The Results!
In total, 45 ballots were received. Voters were asked to rank matches from 1 to 175. Match #1 receives 175 points; match #2 would receive 174 points, etc. Matches in the top 30 were also awarded bonus points as follows: #1 (+7 pts), #2 (+5 pts), #3 (+4 pts), #4 through #7 (+3 pts), #8-#20 (+2 pts), #21-#30 (+1 pts). Dec 2014 update -- I'm adding in links to the matches on New Japan World where available. (Send updates to @mookieghana). Thanks to AlkalineKrogan and BenBoring for helping out !
RANKING DETAILS ON TOP TWENTY-FIVE MATCHES #1: 5-on-5 Gauntlet Challenge (4/19/84): 7807 points#1 VOTES: 12 ballots = 27% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 36 ballots = 80% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 42 ballots = 93% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 44 ballots = 98% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 44 ballots = 98% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 1 (12 ballots = 27% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 7 / max: 147 / min: 1 / median: 2 #2: Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen (9/23/81): 7726 points #1 VOTES: 11 ballots = 24% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 27 ballots = 60% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 36 ballots = 80% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 43 ballots = 96% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 44 ballots = 98% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 1 (11 ballots = 24% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 8.2 / max: 84 / min: 1 / median: 4 #3: Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada, Shiro Koshinaka, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Hiro Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Super Strong Machine, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (9/12/88) : 7535 points #1 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 22 ballots = 49% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 34 ballots = 76% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 40 ballots = 89% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 44 ballots = 98% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 3 (6 ballots = 13% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 11.6 / max: 100 / min: 1 / median: 6 #4: Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (3/26/86): 7531 points #1 VOTES: 8 ballots = 18% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 30 ballots = 67% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 35 ballots = 78% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 38 ballots = 84% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 43 ballots = 96% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 1 (8 ballots = 18% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 12.2 / max: 132 / min: 1 / median: 4 #5: Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/9/87): 7224 points #1 VOTES: 3 ballots = 7% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 15 ballots = 33% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 25 ballots = 56% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 35 ballots = 78% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 42 ballots = 93% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 3 (8 ballots = 18% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 17.9 / max: 154 / min: 1 / median: 9 #6: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda (6/12/86): 6914 points #1 VOTES: 1 ballots = 2% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 9 ballots = 20% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 21 ballots = 47% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 29 ballots = 64% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 38 ballots = 84% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 4 (5 ballots = 11% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 24.1 / max: 97 / min: 1 / median: 12 #7: Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (8/10/89): 6867 points #1 VOTES: 0 ballots = 0% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 5 ballots = 11% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 15 ballots = 33% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 34 ballots = 76% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 38 ballots = 84% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 11 (6 ballots = 13% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 25.1 / max: 111 / min: 2 / median: 12 #8: 5-on-5 Challenge (5/1/86): 6862 points #1 VOTES: 1 ballots = 2% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 12 ballots = 27% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 29 ballots = 64% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 41 ballots = 91% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 7 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 25.2 / max: 119 / min: 1 / median: 18 #9: Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan (4/1/82): 6824 points #1 VOTES: 1 ballots = 2% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 10 ballots = 22% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 23 ballots = 51% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 33 ballots = 73% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 40 ballots = 89% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 7 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 26.5 / max: 154 / min: 1 / median: 10 #10: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/3/83): 6659 points #1 VOTES: 0 ballots = 0% of ballots TOP 5 VOTES: 2 ballots = 4% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 9 ballots = 20% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 27 ballots = 60% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 36 ballots = 80% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 12 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 29.4 / max: 122 / min: 3 / median: 19 #11: Inoki/Fujiwara/Sakaguchi/Hoshino/Mutoh vs. Fujinami/Choshu/Maeda/Kimura/Super Strong Machine (8/19/87) : 6591 points TOP 5 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 12 ballots = 27% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 25 ballots = 56% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 39 ballots = 87% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 8 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 30.8 / max: 153 / min: 4 / median: 21 #12: Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. George Takano & Super Strong Machine (3/16/89): 6516 points TOP 5 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 7 ballots = 16% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 24 ballots = 53% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 37 ballots = 82% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 15 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 32.4 / max: 140 / min: 1 / median: 22 #13: Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/6/86): 6510 points TOP 5 VOTES: 3 ballots = 7% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 14 ballots = 31% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 25 ballots = 56% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 34 ballots = 76% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 13 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 32.6 / max: 159 / min: 4 / median: 15 #14: Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki, Dick Murdoch, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi (9/17/87): 6399 points TOP 5 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 5 ballots = 11% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 20 ballots = 44% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 34 ballots = 76% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 12 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 34.8 / max: 141 / min: 1 / median: 29 #15: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vader (4/24/89): 6370 points TOP 5 VOTES: 1 ballots = 2% of ballots TOP 10 VOTES: 6 ballots = 13% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 24 ballots = 53% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 37 ballots = 82% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 16 (5 ballots = 11% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 35.6 / max: 143 / min: 5 / median: 23 #16: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (8/4/83): 6352 points TOP 10 VOTES: 6 ballots = 13% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 24 ballots = 53% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 32 ballots = 71% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 13 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 35.9 / max: 127 / min: 3 / median: 23 #17: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/21/83): 6316 points TOP 25 VOTES: 23 ballots = 51% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 33 ballots = 73% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 9 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 36.7 / max: 139 / min: 6 / median: 23 #18: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (1/2/87) : 6283 points TOP 10 VOTES: 1 ballots = 2% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 22 ballots = 49% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 33 ballots = 73% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 38 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 37.2 / max: 105 / min: 7 / median: 26 #19: Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader (6/27/89): 6154 points TOP 10 VOTES: 3 ballots = 7% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 16 ballots = 36% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 35 ballots = 78% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 22 (4 ballots = 9% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 39.9 / max: 132 / min: 6 / median: 34 #20: Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (12/7/84): 6117 points TOP 10 VOTES: 12 ballots = 27% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 26 ballots = 58% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 33 ballots = 73% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 11 (5 ballots = 11% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 41.5 / max: 170 / min: 2 / median: 18 #21: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (7/7/83): 6083 points TOP 10 VOTES: 2 ballots = 4% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 17 ballots = 38% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 33 ballots = 73% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 37 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 41.5 / max: 120 / min: 8 / median: 34 #22: Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito (4/27/87) : 6025 points TOP 10 VOTES: 10 ballots = 22% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 18 ballots = 40% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 32 ballots = 71% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 2 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 43.4 / max: 155 / min: 1 / median: 30 #23: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid (2/5/80): 5991 points TOP 10 VOTES: 6 ballots = 13% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 18 ballots = 40% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 32 ballots = 71% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 22 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 43.7 / max: 157 / min: 3 / median: 33 #24: Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/5/86): 5939 points TOP 10 VOTES: 5 ballots = 11% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 18 ballots = 40% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 30 ballots = 67% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 9 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 44.8 / max: 156 / min: 3 / median: 36 #25: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader (4/24/89) : 5839 points TOP 10 VOTES: 4 ballots = 9% of ballots TOP 25 VOTES: 13 ballots = 29% of ballots TOP 50 VOTES: 29 ballots = 64% of ballots MOST COMMON VOTE: 21 (3 ballots = 7% of ballots) AVERAGE VOTE: 46.8 / max: 138 / min: 7 / median: 42 MATCHES BY WRESTLERS / TOP WRESTLERS BEST OF FIVE MATCHES90 different wrestlers appeared on the set. There was 29 one-shot stars, 20 wrestlers with a pair of matches, 14 wrestlers with three to five matches, 14 wrestlers with six to ten matches, 6 wrestlers with eleven to twenty matches, 3 wrestlers with twentysomething matches and four very prolific wrestlers: Fujiwara (30 matches), Choshu (34 matches), Inoki (37 matches) and Fujinami (56 matches).
