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The 1st I.W.G.P. Championship League: 1983/05/06 - 06/02: 28 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Hulk Hogan
Big John Studd
Andre the Giant
Canek
Enrique Vera
Otto Wanz [05/06 - 05/10]
Dino Bravo [cancelled]

1983/05/06 Fukuoka - Sports Center
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Ryuma Go & Masanobu Kurisu def Haruka Eigen & Shunji Kosugi
Osamu Kido def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Riki Choshu (DCOR) Canek
Otto Wanz def Kengo Kimura
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (8:53 pin) Big John Studd & *Enrique Vera
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan def Killer Khan
IWGP League: Andre the Giant (11:24 DQ) Antonio Inoki

1983/05/07 Saga - Sports Center
Kazuo Yamazaki def Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada def Fumihiro Niikura
Osamu Kido & Haruka Eigen def Ryuma Go & Masanobu Kurisu
Kengo Kimura def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Enrique Vera
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (10:54 DQ) *Riki Choshu & Killer Khan
IWGP League: Otto Wanz def Canek
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan (DCOR) Andre the Giant & Big John Studd

1983/05/08 Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Hall
Fumihiro Niikura def Kazuo Yamazaki
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada def Haruka Eigen & Shunji Kosugi
Animal Hamaguchi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Otto Wanz def Ryuma Go
IWGP League: Akira Maeda def Enrique Vera
*Andre the Giant & Canek (11:38 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura
IWGP League: Rusher Kimura (DCOR) Big John Studd
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan def Riki Choshu & Killer Khan

1983/05/09 Chichibu, Saitama - Civic Gym (2,800)
Fumihiro Niikura (10:06 half crab) Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada (12:05 pin) Shunji Kosugi
Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (20min limit draw) Ryuma Go & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Enrique Vera (9:43 pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Animal Hamaguchi (5:15 pin) Haruka Eigen
Rusher Kimura (7:34 pin) Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Hulk Hogan (11:23 DQ) *Riki Choshu & Killer Khan
IWGP League: Andre the Giant (1:49 pin) Canek
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda (10:37 DCOR) Big John Studd & Otto Wanz

1983/05/10 Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa drew Osamu Kido & Ryuma Go
Kengo Kimura def Enrique Vera
Riki Choshu def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:30 DCOR) Rusher Kimura
IWGP League: Killer Khan def Canek
Andre the Giant & Big John Studd def Hulk Hogan & Akira Maeda
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (5:42 pin) Otto Wanz

1983/05/11 Fukushima - Sports Center
Nobuhiko Takada drew Fumihiro Niikura
Masanobu Kurisu def Shunji Kosugi
Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa
Animal Hamaguchi def Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu def Ryuma Go
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan def Canek
IWGP League: Killer Khan (DQ) Rusher Kimura
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Akira Maeda (9:38 pin) Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, & *Enrique Vera

1983/05/12 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym
Nobuhiko Takada def Shunji Kosugi
Makoto Arakawa def Fumihiro Niikura
Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido drew Haruka Eigen & Ryuma Go
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Animal Hamaguchi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP League: Big John Studd def Enrique Vera
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (11:17 DQ) *Riki Choshu & Killer Khan
IWGP League: Enrique Vera (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan (COR) Rusher Kimura
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura def Andre the Giant & Canek

1983/05/13 Ohmiya, Saitama - Skate Center
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Makoto Arakawa def Shunji Kosugi
Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido def Ryuma Go
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Enrique Vera
*Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (7:49 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura
Hulk Hogan & Canek (DQ) Riki Choshu & Killer Khan
IWGP League: Andre the Giant def Akira Maeda
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (9:18 pin) Big John Studd

1983/05/14 Numazu, Shizuoka - City Gym (4,200)
Shunji Kosugi (8:09 half crab) Tatsutoshi Goto
Masanobu Kurisu (9:55 pin) Kazuo Yamazaki
*Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa (12:06 pin) Ryuma Go & *Nobuhiko Takada
Animal Hamaguchi (9:40 pin) Kengo Kimura
Enrique Vera (10:59 leg roll clutch hold) Kantaro Hoshino
Riki Choshu (12:22 pin) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Big John Studd (12:19 COR) Killer Khan
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (10:40 DQ) *Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
*Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan (9:12 pin) Andre the Giant & *Canek

