Japan Wrestling Results - 1974

January 4, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) beat Jerry Brisco and Terry Funk … Jumbo
Tsuruta beat Karl Von Steiger … Samson Kutsuwada beat Professor Tanaka (DQ) … Luke
Graham and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Akihisa Takachiho beat The Patriot (Bobby
Hart) (DQ) … Bob Geigel beat Motoshi Okuma … Jim Dillon drew with Masio Koma …
Munenori Higo and Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Momota and Akio Sato … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Mitsuo Hata
Notes: Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho left Japan for Australia again. They won
the Austra-Asian Tag Team Title there under the name of the Tojo Brothers (Hito Tojo and
Hiro Tojo).

January 5, 1974 … Kawasaki
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim Dillon and Terry Funk … Professor Tanaka beat
The Destroyer (DQ) … Thunder Sugiyama beat Bob Geigel … Jerry Brisco beat Masio Koma
… Luke Graham beat Motoshi Okuma … The Patriot beat Mitsu Hirai … Karl Von Steiger
beat Akio Sato … Mitsuo Momota beat Munenori Higo … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito

January 6, 1974 … Choshi
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jerry Brisco, Terry Funk and Luke
Graham … Thunder Sugiyama beat Professor Tanaka (DQ) … The Patriot beat Masio Koma
… Motoshi Okuma beat Karl Von Steiger … Bob Geigel beat Mitsu Hirai … Jim Dillon beat
Munenori Higo … Akio Sato beat Mitsuo Momota … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito

January 8, 1974 … Owase
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Terry Funk and Bob Geigel … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim
Dillon … Thunder Sugiyama beat Karl Von Steiger … Professor Tanaka beat Masio Koma …
Luke Graham beat Motoshi Okuma … The Patriot beat Mitsu Hirai … Jerry Brisco beat Mitsuo
Momota … Akio Sato beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Mitsuo Hata

Janyary 10, 1974 … Kashihara
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk and The Patriot … The Destroyer beat Bob
Geigel … Luke Graham and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Jim Dillon beat Masio Koma …
Professor Tanaka beat Mitsu Hirai … Motoshi Okuma beat Karl Von Steiger … Jerry Brisco
beat Akio Sato … Mitsuo Momota beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada

January 12, 1974 … Mito
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk and Luke Graham … The Destroyer beat
Professor Tanaka (DQ) … Jerry Brisco beat Masio Koma … Thunder Sugiyama beat Bob
Geigel … Jim Dillon beat Motoshi Okuma … Karl Von Steiger beat Mitsu Hirai … The Patriot
beat Munenori Higo … Mitsuo Momota beat Akio Sato … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata

January 13, 1974 … Fussa
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Jim Dillon and Terry Funk … Jumbo Tsuruta beat The
Patriot … Thunder Sugiyama beat Karl Von Steiger … Masio Koma beat Bob Geigel … Jerry
Brisco beat Mitsu Hirai … Professor Tanaka beat Motoshi Okuma … Luke Graham beat
Mitsuo Hata … Akio Sato beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Mitsuo Momota

January 15, 1974 … Wadomari, Okinoerabu-jima
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Terry Funk and The Patriot … Luke Graham and Jumbo
Tsuruta both COR … Thunder Sugiyama beat Jim Dillon … Masio Koma beat Karl Von
Steiger … Professor Tanaka beat Mitsu Hirai … Bob Geigel beat Akio Sato … Jerry Brisco
beat Mitsuo Momota … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata

January 18, 1974 … Koza, Okinawa
Giant Baba and Thunder Sugiyama beat Terry Funk and Luke Graham … The Destroyer
beat Karl Von Steiger … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim Dillon … Professor Tanaka beat Masio
Koma … Mitsu Hirai beat The Patriot … Bob Geigel beat Kazuo Sakurada … Jerry Brisco
beat Mitsuo Momota … Akio Sato beat Masao Ito

January 19, 1974 … Koza, Okinawa
Giant Baba beat Luke Graham … The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim Dillon and
Terry Funk … Thunder Sugiyama beat Professor Tanaka (DQ) … Masio Koma beat The
Patriot … Jerry Brisco beat Mitsu Hirai … Bob Geigel beat Akio Sato … Karl Von Steiger beat
Mitsuo Hata … Mitsuo Momota beat Masao Ito

January 22, 1974 … Kumamoto
Jack Brisco and Harley Race beat Giant Baba and The Destroyer … Dory Funk Jr. drew with
Jumbo Tsuruta … Thunder Sugiyama beat Karl Von Steiger … Professor Tanaka beat
Motoshi Okuma … Jerry Brisco beat Masio Koma … Mitsu Hirai beat The Patriot … Jim Dillon
beat Munenori Higo … Luke Graham beat Akio Sato

January 23, 1974 … Nagasaki
Jack Brisco and Giant Baba both COR (Brisco retained the NWA World Heavyweight Title and
Baba the PWF Title, respectively) … Dory Funk Jr. and Harley Race beat The Destroyer and
Jumbo Tsuruta … Thunder Sugiyama beat The Patriot … Luke Graham beat Motoshi Okuma
… Jerry Brisco beat Masio Koma … Professor Tanaka beat Mitsu Hirai … Jim Dillon beat Akio
Sato … Karl Von Steiger beat Mitsuo Momota … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito

January 24, 1974 … Hiroshima
Jack Brisco drew with Harley Race to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … Giant Baba
and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. and Jim Dillon … The Destroyer beat Luke Graham …
Professor Tanaka beat Thunder Sugiyama … Masio Koma beat Karl Von Steiger … Jerry
Brisco beat Mitsu Hirai … The Patriot beat Mitsuo Momota … Motoshi Okuma beat Munenori
Higo … Akio Sato beat Mitsuo Hata

January 26, 1974 … Wakayama
Jack Brisco and Dory Funk Jr. beat Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta … Harley Race drew with
The Destroyer … Thunder Sugiyama beat Luke Graham … Motoshi Okuma beat The Patriot
… Professor Tanaka beat Masio Koma … Jim Dillon beat Mitsu Hirai … Jerry Brisco beat Akio
Sato … Karl Von Steiger beat Munenori Higo … Mitsuo Momota beat Mitsuo Hata

January 27, 1974 … Osaka
Giant Baba beat Harley Race to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … Jack Brisco drew with
Dory Funk Jr. to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … The Destroyer and Jumbo
Tsuruta beat Jerry Brisco and Jim Dillon … Professor Tanaka beat Thunder Sugiyama …
Masio Koma beat The Patriot … Karl Von Steiger beat Mitsu Hirai … Munenori Higo beat Akio
Sato

January 28, 1974 … Nagoya
Jack Brisco drew with The Destroyer to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … Dory Funk
Jr. beat Jumbo Tsuruta … Giant Baba and Thunder Sugiyama beat Jim Dillon and Harley
Race … Professor Tanaka beat Motoshi Okuma … Jerry Brisco beat Masio Koma … Mitsu
Hirai beat The Patriot … Karl Von Steiger beat Akio Sato … Luke Graham beat Munenori
Higo … Mitsuo Momota beat Masao Ito

January 29, 1974 … Koriyama
Giant Baba beat Professor Tanaka to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … Dory Funk Jr.
drew with Harley Race … The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jack Brisco and Jerry
Brisco … Thunder Sugiyama beat The Patriot … Jim Dillon beat Masio Koma … Motoshi
Okuma beat Luke Graham … Akio Sato beat Mitsuo Momota … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo
Hata

January 30, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Dory Funk Jr. both COR (Giant Baba retained the PWF Heavyweight Title) …
Jack Brisco beat Jumbo Tsuruta to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … Harley Race
drew with The Destroyer … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Jerry Brisco and Jim Dillon …
Thunder Sugiyama beat Luke Graham … Professor Tanaka beat Motoshi Okuma … The
Patriot beat Akio Sato … Mitsuo Momota beat Munenori Higo
Note: Mitsuo Momota, the second son of Rikidozan, went to Mexico and began to work there
under the name of Rikidozan Jr.

