1974 1975 1976 1977





1st Annual World League


 April 5 - May 8, 1974

1.Seiji Sakaguchi7.5
2.Antonio Inoki (winner)7.0
3.Masa Saito5.5
4.Kintaro Hoshino4.0
5.Kotetsu Yamamoto3.5
6.Haruka Eigan2.0
7.Osamu Kido2.0
8.Katsuhita Shibata1.0
A.Karl Krupp7.0
B.Invader I6.0
C.Stan Stasiak5.0
D.Geeto Mongol3.5
E.Khasrow Vasiri3.0
F.Bobo Mongol3.0
G.Walter Johnson1.0
H.Argentina Zuma0.0
The first round consisted of the foreigners wrestling the Japanese.
The top four point getters from each group then competed in a second round-robin tournament.


1.Antonio Inoki5.5
2.Seiji Sakaguchi5.5
3.Karl Krupp5.5
4.Masa Saito5.0
5.Stan Stasiak2.5
6.Invader I2.0
7.Kintaro Hoshino1.5
8.Geeto Mongol0.0

Grand Final
Sakaguchi beat Krupp (12:46) via DQ
Inoki TKO Sakaguchi (16:52)
Inoki beat Krupp (7:17) via submission

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2nd Annual World League


 April 4 - May 16, 1975

1.Karl Krupp13.5
2.Antonio Inoki (winner)12.5
3.Seiji Sakaguchi12.5
4.Kintaro Oki12.5
5.Strong Kobayashi12.5
6.Super Destroyer10.5
7.Masa Saito9.0
8.Kotetsu Yamamoto8.0
9.Man Mountain Mike7.0
10.Kintaro Hoshino7.0
11.Haruka Eigan5.0
12.Katsuhisa Shibata3.0
13.John Gagne2.0
14.Sangre Fria2.0
15.Father Singh2.0
16.Osamu Kido1.0

Semi-Finals
Inoki beat Kobayashi (20:02) via submission
Sakaguchi DDQ Oki (2:23)

Grand Final: Inoki beat Krupp (16:42) via submission

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3rd Annual World League


 April 2 - May 11, 1976

1.Pedro Morales13
2.Seiji Sakaguchi (winner)10
3.Karl Krupp10
4.Victor Rivera10
5.Strong Kobayashi9
6.Masa Saito9
7.Kintaro Hoshino7
8.Osamu Kido6
9.Towering Inferno5
10.Butcher Vachon4
11.Haruka Eigan3
12.Ken Mantell3
13.Raul Mata2
14.Kotetsu Yamamoto0

Semi-Finals
Krupp beat Rivera (12:06) via submission
Sakaguchi beat Rivera (8:57) via submission
Sakaguchi pinned Krupp (6:12)

Grand Final: Sakaguchi beat Morales (25:38) via countout

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4th Annual World League


 March 4 - 31, 1977

1.Masked Superstar10.0
2.Seiji Sakaguchi (winner)8.0
3.Mitsuo Yoshida7.5
4.Nikolai Volkoff7.5
5.Kintaro Hoshino5.0
6.Manuel Soto4.0
7.Johnny Powers4.0
8.Haruka Eigan3.0
9.Osamu Kido3.0
10.Tony Charles2.0
11.Enrique Vera1.0

Grand Final: Sakaguchi beat Masked Superstar (20:05) via submission

Grand Final at Sumo Hall

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