Standing Bout: Bovy Chowaikung vs. Mel Murray R5 0:56
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Tom Burton 20:00
Tatsuo Nakano vs. Masahito Kakihara 8:44
Mark Fleming vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara 4:43
Gene Lydick vs Yuko Miyato 5:29
Dan Severn vs. Yoji Anjo 5:13
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Dennis Koslowski 11:21
Gary Albright vs. Naoki Sano 4:20
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 15:03. ***1/2
Steve Day vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara 6:55. ***
Mark Fleming vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 7:01
Tatsuo Nakano & Gene Lydick vs. Yoji Anjo & Tom Burton 15:57. ***1/4
Bad News Allen vs. Yuko Miyato 6:30
Naoki Sano vs. Masahito Kakihara 6:46
Dan Severn vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 21:37
Gary Albright vs. Dennis Koslowski 5:01
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 15:13
Bad News Allen vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 6:14
Gene Lydick & Tom Burton vs. Yoji Anjo & Masahito Kakihara 13:42. ***1/4
Yuko Miyato vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 12:47 ***
Naoki Sano vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 19:26. ***1/2
Tatsuo Nakano vs. Super Vader 3:35
Gary Albright vs. Dennis Koslowski 4:56
Dan Severn vs. Nobuhiko Takada 13:50
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Gene Lydick 20:00. ***1/2
Bad News Allen vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 4:44
Yuko Miyato vs. Ray Lloyd 7:25
Dennis Koslowski & Steve Day vs. Naoki Sano & Masahito Kakihara 14:20. ***
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Yoji Anjo 15:09. ***1/2
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tatsuo Nakano 13:32
Gary Albright vs. Mark Silver 1:05
Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Title Match: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Salman Hashimikov 8:30
Standing Bout: Bovy Chowaikung vs. Tony Cockburn
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Steve Nelson 6:50. ***
2nd Junior League Match: Tommy Cairo vs. Greg Bobchick. *1/2
2nd Junior League Match: Gene Lydick vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 10:39. Takayama was far from great, but his work was somewhat credible and he didn't screw much up. They mainly fought on their feet, which is the only thing Takayama can sometimes do well, and they did a lot of near finishes that got good heat. Lydick was typically good here. *3/4
2nd Junior League Match: Tom Burton vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara. **
Masahito Kakihara vs. Bad News Allen. Kakihara's offense looked great, but Bad News offense was exactly what his name states. **
Yuko Miyato vs. Dennis Koslowski. *1/2
Yoji Anjo vs. Naoki Sano. Anjo gave a great performance carrying this. He was really clever and tricky here, asking almost all the questions to put Sano firmly in the role of underdog who had to keep finding an answer. Anjo was the better striker, takedown artist, and grappler, but Sano would eventually turn the corner on the mat, and he kept surviving long enough to eventually win. ***3/4
Nobuhiko Takada & Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Gary Albright & Dan Severn. Dull way overlong match with no interesting setups or counters, and the action wasn't developing at all. Narrow confines with only Tamura & Severn able to sell weren't helping either. Gary shockingly subs Takada. *3/4
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Super Vader. Yamazaki as sacrificial lamb again, still managing to make this dramatic and exciting through his thoughtfulness and craftiness, having the crowd on the edge of their seats, pulling for him to find a way to somehow do anything to this unstoppable monster. It felt a lot longer and a lot more competitive than it actually was because there was a lot of strategy on Yamazaki's part, and they did a lot to make the offense they did seem meaningful and purposeful. It was just a very smart and effective match all around, that pulled everyone into their underdog story so Yamazaki wasn't killed by the result everyone knew was coming, while the threat of Vader, and his stardom, continued to rise. ***1/2
*I have a very limited quantity of additional 1st Gen SP copies of this two tape set*
Standing Bout: Bovy Chowaikung vs. Larimet
Mark Silver vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
2nd Junior League Match: Greg Bobchick vs. Tom Burton
2nd Junior League Match: Gene Lydick vs. Tommy Cairo
2nd Junior League Match: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara
ISKA World Light Welterweight Title Match: Makoto Ohe vs. Lucien Deroy R2 1:40
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Mark Silver
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Tommy Cairo
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Thomas Burton
Greg Bobchuck vs. Gene Lydick
Yoji Anjo vs. Tatsuo Nakano
Masahito Kakihara vs. Dennis Koslowski
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yuko Miyato
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Bad News Allen
Gary Albright & Dan Severn vs. Salmon Hashimikov & Vladimir Berkovitch
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Billy Scott
Super Vader vs. Naoki Sano
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Bad News Allen
2nd Junior League: Gene Lydick vs. Tom Burton
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Greg Bobchuck
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Tommy Cairo
Masahito Kakihara vs. Tatsuo Nakano
Yuko Miyato & Naoki Sano vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Mark Silver
Yoji Anjo vs. Billy Scott
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Dennis Koslowski
Gary Albright & Dan Severn vs. Salman Hashimikov & Vladmir Berkovich
Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Super Vader
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Bad News Allen. *
Dainikai Junior Leaguesen: Gene Lydick vs. Tom Burton. *1/2
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Greg Bobchuck. **1/4
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Tommy Cairo. 1 minute 25 seconds long.
Masahito Kakihara vs. Tatsuo Nakano. *1/2
Yuko Miyato & Naoki Sano vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Mark Silver. **1/2
Yoji Anjo vs. Billy Scott. ***1/4
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Dennis Koslowski. **1/4
Gary Albright & Dan Severn vs. Salman Hashimikov & Vladmir Berkovich. Really smartly laid out to get over the dislike between the two teams and set up future business. ***
Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Title: Nobuhiko Takada vs. Super Vader. This was their first ever meeting that drew the sellout 46,168 record for this building (since broken by Muta vs. Onita). This was a real first class production with Thesz giving a speech about wanting to unify the titles so there would be a true world champion (Vader's WCW Heavyweight Title wasn't on the line, but the idea was the winner was still the undisputed champion), and Hodge & Robinson being introduced to show how important the match was. The match had the aura a title match should have and Vader worked really hard to give a top notch peformance and get a good match out of Takada. It was an excellent match, but not on the level of their first rematch because Takada wasn't as good here and they did a shorter, less spot intensive match. ****
Standing Bout: Bovy Chowaikung vs. Mark Tyson
Standing Bout: Makoto Ohe vs. Denver Matthews
Tom Burton vs. Tommy Cairo
Bad News Allen vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Greg Bobchick
2nd Junior League Final: Gene Lydick vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara