Stored here are complete results of UWF's second incarnation. Led by Akira Maeda, the company took Japan by storm for over two years with cutting edge shoot-style wrestling. All show results are available on this page. Full credit for the research goes to Steve Yohe, converted into my results structure by myself.
UWF "ENERGY", 12/1/90
Matsumoto City Gymnasium
4,000 Fans
1. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Masahito Kakihara (14:58) by TKO.
2. Yoji Anjo beat Minoru Suzuki (24:16) by TKO.
3. Bart Vale beat Kazuo Yamazaki (10:53) with a single-leg crab hold.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Shigeo Miyato (11:11) with an achilles tendon hold.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Tatsuo Nakano (18:49) with a cross armbreaker.
6. Masakatsu Funaki beat Wayne Shamrock (18:04) with a crab hold.
UWF "ATLANTIS", 10/25/90
Osaka Castle Hall
15,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Masahito Kakihara beat Yusuke Fuke (10:43) with a sleeper hold.
2. Tatsuo Nakano beat Wellington Wilkins Jr. (4:45) by KO.
3. Minoru Suzuki beat Shigeo Miyato (11:24) with a heel hold.
4. Wayne Shamrock beat Yoji Anjo (11:34) with a sleeper hold.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (23:36) by TKO.
6. Akira Maeda beat Masakatsu Funaki (16:59) with a sleeper hold.
UWF "MOVE", 9/13/90
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
8,500 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Bart Vale beat Shigeo Miyato (8:59) with a sleeper hold.
2. Yusuke Fuke beat Masahito Kakihara (14:19) with a crab hold.
3. Minoru Suzuki beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:58) with a heel hold.
4. Yoji Anjo beat Johnny Barrett (13:12) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Masakatsu Funaki beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (14:47) by KO.
6. Akira Maeda beat Nobuhiko Takada (10:35) with a cross armbreaker.
UWF "CREATE", 8/13/90
Yokohama Arena
17,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Bart Vale beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:27) with a sleeper hold.
2. Yusuke Fuke vs. Masahito Kakihara (debut) went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Akira Maeda beat Yoji Anjo (13:52) with an achilles tendon hold.
4. Bart Kopps Jr. beat Minoru Suzuki (10:13) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Dick Leon Vrij (7:58) with an armlock.
6. Masakatsu Funaki beat Nobuhiko Takada (12:18) by TKO.
UWF "MIND", 7/20/90
Nakajima Sports Center
5,600 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Minoru Suzuki beat Norman Smiley (12:05) with a reverse full nelson hold.
2. Masakatsu Funaki beat Shigeo Miyato (9:46) with a sleeper hold.
3. Yoji Anjo beat Tatsuo Nakano (11:14) with an armlock.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Akira Maeda (12:47) with wakigatame.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki (16:31) with a sleeper hold.
UWF "IDEA", 6/21/90
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
7,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano beat Mark Rush (14:40) with an ankle hold.
2. Yoji Anjo beat Minoru Suzuki (17:54) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Shigeo Miyato (10:11) with a chickenwing facelock.
4. Masakatsu Funaki beat Kazuo Yamazaki (11:24) by TKO.
5. Akira Maeda beat Nobuhiko Takada (18:02) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "FIGHTING F", 5/28/90
Miyagi Sports Center
5,500 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Masakatsu Funaki beat Yoji Anjo (21:14) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Akira Maeda beat Minoru Suzuki (13:11) with a sleeper hold.
3. Nobuhiko Takada beat Tatsuo Nakano (18:41) with a facelock hold.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Johnny Barrett (17:02) with a cross kneelock.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Shigeo Miyato (12:46) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "THE MEMORIAL", 5/4/90
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
14,130 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Dick Leon Vrij beat Yoji Anjo (14:30) by KO.
2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsuo Nakano (13:35) with a heel hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Masakatsu Funaki (18:02) with a sleeper hold.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Minoru Suzuki (12:58) with an achilles tendon hold.
5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Fred Hamaker (15:36) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "FIGHTING AREA HAKATA", 4/15/90
Hakata, Fukuoka
4,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Bart Vale beat Shigeo Miyato (10:15) with a camel clutch.
2. Masakatsu Funaki beat Minoru Suzuki (8:53) with a heel hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Tatsuo Nakano (7:42) with a cross kneelock.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Yoji Anjo (19:15) with a chickenwing armlock.
5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (18:30) by KO.
UWF "ROAD", 2/27/90
Minami-Ashigara Sports Center
4,500 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano vs. Minoru Suzuki went to a double KO (13:55).
