| date |
location |
opponent(s) & partner(s) |
result |
note |
| 01/02 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | Mil Mascaras |
D (30min limit) |
|
| 01/02 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | battle royal |
L: Mitsuo Momota (13:05 pin) Masao Ito | |
| 01/03 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Akihisa Takachiho vs Royal Kangaroos: Norman Frederick Charles III & Jonathan Boyd |
L: Boyd (17:45 pin) Takachiho | |
| 01/03 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | battle royal |
L: Masao Ito (15:36 pin) Mitsuo Momota | |
| 01/04 | Ito, Shizuoka - Vegetable & Fruit Market | w/ The Destroyer vs Mil Mascaras & Ray Stevens |
W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (15:12 pin) Stevens
2: Mascaras (4:53 pin) Tsuruta
3: Destroyer (4:10 pin) Stevens |
|
| 01/05 | Hannoh, Saitama - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Mil Mascaras & Ray Stevens |
W (2-1)
1: (16:02 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (5:03 pin) Stevens |
|
| 01/06 | Choshi, Chiba - City Gym | Norman Frederick Charles III | W (12:34 pin) | |
| 01/07 | Funabiki, Fukushima - Town Gym | Ray Stevens |
W (17:55 pin) | |
| 01/08 | Ohtawara, Tochigi - City Gym | Tarzan Tyler | W (12:49 pin) | |
| 01/09 | Fuji, Shizuoka - Municipal Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Ray Stevens & Tarzan Tyler |
W (2-1)
1: Baba (9:25 pin) Tyler
2: Stevens (3:11 pin) Baba
3: Tsuruta (3:30 rolling clutch hold) Stevens |
|
| 01/10 | Himeji, Hyogo - Welfare Hall | Mil Mascaras |
D (30min) |
|
| 01/11 | Kuse, Okayama - Town Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Ray Stevens & Tarzan Tyler |
W (2-1)
1: (6:32 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (4:21 pin) Tyler | |
| 01/12 | Fukuchiyama, Kyoto - Welfare Hall | w/ Akihisa Takachiho vs Mil Mascaras & Ray Stevens |
L (1-2)
1: Tsuruta (13:35 pin) Stevens
2: Stevens (3:28 pin) Tsuruta
3: Mascaras (3:30 abdominal stretch) Takachiho |
|
| 01/13 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Ray Stevens & Tarzan Tyler | W (2-1)
1: Tyler (13:30 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (2:38 pin) Tyler
3: Tsuruta (2:50 rolling clutch hold) Stevens | |
| 01/16 | Okinawa - Municipal Gym | Jonathan Boyd | W (17:12 pin) | |
| 01/17 | Naha - Okinawa Pref. Ounoyama Gym | Norman Frederick Charles III | W (12:08 pin) | |
| 01/18 |
Naha - Okinawa Pref. Ounoyama Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Ray Stevens & Tarzan Tyler |
W (2-0)
1: Tsuruta (15:49 pin) Stevens
2: Baba (5:50 pin) Tyler |
|
| 01/20 | Miyakojima, Okinawa - Municipal Athletic Field | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Mil Mascaras & Ray Stevens & Tarzan Tyler | W (2-1)
1: Stevens (9:29 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (12:10 pin) Stevens
3: Tsuruta (5:15 pin) Tyler | |
| 01/22 | Ishigaki, Okinawa - Baseball Park | w/ The Destroyer vs Mil Mascaras & Ray Stevens | W (2-1)
1: Destroyer (10:07 pin) Mascaras
2: Mascaras (3:15 pin) Destroyer
3: Tsuruta (7:10 pin) Stevens | |
| 01/24 | Kyoto - Nippon Seibukan | Tarzan Tyler | W (11:03 pin) | |
| 01/25 | Toyota, Aichi - City Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher |
L (1-2)
1: Lisowski (8:53 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (5:30 pin) Lisowski
3: Bruiser & Crusher (3:12 DQ) |
|
| 01/26 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher | W (2-1)
1: Crusher (7:52 pin) Jumbo Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (5:20 pin) Crusher
3: Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (2:28 DQ) |
retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 01/27 | Toyohashi, Aichi - City Gym | Jonathan Boyd | W (14:32 pin) | |
| 01/28 | Ohgaki, Gifu - Sports Center | w/ The Destroyer vs Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher | D (1-1)
1: Lisowski (10:17 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (3:02 pin) Lisowski
3: (2:17 DCOR) | |
| 01/29 | Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher | W (2-1)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (3:57 DQ)
2: Bruiser (2:32 pin) Tsuruta
3: Tsuruta (2:09 pin) Bruiser | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 02/05 |
Amarillo, TX - Sports Arena | w/ Giant Baba vs Lord Alfred Hayes & Red Bastien | W: Tsuruta (13:50 pin) Bastien |
retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 02/06 | St. Louis, MO | w/ Giant Baba & Dick Murdoch vs Dory Funk Jr. & Pat O'Connor & Art Thomas | L | |
| 02/12 | Amarillo, TX | Dory Funk Jr. | L | Dory retained International Heavyweight Title (?) |
| 02/13 | Lubbock, TX | Reggie Parks | D (15min) | |
| 02/21 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs Wahoo McDaniel & Davey O'Hannon |
L: McDaniel (9:37 pin) Baba |
|
| 02/22 |
Ashikaga, Tochigi - Tsukimigaoka Gym |
Davey O'Hannon |
W (12:38 pin) |
|
| 02/24 |
Soja, Okayama - Civic Gym |
Terry Martin |
W (12:20 pin) |
|
| 02/25 |
Gojo, Nara - Athletic Center |
Blue Shark |
W (16:12 pin) |
|
| 02/26 |
Hamakita, Shizuoka - City Gym |
Wahoo McDaniel |
D (14:07 DCOR) |
|
| 02/27 |
Suwa, Nagano - Lake Suwa Sports Center |
w/ Samson Kutsuwada vs Wahoo McDaniel & Terry Martin |
W: Tsuruta (17:20 pin) Martin |
|
| 02/29 |
Fukushima Iwashiro, Fukushima - Town Gym |
w/ Giant Baba &vs Wahoo McDaniel & Blue Shark |
W (2-1)
1: (15:34 DCOR)
2: Baba (4:05 pin) Shark |
|
| 03/01 |
Haramachi, Fukushima - City Gym |
Davey O'Hannon |
W (15:30 pin) |
|
| 03/02 |
Sukagawa, Fukushima - City Gym |
Terry Martin |
W (12:48 pin) |
|
| 03/03 |
Hirosaki, Aomori - Municipal Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Mark Lewin & Blue Shark |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (12:36 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (3:47 pin) Shark |
|
| 03/04 |
Gojome, Akita - Town Gym |
Davey O'Hannon |
W (10:20 pin) |
|
| 03/05 |
Waga, Iwate - Town Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Wahoo McDaniel & Terry Martin |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (12:05 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (8:28 pin) Martin |
|
| 03/06 |
Ichinoseki, Iwate - Athletic Culture Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs Mark Lewin & Blue Shark |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (10:33 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (1:21 rolling clutch hold) Shark |
|
| 03/08 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs Verne Gagne & Terry Martin |
W: Tsuruta (18:04 pin) Martin | |
| 03/09 |
Shimizu, Shizuoka - Suzuyo Memorial Gym |
Blue Shark |
W (8:12 pin) |
|
| 03/10 | Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium | Verne Gagne | D (1-1)
1: Gagne (19:12 sleeper hold)
2: Tsuruta (9:54 german suplex hold)
3: Tsuruta (13:51 DKO) | |
| 03/11 |
Koshigaya, Saitama - City Gym |
Blue Shark |
W (10:03 pin) |
|
| 03/28 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | Rusher Kimura | D (1-1)
1: Kimura (13:27 pin)
2: Tsuruta (6:34 pin)
3: Tsuruta (4:53 double pin) | |
| 04/02 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W (9:57 pin) | 4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/03 |
Chigasaki, Kanagawa - Vegetable & Fruit Market |
Buddy Wolf |
W (12:49 pin) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/04 |
