The 1st International Wrestling Grand Prix Championship Tournament (1983)

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The 1st
International Wrestling Grand Prix
Championship Tournament

I.W.G.P. was held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1983 with two representatives from each of five different zones in the world. The participants included :

Asia

Antonio Inoki
The last champion of N.W.F. Heavyweight Title

Killer Khan

The United States

Hulk Hogan

Big John Studd

Canada

Andre the Giant

Dino Bravo
Cancelled the tournament because of a family problem; replaced with
Rusher Kimura
The last champion of I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title
3rd place in the Asian regional semi-finals.

Central & South America

Canek
U.W.A. World Heavyweight Champion

Enrique Vera

Europe

Otto Wanz
C.W.A. World Super Heavyweight Champion

Akira Maeda
European Heavyweight Champion

Tournament Result

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	pts.
A. Inoki	\	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	37
B. Khan	L	\	L	L	D	C	W	W	C	C	24
C. Hogan	D	W	\	W	D	C	W	W	C	W	37
D. Studd	L	W	L	\	L	D	W	W	C	W	25
E. Andre	W	D	D	W	\	C	W	W	C	W	36
F. Kimura	L	L	L	D	L	\	W	W	C	W	21
G. Canek	L	L	L	L	L	L	\	W	L	L	5
H. Vera	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	\	C	L	4
I. Wanz	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	\	L	5
J. Maeda	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	C	\	14

W : win by pin-fall, submission, or knockout (5pts) C : win by count out of ring, disqualification, or forfeit (4pts) D : draw (2pts) L : loss (0pt)
NOTE: Otto Wanz was injured during the tournament and cancelled most of his matches.

FINAL
Hulk Hogan (21'27" KO) Antonio Inoki

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