
January 4, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Roy “Ripper” Collins, Soldat Gorky (John “Wolfman” Smith) and Ivan Kameroff (Boris Volkoff) beat Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Don Duffy drew Giant Baba … Kokichi Endo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kakutaro Koma … Raizo Kojika beat Akihisa Mera … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Kazuo Honma January 5, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Soldat Gorky and Ivan Kameroff (Giant Baba and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Don Duffy drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Ripper Collins beat Kokichi Endo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma January 8, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ripper Collins, Don Duffy and Soldat Gorky … Ivan Kameroff beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Mera … Raizo Kojika beat Kazuo Honma January 9, 1965 … Nagoya Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ripper Collins and Ivan Kameroff … Soldat Gorky drew Giant Baba … Don Duffy and Yoshinosato both COR … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Raizo Kojika … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama January 10, 1965 … Shizuoka Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Ripper Collins, Soldat Gorky and Ivan Kameroff … Don Duffy drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Mera … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. January 11, 1965 … Tokyo (Adachi) Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Don Duffy, Soldat Gorky and Ivan Kameroff … Giant Baba beat Ripper Collins … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kakutaro Koma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama January 15, 1965 … Mito Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Ripper Collins and Don Duffy … Soldat Gorky beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Ivan Kameroff beat Yoshinosato … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika drew Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama January 16, 1965 … Tokyo (Taito) Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Soldat Gorky and Ivan Kameroff (COR) (Giant Baba and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ripper Collins … Don Duffy beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tadaharu Tanaka drew Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano drew Gantetsu Matsuoka January 22, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Don Duffy and Soldat Gorky drew Giant Baba and Yoshimura (both COR) … Toyonobori beat Ripper Collins … Ivan Kameroff drew Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kakutaro Koma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kazuo Honma drew Akihisa Mera … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki January 29, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Soldat Gorky … Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Ripper Collins and Don Duffy … Kokichi Endo beat Ivan Kameroff … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kakutaro Koma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Mr. Suzuki NOTE: Toyonobori left Japan to do some training in Hawaii and Giant Baba spent two months working in Southern California and Hawaii. February 5, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Ripper Collins and Don Duffy beat Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Ivan Kameroff beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kokichi Endo beat Soldat Gorky (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kakutaro Koma drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo NOTES: JWA had some difficulty securing public facilities to run its show because the National Police decided to drive underworld people out of show business and pro-wrestling. Newspapers reported that JWA had to hand over Riki Sports Palace to a lactic acid drink company for a financial reason. February 12, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Don Duffy, Soldat Gorky and Ivan Kameroff … Kokichi Endo beat Ripper Collins (DQ) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kakutaro Koma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kazuo Honma beat Mr. Suzuki (DQ) … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Raizo Kojika February 19, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Ripper Collins and Boris “The Great” Malenko … Don Duffy drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki February 26, 1965 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Toyonobori drew The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) (Toyonobori retained the WWA World Heavyweight Title though Toyonobori’s WWA Title was recognized only in Japan) … Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Don Duffy and Boris Malenko … Kokichi Endo beat Ripper Collins (COR) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Iwakichi Hirano drew Akihisa Mera … Raizo Kojika drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama March 5, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Ripper Collins and Don Duffy … Luke Graham beat Kokichi Endo … Boris Malenko beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Akihisa Mera March 12, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Don Duffy, Luke Graham and Boris Malenko … Ripper Collins beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kakutaro Koma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma March 19, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ripper Collins and Luke Graham … Yoshinosato beat Don Duffy … Boris Malenko beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Masayuki Fujii drew Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kumagoro Okuma March 26, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba won an 8-man battle royal pinning Don Duffy in the finals. The other participants were Ripper Collins, Boris Malenko, Luke Graham, Michiaki Yoshimura, Yoshinosato, and Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kakutaro Koma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Gantetsu Matsuoka NOTE: Giant Baba came back to Japan after working five weeks in Southern California. April 2, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Luke Graham and Boris Malenko … Kantaro Hoshino drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto [The Seventh World League] April 8, 1965 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Mr. Moto and Toyonobori …Fred Blassie drew Giant Baba … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Luke Graham … Baron