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New Year Golden Series: 1978/01/06 - 02/09: 30 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Tiger Jeet Singh
Buddy Roberts
Jerry Brown
Benny McGuire
Billy McGuire
Silent McNee
Buffalo Allen (Bad News Allen)
Superstar Billy Graham, WWWF Heavyweight Champion [02/06 - 02/08]

1978/01/06 Kawasaki - City Gym (3,300)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Satoru Sayama
Shoji Kai def Daigoro Oshiro
Kengo Kimura def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Jerry Brown def Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi (4:38 canadian backbreaker) Silent McNee
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (210) Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts
   1: Inoki (16:36 pin) Roberts
   2: Inoki & Sakaguchi (DQ)

1978/01/07 Kazo, Saitama - City Gym (2,200)
Shoji Kai def Satoru Sayama
Kengo Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Daigoro Oshiro def Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Makoto Arakawa
Riki Choshu def Silent Mackney
*Benny McGuire & Billy McGuire (9:19 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:19 half crab) Buddy Roberts
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Tiger Jeet Singh & Jerry Brown

1978/01/08 Maebashi, Gunma - Pref. Sports Center (3,000)
Masanobu Kurisu def Satoru Sayama
Shoji Kai def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu def Kantaro Hoshino
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Kotetsu Yamamoto & Makoto Arakawa
Strong Kobayashi (7:09 canadian backbreaker) Silent McNee
Tiger Jeet Singh (5:03 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido def Hollywood Blonds: Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown

1978/01/09 Hitachi, Ibaraki - Ikegawa Central Gym (2,000)
Satoru Sayama drew Kuniaki Kobayashi
Daigoro Oshiro def Makoto Arakawa
Masanobu Kurisu def Kengo Kimura
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Riki Choshu def Osamu Kido
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:04 DQ) Jerry Brown
Strong Kobayashi (10:40 canadian backbreaker) Buddy Roberts
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Tiger Jeet Singh & Silent Mackney

1978/01/11 Yokohama - Culture Gym (2,000)
Kengo Kimura def Satoru Sayama
Shoji Kai def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masanobu Kurisu def Daigoro Oshiro
Buffalo Allen def Makoto Arakawa
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Osamu Kido def Silent Mackney
*Benny McGuire & Billy McGuire (4:14 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kantaro Hoshino
Tiger Jeet Singh (7:51 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Hollywood Blonds: Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown

1978/01/12 Handa, Aichi - Civic Hall (3,300)
Shoji Kai drew Satoru Sayama
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masanobu Kurisu def Makoto Arakawa
Buffalo Allen def Kengo Kimura
Osamu Kido def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Kotetsu Yamamoto
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:20 pin) Buddy Roberts
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Tiger Jeet Singh & Jerry Brown
   1: Kobayashi (11:05 DQ) Singh
   2: Inoki (4:14 pin) Brown

1978/01/13 Okayama - Okayama Budokan (2,800)
Makoto Arakawa (11:05 pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (16:28 pin) Kengo Kimura
Haruka Eigen (9:17 pin) Silento Silent McNee
Buffalo Allen (7:29 boston crab) Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:04 DQ) Jerry Brown
Strong Kobayashi (9:38 canadian backbreaker) Buddy Roberts
Billy McGuire & *Benny McGuire (4:55 pin) Kantaro Hoshino & *Kotetsu Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu (2-1) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: (20:05 DCOR)
   2: Inoki & Choshu (0:17 DQ)

1978/01/15 Sakai, Osaka - Kaneoka Gym (2,500)
Shoji Kai drew Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa def Daigoro Oshiro
Kengo Kimura def Masanobu Kurisu
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino def Silent Mackney
Haruka Eigen (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
*Benny McGuire & Billy McGuire (3:12 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Osamu Kido
Tiger Jeet Singh def Kotetsu Yamamoto
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-1) Hollywood Blonds: Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
   1: Sakaguchi (16:44 DCOR) Brown
   2: Inoki (2:20 pin) Roberts

1978/01/16 Fukuyama, Hiroshima - City Gym (3,000)
Shoji Kai def Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Buffalo Allen def Makoto Arakawa
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kengo Kimura def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:08 pin) Buddy Roberts
Strong Kobayashi (5:02 DCOR) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido def Tiger Jeet Singh & Jerry Brown

