| date |
location |
opponent(s) & partner(s) |
result |
note |
| 01/02 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Rocky Hata vs Bull Ramos & King Iaukea |
L: Iaukea (4:08 pin) Hata |
|
| 01/03 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
D (11:22 DCOR) |
|
| 01/03 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
13-man Battle Royal |
L: Rocky Hata (13:43 pin) Mark Lewin |
|
| 01/04 |
Matsudo, Chiba - City Gym |
Kim Duk |
D (15:13 DCOR) |
|
| 01/05 |
Choshi, Chiba - City Gym |
King Iaukea |
D (10:48 DCOR) |
|
| 01/06 |
Konan, Aichi - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
D (1-1)
1: Iaukea (9:16 pin) Baba
2: Baba (4:40 pin) Iaukea
3: (3:22 DCOR) |
|
| 01/08 |
Kikuchi, Kumamoto - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
D (1-1)
1: Iaukea (9:48 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (4:32 pin) Iaukea
3: (4:05 DCOR) |
|
| 01/09 |
Yabe, Kumamoto - Town Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs King Iaukea & Kim Duk & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (11:51 pin) Destroyer
2: Destroyer (5:08 pin) Ramos
3: Tsuruta (3:05 pin) Iaukea |
|
| 01/10 |
Kaseda, Kagoshima - Civic Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Mark Lewin & King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (11:20 pin) Hata
2: Tsuruta (3:55 pin) Iaukea
3: Hata (4:38 pin) Ramos |
|
| 01/11 |
Kagoshima - Pref. Gym |
w/ Rocky Hata vs Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma |
W: Tsuruta (29:28 pin) Okuma |
|
| 01/14 |
Takatsuki, Osaka - Bowling Club |
Johnny Rodz |
W (13:38 pin) |
|
| 01/15 |
Kyoto - Nippon Seibukan |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (10:51 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (3:24 pin) Iaukea
3: Tsuruta (2:37 pin) Ramos |
|
| 01/16 |
Nakaminato, Wakayama - Civic Gym |
Kim Duk |
D (17:08 DCOR) |
|
| 01/18 |
Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bull Ramos & King Iaukea |
L: Iaukea (10:36 pin) Tenryu |
|
| 01/19 |
Kushiro, Hokkaido - City Gym |
King Iaukea |
D (10:15 DCOR) |
|
| 01/20 | Obihiro, Hokkaido - City Gym | Harley Race | D (1-1)
1: Race (28:09 pin)
2: Tsuruta (16:30 pin)
3: (60min limit draw) | Race retained NWA World Heavyweight Title |
| 01/21 |
Mikasa, Hokkaido - Sports Center |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (9:18 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (4:20 pin) Iaukea
3: Baba (4:38 pin) Ramos |
|
| 01/22 |
Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym |
Mark Lewin |
D (13:06 DCOR) |
|
| 01/23 |
Iwanai, Hokkaido - Central Elementary School Gym |
w/ Rocky Hata vs Mark Lewin & Kim Duk |
W (2-1)
1: Duk (9:15 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta & Hata (4:30 DQ)
3: Tsuruta (4:31 rolling clutch hold) Duk |
|
| 01/24 |
Esashi, Hokkaido - Culture Center |
Johnny Rodz |
W (12:18 pin) |
|
| 01/26 |
Fukuroi, Shizuoka - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: (9:49 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (4:48 pin) Ramos |
|
| 01/27 |
Gamagori, Aichi - Civic Gym |
Kim Duk |
D (15:43 DCOR) |
|
| 01/28 |
Toyoake, Aichi - Social Welfare Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: Iaukea (8:38 pin) Baba
2: Tsuruta (2:27 pin) Ramos
3: Baba (2:20 pin) Iaukea |
|
| 01/29 |
Mino, Gifu - City Gym |
w/ The Destroyer vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-1)
1: (6:15 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (8:45 pin) Ramos |
|
| 02/01 |
Chichibu, Saitama - Civic Gym |
w/ Rocky Hata vs Anton Geesink & Johnny Rodz |
W: Tsuruta (23:28 pin) Rodz |
|
| 02/02 |
Yaita, Tochigi - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs King Iaukea & Bull Ramos |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (6:45 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (10:30 pin) Ramos |
|
| 02/03 |
Karasuyama, Tochigi - Civic Gym |
Johnny Rodz |
W (12:35 pin) |
|
| 02/04 |
Tatebayashi, Gunma - Civic Gym |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Mark Lewin & Kim Duk |
W (2-1)
1: Duk (7:43 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta & Tenryu (45 DQ)
3: Tsuruta (2:21 pin) Duk |
|
| 02/05 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | Anton Geesink |
W (17:15 DQ) |
retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 02/18 |
Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan |
w/ Rocky Hata vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk |
L: Ohki (13:44 pin) Hata |
|
| 02/21 |
Osaka - Pref. Gym |
Rusher Kimura |
W (15:45 DQ) |
|
| 02/22 |
Gifu - Civic Center |
YANG Seung-hi (Yokpalsan) |
W (10:22 pin) |
|
| 03/04 |
Kumagaya, Saitama - City Gym |
Don Leo Jonathan |
L |
Champion Carnival |
| 03/05 | Tokyo | Don Leo Jonathan | W | |
| 03/08 |
Yokohama |
w/ Great Kojika vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk |
L |
|
| 04/03 |
|
Giant Baba |
D (30min) |
Champion Carnival |
| 04/21 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Ric Flair & Kim Duk |
L (0-2)
1: Flair (13:30 pin) Baba
2: Flair (5:04 COR) Tsuruta | |
| 04/22 | Ishige, Ibaraki - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Kim Duk |
W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (12:29 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (5:30 pin) Duk | |
| 04/24 |
Tsubame, Niigata - Civic Gym |
Al Madril |
W (15:03 pin) |
|
| 04/25 | Tsugawa, Niigata - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Kim Duk & Al Madril | W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (12:33 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (6:10 pin) Madril | |
| 04/26 | Nikaho, Akita - Civic Gym | Dick Murdoch | D (19:02 DCOR) | |
| 04/27 | Noheji, Aomori - Town Gym | Ric Flair | W (2-1)
1: Tsuruta (14:39 pin)
2: Flair (8:49 figure-4 leg lock)
3: Tsuruta (2:49 small package hold) | retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 04/28 | Nanbu, Aomori - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Kim Duk | W (2-1)
1: (16:05 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (5:10 pin) Duk | |
| 04/29 |
Tsukidate, Miyagi - outdoor by Town Fire Dept. |
Al Madril |
W (11:12 pin) |
|
| 04/30 | Ohgawara, Miyagi - Ohgawara Bowl site | Gino Hernandez | W (9:39 pin) | |
| 05/01 | Takahagi, Ibaraki - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Kim Duk |
W (2-1)
1: (16:46 DCOR)
2: Tsuruta (8:23 pin) Duk | |
| 05/03 |
Yamasaki, Hyogo - outdoor in Sugasawa |
Al Madril |
W (14:10 pin) |
|
| 05/04 |
Kashima, Saga - Civic Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Pat O'Connor & Dick Murdoch & Nelson Royal |
W (2-1)
1: Destroyer (17:07 small package hold) O'Connor
2: O'Connor (7:47 pin) Destroyer
3: Tsuruta (4:15 pin) Royal |
|
| 05/05 | Nakatsu, Oita - Nakatsu Castle Park | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Murdoch & Kim Duk | W (2-0)
1: Baba & Tsuruta (12:05 DQ)
2: Tsuruta (3:28 pin) Duk | |
| 05/06 | Tosu, Saga - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | L (19:06 COR) | |
| 05/07 | Yufuin, Oita - Municipal Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs Dick Murdoch & Pat O'Conner | W (2-1)
1: Murdoch (14:18 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (1min small package) Murdoch
3: Destroyer (7:25 rolling clutch hold) O'Connor | |
| 05/08 | Takachiho, Miyazaki - Central Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma vs Dick Murdoch & Pat O'Connor & Don Kent | W (2-1)
1: O'Connor (14:06 pin) Okuma
2: Tsuruta (4:44 pin) O'Connor
3: Okuma (5:22 pin) Kent | |
| 05/11 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | W (2-1)
1: Duk (13:37 pin) Tsurua
2: Tsuruta (4:43 pin) Duk
3: Baba (8:17 COR) Ohki | won NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 06/01 |
Akita - City Gym |
w/ The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & Mario Milano |
D |
|
| 06/09 | Hakui, Ishikawa - Hakui Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Mario Milano | W (2-1)
1: Robinson (26:01 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (1:25 COR) Robinson
3: Tsuruta (4:20 pin) Milano |
retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 07/08 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Rocky Hata vs Dick Slater & Killer Karl Kox | L | |
| 07/10 | Saigo, Hyogo | w/ Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones |
L (1-2) | |
| 07/12 | Izumo, Shimane | w/ Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones & Hurrican Castillo |
W (2-0) | |
| 07/13 | Miki, Hyogo | Don Wayte |
W | |
| 07/15 | Ohmiya, Saitama - Skate Center | w/ Rocky Hata vs Dick Slater & Kim Duk | L: Slater (5:20 pin) Hata | |
