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October 4, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
Shown on TV Tokyo
  1. Makoto Arakawa beat Kazuo Sato (10:39) via submission.

  2. Little (Gran) Hamada pinned Shinichi Kihara (6:23).

  3. John Kowalski pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (6:30).

  4. Wayne Bridges pinned Harold Sakata (5:51).

  5. John Tolley (Foley) pinned Shoji Kai (7:02).

  6. Osamu Kido pinned Prince Kumali (8:45).

  7. Pat Roach beat Katsuhisa Shibata (7:30) via DQ.

  8. Osamu Kido won a "battle royal" (9:31).

  9. Antonio Inoki beat Karl Gotch (27:16) via countout to win the New Japan Real World Title.

  10. Red Pimpernel (Abe Jacobs) & Sean Regan (2-1) Toyonobori & Yamamoto (24:01) in three falls.
    • Pimpernel forced Yamamoto to submit (17:37).
    • Toyonobori forced Regan to submit (19:40).
    • Pimpernel forced Toyonobori to submit (24:01).
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April 20, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Seiei (Kengo) Kimura beat Masanobu Kurisu.

  2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Tsutomo Oshiro.

  3. Shoji Kai beat Tatsumi Fujinami (10:22).

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan).

  5. Arpad Weber beat Little Hamada.

  6. Katsuhisa Shibata beat Zyl.

  7. Osamu Kido beat Jozsef Molnar.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Cyclone (Manuel) Soto & Jan Wilkins.
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October 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000
  1. Makoto (Don) Arakawa beat Takashi Kimura.

  2. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Little Hamada (11:58).

  3. Clayton Thompson beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

  4. Wayne Bridges & El Santo (Ham Lee) beat Shoji Kai & Masashi Ozawa.

  5. Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Anaconda (TNT).

  6. Osamu Kido beat Bobby Bold Eagle (Bob Boyer).

  7. Victor Rivera beat Katsuhisa Shibata.

  8. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch (47:37) in three falls.
    • Thesz pinned Sakaguchi (19:55).
    • Sakaguchi pinned Thesz (30:17).
    • Inoki pinned Gotch (47:57).
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March 19, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 16,500
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami & Takashi Kimura beat Little Hamada & Makoto Arakawa (15:26) when Kimura pinned Arakawa.

  2. Jim Grabmire pinned Masashi Ozawa (12:01).

  3. Haruka Eigen pinned Les Thornton (5:04).

  4. Tatsumi Fujinami won a "battle royal" (15:07).

  5. Johnny Londos beat Katsuhisa Shibata (10:21) via DQ.

  6. Osamu Kido pinned Norman Frederick Charles (9:49).

  7. Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Eric the Animal & Jonathon Boyd (20:15) in two straight falls.
    • Hoshino pinned Boyd (15:29).
    • Yamamoto pinned Eric (20:15).

  8. Seiji Sakaguchi DCO Andre the Giant (16:45).

  9. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Strong Kobayashi (29:30).
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June 20, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Shoji Kai pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (11:33).

  2. Kurt Von Hess & Karl Von Schotz beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (21:39) in three falls.
    • Hess pinned Hoshino (13:58).
    • Hoshino pinned Von Schotz (17:10).
    • Hoshino was counted out (21:39).

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (22:12) in two straight falls.
    • Inoki pinned Singh (20:51).
    • Singh was DQed (22:12).
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October 10, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Masashi Ozawa (14:20) via DQ.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Nikolai Volkoff (14:13) via submission.

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Kintaro Oki (13:13).
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December 12, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
  1. Osamu Kido pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (9:08).

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino beat Andre the Giant & George McRelley (14:51) when Sakaguchi pinned McRelley.

  3. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki beat Strong Kobayashi (28:27) via submission.
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March 20, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Masashi Ozawa (10:29).

  2. Strong Kobayashi beat Johnny Londos (8:44).

  3. Seiji Sakaguchi pinned The Magnificent Zulu (9:12).

  4. NWF Champ Tiger Jeet Singh DCO Antonio Inoki (19:01).
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April 4, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,500
  1. Kotetsu Yamamoto & Takashi Kimura beat Haruka Eigen & Tatsumi Fujinami (14:45) when Yamamoto pinned Fujinami.

  2. Seiji Sakaguchi drew Strong Kobayashi (30:00).

  3. Kintaro Oki beat Antonio Inoki (1:16) via countout.
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June 26, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,600
  1. Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi beat The Professional (Doug Gilbert) & Greg Valentine (15:37) when Sakaguchi pinned Professional.

  2. Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (26:51) in three falls to win the NWF Title.
    • Inoki pinned Singh (19:41).
    • Singh pinned Inoki (22:28).
    • Inoki pinned Singh (26:51).
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October 9, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Katsuhisa Shibata & Shoji Kai beat Ryuma Go & Kang Sung Yung.

  2. Kengo Kimura beat Clayton Thompson.

  3. Masashi Ozawa beat Mike Sandow.

  4. Jacques Rougeau beat Haruka Eigen.

  5. Strong Kobayashi & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown (22:05) in two straight falls.
    • Kobayashi pinned Roberts (17:48).
    • Brown was DQed (22:05).

  6. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki pinned Lou Thesz (17:40). Antonino Rocca was the special referee.
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December 11, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000
  1. Daigoro Oshiro drew Makoto Arakawa (15:00).

  2. Katsuhisa Shibata pinned Takashi Kimura (9:10).

  3. Ivan Gomez beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:22) via submission.

  4. Kotetsu Yamamoto pinned Masashi Ozawa (13:20).

  5. Bearcat Wright pinned Haruka Eigen (5:13).

  6. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ivan Karamazov (8:57) via submission.

  7. Kantaro Hoshino & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ricky Hunter & Greg Valentine (10:57) when Hoshino pinned Hunter.

  8. NWF Champ Antonio Inoki drew Bill Robinson (60:00) in three falls.
    • Robinson pinned Inoki (42:53).
    • Inoki forced Robinson to submit (59:12).
    • The time limit expired (60:00).
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