Shimotsuma, Ibaraki - outdoor, in front of the City Hall |
w/ The Destroyer vs King Iaukea & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (6:27 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (5:59 pin) Iaukea
3: Destroyer (4:53 figure-4 leg lock) Wolf |
|
| 04/05 | Tama, Tokyo - Seiseki Sakuragaoka Station Front Square | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W: Baba (3:18 pin) Beast | |
| 04/06 | Utsunomiya - Tochigi Pref. Gym | Larry Sharpe | W (7:50 pin) | 4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/08 |
Niitsu, Niigata - City Gym |
The Barracuda (Mario Milano) |
D (30min limit) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/09 | Naoetsu, Niigata - Welfare Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Curtis Iaukea & The Barracuda (Mario Milano) | W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (10:14 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (3:15 pin) Iaukea
3: Baba (4:20 pin) Barracuda | |
| 04/10 |
Arakawa, Niigata - Iwafune General Gym |
w/ Samson Kutsuwada vs Abdullah the Butcher & King Iaukea |
W (2-1)
1: Butcher (5min pin) Kutsuwada
2: Tsuruta & Kutsuwada (5:20 DQ)
3: Abdullah & Iaukea (1:57 DQ) |
|
| 04/11 |
Bunsui, Niigata - General Gym |
Samson Kutsuwada |
W (18:44 pin) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/12 |
Aizu-Wakamatsu. Fukushima - City Gym |
Larry Lane |
W (20:05 pin) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/13 | Akita - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah The Butcher & Buddy Wolfe |
W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (11:57 pin) Wolf
2: (3:46 DCOR) | |
| 04/14 | Jumonji, Akita - Town Gym | w/ The Destroyer & Kintaro Ohki vs Abdullah The Butcher & Curtis Iaukea & The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (10min pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (2:20 pin) Iaukea
3: Ohki (3min pin) Beast | |
| 04/15 | Sakata, Yamagata - Municipal Gym | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah The Butcher & Curtis Iaukea & Larry Lane | W (2-1)
1: (13:51 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (7:34 pin) Lane | |
| 04/16 |
Kazuno, Akita - Oyu Gym |
w/ The Destroyer & Kintaro Ohki vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-1)
1: Destroyer's team (11:52 DQ)
2: Abdullah's team (3:22 DQ)
3: Destroyer (2:15 figure-4 leg lock) Wolf |
|
| 04/17 | Hachinohe, Aomori - City Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs The Beast (Ivan Cormier) & Buddy Wolff |
W: Tsuruta (17:09 pin) Beast | |
| 04/18 | Omiya, Saitama - Skate Center | w/ The Destroyer vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W (2-1)
1: Butcher (5:34 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer & Tsuruta (5:01 DQ)
3: Destroyer (3:20 figure-4 leg lock) Beast | |
| 04/19 |
Ito, Shizuoka - Vegetable & Fruit Market |
Buddy Wolf |
W (15:40 pin) |
|
| 04/20 |
Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Civic Hall |
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (10:33 DQ)
2: Baba (5:18 pin) Barracuda |
|
| 04/21 |
Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Culture Center |
The Destroyer |
D (30min limit) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/22 |
Uwajima, Ehime - Municipal Bullring |
w/ Samson Kutsuwada vs Abdullah the Butcher & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (12:25 pin) Wolf
2: Abdullah & Wolf (2:45 COR)
3: Butcher (3:40 pin) Kutsuwada |
|
| 04/23 |
Takamatsu, Kagawa - Civic Gym |
Abdullah the Butcher |
D (9:59 DCOR) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 04/24 |
