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New Year Giant Series: 1989/01/02 - 01/28: 17 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Dynamite Kid
Davey Boy Smith
Joe Malenko
Dean Malenko
Leo Burke
Bryan Adams
Mike Miller
Don Muraco [01/02 - 01/05]
Danny Spivey [01/09 - 01/28]

1989/01/02 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,350; sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (8:46 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Motoshi Ohkuma & Haruka Eigen (8:35 small package) Mighty Inoue & Isamu Teranishi
Samson Fuyuki (7:26 fisherman's suplex hold) Leo Burke
*Don Muraco & Goro Tsurumi (7:29 pin) Akio Sato & *Kenta Kobashi
Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (12:33 pin) Isao Takagi & Akira Taue
Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (12:12 northern light suplex hold) Great Kabuki & Masanobu Fuchi
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (11:42 small package) Shunji Takano & John Tenta
Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (9:35 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (9:36 pin) Bryan Adams & Mike Miller
20-man Heavyweight Battle Royal Final: Davey Boy Smith (10:17 pin) Samson Fuyuki
other participants (in order of elimination): Mike Miller, Rusher Kimura, Shin-ichi Nakano, Goro Tsurumi, Masanobu Fuchi, Motoshi Okuma, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Jumbo Tsuruta, Leo Burke, Shunji Takano, Tiger Mask, John Tenta, Bryan Adams, Don Muraco and Gen-ichiro Tenryu, Giant Baba, Dynamite Kid, Toshiaki Kawada, Samson Fuyuki

1989/01/03 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,350; sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (8:29 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
*Masanobu Fuchi Akio Sato (12:34 pin) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Goro Tsurumi (9:40 pin) Kenta Kobashi
John Tenta (5:06 pin) Leo Burke
*Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (12:34 pin) *Shin-ichi Nakano & Isao Takagi
Toshiaki Kawada (10:57 back slide) Mike Miller
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (12:09 pin) Mighty Inoue & *Isamu Teranishi
*Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (13:40 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shunji Takano
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (6:42 pin) The Great Kabuki & *Isao Takagi
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki (10:58 small package) Don Muraco & *Bryan Adams

1989/01/05 Ichinomiya, Chiba - GSS Center (1,455)
Tatsumi Kitahara (9:21 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Mighty Inoue (7:46 pin) Akio Sato
*Isao Takagi & Akira Taue (11:06 DQ) *Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (11:03 pin) Isamu Teranishi & *Kenta Kobashi
John Tenta & *Shunji Takano (13:37 pin) Bryan Adams & *Mike Miller
Tiger Mask (11:21 pin) Goro Tsurumi
*Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (10:04 pin) Don Muraco & *Leo Burke
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (6:24 pin) Yoshiaki Yatsu & *Shin-ichi Nakano
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (26:18 pin) Jumbo Tsuruta & The Great Kabuki & *Masanobu Fuchi

1989/01/09 Ishinomaki, Miyagi - General Gym (1,700)
Mitsuo Momota (9:08 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
Masanobu Fuchi (7:51 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Akio Sato (9:34 back slide) Mighty Inoue
*John Tenta & Kenta Kobashi (11:49 canadian back breaker) *Isamu Teranishi & Motoshi Okuma
Tiger Mask & *The Great Kabuki (11:17 small package) *Leo Burke & Goro Tsurumi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura (10:43 pin) Isao Takagi & *Akira Taue
*Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (15:48 DCOR) *Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (10:50 pin) *Shin-ichi Nakano & Shunji Takano
Gen-ichiro Tenryu (9:42 pin) Mike Miller
Jumbo Tsuruta & *Yoshiaki Yatsu (10min pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams

1989/01/10 Ichinoseki, Iwate - Culture Center (1,600)
Mitsuo Momota (9:53 back slide) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Mighty Inoue (9:27 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
*Shunji Takano & Akira Taue (11:27 pin) Isamu Teranishi & *Motoshi Okuma
John Tenta (10:46 pin) Goro Tsurumi
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (14:56 knee lock) Akio Sato & *Kenta Kobashi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura (10min pin) Bryan Adams & *Leo Burke
*Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (9:46 pin) Danny Spivey & *Mike Miller
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (8:04 pin) The Great Kabuki & *Masanobu Fuchi
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (27:19 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & *Isao Takagi

1989/01/12 Handa, Aichi - Civic Center (1,650)
Mitsuo Momota (10:25 back slide) Tatsumi Kitahara
Goro Tsurumi (8:51 pin) Haruka Eigen
Mighty Inoue (10:51 pin) Leo Burke
Mike Miller (8:48 pin) Motoshi Okuma
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (12:38 huracan rana invertida) Akio Sato & *Isamu Teranishi
*Shin-ichi Nakano & Isao Takagi & Akira Taue (13:21 pin) Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & *Kenta Kobashi
*Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (8:38 pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (9min pin) Tiger Mask & *Shunji Takano
*Jumbo Tsuruta & The Great Kabuki & Masanobu Fuchi (23:20 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & *Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada

1989/01/13 Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym (1,700)
Mitsuo Momota (11:22 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Mighty Inoue (9:22 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
*Isao Takagi & Akira Taue (10:38 pin) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Goro Tsurumi (11:19 pin) Kenta Kobashi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura (10:43 pin) *Leo Burke & *Mike Miller
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (14:04 northern light suplex hold) Masanobu Fuchi & *Akio Sato
*John Tenta & Shunji Takano (10:53 pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams
Dynamite Kid & *Davey Boy Smith (7:41 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shin-ichi Nakano
Jumbo Tsuruta & *Yoshiaki Yatsu & The Great Kabuki (23:016 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki & *Toshiaki Kawada

1989/01/15 Konan, Aichi - Civic Gym (2,400 sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (11:51 back slide) Tatsumi Kitahara
Isamu Teranishi (10:34 boston crab) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Leo Burke & *Goro Tsurumi (9:07 small package) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (12:00 jackknife) Mighty Inoue & *Kenta Kobashi
John Tenta (7:32 pin) Mike Miller
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura & Akio Sato (13:012 pin) Shunji Takano & Isao Takagi & *Akira Taue
Dynamite Kid & *Davey Boy Smith (7:02 pin) The Great Kabuki & *Masanobu Fuchi
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki (17:32 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shin-ichi Nakano
Jumbo Tsuruta & *Yoshiaki Yatsu (10:015 pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams

1989/01/16 Ena, Gifu - City Gym (1,500)
Mitsuo Momota (10:36 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Mighty Inoue (8:56 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
Goro Tsurumi (8:07 pin) Haruka Eigen
Leo Burke (7:27 pin) Motoshi Okuma
Shin-ichi Nakano & Isao Takagi & *Akira Taue (15:46 pin) Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & *Kenta Kobashi
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (9:55 huracan rana invertida) Akio Sato & *Isamu Teranishi
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (9:012 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shunji Takano
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki (23:22 pin) The Great Kabuki & *Masanobu Fuchi
Jumbo Tsuruta & *Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (11:45 abdominal stretch) Danny Spivey & Bryan Adams & *Mike Miller

1989/01/20 Fukuoka - International Center (3.200)
Mitsuo Momota (7:15 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Samson Fuyuki (7:01 fisherman's suplex hold) Tatsumi Kitahara
Mighty Inoue & Akio Sato & *Shin-ichi Nakano (16:10 small package) Isamu Teranishi & Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Akira Taue (10:42 DQ) Goro Tsurumi
The Great Kabuki (9:59 pin) Dean Malenko
*Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (8:41 pin) *Leo Burke & Mike Miller
*John Tenta & Isao Takagi (11:27 pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams
World Junior Heavyweight Title*: Joe Malenko (15:22 northern light suplex hold) Masanobu Fuchi
*Dynamite Kid &Davey Boy Smith (9:36 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shunji Takano
*Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (34:48 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & *Toshiaki Kawada

1989/01/22 Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Civic Hall (1,950)
Mitsuo Momota (10:24 back slide) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Isamu Teranishi (9:10 german suplex hold) Tatsumi Kitahara
Akio Sato & *Isao Takagi (11:21 pin) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Shunji Takano (10:27 DQ Goro Tsurumi
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (13:18 northern light suplex hold) Mighty Inoue & *Kenta Kobashi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura (10:013 pin) Bryan Adams & *Leo Burke
*Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (10:49 jailhouse lock) Danny Spivey & *Mike Miller
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (7:23 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shin-ichi Nakano
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki & *Toshiaki Kawada (27:52 german suplex hold) Jumbo Tsuruta & The Great Kabuki & *Masanobu Fuchi

1989/01/23 Tokushima - City Gym (2,200)
Mitsuo Momota (8:47 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
Haruka Eigen & *Motoshi Okuma (12:12 pin) Isamu Teranishi & *Kenta Kobashi
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (13:17 jackknife) *Masanobu Fuchi & Mighty Inoue
Toshiaki Kawada (7:43 back slide) Akio Sato
Isao Takagi (10:24 DCOR) Goro Tsurumi
Shunji Takano (11:28 pin) Leo Burke
Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & *The Great Kabuki (19:02 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & *Akira Taue
*Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (12:41 pin) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams & Mike Miller
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (13:47 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & *Samson Fuyuki

