January 4 Dome Show

The January 4th Tokyo Dome Show, held by New Japan Pro Wrestling, has become an annual event kicking off the new year since 1992. Though the first New Japan event held in the Tokyo Dome was in 1989, the January 4th event has become one of the most anticipated shows on the Japanese wrestling calendar.

History

Rivaling World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania, the January 4th event featuressome of New Japan's best matches, sell out crowds and historic moments. The 1998 showfeatured the retirement of wrestling legend Riki Chōshū as he wrestled five opponentsthat night and defeated Jushin Liger in his final match. In 2006 former WWE star
Brock Lesnar defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title.However, due to New Japan's recent financial troubles, New Japan said that they will try to limit their usage of the Tokyo Dome to the January 4th show only until further notice.

Event results

tarrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1992
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=60,000
lastevent=
nextevent=In North America, this was aired on PPV as WCW/New Japan Supershow II.
*Black Cat defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (10:28)
**Cat pinned Yamamoto after an avalanche DDT.
*Osamu Kido & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura (11:54)
**Kido pinned Hoshino with a horizontal cradle.
*Akira Nogami, Masashi Aoyagi & Jushin Liger defeated Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine (15:12)
**AKIRA pinned Saito with a bridging dragon suplex.
*Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:32)
**Anderson pinned Ohara after a spinebuster.
*Dustin & Dusty Rhodes defeated Kim Duk & Masa Saito
**Dustin pinned Duk after a bulldog.
*Tony Halme defeated Scott Norton (8:41)
**Halme pinned Norton after a diving lariat.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Bill Kazmeier (8:37)
**Hashimoto pinned Kazmeier after a jumping DDT.
*Big Van Vader vs. El Gigante ended in a double disqualification (4:49)
*Antonio Inoki defeated Hiroshi Hase (10:09)
**Inoki made Hase submit to a manjigatame.
*The Great Muta & Sting defeated Rick & Scott Steiner (11:03)
**Sting pinned Scott with a horizontal cradle.
*Lex Luger defeated Masahiro Chono to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
**Luger pinned Chono after a double punch.
*Greatest 18 Champion Riki Chōshū defeated Tatsumi Fujinami to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (12:11)
**Chōshū pinned Fujinami after a lariat.
**Both Fujinami's IWGP Heavyweight title and Chōshū's Greatest 18 title were on the line.

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1993
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=63,500
lastevent=
nextevent=

In North America, this aired on PPV as WCW/New Japan Supershow III.

*Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami & El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Koki Kitahara & Masao Orihara (15:11)
**Iizuka pinned Orihara after a powerbomb.
*Masashi Aoyagi, The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine (14:20)
**Kabuki pinned Honaga after a back drop.
*Jushin Liger defeated Último Dragón to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (20:09)
**Liger pinned Dragon after an avalanche Frankensteiner.
*Ron Simmons defeated Tony Halme (6:10)
**Simmons pinned Halme after a spinebuster.
*Sting defeated Hiroshi Hase (15:31)
**Sting pinned Hase after a diving body press.
*Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito defeated Scott Norton & Dustin Rhodes (13:57)
**Hashimoto pinned Rhodes after an enzuigiri.
*IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated Masahiro Chono to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (19:48)
**Muta pinned Chono after a moonsault.
*IWGP Tag Team Champions The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) fought the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to a double countout (14:38)
*Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa (11:41)
**Fujinami made Ishikawa submit to a dragon sleeper.
*Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Chōshū (18:14)
**Tenryu pinned Chōshū after a powerbomb.