Naruto, Tokushima - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & Samson Kutsuwada vs Abdullah the Butcher & King Iaukea & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (8:18 pin) Kutsuwada
2: Baba's team (5 COR)
3: Baba (3:25 pin) Wolf |
|
| 04/25 |
Kobe - Heiwadai Sports Center |
King Iaukea |
D (8:11 DCOR) |
|
| 04/27 | Tsuruga, Fukui - Municipal Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs Curtis Iaukea & The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (6:58 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (7:15 pin) Iaukea
3: Destroyer (4:07 figure-4 leg lock) Beast | |
| 04/28 |
Toyama - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda |
W (2-1)
1: (8:49 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (9:10 pin) Barracuda |
|
| 04/29 | Fukui - City Gym | The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | W (4:14 pin) | |
| 04/30 |
Shizuoka - Sunpu Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (4:57 DQ)
2: Baba (6:19 pin) Barracuda |
|
| 05/01 | Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium | Giant Baba | L (26:15 pin) | 4th Champion Carnival |
| 05/03 |
Matsumae, Hokkaido - Town Gym |
w/ The Destroyer & Great Kojika vs Harley Race & The Barracuda & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-1)
1: Barracuda (11:55 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (4:17 figure-4 leg lock) Barracuda
3: Kojika (3:40 pin) Wolf |
|
| 05/04 |
Oshamambe, Hokkaido - Family Sports Center |
Motoshi Okuma |
W (15:32 pin) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 05/05 |
Date, Hokkaido - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda & Buddy Wolf |
W (2-0)
1: Baba (11:29 DQ) Butcher
2: Tsuruta (3:57 pin) Wolf |
|
| 05/06 |
Obihiro, Hokkaido - General Gym |
Great Kojika |
W (28:43 rolling clutch hold) |
|
| 05/07 |
Asahikawa, Hokkaido - City Gym |
Harley Race |
D (30min limit) |
|
| 05/08 |
Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center |
Kintaro Ohki |
D (30min limit) |
4th Champion Carnival |
| 05/09 |
Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Barracuda |
W (2-1)
1: Abdullah & Barracuda (3:05 DQ)
2: Baba & Tsuruta (6:40 DQ)
3: Baba (5:15 pin) Barracuda |
|
| 05/10 |
Takigawa, Hokkaido - Youth Gym |
The Barracuda |
W (13:01 rolling clutch hold) |
|
| 05/11 |
Otaru, Hokkaido - General Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & King Iaukea |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (4:19 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba & Tsuruta (8:20 DQ)
3: Tsuruta (5:08 pin) Iaukea |
|
| 05/13 |
Kawasaki - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Namhyaesan | W (2-1)
1: (12:27 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (1:26 pin) Namhyaesan | |
| 05/21 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Anton Geesink vs Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant |
W (8:54 DQ) | |
| 05/22 | Hadano, Kanagawa - Shimahan Festival Square | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Lord Alfred Hayes |
W (2-1)
1: Murdoch (16:07 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba & Tsuruta (4:23 DQ)
3: Tsuruta (2:55 pin) Hayes | |
| 05/23 | Abiko, Chiba - Chuo Gakuin Univ. Gym | Lord Alfred Hayes | W (15:27 pin) | |
| 05/24 | Sakura, Chiba - Sakura Station N. Entrance Square | Khosrow Vaziri (The Iron Sheik) |
W (12:36 back breaker) | |
| 05/25 | Tokyo - Ohta Ward Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Lord Alfred Hayes | W (2-1)
1: Murdoch (16:33 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (6:38 pin) Hayes
3: Tsuruta (6:05 rolling clutch hold) Murdoch | |
| 05/27 | Innoshima, Hiroshima - Sports Center | w/ Akihisa Takachiho vs Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant |
L: Johnny (13:30 pin) Takachiho | |
| 05/29 | Kumamoto - Suizenji Gym | Dick Murdoch |
D (30min limit) | |
| 05/30 | Hondo, Kumamoto - Civic Center | Jimmy Valiant |
W (10:18 pin) | |
| 05/31 | Hirado, Nagasaki - Municipal Sumo Ring | Johnny Valiant |
W (9:43 pin) | |
| 06/02 | Kurume, Fukuoka - General Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant | W (2-0)
1: Tsuruta (10:43 pin) Jimmy
2: Baba (3:54 pin) Johnny | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 06/03 | Oita - Pref. Gym | Jimmy Valiant |
W (11:48 back breaker) | |
| 06/05 | Nishio, Aichi - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Lord Alfred Hayes | W (2-1)
1: Murdoch (14:47 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (6:48 rolling clutch hold) Murdoch
3: Baba (2:33 pin) Hayes | |
| 06/06 | Ogawa, Saitama - Lumberyard | w/ The Destroyer vs Dick Murdoch & Horst Hoffman |
W (2-1)
1: Hoffman (15:27 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (1:27 pin) Hoffman
3: Destroyer (5:20 rolling clutch hold) Murdoch | |
| 06/08 | Nagaoka, Niigata - Welfare Hall | Johnny Valiant | W (4:36 pin) | |
| 06/09 |
Niigata - City Gym | Khosrow Vaziri | W (11:49 back breaker) | |
| 06/10 | Takaoka, Toyama - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Terry Funk & Lord Alfred Hayes & Bob Geigel | W (2-1)
1: Baba (16:03 pin) Hayes
2: Terry (5:07 rolling cradle hold) Tsuruta
3: Destroyer (3:20 pin) Geigel | |
| 06/11 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | Terry Funk | L (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (15:50 rolling clutch hold)
2: Terry (6:05 rocking chair hold)
3: Terry (5:12 pin) |
Terry retained NWA World Heavyweight Title |
| 06/12 | Nagaoka, Niigata - City Gym | Johnny Valiant | W (6:28 pin) | |
| 06/13 | Saku, Nagano - Municipal Sports Ground | w/ Giant Baba & Anton Geesink vs Terry Funk & Lord Alfred Hayes & Bob Geigel | W (2-1)
1: Terry (15:57 rolling cradle hold) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (6:35 rolling clutch hold) Geigel
3: Baba (3min pin) Hayes | |
| 06/15 | Yokohama - Culture Gym | Horst Hoffman | W (2-1)
1: Hoffman (11:25 pin)
2: Tsuruta (3:36 pin)
3: Tsuruta (4:17 pin) | |
| 06/16 | Oyama, Tochigi - Oyama Amusement Park Skate Center | Johnny Valiant | W | |
| 06/17 | Soka, Saitama - Yakou Skate Pool | Khosrow Vaziri | W (12:42 pin) | |
| 06/19 | Colorado Springs, CO | Bill Robinson | | |
| 06/23 | Abilene, TX | w/ Bill Robinson vs Dennis Stamp & Davey O'Hannon | L | |
| 06/24 | Amarillo, TX | Bill Robinson | D (20min) | |
| 06/25 | Lubbock, TX | w/ Reggie Parks vs Dennis Stamp & Davey O'Hannon | | |
| 07/01 |
Nagoya - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Scott Casey |
W (2-1)
1: Robinson (11:24 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (5:02 COR) Casey
3: Tsuruta (6:37 pin) Casey |
|
| 07/02 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Hiro Matsuda vs Bill Robinson & Jerry Brisco |
W (2-1)
1: Robinson (16:07 pin) Tsuruta
2: Matsuda (6:48 COR) Brisco
3: Tsuruta (7:55 pin) Brisco |
|
| 07/03 |
Taishi, Ibaraki - Central Community Center |
Scott Casey |
W (10:34 pin) |
|
| 07/04 |
Omagari, Akita - Semboku Wide-Area Gym |
Jerry Brisco |
W (16:44 pin) |
|
| 07/05 |
Kotooka, Akita - Wide-Area Kotooka Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs The Avenger & Scott Casey |
W (2-0)
1: Baba (10:49 COR) Avenger
2: Tsuruta (5:45 pin) Casey |
|
| 07/06 |
Ohdate, Akita - City Gym |
w/ The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & Al Madril |
W (2-1)
1: Robinson (13:32 pin) Destroyer
2: Tsuruta (7:31 COR) Madril
3: Destroyer (4:13 figure-4 leg lock) Madril |
