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Challenge Spirit '85: 1985/08/23 - 09/19: 22 cards
Taiwan Tour: 1985/09/21 - 1985/09/27: 6 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Giant Machine (Andre the Giant)
Super Machine (Masked Superstar)
Siva Afi
Hacksaw Higgins
Tony St. Clair
Kerry Brown

1985/08/23 Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo - Civic Sports Center (2,320)
Shin'ya Hashimoto def Masahiro Chono
Hirokazu Hata & Keiichi Yamada drew Keiji Mutoh & Naoki Sano
Shunji Kosugi def KIM Su-hong
Shiro Koshinaka (pin) Black Cat
Kantaro Hoshino & *Don Arakawa (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda & *Anoalo Atisano'e
Yokpalsan (DQ) Super Machine
Giant Machine (2:09 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:26) Siva Afi
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura def Hacksaw Higgins & Tony St. Clair

1985/08/24 Misaki, Kanagawa (1,840)
Keiji Mutoh def Masahiro Chono
Hirokazu Hata def Naoki Sano
Keiichi Yamada def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Don Arakawa def KIM Su-hong
Anoaro Atisano'e def Shunji Kosugi
Shiro Koshinaka (double out-of-fence DQ) Siva Afi
Hacksaw Higgins def Yokpalsan
*Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (10:58 pin) Umanosuke Ueda & *Kerry Brown
*Giant Machine & Super Machine & Tony St. Clair (12:40 pin) Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura

1985/08/25 Sano, Tochigi - Jasco Parking Lot (2,160)
Masahiro Chono def Masaharu Funaki
Naoki Sano def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Keiichi Yamada def Hirokazu Hata
Anoaro Atisano'e def Don Arakawa
Shiro Koshinaka (back slide) Keiji Mutoh
Umanosuke Ueda (pin) Shunji Kosugi
Siva Afi def Kantaro Hoshino
Giant Machine & Super Machine (8:11) Tatsumi Fujinami & Yokpalsan
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (12:28 pin) Hacksaw Higgins & *Kerry Brown & Tony St. Clair

1985/08/27 Yokohama - Chujitsuya Parking Lot (2,270)
Masahiro Chono def Akira Nogami
Shin'ya Hashimoto def Masaharu Funaki
Don Arakawa & Keiichi Yamada def Shunji Kosugi & Hirokazu Hata
Shiro Koshinaka (mexican leg roll clutch hold) Naoki Sano
Anoaro Atisano'e def Keiji Mutoh
Kerry Brown def Black Cat
Umanosuke Ueda (DCOR) Yokpalsan
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Tatsumi Fujinami (9:47 DQ) *Giant Machine & Super Machine
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino def Siva Afi & Hacksaw Higgins & Tony St. Clair

1985/08/28 Odawara, Kanagawa - City Stadium (2,770)
Hirokazu Hata def Akira Nogami
Naoki Sano def Masaharu Funaki
Keiichi Yamada def Masahiro Chono
Keiji Mutoh def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Shiro Koshinaka (double out-of-fence DQ) Anoalo Atisano'e
Yokpalsan def Shunji Kosugi
Don Arakawa (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
*Giant Machine & Super Machine (9:06 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (12:06) Siva Afi & Tony St. Clair & Kerry Brown

1985/08/29 Izumi, Miyagi - Civic Gym (2,130)
Masahiro Chono def Masaharu Funaki
Keiichi Yamada def Hirokazu Hata
Don Arakawa def Naoki Sano
Shiro Koshinaka (pin) Shin'ya Hashimoto
Anoaro Atisano'e (DCOR) Yokpalsan
Shunji Kosugi & *Keiji Mutoh (DQ) *Umanosuke Ueda & Black Cat
Kengo Kimura (DQ) Siva Afi
Kerry Brown (12:59 out-of-fence DQ) Seiji Sakaguchi
Giant Machine & Super Machine & Tony St. Clair (10:08) Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino

1985/08/30 Yamagata - City Gym (2,860)
Naoki Sano def Masaharu Funaki
Hirokazu Hata def Masahiro Chono
Yokpalsan def Black Cat
Anoaro Atisano'e def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Don Arakawa & *Keiji Mutoh (DQ) *Umanosuke Ueda & Tony St. Clair
Shiro Koshinaka (small package) Siva Afi
Shunji Kosugi def Keiichi Yamada
WWF International Tag Team Title: *Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura* (13:15 pin) Hacksaw Higgins & *Kerry Brown
Antonio Inoki & *Seiji Sakaguchi (11:46 DQ) *Giant Machine & Super Machine

