New Japan Pro Wrestling's Major Events
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NJPW Battle Satellite In The Tokyo Dome 1989
"The IWGP Title Tournament"
April 24, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 53,800 ($2,781,000)
Naoki Sano beat Hiro Saito (10:43) to win the 1989 Young Lions League.
Big Van Vader beat Masahiro Chono (5:52) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Vladimir Berkovich (4:51) via submission to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Victor Zangiev beat Buzz Sawyer (3:56) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Shinya Hashimoto beat Riki Choshu (3:41) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Big Van Vader beat Tatsumi Fujinami (14:37) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Shinya Hashimoto beat Victor Zangiev (7:28) via submission to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Big Van Vader beat Shinya Hashimoto (9:47) to win the vacant IWGP Title with Lou Thesz as the guest referee.
Benny Urquidez fought Shinya Asuka (5th - 15:00) in a "Kickboxing Match" to a draw.
Wahka Eveleov beat Masa Saito (5:28) via submission.
IWGP Tag Team Champions Super Strong Machine & George Takano beat Hiroshi Hase & Shiro Koshinaka (17:10) with Lou Thesz as the guest referee.
Jushin Liger beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (9:55).
Salman Hashimikov beat Bam Bam Bigelow (2:26).
Shota Chochyashvili beat Antonio Inoki (5th - 15:00) in a "Mixed Martial Arts Match" to win the WWF Martial Arts Title.
NJPW Super Fight In The Tokyo Dome 1990
February 10, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 63,900 ($3,200,000)
Naoki Sano & The Pegasus Kid beat Jushin Liger & Akira Nogami (16:57) when Sano pinned Nogami.
Tatsutoshi Goto, Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hase & Kantaro Hoshino (13:29) when Goto pinned Hoshino.
Masa Saito beat Larry Zbysko (11:29) to win the AWA World Title.
Koji Kitao beat Bam Bam Bigelow (9:18).
Takayuki Iizuka beat Osamu Matsuda (10:49).
Brad Rheingans beat Victor Zangiev (6:30).
Steve Williams beat Salman Hashimikov (9:00).
IWGP Champion Big Van Vader fought Stan Hansen (17:14) to a double countout.
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Chono (15:53) when Inoki pinned Chono. Lou Thesz was the special guest referee.
NJPW Starrcade In The Tokyo Dome 1991
March 21, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 64,500 ($3,160,000)
Kengo Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi, Osamu Kido & Kantaro Hoshino beat The Super Strong Machine, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Norio Honaga (12:08) when Kimura pinned Goto.
Scott Norton beat The Equalizer (2:23).
Arn Anderson & Barry Windham beat Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono (9:17) when Anderson pinned Saito.
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers beat Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase (12:56) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Scott Steiner pinned Sasaki.
Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow beat Doom (13:17) when Vader pinned Butch Reed.
Riki Choshu beat Tiger Jeet Singh (11:07) via KO.
Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Takayuki Iizuka beat Brian Pillman, Tom Zenk & Tim Horner (12:10) when Iizuka pinned Horner.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger pinned Akira Nogami (16:08).
El Gigante beat Curtis Hughes (2:16) via submission.
The Great Muta beat Sting (11:41).
IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami beat WCW World Champion Ric Flair (23:06) to win the NWA World Title. After this match, WCW is officially separated from the NWA.
NJPW Starrcade In The Tokyo Dome 1992
January 4, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 60,000 ($3,700,000)
Black Cat beat Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (10:28).
Jushin Liger, Akira Nogami & Masashi Aoyagi beat Hiro Saito, The Super Strong Machine & Norio Honaga (15:12) when Nogami pinned Saito.
Dusty & Dustin Rhodes beat Masahiro Saito & Kim Duk (14:23) when Dustin pinned Duk.
Tony Halme beat Scott Norton (8:41).
Shinya Hashimoto beat Bill Kazmeier (8:37).
Antonio Inoki beat Hiroshi Hase (10:09) via submission.
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Osamu Kido beat Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino (11:54) when Kido pinned Hoshino.
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbysko beat Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:32) when Anderson pinned Ohara.