|
| 07/07 |
Hirosaki, Aomori - Civic Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs The Avenger & Scott Casey |
W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (4:58 pin) Casey
2: Avenger (5min pin) Tsuruta
3: Baba (4:10 pin) Avenger |
|
| 07/08 |
Shichinohe, Aomori - Municipal Gym |
Scott Casey |
W (15:26 pin) |
|
| 07/10 |
Mino-Kamo, Gifu - Chuno Gym |
Al Madril |
W (10:58 pin) |
|
| 07/11 |
Ueno, Mie - Municipal Ground |
Jerry Brisco |
W (10:59 rolling clutch hold) |
|
| 07/14 |
Sakai, Osaka - Kanaoka Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Scott Casey |
W (2-1)
1: Robinson (16:55 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (3:36 COR) Casey
3: Tsuruta (5:47 pin) Casey |
|
| 07/15 |
Tottori - Central Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Al Madril |
W (2-1)
1: Robinson (17:23 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (4:27 abdominal stretch) Madril
3: Tsuruta (6:43 pin) Madril |
|
| 07/16 |
Matsue - General Gym |
Jerry Brisco |
W (11:27 pin) |
|
| 07/17 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka - Mihagino Gym | Bill Robinson | D (1-1)
1: Robinson (29:05 european leg clutch)
2: Tsuruta (21:52 rolling clutch hold)
3: Tsuruta (60min limit draw)
Ext: (10min limit draw) | |
| 07/18 |
Oshima, Yamaguchi - Park Lane |
w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & The Avenger & Scott Casey |
W (2-0)
1: Baba (15:15 pin) Casey
2: Destroyer (7:30 figure-4 leg lock) Avenger |
|
| 07/19 |
Hiroshima - Pref. Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & The Avenger |
W (2-0)
1: Baba (14:06 DQ) Avenger
2: Tsuruta (5:44 pin) Avenger |
|
| 07/20 |
Nagahama, Shiga (or Takahama, Aichi?) - City Park |
Jerry Brisco |
W (13:28 rolling clutch hold) |
|
| 07/22 |
Sagamihara, Kanagawa - outdoor, by City Hall |
Scott Casey |
W (13:34 pin) |
|
| 07/23 |
Niiza, Saitama - Tanaka Bowl |
Al Madril |
W (12:15 pin) |
|
| 07/24 |
Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan |
w/ The Destroyer vs The Avenger & Jerry Brisco |
W (2-1)
1: Destroyer (5:13 pin) Avenger
2: Avenger (9:54 pin) Destroyer
3: Tsuruta (2:04 pin) Brisco |
|
| 07/26 |
Mobara, Chiba - outdoor, in front of Mobara Station |
Jerry Brisco |
W (13:01 pin) |
|
| 07/28 |
Mito - Civic Gym |
The Avenger (Moose Morowski) |
W (10:18 pin) |
|
| 08/14 | Kumagaya, Saitama | Akihisa Takachiho |
W (17:41 rolling clutch hold) | |
| 08/15 | Shimonita, Gunma - Municipal Ground | Ted DiBiase |
W (11:15 pin) | |
| 08/16 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa - Mikasa Park Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Bobo Brazil & Ted DiBiase | W (2-1)
1: Brazil (13:25 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba & Tsuruta (2:35 COR)
3: Tsuruta (3:10 pin) Dibiase | |
| 08/17 | Yamagata - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Bobo Brazil & Ted DiBiase |
L (1-2)
1: Patton (8:39 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (3:43 pin) Patton
3: Brazil (4:16 COR) Baba | |
| 08/18 | Kakuda, Miyagi - outdoor, in front of Yokokura Atago Shrine | The Wolfman (Willie Farkus) | W (14:35 pin) | |
| 08/21 | Urakawa, Hokkaido - Family Sports Center | Ted DiBiase | W (16:48 pin) | |
| 08/22 | Imakane, Hokkaido - General Gym | The Wolfman (Willie Farkus) | W (11:09 pin) | |
| 08/23 | Yoichi, Hokkaido - Ohkawa Municipal Gym | Big Red (Jerry Reese) | W (11:28 pin) | |
| 08/24 | Nemuro, Hokkaido - Youth Center | The Wolfman (Willie Farkus) | W (12:38 pin) | |
| 08/25 | Biei, Hokkaido - old Jr. High School | Tank Patton | D (11:38 DCOR) | |
| 08/26 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Bobo Brazil & Tank Patton | W (2-1)
