| date |
location |
opponent(s) & partner(s) |
result |
note |
Seiji Sakaguchi (New Japan) |
| 01/06 | Atami, Shizuoka - Big Hall | w/ George Takano vs Masa Saito & Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (9:28 pin) Takano | |
| 01/07 | Toda, Saitama - Sports Center | w/ Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs Steve Williams & Buzz Sawyer & Johnny K-9 | W: Inoki (11:51 pin) K-9 | |
| 01/14 | Mitoyo, Kagawa - Pref. Mitoyo Gym | w/ George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (5:10 pin) Sakaguchi | |
| 01/18 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi - City Gym | w/ Kantaro Hoshino & George Takano vs Buzz Sawyer & Tony St. Clair & Steve R. Blackman | W: Takano (6:54 pin) Blackman | |
| 01/20 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki - Civic Gym | w/ Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito & Johnny K-9 | L: Vader (7:43 pin) Takano | |
| 01/21 | Nakatsu, Oita - Laborers Athletic Center | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Steve Williams & Tony St. Clair | W: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9:00 wakigatame) St. Clair | |
| 01/22 | Iizuka, Fukuoka - City Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs Steve Williams & Buzz Sawyer & Steve R. Blackman | W: Kimura (11:54 pin) Blackman | |
| 01/23 | Onoda, Yamaguchi - Civic Gym | w/ Kantaro Hoshino & George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (7:17 pin) Hoshino | Handicap Match |
| 01/26 |
Toyohashi, Aichi |
w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito |
L |
|
| 01/29 |
Furukawa, Gifu |
w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) |
L |
Handicap Match |
| 02/01 |
Soka, Saitama - Athletic Health Memorial Gym |
w/ Antonio Inoki vs Big Van Vader & Masa Saito |
D (11:42 DCOR) |
|
| 02/05 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (3:34 pin) Hoshino | Handicap Match |
| 02/06 |
Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym |
w/ Tatsutoshi Goto vs Big Van Vader & Masa Saito |
L: Vader (6:27 pin) Goto |
|
| 03/06 | Gonoura, Nagasaki - Ohtani Park Gym | Midnight Solider (Bryan Adams) | W (9:41 half crab) | |
| 03/07 | Fukuoka - Hakata Star Lane | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido vs Ray Candy, Samurai Warrior, & Midnight Solider (Bryan Adams) | W: Fujiwara (12:36 wakigatame) Solider | |
| 03/09 | Hofu, Yamaguchi - Sports Center | Ray Candy | D (8:59 DCOR) | |
| 03/11 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | w/ George Takano vs Ray Candy & Jerry Grey | W: Takano (10:38 rolling clutch hold) Grey | |
| 03/15 | Kasama, Ibaraki - City Gym | w/ George Takano vs Ray Candy & Jerry Grey | L: Candy (8:59 pin) Takano | |
| 03/19 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Dick Murdoch & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Ray Candy, Jerry Grey, & Midnight Solider (Bryan Adams) | W: Fujiwara (13:03 wakigatame) Grey | |
| 04/11 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L (2:41 pin) | |
| 04/12 | Suwa, Nagano - Lake Suwa Sports Center | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine | W: Fujiwara (8:25 DQ) Machine | |
| 04/13 | Joetsu, Niigata - Legion Plaza | Crusher Krantiki (Thomas Urbanski) | D (7:27 DCOR) | |
| 04/15 | Hokota, Ibaraki - General Park Gym | Scott Hall | D (13:24 DCOR) | |
| 04/17 | Isezaki, Gunma - Civic Gym | w/ Kengo Kimura vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (7:52 pin) Kimura | |
| 04/19 | Kamagori, Aichi - Civic Gym | w/ Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez & Crusher Krantiki (Thomas Urbanski) | W: Inoki (11:33 pin) Krantiki | |
| 04/21 | Ishikawa, Okinawa - City Civic Gym | w/ George Takano & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (6:01 pin) Tatsutoshi Goto | Handicap Match |
| 04/23 | Ginowan, Okinawa - City Gym | w/ Shiro Koshinaka vs Manny Fernandez & Steve Casey | W: Sakaguchi (9:18 half crab) Casey | |
