[New Year Series] January 4, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jess Ortega and Baron Von Heczey … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Masakatsu Tanaka drew Hideo Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Mr. Chin … Kazuo Honma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Umanosuke Ueda drew Kumagoro Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Masao Matsuoka January 11, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Baron Von Heczey … Toyonobori beat Jess Ortega (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Masao Matsuoka … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Tokio Kido drew Iwakichi Hirano January 18, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jess Ortega and Baron Von Heczey … Kokichi Endo beat Mammoth Suzuki (dq) … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Antonio Inoki drew Kinatro Oki … Yusuf Turk beat Hideo Koma (Referee Kyushuzan got injured) … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Masao Matsuoka … Kumagoro Okuma drew Umanosuke Ueda January 19, 1963 … Hiratsuka Tony Marino and Jess Ortega beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … The Executioner (Al Baffert / Andre Adoree) beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki (both cor) … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Antonio Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tony Alford beat Katsurahama … Yusuf Turk beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Masao Matuoka drew Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Umanosuke Ueda drew Hideo Koma January 20, 1963 … Mito Tony Marino and Jess Ortega beat Rikidozan and Kintaro Oki (referee: Isao Yoshihara) … The Executioner beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Chin drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hideo Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Masao Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kumagoro Okuma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Kazuo Honma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi January 22, 1963 … Chiba Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (cor) … The Executioner beat Mammoth Suzuki … Mr. Brute (Klondike Bill / Bill Soloweyko) beat Kokichi Endo … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Chin drew Hideo Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kazuo Honma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa January 23, 1963 … Koshigaya Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Mr. Brute, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (both cor) … Kintaro Oki beat The Executioner (dq) … Mammoth Suzuki beat Antonio Inoki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin drew Masao Matsuoka … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kumagoro Okuma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Tokio Kido January 24, 1963 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (dq) … The Executioner beat Antonio Inoki … Mr. Brute beat Kintaro Oki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mammoth Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideo Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Mr. Chin beat Kumagoro Okuma January 25, 1963 … Toyohashi Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Executioner, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (dq) … Mr. Brute beat Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki (both cor) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Masao Matsuoka beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin beat Umanosuke Ueda … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma drew Tokio Kido … Mitsuaki Hirai won a battle royal January 26, 1963 … Gifu Rikidozan, Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat The Executioner (dq) … Mr. Brute beat Antonio Inoki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mitsuaki Hirai Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Hideo Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Chin drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kumagoro Okuma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi January 27, 1963 … Ichinomiya Mr. Brute, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega beat Rikidozan, Kintaro Oki and Mammoth Suzuki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Executioner (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Isao Yoshihara … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Mr. Chin beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tokio Kido drew Motoyuki Kitazawa January 28, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (cor) … Mr. Brute beat Kokichi Endo … Mammoth Suzuki beat The Executioner (cor) … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk won a battle royal … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki January 29, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat The Executioner (cor) … Mr. Brute beat Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Mammoth Suzuki beat Antonio Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro (Hideo) Koma … Mr. Chin drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Masao Matsuoka … Motoyuki Kitazawa beat Kumagoro Okuma NOTE: Michiaki Yoshimura subbed for Toyonobori, who was seriously injured, and the Asian Tag Team Title was held up. January 31, 1963 … Amagasaki Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Brute, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat The Executioner (dq) … Mammoth Suzuki drew Kintaro Oki (both cor) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Chin beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Iwakichi Hirano drew Tokio Kido February 1, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Mr. Brute … Tony Marino and Jess Ortega beat Mammoth Suzuki and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat The Executioner (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Isao Yoshihara … Antonio Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Mr. Chin … Umanosuke Ueda drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Tokio Kido drew Motoyuki Kitazawa February 2, 1963 … Kurihama, Yokosuka Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega … Antonio Inoki beat The Executioner (cor) … Kokichi Endo beat Mr. Brute (cor) … Mammoth Suzuki drew Kintaro Oki (both cor) … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kakutaro Koma drew Umanosuke Ueda … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kazuo Honma February 8, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Mammoth Suzuki and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Mr. Brute, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega … Kintaro Oki beat The Executioner (cor) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Umanosuke Ueda drew Mr. Chin … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Kazuo Honma … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kumagoro Okuma February 9, 1963 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan beat Jess Ortega (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Mr. Brute and Tony Marino beat Kokichi Endo and Kintaro Oki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Executioner … Mammoth Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Kumagoro Okuma … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Mr. Chin drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano February 15, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Mammoth Suzuki and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Brute, The Executioner and Tony Marino … Jess Ortega beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Yusuf Turk beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Masao Matsuoka beat Motoyuki Kitazawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Mr. Chin drew Tatsuo Hoshino NOTE: The Executioner was unmasked by Rikidozan and turned out to be Al Baffert (aka Andre