King Kong Bundy
1/18/85 taped 1/18/85 Yatsushiro General Gym
Shunji Takano & The Cobra vs. Black Tiger & Hiro Saito
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. King Kong Bundy
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machines
1/25/85 Tokuyama-shi Taiikukan
Kantaro Hoshino & The Cobra & Shunji Takano vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2 & No. 3
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher
2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Keiichi Yamada (Liger) & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. The Strong Machine No. 1-4
The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito. Hiro was fairly athletic in these days and even seemed liked he belonged in this division. It's weird to write, but it was faster-paced and more exciting because of him. The match was good, but suddenly it had this terrible DQ out of nowhere. This was perhaps designed to get heat back onto the junior title matches, which were growing increasingly deader, but in any case no one reacted to Hiro's long post match attack. 11:21. **3/4
Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
King Kong Bundy vs. Antonio Inoki
1/25/85 taped 1/25/85 Tokuyama-shi Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & The Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. King Kong Bundy
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah the Butcher
2/1/85 taped 2/1/85 Narita City Gym
Shunji Takano & The Cobra vs. Black Tiger & Hiro Saito
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machines
NJPW 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 Yatsushiro General Gym
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 Tokuyama-shi Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher
1/25/85 Tokuyama-shi Taiikukan
Kantaro Hoshino & The Cobra & Shunji Takano vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2 & No. 3
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. King Kong Bundy
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah The Butcher
6/15/93 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
Yuji Nagata & Shinjiro Otani & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Yasuraoka & Nobukazu Hirai & Yoshihiro Ito
Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki & Koki Kitahara
NJPW Wonderland #177 taped 1/25/85 Tokuyama-shi Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & Kantaro Hoshino & The Cobra vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. King Kong Bundy
12/8/84 Phillipines: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
#179 taped 2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
2/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Takano vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2 & No. 3
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
#182 8/17/97 taped 1/25/85 Tokushima City Gym
The Cobra & Shunji Takano & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machines #1 & #2 & #3
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. King Kong Bundy
Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah the Butcher
#183 8/18/97 taped 2/5/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura & Shunji Takano vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
1/30/85 Fussa Civic Gym
Makoto Arakawa vs. Kerry Brown
Kim Su Hong vs. Anoaro Atisanoe
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah The Butcher & King Kong Bundy & Wild Samoan
1/31/85: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Umanosuke Ueda
2/1/85: Tiger Toguchi vs. Umanosuke Ueda
3/8/85 Yokohama Cultural Gym
Young Lion Cup: Hirokazu Hata vs. Shunji Kosugi
Anoaro Atisanoe vs. Steve Wright
4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Hiro Saito vs. Mike Miller
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Billy Jack Haynes
1/7/85: Hulk Hogan & Wild Samoan & Black Tiger vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & The Cobra
1/30/85: Black Tiger vs. The Cobra
2/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Takano vs. The Strong Machines No. 1 & No. 2 & No. 3
Black Tiger vs. The Cobra
2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
2/8/85 taped 2/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
2/15/85 taped 2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiichi Yamada vs. Strong Machines
The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
#184 8/19/97 taped 2/6/85 Osaka Prefectural Gym
WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
15.000 Dollar Bodyslam Challenge: Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
#185 8/20/97 taped 2/22/85 Hawaii MBC Arena
Polynesian Pacific Tag Title: Super Samoan Sakari & Super Fly Chu vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Anoaro Atisanoe
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Ritchie Magnet
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine #1
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
#186 8/21/97
9/20/84 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine
1/27/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiichi Yamada vs. Strong Machines
2/3/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
#187 8/22/97 taped 3/8/85 Yokohama Cultural Gym
Umanosuke Ueda & Hiro Saito vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Bad News Allen & Leroy Brown
Antonio Inoki vs. David Schultz
Wonderland Junior #26
10/19/84 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger. Simplistic match. Started strong, but it was mainly highspots without sequences and they lack the firepower to keep this up for 14 minutes. There was really no interplay between the two, just switching control when someone missed. Why is it that the junors in the early to mid 80's did tombstone piledrivers so much more impressive than we've seen since the Underfaker adopted it? Dynamite Kid, Tiger Mask, & Cobra all had totally wicked tombstones. Cobra, unfortunately, was not very creative at all. He did actually do a new move here that was like a huracanrana except he tried to hook his opponents back rather than their neck, but it looked really bad and despite winning with it he never did it in any of the other title matches. Good action, but you felt like it should have been better. 13:58. ***
11/1/84 Tokyo Taiikukan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger. This time they did a lot more mat wrestling, inserting short spurts of action in between. On one hand this made more sense, but on the other they probably avoided the mat in the previous match more because neither are that strong there. If the mat didn't seem like rest holds and would have led to some damage accumulating this would have exceeded the 10/19 match, but it wasn't well thought out and kind of flat. Tiger attacked Cobra after the match then came back and broke his trophy. Cobra fought back and got some revenge, though is trophy was still ruined. If they did this before their first match it would have heated up this one, but instead you had a somewhat dull match building to a rematch (12/28) that wasn't helped by it since it was in America (perhaps that wasn't known at the time though?). 13:49. **3/4
2/19/85 Honolulu, Hawaii NBC Arena NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Ricky Magnet 5:58. Magnet was short enough to be a junior, but round enough to bounce. And all along I thought the only juniors announced as weighing 245 pounds were ones that shared their father's first name. This was the basic do moves until you miss style that Cobra reverted to when he wasn't familiar with the opponent or the opponent wasn't good enough to do most of the dirtywork for him. It was passable since it was so short, but Magnet had no business in any title match and Cobra doesn't raise the level of any opponent. *1/4
Wonderland Junior #27
2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito. Hiro was fairly athletic in these days and even seemed liked he belonged in this division. It's weird to write, but it was faster-paced and more exciting because of him. The match was good, but suddenly it had this terrible DQ out of nowhere. This was perhaps designed to get heat back onto the junior title matches, which were growing increasingly deader, but in any case no one reacted to Hiro's long post match attack. 11:21. **3/4
5/31/85 Saitama Omiya Shimin Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiro Saito vs. Tony St. Claire. Danny Hodge was the ref and Cobra was watching from the front row. St. Claire was an old style technician that would have been a good opponent for Fujinami, but Hiro wasn't schooled in headlocks and headscissors. The crowd was dead and the match was a failure because of the style clash. Short and directionless. 8:48. *1/2
8/1/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa. Arakawa was really over. It must have been one of those in jokes like with Ryuma Go because he was laugh out loud bad. Ironically, when he was trying to do comedy he was never nearly this funny. Arakawa had a good martial arts stance, but he hit like a fairy. It's even so much how bad Arakawa does things, but that he looks so ridiculous doing them even when they come out the way he wants. Arakawa took just about nothing and sold even less, but after hitting his German suplex Cobra for some reason popped up and did his own German suplex for the win. 9:57. *
#174 taped 2/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan 13:24. Meeting of the "best" Japan and US had to offer during the 80's could predictably be described as comical. One is completely serious and a master of his craft, the other is an artificial fruitcake concerned with everything but what he's purportedly there to do. The sad thing about this match is Hogan actually tried. He's such an inept technical wrestler it's funny, one often wonders how someone so amatuerish even made it out of wrestling school until they remember most of the promoters didn't care about wrestling either. Hogan actually executed a handful of moves credibly, and at least when he's a heel his constant stalling can be slightly justified as being done to incite the crowd (though of course we know he roided away what stamina he might have had). Hogan even bladed at the end. But any "highlight" was overwhelmed by minutes of clumsy boredom. *1/4
Antonio Inoki vs. King Kong Bundy
#175
2/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Takano vs. Strong Machines No. 1-3
2/14/85 Honolulu, Hawaii NBC Arena NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Ricky Magnet 5:58. Magnet was short enough to be a junior, but round enough to bounce. And all along I thought the only juniors announced as weighing 245 pounds were ones that shared their father's first name. This was the basic do moves until you miss style that Cobra reverted to when he wasn't familiar with the opponent or the opponent wasn't good enough to do most of the dirtywork for him. It was passable since it was so short, but Magnet had no business in any title match and Cobra doesn't raise the level of any opponent. *1/4
2/14/85 Honolulu, Hawaii Neal Blaisdell Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
#176
2/14/85 Honolulu, Hawaii Neal Blaisdell Center: Superfly Tui & Sakalia vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Anoaro Atisanoee
3/8/85 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Bad News Allen & Leroy Brown
Strong Machines 1 & 2 vs. Umanoseke Ueda & Hiro Saito 7:51. Out of control brawl. Ueda & Hiro can wreak some havoc, but they were overwhelmed by the Machine army, which was 4 plus manager Wakamatsu. Ueda bled early and Hiro bled heavily, his fake white hair colored red by the time the Machines were stopped. Not a good match, but it accomplished what it set out to do and was something different. **
Antoni Inoki vs. David Schultz 9:33. Atrocious and phony. Schultz was given every opportunity to display his awful cartoonish overselling as Inoki dominated the match. For some reason Inoki couldn't keep his temper under control. Schultz second had to make the save and they beat Inoki up, driving his head into a table. 1/2*
#177
3/8/85 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Hiroka Hara vs. Shunji Kosugi
3/15/85 Kagoshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Pat Kelly & Mike Kelly
4/18/85 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Billy Jack (Haynes)
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine #1
2/22/85 taped 2/14/85 Honolulu, Hawaii Neal Blaisdell Center
Seiji Sakaguchi & Anoaro Atisanoe vs. Superfly Tui & Super Samoan Sakalia
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Richie Magnett
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine #1
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
3/1/85 taped 3/1/85 Korakuen Hall
Anoaro Atisanoe & Kantaro Hoshino & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Strong Machines
Shunji Takano vs. David Shultz
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mike Kelly & Pat Kelly
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
#178
3/8/85 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono 14:22. 5 months into their career you could already see that at least Muto was going to be top notch. Solid well executed match. A bit dull, but they mixed things up pretty well and usually had something going on. Muto was such a great athlete that he was allowed to do some high spots, finishing Chono off with his space rolling elbow then moonsault. If they didn't have big plans for him he could already have been pushed in the junior division (granted it was at it's weakest). Chono was fine, but he didn't have an identity or a style yet, he seemed to be well trained but lack a direction. **
4/18/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 26:16. These two worked extremely well together, and the match was elevated by the fans eating everything they did up. Just amazing heat. Inoki wore an athletic supporter under a mass of tape on his bum left arm, which Brody went right after, damaging it with a powerslam of all things. Inoki's rare offense knocked Brody back, but not off his feat. Even the first enzuigiri only staggered him. The second knocked him briefly onto one knee, but finally the third knocked him down onto both knees. Unfortunately they failed to capitalize on what they set up early, with the arm totally forgotten and Inoki having blown his best move to minimal effect. The fans stayed highly involved though, and get particularly excited when Inoki applies the manjigatame. They get something going again when some big spots lead to a Brody knee injury. Brody is one of the few no sellers that is actually a good seller and utilizes no selling to make it meaningful when he does indeed sell. As Inoki continued to attack the appendage Brody actually got a bloody knee. Brody is so tough that even beating on him takes something from the opponent, with Inoki being too spent to cover immediately on his backdrop allowing Brody to just kick out. They kept teasing every form of screw job, which was supposed to add to the drama, and did get reactions, but the problem was this was what you dreaded. The beginning was excellent, but didn't set up the match they did. The ending was excellent, but the egos prevent them from providing closure. The middle was somewhat wasted, but had enough good (for them) moves to keep things interesting. ***1/2
#179
4/18/85 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: 1st Young Lion Cup Final: Keiichi Yamada vs. Shunji Kosugi
5/10/85 Fukuoka Sports Center: Kantaro Hoshino & The Cobra vs. El Canek & Hiro Saito
4/12/85 Osaka: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
3/8/85 taped 3/8/85 Yokohama Cultural Gym
Hiro Saito & Umanoseke Ueda vs. Strong Machines
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Leroy Brown
Antonio Inoki vs. David Shultz
3/15/85 taped 3/15/85 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Hiro Saito & Umanoseke Ueda vs. Strong Machines
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hacksaw Higgins
Antonio Inoki vs. David Shultz
#188 8/25/97 taped 3/22/85 Amagasaki Gym
1st Young Lion Cup: Shunji Kosugi vs. Hirokazu Hata
1st Young Lion Cup: Masahiro Chono vs. Keiji Muto
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Kelly Twins
#189 8/26/97 taped 4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
1st Young Lion Cup Title Final: Shunji Kosugi vs. Keiichi Yamada
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Strong Machine
3/22/85 taped 3/21/85 Korakuen Hall
Kengo Kimura vs. David Shultz
Hiro Saito vs. Umanoseke Ueda
Shunji Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machines
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
3/29/85 taped 3/29/85 Fujioka Civic Gym
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machines
Shunji Takano vs. Billy Jack
Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
4/5/85 taped 4/5/85 Kawasaki City Gym
Kengo Kimura vs. Billy Jack
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock
4/19/85 taped 4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine #1
#190 8/27/97 taped 4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Billy Jack
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#191 8/28/97 taped 4/17/85 Izumisano Citizens Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Shunji Takano vs. The Machines
Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis vs. Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
Disc 1
4/18/85: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 26:20. Complete
6/28/85: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Bruiser Brody 8:10. Complete
7/5/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 5:08. Complete
7/12/85: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bruiser Brody & Matt Borne 7:29. Complete
Disc 2
7/26/85: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & King Kong Bundy 13:14. Complete
7/28/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Antonio Inoki 16:38. Complete
8/1/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Antonio Inoki 21:24. Complete
8/3/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Antonio Inoki 8:40. Complete
Disc 3
10/4/85: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 21:41. Complete
10/11/85: Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bad News Allen & Bruiser Brody & Rick Oliver 10:36
10/25/85: Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Bruiser Brody & Ray Candy 11:01
10/31/85: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 27:04. Complete
10/18/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Rambo Sakurada. Complete
11/22/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Dick Murdoch 15:20. Complete
12/10/85: Bruiser Brody vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 5:40. Complete
Disc 4
11/15/85: IWGP Tag Team League: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka 12:08
11/29/85: IWGP Tag Team League: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi 8:29. Complete
12/6/85: IWGP Tag Team League: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar 14:48. Complete
9/16/86 Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 60:00
9/19/86 Bruiser Brody vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 15:01. Complete
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 Bunka 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
4/26/85 taped 4/18/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machine #1
Shunji Kosugi vs. Keiichi Yamada
4/12/85 Izumisano Civic General Gym: Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
5/4/85 taped 4/17/85 Koga City Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdock
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Strong Machines
taped 4/12/85 Izumisano Civic General Gym Sky-A version
Shunji Shunji Kosugi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Shunji Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Strong Machines
Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
taped 5/10/85 Fukuoka Sports Center Sky-A version
Kantaro Hoshino & Cobra vs. Hiro Saito & El Canek
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka & Andre the Giant
5/17/85 Taped 5/17/85 Kumamoto Prefectural Gym
5/13/85 Oita Prefectural Gym WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
Bob Backlund vs. Super Strong Machine
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mike Sharpe
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock & Andre the Giant
5/24/85 taped 5/24/85 Kobe World Kinen Hall
Super Strong Machine vs. Pedro Morales
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#180 taped 5/24/85 Kobe World Kinen Hall
5/10/85 Fukuoka Sports Center: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masked Superstar
Pedro Morales vs. Super Strong Machine
WWF International Tag Title Decision Match: Adrian Adonis & Dick Murduch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#181 taped 4/12/85 Osaka
Shinji Kosugi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Strong Machines vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
5/10/85: Andre The Giant & Jimmy Snuka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki
5/24/85 Kobe World Kinen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
#182 taped 5/31/85 Omiya Shimin Taiikukan
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Pedro Morales & El Canek
Andre The Giant vs. SS Machine
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiro Saito vs. Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis & King Kong Bundy
#183 taped 6/7/85 Matsumoto-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murduch vs. The Cobra & Shunji Takano
Andre The Giant vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan, '85 IWGP Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
#194 9/2/97 taped 5/31/85 Omiya Civic Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. El Canek & Pedro Morales
Super Strong Machine vs. Andre the Giant
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiro Saito vs. Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis & King Kong Bundy
#195 9/3/97 taped 6/7/85 Matsumoto City Gym
The Cobra & Shunji Takano vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
'85 IWGP Tournament Final: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Hulk Hogan & Iron Mike Sharpe
5/31/85 taped 5/31/85 Omiya Shimin Taiikukan
Super Strong Machine vs. Andre the Giant
Hiro Saito vs. Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. King Kong Bundy & Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
6/7/85 taped 6/7/85 Matsumoto-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & Cobra vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Mike Sharpe & Hulk Hogan
#184
6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/13/85 Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Andre The Giant & Tony St. Clair vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino
6/13/85 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
#185
6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan: Shunji Takano vs. SS Machine
6/7/85 Matsumoto-shi Sogo Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Hulk Hogan & Mike Sharpe
6/28/85 Hoshikawa Prince Hotel Ice Arena: SS Machine vs. Strong Machine No. 2
#196 9/4/97 taped 6/11/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
WWF World Heavyweight Title: Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
'85 IWGP Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#197 9/5/97 taped 6/13/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
#189 taped 6/7/85 Matsumoto-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murduch vs. The Cobra & Shunji Takano
IWGP Heavyweight Tournament: Andre The Giant vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan, '85 IWGP Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant
#190
6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/13/85 Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Andre The Giant & Tony St. Clair vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino
6/13/85 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
6/14/85 taped 6/11/85 Tokyo Taiikukan
Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
6/21/85 taped 6/13/85 Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdock
Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
#200 9/10/97
6/11/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym: Shunji Takano vs. Super Strong Machine
6/13/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Andre the Giant & Tony St. Clair
5/2/85 Osaka Castle Hall WWF Junior Heavyweight & NWA Junior Heavyweight Double Title Match: Hiro Saito vs. The Cobra
#201 9/11/97 taped 7/28/85 Osaka Castle Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#198 9/8/97 taped 6/28/85 Shinagawa Prince Hotel Ice Arena
Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machine #2
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiro Saito vs. The Cobra
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & Bad News Allen
#199 9/9/97 taped 7/26/85 Hirosaki City Gym
Shunji Takano & Super Strong Machines vs. Strong Machines
Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & King Kong Bundy
6/28/85 taped 6/28/85 Hoshikawa Prince Hotel Ice Arena
Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machine
Hiro Saito vs. The Cobra
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & Bad News Allen
7/5/85 taped 7/5/85 Fujiyoshida Fuji-Q Highland Big Hall
Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machine #2
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Matt Borne
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bruiser Brody
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen & Bundy
7/12/85 taped 7/12/85 Korakuen Hall
Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machine
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Bundy
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Matt Borne & Bruiser Brody
NJ Wonderland #193 7/26/85 taped 7/26/85 Hirosaki Shi Min Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machines. Basic match with a lot of punches and kicks. Takano and SS Machine had the expected break up, with Machine leaving Takano so it was 2-1. For some reason SS came back after the match and saved Takano from further beating. **1/4
Jimmy Snuka vs. Kengo Kimura. Uneventful. *
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & King Kong Bundy. Good match when Brody was in, but Bundy was always horrible. *1/2
NJ Wonderland #194
8/16/85 taped 8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium: Jimmy Snuka vs. Larry Sharpe. 2 minute squash.
8/2/85 taped 7/28/85 Osaka Jo Hall
NWA Sekai & WWF Nintei Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: The Cobra (NWA champ) vs. Hiro Saito (WWF champ). Hiro showed nothing. Cobra tried hard, but had nothing to work with. The first match was really slow paced and rather dull with an awful screw job finish. They restarted the match and it was much faster paced and more exciting, but unfortunately this only lasted a couple minutes. Cobra unifies the titles. *1/2
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Brody totally dominated, with the fans cheering the whole time for Inoki to come back. The pace wasn't very fast, but they did do a lot of "big" moves in the last 4-5 minutes. Good match largely due to Brody, but the finish sucked. **1/2
7/19/85 taped 7/19/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Hiro Saito vs. Black Tiger
International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Strong Machine
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. King Kong Bundy & Bruiser Brody
7/26/85 taped 7/26/85 Hirosaki Shi Min Taiikukan
Shunji Takano & Super Strong Machine vs. Strong Machines
Kengo Kimura vs. Snuka
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody & King Kong Bundy
NJ Wonderland #195
7/28/85 Osaka Jo Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
8/1/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa
8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
NJ Wonderland #196 taped 8/1/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#202 9/14/97 taped 8/1/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
NWA Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
#203 9/15/97
4/17/85 Izumisano Citizens Gym: Shunji Kosugi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
8/1/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
LLPW FLASHBACK #47 3/31/98 taped 11/5/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Michiko Nagashima vs. Mizuki Endo 13:05 of 14:00.
