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NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #7 & #8
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#7 9/19/85 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym

Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Giant Machine & Super Machine

Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami

#8 2/6/86 Ryogoku Kokugikan

Kevin Von Erich vs. Kengo Kimura

Kevin & Kerry Von Erich vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura

Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #9 & #10
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#9 6/12/86 Osaka Jo Hall

Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda 22:05

Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 14:13

#10 5/24/85 Kobe World Hall

Super Strong Machine vs. Pedro Morales

IWGP Tag Titles: Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura

Antonio Inoki vs. Andre The Giant

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #21 & #22
-1hr 45min. Q=Perfect

#21 3/22/84 Amagasaki Stadium

Nobuhiko Takada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Isamu Teranishi

Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Kengo Kimura & Seiji Sakaguchi

Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara

#22

9/23/81: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Solitario

10/8/81: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Isamu Teranishi

5/6/82: Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #33 & #34
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#33 5/16/75 Nippon Universal Hall

Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi

Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kintaro Oki

Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp

#34 10/2/75 Osaka

NWA North American Tag Title Match: Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #35 & #36 Tiger Mask Special
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

4/23/81: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid

6/4/81: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chris Adams & Mike Masters

6/24/81: Tiger Mask vs. Villano III

8/2/81: Tiger Mask vs. El Scorpio

9/18/81: Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Solar I & El Solitario

9/23/81: Tiger Mask vs. Solar I

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #37 & #38 Tiger Mask Special
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

10/8/81 Tokyo, Mask vs. Mask Match: Tiger Mask vs. Masked Hurricane (Bobby Lee)

11/5/81: Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada

10/30/81: Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Negro Navarro & El Signo

12/8/81: Tiger Mask vs. El Canek

12/1/81: El Canek & Super Maquina vs. Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami

1/1/82: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #71
-45min. Q=Perfect

12/11/92 Rainbow Hall: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Masao Orihara & Ultimo Dragon

JWA 6/1/72 2/3 Falls: Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. King Krow & Mil Mascaras

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #77 & #78
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#77

NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/11/80

NWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki 9/25/80

#78

WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr Jr. 9/30/80

NWF Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Ken Patera 9/30/80

Dusty Rhodes vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 12/10/80

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #81 & #82 Shinya Hashimoto Special
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

4/4/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami

5/1/94 IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami

4/29/96 IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Nobuhiko Takada

7/31/98 G1 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsutoshi Goto

8/1/98 G1: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu

8/2/98 G1: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Satoshi Kojima

8/2/98 G1 Final: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki

NJPW World Pro Wrestling Classics #87 & #88 Seiji Sakaguchi Special
-1hr 45min. Q=Perfect

5/12/82: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher

5/16/75 2nd Annual World League Playoff Match: Kintaro Oki vs. Seiji Sakaguchi

5/11/76: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pedro Morales

5/8/74 World League Tournament 1974 Playoff Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Antonio Inoki

4/26/74 World League Tournament 1974: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Antonio Inoki

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #89 & #90 Seiji Sakaguchi Special
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

3/19/74: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre The Giant

10/15/77 Judo Jacket Match: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Buffalo Allen (Bad News Brown)

9/7/72 NWA United National Title: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Sheik

11/79: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers

3/15/90 Sakaguchi Retirement: Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Scott Hall & Cpl. Mike Kirchner

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #105 & #106
-1hr 20min. Q=Perfect

JWA 12/6/71: Terry Funk vs. The Great Kojika

JWA 12/12/71, Asia Tag Title Match: Dory Funk Jr. & Dick Murdoch vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura

6/26/75 Osaka, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #107 & #108
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#107 5/11/76 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym

Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera

Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pedro Morales

#108 7/29/76 Osaka Prefectural Gym

Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi vs. The Mongols

Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #109 & #110
-1hr 40min. Q=Perfect

#109 8/4/1976 Miyagi-ken Sports Center

Antonio Inoki vs. Majeet Akra

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Gama Singh

#110 1/12/79 NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Roop

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #121 & #122
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

2/9/81: Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Duncum

10/24/80 UWA World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

7/3/81: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Bad News Allen

6/24/81: Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Stan Hansen & Abdullah The Butcher

10/8/81: Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #145 & #146 Ishu Kakutogisen
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

12/86 Ishu Kakutogisen:Takayuki Iizuka vs. Habiri Victashev (sp?)

