| date |
location |
opponent(s) & partner(s) |
result |
note |
Seiji Sakaguchi (Hawaii / Los Angeles) |
| 01/01 | Honolulu, HI | w/ Shohei Baba vs Johnny Barend & Ripper Collins | L | |
| 01/07 | Honolulu, HI | Johnny Barend | L | |
| 01/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium (TV) | The Oregon Lumberjack | W | |
| 01/16 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium | w/ Pepper Martin vs Woody Farmer & Art Michalik | W | |
| 01/21 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium (TV) | Don Savage | W | |
| 01/24 | San Bernardino, CA - Arena | Art Michalik | W | |
| 01/28 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium (TV) | w/ Rocky Johnson vs Fred Blassie & Don Carson | W | |
| 01/28 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium | Miami Mauler | W | |
| 01/31 |
San Bernardino, CA - Arena |
Magnificent Maurice |
W (13:48) |
|
| 02/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium | Gypsy Bivano | W | |
| 02/05 | Bakersfield, CA - Strelich Stadium | w/ Mr. Moto vs Shinya Kojika & Miami Mauler | L | |
| 02/05 | Bakersfield, CA - Strelich Stadium | The Mauler | W (DQ) | |
| 02/06 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium | Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) | W | |
| 02/07 |
San Bernardino, CA - Arena |
Miami Mauler |
D |
|
| 02/12 | Bakersfield, CA - Strelich Stadium | Miami Mauler | L (0-2) | |
| 02/14 |
San Bernardino, CA - Arena |
Gypsy Biviano |
W |
|
| 02/18 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium (TV) | w/ Rocky Johnson vs Shinya Kojika & Miami Mauler | L | |
| 02/19 | Bakersfield, CA - Strelich Stadium | Gypsy Biviano | W | |
| 02/20 | Los Angeles, CA - Oympic Auditorium (10,363) | Gypsy Biviano | W | |
| 02/21 | San Bernardino, CA - Arena | w/ Rocky Johnson vs Fred Blassie & Don Carson | | |
| 02/24 | San Diego, CA - Coliseum | Bavarian Boy Rudi | D | |
| 02/26 | Bakersfield, CA - Strelich Stadium | Don Carson | L (0-2) | |
| 03/11 | Honolulu, HI | w/ Giant Baba vs Tank Morgan & Mr. Fujiwara | W | |
| 03/18 | Honolulu, HI | w/ Giant Baba vs Ripper Collins & Johnny Barend | L | |
Seiji Sakaguchi (JPWA) |
| 04/04 | Tokyo - Taitoh Ward Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Don Leo Jonathan, Paul Jones, & Nelson Royal | W | |
| 04/15 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Don Leo Jonathan & Dutch Savage | W | |
| 04/21 | Hachinohe, Aomori - City Gym | Don Leo Jonathan | D | |
| 04/28 | Toyohashi, Aichi - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Don Leo Jonathan, Tarzan Tyler, & Nelson Royal | W | |
| 05/01 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima - City Gym | Tarzan Tyler | W (15:03 COR) | World League |
| 05/03 | Sasebo, Nagasaki - City Gym | w/ Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Nelson Royal, Tarzan Tyler, & The Convict (Stan Frazier) | W (2-0)
1: W (21:56 DQ)
2: Inoki (6:13 pin) Convict | |
| 05/04 | Nagasaki - International Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Chris Markoff, Dutch Savage, & Paul Jones | W (2-1)
1: Savage (14:44 pin) Yoshimura
2: Sakaguchi (2:14 pin) Savage
3: Yoshimura (5:23 backsliding) Jones | |
| 05/05 | Fukuoka - Sports Center | w/ Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Don Leo Jonathan, Tarzan Tyler, & Nelson Royal | W (2-1)
1: Tyler (26:35 pin) Yoshimura
2: Sakaguchi (5:18 pin) Tyler
3: Yoshimura (3:48 pin) Royal | |
| 05/06 | Kumamoto - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Chris Markoff, Nelson Royal, & The Convict (Stan Frazier) | W (2-1)
1: (22:17 DCOR)
2: Baba (4:05 pin) Convict | |
| 05/07 | Kagoshima - Pref. Gym | Paul Jones | W (11:40 half crab) | |
