New Year Giant Series 1/2/82 Korakuen Hall
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kelly Kiniski
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mark Lewin & Tor Kamata
Battle Royal: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Akio Sato vs. Ashura Hara vs. Giant Baba vs. Goro Tsurumi vs. Great Kojika vs. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kelly Kiniski vs. Mark Lewin vs. Mighty Inoue vs. Motoshi Okuma vs. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Prince Tonga vs. Rocky Hata vs. Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Takashi Ishikawa vs. The Destroyer vs. Tor Kamata vs. Umanosuke Ueda
New Year Giant Series 1982 1/3/82 Korakuen Hall
Sweet Brown Sugar & The Destroyer vs. Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu
2/3 Falls NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tor Kamata
G+ Classics New Year Giant Series 1982 1/15/82 Kuragata Sports Hall Chiba, Japan
Mil Mascaras vs. Sweet Brown Sugar
Stan Hansen vs. Ashura Hara
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Gypsy Joe & Tor Kamata
Original TV New Year Giant Series 1982 1/20/82 Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
Dos Caras & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Alfonso Dantes & Goro Tsurumi
Jumbo Tsuruta & Mil Mascaras vs. Gypsy Joe & Stan Hansen
Giant Baba vs. Umnaosuke Ueda
New Year Giant Series 1982 1/29/82 Ehime Prefectural Cultural Hall
Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Goro Tsurumi & Umanosuke Ueda
Kelly Kiniski & Stan Hansen vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Pat O'Connor
New Year Giant Series 1982 2/4/82 Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
AWA Title: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
2/4/82 Tokyo IWA World Heavyweight Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu 11:52. This was a huge improvement over their 9/7/81 match, decreasing the percentage of matwork and doing a much lengthier and more exciting and evolved finishing sequence. They did Mascaras match again, technical Lucha mat wrestling leading into high flying. That had pluses and minuses of course, but Mascaras had a lot more going on than Tenryu at this point, and was certainly still ahead of the curve offensively in 1982. Tenryu had returned from his American excursion at the end of May 1981, and was starting to get pushed, but was still the underdog trying to play even. This isn't the stiff, aggressive, sadistic bully Tenryu we know, but rather a solid, competent wrestler who can do a little of everything, but doesn't necessarily distinguish himself in any area. The technical wrestling here was serious, with some resistance, and enough position changes to hold interest. There's no real payoff to the escapes though, no explosive gymnastics or exciting reversals, so it's pretty mid, especially since they never had any kind of reset where they slipped in 30 seconds of rope running once or twice to break things up. Once things picked up, it was a futuristic heavyweight match with Tenryu doing a tope, while Mascaras did a plancha. Tenryu wasn't initially pinned by the diving body attack, but they rolled back and forth until he was, which I thought was actually worse, as it was sloppy plus too much time had now passed to get the pin. Overall, it was about 8 decent minutes followed by 4 minutes that were exciting for the era. ***
2/3/82 Yokohama NWA International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Nikolai Volkoff
2/3/82 Yokohama: Mil Mascaras vs. Alfonso Dantes
2/2/82 Gifu: Mil Mascaras vs. Nick Bockwinkel
2/2/82 Gifu: Stan Hansen & Umanoske Ueda vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
2/28/82 Atlanta Omni
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Stomper & Rick Harris (Black Bart)
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Dory Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Buddy Rose & Rip Oliver
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinal: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Final: Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco vs. Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba vs. Terry Gordy
3/7/82 Charlotte Coliseum
Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Alexis Smirnoff & Ivan Koloff
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
NWA International Heavyweight Title: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson. Digest of 30:00
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tommy Rich
2/4/82 Tokyo IWA Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu. G+ complete match
2/4/82 Tokyo AWA Title: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ complete match
2/4/82 Tokyo PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen. G+ complete match
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL NWA International Title: Dory Funk Jr vs. Butch Reed. G+ complete match
2/20/82 St Petersburg, FL NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Mike Graham. G+ complete match
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Harley Race. G+ complete match
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL: Terry Funk & Dick SLater vs. Don Diamond & Jerry Lawler. G+ Classics
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL: Giant Baba vs. Mike Sharpe. G+ Classics
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu. G+ Classics Complete Match
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL: NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Mike Graham
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA NWA Tag Title Turnament 1st Round: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Rick Harris & The Stomper. G+ Classics Complete
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA: NWA Tag Title Turnament 2nd Round: Jumbo Tsuruta & Tenryu vs. Leroy Brown & Ron Fuller. G+ Classics Complete
NWA Tag Title Tournament Semifinal: Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Tenryu. G+ Classics Complete
NWA Tag Title Tournament Finals: Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen vs. Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco. G+ Classics Complete
