NEW JAPAN – 2003/01/04 – Tokyo Dome – “WRESTLING WORLD 2003″
01. Osamu Nishimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
02. Young Generation Cup – Semi Final: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe
03. Young Generation Cup – Semi Final: Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Kenzo Suzuki
04. Dai Majin & Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto
05. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara
06. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama vs. Heat & Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask
07. Young Generation Cup – Final: Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yutaka Yoshie
08. Michiyoshi Ohara & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami
09. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi
10. NWF Heavyweight Title Tournament – Final: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata vs. Josh Barnett
2 Discs – 240 minutes – Source: VHS
NEW JAPAN – 2003/05/02 – Tokyo Dome – “ULTIMATE CRUSH” [3 DISC-SET]
01. IWGP Heavyweight Title Contendership: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
02. Ken Shamrock vs. Takashi Iizuka
03. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tiger Mask & Heat
04. Ultimate Crush Rules: LYOTO (aka. Ryoto Machida) vs. KENGO
05. Ultimate Crush Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar
06. Ultimate Crush Rules: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jan Nortje
07. Ultimate Crush Rules: Josh Barnett vs. Jimmy Ambriz
08. Ultimate Crush Rules: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Manabu Nakanishi
09. Enson Inoue vs. Kazunari Murakami
10. GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masa Chono
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title & NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Yuji Nagata
3 Discs – 330 minutes – Source: VHS
New Japan – 2003/06/11 – Kyoto (SXW-TV – 2003/07/14)
Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Gotoh v El Samurai & Toru Yano; Jushin Liger & Jado & Gedo v Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse & Ebessan; Shinya
Makabe & Minoru Fujita v Dan Devine & Stampede Kid; Best Of The Super Junior 10 – Semi-Final: Masahito Kakihara v AKIRA; Best Of
The Super Junior 10 – Semi-Final: Koji Kanemoto v Takashi Sugiura; Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura v Rick Steiner & Perry Saturn;
Yoshihiro Takayama & Scott Norton v Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi; Manabu Nakanishi & Enson Inoue & Blue Wolf v Yuji Nagata &
Takashi Iizuka & Shinsuke Nakamura; Best Of The Super Junior 10 – Final: Masahito Kakihara v Koji Kanemoto
Running Time: 180 minutes – Source: SAT TV
NEW JAPAN – 2003/07/21 – Tsukisamu Green Dome – “SUMMER STRUGGLE 2003? [2 DISC-SET]
01. Minoru Suzuki vs. Koji Kanemoto
02. G1 Climax Entrance Match: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe
03. Osamu Nishimura vs. Mike Barton
04. Wataru Inoue Return Match: Tiger Mask vs. Wataru Inoue
05. Losing Captain in a Doghouse Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka &
Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Gotoh & Michiyoshi Ohara
06. Heat vs. Jushin Liger
07. Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
08. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
09. Strongest Foreigner Decision Match – Different Style Fight: Josh Barnett vs. Scott Norton
10. Yuji Nagata vs. Enson Inoue
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masa Chono
2 Discs – 210 minutes – Source: VHS
NEW JAPAN – 2003/10/13 – Tokyo Dome – “ULTIMATE CRUSH II” [2 DISC-SET]
01. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title – 11 Man Super Jr. New Japan Rumble (w/ Jado, Koji Kanemoto, Masayuki Naruse, Masahito Kakihara, El
Samurai, Heat, Gedo, Jushin Liger, Katsushi Takemura, Dick Togo, Tiger Mask)
02. U-30 Openweight Title Contendership: Blue Wolf vs. Yutaka Yoshie
03. TOA vs. Shinya Makabe
04. Soul Purification Last Chapter: Tadao Yasuda vs. Osamu Nishimura
05. Ultimate Crush Rules: Osami Shibuya vs. Khaliun Boldbaatar
06. Ultimate Crush Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Ricardon (aka. Ricardo Moraes)
07. King of Pancrase Openweight Title – Pancrase Rules: Josh Barnett vs. Yoshiki Takahashi
08. Kazunari Murakami ¥2,000,000 Bounty Match: Kazunari Murakami vs. Katsuyori Shibata
09. Super Dream Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Masa Chono
10. Elimination Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazuyuki Fujita & Bob Sapp & Minoru Suzuki & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan &
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Seiji Sakaguchi
2 Discs – 270 minutes – Source: VHS
NEW JAPAN – 2003/12/09 – Osaka
01. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi v Naomichi Marufuji
Running Time: 30 minutes – Source: SAT TV
NEW JAPAN – 2003/12/23 – Tokyo, Korakuen Hall – “DREAM * WIN”
01. Gedo vs. Akiya Anzawa
02. Wataru Inoue vs. Naofumi Yamamoto
03. El Samurai vs. Hirooki Goto
04. Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
05. Takashi Iizuka & Hiro Saito vs. Tatsutoshi Gotoh & Toru Yano
06. Shinya Makabe & Blue Wolf vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa
07. Yutaka Yoshie & Jushin Liger vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask
08. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi
Running Time: 180 minutes – Source: SAT TV
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TV Asahi/NJPW “BURNING SPIRIT IN ROPPONGI HILLS”, 12/27/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Roppongi Hills TV Asahi Studio
200 Fans
1. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinya Makabe & Blue Wolf went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
2. 1/4/04 Tokyo Dome Selection Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:11) with a crab hold.
3. 1/4/04 Tokyo Dome Selection Match: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:32) with a dropkick.
NJPW “DREAM * WIN”, 12/23/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,650 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Gedo vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:36) with a Gedo-style neck lock.
2. Wataru Inoue vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:16) with the Triangle Lancer.
3. El Samurai vs. Hirooki Goto (7:22) with a chickenwing armlock.
4. Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (10:42) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Hiro Saito vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (10:23) when Hiro used a German suplex hold on Yano.
6. Shinya Makabe & Blue Wolf vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa (9:21) when Makabe used a Scorpion Deathlock on Yanagisawa.
7. Yutaka Yoshie & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask (16:42) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Tiger.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
NJPW, 12/14/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Nagoya Rainbow Hall
8,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:09) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Toru Yano vs. Wataru Inoue (6:19) with a Canadian backbreaker.
3. Blue Wolf vs. The Shadow (7:04) with a Mongol slam.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (11:40) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Goto.
5. Takashi Iizuka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Masayuki Naruse vs. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa (10:41) when Naruse used the
Crazy Cyclone on Nagai.
6. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask vs. Scott Norton & American Dragon (13:36) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Dragon.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Shinya Makabe (8:24) with a German suplex hold.
8. Shinsuke Nakamura & Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata & Josh Barnett (12:21) when Nakamura used a cross armbreaker cutback cradle on
Barnett.
9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Heat vs. Jado © (7:45) with the Minoru Special to become the 46th champion.
10. IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi © (38:08) when Tenzan used the
TTD on Yoshie to become the 45th champions.
NJPW, 12/12/03
Hida Takayama Big Arena Sub Arena
1,100 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa (7:00) with a dropkick.
2. Shinya Makabe vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (1:45) with a lariat.
3. Heat, American Dragon & Hirooki Goto vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (10:40) when Heat used the Crossface of HEAT on Gedo.
4. Josh Barnett & Tiger Mask vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Wataru Inoue (11:38) when Barnett used a Captured buster on Inoue.
5. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Osamu Nishimura, Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (12:06) when Yanagisawa used a right high
kick on Yano.
6. Shinsuke Nakamura & Minoru Suzuki vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masayuki Naruse (9:37) when Suzuki used a sleeper hold on Naruse.
7. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto (16:08) when Yoshie used a back blow on Goto.
8. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Scott Norton & The Shadow (14:34) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Shadow.
NJPW, 12/11/03
Fukui City Gymnasium
1,200 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:07) with a crab hold.
2. Wataru Inoue vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:32) with the Triangle Lancer.
3. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:45) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Taguchi.
4. Shinya Makabe vs. The Shadow (7:14) with a lariat.
5. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Takashi Iizuka, Josh Barnett & Masayuki Naruse (11:12) when Nagai used the Hyper
Knee Kuga on Naruse.
6. Shinsuke Nakamura & Minoru Suzuki vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (7:16) when Nakamura used the Shining Triangle on Yano.
7. Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Scott Norton & American Dragon (14:18) when Nagata used a wrist-clutch Exploder on Dragon.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (17:30) when Tenzan used
the TTD on Wolf.
NJPW, 12/9/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
5,500 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (6:43) with a dropkick.
2. The Shadow & American Dragon vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Wataru Inoue (12:33) when Shadow used a diving body press on Goto.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (9:34) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Gedo.
4. Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa (13:59) when Yano used a Canadian
backbreaker on Yanagisawa.
5. Minoru Suzuki vs. Takashi Iizuka (8:38) with a sleeper hold.
6. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe vs. Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger (12:08) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on
Liger.
7. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Scott Norton & Josh Barnett (17:13) when Nakanishi used a German suplex hold on Norton.
8. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Naomichi Marufuji (19:52) with a Dragon suplex hold (5th defense).
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan © (12:03) with a cross armbreaker to become the 34th champion.
NJPW, 12/8/03 (WPW)
Hiroshima Green Arena Small Arena
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. American Dragon vs. Katsushi Takemura (8:20) with an avalanche-style backdrop suplex cutback.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Gedo (12:09) with a brainbuster.
3. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tiger Mask (6:49) with the Shining Triangle.
4. Josh Barnett vs. Heat (5:53) with a cross heel hold.
5. Takashi Iizuka vs. Mitsuya Nagai (9:32) with a sleeper hold.
6. Minoru Suzuki vs. Blue Wolf (6:09) by referee stop.
7. Manabu Nakanishi vs. The Shadow (7:30) with an Argentine backbreaker.
8. Scott Norton vs. Yutaka Yoshie (10:02) with a powerbomb.
9. Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata (18:07) with a backslide.
10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16:16) with a moonsault press.
NJPW, 12/7/03
Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (7:21) with a crab hold.
2. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:54) with a front suplex.
3. Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (9:23) with the Crossface of HEAT.
4. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse vs. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (10:24) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Takemura.
5. Shinya Makabe & American Dragon vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Jushin Thunder Liger (13:36) when Makabe used a lariat on Yoshie.
6. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Josh Barnett (14:23) when Nagai used the
Hyper Knee Kuga on Nishimura.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (14:57) when Tenzan used the TTD on Wolf.
8. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Scott Norton & The Shadow (18:12) when Nagata used a wrist-clutch Exploder on Shadow.
NJPW, 12/6/03
Tex Port Imabari
1,700 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:56) with a crab hold.
2. American Dragon vs. Hirooki Goto (7:37) with a Northern Light suplex hold.
3. The Shadow vs. Mitsuya Nagai (8:25) with a diving body press.
4. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Masayuki Naruse (13:33) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Naruse.
5. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Toru Yano (9:46) with an Argentine backbreaker.
6. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Makai #1 & Ryushi Yanagisawa (11:21) when Nakamura used a triangle choke hold on Yanagisawa.
7. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (12:31) when Tiger used a Japanese leg roll clutch hold on Gedo.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe (14:44) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
NJPW, 12/5/03
Okayama City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (4:45) with a crab hold.
2. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:34) with a Canadian backbreaker.
3. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:38) when Takemura used a moonsault press on Taguchi.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask & American Dragon (11:38) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Dragon.
5. Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masayuki Naruse (11:40) when Nagai used a Makai sleeper on Iizuka.
6. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. The Shadow & Shinya Makabe (14:10) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Shadow.
7. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (14:40) when Nakamura used a wakigatame on Nishimura.
8. Scott Norton & Josh Barnett vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (15:31) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Yoshie.
NJPW, 12/3/03
Matsumoto City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:15) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto vs. Masayuki Naruse & Naofumi Yamamoto (9:08) when Taguchi used a cross armbreaker on
Yamamoto.
3. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask & American Dragon (11:27) when Takemura used a moonsault press on Dragon.
4. Mitsuya Nagai vs. Wataru Inoue (5:47) with a crab hold.
5. Hiro Saito & Heat vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (11:01) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Samurai.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett vs. Osamu Nishimura & Blue Wolf (9:38) when Barnett used a German suplex hold on Wolf.
7. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (13:01) when Nagata used a wrist-clutch Exploder on Makai #1.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Scott Norton, The Shadow & Shinya Makabe (18:22) when Yoshie used a back
blow on Makabe.
NJPW, 11/30/03 (WPW/SXW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Fujisawa City Akiba Bunka Gymnasium
2,500 Fans
1. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Naofumi Yamamoto & Hirooki Goto (11:05) when Heat used a crab hold on
Goto.
2. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:34) when Wolf used a Mongol slam on Hiro.