February 23, 1974 … Koshigaya
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal (DQ) … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Mike Dubois (Alexis Smirnoff) … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Graham … Dutch Savage beat
Thunder Sugiyama … Eddie Graham beat Samson Kutsuwada (COR) … Masio Koma beat
Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito

February 24, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Murdoch and Dutch Savage … The Destroyer beat
Nelson Royal … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Dubois … Eddie Graham and Mike Graham drew
with Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho … Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu
Hirai beat Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma beat Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata

February 25, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Dubois and Dick Murdoch … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Nelson Royal … The Destroyer beat Dutch Savage … Eddie Graham and Thunder Sugiyama
both COR … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mike Graham … Masio Koma beat Akio Sato … Mitsu
Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Motoshi Okuma beat Mitsuo Hata … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Masao Ito

February 27, 1974 … Shimonoseki
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Eddie Graham and Dick Murdoch … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Dutch Savage (COR) … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mike Graham … Hiro Matsuda beat Nelson
Royal … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mike Dubois … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata … Motoshi
Okuma beat Akio Sato … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

February 28, 1974 … Onoda
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Murdoch and Dutch Savage … The Destroyer beat
Mike Graham … Hiro Matsuda beat Eddie Graham … Akihisa Takachiho beat Nelson Royal
… Mike Dubois and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Motoshi Okuma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito … Akio Sato beat Mitsuo
Hata

March 2, 1974 … Isahaya
Giant Baba and Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Dubois and Dick Murdoch … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Dutch Savage … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho beat Eddie Graham and Mike
Graham … The Destroyer beat Nelson Royal … Masio Koma beat Akio Sato … Motoshi
Okuma beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Munenori Higo beat Masao
Ito

March 3, 1974 … Tsukumi
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal … Hiro Matsuda beat
Dutch Savage … The Destroyer beat Mike Dubois … Thunder Sugiyama beat Eddie Graham
(COR) … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mike Graham … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Mitsu Hirai beat Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Mitsuo
Hata

March 4, 1974 … Osumi-cho
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Eddie Graham … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Dubois … Dutch Savage and Thunder Sugiyama
both COR … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mike Graham … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo Hata
… Masio Koma beat Akio Sato … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Masao Ito

March 5, 1974 … Miyazaki
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Dick Murdoch and Dutch Savage … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Mike Graham … Hiro Matsuda beat Nelson Royal … The Destroyer beat Mike Dubois …
Akihisa Takachiho beat Eddie Graham … Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo … Motoshi
Okuma beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito … Akio Sato beat Kazuo Sakurada

March 7, 1974 … Nishinoomote
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Mike Dubois and Dick Murdoch … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Eddie Graham … The Destroyer beat Dutch Savage … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Graham
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Nelson Royal … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo Hata … Masio
Koma beat Masao Ito … Motoshi Okuma beat Akio Sato … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo
Sakurada

March 9, 1974 … Kanoya
Giant Baba and Hiro Matsuda beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Mike Graham … The Destroyer beat Mike Dubois … Akihisa Takachiho beat Dutch Savage
(COR) … Thunder Sugiyama beat Eddie Graham … Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo
Sakurada … Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Akio Sato … Mitsuo Hata
beat Masao Ito

March 10, 1974 … Kaseda
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Nelson Royal and Dutch Savage … Dick Murdoch beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mike Dubois … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Graham
… Eddie Graham beat Akio Sato … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata … Motoshi Okuma beat
Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito

March 12, 1974 … Iwakuni
Giant Baba and Takachiho beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Eddie Graham … The Destroyer beat Mike Dubois … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Graham …
Thunder Sugiyama beat Dutch Savage … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Masio Koma beat
Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada

March 13, 1974 … Himeji
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson Royal … Hiro Matsuda beat
Dutch Savage … The Destroyer beat Mike Dubois … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mike Graham
… Akio Sato beat Eddie Graham … Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masio
Koma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito

March 15, 1974 … Sendai, Miyagi
Giant Baba beat Gene Kiniski to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … Anton Geesink beat
Dutch Savage (COR) … Hiro Matsuda and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Murdoch and Nelson
Royal … The Destroyer beat Mike Graham … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mike Dubois …
Akihisa Takachiho beat Eddie Graham … Masio Koma beat Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma
beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata

March 16, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Gene Kiniski and Dutch Savage … Jumbo Tsuruta bat
Nelson Royal … The Destroyer beat Mike Graham … Dick Murdoch beat Samson Kutsuwada
… Hiro Matsuda beat Eddie Graham … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mike Dubois … Masio Koma
and Motoshi Okuma beat Munenori Higo and Akio Sato … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada
… Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito

March 17, 1974 … Kobe
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Gene Kiniski and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink beat
Mike Dubois … Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Eddie Graham and Mike Graham
… Hiro Matsuda beat Dutch Savage … Nelson Royal drew with Thunder Sugiyama … Masio
Koma beat Munenori Higo … Motoshi Okuma beat Akio Sato … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito …
Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata

March 18, 1974 … Neyagawa
Giant Baba, Hiro Matsuda and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Gene Kiniski, Eddie Graham and Mike
Graham … Dick Murdoch beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Dutch Savage …
Samson Kutsuwada beat Nelson Royal … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mike Dubois … Masio
Koma beat Akio Sato … Motoshi Okuma beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo
… Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito

March 19, 1974 … Shizuoka
Giant Baba beat Dick Murdoch (DQ) … The Destroyer and Anton Geesink beat Gene Kiniski
and Nelson Royal … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Eddie Graham … Hiro Matsuda beat Mike Dubois
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Dutch Savage … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mike Graham …
Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai
beat Akio Sato

The Second Champion Carnival Tournament
April 13, 1974 … Funabashi
Mark Lewin and Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) beat Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho …
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Joe Soto … The Destroyer NC Abdullah the Butcher … King Iaukea beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Rufus R. Jones … Matti Suzuki beat Sailor
White … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada … Akio Sato beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat
Masao Ito

April 14, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Mr. Wrestling beat Matti
Suzuki … The Destroyer NC Abdullah the Butcher … Thunder Sugiyama beat Joe Soto …
Rufus R. Jones beat Samson Kutsuwada … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada … Motoshi
Okuma beat Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata (COR) … Akio Sato beat Atsushi
Onita　

April 15, 1974 … Gifu
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … King
Iaukea beat Masio Koma … The Destroyer beat Joe Soto … Mr. Wrestling beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Mark Lewin beat Thunder Sugiyama … Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu
Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

April 16, 1974 … Ise
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Joe Soto and Mr. Wrestling … Mark Lewin beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Abdullah the Butcher beat Samson Kutsuwada … Matti Suzuki beat Rufus R.
Jones … King Iaukea and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata …
Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

April 17, 1974 … Yokkaichi
Abdullah the Butcher and Mark Lewin beat Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho … Samson
Kutsuwada beat Rufus R. Jones … The Destroyer beat Joe Soto … Mr. Wrestling beat
Thunder Sugiyama … King Iaukea beat Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

April 18, 1974 … Tokoname
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Akihisa Takachiho
beat Abdullah the Butcher (DQ) … The Destroyer beat Rufus R. Jones … Mr. Wrestling beat
Matti Suzuki … Thunder Sugiyama beat Joe Soto … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu
Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

April 20, 1974 … Tokushima
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … The
Destroyer beat King Iaukea (DQ) … Mark Lewin beat Masio Koma … Mr. Wrestling beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Akihisa Takachiho beat Sailor White … Matti Suzuki beat Joe Soto …
Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito

April 22, 1974 … Awaikeda
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Abdullah the Butcher and King Iaukea … Mark Lewin
beat Samson Kutsuwada … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Joe Soto … The Destroyer beat Rufus R.
Jones … Mr. Wrestling beat Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat
Kazuo Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Atsushi Onita also won a battle
royal pinning Kazuo Sakurada in the final.

