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Giant Series: 1972/10/21-11/08: 15 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Bruno Sammartino
Fred Blassie
Dom DeNucci
Dutch Savage
Jerry Kozak
Terry Funk [10/21 - 11/01]
Dory Funk Sr. [11/02 - 11/08]

1972/10/21 Machida, Tokyo - City Gym (3,500)
* All Japan's first card
Devil Murasaki (4:30 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Mitsuo Momota (9:30 small package) Goro Tsurumi
Dom DeNucci (6:10 pin) Akio Sato
Dutch Savage (11:25 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Motoshi Okuma (12:00 DQ) Fred Blassie
Masio Koma (1-1) Jerry Kozak
   1: Kozak (9:30 pin) Koma
   2: Koma (4:30 pin) Kozak
   3: (4:50 DCOR)
Bruno Sammartino & Terry Funk (2-1) Giant Baba & Thunder Sugiyama
   1: Terry (13:00 pin) Sugiyama
   2: Sugiyama (9:13 pin) Terry
   3: Sammartino & Terry (7:44 COR)

1972/10/22 Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium (6,100)
Goro Tsurumi (11:45 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Mitsuo Momota (12:48 back slide) Devil Murasaki
Jerry Kozak (13:38 pin) Akio Sato
Dom DeNucci (15:05 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Terry Funk (17:23 pin) Thunder Sugiyama
Motoshi Okuma & Masio Koma(2-1) Fred Blassie & Dutch Savage
   1: Koma (12:23 pin) Savage
   2: Blassie (2:20 pin) Okuma
   3: Okuma (5:06 pin) Blassie
World Heavyweight Championship Series: Giant Baba (1-1) Sammartino
   1: Sammartino (19:42 pin)
   2: Baba (8:18 pin)
   3: (3:15 double pinfall)

1972/10/23 Mohka, Tochigi - Civic Gym (3,300)
Devil Murasaki (12:34 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Masayuki Fujii (13:48 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Dom DeNucci (11:37 pin) Akio Sato
Jerry Kozak (11:21 rolling clutch hold) Samson Kutsuwada
Terry Funk (17:25 rocking chair hold) Masio Koma
Thunder Sugiyama (2-1) Fred Blassie
   1: Blassie (13:49 pin)
   2: Sugiyama (1:10 pin)
   3: Sugiyama (1:16 DQ)
Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Dutch Savage
   1: Savage (9:34 pin) Okuma
   2: Baba & Okuma (4:30 DQ)
   3: Baba (1:25 pin) Savage

1972/10/24 Fukushima - Pref. Gym (3,000)
Masayuki Fujii (10:09 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Akio Sato (14:21 back slide) Mitsuo Momota
Dom DeNucci (9:50 pin) Devil Murasaki
Fred Blassie (9:54 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Dutch Savage (15:56 pin) Motoshi Okuma
Bruno Sammartino (2-1) Thunder Sugiyama
   1: (8:13 DCOR)
   2: Sammartino (4:08 pin)
Giant Baba & Masio Koma (2-1) Terry Funk & Jerry Kozak
   1: Terry (18:13 rocking chair hold) Koma
   2: Baba & Koma (4:30 DQ)
   3: Baba (5:21 pin) Kozak

1972/10/26 Shizuoka - Sunpu Hall (4,100)
Masayuki Fujii (16:07 pin) Devil Murasaki
Goro Tsurumi (15:17 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Jerry Kozak (10:33 back slide) Akio Sato
Thunder Sugiyama (14:45 pin) Dom DeNucci
Bruno Sammartino (7:43 bear hug) Samson Kutsuwada
Motoshi Okuma (2-1) Fred Blassie
   1: Blassie (11:05 pin)
   2: Okuma (35 pin)
   3: Okuma (4:11 DQ)
Giant Baba & Masio Koma (2-1) Terry Funk & Dutch Savage
   1: Koma (15:27 pin) Savage
   2: Terry (4:31 rocking chair hold) Koma
   3: Baba (2:10 pin) Terry