| 04/24 | Arao, Kumamoto - Mitsui Green Land | w/ Kengo Kimura & George Takano vs Masa Saito, Riki Choshu, & Super Strong Machine | L: Choshu (9:20 pin) Takano | |
| 04/25 | Oita - Pref. Niage Town Gym | w/ Osamu Kido vs Scott Hall & Manny Fernandez | D: Kido (12:35 double out-of-fence) Fernandez | |
| 04/26 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi - City Gym | w/ Kengo Kimura vs Big Van Vader | W: Kimura (6:11 out-of-fence DQ) Vader | Handicap Match |
| 04/27 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | w/ George Takano vs Scott Hall & Crusher Krantiki (Thomas Urbanski) | W: Takano (9:28 pin) Krantiki | |
| 04/30 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima - City Gym | Crusher Krantiki (Thomas Urbanski) | W (7:00 half crab) | |
| 05/02 | Takaoka, Toyama - Civic Gym | w/ Tatsutoshi Goto vs Big Van Vader | L: Vader (4:42 pin) Goto | Handicap Match |
| 05/03 | Tsuruga, Fukui - City Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino vs Masa Saito, Riki Choshu, & Hiro Saito | L: Choshu (9:54 pin) Hoshino | |
| 05/06 | Hamakita, Shizuoka - Civic Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine | D: Fujiwara (8:53 double out-of-fence) Machine | |
| 05/08 | Tokyo - Ariake Coliseum | w/ George Takano vs Manny Fernandez & Scott Hall | L: Fernandez (8:02 pin) Takano | |
| 05/21 | Chichibu, Saitama - Civic Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Fujiwara (6:41 DQ) Pogo | |
| 05/24 | Chiba - Park Gym | w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | L: Billy (9:42 pin) Hoshino | |
| 05/25 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ George Takano vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | L: Billy (10:55 pin) Takano | |
| 05/27 | Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center | w/ Kengo Kimura vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Kimura (10:34 pin) Pogo | |
| 05/28 | Oyama, Tochigi - Oyama Amusement Park Skate Center | w/ Black Cat vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | L: Pogo (9:25 pin) Cat | |
| 05/30 | Yao, Osaka - Nichii Parking Lot | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kantaro Hoshino vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis & Daryl Peterson | L: Murdoch (11:58 pin) Hoshino | |
| 06/01 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis | W (DCOR) | |
| 06/02 | Saga - Sports Center | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | W: Fujiwara (6:21 DQ) Barry | |
| 06/06 | Kobayashi, Miyazaki - Civic Gym | w/ Osamu Kido vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Kido (10:30 pin) Pogo | |
| 06/08 | Takeda, Oita - Laborers Athletic Center | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis | D: Fujiwara (14:02 DCOR) Adonis | |
| 06/09 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka - City Matoba Pond Gym | w/ George Takano vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | W: Takano (6:23 DQ) Billy | |
| 06/10 | Hiroshima - Pref. Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Fujiwara (11:43 wakigatame) Pogo | |
| 06/12 | Kanazawa - Ishikawa Pref. Industrial Exhibition Hall | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | D: Fujiwara (11:12 double out-of-fence) Barry | |
| 06/13 | Toyama - Skate Center | w/ Kengo Kimura vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | L: Pogo (12:49 DQ) Kimura | |
| 06/15 | Niigata - City Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis | L: Murdoch (15:40 small package) Sakaguchi | |
| 06/19 | Tokyo - Summer Land Akikawa Natural Park Big Parking Lot | Adrian Adonis | D (7:16 DCOR) | |
| 06/19 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Osamu Kido vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Kido (8:08 kido clutch) Pogo | |
| 06/22 | Ohmiya, Saitama - Skate Center | w/ Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (6:21 pin) Goto | Handicap Match |
| 06/23 | Yokohama - Culture Gym | w/ George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (6:07 pin) Takano | Handicap Match |