| 05/08 | Miyazaki - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Don Leo Jonathan & Tarzan Tyler | W (2-1)
1: Jonathan (10:11 half crab) Sakaguchi
2: Baba (1:10 pin) Tyler
3: Sakaguchi (1:49 backsliding) Jonathan | |
| 05/09 | Oita - Pref Gym | Paul Jones | W (9:30 pin) | World League |
| 05/11 | Kokura, Fukuoka - Kokura Gym | Chris Markoff | D (14:13 DCOR) | |
| 05/12 | Hiroshima - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Don Leo Jonathan & Dutch Savage | W (2-1)
1: Savage (18:04 pin) Sakaguchi
2: W (4:03 COR)
3: Sakaguchi (3:51 pin) Jones | |
| 05/13 | Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Gym | Pampero Firpo | W (7:07 pin) | |
| 05/14 | Yokkaichi, Mie - City Gym | Chris Markoff | D (12:05 DCOR) | World League |
| 05/15 | Kanazawa - Unagayama Sumo Ring | Dutch Savage | D (16:24 DCOR) | |
| 05/16 | Toyama - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Don Leo Jonathan & Paul Jones | W (2-1)
1: (18:06 DCOR)
2: Sakaguchi (3:22 pin) Jones | |
| 05/17 | Gifu - Municipal Center | Nelson Royal | W (10:39 pin) | |
| 05/19 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | The Convict (Stan Frazier) | W (8:08 sleeper hold) | World League |
| 05/20 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | Dutch Savage | L (9:54 DQ) | World League |
| 05/21 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Chris Markoff & Tarzan Tyler | W (2-1)
1: (16:14 DCOR)
2: Baba (4:55 pin) Tyler | |
| 05/22 | Matsumoto - Nagano Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirai vs Nelson Royal, Dutch Savage, & The Convict (Stan Frazier) | W (2-0)
1: Sakaguchi (14:17 pin) Royal
2: Baba (7:02 pin) Convict | |
| 05/24 | Nagano - Skate Center | w/ Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto vs Don Leo Jonathan, Paul Jones, & Tarzan Tyler | W (2-1)
1: Tyler (15:34 pin) Yamamoto
2: Sakaguchi (6:24 pin) Jones
3: Inoki (5:08 abdominal stretch) Tyler | |
| 05/25 | Maebashi, Gunma - Pref. Sports Center | Don Leo Jonathan | L (10:41 pin) | World League |
| 05/26 | Tochigi - Pref. Gym | Paul Jones | W (7:23 atomic drop) | |
| 05/27 | Shizuoka - Sunpu Hall | w/ Giant Baba & Kotetsu Yamamoto vs Don Leo Jonathan, Paul Jones, & Nelson Royal | W (2-1)
1: Royal (14:17 pin) Yamamoto
2: Yamamoto (4:33 pin) Jones
3: Sakaguchi (3:51 atomic drop) Royal | |
| 05/28 | Yokohama - Culture Gym | The Convict (Stan Frazier) | W (8:10 sleeper hold) | |
| 05/29 | Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium | Dutch Savage | W (5:29 atomic drop) | |
| 06/01 | Hanno, Saitama - City Gym | Bob Griffin | D (15:12 DCOR) | |
| 06/05 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba & Kantaro Hoshino vs Killer Karl Kox & The Assassins (Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton) | D (1-1)
1: Kox (11:43 pin) Baba
2: Baba (2:48 pin) Assassin #2
3: (4:35 DCOR) | |
| 06/06 | Kiryu, Gunma - Municipal Gym | Assassin #2 | W (10:13 pin) | |
| 06/07 | Kazo, Saitama - Suwa Park | Assassin #1 | D (10:17 DCOR) | |
| 06/08 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | Bob Carson | D (8:38 DCOR) | |
| 06/10 | Takamatsu, Kagawa - International Sports Palace | w/ Giant Baba vs Killer Karl Kox & Fred Barron | W (2-1)
1: (14:25 DCOR)
2: Sakaguchi (3:11 backbreaker) Barron | |
| 06/11 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Kinji Shibuya vs Killer Karl Kox, Assassin #2, & Bob Carson | W (2-1)
1: Assasin B (14:48 pin) Shibuya
2: W (12:47 DQ)
3: Shibuya (2:55 pin) Assassin #2 | |
| 06/12 | Kochi - Municipal Hall | Fred Barron | W (8:49 pin) | |
