January 28, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) Rikidozan beat Toshio Yamaguchi (Rikidozan retained the Japanese Heavyweight Title) … Kokichi Endo and Yusuf Turk beat Kiyomigawa and Kaichi Nagasawa … Surugaumi drew Noboru Ichikawa … Toyonobori beat Jiro Yamazaki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Yoshinosato beat Teizo Watanabe … Tomio Miyajima beat Osamu Abe NOTE: After this title match, Rikidozan did not accept any challenge from other Japanese wrestlers for his title until his death in 1963. February 7, 1955 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi) Rikidozan vs. Kokichi Endo … Yonetaro Tanaka and Yoshinosato vs. Osamu Abe and Yusuf Turk … Toyonobori vs. Tomio Miyajima July 15, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [first night] Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Primo Carnera and Hardy Kruskamp … Bud Curtis drew Kokichi Endo … Jess Ortega beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Osamu Abe … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko beat Fujitayama … Rashomon (Zhuo Yiyue) beat Toshiichi Higa July 16, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [second night] Rikidozan and Surugaumi beat Bob Orton and Hardy Kruskamp … Azumafuji beat Jess Ortega (dq) … Primo Carnera beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Bud Curtis (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Teizo Watanabe … Osamu Abe drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama beat Rashomon … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara July 17, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [third night] Rikidozan beat Primo Carnera … Bob Orton and Bud Curits beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Jess Ortega beat Toyonobori … Surugaumi beat Hardy Kruskamp (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Fujitayama drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Rashomon … Toshiichi Higa drew Teizo Watanabe July 19, 1955 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Primo Carnera and Bob Orton … Jess Ortega beat Kokichi Endo … Bud Curtis drew Toyonobori … Surugaumi beat Hardy Kruskamp … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Fujitayama July 22, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Hardy Kruskamp and Bob Orton … Primo Carnera beat Kokichi Endo … Jess Ortega beat Toyonobori … Bud Curtis beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Rashomon … Isao Yoshihara beat Teizo Watanabe … Fujitayama drew Yonetaro Tanaka July 23, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Bud Curtis and Bob Orton … Primo Carnera beat Toyonobori … Jess Ortega drew Azumafuji … Hardy Kruskamp drew Surugaumi … Osamu Abe beat Teizo Watanabe … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon drew Toshiichi Higa July 24, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [third night] Rikidozan beat Primo Carnera … Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Bob Orton beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Hardy Kruskamp … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Tomio Miyajima beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama drew Takeo Kaneko July 28, 1955 … Tokyo (Korakuen Stadium) Rikidozan and Azumafuji drew Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega (Rikidozan and Azumafuji retained the Hawaiian Tag Team Title, and Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega retained the Central American Tag Team Title) … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Tomio Miyajima drew Osamu Abe … Toshiichi Higa drew Teizo Watanabe … Takeo Kaneko drew Rashomon … Isao Yoshihara drew Fujitayama July 31, 1955 … Omiya Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Bob Orton … Jess Ortega beat Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Rashomon … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Tomio Miyajima beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Toshiichi Higa beat Teizo Watanabe … Isao Yoshihara beat Fujitayama August 1, 1955 … Osaka (Ogimachi Park) Rikidozan and Azumafuji drew Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega (Rikidozan and Azumafuji retained the Hawaiian Tag Team Title and Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega retained the Central American Tag Team Title) … Kokichi Endo beat Bob Orton (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Toshiichi Higa … Takeo Kaneko drew Teizo Watanabe … Fujitayama drew Rashomon August 3, 1955 … Tokushima Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton beat Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Tomio Miyajima beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Teizo Watanabe … Toshiichi Hiki drew Takeo Kaneko … Fujitayama beat Isao Yoshihara August 4, 1955 … Takamatsu [first night] Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo drew Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Azumafuji beat Bob Orton … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Teizo Watanabe … Toshiichi Higa drew Takeo Kaneko … Fujitayama drew Isao Yoshihara August 5, 1955 …Takamatsu [second night] Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima beat Teizo Watanabe … Osamu Abe drew Takeo Kaneko … Toshiichi Higa beat Fujitayama August 6, 1955 … Kochi Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tomio Miyajima … Fujitayama beat Takeo Kaneko … Toshiichi Higa drew Isao Yoshihara August 8, 1955 … Matsuyama Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Bud Curtis beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Teizo Watanabe … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Isao Yoshihara … Toshiichi Higa drew Takeo Kaneko August 10, 1955 … Miyazaki Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Azumafuji beat Bob Orton August 11, 1955 … Kagoshima Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Bud Curtis drew Kokichi Endo August 12, 1955 … Fukuoka Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton (dq) … Bud Curtis drew Toyonobori … Kokichi Endo vs. Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe vs. Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka vs. Teizo Watanabe … Toshiichi Higa vs. Takeo Kaneko August 13, 1955 … Kumamoto Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Fujitayama vs. Yoshinosato August 14, 1955 … Sasebo (No results known) August 16, 1955 … Kokura [present-day Kitakyushu] Bob Orton and Jess Ortega beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Toyonobori vs. Isao Yoshihara … Toshiichi Higa vs. Yoshinosato … Fujitayama vs. Takeo Kaneko … Yonetaro Tanaka vs. Teizo Watanabe August 17, 1955 … Oita Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Tomio Miyajima … Yoshinosato beat Teizo Watanabe … Fujitayama drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko vs. Rashomon August 18, 1955 … Tokuyama Bob Orton and Jess Ortega beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Teizo Watanabe beat Tomio Miyajima … Toshiichi Higa drew Isao Yoshihara … Osamu Abe beat Fujitayama August 19, 1955 … Hiroshima Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Toshiichi Higa … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Teizo Watanabe … Osamu Abe beat Isao Yoshihara … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko August 20, 1955 … Fukuyama Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Toyonobori beat Fujitayama (sub for Surugaumi) … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Osamu Abe drew Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko drew Teizo Watanabe … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Rashomon August 22, 1955 … Himeji Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Toyonobori beat Osamu Abe … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Teizo Watanabe … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko … Fujitayama drew Toshiichi Higa August 23, 1955 … Kobe Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Tomio Miyajima … Yoshinosato vs. Toshiichi Higa … Rashomon vs. Yonetaro Tanaka … Osamu Abe vs. Teizo Watanabe … Takeo Kaneko vs. Isao Yoshihara August 24, 1955 … Wakayama Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton August 25, 1955 … Gifu Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Kokichi Endo beat Bob Orton (dq) … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Toshiichi Higa … Tomio Miyajima beat Rashomon … Takeo Kaneko beat Fujitayama … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Isao Yoshihara August 26, 1955 … Matsusaka Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo vs. Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega (no contest) … Azumafuji beat Bob Orton … Surugaumi vs. Toshiichi Higa … Toyonobori beat Rashomon … Yoshinosato vs. Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe vs. Takeo Kaneko … Yonetaro Tanaka vs. Teizo Watanabe August 28, 1955 … Shizuoka The show was postponed until August 30 because of heavy rain. August 29, 1955 … Yokohama (Nogeyama Park) Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima beat Osamu Abe … Toshiichi Higa drew Takeo Kaneko … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Teizo Watanabe August 30, 1955 … Shizuoka Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Surugaumi beat Bob Orton … Kokichi Endo beat Toyonobori … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Teizo Watanabe … Fujitayama beat Takeo Kaneko August 31, 1955 … Utsunomiya Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Azumafuji beat Bob Orton … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima beat Toshiichi Higa … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Teizo Watanabe … Osamu Abe beat Fujitayama September 1, 1955 … Aizuwakamatsu Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Bud Curtis beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Rashomon drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama drew Teizo Watanabe … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara September 2, 1955 … Fukushima Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Jess Ortega and Bob Orton … Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis … Kokichi Endo beat Surugaumi … Rashomon beat Yoshinosato … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama drew Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe drew Isao Yoshihara September 3, 1955 … Taira [present-day Iwaki] Rikidozan and Surugaumi beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Azumafuji beat Bob Orton … Kokichi Endo beat Toyonobori … Rashomon drew Teizo Watanabe … Isao Yoshihara vs. Toshiichi Higa September 4, 1955 … Kawasaki Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega … Bob Orton drew Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Rashomon … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima beat Takeo Kaneko … Teizo Watanabe drew Isao Yoshihara September 5, 1955 … Mito Rikidozan beat Bob Orton … Bud Curtis and Jess Ortega beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Rashomon … Osamu Abe drew Tomio Miyajima … Fujitayama drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Teizo Watanabe September 7, 1955 