Michiko Omukai vs. Jenn Yukari 5:32 of 13:58.
Rumi Kazama & Karula vs. Mikiko Futagami & Carol Midori 13:57. No finish
8/2/85 taped 7/28/85 Osaka Jo Hall
Jimmy Snuka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
8/9/85 Special taped 8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Matt Borne
Mosca & Collins & Andre the Giant vs. Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin & Bundy
taped 8/1/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
8/16/85 taped 8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium
Jimmy Snuka vs. Larry Sharpe
The Cobra vs. Superfly Tui
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Charlie Fulton & Gene Lewis
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
Wonderland #197 taped 8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Jerry Fulton & Gene Lewis
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Superfly Tui. Another short match with a finish out of nowhere. Tui, who was in the division by size rather than style, showed nothing. Too often they didn't know what the other guy was planning to do next and couldn't react. 7:15. *
King Kong Bundy & Mark Lewin & Kevin Sullivan vs. Andre The Giant & Steve Collins & Angelo Mosca
8/30/85: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
Wonderland #198
8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Matt Borne
8/30/85
Keiichi Yamada vs. Shunji Kosugi. A rematch from 4/18/85 when Kosugi defeated Yamada to capture the Young Lion Cup.
WWF International Tag Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kerry Brown & Hacksaw Higgins
9/6/85: Keiji Muto & Don Arakawa vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Tony St. Clair
#204 9/16/97
8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
6/14/84 Kuramae Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
#205 9/17/97 taped 8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium
Jimmy Snuka vs. Larry Sharpe
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Gene Lewis & Gary Fulton
The Cobra vs. Superfly Chui
Andre the Giant & Angelo Mosca & Steve Collins vs. King Kong Bundy & Mark Lewin & Kevin Sullivan
Wonderland Junior #28
8/3/85 Hawaii Aloha Stadium WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Superfly Tui. Another short match with a finish out of nowhere. Tui, who was in the division by size rather than style, showed nothing. Too often they didn't know what the other guy was planning to do next and couldn't react. 7:15. *
10/4/85 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Fishman. The basic problems with Cobra are he doesn't string things together, isn't good at playing off much less to his opponent, and is sloppy. Though deliberate and lacking spontaneity, the match succeeded when they were running around. More often it was the slower more submission oriented Fishman stuff, which Cobra made no attempt to counter. What was good about the match is it had some nice moves that were uncommon at the time like Fishman doing the Ligerbomb, Cobra doing the 2 kaiten ebigatame (the Toyota move where she rolls up her standing opponents body and over into a sunset flip) and a Tiger suplex (though it was very sloppy). 16:44. **1/4
2/3/84 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Crown Decision League Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith. Kind of an odd match. It started out like it was going to be a classic, totally died in the middle with a bunch of pointless restmissions, then made a comeback but still never approached its stellar start. These two were obviously very familar with each other, and were able to put together excellent sequences with precise timing and execution. Unfortunately, they went away from this style and into something far more familiar, and thus less interesting and good. 14:08. ***1/2
Wonderland Junior #29
7/28/85 Osaka Jo Hall NWA & WWF Junior Heavyweight Double Title Match: The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito. Hiro not only kept the match moving, but his heel tactics got Cobra to be more aggressive. What hurt the match is Kotetsu Yamamoto actually DQing Hiro for not breaking by the 5 count. Of course they restarted it, but this portion was so short and slow. 12:30, 2:26. ***
10/31/85 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa. Arakawa had become more of a "wrestler" and less of a martial artist by ths point. The match was better due to this because Arakawa's martial arts was laughable and Cobra can't even put that style over. Arakawa wasn't over at all though. The fans did giggle at times, for instance when he hurt his head by German suplexing Cobra onto his face. Cobra had more offense here, which was an improvement even though Arakawa takes even worse. 13:30. *1/2
8/23/85 taped 8/23/85 Higashimurayama Civic Sports Center
Don Arakawa & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Anoaro Atisanoe & Umanoseke Ueda
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Giant Machine
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Superfly Afi
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins & Tony St. Clair
8/30/85 taped 8/30/85 Yamagata City Gym
Shunji Kosugi vs. Keiichi Yamada
International Tag Team Title: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Brown & Hacksaw Higgins
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Strong Machine & Giant Machine
#206 9/18/97 taped 8/30/85 Yamagata Prefectural Gym
Shunji Kosugi vs. Keiichi Yamada
WWF International Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Hacksaw Higgins & Kerry Brown
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
#207 9/19/97 taped 9/6/85 Aichi Hekinan City Gym
Umanosuke Ueda & Tony St. Clair vs. Makoto Arakawa & Keiji Muto
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Machine
Antonio Inoki vs. Giant Machine
9/6/85 taped 9/6/85 Hekinan Seaside Gym
Keiji Muto & Don Arakawa vs. Tony St. Clair & Umanoseke Ueda
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Machine Superstar
Antonio Inoki vs. Giant Machine (Andre the Giant)
9/13/85 taped 9/13/85 Miyazaki Prefectural Gym
Keiji Muto & Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Shunji Kosugi & Kantaro Hoshino
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Giant Machine
Antonio Inoki vs. Super Machine
Note: There's about 178 matches shown in total. Listed matches are the complete ones.
Disc 1
9/18/85: Keiji Muto vs. Tony St. Clair
Disc 2
11/3/86: Keiji Muto & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Kerry Von Erich
11/9/87: Keiji Muto vs. Dick Murduch
Disc 3
6/30/90: Keiji Muto vs. Brad Rheigans
3/14/91: Keiji Muto vs. Mike Rotunda
5/17/92 IWGP Title: Keiji Muto vs. Riki Choshu
Disc 4
9/26/93: Keiji Muto vs. Hulk Hogan
1/4/95 IWGP Tag Title: Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase vs. Rick & Scott Steiner
5/26/95: Keiji Muto vs. Steve Austin
Disc 5
11/14/95: Keiji Muto & Sting vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson
9/23/96 Vale Tudo Rules: Keiji Muto vs. Pedro Otavario
5/3/99 IWGP Title: Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
Disc 6
6/8/01 Triple Crown Title: Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
Disc 7
10/28/01 IWGP & AJPW Tag Titles: Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura
10/31/04: Keiji Muto & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasake
Disc 9
12/5/05: Keiji Muto & Akebono vs. Dudley Boyz
Disc 10
4/27/08 IWGP Title: Keiji Muto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Wonderland #199
9/19/85 Tokyo Taiikukan: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
9/6/85 Hekinan Seaside Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Machine
Antonio Inoki vs. Giant Machine
Wonderland #200
10/4/85 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Bad News Allen & Roger Smith
9/19/85 Tokyo Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#208 9/22/97 taped 9/19/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#209 9/23/97 taped 9/16/85 Fukuoka Sports Center
Keiji Muto vs. Tony St. Clair
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Hacksaw Higgins & Kerry Brown
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
9/20/85 taped 9/19/85 Tokyo Taiikukan
Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
10/4/85 taped 10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Fishman
Kantaro Hoshino & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Roger Smith & Bad News Allen
Tatsutoshi Goto & Rambo Sakurada vs. Rick Oliver & Konga The Barbarian
WWF International Tag Title: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
Wonderland #201
10/4/85 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Rambo Sakurada & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Conga The Barbarian & Rick Oliver. Sakurada, the future Kendo Nagasaki, & Goto form a team known as The Rising Suns.
9/18/85 Fukuoka Sports Center
Keiji Muto vs. Tony St. Clair
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Kerry Brown & Hacksaw Higgins
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
#202
10/11/85 Furukawa General Gym: Rambo Sakurada vs. Konga The Barbarian
10/25/85 Osaka Seaside Sports Center: Shinya Hashimoto & Black Cat vs. Giant Gustav
10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Fishman
WWF International Tag Title: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
#210 9/24/97 taped 10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
The Cobra vs. Fishman
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Bad News Allen & Davey Boy Smith
Rambo Sakurada & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Conga the Barbarian & Rick Oliver
#211 9/25/97 taped 10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kevin von Erich & Kerry von Erich
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#212 9/26/97 taped 10/11/85 Furukawa City Gym
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto vs. The Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino
Rambo Sakurada vs. Conga the Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Bruiser Brody & Bad News Allen & Davey Boy Smith
#213 9/29/97 taped 10/25/85 Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
Giant Gustav vs. Black Cat & Shinya Hashimoto
The Cobra & Keiji Muto vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Shunji Kosugi
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Bruiser Brody & Ray Candy
#203
10/25/85 Osaka Seaside Sports Center: Keiji Muto & The Cobra vs. Shunji Kosugi & Shiro Koshinaka
10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#204 taped 10/11/85 Furukawa General Gym
Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
10/31/85 Tokyo Taiikukan WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Rick Oliver & Bad News Allen & Bruiser Brody
10/11/85 taped 10/11/85 Furukawa General Gym
10/4/85 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
Cobra & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
Rambo Sakurada vs. Konga The Barbarian
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Rick Oliver & Bad News Allen & Bruiser Brody
10/18/85 taped 10/18/85 Korakuen Hall
Rambo Sakurada vs. Bruiser Brody
Shunji Kosugi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Giant Gustav
The Cobra vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Antonio Inoki vs. Konga The Barbarian
10/25/85 taped 10/25/85 Osaka Seaside Sports Center
Shinya Hashimoto & Black Cat vs. Giant Gustav
Keiji Muto & The Cobra vs. Shunji Kosugi & Shiro Koshinaka
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Ray Candy & Bruiser Brody
11/1/85 taped 10/31/85 Tokyo Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#214 9/30/97 taped 10/31/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#215 10/1/97
9/19/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine
10/31/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym: The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa
11/15/85 taped 11/15/85 Korakuen Hall
Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki vs. Mike Kelly & Pat Kelly
IWGP Tag Team League: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody
IWGP Tag Team League: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Superstar & Dick Murdock
11/22/85 taped 11/22/85 Koriyama General Gym
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dos Caras & Jimmy Snuka
Dick Murdock vs. Bruiser Brody
IWGP Tag Team League: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Konga The Barbarian & Hacksaw Higgins
#216 10/2/97 taped 11/29/85 Kitakyushu City Gym
Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
#217 10/3/97
12/6/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar
12/10/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym: Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka
11/29/85 taped 11/29/85 Kitakyushu City General Gym
Tatsutoshi Goto & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
IWGP Tag Team League: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Superstar & Dick Murdock
IWGP Tag Team League: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody
12/6/85 taped 12/6/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Tag Team League: Superstar & Dick Murdock vs. Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody
IWGP Tag Team League: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
taped 9/18/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Keiji Muto vs. Tony St. Clair
Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bad News Brown & Hacksaw Higgins
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Machine & Giant Machine
taped 12/12/85 Miyagi-ken Sports Center
Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki vs. Dick Murdock & Superstar
IWGP Tag Team League Final, IWGP Tag Title Decision: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#218 10/6/97 taped 12/6/85 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#219 10/7/97 taped 12/10/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch
#220 10/8/97 taped 12/12/85 Miyagi Sports Center
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#221 10/8/97 taped 12/18/85 Hawaii NBC Arena
Kerry von Erich vs. Gino Fernandez
Antonio Inoki & Andre the Giant vs. Joel Deaton & David Deaton
12/12/85 taped 12/12/85 Miyagi-ken Sports Center
IWGP Tag Team League Final, IWGP Tag Title Decision: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
12/19/85 taped 12/10/85 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdock
# 207 taped 12/10/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Jimmy Snuka vs. Kengo Kimura
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
12/26/85 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dick Murdock & Masked Superstar
#209 taped 12/12/85 Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center
'85 IWGP Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#211 taped 12/18/85 Honolulu NBC Arena
Kerry von Erich vs. Gino Hernandez
Andre The Giant & Antonio Inoki vs. David Deaton & Joel Deaton
12/25/85 Dallas Reunion Arena
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Masked Demon 7:15
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
#212 taped 1/3/86 Korakuen
Johnny Mantell & Mike Miller vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Tatsutoshi Goto 10:43
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League 1986 Match: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger 10:59
UWF League Match: Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada 11:19
#222 10/10/97 taped 12/25/85 Dallas Union Arena
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
#223 10/13/97 taped 1/3/86 Korakuen Hall
Kendo Nagasaki & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Johnny Mantel & Mike Miller
The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada
12/27/85 taped 12/18/85 Honolulu NBC Arena
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Kerry Von Erich vs. Gino Hernandez
Andre the Giant & Antonio Inoki vs. David Deaton & Joel Deaton
12/25/85 Dallas Reunion Arena
American Tag Title: Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez vs. Kevin Von Erich & Kelly Von Erich
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masked Demon
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
1/3/86 Korakuen
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League 1986: The Cobra vs. Black Tiger
UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
1/10/86 Funabashi Sports Park Gym
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League 1986:Shiro Koshinaka vs. Black Tiger
UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
#224 10/14/97 taped 1/3/86 Korakuen Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Mad Max
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
2/5/86 Osaka Castle Hall: Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
#225 10/15/97 taped 2/5/86 Osaka Castle Hall
Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kerry von Erich & Kevin von Erich
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
Disc 1
2/5/86: Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada 12:57
3/26/86 5 vs 5 Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki 33:38
5/1/86 5 vs 5 Single Match Survival: Akira Maeda & Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami 63:18
a) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiichi Yamada 14:27
b) Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Nobuhiko Takada 19:07
c) Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 24:29
d) Osamu Kido vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 28:02
e) Osamu Kido vs. Shiro Koshinaka 36:15
f) Kengo Kimura vs. Osamu Kido 40:56
g) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kengo Kimura 47:52
h) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 56:48
i) Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 63:18
Disc 2
2/6/86: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 19:37
6/6/86 IWGP League 1986 Block B Match: Akira Maeda vs. Umanosuke Ueda 5:23
6/12/86 IWGP League 1986 Block B Match: Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 22:05
6/12/86 IWGP League 1986 Block A Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 11:14
11/3/86: Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Shiro Koshinaka 9:56
6/29/87: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 8:14
7/18/87: Akira Nogami & Masaharu Funaki vs. Tatsuo Nakano & Yoji Anjo 16:45
8/20/87: Akira Maeda vs. Super Strong Machine 18:19
Disc 3 IWGP Title
6/12/86 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match:
Nobuhiko Takada vs. The Cobra 21:33
8/5/86 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 21:04
8/5/86 IWGP Tag Title Match: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido 13:52
9/19/86 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 18:31
3/20/87 IWGP Tag Title Decision Match: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada 17:04
3/26/87 IWGP Tag Title: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada 15:29
3/11/88 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada 18:57
Disc 4
1/3/86 UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada 11:19
2/5/86 UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 12:21
4/29/86: Akira Maeda vs. Andre The Giant 26:35
8/7/86 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 17:29
9/16/86 Ten Man Tag Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami 21:22
Martial Arts Match: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen R5 2:16
Disc 5
12/10/86 Japan Cup Tag League: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara 17:33
2/4/87: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda 8:59
5/25/87 IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara 15:13
6/9/87: Kevin von Erich vs. Osamu Kido 9:32
6/9/87: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 12:28
6/12/87: Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara 13:25
7/7/87: Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Masa Saito vs. Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido 13:48
7/18/87: Akira Maeda vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow 4:01
8/2/87 IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Super Strong Machine 17:21
Disc 6
8/20/87 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Nobuhiko Takada 15:45
8/29/87: Tatsuo Nakano vs. Yoji Anjo
8/29/87: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda
9/1/87 IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara 17:39
9/14/87: Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
3/3/88: Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoji Anjo
3/14/88: Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki 12:12
1/17/86 Kumamoto City Gym
UWF League: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League 1986: Keichii Yamada vs. Black Tiger
Kendo Nagasaki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
1/24/86 Shizuoka Industrial Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kevin Von Erich
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
1/31/86 Koga City Gym
UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Tony St. Clair & Kevin Von Erich
Antonio Inoki vs. Madd Maxx
2/5/86 Osaka-Jo Hall
Antonio Inoki & Keichii Yamada vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido
UWF League: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP Tag Titles: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kevin & Kerry Von Erich
NJ Wonderland #215 taped 2/6/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: The Cobra vs. Shiro Koshinaka 15:22
Kengo Kimura vs. Kevin Von Erich
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
Wonderland #216
3/14/86 Kagoshima Kenritsu Taiikukan: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Don Arakawa
2/6/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
2/6/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Kengo Kimura vs. Kevin Von Erich
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: The Cobra vs. Shiro Koshinaka
2/2/86 Motoyoshi General Gym
Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & The Cobra vs. Kevin Von Erich & Johnny Mantell & Black Tiger
#226 10/16/97 taped 2/6/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
The Cobra vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Kengo Kimura vs. Kevin von Erich
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry von Erich
#227 10/17/97
2/6/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
3/14/86 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Don Arakawa
2/28/86 Kumagaya City Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Akira Maeda vs. Rikibatsuzan
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Jackal & Billy Jack
3/7/86 Ueda Civic Gym
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Chris Adams & Kelly Kiniski & The Jackal
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
#228 10/20/97 taped 3/14/86 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
#229 10/21/97 taped 3/26/86 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido
3/14/86 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Shiro Koshinaka vs. Don Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Jack
3/21/86 Gifu Industrial Hall
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Chris Adams & The Jackal
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
3/26/86 Tokyo Taiikukan
Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs.
Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki 33:38
Young Lion Cup 1986 Final: Keichii Yamada vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
3/24/86 Toda City Sports Center
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Chris Adams & Matt Borne & The Jackal
Wonderland Takada #3 8/1/99 originally aired 3/28/86 taped 3/26/86 Tokyo Taiikukan
5 vs. 5 Jikan Museigen (unlimited time) Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino. Incredible atmosphere because the crowd reactions were unreal. ****1/2
Wonderland Takada #6
8/5/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
8/7/86 Toyohashi Sports Center, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
5 vs. 5 Jikan Museigen (unlimited time) Elimination Match: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino. Incredible atmosphere because the crowd reactions were unreal. ****1/2
#230 10/22/97 taped 5/1/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
New Japan vs. UWF Elimination Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido. Part 1
#231 10/23/97 taped 5/1/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
New Japan vs. UWF Elimination Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido. Part 2
4/11/86 Korakuen Hall
Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Moondog Rex
Antonio Inoki vs. The Masked Superstar
4/25/86 Kumamoto City Gym
Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant & Kerry Brown
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
5/1/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant & KY Wakamatsu
Shin Nihon vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Single Gauntlet: Akira Maeda & Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami 63:18
4/29/86 Tsu City Gym: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
Wonderland Takada #4
5/1/86 Shin Nihon vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Single Kachinogisen: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki.
a) Yamada vs. Takada. Long very well worked UWF segment. Dull for Takada, but that made for a better match because it was more solid and believable with offense being hard to come by. As the match progressed, Takada, of course, found a few openings for his strikes. Once he put Yamada down he'd flurry on him as soon as he got up. Yamada was overmatched, but he showed a lot of heart and gained something despite the one-sided nature. 14:26
b) Sakaguchi vs. Takada. Sakaguchi wanted to work on the ground so his legs didn't get kicked out. After those token kicks by Takada at the outset, he was done for. Sakaguchi, of course, looked bad. His ground work was extremely fake because he has no flexibility. 4:41
c) Sakaguchi vs. Yamazaki. Waste of Yamazaki, who was real good in just making this watchable. He worked Sakaguchi's ankle, but Sakaguchi wanted to block everything so he didn't have to sell. Yamazaki was given one chance when he did a backdrop into udehishigigyakujujigatame. 5:26
d) Sakaguchi vs. Kido. Kido was fine, but Sakaguchi is a disaster. He has no energy, so he blew up here in spite of his first two "matches" being so easy on him. Kido kicked Sakaguchi when they went to lock up, then Sakaguchi just stood there hunched over jerking his head when Kido's subsequent kicks approached. Adding to the realism of the match, Kido didn't appear to hit Sakaguchi's knee when Sakaguchi atomic dropped him. 3:34
e) Koshinaka vs. Kido. Koshinaka brought the life back to the match right away, starting with a segment on the floor where he piledrove Kido. Had its ups and downs, but overall a good portion. They worked well together, mixing junior spots with more technical stuff. 8:11
Wonderland Takada #5
f) Kimura vs. Kido. Nothing portion. No energy. They didn't just lie around, but it was like they finished before they started. 4:42
g) Kimura vs. Fujiwara. Kimura attacked when Fujiwara was entering, throwing him to the floor and bloodying him. He attacked the cut, even digging into it to open it up more. Fujiwara came back with his headbutts anyway. Decent segment. The best stuff was early, then after a lull they did a dramatic finish with Kimura inching his way toward the ropes but having to succumb before he could quite reach them. 7:31
h) Fujinami vs. Fujiwara. Fujiwara got revenge, bloodying Fujinami with a piledriver on the floor. They were really laying it on thick with Fujinami supposedly verging on passing out from blood loss. Somehow when they finally reentered Fujinami managed to pull a backslide out of nowhere for the win. I thought Maeda was up next, but I guess that was it. The first portion was of the match was by far the best, but after that they wasted the talented guys and got away from what makes NJ vs. UWF good in favor of theatrics. 8:46
6/17/86 Nagoya Aichi-ken Gymnasium IWGP Junior Title: Takada vs. The Cobra. Takada's kicks were so stiff it was taking over the junior division by kicking Cobra right out. Takada was super over, and this had great heat. Cobra's best stuff was early in his tenure, but the gimmick was a failure and it was more than time for a change. Cobra was up for the match, which ironically was the best of his junior title bouts, even though is job was mainly getting the stuffing kicked out of him. 21:32. ****
5/16/86 Korakuen Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
IWGP League 1986 Block A: Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant & The Wild Samoan
5/23/86 Kurume Prefectural Gym
Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs. Klaus Wallas & The Assassin & Tony St. Clair
Kengo Kimura vs. Kerry Von Erich
IWGP League 1986 Block A: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant & Dick Murdoch & The Wild Samoan
#232 10/24/97 taped 5/16/86 Korakuen
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kengo Kimura
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre The Giant & Wild Samoan
#233 10/27/97 taped 6/6/86 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
IWGP League: Akira Maeda vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant & Cuban Assassin
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka & Wild Samoan
#234 10/28/97
5/1/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre the Giant & KY Wakamatsu
6/12/86 Osaka Castle Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
#235 10/29/97 taped 6/12/86 Osaka Castle Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda & Kengo Kimura vs. Andre the Giant & Masked Superstar & Dick Murdoch
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda
11/15/84 Tiger Mask & Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
5/18/86 Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Keiichi Yamada
6/15/86: Akira Maeda vs. Jimmy Snuka
5/27/86: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Andre The Giant
6/20/86: Akira Maeda vs. Kengo Kimura
5/19/86: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
5/17/86: Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
5/19/86: Maeda vs. Kerry Von Erich
5/16/86 Korakuen Hall
5/30/86 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
IWGP League 1986 Block A: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
IWGP Tag Titles Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
6/6/86 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
IWGP League 1986 Block B: Akira Maeda vs. Umanosuke Ueda
IWGP Tag Titles Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka & The Wild Samoan
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant & The Assassin
#221 taped 5/16/86 Korakuen
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kengo Kimura
Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre The Giant & Wild Samoan
NJ Wonderland #222 taped 6/6/86 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
4th IWGP Koshikisen: Akira Maeda vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre The Giant & Cuban Assassin
IWGP Tag Senshukenjiai: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Jimmy Snuka & Wild Samoan 17:59. My opinion of Snuka seems to show what I looked for in wrestling from different countries. The American wrestling of the time was so boring that Snuka and his few impressive flying moves really stood out. In Japan I expect good technical wrestling, so what stands out about Snuka is he's all rest holds. Still, Snuka carried his team and supplied the only quality on their end, though that's because it was incredibly Tame when Wild was in. Fujinami & Kimura were as always, a lot of generally uninspiring matwork and a few basic but very well done athletic spots before a hot minute or two at the finish. **1/4
NJ Wonderland #223
5/1/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Andre The Giant & Shogun KY Wakamatsu
6/12/86 Osaka Jo Hall, 4th IWGP Koshikisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Wonderland #224 taped 6/12/86 Osaka Jo Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda & Kengo Kimura vs. Andre The Giant & Dick Murdock & Masked Superstar
4th IWGP Koshikisen: Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 22:02. They pulled out all the stops to make this intense highly dramatic match one of the top NJ heavyweight matches of the decade. Largely UWF style, which given Fujinami was Maeda's opponent isn't too much different than NJ style anyway. In any case they established UWF right off the bat, so when they did a brief sequence of jumping kicks the fans exploded. The progression was very smart, especially early on. Fujinami's knee was injured from a kneebar and he had trouble getting back to his feet, so Maeda attacked the knee. Fujinami rope escaped a later kneebar, but when he got up Maeda was waiting with a series of high kicks. From here on Maeda tried to exploit Fujinami's bad knee more for its immobility, making him an easier target for the kicks, than for submission. Fujinami wised up to Maeda's kicks, caught one, tripped him up, and tried for a submission. From here on Fujinami would use Maeda's proclivity to strike against him, attempting to win with the sasorigatame. Adding to the drama, Fujinami got a wicked cut near the eye from a Maeda's kneel kick, which Maeda followed by trying to defeat Fujinami with his own Dragon suplex. The one problem with this match was the finish, which though they went long and hard just did not feel earned. It felt very sudden, especially on Maeda's part because he seemed to be on a bit of a role. ****1/2
#9 6/12/86
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
#10
Super Strong Machine vs. Pedro Morales 1985
IWGP Tag Titles: Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura 1985
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant 1985
6/12/86 Osaka-Jo Hall
IWGP League 1986 Block B: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda
IWGP League 1986 Block A: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
6/19/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Heavyweight Title IWGP League 1986 Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch 30:07
6/17/86 Aichi Prefectural Gym
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. The Cobra
IWGP League 1986 Semifinal: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
7/4/86 Korakuen Hall
Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Mantell & Hacksaw Higgins
#236 10/30/97 taped 6/19/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
4th IWGP League Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch
#237 10/31/97 taped 6/17/86 Aichi Prefectural Gym
6/19/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Jimmy Snuka Power & Wild Samoan
Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs Dick Murdoch & Wild Samoan & Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant
#238 November 3/97
6/19/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Nobuhiko Takada vs. The Cobra
7/25/86 Akita Prefectural Gym: Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Bad News Allen & Steve Williams
#239 November 4/97 taped 7/25/86 Akita Prefectural Gym
Antonio Inoki vs. Alex Smirnoff
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
7/11/86 Kasugai General Gym
Seiji Sakaguchi & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Williams & Alexis Smirnoff
7/18/86 Matsumoto General Gym
George Takano vs. Johnny Mantell
Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Steve Williams
7/25/86 Akita Prefectural Gym
Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Bad News Allen & Steve Williams
Antonio Inoki vs. Alexis Smirnoff
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
8/5/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 21:04
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
NJ Wonderland #229 taped 8/5/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka. Takada & Koshinaka were dominant in their own styles. However, though Koshinaka knew he couldn't beat Takada in a striking and submission game, he refused to back down to make a statement about his toughness. He wound up doing Takada's match because he was too proud to practice shoot style evasion. They worked most of the bout within the well known UWF limitations, with Koshinaka hitting a lariat. To my eyes, the problem is they didn't really develop or work the transition to Koshinaka's fast paced junior style. In fact, Takada initiated it, ascending to the top rope for no reason only to get superplexed, which ushered in a really exciting segment of Koshinaka's offense that was really out of place in the otherwise kick and submission match. Takada brought the match back to submissions quick enough, but despite the crowds roaring approval, the match would have been much better if they either scrapped this segment or took the time to show Koshinaka putting his ego aside and just concentrating on winning the match by any means necessary. As it stands, though well worked, the match mostly comes off as goofy. ***1/4
IWGP Tag Senshuken: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Wonderland #230 taped 8/7/86 Nagoya Tsuyuhashi Sports Center
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshuken: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 17:27. A junior title match that made no concessions to "junior" style. Okay, there was an attempt at a tombstone and a dropkick, the former blocked the later missed, but it was kick, submission, and suplex all the way. Yamazaki grew as a wrestler more than Takada did from this point, both were pretty equal workers here but Yamazaki didn't have the setup, timing, and transition of his peak. Thus in a way the match was a bit repetitive because they didn't get as much out of the limited offense as they could have, but on the other hand, and I feel more importantly, it's arguably the most unique IWGP Jr. match because it's strictly technical. The fans certainly didn't feel it was too long, the biggest "Yamazaki" chants were for him to escape the hold he ultimately submitted to. ****
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Alexei Smirnoff 7:29. Disappointingly brief match. Fujinami comes in with a scab on his lower back, so Smirnoff works over the back. They didn't waste time and the work was solid. **1/4
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Steve Williams & Badnews Allen
#240 November 5/97 taped 8/5/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
#241 November 6/97 taped 8/22/86 Broadcast Hawaii Aloha Stadium
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Mantel
Keiji Muto vs. Jerry Gray
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Higgins
9/5/86 Chiba Park Gym: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano
#242 November 7/97 taped 8/7/86 Nagoya Tsuyuhashi Sports Center
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Alex Smirnoff
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Steve Williams & Bad News Allen
#243 November 10/97
8/22/86 Mexico: Tatsumi F.ujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. El Canek & Fishman
9/16/86 Osaka Castle Hall New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino vs Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido
8/7/86 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Alexis Smirnoff
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Bad News Allen & Steve Williams
8/9/86: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
8/12/86 US Tag Title: The Fabulous Ones vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
8/17/86: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Canek & Fishman. No finish
Wonderland #231 taped 8/17/86 Mexico El Toreo De Cuatro Caminos
2/3 Falls: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. El Canek & Fishman 13:04, 5:32, 4:42. Typical 80s match starting weak but building to a strong albeit frustrating finish. Everyone paced themselves for a long match, but Fujinami was very intense still acted like he was putting effort into his holds, while Kimura did everything with the minimum energy required. These two are as good as they want to be, and Kimura was good when he picked it up but there was too much wasted time, especially between falls. Up until the 3rd fall Fujinami's team wrestled technically while the Luchadores kicked and punched. Fishman picked it up in the third fall with his tope and regular highspots, and the third fall continued to be excellent. He seemed more into it than Canek, but Canek vs. Fujinami was really good down the stretch, going back and forth for a surprising amount of near finishes. Fujinami & Canek had swapped falls, and Kimura & Fishman fought outside for minutes letting them tease the decisive fall in a manner usually reserved for title matches. ***1/4
Wonderland #232 taped 9/16/86 Osaka Jo Hall
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 44:29 of 60:00. Shockingly good match where they attempted to do a match of the year and effort overcame skill. The quantity was certainly there, but so was their best quality. One would think this would seem very long, but it didn't because the finish was always near moves wise, even if you figured neither would do the job. Lots of action, especially considering the length. Both men showed tremendous stamina, especially considering age and size. Both threw everything at their opponent, but neither would stay down long. Brody was highly motivated, putting thought, nuance, and timing into his performance. He did a good job of mixing his selling of his knee with his usual no selling, particularly when Inoki would strike him and he'd make it look like he was forced to sell the knee because it was just in such bad shape. Inoki was mediocre in the first half, trying a lot of jumping moves with suspect accuracy, but came on pretty strong in the 2nd half. He certainly put all he had into it, and though that often hasn't been enough, in this case the booking and the crowd elevated it to another level. If Brody's performance ever approached this level again, it's in a match I've yet to see. ****
8/29/86 Korakuen Hall
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Black Tiger
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
IWGP Tag Title: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
9/5/86 Chiba Park Gym
Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Grey
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Steve Williams & Kevin Kelly
NJPW Wonderland Takada #7
9/5/86 taped 9/5/86 Chiba Koen Taiikukan: Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka
10/6/86 taped 9/15/86 Osaka Jo Hall 5 vs. 5 Jikan Museigen Elimination Tag Match II NJ vs. UWF: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
NJPW Wonderland Takada #8
9/19/86 Fukuoka Kokusai Center, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 18:15. ****1/4
10/20/86: Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido vs. Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka 16:17. **1/2
11/3/86 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Shinya Hashimoto 9:55. ***
9/12/86 Yamagata City Gym
Shiro Koshinaka vs. Black Tiger
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Madd Maxx & Super Maxx
Antonio Inoki & George Takano vs. Jim Duggan & Jerry Grey
9/19/86 Fukuoka Sports Center
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Jim Duggan
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 60:00
Wonderland #233 taped 9/19/86 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
9/16/86 Osaka Jo Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Digest
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Wonderland #234 taped 10/13/86 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
10/9/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Kengo Kimura vs. Lance Von Erich
Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Conga The Barbarian & The Jackal
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
#244 11/11/97 taped 9/16/86 Osaka Castle Hall
9/16/86 Osaka Castle Hall New Japan vs. UWF 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino vs Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
#245 11/12/97 taped 9/16/86 Osaka Castle Hall
Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Continued
#246 11/13/97 taped 9/5/86 Chiba Park Gym
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Mad Max & Super Max
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Gray
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Kelly Kevin & Angel of Death
#247 11/14/97 taped 9/10/86 Fukuoka Sports Center
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
#248 11/17/97 taped 10/3/86 Korakuen Hall
10/9/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Kengo Kimura vs. Lance von Erich
Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Conga the Barbarian & The Jackal
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
#249 11/18/97 taped 10/26/86 Yamato City Body Industry Gym
Antonio Inoki & George Takano vs. Conga the Barbarian & Super Mario Man
Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
10/13/86 Korakuen Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
10/9/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Martial Arts Match: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen
Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Leon Spinks
12/86 Ishu Kakutogisen:Takayuki Iizuka vs. Habiri Victashev (sp?)
10/25/77 Ishu Kakutogisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner
7/29/88 Ishu Kakutogisen: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen
10/9/86 Ishu Kakutogisen: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen
Puroresu vs. Boxing: Antonio Inoki vs. Leon Spinks. Outside of WCW's attempts at mixed matches (especially involving Johnny Punches Badd), this is about as bad as it can get. Spinks punches were so incredibly fake looking. He simply had less than no ability in a work. Inoki was exceptionally bad as well. Basically, this match consisted of three rounds of horribly fake boxing then Inoki started going for takedowns. The finish was particularly horrible, as Spinks wouldn't take the bump on a suplex. Instead, he just went to his back when Inoki set it up and Inoki literally laid on top of him for a five count. What made this so ridiculous was Spinks wasn't hurt at all, and there was no finishing move. I mean, two seconds ago Spinks was dancing around the ring. Suddenly he goes to his back and Inoki does something that could very marginally be construed as tying Spinks up, although even then this cover would make the Delfin clutch the equivalent of being put in a straight jacket, and Spinks doesn't even make the slightest attempt to kick out. -***
Puroresu vs. Martial Arts: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen. This classic contest did a ton for Maeda, proving his ability in a shoot that blew Inoki's "shoot" out of the water on a show that drew an amazing 28.9 prime time rating. Nielsen was at a decided disadvantage here in that he was both trying not to win because he wasn't allowed to knock Maeda out, as well as, of course, trying not to lose, while Maeda presumably had free reign to do anything he wanted to win. Though this match is in the gray area due to promoters shenanigans, as so many matches that are considered to be completely legitimate really are (and lets not even talk about gambling...), they definitely were not faking what they were actually doing, so define it however you like. The important thing is it's an awesome match with an amazing atmosphere. Maeda was incredibly over, and this had a ton of heat, with Nielsen doing a great job of playing charismatic heel in an arrogant, annoyingly overly self confident huge presence kind of manner. The intensity and ill will were off the charts, really taking things to the next level. Nielsen was so much quicker, more athletic, and flexible than when I'm used to seeing him 3 or 4 years later, at this point he's much a lighter, and really has the speed to pull off some of these flashy movie kicks that he was trying. The problem for Nielsen was not so much that Maeda would punish him for his flashiness through return fire, but for instance, Nielsen has never been in a situation before where the opponent catches a high kick and drops down into a kneebar. Nielsen can do things that Maeda never sees in pro wrestling bout, for instance, one of his best techniques was kicking the body then following with a quick left straight to the face, which Maeda was never ready for, so conditioned to the pro wrestling world where even the "best" strikers are notorious for never using any actual striking combos unless it's the same exact sequence in every match. The match was super exciting, largely because any mistake seemed crucial, with Nielsen, for instance, diving for the ropes with life or death urgency anytime it hit the mat. Nielsen had no real submission training/defense, so Maeda was almost immediately able to threaten with a variety of submissions anytime it hit the canvas. Maeda went all out to pounce on every opportunity to submit Nielsen, which in some sense annoyed the hell out of me because the thing that ruins his normal matches is that he just durdles around with no urgency on the mat, mostly just killing time. Mixed matches in New Japan have traditionally been horrible, so seeing something so competitive and exciting with this level of heat, drama, intensity, and excitement was more or less a revelation. I mean, sure Inoki vs. Willie Williams existed, but that was more great for Williams being an amazing athlete who was able to throw incredible karate at Inoki than for anything Inoki could must or the actual back & forth. Nielsen's performance was perhaps not as good as Williams, but definitely among the best for a name from another sport coming into pro wrestling, and Maeda was definitely much better than Inoki, able to somewhat hold his own in standup, as well as find ways to get the fight to the mat, rather than just trying to squirm around on his butt to avoid the areas where he was at a disadvantage, and thus the fight in the process. This match had an amazing aura, but the actual action was also able to stand up on its own. There were a couple moments that particularly stood out, the round ending while Maeda had Neilson trapped in a wakigatame, and the finish because of Nielson's dramatic pained expression. I am not certain I buy that the finish wasn't pre-determined. On one hand, Nielsen did expend a ton of energy trying to kick his way out of the kneebar (rather than just get to the ropes as he had been doing all night), on the other hand, once Maeda switched to the half crab, Nielsen basically just gave up despite being incredibly close to the ropes (and now being in a far less dangerous hold). ****1/2
10/20/86 Yamato Body Gym
Antonio Inoki & George Takano vs. Super Mario Man & The Barbarian
Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
10/27/86 Nara Prefectural Gym
Keiji Muto vs. The Jackal
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Steve Williams & Bad News Allen
#250 11/19/97 taped 11/3/86 Korakuen Hall
Shiro Koshinaka & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
Steve Williams vs. Conga the Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Kevin von Erich vs. Kengo Kimura & Keiji Muto
#251 11/20/97 taped 12/8/86 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Shiro Koshinaka & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto
11/3/86 Korakuen Hall
Shinya Hashimoto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido
Steve Williams vs. The Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Kevin Von Erich vs. Kengo Kimura & Keiji Muto
11/14/86 Korakuen Hall
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Jimmy Snuka & The Tonga Kid & The Wild Samoan
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
11/24/86 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Akira Maeda
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
12/8/86 Aichi Prefectural Gym
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto
12/3/86 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986 Semifinal: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986 Final: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
12/10/86 Osaka Jo Hall
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Wonderland #233 taped 9/19/86 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
9/16/86 Osaka Jo Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody. Digest
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bruiser Brody
Antonio Inoki vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Wonderland #234 taped 10/13/86 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
10/9/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Kengo Kimura vs. Lance Von Erich
Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Conga The Barbarian & The Jackal
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
Wonderland #236 taped 12/10/86 Osaka Jo Hall
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshuken: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 21:50. Intense highly technical match with impressive movement on the mat largely due to Yamazaki. Koshinaka got off to a quick start with hip attacks then they took it to the mat and the match got progressively slower during the first 11 minutes. Yamazaki then teased a dive, one of many effective teases. Went back and forth with neither being able to sustain and advantage and both having legitimate chances to win. They weren't able to hurt each other either, so it seemed it would come down to whoever caught their opponent off guard or got lucky. In these days wrestlers still knew how to do a match to get over a finish, particularly one that wasn't with a finisher. This is a perfect example of how not winning with a finisher can be more exciting because by opening up other possibilities rather than the usual narrowing down to a few the intensity and drama can be increased and multiplied. When you can believe because they allow you to but you aren't sure because it's more based on being trapped or caught off guard than incapacitated there can be several edge of the seat moments. Fans were pro Shiro, but popped for all the near finishes. Yamazaki really brought a lot to this match, but Koshinaka also deserves a ton of credit for his ability to work the style of the UWF fighters. ****
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura 12:36. Big disappointment. Rather than develop the technical end they just sat in holds. Then it finally looked like it would get good with Kimura doing his big moves, but Fujinami flash pinned him out of nowhere. **
Wonderland #237 taped 12/10/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
'86 Japan Cup Sodatsu Tag League Winner Advances To Championship Match: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdock & Masked Superstar
'86 Japan Cup Sodatsu Tag League Yushosen: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
#252 11/21/97 taped taped 12/10/86 Osaka Castle Hall
Kim Soo Hong vs. Tonga Kid
Keiji Muto & George Takano vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
#253 11/24/97 taped 12/10/86 Osaka Jo Hall
Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
#254 11/25/97 taped 12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
#255 11/26/97 taped 1/2/87 Korakuen Hall
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs Buzz Sawyer & Bret Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Conga the Barbarian & Black Bart
Wonderland #238 taped 1/2/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
12/10/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs. Buzz Sawyer & Bret Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Conga The Barbarian & Black Bart
#242 3/2/87 Soka City Sports Gym
Keiji Muto vs. & Jerry Grey
IWGP Tag Title: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Steve Williams & Rick Steiner vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
#256 11/27/97
1/2/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
1/12/87 Gunma Prefecture Kiryu Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Conga the Barbarian
#257 11/28/97 taped 1/12/87 Kiryu City Gym
Keiji Muto vs. El Canek
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Buzz Sawyer & Black Bart
12/8/86 Aichi-ken Taiikukan, '86 Japan Cup Tag League: Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Osamu Kido & Akira Maeda
12/8/86: Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
12/11/86: Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Dick Murduch & Masked Superstar
12/11/86: Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
12/11/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan, '86 Japan Cup Tag League Match: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
12/10/86: Tonga Kid vs. Kim Jeon
12/10/86: George Takano & Keiji Muto vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
12/10/86: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
12/10/86 Osaka Jo Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
12/10/86 '86 Japan Cup Tag League Match: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
1/2/87: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs. Buzz Sawyer & Brett Sawyer
1/2/87: Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Konga The Barbarian & Black Bart
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
#239
1/2/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura 16:01
1/12/87 Kiryu City Gym: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Konga The Barbarian 11:46
#240 taped 1/12/87 Kiryu City Gym
Keiji Muto vs. El Canek 12:11
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Black Bart & Buzz Sawyer 13:09
2/9/87: Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
#258 12/1/97 taped Kumamoto 1/23/87 Minamata City Gym
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Conga the Barbarian & Black Bart
Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Buzz Sawyer
2/4/87 Gifu Industry Hall: Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
#259 12/2/97 taped 2/4/87 Broadcast Gifu Industry Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Keiji Muto vs. Conga the Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Crusher Bam Bam Bigalow & Buzz Sawyer
NJ Tadakai no Wonderland ~Nobuhiko Takada~ #10 9/19/99
2/9/87 taped 2/9 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan: Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Shiro Koshinaka & George Takano & Tatsu Goto
3/2/87 taped 3/2 Soka Shi Sports Kenko (health) Toshi (city/town) Sogo Taiikukan IWGP Oza Sodatsu Leaguesen: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
3/26/87 taped 3/26 Osaka Jo Hall: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto
#11
10/12/87 Osaka Furitsu Rinkai Sports Center: Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
10/19/87: Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito
10/25/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada
NJ Tadakai no Wonderland ~Nobuhiko Takada Hen~ #12 10/3/99
12/7/87 taped 12/7 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
12/28/87 taped 12/28 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
1/11/88 taped 1/?/88 Kunantani Shi Min Taiikukan: Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Steve Williams & Owen Hart
Takada was awesome in the mid 1980's with NJ, and these are some of his best matches. Takada had such an aura even back then, as all but one match is after he returned to NJ after the first incarnation of the UWF folded. This tape shows a different side to the NJ junior division because there isn't one match on here that's about flying. This makes the matches on this tape seem much less dated because stiffness, psychology, crispness, and heat are never really dated, while high spots age fast because the bar is continually raised. What's cool about this tape is many of the matches are shown in complete form.