April 23, 1974 … Tonosho-cho, Shodoshima
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … The
Destroyer beat Mark Lewin (DQ) … Jumbo Tsuruta beat King Iaukea (COR) … Mr. Wrestling
beat Akihisa Takachiho … Thunder Sugiyama beat Joe Soto … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki
beat Animal Hamaguchi and Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Isamu Sakae
beat Atsushi Onita … Atsushi Onita won a battle royal pinning Mitsu Hirai in the final.

April 24, 1974 … Tokushima
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Joe Soto and Mr. Wrestling … Mark Lewin beat Akihisa
Takachiho … King Iaukea beat Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Rufus R.
Jones … Masio Koma beat Sailor White … The Destroyer and Abdullah the Butcher both
COR … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Sakae … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Mitsuo Hata won an 8-
man battle royal pinning Masanobu Fuchi in the final.

April 25, 1974 … Matsuyama
King Iaukea and Mark Lewin beat Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho … Abdullah the Butcher
beat Samson Kutsuwada … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Rufus R. Jones … The Destroyer beat Joe
Soto … Thunder Sugiyama beat Sailor White … Mr. Wrestling beat Mitsu Hirai … Animal
Hamaguchi and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Masio Koma beat
Atsushi Onita … Isamu Sakae beat Masanobu Fuchi

April 27, 1974 … Kochi
Giant Baba beat King Iaukea … The Destroyer NC Abdullah the Butcher … Akihisa
Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Joe Soto and Mr. Wrestling … Mark Lewin beat Samson
Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Rufus R. Jones … Sailor White beat Kazuo Sakurada
… Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Animal Hamaguchi and Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat
Isamu Sakae

April 28, 1974 … Wakayama
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … Mr.
Wrestling beat Thunder Sugiyama … Jumbo Tsuruta beat King Iaukea (COR) … The
Destroyer beat Sailor White … Mark Lewin beat Matti Suzuki … Akihisa Takachiho beat Joe
Soto … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Animal Hamaguchi and Mitsuo Hata … Isamu Sakae
beat Atsushi Onita

April 30, 1974 … Yamagata
Giant Baba NC Mark Lewin … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho beat Abdullah the
Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Sailor White … The Destroyer beat Joe
Soto … King Iaukea and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Mr. Wrestling beat Masio Koma …
Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Sakae … Kazuo Sakurada
beat Mitsuo Hata

May 1, 1974 … Omagari
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mark Lewin and Sailor White … Abdullah the Butcher
beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Rufus R. Jones … Mr. Wrestling beat Matti
Suzuki … King Iaukea and Samson Kutsuwada both COR … Thunder Sugiyama beat Joe
Soto … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Animal Hamaguchi and Mitsuo Hata … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Isamu Sakae … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Animal Hamaguchi
won a battle royal pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

May 2, 1974 … Akita
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Abdullah the Butcher (COR) … The Destroyer beat Sailor White … Mr. Wrestling beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Rufus R. Jones … Matti Suzuki beat Joe Soto
… Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Isamu Sakae beat
Atsushi Onita

May 4, 1974 … Tomakomai
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … Mr.
Wrestling drew with Jumbo Tsuruta … Mark Lewin beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer
beat Sailor White … King Iaukea beat Kazuo Sakurada … Matti Suzuki beat Joe Soto …
Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai drew with Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Sakae … Atsushi Onita
beat Masanobu Fuchi

May 5, 1974 … Iwamizawa
Giant Baba beat Mark Lewin … Mr. Wrestling beat Jumbo Tsuruta … Abdullah the Butcher
and Rufus R. Jones beat Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat
Joe Soto … King Iaukea beat Animal Hamaguchi … Matti Suzuki beat Sailor White … Mitsu
Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata drew with Isamu Sakae … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi

May 6, 1974 … Asahikawa
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Joe Soto and Mr. Wrestling … Abdullah the Butcher
beat Samson Kutsuwada … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Sailor White … Mark Lewin beat Thunder
Sugiyama … The Destroyer and Matti Suzuki beat King Iaukea and Rufus R. Jones … Mitsu
Hirai beat Isamu Sakae … Animal Hamaguchi beat Mitsuo Hata … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi

May 7, 1974 … Kushiro
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and King Iaukea … The Destroyer
beat Rufus R. Jones … Mark Lewin beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Wrestling beat Matti
Suzuki … Samson Kutsuwada beat Joe Soto … Thunder Sugiyama beat Sailor White …
Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai beat Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Sakae … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi … Masanobu Fuchi won a 7-man battle royal pinning Atsushi Onita in the
final.

May 8, 1974 … Sapporo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and Rufus R. Jones … Mr.
Wrestling drew with The Destroyer … Samson Kutsuwada beat Joe Soto … Mark Lewin beat
Matti Suzuki … King Iaukea beat Thunder Sugiyama … Akihisa Takachiho beat Sailor White
… Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai beat Animal Hamaguchi and Kazuo Sakurada … Isamu Sakae
beat Atsushi Onita

May 9, 1974 … Muroran
The Destroyer and Giant Baba beat Sailor White and Mr. Wrestling … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Joe Soto … Abdullah the Butcher beat Thunder Sugiyama … Samson Kutsuwada and
Akihisa Takachiho beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Rufus R. Jones and Matti Suzuki both
COR … Mitsuo Hata beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ) … Animal Hamaguchi beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Isamu Sakae beat Atsushi Onita

May 11, 1974 … Maebashi
Giant Baba beat Mr. Wrestling and became the winner of the Second Champion Carnival
Tournament … Abdullah the Butcher beat Akihisa Takachiho … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Rufus
R. Jones … The Destroyer beat Joe Soto … Mark Lewin beat Thunder Sugiyama … King
Iaukea beat Samson Kutsuwada … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo
Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Rufus R. Jones won a battle royal
pinning Thunder Sugiyama in the final.
Note: Mr. Wrestling unmasked himself and revealed that he was Tim Woods.　

May 12, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Abdullah the Butcher
and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … The Destroyer beat Rufus R. Jones … Mr. Wrestling
beat Akihisa Takachiho … Samson Kutsuwada beat Joe Soto … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki
beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

May 13, 1974 … Hachioji
The Destroyer beat Abdullah the Butcher (DQ) (Dick Beyer retained the US Heavyweight Title
and Larry Shreve the Commonwealth Heavyweight Title) … Giant Baba and Samson
Kutsuwada beat King Iaukea and Mark Lewin … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Rufus R. Jones … Mr.
Wrestling beat Thunder Sugiyama … Akihisa Takachiho beat Joe Soto … Matti Suzuki beat
Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita … Mitsuo
Hata won a battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

May 14, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and King Iaukea … Mark Lewin
beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Wrestling beat Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat
Joe Soto … Mighty Inoue beat Mitsu Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito
beat Atsushi Onita … Matti Suzuki won a battle royal pinning King Iaukea in the final.

May 16, 1974 … Osaka
Giant Baba beat Abdullah the Butcher … King Iaukea and Mark Lewin beat Samson
Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho … Mr. Wrestling drew with Jumbo Tsuruta … The
Destroyer beat Joe Soto … Thunder Sugiyama beat Rufus R. Jones … Masio Koma and
Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito … Atsushi
Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Kazuo Sakurada won an 8-man battle royal pinning Masao Ito
in the final.

