JWA 1968 New Year Champion Series

New Year Champion Series: 1967/12/29 - 1968/02/03: 21 cards

The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).

Guest foreigners:
Bill Miller
Jerry London
Ricky Hunter
Ken Hollis
Prince Iaukea
Crusher Lisowski [01/03 - 02/03]

1967/12/29 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki (DCOR) Bill Miller & Prince Iaukea

1968/01/03 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (12,000)
Gantetsu Matsuoka (9:50 pin) Mr. Chin
Masio Koma (9:57 backslide) Haruka Eigen
Kotetsu Yamamoto (15:15 backslide) Akihisa Takachiho
Kantaro Hoshino (6:04 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Antonio Inoki (11:07 abdominal stretch) Hollis
Prince Iaukea (3:28 pin) Umanosuke Ueda
Karl Gotch (10:17 german suplex) London
All Asia Tag Team Title: Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Ohki (1-1) Hunter & Bill Miller
   1: Miller (11:16 pin) Yoshimura
   2: Yoshimura (9:07 pin) Hunter
   3: (9:28 DCOR)
   * Title continued to be vacant.
NWA International Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba* (14:30 pin) Crusher

1968/01/04 Okayama - Pref. Gym
Hunter def Kotetsu Yamamoto
Inoki (1-1) Miller
   1: Miller (18:35 pin)
   2: Inoki (9:55 half crab)
   3: (45min limit draw)
Baba & Ohki (DQ) Iaukea & Lisowski

1968/01/05 Himeji, Hyogo
Hunter def Mitsu Hirai
Iaukea, Lisowski, & Miller def Giant Baba, Yoshimura, & Inoki

1968/01/06 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Gotch (10:38 german suplex) Hollis
Lisowski (DQ) Baba
All Asia Tag Team Title (for the vacant title): Yoshimura & Ohki (2-1) Bill Milelr & Hunter
   1: Miller (15:45 pin) Ohki
   2: Yoshimura (5:43 pin) Hunter
   3: Ohki (4:36 pin) Miller

1968/01/07 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Kantaro Hoshino drew Hunter
Bill Miller def Kintaro Ohki
NWA International Heavyweight Title: Baba* (2-1) Iaukea
1: (8:59 DCOR)
2: Baba (2:20 COR)

1968/01/08 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym
Hunter def Hirai
NWA International Tag Team Title: Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura (1-1) Miller & Crusher

1: Miller (4:36 pin) Yoshimura
2: Baba (9:27 pin) Miller
3: (6:13 DCOR)
* Inoki no-showed due to heavy snow, and the title was declared vacant. Yoshimura subbed for Inoki, but the title continued to be held up since the match was draw.

1968/01/09 Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Gym
Hunter def Yamamoto
Inoki (10:37 abdominal stretch) London
Baba & Ohki (DCOR) Lisowski & Miller

1968/01/11 Kochi
Kintaro Ohki def Bill Miller
Baba, Inoki, Yoshimura def Hunter, Hollis, & Crusher

1968/01/12 Tokushima
Bill Miller def Michiaki Yoshimura
Ohki def Hunter
Baba & Inoki def Iaukea & Lisowski

1968/01/15 Kawagoe, Saitama
Hoshino def Hunter
Baba & Inoki & Ohki def Hollis, Lisowski, & Miller

1968/01/16 Shimizu, Shizuoka - Civic Gym
Inoki (2-1) Miller
   1: Miller (9:48 pin)
   2: Inoki (3:51 half crab)
   3: Inoki (1:35 DQ)
Hunter, Hollis, & Crusher def Giant Baba, Yamamoto, & Michiaki Yoshimura

1968/01/17 Kumagaya
Hunter def Mitsu Hirai
Baba def Miller (DQ)

1968/01/19 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall
Hunter def Yamamoto
Inoki (1-1) Lisowski
   1: Crusher (9:48 pin)
   2: Inoki (4:02 abdominal stretch)
   3: (2:19 DCO)
Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura def Iaukea & Miller

1968/01/25 Fukuoka - Kyuden Memorial Gym
Hirai (DCOR) Hunter
Inoki (13:20 DCO) Iaukea
Baba & Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura def Hollis, Lisowski, & Miller

1968/01/26 Nagasaki
Yoshimura def Hunter
Baba & Inoki & Ohki def Iaukea, Lisowski, & Miller

1968/01/27 Kumamoto - City Gym
All Asia Tag Team Title: Yoshimura & Ohki* (2-1) Iaukea & Hollis
   1: Iaukea (5:19 pin) Yoshimura
   2: Ohki (2:04 pin) Iaukea
   3: Yoshimura (3:33 pin) Hollis
Inoki (13:35 DCO) Miller
Giant Baba (DQ) Lisowski

1968/01/29 Kagoshima
Giant Baba & Kintaro Ohki & Mitsu Hirai (DQ) Crusher Lisowski & Bill Miller & Ricky Hunter

1968/01/30 Oita
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura def Crusher Lisowski & Bill Miller & Prince Iaukea

1968/02/02 Tokyo
Hunter, Bill Miller, & Crusher def Giant Baba & Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino (DQ)

1968/02/03 Tokyo - Ohta Ward Gym
NWA International Tag Team Title (for the vacant title): Baba & Inoki (2-1) Miller & Crusher
   1: Crusher (9:53 pin) Baba
   2: Baba (1:48 pin) Crusher
   3: Inoki (6:25 abdominal stretch) Miller

1968/02/16 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,800)
Giant Baba (15:36 backslide) Yoshimura
Hoshino & Kotetsu (2-1) Hirai & Takachiho
   1: Hirai (12:47 pin) Kotetsu
   2: Kotetsu (4:17 pin) Hirai
   3: Hoshino (4:42 pin) Takachiho
Fujii (12:45 pin) Eigen
Koma (10:58 pin) Katsuji Adachi [Mr. Hito]
Motoyuki Kitazawa (12:02 DQ) Mr. Chin
Matsuoka (13:00 backslide) Katsuhisa Shibata

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