Texas is spelled T-O-U-G-H!
Stan Hansen's Western Lariat
On January 1, 2000, Stan Hansen started his 27th year as a professional wrestler and became one of a few present "four decades" wrestlers. He debuted as a wrestler on January 1, 1973. He has had over 120 Japan tours since his first tour, which was from September 26 to October 30, 1975, with Abdullah the Butcher, Ox Baker, Prince Pullin, Bobby Jaggers, and Larry Zbyszko. He arrived at Narita Airport on January 29, 2000, and did four talk shows at PRISM II (first floor of the same building as Korakuen Hall [fifth floor]), where Mrs. Motoko Baba and All Japan Pro Wrestling had Giant Baba's Memorial Exhibition show on January 29 and 30. He talked about his greatest matches and rivals, such as Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, and Bruiser Brody. Stan, Akira Taue, & Takao Omori face Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Jun Akiyama in Giant Baba's Memorial Show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on January 31 (Baba died on January 31, 1999). He will have another Japan tour from February 12 to 27.
"The Funks 2000" by Haru Egawa. Haru is one of the best graphic design illustrators in the world today. He has designed a lot of T-shirts for Terry Funk and for ECW.
Another die-hard Texan, Terry Funk, was introduced by WCW as a new commissioner at WCW Monday Nitro on January 3, 2000.
Kevin Nash challenged Terry to a match at WCW Souled Out, with the winner being the commissioner, when Terry had a non-title / Hard Core match against WCW World Heavyweight champion Bret Hart at WCW Thunder on January 6. Then, Terry planted the flaming branding iron on Nash's gut at Nitro on January 10. Terry was an assistant coach for the celebrity team at the Western Professional Hockey League's 2000 All-Star Celebrity Game in Amarillo, Texas on January 13. After that, Terry lost to Nash in a match for the control of WCW at Souled Out on January 16. However, die-hard Terry did an "Asai Moonsault" and beat Bam Bam Bigelow at Nitro on January 24. Terry got on the microphone, and told Nash that he would have to kill him to get rid of him. Terry beat The Demon (Dale Torborg) with the Kiwi Roll at Thunder on January 26.
Terry Funk and Masanori, Double Cross Ranch, Canyon, Texas, September 13, 1997
Stan Hansen was born in Knox City, Texas on August 29, 1949. He was trained by Dory and Terry Funk in Amarillo, Texas, and the Funks sent him to All Japan Pro, but he was just one of "Mr. Nobodies" in those days. His reputation was up at a stretch when Bruno Sammartino suffered a broken neck at the hands of Hansen at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 26, 1976. Then, Vince McMahon Sr. sent Hansen to New Japan Pro Wrestling in January 1977. He and Antonio Inoki had one of the toughest feuds in Japanese wrestling history until 1981. He jumped back to All Japan Pro when he interfered in the tag team tournament final match between Dory & Terry Funk and Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka at Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall) in Tokyo on December 13, 1981. Since then, Stan Hansen has wrestled for All Japan Pro and has had tough matches for 18 years. Actually, Stan is a very friendly man who keeps his feet down to earth, though he is famous in some circles for his hatred of "sheets" and "marks." As time goes by, the wrestling business has changed, and his good old partners were all gone, like Bruiser Brody, Giant Baba, Gary Albright, and Bobby Duncum Jr. He doesn't think that he can wrestle three more years or to 30 years, he isn't going to wrestle in the United States anymore, and he doesn't watch WCW or WWF on TV anymore. He is just going to keep traveling alone in his wrestling life here in Japan with respect and a lot of memories.
