| date |
location |
opponent(s) & partner(s) |
result |
note |
| 01/02 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Killer Tor Kamata & Hercules Hernandez | W | |
| 01/02 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | 19-man battle royal | | |
| 01/03 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | | | |
| 01/04 | Honjo, Saitama | | | |
| 01/05 | Natori, Miyagi | | | |
| 01/07 | Takamatsu, Kagawa | Hercules Hernandez | | |
| 01/10 | Karatsu, Saga | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Killer Tor Kamata & Umanosuke Ueda | W (DQ) | |
| 01/13 | Osaka |
w/ Ashura Hara vs Dream Machine & Gypsy Joe |
W: Tsuruta def Machine | |
| 01/20 | Kita-Ibaraki, Ibaraki - Civic Gym | | | |
| 01/22 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda | D (7:18 DCOR) |
retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 02/25 | Nagoya | Tommy Rich | W (15:41) | |
| 03/03 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | Tiger Jeet Singh |
W (17:36 DQ) |
|
| 03/25 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Giant Baba vs Ted Dibiase & Alexis Smirnoff |
W: Tsuruta (14:04 pin) Smirnoff | |
| 03/26 |
Ishiwa, Yamanashi - Komatsu Public Hall |
Ron Bass |
W (11:44 pin) |
|
| 03/27 |
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass & Alexis Smirnoff |
W: Baba (10:11 pin) Bass |
|
| 03/28 |
Chichibu, Saitama - Civic Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Alexis Smirnoff & Ron Bass |
L: Bass (9:55 pin) Tsuruta |
|
| 03/29 |
Yamato, Kanagawa - Isuzu Yamato Body Gym |
w/ Terry Funk & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (13:37 pin) Stan Hansen & Alexis Smirnoff & Chic Donovan |
W: Tsuruta (13:37 pin) Donovan |
|
| 03/30 |
Matsudo, Chiba - Athletic Park Gym |
Stan Hansen |
NC (15:26) |
|
| 03/31 |
Mitaka, Tokyo - Sports Garden Doors parking lot |
w/ Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Alexis Smirnoff & Chic Donovan |
W: Tsuruta (8:55 pin) Donovan |
|
| 04/01 | Ichihara, Chiba - Seaside Center | Ted DiBiase |
W (15:46 pin) |
retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 04/02 |
Nagaoka, Niigata - Welfare Pension Hall |
w/ Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass |
L (16:14 DQ) |
|
| 04/03 | Sanjo, Niigata - Welfare Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen & Alexis Smirnoff |
W: Tsuruta (13:58 pin) Smirnoff | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 04/04 |
Tsuruoka, Yamagata - City Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass & Chic Donovan |
W: Tenryu (9:19 pin) Donovan |
|
| 04/05 |
Kazuno, Akita - Memorial Sports Center |
Chic Donovan |
W (18:26 pin) |
|
| 04/06 |
Ishinomaki, Miyagi - General Gym |
w/ Takashi Ishikawa vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass |
L: Hansen (6:41 pin) Ishikawa |
|
| 04/07 | Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Terry Funk & Ted DiBiase |
W: Baba (12:03 pin) DiBiase | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 04/09 | Matsue - General Gym |
w/ Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass |
W (13:47 DQ) | |
| 04/10 |
Mihara, Hiroshima - outdoor in front of Culture Hall |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Kerry von Erich & Gypsy Joe |
W: Tenryu (9:27 pin) Joe |
|
| 04/11 | Hiroshima - Pref. Gym | Alexis Smirnoff |
W (9:46 pin) | retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 04/12 | Matsuyama - Ehime Pref. Civic Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen & Ron Bass |
L: Hansen (15:21 pin) Baba | lost NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 04/13 |
Kochi - Pref. Civic Gym |
|
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| 04/14 |
Osaka - Pref. Gym |
w/ Giant Baba vs Ron Bass & Alexis Smirnoff |
W: Tsuruta (6:20 pin) Smirnoff |
|
| 04/15 | Tsu, Mie - City Gym | w/ Ashura Hara vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk |
L: Dory (19:14 pin) Hara | |
| 04/16 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk |
D (45min) |
Real World Tag Team League Rematch 1 |
| 04/17 | Nagasaki - International Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Ron Bass & Stan Hansen |
