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Opening World Series: 1968/01/03 - 01/29: 18 cards
World Tag Team Series: 1968/01/31 - 02/21: 7 cards
This is IWE's re-opening tour with the backing of TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System). However, the booker Great Togo and Lou Thesz apparently attempted to take over the organization (or the entire Japanese pro-wrestling scene). JWA's Yousef Turko and Gentetsu Matsuoka were said to "punish" Togo in a hotel room. When the takeover plan failed, they took their wrestlers back to the U.S. in the middle of the tour.
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Guest foreigners:
Lou Thesz [Opening Series only?]
Waldo von Erich [Opening Series only]
Hans Schmidt [Opening Series only]
Crusher Kowalski [Opening Series only]
Great Togo [Opening Series only]
Danny Hodge [01/03 - 02/15]
Bulldog Brower [01/03 - 02/15]
Al Costello [01/31 - 02/15]
Don Kent [01/31 - 02/15]
Fred Curry [01/31 - 02/15]
Tosh Togo [02/14] |
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1968/01/03 Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Public Hall (7,300)
Isamu Teranishi (15min limit draw) Enzo [Mighty] Inoue
Shozo [Strong] Kobayashi (9:34 pin) Takeshi Oiso
Mammoth Suzuki (14:33 pin) Tsuyoshi Sendai [Joe Daigo]
Toyonobori (5:30 half crab) Kowalski
Masao [Rusher] Kimura (3:19 DQ) Brower
Hodge (4:45 pin) Tadaharu Tanaka
Thunder Sugiyama & Great Togo (2-1) Von Erich & Schmidt
1: (13:05 DCO)
2: Sugiyama (12:36 pin) Schmidt
TWWA World Heavyweight Title: Thesz* (2-0) Great Kusatsu
1: Thesz (17:50 pin)
2: Thesz (forfeit)
1968/01/05 Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka - Mihagino Gym
Kimura (DCOR) Von Erich
Kobayashi (30min limit draw) Schmidt
Sugiyama (2-1) Thesz
1: Thesz (11:43 pin)
2: Sugiyama (0:42 pin)
3: Sugiyama (2:25 DQ)
Toyonobori & Kusatsu def Hodge & Brower
1968/01/07 Nagasaki - Public Hall
Togo def Von Erich
Hodge (15:10 abdominal stretch) Kobayashi
Toyonobori (2-1) Thesz
1: Thesz (8:57 pin)
2: Toyonobori (1:08 bearhug)
3: Toyonobori (8:11 pin)
1968/01/08 Kagoshima - Pref. Gym
Hodge def Kimura
Thesz (2-0) Kusatsu
1: Thesz (12:14 pin)
2: Thesz (3:24 pin)
Von Erich, Schmidt, & Brower (2-1) Toyonobori, Sugiyama, & Kobayashi
1: Sugiyama (9:30 pin) Schmidt
2: Schmidt (9:53 pin) Sugiyama
3: Brower (7:00 backbreaker) Kobayashi
1968/01/10 Oita - Pref. Gym
Kobayashi (7:30 DQ) Von Erich
Toyonobori, Kusatsu, & Togo def Hodge, Brower, & Kowalski
TWWA World Heavyweight Title: Thesz* (2-1) Sugiyama
1: Thesz (10:19 pin)
2: Sugiyama (3:20 pin)
3: Thesz (3:21 pin)
1968/01/11 Kumamoto - City Gym
Hodge def Takeshi Oiso
Kusatsu, Sugiyama, & Kobayashi (2-1) Thesz, Von Erich, & Brower
1: Kobayashi (9:52 pin) Von Erich
2: Von Erich (15:28 pin) Kobayashi
3: Kusatsu (7:52 pin) Thesz
1968/01/12 Fukuoka - Kyuden Memorial Gym
Kobayashi (13:40 pin) Kowalski
Hodge def Kimura
Toyonobori (2-1) Thesz
1: Toyonobori (5:16 bearhug)
2: Thesz (2:16 pin)
3: Toyonobori (4:16 DQ)
1968/01/13 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym
Kobayashi (20min limit draw) Schmidt
Hodge def Tanaka
Toyonobori & Sugiyama (1-1) Thesz & Von Erich
1: Von Erich (9:50 pin) Sugiyama
2: Sugiyama (9:09 pin) Von Erich
3: (9:23 DCOR)
1968/01/15 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym
Hodge (16:29 small package) Kobayashi
Thesz (2-1) Sugiyama
1: Thesz (11:15 pin)
2: Sugiyama (0:32 pin)
3: Thesz (4:15 pin)
Toyonobori & Kusatsu def Von Erich & Schmidt
1968/01/17 Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center
Von Erich def Kimura
Kobayashi (6:03 DQ) Schmidt
Sugiyama, Kusatsu, & Togo def Hodge, Bulldog Brower, & Kowalski
TWWA World Heavyweight Title: Thesz* (2-1) Toyonobori