3. Shinya Makabe vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (4:34) with a lariat.
4. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura (7:47) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Iizuka.
5. Elimination Match: Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai, Wataru Inoue & American Dragon vs. Jado, Gedo, Katsushi Takemura & Dick Togo
(26:14). Dragon used an inside cradle on Jado (0:23). Inoue pinned Takemura after the Triangle Lancer (8:58). Togo used a diving senton on
Samurai (11:55). Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Dragon (16:23). Liger threw Gedo out of the ring (23:55). Togo threw Liger out of the ring
(24:03). Inoue used a backslide on Togo (26:14).
6. Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano (4:54) by pinfall after a sleeper hold.
7. Josh Barnett vs. Mitsuya Nagai (10:07) with a Captured buster.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. The Shadow (9:21) with the TTD.
9. Scott Norton vs. Manabu Nakanishi (11:30) with a powerbomb.
NJPW, 11/29/03
Miyagi Sports Center
3,000 Fans
1. Yutaka Yoshie vs. Toru Yano (9:01) with a back blow.
2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament – Final: Jado & Gedo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (16:52)
when Gedo used a figure-four leglock on Liger.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Wataru Inoue & American Dragon (9:09) when Heat used a cross armbreaker on Dragon.
4. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. The Shadow & Shinya Makabe (9:33) when Nishimura used a backslide on Makabe.
5. Yuji Nagata & Masayuki Naruse vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa (10:34) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Yanagisawa.
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jado & Gedo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (12:23) when Jado used the Crossface of
JADO on Goto to become the 11th champions (decision match).
7. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Blue Wolf (15:45) with a Dragon sleeper (4th defense).
8. Scott Norton vs. Josh Barnett (8:08) with a powerbomb.
9. ¥5,000,000 Prize Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tadao Yasuda (14:44) with the TTD.
NJPW, 11/28/03
Yamagata Sports Center Sub Arena
1,300 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:43) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse vs. American Dragon, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit
expired.
3. El Samurai vs. Katsushi Takemura (5:08) by DQ when Jado & Gedo interfered.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Wataru Inoue vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (13:37) when Samurai used a la magistral on Jado.
5. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiro Saito (3:52) with a knee kick.
6. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (12:08) when Tanahashi used a Dragon sleeper on Yano.
7. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Josh Barnett vs. Scott Norton, The Shadow & Shinya Makabe (17:24) by referee stop (Barnett vs.
Shadow).
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai (11:56) when Nishimura used a backslide on Nagai.
NJPW, 11/27/03
Shirakawa Central Gymnasium
1,200 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:41) with a dropkick.
2. Wataru Inoue vs. Hirooki Goto (6:29) with the Triangle Lancer.
3. American Dragon vs. El Samurai (13:30) with a Dragon suplex hold.
4. The Shadow vs. Toru Yano (8:19) with a diving body press.
5. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse (15:45) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Naruse.
6. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiro Saito (13:26) when Wolf used a lariat on Hiro.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Josh Barnett (13:54) when Yasuda used a
straight right punch on Nishimura.
8. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe (13:53) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Makabe.
NJPW, 11/26/03
Mito Citizen Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (4:53) with a camel clutch.
2. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Masayuki Naruse vs. El Samurai (7:06) with the Naruse Lock.
4. Hiro Saito vs. Toru Yano (9:53) with a diving senton.
5. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Wataru Inoue & American Dragon (11:29) when Takemura used a moonsault
press on Inoue.
6. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:47) when Yasuda used a
front sleeper on Goto.
7. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Osamu Nishimura & Blue Wolf (16:53) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Nishimura.
8. Scott Norton, The Shadow & Shinya Makabe vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie & Josh Barnett (11:18) when Makabe used a German
suplex hold on Yoshie.
NJPW, 11/24/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,705 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:11) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto vs. Wataru Inoue & Naofumi Yamamoto (11:38) when Taguchi used a dropkick on Yamamoto.
3. Blue Wolf vs. Shinya Makabe (8:23) with the Mongol Hammer.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament – Semi Final: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Katsushi Takemura
& American Dragon (13:31) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Takemura.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament – Semi Final: Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask & Heat (15:24) when Gedo
used the Gedo clutch on Heat.
6. Osamu Nishimura vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (0:40) with a backslide.
7. Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masayuki Naruse (9:56) when Nagai used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Iizuka.
8. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (21:31) when Nagata used a fireman’s carry hold on Tanahashi.
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Josh Barnett vs. Scott Norton & The Shadow (13:21) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Shadow.
NJPW “YOKOHAMA DEAD OUT”, 11/3/03 (PPV/WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Yokohama Arena
12,500 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Osamu Nishimura, Jinsei Shinzaki & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen (14:01) when Nishimura used a
backslide on Yasuda.
2. Kazunari Murakami ¥4,000,000 Bounty Match: Kazunari Murakami vs. Koji Kanemoto (5:41) by referee stop.
3. New Japan vs. K-1: Montanha Silva vs. Yutaka Yoshie (4:06) with a diving rolling guillotine.
4. New Japan vs. K-1 – U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. TOA (8:33) with a Dragon sleeper (3rd defense).
5. K-1 Rules: TOMO vs. Jadamba Narantungalag (R2 1:58) by KO.
6. K-1 Rules: Jan Nortje vs. Ivan Rudan (R1 0:19) by KO.
7. K-1 Rules: Hiromi Amada vs. Katsuyori Shibata (R2 2:08) by TKO.
8. New Japan vs. Inoki Army: Bob Sapp & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (16:33) when Nakamura used a
wakigatame on Nishimura.
9. New Japan vs. Inoki Army: Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki (13:30) by referee stop.
10. New Japan vs. Inoki Army – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama © (27:26) with a moonsault press to
become the 33rd champion.
NJPW, 11/2/03
Tsu City Gymnasium
2,800 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:29) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Hiro Saito & Super Crazy vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (10:35) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Samurai.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (12:00) by TKO (Tiger vs. Inoue).
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Final: Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto vs. Masahito Kakihara &
Masayuki Naruse (10:24) when Taguchi used a horizontal cradle on Kakihara.
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano (6:59) with a German suplex hold.
6. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Blue Wolf (9:17) when Makai #1 pinned Goto.
7. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Shinya Makabe & TOA (10:48) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Makabe.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele (18:54) when Tenzan used the TTD on Steele.
NJPW, 11/1/03
Toyohashi City Gymnasium
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:03) with a crab hold.
2. Hirooki Goto vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:20) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Koji Kanemoto & Super Crazy vs. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue (11:56) when Crazy used a second rope moonsault press on Inoue.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Semi Final: Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Tiger Mask &
Heat (11:27) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Tiger.
5. Shinya Makabe vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (4:32) with a lariat.
6. Manabu Nakanishi & Toru Yano vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Blue Wolf (11:05) when Yano used a horizontal cradle on Wolf.
7. Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (11:50) when Nishimura used a backslide on Makai #1.
8. Mike Barton, Jim Steele & TOA vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (17:27) when Steele used a DDT on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 10/31/03
Yuki City Gymnasium
1,800 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (7:42) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Toru Yano & Masahito Kakihara (7:58) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
3. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Super Crazy (13:47) when Naruse used the Crazy
Cyclone on Crazy.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Semi Final: Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto vs. El Samurai & Wataru
Inoue (9:28) when Taguchi used a backslide on Samurai.
5. Shinya Makabe & TOA vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf (9:08) when TOA used a TOA slam on Wolf.
6. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:59) when Yasuda used a
backslide on Nishimura.
7. Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (18:55) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on Yoshie.
NJPW, 10/30/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,757 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:20) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:05) with a dropkick.
3. Wataru Inoue & Super Crazy vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (9:17) when Crazy used a second rope moonsault press on
Kakihara.
4. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto (12:48) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Kanemoto.
5. G1 Tag League – Semi Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (20:05) when Tenzan used the
Anaconda Vice on Nakanishi.
6. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (9:35) when Yano pinned Yanagisawa after
Hiro used a senton bomb.
7. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf vs. Mike Barton, Jim Steele & Shinya Makabe (17:04) when Tanahashi used a Dragon
sleeper on Steele.
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jado © vs. El Samurai (12:48) with the Crossface of JADO (1st defense).
9. G1 Tag League – Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA (14:10) when Nishimura used a backslide
on TOA.
NJPW, 10/28/03
Komagane Citizen Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Akiya Anzawa (3:55) with a front suplex.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Blue Wolf & Naofumi Yamamoto (6:36) when Goto used a lariat on Yamamoto.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto & Hirooki Goto (11:20) when Heat used a cross armbreaker on Goto.
4. Shinya Makabe vs. Super Crazy (5:16) with a lariat.
5. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:30) when Takemura used a moonsault
press on Taguchi.
6. G1 Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [9] vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [7] went to a double countout (8:39).
7. G1 Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [10] vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [7] (9:00) when Takayama used a knee kick on
Tanahashi.
8. G1 Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [9] vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele [6] (19:14) when Nakanishi used an Argentine
backbreaker on Barton.
NJPW “CATCH THE LEGEND IN KOBE”, 10/26/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Kobe World Hall
5,500 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:11) with a dropkick.
2. Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Heat & Super Crazy (10:28) when Kanemoto used a Frankensteiner on Crazy.
3. Mike Barton, Jim Steele & Shinya Makabe vs. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (14:30) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on
Yano.
4. Handicap Elimination Match: Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask (13:48). Tiger used a flying reverse cradle on Gedo (7:58).
Tiger used a left kick on Takemura (10:53). Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Tiger (13:48).
5. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Osamu Nishimura & Enson Inoue (4:40) when Yasuda pinned Nishimura.
6. G1 Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [8] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] by forfeit.
7. New Generation Match #3: Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:53) with a sleeper hold.
8. New Generation Match #4 – Kazunari Murakami ¥3,000,000 Bounty Match: Kazunari Murakami vs. Yutaka Yoshie (4:52) by referee stop.
9. New Generation Match #5: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Blue Wolf (10:42) with a German suplex hold.
10. New Generation Match #6: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (4:39) with a cross armbreaker.
11. Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:17) when Takayama used a knee kick on Liger.
NJPW, 10/25/03
Hirata Municipal Gymnasium
2,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:15) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Super Crazy & Azteca (10:10) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Crazy.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Toru Yano (8:11) with a right high kick.
4. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (12:30) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Samurai.
5. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:59) when Gedo used a Superfly splash
on Taguchi.
6. G1 Tag League: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [7] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] by forfeit.
7. G1 Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [7] vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [6] (11:47) when Nakanishi used an Argentine
backbreaker on Wolf.
8. G1 Tag League: Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [6] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [6] (4:32) when TOA was counted out.
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Barton, Jim Steele & Shinya Makabe (17:35) when Tanahashi used a
Dragon suplex hold on Makabe.
NJPW, 10/23/03
Kumamoto City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (4:52) with a crab hold.
2. Hiro Saito vs. Toru Yano (8:58) with a diving senton.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (10:04) when Tiger used a tombstone piledriver on Goto.
4. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Super Crazy vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (10:23) when Samurai used a backslide on Takemura.
5. Shinya Makabe & TOA vs. Osamu Nishimura & Tatsutoshi Goto (6:31) when Makabe used a lariat on Goto.
6. G1 Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [5] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] by forfeit.
7. G1 Tag League: Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [6] vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] (10:13) when Wolf used the Mongol
Hammer on Tanahashi.
8. G1 Tag League: Mike Barton & Jim Steele [6] vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [4] (9:58) when Barton used a diving elbow drop on Makai
#1.
9. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger (18:42) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on
Liger.
NJPW, 10/22/03
Omuta Citizen Gymnasium
1,700 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Hirooki Goto (8:05) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Super Crazy & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:10) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Crazy.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (10:53) when Samurai used a la magistral on
Gedo.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Shinya Makabe (7:32) with a right high kick.
5. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (6:15) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Hiro.
6. Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toru Yano (15:31) when Steele used the Turbo Drop on Yano.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA vs. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf (14:14) by referee stop (TOA vs. Wolf).
8. G1 Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [6] vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [4] by forfeit.
9. G1 Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [8] vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] (18:22) when Nishimura used a
cradle on Yoshie.
NJPW, 10/21/03
Hiroshima Sun Plaza
3,000 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:01) with a figure-four achilles tendon hold.
2. Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (10:33) when Kanemoto used a crab hold on Taguchi.
3. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Super Crazy (7:55) when Takemura used a moonsault press on Heat.
4. Enson Inoue vs. Toru Yano (1:42) by referee stop.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Osamu Nishimura (18:52) with a front cradle.
6. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Blue Wolf (10:12) when Yanagisawa pinned Wolf.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinya Makabe (12:41) with the TTD.
8. G1 Tag League: Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [4] vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [4] by forfeit.