W: Baba (13:41 pin) Bass | won NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 04/18 | Oita - Niage Gym | w/ Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody & Gypsy Joe | W: Tsuruta (11:53 pin) Joe | |
| 04/20 | Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym | Gen-ichiro Tenryu |
D (30min limit) | |
| 04/21 | Kushiro, Hokkaido - Welfare Pension Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody & Gypsy Joe | W: Baba (6:53 pin) Joe | |
| 04/22 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | Harley Race |
D (30min) | |
| 04/23 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa - General Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Harley Race & Gypsy Joe |
W: Tsuruta (11:56 pin) Joe | |
| 04/24 | Ohmiya, Saitama - Skate Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk | D: Tsuruta (26:05 DCOR) Dory |
Real World Tag Team League Rematch 2 |
| 04/25 | Suwa, Nagano - Lake Suwa Sports Center | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Harley Race & Hector Guerrero |
W: Tenryu (8:01 pin) Guerrero | |
| 04/26 | Toyama - City Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody |
W: Tsuruta (9:54 DQ) Hansen |
Real World Tag Team League Rematch 1 |
| 04/27 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo - General Civic Center | Bruiser Brody | L (15:40 DQ) |
Brody retained NWA International Heavyweight Title |
| 04/28 | Kyoto - Pref. Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody | L: Hansen (13:09 pin) Tsuruta |
Real World Tag Team League Rematch 2 |
| 05/12 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff | L: Brody (13:27 pin) Hara | |
| 05/13 | Kasukabe, Saitama - Nichii parking lot | w/ Giant Baba & Takashi Ishikawa vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff & Bill Irwin | W: Tsuruta (7:49 pin) Irwin | |
| 05/14 | Hiratsuka, Kanagawa - Regional Wholesale Market | w/ Mighty Inoue & Ultra Seven (Masahiko Takasugi) vs Dick Slater & Chavo Guerrero & Mike Davis | W: Seven (18:15 rolling clutch hold) Guerrero | |
| 05/15 | Tsurugashima, Saitama - outdoor, north of Super Miyoshiya | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & Bill Irwin | W: Tsuruta (13:42 small package hold) Irwin | |
| 05/18 | Kainan, Wakayama - Municipal General Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Dick Slater & The Destroyer & Mike Davis | W: Tenryu (17:40 pin) Davis | |
| 05/19 | Akoh, Hyogo - Civic General Gym | Nikolai Volkoff |
W (7:06 pin) |
retained NWA United National Heavyweight Title |
| 05/20 | Izumi-Sano, Osaka - Civic General Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff | W: Baba (9:42 pin) Volkoff | |
| 05/21 | Takahashi, Okayama - Civic Gym | w/ Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & Bill Irwin | W: Hara (12:04 pin) Irwin | |
| 05/22 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima - Municipal Gym | w/ Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs Dick Slater & Roddy Piper & Mike Davis | W: Baba (10:01 pin) Davis | |
| 05/23 | Niimi, Okayama - Civic General Ground | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & Bill Irwin | W: Tsuruta (10:23 pin) Irwin | |
| 05/25 | Kakegawa, Shizuoka - Kakegawa Station 2nd South Park planned site | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff & Bill Irwin |
W: Baba (9:03 pin) Volkoff | |
| 05/26 | Tenryu, Shizuoka - City General Gym | Bruiser Brody | L (20:48 DQ) | Brody retained NWA International Heavyweight Title |
| 05/27 | Tokyo - outdoor, rear Daito Culture Univ. | w/ Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff & The Destroyer | W: Baba (10:51 pin) Volkoff | |
| 05/28 | Oyama, Tochigi - Oyama Amusement Park American Village | w/ Giant Baba & Mighty Inoue vs Dick Slater & Chavo Guerrero & Roddy Piper | W: Inoue (13:25 pin) Guerrero | |
| 05/29 | Ichinoseki, Iwate - Athletic Culture Hall | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & Bill Irwin | W: Tenryu (11:57 pin) Irwin | |
| 05/31 | Yoichi, Hokkaido - General Gym |
w/ Giant Baba & Takashi Ishikawa vs The Destroyer & Dick Slater & Roddy Piper | W: Ishikawa (15:30 COR) Destroyer | |