8/12/83 Calgary Victoria Pavilion: Takada vs. Anthole Foley. Foley was unimpressive, dominating the match mainly through cheating. Takada finally came back with a flurry in the last two minutes to put him away.
6/17/86 Nagoya Aichi-ken Gymnasium IWGP Junior Title: Takada vs. The Cobra. Takada's kicks were so stiff it was taking over the junior division by kicking Cobra right out. Takada was super over, and this had great heat. Cobra was always a really underrated wrestler, but in this case, that this match was great wasn't his doing.
8/5/86 Tokyo Sumo Hall IWGP Jr. Title: Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka. This was joined about 15 minutes in, so it was the typical hot Shiro finishing sequence with near falls back and forth for the 6:17 shown.
8/17/86 IWGP Jr. Title: Takada vs. Yamazaki. Very good UWF style match that was a precursor to what these two would go on to do in the ring together in UWF & UWF-I.
9/19/86 Fukuoka Sports Center IWGP Jr. Title: Takada vs. Shiro. Only 4:39 was shown, but this appeared to be an incredible match with super heat. Shiro won the title here.
2/5/87 Tokyo Sumo Hall IWGP Jr. Title: Shiro vs. Takada. This is my favorite of the matches vs. Shiro on this tape. The psychology was strong and I liked the storyline of Shiro concentrating on Takada's fingers because it was effective and different. Takada couldn't really get any offense off because everytime they locked up Shiro went back to the fingers. Eventually Takada puts Shiro down with a high kick, but rather than let him up he starts kicking him fiercely. Finish really worked for me because the whole match built up to it.
3/20/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall IWGP Tag Team Title League '87 Final: Maeda & Takada vs. Koshinaka & Muto. Good match with a hybrid style.
8/19/87 Tokyo Sumo Hall IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Round 1: Takada vs. Yamada. Clip.
8/20/87 Tokyo Sumo Hall IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinal: Takada vs. Yamazaki. 2 ½ minutes shown.
8/20/87 Tokyo Sumo Hall IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Takada vs. Kobayashi. Kobayashi really wasn't over and his offense looked so weak compared to Takada's. The early portion was nothing much with Kobayashi doing matwork, but it turned into a good match with hot near falls back and forth before Kobayashi won the tournament.
3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Gymnasium IWGP Junior Title: Hase vs. Takada. Excellent match with such precise execution and superb technical work. Basically a technical masterpiece with great heat. They actually did a ref bump so when Takada pinned Hase with his Dragon suplex, there was no one but the fans to count the pinfall.
NJ World Pro Wrestling 5/9/92 EXPLOSION TOUR '92 taped 4/30/92
Top of the Super Jr. III Semifinal: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Norio Honaga
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Akitoshi Saito
Top of the Super Jr. III Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai. *****
NJ World Pro Wrestling 7/23/94 '94 Summer Struggle taped 7/8 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. The Great Sasuke. Great match.
Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase vs. Steiner Brothers
NJ Classics on FIGHTING TV SAMURAI! 10/29/97 taped 6/12/86 Osaka Jo Hall
Andre The Giant & Dick Murdock & Masked Superstar vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda. Great match.
1/2/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
1/12/87
Keiji Muto vs. El Canek
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Konga The Barbarian
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Black Bart & Buzz Sawyer
1/2/87
Osamu Kido & Yosiaki Fujiwara vs. Brett & Buzz Sawyer
Keiji Muto & Antonio Inoki vs. Black Bart & Konga The Barbarian
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
1/12/87
Keiji Muto vs. El Canek
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Konga The Barbarian
Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Black Bart & Buzz Sawyer
1/14/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura
1/16/87
Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Brett & Buzz Sawyer
George Takano & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Osamu Kido & Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki vs. Konga The Barbarian
2/2/87
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami vs.Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
George Takano & Keiji Muto & Antonio Inoki vs. Cuban Assassin & Tony St. Clair & Bam Bam Bigelow
2/5/87
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yosiaki Fujiwara & Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
2/23/87
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League: Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
George Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki & Steve Williams
NJPW Spring Flare Up 1987 #5 2/28/87
Shinya Hashimoto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. George Takano & Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami
Inoki Tokon Live II 3/26/87 Osaka-Jo Hall: Kickboxing: Don Nakaya Nielsen vs. Charlie Archie
5/20/87 Yokohama Bunka Gym, New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP League 1987 Block A: Antonio Inoki vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
NJPW New Year Golden Series 1988 #2 1/5/88 Korakuen Hall: Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu vs. Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka
4/10/88 Osaka Prefectural Gymn #2: Antonio Inoki vs. Masaharu Funaki & Keiichi Yamada
AJ 10/89: Ken Shamrock vs. Akio Sato
AJ 6/89: Sting vs. Akira Taue
3/2/87 Saitama Soka Sogo Taiikukan: Keiji Muto vs. & Jerry Grey
2/9/87 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan
Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Akira Maeda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Umanosuke Ueda
Keiji Muto vs. Konga The Barbarian
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Buzz Sawyer vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki
3/2/87 Saitama Soka Sogo Taiikukan
IWGP Tag Title: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Steve Williams & Rick Steiner vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
3/9/87 Tokushima Kenritsu Taiikukan
The Sheepherders vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Steve Williams & Rick Steiner vs. George Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami
Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki vs. Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto
#261 12/4/97 taped 3/9/87 Tokushima Prefecture Ikeda Gym
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs. Sheepherders
Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano vs. Steve Williams & Rick Steiner
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
#262 12/5/97 taped 3/16/87
Akira Maeda vs. Steve Williams
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
IWGP Tag Title Decision League: Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
#268 12/15/97 taped 10/19/87 Fuji City Yoshihara Gym
Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito
Keiji Muto vs. Steve Williams
Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu
#260 12/3/97 taped 3/2/87 Soka City Memorial Gym
Keiji Muto vs. Jerry Gray
Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Williams & Rick Steiner
3/2/87
Keiji Muto vs. Jerry Gray
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Rick Steiner & Steve Williams
3/9/87
Osamu Kido & Yosiaki Fujiwara vs. Sheepherders
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League: George Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rick Steiner & Steve Williams
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League: Keiji Muto & Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Tadakai No Wonderland Akira Maeda #14 7/11/99
3/16/87 Okazaki Shi Min Taiikukan: Akira Maeda vs. Steve Williams. Short match with a crummy screw job finish. *
3/20/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall IWGP Tag Title League Final: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto. Koshinaka & Muto win titles. ****1/4
3/26/87 Osaka Jo Hall IWGP Tag Senshukenjiai: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto. Maeda & Takada win titles. ***1/4
3/20/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Young Lion Final: Masahiro Chono vs. Shinya Hashimoto
Antonio Inoki vs. Kendo Nagasaki
IWGP Tag Title Match: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
3/26/87 Osaka Jo Hall, IWGP Tag Title Match: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
NJ Wonderland #243 taped 3/9/87 Tokushima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido vs. Sheepherders
IWGP Tag Oza Kettei Leagusen: Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano vs. Steve Williams & Rick Steiner
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
3/20/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
3rd Young Lion Hai Yushoketteisen: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
IWGP Tag Oza Ketteisen: Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
Wonderland #246 taped 3/20/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Antonio Inoki vs. Kendo Nagasaki
3/26/87 Osaka Jo Hall IWGP Tag Senshukenjiai: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
#247 3/26/87 Osaka Jo Hall
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
#263 12/8/97 taped 3/20/87 Korakuen Hall
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
#264 12/9/97
3/20/87 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Kendo Nagasaki
3/26/87 Osaka Castle Hall: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
3/16/87 Okazaki Citizen Gym
Akira Maeda vs. Steve Williams
Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League: George Takano & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto
3/20/87 Korakuen Hall
Young Lion Cup 1987 Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masa Chono
Antonio Inoki vs. Kendo Nagasaki
IWGP Tag Title Decisive League Final: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
#265 12/10/97 taped 3/26/87 Osaka Castle Hall
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
#266 12/11/97
10/4/87 Ganryu Island: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
10/5/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
3/26/87
IWGP Tag Team Titles: Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda
Martial Arts Match: Kerry Wilson vs. Kengo Kimura R2. Fujinami & Kimura had a falling out, and when Fujinami predictably beat Kimura on 1/14/87, they shipped Kimura off to America to train with kickboxing legend Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. This was Kimura's triumphant return. Kimura still has no real fighting skills, just mimicking Inoki's phony tricks, but Wilson mostly fights the solid, intelligent fight he would in kickboxing rather than worrying about how he's going to fake it or throwing a bunch of movie kicks to be entertaining. His combos are impressive, and since he gets most of the offense in, this is a lot less bad than it could have been before Kimura finishes him with a backdrop & right straight.
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
4/6/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Akira Maeda & Osmau Kido vs. Bad News Allen & Ray Candy
Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Dick Murdoch & Matt Borne
Antonio Inoki vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
#1 & 2 Three Musketeers Masahiro Chono
3/20/87 '87 Young Lion Cup Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
7/29/88 Shinya Hasimoto & Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka
12/5/88: Shinya Hasimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
8/9/91 '91 G1 Climax League Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
3/1/92: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
1/4/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
8/28/99: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
#3 & 4 3 Musketeers Keiji Muto
4/27/90 IWGP Tag Title Match: Shinya Hasimoto & Masa Saito vs. Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono
6/12/90: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
7/13/93 IWGP Tag Title Match: Shinya Hasimoto & Keiji Muto vs. Hellraisers
12/10/93 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs Keiji Muto
5/3/95 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
6/5/97 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
9/23/98: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
#5 & 6 IWGP Title Part 1
4/24/89 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vader
11/1/90 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
9/23/92 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Great Muta
12/13/93 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Power Warrior
3/21/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Scott Norton
9/23/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Power Warrior
12/13/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiro Hiroshi Hase
#7 & 8 IWGP Title Part 1
1/4/95 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki
2/19/95 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Scott Norton
4/16/95 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Lord Steven Regal
4/29/96 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Nobuhiko Takada
6/11/96 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Satoshi Kojima
2/16/97 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
8/10/97 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
#9 & 10 Fujinami, Choshu, Tenryu
4/24/89 IWPG Champion Decision Tournament Round 1: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
5/28/90: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
8/8/93: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
2/17/94: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
4/4/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
5/1/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/15/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
8/1/98 G1 Climax Tournament: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/9/00: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
#11 & 12 G1 CLIMAX
8/11/91 G1 CLIMAX Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono
8/3/93 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroshi Hase
8/7/94 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Shiro Koshinaka
8/15/95 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
8/2/96 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
8/3/97 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
8/2/98 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
#13 Ishu Kakutogisen
7/22/90: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Alexis Chulin
12/26/90: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tony Halme
5/31/91: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Randy Thornton
6/12/91: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Ramzin Shibiev
9/23/91: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tony Halme
9/23/97: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Zane Frazier
11/2/97: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hubert Numrich
1/4/98: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Dennis Lane
#14 & 15 Strongest Foreigners
4/24/89 IWGP Champion Decision Tournament: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Victor Zangiev
11/3/89: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vader
12/5/89 World Cup League: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Salman Hashimikov
12/6/89 World Cup League: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Steve Williams
3/19/90 IWGP Tag Title Match Shinya Hasimoto & Masa Saito vs. Scott Hall & Punisher Dice Morgan
8/7/91 G1 CLIMAX: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
5/17/92: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Great OZ
9/23/93: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Jake Roberts
7/17/96 IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Ric Flair
4/13/87
Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Kengo Kimura & Antonio Inoki vs. Randy Candy & Bad News Allen
4/20/87
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Black Tiger & Dick Murdoch
Akira Maeda vs. Bam BamBigelow
Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen
5/11/87
IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Block B: Akira Maeda vs. Hacksaw Higgins
IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Block A: Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Tim Brooks
Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano vs. Masa Saito & Scott Hall
5/18/87
Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano vs. Alexis Smirnoff & Hacksaw Higgins
IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Block B: Akira Maeda vs. Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Konga the Barbarian & Tony St. Clair
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
5/25/87
IWGP Tag Title: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yosiaki Fujiwara
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
6/1/87
George Takano & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Super Strong Machine & Riki Choshu
Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido vs. Tony St. Clair & Kevin Von Erich
Yosiaki Fujiwara & Antonio Inoki vs. Scott Hall & Masa Saito
6/9/87
Yosiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu
Umanosuke Ueda vs. Konga The Barbarian
Osamu Kido vs. Kevin Von Erich
Nobuhiko Takada & Antonio Inoki vs. The Pirate & Masa Saito
6/12/87
Masa Chono & Kengo Kimura vs. Tony St. Clair & Kevin Von Erich
IWGP League 1987 Final: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito 14:53
6/10/87 Shizuoka Industrial Hall IWGP League: Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito
6/10/87
IWGP League: Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki vs. Konga The Barbarian
6/29/87
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Warlord
Keiji Muto vs. Johnny Smith
Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Mike Moore & Badnews Allen & Bam Bam Bigelow
7/7/87
Kantaro Hoshino & Masa Saito & Antonio Inoki vs. Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura & Akira Maeda
George Takano vs. The Warlord
Keiji Muto & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Buzz Sawyer & Bam Bam Bigelow
8/2/87
IWGP Tag Title: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Super Strong Machine
Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiji Muto vs. Johnny Smith & Badnews Allen
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
8/20/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan IWGP Jr.Heavyweight Championship Tournament digest
8/24/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
9/1/87
Keiichi Yamada vs. Mark Rocco
IWGP Tag Title: Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yosiaki Fujiwara
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch
4th IWGP Junior Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round:
Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Norio Honaga
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Masaharu Funaki
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Hiro Saito
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiichi Yamada
5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Muto vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine
4th IWGP Junior Champion Decision Tournament Semifinals
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Final: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu
Animal Hamaguchi retirement ceremony
8/19/87 4th IWGP Junior Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round:
Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Norio Honaga
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Masaharu Funaki
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Hiro Saito
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiichi Yamada
5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Muto vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine
8/20/87 4th IWGP Junior Champion Decision Tournament Semifinals:
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Final: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Antonio Inoki & Keiji Muto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu
Animal Hamaguchi retirement ceremony
9/7/87
Keiichi Yamada & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Mark Rocco & Owen Hart
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami
9/14/87
Akira Maeda vs. Dick Murdoch
Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada & Antonio Inoki vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Super Strong Machine & Tatsumi Fujinami
9/17/87
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Owen Hart
Dick Murdoch & Yosiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Super Strong Machine & Akira Maeda & Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
Riki Choshu’s Wedding Party 5/5/87
4/23/87 Ohama Sumo Stadium: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Ray Candy
Fujinami vs. Choshu feud recap
3/26/87 Osaka Jo Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
10/4/87 Island Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
10/4/87 Ganryujima Island Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
10/5/87 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
NJ Wonderland # 248 10/12/87 Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
Keiichi Yamada & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Manny Fernandez
Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
NJ Wonderland #249 taped 10/13/87
Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito. Got off to a slow start, but was a solid match that kept getting better and better. The outcome became important as the match progressed and the wrestlers got psyched up and more desperate to win. 14:12. ***1/4
Keiji Muto vs. Steve Williams. They did very well running or off Irish whips, with Williams power vs. Muto's athleticism. It was pretty lame and pointless on the mat though. Still, I think it could have been quite good if they gave it some time and developed it, even though Williams was a far cry from 1993 form in these days. 7:35. **1/4
Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami. Yamada was all fired up, excited about showing a total lack of respect for his elders. He was using his speed and quickness to try to embarrass them, but then Fujinami held him and Choshi used his Riki lariat then another for the win. 1:12
Handicap Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu. They did a second match since Inoki never got into the first. Even Inoki wasn't good enough to take Fujinami & Choshu 2-1. However, Fujinami & Choshu couldn't get along for long enough to take him out since both wanted to be the one that went over Inoki. Each saved Inoki once then it broke down. 4:42
#267 12/12/97 taped 10/12/87 Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Manny Fernandez
Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
#282 1/2/98 taped 2/1/88 Soka Sports and Health City Memorial Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Buzz Sawyer & Owen Hart
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
2/4/88 Osaka Prefectural Gym: Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiroshi Hase
10/5/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
10/26/87 Osaka Furitsu Rinkai Sports Center
Keiichi Yamada & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
10/22/87 Yonezawa-shi Taiikukan: Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
10/19/87
Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine
Keiji Muto vs. Steve Williams
Keiichi Yamada & Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
10/22/87 Yonezawa City Gym: Kengo Kimura vs. Steve Williams
10/25/87
Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
2/3 Falls: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
NJ Wonderland #250 taped 10/26/87 Osaka Furitsu Rinkai Sports Center
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Bad News Allen & Eli The Eliminator
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Keiji Muto vs. Conga The Barbarian & Manny Fernandez & Steve Cash
NJ Wonderland #251 taped 10/25/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Heavykyu Senshuken: Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
10/22/87 Yonezawa-shi Taiikukan
Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Bad News Allen & The Eliminator
Steve Casey & Manny Fernandez & Konga The Barbarian vs. Keiji Muto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Antonio Inoki
11/9/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Seiji Sakaguchi
Keiji Muto vs. Dick Murduch
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
NJ Wonderland #252 taped 10/25/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
taped 11/9/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Keiji Muto vs. Dick Murdock
NJ Wonderland #253
10/4/87 Island Death Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
10/5/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
NJ Wonderland #254 taped 11/9/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
'87 Japan Cup Tag League Koshikisen: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito. The famous "Island death match"
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
#269 12/16/97 taped 10/26/87 Yonezawa Municipal Gym
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Bad News Allen & Eliminator
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Keiji Muto vs. Conga the Barbarian & Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey
#270 12/17/97 taped 10/25/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan
Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Williams
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#272 12/19/97 taped 11/9/87 Korakuen Hall
Revolutionary Warrior Riki Choshu 1987 Fierce Fight
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
#271 12/18/97 taped 11/9/87 Korakuen Hall
10/25/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki
Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo
Keiji Muto vs. Dick Murdoch
11/9/87 Korakuen Hall
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Keiji Muto vs. Dick Murdoch
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
11/16/87 Miyagi-ken Sports Center
George Takano & Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Super Strong Machine & Akira Maeda
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.
