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The 3rd Madison Square Garden Series: 1980/04/25 - 06/05: 37 cards
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Guest foreigners:
Bob Backlund [second half]
Andre the Giant [05/16 - 06/05]
Dusty Rhodes [second half]
Hulk Hogan [second half]
Stan Hansen
Chavo Guerrero
Johnny Powers
Tito Santana
Steve Travis
Bad News Allen
Willem Ruska |
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1980/04/25 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,300)
Hiroyuki Saito vs Norio Honaga
* Honaga's debut match.
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block D Round 1: Strong Kobayashi (11:11 COR) Powers
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block C Round 1: Riki Choshu def Ryuma Go
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block B Round 1: Tatsumi Fujinami (10:32 rolling clutch hold) Allen
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (1-1) Hansen & Travis
1: Hansen (2:01 pin) Sakaguchi
2: Sakaguchi (5:56 boston crab) Travis
3: Inoki (5:06 DCOR) Hansen
1980/04/26 Fujisawa, Kanagawa - Central Farmers' Market (2,500)
Ruska & *Kantaro Hoshino (13:04 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Powers (11:04 DQ) Sakaguchi
Inoki, Fujinami, & Choshu (2-1) Hansen, Guerrero, & Allen
1: Hansen (4:47 pin) Choshu
2: Inoki's team (5:16 DQ)
3: Inoki (4:49 pin) Allen
1980/04/27 Chichibu, Saitama - Civic Gym (2,400)
Ruska & *Strong Kobayashi (canadian backbreaker) Hoshino & *Kengo Kimura
Sakaguchi (10:51 boston crab) Travis
Inoki & Fujinami (2-1) Powers & Guerrero
1: Fujinami (9:04 DCOR) Guerrero
2: Inoki (7:27 pin) Powers
1980/04/29 Kamigoto, Nagasaki - Aokata Jr. High School Gym (2,200)
Strong Kobayashi (9:41 pin) Go
Sakaguchi (10:47 DQ) Allen
Fujinami (14:24 backslide) Powers
1980/04/30 Fukue, Nagasaki - Seaport (2,600)
Ruska def Hoshino
Go def Travis
Sakaguchi (9:38 COR) Powers
Choshu drew Guerrero
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block D Round 2: Hansen (4:37 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Inoki & Fujinami (2-0) Allen & Santana
1: Fujinami (8:27 pin) Santana
2: Inoki (4:32 pin) Allen
1980/05/01 Nagasaki - International Gym (2,800)
Travis def Haruka Eigen
Powers (COR) Choshu
Ruska (9:38 DQ) Strong Kobayashi
Fujinami (9:51 rolling clutch hold) Santana
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-1) Hansen & Allen
1: (11:21 DCOR)
2: Inoki (3:04 pin) Allen
1980/05/02 Saga - Sports Center (2,600)
Powers (9:16 powers lock) Strong Kobayashi
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block C Round 2: Choshu def Travis
Sakaguchi (7:48 DQ) Allen
Hansen & Guerrero (2-1) Inoki & Fujinami
1: Hansen (17:36 DCOR) Fujinami
2: Hansen (0:27 COR) Fujinami
1980/05/03 Sendai, Kagoshima - City Gym (2,700)
Strong Kobayashi (9:29 canadian backbreaker) Travis
Sakaguchi (9:17 boston crab) Santana
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block B Round 2: Guerrero (12:21 COR) Fujinami
1980/05/04 Bungo Takeda, Oita (1,100)
Fujinami (8:55 pin) Travis
MSG Series Preliminary Tournament Block A Round 2: Sakaguchi (11:06 pin) Osamu Kido
Allen (9:04 DQ) Strong Kobayashi
1980/05/06 Kamitsushima, Nagasaki (2,000)
Strong Kobayashi (12:52 pin) Hoshino
Sakaguchi (12:54 DQ) Allen
Inoki, Fujinami, & Choshu (2-1) Hansen, Guerrero, & Travis