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA Omni Center, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Ric Flair
3/4/82 Kansas City Memorial Hall: Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bruiser Brody & Jerry Brown
3/7/82 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum
Alexis Smirnoff & Ivan Koloff vs. Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu
International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tommy Rich
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Atsushi Onita
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall TV Broadcast
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Handheld
Alexis Smirnoff vs. Prince Tonga
Motoshi Okuma vs. Mongolian Stomper
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Ted Dibiase & Tom Howard vs. Rocky Hata & Akio Sato
3/19/82 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody
3/25/82 Chiba Park Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bill Howard
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Alexis Smirnoff
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Buck Robley vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Prince Tonga vs. Rocky Hata
Champion Carnival: Alexis Smirnoff vs. Mighty Inoue
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Tom Howard
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Mongolian Stomper
3/25/82 Chiba Park Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bill Howard
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Alexis Smirnoff
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Billy Robinson
3/30/82 Niigata City Gym
Champion Carnival: Ted Dibiase vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Prince Tonga
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Mongolian Stomper
3/30/82 Niigata City Gym
Champion Carnival: Ted Dibiase vs. Buck Robley
Champion Carnival: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Billy Robinson
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Prince Tonga
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Mongolian Stomper
4/9/82 Tottori Industrial Gym
Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Mighty Inoue
Champion Carnival: Billy Robinson vs. Mongolian Stomper
Champion Carnival: Bruiser Brody vs. Ted Dibiase
Champion Carnival: Giant Baba vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/16/82 Grand Champions Series Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Version 1
Stan Hansen & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
Champion Carnival 1982: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
Champion Carnival 1982 Lou Thesz Ref: Giant Baba vs. Bruiser Brody
4/16/82 Grand Champions Series Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Version 2
Stan Hansen & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
Champion Carnival 1982: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
Champion Carnival 1982 Lou Thesz Ref: Giant Baba vs. Bruiser Brody
Champion Carnival 1982 Lou Thesz Ref: Giant Baba vs. Bruiser Brody. G+ Classics Version
4/16/82 Fukuoka Champion Carnival: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/28/88 Yokohama: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/20/89 Osaka Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
6/5/89 Tokyo Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/11/89 Yokohama Triple Crown Title: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
4/19/90 Yokohama Triple Crown Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
4/22/82 Grand Champions Series Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
4/20/82 Grand Champion Series Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gym
Jimmy Snuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu
Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Harley Race & Ted DiBiase
2/3 Falls NWA International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
4/20/82 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan, International Tag Title Match: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan
Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
6/1/82 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Atushi Onita vs. Jay Youngblood
Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/5/98
4/21/82 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody 15:15. Dory stayed within himself and fought a credible match. He was the solid one, and the one facilitating the action. Brody, despite being a heel, was the one tasked with speeding things up from time to time and providing more of the action. In some senses, this obviously wasn't the best role for him, but on the other hand, he's only going to take so many bumps, so it makes sense to emphasize his offense, which while hardly spectacular, definitely looks better than what most other guys his size were doing because of his athleticism. There were too many rest holds, but it was a serious and relatively believable (by non shoot wrestling standards) fight both appeared to be out to win. Dory did just enough moves to not seem to be completely relying on the elbow smash, while Brody satisfied the brawling requirement with one out of the ring sequence where he busted Dory open with a chair. I was surprised that Dory following Brody outside for some retribution when Brody escaped the spinning toe hold, busting him open on the post, didn't lead to the requisite count out. Dory upped the intensity back in the ring, going wild on Brody with strikes in the corner, and even Brody taking out Joe Higuchi while he was firing back didn't lead to a DQ, but rather caused Dory's small package to fail. Funk then went for a backdrop, and this looked really weird because it seemed like Brody was going to punch him in the face, so I was thinking maybe he would have a foreign object, but instead he sort of kicked off the top rope. The problem is the bump looked no different than if he hadn't, and Brody appeared to take the majority of the impact as if the move worked properly, but then Brody got up and pinned Funk basically with just an arm over him like Dory was out cold. This is obviously preferable to the usual screwjob, but definitely didn't work as well as this sort of finish normally does. This match had its flaws, but it was roughly the right length, so they were able to keep it moving and build it up without too much stalling or repetitiveness. These two had traded the title back and forth in 1981, with Brody having just a 23 day reign, but this 2nd of his 3 reigns was his big one, lasting 497 days. ***
