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Japan-U.S. Pro-Wrestling (JPWA's first tour; fundraising for the Manaslu Expedition): 1954/02/19 - 03/07: 14 cards
Japan-U.S. Pro-Wrestling Charity Show: 1954/03/09

* The series was also called "Pro-Wrestling International Big Competition", which was used for several series until 1959.

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

Guest Foreigners:
Ben Sharpe
Mike Sharpe
Bobby Bruns
Bob Mumphrey [USFJ?]
Jimmy Glarg (Gulak?) [USFJ? - 03/09]

1954/02/19 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000; sold out; TV)
   * JPWA's first card, aired live on NHK (national public network) and Nippon TV.
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (15min limit draw) Terufusa Toki
Mitsuo Surugaumi (16:20 leg lock) Akira Nagasawa
Kokichi Endo (26:20 pin) Bob Mumphrey
Bobby Bruns (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
   1: Bruns (11:27 arm lock)
   2: Yamaguchi (9:45 pin)
   3: Bruns (2:15 pin)
World Tag Team Title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe* (1-1) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Rikidōzan (21:37 pin) Ben
   2: Mike (25:32 DQ) Kimura
   3: (61min limit draw)

1954/02/20 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000; sold out; TV)
Akira Nagasawa (2:55 pin) Terufusa Toki
Mitsuo Surugaumi (8:40 DQ) Bob Mumphrey
Kokichi Endo (23:50 pin) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Masahiko Kimura (30min limit draw) Bobby Bruns
Mike Sharpe (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
   1: Sharpe (8:50 pin) Yamaguchi
   2: Yamaguchi (6:21 DQ) Sharpe
   3: Sharpe (6:20 pin) Yamaguchi
Rikidōzan (2-1) Ben Sharpe
   1: Sharpe (21:30 pin) Rikidōzan
   2: Rikidōzan (4:30 pin) Sharpe
   3: Rikidōzan (10:20 pin) Sharpe

1954/02/21 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000; sold out; TV)
Mitsuo Surugaumi (7:40 pin) Terufusa Toki
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (20min limit draw) Akira Nagasawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (6:31 pin) Bob Mumphrey
Bobby Bruns (2-0) Kokichi Endo
   1: Bruns (18:35 pin) Endo
   2: Bruns (20:00 arm lock) Endo
World Tag Team Title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe* (1-1) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Mike (24:57 pin) Kimura
   2: Rikidōzan (0:55 pin) Mike
   3: (6:30 halted) - Ben injured

1954/02/23 Kumamoto - City Public Hall (3,500; sold out)
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (10:14 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (18:54 pin) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Bobby Bruns (2-1) Kokichi Endo
   1: Endo (2:54 or 12:54 pin) Bruns
   2: Bruns (5:25 pin) Endo
   3: Bruns (1:35 pin) Endo
Non-title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe (2-1) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Kimura (26:07 pin) Mike (or Ben?)
   2: Ben (or Mike?) (11:20 pin or leg lock?) Kimura
   3: Ben (9:11 pin or leg lock?) Rikidōzan

1954/02/24 Kokura, Fukuoka - City Gym (4,000)
Mitsuo Surugaumi (14:50) Akira Nagasawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (11:10 or 11:20 pin) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Bobby Bruns (2-1) Kokichi Endo
   1: Bruns (15:10) Endo
   2: Endo (6:06) Bruns
   3: Bruns (4:16 pin) Endo
Non-title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe (2-1) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Rikidōzan (26:22 pin) Ben
   2: Ben (13:33 pin) Kimura
   3: Sharpes (7:11 DQ)

1954/02/26 Osaka - Pref Gym (8,000)
Akira Nagasawa (7:56 pin) Terufusa Toki
Kokichi Endo (11:38) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (17:57 or 17:54 pin) Bob Mumphrey
Masahiko Kimura (1-1) Bobby Bruns
   1: Bruns (27:42) Kimura
   2: Kimura (5:45 pin) Bruns
   3: Kimura (45min limit draw) Bruns
Non-title: Rikidōzan & Toshio Yamaguchi (2-1) Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
   1: Rikidōzan's team (14:48 DQ)
   2: Ben or Mike (11:50) Rikidōzan or Yamaguchi
   3: Rikidōzan or Yamaguchi (4:49 pin) Ben or Mike

1954/02/27 Osaka - Pref. Gym (TV)
Mitsuo Surugaumi (9:49 pin) Terufusa Toki
Akira Nagasawa (28:20 DQ) Bob Mumphrey
Kokichi Endo (14:28 pin) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (1-1) Bobby Bruns
   1: Yamaguchi (8:25 pin) Bruns
   2: Bruns (7:00 pin) Yamaguchi
   3: halted - Bruns injured
World Tag Team Title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe* (1-0) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Mike (33:17 pin) Kimura
   2: (61min time limit)

