January 3, 1966 … Choshi Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Johnny Kostas and Pepper Martin … Alberto Torres and Yoshinosato both COR … Kokichi Endo beat Stan Pulaski (DQ) … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Takasakiyama … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masanori Saito … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama NOTE: JWA officially announced that Toyonobori would be out of action for a while due to his disease, but actually he was expelled from the group because of his embezzlement. January 7, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Stan Pulaski … Mitsu Hirai，Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato drew Johnny Kostas, Pepper Martin and Alberto Torres … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Masami Kimura … Masayuki Fujii drew Masanori Saito January 8, 1966 … Yoshiwara (present-day Fuji) Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Stan Pulaski and Alberto Torres … Pepper Martin drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Johnny Kostas beat Kokichi Endo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tadaharu Tanaka … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Masami Kimura … Masanori Saito drew Sankichi Takasakiyama January 9, 1966 … Tokyo (Taito) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Pepper Martin and Alberto Torres … Yoshinosato beat Stan Pulaski (COR) … Johnny Kostas beat Mitsu Hirai … Kokichi Endo beat Umanosuke Ueda … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hisahakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Masami Kimura … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano drew Masanori Saito … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Masami Kimura in the finals. January 12, 1966 … Haramachi (present-day Minamisoma) Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Johnny Kostas, Pepper Martin and Alberto Torres … Stan Pulsaki beat Mitsu Hirai … Kokichi Endo beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masanori Saito … Raizo Kojika drew Masami Kimura … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. January 14, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Alberto Torres … Johnny Kostas and Pepper Martin beat Yoshinosato and Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Stan Pulaski … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masami Kimura January 21, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Johnny Kostas … Stan Pulaski beat Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Pepper Martin (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai and Tadaharu Tanaka drew Kantaro Hoshino and Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Masanori Saito … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kazuo Honma drew Akihisa Takachiho [Riki Sports Palace Series] January 28, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Cowboy Jack Bence … Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa beat Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masanori Saito … Tadaharu Tanaka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masami Kimura … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Sankichi Takasakiyama February 4, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Dale Lewis … Jack Bence and Joe Scarpa drew Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato ... Kumagoro Okuma beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Masami Kimura beat Masanori Saito … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho February 11, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa (DQ) … Jack Bence drew Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki beat Raizo Kojika … Sankichi Takasakiyama beat Masanori Saito … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masami Kimura … Masayuki Fujii beat Kazuo Honma February 18, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Jack Bence, Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masayuki Fujii drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Sankichi Takasakiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. [International Championship Series] February 24, 1966 … Nagoya Lou Thesz and Joe Scarpa beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Jack Bence (DQ) … Dale Lewis and Mr. Moto both COR … Mitsu Hirai beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. February 25, 1966 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Lou Thesz and Giant Baba both COR … Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa beat Mr. Moto and Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Bence … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma February 26, 1966 … Tsu Lou Thesz, Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa drew Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (both COR) … Jack Bence beat Mr. Moto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Akihisa Takachiho drew Masayuki Fujii … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. February 27, 1966 … Shizuoka Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lou Thesz, Jack Bence and Dale Lewis … Joe Scarpa beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma drew Akihisa Takachiho … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. February 28, 1966 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Giant Baba beat Lou Thesz (Giant Baba retained the lnternational Heavyweight Title) … Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Jack Bence and Joe Scarpa … Dae Lewis beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masayuki Fujii drew Iwakichi Hirano March 4, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Jack Bence, Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa … Mitsu Hirai beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki (DQ) … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kazuo Honma drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama March 11, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Dale Lewis and Joe Scarpa … Jack Bence beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirand … Mr. Suzuki drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kantaro Hoshino in the finals. NOTE: Joe Scarpa went to South Korea to work for Kim IL (Kintaro Oki). [The Eighth World League] March 25, 1966 …Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) (The Eve … Exhibition Matches) Pedro Marales drew Donn Lewin … Giant Baba drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Billy Two Rivers beat Mitsu Hirai … Kim IL (Kintaro Oki) drew Jim Grabmire … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Masayuki Fujii … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu NOTE: After spending two years in Hawaii, Kansas, California, Oregon, Texas and Tennessee, Antonio Inoki was supposed to come back to Japan, but he did not take part in the Eigth World League Tournament, because he was invited to join a new group by Toyonobori. March 26, 1966 … Tokyo (Kuramae) Giant Baba and Kim IL beat Jim Grabmire and Billy Two Rivers … Pedro Morales beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Donn Lewin drew Yoshinosato … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr．Moto drew Lonnie Mayne … Clyde “Kangaroo” Kennedy beat Mitsu Hirai … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama March 27, 1966 … Utsunomiya Arman Hussein and Donn Lewin beat Giant Baba and Mitsu Hirai … Kim IL beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Jim Grabmire beat Umanosuke Ueda … Billy Two Rivers beat Mr. Moto … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne … Pedro Morales beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu March 28, 1966 … Yokohama Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Kangaroo Kennedy and Lonnie Mayne … Pedro Morales beat Mr. Moto … Donn Lewin beat Mitsu Hirai … Billy Two Rivers beat Umanosuke Ueda … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Grabmire … Arman Hussein drew Kim IL … Raizo Kojika drew Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. March 29, 1966 … Toyohashi Arman Hussein and Lonnie Mayne beat Giant Baba and Mr．