Big Van Vader fought El Gigante (4:49) to a double countout.
WCW World Champion Lex Luger beat Masahiro Chono (15:09).
The Great Muta & Sting beat The Steiner Brothers (11:03) when Sting pinned Scott Steiner.
Riki Choshu beat Tatsumi Fujinami (12:11) to win the IWGP Title.
NJPW Fantastic Story In The Tokyo Dome 1993
January 4, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 63,500 ($3,500,000)
El Samurai, Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami beat Nobukazu Hirai, Masao Orihara & Koki Kitihara (15:11) when Nogami pinned Orihara.
Shinya Hashimoto & Masahiro Saito beat Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton (13:57) when Hashimoto pinned Rhodes.
Sting beat Hiroshi Hase (15:31).
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Takashi Ishikawa (11:41) via submission.
IWGP Champion The Great Muta beat Masahiro Chono (19:48) to win the NWA World Title.
The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito beat Super Strong Machine, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Norio Honaga (14:20) when Kabuki pinned Honaga.
Ron Simmons beat Tony Halme (6:10).
Jushin Liger beat The Ultimo Dragon (20:09) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
IWGP Tag Team Champions The Hellraisers fought The Steiner Brothers (14:38) to a double countout.
Genichiro Tenryu pinned Riki Choshu (18:14).
May 3, 1993 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 55,000 ($2,500,000)
Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Hiroshi Hase (12:11) via submission.
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned The Great Muta (15:55).
Tiger Mask (Koji Kanemoto) beat Jushin Liger (14:25).
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu & Genichiro Tenryu (26:35) when Fujinami pinned Choshu.
Brutus Beefcake pinned Masahiro Saito (8:35).
Sting beat Scott Norton (9:16) via KO.
IWGP Tag Team Champions The Hellraisers beat Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto (12:22) when Power Warrior pinned Chono.
September 23, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan
The Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000 ($1,400,000)
Satoshi Kojima, Shinjiro Ohtani & Dean Malenko beat Yuji Nagata, El Samurai & Tatsuhito Takiawa when Malenko forced Takaiwa to submit.
Brutus Beefcake beat The Black Cat.
The Black Tiger beat Tiger Mask (Kanemoto).
IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami when Norton pinned Nogami.
Hiromichi Fuyuki & Tatsumi Kitihara beat Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi when Fuyuki pinned Nakanishi.
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Jake Roberts.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger beat Masao Orihara via submission.
Tatsumi Fujinami & Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa when Fujinami forced Ishikawa to submit.
The Great Muta & Hulk Hogan beat The Hellraisers when Hogan pinned The Power Warrior.
Genichiro Tenryu beat Hiroshi Hase via submission.
NJPW Battlefield In The Tokyo Dome 1994
January 4, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 58,000
The Great Kabuki, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara beat El Samurai, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Kido (12:09) when Ohara pinned Nagata.
Brutus Beefcake beat The Black Cat (8:06).
The Hellraisers beat The Jurassic Powers (12:47) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when The Power Warrior pinned Hercules Hernandez.
Hulk Hogan beat Tatsumi Fujinami (13:33).
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Masahiro Chono (28:00).
Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami beat Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito (14:07) when Nogami pinned Saito.
The Super Strong Machine beat Tatsutoshi Gotoh (8:51).
Jushin Liger beat Tiger Mask III (14:26) in a "Mask Match." As a result of the match stipulations, Tiger Mask III revealed hiumself to be Koji Kanemoto.
The Steiner Brothers beat Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase (20:51) when Rick Steiner pinned Hase.
Riki Choshu beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9:04).
Genichiro Tenryu beat Antonio Inoki (15:56).
May 4, 1994 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 53,500 ($3,000,000)
Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Nagata (11:12) via submission.
Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka & Osamu Kido beat Akitoshi Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto (14:06) when Kido forced Ohara to submit.
El Gigante pinned Tadao Yasuda (3:51).
Jushin Liger beat Satoru Sayama (10:00) by submission.
Rick Rude pinned Sting (22:48) to win the WCW International World Title.