May 25, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Gorilla Monsoon and Moose Morowski … Johnny Rodz
drew with Jumbo Tsuruta … The Destroyer beat Kevin Sullivan … Spiros Arion beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara) … Thunder Sugiyama beat
El Gran Tapia … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Chang Yeong Cheol …
Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita
Note: Akio Sato went back to the USA, Motoshi Okuma flew to Canada, Munenori Higo visited
Australia and Kazuo Sakurada made a short tour of New Zealand.

May 27, 1974 … Oyama
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Gorilla Monsoon and Kevin Sullivan … The Destroyer
beat El Gran Tapia … Moose Morowski beat Akihisa Takachiho … Spiros Arion beat Samson
Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mr. Fuji … Johnny Rodz beat Chang Yeong Cheol …
Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Atsushi
Onita

May 29, 1974 … Togane
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Spiros Arion and Gorilla Monsoon … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Moose Morowski … The Destroyer beat Mr. Fuji … Samson Kutsuwada beat Johnny
Rodz (COR) … Thunder Sugiyama beat Kevin Sullivan … Masio Kama beat El Gran Tapia …
Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Chang Yeong Cheol … Masao Ito beat
Atsushi Onita

May 30, 1974 … Omiya
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mr. Fuji and Gorilla Monsoon … Pedro Morales beat
Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Kevin Sullivan … Samson Kutsuwada beat Johnny
Rodz (COR) … Spiros Arion and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Moose Morowski beat
Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat El Gran Tapia … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Masao
Ito and Chang Yeong Cheol … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

June 1, 1974 … Takefu
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Spiros Arion and Gorilla Monsoon … Pedro Morales
beat Samson Kutsuwada … Anton Geesink beat El Gran Tapia … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Kevin
Sullivan … Moose Morowski beat Akihisa Takachiho … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mr. Fuji (DQ)
… Johnny Rodz beat Matti Suzuki … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and
Munenori Higo … Chang Yeong Cheol beat Masao Ito

June 2, 1974 … Okayama
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Pedro Morales and Johnny Rodz … Gorilla Monsoon
beat Samson Kutsuwada … Anton Geesink beat Moose Morowski … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mr.
Fuji … The Destroyer beat Kevin Sullivan … Spiros Arion beat Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma
beat El Gran Tapia … Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo beat Mitsu Hirai and Chang Yeong
Cheol … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

June 3, 1974 … Kitakyushu
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Gorilla Monsoon and Moose Morowski … Pedro Morales
beat Thunder Sugiyama … Anton Geesink beat Johnny Rodz … The Destroyer beat Spiros
Arion … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mr. Fuji (DQ) … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kevin Sullivan …
Mitsu Hirai beat El Gran Tapia … Munenori Higo and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and
Chang Yeong Cheol … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

June 4, 1974 … Oita
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Spiros Arion and Pedro Morales … Anton Geesink beat
Kevin Sullivan … Gorilla Monsoon beat Thunder Sugiyama … The Destroyer beat Johnny
Rodz … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mr. Fuji (DQ) … Moose Morowski drew with Samson
Kutsuwada … Matti Suzuki beat El Gran Tapia … Mitsu Hirai and Masao Ito beat Mitsuo Hata
and Munenori Higo … Chang Yeong Cheol beat Atsushi Onita

June 5, 1974 … Fukuoka
Giant Baba beat Moose Morowski … Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Pedro
Morales and Kevin Sullivan … Anton Geesink beat Johnny Rodz … Gorilla Monsoon beat
Samson Kutsuwada … The Destroyer beat Spiros Arion … Thunder Sugiyama beat El Gran
Tapia … Mr. Fuji beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and
Chang Yeong Cheol … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

June 7, 1974 … Nagasaki
Giant Baba beat Spiros Arion … Pedro Morales and Johnny Rodz drew with Samson
Kutsuwada and Jumbo Tsuruta … Anton Geesink beat El Gran Tapia … Gorilla Monsoon
beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Mr. Fuji … Thunder Sugiyama beat Kevin
Sullivan … Moose Morowski beat Matti Suzuki … Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo beat Mitsu
Hirai and Masao Ito …Chang Yeong Cheol beat Atsushi Onita

June 8, 1974 … Sasebo
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Rodz … Pedro Morales
beat Jumbo Tsuruta … The Destroyer beat Mr. Fuji … Samson Kutsuwada beat Spiros Arion
… Akihisa Takachiho beat Moose Morowski … Thunder Sugiyama beat Kevin Sullivan … El
Gran Tapia beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Chang
Yeong Cheol … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

June 10, 1974 … Nara
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Anton Geesink beat Spiros Arion, Gorilla Monsoon and
Johnny Rodz … Pedro Morales beat Akihisa Takachiho … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Kevin Sullivan
… Moose Morowski beat Mitsuo Hata … Samson Kutsuwada beat Mr. Fuji … Thunder
Sugiyama beat El Gran Tapia … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Masao Ito and Munenori
Higo …Chang Yeong Cheol beat Atsushi Onita

June 11, 1974 … Nagoya
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Spiros Arion and Gorilla Monsoon … Pedro Morales and
The Destroyer both COR … Anton Geesink beat El Gran Tapia (DQ) … Thunder Sugiyama
beat Kevin Sullivan … Samson Kutsuwada beat Moose Morowski … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Johnny Rodz … Mr. Fuji beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo
and Chang Yeong Cheol … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

June 12, 1974 … Osaka
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Pedro Morales and Moose Morowski … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Johnny Rodz … Gorilla Monsoon beat Samson Kutsuwada … The Destroyer beat Spiros
Arion … Akihisa Takachiho beat El Gran Tapia … Thunder Sugiyama beat Kevin Sullivan …
Matti Suzuki beat Mr. Fuji … Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo beat Mitsu Hirai and Masao Ito
… Chang Yeong Cheol beat Atsushi Onita … Masao Ito won an 8-man battle royal pinning
Mitsuo Hata in the final.

June 13, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba beat Pedro Morales to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … Anton Geesink beat
Gorilla Monsoon (COR) (Judo Jacket Match) … The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Johnny Rodz and Kevin Sullivan … Akihisa Takachiho beat Spiros Arion … Samson
Kutsuwada beat Moose Morowski … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mr. Fuji … Matti Suzuki beat El
Gran Tapia … Mitsu Hirai and Masao Ito beat Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Chang
Yeong Cheol beat Atsushi Onita

July 5, 1974 … Tokyo
Mil Mascaras and Bob Roop beat Giant Baba and The Destroyer … Danny Hodge drew with
Jumbo Tsuruta … Thunder Sugiyama beat George Steele (DQ) … Sandy Scott beat Samson
Kutsuwada … Akihisa Takachiho beat Bob Backlund … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat
Atsushi Onita

July 7, 1974 … Saeki
Bob Roop and George Steele beat Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta … Mil Mascaras beat
Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Bob Backlund … Danny Hodge beat Samson
Kutsuwada … Sandy Scott and Thunder Sugiyama both COR … Masio Koma and Matti
Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Masanobu Fuchi

July 8, 1974 … Nogata
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Mil Mascaras and Sandy Scott … The Destroyer
beat Bob Roop … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund … Danny Hodge beat Thunder
Sugiyama … Samson Kutsuwada beat George Steele … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat
Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito beat
Atsushi Onita

July 9, 1974 … Yukuhashi
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Bob Backlund and Danny Hodge … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Bob Roop … Mil Mascaras beat Masio Koma … The Destroyer beat Sandy Scott …
Thunder Sugiyama beat George Steele (DQ) … Matti Suzuki and Akihisa Takachiho beat
Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat
Atsushi Onita

July 11, 1974 … Miyakonojo
Giant Baba beat George Steele … The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund
and Danny Hodge … Mil Mascaras beat Akihisa Takachiho … Bob Roop and Thunder
Sugiyama both COR … Sandy Scott beat Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma and Samson
Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita … Kazuo Sakurada won a battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the
final.