Moto … Billy Two Rivers beat Umanosuke Ueda … Donn Lewin beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsu Hirai beat Jim Grabmire (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Pedro Morales drew Kim IL …… Raizo Kojika drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. March 30, 1966 … Gifu Giant Baba and Umanosuke Ueda drew Donn Lewin and Kangaroo Kennedy (both COR) … Pedro Morales beat Mitsu Hirai … Billy Two Rivers beat Kim IL (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne … Jim Grabmire drew Mr．Moto … Arman Hussein beat Kantaro Hoshino … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. March 31, 1966 … Himeji Wibur Snyder and Donn Lewin beat Giant Baba and Umanosuke Ueda … Billy Two Rivers beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kim IL beat Jim Grabmire … Lonnie Mayne and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Mr. Moto beat Arman Hussein (DQ) … Pedro Morales drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu April 1, 1966 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Pedro Morales and WiIbur Snyder beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kim IL beat Lonnie Mayne (COR) … Donn Lewin beat Mr．Moto … Jim Grabmire beat Raizo Kojika … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kangaroo Kennedy and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Billy Two Rivers drew Yoshinosato … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kazuo Honma beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama April 2，1966 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Wilbur Snyder drew Giant Baba … Pedro Morales drew Kim IL … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Arman Hussein (COR) … Donn Lewin beat Mitsu Hirai … Yoshinosato beat Lonnie Mayne (DQ) … Billy Two Rivers and Mr．Moto both COR … Jim Grabmire beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto April 3, 1966 … Okayama Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Jim Grabmire, Arman Hussein and Lonnie Mayne … Wilbur Snyder beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Kantaro Hoshino … Billy Two Rivers drew Mitsu Hirai …… Donn Lewin and Kim IL both COR … Pedro Morales beat Mr. Moto … Kumagoro Okuma drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tsuneharu Sugiyama drew Akihisa Takachiho April 4, 1966 … Hiroshima Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Wilbur Snyder and Billy Two Rivers … Giant Baba beat Lonnie Mayne … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Raizo Kojika … Arman Hussein beat Mitsu Hirai … Pedro Morales beat Umanosuke Ueda … Donn Lewin drew Mr. Moto … Yoshinosato beat Jim Grabmire … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Akihisa Takachiho … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Honma April 6, 1966 … Fukuoka Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder beat Giant Baba and Mr. Moto … Jim Grabmire beat Mitsu Hirai … Arman Hussein beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Lonnie Mayne beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kim IL beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Billy Two Rivers … Pedro Morales beat Yoshinosato … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika April 7, 1966 … Saga Giant Baba, Kim IL and Umanosuke Ueda beat Lonnie Mayne, Pedro Morales and Billy Two Rivers … Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Hirai … Yoshinosato beat Donn Lewin (DQ) … Arman Hussein beat Mr. Moto … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Jim Grabmire beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu April 8, 1966 … Nagasaki Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Lonnie Mayne beat Raizo Kojika … Pedro Morales beat Mitsu Hirai … Mr. Moto beat Kangaroo Kennedy (COR) … Kim IL beat Jim Grabmire … Yoshinosato beat Billy Two Rivers … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Gantetsu Matsuoka April 9, 1966 … Kumamoto Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder beat Kim IL and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Giant Baba beat Jim Grabmire … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Donn Lewin … Billy Two Rivers beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kangaroo Kennedy and Mitsu Hirai both COR …Lonnie Mayne drew Mr．Moto … Arman Hussein beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyomasa Kusatsu drew Akihisa Takachiho April 10, 1966 … Chikugo Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Kazuo Honma NOTE: The show was canceled after the three preliminary bouts because of a poor attendance. April 12, 1966 … Kagoshima Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder … Arman Hussein and Yoshinosato both COR … Billy Two Rivers beat Mr．Moto (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Mitsu Hirai beat Jim Grabmire … Donn Lewin beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals. April 15, 1966 … Oita Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne and Pedro Morales … Wilbur Snyder beat Mr．Moto … Yoshinosato beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Donn Lewin drew Kim IL … Arman Hussein beat Mitsu Hirai (COR) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Billy Two Rivers … Jim Grabmire beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi and Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma … Raizo Kojika drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. April 16, 1966 … Kitakyushu Giant Baba and Kim IL beat Arman Hussein and Pedro Morales … Wilbur Snyder beat Yoshinosato … Mitsu Hirai beat Billy Two Rivers … Lonnie Mayne and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Mr. Moto beat Jim Grabmire … Donn Lewin beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Kantaro Hoshino … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu April 17, 1966 … lwakuni Arman Hussein, Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Billy Two Rivers … Pedro Morales beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kim IL beat Lonnie Mayne (DQ) … Kangaroo Kennedy and Mr. Moto both COR … Jim Grabmire beat Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kazuo Honma … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. April 18, 1966 … Yamaguchi Giant Baba, Umanosuke Ueda and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Donn Lewin, Lonnie Mayne and Wilbur Snyder … Pedro Morales drew Yoshinosato … Arman Hussein beat Mr．Moto … Kim IL beat Billy Two Rivers (COR) … Mitsu Hirai beat Jim Grabmire (DQ) … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Raizo Kojika ... Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu April 20, 1966 … Fukuyama Kim IL, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Arman Hussein, Lonnie Mayne and WiIbur Snyder … Giant Baba beat Donn Lewin … Jim Grabmire beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Billy Two Rivers and Mr. Moto both COR … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Pedro Morales beat Mitsu Hirai … Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Iwakichi Hirano drew Akihisa Takachiho April 22, 1966 … Marugame Giant Baba, Kim IL and Yoshinosato beat Arman Hussein, Lonnie Mayne and Pedro Morales … Wilbur Snyder beat Michiaki Yoshimura … BiIly Two Rivers beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Jim Grabmire beat Umanosuke Ueda … Donn Lewin beat Mr. Moto (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu April 24, 1966 … Tokushima Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder beat Giant Baba and Umanosuke Ueda … Yoshinosato beat Billy Two Rivers … Jim Grabmire beat Kantaro Hoshino … Mr．