1978/01/17 Ureshino, Saga - Gym (2,000)
Satoru Sayama def Masanobu Kurisu
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Kengo Kimura
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (6:25 canadian backbreaker) Silent McNee
Umanosuke Ueda def Riki Choshu
Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts (2-0) Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino
   1: Roberts (12:37 DCOR) Hoshino
   2: Singh (6:03 pin)
Antonio Inoki (6:12 abdominal stretch) Jerry Brown

1978/01/18 Hondo, Kumamoto - Civic Center (2,500)
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Satoru Sayama
Daigoro Oshiro def Masanobu Kurisu
Kengo Kimura def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Osamu Kido
Kantaro Hoshino def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa
Strong Kobayashi (12:05 canadian backbreaker) Buddy Roberts
Tiger Jeet Singh (8:59 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Jerry Brown & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/01/19 Kumamoto - City Gym (6,500)
Shoji Kai def Satoru Sayama
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Masanobu Kurisu
Kengo Kimura def Makoto Arakawa
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Haruka Eigen bea Silent Mackney
Buddy Roberts def Kantaro Hoshino
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:11 half crab) Jerry Brown
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (2-1) Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi
   1: Kobayashi (10:32 DQ) Singh
   2: Singh (0:20 COR) Kobayashi
   3: Ueda (5:49 DQ) Inoki

1978/01/20 Kagoshima - Pref. Gym (6,000)
Daigoro Oshiro (13:04 pin) Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu (13:21 small package) Shoji Kai
Kengo Kimura (12:23 boston crab) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Buffalo Allen (6:15 pin) Makoto Arakawa
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9:09 pin) Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & *Benny McGuire (2:11 pin) Riki Choshu & *Kantaro Hoshino
Umanosuke Ueda (6:25 DQ) Strong Kobayashi
Seiji Sakaguchi (10:44 NC) Tiger Jeet Singh
*Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido (20:36 pin) Hollywood Blonds: *Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown

1978/01/21 Makurazaki, Kagoshima - General Gym (2,200)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu def Makoto Arakawa
Osamu Kido def Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:25 pin) Jerry Brown
Tiger Jeet Singh (4:56 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Buddy Roberts & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/01/22 Kanoya, Kagoshima - City Gym (4,000)
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Kengo Kimura
Haruka Eigen def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi (11:27 boston crab) Buddy Roberts
Umanosuke Ueda def Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-0) Tiger Jeet Singh & Jerry Brown
   1: Inoki (4:57 rolling clutch hold) Brown
   2: Inoki (13:11 DQ) Singh

1978/01/23 Oita - Pref. Gym (4,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Satoru Sayama
Shoji Kai def Daigoro Oshiro
Kengo Kimura def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Silent Mackney
Jerry Brown def Osamu Kido
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (6:12 DCOR) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts
   1: Inoki (19:42 DQ) Singh
   2: Inoki (2:03 pin) Roberts

1978/01/25 Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi - City Gym (2,700)
Masanobu Kurisu def Satoru Sayama
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Haruka Eigen def Kengo Kimura
Buffalo Allen def Osamu Kido
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Kotetsu Yamamoto & Makoto Arakawa
Strong Kobayashi (10:11 canadian backbreaker) Buddy Roberts
Tiger Jeet Singh (4:15 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu (DQ) Jerry Brown & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/01/26 Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Hall (3,000)
Shoji Kai def Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Daigoro Oshiro def Makoto Arakawa
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kengo Kimura def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (11:02 half crab) Jerry Brown
Strong Kobayashi (4:48 DCOR) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido def Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts

1978/01/27 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (9,500)
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Satoru Sayama
Daigoro Oshiro def Kengo Kimura
Makoto Arakawa def Masanobu Kurisu
Haruka Eigen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Hollywood Blonds: Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
NWA North American Tag Team Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi* (1-1) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: Ueda (12:31 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Kobayashi (8:12 DQ) Singh
   3: (3:58 DCOR)

1978/01/28 Nishio, Aichi - City Gym (3,500)
Masanobu Kurisu def Satoru Sayama
Daigoro Oshiro def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Makoto Arakawa
Haruka Eigen def Silent Mackney
Benny McGuire & *Billy McGuire (3:12 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Osamu Kido
Riki Choshu def Jerry Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:05 DCOR) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts

1978/01/29 Toyohashi, Aichi - City Gym (2,800)
Shoji Kai def Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kengo Kimura def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen Coege def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Silent McNee
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:10 half crab) Buddy Roberts
Tiger Jeet Singh (6:35 cobra claw) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido def Jerry Brown & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/01/30 Owase, Mie - City Gym (2,500)
Daigoro Oshiro def Satoru Sayama
Shoji Kai def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa def Kengo Kimura
Buffalo Allen def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Haruka Eigen def Silent Mackney
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi (11:05 DQ) Buddy Roberts
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:11 pin) Jerry Brown
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda def Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu

1978/01/31 Osaka - Pref. Gym (7,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi drew Satoru Sayama
Makoto Arakawa drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen def Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu drew Osamu Kido
Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen def Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire
*Strong Kobayashi & Kantaro Hoshino (11:28 canadian backbreaker) Hollywood Blonds: *Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Seiji Sakaguchi (2:25 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki (17:08 rolling clutch hold) Tiger Jeet Singh

1978/02/02 Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center (4,000)
Masanobu Kurisu def Satoru Sayama
Kengo Kimura def Daigoro Oshiro
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Buffalo Allen def Silent Mackney
Buddy Roberts def Osamu Kido
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino
Antonio Inoki (5:44 bow & arrow) Jerry Brown
NWA North American Tag Team Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi* (2-1) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: Sakaguchi (12:00 pin) Ueda
   2: Ueda (6:59 pin) Sakaguchi
   3: Sakaguchi (3:27 DQ) Singh

1978/02/03 Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center (4,800)
Kengo Kimura (12:30 boston crab) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Osamu Kido (12:06 rolling clutch hold) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen (7:54 pin) Makoto Arakawa
Riki Choshu (5:08 boston crab) Silento Silent McNee
*Kotetsu Yamamoto, Daigoro Ohshiro, Haruka Eigen (3:21 pin) *Billy McGuire, Benny McGuire
*Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (17:53 pin) Hollywood Blonds: *Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Umanosuke Ueda (7:48 pin) Strong Kobayashi
NWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki* (21:23 COR) Tiger Jeet Singh

1978/02/04 Hakodate, Hokkaido - City Gym (3,700)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Satoru Sayama
Masanobu Kurisu def Daigoro Oshiro
Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Kengo Kimura
Buffalo Allen def Osamu Kido
Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire def Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa
Strong Kobayashi (6:13 canadian backbreaker) Silent McNee
Seiji Sakaguchi def Buddy Roberts
Tiger Jeet Singh def Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino def Jerry Brown & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/02/06 Morioka - Iwate Pref. Gym (3,000)
Satoru Sayama drew Shoji Kai
Daigoro Oshiro (pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Buffalo Allen (pin) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kengo Kimura (submission) Makoto Arakawa
*Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire (pin) Haruka Eigen & *Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido (DQ) Buddy Roberts
Riki Choshu (scorpion death lock) Jerry Brown
Superstar Billy Graham (11:18 canadian backbreaker) Strong Kobayashi
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-1) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: (16:36 DCOR)
   2: Inoki & Sakaguchi (2:32 DQ)

1978/02/07 Ohtawara, Tochigi - City Gym (2,800)
Daigoro Oshiro (pin) Satoru Sayama
Kengo Kimura (submission) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Makoto Arakawa (pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Buffalo Allen (arm bar) Haruka Eigen
*Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire (pin) Kantaro Hoshino & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Strong Kobayashi (9:20 boston crab) Jerry Brown
Superstar Billy Graham (back breaker) Riki Choshu
Seiji Sakaguchi (4:57 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Tiger Jeet Singh & Buddy Roberts (2-1) Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido
   1: Singh (cobra claw) Kido
   2: Kido (pin) Roberts
   3: Singh & Roberts (DQ)

1978/02/08 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan (12,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi (15min limit draw) Satoru Sayama
Kengo Kimura (15min limit draw) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Buffalo Allen (6:15 pin) Makoto Arakawa
Handicap Match: Kantaro Hoshino & *Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen (3:04 pin) *Billy McGuire & Benny McGuire
*Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido (16:14 pin) Hollywood Blonds: *Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Tiger Jeet Singh (4:06 pin) Strong Kobayashi
WWWF Heavyweight Title: Billy Graham* (19:33 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
Nail Floor Death Match: Antonio Inoki (11:02 KO) Umanosuke Ueda

1978/02/09 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (TV special)
14-man Battle Royal Final: Daigoro Oshiro (16:04 boston crab) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Other participants: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kengo Kimura, Haruka Eigen, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Satoru Sayama, Strong Kobayashi, Riki Choshu, Osamu Kido, Shoji Kai, Makoto Arakawa, Masanobu Kurisu, and Buffalo Allen
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (11:33 pin) Hollywood Blonds: Buddy Roberts & *Jerry Brown


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