Gattoni beat Kokichi Endo … Jack Pesek beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Yoshinosato beat Al Greene (DQ) … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tadaharu Tanaka drew Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika April 10, 1965 … Urawa (present-day Saitama) Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Fred Blassie, Luke Graham and Jack Pesek … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Mr. Moto beat Al Greene (DQ) … Don Manoukian beat Kokichi Endo (COR) … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama April 11, 1965 … Hiratsuka Fred Blassie and Don Manoukian beat Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Luke Graham … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Mr. Moto … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Pesek … Kokichi Endo beat Al Greene (COR) … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma won a batte royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. April 12, 1965 … Matsudo Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Baron Gattoni, Al Greene and Sweet Daddy Siki … Fred Blassie beat Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Luke Graham … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek (DQ) … Don Manoukian beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kakutaro Koma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals. April 13, 1965 … Shizuoka Fred Blassie and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Luke Graham … Jack Pesek beat Kokichi Endo … Don Manoukian beat Mr. Moto … Al Greene beat Umanosuke Ueda … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Gantetsu Matsuoka …Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. April 14, 1965 … Hamamatsu Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie, Al Greene and Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Pesek … Baron Gattoni beat Luke Graham … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Raizo Kojika beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii beat Akihisa Mera … Sarukichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. April 15, 1965 … Toyohashi Giant Baba, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie, Jack Pesek and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian drew Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Al Greene (DQ) … Mr. Moto beat Luke Graham (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. April 16, 1965 … Nagoya Fred Blassie, Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Mr. Moto, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Al Greene … Don Manoukian drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Jack Pesek beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kokichi Endo beat Luke Graham … Tadaharu Tanaka drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Akihisa Mera beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. April 18, 1965 … Fukuchiyama Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie, Luke Graham and Al Greene … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Jack Pesek … Don Manoukian beat Mr. Moto … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Hideyuki Nagasawa (Handicap Match) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kakutaro Koma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals. April 19, 1965 … Tokushima Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Al Greene and Sweet Daddy Siki … Giant Baba beat Jack Pesek … Fred Blassie beat Kokichi Endo … Don Manoukian beat Yoshinosato … Mr. Moto beat Luke Graham … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma and Tadaharu Tanaka (Handicap Match) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Mera … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals. April 20, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Fred Blassie beat Toyonobori (DQ) … Graham and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (COR) … Don Manoukian drew Giant Baba … Luke Graham and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (COR) … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek (DQ) … Kokichi Endo beat Al Greene …Tadaharu Tanaka drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Akihisa Mera April 21, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie and Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Luke Graham … Baron Gattoni beat Mr. Moto … Jack Pesek beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Al Greene beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika and Sarukichi Takasakiyama both COR … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kakutaro Koma April 22, 1965 … Kobe Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie, Don Manoukian and Jack Pesek … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Yoshinosato … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Mr. Moto beat Al Greene (DQ) …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika drew Kakutaro Koma … Akihisa Mera beat Masami (Masao) Kimura April 23, 1965 … Takamatsu Fred Blassie, Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Al Greene … Baron Gattoni beat Yoshinosato … Jack Pesek beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Mera … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura April 24, 1965 … Himeji Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki … Giant Baba beat Al Greene … Fred Blassie and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian (DQ) … Jack Pesek beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Tadaharu Tanaka April 25, 1965 … Okayama Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Fred Blassie and Al Greene … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Pesek … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Don Manoukian beat Mr. Moto (COR) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. April 26, 1965 … Fukuyama The show was rained out and postponed until May 9. April 28, 1965 … Sasebo Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Fred Blassie beat Mr. Moto … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Al Greene … Yoshinosato beat Jack Pesek … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma drew Kumagoro Okuma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma won a battle royal pinning Sarukichi Takasakiyama in the finals. May 1, 1965 … Kumamoto Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie and Al Greene … Giant Baba beat Jack Pesek … Michiaki Yoshimura drew Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Baron Gattoni beat Yoshinosato … Kakutaro Koma beat Raizo Kojika …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Mera … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masami Kimura May 2, 1965 … Kagoshima Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie and Sweet Daddy Siki … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek … Baron Gattoni beat Tadaharu Tanaka and Kotetsu Yamamoto (Handicap Match) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Kakutaro Koma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Takasakiyama beat Akihisa Mera … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. May 3, 1965 … Naze (present-day Amami) Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie, Baron Gattoni and Al Greene … Yoshinosato beat Jack Pesek … Manoukian beat Umanosuke Ueda … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Mr. Moto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Raizo Kojika beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Hishakaku Otsubo May 6, 1965 … Shimonoseki Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Jack Pesek and Sweet Daddy Siki … Giant Baba beat Don Manoukian … Fred Blassie beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Mr. Moto beat Al Greene … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Kakutaro Koma beat Akihisa Mera … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura May 7, 1965 … Nagasaki Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki (DQ) … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek … Fred Blassie beat Yoshinosato … Don Manoukian and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Al Greene beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kakutaro Koma drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Mera May 8, 1965 … Fukuoka Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fred Blassie and Don Manoukian … Giant Baba beat Al Greene … Baron Gattoni beat Mr. Moto … Jack Pesek beat Kantaro Hoshino … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Yoshinosato (COR) …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kakutaro Koma beat Akihisa Mera … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. May 9, 1965 … Fukuyama Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie, Jack Pesek and Sweet Daddy Siki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Al Greene … Don Manoukian beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Mera … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka also won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. NOTE: Referee, Oki Shikina was arrested by the police for illegal possession of a pistol on May 10 in Fukuyama. May 11, 1965 … Hiroshima Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Jack Pesek … Yoshinosato beat Al Greene … Fred Blassie beat Mr. Moto … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masami Kimura drew Akihisa Mera May 13, 1965 … Ise Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Al Greene … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagaswa and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kotaro Hirano drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho (Mera) … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika and Mr. Suzuki in the finals. May 15, 1965 … Toyama Fred Blassie and Giant Baba both COR … Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Hideyuki Nagasawa (Handicap Match) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama May 17, 1965 … Komatsu Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie and Al Greene … Giant Baba beat Baron Gattoni (COR) … Jack Pesek beat Kantaro Hoshino … Don Manoukian and Yoshinosato both COR … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa May 19, 1965 … Yokohama Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Fred Blassie beat Giant Baba … Mr. Moto beat Jack Pesek (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Al Greene … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama …Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura May 20, 1965 … Utsunomiya Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat Al Greene, Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Baron Gattoni (DQ) … Fred Blassie beat Yoshinosato … Jack Pesek beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kakutaro Koma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Iwakichi Hirano drew Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masayuki Fujii May 21, 1965 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Toyonobori beat Fred Blassie (Toyonobori became the winner of the Seventh World League) … Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Jack Pesek (DQ) … Yoshinosato beat Al Greene … Baron Gattoni beat Tadaharu Tanaka and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho [Golden Series] May 24, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian (DQ) … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Yoshinosato beat Baron Gattoni (DQ) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho NOTE: Dick Beyer visited Japan with his wife, Wilma, whose sister was married to Billy Red Lyons. May 25, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] The Destroyer beat Toyonobori (DQ) (Toyonobori retained the WWA World Heavyweight Title) … Billy Red Lyons beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki drew Giant Baba and Yoshinosato … Baron Gattoni beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika beat Kantaro Hoshino … Iwakichi Hirano beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki May 27, 1965 … Gifu The Destroyer beat Giant Baba … Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Baron Gattoni, Billy Red Lyons and Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. May 30, 1965 … Odawara Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons drew Giant Baba … Don Manoukian beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 1, 1965 … Ojiya The Destroyer and Don Manoukian beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Yoshinosato … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Sarukichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 3, 1965 … Sapporo [first night] The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons beat Giant Baba and Toyonobori (The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons captured the Asian Tag Team Title) … Sweet Daddy Siki drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masanori Saito … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Masami Kimura drew Akihisa Takachiho June 4, 1965 … Sapporo [second night] The Destroyer and Giant Baba both COR … Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Baron Gattoni beat Tadaharu Tanaka and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki beat Masanori Saito … Raizo Kojika beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho June 5, 1965 … Otaru Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Don Manoukian … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 6, 1965 … Kitami Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Billy Red Lyons beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika beat Masami Kimura … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 8, 1965 … Kushiro Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Destroyer and Sweet Daddy Siki … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian … Billy Red Lyons beat Yoshinosato … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masami Kimura drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 11, 1965 … Hachinohe Giant Baba and Yoshimura beat The Destroyer and Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki drew Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni … Billy Red Lyons beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Iwakichi Hirano drew Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika drew Kumagoro Okuma … Masami Kimura drew Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 12, 1965 … Towada The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Don Manoukian beat Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Masayuki Fujii drew Mr. Suzuki … Sarukichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 13, 1965 … Goshogawara Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Billy Red Lyons beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 14, 1965 … Odate Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Destroyer, Billy Red Lyons and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian beat Yoshinosato … Baron Gattoni beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Tadaharu Tanaka in the finals. June 16, 1965 … Akita The Destroyer and Don Manoukian drew Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Yoshinosato beat Baron Gattoni (DQ) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano drew Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki also won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 18, 1965 … Yamagata Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki … The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons beat Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Don Manoukian beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Raizo Kojika … Kotaro Hirano drew Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Masami Kimura drew Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 19, 1965 … Yokote Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Don Manoukian … Billy Red Lyons beat Kokichi Endo … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Sarukichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masanori Saito … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii June 20, 1965 … Hanamaki The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons beat Giant Baba and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Baron Gattoni beat Kumagoro Okuma and Tadaharu Tanaka (Handicap Match) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano drew Raizo Kojika … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Masami Kimura … Sarukichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 22, 1965 … Sendai, Miyagi The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons drew Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Baron Gattoni beat Kantaro Hoshino and Umanosuke Ueda (Handicap Match) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. June 23, 1965 … Kesennuma Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Don Manoukian … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii drew Iwakichi Hirano June 24, 1965 ... Uchigo (present-day Iwaki) The Destroyer, Billy Red Lyons and Don Manoukian beat Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) … Yoshinosato beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 25, 1965 … Takasaki Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Billy Red Lyons … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 26, 1965 … Fuchu, Tokyo Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Destroyer and Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Yoshinosato … Don Manoukian beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masami Kimura … Iwakichi Hirano beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 27, 1965 … Numazu The Destroyer, Billy Red Lyons and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa and Kumagoro Okuma (Handicap Match) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Umanosuke Ueda (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. June 28, 1965 … Kamata, Tokyo Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Don Manoukian ... Sweet Daddy Siki drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Baron Gattoni beat Kokichi Endo … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama June 29, 1965 … Fukushima The Destroyer and Sweet Daddy Siki beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Billy Red Lyons beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Sarukichi Takasakiyama drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Umanosuke Ueda … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma July 2, 1965 … Matsumoto The Destroyer and Don Manoukian beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) … Giant Baba beat Billy Red Lyons … Sweet Daddy Siki and Yoshinosato both COR … Kokichi Endo beat Baron Gattoni (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kazuo Honma drew Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. July 3, 1965 … Nagaoka Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian beat Kokichi Endo … Billy Red Lyons beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Baron Gattoni beat Yoshinosato … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Mr. Suzuki won an 8-man battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. July 4, 1965 … Nagano The Destroyer, Billy Red Lyons and Don Manoukian beat Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Baron Gattoni beat Kokichi Endo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii July 6, 1965 … Iida Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Don Manoukian and Sweet Daddy Siki … Giant Baba beat Baron Gattoni … Billy Red Lyons beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Masayuki Fujii drew Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kazuo Honma in the finals. July 7, 1965 … Fuse (present-day Higashiosaka) Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Don Manoukian … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Yoshinosato