Moto beat Arman Hussein (DQ) … Lonnie Mayne and Kim IL both COR … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano drew Mr. Suzuki April 25, 1966 … Matsuyama Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne and Wilbur Snyder … Donn Lewin beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Moto beat Jim Grabmire (COR) … Kangaroo Kennedy beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mitsu Hirai beat Billy Two Rivers … Arman Hussein and Yoshinosato both COR … Pedro Morales drew Kim IL …Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Kiyomasa Kusatsu drew Iwakichi Hirano April 27, 1966 … Fuse (present-day Higashiosaka) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder … Kim IL beat Billy Two Rivers … Yoshinosato beat Donn Lewin … Jim Grabmire beat Raizo Kojika … Lonnie Mayne and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Moto beat Kangaroo Kennedy (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Ushinosuke Hayashi April 28, 1966 … Nishinomiya Mitsu Hirai, Kim IL and Yoshinosato beat Jim Grabmire, Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder … Giant Baba beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Billy Two Rivers beat Kumagoro Okuma … Arman Hussein beat Mr. Moto (DQ) … Lonnie Mayne beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Pedro Morales beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki drew Akihisa Takachiho April 29, 1966 … Otsu Lonnie Mayne, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Yoshinosato … Kim IL beat Arman Hussein … Mr. Moto beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Jim Grabmire beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Billy Two Rivers beat Umanosuke Ueda … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Donn Lewin … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Raizo Kojika April 30, 1966 … Nagoya Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne, Donn Lewin and Wilbur Snyder … Pedro Morales beat Yoshinosato … Umanosuke Ueda beat Jim Grabmire … Mitsu Hirai and Kangaroo Kennedy both COR … Billy Two Rivers and Mr. Moto both COR … Arman Hussein beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi and Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu May 1, 1966 … Toyama Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Arman Hussein and Wilbur Snyder … Pedro Morales and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Lonnie Mayne beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Jim Grabmire … Billy Two Rivers beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Moto beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Kim IL beat Donn Lewin … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Masayuki Fujii drew Iwakichi Hirano May 2, 1966 … Fukui Lonnie Mayne, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder beat Kim IL, Michiaki Yoshimura and Umanosuke Ueda … Giant Baba beat Billy Two Rivers … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Jim Grabmire beat Kumagoro Okuma … Arman Hussein beat Mr. Moto (DQ) … Yoshinosato beat Donn Lewin … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Masayuki Fujii drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu May 3, 1966 … Hamamatsu Donn Lewin, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder beat Giant Baba, Yoshinosato and Umanosuke Ueda … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Lonnie Mayne beat Mr．Moto … Kim IL beat Billy Two Rivers … Jim Grabmire beat Akihisa Takachiho … Arman Hussein beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. May 4, 1966 … Shizuoka Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Lonnie Mayne and Wilbur Snyder … Kim IL beat Donn Lewin … Pedro Morales beat Mr．Moto … Yoshinosato beat Jim Grabmire … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Raizo Kojika beat Kangaroo Kennedy (DQ) … Billy Two Rivers beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Akihisa Takachiho beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals. May 6, 1966 … Ashikaga Kim IL, Mr. Moto and Yoshinosato beat Lonnie Mayne, Wilbur Snyder and Billy Two Rivers … Giant Baba beat Pedro Morales (COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Arman Hussein … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Jim Grabmire beat Kantaro Hoshino … Donn Lewin and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu May 7, 1966 … Kofu The show was rained out and postponed until May 9. May 8, 1966 … Matsumoto Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Billy Two Rivers and Wilbur Snyder … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Yoshinosato beat Lonnie Mayne … Arman Hussein beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … Donn Lewin and Mr．Moto both COR ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Jim Grabmire … Pedro Morales drew Kim IL … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals. May 9, 1966 … Kofu Lonnie Mayne, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder beat Kim IL, Umanosuke Ueda and Michiaki Yoshimura … Giant Baba beat Arman Hussein … Billy Two Rivers beat Mr．Moto … Mitsu Hirai beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Donn Lewin and Yoshinosato both COR … Jim Grabmire beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma May 10, 1966 … Ueda Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Donn Lewin, Pedro Morales and Wilbur Snyder (both COR) … Lonnie Mayne and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Yoshinosato beat Jim Grabmire … Billy Two Rivers beat Raizo Kojika … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Mr. Moto beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. May 11, 1966 … Maebashi Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Lonnie Mayne and Pedro Morales … Wilbur Snyder beat Kim IL (COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Grabmire … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Umanosuke Ueda beat Billy Two Rivers … Arman Hussein beat Mitsu Hirai (COR) … Donn Lewin beat Mr. Moto (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Mr. Suzuki May 13, 1966 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Giant Baba beat Wilbur Snyder (COR) and became the winner of the Eighth World League … Lonnie Mayne and Pedro Morales drew Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Kim IL beat Donn Lewin … Billy Two Rivers beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Jim Grabmire (DQ) … Arman Hussein beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mitsu Hirai beat Kangaroo Kennedy … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu NOTE: Lonnie Mayne and Billy Two Rivers went to South Korea to work for Kim IL’s group. May 17, 1966 ... Mitaka Giant Baba, Umanosuke Ueda and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo, Don Chuy and Killer Karl Kox (DQ) … Pedro Morales beat Mr. Moto … Arman Hussein beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. May 18, 1966 ... Shimoda Don Chuy, Killer Karl Kox and Pedro Morales beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Yoshinosato … Joe Carollo beat Umanosuke Ueda … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Arman Hussein … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii drew Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals. May 19, 1966 ... Numata Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Joe Carollo, Don Chuy and Pedro Morales … Killer Karl Kox beat Umanosuke Ueda，Michiaki … Arman Hussein and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Honma … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals. May 20, 1966 ... Machida Joe Carollo and Killer Karl Kox beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (COR) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Arman