July 12, 1974 … Okuchi
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Bob Backlund and Bob Roop … Mil Mascaras beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Sandy Scott … Danny Hodge beat Akihisa
Takachiho … George Steele beat Thunder Sugiyama … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Munenori Higo and Mitsu Hirai … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata beat
Atsushi Onita

July 14, 1974 … Yaku-cho
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund, Bob Roop and George
Steele … Mil Mascaras beat Matti Suzuki … Danny Hodge beat Samson Kutsuwada …
Akihisa Takachiho beat Sandy Scott … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and
Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi …
Mitsuo Hata won an 8-man battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

July 15, 1974 … Kushikino
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mil Mascaras and Sandy Scott … Danny Hodge beat
Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Bob Roop … Samson Kutsuwada beat George
Steele … Bob Backlund beat Mitsu Hirai … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo
and Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

July 16, 1974 … Okawa
Giant Baba, Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Danny Hodge, Mil Mascaras and
Bob Roop … The Destroyer beat George Steele … Samson Kutsuwada beat Bob Backlund
… Matti Suzuki beat Sandy Scott … Thunder Sugiyama beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo
beat Kazuo Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Munenori Higo won a 7-man
battle royal pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

July 18, 1974 … Kudamatsu
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Bob Backlund and Bob Roop … Mil Mascaras and
Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … Danny Hodge beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat
Sandy Scott … Thunder Sugiyama beat George Steele … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat
Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi

July 19, 1974 … Fukuyama
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Bob Roop and George Steele … Mil Mascaras beat
Akihisa Takachiho … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund … Danny Hodge beat Samson
Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Sandy Scott … Kazuo Sakurada and Matti Suzuki
beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi … Masao Ito won an 8-man battle royal pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

July 20, 1974 … Inuyama
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Roop and George Steele … Mil Mascaras beat
Matti Suzuki … The Destroyer beat Bob Backlund … Danny Hodge beat Akihisa Takachiho
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Sandy Scott … Mitsu Hirai and Samson Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo
Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu
Fuchi

July 23, 1974 … Kanazawa
Giant Baba beat Bob Roop … Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund and
Mil Mascaras … The Destroyer beat Sandy Scott … Danny Hodge beat Samson Kutsuwada
… Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Thunder
Sugiyama beat George Steele … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi

July 24, 1974 … Asahi-cho
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Bob Backlund and Mil Mascaras … The Destroyer
beat Sandy Scott … Jumbo Tsuruta beat George Steele … Danny Hodge beat Matti Suzuki
… Bob Roop beat Samson Kutsuwada … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata
beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Atsushi Onita

July 25, 1974 … Tokyo
The Destroyer beat Mil Mascaras to retain the US Heavyweight Title … Giant Baba and
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bob Backlund and Bob Roop … Thunder Sugiyama beat George Steele
… Danny Hodge beat Akihisa Takachiho … Samson Kutsuwada beat Sandy Scott … Matti
Suzuki beat Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Mituso Hata … Munenori Higo drew with Kazuo
Sakurada

August 9, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba beat Terry Funk to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … The Destroyer beat The
Tornado (DQ) to retain the US Heavyweight Title … Killer Karl Kox and Johnny Weaver beat
Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta … Dick Slater beat Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder
Sugiyama beat Baron Mikel Scicluna … Robert Bruce beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masio Koma
and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito …
Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi
Note: The Masked Tornado (Dick Murdoch) almost pinned The Destroyer (Dick Beyer), when
NWA Vice-President, John Ringley, as a witness at the ringside, made a strong appeal to the
referee and The Tornado was disqualified. Dick Murdoch visited Japan only for this single
bout.

August 10, 1974 … Naoetsu
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk and Johnny Weaver … The Destroyer beat
Robert Bruce … Killer Karl Kox beat Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Baron
Scicluna … Dick Slater beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Munenori Higo and Mitsu Hirai … Masao Ito beat Mitsuo Hata … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Atsushi Onita … Munenori Higo won a 9-man battle royal pinning Kazuo Sakurada in the final.

August 11, 1974 … Niitsu
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Terry Funk and Killer Karl Kox … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Johnny Weaver … Samson Kutsuwada beat Baron Scicluna … Akihisa Takachiho beat Dick
Slater … Matti Suzuki beat Robert Bruce … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata
and Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

August 12, 1974 … Noshiro
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Terry Funk and Dick Slater … Killer Karl Kox and
Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … The Destroyer beat Johnny Weaver … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Robert Bruce … Baron Scicluna beat Mitsuo Hata … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsu
Hirai and Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

August 14, 1974 … Goshogawara
Giant Baba, Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk, Killer Karl Kox and Dick
Slater … The Destroyer beat Baron Scicluna … Samson Kutsuwada beat Johnny Weaver …
Robert Bruce beat Munenori Higo … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsu Hirai and
Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

August 15, 1974 … Kyowa-cho
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Killer Karl Kox and Johnny Weaver … Terry Funk drew
with Jumbo Tsuruta … Samson Kutsuwada beat Dick Slater … Thunder Sugiyama beat
Robert Bruce … Baron Scicluna beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki
beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito beat
Masanobu Fuchi

August 16, 1974 … Shiraoi-cho
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk and Dick Slater … Killer Karl Kox and The
Destroyer both COR … Samson Kutsuwada beat Robert Bruce … Thunder Sugiyama Baron
Scicluna … Johnny Weaver beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat
Munenori Higo and Masao Ito … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat
Atsushi Onita

August 18, 1974 … Ebetsu
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Terry Funk and Killer Karl Kox … The Destroyer
beat Johnny Weaver … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dick Slater … Thunder Sugiyama beat Robert
Bruce … Baron Scicluna beat Akihisa Takachiho … Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Masanobu
Fuchi … Masao Ito also won a 9-man battle royal pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

August 19, 1974 … Fukagawa
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. and Johnny Weaver … The Destroyer
beat Dick Slater … Samson Kutsuwada beat Baron Scicluna … Killer Karl Kox and Thunder
Sugiyama both COR … Akihisa Takachiho beat Robert Bruce … Matti Suzuki beat Masao Ito
… Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Atsushi Onita

August 20, 1974 … Abashiri
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Thunder Sugiyama beat Fory Funk Jr., Killer Karl Kox and
Baron Scicluna … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Johnny Weaver … Samson Kutsuwada beat Dick
Slater … Kazuo Sakurada beat Robert Bruce … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masao Ito … Mitsuo
Hata and Masio Koma beat Atsushi Onita and Matti Suzuki … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo

August 22, 1974 … Nakashibetsu-cho
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer Karl Kox and Dick Slater … Dory Funk Jr. beat
Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Robert Bruce … Samson Kutsuwada beat Baron
Scicluna … Thunder Sugiyama beat Johnny Weaver … Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo …
Mitsuo Hata and Masio Koma beat Mitsu Hirai and Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada beat
Masanobu Fuchi

August 23, 1974 … Obihiro
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. and Johnny Weaver … Killer Karl Kox and
The Destroyer both COR … Samson Kutsuwada beat Dick Slater … Thunder Sugiyama beat
Robert Bruce … Baron Scicluna beat Akihisa Takachiho … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo
Sakurada … Munenori Higo and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai
beat Atsushi Onita

August 24, 1974 … Otaru
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Dory Funk Jr. and Dick Slater … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Johnny Weaver … Killer Karl Kox beat Samson Kutsuwada … The Destroyer beat Baron
Scicluna … Thunder Sugiyama beat Robert Bruce … Matti Suzuki beat Masao Ito … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat
Masanobu Fuchi … Atsushi Onita won an 8-man battle royal pinning Kazuo Sakurada in the
final.

