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So the World Martial Arts Title was created for Inoki in 78.
Inoki won the WWF title from Backlund in Japan in 1979. The plan was for Inoki to drop the title back to Backlund right before Backlund's tour end. Instead of dropping the title, the match ended in a no contest. The WWF being double crossed refused to acknowledge Inoki's win. They tried to get Inoki over in the U.S but it didn't work at all. From what I've heard, Inoki booked the no contest to try and get a rematch at MSG. Nobody in North America ever gave a shit about Inoki or pretty much all of the Japanesse wrestlers except for Tiger Mask and later the Bomb Angels/Glamour Girls. And that includes guys like Yoshi Yatsu, Fujinami, Choshu etc...
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