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The 1st Madison Square Garden Series: 1978/04/21 - 06/01: 35 cards
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Guest foreigners:
Bob Backlund [final few days]
Andre the Giant [05/04 - 06/01]
Nikolai Volkoff
Bugsy McGraw
Tony Garea
Baron Scicluna
Chief Jay Strongbow
Colosso Colosetti
Marty Jones
Ray Steele
Pete Reeves
Willem Ruska
Buffalo Allen (Bad News Allen)
The Monster Man (Eddie Everett) [06/07]
The Lumberjack (Johnny Lee) [06/07] |
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1978/04/21 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan
MSG Preliminary Tournament Block D Round 1: Tatsumi Fujinami (4:02 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
MSG Preliminary Tournament Block A Round 1: Antonio Inoki (30min limit draw) Seiji Sakaguchi
Extension: (10min limit draw)
2nd Extension: Inoki (1:12 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
1978/04/22 Shimodate, Ibaraki - Farmers Market
Sakaguchi (9:33 DCOR) McGraw
Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Volkoff, Strongbow, & Colosetti
1: Colosetti (12:04 pin) Hoshino
2: Hoshino (3:11 rolling clutch hold) Colosetti
3: Inoki (2:31 abdominal stretch) Strongbow
1978/04/23 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki - Sports Center
Fujinami (9:44 boston crab) Jones
Sakaguchi (10:01 DCOR) Volkoff
1978/04/24 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym
Garea & *McGraw (1-0) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Hoshino
WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Fujinami* (2-1) Colosetti
1: (12:39 DCOR)
3: Fujinami (3:13 leg roll clutch) Colosetti
Inoki (2:02 bow & arrow) Strongbow
1978/04/25 Tokyo - Ohta Ward Gym
MSG Preliminary Tournament Block D 2nd Round: Fujinami (7:37 dragon suplex hold) Colosetti
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-0) Garea & McGraw
1: Sakaguchi (10:23 half crab) Garea
2: Inoki (6:55 rolling clutch hold) McGraw
1978/04/26 Sanjo, Niigata - Welfare Pension Hall
Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu (2-1) Ueda, Volkoff, & Jones
1: Ueda (11:04 pin) Riki Choshu
2: Choshu (3:05 DQ) Ueda
3: Fujinami (4:32 german suplex hold) Jones
MSG Preliminary Tournament Block A 2nd Round: Inoki (9:44 bow & arrow) Osamu Kido
1978/04/28 Tokushima - City Gym
Fujinami (11:14 german suplex hold) Jones
Sakaguchi (8:11 pin) Scicluna
1978/04/30 Ukiha, Fukuoka
Sakaguchi (11:18 pin) Garea
Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu (2-1) Ueda, Volkoff, & Jones
1: Ueda (10:32 pin) Riki Choshu
2: Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu (3:40 DQ) Ueda
3: Inoki (4:21 pin) Jones
1978/05/01 Ushibuka, Kumamoto
Fujinami (9:46 backslide) Scicluna
Sakaguchi (7:04 boston crab) Strongbow
1978/05/02 Nejime, Kagoshima - Town ground
Makoto Arakawa def Reeves
Colossetti def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Garea def Osamu Kido
Ruska def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Strongbow def Haruka Eigen
McGraw def Mitsuo Yoshida
Sakaguchi (10:31 pin) Scicluna
Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Allen (2-0) Ueda, Volkoff, & Jones
1: Inoki (11:36 DQ) Ueda
2: Inoki (4:21 pin) Jones
1978/05/04 Naha, Okinawa - Ounoyama Gym
Fujinami (7:11 leg roll clutch) Garea
Sakaguchi (5:10 pin) Strongbow
Andre the Giant & Volkoff def Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
1978/05/05 Nago, Okinawa
Fujinami (9:56 rolling clutch hold) Volkoff
Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido (2-1) Andre, McGraw, & Jones
1: Andre (12:36 giant press) Kido
2: Kido (1:29 DQ) Andre
3: Sakaguchi (3:23 boston crab) McGraw
1978/05/06 Okinawa, Okinawa - City Gym
Andre (12:05 giant press) Seiji Sakaguchi
Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido (2-0) Ueda, Garea, & Colosetti
1: Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido (14:10 DQ)
2: Inoki (3:57 pin) Colosetti
1978/05/08 Kagami, Kumamoto - Town ground
Fujinami (14:51 double arm suplex hold) Colosetti
Sakaguchi (11:04 DKO) Volkoff
Inoki, Choshu, & Osamu Kido def Andre, Garea, & Jones
1978/05/09 Kokubu, Kagoshima - General Gym
MSG Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block B Round 2: Sakaguchi (8:15 pin) Kido
