[New Year Champion Series]
January 5, 1973 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
Seiji Sakaguchi beat Mr. X (Jim Osborne) (Seiji Sakaguchi retained the United National
Heavyweight Title) … Red Devil (Guy Mitchell) and The Spoiler (Don Jardine) beat Masa
Saito and Michiaki Yoshimura … Mighty Yankee #1 (Billy Spears) beat Great Kojika (DQ) …
Billy Red Lyons drew Akihisa Takachiho … Mighty Yankee #2 (likely Curtis Smith) and Mr.
Matsuoka both COR … Haruka Eigen beat Kazuo Sakurada … Katsuji Adachi drew
Ushinosuke Hayashi … Masashi Ozawa beat Takashi Kimura

January 6, 1973 … Esashi
Seiji Sakaguchi and Michiaki Yoshimura beat The Spoiler and Mr. X … Mighty Yankee #1
beat Great Kojika (COR) … Red Devil and Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Umanosuke Ueda
beat Billy Red Lyons (DQ) … Mighty Yankee #2 drew Kantaro Hoshino … Ushinosuke
Hayashi beat Masashi Ozawa … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Mitsuo Hata … Takashi Kimura beat
Masao Ito

January 7, 1973 … Setana
Billy Red Lyons and The Spoiler drew Masa Saito and Seiji Sakaguchi (both COR) … Mr.
Matsuoka beat Mighty Yankee #2 … Mr. X drew Great Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Mighty Yankee #1 (DQ) … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Mitsuo Hata … Masashi Ozawa beat
Takashi Kimura … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Masao Ito

January 8, 1973 … Shiriuchi
Seiji Sakaguchi and Akihisa Takachiho beat The Spoiler and Mr. X … Kintaro Oki beat Mighty
Yankee #2 …Billy Red Lyons beat Great Kojika …Billy Red Lyons beat Masa Saito … Mighty
Yankee #1 drew Kantaro Hoshino … Masashi Ozawa beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata
beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Takashi Kimura beat Masao Ito

January 9, 1973 … Matsumae
Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Spoiler and Mighty Yankee #1 … Akihisa
Takachiho beat Mr. X (DQ) …Billy Red Lyons beat Umanosuke Ueda … Great Kojika beat
Mighty Yankee #2 … Red Devil drew Masa Saito … Kazuo Sakurada beat Ushinosuke
Hayashi (DQ) … Masashi Ozawa beat Mitsuo Hata … Takashi Kimura beat Tsutomu Oshiro

January 11, 1973 … Kutchan
Great Kojika and Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Spoiler and Mighty Yankee #1 … Red Devil and
Kintaro Oki both COR … Billy Red Lyons beat Masa Saito … Mitsu Hirai beat Mighty Yankee
#2 (DQ) … Mr. X drew Mr. Matsuoka … Ushinosuke Hayashi beat Masashi Ozawa … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Masao Ito

January 12, 1973 … Takikawa
Kintaro Oki beat Billy Red Lyons (Kintaro Oki retained the International Heavyweight Title) …
Great Kojika and Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Spoiler and Mr. X … Michiaki Yoshimura beat
Mighty Yankee #1 … Akihisa Takachiho Mighty Yankee #2 (DQ) … Red Devil and Masa Saito
both COR … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Takashi Kimura

January 13, 1973 … Iwamizawa
Seiji Sakaguchi and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mighty Yankee #1 and Mighty Yankee #2 (Seiji
Sakaguchi and Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Kintaro Oki beat
Mr. X … The Spoiler beat Masa Saito … Billy Red Lyons beat Mr. Matsuoka (DQ) … Red
Devil and Umanosuke Ueda both COR … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masashi Ozawa … Tsutomu
Oshiro beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito drew Takashi Kimura

