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Pre-Japanese Championship Series: 1978/11/17 - 12/16: 23 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Bob Backlund [12/14]

1978/11/17 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,000)
Shoji Kai def Akira Maeda
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Kantaro Hoshino & Junji Hirata def Makoto Arakawa & Masanobu Kurisu
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Umanosuke Ueda (2:09 pin) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League:Riki Choshu (14:43 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Ryuma Go def Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (6:57 rolling clutch hold) Thunder Sugiyama
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (15:52 COR) Masa Saito
Hiro Matsuda def Osamu Kido

1978/11/18 Hanno, Saitama - City Farmers' Market (2,700)
Masanobu Kurisu def Akira Maeda
Makoto Arakawa & George Takano def Junji Hirata & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Osamu Kido def Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (12:49 canadian backbreaker) Kantaro Hoshino
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (11:01 pin) Ryuma Go
Riki Choshu (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (13:40 rolling clutch hold) Masa Saito
Hiro Matsuda def Thunder Sugiyama

1978/11/20 Saijo, Hiroshima - City Gym (2,000)
Makoto Arakawa def Akira Maeda
Shoji Kai def Junji Hirata
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Ryuma Go def Thunder Sugiyama
Masa Saito def Osamu Kido
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (10:08 pin) Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (11:31 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Strong Kobayashi & Riki Choshu (2-1) Hiro Matsuda & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: Matsuda (12:46 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Kobayashi (5:10 DQ) Ueda
   3: Choshu (2:04 DQ) Ueda

1978/11/21 Kure, Hiroshima - City Gym (3,000)
George Takano def Akira Maeda
Shoji Kai def Junji Hirata
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu
Kantaro Hoshino def Makoto Arakawa
Ryuma Go (DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (12:04 canadian backbreaker) Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (11:43 pin) Osamu Kido
Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu
   1: Fujinami (13:31 DCOR) Saito
   3: Saito (7:53 pin) Choshu

1978/11/22 Obama, Fukui - Civic Gym (2,700)
Masanobu Kurisu def Akira Maeda
Junji Hirata def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Ryuma Go def Osamu Kido
Umanosuke Ueda def Kantaro Hoshino
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (15:41 COR) Masa Saito
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (13:04 rolling back clutch) Riki Choshu
Seiji Sakaguchi & Haruka Eigen (2-1) Hiro Matsuda & Thunder Sugiyama
   1: Sugiyama (13:34 pin) Eigen
   2: Sakaguchi (3:05 COR) Sugiyama
   3: Sakaguchi (2:58 DQ) Sugiyama

1978/11/24 Katsuta, Ibaraki - General Gym (2,300)
Shoji Kai (12:54 camel clutch) George Takano
Makoto Arakawa & *Kuniaki Kobayashi (19:28 pin) Masanobu Kurisu & *Junji Hirata
Ryuma Go (10:40 pin) Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Masa Saito (11:20 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Thunder Sugiyama (5:39 DQ) Seiji Sakaguchi
Hiro Matsuda (7:57 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Osamu Kido (17:35 pin) Riki Choshu
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (12:45 COR) Strong Kobayashi

1978/11/25 Gyoda, Saitama - Civic Hall (2,500)
Shoji Kai (12:46 mexican abdominal stretch) Junji Hirata
Makoto Arakawa (10:21 pin) George Takano
Masa Saito (5:46 ground abdominal stretch) Masanobu Kurisu
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Thunder Sugiyama (11:15 pin) Osamu Kido
Hiro Matsuda (9:45 back slide) Ryuma Go
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Riki Choshu (15:39 small package) Kantaro Hoshino
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (9:10 pin) Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (8:23 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda

1978/11/27 Ichihara, Chiba - Seaside Gym (2,000)
Makoto Arakawa def Akira Maeda
Masanobu Kurisu def George Takano
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Junji Hirata
Thunder Sugiyama def Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (12:24 boston crab) Osamu Kido
Ryuma Go (COR) Riki Choshu
Umanosuke Ueda (DQ) Seiji Sakaguchi
Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino
   1: Saito (12:09 DCOR) Fujinami
   3: Matsuda (4:39 pin) Hoshino

