NJPW New Japan Pro Wrestling (1977)

1977

1/7/77
1. Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Brutus Malumba/Tiger Jeet Singh
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 11:17 RAIJIN c1 31-32

1/14/77
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 12:22 RAIJIN c1 31-32
2. Tiger Jeet Singh/ Ueda vs. Strong Kobayashi/Sakaguchi RAIJIN c1 31-32

1/21/77
1. Haruka Eigen/Strong Kobayashi vs. Pete Roberts/Stan Hansen
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

1/28/77
1. Kantaro Hoshino vs. Pete Roberts
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen
3. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Strong Kobayashi

2/4/77 (taped 2/2/77)
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 12:22 SAM
2. Tiger Jeet Singh/Umanoseke Ueda vs. Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi SAM

2/11/77
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanoseke Ueda RAIJIN c1 30-34
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh by referee stop 22:55 SAM

2/18/77 (taped 2/5/77)
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen
2. Kantaro Hoshino/Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh/Brutus Malumba (2-1)
1. Singh vs. Hoshino 20:55
2. Hoshino vs. Brutus 9:38
3. Inoki vs. Brutus 1:40

2/25/77 (taped 2/7/77)
1. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen/Tiger Jeet Singh (2-0)
1. Inoki vs. Singh 23:18
2. Inoki vs. Singh 7:26

4th World League

3/4/77
1. Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Roberto Soto (Riki Choshu’s TV debut)
2. Johnny Powers vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
3. Nikolai Volkoff/Masked Superstar vs. Antonio Inoki/Kantaro Hoshino (2-0)
1. Superstar vs. Hoshino 8:28
2. Superstar vs. Inoki 7:26

3/11/77
1. Johnny Powers vs. Osamu Kido
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Roberto Soto
3. Antonio Inoki/Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Masked Superstar/Tony Charles (2-1)
1. Superstar vs. Inoki 14:12
2. Yoshida vs. Charles 5:54
3. Inoki vs. ? 6:18

3/18/77
1. Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Rodriguez RAIJIN c1 26-35
2. Masked Superstar vs. Seiji Sakaguchi RAIJIN c1 26-35
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Nikolai Volkoff 12:23 RAIJIN c1 26-35

3/25/77 (taped 3/24/77)
1. Masked Superstar/Nikolai Volkoff vs. Mitsuo Yoshida/Seiji Sakaguchi WPW
2. Antonio Inoki nc Johnny Powers 13:31 RAIJIN c1 36-37

4/1/77 (taped 3/31/77)
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers 20:33 SAM
2. Sakaguchi vs. Superstar raijin c1 c1 36-37

4/8/77 (taped 4/1/77)
1. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh/Umanoseke Ueda SAM
1. Singh vs. Sakaguchi 11:41
2. Sakaguchi vs. Ueda 5:11
3. NJ vs. 3:16

4/15/77 (taped 3/28/77)
1. Mitsuo Yoshida vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Nikolai Volkoff/Masked Superstar (2-0)
1. Sakaguchi vs. Superstar 19:44
2. Inoki vs. Volkoff 4:39

GOLDEN FIGHT SERIES

4/22/77
1. Strong Kobayashi vs. Blackjack Mohs
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Karl Krupp/Brute Bernard
1. Inoki vs. Krupp 17:22
2. NJ vs. 1:47

4/29/77 (taped 4/28/77)
1. Strong Kobayashi vs. Killer Karl Krupp
2. Seiji Sakaguchi/Riki Choshu vs. Blackjack Mohs/Victor Rivera
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Brute Bernard 8:25

5/6/77
1. Riki Choshu vs. Victor Rivera
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Karl Krupp/Brute Bernard (2-1)
1. Krupp vs. Sakaguchi 15:03
2. Sakaguchi vs. Krupp 2:29
3. Inoki vs. Bernard 1:32