11/30/87
Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Yosiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito vs. Ron Ritchie & Ron Starr
Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Scott Hall & Seiji Sakaguchi
12/7/87
Japan Cup Tag League 1987 Advance To Final Decision: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yosiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito
Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
Japan Cup Tag League 1987 Final: Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
12/3/87: Keiichi Yamada & Kazuo Yamazaki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Norio Honaga & Hiro Saito
12/4/87 Japan Cup Tag Team League 1987: Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito 30:00
Riki Choshu Documentary
12/3/87 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Kazuo Yamazaki & Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
12/4/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Dick Murduch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito
#255 taped 12/7/87 Osaka Furitsu Taikukaikan
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kevin Von Erich & Kerry Von Erich
#256
12/7/87 Osaka Furitsu Taikukaikan, '87 Japan Cup Sodatsu Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdock vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
12/4/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Dick Murduch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito
#274 12/23/97 taped
12/7/87 Osaka Prefectural Gym '87 Japan Cup Tag League Final: Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch
vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
12/4/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch vs. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
#273 12/22/97 taped 12/7/87 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Feature on "strange foreigners who make a fuss"
'87 Japan Cup Tag League Advance To Final: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Muto vs. Kerry von Erich & Kevin von Erich
NJ Wonderland #257
12/3/87 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Shiro Koshinaka & Kazuo Yamazaki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki
6/9/87 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
12/4/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
NJ Wonderland #258
6/29/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiroshi Hase
12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
12/7/87 Osaka Furitsu Taikukaikan
Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich
'87 Japan Cup Sodatsu Tag League Final: Dick Murduch & Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
#275 12/24/97 taped 12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
6/29/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiroshi Hase
#276 12/25/97
12/3/87 Aichi-ken Gym: Shiro Koshinaka & Kazuo Yamazaki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki
6/9/87 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
12/4/87 Ryogoku Kokugikan: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
IWGP Tag Title Match: Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido
1/4/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Big Van Vader vs. Antonio Inoki
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito
taped 12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Keichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
IWGP Junior Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiroshi Hase
IWGP Tag Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido
Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiroshi Hase
IWGP Tag Team Title: Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido 21:47
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami 6:30
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
NJ Wonderland #259
12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
1/4/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
NJ Wonderland #260 taped 1/4/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Hiroshi Hase vs. Owen Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito
taped 1/11/88 Kumagaya-shi Taikukaikan
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
1/4/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, Top Of The Super Junior League: Hiroshi Hase vs. Owen Hart
1/11/88 Kumagaya-shi Taikukaikan
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Vader & Masa Saito
Riki Choshu vs. Buzz Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Owen Hart & Steve Williams
1/25/88 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan, Handicap Match: Vader vs. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino
1/4/88
’88 Top of the Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Owen Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito
1/5/88 Korakuen Hall: Shiro Koshinaka & Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu
1/11/88
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
Riki Choshu vs. Buzz Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Owen Hart & Steve Williams
NJ Wonderland #261 taped 1/11/88 Kumagaya-shi Taikukaikan
Riki Choshu vs. Buzz Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Steve Williams & Owen Hart
1/25/88 Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Keiichi Yamada
NJ Wonderland #262 taped 1/25/88 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Handicap Match: Vader vs. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
#279 12/30/97 taped 1/11/88 Kumagaya Civic Gym
Riki Choshu vs. Buzz Sawyer
Antonio Inoki & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Steve Williams & Owen Hart
1/25/88 Gifu Industry Hall Super Jr: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
#280 12/31/97 taped 1/25/88 Gifu Industry Hall
Super Jr: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Keiichi Yamada
Kantaro Hoshino & George Takano vs. Big Van Vader
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase vs. Steve Williams & Buzz Sawyer & Owen Hart
1/25/88 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan
Bob Orton vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Steve Williams & Owen Hart & Buzz Sawyer vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiroshi Hase
2/1/88 Saitama Soka-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Riki Choshu vs. Bob Orton
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
#273 taped 1/25/88 Gifu
Big Van Vader vs. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino
Bob Orton vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
2/4/88 Osaka IWGP Title: Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
#274 taped 3/4/88 Nagasaki
Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gasper (Bob Orton)
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
1/18/88
Nobuhiko Takada & Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
Hiroshi Hase vs. Johnny K-9. 25 seconds shown.
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiro Saito. 30 seconds shown.
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Owen Hart. 40 seconds shown.
Super Strong Machine vs. Steve Williams
IWGP Tag Championship: Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
1/25/88
Handicap Match: George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Big Van Vader
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Keiichi Yamada. 70 seconds shown.
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki. 50 seconds shown.
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bob Orton Jr.
Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Owen Hart & Buzz Sawyer & Steve Williams
2/1/88 Saitama Soka-shi Sogo Taiikukan: Buzz Sawyer & Owen Hart vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
2/7/88 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
IWGP Tag Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
NJ Wonderland #263 taped 1/25/88 Gifu Sangyo Kaikan
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiroshi Hase vs. Steve Williams & Buzz Sawyer & Owen Hart
taped 2/1/88 Saitama Soka-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
NJ Wonderland #264 taped 2/1/88 Saitama Soka-shi Sogo Taiikukan
Riki Choshu vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Buzz Sawyer & Owen Hart
2/4/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada
2/4/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Keiichi Yamada
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
2/1/88 Soka Sports and Health City Memorial Gym
Riki Choshu vs. Bob Orton Jr.
’88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Owen Hart & Buzz Sawyer
Seige Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
2/7/88 Nakajima Sports Center
’88 Top of the Super Juniors Victory match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase
IWGP Tag Title: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Super Strong Machine & Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
Wonderland #265 taped 2/4/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Hiroshi Hase vs. Keiichi Yamada
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader & Masa Saito vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Kazuo Yamazaki
2/5/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Wonderland #266 taped 2/4/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
IWGP Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
taped 2/5/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
2/4/88 Osaka Prefectural Gym
’88 Top of the Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada
’88 Top of the Junior League Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Keiichi Yamada
Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Vader & Masa Saito
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
2/5/88 Korakuen Hall
’88 Top of the Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
’88 Top of the Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
2/5/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Top Of The Super Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino
Mr. Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Mr. Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Billy Gasper & Barry Gasper
Wonderland #267 taped 2/5/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino
taped 2/7/88 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Top Of The Super Junior Koshikisen: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
IWGP Tag Senshukenjiai: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
Wonderland #268 taped 2/7/88 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
taped 3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdock vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
Owen Hart vs. Hiroshi Hase 1/4/88
Keichi Yamada vs. Masakazu Funaki 1/11/88
Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka 2/1/88
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 2/4/88
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 1/25/88
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase 2/5/88
Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 2/5/88
Final: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
2/29/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Ray Candy & Samurai Warrior
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Gray
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Hiroshi Hase vs. Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka & Dick Murdock
3/4/88 Nagasaki International Gym
Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gaspar
IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Dick Murduch
3/14/88: Masakatsu Funaki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada
3/19/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Wonderland #269 taped
3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Buzz Sawyer
Wonderland #270
1/23/78 NY, NY Madison Square Garden WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Carlos Estrada
5/9/80 Fukuoka Sports Center WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero
2/6/85 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan
10/25/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
12/12/85 Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center: Clip of Fujinami pinning Inoki in the IWGP Tag League Final
3/19/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Super Strong Machine & Mr. Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gasper
2/7/88 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Shiro Koshinaka Training & Being Injured During a Match
1987-88 Junior Heavyweights highlights in 1987 & 1988
Wonderland Takada #13
1/25/88 Top of the Super Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 14:07. ***1/2
2/15/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, Top of the Super Junior League Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka 20:33. ****
Wonderland Takada #14
2/22/88 taped 2/22 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Top Of The Super Junior Koshiksen: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase
3/14/88 taped 3/11 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Wonderland #271 taped 3/19/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Super Strong Machine
5/7/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Super Strong Machine vs. Steve Casey
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Wonderland #272
Feature on Shiro Koshinaka coming back from a bizarre right ankle injury that occurs when all his weight comes down on it due to the way he falls putting over a Maeda high kick. They do a career retrospective, show highlights of the tournament for the IWGP junior title that Koshinaka was forced to vacate, have footage of Koshinaka training for his comeback and then highlights of his first matches back
3/11/88 Aichi Prefectural Gym, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
3/14/88 Iwata City Gym
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdock vs. Billy Gaspar & Gully Gaspar
3/19/88 Korakuen Hall
George Takano & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. SS Machine & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gaspar
3/11/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
Masa. Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Dick Murduch
3/14/88: Masakatsu Funaki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada
3/19/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
3/19/88 Korakuen Hall
George Takano & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. SS Machine & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gaspar
4/11/88 Korakuen Hall
Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Tatsumi Fujinami 11:01
Big Van Vader vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 2:41
Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu 15:37
HH 3/19/88 Korakuen Hall
Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Norio Honaga & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Riki Choshu & SS Machine & Masa Saito
HH 3/6/82 Tokyo Ota Ward Gym
Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu
Killer Khan vs. Rusher Kimura
HH
Antonio Inoki Young Lion Trial: Antonio Inoki vs. Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki 8:00
Battle Royal: Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Akira Nogami vs. Black Cat vs. George Takano vs. Hiroshi Hase vs. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masaharu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Osamu Matsuda vs. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinya Hashimoto & Takayuki Iizuka & ? 10:17. Minoru Suzuki's pre debut
Pro Shot
Judo Jacket: Don Arakawa vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 5:00
Exhibition: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 5:00
Exhibition: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 5:00
Antonio Inoki Young Lion Trial: Antonio Inoki vs. Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki 8:00
Battle Royal: Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Akira Nogami vs. Black Cat vs. George Takano vs. Hiroshi Hase vs. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masaharu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Osamu Matsuda vs. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinya Hashimoto & Takayuki Iizuka & ? 10:17. Minoru Suzuki's pre debut
Judo Jacket: Don Arakawa vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 5:00
Exhibition: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 5:00
Pro Exhibition: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 5:00
Pro Antonio Inoki Young Lion Trial: Antonio Inoki vs. Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki 8:00
Battle Royal: Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Akira Nogami vs. Black Cat vs. George Takano vs. Hiroshi Hase vs. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masaharu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Osamu Matsuda vs. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinya Hashimoto & Takayuki Iizuka & ? 10:17. Minoru Suzuki's pre debut
4/11/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Masakatsu Funaki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey
Big Van Vader vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu
4/22/88 Okinawa Onoyama Taiikukan
Super Strong Machine vs. Kengo Kimura
Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Wonderland #273 taped 4/11/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tatsumi Fujinami & Masaharu Funaki vs. Manny Fernandez & Steve Cash
Big Van Vader vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase
Wonderland #274 taped 4/22/88 Okinawa Onoyama Taiikukan
Kengo Kimura vs. Super Strong Machine
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase
Riki Choshu vs. Manny Fernandez
Wonderland #275 taped 4/22/88 Okinawa Onoyama Taiikukan
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
4/27/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader
Wonderland #276 taped 4/27/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino & Keiichi Yamada & Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki
4/22/88: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
4/27/88 Elimination Match: Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki vs Keiichi Yamada & Kantaro Hoshino & Shiro Koshinaka & Akira Nogami & Tatsutoshi Goto
4/27/88: Tatsumi Fujinami vs Big Van Vader
4/22/88 Okinawa Onoyama Taiikukan: Manny Fernandez vs. Riki Choshu
4/27/88 Osaka Furitsu Taikukaikan: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura
5/5/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Crusher Crunchky (Tom Urbanski) vs. George Takano
Super Strong Machine vs. Steve Casey
6/10/88 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Dick Murduch & Adrian Adonis vs. Billy Gasper & Barry Gasper
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Owen Hart vs. Keiichi Yamada
4/22/88 Okinawa Prefectural Budokan
Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Riki Choshu vs. Manny Fernandez
Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Vader & Masa Saito
4/27/88 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Elimination: Akira Nogami & Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiichi Yamada & Kantaro Hoshino & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Norio Honaga & Masa Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader
5/5/88 Ogaki Castle Hall
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase & Masa Saito
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masa Saito vs. Vader
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Manny Fernandez
5/8/88 Ariake Coliseum, IWGP Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader 16:02
5/27/88 Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Hart
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
Wonderland #277 taped 6/10/88 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan
Dick Murdock & Adrian Adonis vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
IWGP Junior Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Owen Hart vs. Keiichi Yamada
IWGP Tag Senshukenjiai: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
Wonderland #278 taped 6/17/88 Niigata Gosen Civic Center
Owen Hart vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi. Pretty much what you'd expect from these two except it was shorter and had a lame finish. ***
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdock. Their styles are very different, but both were willing to compromise. The match kept looking like it was going to end, which is good except most of the endings wouldn't have been satisfying. Actually, although it was a good match, the real ending wasn't satisfying. ***
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar. The Gaspars subscribe to the Tiger Jeet Singh motto of don't speak and hit your opponent with the handle of your big sword. Unfortunately, it's not just the sword, their whole offense is as pathetic as Singh's. What makes this so sad is that Bob Orton had one of the better heel move sets. Anyway, Gaspars dominated this crappy brawl, with Masa bleeding like crazy around his right eye to the point that the whole right side of his face was covered. DUD
6/17/88 Niigata
Owen Hart vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 8:28 of 12:47. There was so much potential here. They got off to a great start with some vintage Kobayashi heel work, jumping Owen with his spinning roundhouse kick right after Owen did his ceremonial pre match backflip into the ring. This set the match down more of a brawling path, which was actually good for Owen because he's not just going to go with all his high flying, he mixes it in here and there, but mostly saves it for the later stages. Thus, they instilled some heat & hatred in place of a lot of the mat work, which created a stronger atmosphere. I'm sure this could have been a 4 star match, but the early stages laid a strong foundation for later stages that frankly did not exist. Around or perhaps even before the point the match should have taken off, Kobayashi just randomly pins Owen out of nowhere with a backslide of all things, so ultimately there was no finishing sequence and no real outlet to showcase Owen's flying. ***
Dick Murdock vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
6/24/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Masa Saito & Big Van Vader vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Owen Hart vs. Shiro Koshinaka 6:03 of 14:07. They pick the match up as they're seemingly easing from the body work - Owen on Shiro's back & Shiro on Owen's knee - into the energetic finishing sequence. The action & atmosphere are great down the stretch, but this portion seems to have little to do with whatever came before it. It's fantastic action, nonetheless. This finish is much better than the 6/17 Kobayashi match, even if it's along the same lines, this time it's one of Shiro's signature holds & after they've gone back & forth with their best stuff for 3 or 4 minutes. **** range
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Decision Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
6/10/88 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Owen Hart vs. Keiichi Yamada
IWGP Tag Title: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
6/17/88 Gosen Civic Center
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Owen Hart vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
6/19/88 Korakuen Hall
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
Vader & Masa Saito vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch
6/24/88 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Vader & Masa Saito vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Owen Hart vs. Shiro Koshinaka
IWGP Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#298 1/26/98 taped 6/24/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito vs. Billy Gasper & Barry Gasper
Owen Hart vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
#299 1/27/98 taped 6/26/88 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Billy Gasper & Barry Gasper
Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
6/26/88 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Gasper Brothers
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayshi
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader 13:27
6/26/88 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader
7/15/88 Korakuen Hall
Kuniaki Kobayashi & SS Machine vs. Manny Fernandez & Sawyer
Tatsumi Fujinami & Sakaguchi vs. Vader & Masa Saito
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu
7/22/88 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Masa Saito vs. Vader
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
7/25/88 Aomori Citizen Gym
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Riki Choshuvs. Vader
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Antonio Inoki vs. Kengo Kimura
Wonderland #283 taped 7/29/88 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum
IWGP Heavykyu Chosensha Kettei League Koshikisen: Riki Choshu vs. Masa Saito
IWGP Heavykyu Chosensha Kettei League Koshikisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader
Wonderland #284 taped 8/8/88 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
IWGP Heavykyu Senshukenjiai: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki 35:59 of 60:00. Read Review
7/29/88 Ariake Coliseum
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Riki Choshu vs. Masa Saito
IWGP Heavyweight Next Challenger Decision League: Antonio Inoki vs. Vader
8/4/88 Otsuki Civic General Gym: Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader & Masa Saito
Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto & Keiji Muto
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez 15:24
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 9:09
Big Van Vader vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow 7:47
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki 60:00
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki 60:00
8/88: Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
8/26/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Scott Hall & Ron Starr vs. George Takano & Kengo Kimura
Masa Saito vs. Billy Gaspar
Keiichi Yamada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Big Van Vader & Black Tiger (Marc Rocco) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka
Wonderland #285 taped 8/4/88 Otsuki Shimin Sogo Taiikukan
Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiro Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Big Van Vader & Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
#286 taped 8/26/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs. Scott Hall & Ron Starr
Masa Saito vs. Billy Gaspar
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Keiichi Yamada vs. Riki Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi
9/12/88 Fukuoka Kokusai Center: Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano vs. Billy Gaspar & Barry Gaspar
8/26/88 Korakuen Hall
Masa Saito vs. Billy Gaspar
Keiichi Yamada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Black Tiger & Vader
9/12/88 Fukuoka International Center
Vader vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Elimination: Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masa Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & SS Machine & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu
#287
8/26/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Big Van Vader & Black Tiger
9/12/88 Fukuoka Kokusai Center: Big Van Vader vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
10/7/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Tony St. Clair
#288 taped 9/12/88 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Masa Saito & Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
9/12/88 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
George Takano & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Gasper Brothers
Big Van Vader vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
10/10/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tony St. Clair vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
10/19/88: Steve Williams & Tont St. Clair vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
10/27/88 Murayama Shimin Sports Center: Steve Williams vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Samurai Shiro Koshinaka special with digested matches leading up to the complete 10/10 match
6/24/88: Owen Hart vs. Shiro Koshinaka
2/6/86: The Cobra vs. Shiro Koshinaka
12/10/86: Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Shrio Koshinaka
2/5/87: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
3/19/88: Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka
10/10/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Perro Aguayo & El Canek vs. Keichii Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka
9/12/88 Fukuoka Kokusai Center, 5 vs. 5 Elimination Match: Masa Saito & Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine vs. Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
10/10/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Hiro Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Steve WIlliams & Steve Casey
Antonio Inoki vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
9/22/88 Tsu City Gym
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Black Tiger
Vader & Masa Saito vs. Barry Gaspar & Billy Gaspar
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu
11/11/88 Korakuen Hall
Japan Cup Elimination: Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong & George Takano
Japan Cup Elimination: Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu & Antonio Inoki vs. Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura
10/7/88 Korakuen Hall: Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Scott Casey & Bam Bam Bigelow. Digest
10/10/88 Korakuen Hall: Antonio Inoki vs. Bam Bam Bigelow. Digest
10/19/88 Shizuoka Industry Pavillon
Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura vs. Perro Aguayo & El Canek
Masa Saito vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
10/27/88 Higashimurayama Sports Center
Shiro Koshinaka & Masa Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Perro Aguayo & El Canek & Biff Wellington
Riki Choshu & Strong Machine vs. Tony St. Clair & Steve Casey
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Antonio Inoki
11/11/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hal
Dick Murduch & Bob Orton vs. Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Tracey Smothers & Steve Armstrong & George Takano vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono & Tatsumi Fujinami
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
11/26/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Buzz Sawyer
11/17/88 Fukui City Gym
Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto 13:58
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Buzz Sawyer
Japan Cup Elimination: Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu & Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Orton & Dick Murdoch & Scott Hall
12/5/88 Aichi-ken Gym
Kerry von Erich & Kevin von Erich vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto
NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Grappler 18:53
Japan Cup Elimination: Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu & Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Masa Saito & Sakaguchi
11/26/88 Fukui-shi Taiikukan (Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan?)
Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. Tracey Smothers & Steve Armstrong
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Super Strong Machine & The Tiger & The Jaguar vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu vs. Scott Hall & Dick Murduch & Bob Orton
11/25/88 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsutoshi Goto & Masa Saito vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
Wonderland Hashimoto #2
11/11/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. George Takano & Steve Armstrong & Tracey Smothers
11/25/88 Hiroshima Kenritsu Taiikukan, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
11/26/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Championship Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
Wonderland #299 taped 12/7/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Decision Tournament 1st Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Dick Murdock & Cowboy Bob Orton & Scott Hall
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Decision Tournament 2nd Match: Dick Murdock & Cowboy Bob Orton & Scott Hall vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
Wonderland #300
12/5/88 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono vs. Kevin Von Erich & Kerry Von Erich
12/7/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Decision Tournament Final: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono
12/7/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Advance to Final Decision Tournament 1st Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Dick Murdock & Cowboy Bob Orton & Scott Hall
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Advance to Final Decision Tournament 2nd Match: Dick Murdock & Cowboy Bob Orton & Scott Hall vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
12/7/88 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, '88 Japan Cup Elimination League Final: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono
12/9/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dick Murduch & Bob Orton vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
12/7/88: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki
3/15/89: Antonio Inoki vs. Minoru Suzuki
4/18/89: Riki Choshu vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
7/20/90: Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Road Warriors
7/22/90: Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido vs. Road Warriors
7/23/90: Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono vs. Road Warriors
7/24/90: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Road Warriors
7/25/90: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Road Warriors
10/7/90: Jushin Thunder Liger & Owen Hart vs. Pegasus Kid & Villano V
12/26/90 Hamamatsu Arena. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Negro Casas
12/9/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Keiichi Yamada 11:01 of 15:16. I remember loving this match when I was young, but I'm not really seeing it now. Not that it isn't really good, but while everything was well done, the chemistry didn't seem to be clicking. Yamada still isn't that threatening in his third title shot, which was one of the reasons it was probably below the average IWGP junior title match. It's not so much that Yamada never made me believe he would win, but that the match was simply lacking the usual spark, fire, and drama that Koshinaka is known for. Yamada relied on his kicks early, saving the flying for after he had Koshinaka in some trouble. ***1/2
IWGP & WCWA Heavyweight Double Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich 5:40 & 6:15 of 18:26? I wanted to like this match, but it was one of those matches where you were just counting the minutes until the screw job. Fujinami was looking for a real match, but Von Erich just wanted to stall. Fujinami began with the strategy of using speed to beat power, but quickly got nasty, ramming Von Erich's broken fingers into the turnbuckle and stomping them. This instilled the intensity into the match, and had the crowd going. Fujinami continued in this fiery nature, giving one of his more charismatic performances, but it only does so much good when your opponent either does out and out rest holds or his iron claw, a rest hold that marginal, at best, talents used to use as a finisher. Von Erich even added a stomach claw to a cobra twist, but didn't really get a good one until they were on the outside, which of course led to a double ring out. They restarted the match, and Von Erich again had the claw on the outside, but this time Fujinami was able to whip him into the guard rail. Fujinami got pissed when Kerry tried to crack him with a chair, angrily using it on him then busted him open against the post. Kevin Von Erich rolled his brother back in to avoid the ring out, but once he saw how badly Kerry was bleeding, he began to have second thoughts and petition for the match to be stopped. Kerry kept fighting instinctively, mainly just keeping his arms up trying to protect himself, so once the ref identified this he did call it off. **1/4
1/6/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Hirokazu Hata & Naoki Sano vs. Sergio El Hermoso & El Bello Greco 14:04. Hata looks something like Akira Nogami with Hiroshi Hase's mustache. Based on this match, he could hold his own with those guys in the ring, too. He was very nimble with excellent body control. Though this wasn't the greatest showcase for Sano & Hata's talents, both looked really good when they were on offense. The match was almost exclusively lucha style, but the rudos weren't particularly flexible, graceful, or athletic. They do the homosexual gimmick, spreading their arms and doing a fairy ballerina hop every time they ran the ropes. They initiated few running sequences, enjoying keeping the opponent's close a bit too much for the quality of the match. But overall, this was good stuff in the typical old school lucha variety where the technicos offense is really fun and the rudos offense is basically throwaway brawling. ***
Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano 13:55. I didn't expect this match to have any chance of being better than Koshinaka vs. Yamada, but it actually was because they did the match you'd hope for rather than the match you'd expect. Koshinaka & Kobayashi were super motivated, basically determined to have a good match. They kept the energy level high and the offense very good throughout. Takano was pretty lazy in '89 despite his only tag title run, but he came to wrestle today, perhaps because Koshinaka & Kobayashi gave him no choice. For once, he applied himself, and that allowed him to more than hang with the opposition. Takano hurt his calf, accidentally hitting the railing when Kobayashi tossed him to the floor. This improved the match, as it gave some focus to the down spots in between the action. SS Machine wasn't doing anything of note this year either, and he again managed this consistent mediocrity, although as Takano stepped up and it was basically a junior tag match with the other three, rather than actually hurting the match he was just typically non descript. ***3/4
12/7/88 Osaka Prefectural Gym
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Advance to Final Decision Tournament 2nd Match: Dick Murdock & Cowboy Bob Orton & Scott Hall vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
'88 Japan Cup Elimination League Final: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono
12/9/88 Korakuen Hall
Dick Murduch & Bob Orton vs. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Keiichi Yamada
IWGP & WCWA Heavyweight Double Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kerry Von Erich
1/6/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader & Rip Morgan vs. Antonkio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu 8:57. Intense, fiery performances from Fujinami, Choshu, Bigelow, & Vader had the Hall rocking from start to finish. A thoroughly enjoyable little match. Though ultimately it didn't go anywhere and had the most predictable finish of Inoki over Morgan, it left you wanting more. **
1/10/89 Chiba Koen Taiikukan
Masa Saito & Hiroshi Hase vs. Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka 17:57. I expected a lot more from this match than they gave me. They wrestled as though it were a really long match. It was slow and had no intensity. That would have been okay if it ever actually picked up. I could have lived with Saito & Inoki killing time if Hase & Koshinaka were being themselves, but they seemed sucked into the complete indifference. *1/4
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 4:27. A peculiar match. It was going as planned and seemed on the way to being a good one when Bigelow ascended to the top rope, and just fell off! He seemed okay when Fujinami back body dropped him, but I guess his selling of his shoulder after his crash landing may have been legit because he shockingly failed to kick out of Fujinami's weight shift vertical suplex counter. Fujinami had a priceless look of disbelief when the ref raised his hand in victory. DUD
Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader
1/16/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan: Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Antonio Inoki
1/16/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase 16:40. Well focused technical match with sporadic spots to spice things up. Hase worked over Koshinaka's lower left leg for the bulk. When Koshinaka finally came back, he tried a diving kneedrop to the floor with very little setup, only to reinjure himself. After sustaining more legwork, Koshinaka finally hit his Dragon suplex and thought he had the pin because he couldn't see Hase grab the ropes. This brought on a thrilling, but exceptionally short finishing sequence, culminating in a lucky victory for Koshinaka as he turned Hase's Northern Light suplex into a small package. Hase was disgusted he'd dominated the entire match only to lose like this, petitioning for a rematch. ***3/4
Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
1/20/89 Kumamoto Shi Taiikukan: Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
1/20/89 Kumamoto-shi Taiikukan
George Takano vs. Shiro Koshinaka. joined in progress
Riki Choshu & Hiro Hase vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura
1/26/89
Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. George Takano & Strong Machine
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Tatsumi Fujinami joined in progress
Big Van Vader vs. Riki Choshu
2/3/89 Yamagata-ken Taiikukan
El (Bello) Greco & (Sergio) El Hermoso vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura
Naoki Sano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiro Hase & Hiro Saito
Antonio Inoki vs. Rip Morgan
Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
2/9/89 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Italian Stallion & Rip Morgan vs. George Takano & Super Strong Machine
2/9/89 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
IWGP Tag Title Match: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Big Van Vader
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Antonio Inoki
3/3/89 Fukuoka-ken: Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi
#331 taped 2/9/89 Sapporo
IWGP Tag Title: Masa Saito & Riki Choshu vs. Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Antonio Inoki vs. Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
#332 taped 2/22/89 Tokyo
Exhibition Match: Salman Hashimikov vs. Hiro Saito
Exhibition Match: Victor Zangiev vs. Osamu Matsuda
Exhibition Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Vladimir Berkovich
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vicious Warrior
Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu
3/3/89 Fukuoka-ken
Antonio Inoki vs. Ron Starr
Vicious Warrior (Sid Vicious) & The Avalanche (P.N. News) vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
3/7/89 Shimane-ken Masuda Shimin Taiikukan
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
Vicious Warrior vs. Riki Choshu
3/16/89 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
Carribean Express (Miguel Perez Jr. & Daniel Castillo) (Huracan Castillo) vs. Osamu Kido & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Black Cat vs. Don Arakawa
3/16/89 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase
Naoki Sano & Hirokazu Hata vs. Kenichi Oya & Osamu Matsuda
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
3/16/89 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan, IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Lawler
4/13/89 Niigata Joetsu Region Plaza
Norio Honaga vs. Hirokazu Hata
Brian Pillman vs. Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Big Van Vader & Buzz Sawyer & Brad Rhenigans vs. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
4/13/89 Niigata Joetsu Region Plaza: Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome
Young Lions Cup Final: Naoki Sano vs. Hiro Saito
IWGP Title Tournament 1st Round: Masahiro Chono vs. Big Van Vader
IWGP Title Tournament 1st Round: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vladimir Berkovich
IWGP Title Tournament 1st Round: Victor Zangiev vs. Buzz Sawyer
IWGP Title Tournament 1st Round: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
Young Lion Cup 1989 Semi Final: Naoki Sano vs. Norio Honaga 10:36. JIP
Osamu Matsuda vs. Takayuki Iizuka 12:02
Hiro Saito vs. Hirokazu Hata 14:07
Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Akira Nogami 11:27
Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Cat 12:34
George Takano & Super Strong Machine vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto 16:19
Osamu Kido vs. Steve Armstrong 11:17
Antonio Inoki vs. Tracy Smothers 4:17
Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader & Brian Pillman 5:25
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Hiroshi Hase & Shiro Koshinaka. Lou Thesz Ref
Jushin Liger Debut: Jushin Liger vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Salman Hashimikov
5/25/89 Osaka Jo Hall
Naoki Sano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito
Masa Saito vs. Timur Zalasov
IWGP Title Tournament 1st Round
Masa Chono vs. Big Van Vader 2:04 of 5:52. Chono had aspirations of standing up to Vader, but it was quickly apparent he was two Musketeers short of having a prayer. The monster gaijin easily overwhelmed him, KOing Chono with a lariat then giving him a diving body press for good measure.
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vladimir Berkovich 4:51. Fujinami did an excellent job here, adjusting his style to fit into Berkovich's comfort zone while still maintaining the pro wrestler vs. amateur wrestler concept. Essentially a mixed style match with Fujinami doing kicks, suplexes, and submissions and Berkovich working the clinch game. Within the context of the time period and the general knowledge of shoots, the match was more or less credible, with the couple of pro wrestling moves such as the leg pick and standing dropkick theoretically working because Berkovich was a noob who was still trying to get over the fact you could be down for three, much less get used to all the new techniques available. Berkovich showed potential because he was willing to let Fujinami make the decisions and dictate the positions. He'd basically just try for the techniques he's a master of, and see if Fujinami went for it or countered.
Victor Zangiev vs. Buzz Sawyer 3:56. I never understood why NJ decided to give Hashimikov the title run rather than Zangiev. Zangiev was simply a great athlete, one of those naturals who probably could have excelled in any number of sports. Extremely nimble and had a great arsenal of suplexes, Zangiev more importantly understood the transition game well. He didn't merely deposit his opponent on the mat, he went right into an arm bar. I always liked Buzz Sawyer, but I thought Zangiev was pretty clearly the better wrestler here, and this was with minimal time in the dojo and in practically his first match.
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu 3:41. One reason NJ has long been the most successful promotion in Japan, sometimes in the world, is they understand how to use leagues and tournaments to both elevate wrestlers and keep them strong. Every league can run flukish results, but NJ picks their spots and follows them up by putting the victor in important matches, even if they go on to lose them all. Hashimoto had been moving up the ranks since he returned the previous July, but this win over the legend in front of this many people really put him on the map. It was by no means the greatest win, as he rather sloppily countered the sasorigatame into something of a small package, but his run to the finals somewhat made up for it. The match itself was rather forgettable, not that it was bad but simply too short for these two, who win by bludgeoning each other until someone can no longer answer the bell. Hashimoto pissed Choshu off by twice slapping him instead of rope breaking, so Choshu returned the favor with short elbows when Hashimoto was in the corner. This is the sort of nice early stuff you get from them to build to them pounding the hell out of each other, but they had to go in another direction because they are too tough to have one knock the other out so quickly.
Non Tournament Match: Masa Saito vs. Wakha Evloev 5:28. Evloev did a pretty good job, showing some nice throws and generally being competent. Started out as a judo match, but Saito was no match, so he started roughing it up, using lariats and headbutts. Evloev didn't know what hit him, but quickly stabilized and surprised Saito back with a flying headscissors to set up the submission win.
IWGP Title Tournament Semifinals
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader 14:37. Simple match. Everything was very well done, but there was nothing particularly deep or difficult. It was something of an odd match, in that although Vader dominated the first half as expected, he wasn't using his power to do so. In fact, it was Fujinami who had almost all the throws, but that was the majority of his offense, as Vader kept him close, tying the more dynamic fighter up and grounding him as if it were a shoot. Fujinami finally had an opening, hurting Vader's arm with an armbar. Though Vader did a nice job of selling this throughout the match and the next one, the immediate result was this prompted him to open up, nearly knocking Tatsumi out with a lariat. Vader began giving Fujinami distance so he could use his weight and power, but this allowed Fujinami to evade and get a hope armbar. However, when Vader caught Fujinami's diving body attack it was the beginning of the end. ***1/4
Victor Zangiev vs. Shinya Hashimoto 7:28. Zangiev was once again very impressive. He throws as fluid a suplex as you'll ever see, just a superb arch. He's also quick, aggressive, and doesn't like to waste time. I didn't particularly care for his overexaggerated head bob selling, but that was about it. Zangiev was tossing Hashimoto all over, putting on a suplex clinic. Hashimoto eventually got so frustrated he hocked a loogie at the Russian, who was probably thinking that was all Hashimoto had. I enjoyed the match, but I wasn't impressed by how they got from this point to Hashimoto's victory. The transition to the finish was just crude, and the finish itself came way too suddenly to really be believable. I mean, Zangiev was trapped in the figure four too long, if anything, my problem is the match was essentially laid out so he lost the moment Hashimoto went on offense. **1/4
Non Tournament Match: Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Salman Hashimikov 2:26. One can hardly call this a match. Bigelow gave Hashimikov his initiation to puroresu, giving him a standing dropkick when Hashimikov requested a pre-match handshake, a forearm to the back when Hashimikov tried for the single leg takedown, and an enzuigiri when Hashimikov picked his leg. This would have been a nice lesson on the way the pro game works, if they actually attached a match to it. Instead, they just ended it when Bigelow was, in turn, caught off guard by the suisha otoshi. DUD
IWGP Title Tournament Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Big Van Vader 9:47. This match was a bit of a letdown after the two semifinals, which were more heated and intense. It had a lot of potential, but didn't really fulfill it, and I think got kinda goofy by the end, though not to the point of being ruined like Hashimoto/Zangiev. Hashimoto was clearly the underdog, but he was coming into the final in much better condition. He is one of the few guys who can reasonably be expected to stand toe to toe with Vader, especially with Vader having to make as many adjustments as possible to protect his injured arm. Vader got off to a good start, but the match turned as soon as Hashimoto found the bad arm. Hashimoto sought a Kimura, but even after knocking Vader off the top with a spinning kick that resulted in Vader's foot getting caught in the ropes, he couldn't get it. I thought the booking broke down here, as it was ridiculous to have Hashimoto not even be competitive slugging it out with Vader. Hashimoto would even kick the bad arm, and Vader would still just lay him out with one blow! I realize they were putting over Vader as extra super dominant, but in the end, Hashimoto was only competitive because Vader had a bad wing, and even that and a weird slow count by Lou Thesz on the finisher didn't make a difference. **1/2
World Martial Arts Heavyweight Title Match, Ishu Kakutogisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochishvili R5 1:20. I rarely enjoy NJ's clumsy attempts at shoots because they always seem at war with themselves. On one hand, they are trying to limit what they can do so they'd be more realistic, but on the other they are trying to entertain, so the result tends to be that diversity goes out the window and they simply replace it with a bunch of spots of the same variety. Tonight's effort was particularly clumsy, as Shota didn't know how to take and Inoki is so steeped in the pro wrestling mentality that his storytelling and selling killed any illusion of reality rather than enhancing it, as he was making such an effort to do. Georgian Chochishvili was the 1st Soviet judo champion, capturing the gold medal in the Half-Heavyweight division at the 1972 Olympics. They took the ropes down for this "shoot", so the ring was essentially just a large platform. They were allowed to continue on the ground, trying for a submission, but were stood up no matter what after 20 seconds. Inoki didn't wear a Gi, so in theory it was much more difficult for Chochishvili to throw him, and in fact Inoki had the first suplex, a UWF style not so smooth backdrop. Nothing else happened in the first round, but I kind of preferred that to all the preceeding rounds where throws were a dime a dozen, particularly the second round, which was a loop where Shota would immediately throw Inoki and go for an armbar. Inoki fought with one arm from the 3rd round on, holding the other behind his back, which bent sort of like Quasimodo, to show it was "dead". He was desperate, so he fired up and suddenly Shota just stood there and allowed him to hit every sort of glamorous quasi shoot style move in the book, doing a lame job of selling them to boot. Inoki even connected with his enzuigiri, but then the throw into armlock loop resurfaced and Inoki was ultimately saved by the bell from Shota's choke in the third. In the fifth round, Shota gave up following with submissions because he was either bored of trying for the armbar or figured Inoki was so close to out of it he had a better chance of getting a 10 count KO, which soon worked. I give Inoki credit for jobbing to Chochishvili to give the Russians all sorts of credibility that would allow a full Japan vs. Russia program, but this suplexfu was only marginally more credible than the admittedly fake matches. *
Young Lions Cup Final: Naoki Sano vs. Hiro Saito
IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament 1st Round
Masahiro Chono vs. Big Van Vader
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vladimir Berkovich
Victor Zangiev vs. Buzz Sawyer
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu
IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinals
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader 14:37
Victor Zangiev vs. Shinya Hashimoto 7:28
IWGP Title Tournament Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Big Van Vader 9:47
Martial Arts: Benny Urquidez vs. Shinya Asuka 5R.
