New Year Giant Series 1/2/82 Korakuen Hall
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kelly Kiniski
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mark Lewin & Tor Kamata
Battle Royal: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Akio Sato vs. Ashura Hara vs. Giant Baba vs. Goro Tsurumi vs. Great Kojika vs. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kelly Kiniski vs. Mark Lewin vs. Mighty Inoue vs. Motoshi Okuma vs. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Prince Tonga vs. Rocky Hata vs. Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Takashi Ishikawa vs. The Destroyer vs. Tor Kamata vs. Umanosuke Ueda
New Year Giant Series 1982 1/3/82 Korakuen Hall
Sweet Brown Sugar & The Destroyer vs. Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu
2/3 Falls NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tor Kamata
G+ Classics New Year Giant Series 1982 1/15/82 Kuragata Sports Hall Chiba, Japan
Mil Mascaras vs. Sweet Brown Sugar
Stan Hansen vs. Ashura Hara
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Gypsy Joe & Tor Kamata
Original TV New Year Giant Series 1982 1/20/82 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Dos Caras & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Alfonso Dantes & Goro Tsurumi
Jumbo Tsuruta & Mil Mascaras vs. Gypsy Joe & Stan Hansen
Giant Baba vs. Umnaosuke Ueda
New Year Giant Series 1982 1/29/82 Ehime Prefectural Cultural Hall
Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Goro Tsurumi & Umanosuke Ueda
Kelly Kiniski & Stan Hansen vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Pat O'Connor
New Year Giant Series 1982 2/4/82 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
AWA Title: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
2/4/82 Tokyo IWA Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu
2/3/82 Yokohama NWA International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Nikolai Volkoff
2/3/82 Yokohama: Mil Mascaras vs. Alfonso Dantes
2/2/82 Gifu: Mil Mascaras vs. Nick Bockwinkel
2/2/82 Gifu: Stan Hansen & Umanoske Ueda vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
2/28/82 Atlanta Omni
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Stomper & Rick Harris (Black Bart)
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Dory Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Buddy Rose & Rip Oliver
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinal: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Final: Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco vs. Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba vs. Terry Gordy
3/7/82 Charlotte Coliseum
Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Alexis Smirnoff & Ivan Koloff
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
NWA International Heavyweight Title: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson. Digest of 30:00
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tommy Rich
2/4/82 Tokyo IWA Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu. G+ complete match
2/4/82 Tokyo AWA Title: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ complete match
2/4/82 Tokyo PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen. G+ complete match
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL NWA International Title: Dory Funk Jr vs. Butch Reed. G+ complete match
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Mike Graham. G+ complete match
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Harley Race. G+ complete match
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA Omni Center, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Ric Flair
3/4/82 Kansas City Memorial Hall: Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bruiser Brody & Jerry Brown
3/7/82 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum
Alexis Smirnoff & Ivan Koloff vs. Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu
International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tommy Rich
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Atsushi Onita
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall TV Broadcast
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Handheld
Alexis Smirnoff vs. Prince Tonga
Motoshi Okuma vs. Mongolian Stomper
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Ted Dibiase & Tom Howard vs. Rocky Hata & Akio Sato
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody
3/25/82 Chiba Park Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bill Howard
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Alexis Smirnoff
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Buck Robley vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Prince Tonga vs. Rocky Hata
Champion Carnival: Alexis Smirnoff vs. Mighty Inoue
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Tom Howard
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Mongolian Stomper
3/25/82 Chiba Park Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bill Howard
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Alexis Smirnoff
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Billy Robinson
3/30/82 Niigata City Gym
Champion Carnival: Ted Dibiase vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Prince Tonga
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Mongolian Stomper
3/30/82 Niigata City Gym
Champion Carnival: Ted Dibiase vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Prince Tonga
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Mongolian Stomper
4/9/82 Tottori Industrial Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Mighty Inoue
Champion Carnival: Billy Robinson vs. Mongolian Stomper
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/16/82 Fukuoka Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/28/88 Yokohama: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/20/89 Osaka Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
6/5/89 Tokyo Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/11/89 Yokohama Triple Crown Title: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/19/90 Yokohama Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
4/20/82 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan, International Tag Title Match: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan
Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
6/1/82 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Atushi Onita vs. Jay Youngblood
Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/5/98
4/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan: Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
6/1/82 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/12/98
3/7/82 North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum, International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Bill Robinson
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/19/98