1985/08/31 Shinjo, Yamagata - City Gym (2,120)
Shin'ya Hashimoto def Akira Nogami
Hirokazu Hata def Masaharu Funaki
Naoki Sano def Masahiro Chono
*Shunji Kosugi & Keiichi Yamada (DCOR) *Shiro Koshinaka & Black Cat
Anoaro Atisano'e (DQ) Don Arakawa
Kerry Brown def Keiji Mutoh
Giant Machine & *Super Machine (8:09 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Yokpalsan
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:54) Siva Afi
*Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino (pin) Umanosuke Ueda & Hacksaw Higgins & *Tony St. Clair

1985/09/02 Kawagoe, Saitama - Civic Gym (2,130)
Masahiro Chono def Akira Nogami
Naoki Sano def Masaharu Funaki
Keiichi Yamada def Hirokazu Hata
*Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Mutoh (rolling clutch hold) Don Arakawa & *Shin'ya Hashimoto
Anoaro Atisano'e def Shunji Kosugi
Umanosuke Ueda (pin) Black Cat
Hacksaw Higgins def Yokpalsan
Giant Machine & Super Machine (12:46) Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (12:49 pin) Siva Afi & *Kerry Brown & Tony St. Clair

1985/09/03 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki - Sports Center (1,180)
Hirokazu Hata def Akira Nogami
Shin'ya Hashimoto def Masaharu Funaki
Black Cat def Naoki Sano
Don Arakawa & Keiji Mutoh def Shunji Kosugi & Masahiro Chono
Anoaro Atisano'e (DQ) Yokpalsan
Siva Afi def Keiichi Yamada
Shiro Koshinaka (DCOR) Kerry Brown
*Giant Machine & Super Machine (11:28 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura
Antonio Inoki & *Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (11:48 pin) Umanosuke Ueda & Hacksaw Higgins & *Tony St. Clair

1985/09/05 Handa, Aichi - Civic Hall (3,390)
Masaharu Funaki def Akira Nogami
Naoki Sano def Masahiro Chono
Shunji Kosugi def Hirokazu Hata
*Shiro Koshinaka & Black Cat (back slide) Keiichi Yamada & *Keiji Mutoh
Anoaro Atisano'e def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Don Arakawa (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Kantaro Hoshino (DCOR) Siva Afi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yokpalsan (10:12) Hacksaw Higgins & Tony St. Clair
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (11:30 DQ) Giant Machine & *Super Machine & Kerry Brown

1985/09/06 Hekinan, Aichi - Seaside Gym (2,790)
Masaharu Funaki (8:51 camel clutch) Akira Nogami
*Hirokazu Hata & Shin'ya Hashimoto (15:14 leg roll clutch) Black Cat & *Masahiro Chono
Keiichi Yamada (13:13 asunaro suplex hold) Naoki Sano
Anoalo Atisano'e & *Yokpalsan (14:15 pin) Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Kosugi
Shiro Koshinaka (8:14 small package) Siva Afi
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (8:24 DCOR) *Hacksaw Higgins & Kerry Brown
Don Arakawa & *Keiji Mutoh (7:50 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda & *Tony St. Clair
Super Machine (14:41 out-of-fence DQ) Tatsumi Fujinami
Giant Machine (11:48 pin) Antonio Inoki

1985/09/07 Higashi Osaka, Osaka - Kohnoike Nichii Parking Lot (1,750)
Naoki Sano (12:37 pin) Akira Nogami
Hirokazu Hata (9:54 pin) Masaharu Funaki
Don Arakawa (8:25 pin) Masahiro Chono
Shunji Kosugi & *Keiichi Yamada (double pinfall) *Shiro Koshinaka & Black Cat
ext: *Shunji Kosugi & Keiichi Yamada (DCOR) *Shiro Koshinaka & Black Cat
Anoalo Atisano'e (7:27 pin) Shin'ya Shin'ya Hashimoto
Siva Afi (8:01 pin) Keiji Mutoh
*Giant Machine & Super Machine (8:51 pin) Kengo Kimura & *Yokpalsan
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:49) Kerry Brown
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (13:42 pin) Hacksaw Higgins & Umanosuke Ueda & *Tony St. Clair

1985/09/09 Ihara, Okayama - Civic Gym (2,000)
Masahiro Chono def Masaharu Funaki
Black Cat def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Keiji Mutoh def KIM Su-hong
*Shiro Koshinaka & Hirokazu Hata (leg roll cltuch?) Shunji Kosugi & *Naoki Sano
Tony St. Clair def Keiichi Yamada
Don Arakawa (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Siva Afi & Hacksaw Higgins def Kantaro Hoshino & Yokpalsan
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:37) Anoaro Atisanoe
*Giant Machine & Super Machine & Kerry Brown (10:29 DQ) *Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura

1985/09/10 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym (4,610)
Hirokazu Hata def Masaharu Funaki
Naoki Sano def Akira Nogami
Shunji Kosugi & Keiichi Yamada def Don Arakawa & Masahiro Chono
Shiro Koshinaka (back slide) KIM Su-hong
Anoaro Atisano'e def Keiji Mutoh
Umanosuke Ueda & *Tony St. Clair (pin) Kantaro Hoshino & *Shin'ya Hashimoto
Yokpalsan (DQ) Kerry Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (12:44 rolling clutch hold) Hacksaw Higgins & *Siva Afi
Giant Machine & Super Machine (11:40 DQ) Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

1985/09/12 Nobeoka, Miyazaki - City Gym (2,220)
Akira Nogame def Masaharu Funaki
Masahiro Chono def KIM Su-hong
Keiji Mutoh def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Don Arakawa & Keiichi Yamada def Shunji Kosugi & Hirokazu Hata
Siva Afi def Naoki Sano
Shiro Koshinaka (DCOR) Anoalo Atisano'e
Giant Machine & Super Machine def Kantaro Hoshino & Yokpalsan
Umanosuke Ueda (10:07 DQ) Tatsumi Fujinami
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (10:21 pin) Hacksaw Higgins & *Tony St. Clair & Kerry Brown

1985/09/13 Miyazaki - Pref. Gym (3,530)
Masahiro Chono def Masaharu Funaki
Hirokazu Hata def KIM Su-hong
Anoaro Atisano'e (DQ) Don Arakawa
Kengo Kimura & Keiichi Yamada & Keiji Muto def Kantaro Hoshino & Shunji Kosugi & Shin'ya Hashimoto
Umanosuke Ueda (pin) Yokpalsan
*Tony St. Clair & Siva Afi (pin) Shiro Koshinaka & *Naoki Sano
*Hacksaw Higgins & Kerry Brown (8:56 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Black Cat
Giant Machine (11:19 DQ) Tatsumi Fujinami
Super Machine (10:28 DQ) Antonio Inoki

1985/09/14 Izumi, Kagoshima - General Gym (2,080)
Hirokazu Hata (10:16 small package) Masaharu Funaki
Naoki Sano (18:08 back slide) Shin'ya Hashimoto
WONG Kin-mi (5:49 pin) Masahiro Chono
*Shunji Kosugi & Keiichi Yamada (13:00 pin) Siva Afi & *KIM Su-hong
Keiji Mutoh (6:56 pin) Tony St. Clair
Don Arakawa (13:50 small package) Black Cat
*Hacksaw Higgins & Umanosuke Ueda (8:30 pin) Yokpalsan & *Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:40 back slide) Anoalo Atisano'e
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (11:45 DCOR) *Giant Machine & Super Machine & Kerry Brown

1985/09/15 Kitsuki, Oita - Sumiyoshihama Resort Park Parking Lot (1,360)
Masaharu Funaki def Akira Nogami
Masahiro Chono def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Black Cat def KIM Su-hong
Keiji Mutoh & HUANG Gen-man def Naoki Sano & Keiichi Yamada
Anoaro Atisano'e (DQ) Don Arakawa
Siva Afi def Shunji Kosugi
Shiro Koshinaka (DCOR) Kerry Brown
*Giant Machine & Super Machine (9:39 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Yokpalsan
Antonio Inoki & *Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (pin) Umanosuke Ueda & Hacksaw Higgins & *Tony St. Clair

1985/09/17 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi - City Gym (2,680)
Hirokazu Hata (11:45 boston crab) Masaharu Funaki
Naoki Sano (9:28 back slide) KIM Su-hong
Black Cat (12:13 pin) Shin'ya Hashimoto
*Shiro Koshinaka & WONG Kin-mi (16:34 pin) Shunji Kosugi & *Masahiro Chono
Anoalo Atisano'e (7:15 pin) Keiichi Yamada
Umanosuke Ueda (7:49 pin) Don Arakawa
*Hacksaw Higgins & Tony St. Clair (8:05 pin) Yokpalsan & *Keiji Mutoh
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:11 bow & arrow) Siva Afi
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (12:20 DQ) Giant Machine & *Super Machine & Kerry Brown