If you look at the best 3 matches from every wrestler on the set and add the points from those matches, here is the rankings of the 41 wrestlers with three or more matches on this set. BEST OF THREE MATCHES 1. Tatsumi Fujinami: 22873 points 1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 22873 points 1. Kengo Kimura: 22873 points 4. Riki Choshu: 22566 points 5. Nobuhiko Takada: 22200 points 6. Antonio Inoki: 21929 points 7. Akira Maeda: 21307 points 8. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 21264 points 9. Super Strong Machine: 20642 points 10. Masa Saito: 20450 points 11. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 20031 points 12. Seiji Sakaguchi: 19852 points 13. Kazuo Yamazaki: 19814 points 14. Kantaro Hoshino: 19403 points 15. Shiro Koshinaka: 19086 points 16. Osamu Kido: 18764 points 17. Andre the Giant: 18526 points 18. Vader: 18363 points 19. Dick Murdoch: 18250 points 20. Stan Hansen: 17817 points 21. Shinya Hashimoto: 17290 points 22. Animal Hamaguchi: 17261 points 23. Naoki Sano: 16880 points 24. Yoshiaki Yatsu: 16830 points 25. George Takano/The Cobra: 16098 points 26. Keiji Mutoh: 14616 points 27. Hiro Saito: 14066 points 28. Akira Nogami: 13809 points 29. Hiroshi Hase: 13727 points 30. Dynamite Kid: 13509 points 31. Adrian Adonis: 13398 points 32. Killer Khan: 12954 points 33. Tatsutoshi Goto: 12549 points 34. Tiger Mask: 12147 points 35. Bob Orton Jr.: 12129 points 36. Gran Hamada: 11592 points 37. Hulk Hogan: 10294 points 38. Steve Keirn: 9840 points 39. Abdullah the Butcher: 9643 points 40. Chavo Guerrero: 7785 points 41. Mark Rocco/Black Tiger: 6457 points 1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 36959 points 2. Tatsumi Fujinami: 36649 points 3. Kengo Kimura: 36326 points 4. Riki Choshu: 35816 points 5. Antonio Inoki: 34838 points 6. Akira Maeda: 34297 points 7. Nobuhiko Takada: 34020 points 8. Super Strong Machine: 32252 points 9. Masa Saito: 31312 points 10. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 31277 points 11. Seiji Sakaguchi: 29345 points 12. Kantaro Hoshino: 29202 points 13. Kazuo Yamazaki: 29060 points 14. Dick Murdoch: 28202 points 15. Vader: 28101 points 16. Shiro Koshinaka: 28080 points 17. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 27565 points 18. Stan Hansen: 26493 points 19. Osamu Kido: 26229 points 20. Animal Hamaguchi: 24552 points 21. Andre the Giant: 24259 points 22. Naoki Sano: 23648 points 23. George Takano/The Cobra: 23438 points 24. Shinya Hashimoto: 22117 points 25. Hiroshi Hase: 20076 points 26. Keiji Mutoh: 20010 points 27. Tiger Mask: 19681 points 28. Akira Nogami: 19049 points 29. Dynamite Kid: 18549 points 30. Adrian Adonis: 18499 points BEST OF TEN MATCHES 1. Tatsumi Fujinami: 68966 points 2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 68084 points 3. Riki Choshu: 67553 points 4. Antonio Inoki: 63383 points 5. Kengo Kimura: 62994 points 6. Akira Maeda: 61299 points 7. Nobuhiko Takada: 56908 points 8. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 53103 points 9. Kantaro Hoshino: 49269 points 10. Dick Murdoch: 47638 points 11. Shiro Koshinaka: 46102 points 12. Seiji Sakaguchi: 45433 points 13. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 43059 points 14. Tiger Mask: 35305 points BEST OF FIFTEEN MATCHES 1. Tatsumi Fujinami: 99279 points 2. Riki Choshu: 94853 points 3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 93619 points 4. Antonio Inoki: 88661 points 5. Kengo Kimura: 85516 points 6. Akira Maeda: 84517 points 7. Nobuhiko Takada: 74858 points 8. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 70005 points 9. Shiro Koshinaka: 61810 points 10. Dick Murdoch: 61744 points 11. Tiger Mask: 45004 points STANDARD DEVIATIONS Here is the Best of the 1980s New Japan list in order of standard deviation from lowest to highest. Matches with low standard deviations had the most consensus and uniformity among the voters. Matches with high standard deviations had the least consensus among the voters.
