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New Golden Series: 1972/09/16 - 10/25: 23 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Red Pimpernel (Abe Jacobs)
John Kowalski
Prince Kumali
Sean Regan
Wayne Bridges
John Tolley (John Foley)
Pat Roach
Harold Sakata
Karl Gotch [partial]

1972/09/16 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki - Sports Center (3,100)
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:16 boston crab) Shin'ichi Kihara
Shoji Kai (12:4 back breaker) Little Hamada
Osamu Kido (time limit draw) John Tolley
Harold Sakata (8:03 DQ) Pat Roach
Wayne Bridges (14:12 pin) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Toyonobori (8:21 half crab) John Kowalski
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Prince Kumali
   1: Inoki (17:5 pin) Kumali
   2: Kumali (3:55 pin) Shibata
   3: Inoki (6:47 pin) Kumali

1972/09/19 Niigata - City Gym (4,350)
Little Hamada (8:19 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:55 backslide) Shin'ichi Kihara
Wayne Bridges (7:3 half crab) Shoji Kai
John Tolley (5:39 pin) Harold Sakata
Pat Roach (11:09 pin) Osamu Kido
Prince Kumali (11:22 pin) Katsuhisa Shibata
John Kowalski (13:58 DQ) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki & Toyonobori (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Toyonobori (22:26 boston crab) Reagan
   2: Pimpernel (2:53 kiwi roll) Toyonobori
   3: Inoki (9:45 pin) Pimpernel

1972/09/21 Kawasaki - Civic Gym (4,500)
Little Hamada (11:42 half crab) Shin'ichi Kihara
Shoji Kai (8:32 back breaker) Makoto Arakawa
John Tolley (9:07 small package hold) Tatsumi Fujinami
John Kowalski (5:42 DQ) Harold Sakata
Prince Kumali (12:12 pin) Osamu Kido
Pat Roach (15:10 DQ) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Red Pimpernel (10:08 kiwi roll) Toyonobori
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Wayne Bridges & Sean Reagan
   1: Shibata (17:5 pin) Bridges
   2: Reagan (7:31 pin) Shibata
   3: Inoki (10:52 pin) Reagan

1972/09/25 Ohara, Chiba - Ohara Beach (3,500)
Little Hamada (10min limit draw) Shin'ichi Kihara
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:14 backslide) Kazuo Sato
John Tolley (9:21 small package hold) Shoji Kai
Pat Roach (5:25 DQ) Harold Sakata
John Kowalski (8:29 pin) Osamu Kido
Sean Reagan (14:34 pin) Katsuhisa Shibata
Toyonobori (6:03 half crab) Prince Kumali
Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto (2-1) Wayne Bridges & Red Pimpernel
   1: Pimpernel (17:57 kiwi roll) Yamamoto
   2: Reagan (2:45 abdominal stretch) Pimpernel
   3: Yamamoto (8:22 pin) Bridges

1972/09/26 Choshi, Chiba - Municipal Gym (3,100)
Little Hamada (10min limit draw) Masanobu Kurisu [debut]
Shoji Kai (9:44 back breaker) Shin'ichi Kihara
John Kowalski (6:08 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Harold Sakata (4:55 small package hold) John Tolley
Osamu Kido (11:04 pin) Prince Kumali
Pat Roach (14:03 pin) Katsuhisa Shibata
Wayne Bridges & Red Pimpernel (2-1) Toyonobori & Kotetsu Yamamoto
   1: Toyonobori (16:51 half crab) Bridges
   2: Pimpernel (4:02 kiwi roll) Toyonobori
   3: Pimpernel (4:59 kiwi roll) Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki (23:20 abdominal stretch) Sean Reagan

1972/09/27 Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym (4,250)
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:51 pin) Shin'ichi Kihara
Shoji Kai (8:28 back breaker) Makoto Arakawa
John Tolley (8:06 backslide) Little Hamada
Wayne Bridges (6:21 small package hold) Harold Sakata
Prince Kumali (11:26 pin) Osamu Kido
Kotetsu Yamamoto (11:11 DQ) Pat Roach
Toyonobori (7:09 half crab) John Kowalski
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Shibata (19:51 pin) Reagan
   2: Pimpernel (2:52 kiwi roll) Shibata
   3: Inoki (10:13 abdominal stretch) Pimpernel