January 16, 1973 … Hirosaki
Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Spoiler and Mighty Yankee #1 … Red Devil and
Akihisa Takachiho both COR … Mr. X beat Mr. Matsuoka … Billy Red Lyons drew Masa Saito
… Mighty Yankee #2 beat Great Kojika (DQ) … Masashi Ozawa beat Tsutomu Oshiro …
Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Takashi Kimura beat Masao Ito

January 17, 1973 … Hachinohe
Billy Red Lyons and The Spoiler beat Masa Saito and Seiji Sakaguchi … Kintaro Oki beat
Mighty Yankee #2 … Red Devil beat Mitsu Hirai … Mr. Matsuoka beat Mighty Yankee #1 …
Mr. X beat Great Kojika … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Masashi Ozawa beat Mitsuo
Hata … Takashi Kimura beat Tsutomu Oshiro

January 19, 1973 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
Seiji Sakaguchi beat The Spoiler (DQ) … Kintaro Oki and Akihisa Takachiho beat Red Devil
and Mr. X … Billy Red Lyons beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Masa Saito beat Mighty Yankee #1
… Mr. Matsuoka beat Mighty Yankee #2 … Masashi Ozawa drew Kazuo Sakurada … Takashi
Kimura beat Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata beat Tsutomu Oshiro

January 26, 1973 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat Red Devil and The Spoiler (DQ) … Akihisa Takachiho
beat Great Kojika … Billy Red Lyons beat Masa Saito … Mr. Matsuoka beat Mr. X … Mitsu
Hirai beat Mighty Yankee #1 (DQ) … Kazuo Sakurada beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Masashi
Ozawa beat Masao Ito … Takashi Kimura beat Mitsuo Hata

January 27, 1973 … Gyoda
Seiji Sakaguchi and Umanosuke Ueda beat The Spoiler and Mr. X (COR) … Kintaro Oki beat
Mighty Yankee #1 … Billy Red Lyons beat Mr. Matsuoka … Red Devil beat Masa Saito …
Akihisa Takachiho beat Mighty Yankee #2 … Masashi Ozawa beat Mitsuo Hata … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Takashi Kimura

January 28, 1973 … Gobo
Seiji Sakaguchi and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Billy Red Lyons and Mr. X (Seiji Sakaguchi and
Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … The Spoiler and Kintaro Oki both
COR … Red Devil beat Umanosuke Ueda … Great Kojika beat Mighty Yankee #1 … Masa
Saito beat Mighty Yankee #2 … Mitsu Hirai beat Masashi Ozawa … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Mitsuo Hata … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Masao Ito

January 30, 1973 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium)
Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat Red Devil and The Spoiler (Kintaro Oki and Seiji
Sakaguchi retained the International Tag Team Title) … Mr. Matsuoka beat Billy Red Lyons
(DQ) … Great Kojika beat Mighty Yankee #1 … Mighty Yankee #2 and Masa Saito both COR
… Masashi Ozawa beat Kazuo Sakurada … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Mitsuo Hata … Takashi
Kimura beat Masao Ito

[Dynamic Series]
February 16, 1973 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
Killer Karl Krupp and Kurt Von Steiger beat Kantaro Hoshino and Seiji Sakaguchi … Johnny
Valentine beat Mr. Matsuoka … Kintaro Oki beat Dick Shannon … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Charlie Fulton … Ruben Juarez drew Umanosuke Ueda … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masashi
Ozawa … Mitsuo Hata beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Takashi Kimura beat Masao Ito

February 22, 1973 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium)
Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine beat Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi (Killer Karl Krupp
and Johnny Valentine captured the International Tag Team Title) … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Ruben Juarez … Mitsu Hirai beat Kurt Von Steiger (DQ) … Mr. Matsuoka beat Charlie Fulton
… Great Kojika beat Dick Shannon … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Masashi Ozawa
beat Masao Ito

February 23, 1973 … Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ruben Juarez and Johnny Valentine … Killer Karl Krupp
beat Umanosuke Ueda … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kurt Von Steiger … Great Kojika beat
Charlie Fulton … Mr. Matsuoka beat Dick Shannon … Masashi Ozawa beat Takashi Kimura
… Mitsuo Hata drew Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada beat Tsutomu Oshiro