6/4/82 Nagaoka, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
6/8/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
AJ Selection 4/25/98
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA Omni Center, PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Terry Gordy
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL Bayfront Center Arena: Terry Funk & Dick Slater vs. Jerry Lawler & Don Diamond
7/30/82 Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan, UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras
7/21/82: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras
7/22/82: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanoseke Ueda
7/30/82 NWA International Junior Title Match: Atsutshi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
7/30/82: UN Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras
7/30/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/1/82: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Motoshi Okuma & Shinya Kojika
8/1/82: UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
9/11/82: Mil Mascaras Lucha Competition Onita Picks Winner
9/11/82: Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen
9/14/82 & 2/3 Falls: Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Destroyer & Ron Bass & Crusher Blackwell
9/14/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
10/15/82: Chavo Guerrero vs. Shiro Koshinaka
10/7/82: International Heavyweight Title Match: Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/20/82: Bruiser Brody vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/24/82: UN Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/26/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
11/2/82: Dory Funk Jr & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Dream Machine
11/2/82: Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka
11/2/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Giant Baba
11/26/82: Harley Race & Dick Slater vs. Great Kojika & Mokoshi Okuma
11/26/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara
11/26/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda
11/26/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
12/2/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
12/2/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater
12/7/82: Giant Baba vs Umanosuke Ueda
12/9/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba
Note: all '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Matches
12/9/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater
12/13/82: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda
12/13/82: Harley Race & Dick Slater vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba
12/13/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
12/7/82: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Super Destroyer
12/7/82: Ricky Steamboat vs. Harley Race
12/7/82: Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody
12/7/82: Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
12/13/82 Sumo Hall: Ricky Steamboat vs. Atsushi Onita
11/4/82 Korakeun Hall NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Atsushi Onita
DVD #1 1977/1978
Finishes of 1977 league matches: Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman vs. Mighty Inoue & Akihisa Takachiho, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk
12/15/77 World Open Tag Title League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik finals 14:40
Finishes of 1978 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson & Wild Angus, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik
12/15/78 '78 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 45:00
DVD #2 1979/1980
Finishes of 1979 league matches: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Frank Hill, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba,
12/13/79 '79 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 17:15. Corny bloodbath that's more like a Z grade horror movie with almost no actual wrestling, but the fans are going nuts the whole time. Terry just hams it up with all his spastic overselling then Dory finally tags in & manages to suplex Abby, which is about where the holds begin & end. Abdullah has to find a way to carry his team since Sheik is 53, so he does what he always does, bleeds from the 1st or 2nd punch to the head, and from here it's just carnage with Terry focusing on enlarging Abby's cut while Sheik busts Dory open. Everyone eventually bleeds because what else are they capable of doing together, but none of this leads to anything that resembles a wrestling move or match, with the ref constantly managing to not see the foreign objects that are responsible for all the offense. I don't know that this is any worse than any other Abby & Sheik match, but I'd literally rather watch any match in the history of FMW or IWA Japan than this DUD.
Finishes of 1980 league matches: Ricky Steamboat & Dick Slater vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto, Billy Robinson & Les Thornton vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto
12/11/80 '80 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 43:50. These teams had 45:00 draws in the previous 3 tag leagues, but with Baba & Jumbo coming in a point behind the Funks, that really put the pressure on the natives to finally break through & even things at 2 tag leagues a piece rather than finish tie for 2nd with Abdullah & Kamata & allow the Texans to capture their third league. Only Baba seemed to feel that urgency early on & was interested in taking things to the next level when he came in. However, while Baba tried to pick things up with his signature highspots, the others still more or less stuck to their body work, delivering an unspectacular technical match where the Funks worked on Jumbo's knee & Baba's team worked on Terry's back. The quality was good from the outset, and it was a consistent but never particularly dynamic until they shifted to the stretch run about 27 minutes in when Jumbo came in & stomped Terry's head to break up the rolling cradle, then just kept putting the boots to him until Dory came in swinging. Jumbo was quite good during this final portion, but overall, the disappointment of the match is his greatness wasn't on display before that. He didn't or couldn't prod the Funks into doing anything that would instill any urgency or changes of pace into the match before the action finally got hot. Part of the problem may just have been that, even though Jumbo was well established by this point as the #2 star in the company, the style was basically Baba's when he was in & Dory's when Baba wasn't, so Jumbo never seemed to make even portions of the match his own despite logging the most ring time. Baba finally hit his big boot on Dory & told Jumbo to ascend to the top for his flying knee drop, which he gladly still delivered