NJPW New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972 – 1973)

1972

NEW JAPAN – 1972/03/06 – Tokyo, Ota Ward Gym – “OPENING SERIES” [Debut Show] 01. 2/3 Falls: Toyonobori & Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Jim Durango & John Durango
02. Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch
1 Disc – 60 minutes – Source: VHS

1973

4/6/73
1. Antonio Inoki/Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Cyclone Manuel Soto/Jan Welkens
Inoki vs. Soto 13:27
Welkens vs. Shibata 4:56
Inoki vs. Welkens 9:40
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Professor Von Zero

4/13/73 (taped 4/12/73)
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Prefessor Von Zero/Jan Welkens
2. Cyclone Manuel Soto vs. Antonio Inoki 11:29

4/20/73
1. Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Professor Von Zero
2. Osamu Kido vs. Joseph Molner
3. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Cyclone Manueal Soto/Jan Welkens
Inoki vs. Soto 15:28
Sakaguchi vs. Welkens 15:46

4/27/73 (taped 4/18/73)
1. Osamu Kido/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Professor Von Zero/Cyclone Manuel Soto
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Jan Welkens 20:12

GOLDEN FIGHT SERIES

5/4/73
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Steve Rickard
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Robert Bruce
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Red Pimpernel 16:25

5/11/73 (taped 5/7/73)
1. Robert Bruce vs. Katsuhisa Shibata
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Rickard 1:18
3. Seiji Sakaguchi/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Red Pimpernel/Wolfgang Saturski

5/18/73 (taped 5/17/73)
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Wolfgang Saturski
2. Antonio Inoki/Osamu Kido vs. Red Pimpernel/Steve Rickard
NJ team by DQ 22:22
Inoki vs. Rickard 4:10

5/25/73
1. Katsuhisa Shibata/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Robert Bruce/Red Pimpernel
2. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Antonio Inoki
Singh vs. Inoki 9:02
Inoki vs. Singh 1:53
Singh vs. Inoki 3:50

6/1/73 (taped 5/30/73)
1. Osamu Kido vs. Robert Bruce
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Red Pimpernel/Tiger Jeet Singh
Inoki vs. Pimpernel 8:55
NJ by DQ 10:06

6/8/73
1. Osamu Kido/Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Rickard/Red Pimpernel
Kido vs. Rickard 13:18
Inoki vs. Pimpernel 8:54
2. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Seiji Sakaguchi

6/15/73 (taped 6/14/73)
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Red Pimpernel/Beautiful Beauregard
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 21:39

6/22/73 (taped 6/9/73)
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Beautiful Beauregard
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tiger Jeet Singh/Steve Rickard
Sakaguchi vs. Rickard 13:39
Inoki vs. Singh 9:40

6/29/73 (taped 6/13/73)
1. Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Robert Bruce
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Red Pimpernel/Tiger Jeet Singh
NJ by DQ 16:38
Sakaguchi vs. Singh 11:28

SUMMER FIGHT SERIES

7/6/73
1. Tarzan Jacobs vs. Kotetsu Yamamoto
2. Antonio Inoki/Osamu Kido vs. Dennis Hall/Sean Regan 22:04
3. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. John L Sullivan

7/13/73
1. Tarzan Jacobs vs. Masahi Ozawa (Killer Khan)
2. Antonio Inoki vs. John L Sullivan 4:45
3. Sean Regan/Moondog Mayne vs. Katsuhisa Shibata/Seiji Sakaguchi

7/20/73
1. Osamu Kido vs. Tarzan Jacobs
2. Moondog Mayne vs. Seiji Sakaguchi
3. Antonio Inoki/Katsuhisa Shibata vs. John L Sullivan/Sean Regan
Regal vs. Shibata 15:12
Inoki vs. Regal 4:49
Inoki vs. Sullivan 4:13

7/27/73 (taped 7/23/73)
1. Cisco Grimaldo vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Tarzan Jacobs 5:36
3. Moondog Mayne/John L Sullivan vs. Seiji Sakaguchi/Kotetsu Yamamoto

8/3/73—–?