1978/11/28 Iwase, Ibaraki - Town Gym
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Junji Hirata
Masanobu Kurisu def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kantaro Hoshino def Ryuma Go
Masa Saito def Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (12:52 pin) Osamu Kido
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (9:14 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu (2-0) Hiro Matsuda & Thunder Sugiyama
   1: Sakaguchi (11:07 boston crab) Sugiyama
   2: Sakaguchi (4:06 DQ) Sugiyama

1978/11/30 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym (3,600)
Shoji Kai def Akira Maeda
Junji Hirata & Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu & George Takano
Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Masa Saito (DQ) Riki Choshu
Umanosuke Ueda def Haruka Eigen
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (14:28 COR) Seiji Sakaguchi
Hiro Matsuda def Osamu Kido
WWWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami* (17:56 german suplex hold) Ryuma Go

1978/12/02 Naze, Kagoshima - City Gym (6,000)
Junji Hirata drew Akira Maeda
Shoji Kai & Kuniaki Kobayashi def Masanobu Kurisu & George Takano
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Masa Saito def Ryuma Go
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Umanosuke Ueda def Osamu Kido
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (6:47 boston crab) Thunder Sugiyama
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (11:26 leg roll clutch) Kantaro Hoshino
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (12:04 pin) Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara def Hiro Matsuda & Haruka Eigen

1978/12/03 Izumi, Kagoshima - Takao Town Gym (3,000)
Shoji Kai def Junji Hirata
Makoto Arakawa & George Takano def Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masanobu Kurisu
Riki Choshu def Haruka Eigen
Kantaro Hoshino def Osamu Kido
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Strong Kobayashi (11:17 canadian backbreaker) Ryuma Go
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Seiji Sakaguchi (4:36 COR) Tatsumi Fujinami
Hiro Matsuda def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Antonio Inoki & Masa Saito (NC) Thunder Sugiyama & Umanosuke Ueda

1978/12/04 Kashima, Saga - City Gym (2,700)
Strong Kobayashi (8:16 canadian backbreaker) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kantaro Hoshino def Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu (DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Umanosuke Ueda (DQ) Masa Saito
Pre-Japanese Championship Preliminary League: Tatsumi Fujinami (9:38 backslide) Ryuma Go
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-0) Osamu Kido & Hiro Matsuda
   1: Sakaguchi (14:37 pin) Osamu Kido
   2: Inoki & Sakaguchi (2:16 DQ)

1978/12/05 Fukuoka - Kyuden Memorial Gym (3,800)
Masanobu Kurisu def Akira Maeda
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:45 backslide) Masa Saito
Haruka Eigen & Osamu Kido def Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Ryuma Go
Pre-Japan Championship Tournament Round 1: Antonio Inoki (10:34 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Hiro Matsuda def Riki Choshu
NWA North American Tag Team Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi* (2-1) Umanosuke Ueda & Thunder Sugiyama
   1: Ueda (13:44 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Kobayashi (5:28 canadian backbreaker) Ueda
   3: Sakaguchi & Kobayashi (0:41 DQ)

1978/12/06 Nagasaki - International Gym (3,600)
Shoji Kai def Akira Maeda
Makoto Arakawa def George Takano
Haruka Eigen def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Osamu Kido def Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:31 pin) Riki Choshu
Masa Saito def Ryuma Go
Tatsumi Fujinami (5:02 DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-0) Hiro Matsuda & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: Inoki (15:15 boston crab) Ueda
   2: Inoki (0:36 DQ) Ueda

1978/12/07 Kumamoto - City Gym (3,800)
George Takano def Akira Maeda
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Kantaro Hoshino def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Ryuma Go def Haruka Eigen
Osamu Kido (DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Hiro Matsuda (11:10 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Pre-Japanese Championship Quarter Final: Seiji Sakaguchi (10:32 boston crab) Riki Choshu
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-0) Umanosuke Ueda & Masa Saito
   1: Inoki (14:34 boston crab) Saito
   2: Fujinami (4:15 DQ) Ueda

