Sumo Hall 4/81
April 23, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown May 1, 1981 on TV
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda.
- Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigan beat Osamu Kido & Kuroneko.
- Tiger Mask beat Dynamite Kid (9:29).
- Kengo Kimura beat Biko Botowamungo.
- Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu beat Ken Patera & Rick McGraw.
- El Canek beat Tatsumi Fujinami via DQ.
- Antonio Inoki pinned Stan Hansen (12:56) to win the held-up NWF Title.
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Sumo Hall 6/81
June 24, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
- Tatsumi Fujinami beat Kuroneko.
- Tiger Mask beat Villano III (15:55) via countout.
- Tiger Taguchi beat Killer Khan via DQ.
- Abdullah the Butcher & Stan Hansen beat Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu (11:00) in three falls.
- Hansen beat Yatsu (9:06).
- Butcher & Hansen were DQed (9:44).
- Inoki & Yatsu were DQed (11:00).
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Sumo Hall 8/81
August 6, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown August 7, 1981 on TV
- Tiger Mask beat Scorpio, Sr. (10:18).
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Sumo Hall 10/81
October 8, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown October 9, 1981 on TV
- Tiger Mask beat Masked Hurricane (7:09) in a "mask vs. mask" match.
- Rusher Kimura beat Antonio Inoki (10:35) via DQ.
- Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan vs. Riki Choshu & Dino Bravo.
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Sumo Hall 11/81
November 5, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown November 6, 1981 on TV
- Tiger Mask beat Gran Hamada (17:01).
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Sumo Hall 12/81
December 8, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown December 18, 1981 on TV
- Super Maquina beat George Takano.
- Seiji Sakaguchi beat Badnews Coage.
- Tiger Mask DCO Canek (11:36).
- Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Tiger Toguchi & Rucher Kimura via DQ.
- Andre the Giant beat Killer Khan.
- Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Stan Hansen & Roland Bock.
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Sumo Hall 4/1/82
April 1, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown April 2, 1982 on TV
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Steve Wright (17:50).
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Sumo Hall 4/21/82
April 21, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask DCO Black Tiger (14:17).
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Sumo Hall 6/82
June 18, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown live on TV
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Ultraman (9:48).
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Sumo Hall 8/82
August 5, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Dynamite Kid (15:58).
- WWF World Champ Bob Backlund pinned Tatsumi Fujinami.
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Sumo Hall 11/82
November 4, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown November 12, 1982 on TV
- NWA & WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (13:40) via DQ.
- Antonio Inoki beat Isamu Teranishi (13:03) via submission.
- Antonio Inoki pinned Animal Hamaguchi (8:27).
- Rusher Kimura beat Antonio Inoki (5:37) via countout.
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Sumo Hall 2/83
February 7, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing ???
Shown February 11, 1983 on TV
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask beat Black Tiger (15:18).
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Sumo Hall 4/83
April 21, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 14,000
Shown April 22, 1983 on TV
- Tiger Mask DCO Dynamite Kid (18:04).
- Akira Maeda pinned Paul Orndorff.
- Riki Choshu beat Tatsumi Fujinami.
- Antonio Inoki beat Masa Saito in a "loser leaves town" match.
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Sumo Hall 6/83
June 2, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($280,000)
Shown June 3, 1983 on TV
- Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki.
- Ryuma Go beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara.
- Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino beat El Canek & Enrique Vera.
- Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura beat Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi.
- Seiji Sakaguchi DCO John Studd.
- Andre the Giant beat Killer Khan.
- Tiger Mask pinned Kuniaki Kobayashi (18:06) to win the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Hulk Hogan beat Antonio Inoki (21:27) via countout to win the first IWGP Tournament.
 1983 IWGP League Bracketing
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Sumo Hall 8/83
August 4, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($280,000)
- NWA Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask pinned Isamu Teranishi (14:37).
- Rusher Kimura pinned Animal Hamaguchi in a "death" match.
- Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu via countout to win the WWF International title.
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Sumo Hall 11/83
November 3, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000
- Gran Hamada beat Black Cat.
- John Studd & Steven Wright beat Ryuma Go & Osamu Kido.
- Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada.
- Paul Orndorff beat Masanobu Kurisu.
- The Cobra pinned Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Animal Hamaguchi beat Seiji Sakaguchi via DQ.
- Riki Choshu beat Akira Maeda.
- WWF International Champ Tatsumi Fujinami DCO Killer Khan.