Hussein … Pedro Morales and Mitsu Hirai both COR … Mr． Moto beat Don Chuy (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma May 22, 1966 ... Fukushima Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Joe Carollo and Pedro Morales (DQ) … Killer Karl Kox beat Mr. Moto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Don Chuy (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai beat Arman Hussein … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Akihisa Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Iwakichi Hirano May 23, 1966 ... Sendai, Miyagi Joe Carollo and Killer Karl Kox beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (Joe Carollo and Killer Karl Kox captured the Asian Tag Team Title. The title had been vacant since Toyonobori left the group.) … Pedro Morales and Yoshinosato both COR … Don Chuy beat Mitsu Hirai … Arman Hussein beat Umanosuke Ueda … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu … Gantetsu Matsuoka won an 8-man battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. May 24, 1966 ... Mizusawa Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Arman Hussein and Pedro Morales … Joe Carollo beat Mitsu Hirai … Killer Karl Kox beat Yoshinosato … Don Chuy beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kantaro Hoshino … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kiyomasa Kusatsu drew Akihisa Takachiho May 25, 1966 ... Ninohe Joe Carollo, Don Chuy and Killer Karl Kox beat Giant Baba, Mr. Moto and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Arman Hussein … Pedro Morales and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Honma [Golden Series] May 27, 1966 ... Sapporo [first night] Hiro Matsuda, Duke Keomuka and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Graham, Sam Steamboat and Killer Karl Kox (DQ) … Giant Baba beat Joe Carollo … Don Chuy beat Mr. Moto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kiyomasa Kusatsu NOTE: Hiro Matsuda wrestled in Japan for the first time in nine years. May 28, 1966 ... Sapporo [second night] Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo and Killer Karl Kox (Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura captured the Asian Tag Team Title) … Giant Baba beat Don Chuy … Sam Steamboat and Duke Keomuka both COR … Eddie Graham beat Mitsu Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kazuo Honma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Masayuki Fujii drew Mr. Suzuki May 29, 1966 ... Asahikawa Hiro Matsuda, Duke Keomuka and Giant Baba drew Joe Carollo, Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat (both COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy (DQ) … Killer Karl Kox beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Masayuki Fujii drew Akihisa Takachiho May 31, 1966 ... Kitami Giant Baba, Duke Keomuka and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo, Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox … Hiro Matsuda beat Don Chuy … Sam Steamboat beat Mitsu Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Akihisa Takachiho and Ushinosuke Hayashi both COR June 1, 1966 ... Kushiro Killer Karl Kox beat Giant Baba (COR) … Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo and Don Chuy … Yoshinosato beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Sam Steamboat and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hisahakaku Otsubo … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 2, 1966 … Obihiro Joe Carollo, Don Chuy and Killer Karl Kox beat Duke Keomuka, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato … Giant Baba beat Sam Steamboat … Hiro Matsuda and Eddie Graham both COR … Mitsu Hirai beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Suzuki beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka June 4, 1966 … Ashibetsu Hiro Matsuda, Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat … Don Chuy beat Mitsu Hirai … Eddie Graham and Duke Keomuka both COR … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kazuo Honma June 5, 1966 … Tomakomai Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy and Eddie Graham … Hiro Matsuda drew Sam Steamboat … Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo (DQ) … Killer Karl Kox beat Umanosuke Ueda … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kazuo Honma drew Raizo Kojika … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. June 7, 1966 … Aomori Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Don Chuy and Killer Karl Kox … Hiro Matsuda beat Joe Carollo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Sam Steamboat drew Duke Keomuka … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Masayuki Fujii … Tsuneharu Sugiyama won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 8, 1966 … Towada Hiro Matsuda, Giant Baba and Duke Keomuka beat Don Chuy, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo … Eddie Graham beat Yoshinosato … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masayuki Fujii drew Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Mr. Suzuki in the finals. June 9, 1966 … Akita Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo and Sam Steamboat … Hiro Matsuda beat Don Chuy … Eddie Graham and Duke Keomuka both COR … Killer Karl Kox beat Mitsu Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakakui Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Masayuki Fujii … Kumagoro Okuma won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 11, 1966 … Yonezawa Hiro Matsuda, Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy, Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox … Sam Steamboat beat Yoshinosato … Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Raizo Kojika drew Mr. Suzuki … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 12, 1966 … Hanawa Hiro Matsuda, Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Joe Carollo, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat … Eddie Graham and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Duke Keomuka beat Don Chuy … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Mr. Suzuki beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 14, 1966 … Aizuwakamatsu Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat drew Giant Baba and Duke Keomuka (both COR) … Hiro Matsuda beat Joe Carollo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy (DQ) … Eddie Graham beat Mitsu Hirai … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Mr. Suzuki drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masayuki Fujii beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 15, 1966 … Kashiwazaki Giant Baba, Duke Keomuka and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo, Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox … Hiro Matsuda drew Sam Steamboat … Don Chuy beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Masayuki Fujii … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Umanosuke Ueda beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino also won a battle royal pinning Iwakichi Hirano in the finals. June 16, 1966 … Niigata Giant Baba beat Don Chuy … Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka drew Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat (both COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo … Eddie Graham beat Yoshinosato … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino drew Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. June 17, 1966 … Tokyo (Ota) Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat … Giant Baba beat Joe Carollo … Killer Karl Kox beat Umanosuke Ueda … Duke Keomuka beat Don Chuy … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kazuo Honma drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama June 18, 1966 … Kawasaki Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat (Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Giant Baba beat Don Chuy … Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo … Killer Karl Kox beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Gantetsu Matsuoka in the finals. June 19, 1966 … Yatabe (present-day Tsukuba) Giant Baba, Duke Keomuka and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat ... Hiro Matsuda and Eddie Graham both COR … Yoshinosato beat Joe Carollo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Akihisa Takachiho also won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. June 20, 1966 … Yokosuka Hiro Matsuda, Giant Baba and Umanosuke Ueda drew Joe Carollo, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat (both COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy … Duke Keomuka beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kazuo Honma drew Gantetsu Matsuoka June 22, 1966 ... Iwaki Hiro Matsuda，Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo，Don Chuy and Killer Karl Kox … Eddie Graham beat Yoshinosato … Sam Steamboat drew Duke Keomuka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kazuo Honma beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi won a battle royal pinning Gantetsu Matsuoka in the finals. June 24, 1966 ... Mito Giant Baba and Duke Keomuka beat Killer KarlKox and Sam Steamboat … Eddie Graham beat Mitsu Hirai … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo … Don Chuy beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Mr. Suzuki … Tsuneharu Sugiyama drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battler royal pinning Gantetsu Matsuoka in the finals. Note: Hiro Matsuda was out of action due to a fever. June 25, 1966 ... Nishio Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy and Sam Steamboat … Hiro Matsuda beat Joe Carollo … Eddie Graham beat Yoshinosato … KiIler Karl Kox beat Duke Keomuka (COR) … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Kazuo Honma … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. June 26, 1966 ... Tsu Eddie Graham and KiIIer Karl Kox beat Giant Baba and Umanosuke Ueda … Hiro Matsuda drew Sam Steamboat … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Chuy … Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mr. Suzuki beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals. June 27, 1966 ... Nagoya Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox beat Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura (Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox captured the Asian Tag Team Title) … Giant Baba beat Joe Carollo … Duke Keomuka beat Don Chuy … Sam Steamboat beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma drew Akihisa Takachiho … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Masayuki Fujii June 28, 1966 ... Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka beat Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox (DQ) (Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox retained the Asian Tag Team Title because of a disqualification loss) … Giant Baba beat Sam Steamboat (COR) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Joe Carollo … Don Chuy beat Umanosuke Ueda … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama June 29, 1966 ... Okayama Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Don Chuy, Killer KarI Kox and Sam Steamboat … Hiro Matsuda beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Duke Keomuka beat Joe Carollo … Mitsu Hirai beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Umanosuke Ueda beat Hideyuki Nagasawa… Kazuo Honma drew Raizo Kojika July 1, 1966 … Hiroshima Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox (Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura captured the Asian Tag Team Title) … Hiro Matsuda beat Joe CaroIIo … Sam Steamboat drew Duke Keomuka … Don Chuy beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho drew Kotetsu Yamamoto July 3, 1966 … Shizuoka Giant Baba and Duke Keomuka beat Joe CaroIIo and Killer Karl Kox … Hiro Matsuda beat Don Chuy … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Sam Steamboat beat Umanosuke Ueda … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. July 4, 1966 ... Amagasaki Giant Baba, Duke Keomuka and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Cowboy Jack Lanza, Killer Karl Kox and Sam Steamboat … Hiro Matsuda and Eddie Graham both COR … Umanosuke Ueda beat Kumagoro Okuma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma July 5, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Killer Karl Kox (Giant Baba retained the lnternational Heavyweight Title) … Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka beat Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat (Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka retained the NWA World Tag Team Title) … Jack Lanza and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Mitsu Hirai beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Umanosuke Ueda beat Raizo Kojika … Masayuki Fujii beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama July 6, 1966 … Yokohama Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat KilIer Karl Kox and Jack Lanza … Hiro Matsuda and Sam Steamboat both COR … Duke Keomuka beat Eddie Graham (DQ) … Umanosuke Ueda beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma NOTE: Motoshi Okuma, Iwakichi Hirano and Akihisa Takachiho visited South Korea to work for Kim ILL group. [Summer Series Part 1] July 15, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza and El Mongol (Raul Molina) … Karl Gotch beat Mitsu Hirai … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama July 22, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Jack Lanza … El Mongol drew Michiaki Yoshimura … KarI Gotch beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Mitsu Hirai beat Mr. Suzuki … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma beat Kazuo Honma … Akihisa Takachiho beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama July 25, 1966 ... Murakami Karl Gotch, Jack Lanza and El Mongol beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano ... Raizo Kojika beat Masayuki Fujii … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals. July 27, 1966 ... Sado Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Gotch and Jack Lanza … El Mongol beat Mitsu Hirai … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals. July 29, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Jack Lanza and EI MongoI beat Giant Baba and Mitsu Hirai … Karl Gotch drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino drew Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama August 1, 1966 ... lzumo Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza and EI Mongol … Karl Gotch beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika beat Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Ushinosuke Hayashi in the finals. August 2, 1966 ... Hamada Giant Baba beat Jack Lanza … Karl Gotch and EI Mongol beat Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano beat Kazuo Honma … Ushinosuke Hayashi and Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi won a battle royal pinning Raizo Kojika in the finals. August 4, 1966 ... Handa Karl Gotch, Jack Lanza and El Mongol drew Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura (both COR) … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mr. Suzuki (DQ) … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Kazuo Honma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Kumagoro Okuma August 5, 1966 ... lchinomiya Karl Gotch and El Mongol beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Mitsu Hirai beat Jack Lanza (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Iwakichi Hirano beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo August 7, 1966 ... Kakegawa Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza and El Mongol … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kazuo Honma … Masayuki Fujii beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Suzuki beat Hishakaku Otsubo NOTE: Karl Gotch suffered from phlegmon because a cut on his knee got very badly infected. He became unable to walk and had to give up continuing his tour. August 9, 1966 ... Koga Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza and EI Mongol … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Gantetsu Matsuoka won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. August 10, 1966 ... Ryugasaki Giant Baba beat Jack Lanza … Michiaki Yoshimura beat EI Mongol … Mitsu Hirai beat Yusuf Turk … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika (DQ) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kantaro Hoshino won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. August 12, 1966 ... Tokyo (Taito) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza and EI Mongol ... Mighty AtIas beat Yoshinosato ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsu Hirai beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Kumagoro Okuma … Tsuneharu Sugiyama drew Mr. Suzuki … Raizo Kojika beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo NOTE: As a substitute for Karl Gotch who was out of action due to phlegmon, Mighty Atlas came to Japan from Los Angeles. He was not Morris Shapiro but a young wrestler. His real name was said to be Karl Fisch. August 13, 1966 ... Tanashi Mighty Atlas and EI MongoI beat Giant Baba and Mitsu Hirai ... Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jack Lanza ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masayuki Fujii drew Kazuo Honma … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Kumagoro Okuma in the finals. August 14, 1966 ... Hiratsuka Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mighty Atlas and Jack Lanza … El Mongol beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii August 19, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat El Mongol ... Kumagoro Okuma and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mighty Atlas and Jack Lanza ... Mitsu Hirai beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Masayuki Fujii drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika [Summer Series Part 2] August 26, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Vigilantes (#1 was Jerry Christy and #2 was Bobby Christy) (DQ) … Mighty Atlas beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma ... Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama August 27, 1966 ... Tokyo (Tokyo Stadium) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Vigilantes (Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) ... Mighty Atlas beat Yoshinosato (DQ) ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Mr. Suzuki beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Raizo Kojika beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masayuki Fujii drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama August 29, 1966 ... Takefu (present-day Echizen) Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Mighty Atlas and The Vigilantes ... Mitsu Hirai beat Kantaro Hoshino ... Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masayuki Fujii beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi August 30, 1966 ... Nanao Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat The Vigilantes … Mighty Atlas and Michiaki Yoshimura both COR … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Raizo Kojika … Mitsu Hirai beat Mr. Suzuki ... Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Akihisa Takachiho September 1, 1966 ... Ina Giant Baba beat Mighty Atlas … The Vigilantes beat Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato (DQ) … Kantaro Hoshino beat Mr. Suzuki ... Akihisa Takachiho beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika ... Masayuki Fujii drew Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka September 2, 1966 ... Kashiwa Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Mighty Atlas and The Vigilantes … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kazuo Honma ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Hishakaku Otsubo ... Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Mr. Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika beat Tsuneharu Sugiyam … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. September 5, 1966 ... Machida Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Vigilantes ... Mighty Atlas beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Raizo Kojika ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama ... Mitsu Hirai beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. September 9, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Mighty Atlas ... The Vigilantes beat Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura ... Raizo Kojika drew Kotetsu Yamamoto ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Tsuneharu Sugiyama drew Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Mr. Suzuki beat Hishakaku Otsubo September 10, 1966 ... Kawagoe Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat The Vigilantes ... Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mighty Atlas … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kumagoro Okuma beat Kotetsu Yamamoto ... Raizo Kojika beat Mr. Suzuki ... Tsuneharu Sugiyama beat Kazuo Honma … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Mr. Suzuki won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals September 11, 1966 ... Koshigaya Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mighty Atlas and The Vigilantes … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho won a battle royal pinning Kotetsu Yamamoto in the finals. NOTE: The Vigilantes visited South Korea and wrestled in Seoul on September 18 and 19. September 23, 1966 ... Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat The Vigilantes ... Kim IL beat Mighty Atlas ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tsuneharu Sugiyama … Mitsu Hirai beat Iwakichi Hirano ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Masayuki Fujii … Raizo Kojika drew Ushinosuke Hayashi … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka September 24, 1966 ... Tokyo (Ota) Giant Baba beat Mighty Atlas ... Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Vigilantes … Mitsu Hirai beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kazuo Honma beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayshi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Mr. Suzuki beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. [Diamond Series] September 27, 1966... Hamamatsu Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Fritz Von Goering (DQ) … Mike Paidousis beat Yoshinosato ... Man Mountain Cannon beat Mr. Moto (COR) … Mitsu Hirai beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Pak Song Nam drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika drew Pak Seong Mo … Mr. Suzuki beat Masayuki Fujii September 28, 1966 ... Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering beat Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura (Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering retained the International Tag Team Title) … Gorilla Monsoon beat Mr. Moto ... Kim IL beat Man Mountain Cannon (COR) … Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer (COR) … Mitsu Hirai beat Mr. Suzuki ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika drew Pak Song Nam … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Pak Seong Mo beat Kazuo Honma September 29, 1966 ... Kobe Giant Baba, Kim IL and Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer, Man Mountain Cannon and Gorilla Monsoon ... Mike Paidousis beat Mr. Moto (COR) ... Fritz Von Goering drew Michiaki Yoshimura ... Mitsu Hirai beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Pak Song beat Mr. Suzuki ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Pak Seong Mo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho September 30, 1966 … Himeji Giant Baba, and Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Mike Paidousis … Kim IL beat Fritz Von Goering (DQ) …Man Mountain Cannon beat Mitsu Hirai …Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Pak Song Nam … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Pak Seong Mo beat Masayuki Fujii October 1, 1966 ... Kochi Giant Baba and Kim IL beat Man Mountain Cannon and Gorilla Monsoon ... Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mike Paidousis (DQ) ... Fritz Von Goering beat Yoshinosato (COR) ... Bob Boyer drew Mitsu Hirai ... Pak Song beat Gantetsu Matsuoka ... Mr. Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Pak Seong Mo … Raizo Kojika beat Hishakaku Otsubo October 3, 1966 ... Uwajima Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer, Man Mountain Cannon and Gorilla Monsoon ... Mike Paidousis beat Yoshinosato ... Fritz Von Goering beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Mr. Suzuki ... Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Pak Song Nam beat Masayuki Fujii … Iwakichi Hirano beat Pak Seong Mo October 4, 1966 ... Niihama Giant Baba, Michiaki Yoshimura and Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Fritz Von Goering ... Kim IL beat Mike Paidousis (DQ) ... Man Mountain Cannon beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Pak Song Nam ... Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Raizo Kojika beat Iwakichi Hirano … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Mr. Suzuki … Pak Seong Mo drew Akihisa Takachiho October 6, 1966 ... Hiroshima Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering (COR) (Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Gorilla Monsoon beat Yoshinosato ... Kim IL beat Bob Boyer ... Man Mountain Cannon beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Suzuki … Iwakichi Hirano beat Pak Song Nam … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Pak Seong Mo beat Kazuo Honma NOTE: Isao Yoshihara left JWA and launched his own group, International Wrestling Enterprise along with Hiro Matsuda. October 7, 1966 ... Tottori Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Kim IL beat Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Fritz Von Goering ... Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon (COR) … Mike Paidousis beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kumagoro Okuma drew Mr. Suzuki … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Pak Seong Mo … Pak Song Nam beat Kazuo Honma October 8, 1966 … Yonago Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon, Mike Paidousis and Gorilla Monsoon … Bob Boyer beat Akihisa Takachiho ... Fritz Von Goering beat Yoshinosato (DQ) ... Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Raizo Kojika ... Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kumagoro Okuma ... Ushinosuke Hayashi and Mr. Suzuki both COR … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Kantaro Hoshino … Pak Seong Mo beat Masayuki Fujii October 9, 1966 … Okayama Giant Baba beat Man Mountain Cannon … Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering … Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer … Gorilla Monsoon beat Pak Song Nam … Mitsu Hirai beat Mr. Suzuki … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Kumagoro Okuma drew Akhisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika October 11, 1966 … Komatsu Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Fritz Von Goering beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kim IL beat Mike Paidousis (DQ) … Man Mountain Cannon beat Yoshinosato … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma … Kantaro Hoshino drew Pak Song Nam … Pak Seong Mo beat Mr. Suzuki October 12, 1966 … Toyama Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Gorilla Monsoon, Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering (both COR) … Man Mountain Cannon beat Mr. Moto … Bob Boyer beat Kantaro Hoshino … Mitsu Hirai beat Pak Seong Mo … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Pak Song Nam beat Masayuki Fujii October 14, 1966 … Yamagata Giant Baba and Kim IL beat Gorilla Monsoon and Mike Paidousis (DQ) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fritz Von Goering … Man Mountain Cannon beat Mitsu Hirai (COR) … Bob Boyer beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Akihisa Takachoho drew Pak Song Nam … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii October 15, 1966 … Hachinohe Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer, Man Mountain Cannon and Fritz Von Goering … Gorilla Monsoon beat Pak Song Nam … Yoshinosato beat Mike Paidousis (DQ) … Mitsu Hirai beat Kumagoro Okuma … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Iwakichi Hirano … Masayuki Fujii beat Kazuo Honma October 19, 1966 … Kushiro Kim IL beat Fritz Von Goering … Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer and Man Mountain Cannon … Mike Paidousis beat Mitsu Hirai (COR) … Gorilla Monsoon beat Pak Seong Mo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Akihisa Takachiho drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Pak Song Nam beat Masayuki Fujii October 20, 1966 … Sapporo Giant Baba beat Gorilla Monsoon (COR) (Giant Baba retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon and Mike Paidousis … Fritz Von Goering beat Mr. Moto … Bob Boyer drew Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Pak Seong Mo beat Kazuo Honma … Pak Song Nam beat Iwakichi Hirano … Masayuki Fujii drew Hishakaku Otsubo October 21, 1966 … Hakodate Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon, Gorilla Monsoon and Fritz Von Goering … Bob Boyer beat Yoshinosato (DQ) … Mike Paidousis beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Pak Seong Mo … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kazuo Honma beat Masayuki Fujii October 22, 1966 … Noshiro Giant Baba and Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer and Gorilla Monsoon … Man Mountain Cannon and Kim IL both COR … Mike Paidousis beat Mitsu Hirai … Fritz Von Goering beat Mr. Moto … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masayuki Fujii beat Iwakichi Hirano … Kumagoro Okuma beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Pak Song Nam October 24, 1966 … Nagoya Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon and Gorilla Monsoon (Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Fritz Von Goering beat Mitsu Hirai (COR) … Mike Paidousis beat Yoshinosato … Kim IL beat Bob Boyer … Kantaro Hoshino drew Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Pak Seong Mo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma drew Pak Song Nam NOTE: Hiro Matsuda suddenly came back to Japan and announced the setting up of a new company, IWE. October 25, 1966 … Numazu Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Mike Paidousis beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Kim IL … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fritz Von Goering … Man Mountain Cannon beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kotetsu Yamamoto drew Pak Song Nam … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kumagoro Okuma drew Pak Seong Mo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Kazuo Honma October 27, 1966 … Yokohama Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer and Fritz Von Goering … Gorilla Monsoon beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kim IL beat Man Mountain Cannon … Mike Paidousis beat Mitsu Hirai … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kantaro