Miscellaneous Japanese Events

We Are SWS!

SWS/WWF WrestleFest

SWS/WWF WrestleDream

SWS/WWF SuperWrestle

Rikidozan Memorial Show '96

Weekly Pro Wrestling At The Tokyo Dome

WRESTLE-1

HUSTLE-1

Japanese Hardcore Wrestling II

Japanese Hardcore Wrestling III

SWS We Are SWS!

October 18-19, 1990 in Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Arena drawing ???

Hiroshi Hatanaka beat Masao Orihara via submission.

Jeff Wheeler beat Kenichi Oya.

Shogun Ky Wakamatsu beat Fumihiro Niikura via KO.

The Samoan Swat Team beat Dino Ventura & Jerry Morrow when The Samoan Savage pinned Ventura.

Naoki Sano beat Snake Willam.

Kendo Nagasaki, Shinichi Nakano & Goro Tsurumi beat Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitihara & Takashi Ishikawa when Tsurami pinned Kitihara.

Genichiro Tenryu & The Great Kabuki beat Jeff Jarrett & Bob Orton, Jr. when Tenryu pinned Jarrett.

George & Shunji Takano beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Isao Takaji when Shunji pinned Takaji.

George & Shunji Takano beat Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa when Shunji pinned Tenryu.

Kenichi Oya beat Hiroshi Hatanaka.

Dino Ventura beat Masao Orihara.

Fumihiro Niikura beat Jeff Wheeler via submission.

Samson Fuyuki & Tatsumi Kitihara beat The Samoan Swat Team when Kitihara pinned Fatu.

Shinichi Nakano beat Snake Willam.

Jeff Jarrett beat Naoki Sano.

The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa beat Kendo Nagasaki & Goro Tsurumi when Ishikawa forced Tsurami to submit.

Yoshiaki Yatsu & Isao Takaji beat Bob Orton & Jerry Morrow when Yatsu pinned Morrow.

Genichiro Tenryu beat George Takano.

SWS/WWF WrestleFest

March 30, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 46,000

The Hart Foundation beat The Rockers (14:40) when Hart pinned Michaels.

The Earthquake pinned Koji Kitao (6:10).

Ted DiBiase & Haku beat The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa (15:16) when DiBiase pinned Ishikawa.

The Ultimate Warrior beat Sgt. Slaughter (7:14).

Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitihara, Masao Orihara & Apollo Sugawara beat Goro Tsurumi, Don Arakawa, Kenichi Oya & Fumihiro Niikura (5:37) when Fuyuki pinned Oya.

Kendo Nagasaki beat Jim Duggan (2:49).

Demolition beat Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano (5:22) when Demolition Smash pinned Nakano.

Masakatsu Funaki beat Naoki Sano (10:23) via submission.

Kerry Von Erich beat WWF I-C Champion Mr Perfect (6:59) via DQ.

Yoshiaki Yatsu & Ishinriki beat Jimmy Snuka & The Barbarian (10:00) when Yatsu pinned Barbarian.

Randy Savage beat George Takano (13:42).

The Road Warriors beat Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu (14:03) via countout.

SWS/WWF WrestleDream

April 1, 1991 in Kobe, Japan

Kobe Hall drawing 14,650

Hisakatsu Oya beat Masao Orihara.

Samson Fuyuki beat Tatsumi Kitihara.

Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Fumihiro Niikura via submission.

Masakatsu Funaki beat Naoki Sano via submission.

The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa beat Kendo Nagasaki & Ishinriki when Ishikawa pinned Ishinriki.

The Earthquake beat Koji Kitao via DQ.

George Takano beat Bret Hart.

Genichiro Tenryu beat Randy Savage.

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan beat Yoshiaki Yatsu. 

SWS/WWF SuperWrestle

December 12, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 40,000+

Goro Tsurumi, Apollo Sugawara & Fumihiro Niikura beat Kenichi Oya, Don Arakawa & Akira Katayama (13:22) when Niikura forced Katayama to submit.

Minoru Suzuki beat Wellington Wilkins, Jr. (1:40) via submission.

