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The 3rd World League: 1976/04/02 - 05/13: 33 cards

The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results and/or missing venue name otherwise).

Guest Foreigners:
Pedro Morales
Killer Karl Krupp
Towering Inferno (Neil Guay)
Victor Rivera
Ken Mantell
Butcher Vachon
Raul Mata

1976/04/02 Kawasaki - City Gym (3,400)
Shoji Kai def Daigoro Oshiro
Masanobu Kurisu def Seiei Kimura
Masashi Ozawa def Makoto Arakawa
Raul Mata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Towering Inferno (Neil Guay) def Haruka Eigen
World League: Osamu Kido def Ken Mantell
World League: Strong Kobayashi (5:43 boston crab) Butcher Vachon
World League: Killer Karl Krupp (5:10 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito (DCOR) Pedro Morales & Victor Rivera

1976/04/03 Nagano - Civic Gym (2,200)
Seiei Kimura drew Makoto Arakawa
Masashi Ozawa (DCOR) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Butcher Vachon def Osamu Kido
Pedro Morales def Katsuhisa Shibata
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Raul Mata
World League: Haruka Eigen def Kotetsu Yamamoto
World League: Victor Rivera def Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki (5:37 pin) Towering Inferno
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Killer Karl Krupp & Ken Mantell
   1: Sakaguchi (14:48 DCOR) Ken Mantell
   2: Kobayashi (5:43 pin) Ken Mantell

1976/04/04 Tokamachi, Niigata - City Gym (2,000)
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa drew Masanobu Kurisu
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Seiei Kimura
Katsuhisa Shibata def Masashi Ozawa
Masa Saito def Butcher Vachon
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:44 half crab) Ken Mantell
World League: Towering Inferno def Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (17:18 DCOR) Killer Karl Krupp
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido def Pedro Morales & Victor Rivera & Raul Mata

1976/04/06 Gosen, Niigata - City Gym (5,600)
Makoto Arakawa def Daigoro Oshiro
Masashi Ozawa def Seiei Kimura
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino def Katsuhisa Shibata
Towering Inferno def Osamu Kido
World League: Pedro Morales def Raul Mata
World League: Butcher Vachon (8:02 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki (7:31 abdominal stretch) Ken Mantell
Strong Kobayashi & Masa Saito (2-1) Killer Karl Krupp & Victor Rivera
   1: Saito (13:36 DCOR) Rivera
   2: Kobayashi (4:15 pin) Rivera

1976/04/07 Yokohama - Culture Gym (2,500)
Daigoro Oshiro def Seiei Kimura
Masashi Ozawa def Masanobu Kurisu
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Makoto Arakawa
Butcher Vachon def Haruka Eigen
World League: Towering Inferno def Kantaro Hoshino
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Ken Mantell
World League: Strong Kobayashi (13:48 COR) Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki (5:28 pin) Victor Rivera
Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido (2-1) Pedro Morales & Raul Mata
   1: Morales (13:20 pin) Kido
   2: Kido (1:14 backslide) Mata
   3: Sakaguchi (3:25 pin) Mata

1976/04/08 Choshi, Chiba - City Gym (2,400)
Makoto Arakawa def Seiei Kimura
Katsuhisa Shibata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Haruka Eigen drew Osamu Kido
Ken Mantell def Masashi Ozawa
Pedro Morales (14:25 rolling clutch) Strong Kobayashi
World League: Victor Rivera def Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki (0:48 pin) Butcher Vachon
Seiji Sakaguchi & Saito (2-0) Killer Karl Krupp & Towering Inferno
   1: Saito (11:20 DQ) Killer Karl Krupp
   2: Sakaguchi (4:48 half crab) Towering Inferno

1976/04/09 Aoioi, Hyogo - City Gym (2,700)
Seiei Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen def Masashi Ozawa
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:50 pin) Ken Mantell
World League: Osamu Kido def Butcher Vachon
World League: Masa Saito def Towering Inferno
World League: Pedro Morales def Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Killer Karl Krupp & Victor Rivera
   1: Kobayashi (13:17 canadian backbreaker) Rivera
   2: Inoki & Kobayashi (1:32 DQ)

1976/04/10 Ichihara, Chiba - Seaside Gym (2,500)
Shoji Kai drew Seiei Kimura
Makoto Arakawa def Masashi Ozawa
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Pedro Morales def Masa Saito
Strong Kobayashi (7:29 boston crab) Butcher Vachon
World League: Ken Mantell def Raul Mata
World League: Osamu Kido def Kotetsu Yamamoto
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (8:52 pin) Victor Rivera
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Killer Karl Krupp & Towering Inferno