1983/05/15 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (3,000)
Nobuhiko Takada (10:23 pin) Shunji Kosugi
Makoto Arakawa (13:29 german suplex hold) Kazuo Yamazaki
Kantaro Hoshino & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:51 pin) Haruka Eigen & *Masanobu Kurisu
Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:42 german suplex hold) Enrique Vera
Big John Studd (3:51 back breaker) Ryuma Go
*Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (11:48 pin) Kengo Kimura & *Osamu Kido
IWGP League: Akira Maeda (10:16 double arm hold) Canek
Andre the Giant (14:51 DCOR) Hulk Hogan
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (12:37 pin) *Riki Choshu & Killer Khan

1983/05/16 Tsu, Mie - City Gym
Makoto Arakawa def Shunji Kosugi
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen & Osamu Kido def Kantaro Hoshino & Nobuhiko Takada
Isamu Teranishi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Canek def Kengo Kimura
Akira Maeda (DCOR) Big John Studd
IWGP League: Andre the Giant def Enrique Vera
Hulk Hogan (DCOR) Killer Khan
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (7:02 pin) Rusher Kimura

1983/05/17 Matsue, Shimane - General Gym
Shunji Kosugi def Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara drew Osamu Kido & Ryuma Go
Enrique Vera def Masanobu Kurisu
Big John Studd def Kengo Kimura
*Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (11:08 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino
IWGP League: Big John Studd (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Killer Khan (COR) Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan def Andre the Giant & Canek

1983/05/18 Okazaki, Aichi - City Gym (4,000)
Shunji Kosugi def Kazuo Yamazaki
Go def Masanobu Kurisu
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Nobuhiko Takada
Haruka Eigen & Kantaro Hoshino drew Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Isamu Teranishi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Seiji Sakaguchi (11:18 DCOR) Killer Khan
IWGP League: Canek def Enrique Vera
IWGP League: Rusher Kimura (8:48 pin) Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan (DCOR) Andre the Giant & Big John Studd

1983/05/19 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Shunji Kosugi
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Canek & Enrique Vera def Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (12:35 DQ) Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
Akira Maeda (DCOR) Killer Khan
IWGP League: Andre the Giant def Big John Studd
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (15:21 double out-of-fence) Hulk Hogan

1983/05/20 Kumamoto - City Gym
Shunji Kosugi def Nobuhiko Takada
Makoto Arakawa def Kazuo Yamazaki
Haruka Eigen & Osamu Kido drew Kantaro Hoshino & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kengo Kimura def Ryuma Go
Kuniaki Kobayashi (DQ) Isamu Teranishi
IWGP League: Rusher Kimura def Enrique Vera
Hulk Hogan (11:26 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Andre the Giant def Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda def Big John Studd & Canek

1983/05/21 Oita - Pref. Niage Town Gym
Makoto Arakawa def Shunji Kosugi
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Kazuo Yamazaki
Haruka Eigen & Ryuma Go def Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada
Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Isamu Teranishi
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Enrique Vera
Killer Khan def Kengo Kimura
IWGP League: Rusher Kimura def Canek
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan def Akira Maeda
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (9:32 NC) Andre the Giant & Big John Studd

1983/05/22 Nobeoka, Miyazaki - City Gym
Fumihiro Niikura def Tatsutoshi Goto
Shunji Kosugi def Kazuo Yamazaki
Osamu Kido def Nobuhiko Takada
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Haruka Eigen
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Ryuma Go
IWGP League: Killer Khan def Enrique Vera
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (13:50 pin) Rusher Kimura & *Isamu Teranishi
Antonio Inoki & Hulk Hogan & Kengo Kimura def Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, & Canek

1983/05/23 Okayama - Okayama Budokan
Fumihiro Niikura drew Shunji Kosugi
Haruka Eigen def Nobuhiko Takada
Go def Makoto Arakawa
Osamu Kido def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Enrique Vera
Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi def Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino
*Andre the Giant & Big John Studd (6:46 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda
Hulk Hogan (COR) Killer Khan
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (3:16 pin) Canek

1983/05/24 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki - Sports Center
Makoto Arakawa def Fumihiro Niikura
Kantaro Hoshino def Shunji Kosugi
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Nobuhiko Takada
Haruka Eigen def Ryuma Go
Killer Khan def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi def Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (10:58 DCOR) Big John Studd
IWGP League: Killer Khan (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan def Enrique Vera
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda (DQ) Andre the Giant & Canek

1983/05/25 Choshi, Chiba - City Gym
Fumihiro Niikura def Tatsutoshi Goto
Nobuhiko Takada def Kazuo Yamazaki
Makoto Arakawa def Shunji Kosugi
Osamu Kido & Ryuma Go drew Kuniaki Kobayashi & Haruka Eigen
Isamu Teranishi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
IWGP League: Big John Studd def Akira Maeda
Hulk Hogan (7:19 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
IWGP League: Andre the Giant (COR) Rusher Kimura
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino def Killer Khan & Canek & Enrique Vera