Battlefield

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Battlefield


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1994
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=62,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*The Great Kabuki, Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Osamu Kido, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & El Samurai (12:09)
**Ohara pinned Nagata after a nodowa otoshi.
*Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami defeated Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito (14:07)
**Nogami pinned Saito with a bridging German suplex.
*Brutus Beefcake defeated Black Cat (8:06)
**Beefcake pinned Cat after a jumping knee attack.
*Super Strong Machine defeated Tatsutoshi Goto (8:51)
**Machine pinned Goto after a diving headbutt.
*Jushin Liger defeated Tiger Mask (14:26)
**Liger pinned Tiger after a shooting star press.
*Hawk & Power Warrior defeated Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (12:47)
**Power pinned Hercules after an ipponzei.
*Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh (20:51)
**Rick pinned Hase after a bulldog.
*Hulk Hogan defeated Tatsumi Fujinami (13:33)
**Hogan pinned Fujinami after the Axe Bomber.
*Riki Chōshū defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9:04)
**Chōshū pinned Fujiwara after a lariat.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Masahiro Chono to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (28:00)
**Hashimoto pinned Chono after a jumping DDT.
*Genichiro Tenryu defeated Antonio Inoki (15:56)
**Tenryu pinned Inoki after a powerbomb.

Battle 7

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Battle 7


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1995
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=62,500
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Shinjiro Otani defeated El Samurai to retain the UWA Welterweight Championship (15:17)
**Otani pinned Samurai with a bridging dragon suplex.
*Norio Honaga defeated The Great Sasuke to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (14:39)
**Honaga pinned Sasuke with a la magistral.
*The Great Kabuki, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Osamu Kido & Akira Nogami (13:12)
**Kabuki pinned Nogami after a lariat.
*Koji Kanemoto defeated Yuji Nagata (14:43)
**Kanemoto pinned Nagata after a shooting star press.
*Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi (7:40)
**Tenzan pinned Nakanishi after the Mountain Bomb.
**This was Tenzan's return match.
*Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:23)
**Singh, Sr. made Ohara submit to a cobra clutch.
*Sting defeated Tony Palmore in the semifinals of the Final Countdown BVD Tournament (4:29)
**Sting made Palmore submit to the Scorpion Deathlock.
*Antonio Inoki defeated Gerard Gordeau in the semifinals of the Final Countdown BVD Tournament (6:37)
**Inoki made Gordeau submit to a sleeper hold.
*Riki Chōshū & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Tatsutoshi Goto & Kengo Kimura (12:32)
**Chōshū pinned Kimura after a lariat.
*Masahiro Chono & Sabu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata (11:18)
**Chono pinned Hirata after a Yakuza kick.
*Hawk Warrior defeated Scott Norton (7:41)
**Hawk pinned Norton after a diving lariat.
*Antonio Inoki defeated Sting in the finals of the Final Countdown BVD Tournament (10:26)
**Inoki made Sting submit to a sleeper hold.
*Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeated Rick & Scott Steiner to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship (25:12)
**Hase pinned Rick with a bridging Northern Lights suplex.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kensuke Sasaki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (19:36)
**Hashimoto pinned Sasaki after a brainbuster.

Tournament bracket

4TeamBracket
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1= Tony Palmore
RD1-score1= Sub
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2= Sting
RD1-score2= 4:29
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3= Gerard Gordeau
RD1-score3= Sub
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4= Antonio Inoki
RD1-score4= 6:37
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1= Sting
RD2-score1= Sub
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2= Antonio Inoki
RD2-score2= 10:26

Wrestling World 1996

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 1996


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1996
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=64,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Yuji Nagata & Shinjiro Otani defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kenichi Yamamoto (10:15)
**Nagata made Yamamoto submit to a jujigatame.
*Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Satoshi Kojima (9:24)
**Tenzan pinned Kojima after a diving headbutt.
**This was Kojima's return match.
*Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (18:59)
**Liger pinned Kanemoto after a stardust press.
*Shiro Koshinaka defeated Masahiro Chono (9:49)
**Koshinaka pinned Chono with a small package.
*Hiromichi Fuyuki defeated Yoji Anjo (6:42)
**Fuyuki pinned Anjo after a lariat.
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Hiroshi Hase (16:36)
**Sasaki pinned Hase after a Northern Lights bomb.
*Antonio Inoki defeated Big Van Vader (14:16)
**Inoki made Vader submit to a jujigatame.
*Riki Chōshū defeated Masahito Kakihara (5:46)
**Chōshū made Kakihara submit to the Scorpion Deathlock.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kazuo Yamazaki (9:18)
**Hashimoto pinned Yamazaki after a brainbuster.
*Nobuhiko Takada defeated Keiji Mutoh to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (17:51)
**Takada made Mutoh submit to a jujigatame.