Tokimitsu Ishizawa & El Samurai beat Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:48) when Samurai pinned Takaiwa.
Kuniaki Kobayashi, The Great Kabuki & Kengo Kimura beat Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito & Shinichi Nakano (8:39) when Kimura pinned Honaga.
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu (12:16).
Masa Chono beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8:08) via submission.
Riki Choshu beat Hiro Hase (10:56) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (6:04) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title.
NJPW Battle Seven In The Tokyo Dome 1995
January 4, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 62,500 ($4,800,000)
Akitoshi Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi & The Great Kabuki beat Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka & Osamu Kido (13:12) when Kabuki pinned Nogami.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi (7:40).
UWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Shinjiro Ohtani beat El Samurai (15:17).
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Norio Honaga beat The Great Sasuke (14:39).
Masahiro Chono & Sabu beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata (11:18) when Chono pinned Hirata.
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Kensuke Sasaki (19:36).
Koji Kanemoto beat Yuji Nagata (14:43).
Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Ali Singh beat Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:23) when Singh, Sr. forced Ohara to submit.
Road Warrior Hawk beat Scott Norton (7:41).
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto (12:32) when Choshu pinned Kimura.
IWGP Tag Team Champions Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase beat The Steiner Brothers (25:12) when Hase pinned Rick Steiner.
Sting beat Tony Palmore (4:29) via submission.
Antonio Inoki beat Gerard Gordeau (6:37) via submission.
Antonio Inoki beat Sting (10:26) via submission to win the BVD Martial Arts Tournament.
NJPW Wrestling War In The Tokyo Dome 1996
January 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 64,000 ($5,500,000)
Yuji Nagata, Shinjiro Ohtani, & Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Kenichi Yamamoto, Kazushi Sakuraba, & Hiromitsu Kanehara (10:15) when Nagata forced Yamamoto to submit.
Jushin Liger beat Koji Kanemoto (18:59) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
Hiromichi Fuyuki beat Yoji Anjoh (6:42).
Riki Choshu beat Masahito Kakihara (5:46) via submission.
Nobuhiko Takada beat Keiji Mutoh (17:51) via submission to win the IWGP Title.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Satoshi Kojima (9:24).
Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono (9:49).
Kensuke Sasaki beat Hiroshi Hase (16:36).
Antonio Inoki beat Big Van Vader (14:16) via submission.
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 1997
January 4, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 62,500 ($5,500,000)
Satoshi Kojima, Osamu Nishimura, Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Osamu Kido, Takashi Iizuka, Kazuo Yamazaki & Yuji Nagata (11:21) when Hirata pinned Nagata.
Super Liger (Chris Jericho) pinned Koji Kanemoto (11:11).
Jinsei Shinzaki beat Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17).
Shinjiro Ohtani beat Yoshihiro Tajiri (8:30).
Kendo Nagasaki beat Tatsutoshi Goto (9:23).
Masahiro Chono beat Shoiji Nakamaki (1:07).
Masahiro Saito beat The Great Kojika (4:25) via submission.
Antonio Inoki beat Willie Williams (4:13) via submission.
Jushin Liger pinned Ultimo Dragon (18:21) to win the The Super J-Crown Titles.
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (16:10) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Fujinami forced Chono to submit.
The Power Warrior pinned The Great Muta (16:09).
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Riki Choshu (18:04).
NJPW Strong Style Evolution At The Osaka Dome 1997
May 3, 1997 in Osaka, Japan
The Osaka Dome drawing 53,000 ($4,000,000)
Antonio Inoki & The Tiger King beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Jushin Liger (10:42) when Inoki forced Fujiwara to submit.
Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki (17:34) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Kojima forced Choshu to submit.
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto beat Naoya Ogawa (10:20) in a "Shoot Fight" via KO.
Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Lex Luger & The Giant (10:09) when Norton pinned Luger.
Syxx & NWO Sting beat Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka (12:23) when Syxx pinned Iizuka.
Masahiro Chono, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash beat Keiji Mutoh & The Steiner Brothers (14:31) when Hall pinned Rick Steiner.
Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kendo Kashin (8:06) via submission.
