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Grand Champion Series: 1982/04/16 - 04/22: 7 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk
Stan Hansen
Harley Race
Bruiser Brody
Ted DiBiase
Buck Robley
Jimmy Snuka
Lou Thesz

1982/04/16 Fukuoka - International Center (6,800; the last card of the previous tour)
Nobuyoshi Sugawara (6:45 pin) Mitsuharu Misawa
Mitsuo Momota (10:24 DQ) Mr. Hayashi
*Mighty Inoue & Akio Sato (14:20 pin) Rocky Hata & *Shiro Koshinaka
Mongolian Stomper (5:50 pin) Motoshi Okuma
*Harley Race & Buck Robley (10:58 pin) Ted DiBiase & *Ashura Hara
Stan Hansen & *Jimmy Snuka (14:51 pin) *Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk
Great Kojika (2:13 boston crab) Bill Howard
Champion Carnival League: Ted Dibiase (default) Bill Robinson
Champion Carnival League: Mongolian Stomper (default) Alexis Smirnoff
Champion Carnival League: Takashi Ishikawa (9:03 COR) Prince Tonga
Champion Carnival League: Jumbo Tsuruta (30min limit draw) Gen-ichiro Tenryu
* The first match between Tsuruta and Tenryu
Champion Carnival League: Giant Baba (10:02 DQ) Bruiser Brody
* Baba wins the league with the highest points; referee: Lou Thesz

1982/04/17 Oita - Pref. Niage Town Gym (3,800)
Mitsuharu Misawa (11:22 pin) Masaji Goto
Mr. Hayashi (11:10 DCOR) Mitsuo Momota
Great Kojika & *Motoshi Okuma (11:29 pin) Mighty Inoue & *Hiromichi Fuyuki
Takashi Ishikawa & *Akio Sato (12:01 pin) Rocky Hata & *Shiro Koshinaka
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (5:23 pin) Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Prince Tonga (5:41 DCOR) Mongolian Stomper
Jimmy Snuka (11:38 pin) Ashura Hara
Terry Funk & *Jumbo Tsuruta (8:40 pin) Harley Race & *Buck Robley
*Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (5:33 pin) Giant Baba & *Gen-ichiro Tenryu
NWA International Heavyweight Title: Dory Funk Jr.* (36:31 pin) Ted DiBiase

1982/04/18 Tokuyama, Yamaguchi - City Gym (2,800)
Mitsuharu Misawa (9:51 pin) Hiromichi Fuyuki
Mitsuo Momota (8:28 boston crab) Masaji Goto
Mr. Hayashi (11:01 pin) Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara (20min limit draw) Rocky Hata & Prince Tonga
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (4:21 pin) Shiro Koshinaka
Gen-ichiro Tenryu (6:58 rolling clutch hold) Mongolian Stomper
All Asia Tag Team Title: Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa* (2-1) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
1: (20:34 DCOR)
2: Sato (1:49 arm bar) Ohkuma
*Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. (12min pin) Harley Race & *Buck Robley
Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta & Ted DiBiase (1-1) Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
1: Snuka (7:02 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (3:53 pin) Snuka
3: (4:27 DCOR)

1982/04/19 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym (5,600)
Mitsuharu Misawa (9:38 pin) Masaji Goto
Mitsuo Momota (12:32 DQ) Mr. Hayashi
Rocky Hata (16:35 DCOR) Prince Tonga
*Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato (14:21 pin) Mighty Inoue & *Shiro Koshinaka
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (6:07 pin) Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Great Kojika (8:43 small package hold) Mongolian Stomper
Ted Dibiase (12:09 pin) Ashura Hara
Terry Funk (9:50 DQ) Buck Robley
Stan Hansen (3:27 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu
Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. (6:11 DQ) Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
NWA United National Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta* (22:43 DCOR) Harley Race

1982/04/20 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (7,200)
Mitsuharu Misawa (10:16 small package hold) Masaji Goto
Mr. Hayashi (11:08 DCOR) Mitsuo Momota
Motoshi Okuma (5:33 pin) Hiromichi Fuyuki
Rocky Hata (7:02 DQ) Great Kojika
Takashi Ishikawa & *Akio Sato (11:10 small package hold) Mighty Inoue & *Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (4:24 pin) Shiro Koshinaka
Ashura Hara (6:34 pin) Mongolian Stomper
Buck Robley (4:54 pin) Prince Tonga
Jimmy Snuka (16:30 small package hold) Gen-ichiro Tenryu
Dory Funk Jr. & *Terry Funk (17:31 small package hold) Harley Race & *Ted DiBiase
NWA International Tag Team Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta* (1-1) Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
1: Brody (7:38 pin) Jumbo Tsuruta
2: Baba & Tsuruta (4:05 DQ)
3: (3:08 DCOR)

1982/04/21 Osaka - Pref. Gym (8,300; sold out)
Mr. Hayashi (6:18 pin) Masaji Goto
Mitsuo Momota (9:15 boston crab) Mitsuharu Misawa
Takashi Ishikawa & *Akio Sato (10:45 pin) Ashura Hara & *Hiromichi Fuyuki
Great Kojika & *Motoshi Okuma (13:44 pin) Rocky Hata & *Shiro Koshinaka
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (6:34 pin) Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Mighty Inoue (5:54 pin) Mongolian Stomper
Ted Dibiase (13:49 pin) Prince Tonga
*Terry Funk & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (12:13 spinning toe hold) Jimmy Snuka & *Buck Robley
*Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (12:57 DCOR) *Stan Hansen & Harley Race
NWA International Heavyweight Title*: Bruiser Brody (15:10 pin) Dory Funk Jr.

1982/04/22 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (10,000 sold out)
Masaji Goto (12:31 back breaker) Mitsuharu Misawa
Mitsuo Momota (7:39 pin) Nobuyoshi Sugawara
Takashi Ishikawa (12:26 DCOR) Rocky Hata
Prince Tonga & Mighty Inoue (7:59 DQ) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Exhibition Match: Lou Thesz (5:03 pin) Shiro Koshinaka
Akio Sato (5:32 small package hold) Mongolian Stomper
Ted Dibiase (11:29 pin) Ashura Hara
Gen-ichiro Tenryu (4:15 pin) Buck Robley
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (17:46 DQ) Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
NWA United National Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta* (13:05 TKO) Harley Race
PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba* (7:12 DCOR) Stan Hansen


1982/05/02 Seoul, S. Korea
NWA Oriental Tag Team Title (vacant?): KANG Sung-yung & OH Dae-gyun def Prince Tonga & Nobuyoshi Sugawara
KIM Il def Rocky Hata


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