beat Baron Gattoni … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika drew Hishakaku Otsubo … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma July 8, 1965 … Izumo The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons beat Giant Baba and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Umanosuke Ueda … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Baron Gattoni … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kazuo Honma drew Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. July 9, 1965 … Tottori The Destroyer and Don Manoukian beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni … Billy Red Lyons beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Umanosuke Ueda (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. July 10, 1965 … Wakayama Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian beat Yoshinosato … Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika (DQ) … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma July 11, 1965 … Suzu Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Don Manoukian … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Billy Red Lyons beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino and Umanosuke Ueda both COR … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kazuo Honma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho July 12, 1965 … Fukui The Destroyer and Don Manoukian beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Baron Gattoni beat Umanosuke Ueda … Billy Red Lyons beat Yoshinosato (COR) … Kantaro Hoshino bea Tadaharu Tanaka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. July 14, 1965 … Hikone Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Destroyer, Baron Gattoni and Billy Red Lyons … Giant Baba beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Don Manoukian beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi (Sarukichi) Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma … Sarukichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. July 15, 1965 … Shizuoka Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons (Giant Baba and Toyonobori regained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian … Sweet Daddy Siki beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Baron Gattoni beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sarukichi Takasakiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura ... Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. July 16, 1965 … Tokyo (Taito) Giant Baba beat The Destroyer … Toyonobori beat Baron Gattoni … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Sweet Daddy Siki … Yoshinosato beat Don Manoukian … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Billy Red Lyons beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tadaharu Tanaka drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki drew Sankichi Takasakiyama [Summer Series] July 30, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Paul Diamond (Paul Lehman), Johnny Kace and Duke Howard(Don Savage)beat Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Toyonobori (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino drew Umanosuke Ueda ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka ... Tadaharu Tanaka w Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masayuki Fujii … Masami Kimura beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika drew Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto NOTE: Paul Lehman wrestled as Mr. Diamond in Japan. August 6, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Paul Diamond (DQ) ... Duke Howard and Johnny Kace w Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori … Kakutaro Koma drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano drew Raizo Kojika … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura NOTE: On August 11, 1965 in Seoul, South Korea, Kim IL (Kintaro Oki) beat Yoshinosato (DQ) and became the first Far East Heavyweight Champion. August 13, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Toyonobori beat Paul Diamond, Duke Howard and Johnny Kace … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka NOTE: Mitsu (Mitsuaki) Hirai came back to Japan after a year’s stay in Tennessee. August 15, 1965 ... Atsugi Giant Baba, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Paul Diamond, Duke Howard and Johnny Kace … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masami Kimura … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. NOTE: Toyonobori, accompanied by Yoshinosato, went to Southern California for the unification of the two versions of the WWA World Heavyweight Championship. One title was held by Luke Graham and recognized in Los Angeles and the other held by Toyonobori and recognized only in Japan. August 20, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Paul Diamond and Duke Howard beat Giant Baba and Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Johnny Kace … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kazuo Honma drew Masami Kimura August 26, 1965 … Ohtawara Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Duke Howard and Johnny Kace … Paul Diamond beat Kokichi Endo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika beat Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano drew Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kakutaro Koma beat Kumagoro Okuma … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma August 27, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Paul Diamond and Johnny Kace beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) … Duke Howard beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kakutaro Koma drew Tadaharu Tanaka … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Raizo Kojika drew Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho August 28, 1965 ... Tokyo (Denen Coliseum) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Paul Diamond and Johnny Kace … Duke Howard beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Kakutaro Koma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masami Kimura August 29, 1965 … Shimodate Giant Baba, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Paul Diamond, Duke Howard and Johnny Kace … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama ... Kakutaro Koma beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto w Hishakaku Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kazuo Honma … Raio Kojika beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Masayuki Fujii beat Masami Kimura September 5, 1965 ... Chichibu Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Paul Diamond and Johnny Kace … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano ... Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto ... Umanosuke Ueda beat Kakutaro Koma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kazuo Honma drew Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. September 10, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Paul Diamond ... Johnny Kace beat Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) ... Kokichi Endo beat Umanosuke Ueda ... Kumagoro Okuma drew Tadaharu Tanaka ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma drew Masanori Saito September 17, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Paul Diamond and Johnny Kace ... Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Masami Kimura w Ushinosuke Hayashi ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma drew Akihisa Takachiho [Hurricane Series] September 24, 1965 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Toyonobori drew The Assassin #1 (Joe Hamilton) and The Assassin #2 (Tom Renesto) ... Michiaki Yoshimura drew Viking Hansen (Eric the Red, Eric the Animal) ... The Butcher (Don Jardine) beat Kokichi Endo ... Karl Karlsson beat Mr.Moto (COR) ... Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Masami Kimura … Masayuki Fujii drew Masanori Saito NOTE: Toyonobori came back to Japan after losing the unification match of the WWA World Heavyweight Title against Luke Graham on September 20 in Los Angeles. September 26, 1965 ... Hirosaki The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Karl Karlsson beat Giant Baba,Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen … The Butcher beat Mitsu Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masayuki Fujii September 27, 1965 ... Aomori The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba beat Karl Karlsson … Viking Hansen beat Mitsu Hirai … The Butcher beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki beat Raizo Kojika … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Masayuki Fujii beat Masami Kimura … Tadaharu Tanaka also won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. September 29, 1965 ... Sapporo [first night] Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 (COR) (Giant Baba and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … The Butcher beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Karl Karlsson beat Mitsu Hirai … Viking Hansen beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Masami Kimura beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Masanori Saito drew Akihisa Takachiho September 30, 1965 … Sapporo [second night] Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Butcher and Karl Karlsson (DQ) … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen …The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Mr. Moto and Yoshinosato … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masami Kimura beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano drew Masayuki Fujii October 2, 1965 … Tomakomai Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Viking Hansen … Karl Karlsson beat Yoshinosato … The Butcher beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mitsu Hirai beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Masami Kimura … Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano drew Masanori Saito … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. October 3, 1965 … Hakodate The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and The Butcher beat Mr. Moto, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Karl Karlsson … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Viking Hansen … Kumagoro Okuma beat Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masanori Saito October 5, 1965 … Noshiro The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … The Butcher beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masayuki Fujii … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masanori Saito … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. October 6, 1965 … Morioka Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Butcher and Karl Karlsson … The Assassin #1 beat Yoshinosato … Mr. Moto beat Viking Hansen … The Assassin #2 beat Michiaki Yoshimura Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Raizo Kojika … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Tadaharu Tanaka in the finals. October 7, 1965 … Kamaishi Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Butcher and Viking Hansen … Karl Karlsson beat Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) …The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Mitsu Hirai and Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Masami Kimura drew Masanori Saito … Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Kazuo Honma drew Kiyomasa (Masatake) Kusatsu … Sankichi Takasakiyama won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals October 8, 1965 … Sendai, Miyagi Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen and Karl Karlsson …The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Mr. Moto and Michiaki Yoshimura … The Butcher beat Yoshinosato … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masanori Saito … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii October 9, 1965 … Furukawa Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 and Karl Karlsson … The Butcher beat Mr.Moto … Viking Hansen beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. October 10, 1965 … Sakata Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #2, The Butcher and Viking Hansen … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Karlsson (DQ) … The Assassin #1 beat Mitsu Hirai … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masanori Saito … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masami Kimura beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Tadaharu Tanaka in the finals. October 13, 1965 … Tsuchiura Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Butcher, Viking Hansen and Karl KarIsson … The Assassin #2 beat Yoshinosato … The Assassin #1 beat Mr.Moto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masayuki Fujii … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hisahakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Masami Kimura drew Masanori Saito October 14, 1965 … Kisarazu The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and The Butcher beat Mr.Moto, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Karl Karlsson … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Viking Hansen … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masami Kimura drew Sankichi Takasakiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma October 15, 1965 … Chiba Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Butcher and Karl Karlsson … Giant Baba beat The Assassin #2 … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … The Assassin #1 beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Masami Kimura drew Masanori Saito October 16, 1965 … Koriyama The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Karl Karlsson beat Giant Baba, Mr.Moto and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen … The Butcher beat Yoshinosato … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino …Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masanori Saito … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Masami Kimura … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals. October 17, 1965 … Mobara The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Giant Baba and Toyonobori (DQ) (Giant Baba and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title because of a disqualification loss) … Yoshinosato beat Karl Karlsson … Mr.Moto beat Viking Hansen … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. October 19, 1965 … Maizuru Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #2, Karl Karlsson and Viking Hansen … The Assassin #1 beat Mr. Moto … The Butcher beat Mitsu Hirai … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano drew Masanori Saito … Mr. Suzuki beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. October 21, 1965 … Komatsu The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 drew Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (both COR) … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … The Butcher beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Masanori Saito drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura October 22, 1965 … Toyama The Butcher drew Giant Baba …The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Toyonobori and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Viking Hansen beat Mitsu Hirai … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Karlsson … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. October 23, 1965 … Saku Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 and Viking Hansen … The Butcher beat Yoshinosato … Karl Karlsson beat Umanosuke Ueda …Masanori Saito beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino won a 10-man battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. October 24, 1965 … Takada (present-day Joetsu) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura drew The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 (both COR) … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson (DQ) … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … The Btucher beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Mr. Suzuki beat Masanori Saito … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masami Kimura beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. NOTE: The Butcher (Don Jardine) got injured in the vertebra when a taxi dropped into the gutter on a country road. They were on their way back to Tokyo after the afternoon show in Takada. He was hospitalized in Tokyo and had to give up continuing his tour. Alberto Torres came to Japan to substitute for him. October 28, 1965 … Yokohama Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 and Alberto Torres … Michiaki Yoshimura and Karl Karlsson both COR … Viking Hansen beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika,Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Masanori Saito drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama October 29, 1965 … Shizuoka Karl Karlsson and Alberto Torres beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura …Toyonobori beat The Assassin #2 … The Assassin #1 beat Mitsu Hirai … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. October 30, 1965 … Akishima Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Karl Karlsson … Alberto Torres beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Viking Hansen beat Mr. Moto (DQ) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masanori Saito … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masami Kimura … Raizo Kojika beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. November 1, 1965 … Gifu The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Giant Baba and Mr. Moto … Alberto Torres beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen … Karl Karlsson beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kantaro Hoshino … Masami Kimura drew Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Masanori Saito … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Tadaharu Tanaka in the finals. November 2, 1965 … Tokyo (Kuramae) Giant Baba beat Alberto Torres … Toyonobori and Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 (DQ) … Karl Karlsson beat Kokichi Endo … Viking Hansen beat Mitsu Hirai … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masanori Saito … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki November 3, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Giant Baba beat The Assassin #1 … Karl Karlsson and AIberto Torres beat Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Viking Hansen … The Assassin #2 beat Mr. Moto (COR) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Masayuki Fujii drew Masanori Saito … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama November 4, 1965 … Okayama Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson and Alberto Torres (Giant Baba and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #1 (DQ) … Viking Hansen beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … The Assassin #2 beat Kokichi Endo … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masanori Saito drew Akihisa Takachiho November 7, 1965 … Kochi Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Viking Hansen … Yoshinosato and Karl Karlsson both COR … Alberto Torres beat Mitsu Hirai … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Masanori Saito beat Kazuo Honma November 9, 1965 … Matsuyama Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson and Alberto Torres … Yoshinosato beat The Assassin #2 (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Viking Hansen …The Assassin #1 beat Mr. Moto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masanori Saito drew Sankichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. November 10, 1965 … Kure Giant Baba,Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Assassin #1,KarI Karlsson and Alberto Torres … The Assassin #2 beat Mr. Moto … Yoshinosato beat Viking Hansen … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masami