1972/10/27 Wakayama - Pref. Gym (6,100)
Devil Murasaki (13:29 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Akio Sato (8:42 back slide) Masayuki Fujii
Jerry Kozak (11:15 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Dutch Savage (11:20 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Masio Koma (8:56 DQ) Fred Blassie
Terry Funk (2-1) Motoshi Okuma
   1: Terry (9:55 pin)
   2: Okuma (50 pin)
   3: Terry (3:57 rolling clutch hold)
Giant Baba & Thunder Sugiyama (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Dom DeNucci
   1: DeNucci (17:38 pin) Sugiyama
   2: Baba & Sugiyama (6:45 COR)
   3: Baba (4:14 pin) DeNucci

1972/10/28 Kashihara, Nara - Koen Gym (6,800)
Goro Tsurumi (12:38 half crab) Masayuki Fujii
Akio Sato (14:17 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Dom DeNucci (8:44 pin) Devil Murasaki
Fred Blassie (9:27 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Thunder Sugiyama (11:52 DCOR) Dutch Savage
Bruno Sammartino (2-0) Motoshi Okuma
   1: Sammartino (7:38 COR)
   2: Sammartino (3:21 pin)
Giant Baba & Masio Koma (2-1) Terry Funk & Jerry Kozak
   1: Baba (14:06 pin) Terry
   2: Terry (6:41 rocking chair hold) Baba
   3: Koma (2:13 pin) Kozak

1972/10/29 Owase, Mie - City Gym (4,100)
Mitsuo Momota (11:56 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Devil Murasaki (14:49 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Dom DeNucci (9:02 pin) Akio Sato
Masio Koma (9:01 rolling clutch hold) Jerry Kozak
Terry Funk (10:43 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Thunder Sugiyama (2-1) Dutch Savage
   1: Savage (7:35 pin)
   2: Sugiyama (1:31 pin)
   3: Sugiyama (2:25 COR)
Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Fred Blassie
   1: Sammartino (10:32 pin) Okuma
   2: Baba & Okuma (1:05 DQ)
   3: Baba (1:45 pin) Blassie

1972/10/30 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (4,500)
Mitsuo Momota (11:57 back slide) Goro Tsurumi
Devil Murasaki (14:29 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Jerry Kozak (9:15 pin) Akio Sato
Dom DeNucci (9:45 back breaker) Samson Kutsuwada
Masio Koma (16:45 DCOR) Dutch Savage
Bruno Sammartino & Fred Blassie (2-1) Thunder Sugiyama & Motoshi Okuma
   1: Sugiyama (16:07 pin) Blassie
   2: Blassie (3:14 pin) Sugiyama
   3: Sammartino (1:06 bear hug) Okuma

World Heavyweight Championship Series: Giant Baba (2-1) Terry Funk
   1: Terry (19:15 rolling cradle)
   2: Baba (4:24 abdominal stretch)
   3: Baba (5:00 pin)

1972/11/01 Maebashi - Gunma Pref. Sports Center (3,200)
Masayuki Fujii (13:09 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Akio Sato (time limit draw) Devil Murasaki
Dom DeNucci (8:53 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Dutch Savage (15:07 rolling clutch hold) Samson Kutsuwada
Motoshi Okuma (10:31 pin) Jerry Kozak
Thunder Sugiyama (2-1) Fred Blassie
   1: Sugiyama (15:38 pin)
   2: Blassie (9 pin)
   3: Sugiyama (2:04 COR)
Bruno Sammartino & Terry Funk (2-1) Giant Baba & Masio Koma
   1: Terry (17:28 rocking chair hold) Koma
   2: Koma (4:34 pin) Terry
   3: Sammartino (3:06 pin) Koma

1972/11/02 Nagano - Pref. Gym (2,800)
Masayuki Fujii (12:46 pin) Devil Murasaki
Goro Tsurumi (11:28 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Dutch Savage (10:37 pin) Akio Sato
Fred Blassie (8:47 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Thunder Sugiyama (12:11 pin) Dom DeNucci
Masio Koma (2-1) Jerry Kozak
   1: Kozak (10:59 pin)
   2: Koma (4:28 pin)
   3: Koma (3:16 pin)
Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Dory Funk Sr.
   1: Sammartino (8:50 pin) Okuma
   2: Baba & Okuma (4:37 DQ)
   3: Baba (1:45 pin) Funk

