New Japan Miscellaneous Tournaments
NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament 1987
August 19-20, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Tatsutoshi Goto beat Norio Honaga (11:11) to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Kazuo Yamazaki beat Hiro Saito (10:28) to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Masakatsu Funaki (11:01) to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Nobuhiko Takada beat Keiichi Yamada (17:18) via submission to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda, Super Strong Machine & Kengo Kimura beat Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Keiji Mutoh & Osamu Matsuda (25:05) in an "Elimination Match."
Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu were the survivors.
Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Tatsutoshi Goto (7:02) to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki (15:21) to advance in "The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament."
Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Nobuhiko Takada (15:45) to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu beat Antonio Inoki & Keiji Mutoh (15:41) when Choshu pinned Mutoh.
NJPW G-1 Climax 1991
August 7 - 11, 1991
Shinya Hashimoto beat Bam Bam Bigelow (9:43).
Scott Norton beat Keiji Mutoh (4:45).
Masahiro Chono beat Riki Choshu (18:20) via submission.
Tatumi Fujinami beat Big Van Vader (12:30).
Bam Bam Bigelow beat Riki Choshu (9:21).
Big Van Vader beat Scott Norton (9:43) via countout.
Keiji Mutoh beat Tatsumi Fujinami (13:56).
Masahiro Chono fought Shinya Hashimoto (30:00) to a draw.
Masahiro Chono beat Shinya Hashimoto (15:50) via submission.
Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Mutoh (29:31) to win "The G-1 Climax 1991 Tournament."
NJPW G-1 Climax 1992
"NWA World Title Tournament"
August 6 - 12, 1992
Tokyo, Japan at The Sumo Hall
Masahiro Chono beat Tony Halme.
Keiji Mutoh beat Barry Windham.
Scott Norton beat Bam Bam Bigelow.
Steve Austin beat Arn Anderson.
Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto beat Yutaka Yoshie & Osamu Nishimura when Ohtani pinned Yoshie.
Chris Benoit beat Jushin Liger.
Kensuke Sasaki beat Terry Taylor.
Rick Rude beat Shinya Hashimoto.
Keiji Mutoh beat Steve Austin.
Masahiro Chono beat Scott Norton.
IWGP Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers beat Keiji Mutoh & Kensuke Sasaki when Scott Steiner pinned Mutoh.
Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka when Fujinami pinned Choshu.
Rick Rude beat Kensuke Sasaki.
Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Mutoh.
Masahiro Chono beat Rick Rude to win the NWA World Title & "The G-1 Climax 1992 Tournament."
NJPW Top Of The Super Juniors 1993
May 25 - June 15, 1993
Dean Malenko beat Jushin Liger (17:23) via submission.
El Samurai beat Shinjiro Ohtani (12:05).
Chris Benoit beat Dean Malenko (9:41).
Masao Orihaha beat El Samurai (11:39).
Jushin Liger beat Shinjiro Ohtani (11:57).
Shinjiro Ohtani beat Eddie Guerrero (13:28).
Norio Honaga beat Jushin Liger (12:51).
Jushin Liger beat El Samurai (13:27).
Too Cold Scorpio beat Jushin Liger (3:30) via submission.
Chris Benoit beat Masao Orihaha (11:20).
David Finlay beat Norio Honaga (13:45).
Chris Benoit beat The Lightning Kid (9:50).
Norio Honaga beat Jushin Liger (12:00).
The Lightning Kid beat Shinjiro Ohtani (9:20).
Dean Malenko beat Norio Honaga (1:00).
El Samurai beat Dean Malenko (14:15).
Chris Benoit beat Eddie Guerrero (8:25).
Dean Malenko beat Eddie Guerrero (11:08) via submission.
El Samurai beat Too Cold Scorpio (15:46).
El Samurai beat Dean Malenko (12:35).
Chris Benoit beat El Samurai (21:13) to win the "Top Of The Super Juniors 1993 Tournament."
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
April 16, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500 ($570,000)
Gedo beat Dean Malenko.
Super Delfin beat Shinjiro Ohtani.
Black Tiger beat Taka Michinoku.
El Samurai beat Masayoshi Motegi.
Ricky Fuji beat Negro Casas.
Jushin Liger beat Hayabusa.
Gedo beat Super Delfin.
Chris Benoit beat Black Tiger.
The Great Sasuke beat El Samurai.
Jushin Liger beat Ricky Fuji.
Chris Benoit beat Gedo.
The Great Sasuke beat Jushin Liger.
Chris Benoit beat The Great Sasuke to win the 1994 Super J-Cup Tournament.
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 1994
May 26 - June 13, 1994
Shinjiro Ohtani beat Taka Michinoku (10:16) via submission.