Hoshino beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Raizo Kojika … Pak Seong Mo beat Masayuki Fujii October 28, 1966 … Sendai, Miyagi Giant Baba beat Gorilla Monsoon (Giant Baba retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Mike Paidousis drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kim IL beat Man Mountain Cannon … Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer … Fritz Von Goering beat Mitsu Hirai … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma drew Pak Song Nam … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Pak Seong Mo beat HIshakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Gantetsu Matsuoka October 30, 1966 … Gifu Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Kim IL beat Bob Boyer, Gorilla Monsoon and Mike Paidousis … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Fritz Von Goering (DQ) … Man Mountain Cannon beat Yoshinosato … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kumagoro Okuma … Raizo Kojika won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. November 1, 1966 … Shizuoka Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Boyer and Man Mountain Cannon … Mike Paidousis beat Yoshinosato … Gorilla Monsoon beat Pak Song Nam … Fritz Von Goering and Kim IL both COR … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Raizo Kojika drew Akihisa Takachiho … Pak Seong Mo beat Kazuo Honma November 2, 1966 … Sano Giant Baba and Kim IL beat Bob Boyer and Gorilla Monsoon … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon … Mike Paidousis beat Mr. Moto … Fritz Von Goering beat Kantaro Hoshino … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Akihisa Takachiho drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika drew Pak Seong Mo … Iwakichi Hirano drew Kazuo Honma … Kotetsu Yamamoto won a battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachiho in the finals. November 3, 1966 … Choshi Giant Baba beat Man Mountain Cannon … Kim IL and Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer and Mike Paidousis … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Gorilla Monsoon (DQ) … Fritz Von Goering beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka drew Akihisa Takachiho … Kumagoro Okuma drew Pak Seong Mo … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa November 4, 1966 … Takasaki Gorilla Monsoon, Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering beat Giant Baba, Mitsu Hirai and Michiaki Yoshimura … Bob Boyer beat Mr. Moto … Kim IL beat Man Mountain Cannon … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Raizo Kojika beat Kazuo Honma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Iwakichi Hirano … Pak Song Nam beat Gantetsu Matsuoka November 5, 1966 … Tokyo (Kuramae) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mike Paidousis and Fritz Von Goering (Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura not only captured the International Tag Team Title but retained the Asian Tag Team Championship) … Kim IL beat Gorilla Monsoon (COR) … Man Mountain Cannon beat Kumagoro Okuma … Mitsu Hirai beat Bob Boyer … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano drew Pak Song Nam … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Pak Seong Mo November 7, 1966 … Nagaoka Giant Baba beat Mike Paidousis … Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon and Fritz Von Goering … Yoshinosato beat Bob Boyer … Gorilla Monsoon beat Mr. Moto … Kantaro Hoshino and Raizo Kojika both COR … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Akihisa Takachiho drew Pak Seong Mo … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino won a 7-man battle royal pinning Akihisa Takachio in the finals. NOTE: Bob Boyer, Fritz Von Goering and Man Mountain Cannon visited South Korea to work for Kim IL’s group. [Winter Series] November 18, 1966 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Giant Baba beat Tarzan Zorro (Hans Mortier / Jacob Grobbe) (COR) … Eddie Morrow (Jack Claybourne) and Luis Hernandez beat Mitsu Hirai and Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Kumagoro Okuma beat Akihisa Takachiho … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Iwakichi Hirano … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Ushinosuke Hayashi November 25, 1966 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) Giant Baba beat Luis Hernandez … Tarzan Zorro beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Gorilla Monsoon beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kim IL beat Eddie Morrow … Mitsu Hirai beat Raizo Kojika … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho NOTE: Nihon TV started to televise JWA matches at Korakuen Hall every Friday. November 28, 1966 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Giant Baba beat Fritz Von Erich (COR) (Giant Baba retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Luis Hernandez and Tarzan Zorro … Eddie Morrow beat Mitsu Hirai … Akihisa Takachiho drew Kotetsu Yamamoto … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Masayuki Fujii beat Mr. Chin … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … HIshakaku Otsubo beat Kazuo Honma November 29, 1966 … Hamamatsu Giant Baba, Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Luis Hernandez, Eddie Morrow and Fritz Von Erich … Tarzan Zorro beat Mitsu Hirai … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Iwakichi Hirano … Akihisa Takachiho beat Ushinosuke Hayashi (DQ) … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Masayuki Fujii December 1, 1966 … Nagoya Fritz Von Erich and Tarzan Zorro drew Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kim IL beat Luis Hernandez … Eddie Morrow beat Kantaro Hoshino … Raizo Kojika beat Kotetsu Yamamoto (DQ) … Akihisa Takachiho beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Kazuo Honma … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii … Ushinosuke Hayashi drew Iwakichi Hirano December 3, 1966 … Tokyo (Nippon Budokan) Giant Baba beat Fritz Von Erich (DQ) (Giant Baba retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Morrow and Tarzan Zorro (Kim IL and Michiaki Yoshimura captured the Asian Tag Team Title. The title had been vacant since Giant Baba surrendered it as he won the International Tag Team Title on November 5.) … Luis Hernandez beat Yoshinosato … Kantaro Hoshino beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Raizo Kojika and Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka … Iwakichi Hirano beat Masayuki Fujii December 16, 1966 … Tokyo (Taito) Kim IL beat Tarzan Zorro (Kim IL retained the Far East Heavyweight Title) … Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Luis Hernandez and Eddie Morrow … Mitsu Hirai beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Kumagoro Okuma … Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Iwakichi Hirano … Raizo Kojika beat Ushinosuke Hayashi … Hishakaku Otsubo beat Masayuki Fujii December 23, 1966 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Luis Hernandez and Tarzan Zorro … Mitsu Hirai beat Eddie Morrow … Kantaro Hoshino beat Raizo Kojika … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano … Masayuki Fujii beat Kazuo Honma … Kumagoro Okuma beat Hishakaku Otsubo … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mr. Chin NOTE: Tarzan Zorro and Eddy Morrow visited South Korea to work for Kim IL’s group December 30, 1966 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall) Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) and Buddy “Killer” Austin … Abe Jacobs beat Yoshinosato … Luis Hernandez drew Mitsu Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kantaro Hoshino … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kotetsu Yamamoto … Gantetsu Matsuoka beat Mr. Chin Research by Haruo Yamaguchi |
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