| |
Incident
|
Year |
Total Votes |
Age
|
| 10s |
20s |
30s |
40s |
50s
|
| 1 |
Giant Baba dies |
1999 |
2161 |
161 |
1148 |
700 |
128 |
24 |
| 2 |
Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali |
1976 |
2133 |
82 |
808 |
1042 |
185 |
16 |
| 3 |
Rikidozan dies |
1963 |
1409 |
57 |
596 |
478 |
186 |
92 |
| 4 |
Misawa, Kobashi and many others leave All Japan
|
2000 |
1180 |
92 |
825 |
238 |
22 |
3 |
| 5 |
New Japan vs. All Japan matches |
2000 |
948 |
101 |
621 |
213 |
12 |
1 |
| 6 |
Jumbo Tsuruta dies |
2000 |
941 |
53 |
510 |
318 |
45 |
15 |
| 7 |
Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Royler Gracie |
1999 |
659 |
43 |
412 |
178 |
25 |
1 |
| 8 |
Inoki starts New Japan |
1972 |
642 |
56 |
323 |
220 |
42 |
1 |
| 9 |
Bruiser Brody dies |
1988 |
615 |
14 |
290 |
259 |
30 |
22 |
| 10 |
UWF (original)formed by Akira Maeda, & co. |
1984 |
541 |
6 |
224 |
306 |
5 |
0 |
| 11 |
Inoki retires |
1998 |
519 |
45 |
249 |
201 |
23 |
1 |
| 12 |
Elderly viewers die due to heart attack
while watching Fred Blassie biting the opponent's forehead during
his match. |
1962 |
394 |
35 |
133 |
153 |
46 |
27 |
| 13 |
New UWF formed |
1988 |
361 |
2 |
182 |
164 |
13 |
0 |
| 14 |
Baba & Inoki reunion |
1979 |
332 |
16 |
142 |
146 |
27 |
1 |
| 15 |
Baba starts All Japan |
1972 |
283 |
25 |
160 |
86 |
12 |
0 |
| 15 |
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Rickson Gracie |
1997 |
283 |
13 |
148 |
110 |
11 |
1 |
| 17 |
SWS formed by Gen'ichiro Tenryu and co. |
1990 |
222 |
0 |
139 |
80 |
3 |
0 |
| 18 |
Inoki defeats Masa Saito |
1987 |
200 |
13 |
114 |
67 |
5 |
1 |
| 19 |
Akira Maeda suspended by New Japan |
1987 |
184 |
17 |
97 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
| 20 |
Japan Pro formed by Riki Choshu and co. |
1984 |
178 |
2 |
98 |
72 |
6 |
0 |
| Others |
|
899 |
67 |
413 |
336 |
56 |
27 |
