Japan Cup Series 1988 was a Special Event and Tournament which took place on December 7 1988 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan. The reported attendance for the event was 5,740 fans. The main event of the show was Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto. 00:00 — Introduction of the Japan Cup teams 04:43 — Exhibition Tag Match: Masa Saito & Sakaguchi vs. Murdoch & Orton Jr. 22:47 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Fujinami & Chono & Hashimoto vs. Takano & Smothers & Armstrong 46:06 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Kimura & Fujiwara & Kido vs. Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino 01:06:29 — Exhibition Tag Match: Smothers & Armstrong vs. Chono & Hashimoto 01:26:09 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Machine & Jaguar & Tiger vs. Koshinaka & Kobayashi & Hiro Saito 01:45:30 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Murdoch & Orton Jr. & Hall vs. Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino 02:17:36 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Kimura & Fujiwara & Kido vs. Masa Saito & Sakaguchi & Goto 02:35:34 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Fujinami & Chono & Hashimoto vs. Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino 02:55:19 — Special Exhibition Tag Match: Kerry & Kevin Von Erich vs. Chono & Hashimoto 03:20:10 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Masa Saito & Sakaguchi & Goto vs. Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino 03:49:08 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Murdoch & Orton Jr. & Hall vs. Masa Saito & Sakaguchi & Goto 4:00:30 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag Match: Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino vs. Murdoch & Orton Jr. & Hall 04:09:09 — Japan Cup Elimination Tag FINAL Match: Fujinami & Chono & Hashimoto vs. Inoki & Choshu & Hoshino