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan: Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
6/1/82 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/12/98
3/7/82 North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum, International Heavyweight Title Match: Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Bill Robinson
4/22/82 Tokyo Taiikukan
UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
AJ Selection 4/19/98
6/4/82 Nagaoka, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
6/8/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
AJ Selection 4/25/98
2/28/82 Atlanta, GA Omni Center, PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Terry Gordy
2/20/82 St. Petersburg, FL Bayfront Center Arena: Terry Funk & Dick Slater vs. Jerry Lawler & Don Diamond
7/30/82 Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan, UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras
4/21/82 Grand Champion Series Prefectural Gym Osaka Version #1
Genichiro Tenryu & Terry Funk vs. Buck Robley & Jimmy Snuka
Stan Hansen & Harley Race vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
NWA International Title: Dory Funk Jr vs. Bruiser Brody
4/21/82 Grand Champion Series Prefectural Gym Osaka, Japan Version #2
Genichiro Tenryu & Terry Funk vs. Buck Robley & Jimmy Snuka
Stan Hansen & Harley Race vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
NWA International Title: Dory Funk Jr vs. Bruiser Brody
3/26/82 Saitama Japan Handheld Clip
4/16/82 Grand Champion Series Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Handheld
Buck Robley & Harley Race vs. Ashura Hara & Ted DiBiase
Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Jimmy Snuka
4/17/82 Grand Champion Series Oita Prefectural Gym
Jimmy Snuka vs. Ashura Hara
Jumbo Tsuruta & Terry Funk vs. Buck Robley & Harley Race
Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Giant Baba
4/20/82 Grand Champion Series Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gym, 2/3 Falls NWA International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody. G+ Classics
4/22/82 Grand Champions Series Tokyo Metropolitan Gym
Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka. G+ Classics
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race. G+ Classics
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen. G+ Classics
5/14/82 Excite Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dick Slater & Ricky Steamboat vs. Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen & Ron Miller
5/21/82 Excite Series 1982 Saitama Municipal Gym
Ricky Steamboat vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Jay Youngblood & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Prince Tonga
Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
5/26/82 Excite Series 1982 Hokkaido Civic Gym
Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat vs. Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa
Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kurt Von Hess & Stan Hansen
6/1/82 Excite Series 1982 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne vs. Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Jay Youngblood
Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba
6/4/82 Excite Series 1982 Niigata Welfare Hall NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat. G+ Classics
6/8/82 Excite Series 1982 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
Stan Hansen & Umansuke Ueda vs. Dick Slater & Genichiro Tenryu. G+ Classics
AWA Tag Title: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Ricky Steamboat & Atsushi Onita. G+ Classics
NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ Classics
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. G+ Classics
6/8/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan AWA Tag Title: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Ricky Steamboat & Atsushi Onita
6/6/82 Omiya Skate Center Saitama Version 1:Ric Flair & Dick Slater vs. Atsushi Onita & Giant Baba
6/6/82 Omiya Skate Center Saitama Version 2: Ric Flair & Dick Slater vs. Atsushi Onita & Giant Baba
6/8/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Stan Hansen & Umansuke Ueda vs. Dick Slater & Genichiro Tenryu
6/4/82 Niigata Welfare Hall: Stan Hansen & Jay Youngblood vs. Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue
7/2/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Tokyo Civic Gym
Chavo Guerrero & Ultra Seven vs. Atsushi Onita & Takashi Ishikawa
Tiger Jeet Singh & Tor Kamata vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Giant Baba
Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue
7/9/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Kumamoto City Gym
Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa
Giant Baba & Ashura Hara vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Ultra Seven
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tor Kamata
7/14/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Fukui Civic Gym
Akio Sato & Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero & Ultra Seven
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jerry Oates
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umansuke Ueda
7/30/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Kanagawa City Gym
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
7/16/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Toyama Civic Gym
Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Atsushi Onita & Mighty Inoue
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Harley Race
NWA Internatioanl Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Tor Kamata
7/22/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Wakayama
Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Rocky Hata & Takashi Ishikawa
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanosuke Ueda
Harley Race & Tor Kamata vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba
