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'88 Super Fight Series: 1988/04/11 - 05/08: 22 cards

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

Guest Foreigners:
Big Van Vader (Leon White)
Scott Hall
Manny Fernandez
Crusher Krantiki (Thomas Urbanski)
Steve Casey
Villano IV
Villano V
Don Nakaya Nielsen [05/08]

1988/04/10 Osaka - Pref. 2nd Gym [Fan Appreciation Day]
Judo Jacket Match: Seiji Sakaguchi (5min limit draw) Don Arakawa
Exhibition: Tatsumi Fujinami (5min limit draw) Tatsutoshi Goto
Exhibition: Tatsumi Fujinami (5min limit draw) Shiro Koshinaka
2/3 Fall Handicap Match: Antonio Inoki (8min limit draw) Keiichi Yamada & Masaharu Funaki
14-man Battle Royal: Tatsutoshi Goto won (10:17)


1988/04/11 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (1,950)
Akira Nogami (15min limit draw) Kensuke Sasaki
Black Cat (5:50 back slide) Don Arakawa
Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:58 sleeper hold) Keiichi Yamada
Super Strong Machine (12:23 pin) George Takano
*Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga (10:25 pin) Villano IV & *Villano V
*Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:48 DQ) *Crusher Krantiki & Scott Hall
*Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey (11:01 pin) Tatsumi Fujinami & *Masaharu Funaki
Big Van Vader (2:41 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi
*Antonio Inoki & Shiro Koshinaka (15:37 pin) Riki Choshu & *Hiroshi Hase

1988/04/12 Suwa, Nagano - Lake Suwa Sports Center
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga def Black Cat & Akira Nogami & Masaharu Funaki
Kantaro Hoshino & Keiichi Yamada def Villano IV & Villano V
Hiroshi Hase def Tatsutoshi Goto
George Takano (DQ) Crusher Krantiki
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8:25 DQ) Riki Choshu & *Super Strong Machine
Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka def Manny Fernandez & Scott Hall & Steve Casey

1988/04/13 Joetsu, Niigata - Legion Plaza
Kensuke Sasaki def Osamu Matsuda
Don Arakawa def Ken-ichi Oya
Black Cat & Masaharu Funaki def Villano IV & Villano V
Battle Royal: Don Arakawa won
Scott Hall def George Takano
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:27 DCOR) Crusher Krantiki
Shiro Koshinaka & Osamu Kido & Keiichi Yamada (DQ) Kuniaki Kobayashi & Norio Honaga & Hiroshi Hase
Big Van Vader def Super Strong Machine
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura def Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino def Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Hiro Saito

1988/04/14 - Katsuura, Chiba
Akira Nogami def Akira Katayama
Kensuke Sasaki def Takayuki Iizuka
Norio Honaga (DCOR) Keiichi Yamada
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito def Villano IV & Villano V
Osamu Kido def Black Cat
Hiroshi Hase def Masaharu Funaki
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (DCOR) Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine
Manny Fernandez & Scott Hall & Steve Casey def Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura & George Takano

1988/04/15 Hokota, Ibaraki - General Park Gym
Osamu Kido & Keiichi Yamada def Villano IV & Villano V
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga def Black Cat & Masaharu Funaki
Hiroshi Hase def Steve Casey
Seiji Sakaguchi (13:24 DCOR) Scott Hall
Kengo Kimura (DQ) Manny Fernandez
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def Tatsumi Fujinami & George Takano
Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka def Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi

1988/04/17 Isezaki, Gunma - Civic Gym
Osamu Matsuda (13:33 leg roll clutch hold) Takayuki Iizuka
Akira Nogami (14:28 pin) Kensuke Sasaki
Don Arakawa (12:54 small package) Black Cat
Kantaro Hoshino & *Norio Honaga (10:07 pin) Villano IV & *Villano V
Osamu Kido (9:54 pin) Tatsutoshi Goto
*Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada (12:24 back slide) Hiroshi Hase & *Hiro Saito
Super Strong Machine (7:06 DQ) Crusher Krantiki
*Big Van Vader & Masa Saito (7:52 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura
Riki Choshu & *Kuniaki Kobayashi (9:11 fisherman's suplex hold) Tatsumi Fujinami & *Masaharu Funaki
*Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & George Takano (9:12 pin) Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez & *Steve Casey

1988/04/19 Kamagori, Aichi - Civic Gym
Akira Nogami def Osamu Matsuda
Kensuke Sasaki def Ken-ichi Oya
Don Arakawa def Tatsutoshi Goto
Keiichi Yamada def Black Cat
Hiroshi Hase & Hiro Saito def Villano IV & Villano V
Kengo Kimura & George Takano def Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Riki Choshu def Steve Casey
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka
*Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:33 pin) Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez & *Crusher Krantiki

1988/04/21 Ishikawa, Okinawa - City Civic Gym
Handicap Match: *Big Van Vader & Masa Saito (6:01 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano & *Tatsutoshi Goto

1988/04/22 Naha, Okinawa - Ounoyama Gym (2,830)
Akira Nogami (11:27 pin) Ken-ichi Oya
Tatsutoshi Goto (13:45 pin) Black Cat
Hiro Saito & Kensuke Sasaki (12:39 pin) Villanos *IV & V
George Takano (7:06 out-of-fense DQ) Krantiki
*Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido (9:27 wakigatame) Hall & *Casey
Kengo Kimura (10:54 pin) Super Strong Machine
Shiro Koshinaka & *Keiichi Yamada (16:36 pin) *Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase
Choshu (6:09 pin) Fernandez
*Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (9:24 DQ) Masa Saito & *Vader