5/13/77
1. Brute Bernard vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
2. Antonio Inoki/Riki Choshu vs. Victor Rivera/Killer Karl Krupp
1. Choshu vs. Rivera 11:57
2. NJ ringout 11:19

5/20/77
1. Osamu Kido vs. Terry Ruhs WPW
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Killer Karl Krupp
3. Antonio Inoki/Strong Kobayashi vs. Blackjack Mohs/Andre the Giant
1. Inoki vs. Mohs 12:04
2. NJ vs. 2:41

5/27/77
1. Riki Choshu/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Blackjack Mohs/Terry Ruhs
2. Andre the Giant vs. Strong Kobayashi
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Karl Krupp 9:02

6/3/77 (taped 6/1/77)
1. Antonio Inoki COR Andre the Giant 23:14 SAM

6/10/77 (taped 5/28/77)
1. Riki Choshu vs. Killer Karl Krupp
2. Antonio Inoki/Kantaro Hoshino/Osamu Kido d.
Terry Ruhs/Victor Rivera/Andre the Giant (2-1)
1. Rivera vs. Hoshino 11:16
2. Hoshino vs. Ruhs 9:27
3. Inoki vs. Rivera 5:26

6/17/77
1. (taped 5/30/77) Riki Choshu vs. Rick Ferrera
2. (taped 6/9/77) Tiger Jeet Singh/Umanoseke Ueda vs.
Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi SKY
3. (taped 5/30/77) Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera 9:08 SAM

ASIA CHAMPION SERIES

6/24/77
1. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Riki Choshu WPW
2. Seiji Sakaguchi/Masa Saito vs. Ajantros ? 1+2
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Tarba Singh 4:46

7/1/77 (taped 6/29/77)
1. Ajantros 1+2 vs. Antonio Inoki/Riki Choshu 11:06 SAM
1. Ajantro 1 vs. Choshu
2. Strong Kobayashi vs. Umanoseke Ueda SAM
3. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Seiji Sakaguchi SAM

7/8/77 (taped 7/7/77)
1. Riki Choshu vs. Umanoseke Ueda RAIJIN
2. Antonio Inoki/Kantaro Hoshin vs. Tiger Jeet Singh/Gama Singh (2-1)
1. Hoshino vs. Gama 13:18
2. Tiger vs. Hoshino 1:06
3. Inoki vs. Gama 3:18

7/15/77
1. Antonio Inoki vs. El Goliath 5:50
2. Tiger Jeet Singh/Umanoseke Ueda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi/Strong Kobayashi

7/22/77 (taped 7/21/77)
1. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. El Goliath/Black Gordman 9:05 SAM
1. Sakaguchi vs. Gordman
2. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Strong Kobayashi SAM

7/29/77 (taped 7/28/77)
1. Seiji Sakaguchi/Strong Kobayashi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh/Umanoseke Ueda RAIJIN c1 40-41

8/5/77 (taped 7/28/77)
1. Kengo Kimura vs. Satoru Sayama WPW
2. Kantaro Hoshino/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Black Gordman/El Goliath
3. Riki Choshu vs. Masa Saito WPW

8/12/77 (taped 7/30/77)
1. Kengo Kimura vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanoseke Ueda
3. Kantaro Hoshino/Strong Kobayashi vs. Gama Singh/Tiger Jeet Singh

8/19/77 (taped 8/1/77)
1. Riki Choshu vs. El Goliath
2. Strong Kobayashi vs. Black Gordman
3. Umanoseke Ueda/Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Seiji Sakaguchi/Masa Saito

? SERIES

8/26/77
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Hangman mask set
2. Stan Hansen vs. Strong Kobayashi
3. Riki Choshu/Antonio Inoki vs. Roddy Piper/Blackjack Mulligan (2-1)
1. Mulligan vs. Choshu 6:16
2. Choshu vs. Piper 3:44
3. Choshu vs. Piper 4:31

9/2/77
1. Riki Choshu/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Roddy Piper/Blackjack Mulligan RAIJIN c1 24-42
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen 25:13 SAM