| 06/01 | Samani, Hokkaido - Sports Center | Roddy Piper | W (6:46 DQ) | |
| 06/02 | Rumoi, Hokkaido - Sports Center |
w/ Killer Kim vs Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff | L: Brody (6:57 pin) Kim | |
| 06/03 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Giant Baba vs Dick Slater & Roddy Piper |
W: Tsuruta (16:21 pin) Piper | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 06/05 | Kisarazu, Chiba - Kuragata Sports Hall | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Dick Slater & Bill Irwin | W: Tsuruta (23:38 small package hold) Flair | |
| 06/06 | Otsu, Shiga - Ojigaoka Park Gym | Roddy Piper |
W (15:44 back slide) | |
| 06/07 | Gifu - Industrial Hall | w/ Ashura Hara vs Ric Flair & Roddy Piper | L: Flair (14:39 pin) Hara | |
| 06/08 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | Ric Flair | W (1-0)
1: Tsuruta (29:39 pin)
2: (60min limit draw) |
Flair retained NWA World Heavyweight Title |
| 06/12 | Savannah, GA | Bruiser Brody | D (15:56 DCOR) | |
| 06/15 | Corpus Christi, TX | Jose Lothario | W (9:36) | |
| 06/17 | Dallas, TX | Ted DiBiase | D (14:00) | |
| 07/08 | Kumagaya, Saitama - City Gym | w/ Terry Funk vs Nick Bockwinkel & Jerry Oates |
W | |
| 07/10 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba & Terry Funk vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda & Alexis Smirnoff | W | |
| 07/12 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center | | | |
| 07/13 | Chitose, Hokkaido - City Sports Center | Nick Bockwinkel |
W (29:24 DQ) | Bockwinkel retained AWA World Heavyweight Title |
| 07/15 | Hirosaki, Aomori | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda & Alexis Gypsy Joe | W | |
| 07/16 | Hachinohe, Aomori | | | |
| 07/17 | Sendai | w/ Giant Baba & Terry Funk vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda & Alexis Gerry Morrow | W | |
| 07/18 | Shizuoka | | | |
| 07/19 | Osaka - Pref. Gym | | | |
| 07/20 | Kurashiki | w/ Giant Baba & Terry Funk vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Alexis Smirnoff & Gypsy Joe | W | |
| 07/21 | Yonago, Tottori | | | |
| 07/23 | Kami-Tsushima, Nagasaki? | | | |
| 07/24 | Matsuura, Nagasaki | | | |
| 07/25 | Kumamoto | | | |
| 07/26 | Fukuoka - Sports Center | w/ Giant Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda | L: Singh (17:08 COR) Tsuruta | lost NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 07/27 | Kita-Kyushu | w/ Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda & Alexis Gypsy Joe | W | |
| 07/28 | Naha, Okinawa | | | |
| 07/29 | Okinawa | w/ Giant Baba vs Umanosuke Ueda & Alexis Smirnoff | W | |
| 07/30 | Tsushima, Aichi | | | |
| 07/31 | Tachikawa, Tokyo | | | |
| 08/01 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda |
W: Tsuruta (11:00 COR) Ueda | won NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 08/02 | Yokohama | | | |
| 08/03 | Omiya, Saitama | | | |
| 08/04 | Tokyo | | | |
| 08/25 | Okazaki | w/ Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Tor Kamata & Rick Harris | L | |
| 08/26 | Tokyo | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy | L (11:06) | |
| 08/27 | Mito | | | |
| 08/29 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi | w/ Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & Rick Harris | L | |
| 08/30 | Niigata | | | |
| 08/31 | Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan | Bruiser Brody | W (21:33 COR) | won NWA International Title |
| 09/08 | Chiba - Park Gym | | | |
| 09/30 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang | L (COR) | |
| 10/01 | Asagiri, Saitama | w/ Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang & Cyclone Negro | W | |
| 10/02 | Tokyo | w/ Great Kabuki vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks | W (DQ) | |
| 10/03 | Fukushima | | | |
| 10/04 | Iwaki, Fukushima | | | |
| 10/06 | Toyota, Aichi | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang & Killer Brooks | W (DQ) | |
| 10/07 | Wakayama | w/ Giant Baba & Great Kabuki vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks & Cyclone Negro | W | |
