Bob Armstrong Japan Tour

[Shootkick Man]

Bob was always a huge draw in Georgia, Florida, & Alabama. He did a tour of Japan in the late 60's and below are the results:

16/68 Toyohashi
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kim III beat Haystacks Calhoun & Man Mountain Cannon & Pampero Firpo
Luke Graham beat Kantaro Hoshino
Bob Armstrong beat Kotetsu Yamamoto

8/17/68 Iwata
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun & Luke Graham dq
Antonio Inoki DCOR Man Mountain Cannon
Pampero Firpo beat Mitsu Hirai
Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano
Hoshino beat Matsuoka

8/18/68 Ito
Bob Armstrong & Haystacks Calhoun & Man Mountain Cannon beat Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto
Kim III dcor Luke Graham
Yoshimura beat Pampero Firpo

8/20/68 Komoro
Giant Baba & Kim III & Antonio Inoki beat Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Luke Graham
Antonio Inoki beat Pampero Firpo
Bob Armstrong beat Kantaro Hoshino

8/21/68 Shiojiri
Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo & Luke Graham beat Giant Baba & Kantaro
Hoshino & Michiaki Yoshimura
Antonio Inoki beat Bob Amrstrong
Kim III beat Man Mountain Cannon dq

8/22/68 Fukaya
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kim III beat Bob Armstrong & Man Mountain Cannon & Haystack Calhoun
Luke Graham beat Michiaki Yoshimura dq
Pampero Firpo beat Mitsu Hirai

8/23/68 Tokyo
Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Luke Graham beat Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura
Kim III beat Bob Armstrong
Pampero Firpo beat Kantaro Hoshino

8/24/68 Tateyama
Giant Baba & Kim III & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo
Antonio Inoki beat Luke Graham COR
Bob Armstrong beat Mitsu Hirai

8/25/68 Narita
Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirata & Antonio Inoki beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun & Luke Graham
Pampero Firpo beat Kim III dq
Man Mountain Cannon beat Michiaki Yoshimura
Kantaro Hoshino beat Akihisa Takachiho
Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Iwakichi Hirano

8/26/68 Chiba
Giant Baba & Kim III beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun
Antonio Inoki beat Pampero Firpo
Luke Graham beat Michiaki Yoshimura
Man Mountain Cannon beat Kotetsu Yamamoto

8/31/68 Shiogama
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo & Luke Graham
Kim III beat Man Mountain Cannon
Bob Armstrong beat Kantaro Hoshino dq

9/1/68 Ofunato
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kim III beat Bob Armstrong & Man Mountain Cannon & Haystack Calhoun
Luke Graham beat Kantaro Hoshino
Pampero Firpo beat Mitsu Hirai dq

9/2/68 Tsukidate
Giant Baba & Kim III & Mitsu Hirai beat Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo & Luke Graham
Antonio Inoki beat Bob Armstrong
Man Mountain Cannon beat Kantaro Hoshino

9/4/68 Ichikawa
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino beat Man Mountain Cannon & Pampero Firpo & Haystacks Calhoun
Kim III beat Bob Armstrong
Luke Graham beat Mitsu Hirai

9/5/68 Kawasaki
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kim III beat Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Luke Graham
Mitsu Hirai beat Bob Armstrong dq
Pampero Firpo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto

9/6/68 Omiya
Giant Baba beat Luke Graham
Antonio Inoki & Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun
Man Mountain Cannon beat Mitsu Hirai
Kim III beat Pampero Firpo

9/7/68 Fujinomiya
Giant Baba & Mitsu Hirai & Kim III beat Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo & Luke Graham
Antonio Inoki beat Bob Armstrong
Kitazawa beat Masayuki Fuji

9/8/68 Shimada
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Kim III beat Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Luke Graham
Pampero Firpo beat Gantetsu Matsuoka
Bob Armstrong beat Akihisa Takachiho

9/10/68 Kohnosu
Giant Baba & Kim III & Kotetsu Yamamoto beat Man Mountain Cannon & Haystacks Calhoun & Pampero Firpo
Antonio Inoki DCOR Luke Graham
Bob Armstrong beat Hirai

9/11/68 Hatano
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki & Mitsu Hirai beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun & Luke Graham
Pampero Firpo beat Kotetsu Yamamoto
Kim III beat Man Mountain Cannon

9/13/68 Tokyo
Giant Baba & Kim III beat Haystacks Calhoun & Luke Graham
Antonio Inoki beat Man Mountain Cannon
Pampero Firpo beat Motoshi Okuma dq
Bob Armstrong beat Akihisa Takachiho

[LionDen]

Very cool, thanks Noah.

Another SMW promo highlight. After months of animosity between the two, Jim Cornette and Bob Armstrong confront each other face to face in one of the most heated rivalries from Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

Jim Cornette - Bob Armstrong confrontation