The MSG League was an annual round-robin singles tournament that acted as a prelude to the G1 Climax concept. Throughout it's existence, the tournament was dominated by Antonio Inoki, with only one of the five installments not won by him (and he was forced out of the final that year by injury, so may have won it).
1978 (4/21/78 to 5/30/78)
1. Andre The Giant [37]
2. Antonio Inoki [29]
3. Tatsumi Fujinami [25]
4. Seiji Sakaguchi [24]
5. Bugsy McGraw [15]
6. Umanosuke Ueda [14]
7. Nikolai Volkoff [14]
8. Riki Choshu [9]
9. Chief Jay Strongbow [0]
Final: Antonio Inoki beat Andre The Giant (16:41) by countout.
1979 (4/27/79 to 6/7/79)
1. Antonio Inoki [41]
2. Stan Hansen [37]
3. Andre The Giant [36]
4. Seiji Sakaguchi [31]
5. Tatsumi Fujinami [22]
6. Riki Choshu [18]
7. El Canek [16]
8. Masa Saito [10]
9. Tony Garea [5]
10. Larry Zbysko [0]
Final: Antonio Inoki beat Stan Hansen (9:03) by pinfall.
1980 (4/25/80 to 6/5/80)
1. Antonio Inoki [35]
2. Stan Hansen [32]
3. Andre The Giant [32]
4. Seiji Sakaguchi [32]
5. Dusty Rhodes [29]
6. Tatsumi Fujinami [20]
7. Strong Kobayashi [12]
8. Riki Choshu [11]
9. Chavo Guerrero [7]
10. Ryuma Go [0]
Semi Finalist Decision Match: Andre The Giant beat Seiji Sakaguchi (4:37) by pinfall.
Semi Final: Stan Hansen beat Andre The Giant (1:48) by countout.
Final: Antonio Inoki beat Stan Hansen (7:49) by DQ.
1981 (5/8/81 to 6/4/81)
1. Stan Hansen [39]
2. Antonio Inoki [38]
3. Tiger Jeet Singh [38]
4. Hulk Hogan [36]
5. Seiji Sakaguchi [33]
6. Tatsumi Fujinami [29]
7. Riki Choshu [16]
8. Bobby Duncum [14]
9. Sgt. Slaughter [12]
10. Chris Adams [5]
11. Mike Masters [0]
Semi Final / Lumberjack Death Match: Antonio Inoki beat Tiger Jeet Singh (22:09) by DQ.
Final: Antonio Inoki beat Stan Hansen (7:45) by countout.
1982 (3/4/82 to 4/1/82)
1. Andre The Giant [56]
2. Antonio Inoki* [53]
3. Killer Khan [49]
4. Dick Murdoch [41]
5. Masked Superstar [36]
6. Seiji Sakaguchi [35]
7. Tatsumi Fujinami [35]
8. Rusher Kimura [33]
9. Tony Atlas [31]
10. Tiger Toguchi [17]
11. Yoshiaki Yatsu [13]
12. Don Muraco [9]
13. Riki Choshu [4]
14. The Sheik [4]
Final: Andre The Giant beat Killer Khan (16:42) by pinfall.
* Due to an injury, Inoki couldn't compete in the final, so the third place wrestler (Khan) advanced.
