DGinnetty

Tell me about it. I would like to see inside the head of whoever decided what aired on the AJ Classics shows. How big was the Jumbo-Tenryu feud? Can you think of a more important feud in All Japan from 72-90? Other than a 2 year Choshu invasion, I can't. How the first 3 matches of this feud are ignored, but the 4 follow-up matches have aired multiple times, is beyond me. I will say that the first one has Jumbo losing in a somewhat fluky way, but he doesn't look strong at the end of that. The October 87 match is even more of a decisive win by Tenryu, IMO. The 10/28/88 match is a tour-de-force, with Tenryu looking like the better man the entire time, with a cheesy DQ finish giving the win to Jumbo. He loses clean to Tenryu on 6/5/89, and losing clean to Misawa a year later. Why hide the 3 early Jumbo-Tenryu matches? Dan

Found almost all the listings for the other 1982 AJ TV shows I got: 3/19/82 公式戦 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Takashi Ishikawa Mighty Inoue vs. Billy Robinson Giant Baba vs. Buck Robley Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody 3/25/82 千葉公園体育館 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bill Howard Giant Baba vs. Alexis Smirnoff Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ted Dibiase Bruiser Brody vs. Billy Robinson 3/30/82 新潟市体育館 Ted Dibiase vs. Buck Robley Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Takashi Ishikawa Genichiro Tenryu vs. Billy Robinson Bruiser Brody vs. Prince Tonga Giant Baba vs. Mongolian Stomper 4/9/82 鳥取産業体育館 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Mighty Inoue Billy Robinson vs. Mongolian Stomper Bruiser Brody vs. Ted Dibiase Giant Baba vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 4/16/82 福岡国際センター（最終戦） Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan Hansen、Jimmy Snuka Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu （初の鶴龍 vs. 決） 優勝戦 Giant Baba vs. Bruiser Brody 4月20日 愛知県体育館 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jimmy Snuka Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr.vs. Harley Race、Ted Dibiase Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody、Stan Hansen （インタータッグ選手権、三本勝負） ４月22日 Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr.vs. Jimmy Snuka、Bruiser Brody （スヌーカ、ブロディ仲間割れ） Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race （UN 選手権） Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen （PWF 選手権） ４月21日 大阪府立体育館 Genichiro Tenryu、Terry Funk vs. Buck Robley、Jimmy Snuka Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race、Stan Hansen（特別レフェリー、ルーテーズ、渡辺二郎登場） Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr. （インターナショナル選手権） ５月14日 後楽園ホール Mighty Inoue、Ashura Hara vs. Ricky Steamboat、Dick Slater Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen、Ron Miller ５月21日 朝霞市立総合体育館 Ricky Steamboat vs. Takashi Ishikawa Jumbo Tsuruta、Prince Tonga vs. Stan Hansen、Jay Youngblood Giant Baba、Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh、Umanoseke Ueda 7月30日 川崎三大決戦 Atsushi Onitavs. Chavo Guerrero （ダブルフォールにてタイトル預かり） Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mil Mascaras Giant Baba vs. Umanoseke Ueda 8月1日 後楽園ホール Giant Baba、Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanoseke Ueda、Tiger Jeet Singh Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race （UN 選手権） 7月21日 那智勝浦観光会館 Mil Mascaras、Dos Caras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta、Genichiro Tenryu マスクプレゼント マスカラス名勝負集 Mil Mascaras、Dos Caras vs. Great Kojika、Motoshi Okuma（後楽園ホール） 7月22日 串本町立体育館 Mil Mascaras、Dos Caras vs. Rocky Hata、Takashi Ishikawa Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanoseke Ueda Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race、Killer Tor Kamata 8月26日 熊谷体育館 Genichiro Tenryu、Mighty Inoue vs. Crusher Blackwell、Rufus R Jones Stan Hansen、Ron Bass vs. Terry Funk、Ashura Hara Jumbo Tsuruta vs. ジュービック ９月2日 栃木県体育館 Genichiro Tenryu、Atsushi Onitavs. Destroyer、Ultraseven Terry Funk vs. Crusher Blackwell Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen、Ron Bass （インタータッグ選手権） ９月8日 山形体育館 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Destroyer Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ron Bass Takashi Ishikawa、Akio Sato vs. ジュービック、ジョーンズ （アジアタッグ選手権） Giant Baba、Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen、Crusher Blackwell ９月11日 後楽園ホール Atsushi Onitavs. Ultraseven Destroyer、Ron Bass vs. Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen （初 vs. 決） 9月14日 刈谷体育館 Atsushi Onitavs. Frank Dusek Terry Funk、Jumbo Tsuruta、Genichiro Tenryu vs. Destroyer、Ron Bass、Crusher Blackwell Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen （PWF 選手権） 10月20日 青森県営体育館 Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nikolai Volkoff、Victor Rivera Atsushi Onitavs. Chavo Guerrero Bruiser Brody vs. Genichiro Tenryu （インターナショナル選手権） 10月26日 帯広市総合体育館 Jumbo Tsuruta、Ashura Hara vs. Nikolai Volkoff、Jimmy Snuka Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr. （インターナショナル選手権） Giant Baba vs. Harley Race （PWF 選手権、馬場王座陥落） 11月2日 愛知県体育館 Atsushi Onitavs. Victor Rivera Jumbo Tsuruta、Dory Funk Jr.vs. Nikolai Volkoff、Dream Machine Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka （遺恨 vs. 決） Harley Race vs. Giant Baba （PWF 選手権、馬場雪辱戦） 11月4日 後楽園ホール Bruiser Brody、Gypsy Joe vs. Dory Funk Jr.、Genichiro Tenryu Atsushi Onitavs. Chavo Guerrero （大仁田、トルフィーボコボコ事件） Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race、Jimmy Snuka （鶴田フォール負け） 11月27日 最強タッグ開幕戦 入場式 Harley Race、Dick Slaterー vs. Great Kojika、Motoshi Okuma Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr.vs. Genichiro Tenryu、Ashura Hara Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Super Destroyer、Umanoseke Ueda Stan Hansen、Bruiser Brody vs. Ricky Steamboat、Jay Youngblood 12月２日 大阪府立体育館 Genichiro Tenryu、Ashura Hara vs. Motoshi Okuma、Great Kojika Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr.vs. Ricky Steamboat、Jay Youngblood Stan Hansen、Bruiser Brody vs. Harley Race、Dick Slater 12月9日 札幌中島体育センター Ricky Steamboat、Jay Youngblood vs. Genichiro Tenryu、Ashura Hara Harley Race、Dick Slaterー vs. Terry Funk、Dory Funk Jr. Giant Baba、Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen、Bruiser Brody 12月7日 総集編 福岡国際センター 夢の vs. 決 Harley Race vs. Ricky Steamboat Bruiser Brody vs. Terry Funk Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen 公式戦 Genichiro Tenryu、Ashura Hara vs. Umanoseke Ueda、Super Destroyer

