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JWA opening series: 1954/02/19 - 03/07: 14 cards
* The series was called "Pro-Wrestling International Big Competition", which was used for several series until 1959.
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Guest foreigners:
Ben Sharpe
Mike Sharpe
Bobby Bruns
Bob Mumphrey
Harold Toki |
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1954/02/19 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000 sold out)
* JWA's first card, aired live on NHK (national public network) and Nippon TV.
Kiyomigawa (15min limit draw) Toki
Surugaumi (16:20 leg lock) Kaichi Nagasawa
Kokichi Endo (26:20 pin) Mumphrey
Bruns (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
1: Bruns (11:27 arm lock)
2: Yamaguchi (9:45 pin)
3: Bruns (2:15 pin)
World Tag Team Title: Ben & Mike Sharpe* (1-1) Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1: Rikidozan (21:37 pin) Ben
2: Mike (25:32 DQ) Kimura
3: (61min limit draw)
1954/02/20 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000)
Kaichi Nagasawa def Toki
Endo def Kiyomigawa
Surugaumi def Mumphrey
Bruns drew Kimura
Mike Sharpe def Yamaguchi
Rikidozan def Ben Sharpe in 2/3 falls
1954/02/21 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000)
Surugaumi def Toki
Kiyomigawa drew Nagasawa
Yamaguchi def Mumphrey
Bruns drew Endo
World Tag Team Title: Ben & Mike Sharpe* (1-1) Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1:Mike (24:57 pin) Kimura
2:Rikidozan (0:55 pin) Mike
3:(DCOR)
1954/02/23 Kumamoto
Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe def Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1954/02/24 Kokura, Fukuoka
Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe def Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1954/02/26 Osaka
Rikidozan & Toshio Yamaguchi def Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
1954/02/27 Osaka - Pref. Gym
World Tag Team Title: Ben & Mike Sharpe* (1-0) Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1:Mike (33:17 pin) Kimura
2:(61min time limit)
1954/02/28 Kobe
Rikidozan, Masahiko Kimura, & Toshio Yamaguchi def Ben Sharpe, Mike Sharpe, & Bobby Bruns
1954/03/01? Gifu
Rikidozan def Bobby Bruns
1954/03/02? Nagoya
Rikidozan & Bobby Bruns drew Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
1954/03/03? Shizuoka
Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe def Rikidozan & Bobby Bruns
1954/03/04? Utsunomiya
Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura drew Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
1954/03/06 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan
World Tag Team Title: Ben & Mike Sharpe* (1-0) Rikidozan & Masahiko Kimura
1:Ben (33:03 pin) Kimura
2:(61min time limit)
1954/03/07? Yokohama
Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe def Rikidozan & Kokichi Endo
1954/03/09 Tokyo
Rikidozan & Bobby Bruns drew Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
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