Adoree). March 1, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Tony Marino (dq) … Mr. Brute and Jess Ortega drew Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Al Baffert … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mammoth Suzuki drew Antonio Inoki (both cor) … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Mr. Chin beat Masao Matsuoka March 2, 1963 … Tokyo (Shinjuku) Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Brute, Tony Marino and Jess Ortega … Toyonobori beat Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki (both cor) … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Katsurahama drew Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Chin beat Umanosuke Ueda … Masao Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Mr. Chin won a 10-man battle royal pinning Mitsuaki Hirai in the finals (the other entrants: Iwakichi Hirano, Tatsuo Hoshino, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kumagoro Okuma, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Yusuf Turk, Umanosuke Ueda and Isao Yoshihara) March 4, 1963 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tony Marino and Jess Ortega (cor) but the Asian Tag Team Title was held up again … Kokichi Endo beat Mr. Brute … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Masao Matsuoka … Mr. Chin beat Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Umanosuke Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo won a 10-man battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals (the other entrants: Mr. Chin, Mitsuaki Hirai, Tatsuo Hoshino, Kakutaro Koma, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Yusuf Turk, Umanosuke Ueda and Isao Yoshihara) March 15, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori beat Baron Von Heczey … Umanosuke Ueda beat Masao Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk drew Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Toyonobori also won a 9- man battle royal pinning Hideyuki Nagasawa in the final (the other entrants: Michiaki Yoshimura, Kokichi Endo, Mammoth Suzuki, Kintaro Oki, Antonio Inoki, Katsurahama and Kumagoro Okuma). [The Fifth World League] March 22, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) (The Eve … exhibition matches) Pat O’Connor vs. Toyonobori … Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. Michiaki Yoshimura … Killer Kowalski vs. Giant Baba … Gino Marella (Gorilla Monsoon) vs. Kintaro Oki … Killer X (“Farmer Boy” Frank Townsend) vs. Antonio Inoki … Sandor Szabo vs. Kokichi Endo … Haystack Calhoun vs. Mitsuaki Hirai, Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kumagoro Okuma, and Mammoth Suzuki (handicap match) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Masao Matsuoka … Kakutaro Koma beat Katsurahama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kumagoro Okuma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma March 23, 1963 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Bob Ellis, Pat O’Connor and Killer X drew Giant Baba, Great Togo and Rikidozan … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Kowalski (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Sandor Szabo beat Antonio Inoki … Gino Marella beat Kokichi Endo … Fred Atkins beat Kintaro Oki … Toyonobori beat Mammoth Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kumagoro Okuma … Masao Matsuoka beat Ushinosuke Hayashi March 24, 1963 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Rikidozan drew Haystack Calhoun (both cor) … Bob Ellis, Gino Marella and Killer X beat Great Togo, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Killer Kowalski drew Giant Baba … Pat O’ Connor beat Kintaro Oki … Sandor Szabo beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Fred Atkins (dq) … Mammoth Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kakutaro Koma drew Kazuo Honma March 26, 1963 … Toyohashi Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Ellis, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Pat O’Connor beat Giant Baba (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kintaro Oki, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Toyonobori beat Sandor Szabo … Fred Atkins beat Kokichi Endo … Gino Marella beat Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Iwakichi Hirano March 27, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Toyonobori drew Killer Kowalski, Gino Marella and Killer X … Pat O’Connor beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Bob Ellis beat Kokichi Endo … Haystack Calhoun beat Kintaro Oki and Mammoth Suzuki (handicap match) … Great Togo drew Sandor Szabo … Fred Atkins beat Antonio Inoki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara drew Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kakutaro Koma March 28, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan and Giant Baba beat Killer Kowalski and Pat O’Connor … Toyonobori beat Gino Marella (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kumagoro Okuma, Kiyotaka Otsubo, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sandor Szabo … Bob Ellis beat Kintaro Oki … Killer X drew Great Togo … Fred Atkins beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kazuo Honma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Iwakichi Hirano March 29, 1963 … Otsu Gino Marella, Pat O’Connor and Killer X beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori … Haystack Calhoun beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, and Sandor Szabo (handicap match) … Killer Kowalski beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba beat Fred Atkins … Kokichi Endo beat Bob Ellis (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Antonio Inoki drew Mammoth Suzuki (both cor) … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Umanosuke Ueda drew Tatsuo Hoshino March 30, 1963 … Kobe Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Kowalski, Bob Ellis and Killer X … Gino Marella drew Giant Baba … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Katsurahama, Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara … Great Togo beat Fred Atkins … Pat O’Connor beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Sandor Szabo … Antonio Inoki beat Mammoth Suzuki (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Kumagoro Okuma … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Ushinosuke Hayashi March 31, 1963 … Tokushima Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Gino Marella and Killer X … Bob Ellis drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba beat Sandor Szabo … Killer Kowalski beat Fred Atkins … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara (handidap match) … Pat O’Connor beat Great Togo April 2, 1963 … Kochi Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Ellis, Pat O’Connor and Killer X … Killer Kowalski drew Toyonobori … Fred Atkins beat Sandor Szabo … Gino Marella beat Antonio Inoki … Haystack Calhoun beat Iwakichi Hirano, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kumagoro Okuma, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Kokichi Endo drew Kintaro Oki (both cor) … Mammoth Suzuki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Masao Matsuoka … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kakutaro Koma April 3, 1963 … Matsuyama Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Toyonobori drew Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella … Killer X beat Mammoth Suzuki … Pat O’Connor beat Bob Ellis … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sandor Szabo … Haystack Calhoun beat Iwakichi Hirano, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Umanosuke Ueda, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kazuo Honma … Masao Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma April 4, 1963 … Takamatsu Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Ellis, Pat O’Connor and Sandor Szabo … Giant Baba drew Killer X … Haystack Calhoun beat Tatsuo Hoshino, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Gino