1957 1966 1967 1969




Kawasaki Stadium 1957


 September 25, 1957 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 12,000
  1. Masayuki Tamanogawa beat Isao Yoshihara (15:50).

  2. Matamichi Daidozan drew Masaaki Takemura (20:00).

  3. Osamu Abe beat Hideyuki Nagasawa (6:15).

  4. Michiaki Yoshimura beat Surugaumi (6:27).

  5. Kokichi Endo beat Harold Sakata (11:30) via DQ.

  6. Azumafuji beat Lord Athol Layton (9:35).

  7. Rikidozan & Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil & Danny Plechas (36:31) in two straight falls.
    • Brazil & Plechas were DQed.
    • Rikidozan beat Brazil (36:31).
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Kawasaki Stadium 1966


 June 18, 1966 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 15,000
  1. Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka (10:17).

  2. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho.

  3. Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Homma (11:08).

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto won a six man "battle royal" (17:24).

  5. Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika (8:45).

  6. Killer Karl Kox beat Yoshinosato (8:45).

  7. Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carrolo (10:13).

  8. Giant Baba beat Don Chuy (6:07).

  9. JWA All-Asian Tag Champs Hiro Matsuda & Michiaki Yoshimura drew Eddie Graham & Sam Steamboat (60:00) in three falls.
    • Matsuda beat Steamboat (33:30).
    • Graham beat Matsuda (38:56).
    • The time limit expired (60:00).
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Kawasaki Stadium 1967


 July 22, 1967 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 15,000
  1. Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika (11:19).

  2. Michiaki Yoshimuta beat George Drake (17:10).

  3. Antonio Pugliesi beat Umanosuke Ueda (8:04).

  4. Kintaro Oki NC Tank Morgan (15:55) in three falls.
    • Oki beat Morgan (9:27).
    • Morgan beat Oki (13:31).
    • Both men were counted out (15:55).

  5. JWA All-Asian Tag Champs Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki beat Jesse Ortega & Art Mahilik (18:51) in three falls.
    • Ortega beat Inoki (14:56).
    • Ortega & Mahilik were DQed (17:50).
    • Baba beat Mahilik (18:51).
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Kawasaki Stadium 1969


 July 1, 1969 in Kawasaki, Japan
Kawasaki Baseball Stadium drawing 8,000
  1. Mikiyuki Kitazawa beat Masayuki Fujii (5:23).

  2. Haruka Eigen beat Katsuji Adachi (11:03).

  3. Atsuhide Koma drew Akihisa Takachiho (15:00).

  4. Kurt Von Steiger beat Motoshi Ohkuma (9:08).

  5. Kantaro Hoshino beat Edward Perez (10:31).

  6. Karl Von Steiger beat Kotetsu Yamamoto (9:13).

  7. Kotetsu Yamamoto won an eight man "battle royal" (15:36).

  8. Kim Ill beat Brute Bernard (11:15) via DQ.

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Skull Murphy (25:24) in two straight falls.
    • Both men were counted out (22:14).
    • Inoki beat Murphy (25:24).

  10. Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie & Kurt Von Stroheim (24:04) in three falls.
    • Blassie beat Baba (16:08).
    • Blassie & Stroheim were DQed (20:12).
    • Baba beat Stroheim (24:04).
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