Wrestling World 1997

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 1997


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1997
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=62,500
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Junji Hirata, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura defeated Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Kido, Yuji Nagata & Kazuo Yamazaki (11:21)
**Hirata pinned Nagata after a lariat.
**This was Nagata's farewell match, before leaving for WCW.
*Super Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto (11:11)
**Liger pinned Kanemoto with a bridging tiger suplex.
*Jinsei Shinzaki defeated Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17)
**Shinzaki pinned Ohara after the Nenbutsu powerbomb.
*Shinjiro Otani defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri (8:30)
**Otani pinned Tajiri after a flying kneel kick.
*Kendo Nagasaki defeated Tatsutoshi Goto (9:23)
**Nagasaki pinned Goto after a piledriver.
*Masahiro Chono defeated Shoji Nakamaki (1:07)
**Chono pinned Nakamaki after a Yakuza kick.
*Masa Saito defeated The Great Kojika (4:25)
**Saito made Kojika submit to an ankle lock.
*Antonio Inoki defeated Willie Williams (4:19)
**Inoki made Williams submit to a ground cobra twist.
*Jushin Liger defeated Último Dragón to win the J-Crown (18:21)
**Liger pinned Dragon after a Steiner Screwdriver.
*Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (16:10)
**Fujinami made Chono submit to a dragon sleeper.
*Power Warrior defeated The Great Muta (16:09)
**Warrior pinned Muta after a Northern Lights bomb.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Riki Chōshū to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (18:04)
**Hashimoto pinned Chōshū after a brainbuster.

Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1998
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=65,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Kendo Kashin defeated Koji Kanemoto (12:01)
**Kashin made Kanemoto submit to a jujigatame.
*Shinjiro Otani defeated Último Dragón to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (17:06)
**Otani pinned Dragon with a bridging dragon suplex.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:33)
**Nagata made Tenzan submit to the Nagata Lock I.
*Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura defeated Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi (12:39)
**Nishimura pinned Kojima with a bridging Northern Lights suplex.
**This was Nishimura's return match.
*Riki Road Final Message 5
**Riki Chōshū defeated Kazuyuki Fujita (3:57)
***Chōshū pinned Fujita after a lariat.
**Riki Chōshū defeated Yutaka Yoshie (1:42)
***Chōshū pinned Yoshie after a lariat.
**Riki Chōshū defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa (1:21)
***Chōshū made Takaiwa submit to the Scorpion Deathlock.
**Takashi Iizuka defeated Riki Chōshū (2:02)
***Iizuka made Chōshū submit to an ankle lock.
**Riki Chōshū defeated Jushin Liger (5:09)
***Chōshū pinned Liger after a lariat.
***These five matches were a collective retirement match for Riki Chōshū.
*Don Frye defeated Naoya Ogawa (8:47)
**Frye won via referee stoppage.
*Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dennis Lane (1:34)
**Hashimoto won via referee stoppage.
*Masahiro Chono defeated Shiro Koshinaka (15:05)
**Chono pinned Koshinaka after a Yakuza kick.
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Keiji Mutoh to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (25:18)
**Sasaki pinned Mutoh after a Northern Lights bomb.

Wrestling World 1999

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 1999


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 1999
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=62,500
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita (11:10)
**Nakanishi made Fujita submit to an Argentine backbreaker.
*Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17)
**Yasuda pinned Goto after a diving body press.
*Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (16:53)
**Kashin made Otani submit to an avalanche jujigatame.
*Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (23:11)
**Liger pinned Kanemoto after an avalanche brainbuster.
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Atsushi Onita (5:55)
**Sasaki won via disqualification.
*Yuji Nagata defeated David Beneteau (5:30)
**Nagata made Beneteau submit to a triangle choke.
*Don Frye defeated Brian Johnston (7:55)
**Frye won via referee stoppage.
*Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa ended in a no contest (6:58)
*Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenryu to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (16:35)
**Tenzan pinned Koshinaka after a diving headbutt.
*Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Norton to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (19:01)
**Mutoh made Norton submit to a figure four leglock.