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan beat Jess Ortega … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo beat Bud Curtis and Bob Orton … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Rashomon drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Osamu Abe drew Teizo Watanabe … Fujitayama drew Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara Rikidozan and Azumafuji left Japan for South East Asia. They wrestled in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New Dehli and Penang. [Asian Championship Tour] November 8, 1955 … Toyama Rikidozan and Harold Sakata drew King Kong (Emile Czaja) and Tiger Joginder Singh … Dara Singh beat Syed Saif Shah … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo beat Rashomon and Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Teizo Watanabe … Masaaki Takemura drew Takeo Kaneko November 9, 1955 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Tiger Joginder Singh and Syed Saif Shah (Rikidozan and Azumafuji retained the Hawaiian Tag Team Title) … King Kong drew Dara Singh (referee: Rashid Anwarl) … Kokichi Endo beat Harold Sakata (dq) … Yoshinosato drew Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk drew Toshiichi Higa … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Isao Yoshihara drew Fujitayama Novemnber 10, 1955 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan beat Syed Saif Shah … King Kong and Tiger Joginder Singh beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Dara Singh beat Harold Sakata (dq) … Surugaumi beat Rashomon … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Yusuf Turk drew Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe drew Masayuki Era (Tamanokawa) November 11, 1955 … Kyoto Rikidozan beat Tiger Joginger Singh … King Kong beat Syed Saif Shah … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo vs. Harold Sakata and Dara Singh (no decision) … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Fujitayama … Masaaki Takemura drew Teizo Watanabe November 12, 1955 … Hiratsuka Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat King Kong and Syed Saif Shah (dq) (Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo retained the Pacific Coast Tag Team Title) … Dara Singh beat Tiger Joginder Singh (dq) … Azumafuji beat Harold Sakata (dq) … Surugaumi beat Toshiichi Higa … Yoshinosato beat Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Fujitayama (cor) … Osamu Abe drew Rashomon … Masayuki Era beat Tomio Miyajima November 14, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [first night] Rikidozan and Harold Sakata beat Syed Saif Shah and Dara Singh … King Kong beat Tiger Joginder Singh … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo beat Surugaumi and Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe beat King Jack … Yusuf Turk beat Fujitayama … Toshiichi Higa drew Rashomon … Masayuki Era drew Takeo Kaneko … Isao Yoshihara drew Masaaki Takemura November 15, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [second night] King Kong and Tiger Joginder Singh beat Rikidozan and Harold Sakata to become the first Asian Tag Team Champions … Dara Singh and Syed Saif Shah beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat King Jack … Toshiichi Higa drew Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko … Masayuki Era drew Isao Yoshihara November 19, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan beat Dara Singh … King Kong and Tiger Joginder Singh beat Azumafuji and Harold Sakata … Syed Saif Shah beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat King Jack … Yusuf Turk beat Rashomon … Osamu Abe drew Toshiichi Higa (both cor) … Masayuki Era beat Isao Yoshihara … Masaaki Takemura drew Takeo Kaneko (both cor) November 20, 1955 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan and Azumafuji drew King Kong and Dara Singh (Rikidozan and Azumafuji retained the Hawaiian Tag Team Title) … Tiger Joginder Singh beat Syed Saif Shah … Harold Sakata beat Yoshinosato … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat King Jack … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Masayuki Era drew Tomio Miyajima … Masaaki Takemura beat Fujitayama November 22, 1955 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Rikidozan beat King Kong (cor) to become the first Asian Heavyweight Champion … Dara Singh and Syed Saif Shah beat Azumafuji and Harold Sakata (dq) … Tiger Joginder Singh beat Yoshinosato … Surugaumi beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe drew Yusuf Turk … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetara Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Rashomon … Isao Yoshihara beat Masayuki Era … Masaaki Takemura drew Fujitayama December 20, 1955 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi) Azumafuji beat Masaaki Takemura … Rashomon beat Fujitayama … Surugaumi beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Osamu Abe beat Masayuki Era … Yoshinosato beat Takeo Kaneko … Yusuf Turk beat Teizo Watanabe … Tomio Miyajima beat Isao Yoshihara December 26, 1955 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi) Azumafuji beat Rashomon … Masaaki Takemura beat Fujitayama … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Masayuki Era … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Yusuf Turk beat Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko beat Isao Yoshihara … Isao Yoshihara beat Teizo Watanabe … referees: Rikidozan and Kyushuzan Research by Haruo Yamaguchi - Updated December 17, 2018 |
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