1976/04/11 Kohriyama, Fukushima - General Gym (4,200)
Daigoro Oshiro def Masanobu Kurisu
Makoto Arakawa def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino def Masashi Ozawa
Towering Inferno def Katsuhisa Shibata
Masa Saito (DQ) Killer Karl Krupp
World League: Butcher Vachon def Ken Mantell
World League: Strong Kobayashi (7:51 pin) Haruka Eigen
Antonio Inoki (5:26 pin) Victor Rivera
Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido (2-1) Pedro Morales & Raul Mata
   1: Morales (14:30 pin) Kido
   2: Kido (3:45 backslide) Mata
   3: Sakaguchi (6:19 pin) Mata

1976/04/12 Tsuruoka, Yamagata - Pref. Gym (2,800)
Makoto Arakawa def Masanobu Kurisu
Shoji Kai def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Katsuhisa Shibata def Masashi Ozawa
Killer Karl Krupp def Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:16 pin) Towering Inferno
World League: Victor Rivera def Raul Mata
World League: Masa Saito def Haruka Eigen
Antonio Inoki (5:51 boston crab) Butcher Vachon
Pedro Morales & Ken Mantell (2-0) Strong Kobayashi & Kotetsu Yamamoto
   1: Mantell (14:37 pin) Yamamoto
   2: Morales (3:59 pin) Yamamoto

1976/04/13 Murakammi, Niigata - Civic Gym (2,000)
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Shoji Kai drew Daigoro Oshiro
Masashi Ozawa def Seiei Kimura
Osamu Kido def Haruka Eigen
Raul Mata def Katsuhisa Shibata
World League: Victor Rivera def Butcher Vachon
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (8:41 pin) Ken Mantell
Pedro Morales (12:49 rolling clutch) Strong Kobayash
Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito def Killer Karl Krupp & Towering Infernoi

1976/04/14 Yamagata - Pref. Gym (3,700)
Shoji Kai def Masanobu Kurisu
Daigoro Oshiro def Seiei Kimura
Makoto Arakawa def Masashi Ozawa
Butcher Vachon def Haruka Eigen
World League: Osamu Kido def Raul Mata
World League: Pedro Morales def Masa Saito
World League: Strong Kobayashi (9:34 canadian backbreaker) Ken Mantell
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:12 pin) Towering Inferno
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata drew Killer Karl Krupp & Victor Rivera

1976/04/15 Fussa, Tokyo - Civic Gym (3,000)
Shoji Kai def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masashi Ozawa def Masanobu Kurisu
Masa Saito def Butcher Vachon
Seiji Sakaguchi (13:03 DCOR) Killer Karl Krupp
World League: Victor Rivera def Osamu Kido
World League: Ken Mantell def Kotetsu Yamamoto
World League: Strong Kobayashi (7:11 pin) Towering Inferno
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Pedro Morales & Raul Mata

1976/04/17 Tsu, Mie - City Gym (3,500)
Makoto Arakawa drew Shoji Kai
Masashi Ozawa def Daigoro Oshiro
Ken Mantell def Seiei Kimura
Butcher Vachon def Katsuhisa Shibata
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Haruka Eigen
World League: Pedro Morales def Osamu Kido
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (8:24 pin) Towering Inferno
Antonio Inoki (10:40 DQ) Killer Karl Krupp
Strong Kobayashi & Saito (2-1) Victor Rivera & Raul Mata
   1: Raul Mata (10:28 pin) Saito
   2: Saito (3:54 pin) Raul Mata
   3: Kobayashi (5:31 pin) Victor Rivera

1976/04/20 Takefu, Fukui - City Gym (4,200)
Shoji Kai drew Seiei Kimura
Masashi Ozawa def Makoto Arakawa
Osamu Kido def Katsuhisa Shibata
Masa Saito def Towering Inferno
Butcher Vachon def Haruka Eigen
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Kotetsu Yamamoto
World League: Strong Kobayashi (11:06 canadian backbreaker) Raul Mata
Antonio Inoki (7:11 pin) Victor Rivera
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Pedro Morales & Ken Mantell
   1: Hoshino (13:09 pin) Ken Mantell
   2: Ken Mantell (1:02 pin) Hoshino
   3: Sakaguchi (6:48 pin) Ken Mantell

1976/04/21 Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym (4,200)
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masanobu Kurisu def Seiei Kimura
Katsuhisa Shibata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Haruka Eigen def Masashi Ozawa
World League: Raul Mata def Butcher Vachon
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Ken Mantell
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki (7:23 bow & arrow) Towering Inferno
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Pedro Morales & Victor Rivera
   1: Sakaguchi (15:23 DCOR) Morales
   2: Kobayashi (5:41 pin) Rivera