1972/11/03 Ueda, Nagano - City Gym (3,500)
Masayuki Fujii (10:59 back breaker) Goro Tsurumi
Devil Murasaki (15:47 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Dom DeNucci (12:36 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Fred Blassie (8:14 pin) Akio Sato
Thunder Sugiyama (8:01 COR) Dory Funk Sr.
Motoshi Okuma & Masio Koma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Jerry Kozak
   1: Sammartino (11:34 pin) Koma
   2: Okuma & Koma (3:05 DQ)
   3: Koma (6:17 boston crab) Kozak
Giant Baba (2-1) Dutch Savage
   1: Savage (17:47 pin)
   2: Baba (2:50 pin)
   3: Baba (2:39 pin)

1972/11/04 Naoetsu, Niigata - Welfare Hall (3,000)
Mitsuo Momota (12:07 small package hold) Masayuki Fujii
Devil Murasaki (15:16 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Jerry Kozak (11:36 small package hold) Akio Sato
Fred Blassie (13:10 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Thunder Sugiyama (11:42 pin) Dom DeNucci
Motoshi Okuma (2-1) Dory Funk Sr.
   1: (8:11 DCOR)
   2: Okuma (4:05 pin)
Giant Baba & Masio Koma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Dutch Savage
   1: Sammartino (12min pin) Baba
   2: Baba (3:53 pin) Sammartino
   3: Koma (4:34 pin) Savage

1972/11/05 Muikamachi, Niigata - National Gym (2,700)
Devil Murasaki (14:45 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Mitsuo Momota (14:07 back slide) Goro Tsurumi
Dory Funk Sr. (8:04 spinning toe hold) Akio Sato
Masio Koma (11:35 pin) Jerry Kozak
Motoshi Okuma (8:47 DQ) Fred Blassie
Thunder Sugiyama (1-1) Dutch Savage
   1: Savage (6:15 pin)
   2: Sugiyama (2:03 boston crab)
   3: (1:50 DCOR)
Giant Baba & Samson Kutsuwada (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Dom DeNucci
   1: Baba & Kutsuwada (14:16 COR)
   2: DeNucci (2:31 pin) Kutsuwada
   3: Baba (2:46 pin) DeNucci

1972/11/06 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,400)
Goro Tsurumi (13:02 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Mitsuo Momota (15min pin) Devil Murasaki
Fred Blassie (12:01 pin) Akio Sato
Dory Funk Sr. (9:51 spinning toe hold) Samson Kutsuwada
Thunder Sugiyama (11:35 pin) Dom DeNucci
Motoshi Okuma & Masio Koma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Jerry Kozak
   1: Sammartino (14:07 pin) Koma
   2: Okuma & Koma (2:35 DQ)
   3: Koma (6:20 half crab) Kozak
Giant Baba (2-1) Dutch Savage
   1: Baba (14:49 pin)
   2: Savage (2:07 pin)
   3: Baba (4:36 pin)

1972/11/08 Toyokawa, Aichi - City Gym (3,500)
Devil Murasaki (12:10 pin) Masayuki Fujii
Goro Tsurumi (14:50 pin) Mitsuo Momota
Dory Funk Sr. (10:33 spinning toe hold) Akio Sato
Fred Blassie (11:30 pin) Samson Kutsuwada
Motoshi Okuma (13:09 pin) Dom DeNucci
Thunder Sugiyama (2-1) Dutch Savage
   1: Savage (7:51 pin)
   2: Sugiyama (5:13 DQ)
   3: Sugiyama (1:38 boston crab)
Giant Baba & Masio Koma (2-1) Bruno Sammartino & Jerry Kozak
   1: Sammartino (9:35 pin) Baba
   2: Koma (4:31 rolling clutch hold) Kozak
   3: Baba (3:13 pin) Sammartino


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