Wrestling World 2000

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 2000


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2000
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=63,500
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Kendo Kashin & Minoru Tanaka to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (13:19)
**Takaiwa pinned Kashin after the Takaiwa Driver.
*Shiro Koshinaka defeated Satoshi Kojima (10:17)
**Koshinaka pinned Kojima after a powerbomb.
*Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Wild Pegasus (10:55)
**Tenzan pinned Pegasus after a diving headbutt.
*Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3:56)
**Liger pinned Kanemoto after a brainbuster.
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kenzo Suzuki (6:41)
**Nakanishi made Suzuki submit to an Argentine backbreaker.
**This was Suzuki's debut match.
**Suzuki replaced Bill Goldberg, who was injured.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Kazuo Yamazaki (6:44)
**Nagata pinned Yamazaki with a bridging belly to back suplex.
**This was Yamazaki's retirement match.
*Kimo defeated Kazuyuki Fujita (4:02)
**Kimo won via disqualification.
*Scott Norton defeated Don Frye (8:50)
**Norton pinned Frye after a powerbomb.
*Rick Steiner defeated Randy Savage (11:08)
**Steiner pinned Savage after a diving bulldog
*Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami & Naoya Ogawa (11:29)
**Iizuka made Murakami submit to a sleeper hold.
*Masahiro Chono defeated Keiji Mutoh (25:00)
**Chono made Mutoh submit to a cross-leg STF.
**As a result of the loss, Mutoh had to disband nWo Japan.
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (14:43)
**Sasaki pinned Tenryu after a Northern Lights bomb.

Wrestling World 2001

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 2001


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2001
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=62,001
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Satoshi Kojima in the quarterfinals of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament (16:33)
**Sasaki made Kojima submit to a Boston crab.
*Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Yuji Nagata in the quarterfinals of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament (16:45)
**Tenzan pinned Nagata after a moonsault.
*Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka defeated Shinya Makabe & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (18:02)
**Kanemoto made Makabe submit to an ankle lock.
*Takashi Iizuka defeated Kendo Kashin (6:12)
**Iizuka made Kashin submit to a sleeper hold.
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Masahiro Chono in the semifinals of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament (11:28)
**Sasaki made Chono submit to the Strangle Hold γ.
*Toshiaki Kawada defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan in the semifinals of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament (10:45)
**Kawada pinned Tenzan after a powerbomb.
*Keiji Mutoh & Shinjiro Otani defeated Jushin Liger & Manabu Nakanishi (5:44)
**Otani made Liger submit to a cobra twist.
*Riki Chōshū vs. Shinya Hashimoto ended in a no contest (15:20)
*Kensuke Sasaki defeated Toshiaki Kawada to win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship (10:30)
**Sasaki pinned Kawada after a Northern Lights bomb.

Tournament bracket

3RoundBracket-Byes
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1= Satoshi Kojima
RD1-score1= Sub
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2= Kensuke Sasaki
RD1-score2= 16:33
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=
RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=
RD1-score4=
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5= Yuji Nagata
RD1-score5= Pin
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6= Hiroyoshi Tenzan
RD1-score6= 16:45
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=
RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=
RD1-score8=
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1= Kensuke Sasaki
RD2-score1= Sub
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2= Masahiro Chono
RD2-score2= 11:28
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3= Hiroyoshi Tenzan
RD2-score3= Pin
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4= Toshiaki Kawada
RD2-score4= 10:45
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1= Kensuke Sasaki
RD3-score1= Pin
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2= Toshiaki Kawada
RD3-score2= 10:30