1972/09/28 Gifu - Civic Center (2,950)
Little Hamada (7:21 half crab) Kazuo Sato
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:55 pin) Shin'ichi Kihara
John Kowalski (6:25 pin) Shoji Kai
John Tolley (5:33 pin) Harold Sakata
Pat Roach (11:01 pin) Osamu Kido
Prince Kumali (13:27 DQ) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Toyonobori & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Wayne Bridges
   1: Shibata (20:37 pin) Bridges
   2: Pimpernel (4:04 kiwi roll) Shibata
   3: Toyonobori (4:45 half crab) Bridges
Antonio Inoki (19:33 abdominal stretch) Sean Reagan

1972/09/29 Nakatsugawa, Gifu - Sports Center (4,300)
Shin'ichi Kihara (7:18 back breaker) Kazuo Sato
Little Hamada (10:43 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
John Tolley (12:38 small package hold) Shoji Kai
Prince Kumali (7:33 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Osamu Kido (9:46 half crab) John Kowalski
Katsuhisa Shibata (4:03 DQ) Pat Roach
Sean Reagan (17:14 pin) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki & Toyonobori (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Wayne Bridges
   1: Toyonobori (15:34 half crab) Bridges
   2: Pimpernel (8:22 kiwi roll) Toyonobori
   3: Inoki (7:13 abdominal stretch) Pimpernel

1972/10/03 Shizuoka - Sunpu Hall (5,350)
Little Hamada (10min limit draw) Shin'ichi Kihara
Tatsumi Fujinami (6:42 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
John Tolley (4:02 small package hold) Harold Sakata
John Kowalski (6:40 pin) Shoji Kai
Pat Roach (11:22 pin) Osamu Kido
Katsuhisa Shibata (11:11 pin) Prince Kumali
Red Pimpernel (16:25 kiwi roll) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki & Toyonobori (2-1) Sean Reagan & Wayne Bridges
   1: Toyonobori (13:22 half crab) Bridges
   2: Reagan (4:18 leg lock) Toyonobori
   3: Inoki (10:12 abdominal stretch) Reagan

1972/10/04 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (10,000)
Makoto Arakawa (10:39 half crab) Kazuo Sato
Little Hamada (6:23 pin) Shin'ichi Kihara
John Kowalski (6:30 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Wayne Bridges (5:51 pin) Harold Sakata
John Tolley (7:02 small package) Shoji Kai
Osamu Kido (8:45 pin) Prince Kumali
Pat Roach (7:30 DQ) Katsuhisa S   hibata
Battle Royal: Osamu Kido (9:31 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Red Pimpernel & Sean Regan (2-1) Toyonobori & Kotetsu Yamamoto
   1: Pimpernel (17:37 leg lock) Yamamoto
   2: Toyonobori (2:03 half crab) Regan
   3: Pimpernel (4:21 leg lock) Toyonobori
Real World Heavyweight Title*: Antonio Inoki (27:16 COR) Karl Gotch

1972/10/05 Kyoto - Fushimi Izumiya Shopping Center (4,800)
Little Hamada (8:22 half crab) Shin'ichi Kihara
Shoji Kai (7:45 back breaker) Tatsumi Fujinami
John Tolley (4:44 DQ) Harold Sakata
Prince Kumali (11:46 pin) Osamu Kido
Kotetsu Yamamoto (12:46 pin) John Kowalski
Red Pimpernel (7:31 kiwi roll) Katsuhisa Shibata
Karl Gotch (4:55 back breaker) Pat Roach
Antonio Inoki & Toyonobori (2-1) Sean Reagan & Wayne Bridges
   1: Toyonobori (15:27 half crab) Bridges
   2: Reagan (3:53 leg lock) Toyonobori
   3: Inoki (9:58 abdominal stretch) Reagan