For 40 years, we Japanese fans have had a lot of "rasslers" from Texas working for various Japanese wrestling offices. They are too numerous to mention (of course, including "self-styled" Texans), such as Texas McKenzie (First Japan tour: October 1960), Dick Hutton (April 1962), Cowboy Bob Ellis (March 1963), Bull Curry (April 1964), Fritz Von Erich (Jack Adkisson) (November 1966), Ricky Romero (September 1967), Dick Murdoch (February 1968), Nelson Royal & Paul Jones (February 1969), Bobby Duncum (Sr.) (April 1969), Eddie Sullivan (October 1969), Dory Funk Jr. (November 1969), Terry Funk (July 1970), Ernie Ladd (September 1970), Blackjack Mulligan (Bob Windham) (November 1970), Dusty Rhodes (November 1971), Killer Tim Brooks (March 1972), Bob Geigel (January 1974), Stan Hansen (September 1975), Scott Casey (July 1976), Jay Youngblood (October 1977), Gino Hernandez (April 1978), Tito Santana (Merced Solis / Dick Blood) (October 1978), Ervin Smith (May 1978---I believe he was the very first wrestler who did the "Power Slam" in Japan), Jake Roberts (January 1979), Kevin & David Von Erich (May 1979), Skip Young (Sweet Brown Sugar) (January 1980), Tom Prichard (January 1981), Kerry Von Erich (March 1983), Black Bart (Rick Harris) (August 1983), Barry Windham (November 1983), Mike Von Erich (January 1987), Joe Deaton (August 1987), Mark & Chris Youngblood (November 1987), Dustin Rhodes (March 1989), The Undertaker (Mark Calaway / Master of Pain / Punisher Dice Morgan) (March 1990), Tiger Conway Jr. (August 1990), Steve Doll (Steve Dunn) (September 1990), Butch Masters (Giant Warrior) (November 1990), Shawn Michaels (January 1991), Tugboat Taylor (April 1992), Chaz (June 1992), Stone Cold Steve Austin (August 1992), Eddy Guerrero (April 1992), Kendall Windham (November 1992), Justin Bradshaw (Big John Hawk) (January 1993), Bobby Duncum Jr. (March 1993), Ahmed Johnson (Big T / Tony Norris) (March 1995), Booker T & Stevie Ray (October 1992), and Tully Blanchard (October 1995).
Chris Youngblood is a regular gaijin for FMW and runs a wrestling school in Amarillo, Texas
Ricky Romero, Dory Funk Jr., and Mark Romero (Mark Youngblood) (Mark is now in the rental property business)
Dick Murdoch and Masanori, Tokyo, May 23, 1996 (Dick was one of the toughest and funniest wrestlers. Unfortunately, he died about three weeks later [June 15])
Masanori with Bobby Duncum Jr., Oyama, Tochigi, June 4, 1995 (Bobby had his first Japan tour for Kendo Nagasaki's NOW [Network Of Wrestling] from March 15 to 20, 1993, with Booker T, Steve Simpson, Big John Hawk [Justin Bradshaw], and Buddy Landel. James Beard, a referee in Dallas, was a booker for NOW in those days. Then, Duncum became one of the regular gaijin [foreign] wrestlers for All Japan Pro Wrestling from May 1995.)
The great smiles of Sabu and Bobby Duncum Jr., Lorain, Ohio, March 22, 1998. The two men were great friends, and Sabu was a pallbearer at Bobby's funeral. (Photo credit: PLZ)
Texas promoters had been booking a lot of Japanese wrestlers ... Ed McLemore (Dallas) and Morris Siegel (Houston) from the 1950's to 1960's ... Paul Boesch (Houston) from the 1950's to 1980's ... Funk Family / Western States Sports (Amarillo) from the 1950's to 1980's ... Jack Adkisson (Fritz Von Erich) / World Class Championship Wrestling (Dallas) from the 1960's to 1980's ... Jerry Jarrett / United States Wrestling Association (Dallas / Memphis) in the 1980's ... Jim Crockett Jr. / National Wrestling Alliance (Dallas) in 1994 ... Joe Blanchard / Southwest Championship Wrestling from the 1970's to 1980's, and Fred Behrend / Texas All-Star Wrestling in the 1980's (San Antonio). Giant Baba couldn't found All Japan Pro without the Funks' support in 1972. New Japan Pro had a strong relationship with the World Class area in the 1980's. A lot of Japanese wrestlers had taken in thorough experiences and training in Texas territories. Akihisa Takachiho painted his face and breathed green mist to be "The Great Kabuki" in Dallas in the early 1980's. The other names are too numerous to mention---Duke Keomuka, Hiro Matsuda, Kintaro Oki (Kim ILL), Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Umanosuke Ueda (Mr. Ito / Tengu), Kotetsu Yamamoto & Kantaro Hoshino, Great Kojika (Kung Fu Lee), Masanori Toguchi (Kim Duk / Tiger Chang Lee), Kazuo Sakurada (Chang Chun / Kendo Nagasaki / Dragon Master), Killer Khan (Masashi Ozawa), Magic Dragon (Kazuharu Sonoda), Tetsuo Sekigawa (Ninja / Mr. Pogo), Yoshiaki Yatsu, Toshiaki Kawada, Keiji Muto (Ninja / The Great Muta), Osamu Nishimura, and more.
