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NJPW New Japan Cup Series '88 - Day 1
| Date: Fri, Nov 11th 1988 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 2,170 |
Matches for New Japan Cup Series '88 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akira Nogami | def. | Minoru Suzuki | 12:13 | |||
| 2 | Keiichi Yamada | def. | Black Cat | 15:33 | |||
| 3 | Tatsutoshi Goto | def. | Don Arakawa | 06:51 | |||
| 4 | The Jaguar & The Tiger | def. | Hiro Saito & Kensuke Sasaki | 12:02 | |||
| 5 | Super Strong Machine | def. | Scott Hall | 10:56 | |||
| 7 | Bob Orton Jr. & Dick Murdoch | def. | Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi | 09:54 | |||
| 8 | Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto & Tatsumi Fujinami | def. (sub) | George Takano & Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers | 18:06 | 6-person tag elimination | ||
| 9 | Antonio Inoki & Kantaro Hoshino & Riki Choshu | def. (pin) | Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido & Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 15:56 | 6-person tag elimination | ||