1985/09/18 Fukuoka - Sports Center (5,050)
Masahiro Chono def Masaharu Funaki
Keiichi Yamada def Shin'ya Hashimoto
Don Arakawa & Hirokazu Hata def Naoki Sano & HUANG Gen-man
Yokpalsan def Black Cat
Shiro Koshinaka (japanese leg roll clutch hold) Siva Afi
Kantaro Hoshino & Umanosuke Ueda (pin) Shunji Kosugi & Anoalo Atisano'e
Tony St. Clair def Keiji Muto
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (8:43 pin) Hacksaw Higgins & *Kerry Brown
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (11:13) Giant Machine & Super Machine

1985/09/19 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (8,290)
Hirokazu Hata (12:35 pin) Masahiro Chono
Keiji Mutoh & Shin'ya Hashimoto (13:25 small package) Siva Afi & Black Cat
Kerry Brown (6:22 pin) KIM Su-hong
*Shiro Koshinaka & Naoki Sano (16:53 DCOR) Shunji Kosugi & *Keiichi Yamada
*Kantaro Hoshino & Don Arakawa (14:52 backslide) Umanosuke Ueda & *Tony St. Clair
Hacksaw Higgins (4:10 pin) Yokpalsan
*Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura (8:09 DQ) *Giant Machine & Super Machine
Antonio Inoki (35:29 TKO) Tatsumi Fujinami


1985/09/21 Kaohsiung, TAIWAN - City Gym (9,000)
Keiichi Yamada def Naoki Sano
Hirokazu Hata def Masahiro Chono
Shunji Kosugi def Keiji Mutoh
The Tiger def KIM Su-hong
Huang Gen Man def Kantaro Hoshino
Hacksaw Higgins def Yokpalsan
Shiro Koshinaka & Seiji Sakaguchi def Siva Afi & Anoaro Atisano'e
Tatsumi Fujinami def Tony St. Clair
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura def Kerry Brown & Masked Superstar

1985/09/22 Kaohsiung, TAIWAN - City Gym (7,500)
Naoki Sano def Hirokazu Hata
Don Arakawa def Masahiro Chono
Kantaro Hoshino def Keiichi Yamada
The Tiger def Keiji Mutoh
Yokpalsan & KIM Su-hong def Siva Afi & Anoaro Atisano'e
Huang Gen Man def Shunji Kosugi
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:18 boston crab) Kerry Brown
Masked Superstar & Tony St. Clair def Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka
Antonio Inoki def Hacksaw Higgins

1985/09/23 Changhua, TAIWAN - Changhua County Gym (11,000)
Keiichi Yamada def Keiji Mutoh
Masahiro Chono def Naoki Sano
Shunji Kosugi def Hirokazu Hata
Don Arakawa def KIM Su-hong
Huang Gen Man def The Tiger
Kerry Brown def Shiro Koshinaka
*Siva Afi & Anoaro Atisano'e (14:11 rolling clutch hold) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino
Hacksaw Higgins def Yokpalsan
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura def Masked Superstar & Tony St. Clair

1985/09/24 Changhua, TAIWAN - Changhua County Gym (11,500)
Naoki Sano def Hirokazu Hata
Don Arakawa def Masahiro Chono
Shiro Koshinaka def Keiji Mutoh
The Tiger def Keiichi Yamada
Yokpalsan & KIM Su-hong def Siva Afi & Anoaro Atisano'e
Tony St. Clair def Shunji Kosugi
Kantaro Hoshino def Huang Gen Man
Masked Superstar & Hacksaw Higgins (14:33 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura
Antonio Inoki def Kerry Brown

1985/09/26 Taipei, TAIWAN - China Sports Center (9,300)
Keiichi Yamada def Naoki Sano
Shiro Koshinaka def Keiji Mutoh
Don Arakawa def Masahiro Chono
The Tiger def KIM Su-hong
Huang Gen Man def Shunji Kosugi
Kengo Kimura def Kerry Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino (14:14 boston crab) *Siva Afi & Anoaro Atisano'e
Hacksaw Higgins def Yokpalsan
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami def Masked Superstar & Tony St. Clair

1985/09/27 Taipei, TAIWAN - China Sports Center (10,500)
Naoki Sano (11:32 pin) Hirokazu Hata
Shunji Kosugi (13:12 pin) Keiichi Yamada
Shiro Koshinaka (11:01 small package hold) Masahiro Chono
Don Arakawa (10:17 backslide) Keiji Mutoh
Kin-mi Huang (14:23 boston crab) The Tiger (Black Cat)
*Yokpalsan & KIM Su-hong (13:12 rolling clutch hold) *Anoalo Atisano'e & Siva Afi
Tony St. Clair (10:50 small package hold) Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (12:39 pin) Kerry Brown & *Hacksaw Higgins
Antonio Inoki (10:27 pin) Masked Superstar


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