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1951/09/30 - 1951/12/11: 12 cards
* Sponsored by The Torii Oasis Shriner's Club of Tokyo and promoted by a Honolulu businessman Moe Lipton with affiliation with NWA members Al Karasick (Honolulu) and Joe Malcewicz (San Francisco). This is one of the most important tours in the puroresu history (see the 10/28 card).
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
Foreign participants:
Bobby Bruns
Andre Adoree
Ovira Asselin
Casey Berger
Harold Sakata
Dr. Len Hall (injured on 10/11)
Gino Vagnone (replaced Hall) |
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1951/09/30 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Asselin (30:00 draw) Bruns
Sakata (2-1) Berger
Hall (2-1 dec/utc) Adoree
1951/10/04 Yokohama - Fryar Gym (2,500+, near capacity)
Hall def Asselin (2/3)
Adoree def Sakata (2/3)
Bruns def Berger
1951/10/11 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Adoree (2-0) Berger
Bruns drew Sakata
Hall def Asselin (2/3)
1951/10/14 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Asselin drew Sakata (1-1 45:00)
Adoree def Berger (11:10)
Adoree & Sakata def Asselin & Bruns (Sakata def Bruns)
1951/10/28 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Exhibition Match: Bruns (10:00 draw) Rikidozan
* Rikidozan's debut as a pro-wrestler.
Asselin (2-0) Berger
Adoree drew Sakata (30:00)
Asselin & Bruns (2-1 DQ) Sakata and Vagnone
1951/11/14 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Exhibition Match: Asselin drew Rikidozan
Exhibition Match: Bruns drew Kokichi Endo
Sakata (2-0) Berger
Adoree & Vagnone nc Asselin & Bruns
1951/11/18 Tokyo - Korakuen Stadium
6 boxing exhibitions (3R each)
Exhibition Match: Asselin (10:00 draw) Rikidozan
Bruns def Vagnone (2/3)
Adoree drew Sakata (30:00)
Boxing Exhibition (6R): Joe Louis boxed Willie Polite, Lee Giles, Jim Hickey, Buck Decordova, Nat Gray, and Allan Williams
1951/11/20 Yokosuka - Naval Base (3,000)
2 preliminary exhibitions
Asselin drew Vagnone
Bruns def Sakata (referee: Joe Louis)
1951/11/25 Osaka
Exhibition Match: Sakata drew Rikidozan
1951/12/02 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Boxing (3R): Harold Gibbs drew Don Walker
Adoree & Vagnone def Asselin & Sakata (2-1 COR)
Exhibition Match: Adoree (10:00 draw) Endo
Exhibition Match: Bruns (10:00 draw) Rikidozan
Boxing Exhibition (6R): Joe Louis boxed Ozie Hubbard (2R), Allan Williams, Clarence Saunders, Willie Polite, and Buck Decordova
1951/12/09 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
prelimnary amateur boxing matches
Adoree vs. Yasuyoki Sakabe
Asselin vs. Endo (10:00)
Rikidozan vs. Sakata (15:00)
Asselin & Bruns vs. Adoree & Vagnone (2/3)
1951/12/11 Tokyo
Exhibition Match: Bruns drew Rikidozan
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