9/9/77 (taped 9/2/77)
1. Riki Choshu vs. Roddy Piper WPW
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen/Hangman (2-1)
1. Sakaguchi vs. Hangman 13:42
2. Hansen COR Sakaguchi 7:03
3. Inoki vs. Hangman 1:39

9/16/77
1. Roddy Piper/Hangman vs. Osamu Kido/Strong Kobayashi
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen RAIJIN c1 45-46
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Blackjack Mulligan 15:16 RAIJIN c1 45-46

9/23/77 (taped 9/22/77)
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Roddy Piper 9:37 WPW
2. Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen/Hangman

9/30/77 (taped 9/29/77)
1. Roddy Piper vs. Osamu Kido
2. Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen/Hangman

10/7/77 (taped 10/2/77)
1. Riki Choshu/Osamu Kido vs. Kengo Kimura/Tatsumi Fujinami RAIJIN c1 45-46
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Hangman 6:09 RAIJIN c1 45-46

10/14/77 (taped 10/4/77)
1. Kantaro Hoshino/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Riki Choshu/Osamu Kido
2. Antonio INoki vs. Stan Hansen by vs. 9:39 WPW

10/21/77 (taped 10/5/77)
1. Riki Choshu/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Stan Hansen/Hangman
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Blackjack Mulligan 12:22 raijin c1 45-46

10/28/77
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Boris Malenko
2. Strong Kobayashi vs. Kurt Von Strongheim
3. Steve Wright/Andre the Giant vs. Antonio Inoki/Kantaro Hoshino
1. Hoshino vs. Wright 12:05
2. Andre vs. Hoshino 1:29

11/4/77
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Steve Wright
2. Antonio Inoki/Riki Choshu vs. Kurt Von Strongheim/Andre the Giant
1. Inoki vs. Strongheim 17:11
2. Andre vs. Choshu 2:27
3. NJ no contest 3:28

11/11/77 (taped 11/9/77)
1. Kantaro Hoshino/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Kurt Von Strongheim/Golden Falcon
2. Antonio Inoki COR Andre the Giant 19:53 SAM

11/18/77
1. Great Antonio vs. Kantaro Hoshino/Haruka Eigen/Kengo Kimura new comm set
2. Strong Kobayashi vs. Wilhelm Ruska
3. Steve Wright/Pat Patterson vs. Antonio Inoki/Osamu Kido (2-0)
1. Patterson vs. Inoki 14:42
2. Patterson vs. Kido 4:28

11/25/77
1. Great Antonio vs. Kengo Kimura/Masashi Ozawa/Kotetsu Yamamoto/
Don Arakawa/Mr. Pogo
2. Riki Choshu/Seiji Sakagcuhi vs. Steve Wright/Golden Falcon
3. Antonio Inoki COR Pat Patterson 19:48 RAIJIN c1 48-49

12/2/77 (taped 12/1/77)
1. Riki Choshu vs. Wilhelm Ruska SKY
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Pat Patterson 24:01 SAM

12/9/77 (taped 12/8/77)
1. Strong Kobayashi/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Steve Wright/Pat Patterson SAM
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio 3:49 SAM

12/16/77
1. (taped 12/5/77) Kantaro Hoshino/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs.
Riki Choshu/Osamu Kido
2. (taped 12/8/77) Wilhelm Ruska vs. Bad News Allen SKY

12/23/77 (taped 12/6/77)
1. Osamu Kido/Riki Choshu vs. Steve Wright/Marty Jones
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Pat Patterson/Wilhelm Ruska 15:39
1. Inoki vs. Patterson

12/30/77
1. (taped 10/25/77) Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner
2. (taped 10/25/77) Antonio Inoki vs. Monsterman
3. (taped 10/25/77) Wilhelm Ruska vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
4. (taped 12/8/77) Wilhelm Ruska vs. Bad News Allen SKY


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