7/21/82: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras
7/22/82: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanoseke Ueda
7/30/82 NWA International Junior Title Match: Atsutshi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
7/30/82: UN Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras
7/30/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
8/1/82: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Motoshi Okuma & Shinya Kojika
8/1/82: UN Heavyweight Title Match: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
9/11/82: Mil Mascaras Lucha Competition Onita Picks Winner
9/11/82: Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen
9/14/82 & 2/3 Falls: Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Destroyer & Ron Bass & Crusher Blackwell
9/14/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
10/15/82: Chavo Guerrero vs. Shiro Koshinaka
10/7/82: International Heavyweight Title Match: Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
8/1/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Giant Baba
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race
7/21/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Wakayama Tourist Town Hall: Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta
8/1/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Motoshi Okuma & Great Kojika
7/21/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Wakayama Tourist Town Hall: Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ Classics
7/22/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Wakayama: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanosuke Ueda. G+ Classics
7/30/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Kanagawa City Gym
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero. G+ Classics
NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras. G+ Classics
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. G+ Classics
8/26/82 Super Power Series 1982 Saitama Civic Gym
Crusher Blackwell & Rufus Jones vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Mighty Inoue
Stan Hansen & Ron Bass vs. Ashura Hara & Terry Funk
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Frank Dusek
9/2/82 Super Power Series 1982 Tochigi Prefectural Gym
Atsushi Onita & Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Destroyer & Ultra Seven
Terry Funk vs. Crusher Blackwell
NWA International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ron Bass & Stan Hansen
9/9/82 Super Power Series 1982 Yamagata Prefectural Gym
The Destroyer vs. Genichiro Tenryu
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ron Bass
Asia Tag Title: Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Frank Dusek & Rufus Jones
Giant Baba & Terry Funk vs. Crusher Blackwell & Stan Hansen
Handhelds 2/3 & 2/4/82
2/4/82 Tokyo: Gypsy Joe vs. Ashura Hara
2/4/82 Tokyo: Akio Sato & Dos Caras & Mighty Inoue vs. Alfonso Dantes & Goro Tsurumi & Umanosuke Ueda
2/3/82 Yokohama: Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue vs. Gypsy Joe & Kelly Kiniski
2/3/82 Yokohama: Pat O'Connor vs. Rocky Hata
9/11/82 Super Power Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Atsushi Onita vs. Ultra Seven
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. The Destroyer & Ron Bass
Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk
9/14/82 Super Power Series 1982 Aichi City Gym
Atsuhi Onita vs. Frank Dusek
Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Crusher Blackwell & Ron Bass & The Destroyer
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen
8/1/82 Summer Action Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race. G+ Classics
9/11/82 Super Power Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk. G+ Classics
9/14/82 Super Power Series 1982 Aichi City Gym: Terry Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Crusher Blackwell & Ron Bass & The Destroyer. G+ Classics
10/15/82 Giant Series 1982 Shizuoka City Gym: Chavo Guerrero vs. Shiro Koshinaka. G+ Classics
10/7/82 Giant Series 1982 Osaka Prefectural Gym NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ Classics
10/1/82 Giant Series 1982 Yokohama Cultural Gym
Dream Machine & Gypsy Joe vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa
Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
Bruiser Brody & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
10/7/82 Giant Series 1982 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Chavo Guerrero & Gypsy Joe vs. Ashura Hara & Atsushi Onita
Genichiro Tenryu & Giant Baba vs. Larry Zbyszko & Nikolai Volkoff
NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/15/82 Giant Series 1982 Shizuoka City Gym
Chavo Guerrero vs. Shiro Koshinaka
Atsushi Onita vs. Larry Zbyszko
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Nikolai Volkoff
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dream Machine
Brusier Brody & Gypsy Joe vs. Ashura Hara & Giant Baba
10/20/82 Giant Series 1982 Aomori Prefectural Gym
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Victor Rivera
Chavo Guerrero vs. Atsushi Onita
NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/20/82: Bruiser Brody vs. Genichiro Tenryu
10/24/82: UN Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/26/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
11/2/82: Dory Funk Jr & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Dream Machine
11/2/82: Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka
11/2/82 PWF Heavyweight Title Match: Harley Race vs. Giant Baba
10/24/82 Giant Series 1982 Hokkaido Sports Center
Jimmy Snuka vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Dory Funk Jr & Giant Baba vs. Bruiser Brody & Dream Machine
NWA United National Title: Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/26/82 Giant Series 1982 Hokkaido City Gym
Jimmy Snuka & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Ashura Hara & Jumbo Tsuruta
NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
11/2/82 Giant Series 1982 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gym
Atsushi Onita vs. Victor Rivera
Dory Funk Jr & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dream Machine & Nikolai Volkoff
Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka
PWF Title: Harley Race vs. Giant Baba
11/4/82 Giant Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dory Funk Jr & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bruiser Brody & Gypsy Joe
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero
Harley Race & Jimmy Snuka vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
10/20/82 Aomori: NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/24/82 Hokkaido: NWA United National Title: Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
10/26/82 Hokkaido: PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
11/2/82 Nagoya: Dory Funk Jr & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Dream Machine
11/2/82 Nagoya: Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka
11/2/82 Nagoya: PWF Title: Harley Race vs. Giant Baba
11/26/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dick Slater & Harley Race vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat
12/2/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Osaka Prefectural Gym
Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Super Destroyer & Umansosuke Ueda
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Disck Slater & Harley Race
11/26/82: Harley Race & Dick Slater vs. Great Kojika & Mokoshi Okuma
11/26/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara
11/26/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda
11/26/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
12/2/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
12/2/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater
12/7/82: Giant Baba vs Umanosuke Ueda
12/9/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba
Note: all '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Matches
12/9/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater
12/13/82: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda
12/13/82: Harley Race & Dick Slater vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba
12/13/82: Terry Funk & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody
12/9/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Dick Slater & Harley Race vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
12/13/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Slater & Harley Race
World's Strongest Tag Decision League Finals: Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
12/7/82: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Super Destroyer
12/7/82: Ricky Steamboat vs. Harley Race
12/7/82: Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody
12/7/82: Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
12/13/82 Sumo Hall: Ricky Steamboat vs. Atsushi Onita
11/4/82 Korakeun Hall NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Atsushi Onita
12/7/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Fukuoka International Center
Ref Lou Thesz: Ricky Steamboat vs. Harley Race
Bruiser Brody vs. Terry Funk
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen
12/13/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer vs. Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu
1/2/83 New Year Giant Series 1983 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Mil Mascaras & Ultra Seven vs. Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa
NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Rocky Jones
Battle Royal: Mil Mascaras vs. Akio Sato vs. Ashura Hara vs. Dream Machine vs. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Giant Baba vs. Goro Tsurumi vs. Great Kojika vs. Gypsy Joe vs. Hercules Hernandez vs. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mighty Inoue vs. Motoshi Okuma vs. Rocky Hata vs. Steve Bolus vs. Takashi Ishikawa vs. Tor Kamata vs. Ultra Seven vs. Umanosuke Ueda
11/26/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dick Slater & Harley Race vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma. G+ Classics
Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk. G+ Classics
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda. G+ Classics
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat. G+ Classics
12/2/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Osaka Prefectural Gym
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat. G+ Classics
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Dick Slater & Harley Race. G+ Classics
12/9/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ Classics
12/9/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta. G+ Classics
12/13/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer vs. Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu. G+ Classics
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Disck Slater & Harley Race. G+ Classics
World's Strongest Tag Decision League Finals: Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen. G+ Classics
12/7/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Fukuoka International Center
Dory Funk Jr vs. Super Destroyer. G+ Classics
Ref Lou Thesz: Ricky Steamboat vs. Harley Race. G+ Classics
Bruiser Brody vs. Terry Funk. G+ Classics
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen. G+ Classics
12/13/82 Real World Tag League 1982 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Atsushi Onita vs. Ricky Steamboat. G+ Classics
11/4/82 Giant Series 1982 Tokyo Korakuen Hall NWA International Jr Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Chavo Guerrero. G+ Classics
10/26/82 Giant Series 1982 Hokkaido City Gym Handheld
Dream Machine vs. Motoshi Okuma
Atsuhi Onita & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Chavo Guerrero & Victor Rivera
Jimmy Snuka & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Ashura Hara & Jumbo Tsuruta
NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
10/26/82 Giant Series 1982 Hokkaido City Gym TV
Jimmy Snuka & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Ashura Hara & Jumbo Tsuruta
NWA International Title: Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr
PWF Title: Giant Baba vs. Harley Race
12/9/82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League 1982 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center Handheld
Atsuhi Onita & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akio Sato & Mighty Inoue
Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Motoshi Okuma & Great Kojika
Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Dick Slater & Harley Race vs. Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
World's Strongest Tag Decision League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
1/14/82 New Year Giant Series 1982 Wakayama County Town Gym Handheld: Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Prince Tonga
1/16/82 New Year Giant Series 1982 Kanagawa Yamato Body Gym Handheld: Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Takashi Ishikawa
2/3/82 New Year Giant Series 1982 Yokohama Cultural Gym Handheld
Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara vs. Kelly Kiniski & Gypsy Joe
Pat O'Connor vs. Rocky Hata
Dos Caras & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Goro Tsurumi & Umanosuke Ueda
2/4/82 New Year Giant Series 1982 Tokyo Metropolotan Gym
Kelly Kiniski & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
Pat O'Connor vs. Takashi Ishikawa
Ashura Hara vs. Gypsy Joe
Dos Caras & Mighty Inoue & Akio Sato vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Alfonso Dantes & Goro Tsurumi
DVD #1 1977/1978
Finishes of 1977 league matches: Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman vs. Mighty Inoue & Akihisa Takachiho, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk
12/15/77 World Open Tag Title League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik finals 14:40
Finishes of 1978 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson & Wild Angus, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik
12/15/78 '78 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 45:00
DVD #2 1979/1980
Finishes of 1979 league matches: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Frank Hill, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba,
12/13/79 '79 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 17:15. Corny bloodbath that's more like a Z grade horror movie with almost no actual wrestling, but the fans are going nuts the whole time. Terry just hams it up with all his spastic overselling then Dory finally tags in & manages to suplex Abby, which is about where the holds begin & end. Abdullah has to find a way to carry his team since Sheik is 53, so he does what he always does, bleeds from the 1st or 2nd punch to the head, and from here it's just carnage with Terry focusing on enlarging Abby's cut while Sheik busts Dory open. Everyone eventually bleeds because what else are they capable of doing together, but none of this leads to anything that resembles a wrestling move or match, with the ref constantly managing to not see the foreign objects that are responsible for all the offense. I don't know that this is any worse than any other Abby & Sheik match, but I'd literally rather watch any match in the history of FMW or IWA Japan than this DUD.
Finishes of 1980 league matches: Ricky Steamboat & Dick Slater vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto, Billy Robinson & Les Thornton vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto
12/11/80 '80 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 43:50. These teams had 45:00 draws in the previous 3 tag leagues, but with Baba & Jumbo coming in a point behind the Funks, that really put the pressure on the natives to finally break through & even things at 2 tag leagues a piece rather than finish tie for 2nd with Abdullah & Kamata & allow the Texans to capture their third league. Only Baba seemed to feel that urgency early on & was interested in taking things to the next level when he came in. However, while Baba tried to pick things up with his signature highspots, the others still more or less stuck to their body work, delivering an unspectacular technical match where the Funks worked on Jumbo's knee & Baba's team worked on Terry's back. The quality was good from the outset, and it was a consistent but never particularly dynamic until they shifted to the stretch run about 27 minutes in when Jumbo came in & stomped Terry's head to break up the rolling cradle, then just kept putting the boots to him until Dory came in swinging. Jumbo was quite good during this final portion, but overall, the disappointment of the match is his greatness wasn't on display before that. He didn't or couldn't prod the Funks into doing anything that would instill any urgency or changes of pace into the match before the action finally got hot. Part of the problem may just have been that, even though Jumbo was well established by this point as the #2 star in the company, the style was basically Baba's when he was in & Dory's when Baba wasn't, so Jumbo never seemed to make even portions of the match his own despite logging the most ring time. Baba finally hit his big boot on Dory & told Jumbo to ascend to the top for his flying knee drop, which he gladly still delivered despite Terry diving on top of his brother before Jumbo lept. Terry taking the brunt of the impact apparently allowed Dory to come right back with his backdrop, but he lost the advantage going to the floor to check of Terry's health. The stretch run was shaping up to contain all the intensity & action you wanted to occur 20 minutes earlier when Baba managed to win without even knowing he won despite booking this nonsense. I'm not honestly sure why Jumbo wasn't counted out as he hit the floor first with Terry knocking him through the ropes with his headbutt then following him out. Both made it back to the apron, with Baba shoulderblocking Terry off then going back to fighting Dory, but Jumbo then fell off the apron without actually reentering. However, Joe Higuchi just completely ignored Jumbo & finished the count on Terry. To make things more muddled, you can't really tell he counted Terry out as Joe goes back in the ring & deals with Dory & Baba then eventually raises the hand of Jumbo, who finally reentered, and Baba just has this great befuddled look as he looks around trying to figure out what the hell happened. Needless to say this finish was super anticlimactic, and actually way worse than just another draw because at least you know what a draw is without having to rewind to figure out what happened. I want to say this match would have benefitted from being 2/3 falls, but the whole gimmick was neither team could even win one. The finishing sequence is what would essentially have been the 3rd fall, give or take, but what I mean though is they just needed something to prod them into some tempo changes earlier on. As it was, it was fine except for the finish, but as the final match of the tournament & the "payoff" to a rivalry that had been so equal, it just seemed like a nice match that managed to inconclusively keep everyone & everything exactly as before. ***1/4