Marella beat Mammoth Suzuki … Killer Kowalski beat Kintaro Oki … Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kakutaro Koma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kazuo Honma … Kumagoro Okuma drew Iwakichi Hirano April 5, 1963 … Okayama Rikidozan and Giant Baba beat Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Pat O’Connor beat Toyonobori (cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Sandor Szabo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins (dq) … Gino Marella beat Kintaro Oki … Great Togo drew Bob Ellis (both cor) … Kokichi Endo drew Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino April 6, 1963 … Hofu Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins, Gino Marella and Pat O’Connor (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Ellis (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Iwakichi Hirano, Tatsuo Hoshino, Hideyuki Nagasawa, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Killer X drew Great Togo (both cor) … Killer Kowalski beat Giant Baba … Sandor Szabo beat Kintaro Oki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Antonio Inoki … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masao Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma April 7, 1963 … Kitakyushu Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Kokichi Endo beat Sandor Szabo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gino Marella (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Mammoth Suzuki … Giant Baba beat Bob Ellis (cor) … Pat O’Connor beat Fred Atkins … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Kakutaro Koma … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Isao Yoshihara April 8, 1963 … Kurume Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins, Gino Marella and Pat O’ Connor … Giant Baba beat Sandor Szabo … Haystack Calhoun beat Kintaro Oki … Killer Kowalski beat Bob Ellis … Killer X beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo drew Mammoth Suzuki … Masao Matsuoka beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kazuo Honma April 9, 1963 … Karatsu Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Gino Marella drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Pat O’Connor beat Kokichi Endo … Haystack Calhoun beat Bob Ellis … Sandor Szabo beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kakutaro Koma drew Kazuo Honma April 10, 1963 … Sasebo Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Great Togo beat Gino Marella, Pat O’Connor and Killer X … Giant Baba beat Fred Atkins (dq) … Killer Kowalski beat Sandor Szabo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Ellis (cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Masao Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma April 11, 1963 … Nagasaki Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins, Bob Ellis and Pat O’Connor … Killer Kowalski drew Giant Baba (both cor) … Gino Marella beat Sandor Szabo … Haystack Calhoun beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Killer X beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Kazuo Honma April 12, 1963 … Kumamoto Killer Kowalski, Gino Marella and Killer X beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Pat O’Connor beat Giant Baba … Fred Atkins drew Haystack Calhoun (both cor) … Kokichi Endo beat Sandor Szabo … Bob Ellis beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma April 13, 1963 … Kagoshima Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Pat O’ Connor beat Kokichi Endo … Gino Marella beat Bob Ellis … Haystack Calhoun beat Antonio Inoki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sandor Szabo … Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Kakutaro Koma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Ushinosuke Hayashi April 14, 1963 … Hirara, Miyakojima Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Gino Marella beat Kokichi Endo … Giant Baba beat Bob Ellis … Pat O’Connor beat Antonio Inoki … Sandor Szabo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara drew Kiyotaka Otsubo NOTE: Haystack Calhoun could not leave Kagoshima Airport for Miyakojima Island because of the load imit of a propeller driven passenger aircraft. April 15, 1963 … Naha, Okinawa [first day] Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Great Togo beat Gino Marella, Pat O’Connor and Killer X … Killer Kowalski drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Kokichi Endo beat Bob Ellis … Kintaro Oki beat Sandor Szabo … Fred Atkins beat Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kakutaro Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi April 16, 1963 … Naha, Okinawa [second day] Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Killer Kowalski, Pat O’Connor and Killer X … Giant Baba beat Gino Marella (dq) … Fred Atkins beat Bob Ellis … Haystack Calhoun beat Mammoth Suzuki … Sandor Szabo beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Masao Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Motoyuki Kitazawa April 17, 1963 … Naha, Okinawa [third day] Rikidozan beat Haystack Calhoun (cor) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella beat Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Pat O’Connor beat Sandor Szabo … Killer X beat Kokichi Endo … Giant Baba drew Fred Atkins … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino April 20, 1963 … Kitakyushu Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins, Pat O’Connor and Killer X … Killer Kowalski beat Kokichi Endo … Gino Marella beat Kintaro Oki … Haystack Calhoun beat Kumagoro Okuma, Mammoth Suzuki, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Kazuo Honma drew Iwakichi Hirano … Masao Matsuoka drew Umanosuke Ueda April 21, 1963 … Hiroshima Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Kowalski, Gino Marella and Killer X (cor) … Pat O’Connor beat Antonio Inoki … Haystack Calhoun beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kumagoro Okuma, and Kiyotaka Otsubo (handicap match) …Giant Baba drew Fred Atkins … Kintaro Oki drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Gorilla Suzuki …Tatsuo Hoshino drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Isao Yoshihara … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Masao Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kazuo Honma April 22, 1963 … Himeji Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella … Giant Baba drew Killer X … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Kumagoro Okuma, Kiyotaka Otsubo, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Pat O’Connor beat Gorilla Suzuki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Masao Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Motoyuki Kitazawa … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma April 23, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Haystack Calhoun, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Pat O’Connor beat Kokichi Endo … Fred Atkins beat Kintaro Oki … Gino Marella drew Giant Baba … Toyonobori beat Gorilla Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Masao Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Umanosuke Ueda April 24, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan beat Pat O’Connor (referee: Fred Atkins) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Killer Kowalski and Killer X drew Great Togo and Toyonobori … Haystack Calhoun beat Antonio Inoki, Kumagoro Okuma, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Gino Marella beat Kintaro Oki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gorilla Suzuki … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Masao Matsuoka drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Ushinosuke Hayashi April 25, 1963 … Toyooka Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori drew Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gino Marella (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kintaro Oki and Kiyotaka Otsubo … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Gorilla Suzuki … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Kazuo Honma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masao Matsuoka drew Motoyuki Kitazawa … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kakutaro Koma April 26, 1963 … Gifu Fred Atkins and Haystack Calhoun beat Rikidozan and Great Togo … Killer Kowalski beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Gino Marella beat Antonio Inoki … Toyonobori beat Killer X (dq) … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki … Kintaro Oki drew Kokichi Endo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Umanosuke Ueda drew Isao Yoshihara … Masao Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma April 27, 1963 … Kyoto Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Killer Kowalski and Killer X … Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins (cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Gino Marella beat Kintaro Oki … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki drew Gorilla Suzuki (both cor) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Masao Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Motoyuki Kitazawa April 28, 1963 … Fukui Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski … Giant Baba drew Gino Marella (both cor) … Toyonobori beat Haystack Calhoun (dq) … Killer Kowalski beat Kokichi Endo … Kintaro Oki drew Gorilla Suzuki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Isao Yoshihara beat Masao Matsuoka … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kazuo Honma April 29, 1963 … Toyama Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski (dq) … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Killer X (dq) … Haystack Calhoun drew Gino Marella (both cor) … Gorilla Suzuki beat Antonio Inoki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kumagoro Okuma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kazuo Honma … Umanosuke Ueda drew Kakutaro Koma April 30, 1963 … Niigata Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski beat Rikidozan and Giant Baba … Toyonobori beat Gorilla Suzuki … Killer X beat Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Kintaro Oki, Kumagoro Okuma, and Kiyotaka Otsubo (handicap match) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Great Togo beat Gino Marella (dq) … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kakutaro Koma beat Masao Matsuoka … Umanousuke Ueda drew Motoyuki Kitazawa May 1, 1963 … Higashiyuri (present-day Yurihonjo) Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins, Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer X (dq) … Haystack Calhoun beat Giant Baba (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Gorilla Suzuki (dq) … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Gantetsu (Masao) Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma May 2, 1963 … Akita Fred Atkins, Gino Marella and Killer X beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo … Killer Kowalski beat Gorilla Suzuki … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Kintaro Oki, and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Toyonobori beat Antonio Inoki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kazuo Honma May 3, 1963 … Aomori Rikidozan beat Killer X (Killer X unmasked himself to reveal that he was none other than “Farmer Boy” Frank Townsend) … Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski beat Great Togo and Toyonobori (cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Kokichi Endo … Gino Marella drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Giant Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki drew Gorilla Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kakutaro Koma drew Kumagoro Okuma May 4, 1963 … Hakodate Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Haystack Calhoun, Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella … Fred Atkins beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba beat Frank Townsend (dq) … Gorilla Suzuki beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kakutaro Koma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kazuo Honma drew Motoyuki Kitazawa May 5, 1963 … Sapporo [first night] Rikidozan beat Haystack Calhoun … Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella … Fred Atkins beat Gorilla Suzuki … Toyonobori beat Frank Townsend … Giant Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma May 6, 1963 … Sapporo [second night] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski (Rikidozan and Toyonobori regained the Asian Tag Team Title that had been held up since last January) … Giant Baba beat Gino Marella (dq) … Frank Townsend drew Great Togo (both cor) … Haystack Calhoun beat Mitsuaki Hirai, Kumagoro Okuma and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Gorilla Suzuki beat Kokichi Endo … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kakutaro Koma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kazuo Honma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Iwakichi Hirano May 7, 1963 … Asahikawa Fred Atkins and Gino Marella beat Rikidozan and Great Togo (dq) … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Killer Kowalski beat Toyonobori … Haystack Calhoun beat Frank Townsend (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo … Gorilla Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai May 10, 1963 … Morioka Rikidozan beat Fred Atkins … Killer Kowalski beat Great Togo … Haystack Calhoun beat Giant Baba (dq) … Gino Marella beat Frank Townsend (dq) … Toyonobori beat Gorilla Suzuki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma May 11, 1963 … Sendai, Miyagi Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins, Haystack Calhoun and Frank Townsend … Giant Baba drew Gorilla Suzuki … Killer Kowalski beat Gino Marella … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Motoyuki Kitazawa May 12, 1963 … Utsunomiya Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Haystack Calhoun and Frank Townsend … Killer Kowalski beat Gorilla Suzuki … Gino Marella beat Fred Atkins (dq) … Toyonobori beat Kintaro Oki … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda May 13, 1963 … Urawa Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori drew Fred Atkins, Haystack Calhoun and Gino Marella … Giant Baba drew Kintaro Oki … Killer Kowalski beat Frank Townsend … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kokichi Endo … Gorilla Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Umanosuke Ueda drew Kakutaro Koma May 14, 1963 … Maebashi Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Fred Atkins and Frank Townsend … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki … Toyonobori beat Gino Marella (dq) … Killer Kowalski beat Haystack Calhoun … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda drew Iwakichi Hirano … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Kakutaro Koma May 15, 1963 … Tachikawa Haystack Calhoun, Killer Kowalski and Gino Marella beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori (dq) … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Fred Atkins beat Frank Townsend … Kintaro Oki drew Gorilla Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kakutaro Koma drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma May 16, 1963 … Yokohama Rikidozan beat Haystack Calhoun … Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Atkins and Gino Marella … Frank Townsend beat Kokichi Endo … Killer Kowalski beat Kintaro Oki … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma May 17, 1963 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan beat Killer Kowalski (Rikidozan became the winner of the Fifth World League) … Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins and Frank Townsend … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gino Marella … Giant Baba beat Haystack Calhoun (cor) … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Gorilla Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Isao