Based on the research I have done so far, NJ was more successful than AJ in ratings, attendance, and revenue all the way up to 84 or 85. 85-88 or 86-88 was in AJs advantage in average attendance and total attendance, most likely revenue as well. In 1983, Inoki was out "injured" for almost 3 months, and NJ continued to sell out For the tour that Inoki missed (Summer Fight Series 7/1/83 to 8/4/83, plus the first 2 shows of the next tour), NJ averaged 4111 per show over 35 shows; for a total of 143900 Once NJ started running in the Tokyo Dome, they never looked back. attendance-wise, or revenue-wise. Dan Ginnetty

NJC 1982 footage (65 matches): #115　'97.5.14 　'82.1.1　Korakuen hall Karl Gotch vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara Riki Choshu vs Animal Hamaguchi DVD #21 #116　'97.5.15 　'82.1.1　Korakuen hall Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid Tatsumi Fujinami vs Bob Backlund Antonio Inoki vs Roland Bock #117　'97.5.16 　'82.1.28　Tokyo gymnasium Seiji Sakaguchi vs Rusher Kimura Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid Antonio Inoki vs Abdullah the Butcher DVD #22 #118　'97.5.19 　'82.2.9　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Haseem Muhammed vs ローズン・ブルー Dusty Rhodes vs Abdullah the Butcher Tiger Mask vs Baby Face Antonio Inoki vs Rusher Kimura #119　'97.5.20 　'82.2.14　El Toreo de Quatro caminos Baby Face/Scorpio/Rudy Reina vs. Blackman/Mano Negra/ Enrique Vera Centurion Negro vs Gran Hamada 　'82.5.6　The Fukuoka sport center Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Buddy Rose DVD #23 #120　'97.5.21 　'82.2.14　El Toreo de Quatro caminos El Canek vs Don・Corleone Tatsumi Fujinami/Antonio Inoki vs. Perro Aguayo/Abdullah the Butcher #121　'97.5.22 　'82.3.19　The Kagoshima prefectural gymnasium Tiger Mask/Kantaro Hoshino vs. Blackman/Karloff Lagarde Killer Khan vs Andre the Giant Antonio Inoki vs Tatsumi Fujinami 　'82.4.1　Kuramae national skill mansion Dick Murdoch /Dusty Rhodes vs. Riki Choshu/Tatsumi Fujinami DVD #24 #122　'97.5.23 　'82.4.1　Kuramae national skill mansion Tiger Mask vs Steve Wright Killer Khan vs Andre the Giant #123　'97.5.26 　'82.5.6　The Fukuoka sport center Kantaro Hoshino/Osamu Kido vs. Carlos Estrada/Perro Aguayo Gran Hamada vs Black Tiger Tatsumi Fujinami/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Bad News Allen/Abdullah the Butcher DVD #25 #124　'97.5.27 　'82.5.12　Inner part military affairs mountain gymnasium Seiji Sakaguchi vs Abdullah the Butcher Les Thornton vs Kantaro Hoshino Yoshiaki Yatsu/Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan/Buddy Rose #125　'97.5.28 　'82.5.26　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Black Tiger vs Tiger Mask Tatsumi Fujinami/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Blackman/Perro Aguayo Hulk Hogan vs Abdullah the Butcher DVD #26 #126　'97.5.29 　'82.6.18　Kuramae national skill mansion Tatsumi Fujinami vs El Canek Tiger Mask vs Ultraman Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant Antonio Inoki vs Scott McGhee 　'82.7.6　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant #127　'97.5.30 　'82.7.6　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Tiger Mask vs Ultraman Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dick Murdoch Antonio Inoki vs El Canek 　'82.7.23　Ishikawa prefecture industrial exhibition mansion Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid DVD #27 #128　'97.6.2 　'82.8.5　Kuramae national skill mansion Seiji Sakaguchi/Tiger Toguchi vs. Adrian Adonis/Greg Valentine Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid Bob Backlund vs Tatsumi Fujinami #129　'97.6.3 　'82.8.27　Korakuen hall Yoshiaki Yatsu/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Animal Hamaguchi/Rusher Kimura Tiger Mask/Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Baclk Tiger/Pete Roberts Hulk Hogan/Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter/Ed Leslie DVD #28 #130　'97.6.4 　'82.8.30　MSG Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid Gino Brito vs Tatsumi Fujinami Bob Backlund vs Buddy Rose #131　'97.6.5 　'82.9.24　Korakuen hall Tiger Mask/Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger/Villano 3 Tatsumi Fujinami vs Animal Hamaguchi Antonio Inoki vs Sgt. Slaughter 　'82.10.21　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Seiji Sakaguchi vs Abdullah the Butcher DVD #29 #132　'97.6.6 　'82.10.21　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Tiger Mask vs Black Tiger Tatsumi Fujinami vs Masked Superstar Antonio Inoki vs Rusher Kimura #133　'97.6.9 　'82.7.23　Ishikawa prefecture industrial exhibition mansion Tatsumi Fujinami vs Masked Superstar 　'82.10.26　Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall Tiger Mask vs Kuniaki Kobayashi Antonio Inoki/Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura/Animal Hamaguchi 6/12/97 #136 taped 12/9/82 1. Killer Khan/Tiger Toguchi vs. Dick Murdock/Masked Superstar 2. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dino Bravo 3. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant 4. Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis 6/13/97 #137 taped 12/10/82 1. Andre the Giant/Dino Bravo vs. Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar My 1982 season set (147 matches): DVD 1 1/1/82 special: - Karl Gotch vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara - Riki Choshu vs. Animal Hamaguchi - Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid - WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund © vs. Tatsumi Fujinami - Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock 1/8/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi - Tiger Toguchi vs. Wahoo McDaniel - Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Tiger Mask vs. Abdullah the Butcher, The Dynamite Kid, & Babe Face DVD 2 1/15/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi & Tiger Toguchi vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Wahoo McDaniel - Tiger Mask vs. El Halcon - Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Bad News Allen, & S.D. Jones 1/22/82: - Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. The Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart - Seiji Sakaguchi & Riki Choshu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen DVD 3 1/29/82: - Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid - Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Rusher Kimura - Antonio Inoki vs. Abdullah the Butcher 2/5/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Bret Hart - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi DVD 4 2/19/82: - Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, & Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid, Bret Hart, & Babe Face - Antonio Inoki vs. Wahoo McDaniel 2/26/82: - UWA Middleweight Title: Negro Navarro © vs. Gran Hamada - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Perro Aguayo DVD 5 3/5/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Atlas - Antonio Inoki & Killer Khan vs. The Masked Superstar & Don Muraco 3/12/82: - Tiger Mask vs. Blackman - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hulk Hogan - Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Khan DVD 6 3/19/82: - Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Blackman & Coloso Colosetti - Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 3/26/82: - Tiger Mask vs. Coloso Colosetti - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Killer Khan - Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant DVD 7 4/2/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Steve Wright - Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant 4/9/82: - Rusher Kimura vs. Andre the Giant - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi - Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Tiger Mask vs. The Masked Superstar, Don Muraco, & Steve Wright DVD 8 4/16/82: - Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Blackman & Steve Wright - Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 4/21/82 special: - Gran Hamada vs. Perro Aguayo - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Black Tiger - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher - Antonio Inoki vs. Jesse Ventura DVD 9 4/30/82: - Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada vs. Perro Aguayo & Les Thornton - Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger - Seiji Sakaguchi, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Bad News Allen, & S.D. Jones 5/7/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title decision match: Gran Hamada vs. Black Tiger - Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen DVD 10 5/14/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher - Kantaro Hoshino vs. Les Thornton - Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Hulk Hogan & Dusty Rhodes 5/28/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Black Tiger - Seiji Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bad News Allen & Perro Aguayo - Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher DVD 11 6/4/82: - Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Jose Estrada & Gonzales - Gran Hamada & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Perro Aguayo & Black Tiger - Hulk Hogan, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Bad News Allen, & S.D. Jones 6/11/82: - NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title: Les Thornton © vs. Tiger Mask - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo - Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen DVD 12 2/12/82: - Dusty Rhodes vs. Abdullah the Butcher - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Babe Face - Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura 6/18/82: - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Canek - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Ultraman - Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki vs. Scott McGhee DVD 13 6/25/82: - Hiro Matsuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi - Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Ultraman & El Polaco - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant & Canek 7/2/82: - Tiger Mask vs. El Polaco - Hulk Hogan & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant & Scott McGhee - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch & Canek DVD 14 7/9/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Ultraman - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch - Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki vs. Canek 7/16/82: - Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. The Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart - Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch - Tatsumi Fujinami, Tiger Toguchi, & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis, Greg Valentine, & Rick McGraw DVD 15 7/23/82: - Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch - Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid 7/30/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Bret Hart - Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis DVD 16 8/6/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. The Dynamite Kid - WWF Heavyweight Title: Bob Backlund © vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 8/13/82: - Hiro Matsuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & The Grappler - Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. The Dynamite Kid & Bret Hart - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine DVD 17 8/20/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch - Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, & Tiger Mask vs. The Dynamite Kid, Greg Valentine, & Bret Hart 8/27/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi - Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger & Pete Roberts - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Ed Leslie DVD 18 9/3/82: - WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami © vs. Gino Brito - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. The Dynamite Kid - Hulk Hogan vs. The Masked Superstar - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Villano III - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi 9/10/82: - Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi - Tiger Mask vs. Pete Roberts - Hulk Hogan, Antonio Inoki, & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Masked Superstar, Sgt. Slaughter, & Chris Adams DVD 19 9/17/82: - Tiger Mask vs. Chris Adams - Hulk Hogan & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Masked Superstar & Sgt. Slaughter - Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi 10/1/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Black Tiger - WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami © vs. The Masked Superstar - Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura DVD 20 9/24/82: - Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Black Tiger & Villano III - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Animal Hamaguchi - Antonio Inoki vs. Sgt. Slaughter DVD 21 10/8/82: - Tiger Mask vs. Marty Jones - Kengo Kimura vs. Bob Orton, Jr. - Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Riki Choshu vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Bad News Allen, & S.D. Jones 10/15/82: - Tiger Mask & Osamu Kido vs. Les Thornton & Johnny Rodz - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Abdullah the Butcher - Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu vs. Bad News Allen & Bob Orton, Jr. DVD 22 10/22/82: - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu - Tiger Mask vs. Les Thornton - Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Bad News Allen 10/29/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Rusher Kimura & Animal Hamaguchi DVD 23 11/5/82: - WWF Jr. Heavyweight vs. NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi - WWF International Heavyweight Title: Tatsumi Fujinami © vs. Riki Choshu - Gauntlet Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, & Rusher Kimura 11/12/82: - Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Rusher Kimura, & Bad News Allen - Gauntlet Match: Antonio Inoki vs. Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, & Rusher Kimura DVD 24 11/19/82: - Killer Khan vs. Dick Murdoch - Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Adrian Adonis & Dino Bravo - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant & Rene Goulet 11/26/82: - Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Andre the Giant & Rene Goulet - Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi vs. Adrian Adonis & Dino Bravo - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis & Dino Bravo DVD 25 12/3/82: - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiji Sakaguchi - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Canek - Andre the Giant & Rene Goulet vs. Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi 12/10/82: - Hulk Hogan & Antonio Inoki vs. Killer Khan & Tiger Toguchi DVD 26 12/17/82: - Hulk Hogan, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Adrian Adonis, The Masked Superstar, & Dino Bravo - Killer Khan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch 12/24/82: - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dino Bravo - Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant - Antonio Inoki vs. Adrian Adonis