1983/05/26 Hitachi, Ibaraki - Central Gym
Nobuhiko Takada def Shunji Kosugi
Haruka Eigen def Fumihiro Niikura
Osamu Kido def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Ryuma Go
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Akira Maeda (12:55 DQ) *Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
IWGP League: Rusher Kimura (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Big John Studd def Canek
Hulk Hogan (DCOR) Killer Khan
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura def Andre the Giant & Enrique Vera

1983/05/27 Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Culture Center (4,300)
Makoto Arakawa (11:18 german suplex hold) Fumihiro Niikura
*Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada (15:39 pin) Haruka Eigen & *Kazuo Yamazaki
Osamu Kido (10:25 pin) Go
*Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (7:07 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino
Killer Khan (DCOR) Big John Studd
Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi def Canek & Enrique Vera
IWGP League: Andre the Giant (DCOR) Hulk Hogan
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (12:57 pin) Akira Maeda

1983/05/28 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym
Fumihiro Niikura def Kazuo Yamazaki
Makoto Arakawa def Shunji Kosugi
Haruka Eigen & Ryuma Go def Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobuhiko Takada
Osamu Kido def Masanobu Kurisu
Kuniaki Kobayashi (DQ) Isamu Teranishi
Canek & Enrique Vera def Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:30 DQ) Rusher Kimura
Andre the Giant & Big John Studd def Hulk Hogan & Akira Maeda
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (16:21 octopus hold) Killer Khan

1983/05/29 Yaizu, Shizuoka - Skate Center (3,600)
Nobuhiko Takada (12:45 pin) Kazuo Yamazaki
Makoto Arakawa (8:13 german suplex hold) Tatsutoshi Goto
Haruka Eigen (8:27 pin) Shunji Kosugi
Kantaro Hoshino & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (20min limit draw) Osamu Kido & Masanobu Kurisu
   Ext: Kantaro Hoshino & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2:03 pin) Osamu Kido & *Masanobu Kurisu
Killer Khan (7:52 pin) Ryuma Go
Kuniaki Kobayashi (9:45 pin) Enrique Vera
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (10:49 DQ) *Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
IWGP League: Andre the Giant (default) Otto Wanz
IWGP League: Hulk Hogan (7:48 pin) Big John Studd
*Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda (9:31 pin) Andre the Giant & *Canek

1983/05/30 Chiba - Park Gym
Nobuhiko Takada def Shunji Kosugi
Makoto Arakawa def Fumihiro Niikura
Haruka Eigen def Black Cat
Osamu Kido def Ryuma Go
Kantaro Hoshino def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Enrique Vera def Masanobu Kurisu
Killer Khan & Kuniaki Kobayashi (DQ) Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi
IWGP League: Akira Maeda (default) Otto Wanz
Hulk Hogan def Akira Maeda
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (9:45 pin) Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, & *Canek

1983/05/31 Shimizu, Shizuoka - Suzuyo Memorial Gym
Nobuhiko Takada def Fumihiro Niikura
Masanobu Kurisu def Shunji Kosugi
Ryuma Go & Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Black Cat
Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi def Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido
Akira Maeda (DQ) Big John Studd
Hulk Hogan (DCOR) Killer Khan
*Andre the Giant & Canek (7:55 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura
IWGP League: Antonio Inoki (3:56 pin) Enrique Vera

1983/06/01 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym
Black Cat def Nobuhiko Takada
Makoto Arakawa def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen & Osamu Kido drew Ryuma Go & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Isamu Teranishi
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Enrique Vera
Canek def Kengo Kimura
Rusher Kimura (8:10 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
IWGP League: Killer Khan (DCOR) Andre the Giant
Antonio Inoki & Akira Maeda def Hulk Hogan & Big John Studd

1983/06/02 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000)
Nobuhiko Takada (13:12 pin) Kazuo Yamazaki
Ryuma Go (11:45 back sliding) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Osamu Kido & *Kantaro Hoshino (11:19 pin) Canek & *Enrique Vera
Kengo Kimura & *Akira MaedaAkira (12:39 pin) Rusher Kimura & *Isamu Teranishi
Seiji Sakaguchi (5:09 DCOR) Big John Studd
Andre the Giant (6:02 pin) Killer Khan
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (vacant): Tiger Mask (18:06 pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
IWGP Final: Hulk Hogan (21:27 KO) Antonio Inoki


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