- Antonio Inoki pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu.
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Sumo Hall 2/84
February 7, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000 ($287,000)
- Masanobu Kurisu beat Riki Bassan.
- Kantaro Hoshino & Baby Face beat Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki.
- Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Black Tiger & Bret Hart when Kobayashi pinned Hart.
- Akira Maeda DCO Kengo Kimura.
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Animal Hamaguchi via DQ.
- The Cobra DCO Davey Boy Smith (9:55).
- Dynamite Kid beat Davey Boy Smith (14:03) via countout.
- Dynamite Kid pinned The Cobra (6:17) to win the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Hulk Hogan & Mike Sharpe beat Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu when Hogan pinned Yatsu.
- Rusher Kimura beat Tatsumi Fujinami via DQ.
- Antonio Inoki beat Bad News Allen via submission.
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title League Bracketing
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Sumo Hall 4/84
April 19, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000
- Fumihiro Niikura beat Shunji Kosugi.
- Bruce Hart beat Nobuo Honaga.
- Ray Candy, Leroy Brown, & Hercules Ayala beat Kantaro Hoshino, Makato Arakawa, & Masanobu Kurisu when Candy beat Kurisu.
- Don Muraco beat Haruka Eigan.
- Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido beat Masked Superstar & Mike Sharpe when Kido beat Sharpe.
- Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Kengo Kimura, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Antonio Inoki beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Isamu Teranishi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, & Riki Choshu (65:11) in an "elimination series" match.
- Fujinami pinned Kobayashi (7:30).
- Fujinami beat Teranishi (15:57) via submission.
- Yatsu beat Fujinami (18:59) via countout.
- Yatsu pinned Takada (29:05).
- Kimura pinned Yatsu (37:26).
- Hamaguchi pinned Kimura (43:55).
- Hamaguchi and Fujiwara were both counted out (51:27).
- Antonio Inoki TKO Riki Choshu (65:11).
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Sumo Hall 6/84
June 14, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 13,000 ($285,000)
- Black Cat pinned Shunji Kosugi (12:19).
- Kantaro Hoshino pinned Masanobu Kurisu (7:16).
- Kuniaki Kobayashi & Animal Hamaguchi beat Nobuhiko Takada & Yasu Naga when Hamaguchi beat Naga.
- Andre the Giant & Masked Superstar beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami (7:59) when Andre pinned Fujinami.
- John Quinn & Otto Wanz beat Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:58) when Wanz beat Fujiwara.
- Yoshiaki Yatsu, Masa Saito, & Riki Choshu beat Ken Patera, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch (10:48) when Choshu beat Patera.
- Antonio Inoki beat Hulk Hogan (22:39) via countout to win the IWGP Title.
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Sumo Hall 8/84
August 2, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 12,000 ($250,000)
- Naoki Sano beat Keiichi Yamada.
- Fumihiro Niikura beat Shunji Kosugi.
- Kantaro Hoshino & Norio Honaga beat Osamu Kido & Black Cat.
- Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith beat Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi when Dynamite beat Hamaguchi.
- Yoshiaki Yatsu pinned El Canek (11:11).
- Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura beat Bad News Allen & Rick Oliver (7:55) when Kimura pinned Oliver.
- Tatsumi Fujinami pinned David Schultz (7:37).
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champ The Cobra DCO Kuniaki Kobayashi (15:04).
- Antonio Inoki pinned Riki Choshu (29:39).
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Old Sumo Hall (Kuramae Kokugikan) was demolished
and replaced by new Sumo Hall (Ryogoku Kokugikan).
Sumo Hall 4/85
April 18, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,066 ($280,000)
- Black Cat beat Hirakazu Hata.
- Keiji Mutoh & Mokoto Arakawa beat Shinya Hashimoto & Shuko Kim.
- Mike Miller beat Masa Saito via DQ.
- Shunji Takano & Anoaro Antisanoe beat Bad News Allen & Gestapo (Rip Oliver).
- Shunji Kosugi beat Keiichi Yamada to win the 1985 Young Lions Tournament.
- Seiji Sakaguchi pinned Billy Jack Haynes.
- Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Strong Machine #1.
- WWF International Tag Champs Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch beat Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino.
- Antonio Inoki DCO Bruiser Brody (26:20).
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Sumo Hall 12/85
December 6, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,750
- Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka beat Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar (14:48) via countout.
- Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi drew Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (30:00).
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