The Great Kabuki, Takashi Ishikawa & Samson Fuyuki beat Kendo Nagasaki, Shinichi Nakano & Tatsumi Kitihara (14:29) when Fuyuki pinned Nakano.

Masakatsu Funaki beat Jerry Flynn (5:19) via submission.

Yoshihiro Asai beat Jerry Estrada (10:15).

The British Bulldog & Ashura Hara defeated Haku & Yoshiaki Yatsu (16:57) when Bulldog pinned Haku.

George & Shunji Takano beat The Rockers (10:55) when George pinned Marty Jannetty.

Ted DiBiase beat Kerry Von Erich (9:18).

Naoki Sano beat Rick Martel (7:29) to win the SWS Light Heavyweight Title.

Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Ishinriki (11:12) via submission.

WWF World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors beat The Natural Disasters (9:15) when Animal pinned Typhoon.

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan beat Genichiro Tenryu (13:59).

Weekly Pro Wrestling At The Tokyo Dome

April 2, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 60,000 ($5,500,000)

JWP: Dynamite Kansai, Hikari Fukuoka, Candy Okutsu & Fusayo Nouchi beat Devil Masami, Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki & Hiromi Yagi (17:29) when Kansai pinned Masami.

LLPW: Shinobu Kandori beat Harley Saito (1:12) via submission in a "UFC Rules Match."

AJW: Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue beat Manami Toyota & Blizzard Yuki (17:40) when Kong pinned Toyota.

Go Gudan: Ryuma Go beat Uchu Majin Silver X (15:11) in an "Alien Death Match" to win the vacant Go Gudan Interplanetary Title.

IWA Japan: Terry Funk, Shoji Nakamaki & Leatherface beat Cactus Jack & The Headhunters (18:28) in a "Barbwire Barricade Barbwire Baseball Bat Texas Tornado Death Match" when Nakamaki pinned Headhunter B.

Pancrase: Minoru Suzuki beat Christopher DeWeaver (1:50) via submission.

PWFG: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa beat Carl Greco & Don Arakawa (16:20) when Ishikawa forced Greco to submit.

Michinoku: Super Delfin, Taka Michinoku & Gran Naniwa beat The Great Sasuke, Sato & Shiryu (22:25) when Delfin pinned Shiryu.

RINGS: Akira Maeda beat Chris Dolman (5:29) via submission.

UWFI: Nobuhiko Takada, Billy Scott & Masahito Kakihara beat Gary Albright, Gene Lydick & Kazuo Yamazaki (15:17) when Takada forced Lydick to submit.

FMW: The Great 'Nita pinned King Pogo (13:59) in an "Explosive Barbwire Match."

AJPW: Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen fought Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Johnny Ace (30:00) to a draw.

NJPW: IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Masahiro Chono (15:57).

Note: This is an extremely rare handheld of the large screen. There wasn't a home video produced of this event. It is in good quality. 

Rikidozan Memorial Show 1996

June 30, 1996 in Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Arena drawing 16,000

LLPW: Shinobu Kandori & Michiko Omukai beat Eagle Sawai & Michiko Nagashima (12:46) when Kandori pinned Nagashima.

JPW/GAEA: Chigusa Nagayo, Hiromi Yagi & Hikari Fukuoka beat Dynamite Kansai, Bomber Hikari, & Toshie Uematsu (12:23) when Nagayo pinned Uematsu.

FMW: Mike Awesome & Hisakatsu Ooya beat Koji Nakayama & Masato Tanaka (12:13) when Awesome pinned Nakayama.

IWA Japan: Tarzan Goto beat Takashi Okano (16:11).

UWFI/PWFG: Yoshiaki Fujiwara fought Yoji Anjoh to a double countout.

NJPW/WAR: Genichiro Tenryu & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu & Koji Kitihara (13:51) when Tenryu pinned Kitihara.

Samurai Project: Ryuma Go & Takeshi Miyamoto beat Samurai Max & Fumio Akiyama (14:35) when Go pinned Max.