1: Choshu (8:37 rolling clutch hold) Travis
2: Hansen (4:46 pin) Choshu
3: Inoki (4:45 pin) Guerrero
1980/05/07 Izuhara, Nagasaki - old Jr. High School Ground site (1,800)
*Strong Kobayashi & Kimura (9:54 pin) Ruska & *Eigen
Fujinami (9:13 pin) Travis
Sakaguchi (13:07 COR) Powers
1980/05/09 Fukuoka - Sports Center (5,200)
Powers def Kido
Strong Kobayashi (8:01 canadian backbreaker) Travis
Sakaguchi & *Choshu (8:43 pin) Allen & *Santana
MSG Series Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block B Round 1: Go def Kengo Kimura
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Fujinami* (17:50 german suplex hold) Guerrero
NWF Heavyweight Title: Inoki* (17:03 DQ) Hansen
1980/05/10 Niage, Oita - Town Gym (3,000)
Strong Kobayashi (9:43 DQ) Powers
MSG Series Consolation Tournament Block A Round 2: Fujinami (9:55 backslide) Allen
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-1) Hansen & Santana
1: (10:33 DCOR)
2: Inoki (3:03 pin) Santana
1980/05/11 Takaharu, Miyazaki - Rentaro Hot Springs Athletic Park square (1,200)
Ruska & Strong Kobayashi (12:55 DCOR) Choshu & Kido
Sakaguchi (11:04 DQ) Allen
Inoki, Fujinami, & Hoshino (2-1) Hansen, Guerrero, & Santana
1: Guerrero (8:35 pin) Hoshino
2: Hoshino (1:29 pin) Guerrero
3: Inoki (2:30 pin) Santana
1980/05/12 Kumamoto - Pref. Gym (3,600)
Sakaguchi (8:31 boston crab) Travis
MSG Series Consolation Tournament Block B Round 2: Strong Kobayashi (8:39 pin) Santana
MSG Series Consolation Tournament Block A Round 3: Fujinami (11:23 leg roll clutch) Kido
1980/05/13 Ube, Yamaguchi - Tawarada Memorial Gym (2,200)
MSG Series Consolation Tournament Block B Round 3: Strong Kobayashi (11:01 pin) Go
Hogan def Eigen
*Sakaguchi & Ruska (11:36 DQ) Powers & *Allen
Inoki, Fujinami, & Kido (2-1) Hansen, Guerrero, & Travis
1: Kido (11:19 COR) Guerrero
2: Hansen (0:48 pin) Kido
3: Fujinami (2:57 pin) Travis
1980/05/14 Kashihara, Nara - Koen Gym (3,800)
Akira Maeda def Hiroyuki Saito
Hogan def Choshu
MSG Series Preliminary Consolation Tournament Block C Round 1: Go def Kido
Guerrero def Kengo Kimura
Ruska def Travis
Fujinami (10:12 backslide) Powers
Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Hansen, Allen, & Santana
1: (9:54 DCOR)
2: Inoki (2:50 pin) Santana
1980/05/16 Kariya, Aichi - City Gym (3,200)
Sakaguchi (4:34 pin) Allen
Hogan (8:38 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Hansen def Rhodes
Andre, Guerrero, & Santana (2-1) Fujinami, Ruska, & Choshu
1: Choshu (12:07 scorpioin death lock) Santana
2: Andre (0:58 pin) Choshu
3: Guerrero (5:29 COR) Fujinami
1980/05/17 Yaizu, Shizuoka - Skate Center (4,500)
MSG Series League: Andre (pin) Go
Sakaguchi, Fujinami, & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Rhodes, Hogan, & Santana
1: (12:03 DCOR)
2: Fujinami (4:25 rolling clutch) Santana
MSG Series League: Inoki (5:07 small package) Choshu
1980/05/18 Semmaya, Iwate - Town Gym (2,200)
Hogan def Eigen
MSG Series League: Andre (pin) Guerrero
MSG Series League: Fujinami (11:17 backslide) Strong Kobayashi
Hansen (6:56 pin) Sakaguchi
1980/05/19 Nakaniida, Miyagi - Town Gym (3,200)
Hogan def Go
MSG Series League: Rhodes (7:11 pin) Strong Kobayashi
MSG Series League: Andre (DCOR) Choshu
Sakaguchi, Fujinami, & Ruska (2-0) Hansen, Allen, & Santana
1: Sakaguchi's team (11:173 DQ)
2: Fujinami (3:59 backslide) Santana
MSG Series League: Inoki (6:30 ground abdominal stretch) Guerrero