8/10/73 (taped 7/29/73)
1. Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Cisco Grimaldo
2. Sean Regan vs. Osamu Kido
3. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Moondog Mayne/John L Sullivan
NJ by DQ 18:26
Inoki vs. Sullivan 7:45

8/17/73 (taped 8/12/73)
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Dennis Hall
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi/Katsuhisa Shibata vs.
Tarzan Jacobs/Moondog Mayne/Cisco Grimaldo
Shibata vs. Grimaldo 12:05
Jacobs vs. Inoki 6:38
Inoki vs. Jacobs 6:54

8/24/73 (taped 8/16/73)
1. Osamu Kido/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Dennis Hall/Cisco Grimaldo
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Moondog Mayne
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Sean Regan 23:25

8/31/73 (taped 8/24/73)
1. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers/Pat Patterson SAM

SERIES

9/7/73
1. Anaconda vs. Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan)
2. Earl Maynard/Victor Rivera vs. Osamu Kido/Seiji Sakaguchi
3. Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers 13:12

9/14/73 (taped 9/13/73)
1. Victor Rivera vs. Kotetsu Yamamoto
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers/Bobby Bolt Eagle
Sakaguchi vs. Eagle 15:32
Inoki vs. Eagle 10:18

9/21/73 (taped 9/17/73)
1. Antonio Inoki/Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Johnny Powers/Victor Rivera
Shibata vs. Powers 17:23
Rivera vs. Inoki 13:18
Inoki vs. Rivera 2:50
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Valentine

9/28/73
1. Antonio Inoki vs. El Santo 4:32
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Valentine

10/5/73 (taped 9/21/73)
1. Earl Maynard vs. Osamu Kido
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Valentine/Victor Rivera
NJ by DQ 15:40
Valentine vs. Sakaguchi 13:18
Sakaguchi vs. Valentine 5:18

10/12/73
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Victor Rivera 16:40
2. Seiji Sakaguchi/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Earl Maynard/Wayne Bridges

10/19/73 (taped 10/14/73)
1. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Lou Thesz/Karl Gotch SAM
Thesz vs. Sakaguchi 19:35
Sakagcuhi vs. Thesz 10:22
Inoki vs. Gotch 13:40

SERIES #2

10/26/73
1. Osamu Kido vs. Dave Ruhl
2. Earl Maynard vs. Haruka Eigen
3. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Ray Glenn/Bill White
Sakaguchi vs. Glenn 12:07
Inoki vs. White 13:20

11/2/73
1. Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Katsuhisa Shibata
2. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bill White
3. Antonio Inoki/Osamu Kido vs. Ray Glenn/Jacques Rougeau
Inoki vs. Glenn 11:03
NJ by DQ 11:26

11/9/73 (taped 11/8/73)
1. Terry Rudge vs. Katsuhisa Shibata
2. Ray Glenn vs. Haruka Eigen
3. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi/Kotetsu Yamamoto vs.
Bill White/Tiger Jeet Singh/Jacques Rougeau
Inoki vs. Singh 5:32
Sakaguchi vs. White 14:24

11/16/73
1. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Jacques Rougeau
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 16:21

11/23/73 (taped 11/19/73)
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Bill White 3:28
2. Seiji Sakaguchi/Katsuhisa Shibata vs. Terry Rudge/Jacques Rougeau

11/30/73
1. Haruka Eigen/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Ray Glenn/Bill White
2. Antonio Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 18:06

12/7/73
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Ray Glenn
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers/Pat Patterson
Powers vs. Inoki 15:58
Sakaguchi vs. Patterson
NJ by DQ 7:28

12/14/73 (taped 12/10/73)
1. Antonio Inoki vs. Johnny Powers SAM
Powers vs. Inoki 19:53
Inoki vs. Powers 5:49
Inoki vs. Powers 5:10

12/21/73 (taped 12/9/73)
1. Bill White vs. Katsuhisa Shibata
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Johnny Powers/Pat Patterson
NJ by DQ 19:53
Inoki vs. Patterson 11:24

12/28/73 (taped 12/13/73)
1. Kotetsu Yamamoto vs. Bill White
2. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Ray Glenn/Pat Patterson
Sakaguchi vs. Glenn 19:06
Inoki vs. Patterson 6:02


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