Andre, Volkoff, & Jones (2-1) Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu
1: Andre (16:14 DCOR) Inoki
2: Andre (4:22 pin) Riki Choshu
1978/05/10 Kumamoto - City Gym
MSG Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block B Round 3: Sakaguchi (10:22 pin) Scicluna
Inoki & Fujinami (2-0) Andre the Giant & Colosetti
1: Fujinami (9:44 pin) Colosetti
2: Inoki (4:27 pin) Colosetti
1978/05/11 Fukuoka - Kyuden Memorial Gym
Fujinami (10:33 double arm suplex hold) Jones
Sakaguchi (4:02 NC) Ueda
MSG League: Andre (17:26 COR) Inoki
1978/05/12 Ube, Yamaguchi - City Gym
Fujinami (10:09 rolling back clutch) Steele
Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido (2-1) Andre, Ueda, & Garea
1: Andre (14:26 DCOR) Inoki
2: Sakaguchi (4:15 half crab) Garea
1978/05/13 Numazu, Shizuoka - City Gym
Fujinami & Osamu Kido (2-1) Ueda & Scicluna
1: Ueda (11:31 pin) Kido
2: Fujinami & Osamu Kido (1:30 DQ)
3: Fujinami (3:10 pin) Scicluna
MSG League: Sakaguchi (9:11 pin) McGraw
MSG League: Andre (pin) Riki Choshu
MSG League: Inoki (11:02 pin) Nicolai Volkoff
1978/05/15 Matsumoto, Nagano - General Gym
MSG League: Fujinami (9:51 rolling clutch hold) McGraw
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-1) Ueda & Andre
1: Sakaguchi (12:05 DCOR) Ueda
2: Inoki (3:45 forfeit) Ueda
1978/05/16 Chichibu, Saitama - Memorial Civic Hall
MSG League: Fujinami (2:47 rolling clutch hold) Strongbow
Inoki, Kido, & Allen def Andre, Garea, & Jones
1978/05/17 Utsunomiya - Tochigi Pref. Gym
Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido (2-1) Andre, Garea, & Jones
1: Andre (13:11 pin) Kido
2: Kido (1:39 DQ) Andre
3: Sakaguchi (4:21 pin) Jones
MSG League: Inoki (8:43 abdominal stretch) Riki Choshu
1978/05/18 Sakata, Yamagata - Pref. Gym
MSG League: Fujinami (13:29 leg roll clutch) Riki Choshu
Sakaguchi (9:39 pin) Garea
Inoki & Osamu Kido def Andre the Giant & Scicluna
1978/05/19 Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center
MSG League: Fujinami (11:22 leg roll clutch) Volkoff
Andre the Giant & Jones (2-1) Seiji Sakaguchi & Osamu Kido
1: Andre (9:24 giant press) Seiji Sakaguchi
2: Sakaguchi (2:41 pin) Jones
3: Andre (2:04 giant press) Kido
MSG League: Inoki (11:55 DQ) Ueda
1978/05/20 Akita - Pref. Gym (3,000)
Makoto Arakawa (9:02 pin) JO Beak-san
Martin Jones (7:51 pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Baron Scicluna (9:08 pin) Eigen
Willem Ruska (8:23 arm bar) Osamu Kido
Buffalo Allen (7:52 pin) Tony Garea
Riki Choshu & Kotetsu Yamamoto (2-1) Umanosuke Ueda & Nikolai Volkoff
1: Choshu (13:38 rolling clutch hold) Volkoff
2: Volkoff (3:21 pin) Yamamoto
3: Choshu & Yamamoto (3:26 DQ)
MSG League: Sakaguchi (3:04 1 boston crab) Strongbow
MSG League: Andre (3:25 pin) McGraw
MSG League: Inoki (11:43 german suplex hold) Fujinami
1978/05/21 Hachinohe, Aomori - City Gym
Jones def Arakawa
Kido def Steele
Allen def Strongbow
Yoshida def Garea
Sakaguchi & Fujinami (2-0) Ueda & Scicluna
1: Sakaguchi & Fujinami (19:34 DQ)
2: Sakaguchi (2:12 pin) Scicluna
MSG League: Andre (pin) Volkoff
MSG League: Inoki (10:44 abdominal stretch) McGraw
1978/05/22 Fukushima - City Gym
Fujinami, Kido, & Allen (2-1) Andre, Scicluna, & Jones
1: Andre (14:18 pin) Kido
2: Kido (1:55 pin) Scicluna
3: Fujinami (4:05 pin) Jones
MSG League: Sakaguchi (9:32 pin) Riki Choshu
MSG League: Inoki (2:37 abdominal stretch) Strongbow
1978/05/23 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym
MSG League: Andre (DQ) Ueda
MSG League: Sakaguchi (12:17 COR) Fujinami
1978/05/25 Matsuyama Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Public Hall
Andre the Giant & Jones (2-0) Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu
1: Andre the Giant & Jones (12:07 COR)
2: Andre (2:36 pin) Riki Choshu
MSG League: Inoki (20:54 NC) Seiji Sakaguchi
1978/05/26 Takamatsu, Kagawa
Kuniaki Kobayashi (camel clutch) JO Beak-san
Fujiwara (pin) Steel
Kengo Kimura (pin) Strongbow
*Allen & Kotetsu Yamamoto (pin) Ruska & *Scicluna
McGraw (pin) Riki Choshu
MSG League: Fujinami (2:57 pin) Ueda
MSG League: Andre (10:34 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
Backlund & Garea (2-1) Inoki & Osamu Kido
1: Backlund (pin) Kido
2: Inoki (octopus hold) Garea
3: Backlund (pin) Kido