1978/12/08 Tokuyama, Yamaguchi - City Gym (2,200)
Masanobu Kurisu def Akira Maeda
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Haruka Eigen & Kuniaki Kobayashi def Osamu Kido & Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Strong Kobayashi (9:05 DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Tatsumi Fujinami (11:43 leg roll clutch) Ryuma Go
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:40 DCOR) Umanosuke Ueda
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu (NC) Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito

1978/12/09 Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym (4,200)
Shoji Kai def Akira Maeda
Masanobu Kurisu def George Takano
Haruka Eigen & Makoto Arakawa def Kantaro Hoshino & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Ryuma Go def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Hiro Matsuda def Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami (11:50 DQ) Masa Saito
Thunder Sugiyama & Umanosuke Ueda (NC) Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu
   1: Ueda (14:57 pin) Choshu
   2: (3:21 NC)
Pre-Japanese Championship Tournament Quarter Final: Antonio Inoki (11:50 ground abdominal stretch) Strong Kobayashi

1978/12/11 Shizuoka - Sunpu Hall (3,200)
Shoji Kai (12:59 pin) Akira Maeda
Kuniaki Kobayashi (11:45 pin) Masanobu Kurisu
Osamu Kido (10:49 rolling clutch hold) Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (3:31 canadian backbreaker) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Ryuma Go (11:06 pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Riki Choshu (6:14 DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Pre-Japanese Championship Tournament Quarter Final: Hiro Matsuda (11:53 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (2-0) Masa Saito & Umanosuke Ueda
   1: Sakaguchi (12:50 DQ) Ueda
   2: Inoki (6:18 abdominal stretch) Ueda

1978/12/12 Sendai, Miyagi - Leisure Center (2,500)
Masanobu Kurisu def Akira Maeda
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Riki Choshu def Kantaro Hoshino
Thunder Sugiyama def Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:02 pin) Ryuma Go
Pre-Japan Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Antonio Inoki (12:16 pin) Masa Saito
Hiro Matsuda & Umanosuke Ueda (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Strong Kobayashi
   1: Kobayashi (13:11 DQ) Ueda
   2: Ueda (0:54 pin) Kobayashi
   3: Ueda (6:04 DQ) Kobayashi

1978/12/13 Yokohama - Culture Gym (3,300)
Shoji Kai def Akira Maeda
George Takano def Junji Hirata
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kantaro Hoshino def Masanobu Kurisu
Riki Choshu def Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (10:12 canadian backbreaker) Ryuma Go
Pre-Japanese Championship Semi-final: Hiro Matsuda (10:00 small package) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido (2-1) Umanosuke Ueda & Masa Saito & Thunder Sugiyama
   1: (15:35 DCOR)
   3: Inoki (5:53 octopus hold) Saito

1978/12/14 Osaka - Pref. Gym (6,000)
Masanobu Kurisu (arm lock) Akira Maeda
Makoto Arakawa (pin) Shoji Kai
*Osamu Kido & George Takano (pin) Haruka Eigen & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kantaro Hoshino (DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Hiro Matsuda (10:04 thesz press) Strong Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu (2-1) Umanosuke Ueda & Ryuma Go
   1: Fujinami (10:46 rolling clutch hold) Go
   2: Go (2:19 pin) Choshu
   3: Fujinami & Choshu (5:45 DQ)
Pre-Japanese Championship Tournament Third Place Match: Seiji Sakaguchi (6:42 DQ) Masa Saito
WWWF Heavyweight Title: Antonio Inoki (21:12 COR) Bob Backlund*

1978/12/16 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (7,000)
Shoji Kai (11:24 abdominal stretch) Junji Hirata
Haruka Eigen & Masanobu Kurisu (17:06 pin) Makoto Arakawa & George Takano
Kantaro Hoshino (9:40 backslide) Ryuma Go
Strong Kobayashi (9:05 DQ) Thunder Sugiyama
Tatsumi Fujinami (11:54 DCOR) Masa Saito
Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu (30min limit draw) Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi
Seiji Sakaguchi (6:38 DQ) Umanosuke Ueda
Pre-Japan Championship Final: Antonio Inoki (23:06 octopus hold) Hiro Matsuda


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