9. G1 Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [6] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] by forfeit.
10. G1 Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [4] vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [3] (15:16) when TOA used a right upper on
Nakanishi.
11. G1 Tag League – IWGP Tag Team Title: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] © vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele [4] (30:58) when Yoshie
used a diving body press on Steele (3rd defense).
NJPW, 10/20/03
Strait Messe Shimonoseki
1,600 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (6:47) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (13:46) when Inoue used the Staggerin’ Blow on Goto.
3. Shinya Makabe vs. Toru Yano (8:29) with a German suplex hold.
4. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara (9:56) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on
Kakihara.
5. Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Blue Wolf & Super Crazy (13:45) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Crazy.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Enson Inoue vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (11:34) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makai #1.
7. G1 Tag League: Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [4] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] by forfeit.
8. G1 Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [2] vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele [4] (13:11) when Takayama used a knee kick on Barton.
9. G1 Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [3] vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [3] went to a draw (30:00) when the time
limit expired.
NJPW “FUKUOKA DREAM NIGHT”, 10/18/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Fukuoka International Center
3,300 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (7:12) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Wataru Inoue, Super Crazy & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:58) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on
Inoue.
3. Mike Barton, Jim Steele & Shinya Makabe vs. Blue Wolf, Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano (12:19) when Barton used the Barton buster
on Yano.
4. Manabu Nakanishi & Enson Inoue vs. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa (10:26) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on
Yanagisawa.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto © vs. Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (14:20) when
Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Takemura (6th defense).
6. Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazunari Murakami (3:18) by DQ.
7. New Generation Match #1: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Masahiro Chono (14:36) with a crab hold.
8. New Generation Match #2: Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:39) with a backdrop hold.
9. G1 Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [4] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & TOA [0] (16:36) when Tenzan used the TTD on
Takayama.
NJPW, 10/17/03
Nagasaki Prefectural Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:06) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Toru Yano vs. Hirooki Goto (5:52) with a front suplex.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue & Super Crazy vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:05) when Crazy used a Death Valley bomb on
Taguchi.
4. Yutaka Yoshie vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
5. Shinya Makabe & TOA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masahito Kakihara (9:41) when Makabe used a lariat on Kakihara.
6. G1 Tag League: Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [2] vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [2] (21:22) when Nakamura used an
inside cradle on Nishimura.
7. G1 Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [2] vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [2] (12:38) when Nagata used a wrist-clutch
Exploder on Makai #1.
8. G1 Tag League: Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [2] vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele [4] (19:30) when Chono used a ground Cobra
Twist on Barton.
NJPW, 10/16/03
Shimabara City Gymnasium
1,300 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa (5:44) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:15) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Wataru Inoue (8:09) with a right high kick.
4. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Super Crazy (12:36) when Kakihara used the Kaki
Cutter on Crazy.
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Toru Yano vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (13:03) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on
Nakamura.
6. Masahiro Chono & Yuji Nagata vs. Shinya Makabe & TOA (11:06) when Chono used an STF on Makabe.
7. G1 Tag League: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [2] (12:21) when Tanahashi used a German suplex
hold on Makai #1.
8. G1 Tag League: Mike Barton & Jim Steele [4] vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [2] (19:09) when Barton used a diving elbow
drop on Nishimura.
NJPW, 10/15/03
Kagoshima Arena
2,200 Fans
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Hirooki Goto (7:27) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Masahito Kakihara vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (8:53) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (9:51) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Inoue.
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (7:06) with a German suplex hold.
5. Shinya Makabe & TOA vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (6:32) when TOA used a straight right punch on Yano.
6. G1 Tag League: Mike Barton & Jim Steele [2] vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura [0] (13:46) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on
Wolf.
7. G1 Tag League: Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 [2] vs. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger [0] (12:59) when Makai #1 used a Makai
Windmill suplex hold on Liger.
8. G1 Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura [2] vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi [0] (21:05) when Tenzan used the
Anaconda Vice on Nagata.
NJPW “ULTIMATE CRUSH II”, 10/13/03 (WPW/PPV/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Dome
47,000 Fans
1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jado won an 11 Man Super Jr. New Japan Rumble (22:47) when he used the Crossface of JADO on Koji
Kanemoto to become the 45th champion. Order of elimination: Masayuki Naruse, Masahito Kakihara, El Samurai, Heat, Gedo, Jushin
Thunder Liger, Katsushi Takemura, Dick Togo, Tiger Mask & Koji Kanemoto.
2. U-30 Openweight Title #1 Contender Match: Blue Wolf vs. Yutaka Yoshie (10:01) with a Jackhammer.
3. TOA vs. Shinya Makabe (5:40) with a TOA slam.
4. Tadao Yasuda vs. Osamu Nishimura (4:45) by pinfall after Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen used a union piledriver.
5. Ultimate Crush Rules: Osami Shibuya vs. Khaliun Boldbaatar (R2 4:46) with a sleeper hold.
6. Ultimate Crush Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Ricardon (Ricardo Moraes) (R3) by decision (3-0).
7. Pancrase Rules – King of Pancrase Openweight Title: Josh Barnett © vs. Yoshiki Takahashi (R2 2:52) with a triangle choke hold (1st
defense).
8. Kazunari Murakami ¥2,000,000 Bounty Match: Kazunari Murakami vs. Katsuyori Shibata (4:58) by referee stop.
9. Hulk Hogan vs. Masahiro Chono (19:46) with an Axe Bomber.
10. Elimination Match: Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Bob Sapp , Minoru Suzuki & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji
Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Seiji Sakaguchi (39:54). Nakamura threw Sakaguchi out of the ring (3:45). Nakanishi used a
German suplex hold on Nakamura (14:47). Tanahashi used an inside cradle on Fujita (21:49). Tenzan & Takayama went over the top rope
(27:53). Sapp threw Nakanishi out of the ring (29:38). Sapp used a powerbomb on Tanahashi (33:16). Suzuki vs. Nagata by referee stop
(39:54).
NJPW “ROAD TO ULTIMATE CRUSH”, 9/21/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Sagamihara City Gymnasium
4,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa (debut) (5:29) with a crab hold.
2. Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (9:02) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Naruse.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (15:27) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Inoue.
4. Masahiro Chono, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen (10:22) when Chono used a Yakuza kick
on Makai #1.
5. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (16:59) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Yano.
6. Kazunari Murakami ¥1,000,000 Bounty Match: Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinya Makabe (5:46) by TKO.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (18:32) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Tanahashi.
8. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Minoru Suzuki (6:43) with a knee kick (7th defense).
NJPW, 9/15/03
Osaka Namihaya Dome Sub Arena
1,600 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:44) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Minoru Fujita & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:37) when Kanemoto used a heel hold on Taguchi.
3. Ryota Chikuzen vs. Masahito Kakihara (8:27) with a chickenwing armlock.
4. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse (3:24) when Takemura used a moonsault press on Naruse.
5. Shinya Makabe & Perry Saturn vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (9:45) when Saturn used a second rope moonsault press on Yano.
6. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Rick Steiner (6:57) with a German suplex hold.
7. Yuji Nagata vs. Jimmy Ambriz (3:39) with the Nagata Lock II.
8. Triathlon Survivor: Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Masahiro Chono, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:23) by 2-
1.
– Masahiro Chono, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (10:09) when Chono used a
Yakuza kick on Makai #1.
– Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (16:25) when Yasuda pinned Yoshie after Yanagisawa used a
high kick.
– Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:27) with a high kick.
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Scott Norton (16:17) when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Norton.
NJPW “MEMORIAL RAINBOW DASH35”, 9/14/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Nagoya Rainbow Hall
11,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Hirooki Goto (7:16) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. El Samurai, Minoru Fujita & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:03) when Heat used the Minoru Special on
Taguchi.
3. Scott Norton & Rick Steiner vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (8:42) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yano.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Masayuki Naruse (5:27) with a backdrop suplex.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto © vs. Jado & Gedo (6:28) when Jado was DQ’d (4th
defense).
6. Handicap Match: Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen vs. Osamu Nishimura, Kotetsu Yamamoto, Enson Inoue & Blue Wolf (8:06)
when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Nishimura.
7. Minoru Suzuki vs. Katsuyori Shibata (6:44) by pinfall after a sleeper hold.
8. Masahiro Chono & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (10:11) when Chono used a ground Cobra Twist on
Makabe.
9. Yuji Nagata 11th Anniversary Match: Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio went to a draw (30:00) when the
time limit expired.
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi (20:03) with the Anaconda Vice.
NJPW, 9/11/03 (SXW)
Fukushima Big Palette
1,800 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Wataru Inoue vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:08) with the Triangle Lancer.
2. Hiro Saito vs. Hirooki Goto (6:53) with a diving senton.
3. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (4:30) when Takemura used a moonsault press on
Naruse.
4. Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Perry Saturn (2:40) with a backdrop suplex.
5. Rick Steiner & Jimmy Ambriz vs. Yuji Nagata & Toru Yano (8:41) when Steiner used a Death Valley bomb on Yano.
6. Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai
& Ryusuke Taguchi (18:16). Liger threw Yasuda out of the ring (0:13). Yanagisawa used a Yanagi Lock on Samurai (5:58). Makai #1 used a
Makai Windmill suplex hold on Kanemoto (11:55). Liger & Makai #1 fell out of the ring (17:28). Chikuzen used a diving body press on
Taguchi (18:16).
7. Scott Norton, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask (14:36) when Norton used a
Jackhammer on Tiger.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf (16:24) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Wolf.
NJPW, 9/9/03
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Masahito Kakihara vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:09) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Masayuki Naruse vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:05) with the Naruse Lock.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. Minoru Fujita & Wataru Inoue (11:25) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Inoue.
4. Perry Saturn & Jimmy Ambriz vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (6:32) when Saturn used a second rope moonsault press on Hiro.
5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (12:34) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Yano.
6. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai (7:39) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO
on Samurai.
7. Elimination Match: Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 &
Ryota Chikuzen (10:59). Chikuzen used a diving body press on Makabe (7:01). Norton used a powerbomb on Chikuzen (7:56). Norton used
a powerslam on Yasuda (8:08). Steiner used a brainbuster on Makai #1 (9:00). Takayama used a knee kick on Yanagisawa (10:59).
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
NJPW, 9/8/03
Misawa City Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Minoru Fujita vs. Hirooki Goto (7:10) with the BONEYARD.
2. Hiro Saito vs. Wataru Inoue (7:15) with a diving senton.
3. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura vs. Tiger Mask, Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:01) when Takemura used a half-arm suplex on
Taguchi.
4. Jimmy Ambriz vs. Toru Yano (1:55) with a front neck lock.
5. Shinya Makabe & Perry Saturn vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & El Samurai (9:00) when Saturn used a second rope moonsault press on Samurai.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Heat & Masahito Kakihara (10:35) when Kanemoto used a heel hold on Kakihara.
7. 2/3 Falls: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (14:57). Yasuda was
DQ’d (1:33). Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Yanagisawa (13:24).
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton & Rick Steiner vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:43) when Takayama
used a knee kick on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 9/7/03
Aomori Budokan
2,500 Fans
1. Wataru Inoue vs. Hirooki Goto (7:48) with a crab hold.
2. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:05) with a crab hold.
3. Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (8:32) when Kakihara used an Inazuma leg lariat on Kanemoto.
4. Jado & Gedo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (5:44) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Liger.
5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Perry Saturn & Jimmy Ambriz (13:03) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Saturn.
6. Scott Norton & Rick Steiner vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (5:26) when Steiner used a Death Valley bomb on Hiro.
7. 2/3 Falls: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Masayuki Naruse vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (19:48). Yanagisawa
used a high kick on Naruse (13:22). Yasuda was DQ’d (4:07). Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Makai #1 (2:19).
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Tiger Mask vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (15:40) when Tenzan used
the Anaconda Vice on Fujita.
NJPW, 9/5/03
Iwaki Municipal Gymnasium
2,100 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:04) with a crab hold.
2. Masayuki Naruse vs. Hirooki Goto (6:40) with the Naruse Lock.
3. Tiger Mask & Heat vs. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue (10:25) when Tiger used an inside cradle on Samurai.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (9:29) when Takemura was DQ’d.
5. Jimmy Ambriz vs. Tatsutoshi Goto (1:28) with a shoulder hold.
6. Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen vs. Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi
Tanahashi & Toru Yano (13:05). Yanagisawa used a Yanagi Lock on Yano (3:07). Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Makai #1 (3:54).
Yoshie used a diving body press on Yanagisawa (5:54). Yasuda used a koutoubu punch on Yoshie (6:05). Nishimura & Yasuda fell out of the
ring (10:09). Chikuzen used a diving body press on Tanahashi (13:05).