5/19 match aired complete (10:15), 5/26 airs just under 5 minutes of the 12:06 Dan

Not sure if this means anything, but there are NO Di Colosseo episodes scheduled to air on G+ in May, and the 2 Di Colosseos in June are Misawa specials. G+ is still airing the NOAH SP complete houseshows, (which don't require much post production), and the monthly show on Samurai TV. Beginning of the end? Dan

I need to check them against my NJ season sets to verify, but I know of a few tag matches and singles matches from 80 and 81 that aren't available. I can write something up after I check out the box set Tuesday or Wednesday. I will also go thru the different New Japan classics shows to find the Dynamite Kid matches they have already released, and if the match is uncut. Dan

I have already seen the majority of his matches in New Japan, though I am curious to see the few matches I don't already have. I think the Tiger Mask hatred is fashionable these days, but I don't think their series was all that bad. The 8/5/82 was my favorite for a couple of reasons, most notable the fact that Kid had been working towards his top rope headbutt in all his prior matches in the series, but couldn't pull it off. In the 8/5 match he FINALLY nails it and goes for the pin, only to have TM kick out at 2.9. The camera zooms in on DK and there is anguish on his face. This moment wouldn't mean as much to viewer if they didn't know that DK had been trying for the for the prior 4 matchups. I will rewatch the DK stuff from 79-84 after I get this set and have more observations. Dan

I think DK only had 36 televised matches in New Japan from late 79 thru July 84 Before that, he had 3 televised matches when he toured for IWE in July of 79 (his first tour of Japan). 2 matches against Ashura Hara, 1 against Isamu Teranishi. 10/17/79 (t. 8/17) Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 1/11/80 (t. 1/11) Dynamite Kid/Stan Hansen vs. Antonio Inoki/Tatsumi Fujinami 1/18/80 (t. 1/18) Dynamite Kid/Steve Keirn vs. Kantaro Hoshino/Tatsumi Fujinami 1/25/80 (t. 1/25) Dynamite Kid vs. Skip Young 2/15/80 (t. 2/5) Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 4/10/81 (t. 4/10) Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 5/1/81 (t. 4/23) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 1/1/82 (t. 1/1) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 1/8/82 (t. ?) Dynamite Kid/Babyface/Abdullah the Butcher vs. Antonio Inoki/Tatsumi Fujinami/Tiger Mask 1/22/82 (t. 1/22) Dynamite Kid/Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask/Kantaro Hoshino 1/29/82 (t. 1/28) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 2/19/82 (t. 2/11) Dynamite Kid/Bret Hart/Babyface vs. Tiger Mask/Kengo Kimura/Tiger Mask 7/16/82 (t. 7/16) Dynamite Kid/Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask/Kengo Kimura 7/23/82 (t. 7/23) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 8/6/82 (t. 8/5) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 8/13/82 (t. 8/3) Dynamite Kid/Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask/Kantaro Hoshino 8/20/82 (t. 7/31) Dynamite Kid/Bret Hart/Greg Valentine vs. Tiger Mask/Kengo Kimura/Tatsumi Fujinami 9/3/82 (t. 8/30 MSG) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 4/1/83 (t. 4/1) Dynamite Kid/Bobby Gaetano vs. Tiger Mask/Kantaro Hoshino 4/5/83 (t. 4/3) Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 4/8/83 (t. 4/7) Dynamite Kid vs. Kantaro Hoshino 4/22/83 (t. 4/21) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 1/1/84 Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith vs. Isamu Teranishi/Kuniaki Kobayashi 1/6/86 Dynamite Kid vs. Isamu Teranishi 1/13/84 Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 1/20/84 Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith vs. Black Tiger/The Cobra 1/27/84 Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 2/3/84 Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith 2/10/84 Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith 2/17/84 Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 6/29/84 Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 7/6/84 Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra 7/13/84 Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith/Dr. D David Shultz vs. Antonio Inoki/Tatsumi Fujinami/The Cobra 7/20/84 Dynamite Kid vs. Davey Boy Smith 7/27/84 Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 7/28/84 Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith/Rick Oliver vs. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Kuniaki Kobayashi P.S. I just ordered the Dynamite Kid DVD boxed set from Japan today, so I will have these matches shortly. Dan Ginnetty