February 24, 1973 … Shimodate (present-day Chikusei)
Seiji Sakaguchi and Umanosuke Ueda beat Johnny Valentine and Kurt Von Steiger … Kintaro
Oki beat Dick Shannon … Killer Karl Krupp beat Great Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Charlie Fulton … Ruben Juarez beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masashi
Ozawa … Tsutomu Oshiro beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito drew Takashi Kimura

March 1, 1973 … Joetsu
Seiji Sakaguchi and Akihisa Takachiho beat Dick Shannon and Johnny Valentine … Kintaro
Oki beat Ruben Juarez … Killer Karl Krupp beat Mr. Matsuoka … Kurt Von Steiger and
Umanosuke Ueda both COR … Charlie Fulton beat Mitsu Hirai … Masashi Ozawa beat
Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Takashi Kimura beat Mitsuo Hata

March 2, 1973 … Yokohama
Johnny Valentine beat Seiji Sakaguchi (COR) (Johnny Valentine retained the United National
Heavyweight Title) … Great Kojika and Kintaro Oki beat Killer Karl Krupp and Kurt Von
Steiger … Akihisa Takachiho beat Charlie Fulton … Ruben Juarez drew Mr. Matsuoka …
Mitsu Hirai beat Dick Shannon … Masashi Ozawa drew Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat
Masao Ito … Takashi Kimura beat Tsutomu Oshiro

March 3, 1973 … Higashiosaka
Great Kojika and Mr. Matsuoka beat Killer Karl Krupp and Kurt Von Steiger (Great Kojika and
Mr. Matsuoka captured the Asian Tag Team Title that had been vacant since Michiaki
Yoshimura announced his retirement on January 30.) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ruben
Juarez … Akihisa Takachiho beat Dick Shannon … Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat
Charlie Fulton and Johnny Valentine … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Masashi Ozawa
beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Takashi Kimura beat Masao Ito
NOTE: Michiaki Yoshimura fought his farewell match in his hometown.

March 4, 1973 … Iwakura
Mr. Matsuoka and Kintaro Oki beat Dick Shannon and Killer Karl Krupp … Johnny Valentine
and Seiji Sakaguchi both COR … Akihisa Takachiho beat Charlie Fulton … Umanosuke Ueda
beat Kurt Von Steiger (DQ) … Ruben Juarez drew Mitsu Hirai … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Masashi Ozawa … Mitsuo Hata drew Takashi Kimura … Tsutomu Oshiro drew Masao Ito

March 6, 1973 … Nagoya
Kintaro Oki and Umanosuke Ueda beat Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine (Kintaro Oki
and Umanosuke Ueda captured the International Tag Team Title) … Seiji Sakaguchi beat
Dick Shannon … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kurt Von Steiger (DQ) … Mr. Matsuoka beat
Charlie Fulton … Ruben Juarez drew Great Kojika … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata …
Masashi Ozawa beat Tsutomu Oshiro … Masao Ito drew Takashi Kimura

March 7, 1973 … Tsu
Great Kojika won a 9-man battle royal pinning Kurt Von Steiger in the finals. The other
participants were Ruben Juarez, Dick Shannon, Johnny Valentine, Mr. Matsuoka, Masashi
Ozawa, Kazuo Sakurada and Umanosuke Ueda … Seiji Sakaguchi and Akihisa Takachiho
beat Charlie Fulton and Killer Karl Krupp … Kintaro Oki beat Ruben Juarez … Umanosuke
Ueda beat Dick Shannon … Mr. Matsuoka beat Kurt Von Steiger (COR) … Masashi Ozawa
beat Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata drew Tsutomu Oshiro