Chris Benoit beat Masayoshi Motegi (8:00).
El Samurai beat Tokumitsu Ishizawa (11:38).
Dean Malenko beat Jushin Liger (16:07).
Jushin Liger beat Super Delfin (19:32).
Chris Benoit beat David Finlay (12:15).
Black Tiger beat Tokumitsu Ishizawa (13:16).
Shinjiro Ohtani beat El Samurai (14:10).
Dean Malenko beat Shinjiro Ohtani (8:20) via submission.
David Finlay beat Taka Michinoku (10:43).
Super Delfin beat Masayoshi Motegi (6:34).
Jushin Liger beat Black Tiger (13:07).
Black Tiger beat Chris Benoit (11:14).
Taka Michinoku beat Tokumitsu Ishizawa (7:18).
Jushin Liger beat Shinjiro Ohtani (9:19) via submission.
El Samurai beat Super Delfin (13:59).
Jushin Liger beat Super Delfin (18:27) to win the "Best Of The Super Juniors 1994 Tournament."
NJPW G-1 Climax 1994
August 3-7, 1994
Tokyo, Japan at The Sumo Hall
Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Osamu Kido (12:30).
Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Keiji Mutoh (13:30) via submission.
Riki Choshu beat Masahiro Chono (11:23).
Osamu Kido beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (4:28).
Riki Choshu beat Yoshiaki Yatsu (7:47) via submission.
Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Mutoh (14:06).
Masahiro Chono beat Osamu Kido (4:46) via submission.
Yoshiaki Yatsu beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7:45).
Keiji Mutoh beat Riki Choshu (9:35) via submission.
Keiji Mutoh beat Osamu Kido (6:58).
Masahiro Chono beat Yoshiaki Yatsu (13:34) via submission.
Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Riki Choshu (4:28) via submission.
Riki Choshu beat Osamu Kido (3:40) via submission.
Keiji Mutoh beat Yoshiaki Yatsu (7:45).
Masahiro Chono beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (11:52) via submission.
Shiro Koshinaka beat Takayuki Iizuka (8:37).
Hiroshi Hase beat Shinya Hashimoto (14:30).
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Power Warrior (5:15).
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Shiro Koshinaka (8:45) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Takayuki Iizuka (8:37).
Power Warrior beat Hiroshi Hase (9:14).
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Takayuki Iizuka (11:32).
Shiro Koshinaka beat Hiroshi Hase (7:33).
Power Warrior fought Shinya Hashimoto (20:00) to a draw.
Hiroshi Hase beat Takayuki Iizuka (6:34).
Shinya Hashimoto beat Tatsumi Fujinami (13:54) via submission.
Power Warrior beat Takayuki Iizuka (9:43).
Shiro Koshinaka fought Shinya Hashimoto (20:00) to a draw.
Hiroshi Hase beat Tatsumi Fujinami (16:32).
Power Warrior beat Masahiro Chono (13:54) to win "The G-1 Climax 1994 Tournament."
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 1995
June 23 - July 13, 1995
Alex Wright beat Brian Pillman (5:30).
Wild Pegasus beat Shinjiro Ohtani (16:39).
Black Tiger beat Koji Kanemoto (12:40).
Dean Malenko beat Black Tiger (11:34) via submission.
Wild Pegasus fought El Samurai (20:00) to a draw.
Wild Pegasus beat Black Tiger (16:37).
Shinjiro Ohtani beat Koji Kanemoto (15:24).
Wild Pegasus beat Shinjiro Ohtani (16:39) to win the "Best Of The Super Juniors 1995 Tournament."
Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akio Sato beat Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata (13:49) when Goto pinned Nagata.
Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat Scott Norton & Mike Enos (13:20) to win the vacant IWGP Tag Team Titles when Hashimoto pinned Enos.
IWGP Champion Keiji Mutoh beat Road Warrior Hawk (21:49).
NJPW Super J-Cup 1995
December 13, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500 ($600,000)
Gran Naniwa beat Damien.
Shinjiro Ohtani beat Masaki Mochizuki.
Ultimo Dragon beat Shoichi Funaki.
Gedo beat Masayoshi Motegi.
Dos Caras beat El Samurai.
Chris Jericho beat Hanzo Nakajima.
Jushin Liger beat Gran Naniwa.
Chris Benoit beat Chris Jericho.
Ultimo Dragon beat Shinjiro Ohtani.
Gedo beat Dos Caras.
Jushin Liger beat Ultimo Dragon.
Gedo beat Chris Benoit.
Rey Misterio, Jr. beat Psicosis.
Jushin Liger beat Gedo to win the 1995 Super J-Cup Tournament.
NJPW J-Crown Tournament
August 2 - 5, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
The Sumo Hall drawing ???