1: Brazil (11:00 pin) Baba
2: Baba (5:05 pin) Brazil
3: Tsuruta (5:08 pin) Patton | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 08/28 | Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium | Jack Brisco | W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (11:09 pin)
2: Brisco (6:19 figure-4 leg lock)
3: Tsuruta (5:34 small package hold) | won vacant NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 08/29 | Kamo, Niigata - Civic Gym | Ted DiBiase | (13min pin) | |
| 08/31 | Fuchu, Tokyo - outdoor, by the Police Dept. | w/ Giant Baba vs Bobo Brazil & Tank Patton | W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (11:21 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (7:27 pin) Patton | |
| 09/01 | Kagoshima - Pref. Gym | Big Red (Jerry Reese) | W (10:50 pin) | |
| 09/03 | Nagasaki - International Gym | Tank Patton | W (10:16 pin) | |
| 09/04 | Isahaya, Nagasaki - City Gym | Ted DiBiase | W (16:14 pin) | |
| 09/05 | Fukue, Nagasaki - Maruki Reclaimed Land | w/ Giant Baba vs Bobo Brazil & Ted DiBiase | W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (14:02 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (4:20 pin) Dibiase | |
| 09/07 | Saga Arita, Saga - Culture Gym | The Wolfman (Willie Farkus) | W (14:56 pin) | |
| 09/08 | Fuchu, Hiroshima - Minori Hall | Tank Patton | W (10:31 pin) | |
| 09/09 | Osaka - Pref. Atheltic Hall | Bobo Brazil | W (2-1)
1: Brazil (11:15 pin)
2: Tsuruta (5:15 COR)
3: Tsuruta (2:57 pin) | |
| 09/30 | Morioka - Iwate Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Waldo Von Erich | W (2-1)
1: Abdullah (8:44 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba & Tsuruta (3:42 DQ)
3: Tsuruta (4:38 pin) Von Erich | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 10/22 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | Abdullah the Butcher | W (2-1)
1: Abdullah (5:55 pin)
2: Tsuruta (3:49 pin)
3: Tsuruta (3:45 DQ) | |
| 10/28 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kin Duk | L (1-2)
1: Tsuruta (7:03 pin) Duk
2: Ohki (3:40 pin) Tsuruta
3: Ohki & Duk (1:27 DQ) | lost NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 11/20 | Suwa, Nagano | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & The Spirit (Killer Karl Kox) | W | |
| 11/23 | Minikami, Gunma | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Leo Burke | W | |
| 11/26 | Takefu, Fukui | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Leo Burke | W | |
| 11/27 | Tsu, Mie | w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Chris Taylor | L | |
| 11/28 | Ohme, Tokyo | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Leo Burke & The Spirit (Killer Karl Kox) | W | |
| 11/30 | Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center | Bill Robinson | D (1-1)
1: Tsuruta (30:50 pin)
2: Robinson (2:08 pin)
3: (5:27 DCOR) |
Retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 12/02 | Kawasaki | Chris Taylor | W (COR) | |
| 12/03 | Konan, Aichi | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & Chris Taylor & Leo Burke | W | |
| 12/04 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | W (DQ) | |
| 12/05 | Kagoshima | w/ Giant Baba & Akihisa Takachiho vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Spirit (Killer Karl Kox) & Leo Burke | W | |
| 12/06 | Kumamoto | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Leo Burke | W | |
| 12/09 | Tokyo - Nippon Univ. Auditorium | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | W (2-1)
1: Ohki (11:38 pin) Jumbo Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (3:18 COR) Duk
3: Tsuruta (2:38 pin) Duk | won NWA International Tag Team Title |