DVD #3 1981/1982/1983
Finishes of 1981 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. The Sheik & Mark Lewin, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
12/13/81 '81 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 21:41
Finishes of 1982 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater,
12/13/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 12:30
Finishes of 1983 league matches: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Goro Tsurumi & The Mongolian, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
12/12/83 '83 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 17:54
DVD #4 1984/1985
Finishes of 1984 league matches: Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
12/8/84 '84 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen 18:42
Finishes of 1985 league matches: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race & Jesse Barr vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
12/12/85 '85 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu 30:00
DVD #5 1986/1987
Finishes of 1986 league matches: Rick Martel & Tom Zenk vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Tiger Mask II vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu,
12/12/86 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 8:13
Finishes of 1987 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Mark Youngblood & Chris Youngblood, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. TNT (Savio Vega) & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. TNT & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Great Kabuki & John Tenta vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, TNT & Abdullah The Butcher vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara,
12/11/87 '87 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka 8:46 of 16:51. No finish
DVD #6 1988/1989
Finishes of 1988 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Shunji Takano & John Tenta, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jerry Blackwell & Phil Hickerson, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh
12/16/88 '88 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada 21:02
Finishes of 1989 league matches: Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
12/6/89 '89 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu 28:57
DVD #7 1990/1991
Finishes of 1990 league matches: Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Dick Slater & Joel Deaton, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Skywalker Nitron & Butch Masters, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada
12/7/90 '90 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey 29:59
Finishes of 1991 league matches: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Al Perez, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith vs. Johnny Ace & Sonny Beach, Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue
12/6/91 '91 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada 25:24
DVD #8 1992/1993
Finishes of 1992 league matches: Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Spivey & Kendall Windham, Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Joel Deaton & Billy Black, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Th The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace
12/4/92 '92 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama 23:52
Finishes of 1993 league matches: Steve Williams & Big Bubba vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Spivey & Johnny Ace, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Giant Baba & Stan Hansen, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba
12/3/93 '93 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 23:34
DVD #9 1994/1995
Finishes of 1994 league matches: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Eagle & The Falcon, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Dan Spivey & Jim Steele vs. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
12/10/94 '94 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 26:30
Finishes of 1995 league matches: Stan Hansen/Gary Albright vs. Dan Kroffat/Doug Furnas, Misawa/Kobashi vs. Rob Van Dam/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Johnny Ace/Patriot
12/9/95 '95 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 24:04
DVD #10 1996/1997
Finishes of 1996 league matches: Kobashi/Patriot vs. Hansen/Omori, Kawada/Taue vs. Kamala/Izumida, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Steve Williams/Johnny Ace, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Williams/Ace, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Hansen/Omori vs. Kamala/Izumida, Albright/Sabu vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Kawada/Taue vs. Akiyama/Misawa, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Izumida/Kamala, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Williams/Ace,
12/6/96 '96 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 31:37
Finishes of 1997 league matches: Izumida/Kamala vs. Hayabusa/Jinsei Shinzaki, Williams/Albright vs. Omori/Honda, Kobashi/Ace vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Wolf Hawkfield/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Hansen/Duncum Jr., Omori/Honda vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Hansen/Duncum vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Williams/Albright vs. Hawkfield/Smith, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kamala/Izumida, Williams/Albright vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Kawada/Taue vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Ace/Kobashi, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Kobashi, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki
12/5/97 '97 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 30:52
DVD #11 1998/1999
Finishes of 1998 league matches: Kawada/Taue vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Vader/Hansen, Johnny Ace/Bart Gunn vs. Takayama/Omori, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Ace/Gunn, Akiyama/Kobashi vs. Vader/Hansen, Takayama/Omori vs. Kamala/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Gunn, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Misawa/Ogawa, Vader/Hansen vs. Ace/Gunn, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Headhunters, Kawada/Taue vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Hansen/Vader vs. Headhunters, Ace/Gunn vs. Kobashi/Akiyama
12/5/98 '98 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Vader & Stan Hansen 19:03
Finishes of 1999 league matches: Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Honda/Masao Inoue, Taue/Hansen vs. Albright/Hawkfield, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Smith/Vader, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Honda/Inoue, Hansen/Taue vs. Omori/Takayama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Taue/Hansen, Albright/Hawkfield vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Taue/Hansen vs. Vader/Smith
12/3/99 '99 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Stan Hansen & Akira Taue 20:15
Note: before the main match there's highlights of league matches from the television tapings
12/11/80 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, '80 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 43:50. These teams had 45:00 draws in the previous 3 tag leagues, but with Baba & Jumbo coming in a point behind the Funks, that really put the pressure on the natives to finally break through & even things at 2 tag leagues a piece rather than finish tie for 2nd with Abdullah & Kamata & allow the Texans to capture their third league. Only Baba seemed to feel that urgency early on & was interested in taking things to the next level when he came in. However, while Baba tried to pick things up with his signature highspots, the others still more or less stuck to their body work, delivering an unspectacular technical match where the Funks worked on Jumbo's knee & Baba's team worked on Terry's back. The quality was good from the outset, and it was a consistent but never particularly dynamic until they shifted to the stretch run about 27 minutes in when Jumbo came in & stomped Terry's head to break up the rolling cradle, then just kept putting the boots to him until Dory came in swinging. Jumbo was quite good during this final portion, but overall, the disappointment of the match is his greatness wasn't on display before that. He didn't or couldn't prod the Funks into doing anything that would instill any urgency or changes of pace into the match before the action finally got hot. Part of the problem may just have been that, even though Jumbo was well established by this point as the #2 star in the company, the style was basically Baba's when he was in & Dory's when Baba wasn't, so Jumbo never seemed to make even portions of the match his own despite logging the most ring time. Baba finally hit his big boot on Dory & told Jumbo to ascend to the top for his flying knee drop, which he gladly still delivered despite Terry diving on top of his brother before Jumbo lept. Terry taking the brunt of the impact apparently allowed Dory to come right back with his backdrop, but he lost the advantage going to the floor to check of Terry's health. The stretch run was shaping up to contain all the intensity & action you wanted to occur 20 minutes earlier when Baba managed to win without even knowing he won despite booking this nonsense. I'm not honestly sure why Jumbo wasn't counted out as he hit the floor first with Terry knocking him through the ropes with his headbutt then following him out. Both made it back to the apron, with Baba shoulderblocking Terry off then going back to fighting Dory, but Jumbo then fell off the apron without actually reentering. However, Joe Higuchi just completely ignored Jumbo & finished the count on Terry. To make things more muddled, you can't really tell he counted Terry out as Joe goes back in the ring & deals with Dory & Baba then eventually raises the hand of Jumbo, who finally reentered, and Baba just has this great befuddled look as he looks around trying to figure out what the hell happened. Needless to say this finish was super anticlimactic, and actually way worse than just another draw because at least you know what a draw is without having to rewind to figure out what happened. I want to say this match would have benefitted from being 2/3 falls, but the whole gimmick was neither team could even win one. The finishing sequence is what would essentially have been the 3rd fall, give or take, but what I mean though is they just needed something to prod them into some tempo changes earlier on. As it was, it was fine except for the finish, but as the final match of the tournament & the "payoff" to a rivalry that had been so equal, it just seemed like a nice match that managed to inconclusively keep everyone & everything exactly as before. ***1/4
12/13/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan '81 Sekai Saikyo Tag Kettei League Koshikisen: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka. Fast-paced action packed brawl. Terry even did a plancha. The key spot was Brody whipping Terry at Stan, who took Terry's head off with the western lariat. Terry sold on the floor forever, while Dory did his best to take on the opposition 1 against 2. ****
12/13/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan '82 World's Strongest Tag Team League Match: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody. Total brawl. Punches, kicks, elbows, and forearms all the way. Funks bled. The fans were into it, but IMO it was nothing special. They did the same thing as last year with Hansen western lariating Terry on the floor. What happened from here was different, but unfortunately it quickly resulted in a screw job. **