MOTY 1950-1980

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1	Year	Match	Date	Location	Promotion	Details
2	1950	Antonino Rocca vs. Benito Gardini	2/3/1950	Chicago, IL
3	1951	Buddy Rogers vs. Lou Thesz	1/1/1951	Chicago, IL		NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
4		Lou Thesz vs. Mighty Atlas	3/30/1951	Chicago, IL
5	1952	Verne Gagne vs. Hans Schmidt	6/27/1952	Chicago, IL
6	1953	Bob Orton Sr. vs. Hans Schmidt	8/28/1953	Chicago, IL
7	1954	Rikidozan vs. Masahiko Kimura	12/22/1954	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
8	1955	Lou Thesz vs. Don Leo Jonathan	2/26/1955	Chicago, IL
9	1956	Verne Gagne vs. Wilbur Snyder	5/6/1956	Chicago, IL
10	1957	Lou Thesz vs. Rikidozan	10/13/1957	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
11	1958	Verne Gagne vs. Hans Schmidt	(unknown)	Buffalo, NY
12	1959	Edvard Carpentier vs. Mike Gallagher	2/6/1959	Buffalo, NY
13	1960	Jerry Graham vs. Joe Savoldi	(unknown)	Melbourne, Australia
14	1961	Pat O'Connor vs. Buddy Rogers	6/30/1961	Chicago, IL	NWA	NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
15	1962	Rikidozan vs. Freddie Blassie	4/23/1962	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
16	1963	Rikidozan vs. The Destroyer	12/2/1963	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
17	1964	Bruno Sammartino vs. Freddie Blassie	(unknown)	Los Angeles, CA
18	1965	Toyonobori vs. The Destroyer	2/26/1965	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
19	1966	Giant Baba vs. Fritz Von Erich	12/3/1966	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
20	1967	Giant Baba vs. Gene Kiniski	8/14/1967	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
21	1968	Giant Baba vs. Bruno Sammartino	8/7/1968	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
22	1969	Giant Baba vs. The Destroyer	3/5/1969	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
23	1970	Antonio Inoki vs. Dory Funk Jr.	8/2/1970	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
24	1971	Antonio Inoki vs. The Destroyer	5/19/1971	Tokyo, Japan	JWA
25	1972	Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jack Brisco	2/8/1972	Miami, FL	NWA	NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
26		Strong Kobayashi vs. Monster Roussimoff	5/6/1972	Tokyo, Japan	IWE
27		Jim Breaks vs Adrian Street	12/2/1972	London, England	WOS
28		Giant Baba vs. The Destroyer	12/11/1972	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
29	1973	Jim Breaks vs. Johnny Saint	5/5/1973	London, England	WOS
30		The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras	10/9/1973	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
31		Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch	10/14/1973	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW
32	1974	The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras	7/25/1974	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
33		Mick McManus vs. Alan Sarjeant	11/23/1974	London, England	WOS
34	1975	Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson	11/12/1975	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW
35		Clive Myers vs. Steve Grey	11/20/1975	London, England	WOS
36		Giant Baba vs. Harley Race	12/9/1975	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
37		Dory Funk Jr. vs. Horst Hoffman	12/15/1975	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
38	1976	Billy Robinson vs. Giant Baba	7/24/1976	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
39		Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta	11/6/1976	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW	NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
40		Killer Karl Kox vs. Dick Murdoch	12/9/1976	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW
41	1977	Billy Robinson vs. Jumbo Tsuruta	5/3/1977	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
42		Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race	6/11/1977	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW	NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
43		Alan Sarjeant & Steve Grey vs. Zoltan Boscik & Sid Cooper	8/13/1977	London, England	WOS
44		Mil Mascaras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta	8/25/1977	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW
45	1978	Zoltan Boscik vs. Steve Grey	3/18/1978	London, England	WOS
46		Marty Jones vs. Mark Rocco	7/26/1978	London, England	WOS
47		Bob Backlund vs. Ivan Koloff	8/28/1978	New York, NY	WWWF	WWWF Championship Match
48		Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go	11/30/1978	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
49		Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba	12/15/1978	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW	Real World Tag League Finals
50	1979	Harley Race vs. Andre the Giant	1/7/1979	Houston, TX	NWA	NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
51		Jose Lothario vs. Gino Hernandez	1/19/1979	Houston, TX	NWA	Texas Death Match
52		Nick Bockwinkel vs. Verne Gagne	2/10/1979	Chicago, IL	AWA	AWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
53		Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ryuma Go	2/10/1979	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
54		Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine	2/19/1979	Philadelphia, PA	WWWF	WWWF Championship Match
55		Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki	11/30/1979	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	WWWF Championship Match
56		Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik	12/13/1979	Tokyo, Japan	AJPW	Real World Tag League Finals
57		Terry Funk vs. Mark Lewin	4/27/1979	Houston, TX	NWA	2 out of 3 Falls Match
58	1980	Jackie Sato vs Tommy Aoyama	1/4/1980	Tokyo, Japan	AJW
59		Johnny Saint vs Steve Grey	1/28/1980	London, England	WOS
60		Tatsumi Fujinami vs Steve Keirn	2/1/1980	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	2 out of 3 Falls Match
61		Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dynamite Kid	2/5/1980	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
62		Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko	3/24/1980	New York, NY	WWF	MSG
63		Tatsumi Fujinami vs Ashura Hara	4/3/1980	Tokyo, Japan	NJPW	WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
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