1980/05/20 Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima - City Gym (3,400)
Hogan def Kimura
MSG Series League: Fujinami (9:48 backslide) Guerrero
Andre, Allen, & Santana (2-1) Inoki, Kido, & Strong Kobayashi
1: Giant (11:09 pin) Kobayashi
2: Kido (3:41 rolling clutch) Travis
3: Giant (4:04 pin) Kido
1980/05/21 Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya - Tochigi Pref. Gym (4,500)
Hogan def Kido
MSG Series League: Strong Kobayashi (8:02 boston crab) Go
MSG Series League: Fujinami (14:39 leg roll clutch) Choshu
Sakaguchi & Hoshino (2-1) Andre & Santana
1: (10:17 DCOR)
2: Sakaguchi (0:54 pin) Santana
MSG Series League: Inoki (8:44 COR) Rhodes
1980/05/22 Yamagata - Pref. Gym (2,700)
Hogan & Santana def Ruska & Hoshino
MSG Series League: Fujinami (12:31 pin) Go
Hansen (6:47 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Andre, Allen, & Guerrero def Inoki, Choshu, & Kido
1980/05/23 Hasama, Miyagi - Civic Gym (3,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi (mexican abdominal stretch) George Takano
Kimura (pin) Makoto Arakawa
Go (pin) Eigen
Hoshino (pin) Kido
Ruska & Choshu def Allen & Santana
MSG Series League: Strong Kobayashi (9:02 pin) Guerrero
MSG Series League: Andre (COR) Sakaguchi
Backlund & Fujinami (10:22 NC) Hansen & Rhodes
Inoki (5:44 DQ) Hogan
1980/05/24 Aomori - Pref. Gym (3,500)
Takano (pin) Hiroyuki Saito
Arakawa (pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Hoshino (pin) Kimura
Santana & *Guerrero (pin) Ruska & *Kido
Backlund (ankle lock) Choshu
Fujinami & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Hogan & Allen
1: Fujinami & Kobayashi (11:12 DQ)
2: Fujinami (4:27 rolling clutch) Allen
MSG Series League: Hansen def Go
MSG Series League: Andre (DCOR) Rhodes
MSG Series League: Inoki (13:56 DCOR) Sakaguchi
1980/05/25 Odate, Akita - City Gym (2,000)
Takano (pin) Saito
Kuniaki Kobayashi (pin) Shoji Kai
Eigen (camel clutch) Arakawa
*Hogan & Allen (back breaker) Ruska & *Kido
Backlund (pin) Kimura
Rhodes (pin) Choshu
MSG Series League: Sakaguchi (DQ) Hansen
MSG Series League: Inoki (default) Go
Inoki, Fujinami, & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Andre, Guerrero, & Santana
1: Giant (5:04 pin) Kobayashi
2: Kobayashi (5:29 canadian backbreaker) Santana
3: Fujinami (7:03 rolling clutch) Guerrero
1980/05/27 Osaka - Pref. Gym (9,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Takano
Allen (pin) Kimura
*Go & Eigen (pin) Ruska & *Arakawa
Hogan (back breaker) Choshu
Santana & *Guerrero (pin) Hoshino & *Kido
MSG Series League: Sakaguchi (11:21 COR) Fujinami
Andre (DCOR) Hansen
MSG Series League: Inoki (11:27 pin) Strong Kobayashi
WWF Heavyweight Title: Backlund* (19:12 DQ) Rhodes
1980/05/28 Matsue, Shimane - General Gym (2,800)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Maeda
Allen def Eigen
Ruska def Santana
Backlund def Kido
MSG Series League: Strong Kobayashi (11:37 DCOR) Choshu
*Andre & Guerrero (9:33 pin) Fujinami & *Hoshino
Inoki & Sakaguchi (2-1) Hogan & Hansen
1: Inoki & Sakaguchi (11:02 DQ)
2: (3:21 DCOR)
1980/05/29 Okayama - Okayama Budokan (2,600)
Ruska def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Santana def Kido
Sakaguchi & *Choshu (11:04 pin) Hogan & *Allen
*Backlund & Fujinami (12:11 rolling clutch hold) Rhodes & *Guerrero
MSG Series League: Andre (6:07 pin) Strong Kobayashi
