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The 2nd Madison Square Garden Series: 1979/04/27 - 06/07: 38 cards
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Guest foreigners:
Jack Brisco [partial]
El Solitario [partial]
Andre the Giant [05/18 - 06/07]
Peter Maivia [first half]
Stan Hansen
Canek
Chavo Guerrero
Tony Garea
Larry Zbyszko
Victor Rivera |
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1979/04/27 Yokohama - Culture Gym (2,500)
George Takano def Junji Hirata
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Osamu Kido def Larry Zbyszko
Canek def Kantaro Hoshino
*Maivia & Garea (12:33 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Haruka Eigen
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Masa Saito & Victor Rivera
MSG Series Preliminary Block A Round 1: Guerrero (14:55 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
MSG Series Preliminary Block B Round 1: Hansen def Umanosuke Ueda
Brisco (11:42 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
1979/04/28 Sagamihara, Kanagawa - Central Farmers' Market (2,700)
MSG Series Preliminary Block C Round 1: Strong Kobayashi (10:52 canadian backbreaker) Rivera
Fujinami (8:05 DQ) Ueda
Hansen, Masa Saito, & Garea (2-1) Antonio Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Osamu Kido
1: (15:40 DCOR)
2: Hansen (4:20 pin) Kido
1979/04/29 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,900)
Makoto Arakawa def Takano
Garea def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Rivera def Hoshino
Ueda def Eigen
Zbyszko & *Guerrero (12:40 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Saito def Kido
Choshu def Maivia
Hansen (4:52 pin) Sakaguchi
*Inoki & Fujinami (14:12 pin) Brisco & Canek
1979/04/30 Ina, Nagano - Labor Welfare Center (2,000)
Fujinami (10:53 pin) Garea
Sakaguchi (8:12 pin) Maivia
Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Hansen & Rivera
1: (8:40 DCOR)
2: Inoki (6:58 pin) Rivera
1979/05/01 Anjo, Aichi - City Gym (4,200)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Hirata
Garea def Arakawa
Guerrero def Eigen
Maivia & Ueda def Hoshino & Choshu
Sakaguchi (7:45 pin) Zbyszko
Strong Kobayashi (8:07 DQ) Hansen
Canek def Fujiwara
Inoki, Fujinami, & Kido (2-1) Brisco, Masa Saito, & Rivera
1: Kido (12:29 backslide) Rivera
2: Rivera (2:30 pin) Kido
3: Fujinami (4:08 pin) Saito
1979/05/02 Ohgaki, Gifu - City Sports Center (4,000)
Shoji Kai def Takano
Eigen def Arakawa
Fujiwara def Hirata
Canek def Kido
Fujinami (10:35 backslide) Rivera
Garea & Guerrero def Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Brisco (10:06 figure-4 leg lock) Strong Kobayashi
MSG Series Preliminary Block B Round 2: Hansen drew Ueda
Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Kantaro Hoshino (2-0) Masa Saito, Zbyszko, & Maivia
1: Inoki's team (12:37 DQ)
2: Inoki (3:40 pin) Zbyszko
1979/05/03 Mino Kamo, Gifu - Chuno Gym (3,000)
MSG Series Preliminary Block A Round 2: Sakaguchi (12:51 COR) Guerrero
Inoki, Strong Kobayashi, & Fujinami (2-1) Hansen, Zbyszko, & Garea
1: Kobayashi (12:32 pin) Zbyszko
2: Zbyszko (6:53 pin) Kobayashi
3: Inoki (4:10 rolling clutch) Garea
1979/05/04 Okayama - Okayama Budokan (2,500)
Canek def Takano
Zbyszko def Hoshino
Maivia def Hirata
Guerrero def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Choshu & Fujiwara def Rivera & Saito
Ueda def Eigen
MSG Series Preliminary Block C Round 2: Strong Kobayashi (30min limit draw) Fujinami
Extension: Strong Kobayashi (5min limit draw) Fujinami
