Japanese Classics

Japanese Classics 1950s & 1960s #01 (1953-1957) #02 (1957-1958) #03 (1959-1963) #04 (1963-1964) #05 (1965-1967) #06 (March-December 1967) #07 (1967-1968) #08 (February-April 1969) #09 (April-August 1969) #10 (October-December 1969) #11 (December 1969-May 1970) 1970s 1970 #12 (July-December 1970) #13 (December 1970-March 1971) 1971 #14 (May-December 1971) #15 (December 1971-May 1972) 1972 #16 (May 1972)

Japanese Classics #1 (02:01:01) Matches from 1953-1957 BONUS! LOU THESZ vs RIKIDOZAN (12/06/1953; BTW House Honolulu, HI; 00:09:16) RIKIDOZAN & MASAHIKO KIMURA vs BEN SHARPE & MIKE SHARPE (02/21/1954; JWA Big Competition Series; 00:08:32) RIKIDOZAN & MASAHIKO KIMURA vs BEN SHARPE & MIKE SHARPE (03/06/1954; JWA Big Competition Series; 00:03:00) RIKIDOZAN & KOUKICHI ENDO vs HANS SCHNABEL & LOU NEWMAN (08/08/1954; JWA Pacific Coast Tag Championship Series; 00:06:42) RIKIDOZAN & KOUKICHI ENDO vs HANS SCHNABEL & LOU NEWMAN (08/16/1954; JWA Pacific Coast Tag Championship Series…

Japanese Classics #2 (02:16:17) Matches from 1957-1958 RIKIDOZAN & TOYONOBORI vs BOBO BRAZIL & LORD ATHOL LAYTON (08/15/1957; JWA International Competitions of the Fall; 00:17:36) LOU THESZ vs RIKIDOZAN (10/07/1957; JWA World Championship Series; 01:04:38) LOU THESZ vs RIKIDOZAN (10/13/1957; JWA World Championship Series; 00:24:43) RIKIDOZAN vs DON LEO JONATHAN (10/02/1958; JWA International Competitions of the Fall; 00:29:20)

Japanese Classics #3 (02:00:28) Matches from 1959-1963 RIKIDOZAN vs MR. ATOMIC (06/15/1959; JWA 1st Annual World League; 00:03:03) RIKIDOZAN vs JESSE ORTEGA (06/15/1959; JWA 1st Annual World League; 00:05:21) RIKIDOZAN vs LEO NOMELLINI (05/13/1960; JWA 2nd World League Battle Finals; 00:01:11) KARL GOTCH vs MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA (05/01/1961; JWA; 00:11:50) RIKIDOZAN vs GREAT ANTONIO (06/02/1961; JWA; 00:02:18) KILLER KOWALSKI vs MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA (03/23/1963; JWA 5th Annual World League; 00:06:03) RIKIDOZAN & GREAT TOGO & SHOHEI BABA vs PAT O’CONNOR & KILLER X &…

Japanese Classics #4 (02:02:06) Matches from 1963-1964 RIKIDOZAN vs PAT O’CONNOR (04/24/1963; JWA; 00:08:24) GREAT TOGO & MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA vs KILLER KOWALSKI & GORILLA MONSOON (05/05/1963; JWA; 00:06:51) TOYONOBORI vs KILLER X (05/05/1963; JWA; 00:04:32) HAYSTACKS CALHOUN vs KILLER X (05/07/1963; JWA; 00:06:31) GREAT TOGO & TOYONOBORI vs FRED ATKINS & KILLER X (05/17/1963; JWA; 00:06:56) RIKIDOZAN vs KILLER KOWALSKI (05/17/1963; JWA; 00:11:44) RIKIDOZAN vs THE DESTROYER (12/02/1963; JWA International Championship Series; 00:35:25) SHOHEI BABA &…

Japanese Classics #5 (02:07:11) Matches from 1965-1967 THE DESTROYER vs TOYONOBORI (02/26/1965; JWA New Year International Competitions; 01:07:10) SHOHEI BABA vs GORILLA MONSOON (10/28/1966; JWA; 00:03:17) SHOHEI BABA vs FRITZ VON ERICH (12/03/1966; JWA; 00:31:10) SHOHEI BABA vs BRUNO SAMMARTINO (03/02/1967; JWA MSG Series; 00:25:34)

Japanese Classics #6 (02:02:48) Matches from March-December 1967 SHOHEI BABA vs BRUNO SAMMARTINO (03/07/1967; JWA MSG Series; 00:59:23) GENE KINISKI vs SHOHEI BABA (08/14/1967; JWA Summer Series I; 00:30:08) ANTONIO INOKI & MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA vs BARON SCICLUNA & VICTOR RIVERA (12/06/1967; JWA; 00:33:17)

Japanese Classics #7 (02:04:55) Matches from 1967-1968 KINTARO OKI vs NICK KOSAK (12/06/1967; JWA; 00:13:40) SHOHEI BABA vs CRUSHER LISOWSKI (12/06/1967; JWA; 00:29:22) SHOHEI BABA vs CRUSHER LISOWSKI (01/03/1968; JWA New Year Championship Series; 00:04:35) SHOHEI BABA vs DICK THE BRUISER (02/28/1968; JWA; 00:18:01) SHOHEI BABA vs BOBO BRAZIL (06/25/1968; JWA Golden Series; 00:08:07) SHOHEI BABA vs BOBO BRAZIL (06/27/1968; JWA Golden Series; 00:24:01) SHOHEI BABA vs BRUNO SAMMARTINO (08/07/1968; JWA Summer Series I; 00:27:09)