March 8, 1973 … Sano
Akihisa Takachiho beat Johnny Valentine (COR) (Akihisa Takachiho captured the United
National Heavyweight Title) … Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi beat Ruben Juarez and Killer
Karl Krupp … Great Kojika beat Kurt Von Steiger (DQ) … Mr. Matsuoka beat Dick Shannon
… Umanosuke Ueda beat Charlie Fulton … Kazuo Sakurada beat Tsutomu Oshiro (COR) …
Masashi Ozawa beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito drew Takashi Kimura
NOTE: JWA was sinking into a deep slump due to poor attendance. Seiji Sakaguchi, Takashi
Kimura, Masashi Ozawa and Tsutomu Oshiro decided to transfer to New Japan Pro Wrestling.

[Iron Claw Series]
April 13, 1973 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium)
Kintaro Oki and Fritz Von Erich both COR (Kintaro Oki retained the International Heavyweight
Title) … Killer Karl Krupp and Juan “Crusher” Rivas (Jose Rivera under the mask) beat Mitsu
Hirai and Akihisa Takachiho … The Alaskan (Jay York) beat Great Kojika (DQ) … Jerry
(Gerry) Monti drew Mr. Matsuoka … Kim Sung Ho and Kazuo Sakurada both COR … Masao
Ito beat Mitsuo Hata

April 15, 1973 … Fujinomiya
No results known

April 16, 1973 … Toyokawa
Kintaro Oki and Akihisa Takachiho beat Jerry Monti and Fritz Von Erich … Umanosuke Ueda
beat The Alaskan (DQ) … Killer Karl Krupp beat Mr. Matsuoka … Mitsu Hirai beat Crusher
Rivas … Kazuo Sakurada beat Kim Cho Ran … Mitsuo Hata beat Kim Sung Ho … Masao Ito
beat Hong Hak Toh

April 17, 1973 … Tokyo (Kourakuen Hall)
Great Kojika and Mr. Matsuoka beat Killer Karl Krupp and Jerry Monti (Great Kojika and Mr.
Matsuoka retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Kintaro Oki and Akihisa Takachiho beat The
Alaskan and Fritz Von Erich … Umanosuke Ueda beat Crusher Rivas … Kazuo Sakurada
beat Mitsuo Hata … Kim Sung Ho beat Masao Ito …Hong Hak Toh drew Kim Cho Ran

April 18, 1973 … Yaizu
Killer Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich beat Kintaro Oki and Umanosuke Ueda (COR) (Killer
Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich captured the International Tag Team Title) … Akihisa
Takachiho beat Jerry Monti … The Alaskan beat Mr. Matsuoka (DQ) … Great Kojika beat
Crusher Rivas … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata beat Kim Sung Ho (DQ) …
Hong Hak Toh beat Kim Cho Ran

April 19, 1973 … Yokohama
Akihisa Takachiho beat Killer Karl Krupp (Akihisa Takachiho retained the United National
Heavyweight Title) … Mr. Matsuoka and Kintaro Oki beat The Alaskan and Fritz Von Erich …
Crusher Rivas beat Umanosuke Ueda (DQ) … Great Kojika beat Jerry Monti …Kazuo
Sakurada beat Kim Sung Ho … Mitsuo Hata beat Hong Hak Toh … Masao Ito drew Kim Cho
Ran

April 20, 1973 … Yoshii (present-day Takasaki)
Great Kojika and Kintaro Oki beat Crusher Rivas and Fritz Von Erich … Akihisa Takachiho
beat The Alaskan … Killer Karl Krupp and Umanosuke Ueda both COR … Mr. Matsuoka beat
Jerry Monti … Kazuo Sakurada beat Kim Cho Ran … Mitsuo Hata beat Kim Sung Ho (DQ) …
Masao Ito beat Hong Hak Toh
NOTE: At last, the history of the oldest company founded by Rikidozan in 1953 came to an
end. Some wrestlers went abroad and others joined All Japan Pro Wrestling.


Research by Haruo Yamaguchi
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) Results - 1973
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