Extension: Strong Kobayashi (5min limit draw) Fujinami
Brisco & Hansen (2-1) Inoki & Sakaguchi
1: Inoki (5:52 pin) Brisco
2: Hansen (2:52 pin) Sakaguchi
3: Brisco (1:09 pin) Inoki
1979/05/05 Usa, Oita - Yokkaichi Central Bowl site (2,300)
Sakaguchi (9:37 pin) Garea
Strong Kobayashi (6:15 DQ) Ueda
Inoki & Fujinami (2-0) Hansen & Zbyszko
1: Inoki & Fujinami (12:14 DQ)
2: Fujinami (5:08 pin) Zbyszko
1979/05/06 Saiki, Oita - Saiki Bowl site (2,400)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Takano
Guerrero def Hirata
Rivera def Eigen
Canek def Fujiwara
Saito def Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi (8:21 canadian backbreaker) Zbyszko
*Fujinami & Kido (11:10 boston crab) Ueda & *Garea
Brisco (11:20 DCOR) Sakaguchi
Atonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Hansen & Maivia
1979/05/07 Kushima, Kagoshima - City Gym (2,900)
Kotetsu Yamamoto (9:02 pin) George Takano
Peter Maivia (4:48 pin) Junji Hirata
*Canek & Victor Rivera (14:09 pin) Kantaro Hoshino & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Jack Brisco (6:57 figure-4 leg lock) Osamu Kido
Fujinami (9:59 rolling clutch hold) Masa Saito
MSG Series Preliminary Block H Round 2: Tony Garea (9:51 pin) Haruka Eigen
MSG Series Preliminary Block A Round 3: Sakaguchi (11:28 pin) Guerrero
Stan Hansen (2:02 pin) Riki Choshu
Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Ueda & Zbyszko
1: Kobayashi (13:17 DCOR) Ueda
2: Inoki (6:36 pin) Zbyszko
1979/05/08 Miyakonojo, Miyazaki - City Gym (3,300)
Brisco (9:19 figure-4 leg lock) Strong Kobayashi
Fujinami (8:16 pin) Ueda
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-0) Hansen & Rivera
1: Inoki & Sakaguchi (13:49 DQ)
2: Inoki (2:17 pin) Rivera
1979/05/09 Oita - Pref. Gym (3,100)
*Strong Kobayashi & Fujiwara (12:38 boston crab) Canek & *Garea
MSG Series Preliminary Block B Round 3: Hansen (DQ) Ueda
Sakaguchi (7:04 pin) Maivia
Inoki & Fujinami (2-1) Brisco & Guerrero
1: Inoki (DCOR) Brisco
3: Fujinami (pin) Guerrero
1979/05/10 Fukuoka - Sports Center (5,800)
Strong Kobayashi (8:02 pin) Rivera
*Sakaguchi & Kido (7:13 pin) Hansen & *Zbyszko
Fujinami (8:06 DQ) Solitario
NWF Heavyweight Title: Inoki* (16:49 neck lock) Brisco
1979/05/11 Shimabara, Nagasaki - City Gym (1,800)
MSG League: Fujinami (13:58 rolling clutch hold) Garea
Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi (1-1) Hansen & Masa Saito
1: Saito (10:42 boston crab) Kobayashi
2: Kobayashi (3:45 canadian backbreaker) Saito
3: (5:07 DCOR)
Inoki (5:02 bow & arrow) Zbyszko
1979/05/12 Yanagawa, Fukuoka - City Farmers' Market (2,500)
Kuniaki Kobayashi (5:28 pin) Hiroyuki Saito
George Takano (11:19 pin) Junji Hirata
*Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (15:35 pin) Haruka Eigen & *Makoto Arakawa
MSG League: Canek (10:31 pin) Larry Zbyszko
*Fujinami & Guerrero (15:40 backslide) Solitario & *Rivera
Masa Saito (11:52 small package) Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi (8:43 pin) Maivia
Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Choshu (2-1) Hansen, Ueda, & Garea
1: (14:06 DCOR)
2: Inoki (4:18 abdominal stretch) Garea
1979/05/14 Kumamoto - City Gym (2,800)
*Solitario & Rivera (11:15 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Hansen drew Ueda
MSG League: Sakaguchi (7:49 pin) Zbyszko
Fujinami & Choshu (1-1) Masa Saito & Canek
1: Canek (7:51 pin) Choshu
2: Choshu (2:25 pin) Canek
3: (2:31 DCOR)
MSG League: Inoki (3:13 abdominal stretch) Garea