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Japanese Classics #9 (01:55:43) Matches from April-August 1969 SHOHEI BABA vs GORILLA MONSOON (04/05/1969; JWA World League; 00:07:26) KINTARO OKI vs TOM ANDREWS (04/06/1969; JWA World League; 00:03:28) ANTONIO INOKI vs GORILLA MONSOON (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:08:51) SEIJI SAKAGUCHI vs MEDICO II (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:07:59) SHOHEI BABA & KINTARO OKI vs BOBO BRAZIL & CHRIS MARKOFF (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:15:15) ANTONIO INOKI vs CHRIS MARKOFF (05/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:22:57) SHOHEI BABA vs BOBO BRAZIL (05/16/1969; JWA World League;…

Japanese Classics #10 (02:17:10) Matches from October-December 1969 GREAT KUSATSU & THUNDER SUGIYAMA & TOYONOBORI vs BUDDY COLT & GORGEOUS GEORGE JR. & GORDON NELSON (10/29/1969; IWE; 00:45:54) TAKESHI OISO vs TETUNOSUKE DAIGO (10/29/1969; IWE; 00:15:05) TOSUKE FUJI vs ASATARU SANO (10/29/1969; IWE; 00:11:44) DORY FUNK JR. vs ANTONIO INOKI (12/02/1969; JWA NWA Series; 01:03:47)

Japanese Classics #11 (02:03:54) Matches from December 1969-May 1970 DORY FUNK JR. vs SHOHEI BABA (12/03/1969; JWA NWA Series; 00:33:01) STRONG KOBAYASHI & GREAT KUSATSU vs SHEIK EL MANSOURI & EMIL EL MANSOURI (12/05/1969; IWE; 00:03:59) STRONG KOBAYASHI vs VERNE GAGNE (02/06/1970; IWE AWA World Championship Series; 00:09:51) ANTONIO INOKI-KINTARO OKI-MITSU HIRAI vs JIM OSBORNE-PHIL ROBLEY-CURTIS IAUKEA (03/03/1970; JWA Dynamic and Iron Claw Series; 00:33:07) SHOHEI BABA vs FRITZ VON ERICH (03/03/1970; JWA Dynamic and Iron Claw Series; 00:29:59) THE CONVICT vs MOTOSHI OKUMA (04/04/…

Japanese Classics #12 (01:55:29) Matches from July-December 1970 GREAT KUSATSU vs EDOUARD CARPENTIER (07/09/1970; IWE Big Summer Series; 00:02:37) DORY FUNK JR. vs ANTONIO INOKI (08/02/1970; JWA NWA World Champion Series; 01:04:37) ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs DORY FUNK JR. & TERRY FUNK (08/04/1970; JWA NWA World Champion Series; 00:15:16) ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs JOHNNY VALENTINE & GENE KINISKI (12/01/1970; JWA International Champion Series; 00:34:59)

Japanese Classics #13 (01:09:38) Matches from December 1970-March 1971 SHOHEI BABA vs GENE KINISKI (12/03/1970; JWA International Champion Series; 00:44:50) ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs MIL MASCARAS & SPIROS ARION (03/02/1971; JWA; 00:24:48)

Japanese Classics #14 (02:41:40) Matches from May-December 1971 ANTONIO INOKI vs THE DESTROYER (05/19/1971; JWA World League; 00:29:41) ANTONIO INOKI vs JACK BRISCO (08/05/1971; JWA Summer Big Series; 00:35:42) SHOHEI BABA vs FRITZ VON ERICH (09/04/1971; JWA Summer Mystery Series; 00:24:42) ANTONIO INOKI vs DICK MURDOCH (12/04/1971; JWA World Champion Series; 00:26:04) TERRY FUNK vs GREAT KOJIKA (12/06/1971; JWA; 00:09:53) DORY FUNK JR. vs SEIJI SAKAGUCHI (12/09/1971; JWA World Champion Series; 00:36:38)

Japanese Classics #15 (02:07:36) Matches from December 1971-May 1972 SEIJI SAKAGUCHI & MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA vs DORY FUNK JR. & DICK MURDOCH (12/12/1971; JWA World Champion Series; 00:36:38) ANTONIO INOKI vs KARL GOTCH (03/06/1972; NJPW Debut Show; 00:20:05) KOTETSU YAMAMOTO & TOYONOBORI vs JIM DURANGO & JOHN DURANGO (03/06/1972; NJPW Debut Show; 00:13:48) STRONG KOBAYASHI vs DON LEO JONATHAN (05/02/1972; IWE World Series; 00:28:05) RUSHER KIMURA & ISAMU TERANISHI & THUNDER SUGIYAMA vs MONSTER ROUSIMOFF & ALI BEY & FRANZ VAN BUYTEN (05/02/1972; IWE World Series; 00:28:55)

Japanese Classics #16 (02:11:02) Matches from May 1972 STRONG KOBAYASHI vs MONSTER ROUSIMOFF (05/06/1972; IWE World Series; 00:42:04) SHOHEI BABA & SEIJI SAKAGUCHI vs DORY FUNK JR. & TERRY FUNK (05/19/1972; JWA Golden Series I; 00:50:33) KINTARO OKI vs BOBBY DUNCUM (05/27/1972; JWA Golden Series I; 00:10:05) KINTARO OKI & MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA vs JOHNNY VALENTINE & DAN KROFFAT (05/29/1972; JWA Golden Series I; 00:28:20)