1972/10/09 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym (4,100)
Shin'ichi Kihara (8:08 back breaker) Makoto Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:53 pin) Little Hamada
Harold Sakata (5:38 pin) John Kowalski
John Tolley (10:20 small package hold) Osamu Kido
Pat Roach (4:42 DQ) Katsuhisa Shibata
Karl Gotch (5:48 german suplex hold) Prince Kumali
Toyonobori & Kotetsu Yamamoto (2-1) Sean Reagan & Wayne Bridges
   1: Bridges (16:08 pin) Yamamoto
   2: Yamamoto (3:42 pin) Bridges
   3: Toyonobori (2:3 half crab) Bridges
Real World Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki* (27:43 octopus hold) Red Pimpernel

1972/10/10 Osaka - Pref. Gym (7,200)
Little Hamada (15min limit draw) Shin'ichi Kihara
John Kowalski (9:52 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Wayne Bridges (5:39 pin) Harold Sakata
Shoji Kai (6:36 small package hold) John Tolley
Osamu Kido (12:16 half crab) Prince Kumali
Katsuhisa Shibata (8:11 DQ) Red Pimpernel
Toyonobori & Kotetsu Yamamoto (2-1) Sean Reagan & Pat Roach
   1: Reagan (14:23 leg lock) Yamamoto
   2: Toyonobori (3:19 half crab) Roach
   3: Yamamoto (1:39 pin) Roach
Real World Heavyweight Title*: Karl Gotch (23:12 pin) Antonio Inoki

1972/10/12 Yamaguchi - Pref. Gym (3,800)
Shin'ichi Kihara (7:34 pin) Kazuo Sato
Little Hamada (9:19 pin) Makoto Arakawa
John Tolley (8:42 small package hold) Tatsumi Fujinami
John Kowalski (8:13 DQ) Shoji Kai
Pat Roach (6:16 pin) Harold Sakata
Osamu Kido (12:09 pin) Prince Kumali
Toyonobori (7:17 half crab) Wayne Bridges
Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Karl Gotch & Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Pimpernel (23:16 kiwi roll) Yamamoto
   2: Yamamoto (1:52 pin) Pimpernel
   3: Inoki (8:17 pin) Regan

1972/10/13 Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka - Mihagino Gym (5,500)
Shin'ichi Kihara (6:13 back breaker) Masanobu Kurisu
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:21 backslide) Little Hamada
Harold Sakata (6:01 small package hold) Prince Kumali
Wayne Bridges (11:37 pin) Osamu Kido
Kotetsu Yamamoto (14:03 pin) John Tolley
Toyonobori (4:18 half crab) John Kowalski
Karl Gotch (5:49 german suplex hold) Pat Roach
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Shibata (18:22 pin) Reagan
   2: Reagan (2:19 leg lock) Shibata
   3: Inoki (9:43 abdominal stretch) Reagan

1972/10/15 Kitsuki, Fukuoka - Tanushimaru Station Gardener Market (7,100)
Little Hamada (8:53 half crab) Shin'ichi Kihara
Shoji Kai (12:4 small package hold) Tatsumi Fujinami
John Tolley (4:33 DQ) Harold Sakata
Katsuhisa Shibata (10:18 pin) Prince Kumali
Pat Roach (8:42 pin) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Toyonobori (5:43 half crab) John Kowalski
Karl Gotch (11:26 german suplex hold) Sean Reagan
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Wayne Bridges
   1: Kido (16:30 pin) Bridges
   2: Pimpernel (4:56 kiwi roll) Kido
   3: Inoki (8:21 pin) Pimpernel

1972/10/16 Usa, Oita - old Yokkaichi Jr. High School ground (8,500)
Little Hamada (7:29 half crab) Kazuo Sato
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:32 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
Shoji Kai (8:02 back breaker) Shin'ichi Kihara
Kotetsu Yamamoto (7:11 rolling clutch hold) Prince Kumali
*Wayne Bridges & Pat Roach (11:57 pin) Harold Sakata & *Osamu Kido
Toyonobori (4:23 half crab) John Kowalski
Karl Gotch (12:33 german suplex hold) John Tolley
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Inoki (17:57 boston crab) Reagan
   2: Pimpernel (5:31 kiwi roll) Shibata
   3: Inoki (6:32 abdominal stretch) Pimpernel