Kimura … Masanori Saito drew Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. November 11, 1965 … Mihara The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Karl Karlsson beat Giant Baba,Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen … Alberto Torres beat Mr. Moto … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Masami Kimura beat Masanori Saito … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Akihisa Takachiho … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika beat Kazuo Honma November 13, 1965 … Sanda Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Toyonobori beat The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Viking Hansen … Alberto Torres and Yoshinosato both COR … Karl Karlsson beat Michiaki Yoshimura (DQ) … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Kumagoro Okuma beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika drew Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masanori Saito … Kantaro Hoshino drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Honma … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. November 15, 1965 … Tsu The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Alberto Torres beat Mr. Moto, Toyonobori and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Karl Karlsson … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Viking Hansen … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Masayuki Fujii drew Masanori Saito … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. November 17, 1965 … Nagoya Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 … Karl Karlsson and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Alberto Torres beat Mr. Moto … Viking Hansen beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Iwakichi Hirano beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masanori Saito … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii November 18, 1965 … Hamamatsu The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Alberto Torres beat Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Viking Hansen … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Masami Kimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. November 19, 1965 … Tokyo (Ota) Giant Baba beat The Assassin #1 … The Assassin #2 and Alberto Torres drew Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Viking Hansen … Karl Karlsson beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho November 20, 1965 … Sano Giant Baba, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Assassin #1, Viking Hansen and Alberto Torres … Yoshinosato beat Karl Karlsson … The Assassin #2 beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Masami Kimura … Kiyomasa Kusatsu drew Masanori Saito … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals. November 21, 1965 … Higashimurayama Giant Baba and Toyonobori beat The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Alberto Torres … Mr. Moto beat Karl Karlsson … Yoshinosato beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. November 23, 1965 … Funabashi Giant Baba,Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat The Assassins and Alberto Torres … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson … Mr. Moto beat Viking Hansen … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masanori Saito … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masami Kimura … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. [International Championship Series] November 24, 1965 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Giant Baba beat Dick the Bruiser Afflis (DQ) (Giant Baba captured the International Heavyweight Title. The title had been vacant for two years since Rikidozan’s death.) …The Assassin #1 and The Assassin #2 beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Johnny Kostas beat Umanosuke Ueda … Alberto Torres beat Yoshinosato … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Masami Kimura drew Masanori Saito NOTE: Karl Karlsson, Viking Hansen and Mr. Moto went to South Korea to work for Kim IL’s group. Kim IL beat Karlsson in Seoul on November 27. November 27, 1965 … Tokyo (Kuramae) Giant Baba and Dick the Bruiser both COR (Giant Baba retained the International Heavyweight Title.) …The Assassin #1, The Assassin #2 and Johnny Kostas beat Toyonobori, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Alberto Torres beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Masanori Saito … Kazuo Honma beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama [Winter Series] December 3, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Stan Pulaski,Johnny Kostas and Alberto Torres beat Giant Baba, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Karl Karlsson … Pepper Martin beat Umanosuke Ueda … Ushinosuke Ueda beat Masayuki Fujii … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma drew Masanori Saito December 10, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Pepper Martin and Alberto Torres ... Stan Pulaski beat Toyonobori (DQ) … Johnny Kostas beat Yoshinosato … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Masanori Saito … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masami Kimura … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama December 17, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Pepper Martin … Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Johnny Kostas and Stan PuIaski … Alberto Torres and Yoshinosato both COR … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masami Kimura … Masanori Saito beat Raizo Kojika … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Masayuki Fujii drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama NOTE: Roy “Ripper” Collins visited South Korea to work for Kim IL. He lost to Kim IL in Seoul on December 17 only to fail to capture his Far East Heavyweight Title. December 24, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Pepper Martin, Stan Pulaski and Alberto Torres beat Giant Baba,Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Johnny Kostas beat Mitsu Hirai … Raizo Kojika beat Masanori Saito … Umanosuke Ueda beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma December 31, 1965 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Pepper Martin, Stan Pulaski and Alberto Torres … Johnny Kostas beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Masanori Saito … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Kiyomasa Kusatsu drew Kazuo Honma … Tadaharu Tanaka also won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. Research by Haruo Yamaguchi |
| Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) Results - 1965 |