1988/04/23 Ginowan, Okinawa - City Gym
Kensuke Sasaki def Osamu Matsuda
Black Cat def Akira Nogami
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito def Villano IV & Villano V
Crusher Krantiki def Don Arakawa
Osamu Kido (DCOR) Super Strong Machine
Hiroshi Hase def Keiichi Yamada
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader def George Takano & Tatsutoshi Goto
*Seiji Sakaguchi & Shiro Koshinaka (9:18 half crab) Manny Fernandez & *Steve Casey
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (NC) Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara

1988/04/24 Arao, Kumamoto - Mitsui Green Land
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada def Villano IV & Villano V
Osamu Kido (DQ) Crusher Krantiki
Scott Hall def Tatsutoshi Goto
Hiroshi Hase (DQ) Manny Fernandez
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader def Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito
Masa Saito & *Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine (9:20 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura & *George Takano

1988/04/25 Oita - Pref. Niage Town Gym
Akira Nogami def Osamu Matsuda
Don Arakawa def Ken-ichi Oya
Akira Katayama & Keiichi Yamada def Villano IV & Villano V
Kuniaki Kobayashi def Black Cat
Crusher Krantiki def Tatsutoshi Goto
Super Strong Machine def Steve Casey
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Osamu Kido (12:35 double out-of-fence) Scott Hall & *Manny Fernandez
Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def Kengo Kimura & George Takano
Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka

1988/04/26 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi - City Gym
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Kensuke Sasaki def Villano IV & Villano V
Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada (DQ) Hiroshi Hase & Hiro Saito
George Takano (DCOR) Super Strong Machine
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido def Scott Hall & Crusher Krantiki
Handicap Match: Seiji Sakaguchi & *Kengo Kimura (6:11 out-of-fence DQ) Big Van Vader
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu def Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey

1988/04/27 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Ken-ichi Oya def Osamu Matsuda
Don Arakawa & Black Cat def Villano IV & Villano V
Osamu Kido def Steve Casey
Manny Fernandez def Super Strong Machine
Seiji Sakaguchi & *George Takano (9:28 pin) Scott Hall & *Crusher Krantiki
Elimination Match: Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki (25:32) Shiro Koshinaka & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto & Keiichi Yamada & Akira Nogami
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (10:26) Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami (12:14 COR) Big Van Vader

1988/04/30 Fukuyama, Hiroshima - City Gym
Ken-ichi Oya (time limit draw) Osamu Matsuda
Akira Nogami def Akira Katayama
Black Cat def Kensuke Sasaki
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga def Villano IV & Villano V
Manny Fernandez def Kuniaki Kobayashi
Osamu Kido (DQ) Scott Hall
Seiji Sakaguchi (7:00 half crab) Crusher Krantiki
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto
Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine & Hiroshi Hase drew Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka

1988/05/02 Takaoka, Toyama - Civic Gym
Akira Nogami (time limit draw) Osamu Matsuda
Kensuke Sasaki def Ken-ichi Oya
Kantaro Hoshino & Black Cat def Villano IV & Villano V
Osamu Kido def Norio Honaga
Shiro Koshinaka def Hiro Saito
Crusher Krantiki (DQ) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader (4:42 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *Tatsutoshi Goto
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura def Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase def Manny Fernandez & Scott Hall & Steve Casey

1988/05/03 Tsuruga, Fukui - City Gym
Ken-ichi Oya def Akira Katayama
Akira Nogami (time limit draw) Kensuke Sasaki
Tatsutoshi Goto def Norio Honaga
Black Cat & Shiro Koshinaka def Villano IV & Villano V
Osamu Kido (DQ) Crusher Krantiki
Hiroshi Hase def Steve Casey
Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez def Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader def Kengo Kimura & George Takano
Masa Saito & *Riki Choshu & Hiro Saito (9:54 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & *Kantaro Hoshino

1988/05/05 Ogaki, Gifu - Castle Hall
Ken-ichi Oya def Osamu Matsuda
Black Cat def Akira Nogami
Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki def Villano IV & Villano V
Scott Hall def Tatsutoshi Goto
George Takano (5:24) Crusher Krantiki
Super Strong Machine (9:16) Steve Casey
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase def Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader def Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito
Tatsumi Fujinami def Manny Fernandez

1988/05/06 Hamakita, Shizuoka - Civic Gym
Hiroshi Hase def Steve Casey
Handicap Match: Big Van Vader & Masa Saito def George Takano & Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto
Seiji Sakaguchi & *Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8:53 double out-of-fence) Riki Choshu & *Super Strong Machine
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka def Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez & Crusher Krantiki

1988/05/08 Tokyo - Ariake Coliseum
Akira Nogami (15min limit draw) Kensuke Sasaki
Norio Honaga (12:15) Black Cat
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiro Saito (11:04) Villano IV & Villano V
Tatsutoshi Goto (5:22) Crusher Krantiki
Steve Casey (6:54) Kantaro Hoshino
*Manny Fernandez & Scott Hall (8:02 pin) Seiji Sakaguchi & *George Takano
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine (13:42) Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido
Mixed Martial Arts Match: Don Nakaya Nielsen (R4 1:03 KO) Keiichi Yamada
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Hase* (18:10 northern light suplex) Shiro Koshinaka
IWGP Heavyweight Title (vacant) : Tatsumi Fujinami (16:02 DQ) Big Van Vader


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