1976/04/22 Neyagawa, Osaka - City Gym (3,500)
Seiei Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Katsuhisa Shibata def Masashi Ozawa
Haruka Eigen def Osamu Kido
World League: Masa Saito def Ken Mantell
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Butcher Vachon
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (6:43 pin) Raul Mata
Strong Kobayashi (8:54 backslide) Towering Inferno
Pedro Morales & Victor Rivera def Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino

1976/04/23 Okayama - Okayama Budokan (2,600)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Seiei Kimura def Makoto Arakawa
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Masashi Ozawa
*Strong Kobayashi & Masa Saito (16:05 camel clutch) *Butcher Vachon & Ken Mantell
World League: Haruka Eigen def Raul Mata
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Osamu Kido
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Victor Rivera
World League: Pedro Morales (13:15 rolling clutch hold) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki (6:14 bow & arrow) Towering Inferno

1976/04/24 Kawanoe, Ehime - City Gym (1,200)
Seiei Kimura def Shoji Kai
Katsuhisa Shibata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Masashi Ozawa def Makoto Arakawa
Killer Karl Krupp def Kantaro Hoshino
World League: Haruka Eigen def Ken Mantell
World League: Towering Inferno def Butcher Vachon
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (12:01 boston crab) Osamu Kido
Strong Kobayashi (12:01 boston crab) Victor Rivera
Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito def Pedro Morales & Raul Mata

1976/04/26 Oita - Pref. Gym (3,300)
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masanobu Kurisu def Makoto Arakawa
Masashi Ozawa def Seiei Kimura
Raul Mata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Butcher Vachon def Haruka Eigen
Masa Saito def Victor Rivera
Seiji Sakaguchi (10:04 pin) Towering Inferno
World League: Killer Karl Krupp (14:56 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido def Pedro Morales & Ken Mantell

1976/04/27 Miyakonojo, Miyazaki - City Gym (3,500)
Daigoro Oshiro def Makoto Arakawa
Seiei Kimura def Masanobu Kurisu
Katsuhisa Shibata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Butcher Vachon def Masashi Ozawa
World League: Towering Inferno def Raul Mata
World League: Masa Saito def Osamu Kido
World League: Pedro Morales def Haruka Eigen
Antonio Inoki (8:02 abdominal stretch) Victor Rivera
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Killer Karl Krupp & Ken Mantell
   1: Kobayashi (17:35 DQ) Ken Mantell
   2: Kobayashi (8:14 pin) Ken Mantell

1976/04/28 Hayato, Kagoshima - Municipal Gym (3,000)
Shoji Kai def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiei Kimura drew Makoto Arakawa
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Masashi Ozawa
Osamu Kido def Katsuhisa Shibata
Strong Kobayashi (7:58 boston crab) Raul Mata
World League: Victor Rivera def Haruka Eigen
World League: Pedro Morales def Butcher Vachon
Antonio Inoki (6:45 abdominal stretch) Ken Mantell
Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito (2-1) Killer Karl Krupp & Towering Inferno
   1: Saito (16:37 DCOR) Inferno
   2: Sakaguchi (5:14 pin) Inferno

1976/04/29 Saga - Sports Center (3,500)
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiei Kimura def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Katsuhisa Shibata def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen def Masashi Ozawa
Victor Rivera def Osamu Kido
World League: Masa Saito def Raul Mata
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Killer Karl Krupp
Seiji Sakaguchi def Butcher Vachon
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Pedro Morales & Ken Mantell
   1: Inoki & Kobayashi (17:44 DQ)
   2: Kobayashi (5:37 canadian backbreaker) Ken Mantell

1976/04/30 Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka - Kokura Ward Gym (3,600)
Masanobu Kurisu def Daigoro Oshiro
Ken Mantell def Seiei Kimura
Butcher Vachon def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
World League: Osamu Kido def Haruka Eigen
World League: Victor Rivera (16:27 rolling clutch) Strong Kobayashi
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (9:59 COR) Masa Saito
Pedro Morales & Raul Mata def Kantaro Hoshino & Katsuhisa Shibata
Antonio Inoki (13:45 backsliding) Killer Karl Krupp

1976/05/01 Kumamoto - City Gym (4,500)
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiei Kimura def Masashi Ozawa
Osamu Kido def Makoto Arakawa
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Raul Mata def Katsuhisa Shibata
Victor Rivera def Kantaro Hoshino
World League: Masa Saito def Butcher Vachon
World League: Pedro Morales (11:49 rolling clutch) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-1) Killer Karl Krupp & Ken Mantell
   1: (16:01 DCOR)
   2: Inoki (3:56 pin) Ken Mantell