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke beat Masayoshi Motegi to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title.
WAR Junior Heavyweight Champion Ultimo Dragon beat Jushin Liger to win the British Junior Heavyweight Title.
UWA Light Heavyweight Champion Shinjiro Ohtani beat Negro Casas to win the NWA Welterweight Title.
WWF Light Heavyweight Champion El Samurai beat El Gran Hamada to win the WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Title.
WAR Junior Heavyweight & British Junior Heavyweight Champion Ultimo Dragon beat Shinjiro Ohtani to win the UWA Light Heavyweight & NWA Welterweight Titles.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight & NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke beat El Samurai to win the WWF Light Heavyweight & WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Titles.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight, NWA Junior Heavyweight, WWF Light Heavyweight & WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke beat Ultimo Dragon to win the WAR Junior Heavweight, British Junior Heavyweight, UWA Light Heavyweight & NWA Welterweight Titles and "The J-Crown Tournament."
NJPW The Antonio Inoki Final Tournament
March 2, 1998 - April 4, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
Egg Dome drawing 70,000 ($7,000,000)
Tape Delay Highlights Shown on TV-Asahi (10.2)
Igor Meindert beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:32) via KO.
Brian Johnston beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (5:20) via KO.
Don Frye beat Kazuo Yamazaki (9:15) via KO.
Naoya Ogawa beat Dave Beneteau (4:30) via submission.
Naoya Ogawa beat Brian Johnston (3:59) via submission.
Don Frye beat Igor Meindert (3:57) via KO.
Don Frye beat Naoya Ogawa (5:00) via KO to win "The Antonio Inoki Final Tournament."
Antonio Inoki beat Don Frye (4:09) via submission in a "Retirement Match."
The Antonio Inoki retirement ceremony.
Guests: Muhammad Ali, Bob Backlund, Eric Bischoff, Jeff Blatnick, Riki Choshu, Kokichi Endo, Animal Hamaguchi, Killer Khan, Akira Maeda, Willem Ruska, Seiji Sakaguchi, Genichiro Tenryu & Michiaki Yoshimura.
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 1998
Yuji Yasuraoka beat Koji Kanemoto (18:07).
Jushin Liger beat Masakazu Fukuda (15:54).
Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai (14:55).
El Samurai beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:20).
Kaz Hayashi beat Kendo Ka Shin (10:07).
Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinjiro Otani (17:46).
Dr. Wagner, Jr. beat El Samurai (14:16).
Dr. Wagner, Jr. beat Shinjiro Otani (12:44).
Kendo Kashin beat Hayato Nanjyo (8:58).
Masakazu Fukuda beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:18).
Jushin Liger beat Shinjiro Otani (20:37).
Koji Kanemoto beat Hayato Nanjyo (7:18) via submission.
El Samurai beat Jushin Liger (18:19).
Koji Kanemoto beat Kaz Hayashi (16:52).
NJPW G-1 Climax 1998
July 31, 1998 - August 2, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
The Sumo Hall drawing ???
Tadao Yasuda beat The Big Titan (9:45).
Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:06).
Shiro Koshinaka beat Osamu Nishimura (9:35).
Kensuke Sasaki beat Michiyoshi Ohara (11:00).
Shinya Hashimoto beat Tatsutoshi Goto (4:00) via submission.
Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsumi Fujinami (8:30) via submission.
Masahiro Chono beat Manabu Nakanishi (19:30) via submission.
Genichiro Tenryu beat Keiji Mutoh (22:54).
Satoshi Kojima beat Tadao Yasuda (13:38).
Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kensuke Sasaki (6:47) via submission.
Masahiro Chono beat Shiro Koshinaka (16:10) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Genichiro Tenryu (13:15).
Kazuo Yamazaki beat Masahiro Chono (9:55) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Satoshi Kojima (15:50) via submission.
Shinya Hashimoto beat Kazuo Yamazaki (10:00) to win the "G-1 Climax 1998 Tournament."
NJPW G-1 Climax Tag Team League 1999
September 10 - 23, 1999
Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton beat Shiro Koshinaka & Junji Hirata (13:12) when Mutoh forced Hirata to submit.
Masahiro Chono & Don Frye beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (10:53) when Frye forced Fujita to submit.
Masahiro Chono & Don Frye beat Brian Johnston & Takashi Iizuka (12:01) when Chono forced Johnston to submit.
Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton beat Brian Johnston & Takashi Iizuka (12:35) when Norton pinned Johnston.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono & Don Frye (12:58) when Nakanishi forced Chono to submit.
Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (11:00) when Mutoh forced Fujita to submit.
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton (17:17) when Kojima pinned Mutoh.