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Masahito Kakihara (11:07) when Takayama used a knee kick on
Kakihara.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Hiro Saito vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Perry Saturn (15:59) when Tenzan used the TTD on Saturn.
NJPW, 9/4/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,503 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Wataru Inoue (6:37) with a Canadian backbreaker.
2. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:42) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Taguchi.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (6:30) when Makai #5 used a modified sickle hold on
Kakihara.
4. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen (8:48) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Chikuzen.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Katsushi Takemura (4:49) by DQ (3rd defense).
6. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Perry Saturn (7:31) with an Argentine backbreaker.
7. Tadao Yasuda vs. Katsuyori Shibata went to a no contest (1:30).
8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Jimmy Ambriz vs. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:59) when Norton used a lariat on
Yoshie.
9. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger (16:00) when Makabe used a lariat on Liger.
NJPW, 9/3/03
Chichibu Citizen Gymnasium
1,600 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. El Samurai vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:46) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Wataru Inoue vs. Hirooki Goto (5:28) with the Triangle Lancer.
3. Makai #5 vs. Minoru Fujita (8:07) with a Makai sleeper.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:24) when Liger used a brainbuster on Taguchi.
5. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (9:56) when Takemura was DQ’d.
6. Rick Steiner, Perry Saturn & Jimmy Ambriz vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (11:58) when Steiner used a Death Valley
bomb on Yano.
7. Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Ryota Chikuzen (Makai #2) vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiro
Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:31). Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yanagisawa (4:35). Makai #1 used a lariat on Goto (4:47). Makai #1 used
a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Hiro (6:08). Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Chikuzen (8:01). Makai #1 threw Nakanishi out of
the ring (8:39). Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Nagata (13:31).
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe (12:54) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Makabe.
NJPW “OSAKA DREAM NIGHT”, 8/28/03 (PPV/WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
6,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (7:56) with a grounded headlock.
2. Yutaka Yoshie vs. Blue Wolf (8:44) with a diving body press.
3. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (9:25) when Heat used the Minoru
Special on Inoue.
4. Shinsuke Nakamura 1st Anniversary “Muga” Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (15:42) with a figure-four leglock.
5. Hair vs. Mask – U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Makai #2 (11:10) with a Dragon suplex hold (2nd defense).
6. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kazunari Murakami (2:00) by DQ.
7. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yuji Nagata & Enson Inoue (7:10) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Nagata.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinya Makabe (11:36) with the Anaconda Vice.
9. Cage Death Match – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Masahiro Chono (34:06) by KO (3rd defense).
NJPW “HALL CRUSH”, 8/24/03 (SXW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,649 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto (7:24) with a German suplex hold.
2. Shinya Makabe vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:52) with a lariat.
3. Jado & Gedo vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:31) when Gedo pinned Goto after Katsushi Takemura used a missile kick.
4. Makai #1 vs. Wataru Inoue (6:29) with a Devil Windmill suplex hold.
5. Tadao Yasuda vs. El Samurai (3:17) with a Tiger Driver.
6. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Masahito Kakihara (7:24) with a Yanagi Lock.
7. Masayuki Naruse vs. Mitsuya Nagai (7:23) with a horizontal throw cradle.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata vs. Tiger Mask & Heat (14:29) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Tiger.
9. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto (21:22) when Yoshie used a diving
body press on Liger (2nd defense).
NJPW, 8/17/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
11,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (6:03) with a grounded headlock.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (12:19) when Kanemoto
used a moonsault press on Tiger.
3. Heat vs. El Samurai (4:25) with the Minoru Special.
4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (15:02) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Shibata.
5. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Osamu Nishimura, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:29) when Makai #1 used a Makai
Windmill suplex hold on Goto.
6. Yuji Nagata & Enson Inoue vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (9:52) when Inoue used a cross armbreaker on Wolf.
7. Manabu Nakanishi & Josh Barnett vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (13:01) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on
Makabe.
8. G1 Climax – Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama (31:43) with the Anaconda Vice.
NJPW, 8/16/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
10,800 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. G1 Climax – Block B Semi Finalist Decision Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata (4:11) by TKO.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto (7:33) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Yamamoto.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (9:30) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Samurai.
4. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (12:19) when Kakihara used the Kaki
Cutter on Inoue.
5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (14:16) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Makai #1.
6. Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Enson Inoue & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:00) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker
on Ohara.
7. Masahiro Chono & Josh Barnett vs. Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai (9:42) when Chono used an STF on Nagai.
8. G1 Climax – Semi Final: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuji Nagata (16:11) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
9. G1 Climax – Semi Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (21:13) by referee stop.
NJPW, 8/15/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
10,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Blue Wolf vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:15) with a lariat.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Wataru Inoue vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:47) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer
on Taguchi.
3. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto vs. Minoru Suzuki & Masayuki Naruse (11:29) by TKO (Barnett vs. Naruse).
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [4] vs. Tadao Yasuda [4] (13:01) with a diving body press.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [4] vs. Osamu Nishimura [4] (14:03) by countout.
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Yuji Nagata [5] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [4] (11:32) with a backdrop suplex.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [4] (14:50) by TKO.
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama [8] vs. Katsuyori Shibata [5] (6:38) with a German suplex hold.
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Masahiro Chono [5] vs. Jun Akiyama [7] went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
NJPW, 8/14/03 (SXW)
Miyagi Sports Center
4,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Hirooki Goto (5:34) with a kakaekomi crab hold.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo (11:12) when Tiger used a German suplex hold on Gedo.
3. Josh Barnett vs. Blue Wolf (5:04) with a sleeper hold.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [4] vs. Tadao Yasuda [4] (7:38) by TKO.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Osamu Nishimura [4] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [4] (13:45) with a backslide.
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama [6] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [2] (12:31) with a German suplex hold.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Yuji Nagata [3] vs. Katsuyori Shibata [5] went to a double countout (13:17).
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Jun Akiyama [6] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] (16:08) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] vs. Masahiro Chono [4] (21:21) with the Anaconda Vice.
NJPW, 8/12/03 (SXW)
Gran Ship Shizuoka
5,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Masayuki Naruse vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:42) with the Naruse Lock.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Naofumi Yamamoto (11:08) when Kakihara used a
cross armbreaker on Yamamoto.
3. Josh Barnett vs. El Samurai (1:38) by TKO.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Katsuyori Shibata [4] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [2] (9:17) with a right kick.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Masahiro Chono [4] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] (13:11) with a Yakuza kick.
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama [4] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [2] (7:08) with a knee kick.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] vs. Osamu Nishimura [2] (25:56) with a kakaekomi crab hold.
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tadao Yasuda [4] vs. Yuji Nagata [2] (12:21) with a Tiger Driver.
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Jun Akiyama [4] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [4] (16:35) with an inside cradle.
NJPW, 8/11/03 (WPW)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
9,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:42) with a crab hold.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masayuki Naruse (12:48) when Samurai used a cradle on
Tiger.
3. Josh Barnett vs. Masahito Kakihara (4:02) with a cross heel hold.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [2] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [2] (12:31) with a diving body press.
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Katsuyori Shibata [2] vs. Tadao Yasuda [2] (1:14) by pinfall.
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0] (15:14) with a Dragon suplex hold.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Osamu Nishimura [2] vs. Jun Akiyama [2] (27:17) with a ground Cobra Twist.
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Manabu Nakanishi [4] vs. Masahiro Chono [2] (11:39) with a kneelock.
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama [2] vs. Yuji Nagata [2] (14:05) with a German suplex hold.
NJPW, 8/10/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Kobe World Hall
8,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (8:42) with a Scorpion Deathlock.
2. Tiger Mask, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (10:57) when Heat used the Minoru
Special on Fujita.
3. Josh Barnett vs. Masayuki Naruse (4:22) by referee stop.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [2] vs. Katsuyori Shibata [0] (10:14) by referee stop.
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Yuji Nagata [2] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [0] (12:51) with a backdrop hold.
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Manabu Nakanishi [2] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi [0] (14:04) with a German suplex hold.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Masahiro Chono [2] vs. Osamu Nishimura [0] (24:08) with an inside cradle.
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tadao Yasuda [2] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [0] (11:16) by referee stop.
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Jun Akiyama [2] vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0] (19:43) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
NJPW, 7/24/03
Asahikawa Citizen Center Gymnasium
1,300 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (12:02) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Hiro Saito vs. Hirooki Goto (6:42) with a senton bomb.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (9:08) when Yanagisawa used a Yanagi Lock on Yano.
4. Heat, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man vs. El Samurai, Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita (12:55) when Heat used the
Minoru Special on Jado.
5. Osamu Nishimura vs. The Swifter (9:30) with a Cobra Twist.
6. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto vs. Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 (6:54) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Makai #1.
7. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf vs. Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:07) when Tanahashi used a Fisherman
buster on Makabe.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #4 (12:28) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai
#4.
NJPW, 7/23/03
Obihiro City Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Naofumi Yamamoto went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. Curry Man & The Swifter (12:42) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Curry.
3. Mike Barton vs. Toru Yano (7:06) with the Barton buster.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:13) when Makai #4 used an arm arrangement inside cradle on
Wolf.
5. Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:53) when Murakami used a sleeper hold on Goto.
6. Heat, Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (14:13) when Heat used the Minoru Special
on Samurai.
7. Josh Barnett & Masahito Kakihara vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #5 (11:35) when Barnett used a cross achilles tendon hold on Makai #5.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe vs. Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (14:44) when Norton used
a lariat on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/21/03 (PPV/WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tsukisamu Green Dome
6,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Minoru Suzuki vs. Koji Kanemoto (6:18) by referee stop.
2. G1 Climax Entrance Match: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe (11:32) with a back blow.
3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Mike Barton (13:00) with a pinfall turnover.
4. Wataru Inoue Return Match: Tiger Mask vs. Wataru Inoue (9:39) with a Tiger suplex hold.
5. Losing Captain in a Doghouse Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda ©, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro
Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara © (15:27). Makai #5 used a right high kick on Iizuka (4:53). Makai #1 threw Hiro out of the ring
(11:55). Goto used a lariat on Makai #1 (13:10). Yanagisawa used a right high kick on Goto (13:27). Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara
(15:27).
6. Heat vs. Jushin Thunder Liger (2:35) with the Minoru Special.
7. Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (8:13) with a flying cross armbreaker.
8. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Katsuyori Shibata (9:07) with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold (1st defense).
9. Strongest Foreigner Decision Match – Different Style Fight: Josh Barnett vs. Scott Norton (8:05) with a front sleeper.
10. Yuji Nagata vs. Enson Inoue (4:48) with a backdrop hold.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Masahiro Chono went to a double KO (24:12) (2nd defense).
NJPW, 7/20/03
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,050 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Hirooki Goto (5:29) with a front suplex.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto (6:04) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yamamoto.
3. Curry Man & The Swifter vs. Jado & Gedo (11:17) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Gedo.
4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
5. Masahiro Chono & Josh Barnett vs. Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (15:25) when Chono used an STF on Makabe.
6. Yoshihiro Takayama & Scott Norton vs. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (7:52) when Takayama used a knee kick on Nishimura.
7. Teisen Hall Cup Jr. Elimination Match: Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger,
Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (25:00). Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Fujita (7:43). Kakihara used a cross armbreaker on
Samurai (11:28). Liger threw Naruse out of the ring (15:43). Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Kakihara (17:47). Taguchi threw Liger out of
the ring (20:27). Tiger used a backslide on Kanemoto (25:00).
NJPW, 7/19/03
Sapporo Teisen Hall
900 Fans – No Vacancy
1. El Samurai vs. Hirooki Goto (7:20) with a diving headbutt.
2. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:53) with a crab hold.
3. Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:36) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Taguchi.
4. Curry Man & The Swifter vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita (12:56) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Fujita.
5. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura, Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (15:43) when Goto pinned Wolf
after Hiro used a senton bomb.
6. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (8:54) by referee stop (Barnett vs. Naruse).
7. Teisen Hall Cup Heavyweight Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshihiro
Takayama, Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (25:21). Takayama used a knee kick on Yoshie (9:39). Nagata used the Nagata
Lock III on Barton (14:21). Chono & Takayama went out of the ring (18:48). Tanahashi threw Norton out of the ring (21:50). Tanahashi used
a Fisherman buster on Makabe (25:21).
NJPW, 7/18/03
Muroran City Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. El Samurai vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:52) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Gedo vs. Hirooki Goto (9:56) with a Superfly splash.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita vs. Curry Man & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:48) when Fujita used the Fujita Stampede on Taguchi.
4. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Toru Yano & Masahito Kakihara (11:10) when Nakamura used a flying cross armbreaker on
Kakihara.
5. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse vs. Koji Kanemoto & Jado (12:22) when Tiger used a backslide on Jado.
6. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (12:30) when Tanahashi used a front cradle on Hiro.
7. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett vs. Scott Norton & The Swifter (12:27) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Swifter.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe vs. Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (14:44) when Barton used a
diving elbow drop on Nishimura.
NJPW, 7/16/03
Noheji Municipal Gymnasium
1,600 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Hiro Saito vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:39) with a senton bomb.
2. Tatsutoshi Goto vs. El Samurai (6:40) with a backdrop suplex.
3. Minoru Fujita vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (10:08) with an Oklahoma Stampede.
4. Jado & Gedo vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (13:38) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Naruse.
5. Tiger Mask vs. Curry Man (9:52) with a high-angle front cradle.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (11:42) by referee stop (Barnett vs. Yano).
7. G1 Special Tag – Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura (16:31) when
Yoshie used a diving body press on Nakamura.
8. Masahiro Chono & Koji Kanemoto vs. Mike Barton & The Swifter (15:47) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Swifter.
NJPW, 7/15/03
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium
2,700 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (7:12) with a swan dive dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:41) with a lariat.
3. Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man vs. Jado & Gedo (13:33) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Jado.
4. Tiger Mask & Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (12:04) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Fujita.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano vs. Hiro Saito & Shinsuke Nakamura (11:59) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Hiro.
6. Mike Barton & The Swifter vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (14:25) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Samurai.
7. Josh Barnett vs. Tatsutoshi Goto (3:41) by referee stop.
8. G1 Special Tag – Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Masahiro Chono & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (18:01) when Chono
used a ground Cobra Twist on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 7/13/03 (WPW)
Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #4
3,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Jado & Gedo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto (10:46) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Yamamoto.
2. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse vs. El Samurai & Curry Man (12:49) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Samurai.
3. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Toru Yano & Masahito Kakihara (11:15) when Makabe used a lariat on Yano.
4. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (14:36) when Tanahashi used an arm-clutch
cradle on Yanagisawa.
5. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Mike Barton & The Swifter (8:44) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Swifter.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Koji Kanemoto vs. Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 (4:12) when Makai #1 was DQ’d.
7. G1 Special Tag – Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (18:22) when
Tenzan used a moonsault press on Nishimura.
8. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Tadao Yasuda (10:51) with a German suplex hold (6th defense).
NJPW, 7/12/03
Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium
2,200 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (5:36) with a swan dive dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf & El Samurai vs. Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto (11:04) when Wolf used a lariat on Yamamoto.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (8:03) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Kakihara.
4. Mike Barton & The Swifter vs. Jado & Gedo (11:40) when Barton used the Barton buster on Gedo.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tiger Mask & Curry Man (12:06) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Curry.
6. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (15:27) when Makai #4 used a Makai
Cutter on Yano.
7. G1 Special Tag – Block A vs. Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura (16:43) when
Nishimura used a Japanese leg roll clutch hold on Nakamura.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (11:10) when Makai #1 used a
Makai Windmill suplex hold on Fujita.
NJPW, 7/11/03
Kishiwada City Gymnasium
1,200 Fans
1. El Samurai vs. Hirooki Goto (6:34) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Takashi Iizuka vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:57) with an ankle hold.
3. Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita vs. Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man (12:02) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Naruse.
4. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (12:49) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:20) when Kanemoto used a crab hold on Taguchi.
6. Mike Barton, Shinya Makabe & The Swifter vs. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (10:24) when Makabe used a short lariat on
Makai #2.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (12:33) when Yasuda pinned Wolf after Makai
#4 & Makai #5 used a union backdrop suplex.
8. G1 Special Tag – Block B vs. Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (15:00) when
Takayama used a German suplex hold on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/9/03 (SXW)
Osaka Central Gymnasium #2
1,700 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:23) with a crab hold.
2. Curry Man vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:43) with the Spicy Drop.
3. El Samurai, Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (9:50) when Samurai used a la magistral on Naruse.
4. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura, Blue Wolf & The Swifter (14:02) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on
Swifter.
5. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (11:56) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Makai #2.
6. Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (14:30) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (2:36) when Takayama used a German suplex hold
on Yasuda.
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (22:27) when Tanahashi used a German suplex
hold on Makai #5 (1st defense).
NJPW, 7/8/03
Uozu City Gymnasium
1,300 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Hirooki Goto (6:09) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (11:24) with a dropkick.
3. Curry Man & The Swifter vs. Jado & Gedo (10:38) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Gedo.
4. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (10:31) when Naruse used a
backslide on Samurai.
5. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Blue Wolf (13:19) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Wolf.
6. Makai #2 & Makai #4 vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:40) when Makai #2 used a backslide on Tanahashi.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 vs. Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura (14:15) when Murakami used a
flying cross armbreaker on Nishimura.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:29) when Takayama used a
knee kick on Hiro.
NJPW, 7/6/03 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
Gifu Industrial Hall
3,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto (debut) (6:59) with a crab hold.
2. El Samurai & Gedo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Naofumi Yamamoto (12:29) when Gedo used a neck lock on Yamamoto.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (8:47) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
4. Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (10:48) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Fujita.
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Mike Barton & The Swifter (13:26) when Tenzan used the TTD on Swifter.
6. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5
(10:42) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Yanagisawa.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (5:56) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai #1.
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Masahito Kakihara (12:47) with a Tiger suplex hold (2nd defense).
NJPW, 7/5/03 (SXW)
Odawara Arena
2,300 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:12) with a dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf vs. Toru Yano (8:47) with a lariat.
3. Masahito Kakihara & Curry Man vs. Jado & Gedo (13:17) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Jado.
4. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (11:37) when Fujita used a huracanrana on Naruse.
5. Mike Barton & The Swifter vs. Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger (14:28) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on Liger.
6. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:50) when Makai #4 used a
backdrop suplex on Tanahashi.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:03) when Tenzan was DQ’d.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (14:05) when Takayama used a knee kick on Iizuka.
NJPW, 7/4/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,659 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Jado vs. Gedo (14:29) with the Crossface of JADO.
2. Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano (11:38) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Yano.
3. Mike Barton vs. Blue Wolf (11:11) with the Barton buster.
4. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & The Swifter vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Curry Man (12:25) when Kakihara used the
Kaki Cutter on Curry.
5. Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (7:51) when Murakami used a straight right punch on Fujita.
6. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura (23:42) when Tenzan used
the TTD on Yoshie.
7. Handicap Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1, Makai #2 & Makai #5 vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (15:28). Takayama used a knee
kick on Makai #1 (10:04). Yasuda pinned Takayama after a union powerbomb (15:28).
NJPW “THE CRUSH”, 6/13/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
8,500 Fans – No Vacancy
1. AKIRA, Masahito Kakihara, Stampede Kid & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Samurai, Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita (12:29) when Kakihara used
the Kaki Cutter on Gedo.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Takashi Sugiura & Jushin Thunder Ebesga (Ebessan) (11:15) when Liger used a brainbuster on
Ebesga.
3. Scott Norton vs. Blue Wolf (3:45) with a powerbomb.
4. Minoru Suzuki vs. Masayuki Naruse (6:58) with a sleeper hold.
5. Enson Inoue vs. Tadao Yasuda (1:44) by DQ.
6. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yuji Nagata (7:41) by countout.
7. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Mitsuya Nagai (1:51) with a cross armbreaker.
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © vs. Takehiro Murahama (15:37) with a Tiger suplex hold (1st defense).
9. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan © (26:08) when Yoshie used a diving
body press on Tenzan to become the 44th champions.
10. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (11:49) with a German suplex hold (5th defense).
NJPW, 6/11/03 (SXW)
Kyoto City Gymnasium
4,500 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. El Samurai & Toru Yano (8:47) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Samurai.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask, Masayuki Naruse & Ebessan (12:57) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Ebessan.
3. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Dan Devine & Stampede Kid (11:13) when Makabe used a short lariat on Kid.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Semi Final: Masahito Kakihara vs. AKIRA (8:28) with a neck lock.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Semi Final: Koji Kanemoto vs. Takashi Sugiura (12:48) with an ankle hold.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Rick Steiner & Perry Saturn (10:44) when Tenzan used the TTD on Saturn.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Scott Norton vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:51) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie.
8. Manabu Nakanishi, Enson Inoue & Blue Wolf vs. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Shinsuke Nakamura (11:15) when Nakanishi used a cross
armbreaker on Iizuka.
9. Best of the Super Jr. – Final: Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto (15:33) with the Kaki Cutter.
NJPW “THE CRUSH IN OSAKA”, 6/10/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
6,200 Fans – No Vacancy
1. AKIRA, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Ebessan vs. El Samurai, Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita (11:14) when Ebessan used a
Shining Ebezard on Samurai.
2. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Shinya Makabe, Perry Saturn & Dan Devine (8:54) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on
Devine.
3. Takashi Sugiura & Stampede Kid vs. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (8:43) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Taguchi.
4. Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda (4:12) with a ground Cobra Twist.
5. Enson Inoue vs. Kazunari Murakami (3:06) by referee stop.
6. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Scott Norton & Rick Steiner (14:35) when Tanahashi used a high-angle front cradle on Steiner.
7. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf (12:37) by referee stop (Nakamura vs. Wolf).
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto © vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaro Suzuki (20:06) when
Kanemoto used a knee arrangement ankle hold on Suzuki (3rd defense).
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (20:00) with a German suplex hold (1st defense).
NJPW, 6/8/03
Tottori Industrial Gymnasium
3,100 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:04) with a Canadian backbreaker.
2. Perry Saturn, Dan Devine & Stampede Kid vs. El Samurai, Jado & Gedo (10:59) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Jado.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Koji Kanemoto [8] vs. Masayuki Naruse [6] (10:56) with an ankle hold.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masahito Kakihara [8] vs. Tiger Mask [8] (10:31) with the Kaki Cutter.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: AKIRA [10] vs. Jushin Thunder Liger [8] (16:04) with a Musasabi press.
6. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (11:30) when Goto pinned Fujita after Hiro used a senton bomb.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura
(15:22) when Makai #4 used a Nagata Lock III on Iizuka.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton & Rick Steiner vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (15:29) when Steiner used a
Death Valley bomb on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 6/7/03
Obama Citizen Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:06) with a crab hold.
2. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Gedo [4] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (8:39) with a neck lock.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masahito Kakihara [6] vs. Jado [4] (6:56) with the Kaki Cutter.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Stampede Kid [4] vs. El Samurai [4] (9:41) with a high-angle front cradle.
5. Shinya Makabe vs. Dan Devine (8:43) with a lariat.
6. Tiger Mask, AKIRA & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (14:04) when Tiger used a Tiger
suplex hold on Fujita.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi
(14:54) when Yasuda pinned Tanahashi after Makai #5 used a right high kick.
8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Perry Saturn vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:16) when Norton used a lariat on Goto.
NJPW, 6/6/03
Fukuchiyama Park Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Dan Devine vs. Toru Yano (8:06) with a double-arm screw suplex.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:10) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Taguchi.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (9:43) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Samurai.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masayuki Naruse [6] vs. Stampede Kid [2] (9:09) with the Naruse Lock.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: AKIRA [8] vs. Ebessan [4] (8:24) with an STF.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger [8] vs. Minoru Fujita [8] (11:27) with a brainbuster.
7. Shinya Makabe & Perry Saturn vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (11:12) when Saturn used a uranage on Kakihara.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5
(16:05) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Yanagisawa.
NJPW, 6/5/03
Tanabe City Hanayo Arena
1,100 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:37) with a front suplex.
2. Masahito Kakihara vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:27) with a single-leg crab hold.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Tiger Mask [8] vs. Jado [4] (9:59) with a rounding body press.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Minoru Fujita [8] vs. Gedo [2] (11:41) with the Fujita Driver.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Koji Kanemoto [6] vs. Stampede Kid [2] (8:50) with an ankle hold.
6. AKIRA & Ebessan vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (11:50) when AKIRA used an STF on Samurai.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:10) when
Yoshie was DQ’d.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura vs. Shinya Makabe, Perry Saturn & Dan Devine (15:44) when Tenzan used the TTD
on Devine.
NJPW, 6/4/03
Iwade Municipal Townsman Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. Hiro Saito vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:35) with a senton bomb.
2. AKIRA & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jado & Gedo (8:46) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Jado.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Ebessan [4] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (7:14) with a flying front cradle.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Takashi Sugiura [8] vs. Minoru Fujita [6] (11:27) with an Olympic slam.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masahito Kakihara [4] vs. El Samurai [4] (8:13) with the Kaki Cutter.
6. Shinya Makabe, Perry Saturn & Dan Devine vs. Osamu Nishimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (6:59) when Makabe used a lariat on
Yano.
7. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tiger Mask & Stampede Kid (10:58) when Liger used a brainbuster on Kid.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:58)
when Makai #4 used a chair attack on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 6/2/03
Ago Arena
1,500 Fans
1. Osamu Nishimura vs. Toru Yano (7:02) with a Cobra Twist.
2. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: El Samurai [4] vs. Jado [4] (12:26) with a chickenwing armlock.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masahito Kakihara [2] vs. Stampede Kid [2] (7:06) with the Kaki Cutter.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: AKIRA [6] vs. Gedo [2] (11:49) with an STF.
5. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (16:42) when Kanemoto used a crab hold on Taguchi.
6. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:56) when Tanahashi was DQ’d.
7. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masayuki Naruse (10:55) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Naruse.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Shinya Makabe, Perry Saturn & Dan Devine (14:09) when Tenzan used a diving
headbutt on Saturn.
NJPW, 6/1/03
Yokkaichi City Gymnasium
3,000 Fans
1. El Samurai vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:31) with a diving headbutt.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA & Stampede Kid (12:38) when Gedo used a neck lock on AKIRA.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Toru Yano (4:42) with a Yanagi Lock.
4. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Perry Saturn & Dan Devine (10:14) when Goto pinned Devine after Hiro used a senton bomb.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger [6] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (6:53) with a brainbuster.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Tiger Mask [6] vs. Masayuki Naruse [4] (10:05) with a flying reverse cradle.
7. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Koji Kanemoto [4] vs. Masahito Kakihara [0] (11:07) with an ankle hold.
8. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (13:50) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Fujita.
9. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura (10:49) when Makai #4 used a Nagata
Lock III on Iizuka.
NJPW, 5/31/03
Awaji Labor Center
1,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:22) with a dropkick.
2. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Jado [4] vs. Masayuki Naruse [4] (7:38) with the Crossface of JADO.
3. Shinya Makabe & Perry Saturn vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (7:53) when Saturn used a cobra clutch suplex on Yano.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito vs. Takashi Iizuka & El Samurai (19:33) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Samurai.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Minoru Fujita [6] vs. AKIRA [4] (12:34) with the Fujita Driver.
6. Tiger Mask & Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto & Stampede Kid (12:02) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Stampede.
7. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger [4] vs. Gedo [2] (14:09) with a brainbuster.
8. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dan Devine (14:51) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Devine.
NJPW, 5/30/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Takamatsu City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto (9:42) when Goto used a kneedrop on Yamamoto.
2. Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Stampede Kid vs. El Samurai, Jado & Minoru Fujita (12:56) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock
on Jado.
3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Dan Devine (21:33) with a ground Cobra Twist.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Ebessan [2] vs. Gedo [2] (9:09) with a Gedo clutch.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Takashi Sugiura [6] vs. Jushin Thunder Liger [2] (12:06) with an Olympic slam.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Koji Kanemoto [2] vs. Tiger Mask [4] (10:45) with a backslide.
7. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA (11:44) when Tanahashi used a modified figure-four leglock on AKIRA.
8. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Perry Saturn (18:50) when Iizuka used a
sleeper hold on Saturn.
NJPW, 5/27/03
Kanuma City Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:22) with a crab hold.
2. Perry Saturn & Dan Devine vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Masahito Kakihara (11:50) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Kakihara.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Stampede Kid [2] vs. Jado [2] (5:13) with a reverse cradle.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Minoru Fujita [4] vs. Ebessan [0] (8:24) with the Fujita Driver.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: AKIRA [4] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (8:34) with an STF.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (14:35) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Naruse.
7. Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (15:39) when Nakamura used a
flying cross armbreaker on Iizuka.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Takashi Sugiura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto (16:02) when Makabe
used a German suplex hold on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 5/26/03
Fukushima City Gymnasium
1,400 Fans
1. Stampede Kid vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:35) with a swan dive elbow drop.
2. Osamu Nishimura, Perry Saturn & Dan Devine vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (12:28) when Nishimura used a
backslide on Yano.
3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Jado [2] vs. Koji Kanemoto [0] (5:23) with the Crossface of JADO.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Takashi Sugiura [4] vs. Ebessan [0] (11:52) with an Olympic slam.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masayuki Naruse [4] vs. El Samurai [2] (9:07) with the Naruse Lock.
6. Tiger Mask & AKIRA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Gedo (12:06) when Tiger used a flying reverse cradle on Gedo.
7. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (11:56) when Nakamura used a front sleeper on Kakihara.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (12:06) when Takayama used a
knee kick on Goto.
NJPW “TOUKON SHOP 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 5/25/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,931 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:08) with a crab hold.
2. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jado & Gedo (11:20) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Gedo.
3. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Perry Saturn, Dan Devine & Stampede Kid (8:17) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on
Kid.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Minoru Fujita [2] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (10:26) with the Fujita Driver.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: AKIRA [2] vs. Takashi Sugiura [2] (12:10) with an STF.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: El Samurai [2] vs. Koji Kanemoto [0] (8:29) with an ankle hold cutback cradle.
7. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (10:46) by referee stop (Yoshie vs. Yanagisawa).
8. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazunari Murakami & Katsuyori Shibata went to a no contest (5:35).
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (15:07) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
NJPW, 5/24/03 (SXW)
Soka City Sports Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Toru Yano & Naofumi Yamamoto (9:18) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yamamoto.
2. Perry Saturn & Dan Devine vs. Takashi Iizuka & El Samurai (8:48) when Saturn used a cobra clutch on Samurai.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. AKIRA & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:03) when Kanemoto used a one foot pinfall on Taguchi.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Tiger Mask [4] vs. Stampede Kid [0] (7:38) with a rounding body press.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Masayuki Naruse [2] vs. Masahito Kakihara [0] (9:15) with the Naruse Lock.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Gedo [2] vs. Takashi Sugiura [2] (12:16) with a neck lock.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (14:38) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Tanahashi.
8. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (11:18) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Makai #1.
9. Handicap Match: Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (9:43)
when Makai #5 used a Makai sleeper on Fujita.
NJPW, 5/23/03 (SXW)
Yamato Sports Center
2,600 Fans
1. Takashi Iizuka vs. Toru Yano (7:49) with a sleeper hold.
2. Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Stampede Kid vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo (12:53) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter
on Gedo.
3. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:00) when Yoshie used a back blow on Hiro.
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Takashi Sugiura [2] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [0] (9:13) by referee stop.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Tiger Mask [2] vs. El Samurai [0] (12:09) with a Tiger suplex hold.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: Jushin Thunder Liger [2] vs. Ebessan [0] (10:56) with a brainbuster.
7. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Perry Saturn & Dan Devine (12:34) by referee stop (Nakamura vs. Devine).
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & AKIRA (17:30) when Takayama used a
knee kick on AKIRA.
NJPW “ULTIMATE CRUSH”, 5/2/03 (WPW/PPV/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Details)
Tokyo Dome
55,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:24) with the TTD.
2. Ken Shamrock vs. Takashi Iizuka (11:44) with an ankle hold.
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto © vs. Tiger Mask & Heat (19:50) when Kanemoto used a
Tiger suplex hold on Heat (2nd defense).
4. Ultimate Crush Rules: LYOTO (Ryoto Machida) vs. KENGO (R3) by decision (3-0).
5. Ultimate Crush Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar (R1 2:58) by doctor stop.
6. Ultimate Crush Rules: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jan Nortje (R2 3:12) with a guillotine choke.
7. Ultimate Crush Rules: Josh Barnett vs. Jimmy Ambriz (R1 3:05) by referee stop.
8. Ultimate Crush Rules: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Manabu Nakanishi (R3 1:09) by referee stop.
9. Enson Inoue vs. Kazunari Murakami (6:33) by referee stop.
10. GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi © vs. Masahiro Chono (28:27) with a lariat (2nd defense).
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title & NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Yuji Nagata © (18:17) with a German suplex (4th
defense) to become the 32nd IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
NJPW “ULTIMATE FESTIVAL”, 5/1/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Details)
Tokyo Dome
11,000 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Pinoi Boy (5:23) with a dropkick.
2. AKIRA & Masahito Kakihara vs. American Dragon & Rocky Romero (10:13) when Kakihara used an Octopus hold on Romero.
3. Kantaro Hoshino & Kotetsu Yamamoto won a 9 Man New Japan Alumnus Battle Royal (11:53) when Yamamoto pinned Kuniaki
Kobayashi. Order of elimination: George Takano, Masashi Aoyagi, Great Kabuki, Kengo Kimura, Osamu Kido, Haruka Eigen & Kuniaki
Kobayashi.
NJPW, 4/29/03
Kagoshima Arena
2,000 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:48) with a crab hold.
2. Minoru Fujita vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (8:33) with the BONEYARD.
3. Jado & Gedo vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:35) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito vs. Dan Devine & Super Crazy (9:40) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Crazy.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (6:05) when Kakihara used an Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #4.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask, AKIRA & Heat (14:01) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Heat.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (6:06) when Tenzan used a
diving headbutt on Makai #2.
8. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:02) when Nagata used a
backdrop hold on Makabe.
NJPW, 4/28/03 (SXW)
Hakata Star Lane
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:32) with a crab hold.
2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero vs. Super Crazy & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:29) when Guerrero used a Guerrero bomb on Taguchi.
3. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Masahito Kakihara (13:33) when Samurai used a chickenwing
armlock on Tiger.
4. Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura & Dan Devine vs. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:58) when Nishimura used a
ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.
5. Osaka Pro Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama © vs. Ebessan & Tigers Mask (13:44) when Murahama used a
brainbuster on Tigers (2nd defense).
6. Yuji Nagata vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (4:26) with a backdrop hold.
7. Elimination Match: Makai #1, Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita
(22:48). Barton used a diving elbow drop on Makai #1 (7:43). Makai #5 threw Barton out of the ring (8:40). Makai #5 used a Makai sleeper
on Fujita (17:00). Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai #5 (18:22). Makai #4 used a horizontal cradle on Takayama (18:50).
Makabe used a lariat on Makai #4 (22:28). Makai #2 used a diving body press on Makabe (22:48).
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan © vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:45) when Chono used a
Butterfly Lock on Tanahashi (7th defense).
NJPW, 4/27/03
Nagasaki Prefectural Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Gedo vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:05) with a Superfly splash.
2. El Samurai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:49) with a diving headbutt.
3. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Makai #2 & Makai #4 (8:24) when Makabe used a lariat on Makai #2.
4. Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Super Crazy vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (11:52) when Heat
used a Fisherman buster on Guerrero.
5. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (8:01) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Kakihara.
6. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (8:23) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makai #1.
7. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (13:17) when Yoshie used a back blow on Hiro.
8. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura vs. Mike Barton & Dan Devine (16:15) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Devine.
NJPW, 4/26/03
Beppu B-Con Plaza
2,100 Fans
1. Jado & Gedo vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (10:23) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Bucanero.
2. Dan Devine & Super Crazy vs. Hiro Saito & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:38) when Crazy used a moonsault press on Taguchi.
3. Mike Barton vs. Makai #1 (7:10) with the Barton buster.
4. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:50) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Goto.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask, AKIRA & Heat (11:47) when Liger used a brainbuster on Heat.
6. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (9:06) when Makai #4 used a chickenwing hold on Kakihara.
7. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (16:09) when Nishimura used a
figure-four leglock on Yano.
8. Shinya Makabe vs. Masahiro Chono (3:34) by countout.
NJPW, 4/25/03
Hita City Gymnasium
1,300 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (8:36) with a dropkick.
2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero vs. El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (11:31) when Bucanero pinned Samurai.
3. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (10:11) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Yano.
4. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #2 & Makai #5 (10:43) when Ohara used a chokeslam on
Makai #2.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Super Crazy (13:16) when Gedo used a Superfly
splash on Crazy.
6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #4 (13:38) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #4.
7. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Barton, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe (18:44) when Nagata used a backdrop
hold on Devine.
NJPW, 4/23/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Hiroshima Sun Plaza
4,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero vs. Jado & Gedo (11:00) when Guerrero used an avalanche-style reverse buster on Gedo.
2. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Dan Devine & Super Crazy (8:12) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Crazy.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (10:43) when Yanagisawa used a Yanagi
Lock on Yano.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita vs. AKIRA, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:44) when Samurai used a chickenwing
armlock on Taguchi.
5. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (0:37) when Goto used a backdrop
suplex on Makai #1.
6. G2 U-30 Climax – Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinya Makabe (12:44) with a Dragon suplex hold.
7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Mike Barton (10:47) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Barton.
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Koji Kanemoto © (14:46) with a Tiger suplex hold to become the 44th champion.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata © vs. Tadao Yasuda (22:55) with a wrist-clutch Exploder (10th defense).
