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New Japan in Pakistan


 August 15, 1984 in Islamabad, Pakistan
Almin Sports Center drawing 45,000
  1. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Animal Hamaguchi beat Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura when Kobayashi beat Kido.

  2. Roger Smith pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu.

  3. Riki Choshu DCO Billy Crusher (Bill Eadie) (5:52).

  4. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned El Canek (12:07).

  5. Antonio Inoki pinned Bad News Allen (12:32).
Note: New Japan toured Pakistan drawing huge numbers. Other shows: 8/6 in Peshwal drawing 40,000; 8/8 in Lahore drawing 35,000; 8/10 in Karachi drawing 35,000; 8/12 in Kuwaita drawing 30,000.

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New Japan in U.S.S.R.


 December 31, 1989 in Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Lenin Stadium drawing 15,000 ($90,000)
  1. Kuniaki Kobayashi pinned Takayuki Iizuka (12:07).

  2. Jushin Liger pinned Black Tiger (9:32).

  3. Masa Chono beat Chimur Zarasov (10:46) via submission.

  4. Shinya Hashimoto drew Wahka Eveloev.

  5. Riki Choshu pinned Victor Zangiev (6:04).

  6. Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Vladimir Berkovich (9:30).

  7. Habieli Victachev beat Hiro hase (3rd Rnd - 1:11) via submission.

  8. Salman Hashimikov pinned Manny Fernandez (8:20).
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New Japan in China


 September 1, 1990 in Halpin, China
??? drawing 4,200 ($2,500)
  1. Kensuki Sasaki beat Michiyoshi Ohara.

  2. Kantaro Hoshino beat Black Cat.

  3. Masa Chono beat Takayuki Iizuka.

  4. Jushin Liger pinned Osamu Matsuda.

  5. Riki Choshu beat Hiro Saito.

  6. Antonio Inoki beat Tastutoshi Goto via submission.
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New Japan in Iraq


 December 3, 1990 in Baghdad, Iraq
  1. Bad News Allan pinned Masanabu Kurisu.

  2. Jushin Liger beat Kantaro Hoshino via countout.

  3. The Cuban Assassin pinned Black Cat.

  4. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito beat Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki.
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Pyongyang Sports Festival


 Pyongyang, North Korea at Pyongyang Stadium

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April 28, 1995 drawing 150,000 ($7,500,000)
  1. Yuji Nagata beat Tokimitsu Ishizawa (4:28).

  2. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto beat Manami Toyota & Mariko Yoshida (8:34) when Nakano pinned Yoshida.

  3. Hiro Hase pinned Wild Pegasus (10:10).

  4. Masa Chono & Hiro Saito beat El Samurai & Tadao Yasuda (8:06) when Chono pinned Samurai.

  5. Too Cold Scorpio beat Shinjiro Ohtani (2:37) when the referee stopped the match due to Ohtani's excessive bleeding.

  6. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Masa Saito (8:34).

  7. IWGP Champ Shinya Hashimoto drew Scott Norton (20:00).
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April 29, 1995 drawing 170,000 ($8,500,000)
  1. Hiro Saito pinned Yuji Nagata (5:29).

  2. Black Cat pinned El Samurai (4:56).

  3. Wild Pegasus pinned Too Cold Scorpio (6:22).

  4. Scott Norton & Masa Chono beat Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka (8:40) when Norton pinned Nogami.

  5. Road Warrior Hawk pinned Tadao Yasuda (2:21).

  6. Rick & Scott Steiner beat Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (11:51) when Scott pinned Hase.

  7. CMLL Women's Champ Akira Hokuto pinned Bull Nakano (8:04).

  8. Antonio Inoki pinned Ric Flair (14:52).
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