Yoshihara … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Ushinosuke Hayashi [WWA World Championship Series] May 19, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) The Destroyer beat Rikidozan (non-title match) … Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (cor) … Giant Baba beat Gino Marella (dq) … Great Togo beat Frank Townsend … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Gorilla Suzuki drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kakutaro Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Ushinosuke Hayashi May 21, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … The Destroyer beat Great Togo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Frank Townsend (dq) … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki … Gino Marella beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Isao Yoshihara … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kakutaro Koma May 22, 1963 … Shizuoka Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Kowalski, Gino Marella and Frank Townsend … The Destroyer beat Giant Baba … Fred Atkins beat Kokichi Endo … Gorilla Suzuki drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Kumagoro Okuma May 24, 1963 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan drew The Destroyer … Killer Kowalski drew Toyonobori (both cor) … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Frank Townsend (cor) … Great Togo beat Gino Marella … Gorilla Suzuki drew Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kiyotaka Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kakutaro Otsubo NOTE: The gymnasium was filled with an audience of 12,000 to overflowing. The match was televised live and it achieved an extremely high audience rating (64.0% – the fourth highest in Japanese TV history). May 31, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gino Marella (cor) (referee: Rikidozan) … Kintaro Oki and Toyonobori beat Gorilla Suzuki and Giant Baba … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Umanosuke Ueda beat Yusuf Turk (cor) … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kazuo Honma … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Iwakichi Hirano … Motoyuki Kitazawa drew Mr. Suzuki June 7, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Kintaro Oki won a 9-man battle royal pinning Antonio Inoki in the finals. (The other participants were Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura, Kokichi Endo, Gorilla Suzuki, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Katsurahama and Yusuf Turk) ... Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tatsuo Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Iwakichi Hirano … Gorilla Suzuki drew Kazuo Honma [Summer Series] July 12, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Don Jardine and Mr. Zero (Jack Wilson) beat Kintaro Oki and Michiaki Yoshimura (referee: Rikidozan) … Toyonobori beat Antonio Inoki … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Tatsuo Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma beat Motoyuki Kitazawa … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma July 19, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Jardine and Mr. Zero (dq) … Toyonobori beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Tatsuo Hoshino … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Sarukichi Takasakiyama (Motoyuki Kitazawa) beat Kotetsu Yamamoto July 26, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Gorilla Suzuki beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku (Kiyotaka) Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Kantaro (Tatsuo) Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Toranosuke (Hideyuki) Nagasawa beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kyuroku (Kazuo) Honma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto July 28, 1963 … Mishima Hard Boiled Haggerty, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Isao Yoshihara drew Shingo (Mitsuaki) Hirai … Gorilla Suzuki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Yusuf Turk … Kyuroku Honma drew Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama July 29, 1963 … Kawasaki Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Kokichi Endo … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Kintaro Oki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Umanosuke Ueda July 31, 1963 … Fujisawa Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Hard Boiled Haggerty, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Antonio Inoki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Shingo Hirai drew Kantaro Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kakutaro Koma … Kyuroku Honma drew Iwakichi Hirano August 2, 1963 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty and Sonny Myers … Don Jardine drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Giant Baba beat Mr. Zero (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Gorilla Suzuki … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Motoshi Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto NOTE: Before the main event, the wrestlers and fans offered a silent prayer for Jim Wright, who wrestled in Japan in 1959, 1960, and 1961. He was reported to have died during a tag team match in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26, 1963. August 3, 1963 … Kishiwada Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero (cor) … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino drew Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kokichi Endo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino drew Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Yusuf Turk beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Shingo Hirai drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kyuroku Honma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama August 5, 1963 … Toyonaka Don Jardine and Sonny Myers beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Giant Baba … Mr. Zero drew Kokichi Endo … Kintaro Oki drew Gorilla Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Antonio Inoki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Shingo Hirai drew Kantaro Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma August 6, 1963 … Handa Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal August 7, 1963 … Iida Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero (dq) … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Isao Yoshihara … Antonio Inoki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Shingo Hirai drew Kantaro Hoshino … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Hishakaku Otsubo won a battle royal August 8, 1963 … Hamamatsu Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Kumagoro Okuma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Shingo Hirai beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama ... Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Shingo Hirai won a battle royal August 9, 1963 … Tokyo (Adachi) Rikidozan beat Mr. Zero (cor) (Mr. Zero was unmasked and turned out to be Jack Wilson) … Don Jardine and Sonny Myers beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Gorilla Suzuki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara drew Shingo Hirai … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi August 10. 