| 06/26 | Nagoya - Rainbow Hall | w/ George Takano vs Kendo Nagasaki & Mr. Pogo | W: Takano (8:43 pin) Pogo | |
| 07/15 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Tatsumi Fujinami vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | W: Fujinami (11:59 DQ) Vader | |
| 07/18 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido - General Gym Tokiwa Hall | Cuban Assassin | W (7:33 boston crab) | |
| 07/21 | Otaru, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Tatsumi Fujinami vs Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer | L: Sawyer (11:08 out-of-fence DQ) Fujinami | |
| 07/23 | Tomakomai, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Antonio Inoki & George Takano vs Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer & Cuban Assassin | W: Inoki (11:34 pin) Assassin | |
| 07/24 | Towada, Aomori - City Gym | w/ Osamu Kido vs Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer | L: Sawyer (2:02 pin) Kido | |
| 07/26 | Hirosaki, Aomori - Civic Gym | w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (2:49 pin) Hoshino | Handicap Match |
| 07/28 | Morioka - Iwate Pref. Gym | w/ George Takano vs Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer | L: Sawyer (11:14 pin) Takano | |
| 08/01 | Tokai, Aichi - Civic Gym | w/ George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (4:48 pin) Takano | Handicap Match |
| 08/03 | Izumi Sano, Osaka - General Gym | Cuban Assassin | W (7:30 pin) | |
| 08/04 | Ohtsuki, Yamanashi - Civic General Gym | w/ Osamu Kido vs Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer | L: Sawyer (7:49 pin) Kido | |
| 08/27 | Tokorozawa, Saitama - Farmers Market | w/ Kantaro Hoshino vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (4:02 vader claw) Hoshino | |
| 08/29 | Kisarazu, Chiba - Kuragata Sports Hall | Great Kokina | D (5:45 DCOR) | |
| 09/01 | Utsunomiya - Tochigi Pref. Gym | w/ George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L: Vader (5:04 pin) Takano | Handicap Match |
| 09/02 | Mito, Ibaraki - Civic Gym | w/ Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Big Van Vader (Leon White), Ron Starr, & Blak Tiger (Marc Rocco) | W: Fujiwara (11:57 pin) Tiger | |
| 09/05 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Scott Hall & Ron Starr | W: Fujiwara (11:31 wakigatame) Starr | |
| 09/06 | Tsuyama, Okayama - General Gym | w/ George Takano vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito | L: Vader (6:49 vader claw) Takano | |
| 09/07 | Kyoto - Fushimi Daigo Grandome | w/ Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs Big Van Vader (Leon White) & Masa Saito & Ron Starr | L: Vader (13:28 pin) Kimura | |
| 09/10 | Hita, Oita - Kusu Region Industrial Promotion Center | w/ George Takano vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Scott Hall | L: Bigelow (7:14 pin) Takano | |
| 09/12 | Fukuoka - International Center | w/ George Takano vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | W: Sakaguchi (7:51 DQ) Barry | |
| 09/21 | Inuyama, Aichi - City Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Billy Gasper (Cowboy Bob Orton Jr.) & Barry Gasper (Jason the Terrible) | D: Fujiwara (10:36 double out-of-fence) Barry | |
| 09/25 | Taipei, Taiwan - City Athletic Field | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Masa Saito & Super Strong Machine | W: Fujiwara (8:25 wakigatame) Machine | |
| 09/26 | Taoyuan, Taiwan - County Gym | Scott Hall | D (9:10 DCOR) | |
| 09/27 |
Taiwan |
Super Strong Machine |
W (DQ) |
|
| 09/28 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan - City Gym | Big Van Vader (Leon White) | L (??:14 pin) | |
| 09/30 | Changhua, Taiwan - County Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Masa Saito & Super Strong Machine | W: Fujiwara (12:39 DQ) Saito | |
| 10/01 | Keelung, Taiwan - City Gym | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Scott Hall & Ron Starr | W: Fujiwara (14:21 wakigatame) Hall | |
| 10/02 | Taipei, Taiwan - City Gym | Scott Hall | W (10:12 half crab) | |