1: Toyonobori (9:12 bearhug)
2: Thesz (1:31 back suplex)
3: Thesz (default)
1968/01/20 Machida, Tokyo - City Gym
Kobayashi (20min limit draw) Kowalski
Hodge def Sugiyama
Kusatsu & Toyonobori (1-1) Thesz & Von Erich
1: Von Erich (10:18 pin) Kusatsu
2: Kusatsu (4:58 pin) Von Erich
3: (3:27 DCOR)
1968/01/23 Chiba - Pref. Gym
Hodge def Tanaka
Kusatsu drew Von Erich
Thesz & Schmidt (2-1) Toyonobori & Kobayashi
1: Schmidt (14:35 pin) Toyonobori
2: Toyonobori (4:55 half crab) Schmidt
3: Thesz (5:07 pin) Kobayashi
1968/01/24 Tokyo - Daito Ward Gym (4,800)
Tanaka (10:15 pin) Oiso
Inoue (9:40 DCO) Sendai
Teranishi (8:26 pin) Onizo Murasaki
Kimura (13:55 boston crab) Suzuki
Kusatsu (9:49 pin) Schmidt
Kobayashi (10:39 pin) Kowalski
TWWA World Tag Team Top Contender Match: Sugiyama & Toyonobori (2-1) Von Erich & Brower
1: Brower (8:51 pin) Sugiyama
2: Sugiyama(9:40 pin) Brower
3: Toyonobori (3:09 boston crab) Von Erich
TWWA World Heavyweight Title*: Hodge (2-1) Thesz
1: Thesz (30:52 thesz press)
2: Hodge (0:16 rolling clutch)
3: Hodge (4:46 pin)
1968/01/25 Higashi-Osaka - City Gym
Kusatsu (DQ) Von Erich
Thesz & Brower (2-1) Sugiyama & Kobayashi
1: Thesz (7:19 pin) Sugiyama
2: Sugiyama (14:50 pin) Thesz
3: Brower (4:47 pin) Kobayashi
Toyonobori (DQ) Hodge
1968/01/27 Haranomachi, Fukushima - City Gym
Von Erich def Kimura
Kobayashi (16:40 pin) Kowalski
Hodge def Kusatsu
Toyonobori & Sugiyama (2-1) Thesz & Schmidt
1. Thesz (10:15 pin) Sugiyama
2: Sugiyama (0:47 pin) Thesz
3: Toyonobori (4:35 pin) Schmidt
1968/01/28 Fukushima - Pref. Gym
Tanaka def Von Erich
Hodge (2-0) Kobayashi
1: Hodge (14:31 pin)
2: Hodge (14:56 abdominal stretch)
Mr. Zero (Toyonobori) & Kusatsu (2-1) Thesz & Kowalski
1: Thesz (15:04 half crab) Kusatsu
2: Kusatsu (4:53 pin) Kowalski
3: Toyonobori (3:23 pin) Kowalski
1968/01/29 Utsunomiya, Tochigi - City Gym
Hodge def Kusatsu
Kobayashi & Sugiyama (2-0) Thesz & Von Erich
1: Kobayashi & Sugiyama (8:05 DQ)
2: Sugiyama (9:30 pin) Von Erich
1968/01/31 Yokohama - Culture Gym
Kobayashi (10:20 DQ) Brower
Hodge def Kimura
TWWA World Tag Team Title: Fabulous Kangaroos: Costello & Kent* (2-0) Kusatsu & Sugiyama
1: Costello (9:50 pin) Sugiyama
2: Kent (9:47 pin) Kusatsu
1968/02/07 Okayama - Pref. Gym
Kobayashi (30min limit draw) Kimura
Curry (COR) Hodge
1968/02/13 Wakayama - Pref. Gym
Hodge def Kusatsu
Kangaroos (2-1) Toyonobori & Kobayashi
1: Kent (19:15 pin) Toyonobori
2: Toyonobori (1:20 bearhug) Kent
3: Costello (7:35 backslide) Kobayashi
1968/02/14 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Brower (13:25 DQ) Kobayashi
Hodge def Tosh Togo
TWWA World Tag Team Title*: Toyonobori & Sugiyama (2-1) Kangaroos
1: Toyonobori (8:41 bearhug) Kent
2: Costello (6:48 german suplex) Sugiyama
3: Sugiyama (7:32 pin) Costello
1968/02/15 Ohtsu, Shiga - Ojiyama Gym
Kobayashi (20min limit draw) Kimura
TWWA World Heavyweight Title: Hodge* (2-1) Curry
1: Hodge (11:05 rolling clutch)
2: Curry (3:10 pin)
3: Hodge (4:40 pin)
1968/02/19 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym
Battle Royal: Kobayashi (8:30 pin) Sendai
Sendai (10:30 pin) Teranishi
Suzuki (5:50 pin) Fujii
Inoue (9:55 pin) Murasaki
Oiso, Kimura, Sugiyama (2-1) Kobayashi, Tanaka, Kusatsu
1: Kusatsu (14:52 pin) Oiso
2: Sugiyama (4:32 german suplex) Kobayashi
3: Kimura (23:40 DQ) Tanaka
1968/02/21 Urawa, Saitama - Komatsubara Boys High School Gym
Teranishi (15min limit draw) Murasaki
Inoue (15min limit draw) Sendai
Toyonobori (3:32 boston crab) Suzuki
Kobayashi (15:35 pin) Oiso
Sugiyama & Kimura (30min limit draw) Kusatsu & Tanaka
Extension: Sugiyama & Kimura (3min limit draw) Kusatsu & Tanaka
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