New Year Pioneer Series: 1979/01/05 - 01/29: 12 cards

The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results and/or missing venue name otherwise).

Guest Foreigners:
Alexi Smirnoff
The Atomic (Leo Burke)
Jake Roberts
Chief Black Eagle [01/06 - 01/29]
Colin Joyson [partial]
Cuban Assassin

1979/01/05 Takachiho, Miyazaki - General Gym
Snake Amami drew Tsutomu Yonemura
Devil Murasaki def Masahiko Takasugi
Mighty Inoue & Isamu Teranishi def Jiro Inazuma & Goro Tsurumi
Ashura Hara def Cuban Assassin (Angel Acevedo)
Animal Hamaguchi def Jake Roberts
Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu def The Atomic (Leo Burke under a mask) & Alexis Smirnoff

1979/01/06 Fukuoka
Tsutomu Yonemura def Masahiko Takasugi
Snake Amami def Devil Murasaki
Jiro Inazuma def Goro Tsurumi
Colin Joynson drew Isamu Teranishi
Great Kusatsu def Chief Black Eagle
Ashura Hara def Cuban Assassin
Alexis Smirnoff def Animal Hamaguchi
The Atomic & Jake Roberts (COR) Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue

1979/01/07 Ohmuta, Fukuoka
Snake Amami def Masahiko Takasugi
Devil Murasaki def Tsutomu Yonemura
Isamu Teranishi def Goro Tsurumi
7-man Battle Royal Final: Snake Amami (pin) Isamu Teranishi
Mighty Inoue def Chief Black Eagle
Ashura Hara & Jiro Inazuma def Cuban Assassin & Colin Joynson
Animal Hamaguchi (NC) The Atomic
Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu def Jake Roberts & Alexis Smirnoff

1979/01/08 Oita - Pref. Gym
Devil Murasaki def Masahiko Takasugi
Goro Tsurumi def Tsutomu Yonemura
Jiro Inazuma def Snake Amami
Tsutomu Yonemura won an 8-man Battle Royal (pin) Jiro Inazuma
Isamu Teranishi def Chief Black Eagle
Colin Joynson (DQ) Ashura Hara
Rusher Kimura def Jake Roberts
Cage Match: Mighty Inoue def Cuban Assassin
IWA World Tag Team Title: Great Kusatsu & Animal Hamaguchi* (1-1) Alexis Smirnoff & The Atomic
   1: Atomic (1:40 pin) Hamaguchi
   2: Hamaguchi (10:30 pin) Atomic
   3: (4:16 DCOR)

1979/01/10 Isahaya, Nagasaki
Tsutomu Yonemura def Masahiko Takasugi
Jiro Inazuma def Devil Murasaki
Isamu Teranishi def Snake Amami
7-man Battle Royal Final: Snake Amami (pin) Goro Tsurumi
Colin Joynson def Goro Tsurumi
Animal Hamaguchi def Chief Black Eagle
Ashura Hara def Cuban Assassin
Great Kusatsu def Jake Roberts
Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue (NC) The Atomic & Alexis Smirnoff

1979/01/16 Hiroshima - Pref. Gym
Masahiko Takasugi drew Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Snake Amami def Tsutomu Yonemura
Isamu Teranishi def Devil Murasaki
Cuban Assassin def Goro Tsurumi
Ashura Hara def Chief Black Eagle
Mighty Inoue def Colin Joynson
The Atomic & Alexis Smirnoff def Animal Hamaguchi & Jiro Inazuma
Cage Match: Rusher Kimura (12:08 half crab) Jake Roberts

1979/01/18 Nachi-Katsuura, Wakayama
Tsutomu Yonemura def Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Devil Murasaki def Snake Amami
Goro Tsurumi def Jiro Inazuma
Isamu Teranishi def Colin Joynson
Mighty Inoue def Chief Black Eagle
Ashura Hara def The Atomic
Alexis Smirnoff def Animal Hamaguchi
Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu def Cuban Assassin & Jake Roberts

1979/01/21 Tokyo - Korakuen Hall
Devil Murasaki def Tsutomu Yonemura
Colin Joynson def Snake Amami
Goro Tsurumi def Chief Black Eagle
Isamu Teranishi def Haruka Eigen
Alexis Smirnoff (DQ) Ashura Hara
Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue & Jiro Inazuma def Cuban Assassin & The Atomic & Jake Roberts
IWA World Tag Team Title*: Yamaha Brothers: Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino (2-1) Great Kusatsu & Animal Hamaguchi
   1: Hamaguchi (15:23 pin) Yamamoto
   2: Yamamoto (7:46 pin) Hamaguchi
   3: Hoshino (3:18 pin) Hamaguchi

1979/01/23 Koshigaya, Saitama
Tsutomu Yonemura def Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Devil Murasaki def Snake Amami
Animal Hamaguchi def Goro Tsurumi
Isamu Teranishi def Chief Black Eagle
Mighty Inoue def Jake Roberts
Ashura Hara & Jiro Inazuma def Cuban Assassin & Colin Joynson
Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu def The Atomic & Alexis Smirnoff

1979/01/27 Shimotsuma, Ibaraki
Snake Amami def Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Goro Tsurumi def Tsutomu Yonemura
Jiro Inazuma def Devil Murasaki
Mighty Inoue def Colin Joynson
Ashura Hara def Chief Black Eagle
Great Kusatsu def Jake Roberts
Alexis Smirnoff (COR) Animal Hamaguchi
Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi def Cuban Assassin & The Atomic

1979/01/28 Yamato, Kanagawa - Isuzu Yamato Body Gym
Devil Murasaki def Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Goro Tsurumi def Snake Amami
Jiro Inazuma def Tsutomu Yonemura
Ashura Hara def Chief Black Eagle
Great Kusatsu & Isamu Teranishi def Cuban Assassin & Colin Joynson
Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi def The Atomic & Jake Roberts
IWA World Heavyweight Title: Alexis Smirnoff (2-1) Rusher Kimura*
   1: Smirnoff (5:39 pin)
   2: Kimura (7:00 boston crab)
   3: Smirnoff (5:10 DQ)
* No title change due to DQ

1979/01/29 Katsuta, Ibaraki - General Gym
Tsutomu Yonemura def Ichimasa Wakamatsu
Devil Murasaki def Snake Amami
Goro Tsurumi def Chief Black Eagle
Great Kusatsu def Colin Joynson
Ashura Hara def Jake Roberts
Alexis Smirnoff def Isamu Teranishi
Rusher Kimura def The Atomic
Cage Match: Jiro Inazuma def Cuban Assassin
IWA World Tag Team Title: Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi (2-1) Yamaha Brothers: Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto*
   1: Yamamoto (2:39 figure-4 leg lock) Inoue
   2: Inoue (19:28 pin) Yamamoto
   3: Kusatsu & Hamaguchi (4:40 DQ)
* No title change due to DQ


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