Masahiro Chono & Don Frye beat Shinya Hashimoto & Meng (12:27) when Frye forced Hashimoto to submit.
Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:16) when Mutoh forced Goto to submit.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Brian Johnston & Takashi Iizuka (12:14) when Nakanishi forced Iizuka to submit.
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:18) when Sasaki pinned Ohara.
Shinya Hashimoto & Meng beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:18) when Hashimoto pinned Kojima.
Shinya Hashimoto & Meng beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (8:45) when Meng pinned Fujita.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:57) via submission when Nakanishi forced Kojima to submit.
Shinya Hashimoto & Meng beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (11:48) when Meng pinned Nagata.
Shiro Koshinaka & Junji Hirata beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (13:52) when Koshinaka pinned Nagata.
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (13:42) when Nagata pinned Tenzan.
Keiji Mutoh & Scott Norton beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (21:32) to win "The G-1 Climax 1999 Tag Team League" when Mutoh forced Nagata to submit.
NJPW G-1 Climax 2000
August 7-13, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Hiro Saito fought Osamu Kido (6:29) to a double countout.
Takashi Iizuka beat Tatsutoshi Goto (9:42) via submission.
Shiro Koshinaka beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:38).
Kensuke Sasaki beat Brian Johnston (6:48) via submission.
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Jushin Liger (10:33) via submission.
Masahiro Chono beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:22) via submission.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi (18:21).
Junji Hirata beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:08).
Brian Johnston beat Hiro Saito (5:18) via submission.
Tadao Yasuda beat Osamu Nishimura (11:47) via submission.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Kenzo Suzuki (13:24).
Satoshi Kojima beat Osamu Kido (9:55).
Takashi Iizuka beat Jushin Liger (15:13) via submission.
Yuji Nagata beat Tatsumi Fujinami (12:25).
Masahiro Chono beat Yutaka Yoshie (20:16) via submission.
Yutaka Yoshie beat Junji Hirata (11:19) via submission.
Satoshi Kojima beat Brian Johnston (10:08).
Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tadao Yasuda (11:40).
Kensuke Sasaki fought Hiro Saito (5:37) to a double countout.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Kenzo Suzuki (8:37).
Jushin Liger beat Tatsutoshi Goto (7:17).
Yuji Nagata beat Takashi Iizuka (16:39) via submission.
Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono (12:40).
Brian Johnston beat Osamu Kido (5:38) via submission.
Tadao Yasuda beat Kenzo Suzuki (10:43) via submission.
Tatsumi Fujinami beat Tatsutoshi Goto (6:42) via submission.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Osamu Nishimura (13:04) via submission.
Yuji Nagata beat Jushin Liger (12:06).
Kensuke Sasaki beat Satoshi Kojima (19:39).
Manabu Nakanishi beat Tadao Yasuda (9:23) via submission.
Osamu Nishimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (14:22) via submission.
Tatsutoshi Goto beat Yuji Nagata (11:41).
Yuji Nagata beat Takashi Iizuka (10:48) in a "Tiebreaker Match."
Manabu Nakanishi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:26) via submission in a "Tiebreaker Match."
Kensuke Sasaki beat Yuji Nagata (15:12) via submission to advance into the finals of "The G-1 Climax 2000 Tournament."
Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono (9:33) via submission to advance into the finals of "The G-1 Climax 2000 Tournament."
Kensuke Sasaki beat Manabu Nakanishi (19:42) via submission to win "The G-1 Climax 2000 Tournament."
NJPW G-1 Climax Tag Team League 2000
November 17-30, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Kendo Ka Shin & El Samurai (14:05) when Tanaka forced Samurai to submit.
Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Hiro Saito (12:28) when Nakanishi forced Saito to submit.
Jushin Liger & The Super Strong Machine beat The Team 2000 Machines (13:45) when Liger pinned Machine #1.
Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (14:49) when Norton pinned Iizuka.
Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton (14:56) when Yoshie forced Chono to submit.
Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (15:23) when Koshinaka pinned Tenzan.
Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin beat Koji Kanemoto, Minoru Tanaka & Kid Romeo (14:58) when Liger pinned Romeo.
Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura (15:03) when Ohara pinned Nishimura.
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Jushin Liger & The Super Strong Machine (18:40) when Nagata pinned Machine.
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (15:52) when Tenzan pinned Yoshie.
Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka (13:41) when Norton pinned Sasaki.
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (15:56) when Tenzan pinned Nakanishi.
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton (12:06) when Iizuka forced Chono to submit.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Kendo Ka Shin & Super Strong Machine (16:06) when Kanemoto forced Machine to submit.
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (19:09) to win "The G-1 Climax 2000 Tag Team League" when Nagata pinned Tenzan.