1979/05/16 Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Hall (2,700)
Fujinami & Guerrero (2-1) Canek & Solitario
1: Canek (9:48 pin) Guerrero
2: Guerrero (6:14 pin) Canek
3: Fujinami (3:01 rolling back clutch) Solitario
MSG League: Sakaguchi (7:03 boston crab) Garea
Strong Kobayashi & *Choshu (7:51 pin) Hansen & *Maivia
MSG League: Inoki (6:19 pin) Masa Saito
1979/05/18 Niigata - City Gym (3,200)
*Strong Kobayashi & Hoshino (12:10 boston crab) Rivera & *Garea
MSG League: Andre (DCOR) Hansen
Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Fujinami (2-1) Masa Saito, Ueda, & Canek
1: Fujinami (9:14 backslide) Saito
2: Canek (1:46 pin) Fujinami
3: Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Fujinami (4:39 DQ)
1979/05/19 Nagaoka, Niigata - City Welfare Hall (3,000)
Sakaguchi (7:57 pin) Rivera
MSG League: Andre (pin) Choshu
MSG League: Hansen (6:31 pin) Fujinami
Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Masa Saito & Zbyszko
1: Kobayashi (11:55 DQ) Zbyszko
2: Saito (4:54 pin) Kobayashi
3: Inoki (2:09 pin) Zbyszko
1979/05/20 Nagano - Civic Gym (2,500)
Ueda & *Masa Saito (14:21 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Hoshino
Hansen def Eigen
MSG League: Fujinami (15:35 leg roll clutch) Choshu
Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Kido (2-1) Andre, Rivera, Zbyszko
1: Sakaguchi (8:20 pin) Rivera
2: Andre (5:37 back breaker) Kido
3: Inoki (1:58 rolling clutch hold) Zbyszko
1979/05/21 Suwa, Nagano - Lake Suwa Sports Center (2,000)
*Canek & Rivera (14:50 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kotetsu Yamamoto
Fujinami (10:54 rolling clutch hold) Zbyszko
Handicap Match: Andre def Eigen & Kido
MSG League: Sakaguchi (13:53 DQ) Masa Saito
Inoki & Choshu def Hansen & Ueda
1979/05/22 Matsumoto, Nagano - General Gym (2,200)
Strong Kobayashi (10:36 pin) Eigen
MSG League: Hansen def Zbyzsko
Sakaguchi (8:48 boston crab) Garea
MSG League: Andre (pin) Masa Saito
Inoki, Fujinami, & Kido (2-1) Ueda, Canek, & Rivera
1: (11:01 DCOR)
3: Inoki (5:09 pin) Rivera
1979/05/23 Iwaki, Fukushima - Keirin Track Parking Lot (3,300)
MSG League: Fujinami (13:11 DCOR) Canek
Hansen (6:17 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Inoki & Hoshino def Andre & Zbyszko
1979/05/25 Hirosaki, Aomori - Civic Gym (5,000)
Strong Kobayashi (4:18 DQ) Ueda
Handicap Match: Andre def Eigen & Kido
MSG League: Fujinami (18:35 rolling clutch hold) Masa Saito
MSG League: Inoki (9:33 DQ) Hansen
1979/05/26 Towada, Aomori - City Gym (3,200)
Masa Saito & *Canek (13:53 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kido
MSG League: Andre (pin) Zbyszko
Sakaguchi (8:06 DQ) Ueda
Hansen, Guerrero, & Rivera (2-1) Inoki, Fujinami, & Fujiwara
1: Hansen (10:19 pin) Fujiwara
2: (5:18 DCOR)
1979/05/27 Yonezawa, Yamagata - Municipal Gym (2,700)
Strong Kobayashi (8:57 rocking chair hold) Garea
Hansen def Choshu
Fujinami (5:26 backslide) Rivera
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-1) Andre & Ueda
1: Sakaguchi (14:05 DCOR) Andre
2: Inoki (2:54 pin) Ueda
1979/05/28 Kamaishi, Iwate - Ogawa Town Gym (3,000)
MSG League: Fujinami (11:54 boston crab) Zbyszko
*Ueda & Guerrero (11:53 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Eigen
MSG League: Sakaguchi (7:27 DCOR) Andre
Inoki & Choshu def Hansen & Rivera
1979/05/29 Kooriyama, Fukushima - General Gym (2,500)
Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Ueda & Zbyszko
1: (11:04 DCOR)
2: Sakaguchi (4:38 half crab) Zbyszko