Shiro Koshinaka beat Kengo Kimura (13:34).
Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto, Dick Togo, Mens Teioh & Hanzo Nakajima beat The Great Sasuke, El Samurai, Super Delfin, El Gran Hamada & Norio Honoga (19:11) in a "Best Of Three Falls Match."
NJPW Final Power Hall In The Tokyo Dome 1998
"The Riki Choshu Retirement"
January 4, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 65,000 ($6,000,000)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Shinjiro Ohtani pinned The Ultimo Dragon (17:06).
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura beat Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi (12:39) when Nishimura pinned Kojima.
Masahiro Chono beat Shiro Koshinaka (15:05).
Riki Choshu beat Kazuyuki Fujita (3:57).
Riki Choshu beat Yutaka Yoshie (1:42).
Riki Choshu beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (1:21) via submission.
Takashi Iizuka beat Riki Choshu (2:02) via submission.
Riki Choshu beat Jushin Liger (5:09).
Kendo Ka Shin beat Koji Kanemoto (12:01).
Yuji Nagata beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:33) via submission.
Don Frye beat Naoya Ogawa (8:47) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Dennis Lane (1:34) via submission.
IWGP Champion Kensuke Sasaki beat Keiji Mutoh (25:18).
Guests: Antonio Inoki, Genichiro Tenryu, Seiji Sakaguchi
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 1999
January 4, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 62,500 ($5,300,000)
Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazuyuki Fujita (11:10) via submission.
Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17) when Yasuda pinned Goto.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (16:35) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Tenzan pinned Koshinaka.
Kensuke Sasaki beat Satsushi Onita (5:55) via DQ.
Keiji Mutoh beat Scott Norton (19:01) via submission to win the IWGP Title.
Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner, Jr. beat Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:53) to win the IWGP Junior Tag Team Titles when Ka Shin forced Ohtani to submit.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger pinned Koji Kanemoto (23:11).
Yuji Nagata beat Dave Beneteau (5:38) via submission.
Don Frye beat Brian Johnston (7:55) via KO.
Shinya Hashimoto fought Naoya Ogawa (6:58) to a No Contest.
NJPW Fighting Spirit In The Tokyo Dome 1999
April 10, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 63,000
Tape Delay Highlights (6.1)
Masahiro Chono fought Atsushi Onita (16:10) to a double KO in a "No Rope Explosive Barbwire Match."
Hiroshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (13:55) when Tenzan pinned Nagata.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa pinned Minoru Tanaka (11:52).
Jushin Liger & The Great Sasuke beat Dr. Wagner, Jr. & Kendo Ka Shin (15:55) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when Liger pinned Wagner.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto pinned Shinjiro Ohtani (27:02).
Kazuo Yamazaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Alexander Otsuka & Yuki Ishikawa (11:27) when Yamazaki forced Otsuka to submit.
IWGP Tag Team Champions Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka beat Genichiro Tenryu & Tatsumi Fujinami (17:13) when Sasaki pinned Fujinami.
IWGP Champion Keiji Mutoh beat Don Frye (12:16) via submission.
NJPW The Battle Of The Last Summer 1999
August 28, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Jingu Stadium drawing 48,000
Kazuyuki Fujita beat Brian Johnston (3:55) via submission.
Kendo Ka Shin beat Koji Kanemoto (14:49) via submission to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka (8:38) when Tenzan pinned Koshinaka.
Hilarious mini-movie of The Great 'Nita's return from the dead.
IWGP Champion The Great Muta beat The Great 'Nita (13:32) in a "No Roped Barbwire Barricade Electric Landmine Double Hell Death Match."
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Liger & El Samurai (15:00) when Ohtani pinned Liger.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (16:01) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Nagata pinned Ohara.
Don Frye beat Scott Norton (7:53).
Masahiro Chono beat Shinya Hashimoto (15:45) due to referee stoppage.
NJPW Final Dome In The Tokyo Dome 1999
October 11, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 58,000
Kazuyuki Fujita beat Sean McCulley (2:35) via submission.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (18:32) when Ohtani pinned Kanemoto.
Kimo beat Yuji Nagata (3:54) via submission.
