Japan: 1973-1979
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1970 (no results)
1971 (no results)
1972 (no results)
1973
JANUARY 1973
JANUARY 6, 1973 (SATURDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Pref. Gym, Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 3,500
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Strong Kobayashi & Great Kusatsu def. Ivan Strogov & Gran Laban,
Two Falls to One (00:32:32)
Note:
Gran Laban is Austrian wrestler, Otto Wanz.
JANUARY 7, 1973 (SUNDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
City Gym, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Attendance: 5,000
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Strong Kobayashi & Mighty Inoue def. Ivan Strogov & Gran Laban,
Two Falls to One (00:23:57)
JANUARY 9, 1973 (TUESDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Pref. Grym, Oita, Japan
Attendance: 5,000
1 - Tetsunosuke Daigo def. Grand Lapin,
Disqualification
JANUARY 11, 1973 (THURSDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Pref. Gym, Miyazaki, Japan
Attendance: 3,500
1 - Great Kusatsu def. Grand Lapin
JANUARY 13, 1873 (SATURDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
City Gym, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan
Attendance: 4,500
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Gran Laban,
Submission (00:12:51)
JANUARY 14, 1973 (SUNDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Town Gym, Hayato, Kagoshima, Japan
Attendance: 2,500
1 - Tadaharu Tanaka def. Grand Lapin,
Count-out
JANUARY 15, 1973 (MONDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Hachiya Jr. High School ground, Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
Attendance: 3,000
1 - Isamu Teranishi def. Grand Lapin,
Disqualification
JANUARY 16, 1973 (TUESDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Kyuden Memorial Gym, Fukuoka, Japan
Attendance: 4,700
1 - Tetsunosuke Daigo def. Grand Lapin
JANUARY 18, 1973 (THURSDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
City Gym, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan
Attendance: 3,500
1 - Isamu Teranishi Vs. Grand Lapin,
Double Count-out
JANUARY 20, 1973 (SATURDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
City Gym, Wakayama, Japan
Attendance: 4,500
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Gran Laban
(00:16:10)
JANUARY 24, 1973 (WEDNESDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Civic Gym, Hamakita, Shizuoka, Japan
Attendance: 4,200
1 - Mighty Inoue def. Grand Lapin,
Count-out
JANUARY 25, 1973 (THURSDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Itabashi Ward Gym, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 2,000
1 - Mighty Inoue & Tadaharu Tanaka def. Ivan Strogov & Grand Lapin
JANUARY 26, 1973 (FRIDAY)
New Pioneer Series
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Culture Gym, Yokohama, Japan
Attendance: 4,000
1 - Mighty Inoue & Isamu Teranishi def. The Professional & Grand Lapin
1974 (no results)
1975 (no results)
1976
JANUARY 1976
JANUARY 2, 1976 (FRIDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 2,500
1 - Bulldog Otto [Wanz] def. Haruka Eigen
JANUARY 3, 1976 (SATURDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Hachioji Summer Land, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 3,000
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Katsuhisa Shibata
JANUARY 4, 1976 (SUNDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Young Bowl, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Attendance: 2,800
1 - Ivan Gomez def. Bulldog Otto,
Disqualification (00:07:36)
JANUARY 6, 1976 (TUESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Kaneoka Gym, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 3,400
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:10:18)
JANUARY 8, 1976 (THURSDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan
Attendance: 2,100
1 - Antonio Inoki def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:07:32)
JANUARY 9, 1976 (FRIDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Kyuden Memorial Gym, Fukuoka, Japan
Attendance: 4,300
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi def. Bulldog Otto & Steve Wright,
Two Falls to None (00:18:55)
JANUARY 10, 1976 (SATURDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Mihagino Gym, Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Attendance: 3,200
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:07:14)
JANUARY 11, 1976 (SUNDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
International Gym, Nagasaki, Japan
Attendance: 3,000
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Haruka Eigen
JANUARY 12, 1976 (MONDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Shiraiwa Gym, Takeo, Saga, Japan
Attendance: 2,000
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Katsuhisa Shibata