NJPW, 4/22/03
Fukuoka West Japan Exhibition Hall
1,400 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:30) with a dropkick.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. El Samurai & Toru Yano (10:03) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yano.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo vs. Heat, Tiger Mask & Ultimo Guerrero (13:45) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
4. AKIRA, Azteca & Super Crazy vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Fujita & Rey Bucanero (10:38) when AKIRA used a Musasabi press on
Bucanero.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (8:14) by referee stop (Iizuka vs. Makai #4).
6. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:36) when Yanagisawa used a jumping knee kick on Ohara.
7. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (9:05) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Makai #1.
8. Mike Barton, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe vs. Masahiro Chono, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (17:28) when Makabe used a
German suplex hold on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 4/21/03
Ube Tawarada Memorial Gymnasium
1,300 Fans
1. El Samurai vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (9:17) with a diving headbutt.
2. Masahito Kakihara & Super Crazy vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:42) when Crazy used an inside cradle on Guerrero.
3. Dan Devine & Toru Yano vs. Jado & Gedo (11:27) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Gedo.
4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Makai #1 & Makai #2 (9:24) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Makai #2.
5. Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:00) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on Hiro.
6. Osamu Nishimura 12th Anniversary Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Takashi Iizuka went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
7. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita vs. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask (13:43) when Fujita used a backslide on AKIRA.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara
(17:29) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara.
NJPW, 4/19/03 (SXW)
Kira Messe Numazu
2,300 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (9:42) with a front suplex.
2. El Samurai & Minoru Fujita vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (11:48) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Bucanero.
3. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (10:12) when Goto pinned Makai #2 after Hiro
used a senton bomb.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (15:31) when Kanemoto used
an ankle hold on Kakihara.
5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe (11:12) when Yoshie used a back blow on Devine.
6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Mike Barton & Super Crazy (12:54) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Crazy.
7. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (13:00) when Nagata used the Nagata
Lock III on Makai #1.
NJPW “KENGO KIMURA RETIREMENT SHOW”, 4/18/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,851 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B Semi Finalist Decision Match: Blue Wolf vs. Makai #4 (5:10) with a Mongol slam.
2. Mike Barton & Dan Devine vs. Masahito Kakihara & Toru Yano (9:59) when Barton used the Barton buster on Kakihara.
3. AKIRA, Heat, Tiger Mask & Super Crazy vs. El Samurai, Minoru Fujita , Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (12:58) when Tiger used a
flying reverse cradle on Fujita.
4. Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 vs. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:21) when Murakami used a
cross armbreaker on Goto.
5. Kengo Kimura Retirement Match – European Catch Rules: Kengo Kimura vs. Osamu Nishimura went to a draw (R5 3:00) when the time
limit expired.
6. G2 U-30 Climax – Semi Final: Shinya Makabe vs. Blue Wolf (7:03) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
7. G2 U-30 Climax – Semi Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yutaka Yoshie (12:04) with a high-angle front cradle.
8. Kengo Kimura Farewell Special Match – IWGP Tag vs. IWGP Jr. Tag: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin
Thunder Liger (14:26) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Kanemoto.
9. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #5 vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (11:04) when Yasuda used a koutoubu punch on Iizuka.
NJPW “EXCITING BATTLE IN NAEBA 2003”, 3/29/03 (SXW) (Details)
Naeba Prince Hotel Event Hall
700 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. El Samurai vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:34) with a diving headbutt.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. Hiro Saito & Ryusuke Taguchi (8:35) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Taguchi.
3. Naeba Cup Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Yuji Nagata & Masahito Kakihara vs. Takashi Iizuka & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:54) when
Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Liger.
4. Naeba Cup Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Manabu Nakanishi & Heat vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto (11:09) when Heat used a
jackknife hold on Kanemoto.
5. Shinya Makabe vs. Toru Yano (7:00) with a lariat.
6. Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:20) when Yoshie used a back blow on Goto.
7. Naeba Cup Tag Tournament – Final: Manabu Nakanishi & Heat vs. Yuji Nagata & Masahito Kakihara (9:29) when Nakanishi used a front
sleeper on Kakihara.
NJPW, 3/23/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
5,800 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (10:14) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
2. Rick Steiner, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (10:26) when Makabe used a German suplex
hold on Makai #2.
3. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Minoru Fujita [2] vs. Makai #4 [4] (5:32) with an inside cradle.
4. Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (11:21) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Liger.
5. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #2: Kengo Kimura & El Samurai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Masahito Kakihara (9:31) when Kimura
used an Inazuma leg lariat on Kakihara.
6. Takashi Iizuka vs. Mitsuya Nagai (Makai #5) (8:02) with a standing heel hold.
7. Enson Inoue & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (1:01) when Murakami was DQ’d.
8. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Blue Wolf (15:36) when Nakanishi used an
Argentine backbreaker on Wolf.
9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto © vs. AKIRA (17:52) with a leglock (6th defense).
10. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Scott Norton (15:37) with a knee kick (2nd defense).
NJPW, 3/22/03 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
Hamamatsu City Gymnasium
2,400 Fans
1. Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Blue Wolf & Naofumi Yamamoto (9:22) when Yano used a Canadian backbreaker on Yamamoto.
2. Heat & American Dragon vs. Jado & Gedo (10:09) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Gedo.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (11:29) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Samurai.
4. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. AKIRA & Stampede Kid went to a double countout (8:21).
4a. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. AKIRA & Stampede Kid (2:32) when Kanemoto used a standing heel hold on Kid.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] vs. Dan Devine [4] (8:04) with a Dragon suplex hold.
6. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (10:43) when Nagata used the Nagata
Lock III on Makai #4.
7. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #3: Masahiro Chono & Kengo Kimura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (8:50) when Kimura used an
Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #1.
8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (14:09) when Norton used a
powerbomb on Yoshie.
NJPW, 3/21/03 (SXW)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
4,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Masahito Kakihara vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (4:53) with a crab hold.
2. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [8] vs. Blue Wolf [4] (9:40) with a diving body press.
3. AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, Jado & Gedo (14:19) when AKIRA used a standing
heel hold on Samurai.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (6:41) with a Yanagi Lock.
5. Osaka Pro Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama © vs. Gamma & Billy Ken Kid (16:42) when Liger used a
brainbuster on Kid (1st defense).
6. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 vs. Enson Inoue, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (3:38) when Yasuda used a Tiger
Driver on Goto.
7. Takashi Iizuka vs. Makai #5 (3:21) by referee stop.
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Makai #4 (4:35) with the TTD.
9. Masahiro Chono vs. Shinya Makabe (2:30) with a horizontal cradle.
10. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine (15:54) when Nakanishi used an
Argentine backbreaker on Devine.
NJPW, 3/20/03
Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Jado vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (2:53) with the Crossface of JADO.
2. Makai #2 vs. El Samurai (8:18) with a face buster.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie (12:17) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Iizuka.
4. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Makai #4 [4] vs. Toru Yano [2] (6:48) with a chickenwing hold.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Shinya Makabe [6] vs. Masahito Kakihara [2] (6:04) with a Fisherman buster.
6. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Gedo & Minoru Fujita vs. AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (12:11) when Gedo
used the Gedo clutch on Dragon.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 (14:49) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makai #5.
8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (13:34) when Norton used a powerbomb on
Tanahashi.
9. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 vs. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Michiyoshi Ohara (14:22) when Yasuda used
a Tiger Driver on Ohara.
NJPW, 3/18/03
Mie Prefectural Sun Arena Sub Arena
1,600 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:32) with a front suplex.
2. Dan Devine & American Dragon vs. Jado & Gedo (9:00) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Gedo.
3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #4: Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:50) when Kimura used
an inside cradle on Hiro.
4. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Blue Wolf [4] vs. Minoru Fujita [0] (8:24) with a lariat.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Masahito Kakihara [2] vs. Makai #2 [3] (8:05) with an Inazuma leg lariat.
6. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. AKIRA, Heat & Stampede Kid (13:28) by referee stop (Kanemoto vs. Heat).
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 (10:16) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #4.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #5 vs. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:17) when Yasuda used a Tiger
Driver on Tanahashi.
9. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (14:04) when Nakanishi used an
Argentine backbreaker on Makabe.
NJPW, 3/17/03
Takaoka Techno Dome
1,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (10:32) with a crab hold.
2. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 vs. Hiro Saito & El Samurai (8:12) when Yanagisawa used a full nelson hold on Samurai.
3. Rick Steiner & Dan Devine vs. Makai #1 & Makai #5 (9:39) when Steiner used a Death Valley bomb on Makai #1.
4. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [6] vs. Toru Yano [2] (9:09) with a back blow.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [3] vs. Makai #2 [3] went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
6. AKIRA, Masahito Kakihara, American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (9:27) when
Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Jado.
7. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:39) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Goto.
8. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (7:47) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Nakanishi.
9. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Heat vs. Scott Norton, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (11:32) when Tenzan used the TTD on
Fujita.
NJPW, 3/16/03
Nagahama Citizen Gymnasium
2,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. American Dragon vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:09) with a cobra clutch crossface hold.
2. Hiro Saito & Naofumi Yamamoto vs. El Samurai & Toru Yano (9:09) when Hiro used a diving senton on Samurai.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Stampede Kid (14:59) when Gedo used a
Superfly splash on Kid.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (8:11) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on
Goto.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [4] vs. Makai #4 [2] (8:54) with a diving body press.
6. Masahiro Chono & Osamu Nishimura vs. Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (13:21) when Nishimura used a reverse cradle on Makabe.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #5 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:25) when Yasuda used
a Tiger Driver on Tenzan.
8. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs. Scott Norton & Dan Devine (14:01) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Devine.
NJPW, 3/14/03
Tokuyama Sports Center
1,800 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Blue Wolf vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:36) with a lariat.
2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #5: Kengo Kimura & El Samurai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:41) when Kimura used
an Inazuma leg lariat on Taguchi.
3. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano [2] vs. Minoru Fujita [0] (7:03) with a Canadian backbreaker.
4. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Dan Devine [4] vs. Masahito Kakihara [0] (6:37) with a double-arm screw suplex.
5. AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (14:26) when AKIRA used a
Musasabi press on Liger.
6. Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie (12:40) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee on
Yoshie.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara
(9:09) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Goto.
8. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (16:02) when Tanahashi used
a Dragon suplex hold on Makabe.
NJPW, 3/12/03
Higashi-Hiroshima Movement Park Gymnasium
1,300 Fans
1. El Samurai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:33) with a cross armbreaker.
2. American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. Jado & Gedo (10:18) when Kid used a swan dive elbow drop on Gedo.
3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #6: Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kengo Kimura & Toru Yano (11:37) when Nishimura used
a backslide on Yano.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:38) by referee stop (Makai #5 vs. Iizuka).
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] vs. Masahito Kakihara [0] (7:57) with a German suplex hold.
6. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Makai #2 [2] vs. Shinya Makabe [4] (6:05) with a backslide.
7. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita (14:11) when Tiger used a German suplex hold on
Fujita.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:02) when Yasuda used a
front sleeper on Chono.
9. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine (16:44) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on
Devine.
NJPW, 3/11/03
Fukuyama Big Rose
1,600 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:15) with a figure-four achilles tendon hold.
2. Hiro Saito & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (13:28) when Tanahashi used a crab hold on Yano.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. American Dragon & Stampede Kid (13:21) when Samurai used a la magistral on Dragon.
4. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [2] vs. Minoru Fujita [0] (6:27) with a diving body press.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Shinya Makabe [4] vs. Dan Devine [2] (6:43) with a lariat.
6. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo (12:07) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Gedo.
7. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Michiyoshi Ohara & Masahito Kakihara (9:46) when Yanagisawa used a full
nelson hold on Kakihara.
8. Scott Norton & Rick Steiner vs. Masahiro Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:46) when Norton used a powerslam on Goto.
9. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2
(11:24) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Makai #2.
NJPW, 3/9/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Nagoya Rainbow Hall
10,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita vs. Masahito Kakihara, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (9:32) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO
on Kid.
2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #7: Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai vs. Kengo Kimura & Toru Yano (10:02) when Nishimura used a
Cobra Twist on Yano.
3. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Makai #4 [2] vs. Blue Wolf [2] (6:47) with a chickenwing hold.
4. Scott Norton & Dan Devine vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:17) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie.
5. Takashi Iizuka vs. Makai #5 went to a double countout (0:54).
5a. Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka (0:26) by TKO.
6. Enson Inoue, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1
went to a no contest (5:17).
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger © vs. AKIRA & Heat (18:06) when Kanemoto used a
flying reverse cradle on Heat (1st defense).
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan © vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (17:29) when Chono used a
tackle on Makabe (6th defense).
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata © vs. Manabu Nakanishi went to a draw (60:00) when the time limit expired (9th defense).