| 07/16 | Akkeshi, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones & Don Wayte | W (2-1) | |
| 07/17 | Urahoro, Hokkaido | Abdullah the Butcher | D (DCOR) | |
| 07/18 | Makubetsu, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones & Don Wayte | W (2-1) | |
| 07/19 | Ashoro, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones & Don Wayte | W (2-1) | |
| 07/21 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba vs Kim Duk & Don Wayte | W | |
| 07/22 | Tsubetsu, Hokkaido | w/ Rocky Hata vs Dick Slater & Terry Funk | L (1-2) | |
| 07/23 | Mombetsu, Hokkaido | w/ Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones | D (DCOR) | |
| 07/23 | Mombetsu, Hokkaido | 12-man battle royal |
L | |
| 07/24 | Hiroshima, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma vs Abdullah the Butcher & Rufus Jones & Kim Duk | W (2-1) | |
| 07/26 |
Omagari, Akita - Civic Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Terry Funk & Dick Slater | W (2-1)
1: Terry (16:16 pin) Tsuruta
2: Baba (5:20 pin) Slater
3: Tsuruta (6:55 pin) Terry | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 07/27 | Ashikaga, Tochigi | w/ Rocky Hata vs Dick Slater & Terry Funk | L (1-2) | |
| 08/18 |
Kagoshima - Pref. Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Moose Morowski & Kim Duk |
W |
|
| 08/19 | Kanoya, Kagoshima | w/ Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | L (1-2) | |
| 08/21 | Oita | w/ Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | L (1-2) | |
| 08/22 | Fukuoka | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras & Randy Tyler | W (2-1) | |
| 08/24 | Tokyo - Den-en Coliseum | w/ Giant Baba vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | W (2-1)
1: Mascaras (14:55 reverse arm sault) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (6:15 canadian back breaker) Mascaras
3: Baba (3:10 pin) Caras | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 08/26 | Tokorozawa, Saitama | w/ Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | L (1-2) | |
| 08/27 |
Kobe |
w/ Giant Baba vs Moose Morowski & Kim Duk |
W |
|
| 08/29 | Tokushima | w/ Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | L (1-2) | |
| 09/01 | Fukui | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Kim Duk & Randy Tyler | W (2-1) | |
| 09/05 | Sakata, Yamagata | w/ The Destroyer & Motoshi Okuma vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras & Don Kernodle | W (2-1) | |
| 09/06 | Kitakami, Iwate | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Mil Mascaras & Kim Duk & Randy Tyler | W (2-1) | |
| 09/07 | Aomori | 14-man battle royal | | |
| 09/08 | Sendai | Mil Mascaras | D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd) | |
| 09/11 |
Morioka - Iwate Pref. Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Moose Morowski & Randy Tyler |
W |
|
| 09/13 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | Kim Duk | D (1-1)
1: Duk (28:47 leg roll clutch)
2: Tsuruta (15:45 german suplex hold)
3: (60min limit draw)
Ext: (5min limit draw) | retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 09/14 |
Kyoto - Nippon Seibukan |
w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk |
L (DQ) |
|
| 10/06 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil |
L (1-2; DQ in 3rd) | |
| 10/07 | Hitachi, Ibaraki | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W (2-1) | |
| 10/08 | Minami Chita, Aichi | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W (2-0; DQ in 1st) | |
| 10/09 | Kurume, Fukuoka | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Blood (Tito Santana) & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W | |
| 10/10 | Beppu, Oita | w/ The Destroyer vs Killer Tor Kamata & Isaac Lothario | W | |
| 10/11 | Saeki, Oita | w/ The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & Dick Blood (Tito Santana) | W (2-1; DCOR in 1st) | |
| 10/12 | Minamata, Kumamoto | w/ The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Isaac Lothario |
W (2-0) | |
| 10/13 | Omuta, Fukuoka | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Killer Tor Kamata | L (1-2; COR in 3rd) | |
| 10/14 | Usa, Oita | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Killer Tor Kamata |