despite Terry diving on top of his brother before Jumbo lept. Terry taking the brunt of the impact apparently allowed Dory to come right back with his backdrop, but he lost the advantage going to the floor to check of Terry's health. The stretch run was shaping up to contain all the intensity & action you wanted to occur 20 minutes earlier when Baba managed to win without even knowing he won despite booking this nonsense. I'm not honestly sure why Jumbo wasn't counted out as he hit the floor first with Terry knocking him through the ropes with his headbutt then following him out. Both made it back to the apron, with Baba shoulderblocking Terry off then going back to fighting Dory, but Jumbo then fell off the apron without actually reentering. However, Joe Higuchi just completely ignored Jumbo & finished the count on Terry. To make things more muddled, you can't really tell he counted Terry out as Joe goes back in the ring & deals with Dory & Baba then eventually raises the hand of Jumbo, who finally reentered, and Baba just has this great befuddled look as he looks around trying to figure out what the hell happened. Needless to say this finish was super anticlimactic, and actually way worse than just another draw because at least you know what a draw is without having to rewind to figure out what happened. I want to say this match would have benefitted from being 2/3 falls, but the whole gimmick was neither team could even win one. The finishing sequence is what would essentially have been the 3rd fall, give or take, but what I mean though is they just needed something to prod them into some tempo changes earlier on. As it was, it was fine except for the finish, but as the final match of the tournament & the "payoff" to a rivalry that had been so equal, it just seemed like a nice match that managed to inconclusively keep everyone & everything exactly as before. ***1/4
DVD #3 1981/1982/1983
Finishes of 1981 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. The Sheik & Mark Lewin, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
12/13/81 '81 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 21:41
Finishes of 1982 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater,
12/13/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 12:30
Finishes of 1983 league matches: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Goro Tsurumi & The Mongolian, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
12/12/83 '83 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 17:54
DVD #4 1984/1985
Finishes of 1984 league matches: Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
12/8/84 '84 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen 18:42
Finishes of 1985 league matches: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race & Jesse Barr vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
12/12/85 '85 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu 30:00
DVD #5 1986/1987
Finishes of 1986 league matches: Rick Martel & Tom Zenk vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Tiger Mask II vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu,
12/12/86 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 8:13
Finishes of 1987 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Mark Youngblood & Chris Youngblood, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. TNT (Savio Vega) & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. TNT & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Great Kabuki & John Tenta vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, TNT & Abdullah The Butcher vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara,
12/11/87 '87 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka 8:46 of 16:51. No finish
DVD #6 1988/1989
Finishes of 1988 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Shunji Takano & John Tenta, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jerry Blackwell & Phil Hickerson, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh
12/16/88 '88 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada 21:02
Finishes of 1989 league matches: Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
12/6/89 '89 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu 28:57
DVD #7 1990/1991
Finishes of 1990 league matches: Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Dick Slater & Joel Deaton, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Skywalker Nitron & Butch Masters, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada
12/7/90 '90 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey 29:59
Finishes of 1991 league matches: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Al Perez, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith vs. Johnny Ace & Sonny Beach, Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue
12/6/91 '91 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada 25:24
DVD #8 1992/1993
Finishes of 1992 league matches: Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Spivey & Kendall Windham, Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Joel Deaton & Billy Black, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Th The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace
12/4/92 '92 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama 23:52
Finishes of 1993 league matches: Steve Williams & Big Bubba vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Spivey & Johnny Ace, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Giant Baba & Stan Hansen, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba
12/3/93 '93 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 23:34
DVD #9 1994/1995
Finishes of 1994 league matches: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Eagle & The Falcon, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Dan Spivey & Jim Steele vs. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
12/10/94 '94 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 26:30
Finishes of 1995 league matches: Stan Hansen/Gary Albright vs. Dan Kroffat/Doug Furnas, Misawa/Kobashi vs. Rob Van Dam/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Johnny Ace/Patriot
12/9/95 '95 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 24:04
DVD #10 1996/1997
Finishes of 1996 league matches: Kobashi/Patriot vs. Hansen/Omori, Kawada/Taue vs. Kamala/Izumida, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Steve Williams/Johnny Ace, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Williams/Ace, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Hansen/Omori vs. Kamala/Izumida, Albright/Sabu vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Kawada/Taue vs. Akiyama/Misawa, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Izumida/Kamala, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Williams/Ace,
12/6/96 '96 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 31:37