By looking at the top matches with highest standard deviations by each wrestler, here are the wrestlers that had the least amount of consensus among the voters. TOP 3 MATCHES WITH HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS BY WRESTLER 1. Nobuhiko Takada: 532 stdev points 1. Shiro Koshinaka: 532 stdev points 3. Tiger Mask: 516 stdev points 4. Dynamite Kid: 510 stdev points 5. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 493 stdev points 6. Antonio Inoki: 489 stdev points 7. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 487 stdev points 8. Akira Maeda: 485 stdev points 9. Stan Hansen: 484 stdev points 10. Tatsumi Fujinami: 477 stdev points 11. Dick Murdoch: 466 stdev points 12. Hiroshi Hase: 450 stdev points 13. Kantaro Hoshino: 444 stdev points 14. Kengo Kimura: 438 stdev points 15. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 421 stdev points 16. Riki Choshu: 419 stdev points 16. Vader: 419 stdev points 18. Adrian Adonis: 406 stdev points 19. Osamu Kido: 395 stdev points 20. George Takano/The Cobra: 393 stdev points .... 37. Steve Keirn: 235 stdev points 38. Bob Orton Jr.: 234 stdev points 39. Killer Khan: 233 stdev points 40. Hiro Saito: 205 stdev points 41. Yoshiaki Yatsu: 187 stdev points TOP 5 MATCHES WITH HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS BY WRESTLER 1. Shiro Koshinaka: 849 stdev points 2. Tiger Mask: 841 stdev points 3. Nobuhiko Takada: 824 stdev points 4. Antonio Inoki: 798 stdev points 5. Akira Maeda: 777 stdev points 5. Tatsumi Fujinami: 777 stdev points 7. Stan Hansen: 756 stdev points 8. Dick Murdoch: 748 stdev points 9. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 744 stdev points 10. Kengo Kimura: 694 stdev points 11. Dynamite Kid: 686 stdev points 12. Riki Choshu: 661 stdev points 13. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 632 stdev points 14. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 616 stdev points 15. Kantaro Hoshino: 613 stdev points ... 26. Kazuo Yamazaki: 394 stdev points 27. Naoki Sano: 388 stdev points 28. Keiji Mutoh: 376 stdev points 29. Super Strong Machine: 371 stdev points 30. Shinya Hashimoto: 270 stdev points TOP 10 MATCHES WITH HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS BY WRESTLER 1. Shiro Koshinaka: 1509 stdev points 2. Tiger Mask: 1494 stdev points 3. Tatsumi Fujinami: 1486 stdev points 4. Antonio Inoki: 1461 stdev points 5. Nobuhiko Takada: 1459 stdev points 6. Akira Maeda: 1391 stdev points 7. Kengo Kimura: 1244 stdev points 8. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 1233 stdev points 9. Dick Murdoch: 1197 stdev points 10. Riki Choshu: 1159 stdev points 11. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 1024 stdev points 12. Kantaro Hoshino: 903 stdev points 13. Kuniaki Kobayashi: 782 stdev points 14. Seiji Sakaguchi: 574 stdev points TEN MATCHES WITH HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS
RANKING THE TAG TEAMS OF NEW JAPAN (I included the gauntlet & challenges as tag teams - that might be a poor choice.)I used the team's 3 highest ranking tag matches, their highest ranking tag match, and (when available) their five highest ranking tag matches (in that order). 1. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami: 14 matches together = 22873 (best3) / 36326 (best5) 2. Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 6 matches together = 22200 (best3) / 30465 (best5) 3. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami: 5 matches together = 21455 (best3) / 29294 (best5) 4. Antonio Inoki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 5 matches together = 20797 (best3) / 29715 (best5) 5. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada: 11 matches together = 20792 (best3) / 31088 (best5) 6. Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine: 4 matches together = 20525 (best3) 7. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 6 matches together = 19814 (best3) / 29060 (best5) 8. Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino: 5 matches together = 19403 (best3) / 26740 (best5) 9. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger & Shiro Koshinaka: 4 matches together = 19086 (best3) 10. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu: 3 matches together = 19031 (best3) 11. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger & Kengo Kimura: 5 matches together = 18931 (best3) / 24844 (best5) 12. Kengo Kimura & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 4 matches together = 18808 (best3) 13. Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka: 4 matches together = 18768 (best3) 14. Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami: 5 matches together = 18768 (best3) / 25931 (best5) 15. Akira Maeda & Kazuo Yamazaki: 3 matches together = 18764 (best3) 16. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido: 3 matches together = 18764 (best3) 17. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada: 3 matches together = 18764 (best3) 18. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido: 4 matches together = 18764 (best3) 19. Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 5 matches together = 18764 (best3) / 25919 (best5) 20. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido: 6 matches together = 18764 (best3) / 26229 (best5) 21. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 7 matches together = 18764 (best3) / 26754 (best5) 22. Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches together = 18537 (best3) 23. Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura: 3 matches together = 18197 (best3) 24. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami: 5 matches together = 17917 (best3) / 27266 (best5) 25. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi: 5 matches together = 17882 (best3) / 24725 (best5) 26. Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu: 5 matches together = 17261 (best3) / 24552 (best5) 27. Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu: 4 matches together = 16830 (best3) 28. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu: 4 matches together = 16830 (best3) 29. Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches together = 16185 (best3) 30. Kantaro Hoshino & Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches together = 15557 (best3) 31. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches together = 14999 (best3) 32. Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu: 3 matches together = 14518 (best3) 33. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Super Strong Machine: 3 matches together = 14329 (best3) 34. Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi: 3 matches together = 14259 (best3) 35. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch: 4 matches together = 13398 (best3) 36. Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu: 3 matches together = 12618 (best3) 37. Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu: 3 matches together = 12618 (best3) THE FEUDS OF NEW JAPAN (I included the gauntlet & challenges as tag teams - that might be a poor choice.)I used the team's 3 highest ranking matches, their highest ranking match, and (when available) their five highest ranking matches (in that order). 1. Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 10 matches (2 singles matches and 8 tag matches) = 22566 (best3) / 35556 (best5) 2. Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 12 matches (7 singles matches and 5 tag matches) = 22001 (best3) / 34669 (best5) 3. Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 7 matches (1 singles match and 6 tag matches) = 21307 (best3) / 29572 (best5) 4. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 9 matches (9 tag matches) = 20984 (best3) / 32205 (best5) 5. Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 7 matches (1 singles match and 6 tag matches) = 20984 (best3) / 29907 (best5) 6. Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu: 8 matches (3 singles matches and 5 tag matches) = 20797 (best3) / 29984 (best5) 7. Super Strong Machine vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 20525 (best3) / 24214 (best5) 8. Akira Maeda vs. Antonio Inoki: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 20521 (best3) / 25343 (best5) 9. Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 20269 (best3) / 23735 (best5) 10. Akira Maeda vs. Seiji Sakaguchi: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 19852 (best3) / 19852 (best5) 11. Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 5 matches (2 singles matches and 3 tag matches) = 19429 (best3) / 27566 (best5) 12. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 19031 (best3) / 19031 (best5) 13. Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 8 matches (3 singles matches and 5 tag matches) = 18929 (best3) / 30036 (best5) 14. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 6 matches (6 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 25927 (best5) 15. Kengo Kimura vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 22658 (best5) 16. Akira Maeda vs. Kengo Kimura: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 22658 (best5) 17. Kengo Kimura vs. Osamu Kido: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 18764 (best5) 18. Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 18764 (best5) 19. Osamu Kido vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 18764 (best5) 20. Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Kengo Kimura: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 18764 (best3) / 18764 (best5) 21. Akira Maeda vs. Kantaro Hoshino: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 18493 (best3) / 18493 (best5) 22. Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 5 matches (5 tag matches) = 17882 (best3) / 27305 (best5) 23. Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 17882 (best3) / 22483 (best5) 24. Masa Saito vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 17863 (best3) / 17863 (best5) 25. Antonio Inoki vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 17706 (best3) / 17706 (best5) 26. Animal Hamaguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 5 matches (1 singles match and 4 tag matches) = 17261 (best3) / 22990 (best5) 27. Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch: 5 matches (2 singles matches and 3 tag matches) = 17132 (best3) / 23304 (best5) 28. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano: 3 matches (2 singles matches and 1 tag match) = 16880 (best3) / 16880 (best5) 29. Riki Choshu vs. Seiji Sakaguchi: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 16861 (best3) / 20056 (best5) 30. Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 7 matches (2 singles matches and 5 tag matches) = 16752 (best3) / 24033 (best5) 31. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 16695 (best3) / 19941 (best5) 32. Kengo Kimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (3 singles matches) = 16476 (best3) / 16476 (best5) 33. Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito: 3 matches (1 singles match and 2 tag matches) = 16301 (best3) / 16301 (best5) 34. Antonio Inoki vs. Kengo Kimura: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 16084 (best3) / 19550 (best5) 35. Kengo Kimura vs. Seiji Sakaguchi: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 16084 (best3) / 16084 (best5) 36. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15929 (best3) / 15929 (best5) 37. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 9 matches (3 singles matches and 6 tag matches) = 15856 (best3) / 23342 (best5) 38. Akira Maeda vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 7 matches (7 tag matches) = 15856 (best3) / 23241 (best5) 39. Kantaro Hoshino vs. Osamu Kido: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15368 (best3) / 15368 (best5) 40. Kantaro Hoshino vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15368 (best3) / 15368 (best5) 41. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15127 (best3) / 15127 (best5) 42. Animal Hamaguchi vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15098 (best3) / 15098 (best5) 43. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 15098 (best3) / 15098 (best5) 44. Antonio Inoki vs. Osamu Kido: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 14773 (best3) / 14773 (best5) 45. Osamu Kido vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 14724 (best3) / 14724 (best5) 46. Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Mutoh: 4 matches (4 tag matches) = 14616 (best3) / 17350 (best5) 47. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 5 matches (2 singles matches and 3 tag matches) = 14601 (best3) / 17990 (best5) 48. Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito: 3 matches (1 singles match and 2 tag matches) = 14567 (best3) / 14567 (best5) 49. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen: 5 matches (5 singles matches) = 14329 (best3) / 21614 (best5) 50. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader: 3 matches (3 singles matches) = 13602 (best3) / 13602 (best5) 51. Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 13550 (best3) / 13550 (best5) 52. Akira Maeda vs. Animal Hamaguchi: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 13550 (best3) / 13550 (best5) 53. Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 13542 (best3) / 13542 (best5) 54. Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (1 singles match and 2 tag matches) = 13509 (best3) / 13509 (best5) 55. Adrian Adonis vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 13398 (best3) / 13398 (best5) 56. Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kengo Kimura: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 12577 (best3) / 12577 (best5) 57. Kantaro Hoshino vs. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger: 3 matches (1 singles match and 2 tag matches) = 12114 (best3) / 12114 (best5) 58. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tiger Mask: 3 matches (2 singles matches and 1 tag match) = 11220 (best3) / 11220 (best5) 59. Adrian Adonis vs. Antonio Inoki: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 11218 (best3) / 11218 (best5) 60. Keiji Mutoh vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 10685 (best3) / 10685 (best5) 61. Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 3 matches (1 singles match and 2 tag matches) = 10373 (best3) / 10373 (best5) 62. Dick Murdoch vs. Kengo Kimura: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 10364 (best3) / 10364 (best5) 63. Adrian Adonis vs. Kengo Kimura: 3 matches (3 tag matches) = 10140 (best3) / 10140 (best5) 64. Steve Keirn vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 matches (2 singles matches and 1 tag match) = 9840 (best3) / 9840 (best5) 65. Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask: 6 matches (4 singles matches and 2 tag matches) = 8903 (best3) / 12831 (best5) The SINGLES Feuds of NEW JAPAN 1. Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 7 singles matches = 13011 (best2) / 19327 (best3) 2. Kengo Kimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 3 singles matches = 12012 (best2) / 16476 (best3) 3. Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 2 singles matches = 11898 (best2) 4. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano: 2 singles matches = 11770 (best2) 5. Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 2 singles matches = 11645 (best2) 6. Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara: 3 singles matches = 11625 (best2) / 16654 (best3) 7. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen: 5 singles matches = 10091 (best2) / 14329 (best3) 8. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader: 3 singles matches = 9996 (best2) / 13602 (best3) 9. Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch: 2 singles matches = 9664 (best2) 10. Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu: 3 singles matches = 9145 (best2) / 12841 (best3) 11. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tiger Mask: 2 singles matches = 7534 (best2) 12. Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 2 singles matches = 7338 (best2) 13. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 3 singles matches = 6760 (best2) / 9442 (best3) 14. Steve Keirn vs. Tatsumi Fujinami: 2 singles matches = 6185 (best2) 15. Keiichi Yamada/Jushin Liger vs. Shiro Koshinaka: 2 singles matches = 6165 (best2) 16. Chavo Guerrero vs. Kengo Kimura: 2 singles matches = 5171 (best2) 17. Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask: 4 singles matches = 5040 (best2) / 6954 (best3) 18. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Nobuhiko Takada: 2 singles matches = 3389 (best2) |
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