Masahiro Chono & Don Frye beat Satoshi Kojima & Scott Norton (17:01) when Chono forced Kojima to submit.
IWGP Champion Keiji Mutoh beat Manabu Nakanishi (20:00) via submission.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tatsutoshi Goto (10:13).
Jushin Liger beat Kendo Ka Shin (16:09) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka beat Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Kido (9:31) when Koshinaka pinned Iizuka.
Genichiro Tenryu beat Kensuke Sasaki (14:49).
NWA World Champion Naoya Ogawa beat Shinya Hashimoto (13:10) in a "Shoot Fight" via KO with Tatsumi Fujinami as the referee.
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 2000
January 4, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 63,500 ($5,900,000)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kendo Ka Shin & Minoru Tanaka (13:19) when Takaiwa pinned Ka Shin.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Chris Benoit (10:55).
Manabu Nakanishi beat Kenzo Suzuki (6:41) via submission.
Scott Norton beat Don Frye (8:50).
Rick Steiner beat Randy Savage (11:08).
Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka beat Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami (8:59) when Iizuka forced Murakami to submit.
Shiro Koshinaka beat Satoshi Kojima (10:17).
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger beat Koji Kanemoto (3:56).
Yuji Nagata beat Kazuo Yamazaki (6:44).
Kimo beat Kazuyuki Fujita (4:02) via DQ.
Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Mutoh (25:00) via submission.
Kensuke Sasaki beat Genichiro Tenryu (14:43) to win the IWGP Title.
July 30, 2000 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000 ($1,750,000)
Shown live on Japanese PPV (1.8)
Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:33) via submission.
Minoru Tanaka beat AKIRA (10:30) via submission.
Junji Hirata beat Kenzo Suzuki (10:13).
Shiro Koshinaka beat Koji Kanemoto (11:40).
Takashi Iizuka beat Shinjiro Ohtani (11:04).
Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (18:23) when Nagata pinned Yoshie.
Riki Choshu beat Atsushi Onita (8:12) via KO in a "No Rope Explosive Barbwire Death Match."
"AJPW vs. NJPW"
October 9, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 64,000
Shinya Hashimoto beat Tatsumi Fujinami (14:18) via submission.
Jushin Liger beat Super Delfin (13:43).
Don Frye beat Takashi Iizuka (10:47) via submission.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto (12:51).
IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (20:02) when Kojima pinned Nakanishi.
Steve Williams beat Scott Norton (12:28).
Masahiro Chono & Mr. T (Tatsutoshi Goto) beat Masanobu Fuchi & Shiro Koshinaka (12:56) when Mr. T pinned Koshinaka.
Toshiaki Kawada pinned Kensuke Sasaki (19:38).
Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi fought Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (30:00) to a draw.
December 14, 2000 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 6,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV (0.9)
An announcement is made that there will be a tournament to fill the vacant IWGP Title on January 4, 2001 in The Tokyo Egg Dome.
Kensuke Sasaki & The Super Strong Machine beat Masahiro Chono & Team 2000 Machine (Tatsutoshi Goto) (14:37) when Strong Machine pinned Team 2000 Machine.
Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan via submission (13:38).
Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kendo Ka Shin (3:07).
Satoshi Kojima beat Kenzo Suzuki (9:40).
Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka & Shinya Makabe beat Super Delfin, Tsubasa & Takehiro Murakawa (14:37) when Tanaka forced Tsubasa to submit.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Osamu Nishimura (11:48) via submission.
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Koji Kanemoto (10:34) via submission.
Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi fought Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (30:00).
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 2001
"The IWGP Title Tournament"
January 4, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 62,000
Kensuke Sasaki beat Satoshi Kojima (16:33) via submission to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yuji Nagata (16:45) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinya Makabe (18:02) when Kanemoto forced Makabe to submit.
Takashi Iizuka beat Kendo Ka Shin (6:12) via submission.
Kensuke Sasaki beat Masahiro Chono (11:28) via submission to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Toshiaki Kawada pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:45) to advance in "The IWGP Title Tournament."