Masanori with The Great Kabuki, Yamato, Kanagawa, May 26, 1996 (Kabuki runs his Japanese style restaurant 10 minutes from Korakuen Hall.)
Stan Hansen, Masanori, and a statue of Giant Baba, Tokyo, January 29, 2000
February 4, 1982---Tokyo Gym
PWF (Pacific Wrestling Federation) Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba drew Stan Hansen (12:39 double disqualification)
---Baba kept the title
April 20, 1982---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta drew Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (1-1)
(1) Brody beat Tsuruta (7:38)
(2) 4:05 Baba & Tsuruta beat Hansen & Brody by disqualification
(3) 3:08 double countout
---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
April 22, 1982---Tokyo Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba drew Stan Hansen (7:12 double countout)
---Baba kept the title
September 2, 1982---Tochigi Prefectural Gym, Utsunomiya
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen & Ron Bass (12:25 Tsuruta beat Bass)
---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
September 14, 1982---Kariya City Gym, Aichi
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Stan Hansen (5:56 disqualification)
---Baba kept the title
December 13, 1982---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Dory & Terry Funk beat Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (12:30 disqualification)
---Funks won the tournament
April 3, 1983---Sanjo City Welfare Hall
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen & Alexis Smirnoff (13:58 Tsuruta beat Smirnoff)
---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
April 12, 1983---Ehime Prefectural Hall, Matsuyama
International Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ron Bass beat Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (15:21 Hansen beat Baba)
---Hansen & Bass became the 30th champions
April 17, 1983---Nagasaki International Gym
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen & Ron Bass (13:41 Baba beat Bass)
---Baba & Tsuruta became the 31st champions
September 8, 1983---Chiba Park Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Giant Baba (9:02)
---Hansen became the eighth champion
October 31, 1983---Aizu Gym, Aizu-wakamatsu City, Fukushima
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Giant Baba (9:43 No Contest)
---Hansen kept the title
December 12, 1983---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (17:45 Hansen beat Tenryu)
---Hansen & Brody won the tournament
March 24, 1984---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Giant Baba (8:56 disqualification)
---Hansen kept the title
March 30, 1984---Koga City Gym, Ibaraki
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Bugsy McGraw (10:44)
---Hansen kept the title
April 4, 1984---Okayama Budokan
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen & Ron Bass (12:38 Baba beat Bass)
---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
April 25, 1984---Yokohama Bunka Gym
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. (16:19 Brody beat Dory)
---Hansen & Brody became the first champions
July 31, 1984---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Stan Hansen (10:07)
---Baba became the ninth champion
August 26, 1984---Den-en Coliseum, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. (12:13 disqualification)
---Hansen & Brody kept the title
December 12, 1984---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (18:47 disqualification)
---Tsuruta & Tenryu won the tournament
April 3, 1985---Yamagata Prefectural Gym
International Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen & Ron Bass (11:53 disqualification)
April 15, 1985---Nagasaki International Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Stan Hansen (13:01 disqualification)
---Baba kept the title
July 30, 1985---Fukuoka Sports Center
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Giant Baba (13:50)
---Hansen became the 10th champion
August 31, 1985---Ryogoku Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (15:30 Hansen beat Tsuruta by referee stop)
December 12, 1985---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase drew Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (30:00 time up)
---Hansen & DiBiase won the tournament
March 29, 1986---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
AWA World / PWF / International Heavyweight triple title match
Stan Hansen drew Jumbo Tsuruta (8:45 double countout)
April 5, 1986---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
AWA World / PWF Heavyweight double title match
Riki Choshu beat Stan Hansen (18:27 disqualification)
April 12, 1986---Kumamoto City Gym
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (18:24 disqualification)
---Hansen & DiBiase kept the title
April 19, 1986---Hyogo Prefectural Bunka Gym, Kobe
AWA World / International Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen drew Jumbo Tsuruta (16:52 double countout)
April 26, 1986---Omiya Skate Center, Saitama
AWA World / PWF Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen drew Riki Choshu (16:36 double countout)
July 26, 1986---Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Hall, Kanazawa
AWA World Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu (12:08 double countout)
July 27, 1986---Nagano City Gym
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase drew Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (11:48 double countout)
July 31, 1986---Ryogoku Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
AWA World / International Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen beat Jumbo Tsuruta (16:27)
---Hansen became the 15th International champion
September 3, 1986---Osaka Castle Hall
International Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Jumbo Tsuruta (22:14 double countout)
---Hansen kept the title
September 9, 1986---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
International / PWF Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen drew Riki Choshu (13:09 double countout)
October 21, 1986---Ryogoku Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
International Heavyweight title match
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen (19:37)
---Tsuruta became the 16th champion
December 12, 1986---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (8:13 Tsuruta beat DiBiase by countout)
---Tsuruta & Tenryu won the tournament
April 7, Ota Ward Gym, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase drew Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (17:59 double countout)
---Hansen & DiBiase kept the title
April 17, 1987---Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Dory Funk Jr. (15:38 double countout)
April 23, 1987---Niigata City Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Hiroshi Wajima (12:36 double countout)
April 24, 1987---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Hiroshi Wajima (12:36)
---Hansen became the 12th champion
July 3, 1987---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) beat Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (13:10 Tiger beat DiBiase by countout)
---Tsuruta & Misawa became the third champions
July 11, 1987---Yonago Industrial Hall, Tottori
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask (11:55 Hansen beat Tiger)
---Hansen & DiBiase became the fourth champions
July 17, 1987---Sagamihara City Gym, Kanagawa
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Shin-ichi Nakano (14:45 Hansen beat Nakano)
---Hansen & DiBiase kept the title
July 19, 1987---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Yoshiaki Yatsu (15:41 double countout)
---Hansen kept the title
July 22, 1987---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
International Heavyweight title match
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen (14:22 disqualification)
---Tsuruta kept the title
July 23, 1987---Asahikawa City Gym, Hokkaido
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase drew Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (14:31 double countout)
---Hansen & DiBiase kept the title
August 31, 1987---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Yoshiaki Yatsu (9:13 disqualification)
September 3, 1987---Aichi Prefectural gym, Nagoya
World Tag Team title match
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara beat Stan Hansen & Austin Idol (12:18 Hara beat Idol by countout)
September 11, 1987---Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
PWF / United National Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen drew Gen-ichiro Tenryu (23:10 double countout)
September 12, 1987---Kurashiki Gym, Okayama
World Tag Team title match
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara beat Stan Hansen & Joe Deaton (10:23 Tenryu beat Deaton)
---Tenryu & Hara kept the title
September 15, 1987---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Hiroshi Wajima (10:24 countout)
September 17, 1987---Koide-go Gym, Niigata
World Tag Team title match
Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara drew Stan Hansen & Dick Slater (10:16 double countout)
March 9, 1988---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
PWF / United National Heavyweight double title match
Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen (14:40)
---Tenryu became double champion
March 27, 1988---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
PWF / United National Heavyweight double title match
Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen (15:32 disqualification)
---Tenryu kept the title
July 16, 1988---Takamatsu Civic Bunka Center, Kagawa
World Tag Team title match
Junbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu drew Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (18:37 No Contest)
July 27, 1988---Nagano Civic Gym
PWF / United National Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu (14:33 countout)
---Hansen became the double champion
July 29, 1988---Takasaki City Central Gym, Gumma
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (16:54)
---Hansen & Gordy became the second champions
July 31, 1989---Chiyogaday Ground, Hakodate, Hokkaido
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (14:44 Yatsu beat Gordy)
---Tsuruta & Yatsu became the third champions
October 17, 1988---Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen drew Jumbo Tsuruta (15:00 double countout)
December 16, 1988---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (21:02 Hansen beat Kawada)
---Hansen & Gordy won the tournament
March 25, 1989---Kumagaya Civic Gym, Saitama
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (18:00 Yatsu beat Gordy by countout)
---Tsuruta & Yatsu kept the title
March 29, 1989---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
PWF / United National Heavyweight double title match
Stan Hansen beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu (20:20)
---Hansen kept the title
April 4, 1989---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Stan Hansen & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (27:28 Yatsu beat Tenryu by countout)
April 18, 1989---Ota Ward Gym, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen (17:53)
---Tsuruta became the first champion
June 8, 1989---Chiba Park Gym
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Stan Hansen & Toshiaki Kawada (15:31 Tsuruta beat Kawada)
---Tsuruta and Yatsu kept the title
July 11, 1989---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Toshiaki Kawada beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (21:28 Hansen beat Tsuruta)