NJPW, 3/8/03 (SXW)
Hiratsuka City Gymnasium
2,700 Fans – No Vacancy
1. American Dragon & Stampede Kid vs. El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (8:42) when Dragon used a cobra clutch crossface hold on Taguchi.
2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #8: Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:01) when Nishimura
used a ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.
3. G2 U-30 Climax – Block B: Blue Wolf [2] vs. Toru Yano [0] (9:53) with a Mongol slam.
4. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (9:59) when Yoshie used a back blow on Makai #4.
5. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Heat, Tiger Mask & Masahito Kakihara (13:53) when Kanemoto used
an ankle hold on Kakihara.
6. Yuji Nagata vs. Dan Devine (5:26) with the Nagata Lock III.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Makai #1 (4:46) with a German suplex hold.
8. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:21) when Norton used a powerbomb on Tanahashi.
9. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa (11:26) when Chono
used a Yakuza kick on Yanagisawa.
NJPW, 3/7/03 (WPW)
Niigata City Gymnasium
2,800 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:18) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. American Dragon & Stampede Kid went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #9: Kengo Kimura & Masahito Kakihara vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (7:27) when Kimura
used an Inazuma leg lariat on Samurai.
4. Makai #1 & Makai #4 vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (9:12) when Makai #1 used a diving headbutt on Yano.
5. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Dan Devine [2] vs. Makai #2 [0] (10:13) with a double-arm screw suplex.
6. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita (14:22) when Tiger used a German suplex hold on
Kanemoto.
7. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5
(3:01) when Makai #5 was DQ’d.
8. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe (11:01) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
9. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf (16:56) when Nakanishi used a German suplex hold on Wolf.
NJPW, 3/6/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,603 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:15) with a dropkick.
2. Makai #1 & Makai #4 vs. El Samurai & Toru Yano (7:35) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Samurai.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita vs. Tiger Mask, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (14:10) when Fujita used the
Fujita Driver on Kid.
4. Makai #5 vs. Masahito Kakihara (7:55) with a Makai sleeper.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender Match: AKIRA & Heat vs. Jado & Gedo (16:59) when Heat used a wrist-clutch
Fisherman buster on Gedo.
6. G2 U-30 Climax – Block A: Shinya Makabe [2] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi [0] (10:56) with a Fisherman buster.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Makai #2 (3:09) with a German suplex hold.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (0:37) when Ohara was
DQ’d.
9. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Scott Norton & Dan Devine (11:33) when Tenzan used the TTD on Devine.
10. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Blue Wolf vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (16:50) when Nagata used the
Nagata Lock II on Nishimura.
NJPW, 2/16/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
10,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi Return Match: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:36) with a German suplex hold.
2. Shinya Makabe vs. Toru Yano (3:41) with a German suplex hold.
3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Curry Man (10:11) with a ground Cobra Twist.
4. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (12:13) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Makai #4.
5. Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (6:28) by referee stop.
6. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (0:53) when Makai #1 was DQ’d.
7. Elimination Match: AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara, Tiger Mask & Super Crazy vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai,
Gedo & Minoru Fujita (26:56). Crazy used a Spiral bomb on Samurai (8:18). Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Gedo (10:07). Fujita used an
inside cradle on Kakihara (11:37). Fujita used a Michinoku Driver II on Crazy (14:18). Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Fujita (15:56). Liger
used a brainbuster on Tiger (18:28). AKIRA used a Musasabi press on Liger (22:49). Heat used a Fisherman buster on Kanemoto (26:56).
8. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf vs. Josh Barnett & Perry Saturn (13:09) when Wolf used a Mongol slam on Saturn.
9. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan © vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (20:36) when Tenzan used a
diving headbutt on Yasuda (5th defense).
10. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (11:17) with a German suplex hold (1st defense).
NJPW, 2/15/03
Sanjo Welfare Hall
1,600 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Super Crazy & Curry Man vs. El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:45) when Crazy used a moonsault press on Taguchi.
2. Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask went to a draw (11:25) when
Kanemoto & AKIRA were counted out.
3a. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (3:38) when Gedo used the
Gedo clutch on Kakihara.
4. Josh Barnett vs. Yutaka Yoshie (5:42) by referee stop.
5. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (14:28) by referee
stop (Iizuka vs. Makai #4).
6. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (11:59) when Yanagisawa used a right hook on Makabe.
7. Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Mike Barton & Perry Saturn (10:51) when Chono used an STF on Saturn.
NJPW, 2/12/03
Okayama City Gymnasium
2,800 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:30) with a crab hold.
2. Perry Saturn vs. Toru Yano (6:35) with a Death Valley bomb.
3. Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA vs. Kengo Kimura & El Samurai (10:01) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Samurai.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. AKIRA, Tiger Mask, Super Crazy & Curry Man (11:23) when Jado used the
Crossface of JADO on Crazy.
5. Josh Barnett vs. Hiro Saito (3:37) by referee stop.
6. Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Blue Wolf & Masahito Kakihara (9:58) when Makai #5 used a Makai front sleeper
on Kakihara.
7. Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (11:05) when Barton used the Barton buster on Tenzan.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Shinsuke Nakamura (13:10) when Yasuda used
a koutoubu punch on Yoshie.
9. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Heat vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (14:45) when Nakanishi used an
Argentine backbreaker on Fujita.
NJPW, 2/11/03 (WPW)
Gifu Industrial Hall
3,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Blue Wolf vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (5:25) with a crab hold.
2. Super Crazy & Curry Man vs. Jado & Gedo (10:54) when Crazy used a moonsault press on Jado.
3. Perry Saturn, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (13:47) when Saturn used a Death Valley
bomb on Yano.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask (13:10) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock
on Tiger.
5. Josh Barnett vs. Masahito Kakihara (5:44) with a cross heel hold.
6. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Takashi Iizuka (6:44) when Iizuka was DQ’d.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (7:37) when Takayama used a
German suplex hold on Makai #2.
8. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Final: Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (4:49) when
Yasuda was DQ’d.
9. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura (15:32) when Tenzan used the TTD on Nakamura.
NJPW, 2/9/03
Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
2,200 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (6:23) with a Canadian backbreaker.
2. AKIRA vs. El Samurai (8:50) with a Musasabi press.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo vs. Heat, Tiger Mask, Super Crazy & Curry Man (14:24) when Kanemoto used a
moonsault press on Heat.
4. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Semi Final: Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:16) when
Barton used the Barton buster on Hiro.
5. Josh Barnett & Perry Saturn vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf (13:39) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Wolf.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1, Makai #4 & Makai #5
(13:14) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makai #4.
7. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Semi Final: Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito
Kakihara (9:42) when Yasuda used a straight right punch on Iizuka.
8. Masahiro Chono & Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (13:20) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Makabe.
NJPW, 2/7/03
Yamagata Sports Center Sub Arena
1,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Blue Wolf vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (4:37) with a lariat.
2. El Samurai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (5:35) with a diving headbutt.
3. Jado & Gedo vs. Tiger Mask & Super Crazy (8:44) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Crazy.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kengo Kimura & Hiro Saito (11:57) when Nishimura used a reverse cradle on Kimura.
5. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita vs. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Curry Man (14:30) when Fujita used a Michinoku
Driver II on Curry.
6. Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toru Yano (9:08) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Yano.
7. Josh Barnett vs. Tatsutoshi Goto (2:12) with a cross heel hold.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Perry Saturn & Shinya Makabe vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (9:44) when Takayama used a
German suplex hold on Makai #2.
9. Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka vs. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (18:24) when
Chono used a Yakuza kick on Makai #1.
NJPW, 2/6/03 (SXW)
Dream Messe Miyagi
2,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (6:44) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kengo Kimura & El Samurai (9:47) when Hiro used a diving senton on Samurai.
3. Makai #1 & Makai #2 vs. Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (11:47) when Makai #2 used a diving body press on Yano.
4. Tiger Mask, Super Crazy & Curry Man vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (14:02) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Gedo.
5. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Round 1: Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 (9:51) by
referee stop (Iizuka vs. Makai #4).
6. Josh Barnett & Perry Saturn vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Heat (12:56) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Heat.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto © vs. Minoru Fujita (17:06) with an ankle hold (5th defense).
8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Shinsuke Nakamura (14:32) when Yanagisawa
used a right high kick on Yoshie.
9. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (18:31) when Takayama used
a German suplex hold on Nishimura.
NJPW, 2/4/03
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
2,500 Fans
1. Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (5:56) with a crab hold.
2. Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Naofumi Yamamoto went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Super Crazy & Curry Man (11:08) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Crazy.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo vs. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (16:11) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Kakihara.
5. Josh Barnett vs. Makai #2 (5:03) by KO.
6. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Round 1: Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (7:13)
when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makabe.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Perry Saturn vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (10:59) when Takayama used a knee kick on Makai #1.
8. Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf (15:32) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Wolf.
9. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Takashi Iizuka
(17:23) when Murakami used an armlock on Iizuka.
NJPW, 2/2/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tsukisamu Green Dome
6,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (7:25) with a single-leg crab hold.
2. Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Toru Yano (4:15) with a backdrop suplex.
3. Makai #1 & Makai #2 vs. Kengo Kimura & Shinya Makabe (7:35) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Kimura.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo vs. Minoru Fujita , Super Crazy & Curry Man (12:01) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Curry.
5. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka, Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (7:53) when Yanagisawa used a jumping
knee kick on Nakamura.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Takehiro Murahama & El Samurai vs. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (12:18) when Murahama used a cross
armbreaker on Tiger.
7. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Round 1: Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Hiroshi
Nagao (debut) (3:02) when Yasuda used a straight right punch on Nagao.
8. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Round 1: Mike Barton & Jim Steele vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (11:07)
when Barton used the Barton buster on Yoshie.
9. Josh Barnett & Perry Saturn vs. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:49) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Tenzan.
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata © vs. Osamu Nishimura (20:01) with the Nagata Lock III (8th defense).
NJPW, 2/1/03 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Round 1: Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa,
Makai #1 & Makai #2 (10:25) when Hiro used a diving senton on Makai #2.
2. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Round 1: Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka &
Masahito Kakihara (12:49) when Murakami used a cross armbreaker on Kakihara.
3. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Heat vs. Mike Barton, Jim Steele &
Super Crazy (17:15) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Crazy.
4. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Round 1: Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Masahiro Chono,
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto (16:55) when Takayama used a knee kick on Kanemoto.
5. Perry Saturn & Blue Wolf vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (10:24) when Saturn used a Death Valley bomb on Yano.
6. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Semi Final: Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazunari Murakami,
Makai #4 & Makai #5 (6:50) when Makai #4 was DQ’d.
7. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Semi Final: Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita vs. Manabu Nakanishi,
Osamu Nishimura & Heat (12:34) when Fujita used a Michinoku Driver II on Heat.
8. Tiger Mask & Curry Man vs. El Samurai & Gedo (11:51) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Gedo.
9. Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament – Final: Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya
Makabe & Minoru Fujita (10:18) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makabe.
NJPW, 1/30/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,554 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto (7:02) with a crab hold.
2. Jado & Gedo vs. Super Crazy & Curry Man (11:37) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Curry.
3. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano (5:48) when Iizuka was DQ’d.
4. IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament – Entrance Match: Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Makai #1 & Makai #2 (8:12) when
Goto used a vital part attack on Makai #1.
5. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (15:58) when Samurai used a chickenwing
armlock on Heat.
6. Osamu Nishimura won a 12 Man New Japan Rumble (35:09) when he used a backslide on Mike Barton. Order of elimination: Masahiro
Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Minoru Fujita, Kengo Kimura, Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie, Jim Steele, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryushi Yanagisawa,
Tadao Yasuda & Mike Barton.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Perry Saturn vs. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf (13:48) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Wolf.
NJPW “WRESTLING WORLD 2003”, 1/4/03 (WPW) (Details)
Tokyo Dome
50,000 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Osamu Nishimura vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (8:10) with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.
2. Young Generation Cup – Semi Final: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe (13:20) with a diving body press.
3. Young Generation Cup – Semi Final: Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Kenzo Suzuki (9:23) with a high knee.
4. Dai Majin & Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:50) when Goto was DQ’d.
5. Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (10:54) when Makai #5 used a swan dive knee attack on Iizuka.
6. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama vs. Heat, Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask (16:10) when Kanemoto used an
ankle hold on Naruse.
7. Young Generation Cup – Final: Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yutaka Yoshie (6:48) with a cross armbreaker.
8. Michiyoshi Ohara & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (7:12) by referee stop (Nakamura vs. Yasuda).
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi (23:18) when Tenzan used the TTD on Chono.
10. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka (10:19) with a knee kick to become the 17th champion.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata © vs. Josh Barnett (10:40) with a kneel kick (7th defense).