August 27, 1974 … Noda
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Robert Bruce and Dory Funk Jr. … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Dick Slater … Killer Karl Kox beat Akihisa Takachiho … Samson Kutsuwada beat Johnny
Weaver … Thunder Sugiyama beat Baron Scicluna … Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi
Onita

August 28, 1974 … Utsunomiya
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. and Killer Karl Kox … The Destroyer beat
Dick Slater … Matti Suzuki beat Johnny Weaver … Thunder Sugiyama beat Robert Bruce …
Akihisa Takachiho beat Baron Scicluna … Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Masao Ito

August 29, 1974 … Tokyo
Dory Funk Jr. beat Jumbo Tsuruta … Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Killer Karl Kox and
Dick Slater … Samson Kutsuwada beat Robert Bruce … Thunder Sugiyama beat Baron
Scicluna … Akihisa Takachiho beat Johnny Weaver … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat MItsuo Hata and Maso Ito … Munenori Higo beat Atsushi
Onita

September 13, 1974 … Tokyo
The Avenger (Moose Morowski) and Len Shelley beat Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta (DQ)
… Abdullah the Butcher beat Samson Kutsuwada (DQ) … The Desroyer beat Blue Devil (Joe
Soto) … John DaSilva beat Akihisa Takachiho … Matti Suzuki beat Otto Manheim … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat
Masanobu Fuchi

September 14, 1974 … Aizuwakamatsu
Giant Baba and Great Kojika beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The Destroyer
beat Len Shelley … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blue Devil … The Avenger beat Samson Kutsuwada
… Thunder Sugiyama beat John DaSilva … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masao Ito … Masio
Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Atsushi Onita
Note: Shinya “Great” Kojika came back to Japan after working for a year in Texas under the
name of Kung Fu Lee.

September 15, 1974 … Tsuruoka
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The
Avenger and Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … The Destroyer beat Len Shelley … Great Kojika
beat Blue Devil … Thunder Sugiyama beat John DaSilva … Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo
Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Atsushi Onita and Matti Suzuki … Munenori
Higo beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo won a 10-man battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the
final.

September 16, 1974 … Hirosaki
Giant Baba and Samson Kutsuwada beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The
Destroyer beat John DaSilva … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blue Devil … The Avenger beat Great
Kojika … Thunder Sugiyama beat Len Shelley … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori
Higo and Matti Suzuki … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat
Masanobu Fuchi

September 18, 1974 … Kamaishi
Giant Baba and Thunder Sugiyama beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … Jumbo
Tsuruta beat Len Shelley … The Destroyer beat John DaSilva … The Avenger beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Great Kojika beat Blue Devil … Samson Kutsuwada beat Masao Ito … Masio
Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Mitsu Hirai … Kazuo Sakurada beat Atsushi
Onita … Atsushi Onita won an 11-man battle royal pinning Munenori Higo in the final.

September 19, 1974 … Shinjo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and Len Shelley … The Destroyer
beat Otto Manheim … The Avenger beat Samson Kutsuwada … John DaSilva beat Great
Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat Blue Devil … Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai
and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

September 20, 1974 … Nakajo-machi
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Abdullah the Butcher and John DaSilva … The
Destroyer beat Len Shelley … Jumbo Tsuruta bat Blue Devil … The Avenger beat Great
Kojika (DQ) … Samson Kutsuwada beat Otto Manheim … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo Sakurada
… Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo and Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata beat
Atsushi Onita … Mitsuo Hata also won a 10-man battle royal pinning Munenori Higo in the
final.

September 21, 1974 … Kumagaya
Giant Baba and Great Kojika beat Abdullah the Butcher and John DaSilva … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Blue Devil … The Avenger beat Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Len Shelley
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Otto Manheim … Samson Kutsuwada beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsu Hirai and Mitsuo Hata … Munenori Higo beat Masao
Ito … The Avenger won a battle royal pinning Thunder Sugiyama in the final.

September 23, 1974 … Uonuma
Giant Baba, Samson Kutsuwada and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher, The Avenger
and Otto Manheim … The Destroyer beat Blue Devil … Great Kojika beat Len Shelley …
Thunder Sugiyama beat John DaSilva … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masio
Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu
Fuchi … Kazuo Sakurada won an 11-man battle royal pinning Munenori Higo in the final.

September 24, 1974 … Nagoya
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The
Destroyer beat John DaSilva … Thunder Sugiyama beat Len Shelley … The Avenger beat
Great Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat Blue Devil … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat
Atsushi Onita and Matti Suzuki … Samson Kutsuwada beat Munenori Higo … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Munenori Higo won an 11-man battle royal pinning Kazuo
Sakurada in the final.

September 25, 1974 … Yokohama
Giant Baba and Abdullah the Butcher both DQ (Giant Baba retained the PWF Heavyweight
Title) … The Destroyer and Great Kojika beat The Avenger and Blue Devil … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Otto Manheim … Thunder Sugiyama beat Len Shelley … Samson Kutsuwada beat John
DaSilva … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Akihisa Takachiho and Matti Suzuki … Munenori
Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito

September 27, 1974 … Kashihara
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and The Avenger … The
Destroyer beat Len Shelley … Great Kojika beat Blue Devil … Samson Kutsuwada beat Otto
Manheim … Thunder Sugiyama beat John DaSilva … Mitsu Hirai drew with Akihisa Takachiho
… Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada
beat Masao Ito … Kazuo Sakurada also won a battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

September 28, 1974 … Naruto
Giant Baba, Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher, Blue Devil and
Otto Manheim … The Destroyer beat John DaSilva … The Avenger beat Great Kojika (DQ)
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Len Shelley … Samson Kutsuwada drew with Matti Suzuki …
Masio Koma and Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsu Hirai and Mitsuo Hata … Munenori Higo beat
Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

September 29, 1974 … Takamatsu
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat The Avenger and Blue Devil … Abdullah the Butcher
and Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … Great Kojika beat John DaSilva … Thunder Sugiyama beat
Otto Manheim … Akihisa Takachiho beat Len Shelley … Mitsu Hirai drew with Samson
Kutsuwada … Munenori Higo and Matti Suzuki beat Masao Ito and Masio Koma … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata … Munenori Higo won an 11-man battle royal pinning Masao Ito
in the final.

September 30, 1974 … Kawanoe
Giant Baba and Great Kojika beat Abdullah the Butcher and Blue Devil … The Destroyer
beat Otto Manheim … The Avenger and Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … Thunder Sugiyama
beat John DaSilva … Len Shelley beat Masio Koma … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa
Takachiho beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata …
Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito

October 1, 1974 … Tosanakamura
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Abdullah the Butcher and Blue Devil … The Destroyer
beat Len Shelley … The Avenger beat Akihisa Takachiho … Great Kojika beat John DaSilva
… Thunder Sugiyama beat Otto Manheim … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai
and Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo and Masao Ito … Mitsuo Hata won a 10-man battle
royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

October 2, 1974 … Hiwasa-cho
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The
Destroyer beat John DaSilva … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blue Devil … The Avenger beat Great
Kojika (DQ) … Thunder Sugiyama beat Len Shelley … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat
Masanobu Fuchi

October 5, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba beat Abdullah the Butcher to retain PWF Heavyweight Title … The Destroyer
beat The Avenger (Moose Morowski) to retain the US Heavyweight Title … Akihisa Takachiho
and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blue Devil and Len Shelley … Great Kojika beat John DaSilva …
Thunder Sugiyama beat Otto Manheim … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata
and Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

October 6, 1974 … Tsuga-machi
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat The Avenger and Abdullah the Butcher … The
Destroyer beat John DaSilva … Great Kojika beat Blue Devil … Akihisa Takachiho beat Otto
Manheim … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo
Hata beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi … Masao Ito won a battle royal
pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

