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New Year Golden Series: 1980/01/04 - 02/08: 31 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Stan Hansen
Rocky Johnson
Bad News Allen
Willem Ruska
Steve Keirn
Dynamite Kid
Skip Young

1980/01/04 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,700)
Makoto Arakawa def Akira Maeda
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Willem Ruska & *Strong Kobayashi (8:04 boston crab) *Haruka Eigen & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Dynamite Kid def Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (5:48 DQ) Masa Saito
Steve Keirn def Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:58 pin) Skip Young
Stan Hansen & Rocky Johnson & Bad News Allen def Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura

1980/01/05 Koga, Ibaraki - City Gym (2,000)
Junji Hirata def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Skip Young def Kuniaki Kobayashi
*Willem Ruska & Strong Kobayashi (15:33 arm bar) Riki Choshu & *Haruka Eigen
Dynamite Kid def Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:31 DQ) Bad News Allen
Tatsumi Fujinami (11:26 DCOR) Rocky Johnson
Stan Hansen & Steve Keirn & Masa Saito def Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino

1980/01/06 Fussa, Tokyo - Civic Gym (2,200)
Junji Hirata (8:07 pin) Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa (8:23 back slide) George Takano
Willem Ruska (6:59 cross arm bar) Kuniaki Kobayashi
*Steve Keirn & Skip Young (11:07 pin) *Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu (8:15 DQ) Dynamite Kid
Seiji Sakaguchi (10:18 pin) Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:06 rolling clutch hold) Masa Saito
Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen (2-1) Strong Kobayashi & Haruka Eigen
   1: Allen (8:02 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Kobayashi (4:38 pin) Allen
   3: Hansen (4:58 pin) Eigen
Antonio Inoki (9:09 rolling clutch hold) Rocky Johnson

1980/01/07 Imabari, Ehime - City Public Hall (2,000)
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Willem Ruska def Junji Hirata
Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Strong Kobayashi (9:44 DQ) Masa Saito
Bad News Allen (COR) Riki Choshu
Steve Keirn & Skip Young def Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi (8:17 DCOR) Rocky Johnson
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-0) Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid
   1: Inoki & Fujinami (9:19 DQ)
   2: Inoki (3:02 pin) Kid

1980/01/08 Ikeda, Tokushima - Awa Hall (2,100)
Shoji Kai def Junji Hirata
Osamu Kido def George Takano
Kengo Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Willem Ruska & Haruka Eigen def Masa Saito & Makoto Arakawa
Skip Young def Kantaro Hoshino
Rocky Johnson (9:05 COR) Strong Kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:35 DCOR) Steve Keirn
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu (2-1) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Dynamite Kid
   1: Choshu (9:15 DQ) Hansen
   2: Hansen (5:24 pin) Choshu
   3: Inoki (3:09 pin) Allen

1980/01/09 Obama, Fukui - City Gym (2,300)
Makoto Arakawa def Hiroyuki Saito
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Dynamite Kid def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Bad News Allen def Osamu Kido
*Strong Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura (11:55 pin) Haruka Eigen & *Junji Hirata
Masa Saito (10:19 DQ) Seiji Sakaguchi
Riki Choshu (COR) Rocky Johnson
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Stan Hansen & Steve Keirn & Skip Young
   1: (13:15 DCOR)
   2: Fujinami (6:11 pin) Young

1980/01/10 Ohtsu, Shiga - Pref. Gym (2,700)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Haruka Eigen def Junji Hirata
Willem Ruska & Osamu Kido def Rocky Johnson & Skip Young
Steve Keirn def Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:43 pin) Kengo Kimura
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:57 leg roll clutch) Dynamite Kid
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Masa Saito
   1: Hansen (13:33 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Inoki (3:28 DQ) Hansen
   3: Inoki (4:16 pin) Saito

1980/01/11 Kawasaki - City Gym (2,800)
Willem Ruska def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Rocky Johnson def Junji Hirata
Masa Saito def Makoto Arakawa
Kantaro Hoshino & *Kengo Kimura (4:55 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *George Takano
Riki Choshu def Bad News Allen
Seiji Sakaguchi (6:09 pin) Skip Young
10-man Battle Royal Final: Hiroyuki Saito (pin) Junji Hirata
Handicap Match: Stan Hansen def Osamu Kido & Haruka Eigen
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-1) Steve Keirn & Dynamite Kid
   1: Fujinami (9:47 rolling clutch hold) Keirn
   2: Keirn (5:41 pin) Fujinami
   3: Inoki (9:44 pin) Kid