2. Yoji Anjo beat Shigeo Miyato (13:14) by TKO.
3. Akira Maeda beat Kazuo Yamazaki (9:20) with a reverse achilles tendon hold.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Nobuhiko Takada (23:13) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "UWF WITH '90 2ND", 2/9/90
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
7,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano beat Johnny Barrett (6:49) with a facelock hold.
2. Yoji Anjo beat Wellington Wilkins Jr. (6:49) with a leglock.
3. Shigeo Miyato beat Minoru Suzuki (9:58) with a leglock.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki (12:42) with a crab hold.
5. Akira Maeda beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (14:14) with a sleeper hold.
UWF "UWF WITH '90 1ST", 1/16/90
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
14,130 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Kevin Kastelle (6:39) with a single-leg crab hold.
2. Minoru Suzuki beat Wellington Wilkins Jr. (12:43) with a single-leg crab hold.
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Tatsuo Nakano (13:44) with a standing achilles tendon hold.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Yoji Anjo (11:57) with a sleeper hold.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Akira Maeda (23:04) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "U-COSMOS", 11/29/89
Tokyo Dome
60,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano beat Shigeo Miyato (7:09) with a sleeper hold.
2. Yoji Anjo vs. Changphuir Davey went to a draw (R5) in a Mixed Match when the time limit expired.
3. Maurice Smith beat Minoru Suzuki (R4 1:29) in a Mixed Match by KO.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Dick Leon Vrij (R2 0:37) with an achilles tendon hold.
5. Chris Dolman beat Kazuo Yamazaki (R3 0:48) with a cross armbreaker.
6. Nobuhiko Takada beat Duane Koslowski (10:55) with a cross armbreaker.
7. Akira Maeda beat Willy Wilhelm (R2 1:28) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "SAPPORO FIGHTING ART", 10/25/89
Nakajima Sports Center
5,600 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato vs. Mark Rush went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Yoji Anjo vs. Minoru Suzuki went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsuo Nakano (7:22) with a cross armbreaker.
4. Akira Maeda beat Kiyoshi Tamura (2:19) by KO.
5. Nobuhiko Takada beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (17:11) by TKO.
UWF "KORAKUEN 2 DAYS 2ND", 10/1/89
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,400 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Minoru Suzuki beat Johnny Barrett (10:53) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Bart Vale (11:11) with a sleeper hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Shigeo Miyato (6:15) with a cross armbreaker.
UWF "KORAKUEN 2 DAYS 1ST", 9/30/89
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,300 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Yoji Anjo beat Kiyoshi Tamura (8:34) with a leglock.
2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Norman Smiley (6:57) by KO.
3. Nobuhiko Takada beat Tatsuo Nakano (10:21) with a cross armbreaker.
UWF "FIGHTING BASE NAGOYA", 9/7/89 (Buy)
Nagano, Nagoya
4,500 Fans
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Kiyoshi Tamura (5:40) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Minoru Suzuki (11:09) by KO.
3. Nobuhiko Takada beat Yoji Anjo (8:59) with a sleeper hold.
4. Akira Maeda beat Johnny Barrett (6:49) with a chickenwing facelock.
5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Masakatsu Funaki (14:15) with a heel hold.
UWF "MIDSUMMER CREATION", 8/13/89
Yokohama Arena
17,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Kiyoshi Tamura (9:07) by TKO.
2. Tatsuo Nakano beat Minoru Suzuki (7:35) with a single-leg crab hold.
3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Yoji Anjo (13:32) with a cross kneelock.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Masakatsu Funaki (12:00) with a camel clutch.
5. Akira Maeda beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (18:16) by TKO.
UWF "FIGHTING SQUARE HAKATA", 7/24/89
Hakata, Fukuoka
4,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Minoru Suzuki vs. Mark Rush went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Masakatsu Funaki beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:04) with a crab hold.
3. Nobuhiko Takada beat Shigeo Miyato (10:43) with an achilles tendon hold.
4. Akira Maeda beat Yoji Anjo (10:42) with a single-leg crab hold.
5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Kazuo Yamazaki (29:09) by KO.
UWF "FIGHTING SQUARE NAGOYA", 6/14/89
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
8,000 Fans
1. Bart Vale beat Shigeo Miyato (13:00) with a sleeper hold.
2. Yoji Anjo beat Masakatsu Funaki (22:14) with an armbreaker.
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Minoru Suzuki (9:21) with a chickenwing armlock.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Norman Smiley (13:49) with a wakigatame.
5. Akira Maeda beat Nobuhiko Takada (20:05) with a leglock.
UWF "MAY HISTORY 2ND", 5/21/89
Tokyo Bay NK Hall
7,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Minoru Suzuki beat Kiyoshi Tamura (debut) (5:30) with a single-leg crab hold.
2. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Yoji Anjo (10:03) with a cross kneelock.
3. Bob Backlund beat Masakatsu Funaki (13:58) by DQ.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Johnny Barrett (7:49) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Akira Maeda beat Kazuo Yamazaki (13:36) with a horizontal triangle choke hold.
UWF "MAY HISTORY 1ST", 5/4/89
Osaka Baseball Stadium
23,000 Fans
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Minoru Suzuki (21:13) by KO.
2. Yoji Anjo beat Mark Rush (19:55) with a sleeper hold.
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Masakatsu Funaki (15:36) with a cross kneelock.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Nobuhiko Takada (27:54) by KO.
5. Akira Maeda beat Chris Dolman (R4) with a cross kneelock.
UWF "CORE THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY", 4/14/89
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,400 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Yoji Anjo beat Minoru Suzuki (19:39) with a sleeper hold.
2. Shigeo Miyato beat Tatsuo Nakano (21:14) with a horizontal triangle choke hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Kazuo Yamazaki (19:39) by TKO.
UWF "FIGHTING BASE TOKUSHIMA", 2/27/89 (Buy)
Tokushima City Gymnasium
4,200 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Yoji Anjo beat Shigeo Miyato (22:34) with an armlock.
2. Norman Smiley beat Tatsuo Nakano (19:01) with a triangle choke hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Bart Vale (10:44) with a kneelock.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki (21:40) with an achilles tendon hold.
UWF "DYNAMISM BUDOKAN SUPER BOUT", 1/10/89
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
14,130 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato vs. Yoji Anjo went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Tatsuo Nakano beat Mark Rush (15:36) with a single-leg crab hold.
3. Norman Smiley beat Bart Vale (16:11) with a cross armbreaker.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Trevor Power Clark (R5 1:13) with a front neck lock.
5. Akira Maeda beat Nobuhiko Takada (28:58) with a crab hold.
UWF "OSAKA SUPER BOUT HEART-BEAT", 12/22/88 (Buy)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
7,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Yoji Anjo beat Tatsuo Nakano (22:47) with a wakigatame.
2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Shigeo Miyato (12:07) with a sleeper hold.
3. Akira Maeda beat Norman Smiley (8:42) with a sleeper hold.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Bob Backlund (25:52) with a chickenwing armlock.
UWF "FIGHTING NETWORK 2ND", 11/10/88
Tsuyuhashi, Nagoya
5,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Tatsuo Nakano (22:50) with a chickenwing facelock.
2. Mark Rush beat Yoji Anjo (15:30) with a sleeper hold.
3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Bart Vale (8:16) with a kneelock.
4. Nobuhiko Takada beat Akira Maeda (20:04) by KO.
UWF "FIGHTING NETWORK 1ST", 9/24/88
Hakata, Fukuoka
4,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Shigeo Miyato beat Yoji Anjo (20:04) by KO.
2. Tatsuo Nakano beat Tsunehito Naito (2:07) with a single-leg crab hold.
3. Nobuhiko Takada beat Norman Smiley (6:43) with an achilles tendon hold.
4. Akira Maeda beat Kazuo Yamazaki (10:50) by KO.
UWF "THE PROFESSIONAL BOUT", 8/13/88
Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
12,000 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Katsumi Omura beat Ri Sogi (7:02) in a Shootboxing Match.
2. Makoto Ohe beat Hidekazu Mikake (6:11) in a Shootboxing Match.
3. Shigeo Miyato beat Tatsuo Nakano with a single-leg crab hold.
4. Norman Smiley beat Yoji Anjo (18:46) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Nobuhiko Takada (17:32) by pinfall.
6. Caesar Takeshi beat Paryhap Premchai in a Mixed Match by KO.
7. Akira Maeda beat Gerard Gordeau (R4 1:10) with a single-leg crab hold.
UWF "STARTING OVER 2ND", 6/11/88
Nakajima Sports Center
5,200 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano vs. Shigeo Miyato went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Norman Smiley (15:30) with a wakigatame.
3. Akira Maeda beat Nobuhiko Takada (25:18) with a sleeper hold.
UWF "STARTING OVER 1ST", 5/12/88
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,300 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Tatsuo Nakano beat Yoji Anjo (24:25) with a triangle choke hold.
2. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shigeo Miyamoto went to a draw (10:00) in an Exhibition Match when the time limit expired.
3. Akira Maeda beat Kazuo Yamazaki (24:56) with a chickenwing facelock.
