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Japanese Weight Division Championships: 1956/10/15 - 10/24
This was a joint series with Yamaguchi Dojo (formerly All Japan Pro-Wrestling Force, not to be confused with Giant Baba's All Japan), Asia Pro-Wrestling (consisting of former wrestlers from International Pro-Wrestling Force, not to be confused with Isao Yoshiwara's IWE), and Toa Pro-Wrestling (a group of Korean wrestlers in Japan).
There is a big possibility of some, if not all, of the matches in the 10/15 card being completely shoot since this card was not open for the media or public and some matches ended with forfeit due to injuries. The fact that all three promotions started declining and Rikidozan picks some of the wrestlers for his own JWA after this series indicates something as well.
Weight Limits:
Light Heavyweight: under 86.28kg (190ld)
Junior Heavyweight: between 86.28kg (190ld) and 99.88kg (220ld)
Heavyweight: over 99.88kg (220ld)
1956/10/15 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 1st Round:
Hideo Azuma [Toa] (40:15 arm lock) Youssef Toruko [JWA]
Isao Yoshiwara [JWA] (38:20 arm bar) Tomio Miyajima [JWA]
Kanji Higuchi [Yamaguchi] (2:11 arm bar) Hiroshi Oyama [JWA]
Takeo Kaneko [JWA] (9:41 arm bar) Kazuo Ando [Toa]
Yoshinosato [JWA] (3:47 half crab) Genji Umehara [Toa]
Toshikazu Higa [JWA] (9:48 half crab) Noboru Ichikawa [Yamaguchi]
Minoru Hakutoyama (4:53 pin) Hajime Degumi [=Mr. Chin, Yamaguchi]
Kiyotaka Otsubo [Asia] (4:19 body scissors) Sanshiro Mikami [Yamaguchi]
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 2nd Round:
Yoshiwara pinned Azuma (17:10)
Higuchi (5:48 forfeit due to injury) Kaneko
Yoshinosato (12:05 pin) Higa
Otsubo (34:15 forfeit due to injury) Hakutoyama
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Championship Championship Tournament 1st Round:
Mitsuo Surugaumi [JWA] def Jiro Yamazkai [Yamaguchi]
Osamu Abe [JWA] def Takeo Naniwa [Asia]
Michiaki Yoshimura [Yamaguchi] def Hiroyasu Kato [Asia]
Matamichi Daidoyama [Asia] (0:35 arm lock) Yonetaro Tanaka [JWA]
1956/10/23 Tokyo - Ryogoku International Stadium (Nippon Univ. Hall)
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
Yoshinosato (17:42 pin) Otsubo
Yoshiwara (26:25 pin) Higuchi
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
Surugaumi pinned Abe (13:30)
Yoshimura pinned Daidoyama (12:55)
Japan Heavyweight Ranking Tournament 1st Round:
Michiharu Toyonobori [JWA] (0:36 pin) Masaaki Takemura [JWA]
Azumafuji [JWA] def Hiichi Nagasawa [Yamaguchi] (6:33)
Toshio Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi] def Tsunagoro Rashomon [JWA] (3:20)
Shiro Tsukikage [Asia] def Kokichi Endo [JWA] (forfeit)
1956/10/24 Tokyo - Ryogoku International Stadium (Nippon Univ. Hall)
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final: Yoshinosato (2-0) Yoshiwara
1:Yoshinosato (11:53 abdominal stretch)
2:Yoshinosato (15:33 arm bar)
Japan Heavyweight Ranking Tournament Semi-Finals:
Azumafuji (5:15 pin) Toyonobori
Yamaguchi (9:18 arm lock) Tsukikage
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final: Surugaumi (2-1) Yoshimura
1:Yoshimura (15:38 full nelson?)
2:Surugaumi (3:46 half crab)
3:Surugaumi (5:12 body scissors)
Japan Heavyweight Ranking Tournament Final: Azumafuji (1-1) Yamaguchi
1: Yamaguchi (3:37 arm lock)
2: Azumafuji (1:05 bear hug)
3: (4:??" DCOR)
1956/10/30 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Japan Heavyweight Ranking Tournament Final (Rematch): Azumafuji (2-1) Yamaguchi
1: Azumafuji (5:36 bear hug)
2: Yamaguchi (2:20 half crab)
3: Azumafuji (5:24 arm lock)
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