1980/01/12 Koshigaya, Saitama - City Gym (2,500)
Makoto Arakawa def Hiroyuki Saito
Kengo Kimura def George Takano
Willem Ruska def Osamu Kido
Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen def Junji Hirata & Masa Saito
Dynamite Kid def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Steve Keirn (7:10 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:24 pin) Rocky Johnson
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:52 rolling clutch hold) Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu def Stan Hansen & Skip Young

1980/01/13 Isshiki, Aichi - General Gym (2,800)
Junji Hirata def Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa def George Takano
Rocky Johnson def Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu & *Willem Ruska (9:42 arm bar) Strong Kobayashi & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Bad News Allen def Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:33 DCOR) Steve Keirn
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:16 pin) Skip Young
Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid & Masa Saito def Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido

1980/01/15 Kokubu, Kagoshima - General Gym (2,100)
George Takano def Hiroyuki Saito
Osamu Kido def Junji Hirata
*Strong Kobayashi & Kengo Kimura (11:17 pin) Willem Ruska & *Makoto Arakawa
Bad News Allen def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Skip Young def Kantaro Hoshino
Steve Keirn def Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu (DCOR) Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-1) Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid & Rocky Johnson
   1: Fujinami (8:19 pin) Kid
   2: Kid (4:35 pin) Fujinami
   3: Inoki (5:46 abdominal stretch) Johnson

1980/01/16 Ibusuki, Kagoshima - City Gym (2,500)
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Junji Hirata
Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido def Riki Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Willem Ruska (DQ) Masa Saito
Bad News Allen def Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (8:09 pin) Rocky Johnson
Stan Hansen (6:16 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Steve Keirn & Dynamite Kid & Skip Young
   1: Fujinami (7:39 pin) Young
   2: Kid (4:59 pin) Hoshino
   3: Inoki (5:24 pin) Kid

1980/01/17 Kanoya, Kagoshima - City Gym (2,400)
George Takano def Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Kengo Kimura def Skip Young
Willem Ruska & *Osamu Kido (11:56 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masa Saito def Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu def Rocky Johnson
Steve Keirn def Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (9:41 DQ) Bad News Allen
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-1) Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid
   1: Inoki (12:07 DQ) Hansen
   2: (2:25 DCOR)

1980/01/18 Isahaya, Nagasaki - City Gym (1,800)
Shoji Kai def Hiroyuki Saito
Kuniaki Kobayashi def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa drew Haruka Eigen
Skip Young def Junji Hirata
Willem Ruska def Osamu Kido
Stan Hansen def Riki Choshu
9-man Battle Royal Final: Shoji Kai (pin) Hiroyuki Saito
Steve Keirn & Dynamite Kid (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino
   1: Kid (13:16 pin) Fujinami
   2: Fujinami (5:09 pin) Kid
   3: Keirn (4:09 pin) Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi & *Kengo Kimura (9:57 rolling clutch) Bad News Allen & *Rocky Johnson & Masa Saito

1980/01/19 Kawatana, Nagasaki - Laborers Athletic Center (2,200)
Shoji Kai def Hiroyuki Saito
Skip Young def George Takano
Kengo Kimura def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Rocky Johnson def Junji Hirata
*Willem Ruska & Kantaro Hoshino (12:27 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Makoto Arakawa
Steve Keirn def Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (12:20 DQ) Bad News Allen
Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid & Masa Saito (2-1) Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu
   1: Fujinami (11:21 DCOR) Saito
   3: Hansen (3:55 pin) Osamu Kido

1980/01/21 Saito, Miyazaki - Civic Gym (2,400)
George Takano def Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Willem Ruska & *Osamu Kido (12:06 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Junji Hirata
Rocky Johnson def Haruka Eigen
Steve Keirn def Kengo Kimura
Seiji Sakaguchi (11:14 DQ) Masa Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:17 rolling clutch hold) Skip Young
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino def Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Dynamite Kid

1980/01/22 Kumamoto - City Gym (3,400)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Shoji Kai
Haruka Eigen def Junji Hirata
Skip Young def George Takano
Willem Ruska & Kantaro Hoshino def Kengo Kimura & Makoto Arakawa
Masa Saito def Osamu Kido
Riki Choshu def Bad News Allen
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:24 pin) Rocky Johnson
Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid & Steve Keirn (2-1) Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
   1: Hansen (12:05 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Inoki (5:49 DCOR) Hansen