1954/02/28 Kobe - Oji Gym (6,000)
Kokichi Endo (5:47 or 5:40 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (30min limit draw) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Kokichi Endo (2-1) Bob Mumphrey
   1: Endo (5:47 or 10:56 pin) Mumphrey
   2: Mumphrey (6:43 pin) Endo
   3: Endo (1:09 or 1:10 pin) Mumphrey
Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura & Toshio Yamaguchi (2-1) Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe & Bobby Bruns
   * The first ever 6-man tag team match in Japan
   1: Ben (21:27 pin) Kimura
   2: Kimura (13:44 DQ) Mike
   3: Rikidōzan (6:56 or 3:54 pin) Bruns

1954/03/01 Gifu - Civic Center (5,000)
Mitsuo Surugaumi (14:41 or 14:04 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (13:47 pin) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Rikidōzan (2-0) Bobby Bruns
   1: Rikidōzan (20:47, 20:52, or 20:51) Bruns
   2: Rikidōzan (6:03 or 11:30) Bruns
Non-title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe (2-0) Masahiko Kimura & Kokichi Endo
   1: Mike (20:47, 20:17, or 24:17) Endo
   2: Mike (11:15) Endo

1954/03/02 Nagoya - Kanayama Gym (10,000+)
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (12:29 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (11:00 pin) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Masahiko Kimura (2-1) Kokichi Endo
   1: Kimura (17:51) Endo
   2: Endo (6:04 pin) Kimura
   3: Kimura (3:49 pin) Endo
Non-title: Rikidōzan & Bobby Bruns (1-1) Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
   1: Mike (31:51 or 31:54 head lock) Bruns
   2: Rikidōzan (11:59 pin) Ben
   3: (61min limit draw)

1954/03/03 Shizuoka - City Public Hall (3,000; sold out)
Mitsuo Surugaumi (22:15 pin) Kokichi Endo
Masahiko Kimura (18:55 or 19:55 pin) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (2-0) Akira Nagasawa
   1: Yamaguchi (14:51 pin) Nagasawa
   2: Yamaguchi (7:09 pin) Nagasawa
Non-title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe (2-1) Rikidōzan & Bobby Bruns
   1: Rikidōzan (24:11 pin) Mike
   2: Mike (11:57 COR) Bruns
   3: Sharpes (UTC)

1954/03/04 Utsunomiya - Asahi-cho Gym "Utsunomiya City Sports Center" (sold out)
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (12:02 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Masahiko Kimura (19:12 pin) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Bobby Bruns (2-0) Kokichi Endo
   1: Bruns (16:49 pin) Endo
   2: Bruns (11:23 pin) Endo
Non-title: Rikidōzan & Toshio Yamaguchi (1-1) Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
   1: Rikidōzan (29:03 pin) Ben
   2: Ben (9:39 pin) Yamaguchi
   3: Rikidōzan (DDQ) Ben

1954/03/06 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (15,000; sold out; TV)
Terufusa Toki (8:40 DQ) Umeyuki Kiyomigawa
Toshio Yamaguchi (13:19 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Mitsuo Surugaumi (30min limit draw) Bob Mumphrey
Kokichi Endo (1-1) Bobby Bruns
   1: Endo (10:25) Bruns
   2: Bruns (20:45) Endo
   3: Endo (45min limit draw) Bruns
World Tag Team Title: Ben & Mike Sharpe* (1-0) Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura
   1: Ben or Mike? (33:03 pin) Kimura
   2: (61min time limit)

1954/03/07 Yokohama - Fryer Gym (5,000)
Umeyuki Kiyomigawa (13:47 pin) Akira Nagasawa
Masahiko Kimura (8:49 pin) Bob Mumphrey
Bobby Bruns (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
   1: Yamaguchi (9:16 pin) Bruns
   2: Bruns (18:37 pin) Yamaguchi
   3: Bruns (UTC) Yamaguchi
Non-title: Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe (2-1) Rikidōzan & Kokichi Endo
   1: Rikidōzan (28:04 pin) Ben
   2: Mike (5:39) Endo
   3: Ben (12:20 pin) Endo

1954/03/09 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000)
Terufusa Toki (6:21 pin) Jimmy Glarg (Gulak?)
Kokichi Endo (16:52 pin) Mitsuo Surugaumi
Masahiko Kimura (2-0) Bob Mumphrey
   1: Kimura (11:44 pin) Mumphrey
   2: Kimura (8:31 pin) Mumphrey
Exhibition (10min): Oki Shikina (5:50) Kokichi Endo
Non-title: Rikidōzan & Bobby Bruns (1-1) Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe
   1: Ben (33:59 head lock) Bruns
   2: Rikidōzan (12:32 pin) Ben
   3: (61min limit draw)


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