L (1-2) | |
| 10/16 | Yamaguchi | w/ Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil | L (1-2) | |
| 10/17 | Himeji. Hyogo | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W | |
| 10/18 |
Utsunomiya, Tochigi |
w/ The Destroyer vs Bobo Brazil & Jose Lothario |
W |
|
| 10/19 | Koriyama, Fukushima | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Isaac Lothario | W (2-0; DQ in 2nd) | |
| 10/20 | Honjo, Saitama | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Killer Tor Kamata | L (1-2; DCOR in 1st) | |
| 10/22 | Akabira, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Killer Tor Kamata |
D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd) | |
| 10/23 | Nayoro, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba & The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W (2-1) | |
| 10/24 | Yuni, Hokkaido | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W (2-0; DQ in 1st) | |
| 10/25 | Otaru, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil | W (2-0)
1: Baba (13:10 pin) Brazil
2: Baba & Tsuruta (8:08 DQ) | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 10/26 | Kami-iso, Hokkaido | Bobo Brazil | D (DCOR) | |
| 10/27 | Hirosaki, Aomori | w/ The Destroyer vs Abdullah the Butcher & Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W (2-1; DCOR in 1st) | |
| 10/29 | Suwa, Nagano | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil | W (2-1; DQ in 3rd) | |
| 10/30 | Ueda, Nagano - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | W (2-1)
1: Ohki (14:23 pin) Tsuruta
2: Tsuruta (3:46 pin) Ohki
3: Tsuruta (2:48 pin) Duk | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 10/31 | Nagano | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Killer Tor Kamata |
L (1-2; COR in 3rd) | |
| 11/01 | Joetsu, Niigata | Big Red (Jerry Reece) | W | |
| 11/03 | Tokyo | Abdullah the Butcher | W (DQ) | |
| 11/04 | Takamatsu, Kagawa | w/ Rocky Hata vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk | L | |
| 11/05 | Waki, Wakayama | w/ Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Killer Tor Kamata | D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd) | |
| 11/07 |
Higashi-Osaka, Osaka - Central Gym | w/ The Destroyer vs Killer Tor Kamata & Dick Blood | W | |
| 11/08 | Kameyama, Mie | w/ Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma vs Abdullah the Butcher & Bobo Brazil & Killer Tor Kamata |
L (1-2; DCOR in 1st) | |
| 11/09 | Toyohashi, Aichi - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & Killer Tor Kamata |
W (2-1; DCOR in 2nd) | |
| 12/01 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Bill Robinson & Wild Angus |
W: Baba (13:01 pin) Angus |
'78 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/02 |
Nagasaki - International Gym |
Terry Funk |
D (30min limit draw) |
|
| 12/03 |
Saga - Sports Center |
The Sheik |
W (6:35 DQ) |
|
| 12/04 |
Oita - Pref. Gym |
Blackjack Lanza |
W (11:56 small package hold) |
|
| 12/05 |
Osaka - Pref. Gym |
w/ The Destroyer vs Bill Robinson & Wild Angus |
L: Robinson (22:47 back slide) Destroyer |
|
| 12/06 |
Kochi - Pref. Civic Gym |
w/ Ishikawa vs Bill Robinson & Wild Angus |
L: Robinson (11:30 rolling clutch hold) Ishikawa |
|
| 12/07 |
Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Civic Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Shiek |
D (11:08 DCOR) |
'78 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/08 |
Gifu - Civic Center |
Wild Angus |
W (9:58 small package hold) |
|
| 12/09 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | w/ Giant Baba vs Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza | W: Tsuruta (14:35 rolling clutch hold) Lanza |
'78 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/11 |
Fukushima - City Gym |
Bill Robinson |
D (30min limit draw) |
|
| 12/12 |
Tsuruoka, Yamagata - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk |
W: Tsuruta (12:50 COR) Duk |
'78 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/13 | Akita - Pref. Gym | Nick Bockwinkel |
D (30min limit draw) | |
| 12/14 |
Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym |
Abdullah the Butcher |
D (8:40 DCOR) |
|
| 12/15 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk |
D (45min limit draw) |
Won '78 Real World Tag Team League |