| 06/13 | Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs The Assassins (Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton) | W (2-1)
1: A (16:50 pin) Sakaguchi
2: Baba (5:43 pin) B
3: Sakaguchi (5:26 pin) A | |
| 06/15 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi - City Gym | Woody Farmer | W (8:02 pin) | |
| 06/16 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi - City Gym | Bob Griffin | W (8:14 pin) | |
| 06/17 | Yamaguchi - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Woody Farmer & Bob Griffin | W (2-1)
1: (11:39 DCOR)
2: Baba (4:55 pin) Farmer | |
| 06/18 | Izumo, Shimane - City Gym | Bob Carson | D (12:19 DCOR) | |
| 06/19 | Tottori - City Gym | Bob Griffin | W (14:15 rolling clutch hold) | |
| 06/22 | Inuyama, Aichi - City Gym | Assassin #1 | W (9:10 half crab) | |
| 06/24 | Numazu, Shizuoka - City Stadium | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Killer Karl Kox & The Assassins (Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton) | L (1-2)
1: Yoshimura (20:25 pin) B
2: Kox (7:00 pin) Yoshimura
3: L (7:40 DQ) | |
| 06/25 | Odawara, Kanagawa - City Stadium | Fred Barron | W (10:16 pin) | |
| 06/26 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Killer Karl Kox, Bob Griffin, & Fred Barron | W (2-1)
1: Kox (16:02 pin) Sakaguchi
2: Baba (6:32 pin) Barron
3: Sakaguchi (2:45 atomic drop) Griffin | |
| 06/27 | Togane, Chiba - City Elementary School | Woody Farmer | W (7:13 pin) | |
| 06/29 | Hida Takayama, Gifu - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirai vs Killer Karl Kox, Bob Griffin, & Woody Farmer | W (2-0)
1: W (21:12 DQ)
2: Sakaguchi (4:21 pin) Farmer | |
| 06/30 | Fukui - City Gym | Bob Griffin | W (12:02 pin) | |
| 07/01 | Ayabe, Kyoto - Municipal Center | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Killer Karl Kox, Bob Carson, & Woody Farmer | W (2-1)
1: Carson (19:39 pin) Yoshimura
2: Baba (4:35 pin) Farmer
3: Yoshimura (8:33 pin) Carson | |
| 07/02 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | Woody Farmer | W (7:55 pin) | |
| 07/04 | Tokyo - Metro. Gym | Fred Barron | W (9:49 atomic drop) | |
| 07/06 | Mizusawa, Iwate - City Gym | Jack Armstrong | W (10:07 pin) | |
| 07/07 | Kamaishi, Iwate - Showaen Ground | w/ Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirai vs Brute Bernard, Moose Cholak, & Jack Armstrong | L (1-2)
1: Bernard (9:38 pin) Hirai
2: Sakaguchi (4:46 pin) Armstrong
3: Cholak (6:25 pin) Sakaguchi | |
| 07/08 | Morioka, Iwate - City Gym | Reggie Parks | W (12:15 COR) | |
| 07/10 | Muroran, Hokkaido - Shinnittetsu Health Insurance Gym | Chico Garcia | W (10:32 half crab) | |
| 07/11 | Obihiro, Hokkaido - City Stadium | w/ Giant Baba & Kintaro Ohki vs Moose Cholak, Reggie Parks, & Chico Garcia | W (2-1)
1: Parks (9:56 pin) Sakaguchi
2: Sakaguchi (4:09 pin) Parks
3: Baba (5:47 pin) Garcia | |
| 07/13 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | Reggie Parks | D (12:07 DCOR) | |
| 07/14 | Tomakomai, Hokkaido - Oji Sports Center | Chico Garcia | W (9:11 half crab) | |
| 07/15 | Urakawa, Hokkaido - Town Ground | w/ Giant Baba vs Nick Kozak & Moose Cholak | W (2-1)
1: (18:19 DCOR)
2: Baba (4:35 pin) Kozak | |
| 07/18 | Tsuruoka, Yamagata - City Gym | w/ Mitsu Hirai vs Brute Bernard & Nick Kozak | L (1-2)
1: W (16:34 DQ)
2: L (1:59 DQ)
3: Bernard (2:10 pin) Sakaguchi | |
| 07/27 | Tokyo - Ohta Ward Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Kintaro Ohki vs Moose Cholak, Nick Kozak, & Jack Armstrong | W (2-0)
1: Ohki (12:45 pin) Armstrong
2: Baba (5:37 pin) Kozak | |
| 07/28 | Yokohama - Culture Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Moose Cholak & Reggie Parks | W (2-1)
1: (12:10 DCOR)
2: Sakaguchi (5:31 pin) Parks | |