| 10/08 | Ayabe, Kyoto | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang & Goro Tsurumi | W | |
| 10/09 | Kishiwada, Osaka | w/ Giant Baba vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks | W | |
| 10/10 | Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks & Goro Tsurumi | W | |
| 10/11 | Tsuyazaki, Fukuoka | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang & Killer Brooks | L | |
| 10/12 | Mitsushima, Nagasaki | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang & Killer Brooks | W | |
| 10/13 | Gonoura, Nagasaki | w/ Giant Baba vs Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks | D (DCOR) | |
| 10/14 | Sasebo, Nagasaki - City Gym | Bruiser Brody |
D (19:13 DDQ) |
retained NWA International Heavyweight Title |
| 10/15 | Oita | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody & One Man Gang | L (COR) | |
| 10/17 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | | | |
| 10/18 | Takahashi, Okayama | w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks | W | |
| 10/20 | Osaka | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody | D (DCOR) | |
| 10/24 | Kitami, Hokkaido | Harley Race | | |
| 10/26 | Morioka, Iwate | Harley Race | D (DDQ) |
Race retained NWA World Heavyweight Title |
| 10/27 |
Yonezawa, Yamagata |
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| 10/29 |
Maki, Niigata |
w/ Giant Baba & Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Harley Race & One Man Gang & Goro Tsurumi |
W |
|
| 10/30 |
Joetsu, Niigata |
w/ Giant Baba vs Harley Race & Cyclone Negro |
W |
|
| 10/31 | Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima - Aizu Gym | | | |
| 11/03 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall | w/ Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen & One Man Gang |
W: Tsuruta (11:42 pin) Gang | retained NWA International Tag Team Title |
| 11/25 | Osaka - Pref. Gym |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda |
W: Tenryu (14:07 DQ) Singh | '83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 11/26 | Tokyo - Korakuen Hall |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Goro Tsurumi & The Mongolian |
W: Tenryu (15:04 pin) Tsurumi | '83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 11/27 | Akita - Pref. Gym | Mil Mascaras | D (17:10 DCOR) | |
| 11/28 | Hakodate, Hokkaido - Civic Gym | Ron Fuller |
W (6:51 pin) | |
| 11/29 | Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. |
D (45min) |
'83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 11/30 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Dory Funk Jr. vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody | D: Tsuruta (13:46 DCOR) Hansen | |
| 12/01 | Obihiro, Hokkaido - General Gym | w/ Ashura Hara vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody | L: Hansen (6:27 pin) Hara | |
| 12/02 | Hiroshima - Pref. Gym | Bruiser Brody |
D (13:15 DCOR) | |
| 12/03 | Kochi - Pref. Civic Gym |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras | W: Tsuruta (18:22 COR) Caras | '83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/04 | Saiki, Oita - Civic Gym | Tiger Jeet Singh | D (DCOR) | |
| 12/05 | Fukuoka - International Center | Umanosuke Ueda |
W (2:06 DQ) | |
| 12/07 | Niigata - City Gym | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue |
W: Tsuruta (18:30 pin) Inoue | '83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/08 | Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Sports Center | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Ron Fuller & Barry Windham |
W: Tenryu (7:48 pin) Fuller | '83 Real World Tag Team League |
| 12/09 | Yamagata - Pref. Gym |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda |
W (10:16 DQ) |
|
| 12/10 | Nagoya - Aichi Pref. Gym | Ric Flair | D |
non-title |
| 12/11 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa - General Gym |
w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue |
W: Tenryu (17:10 COR) Hara | |
| 12/12 | Tokyo | w/ Gen-ichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody | L: Hansen (17:45 pin) Tenryu |
Hansen & Brody won the '83 Real World Tag Team League |