Masa Saito vs. Wakha Evloev 5:28
SS Machine & George Takano vs. Hiroshi Hase & Shiro Koshinaka 17:10
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 9:55
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Salman Hashimikov 2:26
Martial Arts Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochyshvili R5 1:20
disc 1
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
5/25/89 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
7/13/89 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
8/10/89 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
1/31/90 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
6/12/90 Fukuoka Martial Arts Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masashi Aoyagi
8/19/90 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Pegasus Kid
11/1/90 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Pegasus Kid vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
disc 2
4/15/91 Tokyo Top of the Super Junior: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Dave Finlay
4/28/91 Saitama Top of the Super Junior: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Owen Hart
4/30/91 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Top of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Norio Honaga
7/4/91 Fukuoka Mask vs. Mask Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Pegasus Kid
8/9/91 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami
2/8/92 Sapporo IWGP Junior & WCW Light Heavyweight Double Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Norio Honaga
disc 3
4/16/92 Tokyo Top of the Super Junior: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
4/30/92 Tokyo Top of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
6/26/92 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
1/4/93 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
8/3/93 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Koki Kitahara
1/4/94 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tiger Mask
2/24/94 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinya Hashimoto
disc 4
4/16/94 Tokyo Super J Cup 1st RD: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hayabusa
4/16/94 Tokyo Super J Cup Semifinal: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Great Sasuke
5/1/94 Fukuoka Exhibition Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Satoru Sayama
6/13/94 Osaka Best of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Super Delfin
9/23/94 Yokohama: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
10/9/95 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
1/4/96 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
4/29/96 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. The Great Sasuke
disc 5
6/12/96 Osaka Best of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Black Tiger
6/17/96 Tokyo MPW British Commonwealth Junior Title: Dick Togo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
8/2/96 Tokyo WAR International & British Commonwealth Junior Title, J Crown Tournament 1st RD: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon
9/23/96 Yokohama: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Wild Pegasus
1/4/97 Tokyo Dome J Crown Title: Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/3/97 Osaka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Antonio Inoki & Tiger King
7/6/97 Sapporo J Crown Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
11/2/97 Fukuoka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger King vs. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
disc 6
1/4/98 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Riki Choshu
2/7/98 Sapporo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Shinjiro Otani vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
8/2/98 Tokyo IWGP Junior Tag Title League: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
3/17/99 Hiroshima IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto 28:43 of 31:38
4/10/99 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Tag Title: Dr Wagner Junior & Kendo Kashin vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Great Sasuke
5/25/99 Ishikawa Best of the Super Junior: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Gran Hamada
disc 7
6/4/99 Kagawa Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
10/11/99 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Kendo Kashin vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
1/4/00 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto
2/4/00 Sapporo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Tanaka
3/20/00 Hyogo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Don Frye
4/7/00 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kensuke Sasaki
8/7/00 Osaka G1 Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
8/9/00 Hiroshima G1 Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
3/6/01 Tokyo IWGP Junior Tag Title: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger
5/25/01 Fukushima Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Gran Naniwa
disc 8
6/1/01 Kanagawa Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Silver King
6/4/01 Osaka Best of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Tanaka
8/4/01 Osaka G1 CLimax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
8/5/01 Osaka G1 Climax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Keiji Muto
8/6/01 Nagoya G1 Climax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masahiro Chono
8/8/01 Sendai G1 Climax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Satoshi Kojima
10/19/01 Oita IWGP Tag Title: Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Muto
disc 9
11/16/01 Ishikawa G1 Junior Tag League: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Gedo & Jado
11/23/01 Tokyo G1 Junior Tag League: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue
12/7/01 Hiroshima G1 Tag League: Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Nishimura vs. Giant Silva & Masahiro Chono
5/2/02 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Tag Title: Gedo & Jado vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka
5/24/02 Tokyo Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5/28/02 Sendai Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto
disc 10
8/29/02 Tokyo IWGP Junior Tag Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
1/4/04 Tokyo Dome GHC Junior Title: Takashi Sugiura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
7/19/04 Sapporo IWGP Tag Title: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki
5/14/05 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger & Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Tatsumi Fujinami
1/4/06 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger & Gedo & Jado vs. BADBOY Hido & Kintaro Kanemura & Masato Tanaka
8/8/06 Yokohama G1 Climax Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
2/17/08 Tokyo IWGP Junior Tag Title: Minoru & Prince Devitt vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA
disc 11
7/21/08 Sapporo IWGP Junior Tag Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA vs. Minoru & Prince Devitt
1/4/09 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue
2/15/09 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
4/4/10 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/3/10 Fukuoka CMLL World Middleweight Title: Negro Casas vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/27/12 Tokyo Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. PAC
6/16/12 Osaka IWGP Junior Tag Title: Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask
5/24/13 Tokyo Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Tanahashi
9/29/13 Kobe NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
11/8/14 Osaka NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Chase Owens vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/22/15 Tokyo Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Yohei Komatsu
disc 12
5/3/16 Fukuoka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: KUSHIDA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/17/17 Tokyo Best of the Super Junior Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. TAKA Michinoku
5/31/17 Osaka Best of the Super Junior Block A Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Taichi
3/25/18 Long Beach: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Will Ospreay
6/9/18 Osaka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Cody & Hangman Page & Marty Scrull
3/6/19 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Taiji Ishimori vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
9/22/19 Kobe: Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask vs. DOUKI & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.
10/14/19 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Suzuki
4/29/89 IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament: Vader vs. Shinya Hashimoto
4/27/90: Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Riki Choshu & Koki Kitahara
1/17/91 IWGP Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader
1/4/96 INOKI FINAL COUNTDOWN 5th: Vader vs. Antonio Inoki
#343 taped 5/22/89 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Timur Zalasov
Kengo Kimura vs. Wahka Eveloev
Victor Zangiev vs. Osamu Kido
Riki Choshu vs. Vladimir Berkovich
Salman Hashimikov vs. Masa Saito
#344 taped 5/22/89 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Big Van Vader & Italian Stallion vs. Antonio Inoki & Takayuki Iizuka
Jushin Liger vs. Shiro Koshinaka
5/25/89 Osaka: Masa Saito vs. Timur Zalasov
5/25/89 Osaka Jo Hall
IWGP Tag Title Match: Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Wakha Evloev
Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Victor Zangiev & Vladimir Berkovich
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Jushin Liger 8:39. Kind of an odd match, as they wanted the title on Liger as soon as possible because he was the new sensation, yet they didn't seem to trust him so Liger was pretty much protected in a short match that Hase totally carried. Hase surprised everyone charging at the bell with a dropkick and using a front suplex to set up a plancha, but soon showed it was going to be his style of diverse technical match rather than a Liger aerial assualt. Hase would have his way with Liger except when Liger would find an opening to use his speed and athleticism to counter than have a burst of flying before Hase countered back. Hase was precise and skilled as ever and Liger was all sorts of scrappy, so the match was fun, albeit not exactly developed. ***
Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Naoki Sano
Masa Saito vs. Timur Zalasov
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Wakha Evloev
Takayuki Iizuka vs. Habieli Victashev
Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Victor Zangiev & Vladimir Berkovich
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Jushin Liger 8:39. Kind of an odd match, as they wanted the title on Liger as soon as possible because he was the new sensation, yet they didn't seem to trust him so Liger was pretty much protected in a short match that Hase totally carried. Hase surprised everyone charging at the bell with a dropkick and using a front suplex to set up a plancha, but soon showed it was going to be his style of diverse technical match rather than a Liger aerial assualt. Hase would have his way with Liger except when Liger would find an opening to use his speed and athleticism to counter than have a burst of flying before Hase countered back. Hase was precise and skilled as ever and Liger was all sorts of scrappy, so the match was fun, albeit not exactly developed. ***
Big Van Vader vs. Salman Hashimikov
Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochyshvili
6/10/89 Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Big Van Vader & Italian Stallion vs. Antonio Inoki & Takayuki Iizuka
Jushin Liger vs. Shiro Koshinaka 9:21. It's amazing how much things can change in 6 months. When Yamada challenged on 12/9/88, the division was Koshinaka & Hase plus Owen Hart when he was around, with Yamada in contention but not to the point they were even able to make me believe he was a threat to win. Now Liger is the new sensation soon to be the man, and Koshinaka & Hase are graduating to heavyweight. Or rather, Koshinaka is getting booted out of the division with force, as Liger totally dominates him in this fun little slaughter. Koshinaka is really just there to take Liger's kicks and catch him on his flying moves. The match is really about Liger gaining confidence and becoming comfortable with his new aerial oriented style. ***1/2
Japan vs. Russia 5 Match Series:
Timur Zalasov vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
Wahka Evloev vs. Kengo Kimura
Victor Zangiev vs. Osamu Kido
Vladimir Berkovich vs. Riki Choshu
Salman Hashimikov vs. Masa Saito
3/16/89 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Vicious Warrior (Sid Vicious) & The Avalanche (PN News) & Ron Starr vs. Seiji Sekaguchi & Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto
5/25/89 Osaka Jo Hall, IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Big Van Vader vs. Salman Hashimikov
6/16/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kengo Kimura vs. Timur Zalasov
Jushin Liger vs. Beef Wellington 7:19. Wellington wasn't the right opponent for Liger, as he's one of those mini musclemen who can't take that well. Liger had to tone things down and revent to they can't screw it up if I just jump at them mode. Wellington had a couple nice power moves, but didn't add to the match, which was very standard. **1/2
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Great Kokina (Maximus)
Big Van Vader & Brad Rheingans vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
7/12/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
Big Van Vader vs. Timur Zalasov
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Takayuki Iizuka 15:06. Koshinaka, Iizuka, & Takano were juniors who were being used in the heavyweight division, but weren't quite sure what style they wanted to wrestle. The match was fast paced, especially when Koshinaka was in. However, in the early stages they didn't use the pace to any particular advantage, as they were doing unskilled heavyweight striking, so it didn't really help to run first. Once Koshinaka began his hip attacks, the crowd got into it and they continued to do their more junior oriented signature spots until the finish. Koshinaka made the match as usual, but Takano tended to appear to just be doing stuff for the hell of it, for instance doing pushups while in Koshinaka's half crab amidst an otherwise serious match. **1/2
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match 3Min 10Rd: Jushin Liger vs. Black Tiger R5 2:53. Liger was the new ultra athletic superhero, so it was only natural that Black Tiger would be brought in to carry him and help get him over, just as he did for Tiger Mask. Though Rocco is a very talented wrestler, Sayama's matches with Rocco weren't as exciting as his other main rivals, and I wasn't overly thrilled with the direction Rocco took here. He got the crowd to react, but it was largely to his rudo techniques and Liger's subsequent fighting fire with fire rather than Liger's athleticism, which at this point was what made him special. Dives were so much rarer in these days that the entire crowd seemed to stand when Liger ascended to the top for his plancha. Tiger wrestled technically in the first and they got spot happy in the 5th, but in between Tiger was content to employ such deadly manuevers as choking Liger with his towel and attacking him with a plastic bucket of ice. The other aspect that seemed to hinder the match from reaching it's potential was the rounds style, which, more often than not, prevented flow and rendered the action that much more random. ***1/4
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Salman Hashimikov vs. Riki Choshu
7/13/89 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Great Kokina vs. Masa Saito
7/13/89 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano 13:55. Liger & Sano kicked off their legendary fued that first announced their arrival at the top level and soon made them household names with this futuristic aerial war, an insane battle of one-upsmanship that always ultimately proved how evenly matched they were because neither could sustain an advantage no matter what risks they took or how much they disregarded their safety. The match was way ahead of its time for highspots, athleticism, and daring, but also had depth because they were able to get across the idea they were so evenly matched they were pushing each other to previously unattained levels of excellent. The fued was so notable for its intensity, starting before the bell even rang as they wouldn't take their eyes off each other, their stone-faced stare unbroken even by a reluctant pre-match handshake. They matched each other's athleticism at the outset to pop the crowd then technical skill exchanging Romero specials. When the ordinary was not enough, they began raising the bar for daring further and further including Liger doing a rolling senton to the floor, Sano vaulting himself over the top rope Kamikaze style with a body press then following with a missile kick to the floor. There was a Sano huracanrana that didn't quite work and then Liger was too close after Sano's backflip out of the corner for Sano to do his rolling heel kick, but otherwise their chemistry was awesome and anything that didn't hit perfectly added to the recklessness factor. The fault of the match is the double knockout finish came out of nowhere because there was no selling to lead up to it. I understand the idea that this level of opposition called for them to do anything they could think of until they succeeded or their body gave out, but because they couldn't really gain an advantage it didn't make sense for them to both suddenly be unable to get up from Sano's avalanche backdrop. The finish drew gasps from the stunned audience that had been going nuts for quite a while; you could sense their disappointment but they soon gave both a good highly appreciative hand. ****1/2
Big Van Vader vs. Salman Hashimikov
IWGP Tag Title Match: Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka 16:08. Choshu & Iizuka worked hard, but Machine and especially Takano weren't up to the task, so the effort of Choshu's team wound up resulting in them simply outworking the opposition by a wide margin. Iizuka stepped it up, showing he was more than worthy and capable of the big match. He was in suplex and submission mode, trying to use his sambo background to make up for his size and experience disadvantage. Choshu pushed the pace and tried to instill the expected intensity and urgency, but SS Machine gave one of his non descript performances and Takano simply wasn't good. Takano kept overacting and even mistimed his overacting once or twice. His big move was the Neal kick, but he kept connecting with his ass instead of his thigh. **
8/89
Masa Saito vs. Mike Huff
Dick Murdoch vs. Evgeny Artyukhin
#351 taped 7/28/89 Saitama
Osamu Kido vs. Manny Fernandez
Mike Haff vs. Kengo Kimura
Masa Saito vs. Buzz Sawyer
Dick Murdoch vs. Hiroshi Hase
Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader
#352
7/28/89 Saitama: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vladimir Berkovich
7/28/89 Saitama: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami
8/5/89 Tottori
Masa Saito vs. Mike Haff
Dick Murdoch vs. Evgeny Artyukhin
8/89 Hamamatsu Shi Taiikukan
Super Strong Machine & George Takano vs. Italian Stallion & Billy Jack (Haynes)
Kendo Nagasaki vs. Hiroshi Hase
9/89 Iwate Ken'ei Taiikukan: Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano
SUPER POWER BATTLE IN OSAKA 9/20/89 Osaka Jo Hall
Owen Hart vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 11:51. Goto was so outclassed you got the idea even he didn't believe he was a match for Owen. Hart wanted to wrestle a scientific mach, so Goto cheated or brawled when he could just to annoy him. Owen wasn't firing up for this, but was very precise and efficient. Goto was able to follow, and given his limited ability, faired better than expected, certainly wrestling a competent match. **
Kendo Nagasaki & Billy Jack vs. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Salman Hashimikov vs. Italian Stallion
#358 taped 8/3/89 Tottori
George Takano vs. Timur Zalasov
Vladimir Berkovich vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Victor Zangiev vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Wahka Eveloev
Salman Hashimikov vs. Super Strong Machine
#359 taped 8/3/89 Tottori
Akira Nogami & Naoki Sano vs. Hiroshi Hase & Takayuki Iizuka
Jushin Thunder Liger & Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader & Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez
8/8/89 Iwate: Big Van Vader vs. Shinya Hashimoto
#360 taped 8/8/89 Iwate
Salman Hashimikov vs. Kengo Kimura
Vladimir Berkovich vs. Osamu Kido
Masa Saito vs. Timur Zalasov
Riki Choshu vs. Victor Zangiev
Hiroshi Hase vs. Wahka Eveloev
#361 taped 8/8/89 Iwate
Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez vs. George Takano & Super Strong Machine
Kantaro Hoshino & Naoki Sano vs. Akira Nogami & Jushin Thunder Liger
8/10/89 Tokyo: Kengo Kimura & Masa Saito vs. Buzz Sawyer & Manny Fernandez
Owen Hart vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 11:51. Goto was so outclassed you got the idea even he didn't believe he was a match for Owen. Hart wanted to wrestle a scientific mach, so Goto cheated or brawled when he could just to annoy him. Owen wasn't firing up for this, but was very precise and efficient. Goto was able to follow, and given his limited ability, faired better than expected, certainly wrestling a competent match. **
Kendo Nagasaki & Billy Jack vs. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Salman Hashimikov vs. Italian Stallion
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 18:23. One of the greatest aspects of the Liger/Sano fued is every match we'd seen in complete form was considerably different. The first is a state of the art athletic spectacle between equals raising the bar for recklessness & desire to get over & win, which neither can do because they're so damn equal. The 2nd is more of a heavyweight style story match where Liger does a masterful job of selling his injured shoulder, but Sano gets the 1st decision because Liger's body doesn't allow him to be Sano's equal. The 4th is the ultimate blowoff match. They really crank up the story even that much more, both single match & across the program, & rivalry aspects with the mask ripping, blood, etc., but the crucial fact that Liger hasn't actually won a match yet in the series so often gets overlooked because Liger became the all time greatest while Sano got lost in the shuffle after selling out to the glass company. What's critical to that 4th match though is the seeming impossiblity of a Liger win, after being the star going into the program & playing so evenly in the 1st match, he's now lost 2 in a row & gets dominated for 90% of the final. With all that being known, it's interesting to look at the previously "lost" 9/20/89 match, now finally rebroadcast in complete form after a quarter century of only being available in the highly edited original World Pro Wrestling TV version. They kind of want to play this one straight, finally see who the better man is now that they are back on an even playing field. They can't quite do it because they want the title too badly & don't particularly like each other, but their emotions are somewhat, I'd say too muted in this one. The first half is pretty tame, the standard solid technical early portion, then they flip the switch & it gets crazy. Liger is just beginning to take over when he blows a swandive move, playing it as though he's been betrayed by an injured knee, which Sano goes right after. From the old TV version, I asssumed there was some better stuff leading up to this injury that was left on the cutting room floor, but ultimately, it was basically just an excuse, hence the only momentary pause in the string of flying & finishing moves. What disappointed me about this match is that after Liger did such a brilliant job of selling injuries in their 2nd match, this was pretty much back to just being go time. I mean, their stuff is amazing, but Liger would become the most amazing because he had so much more than just stuff, & got more out of it whereas here he's getting less. A crucial spot sees Liger land on top for the avalanche style backdrop that caused the double knockout in the 1st match & was his demise in the 2nd, and you feel like he's going to finally come good here to even the series at 1-1-1. I loved the spot where Sano countered the whip with his backflip out of the corner, but Liger just kept going & caught him with a moonsault attack before Sano had full balance to avoid. Sano counters Liger's superplex though dropping him stomach down & retains with an implausibly setup Tiger suplex. Overall, although one of the better NJ matches of 1989 to be certain, this is clearly the least of the series both for overall quality & certainly for originality. It's definitely closest to the 1st with the overall theme of parity only yielding with the final pinfall. It shows progress in terms of their chemistry & ability to much more cleanly & precisely work a spectacular, high level of difficulty athletic contest. They no longer seem to be wrestling over their heads or above their ability, and this may actually be the most effortless of the series , but as great as the 2nd half is action wise, it just doesn't have the awe factor of the other matches. It's more a timelessly high end match that looks a lot better when you compare it to what a junior spotfest looked like at the end of the 1980's than a unique classic like the others. ****
Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito vs. Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka
Vader vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
10/13/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Matt Bourne & Great Kokina vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano
Darryl Peterson (Man Mountain Rock) vs. Osamu Kido
11/24/89 Gunma-ken Sports Center
Salman Hashimikov vs. Hiroshi Hase
Naoki Sano & Kantaro Hoshino & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Masahiro Chono vs. Timur Zalasov
Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine
11/1/89 Toki-shi Sports Center: Naoki Sano vs. Norio Honaga
11/1/89 Toki-shi Sports Center
Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Great Kokina
Jushin Liger & Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader & Tony St. Clair & Tom Pritchard
11/29/89 Ishikawa Sangyo Tenjikan
Hiroshi Hase & Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Norio Honaga & Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito
Salman Hasimikov vs. George Takano
11/29/89 Ishikawa-ken Sangyo Tenjikan
Steve Williams vs. Osamu Kido
Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine vs. Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono
Manny Fernandez vs. Andrei Sulsaev
12/6/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
George Takano & Super Strong Machine vs. Kunaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase
Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Norio Honaga
Wonderland Liger #1
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Liger vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 9:55. Liger made his debut about 6 weeks after Go Nagai's anime began on TV Asahi, with remarkable expectations as he was expected to not merely be a a flesh and blood incarnation of an imaginative super hero, but no less than the successor of the biggest star in the history of junior heavyweight wrestling, Tiger Mask. In order to follow in Tiger's footsteps, he changed his style considerably, focusing on speed, quickness, gymnastic based counters, and daring aerial manuevers. This is not to say Yamada by any means grounded before, but as he came up during the junior divisions UWF dominated era, kicks were a big part of his offense and flying was only one aspect of his well rounded game. Kobayashi was his opponent because he did the best job of carrying Tiger Mask. He was there to do all the dirtywork while being the afterthought, to set Liger up, provide a base for his flying, get some heat with a few questionable tactics, and give him a few breathers by momentarily grounding him. Kobayashi gave his typical unselfish performance, doing nothing to steal Liger's thunder. He got Liger crowd support by trying to rip his mask and giving him a low blow, standard rudo stuff, and Liger got Liger crowd support by awing them with his athleticism. Liger had a nice flashy start, but ultimately didn't do doing anything drastically different than he did as Yamada. He was simply performing the spots quicker and chaining them together in more rapid succession, which was good when it didn't cause mistakes. Kobayashi wrestled with confidence, and did everything that was expected of him, but the match wasn't awesome because it was rather short and Liger was understandable still trying to find himself. ***1/4
5/25/89 Osaka Jo Hall, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroshi Hase vs. Jushin Liger 8:39. NJ wanted the title on Liger as soon as possible because he was the new sensation, yet they didn't seem to trust him, so Liger was pretty much protected in a short match that Hase totally carried. Hase surprised everyone charging at the bell with a dropkick and using a front suplex to set up a plancha, but soon showed it was going to be his style of diverse technical match rather than a Liger aerial assualt. Hase would have his way with Liger except when Liger would find an opening to use his speed and athleticism to counter, setting off a brief burst of flying before Hase countered back. Hase was precise and skilled as ever and Liger was all sorts of scrappy, so the match was fun, albeit not exactly developed or nearly as good as if Liger was simply Yamada. ***
7/12/89 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match 3Min 10Rd: Jushin Liger vs. Black Tiger R5 2:53. Liger was the new ultra athletic superhero, so it was only natural that Tiger Mask's arch rival Black Tiger would be brought in to help get him over. Though Rocco is a talented wrestler, Sayama's matches with Rocco were bottom rung of his main rivals, largely because Rocco tends to spend too much time being a rudo and not enough time showing his actual wrestling skills. Once again, I thought Rocco was again making decisions that were neither adding to the match nor doing their job of getting the opposition over in the manner they were being promoted. Dives were so much rarer in these days that the entire crowd seemed to stand when Liger ascended to the top for his plancha, but while Tiger did get the crowd to react, it was largely to his rudo techniques, which set up Liger to fight fire with fire rather than to showcase his athleticism, which at this point was what made him special. Tiger did wrestle technically in the first and they got spot happy in the 5th, but in between Tiger was content to employ such deadly manuevers as choking Liger with his towel and attacking him with a plastic bucket of ice. The other aspect that seemed to hinder the match from reaching it's potential was the rounds style, which, more often than not, prevented flow and rendered the action that much more random. I'd say this is the best match of the three because it's the only one with any real length and substance, but minute for minute, it's the worst of the three. ***1/4
Wonderland Liger #2
7/28/89 Toda Shi Sports Center, Jushin 5 Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami 10:42. Nogami has passed the point of being a good athlete with a lot of desire, and is beginning to show a good deal of promise. Although they debuted in the same year, Nogami is just beginning to show up on TV, and gets a star vs. promising youngster match with Liger, who goes out of his way to give him credibility, selling for him quite a bit, although he does ultimately dispatch of him with ease. Nogami's offense is somewhat lacking, but he's beginning to develop a nice arsenal of bridging suplexes. I liked his doublearm suplex hold, but the follow up where Nogami fully extends for a diving body attack only to have Liger put out his knee is totally badass. ***
11/3/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Takayuki Iizuka 14:11. Sambo Iizuka puts his newfound skills on display, destroying Liger's knee in this well focused technical match that's a treat for the hardcore fans. I don't remember caring for this match all that much when I first got into Liger, but it's a nice change of pace, and a rare example of Iizuka within his element, giving us a good indication of just how technically good he was even at this early stage in his career. This is basically Liger reverting back to mid 80's Yamada: there's minimal flying, and the basis is a quasi UWF shoot style. Liger sells for the majority of the match, doing a champion job of putting over Iizuka's kneebars. Given Iizuka had recently held the tag titles with Riki Choshu, I expected him to be a tougher out, but once Liger woke up in a desperate effort to stop the blizzard suplex, he quickly dispatched of Iizuka. ***3/4
7/13/89 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano 13:55. Liger & Sano kicked off their legendary fued that first announced their arrival at the very top level and soon made them household names with this futuristic aerial war, an insane battle of one-upsmanship that always ultimately proved how evenly matched they were because neither could sustain an advantage no matter what risks they took or how much they disregarded their safety. The match was way ahead of its time for highspots, athleticism, and daring, but although admittedly more of a spectacle, it did have some depth because they were able to get across the idea they were so evenly matched they were pushing each other to previously unattained levels of excellent. The fued was so notable for its intensity, starting before the bell even rang as they wouldn't take their eyes off each other, their stone-faced stare unbroken even by a reluctant pre-match handshake. They matched each other's athleticism at the outset to pop the crowd then technical skill exchanging Romero specials. When the ordinary was not enough, they began raising the bar for daring further and further including Liger doing a rolling senton to the floor, Sano vaulting himself over the top rope Kamikaze style with a body press then following with a missile kick to the floor. There was a Sano huracanrana that didn't quite work and then Liger was too close after Sano's backflip out of the corner for Sano to do his rolling sole butt, but otherwise their chemistry was awesome and anything that didn't hit perfectly added to the recklessness factor. The fault of the match is the double knockout finish came out of nowhere because there was no selling to lead up to it. I understand the idea that this level of opposition called for them to do anything they could think of until they succeeded or their body gave out, but because they couldn't really gain an advantage it didn't make sense for them to both suddenly be unable to get up from Sano's avalanche backdrop. The finish drew gasps from the stunned audience that had been going nuts for quite a while; you could sense their disappointment but they soon gave both a good highly appreciative hand. ****1/2
Wonderland Liger #3
8/10/89 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano 15:38. A totally different match from 7/13/89, much more toward later (peak) Liger. Having shown no particular aptitude for selling since he donned the hood, Liger suddenly shows why he'd soon be known as the king of the junior sellers, doing a beautiful job of putting over the shoulder Kantaro Hoshino & Sano destroyed in a tag match two days earlier. Liger wears football shoulder pads, but they, like everything else, do little to aid his injured left wing, which Sano continues to attack mercilessly throughout. Liger can't seem to get out of his own way, injuring himself performing his own offense such as a shoulderblock. He winds up doing a lot of stomps because they are among the safest things he can do, but even with these, he's selling his shoulder between each and every one. Still, Liger manages to bust Sano open. One big change here is they are breaking each other down, so the match is much slower paced. It isn't nearly as high flying or insane as 7/13/89, it's more a traditional, even leaning toward a heavyweight match despite their athleticism, with crisp technical wrestling and badass hatred spots. They get a lot out of the flying they do use, and just about everything else for that matter, as we can see them not only knowing how to counter, but beginning to counter with reasoning and timing. I loved the spot where Liger countered a go behind, but Sano then dropped down into a wakigatame. Basic stuff, but it worked perfectly within the context of the match. I'm guessing the shoulder injury is all about NJ not having confidence in the fans willingness to accept Liger's mortality, but luckily the fans wouldn't demand he be essentially undefeatable as Tiger Mask was. They understood Liger gave all he had, and took it as a heroic showing even though only Sano got up from his avalanche backdrop this time. ****3/4
1/18/90 Yamaguchi Toyama Shi Taiikukan, IWGP Junior Next Challenger Decision League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiro Saito 12:53. The 3rd generation of the Liger character with the red mask, red and white body suit, and Thunder as his middle name is the one that would stick (I suppose partly because Go Nagai's anime went off the air on 1/27/90). Hiro heels it up, introducing a chair, and Liger is more than happy to give it back to him, even piledriving Saito on a table. Hiro is not the least bit spectacular, but nonetheless effective on offense as he sometimes was in the early 90's, having enough impact on his suplexes and senton to be credible. He will never have a match of the year, but he's fine for minor matches, the thing is they should be minor heavyweight matches. The downside of Hiro is woefully apparent here, as he doesn't possess nearly enough athleticism for the junior division. He can't take a decent bump off the middle rope, and more importantly, he lacks the flexibility for even simple counters into basic pins, which by the way kills the finish of this match. Despite Liger having to dumb down and Hiro's girth getting in the way a few times, the match was both effective and entertaining. Unfortunately, it just kind of ended when you thought it was about to take off. **3/4
1/25/90 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center, IWGP Junior Next Challenger Decision League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami 11:59. Nogami had the athleticism, and Liger was of the mindset to carry him. Nogami wasn't wrestling with a great deal of confidence, slowing down to make sure he knew the next spot, but he generally faired well. Liger sold a lot for him, especially early on to give him credibility. The fans weren't reacting, but I thought it was a fun little match. It was weird seeing Liger win with an Argentine backbreaker, as it was not only out of nowhere, but I don't recall him even using the move before. ***
Wonderland Liger #4
3/5/90: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Cheetah Kid (Ted "Rocco Rock" Petty) 9:24. It's nice to see Rocco before he got into grunge, but I have no idea why they included this match in the Liger series, as it's one of Liger's absolute worst. Cheetah had a way of making everything look at least a bit awkward. For such a good athlete, he was rather mechanical and, next to Liger, came off as nothing more than an imposter indy junior. The match was very much of the you do your spots and I do mine variety. Liger tried, but they had no chemistry. *3/4
1/30/90 Gifu Taiikukan, IWGP Junior Next Challenger Decision League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Owen Hart 12:28. This match is, in a way, responsible for the greatest junior heavyweight match, as if Liger didn't win here to take the next challenger league, he wouldn't have faced Sano the next night. All the matches in the league that aired seemed to share the "we'll give 'em a good twelve minutes" mindset, so this wasn't the blowout match we hoped for. Liger was pretty much along for the ride, as this was clearly Owen's match, and Owen had the advantage most of the time. Hart has a tendency to make everything look easy because he's so exceptionally graceful. While this is often to his advantage, it can be a detriment as well. He never did a very good job of instilling a sense of urgency into his matches, particularly the openings, which were filled with great athletic counters, so they could still seem somewhat empty because there was no real sense of anything having been gained. Though Hart had more ability to deliver an entertaining opening than almost any junior of his era, and certainly once again did so tonight, you can see in a match such as this one that it can still come off very flat if we aren't given a reason to believe in it. The audience didn't react until he picked up the pace, not because the slower stuff wasn't well done, but because he wasn't moving us, so we didn't take that much notice until we identified some sort of manipulation, in this case reverting to our programming of equating quicker tempo to action of greater importance and enthusiasm. Anyway, they were both wrestling on a very high level and built the match up pretty well. A memorable match was a possibility, but they went home early and rather unconvincinglywith Liger just cutting Owen off on the top and taking him out with an avalanche brainbuster then a Ligerbomb rather than having a run of offense first. ***3/4
1/31/90 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 20:00. The ultimate climactic battle, the greatest junior heavyweight match bringing perfect indecisive closure to the greatest junior heavyweight feud of all-time. Not merely a grudge match of epic purportions, but right up there with Akira Hokuto vs. Shinbobu Kandori 4/2/93 as the greatest ever. Not simply state of the art wrestling with awesome drama and great intensity, but the measuring stick. An extremely rich and deep match, with great single match story and psychology, but also playing off the entire brilliant feud in many ways. Heel Sano offers to put the past behind them at least long enough for a display of pre-match goodwill only to get embarrassed when Liger slaps him across the face. Liger roughs up his incited opponent, but Sano quickly exerts his will, proceeding to control 90% of the contest. Abusing and mauling Liger, Sano uses a piledriver on the floor and in-ring tombstone to set up embarrassing him by ripping his sacred mask. Posting Liger until he bleeds, Sano is soon at his cockiest, not wanting to settle for a simple pin, but wanting to prove a point and knock his opponent out. Their first singles meeting on 7/13/89 ended in a double KO, but this time Sano is going to drain his opponent of his lifeforce if not his blood and pummel him until he can no longer stand. Sano nearly succeeds with moves such as the superplex. Liger finally makes a hot comeback, introducing his flying into the match, but it’s suitably short lived. The match is about making the prospects of Liger’s victory look as bleak as humanly possible. At the same time, Liger’s refusal to surrender despite losing a bucket of blood subtly shifts Sano into deciding the victory is more important than the manner, as the belt is what proves he’s the best and will make the fans and promotion eventually see it. The selling is quite simply amazing, more toward Misawa & Kawada dominated All Japan heavyweights from a few years later than anything we'd expect from juniors before or since, with Liger down for lengthy periods as a good deal of drama is placed on each attempt to simply stand. In the best hope spot, Sano tries to take it to the next level with a superplex with both standing on the top, but Liger saves himself by shifting his weight to land on top, though he’s still unable to gain control. Liger’s inability to mount an offensive continues until the final seconds of the match when he counters Sano’s huracanrana with a Ligerbomb. Everything we are used to about pro wrestling tells us Liger will turn it on now, but the series is about making stars of both wrestlers, so even though it’s the blowoff Liger isn’t going to prove true superiority. He’s a beaten down man with nothing left, so he decides to go for broke, positioning Sano with a tombstone and pulling out the most spectacular move of the time period, the shooting star press. Liger wins because he has the greatest move and was able to will himself, or simply be lucky enough, to hang around long enough to execute it. *****
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
Takeshi Misawa vs. Hiroshi Dairi 11:17
Naoki Sano vs. Akira Nogami 15:01
Kengo Kimura vs. Manny Fernandez 5:55
George Takano & Super Strong Machine vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi 11:26
Norio Honaga & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Shiro Koshinaka 9:40
Salman Hashimikov vs. Brad Rheingans 6:40
Osamu Kido vs. Victor Zangiev 6:10
Martial Arts Match: Habieli Victachev vs. Takayuki Iizuka R5
World Cup League Semifinal: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Steve Williams 14:08
World Cup League Semifinal: Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono 11:36
12/31/89
Riki Choshu vs. Victor Zangiev 6:04
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Wahka Evloev 15:00
Manny Fernandez vs. Salmon Hashmikov 8:20
Bam Bam Bigalow vs. Vladimir Berkovich 9:30
Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Masa Saito & Brad Rheigans 11:35
1/5/90
'90 New Year Sensation Tag Tournament First Round Match: Masahiro Chono & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Riki Choshu & Hirokazu Hata 11:16
'90 New Year Sensation Tag Tournament Semifinal: Masahiro Chono & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido 11:36
'90 New Year Sensation Tag Tournament Semifinal: Masa Saito & Black Cat vs. Super Strong Machine & Naoki Sano 7:41
'90 New Year Sensation Tag Tournament Final: Super Strong Machine & Naoki Sano vs. Masahiro Chono & Shiro Koshinaka 11:21
Disc 1
4/24/89 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
5/25/89 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
7/13/89 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
8/10/89 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
1/31/90 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
6/12/90 Fukuoka Martial Arts Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masashi Aoyagi
8/19/90 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Pegasus Kid
11/1/90 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Pegasus Kid vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
Disc 2
12/26/90 Shizuoka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Negro Casas
5/31/91 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Norio Honaga vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
6/12/91 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Norio Honaga vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
7/4/91 Fukuoka Mask vs Mask Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Pegasus Kid
4/30/92 Tokyo Top of the Super Jr Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
5/17/92 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai
Disc 3
1/4/93 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon
2/24/94 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinya Hashimoto
3/21/94 Nagoya IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Black Tiger
4/16/94 Tokyo Super J Cup 1st Round: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hayabusa
4/16/94 Tokyo Super J Cup Semifinal: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Great Sasuke
5/1/94 Fukuoka Exhibition Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Satoru Sayama
Disc 4
6/13/94 Osaka Best of the Super Junior Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Super Delfin
8/4/94 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Gran Hamada
10/9/95 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano
6/17/96 Tokyo British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title: Dick Togo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
8/2/96 Tokyo WAR International Jr & British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon
1/4/97 Tokyo Dome J Crown Title: Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
Disc 5
2/9/97 Sapporo J Crown Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani
2/16/97 Tokyo J Crown Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto
4/12/97 Tokyo Dome J Crown Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Great Sasuke
1/4/98 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Riki Choshu
2/7/98 Sapporo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Shinjiro Otani vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
4/4/98 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Title:Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kendo Kashin
7/15/98 Sapporo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto
Disc 6
12/4/98 Osaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
10/17/99 Kobe: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Wild Pegasus
1/4/00 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto
8/7/00 Osaka G1 Climax Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
6/4/01 Osaka Best of the Super Jr VIII Finals Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Tanaka
8/5/01 Osaka G1 Climax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Keiji Muto
8/8/01 Sendai G1 Climax Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Satoshi Kojima
Disc 7
1/4/04 Tokyo Dome GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Takashi Sugiura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
8/8/06 Yokohama G1 Climax Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiroshi Tanahasi
2/17/08 Tokyo IWGP Jr Tag Title: Minoru & Prince Devitt vs. AKIRA & Jushin Thunder Liger
2/15/09 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tiger Mask
4/4/10 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/3/10 Fukuoka CMLL Middleweight Title: Negro Casas vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
6/8/11 Tokyo Best of the Super Jr Block B: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kota Ibushi
Disc 8
11/8/14 Osaka NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: Chase Owens vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/3/16 Fukuoka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: KUSHIDA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
5/18/17 Tokyo Best of the Super Jr Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi
5/31/17 Osaka Best of the Super Jr Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Taichi
3/25/18 Long Beach: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Will Ospreay
3/6/19 Tokyo IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Taiji Ishimori vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
Disc 9
12/31/89 Moscow: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Black Tiger
12/5/91 Chiba: Jushin Thunder Liger & Akira Nogami vs. El Katana & Negro Casas
8/3/93 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Koki Kitahara
10/15/93 Tokyo Super Grade Tag League: Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus vs. Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto
11/1/93 Nagano Super Grade Tag League: Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus vs. Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto
4/4/94 Hiroshima: Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus vs. Rick & Scott Steiner
6/15/94 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai & Shinjiro Otani & Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. SATO & Shiryu & TAKA Michinoku & Great Sasuke
Disc 10
9/23/94 Yokohama Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
9/23/95 Yokohama: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Sabu
3/13/96 Ishizawa: Jushin Thunder Liger & Shiyna Hashimoto vs. Wild Pegasus & Scott Norton
7/17/96 Sapporo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Randy Savage
10/20/96 Kobe: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Great Muta
5/3/97 Osaka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Antonio Inoki & Tiger King
2/15/98 Tokyo Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai & Kendo Kashin vs. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Disc 11
5/5/01 Fukuoka IWGP Jr Tag Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Dr. Wagner Jr & Silver King
8/8/02 Hiroshima: Jushin Thunder Liger & Super Delfin & Ebessan vs. Billyken Kid & Kuishinbo Kamen & Tigers Mask
11/22/02 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Takashi Iizuka
4/18/03 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
2/15/04 Tokyo GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Mitsuo Momota
5/3/04 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
5/14/05 Tokyo Dome: Jushin Thunder Liger & Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Tatsumi Fujinami
Disc 12
9/3/06 Tokyo Tetsuya Naito Trial Series Match #1: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tetsuya Naito
5/26/08 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kazuchika Okada
5/3/09 Fukuoka: Jushin Thunder Liger & CIMA vs. Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask
8/27/11 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & Masakatsu Funaki & Takuma Sano vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Atsushi Aoki
6/16/12 Osaka IWGP Jr Tag Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
6/5/15 Tokyo Best of the Super Jr Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Barbaro Cavernario
1/24/16 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Virus
5/4/18 Fukuoka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita & Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
6/9/18 Osaka: Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rey Mysterio Jr vs. Cody & Hangman Page & Marty Scrull
4/6/19 NY: Honor Rumble