Keiji Mutoh & Shinjiro Ohtani beat Jushin Liger & Manabu Nakanishi (5:44) when Ohtani forced Liger to submit.
Riki Choshu fought Shinya Hashimoto (15:20) to a no contest.
Kensuke Sasaki beat Toshiaki Kawada (10:30) to win the vacant IWGP Title.
"Fighting Spirit 2001"
February 18, 2001 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000 ($1,750,000)
Shown live on Japanese PPV (1.8)
Koji Kanemoto, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Minoru Tanaka beat El Samurai, Silver King & Dr. Wagner, Jr. (14:54) when Kanemoto pinned Wagner.
Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Brian Johnston & The Sledgehammer (7:15) when Ohara forced Sledgehammer to submit.
Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Toshie beat Jushin Liger & Osamu Nishimura (14:13) when Toshie forced Nishimura to submit.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Super J (11:31) via submission.
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai (17:03) when Iizuka forced Nagai to submit.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe (15:20) when Tenzan pinned Choshu.
Don Frye beat Masahiro Chono (12:26) via submission.
Keiji Mutoh beat Kazunari Murakami (6:01).
IWGP Champion Kensuke Sasaki beat Shinjiro Ohtani (14:53).
NJPW Strong Style Symphony At The Osaka Dome
April 9, 2001 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 18,500
Shown live on TV Asahi (10.7)
Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Tanaka (9:37) via submission.
Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (8:59) via submission.
Brian Johnston beat Kendo Ka Shin (2:20) via submission.
Jushin Liger beat Kazunari Murakami (1:47) via DQ.
Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi (8:53) when Choshu pinned Fuchi.
Yuji Nagata beat Manabu Nakanishi (9:29).
Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea & Jinsei Shinzaki (14:57) when Chono pinned Shinzaki.
Kazuyuki Fujita beat Scott Norton (6:43) via KO to win the IWGP Title.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Kensuke Sasaki (7:52) via TKO in a "No Rules Match."
"New Japan vs. All Japan Series 2001"
June 6, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 13,200
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Shinya Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata beat Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:14) when Makabe pinned Suzuki.
Masanobu Fuchi beat El Samurai (9:32).
Masahito Kakihara beat Minoru Tanaka (6:21).
Mitsuya Nagai beat Takashi Iizuka (8:00) via TKO.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Mike Barton (4:42).
Toshiaki Kawada beat Satoshi Kojima (15:16).
Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea & Jushin Liger beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Akira Nogami (16:51) when Shinzaki forced Nogami to submit.
Keiji Mutoh beat Hiroshi Hase (39:08).
IWGP Champion Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yuji Nagata (10:57) via TKO.
NJPW Puroresu Fiftieth Anniversary Show
October 8, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 62,500
Shown live on TV Asahi
Giant Silva & Giant Singh beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki, Yutaka Yoshie & Wataru Inoue (9:06) in a "Handicap Match" when Silva pinned Inoue & Tanahashi.
IWGP Champion Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kensuke Sasaki (6:36) via TKO.
Tatsumi Fujinami & Bob Backlund beat Terry & Dory Funk, Jr. (10:40) when Fujinami pinned Dory.
Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka beat Jado, Gedo & Akira Nogami (11:18) when Tanaka forced Nogami to submit.
Gary Goodridge beat Michiyoshi Ohara (3:36) via TKO.
Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Masayuki Naruse (0:26) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
Riki Choshu & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (10:40) when Choshu pinned Tenzan.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Tadao Yasuda (6:02) via submission.
Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama beat Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase (28:04) when Nagata pinned Hase.
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 2002
January 4, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 51,500
Shown live on Samurai TV
Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (10:50) when Kakihara pinned Inoue.
El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka beat Koji Kanemoto & Akira Nogami (12:31) when Tanaka pinned Nogami.
Kazunari Murakami & Yuki Ishikawa beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki (8:00) when Tanahashi could not continue.
Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV beat Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo (20:12) when Liger pinned Gedo.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Giant Silva (6:49) via countout.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kendo Ka Shin beat Daijiro Matsui (5:43).
Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (16:44) when Mutoh pinned Nishimura.