1980/01/24 Fukuyama, Hiroshima - City Gym (3,200)
Makoto Arakawa (7:27 pin) Hiroyuki Saito
Haruka Eigen (11:09 half crab) Kuniaki Kobayashi
*Kantaro Hoshino & Junji Hirata (12:08 pin) Osamu Kido & *George Takano
Strong Kobayashi (6:13 canadian back breaker) Skip Young
Steve Keirn (9:03 pin) Kengo Kimura
Seiji Sakaguchi (11:45 pin) Rocky Johnson
Dynamite Kid (15:53 COR) Tatsumi Fujinami
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu & Willem Ruska (2-1) Stan Hansen & Masa Saito & Bad News Allen
   1: Inoki (11:05 DCOR) Hansen
   2: Inoki (4:26 back slide) Saito

1980/01/25 Okayama - Okayama Budokan (2,500)
George Takano def Hiroyuki Saito
Kengo Kimura def Makoto Arakawa
Willem Ruska def Junji Hirata
Masa Saito def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Bad News Allen def Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Strong Kobayashi (12:43 pin) Kantaro Hoshino & *Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu def Rocky Johnson
Dynamite Kid def Skip Young
Stan Hansen & Steve Keirn (2-1) Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
   1: Keirn (13:33 german suplex hold) Fujinami
   2: (5:19 DCOR)

1980/01/26 Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Hall (2,900)
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Kantaro Hoshino def Junji Hirata
Dynamite Kid def Makoto Arakawa
Rocky Johnson def Kuniaki Kobayashi
*Seiji Sakaguchi & Willem Ruska (13:34 pin) *Kengo Kimura & Haruka Eigen
Steve Keirn (9:21 reverse rolling clutch) Strong Kobayashi
Riki Choshu (DCOR) Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido (2-1) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Skip Young
   1: Inoki's team (9:48 DQ)
   2: Hansen (4:16 pin) Kido
   3: Fujinami (2:35 pin) Young

1980/01/27 Katsuta, Ibaraki - General Gym
Shoji Kai def Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa def George Takano
Kengo Kimura & Haruka Eigen def Junji Hirata & Kuniaki Kobayashi
11-man Battle Royal Final: George Takano (pin) Shoji Kai
Dynamite Kid def Osamu Kido
*Seiji Sakaguchi & Willem Ruska (16:50 boston crab) *Rocky Johnson & Steve Keirn
Tatsumi Fujinami (8:17 pin) Skip Young
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi & Riki Choshu (2-0) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Masa Saito
   1: Choshu (11:16 DQ) Hansen
   2: Inoki (4:04 pin) Allen

1980/01/28 Tagajo, Miyagi - City Gym (3,700)
George Takano def Hiroyuki Saito
Willem Ruska def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kengo Kimura & Makoto Arakawa def Riki Choshu & Junji Hirata
Strong Kobayashi (8:42 pin) Skip Young
Bad News Allen def Haruka Eigen
Seiji Sakaguchi (10:17 DQ) Masa Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami (11:19 DCOR) Steve Keirn
Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido def Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid & Rocky Johnson

1980/01/29 Sannohe, Aomori - General Gym (2,200)
Junji Hirata def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Kengo Kimura def Skip Young
Dynamite Kid def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Willem Ruska (11:43 arm bar) Kantaro Hoshino & *Osamu Kido
Steve Keirn def Haruka Eigen
Strong Kobayashi (8:10 pin) Rocky Johnson
Tatsumi Fujinami (9:42 DQ) Masa Saito
Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu (DCOR) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen

1980/01/31 Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym (4,500)
Junji Hirata def Hiroyuki Saito
Osamu Kido def George Takano
Skip Young def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kotetsu Yamamoto & Haruka Eigen def Makoto Arakawa & Strong Kobayashi
Steve Keirn def Kantaro Hoshino
Masa Saito & *Kotetsu Yamamoto (16:06 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Makoto Arakawa
Battle Royal Final: Strong Kobayashi (pin) Kantaro Hoshino
Seiji Sakaguchi (11:59 boston crab) Rocky Johnson
Tatsumi Fujinami & Willem Ruska & Riki Choshu (2-1) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Dynamite Kid
   1: Fujinami's team (10:49 DQ)
   2: Hansen (4:54 pin) Choshu
   3: Fujinami (2:31 pin) Kid

1980/02/01 Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center (4,800)
Makoto Arakawa def Shoji Kai
Osamu Kido def Junji Hirata
Kantaro Hoshino & Haruka Eigen def Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Dynamite Kid def George Takano
*Strong Kobayashi & Willem Ruska (11:27 pin) Masa Saito & *Rocky Johnson
Seiji Sakaguchi (3:12 back breaker) Skip Young
Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen def Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu
NWA World* & WWF Junior Heavyweight Double Title: Tatsumi Fujinami [WWF] (2-0) Steve Keirn [NWA]
   1: Fujinami (17:19 DQ) Keirn
   2: Fujinami (2:53 german suplex hold) Keirn