| 10/15 | Takarazuka, Osaka - Event Hall | w/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Tony St. Clair & Steve Casey | W: Fujiwara (10:06 pin) St. Clair | |
| 10/20 | Komagane, Nagano - City Gym | Super Strong Machine | W (11:34 DQ) | |
| 11/11 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Masa Saito vs Dick Murdoch & Bob Orton Jr. | L: Murdoch (9:54 small package) Sakaguchi | |
| 11/12 | Matsumoto, Nagano - General Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Super Strong Machine, The Jagger (Hisakatsu Oya), & The Tiger (Shinji Sasazaki) | W: (3-2)
1: Machine (6:10 pin) Goto
2: Sakaguchi (9:37 pin) Tiger
3: Jagger (9:48 COR) Sakaguchi
4: Saito (10:33 pin) Jagger
5: Saito (11:39 COR) Machine | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/15 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - City Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs George Takano, Steve Armstrong, & Tracy Smothers | W: (3-2)
1: Takano (5:21 COR)
2: Saito (9:49 pin) Smothers
3: Tatsutoshi Goto (11:05 DCOR) Takano
4: Saito (11:49 pin) Armstrong | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/16 | Kanazawa - Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall | w/ Masa Saito vs Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers | L: Smothers (8:48 DQ) Sakaguchi | |
| 11/17 | Fukui - City Gym | w/ Tatsutoshi Goto vs Manny Fernandez & Kendo Nagasaki | L: Fernandez (9:34 pin) Goto | |
| 11/19 | Niigata - City Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Masahiro Chono & Shin-ya Hashimoto | L: (1-3)
1: Chono (10:17 pin) Goto
2: Chono (10:42 DCOR)
3: Fujinami (14:33 COR) Saito | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/20 | Kumagaya, Saitama - Civic Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Dick Murdoch & Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. & Scott Hall | W: (3-1)
1: Sakaguchi (11:15 pin) Hall
2: Murdoch (16:09 pin) Goto
3: Sakaguchi (18:56 DCOR) Murdoch
4: Saito (21:59 small package) Orton | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/24 | Kochi - Pref. Civic Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Hiro Saito | W: (3-2)
1: Koshinaka (9:01 rolling clutch hold) Goto
2: Sakaguchi (13:12 COR) Hiro
3: Koshinaka (13:02 COR) Sakaguchi
4: Masa (14:40 COR) Koshinaka
5: Masa (15:46 pin) Kobayashi | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/25 | Hiroshima - Pref. Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Kengo Kimura, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Osamu Kido | L: (2-3)
1: Kido (8:46 pin) Goto
2: Fujiwara (10:41 DCOR) Saito
3: Sakaguchi (12:14 COR) Kido
4: Kimura (13:02 small package) Sakaguchi | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 11/28 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi - City Gym | Scott Hall | W (9:54 DQ) | |
| 11/29 | Fukuoka - Hakata Star Lane | w/ Masa Saito vs Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers | W: Saito (8:08 pin) Smothers | |
| 12/01 | Kagoshima - Pref. Gym | w/ Tatsutoshi Goto vs Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers | L: Armstrong (7:35 pin) Goto | |
| 12/03 | Numazu, Shizuoka - Civic Gym | w/ Masa Saito vs Kevin Von Erich & Kerry Von Erich | D: Saito (11:47 DCOR) Kevin | |
| 12/04 | Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs The Grappler & Manny Fernandez & Kendo Nagasaki | L: Grappler (8:05 pin) Goto | |
| 12/05 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu, & Kantaro Hoshino | W: (3-2)
1: Saito (12:53 jailhouse lock) Hoshino
2: Goto (12:53 DCOR) Inoki
3: Choshu (15:32 pin) Sakaguchi
4: Saito (18:22 pin) Choshu | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
| 12/07 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | w/ Masa Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs Dick Murdoch & Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. & Scott Hall | L: (2-3)
1: Orton (4:34 DCOR) Sakaguchi
2: Saito (8:17 pin) Hall
3: Murdoch (8:31 pin) Saito
4: Murdoch (14:48 pin) Goto | '88 Japan Cup Elimination League |
