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The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results and/or missing venue name otherwise).
1954/10/01 Tokyo "Tokyo Governor Cup Tournament" - Metropolitan Gym (12,000; TV)
* A charity event by inviting thousands of children
Qualifying Tournament Round 1 (8 matches): results unknown
Qualifying Tournament Semi-Final: Yoshinosato (10:53 pin) Tomio Miyajima
Qualifying Tournament Semi-Final:Youssef Turko (7:03 pin) Harold Toki
Qualifying Tournament Final: Yoshinosato (11:58 pin) Youssef Turko
Kokichi Endo & Surugaumi (2-0) Bob Mumphrey & Gimmy Glarg
Tokyo Governer Cup Elimination Match (30min 3 falls):
Rikidōzan (1:24 pin) Yoshinosato
Rikidōzan (2:20 boston crab) Surugaumi
Rikidōzan (5:08 pin) Kokichi Endo
1954/12/22 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000; TV)
Participating Organizations:
Japan Pro Wrestling Association
International Pro-Wrestling Force (not to be confused with IWE)
All Japan Pro-Wrestling Association (not to be confused with Baba's All Japan)
Yíyuē Zhuō (Tak Yi-yak/Tsunagoro Rashomon) [JPWA] (13:03 pin) Takeo Kaneko [JPWA]
Osamu Abe [JPWA] (9:29 pin) Tomio Miyashima [JPWA]
Teizo Watanabe [JPWA] (11:11 pin) Yonetaro Tanaka [JPWA]
Yoshinosato [JPWA] (12:36 pin) Noboru Ichikawa [AJ]
Surugaumi [JPWA] (30min limit draw) Kiyotaka Otsubo [IPW]
Youssef Turko [JPWA; sub for Toyonobori] (15min limit draw) Takeo Toda [IPW]
Kokichi Endo [JPWA] (11:48 pin) Tachinoumi [IPW]
Japanese Heavyweight Championship: Rikidōzan [JPWA] (2-0) Masahiko Kimura [IPW]
1: Rikidōzan (15:49 TKO)
2: Rikidōzan (forfeit)
* Rikidōzan becomes the first champion
1955/01/28 Osaka - Pref. Gym (9,000 or 13,000)
Tomio Miyashima (11:00 pin) Osamu Abe
Yoshinosato (12:43 boston crab) Teizo Watanabe
Michiaki Yoshimura [AJPWA] (15:10 pin) Yonetaro Tanaka
Toyonobori (9:26 pin) Jiro Yamazaki [AJPWA]
Surugaumi (30min limit draw) Noboru Ichikawa [AJPWA]
Youssef Turko & Kokichi Endo (2-1) Kiyomigawa [AJPWA] & Wataru Nagasawa [AJPWA]
1: Nagasawa (14:52 pin) Turko
2: Endo (12:16 pin) Nagasawa
3: Endo (7:55 pin) Nagasawa
Japanese Heavyweight Title: Rikidōzan* (2-0) Toshio Yamaguchi [AJPWA]
1: Rikidōzan (23:59 pin)
2: Rikidōzan (6:31 COR)
1955/02/07 Tokyo - Riki Pro-Wrestling Center (live TV)
15min: Michiharu Toyonobori vs Tomio Miyajima
20min: Yoshinosato & Yonetaro Tanaka vs Osamu Abe & Youssef Turko
Exhibition Match (15min): Rikidōzan vs Kokichi Endo
1955/12/20 Tokyo - Japan Pro-Wrestling Center "Rikidōzan Dojo"
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Tournament:
- Round 1: Tomio Miyajima (19:21 pin) Isao Yoshiwara
- Round 1: Youssef Turko (21:37 half crab) Teizo Watanabe
- Round 1: Yoshinosato (19:23 half boston crab) Takeo Kaneko
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Tournament:
- Round 1: Osamu Abe (16:36 pin) Masayuki Era
- Round 1: Surugaumi (23:18 leg split) Yonetaro Tanaka
Japanese Heavyweight Championship Top Contender Qualifying Tournament:
- Round 1: Tsunagoro Rashomon (9:05) Fujitayama
- Round 1: Azumafuji (6:22 pin) Masaaki Takemura
1955/12/26 Tokyo - Japan Pro-Wrestling Center "Rikidōzan Dojo"
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Tournament:
- 6th Place Decision Match: Isao Yoshiwara (pin) Teizo Watanabe
- 4th Place Decision Match: Takeo Kaneko (9:40 pin) Isao Yoshiwara
- Round-Robin Final: Youssef Turko (24:32) Tomio Miyajima
- Round-Robin Final: Yoshinosato (19:23 pin) Tomio Miyajima
- Round-Robin Final: Yoshinosato vs Youssef Turko
* Postponed until 1956/01/09 because of Turko's injury
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Tournament
- 3rd Place Decision match: Yonetaro Tanaka (22:44 pin) Masayuki Era
- Final: Surugaumi (18:44 pin) Osamu Abe
Japanese Heavyweight Championship Top Contender Qualifying Tournament
- 3rd Place Decision Match: Masaaki Takemura (17:15 pin) Fujitayama
- Final: Azumafuji (7:10 pin) Tsunagoro Rashomon
1956/01/09 Tokyo - Japan Pro-Wrestling Center "Rikidōzan Dojo" (400)
Tomio Miyajima (7:06 pin) Seishiro Sanada [debut]
Takeo Kaneko (13:30 pin) Teizo Watanabe
Tsunagoro Rashomon (14:06 pin) Isao Yoshiwara
Yonetaro Tanaka (13:57 pin) Fujitayama
Osamu Abe (9:47 pin) Tomio Miyajima
Azumafuji (6:55 pin) Surugaumi
Battle Royal: Takeo Kaneko won
Japanese Light Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Tournament Final: Youssef Turko (1-0) Yoshinosato
1: Turko won
2: (45min limit draw)
1956/11/30 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Japanese Heavyweight Title Top Contender Match: Azumafuji (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
1: Azumafuji (5:36 body scissors)
2: Yamaguchi (2:20 boston crab)
3: Azumafuji (5:24 arm lock)
1957/04/08 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Japanese Light Heavyweight Title: Yoshinosato* (2-1) Isao Yoshiwara
1: Yoshiwara (5:25 leg split)
2: Yoshinosato (5:25 pin)
3: Yoshinosato (8:32 arm lock)
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title*: Michiaki Yoshimura (2-0) Surugaumi
1: Yoshimura (12:35 pin)
2: Yoshimura (12:13 body scissors)
1957/12/21 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center
Rikidōzan def Bill Savage |
