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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).
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 vs. Rikidozan
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