---Hansen & Kawada became the eighth champions
July 21, 1989---Ishikawa Industrial Hall, Kanazawa
World Tag Team title match
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Stan Hansen & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (21:58 Tsuruta beat Hansen)
---Tsuruta & Yatsu became the ninth champions
October 20, 1989---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Kanazawa
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Toshiaki Kawada beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (22:28 Hansen beat Yatsu)
---Hansen & Tenryu became the 10th champions
December 6, 1989---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Stan Hansen & Gen-ichiro Tenryu beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (28:57 Hansen beat Yatsu)
---Hansen & Tenryu won the tournament and World Tag Team title
February 10, 1990---Tokyo Dome
IWGP Heavyweight title match
Big Van Vader drew Stan Hansen (15:47 double countout)
---Vader kept the title
March 6, 1990---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Toshiaki Kawada (17:06 Williams beat Tenryu)
---Gordy and Williams became the 11th champions
April 13, 1990---Tokyo Dome
Japan / USA Wrestling Summit
Hulk Hogan beat Stan Hansen (12:30)
April 19, 1990---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
World Tag Team title match
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey (20:53 Williams beat Spivey)
---Gordy & Williams kept the title
June 8, 1990---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Terry Gordy (21:33)
---Hansen became the fifth champion
July 17, 1990---Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Hall, Kanazawa
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Terry Gordy beat Stan Hansen (21:04)
---Gordy became the sixth champion
July 27, 1990---Matsudo City Sports Park Gym, Chiba
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Mitsuharu Misawa (16:16)
---Hansen became the seventh champion
September 1, 1990---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Steve Williams (20:32)
---Hansen kept the title
December 7, 1990---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey (29:59 Williams beat Hansen)
---Gordy & Williams won the tournament and World Tag Team title
January 19, 1991---Matsumoto City Gym, Nagano
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Jumbo Tsuruta beat Stan Hansen (15:49)
---Tsuruta became the eighth champion
April 18, 1991---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (20:40 Hansen beat Williams)
---Hansen & Spivey became the 15th champions
June 1, 1991---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (15:40 Spivey beat Taue)
June 7, 1991---Chiba Park Gym
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (17:20 Hansen beat Kawada)
July 6, 1991---Yokosuka City Gym, Kanagawa
World Tag Team title match
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey (20:38 Gordy beat Spivey)
January 28, 1992---Chiba Park Gym
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Jumbo Tsuruta (16:41)
---Hansen became the ninth champion
March 4, 1992---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Mitsuharu Misawa (19:12)
---Hansen kept the title
June 5, 1992---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Toshiaki Kawada (21:18)
---Hansen kept the title
July 31, 1992---Matsudo City Sports Park Gym, Chiba
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Akira Taue (14:41)
---Hansen kept the title
August 22, 1992---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Mitsuharu Misawa beat Stan Hansen (24:04)
---Misawa became the 10th champion
May 21, 1993---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Mitsuharu Misawa beat Stan Hansen (26:11)
---Misawa kept the title
September 2, 1993---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (13:12 Hansen beat Taue)
---Hansen & DiBiase became the 23rd champions
October 14, 1993---Matsumoto City Gym, Nagano
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (18:15 Hansen beat Kawada)
October 23, 1993---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Mitsuharu Misawa beat Stan Hansen (22:10)
---Misawa kept the title
March 4, 1995---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen beat Toshiaki Kawada (31:26)
---Hansen became the 13th champion
May 26, 1995---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Mitsuharu Misawa beat Stan Hansen (25:06)
---Misawa became the 14th champion
January 24, 1996---Matsumoto City Gym, Nagano
World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Gary Albright beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (22:40 Hansen beat Kawada)
---Hansen & Albright became the 27th champions
February 20, 1996---Iwate Prefectural Gym, Morioka
World Tag Team title match
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Stan Hansen & Gary Albright (20:53 Taue beat Hansen)
---Kawada & Taue became the 28th champions
September 5, 1996---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Triple Crown Heavyweight title match
Kenta Kobashi beat Stan Hansen (26:07)
---Kobashi kept the title
December 5, 1998---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Stan Hansen & Vader (19:03 Kobashi beat Hansen)
---Kobashi & Akiyama won the tournament
December 3, 1999---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Real World Tag Team League Tournament Final
Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Stan Hansen & Akira Taue (20:15 Akiyama beat Taue)
---Kobashi & Akiyama won the tournament
Masanori at the mercy of the "Bad Man from Borger, Texas," Stan Hansen
You may contact Masanori at masa_h@mail.goo.ne.jp
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