| 07/29 | Gifu - Municipal Center | Nick Kozak | W (13:54 pin) | |
| 07/30 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | Pierre leGran (Gilles Poison) | W (10:13 half crab) | |
| 08/01 | Kumamoto - City Gym | Jack Armstrong | W (9:41 pin) | |
| 08/02 | Fukuoka - Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Brute Bernard & Reggie Parks | W (2-0)
1: W (15:08 DQ)
2: Sakaguchi (3:49 pin) Bernard | |
| 08/04 | Tokyo - Metro. Gym | Moose Cholak | D (9:47 DCOR) | |
| 08/05 | Tochigi - Pref. Gym | Nick Kozak | W (11:26 pin) | |
| 08/21 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | Jerry Monti | D (11:00 DCOR) | |
| 08/22 | Urayasu, Chiba | Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) | L (7:13 pin) | |
| 08/23 | Ishige, Ibaraki - Ishige High School | w/ Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura vs Abdullah the Butcher, Prince Pullin, & Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (2-1)
1: Yoshimura (19:08 pin) Pullin
2: Abdullah (3:13 pin) Yoshimura
3: Baba (6:43 pin) Oregon | |
| 08/24 | Yaizu, Shizuoka - Skate Center | Karl Heisinger | W (7:23 half crab) | |
| 08/25 | Tokyo - Katsushika Ward Gym | w/ Mitsu Hirai vs Jerry Monti & Jackie Fargo | W (2-1)
1: Monti (11:30 pin) Hirai
2: Hirai (8:38 pin) Fargo
3: Sakaguchi (3:53 pin) Monti | |
| 08/26 | Kofu, Yamanashi - Midorigaoka Stadium | Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (12:59 boston crab) | |
| 08/28 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | Jackie Fargo | W (8:50 backbreaker) | |
| 08/29 | Tokorozawa, Saitama - Farmers Market | Karl Heisinger | D (11:33 DCOR) | |
| 08/30 | Shimoda, Shizuoka - Station Square | Jerry Monti | D (17:54 DCOR) | |
| 09/02 | Okaya, Nagano - City Stadium | Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (13:45 half crab) | |
| 09/04 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | Karl Heisinger | W (7:29 half crab) | |
| 09/05 | Tokyo - Tokyo Stadium | Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (10:11 pin) | |
| 09/07 | Omiya, Saitama - Skate Center | w/ Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto vs Abdullah the Butcher, Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves), Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | L (1-2)
1: Atomic (16:55 pin) Yamamoto
2: Sakaguchi (3:31 pin) Oregon
3: Abdullah (6:31 pin) Sakaguchi | |
| 09/08 |
Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima - Tsurugajo Ninomaru Square | Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (10:45 pin) | |
| 09/10 | Gosen, Niigata - Municipal Gym | Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) | D (12:32 DCOR) | |
| 09/11 | Tokyo - Kourakuen Hall | Jackie Fargo | W (6:59 pin) | |
| 09/12 | Fujinomiya, Shizuoka - Higashi High School | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Mystery the Oregon (Alberto Romero) | W (2-1)
1: (17:40 DCOR)
2: Baba (3:40 pin) Oregon | |
| 09/13 | Tochigi - Oyama Fun Park Skate Center | w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) & Jerry Monti | D (1-1)
1: Monti (28:05 pin) Hoshino
2: Hoshino (6:39 pin) Monti
3: (45min limit draw) | |
| 09/16 |
Mitaka, Tokyo - Public Hall |
w/ Antonio Inoki & Kintaro Ohki vs Abdullah the Butcher, Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves), & Prince Pullin |
W (2-1)
1: Sakaguchi (0:35 pin) Pullin
2: Atomic (3:52 pin) Sakaguchi
3: Inoki (3:05 pin) Atomic |
|
| 09/17 | Tokyo - Taito Ward Gym | Karl Heisinger |
W | |
Seiji Sakaguchi (W. Texas) |
| 10/05 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | w/ Pak Song vs Terry Funk & Thunderbolt Patterson | W (2-1) | |