10/25/77 Ishu Kakutogisen: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner

7/29/88 Ishu Kakutogisen: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen

10/9/86 Ishu Kakutogisen: Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #161 & #162 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

8/5/86 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka

2/5/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka

3/11/88 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiro Hase vs. Nobuhiko Takada

3/19/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Hiro Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #163 & #164 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

7/12/89 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. Black Tiger

7/13/89 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano

6/26/92 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai

1/4/93 Tokyo Dome, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon

8/8/93 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Liger vs. Wild Pegasus

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #179 & #180 NWF Title
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

2/13/76

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Brutus Malumba

NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers

4/8/77: Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

4/1/77, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #181 & #182
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

6/1/77, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant

2/3/78, NWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

4/11/80: Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Super Destroyer & Iron Sheik

9/11/72: Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dory Funk Jr.

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #191 & #192 Top of the Super Jr
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

4/30/91 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Top of the Super Junior II Semifinal: Pegasus Kid vs. Norio Honaga

Top of the Super Junior II Semifinal: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Negro Casas

Top of the Super Junior II Final, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Norio Honaga 21:54. We were in the midst of a great period for heavyweights coming up the ranks with Hase, Muto, Hashimoto, Chono, Koshinaka, and Sasaki all on the rise, but there weren’t any particularly promising juniors. A repackaged Nogami failed to set the Tokyo Dome on fire on 3/21/91, so we were ultimately stuck with Honaga. Honaga had yet to show anyone why he belonged in big matches, but alas he was here. This was his coming out party, upsetting the two top juniors in one night (he defeated Pegasus in the semifinal) although he wasn’t sure who he was or what to do. Honaga tried for better offense early to make it memorable, throwing in a plancha, a powerbomb on a table, ripping Liger’s mask and so on, but he generally seemed to lack a sense of what defined him as a wrestler and was just getting by throwing in a little of this and a little of that. Or perhaps he knew he needed to step it up to compete at the highest level, but he didn't know how to? There was nothing he was better than Liger at, but he badly needed big match credibility so Liger sold and sold and sold. This is the one junior match so far in 1991 that had the time, but Honaga couldn’t fill it. 15 minutes into the match, Honaga was still stomping Liger. Honaga can be crafty, he can get heel heat, he can sometimes tell a story in his simple but effective manner, but sustained offense from Norio is never a good idea. Liger finally made his hot comeback, throwing his body around. This set up a great near fall that’s exactly the sort of thing Honaga does well, avoiding a back body drop by sliding and quickly hooking Liger’s arms with his legs to almost flash pin him. There was way too little of effective Honaga though, as he wasn’t really setting anything up, instead relying on quantity over quality, but quantity from him isn’t even good heavyweight offense. A Honaga match is much better when he sells and comes up with the well timed, probably shady counter then follows up with some cheap shots to sustain the heat, but in his first tour final singles main event, he simply lacked the credibility for that. They followed with one near fall after another until the finish, and the crowd was apparently responding to the effort over the quality, as they were really into it. Both men tried really hard, but ultimately Honaga is still a pedestrian wrestler who is in the junior division by virtue of being decidedly too small to be a heavyweight. It was a nice match because they worked so hard, but it was a poor showcase for a junior division that needed a jumpstart. ***1/4

4/26/92 Oita-ken Hita-shi Sogo Taiikukan

Top of the Super Junior III League Match: Negro Casas vs. Koji Kanemoto

Top of the Super Junior III League Match: Pegasus Kid vs. Norio Honaga

Top of the Super Junior III League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Dave Fit Finlay

4/16/92 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, Top of the Super Junior III League Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #271
-1hr. Q=Perfect

taped 12/27/87 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Keichi Yamada vs. Masakatsu Funaki

IWGP Junior Title: Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Hiroshi Hase

IWGP Tag Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido

NJPW tv asahi World Pro Wrestling Classics #273 & #274
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

#273 taped 1/25/88 Gifu

Big Van Vader vs. George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino

Bob Orton vs. Tatsumi Fujinami

2/4/88 Osaka IWGP Title: Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu

#274 taped 3/4/88 Nagasaki

Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi

Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Gasper (Bob Orton)

IWGP Tag Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito

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