JANUARY 13, 1976 (TUESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Kumamoto, Japan
Attendance: 4,500
1 - Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def. Bulldog Otto & Steve Wright,
Disqualification
JANUARY 16, 1976 (FRIDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Tokushima, Japan
Attendance: 3,800
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Katsuhisa Shibata
JANUARY 17, 1976 (SATURDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Pref. Gym, Wakayama, Japan
Attendance: 4,000
1 - Kotetsu Yamamoto def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:08:30)
JANUARY 19, 1976 (MONDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Sunpu Hall, Shizuoka, Japan
1 - Seiji Sakaguchi def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:06:38)
JANUARY 20, 1976 (TUESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Ikegawa Central Gym, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
1 - Antonio Inoki def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:08:06)
JANUARY 21, 1976 (WEDNESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Health Center, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Bulldog Otto
JANUARY 22, 1976 (THURSDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Civic Gym, Kawasaki, Japan
1 - Kotetsu Yamamoto def. Bulldog Otto
JANUARY 23, 1976 (FRIDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
1 - Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto def. Bulldog Otto & Steve Wright
JANUARY 24, 1976 (SATURDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Haruka Eigen
JANUARY 25, 1976 (SUNDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Adachi Ward Gym, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 3,300; Sold Out
1 - Kantaro Hoshino def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:07:58)
JANUARY 26, 1976 (MONDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Civic Gym, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan
1 - Antonio Inoki def. Bulldog Otto,
Submission (00:06:45)
JANUARY 28, 1976 (WEDNESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Civic Hall, Handa, Aichi, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Katsuhisa Shibata
JANUARY 29, 1976 (THURSDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Pref. Gym, Osaka, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Masashi Ozawa
FEBRUARY 1976
FEBRUARY 1, 1976 (SUNDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Miyagi Pref. Sports Center, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Haruka Eigen
FEBRUARY 2, 1976 (MONDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
City Gym, Rikuzen Takada, Iwate, Japan
1 - Kotetsu Yamamoto def. Bulldog Otto
FEBRUARY 3, 1976 (TUESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Pref. Gym, Aomori, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Haruka Eigen
FEBRUARY 4, 1976 (WEDNESDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
1 - Kantaro Hoshino def. Bulldog Otto
FEBRUARY 5, 1976 (THURSDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Nakajima Sports Center, Sapporo, Japan
1 - Bulldog Otto def. Katsuhisa Shibata
FEBRUARY 6, 1976 (FRIDAY)
New Year Golden Series
Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Promoter: Antonio Inoki
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 15,000
1 - Strong Kobayashi def. Bulldog Otto
1977 (no results)
1978 (no results)
1979
OCTOBER 1979
OCTOBER 5, 1979 (FRIDAY)
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 - NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Nelson Royal Vs. Ashura Hara,
Result Unknown
2 - Two out of Three Falls
IWA World Tag-Team Championship
Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue def. Kintaro Oki & Umanosuke Ueda,
Two Falls to One
3 - IWA World Heavyweight Championship Vs. AWAssociation World Heavyweight Championship
Rusher Kimura (IWA c) def. Nick Bockwinkel (c),
Disqualification (00:16:30)
OCTOBER 1979
OCTOBER 5, 1979 (FRIDAY)
Promotion: International Wrestling Enterprise
Promoter: Isao Yoshiwara
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 - NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Nelson Royal Vs. Ashura Hara,
Result Unknown
2 - Two out of Three Falls
IWA World Tag-Team Championship
Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue def. Kintaro Oki & Umanosuke Ueda,
Two Falls to One
3 - IWA World Heavyweight Championship Vs. AWAssociation World Heavyweight Championship
Rusher Kimura (IWA c) def. Nick Bockwinkel (c),
Disqualification (00:16:30)
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Results from Japan: 1973-1979.
Updated: June 29, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by #PWHS or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Japan: 1973-1979.
Updated: June 29, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