Kensuke Sasaki fought Naoya Ogawa (4:02) to a no contest.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Masahiro Chono & Giant Singh (10:47) when Tenzan pinned Singh.
NOAH GHC Champion Jun Akiyama beat Yuji Nagata (19:58).
NJPW Fighting Spirit Memorial Day In The Tokyo Dome 2002
"NJPW Thirtieth Anniversary Show"
May 2, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 57,000
Kintaro Kanemura beat Daisuke Sekimoto (8:03).
Katsuyori Shibata beat Wataru Inoue (6:26) via submission.
Tiger Mask III & Tiger Mask IV beat The Black Tiger & El Samurai (12:53) when Tiger Mask III pinned Black Tiger.
Momoe Nakanishi & Kaoru Ito beat Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta (12:16) when Nakanishi pinned Toyota.
Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka beat Gedo & Jado (17:48) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when Liger pinned Gedo.
Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa beat Scott Norton & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:02) when Hashimoto pinned Norton.
Bas Rutten beat Manabu Nakanishi (6:00) via submission.
Don Frye beat Tadao Yasuda (1:51) via submission.
The Steiner Brothers beat Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (14:38) when Scott Steiner pinned Tanahashi. Joanie Laurer was the special referee.
IWGP Champion Yuji Nagata beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:36).
Masahiro Chono fought Mitsuharu Misawa (30:00) to a draw.
NJPW Ultimate Crush In The Tokyo Dome 2003
"Ultimate Crush II"
October 13, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Dome drawing 37,000
Jado won a "Royal Rumble" (22:47) to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title that also included Jushin Liger, Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, Dick Togo, Tiger Mask IV, Masahito Kakihara, Gedo, Heat, Masayuki Naruse & Katsushi Takemura.
Blue Wolf beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:01).
TOA The Samoan Beast beat Shinya Makabe (5:40).
Tadao Yasuda beat Osamu Nishimura (4:45).
Osami Shibuya beat Khaliun Boldbataar (2nd - 4:46) in a "Vale Tudo Match."
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Ricardo Morais (3rd) in a "Vale Tudo Match" via unanimous decision.
King Of Pancrase Champion Josh Barnett beat Yoshiki Takahashi (2nd - 2:52) via submission.
Kazunari Murakami beat Katsuyori Shibata (4:58) via TKO.
Hulk Hogan beat Masahiro Chono (19:46).
Yoshihiro Takayama, Bob Sapp, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Seiji Sakaguchi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi (39:54) in an "Elimination Match."
Bob Sapp & Minoru Suzuki were the survivors.
NJPW Wrestling World In The Tokyo Dome 2004
January 4, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 40,000
Hirooki Goto beat Naofumi Yamamoto (6:21) via submission.
Katsushi Takemura beat El Samurai (6:53).
Mitsuya Nagai, Ryota Chikuzen, Ryushi Yanagisawa, & Makai Mask #1 beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara, Hiro Saito & Enson Inoue (11:55) when Nagai beat Goto.
Shinya Makabe & Toru Yano beat Wataru Inoue & Blue Wolf (10:18) when Makabe pinned Inoue.
Masayuki Naruse beat Tadao Yasuda (2:09) via DQ.
Masayuki Naruse beat Tadao Yasuda (0:30) via TKO.
Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Akiya Anzawa (4:53).
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Gedo & Jado beat Heat & Tiger Mask IV (17:15) when Gedo pinned Heat.
Jushin Liger beat Takashi Sugiura (17:52) to win the NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Title.
IWGP U-30 Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (17:06).
Josh Barnett & Takashi Iizuka beat Kazunari Murakami & Katsuyori Shibata (16:04) when Barnett beat Murakami.
Tatsumi Fujinami retirement ceremony.
Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki (9:39).
Manabu Nakanishi beat Genichiro Tenryu (10:20).
Yuji Nagata beat Kensuke Sasaki (12:10) via TKO.
Keiji Mutoh & Bob Sapp beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (21:00) when Sapp pinned Tenzan.
IWGP Champion Shinsuke Nakamura beat Yoshihiro Takayama (13:55) via submission to win the NWF Title.