MSG Series League: Inoki (9:18 DCOR) Hansen
1980/05/30 Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Culture Center (3,500)
Kido def Eigen
*Strong Kobayashi & Kimura (16:02 pin) Choshu & *Hoshino
*Sakaguchi & Ruska (8:18 boston crab) Allen & *Santana
MSG Series League: Rhodes def Guerrero
Backlund (DQ) Hogan
MSG Series League: Andre (DCOR) Hansen
MSG Series League: Inoki (11:45 pin) Fujinami
1980/05/31 Tokushima - City Gym (3,300)
Hogan def Eigen
MSG Series League: Guerrero def Go
MSG Series League: Sakaguchi def Choshu
Hansen (6:26 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Andre & Santana def Ruska & Hoshino
Backlund & Rhodes (2-1) Inoki & Fujinami
1: Rhodes (12:12 DCOR) Inoki
2: Backlund (4:05 pin) Fujinami
1980/06/01 Kawanoe, Ehime - City Gym (1,800)
Ruska def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Allen def Haruka
Riki Choshu def Guerrero
Backlund & Santana def Kengo Kimura & Kido
MSG Series League: Hansen (4:05 COR) Fujinami
Andre, Rhodes, & Hogan (2-1) Inoki, Sakaguchi, & Strong Kobayashi
1: Giant (11:39 pin) Sakaguchi
2: (7:07 DCOR)
1980/06/02 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym (4,000)
Eigen def Go
Ruska & Kido def Guerrero & Allen
MSG Series League: Hansen (5:41 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Sakaguchi (NC) Hogan
MSG Series League: Rhodes (7:18 pin) Fujinami
Inoki, Choshu, & Kimura def Backlund, Andre, & Santana
1980/06/03 Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym (4,800)
Kido & Takano drew Go & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Ruska def Arakawa
*Hansen & Hogan (8:02 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Eigen
Rhodes def Hoshino
Sakaguchi def Guerrero
MSG Series League: Andre (5:10 pin) Fujinami
Backlund & Santana def Inoki & Choshu
1980/06/04 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (11,000)
Allen def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Thunder Sugiyama & Hoshino def Kengo Kimura & Eigen
Ruska def Santana
Hogan def Kido
*Fujinami & Choshu (10:48 leg roll clutch) Rhodes & *Guerrero
MSG Series League: Sakaguchi (11:52 pin) Strong Kobayashi
MSG Series League: Inoki (11:56 DCOR) Andre
WWF Heavyweight Title: Backlund* (14:44 DQ) Hansen
1980/06/05 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (10,000)
Rhodes & Santana def Kengo Kimura & Ryuma Go
Choshu & *Strong Kobayashi (8:40 pin) Hogan & *Allen
Backlund (12:03 rolling back clutch) Fujinami
MSG Series Semi-Final: Hansen (1:48 COR) Andre
MSG Series Semi-Final: Andre (4:37 pin) Sakaguchi
MSG Series Final: Inoki (7:49 DQ) Hansen
Other MSG Series matches (dates & locations unknown):
Preliminary Tournament:
Block A Round 1: Kido drew Eigen
Block A Round 1: Kido (COR) Eigen
Block A Round 1: Sakaguchi (default) Ruska
Block B Round 1: Guerrero def Hoshino
Block C Round 1: Travis def Kimura
Block D Round 1: Hansen def Santana
Preliminary Consolation Tournament:
Block A Round 1: Eigen (default) Ruska
Block A Round 1: Allen def Hoshino
Block A Round 2: Kido def Eigen
Block B Round 1: Santana (DQ) Powers
Block B Round 2: Go def Travis
Final League:
Sakaguchi def Go
Sakaguchi (COR) Hansen
Sakaguchi drew Rhodes
Choshu def Go
Choshu drew Guerrero
Hansen def Guerrero
Hansen def Choshu
Hansen (COR) Rhodes
Rhodes def Choshu
Rhodes def Go
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