1976/05/04 Kagoshima - Pref. Gym (4,000)
Seiei Kimura drew Masanobu Kurisu
Makoto Arakawa def Masashi Ozawa
Ken Mantell def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Victor Rivera def Towering Inferno
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Haruka Eigen
World League: Masa Saito def Kantaro Hoshino
World League: Strong Kobayashi (9:20 pin) Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (5:02 half crab) Butcher Vachon
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata def Pedro Morales & Raul Mata

1976/05/05 Fukuoka - Sports Center (3,000)
Makoto Arakawa def Daigoro Oshiro
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Seiei Kimura
Katsuhisa Shibata def Masashi Ozawa
Osamu Kido def Raul Mata
Butcher Vachon def Haruka Eigen
World League: Masa Saito (COR) Killer Karl Krupp
World League: Pedro Morales def Victor Rivera
World League: Strong Kobayashi (11:23 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-0) Ken Mantell & Towering Inferno
   1: Sakaguchi (14:01 pin) Inferno
   2: Inoki (3:33 bow & arrow) Mantell

1976/05/06 Matsue, Shimane - General Gym (4,000)
Masanobu Kurisu def Makoto Arakawa
Masashi Ozawa def Seiei Kimura
Katsuhisa Shibata def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Masa Saito def Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (6:46 pin) Butcher Vachon
World League: Victor Rivera def Ken Mantell
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Raul Mata
World League: Kantaro Hoshino def Butcher Vachon
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Pedro Morales & Towering Inferno
   1: Kobayashi (13:20 DCOR) Towering Inferno
   2: Inoki (8:32 pin) Towering Inferno

1976/05/07 Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Center (3,200)
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
U Gi-hwan def Seiei Kimura
CHANG Yong-chol & CHON Kyu-tok def Masashi Ozawa & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Ken Mantell def Osamu Kido
Towering Inferno def Haruka Eigen
Masa Saito def Butcher Vachon
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Victor Rivera & Raul Mata
World League: Pedro Morales def Killer Karl Krupp
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (19:04 pin) Strong Kobayashi

1976/05/08 Gifu - Civic Center (3,800)
Seiei Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Yoshiaki Fujiwara drew U Gi-hwan
Katsuhisa Shibata def Makoto Arakawa
Haruka Eigen & Osamu Kido def CHANG Yong-chol & CHON Kyu-tok
World League: Killer Karl Krupp def Towering Inferno
World League: Pedro Morales def Ken Mantell
World League: Seiji Sakaguchi (9:08 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi & Masa Saito (2-1) Victor Rivera & Raul Mata
   1: Mata (11:00 pin) Saito
   2: Saito (2:53 argentine backbreaker) Rivera
   3: Kobayashi (6:29 pin) Mata
Antonio Inoki (4:04 pin) Butcher Vachon

1976/05/10 Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center (3,500)
Makoto Arakawa def Seiei Kimura
CHON Kyu-tok def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Haruka Eigen & Katsuhisa Shibata def CHANG Yong-chol & U Gi-hwan
Butcher Vachon def Masashi Ozawa
Masa Saito def Ken Mantell
*Pedro Morales & Raul Mata (12:51 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki (7:19 bow & arrow) Towering Inferno
World League 3-way Semi-Final: Killer Karl Krupp (12:06 brain claw) Victor Rivera
World League 3-way Semi-Final: Sakaguchi (8:57 half crab) Victor Rivera
World League 3-way Semi-Final: Sakaguchi (6:12 pin) Killer Karl Krupp

1976/05/11 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (5,200)
Seiei Kimura def Daigoro Oshiro
U Gi-hwan def Makoto Arakawa
CHANG Yong-chol & CHON Kyu-tok def Haruka Eigen & Masashi Ozawa
Butcher Vachon def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Ken Mantell def Osamu Kido
Kantaro Hoshino def Raul Mata
*Strong Kobayashi & Masa Saito (12:52 pin) Killer Karl Krupp & *Towering Inferno
Antonio Inoki (9:20 pin) Victor Rivera
World League Final: Seiji Sakaguchi (25:38 COR) Pedro Morales

1976/05/13 Osaka - Pref. Gym (6,000)
Seiei Kimura (15min limit draw) Makoto Arakawa
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:48 pin) U Gi-hwan
Towering Inferno (5:49 backbreaker) Masashi Ozawa
Osamu Kido (13:31 pin) Raul Mata
Masa Saito (6:33 pin) Butcher Vachon
*CHANG Yong-chol & CHON Kyu-tok (12:16 backslide) Haruka Eigen & *Katsuhisa Shibata
Kantaro Hoshino (12:43 pin) Ken Mantell
Antonio Inoki (4:29 DQ) Killer Karl Krupp
NWA North American Tag Team Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi* (2-1) Pedro Morales & Victor Rivera
   1: Kobayashi (21:22 DCOR) Morales
   2: Kobayashi (4:20 Canadian backbreaker) Rivera


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