October 7, 1974 … Takasaki
Giant Baba and Great Kojika beat Abdullah the Butcher and Otto Manheim … The Destroyer
beat Blue Devil … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Len Shelley … The Avenger beat Thunder Sugiyama
(COR) … Akihisa Takachiho beat John DaSilva … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat Munenori
Higo and Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat Atsushi Onita

October 8, 1974 … Chiba
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat The Avenger and Abdullah the Butcher … The
Destroyer beat Len Shelley … Great Kojika beat Otto Manheim … Thunder Sugiyama beat
John DaSilva … Akihisa Takachiho beat Blue Devil … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito beat
Atsushi Onita

October 10, 1974 … Suita
The Destroyer beat Abdullah the Butcher (DQ) to retain the US Heavyweight Title … Giant
Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat The Avenger and Blue Devil … Great Kojika beat Otto
Manheim … Akihisa Takachiho beat John DaSilva … Masio Koma beat Len Shelley … Mitsu
Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat Masao
Ito … Munenori Higo also won a battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

October 18, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Blackjack Mulligan (Bob Windham) and Dick Murdoch
(DQ) … Don Leo Jonathan beat Akihisa Takachiho … Masked Mexico Grande (Ricky
Romero) drew with Jumbo Tsuruta … Killer Tim Brooks and Thunder Sugiyama both COR …
The Destroyer beat Don DeNucci … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki drew with Great Kojika and
Masio Koma … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

October 19, 1974 … Kurihashi-cho
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Don Leo Jonathan and Mexico Grande … Dick Murdoch
beat Great Kojika … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Don DeNucci … Blackjack Mulligan beat Thunder
Sugiyama … Killer Brooks beat Matti Suzuki … Akihisa Takachiho beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada and Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Atsushi
Onita

October 20, 1974 ... Fujiyoshida
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer Brooks and Dick Murdoch … Don Leo Jonathan
and The Destroyer both COR … Anton Geesink beat Don DeNucci … Blackjack Mulligan
beat Great Kojika … Mexico Grande beat Akihisa Takachiho … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma
beat Mitsuo Hata and Matti Suzuki … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada

October 21, 1974 … Kofu
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blackjack Mulligan and Dick Murdoch … Don Leo
Jonathan and Anton Geesink both COR … The Destroyer beat Killer Brooks … Great Kojika
beat Mexico Grande … Thunder Sugiyama beat Don DeNucci … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Munenori Higo … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Masio
Koma and Kazuo Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

October 22, 1974 … Hamamatsu
Don Leo Jonathan and Blackjack Mulligan beat Giant Baba and Great Kojika … Anton
Geesink beat Killer Brooks … The Destroyer beat Don DeNucci … Dick Murdoch beat
Thunder Sugiyama … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mexico Grande … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma
beat Masao Ito and Matti Suzuki … Munenori Higo beat Mitsuo Hata … Atsushi Onita drew
with Masanobu Fuchi

October 23, 1974 … Hekinan
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mexico Grande and Dick Murdoch … Don Leo Jonathan
and The Destroyer both COR … Blackjack Mulligan beat Great Kojika … Don DeNucci beat
Akihisa Takachiho … Killer Brooks beat Matti Suzuki … Mitsu Hirai and Masio Koma beat
Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

October 24, 1974 … Mino
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Don DeNucci and Blackjack Mulligan … Jumbo Tsuruta
beat Killer Brooks … Dick Murdoch beat Akihisa Takachiho … Don Leo Jonathan beat Great
Kojika … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mexico Grande … Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo …
Masio Koma and Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Masao Ito beat
Masanobu Fuchi

October 25, 1974 … Toyama
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer Brooks and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink beat
Mexico Grande … Don Leo Jonathan and The Destroyer both COR … Blackjack Mulligan
beat Great Kojika … Thunder Sugiyama beat Don DeNucci … Samson Kutsuwada and
Akihisa Takachiho beat Munenori Higo and Mitsu Hirai

October 26, 1974 … Fukuchiyama
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blackjack Mulligan and Dick Murdoch … The Destroyer
beat Mexico Grande … Don Leo Jonathan beat Akihisa Takachiho … Great Kojika beat Killer
Brooks … Don DeNucci beat Samson Kutsuwada … Masio Koma and Matti Suzuki beat
Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat
Atsushi Onita … Kazuo Sakurada won a 9-man battle royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

October 27, 1974 … Himeji
Giant Baba and Anton Geesink beat Killer Brooks and Dick Murdoch … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Mexico Grande … Blackjack Mulligan and The Destroyer both COR … Don Leo Jonathan
beat Great Kojika … Don DeNucci beat Akihisa Takachiho … Samson Kutsuwada and Kazuo
Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata and Matti Suzuki … Mitsu Hirai drew with Masio Koma …
Munenori Higo beat Masanobu Fuchi … Mitsuo Hata won a 9-man battle royal pinning Atsushi
Onita in the final.

October 29, 1974 … Komatsu
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Blackjack Mulligan and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink
beat Don DeNucci … Don Leo Jonathan and The Destroyer both COR … Great Kojika beat
Killer Brooks … Thunder Sugiyama beat Mexico Grande … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa
Takachiho beat Munenori Higo and Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mit
Hata beat Mitsu Hirai (DQ)

October 30, 1974 … Fukui
Don Leo Jonathan and Anton Geesink both COR … Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Killer Brooks and Dick Murdoch … The Destroyer beat Blackjack Mulligan (DQ) … Great
Kojika beat Mexico Grande … Thunder Sugiyama beat Don DeNucci … Samson Kutsuwada
and Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada and Matti Suzuki …Masio Koma beat Mitsuo
Hata … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Masanobu Fuchi

October 31, 1974 … Wajima
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer Brooks, Blackjack Mulligan and
Dick Murdoch … Don Leo Jonathan beat Thunder Sugiyama … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Mexico Grande … Great Kojika beat Don DeNucci … Samson Kutsuwada and Matti Suzuki
beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Masio Koma beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo
Sakurada … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

November 2, 1974 … Fukushima
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer Brooks and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink beat
Mexico Grande … Don Leo Jonathan and The Destroyer both COR … Samson Kutsuwada
beat Don DeNucci … Blackjack Mulligan beat Great Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho and Matti
Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Masio Koma … Mitsu Hirai beat Munenori Higo … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Masao Ito

November 4, 1974 … Akita
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Blackjack Mulligan and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink
beat Killer Brooks … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Mexico Grande … Don Leo Jonathan beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Great Kojika beat Don DeNucci … Matti Suzuki beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu
Hirai and Masio Koma beat Mitsuo Hata and Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita
… Mitsuo Hata won a 9-man battle royal pinning Munenori Higo in the final.

November 5, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba beat Dick Murdoch to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … Anton Geesink beat
Don Leo Jonathan (Judo Jacket Match) … The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Killer
Brooks and Mexico Grande … Blackjack Mulligan beat Thunder Sugiyama … Great Kojika
beat Don DeNucci … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho beat Munenori Higo and
Matti Suzuki

November 6, 1974 … Tatebayashi
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Don Leo Jonathan and Dick Murdoch … Anton Geesink
beat Mexico Grande … Blackjack Mulligan and The Destroyer both COR … Samson
Kutsuwada beat Don DeNucci … Great Kojika beat Killer Brooks … Mitsu Hirai and Akihisa
Takachiho beat Mitsuo Hata and Matti Suzuki … Masio Koma beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

November 7, 1974 … Numazu
Giant Baba beat Blackjack Mulligan to retain the PWF Heavyweight Title … The Destroyer
and Anton Geesink beat Don Leo Jonathan and Mexico Grande … Dick Murdoch and Jumbo
Tsuruta both COR … Thunder Sugiyama beat Killer Brooks … Great Kojika beat Don
DeNucci … Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada and Matti
Suzuki … Masio Koma beat Munenori Higo … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita
beat Masanobu Fuchi

