International Big Competitions: 1960/01/15 - 04/01: 8 cards

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

Jim Wright [01/15-02/05]
Larry Jackson
Red Miller [01/15-02/05]
Bulldog Butcher [01/15-01/22; 01/30-03/04]
Alex Jakobides [01/15-1/30]
Jim Sorensen [01/15-02/05]
Texas Warren (Micky Warren) [02/05-3/18]
Bob Orton [03/04-04/01]
Willy Towne [04/01]

1960/01/15 Osaka - Pref. Gym (10,000; sold out; TV)
Kanji Higuchi (12:12 arm lock) Mitsuaki Hirai
Kiyotaka Otsubo (8:31 pin) Masakatsu Tanaka
Yukio Suzuki (3:42 pin) Mr. Chin
Tamanogawa (9:28 pin) Takeo Kaneko
Masaaki Takemura (11:35 boston crab) Larry Jackson
Hideyuki Nagasawa (8:11 pin) Red Miller
Kokichi Endo & Yoshinosato (2-0) Bulldog Butcher & Alex Jakobides
   1: Yoshinosato (16:05 boston crab) Butcher
   2: Endo (6:30 pin) Jakobides
International Heavyweight Title: Jim Wright (2-1) Rikidōzan*
   1: Wright (21:25 COR)
   2: Rikidōzan (4:42 pin)
   3: Wright (11:56 DQ)
   * Rikidōzan retains the title due to DQ

1960/01/22 Tokyo - Japan Pro-Wrestling Center (TV)
Takeo Kaneko (8:55 pin) Tamanogawa
Masaaki Takemura (10:10 pin) Kanji Higuchi
Hideyuki Nagasawa (11:15 pin) Jim Sorensen
Alex Jakobides (11:50 pin) Larry Jackson
Rikidōzan & Kokichi Endo & Yoshinosato (2-0) Jim Wright & Red Miller & Bulldog Butcher
   1: Yoshinosato (12:33 pin) Miller
   2: Rikidōzan (22:40 pin) Butcher

1960/01/23 Nagoya - Kanayama Gym (7,000; sold out)
Masakatsu Tanaka (15min limit draw) Mitsuaki Hirai
Yonetaro Tanaka (16:43 pin) Kiyotaka Otsubo
Isao Yoshiwara (10:58 abdominal stretch) Mr. Chin
Takeo Kaneko (8:15 pin) Kanji Higuchi
Heavyweight Contendership Match: Hideyuki Nagasawa (7:27 pin) Tamanogawa
Heavyweight Contendership Match: Masaaki Takemura (5:55 pin) Hideyuki Nagasawa
Heavyweight Contendership Match: Masaaki Takemura (3:35 pin) Tamanogawa
Yoshinosato (2-0) Red Miller
   1: Yoshinosato (13:45 arm lock) Miller
   2: Yoshinosato (10:30 pin) Miller
All Japan Tag Team Title: Rikidōzan & Kokichi Endo* (2-0) Jim Wright & Larry Jackson
   1: Rikidōzan (17:57 COR) Jakobides
   2: Endo (9:45 pin) Larry Jackson
   * Jakobides was injured and replaced by Jackson after the 1st fall.

1960/01/30 Tokyo - Metropolitan Gym (15,000; sold out; TV)
Kiyotaka Otsubo (20min limit draw) Masakatsu Tanaka
Yonetaro Tanaka (14:20 pin) Kanji Higuchi
Isao Yoshiwara (9:55 pin) Mr. Chin
Yukio Suzuki (18:18 pin) Tamanogawa
Takeo Kaneko (11:0 pin) Hideyuki Nagasawa
Masaaki Takemura (6:35 pin) Bulldog Butcher
Kokichi Endo & Yoshinosato (2-0) Larry Jackson & Red Miller ( & Jim Sorensen)
   1: Yoshinosato (4:10 COR) Miller
   2: Yoshinosato (10:55 COR) Jim Sorensen
   * Red Miller was injured during the match and replaced by Sorensen.
International Heavyweight Title: Rikidōzan* (2-1) Jim Wright
   1: Rikidōzan (17:07 half crab)
   2: Wright (8:20 pin)
   3: Rikidōzan (4:50 COR)

1960/02/05 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center (TV)
Yukio Suzuki (18:17 boston crab) Tamanogawa
Jim Sorensen (6:50 pin) Mr. Chin
Takeo Kaneko (9:20 pin) Larry Jackson
Yoshinosato (8:50 pin) Red Miller
Texas Warren & Bulldog Butcher (2-1) Hideyuki Nagasawa & Masaaki Takemura
   1: Takemura (9:50 pin) Butcher
   2: Warren (4:33 leg lock) Nagasawa
   3: Warren (14:45 pin) Nagasawa
Kokichi Endo (2-1) Jim Wright
   1: Wright (9:40 pin) Endo
   2: Endo (4:51 pin) Wright
   3: Endo (9:17 DQ) Wright

1960/03/04 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center (TV)
Isao Yoshiwara (7:20 NC) Kiyotaka Otsubo
Yukio Suzuki (7:55 pin) Kanji Higuchi
Tamanogawa (10:50 pin) Mr. Chin
Takeo Kaneko (10:41 pin) Bulldog Butcher
Yoshinosato & Masaaki Takemura (2-1) Texas Warren & Larry Jackson
   1: Warren (11:55 boston crab) Takemura
   2: Yoshinosato (9:23 pin) Jackson
   3: Takemura (6:5 pin) Jackson
Michiaki Yoshimura (2-1) Bob Orton
   1: Yoshimura (17:36 pin) Orton
   2: Orton (7:55 pin) Yoshimura
   3: Yoshimura (6:3 DQ) Orton

1960/03/18 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center (TV)
Kanji Higuchi (15min limit draw) Masakatsu Tanaka
Isao Yoshiwara (15:07 abdominal stretch) Kiyotaka Otsubo
Yukio Suzuki (20min limit draw) Yonetaro Tanaka
Takeo Kaneko (7:30 pin) Mr. Chin
Masaaki Takemura (12:55 pin) Larry Jackson
Michiaki Yoshimura & Yoshinosato (2-1) Bob Orton & Texas Warren
   1: Yoshinosato (12分4 pin) Warren
   2: Orton (13:7 pin) Yoshinosato
   3: Yoshimura (4:4 pin) Orton

1960/04/01 Tokyo - Japan Pro-Wrestling Center (TV)
Yukio Suzuki (7:20 pin) Kiyotaka Otsubo
Yonetaro Tanaka (16:55 pin) Kanji Higuchi
Masaaki Takemura (3:13 pin) Willy Towne
Isao Yoshiwara (11:51 abdominal stretch) Mr. Chin
Michiaki Yoshimura & Yoshinosato & Takeo Kaneko (1-1) Bob Orton & Larry Jackson & Youssef Turko
   1 or 2: Yoshimura (9:53 pin) Jackson
   2 or 1: Orton (19:58 pin) Kaneko
   3: (60min limit draw)


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