1980/02/02 Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center (4,000)
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Junji Hirata
Kotetsu Yamamoto & Makoto Arakawa def Kengo Kimura & George Takano
Willem Ruska def Haruka Eigen
Masa Saito (11:03 pin) Strong Kobayashi
Steve Keirn def Osamu Kido
Riki Choshu def Rocky Johnson
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Dynamite Kid & Skip Young
   1: (7:04 DCOR)
   3: Fujinami (2:04 german suplex hold) Young
WWF North American Heavyweight Title: Seiji Sakaguchi* (14:02 boston crab) Bad News Allen
Stan Hansen (13:16 DQ) Antonio Inoki

1980/02/04 Konan, Aichi - City Gym (2,200)
Shoji Kai def George Takano
Makoto Arakawa def Kuniaki Kobayashi
*Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido (13:23 pin) Strong Kobayashi & *Junji Hirata
Willem Ruska (DQ) Masa Saito
Dynamite Kid def Haruka Eigen
Steve Keirn def Kengo Kimura
Tatsumi Fujinami (14:54 leg roll clutch) Skip Young
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu (2-1) Stan Hansen & Bad News Allen & Rocky Johnson
   1: Hansen (11:45 pin) Choshu
   2: Inoki (2:46 DQ) Hansen
   3: Inoki (4:04 9 pin) Johnson

1980/02/05 Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym (8,200)
Shoji Kai def Hiroyuki Saito
Makoto Arakawa def George Takano
Willem Ruska def Junji Hirata
Skip Young def Kuniaki Kobayahsi
Kotetsu Yamamoto(?) & Haruka Eigen def Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Masa Saito def Kantaro Hoshino
Riki Choshu (DQ) Bad News Allen
12-man Battle Royal Final: Junji Hirata (pin) Shoji Kai
Seiji Sakaguchi (6:41 DCOR) Steve Keirn
Antonio Inoki & Strong Kobayashi (2-1) Stan Hansen & Rocky Johnson
   1: Hansen (9:38 pin) Kobayashi
   2: Kobayashi (1:58 COR) Johnson
   3: Inoki & Kobayashi (TKO) Johnson
WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami* (14:54 leg roll clutch) Dynamite Kid

1980/02/06 Anjo, Aichi - City Gym (2,700)
Shoji Kai def Hiroyuki Saito
Kengo Kimura def Junji Hirata
Osamu Kido def George Takano
*Willem Ruska & Haruka Eigen (rolling clutch) Strong Kobayashi & *Kuniaki Kobayashi
Steve Keirn def Makoto Arakawa
Bad News Allen def Kantaro Hoshino
Masa Saito (11:19 DQ) Seiji Sakaguchi
Riki Choshu def Skip Young
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (2-0) Stan Hansen & Dynamite Kid
   1: (7:04 DCOR)
   2: Fujinami (2:04 german suplex hold) Young

1980/02/07 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Shoji Kai drew Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kengo Kimura def George Takano
Skip Young def Makoto Arakawa
Osamu Kido & Willem Ruska def Kantaro Hoshino & Junji Hirata
Steve Keirn def Kuniaki kobayashi
Tatsumi Fujinami (10:06 rolling back clutch) Dynamite Kid
Antonio Inoki (12:40 DCOR) Stan Hansen
NWA North American Tag Team Title: Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu* (2-1) Bad News Allen & Masa Saito
   1: Sakaguchi & Choshu (9:37 DQ)
   2: Allen (3:12 pin) Choshu
   3: Choshu (3:21 pin) Allen

1980/02/08 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (6,200)
Makoto Arakawa (4:44 german suplex hold) Junji Hirata
Skip Young (4:33 pin) George Takano
Strong Kobayashi (6:02 pin) Haruka Eigen
Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura (20min limit draw) Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido
Dynamite Kid (5:17 pin) Kuniaki Kobayashi
Seiji Sakaguchi & Willem Ruska (5:02 DCOR) Bad News Allen & Masa Saito
NWA World (International) & WWF Junior Heavyweight Double Title: Tatsumi Fujinami* (2-1) Steve Keirn
   1: Keirn (3:12 german suplex hold) Fujinami
   2: Fujinami (3:15 DQ) Keirn
   3: Fujinami (4:34 leg roll clutch) Keirn
NWF Heavyweight Title*: Stan Hansen (17:12 COR) Antonio Inoki


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