IWA Kakutoshijuku: Goro Tsurumi beat The Mummy (7:09).

BJPW: Seiji Yamakawa & Kendo Nagasaki beat Yuichi Toniguchi & Shoji Nakamaki (12:58) when Yamakawa pinned Toniguchi.

AJPW: Mitsuo Momota beat Masao Inoue (8:35).

WAR/Kitao Pro: Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado beat Koji Kitao & Masaaki Mochizuki (12:26) when Fuyuki pinned Mochizuki.

Japan Pro/Michinoku: Satoru Sayama fought Tiger Mask IV (33:00) to a draw.

NJPW: Keiji Mutoh & Kensuke Sasaki beat Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata (14:51) when Mutoh pinned Hirata.

Japanese Hardcore Wrestling II

April 28, 2002 with various taped matches

Shown on US PPV

Michinoku: Apex Of Triangle Tag Team Champions The Great Sasuke, El Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask IV beat Dick Togo, Gedo & Tomohiro Ishii when Tiger Mask pinned Ishii.

BJPW: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga beat Jun Kasai in a "Thumbtack Death Match."

BJPW: The Winger & Shadow WX beat Mens Teioh & Abdullah The Kobayashi in a "Fire Wall Death Match" when Shadow WX pinned Kobayashi.

AJW: Kaoru Ito, Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi beat Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda & Kumiko Maekawa in a "Steel Cage Match."

BJPW: Tomoaki Honma beat John Zandig in a "Barbwire Glass Board Death Match" to win the BJPW World Title.

WRESTLE-1

November 17, 2002 in Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Arena drawing 12,807

Shown live on Japanese PPV

Abdullah The Butcher beat Masaaki Satake (5:10).

Kendo Ka Shin & Apeman Nigo beat La Parka & Super Parka (13:37) when Ka Shin forced La Parka to submit.

Sam Greco & Dos Caras, Jr. beat Taiyo Kea & Kaz Hayashi (12:20) when Caras pinned Hayashi.

Hiroshi Hase & Satoshi Kojima beat Mark Coleman & Kevin Randleman (16:49) when Kojima pinned Randleman.

Shinya Hashimoto beat Josh Dempsey (8:01) via submission.

Bill Goldberg beat Rick Steiner (6:03).

Bob Sapp beat The Great Muta (6:33).

Japanese Hardcore Wrestling III

February 03, 2003 with various taped matches

Shown on US PPV

Michinoku: The Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara beat Dick Togo & The Psychic (16:10) when Orihara pinned Psychic.

BJPW: Mens Teioh & Ryuji Ito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Daisaku Shimoda (19:54) when Teioh pinned Sekimoto.

BJPW: The Winger beat Homicide (13:47) in a "Barbwire Board Death Match."

BJPW: The Hit Squad beat Shunme Matsuzaki & Naoki Numasawa (9:54) when Mafia pinned Numasawa.

BJPW: Shadow WX beat Mad Man Pondo (10:43) in a "Florescent Lightbulb Death Match."

BJPW: Ryuji Yamakawa beat Bad Boy Hido (19:36) in a "Thumbtack Death Match."

Hustle 1

January 4, 2004 in Saitama, Japan

Saitama Super Arena drawing 12,000

Low-Ki beat King Adamo, Kyohei Mikami, and Jun Kasai (7:03) in a "Four Corners Match."

The Zebraman beat Ikuto Hidaka (6:54).

Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Dos Caras, Jr. & El Solar (13:53) when Kojima pinned Solar.

Kevin Randleman & The Predator beat Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani (14:41) when Predator pinned Tanaka.

Giant Silva beat Kohei Sato & Katsuhisa Fujii (2:18) in a "Handicap Match" when he pinned Sato.

Shinya Hashimoto beat Big Van Vader (9:59) via countout.

Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras & Sicodelico, Jr. beat Dusty Rhodes, Steve Corino & Tom Howard (13:10) when Mascaras pinned Corino.

Toshiaki Kawada beat Mark Coleman (6:07) via TKO.

Bill Goldberg beat Naoya Ogawa (12:49).

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