MSG League: Hansen def Masa Saito
MSG League: Andre (5:15 pin) Fujinami
MSG League: Inoki (8:08 octopus hold) Choshu
1979/05/30 Osaka - Pref. Gym (7,000)
Hansen & Rivera (2-1) Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
1: Hansen (10:48 pin) Sakaguchi
2: Sakaguchi (3:13 backbreaker) Rivera
3: Hansen (4:57 pin) Kobayashi
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Fujinami (20:36 DCOR) Canek
Ext: (5min limit draw)
MSG League: Inoki (10:54 DCOR) Andre
1979/05/31 Kasugai, Aichi - Shimizuya Parking Lot (3,700)
Strong Kobayashi (11:04 pin) Eigen
MSG League: Andre (pin) Garea
Sakaguchi (11:28 DQ) Ueda
Inoki, Fujinami, & Kido (2-1) Hansen, Masa Saito, & Zbyszko
1: (10:55 DCOR)
2: Inoki (4:40 pin) Zbyszko
1979/06/01 Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Culture Center (3,500)
Strong Kobayashi & *Eigen (9:02 pin) Zbyszko & *Garea
MSG League: Hansen (10:44 pin) Sakaguchi
MSG League: Inoki (default) Fujinami
Inoki (13:34 NC) Andre
1979/06/02 Tokushima - Civic Gym (3,200)
Hansen (5:21 pin) Strong Kobayashi
MSG League: Sakaguchi (default) Fujinami
NWF North American Heavyweight Title: Sakaguchi* (17:55 COR) Ueda
Andre & Canek def Inoki & Choshu
1979/06/03 Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima - Saijo Plaza (2,700)
*Ueda & Masa Saito (12:56 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kido
Hansen def Choshu
MSG League: Sakaguchi (9:02 back breaker) Canek
Inoki & Hoshino def Andre & Guerrero
1979/06/04 Matsue, Shimane - City Gym (3,500)
Hansen, Masa Saito, & Rivera (2-1) Fujinami, Strong Kobayashi, & Eigen
1: Saito (13:08 DCOR) Kobayashi
2: Hansen (4:42 pin) Eigen
Handicap Match: Andre def Kido & Hoshino
MSG League: Sakaguchi (11:24 boston crab) Choshu
MSG League: Inoki (4:39 bow & arrow) Canek
1979/06/05 Toyohashi, Aichi - City Gym (3,300)
*Strong Kobayashi & Kuniaki Kobayashi (14:14 canadian backbreaker) Kido & *Fujiwara
MSG League: Hansen def Garea
Sakaguchi (14:46 DCOR) Masa Saito
Inoki, Fujinami, & Choshu (2-1) Andre, Guerrero, & Zbyszko
1: Guerrero (8:04 pin) Choshu
2: Choshu (6:17 back breaker) Guerrero
3: Inoki (2:16 pin) Zbyszko
1979/06/06 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (8,000)
Fujinami (5:26 backslide) Rivera
MSG League: Hansen def Canek
*Andre & Zbyszko (8:56 backbreaker) *Strong Kobayashi & Choshu
MSG League: Inoki (26:04 octopus hold) Sakaguchi
1979/06/07 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (9,500)
Strong Kobayashi & *Kengo Kimura (12:23 octopus hold) Rivera & *Zbyszko
Sakaguchi, *Choshu, & Kido (12:48 pin) Andre, Masa Saito, & *Garea
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Fujinami (17:02 pin) Canek
MSG Series Final: Inoki (9:03 pin) Hansen
Other MSG Series matches (dates & locations unknown):
Preliminary Tournament:
Block D Round 1: Saito def Kido
Block D Round 2: Kido def Saito
Block D Round 3: Saito def Kido
Block E Round 1: Hoshino def Zbyszko
Block E Round 2: Zbyszko def Hoshino
Block E Round 3: Zbyszko def Hoshino
Block F Round 1: Choshu def Maivia
Block F Round 2: Choshu drew Maivia
Block F Round 3: Choshu def Maivia
Block G Round 1: Canek def Fujiwara
Block G Round 2: Canek def Fujiwara
Block H Round 1: Eigen def Arakawa
Final League:
Inoki def Zbyszko
Andre def Canek
Choshu def Zbyszko
Choshu def Garea
Choshu (DQ) Canek,
Choshu (DQ) Saito
Canek def Zbyszko
Canek def Garea
Canek def Saito
Zbyszko def Garea
Saito def Zbyszko,
Saito def Garea
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