1978/05/28 Uwajima, Ehime - Municipal Bull Ring
Shoji Kai (pin) Jo
Arakawa (pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kimura (pin) Steel
McGraw (pin) Fujiwara
Ruska (arm lock) Yamamoto
Riki Choshu (DQ) Ueda
Backlund (2:32 pin) Kido
Sakaguchi (7:37 pin) Scicluna
MSG League: Volkoff (bear hug) Strongbow
Inoki & Fujinami (2-1) Andre the Giant & Garea
1: Fujinami (19:54 DCOR) Andre
2: Fujinami (3:18 pin) Garea
1978/05/29 Okayama - Okayama Budokan
Kuniaki Kobayashi (pin) Steele
McGraw (pin) Makoto Arakawa
Volkoff (pin) Fujiwara
Allen (pin) Strongbow
Ruska (arm bar) Kimura
Kido (pin) Garea
MSG League: Andre (5:24 pin) Fujinami
MSG League: Sakaguchi (6:15 DQ) Ueda
Backlund & Scicluna def Antonio Inoki & Choshu
1: Backlund (pin) Riki Choshu
2: Inoki (pin) Scicluna
3: Backlund (pin) Riki Choshu
1978/05/30 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Kimura (pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Steele (pin) Arakawa
Kido (pin) McGraw
Allen (DQ) Volkoff
Ruska (pin) Fujiwara
Sakaguchi (4:01 DCOR) Ueda
Backlund & Garea (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu
1: Backlund (34 small package) Fujinami
2: Fujinami (10:40 leg roll clutch) Garea
3: Backlund (5:24 pin) Riki Choshu
MSG Series Final: Inoki (16:32 COR) Andre
1978/05/31 Gifu - Civic Center (4,000)
Shoji Kai (12:19 pin) Jo
Fujiwara (12:28 backslide) Steele
Strongbow (5:43 pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Ruska (6:05 back breaker) Arakawa
Allen (6:55 pin) Scicluna
Volkoff (7:57 pin) Kido
Ueda (2:40 pin) Riki Choshu
Fujinami (11:07 backslide) Garea
Andre the Giant & Backlund (2-1) Inoki & Sakaguchi
1: (16:33 DCOR)
2: Andre (2:53 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
1978/06/01 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan
Kuniaki Kobayashi (pin) Jo
Fujiwara (pin) Steel
Scicluna (pin) Arakawa
Ruska (arm bar) Kido
Allen (pin) McGraw
*Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu (12:45 pin) Garea & *Volkoff
Sakaguchi (8:01 DCOR) Andre
WWWF & NWF Heavyweight Double Title: Inoki [NWF] (1-0) Backlund [WWF]
1: Inoki (16:32 COR)
2: (60min limit draw)
* Both retained the respective title.
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1978/06/07 Fukuoka - Sports Center
Mixed Martial Arts Match: Sakaguchi (3R 2:00 KO) Lumberjack [karate]
Real World Martial Arts Championship: Inoki (7R 1:58 KO) Monsterman [karate]
Other MSG Series matches (dates & locations unknown):
Preliminary Tournament Block A Round 1: Kido def Kimura
Preliminary Tournament Block B Round 1: Fujiwara def Jones
Preliminary Tournament Block B Round 1: Strongbow def Scicluna
Preliminary Tournament Block B Round 2: Strongbow def Fujiwara
Preliminary Tournament Block C Round 1: McGraw def Yamamoto
Preliminary Tournament Block C Round 1: Garea def Reeves
Preliminary Tournament Block C Round 2: McGraw def Garea
Preliminary Tournament Block D Round 1: Colosetti def Eigen
Preliminary Tournament Block E Round 1: Volkoff def Kantaro Hoshino
Preliminary Tournament Block E Round 1: Choshu def Steele
Preliminary Tournament Block E Round 2: Volkoff def Choshu
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block A Round 1: Ueda def Eigen
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block A Round 1: Yamamoto def Reeves
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block A Round 2: Ueda def Colosetti
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block A Round 2: Garea def Yamamoto
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block A Round 3: Ueda def Garea
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block B Round 1: Scicluna def Jones
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block B Round 2: Scicluna def Fujiwara
Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block C Round 1: Choshu def Steele
Final League: Sakaguchi def Volkoff
Final League: Choshu def Strongbow
Final League: Choshu drew Ueda
Final League: Ueda def McGraw
Final League: Ueda def Strongbow
Final League: Ueda (NC) Volkoff
Final League: Andre def Strongbow
Final League: McGraw def Choshu
Final League: McGraw def Volkoff
Final League: McGraw def Strongbow
Final League: Volkoff def Choshu
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