Miscellaneous Japanese Events
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"USA vs. JAPAN vs. USSR"
April 24, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
The Egg Dome drawing 53,800 ($2,781,000)
Big Van Vader (USA) beat Masahiro Chono (JAPAN) (5:52) to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Tatsumi Fujinami (JAPAN) beat Vladimir Berkovich (USSR) (4:51) via submission to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Victor Zangiev (USSR) beat Buzz Sawyer (USA) (3:56) to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Shinya Hashimoto (JAPAN) beat Riki Choshu (JAPAN) (3:41) to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Wahka Eveleov (USSR) beat Masa Saito (JAPAN) (5:28) via submission in an "Exhibition Match."
Big Van Vader (USA) beat Tatsumi Fujinami (JAPAN) (14:37) to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Shinya Hashimoto (JAPAN) beat Victor Zangiev (USSR) (7:28) via submission to advance in "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament."
Salman Hashimikov (USSR) beat Bam Bam Bigelow (USA) (2:26) in an "Exhibition Match."
Big Van Vader (USA) beat Shinya Hashimoto (JAPAN) (9:47) to win "The Tokyo Dome Cup Tournament" with Lou Thesz as the special referee.
Shota Chochyashvili (USSR) beat Antonio Inoki (JAPAN) (5th - 15:00) via KO to win "The Super Powers Combat Championship."
Note: This Japanese event is in English.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seiji Yamakawa & Kendo Nagasaki beat Shoji Nakamaki & Axl Rotten in a "Balloon Thumbtack Death Match" when Yamakawa pinned Rotten.
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Shoji Nakamaki vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Seiji Yamakawa (14:04) in a "Barbwire Board Free Fall Scaffold Death Match" when Matsunaga pinned Yamakawa.
Kendo Nagasaki beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a "Pirannha Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga beat Shoiji Nakamaki in a "Chandelier & Drum Death Match."
Shoiji Nakamaki beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a "Cactus & Scorpion Desert Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & The Great Kojika beat Shoji Nakamaki & Seiji Yamakawa in a "Circus Barbwire Trampoline Scaffold Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Tarzan Goto beat Shoji Nakamaki & Seiji Yamakawa in a "No Rope Barbwire Lightbulb Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga beat Seiji Yamakawa in a "Fire Stones Death Match."
Shoji Nakamaki & Seiji Yamakawa beat Tarzan Goto & Mr. X in a "Triple Hell Death Match."
The Great Pogo beat The Great Kojika in a "Knives, Chains & Drills Death Match."
The Great Pogo, Shadow Winger & Shadow WX beat The Great Kojika, Shoji Nakamaki & Jason the Terrible in a "Street Fight Coffin Death Match."
The Great Pogo, Shadow Winger & Shadow WX beat Shoji Nakamaki, Jason the Terrible & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a "Cactus & Scorpion Desert Death Match."
The Great Pogo, Shadow VII, Shadow WX & Shadow Winger beat Shoji Nakamaki, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Jason The Terrible & The Masked GK in a "Big Japan Ultimate Death Match."
The Great Pogo, Daikokubo Benkei, Shadow Winger & Shadow VII beat Jason The Terrible, Mr. Gannosuke, La Mascara & The Great Kojika.
Katsumi Usuda beat Tomoaki Honma.
Shadow WX beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a "Bed of Nails, Lightbulbs, Barbwire Board Loser Faces A Crocodile Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga beat a crocodile in a "Casket Match."
ARSION Sky High Tournament 1999
July 25, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Aja Kong beat Yumi Fukawa (12:33) via submission.
Ayako Hamada & Mika Akino beat Rie Tamada & Hiromi Yagi (18:18) to win the Twin Star Of ARSION Tag Team Titles when Akino pinned Tamada.
Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita beat Yumi Fukawa & Rie Tamada (21:23) when Shimoda pinned Tamada.
Ayako Hamada beat Tiger Dream (5:12) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Mary Apache beat Ring Star (5:44) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Chapparita Asari beat Ai Fujita (5:33) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Mika Akino beat Gami Metal (8:00) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Chapparita Asari beat Mika Akino (8:38) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Mary Apache beat Ayako Hamada (8:58) to advance in the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
Mariko Yoshida & Hiromi Yagi beat Aja Kong & Michiko Oumaki (21:46) when Yoshida forced Kong to submit.
Chapparita Asari beat Mary Apache (10:51) to win the "ARSION 1999 Sky High Tournament."
BJPW vs. CZW World Extreme Cup
BJPW vs. CZW tournament highlights.
Shadow WX vs. Tomoaki Honma.
Tower Of Doom vs. Mustafa Saed.
Mike Samples vs. Shadow WX.
Abdullah The Butcher, The Crazy Sheik & Masayoshi Motegi vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Daikokubo Benkei & The Great Kojika.
Abdullah The Butcher, Crazy Sheik & Masayoshi Motegi vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Daikokubo Benkei & Mens Teioh.
Big Japan vs. CZW feud recap.
Tomaoki Honma & Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Zandig & The Wifebeater.
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Jun Kasai in a "Bed Of Nails Light Bulb Fire Death Match."
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Jun Kasai in a "Flaming Ropes Fire Death Match."
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.
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."