1972/10/17 Shimabara, Nagasaki - City Gym (3,100)
Little Hamada (8:21 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:25 pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido (9:36 pin) Shin'ichi Kihara
*John Tolley & John Kowalski (15:46 small package hold) Harold Sakata & *Shoji Kai
Prince Kumali (9:33 DQ) Katsuhisa Shibata
Red Pimpernel (14:40 kiwi roll) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Karl Gotch (6:22 german suplex hold) Pat Roach
Antonio Inoki & Toyonobori (2-0) Wayne Bridges & Sean Reagan
   1: Toyonobori (21:28 half crab) Bridges
   2: Inoki (10:13 abdominal stretch) Reagan

1972/10/18 Oita - City Gym (5,300)
Shin'ichi Kihara (8:40 back breaker) Kazuo Sato
Little Hamada (10:06 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami (6:40 pin) John Kowalski
Shoji Kai (5:26 small package hold) John Tolley
Wayne Bridges (6:33 pin) Harold Sakata
Osamu Kido (11:51 pin) Prince Kumali
Toyonobori (4:28 half crab) Pat Roach
Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-0) Karl Gotch & Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Shibata (17:58 pin) Regan
   2: Regan (14:37 leg lock) Shibata
   3: Inoki (4:35 pin) Pimpernel

1972/10/20 Nara - City Gym (4,400)
Shin'ichi Kihara (7:37 pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Little Hamada (10:29 pin) Makoto Arakawa
Osamu Kido (11:28 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Toyonobori (4:41 half crab) John Kowalski
*John Tolley & Prince Kumali (15:27 small package hold) Harold Sakata & *Shoji Kai
Kotetsu Yamamoto (10:06 pin) Pat Roach
Karl Gotch (4:55 rolling clutch hold) Sean Reagan
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Wayne Bridges
   1: Shibata (17:10 pin) Bridges
   2: Pimpernel (9:01 kiwi roll) Shibata
   3: Inoki (7:23 pin) Pimpernel

1972/10/21 Maebashi - Gunma Pref. Sports Center (3,600)
Little Hamada (7:51 half crab) Kazuo Sato
Tatsumi Fujinami (7:46 pin) Shin'ichi Kihara
John Tolley (5:09 small package hold) Harold Sakata
Shoji Kai (8:23 half crab) John Kowalski
Red Pimpernel (14:43 kiwi roll) Osamu Kido
Kotetsu Yamamoto (10:57 rolling clutch hold) Prince Kumali
Toyonobori (7:3 half crab) Pat Roach
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Sean Reagan & Wayne Bridges
   1: Shibata (20:23 pin) Bridges
   2: Reagan (7:09 leg lock) Shibata
   3: Inoki (8:04 abdominal stretch) Reagan

1972/10/22 Naoetsu, Niigata - Welfare Hall (2,200)
Shin'ichi Kihara (7:37 pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Little Hamada (11:10 half crab) Makoto Arakawa
John Kowalski (10:54 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Pat Roach (6:03 DQ) Harold Sakata
Wayne Bridges (13:20 boston crab) Shoji Kai
Katsuhisa Shibata (12:38 pin) Prince Kumali
Kotetsu Yamamoto & Osamu Kido (2-1) Red Pimpernel & John Tolley
   1: Yamamoto (15:20 rolling clutch hold) Tolley
   2: Pimpernel (6:24 kiwi roll) Kido
   3: Yamamoto (6:52 pin) Tolley
Antonio Inoki (19:35 abdominal stretch) Sean Reagan

1972/10/25 Toyama - City Gym (3,600)
Masanobu Kurisu (12:35 half crab) Shin'ichi Kihara
Little Hamada (10:02 pin) Makoto Arakawa
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:11 pin) John Kowalski
John Tolley (9:14 small package hold) Shoji Kai
Osamu Kido (13:03 pin) Prince Kumali
Kotetsu Yamamoto (9:38 pin) Pat Roach
Wayne Bridges (5:13 DQ) Harold Sakata
Antonio Inoki & Katsuhisa Shibata (2-1) Red Pimpernel & Sean Reagan
   1: Shibata (16:17 pin) Reagan
   2: Pimpernel (11:47 pin) Shibata
   3: Inoki (2:14 pin) Pimpernel


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