1989/01/24 Sumoto, Hyogo - Pref. Awaji Labor Center (1,750 sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (8:32 boston crab) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Akira Taue (11:18 DCOR) Isamu Teranishi
Mighty Inoue (10:22 DQ) Goro Tsurumi
John Tenta & *Shunji Takano (7:19 pin) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (13:29 pin) Great Kabuki & *Kenta Kobashi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura & Akio Sato (20:02 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & *Isao Takagi
Jumbo Tsuruta (11:24 pin) Bryan Adams
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (9:012 pin) Yoshiaki Yatsu & *Masanobu Fuchi
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & *Samson Fuyuki Toshiaki Kawada (17:06 fisherman's suplex hold) Danny Spivey & *Leo Burke & Mike Miller

1989/01/25 Osaka - Pref. Gym (4,600)
Mitsuo Momota (7:02 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Masanobu Fuchi (8:07 pin) Tatsumi Kitahara
Akio Sato & *Isamu Teranishi (11:38 DQ) *Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen
Toshiaki Kawada (11:24 hammerlock half crab) Dean Malenko
*Shunji Takano & Isao Takagi (11:17 pin) *Leo Burke & Goro Tsurumi
*Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (11:30 jailhouse lock) Bryan Adams & *Mike Miller
Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & *The Great Kabuki (24:06 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & Akira Taue
World Junior Heavyweight Title*: Mighty Inoue (14:58 pin) Joe Malenko
Jumbo Tsuruta (9:44 small package) Danny Spivey
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki (17:57 pin) *Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith

1989/01/26 Shimizu, Shizuoka - Athletic Park Suzuyo Memorial Gym (2,050)
Mitsuo Momota (8:56 back slide) Tatsumi Kitahara
*Leo Burke & Goro Tsurumi (8:46 small package) Motoshi Okuma & *Haruka Eigen
Isamu Teranishi (11:14 DCOR) Mike Miller
*Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (16:39 jackknife) Mighty Inoue & *Kenta Kobashi
*Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & Akio Sato (15:22 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & *Isao Takagi
*Yoshiaki Yatsu & John Tenta (12:07 jailhouse lock) Danny Spivey & *Bryan Adams
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (7:07 pin) Shunji Takano & *Akira Taue
Jumbo Tsuruta & *The Great Kabuki & Masanobu Fuchi (21:46 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki & *Toshiaki Kawada

1989/01/27 Utsunomiya - Tochigi Pref. Gym (3,450 sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (10:41 pin) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
*Akio Sato & Akira Taue (11:12 DQ) *Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen
Samson Fuyuki (10:39 fisherman's suplex hold) Kenta Kobashi
John Tenta (8:55 pin) Goro Tsurumi
Joe Malenko & *Dean Malenko (10:41 huracan rana invertida) Mighty Inoue & *Isamu Teranishi
Giant Baba & *Rusher Kimura (9:21 pin) Bryan Adams & Mike Miller
Dynamite Kid & *Davey Boy Smith (11:03 pin) Masanobu Fuchi & *Isao Takagi
*Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu & The Great Kabuki (20:016 pin) Tiger Mask & *Shin-ichi Nakano & Shunji Takano
*Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (12:06 pin) Danny Spivey & *Leo Burke
19-man Heavyweight Battle Royal Final: Yoshiaki Yatsu (8:06 jailhouse lock) Isao Takagi
other participants: Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu , Rusher Kimura, John Tenta, Danny Spivey, Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith, Bryan Adams, Leo Burke, Mike Miller, Gen-ichiro Tenryu, Samson Fuyuki, Toshiaki Kawada, Tiger Mask, Shin-ichi Nakano, Shunji Takano, Isao Takagi, Akira Taue, Goro Tsurumi

1989/01/28 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,750 sold out)
Mitsuo Momota (9:015 back slide) Tatsumi Kitahara
*Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen (12:014 pin) Isamu Teranishi & *Kenta Kobashi
Mighty Inoue (9:016 DQ) Goro Tsurumi
Akio Sato (7:29 DCOR) Leo Burke
*Shunji Takano & Isao Takagi (12:016 pin) *Bryan Adams & Mike Miller
Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura & *The Great Kabuki (16:46 pin) Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano & *Akira Taue
Danny Spivey (4:47 pin) John Tenta
*Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (23:55 pin) *Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko
Jumbo Tsuruta & *Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masanobu Fuchi (23:52 pin) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & *Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada


1989/02/02 World Wrestling Association (Bob Geigel) - Kansas City, KS - Memorial Hall
Bobby Jaggers (8:57 pin) Rick McCord
Tiger Mask (9:21 pin) Tommy Sharpe
Dory Funk Jr. & *Terry Funk (10:28 texas clover hold) Doug Somers & *Gary Young
Gen-ichiro Tenryu (9:24 pin) Bill Irwin
Akio Sato (8:48 pin) Curtis Hughes
Rock & Roll Express: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson (30min limit draw) British Bulldogs: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith
World Tag Team Title*: *Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (17:33 pin) Stan Hansen & *Terry Gordy
WWA World Heavyweight Title: Mike George* (10:47 COR) Stevie Ray


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