1963 … Tokyo (Denen Coliseum) Don Jardine and Sonny Myers beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Mr. Zero beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Gorilla Suzuki (dq) … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma … Antonio Inoki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Isao Yoshihara August 11, 1963 … Kawagoe Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo … Kintaro Oki beat Gorilla Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Kumagoro Okuma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Yusuf Turk beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shingo Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Shingo Hiari to win a battle royal August 13, 1963 … Odawara Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Gorilla Suzuki (dq) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Yusuf Turk … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Shingo Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kakutaro Koma … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma to win a battle royal August 14, 1963 … Oamishirasato Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Kintaro Oki drew Gorilla Suzuki … Antonio Inoki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shingo Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kotetsu Yamamoto August 15, 1963 … Kofu Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero beat Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Giant Baba … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Gorilla Suzuki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Shingo Hirai beat Yusuf Turk … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki August 16, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Gorilla Suzuki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Yusuf Turk … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Shingo Hirai … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma August 23, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Sonny Myers beat Kokichi Endo … Giant Baba beat Gorilla Suzuki (dq) … Antonio Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Kantaro Hoshino drew Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Toranosuke Nagasawa drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda drew Iwakichi Hirano … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto August 30, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Don Jardine (dq) … Sonny Myers beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Mr. Zero (Jack Wilson unmasked himself) … Giant Baba drew Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Shingo Hirai beat Yusuf Turk … Kakutaro Koma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi September 1, 1963 … Tsushima Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hisahakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gorilla Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kakutaro Koma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Shingo Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda won a battle royal September 3, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Sonny Myers and Don Jardine (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino and Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Hishakaku Otsubo and Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Gorilla Suzuki drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kakutaro Koma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kotetsu Yamamoto September 4, 1963 … Kariya Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Jardine, Sonny Myers and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Umanosuke Ueda beat Shingo Hirai … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gorilla Suzuki drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kazuo Honma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto September 6, 1963 … Nakatsugawa Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Isao Yoshihara and Yusuf Turk drew Shingo Hirai and Kakutaro Koma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kyuroku Honma drew Gorilla Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kumagoro Okuma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi September 13, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Sonny Myers, Don Jardine and Mr. Zero … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Yusuf Turk beat Umanosuke Ueda … Isao Yoshihara beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi [Fall World Series] September 20, 1963 … Sannohe Hard Boiled Haggerty and (Masked) Lee Henning beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ilio DiPaolo (dq) … Sonny Myers drew Giant Baba … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Yusuf Turk … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Yusuf Turk won a battle royal pinning Hishakaku Otsubo in the finals September 21, 1963 … Towada Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Ilio DiPaolo, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Antonio Inoki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Shingo Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Iwakichi Hirano … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Toranosuke Nagasawa won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals September 22, 1963 … Noshiro Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ilio DiPaolo and Sonny Myers (dq) … Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Giant Baba … Yoshinosato beat Lee Henning (dq) … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Gentetsu Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk beat Shingo Hirai … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto September 23, 1963 … Omagari Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Ilio DiPaolo, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Lee Henning … Sonny Myers beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Umanosuke Ueda beat Yusuf Turk … Kakutaro Koma drew Shingo Hirai … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kumagoro Okuma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals September 24, 1963 … Yuzawa Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Yoshinosato beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma September 26, 1963 … Tsuruoka Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty and Lee Henning (cor) … Sonny Myers drew Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Giant Baba drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Shingo Hirai beat Yusuf Turk … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kantaro Hoshino drew Isao Yoshihara … Kumagoro Okuma beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kyuroku Honma drew Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma September 27, 1963 … Yamagata Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ilio DiPaolo, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Yoshinosato drew Hard Boiled Haggerty (both cor) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Giant Baba (dq) … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Shingo Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Isao Yoshihara won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals September 28, 1963 … Fukushima Ilio DiPaolo, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Lee Henning beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Sonny Myers drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Yusuf Turk beat Kantaro Hoshino … Kakutaro Koma beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shingo Hirai … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals September 29, 1963 … Utsunomiya Rikidozan, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Ilio DiPaolo, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Sonny Myers … Toyonobori beat Lee Henning (dq) … Giant Baba beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Antonio Inoki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Shingo Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma September 30, 1963 … Yokohama Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lee Henning and Sonny Myers (referee: Buddy Austin) (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba drew Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Ilio DiPaolo (dq) … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Isao Yoshihara beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Yusuf Turk beat Shingo Hirai … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kakutaro Koma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat won a battle royal pinning Kakutaro Koma