Finishes of 1997 league matches: Izumida/Kamala vs. Hayabusa/Jinsei Shinzaki, Williams/Albright vs. Omori/Honda, Kobashi/Ace vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Wolf Hawkfield/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Hansen/Duncum Jr., Omori/Honda vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Hansen/Duncum vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Williams/Albright vs. Hawkfield/Smith, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kamala/Izumida, Williams/Albright vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Kawada/Taue vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Ace/Kobashi, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Kobashi, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki
12/5/97 '97 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 30:52
DVD #11 1998/1999
Finishes of 1998 league matches: Kawada/Taue vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Vader/Hansen, Johnny Ace/Bart Gunn vs. Takayama/Omori, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Ace/Gunn, Akiyama/Kobashi vs. Vader/Hansen, Takayama/Omori vs. Kamala/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Gunn, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Misawa/Ogawa, Vader/Hansen vs. Ace/Gunn, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Headhunters, Kawada/Taue vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Hansen/Vader vs. Headhunters, Ace/Gunn vs. Kobashi/Akiyama
12/5/98 '98 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Vader & Stan Hansen 19:03
Finishes of 1999 league matches: Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Honda/Masao Inoue, Taue/Hansen vs. Albright/Hawkfield, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Smith/Vader, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Honda/Inoue, Hansen/Taue vs. Omori/Takayama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Taue/Hansen, Albright/Hawkfield vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Taue/Hansen vs. Vader/Smith
12/3/99 '99 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Stan Hansen & Akira Taue 20:15
Note: before the main match there's highlights of league matches from the television tapings
12/11/80 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, '80 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 43:50. These teams had 45:00 draws in the previous 3 tag leagues, but with Baba & Jumbo coming in a point behind the Funks, that really put the pressure on the natives to finally break through & even things at 2 tag leagues a piece rather than finish tie for 2nd with Abdullah & Kamata & allow the Texans to capture their third league. Only Baba seemed to feel that urgency early on & was interested in taking things to the next level when he came in. However, while Baba tried to pick things up with his signature highspots, the others still more or less stuck to their body work, delivering an unspectacular technical match where the Funks worked on Jumbo's knee & Baba's team worked on Terry's back. The quality was good from the outset, and it was a consistent but never particularly dynamic until they shifted to the stretch run about 27 minutes in when Jumbo came in & stomped Terry's head to break up the rolling cradle, then just kept putting the boots to him until Dory came in swinging. Jumbo was quite good during this final portion, but overall, the disappointment of the match is his greatness wasn't on display before that. He didn't or couldn't prod the Funks into doing anything that would instill any urgency or changes of pace into the match before the action finally got hot. Part of the problem may just have been that, even though Jumbo was well established by this point as the #2 star in the company, the style was basically Baba's when he was in & Dory's when Baba wasn't, so Jumbo never seemed to make even portions of the match his own despite logging the most ring time. Baba finally hit his big boot on Dory & told Jumbo to ascend to the top for his flying knee drop, which he gladly still delivered despite Terry diving on top of his brother before Jumbo lept. Terry taking the brunt of the impact apparently allowed Dory to come right back with his backdrop, but he lost the advantage going to the floor to check of Terry's health. The stretch run was shaping up to contain all the intensity & action you wanted to occur 20 minutes earlier when Baba managed to win without even knowing he won despite booking this nonsense. I'm not honestly sure why Jumbo wasn't counted out as he hit the floor first with Terry knocking him through the ropes with his headbutt then following him out. Both made it back to the apron, with Baba shoulderblocking Terry off then going back to fighting Dory, but Jumbo then fell off the apron without actually reentering. However, Joe Higuchi just completely ignored Jumbo & finished the count on Terry. To make things more muddled, you can't really tell he counted Terry out as Joe goes back in the ring & deals with Dory & Baba then eventually raises the hand of Jumbo, who finally reentered, and Baba just has this great befuddled look as he looks around trying to figure out what the hell happened. Needless to say this finish was super anticlimactic, and actually way worse than just another draw because at least you know what a draw is without having to rewind to figure out what happened. I want to say this match would have benefitted from being 2/3 falls, but the whole gimmick was neither team could even win one. The finishing sequence is what would essentially have been the 3rd fall, give or take, but what I mean though is they just needed something to prod them into some tempo changes earlier on. As it was, it was fine except for the finish, but as the final match of the tournament & the "payoff" to a rivalry that had been so equal, it just seemed like a nice match that managed to inconclusively keep everyone & everything exactly as before. ***1/4
12/13/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan '81 Sekai Saikyo Tag Kettei League Koshikisen: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka. Fast-paced action packed brawl. Terry even did a plancha. The key spot was Brody whipping Terry at Stan, who took Terry's head off with the western lariat. Terry sold on the floor forever, while Dory did his best to take on the opposition 1 against 2. ****
12/13/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan '82 World's Strongest Tag Team League Match: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody. Total brawl. Punches, kicks, elbows, and forearms all the way. Funks bled. The fans were into it, but IMO it was nothing special. They did the same thing as last year with Hansen western lariating Terry on the floor. What happened from here was different, but unfortunately it quickly resulted in a screw job. **