November 22, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell and Pat O’Connor … Chris Markoff beat
Samson Kutsuwada … Dick Murdoch drew with The Destroyer … Great Snuka (Jimmy
“Superfly” Snuka) beat Akihisa Takachiho … Thunder Sugiyama beat Bobby Whitlock …
Great Kojika and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat
Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita

November 24, 1974 … Maebaru
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell and Dick Murdoch … Pat O’Connor drew
with The Destroyer … Great Kojika beat Bobby Whitlock … Chris Markoff beat Akihisa
Takachiho … Great Snuka beat Samson Kutsuwada … Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat
Munenori Higo and Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao Ito … Masanobu Fuchi drew
with Atsushi Onita

November 25, 1974 … Iizuka
Pat O’Connor and Jumbo Tsuruta both COR … Ken Mantell and Dick Murdoch beat Giant
Baba and The Destroyer … Chris Markoff beat Great Kojika … Akihisa Takachiho beat
Bobby Whitlock … Great Snuka beat Matti Suzuki … Mitsu Hirai and Samson Kutsuwada beat
Mitsuo Hata and Masao Ito … Munenori Higo beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masanobu Fuchi beat
Atsushi Onita … Kazuo Sakurada won a 9-man battle royal pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

November 26, 1974 … Omuta
Giant Baba, Samson Kutsuwada and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell, Dick Murdoch and Pat
O’Connor … The Destroyer beat Great Snuka … Chris Markoff beat Akihisa Takachiho …
Great Kojika beat Bobby Whitlock … Mitsuo Hata beat Atsushi Onita … Masao Ito beat
Masanobu Fuchi … Masao Ito also won a 9-man battle royal pinning Kazuo Sakurada in the
final.

November 28, 1974 … Takeo
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell and Pat O’Connor … The Destroyer beat
Bobby Whitlock … Chris Markoff beat Akihisa Takachiho … Dick Murdoch beat Great Kojika
… Great Snuka beat Samson Kutsuwada … Kazuo Sakurada and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo
Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito … Atsushi Onita won a battle royal
pinning Masao Ito in the final.

November 29, 1974 … Miyazaki
Giant Baba, The Destroyer and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell, Chris Markoff and Dick
Murdoch … Pat O’Connor beat Akihisa Takachiho … Great Kojika beat Great Snuka …
Samson Kutsuwada beat Bobby Whitlock … Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo … Mitsu Hirai
beat Mitsuo Hata … Masao Ito beat Atsushi Onita … Munenori Higo won an 8-man battle
royal pinning Masao Ito in the final.

November 30, 1974 … Tarumizu
Giant Baba and Akihisa Takachiho beat Ken Mantell and Dick Murdoch … Pat O’Connor beat
Samson Kutsuwada … The Destroyer beat Great Snuka … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Bobby
Whitlock … Chris Markoff beat Great Kojika … Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata … Mitsu Hirai
beat Munenori Higo … Masao Ito beat Masanobu Fuchi … Masao Ito also won a battle royal
pinning Mitsuo Hata in the final.

December 2, 1974 … Kagoshima
Giant Baba beat Jack Brisco to capture the NWA World Heavyweight Title (Baba won the first
fall pinning Brisco in 11:47 … Brisco won the second fall with Figure Four Leglock in 5:39 …
Baba won the third fall with Running Neck Breaker Drop in 3:20) … Ken Mantell and Pat O’
Connor beat Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsururta … The Destroyer beat Great Snuka …
Dick Murdoch beat Samson Kutsuwada … Chris Markoff beat Great Kojika … Thunder
Sugiyama beat Bobby Whitlock … Mitsu Hirai and Kazuo Sakurada beat Mitsuo Hata and
Matti Suzuki … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

December 3, 1974 … Kumamoto
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jack Brisco and Pat O’Connor … Ken Mantell beat
Akihisa Takachiho … Dick Murdoch and The Destroyer both COR … Great Kojika beat
Bobby Whitlock … Chris Markoff beat Samson Kutsuwada … Thunder Sugiyama beat Great
Snuka … Munenori Higo and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Kazuo
Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Masanobu Fuchi beat Atsushi Onita

December 5, 1974 … Tokyo
Giant Baba beat Jack Brisco to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … Ken Mantel and
Jumbo Tsuruta both COR (Ken Mantell retained the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title) …
The Destroyer and Great Kojika beat Dick Murdoch and Great Snuka … Chris Markoff beat
Akihisa Takachiho … Thunder Sugiyama beat Bobby Whitlock … Mitsuo Hata and Samson
Kutsuwada beat Kazuo Sakurada and Matti Suzuki … Munenori Higo beat Masao Ito

December 6, 1974 … Niigata
The Destroyer beat Chris Markoff (DQ) to retain the US Heavyweight Title … Giant Baba and
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jack Brisco and Ken Mantell … Great Kojika beat Great Snuka …
Samson Kutsuwada beat Bobby Whitlock … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada …
Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Munenori Higo and Masio Koma … Mitsuo Hata beat Masao
Ito … Atsushi Onita beat Masanobu Fuchi

December 7, 1974 … Nagaoka
Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ken Mantell and Chris Markoff … Jack Brisco beat
Akihisa Takachiho … The Destroyer beat Great Snuka … Thunder Sugiyama beat Bobby
Whitlock … Great Kojika beat Mitsuo Hata … Samson Kutsuwada beat Munenori Higo …
Mitsu Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Masio Koma and Kazuo Sakurada … Masao Ito beat Atsushi
Onita

December 8, 1974 … Neyagawa
Jack Brisco and Ken Mantell beat Giant Baba and The Destroyer … Chris Markoff and Great
Kojika both COR … Jumbo Tsuruta beat Great Snuka … Samson Kutsuwada beat Bobby
Whitlock … Masio Koma and Akihisa Takachiho beat Mitsuo Hata and Mitsu Hirai … Matti
Suzuki beat Munenori Higo … Kazuo Sakurada beat Masao Ito … Masanobu Fuchi beat
Atsushi Onita

December 9, 1974 … Toyohashi
Jack Brisco beat Giant Baba to regain the NWA World Heavyweight Title (Baba won the first
fall pinning Brisco in 13:47 … Brisco won the second fall with Figure Four Leglock in 3:30 …
Brisco won the third fall pinning Baba 2:34) … Akihisa Takachiho and Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Ken Mantell and Great Snuka … The Destroyer beat Bobby Whitlock … Chris Markoff beat
Thunder Sugiyama … Masio Koma and Samson Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo Hata and Matti
Suzuki … Great Kojika beat Kazuo Sakurada … Mitsu Hirai beat Masao Ito … Munenori Higo
beat Atsushi Onita

December 11, 1974 … Daiwa
Giant Baba and The Destroyer beat Jack Brisco and Ken Mantell … Jumbo Tsuruta beat
Great Snuka … Chris Markoff beat Thunder Sugiyama … Samson Kutsuwada beat Bobby
Whitlock … Great Kojika beat Kazuo Sakurada … Akihisa Takachiho beat Masao Ito … Mitsu
Hirai and Matti Suzuki beat Mitsuo Hata and Masio Koma … Munenori Higo beat Atsushi Onita

December 12, 1974 … Kawasaki
Jack Brisco beat Jumbo Tsuruta to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title … Giant Baba
beat Chris Markoff to retain PWF Heavyweight Title … The Destroyer and Thunder Sugiyama
beat Ken Mantell and Great Snuka … Akihisa Takachiho beat Kazuo Sakurada … Masio
Koma and Samson Kutsuwada beat Mitsuo Hata and Matti Suzuki … Munenori Higo beat
Masao Ito … Mitsu Hirai beat Atsushi Onita

Research by Haruo Yamaguchi

Japan Wrestling Results - 1974 - AJPW

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