in the finals October 1, 1963 … Tokyo (Nihon University Hall) Rikidozan beat Hard Boiled Haggerty … Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Buddy “Killer” Austin and Lee Henning (dq) … Ilio DiPaolo beat Giant Baba … Sonny Myers beat Yoshinosato (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Kantaro Hoshino drew Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Shingo Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kakutaro Koma … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals October 2, 1963 … Ashikaga Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Ilio DiPaolo beat Kokichi Endo … Giant Baba beat Antonio Inoki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gorilla Suzuki … Shingo Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda won a battle royal pinning Kakutaro Koma in the finals October 3, 1963 … Matsumoto Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Ilio DiPaolo, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Lee Henning … Sonny Myers beat Kokichi Endo … Buddy Austin beat Antonio Inoki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto October 4, 1963 … Nagano Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Sonny Myers … Kokichi Endo beat Hard Boiled Haggerty (dq) … Lee Henning beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Yusuf Turk beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma …Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama October 5, 1963 … Iiyama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Yoshinosato beat Hard Boiled Haggerty … Ilio DiPaolo beat Antonio Inoki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Yusuf Turk … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Shingo Hirai beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi to win a battle royal October 7, 1963 … Takaoka Buddy Autsin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty … Lee Henning beat Kokichi Endo … Sonny Myers drew Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Kantaro Hoshino … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Isao Yoshihara beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kakutaro Koma drew Kyuroku Honma … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal October 8, 1963 … Komatsu Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Hard Boiled Haggerty, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Buddy Austin drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Ilio DiPaolo beat Kokichi Endo … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Antonio Inoki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shingo Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kumagoro Okuma October 9, 1963 … Toyama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo and Sonny Myers … Kokichi Endo beat Hard Boiled Haggerty (dq) … Lee Henning drew Yoshinosato (both cor) … Antonio Inoki beat Masao Matsuoka … Shingo Hirai vs. Yusuf Turk October 10, 1963 … Gifu Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Hard Boiled Haggerty (cor) … Ilio DiPaolo beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Shingo Hirai … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kyuroku Honma … Umanosuke Ueda won a battle royal October 11, 1963 … Otsu Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo, Lee Henning beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Sonny Myers (dq) … Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals October 12, 1963 … Wakayama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Buddy Austin, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Sonny Myers … Ilio DiPaolo drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Lee Henning beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Shingo Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kakutaro Koma drew Iwakichi Hirano … Kyuroku Honma drew Kumagoro Okuma October 13, 1963 … Nara Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Ilio DiPaolo drew Yoshinosato (both cor) … Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Shingo Hirai … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kantaro Hoshino … Umanosuke Ueda beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kakutaro Koma beat Shinya Kojika October 15, 1963 … Amagasaki Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Buddy Austin and Lee Henning … Toyonobori beat Ilio DiPaolo … Sonny Myers drew Michiaki Yoshimura (both cor) … Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Yoshinosato … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Shingo Hirai drew Kakutaro Koma October 16, 1963 … Himeji Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ilio DiPaolo, Hard Boiled Haggerty and Sonny Myers … Yoshinosato beat Lee Henning (dq) … Buddy Austin drew Toyonobori … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Isao Yoshihara … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Shinya Kojika drew Kumagoro Okuma October 17, 1963 … Fukuyama Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo and Lee Henning … Sonny Myers beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Hard Boied Haggerty … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Shingo Hirai beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kakutaro Koma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Shinya Kojika drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama October 20, 1963 … Saga Rikidozan, Great Togo and Yoshinosato beat Hard Boiled Haggerty, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Buddy Austin drew Toyonobori (both cor) … Ilio DiPaolo drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino … Shingo Hirai beat Kyuroku Honma … Kakutaro Koma drew Kumagoro Okuma … Gorilla Suzuki beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma won a 9-man battle royal October 22, 1963 … Kumamoto Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo and Hard Boiled Haggerty … Sonny Myers drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Lee Henning beat Yoshinosato (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Shinya Kojika … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kotetsu Yamamoto October 23, 1963 … Yatsushiro Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Toyonobori beat Hard Boiled Haggerty … Ilio DiPaolo drew Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Shingo Hirai … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Shinya Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto October 25, 1963 … Nishinoomote, Tanegashima Rikidozan, Great Togo and Yoshinosato beat Ilio DiPaolo, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Buddy Austin beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Shingo Hirai drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto October 26, 1963 … Kagoshima Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Buddy Austin and Sonny Myers … Toyonobori beat Lee Henning (dq) … Ilio DiPaolo beat Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Shingo Hirai drew Umanosuke Ueda October 27, 1963 … Miyazaki Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo and Lee Henning … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sonny Myers (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Shingo Hirai beat Yusuf Turk … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shinya Kojika October 29, 1963 … Kitakyushu Buddy Austin and Lee Henning beat Rikidozan and Great Togo (dq) … Toyonobori beat Sonny Myers … Ilio DiPaolo beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Umanosuke Ueda … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Shingo Hirai … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama October 31, 1963 … Fukuoka Rikidozan and Toyonobori drew Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Great Togo beat Sonny Myers … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino November 2, 1963 … Iwakuni Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Ilio DiPaolo beat Toyonobori … Antonio Inoki beat Yoshinosato (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Umanosuke Ueda … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Shinya Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals November 3, 1963 … Tokuyama Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Buddy Austin beat Yoshinosato … Ilio DiPaolo beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai beat Kyuroku Honma … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Shinya Kojika November 4, 1963 … Hiroshima Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Great Togo beat Lee Henning … Sonny Myers drew Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Shingo Hirai drew Kantaro Hoshino … Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama November 5, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan beat Buddy Austin (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ilio DiPaolo and Sonny Myers … Toyonobori beat Lee Henning … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Isao Yoshihara beat Kyuroku Honma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Shingo Hirai beat Shinya Kojika … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kakutaro Koma November 6, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Buddy Austin, Ilio DiPaolo and Sonny Myers beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Lee Henning beat Yoshinosato (cor) … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara drew Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shingo Hirai … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama …Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Shinya Kojika … Kyuroku Honma drew Mr. Suzuki November 7, 1963 … Kyoto Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin, Lee Henning and Sonny Myers … Ilio DiPaolo drew Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Umanosuke Ueda … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Shingo Hirai drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Mr. Suzuki … Kyuroku Honma drew Shinya Kojika … Kakutaro Koma won a battle royal November 8, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Lee Henning … Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Sonny Myers … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Kakutaro Koma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Shingo Hirai beat Shinya Kojika November 22, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Toyonobori beat Antonio Inoki … Yusuf Turk beat Kakutaro Koma … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shinya Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino drew Shingo Hirai … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Isao Yoshihara … Mr. Suzuki drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto November 26, 1963 … Maebashi The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) and Buddy Austin beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori … Ilio DiPaolo beat Great Togo (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kokichi Endo … Antonio Inoki beat Shingo Hirai … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Iwakichi Hirano … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal November 27, 1963 … Ashikaga Rikidozan and Great Togo beat The Destroyer and Ilio DiPaolo … Buddy Austin drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Shingo Hirai drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Kakutaro Koma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Shinya Kojika … Shingo Hirai beat Kakutaro Koma to win a battle royal November 28, 1963 … Mito The Destroyer, Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Shingo Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kakutaro Koma drew Iwakichi Hirano … Umanosuke Ueda beat Shinya Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda won a battle royal November 29, 1963 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Great Togo beat The Destroyer and Buddy Austin (dq) … Ilio DiPaolo drew Toyonobori (both cor) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Shingo Hirai beat Iwakichi Hirano November 30, 1963 … Fukushima Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Ilio DiPaolo (dq) … Buddy Austin beat Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Shinya Kojika … Kakutaro Koma drew Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma December 1, 1963 … Utsunomiya The Destroyer, Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Antonio Inoki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Toranosuke Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kyuroku Honma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Shinya Kojika … Shingo Hirai beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Kakutaro Koma in the finals December 2, 1963 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan beat The Destroyer (cor) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo … Kokichi Endo beat Antonio Inoki … Michiaki Yoshimura drew Yoshinosato … Isao Yoshihara beat Umanosuke Ueda … Toranosuke Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Shingo Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matusoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto December 3, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] The Destroyer, Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori … Michiaki Yoshimura drew Yoshinosato … Antonio Inoki beat Kokichi Endo … Isao Yoshihara beat Kakutaro Koma … Hideyuki (Toranosuke) Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Shinya Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino drew Mitsuaki (Shingo) Hirai … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Masao (Gantetsu) Matsuoka beat Kotaro (Iwakichi) Hirano December 4, 1963 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan drew The Desroyer (both cor) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Great Togo and Yoshinosato beat Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Antonio Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Masao Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kyuroku Honma drew Ushinosuke Hayashi December 5, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan beat Ilio DiPaolo … The Destroyer and Buddy Austin beat Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Antonio Inoki … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Isao Yoshihara … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masao Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma … Shingo Hirai beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kyuroku Honma drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kotaro Hirano beat Shinya Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda won a battle royal pinning Kakutaro Koma in the finals December 6, 1963 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Buddy Austin (dq) (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Great Togo beat Ilio DiPaolo … Yoshinosato beat Antonio Inoki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Masao Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Yusuf Turk … Kantaro Hoshino beat Isao Yoshihara … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotaro Hirano beat Kakutaro Koma … Shinya Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto December 7, 1963 … Hamamatsu Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura drew The Destroyer, Buddy Austin and Ilio DiPaolo (both cor) … Yoshinosato beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Antonio Inoki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma beat Yusuf Turk … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kyuroku Honma … Masao Matsuoka beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Shinya Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Mitsu Hirai in the finals On December 8, 1963, Rikidozan was stabbed by a gangster at a night club in Tokyo and he passed away at a hospital on December 15. Research by Haruo Yamaguchi - Updated December 17, 2018 |
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