| 10/08 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | Bob Griffin | W | NWA World Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Final |
| 10/08 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | Thunderbolt Patterson | W | NWA World Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final |
| 10/11 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Jerry Kozak & Nick Kozak | | |
| 10/12 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Ricky Romero | L (reversed dec DQ) | |
| 10/15 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | Dory Funk Jr. | L | Funk retained NWA World Heavyweight Title(?) |
| 10/18 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Thunderbolt Patterson & Ricky Romero | | |
| 10/19 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Bob Griffin | W | |
| 10/22 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | w/ Pak Song vs Dory Funk Sr. & Thunderbolt Patterson | L (1-2 DQ) | |
| 10/25 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Ricky Hunter & Gordon Nelson | | |
| 10/26 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Bob Griffin | W | |
| 10/29 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | w/ Pak Song vs Nick Kozak & Ricky Romero | L (DQ) | |
| 11/01 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Gorgeous George Jr. & Man Mountain Mike | | |
| 11/02 | El Paso, TX - Judging Arena | Bull Ramos | W (DQ) | |
| 11/05 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | w/ Pak Song vs Bobby Duncum & Phil Robley | W | |
| 11/06 | Big Springs, TX - Municipal Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Terry Funk & Man Mountain Mike | | |
| 11/09 | Abilene, TX - Taylor County Coliseum | w/ Pak Song vs Jerry Kozak & Nick Kozak | | |
| 11/11 | Lubbock, TX - Fairpark Coliseum | Dory Funk Jr. | D (1-1)
1: Sakaguchi (27:25) Dory
2: Dory (14:40) Sakaguchi
3: (60min limit draw) | Funk retained NWA World Heavyweight Title |
NWA World Heavyweight Title
| 11/12 | Amarillo, TX | w/ Pak Song vs Ricky Hunter & Gordon Nelson (or The Gladiator & Mr. Wrestling) | D | |
| 11/15 |
Roswell, NM |
Bobby Duncum |
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| 11/16 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Gorgeous George Jr. | D | |
| 11/19 | Amarillo, TX | Bob Griffin | W | |
| 11/22 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | Thunderbolt Patterson | | |
| 11/23 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Man Mountain Mike | W | |
| 11/26 | Amarillo, TX | Bobby Duncum | D | |
| 11/29 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Bobby Duncum & Gorgeous George Jr. | | |
| 11/30 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | w/ Pak Song vs Ricky Romero & Man Mountain Mike | W | |
| 12/06 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Nick Kozak & Ricky Romero | | |
| 12/07 | El Paso, TX - Coliseum | Terry Funk | D (45min limit) | |
| 12/10 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | Bobby Duncum (dog collar match) | W (5:05 pin) | |
| 12/11 | Big Springs, TX - Municipal Auditorium | w/ The Beast & Phil Robley vs Gorgeous George Jr., Man Mountain Mike, & Don Slatton | W (2-1) | |
| 12/13 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Terry Funk & Man Mountain Mike | | |
| 12/14 | Abilene, TX - Taylor County Coliseum | Terry Funk | D | |
| 12/14 | Abilene, TX - Taylor County Coliseum | w/ Pak Song vs Dory Funk Sr. & Terry Funk | D (DCOR) | |
| 12/17 | Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | w/ Pak Song vs Dory Funk Sr. & Killer Karl Kox | L (DQ) | |
| 12/20 | Albuquerque, NM - Civic Auditorium | w/ Pak Song vs Terry Funk & Ricky Romero | | |