Wrestling World 2002

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 2002


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2002
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=51,500
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse defeated Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata (10:50)
**Kakihara pinned Inoue after the Kaki Cutter.
*El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka defeated AKIRA & Koji Kanemoto (12:31)
**Tanaka pinned AKIRA with a backslide.
*Yuki Ishikawa & Kazunari Murakami defeated Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:00)
**Ishikawa and Murakami won via referee stoppage.
*Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask defeated Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo (20:12)
**Liger pinned Gedo after a brainbuster.
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Giant Silva (6:49)
**Nakanishi won via countout.
*Kendo Kashin defeated Daijiro Matsui to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (5:43)
**Kashin pinned Matsui with a front cradle.
*Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (16:44)
**Mutoh pinned Nishimura after the Shining Wizard.
*Naoya Ogawa vs. Kensuke Sasaki ended in a no contest (4:02)
*Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono & Giant Singh (10:47)
**Tenzan pinned Singh with a horizontal cradle.
*Jun Akiyama defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship (19:58)
**Akiyama pinned Nagata after a wrist-clutch Exploder.

Wrestling World 2003

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 2003


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2003
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=50,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Osamu Nishimura defeated Tatsumi Fujinami (8:10)
**Nishimura pinned Fujinami with a Gedo clutch.
*Yutaka Yoshie defeated Shinya Makabe in the semifinals of the Young Generation Cup (13:20)
**Yoshie pinned Makabe after a diving body press.
*Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Kenzo Suzuki in the semifinals of the Young Generation Cup (9:23)
**Yanagisawa pinned Suzuki after a jumping knee attack.
*Dai Majin & Makai #1 defeated Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito (7:50)
**Majin & Makai won via disqualification after Goto hit the referee with a chair.
*Makai #4 & Makai #5 defeated Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (10:54)
**#5 pinned Iizuka after a diving knee attack.
*Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama defeated HEAT, Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask (16:10)
**Kanemoto made Naruse submit to an ankle lock.
*Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Yutaka Yoshie in the finals of the Young Generation Cup (6:48)
**Yanagisawa made Yoshie submit to a jujigatame.
*Shinsuke Nakamura & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda (7:12)
**Nakamura & Ohara won via referee stoppage when Nakamura used a front neck lock on Yasuda.
*Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi (23:18)
**Tenzan pinned Chono after the TTD.
*Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Tsuyoshi Kosaka to win the vacant NWF Heavyweight Championship (10:19)
**Takayama pinned Kosaka after a running knee attack.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Josh Barnett to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (10:40)
**Nagata pinned Barnett after a kneel kick.

Tournament bracket

4TeamBracket
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1= Shinya Makabe
RD1-score1= Pin
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2= Yutaka Yoshie
RD1-score2= 13:20
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3= Kenzo Suzuki
RD1-score3= Pin
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4= Ryushi Yanagisawa
RD1-score4= 9:23
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1= Yutaka Yoshie
RD2-score1= Sub
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2= Ryushi Yanagisawa
RD2-score2= 6:48

Wrestling World 2004

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestling World 2004


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2004
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=53,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Hirooki Goto defeated Naofumi Yamamoto (6:21)
**Goto made Yamamoto submit to a Boston crab.
*Katsushi Takemura defeated El Samurai (6:53)
**Takemura pinned Samurai after a moonsault.
*Ryota Chikuzen, Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Enson Inoue, Michiyoshi Ohara & Hiro Saito (11:55)
**Nagai pinned Goto after the Hyper Knee Tiger.
*Shinya Makabe & Toru Yano defeated Blue Wolf & Wataru Inoue (10:18)
**Makabe pinned Inoue with a bridging German suplex.
*Masayuki Naruse defeated Tadao Yasuda (2:39)
**Naruse originally defeated Yasuda via disqualification in 2:09; the match was restarted, only for Naruse to win via stoppage 30 seconds later.
*Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Akiya Anzawa (4:53)
**Taguchi pinned Anzawa after a dropkick.
*Gedo & Jado defeated HEAT & Tiger Mask to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (17:15)
**Gedo pinned HEAT after a Superfly splash.
*Jushin Liger defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (17:52)
**Liger pinned Sugiura after an avalanche brainbuster.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yutaka Yoshie to retain the IWGP U-30 Championship (17:06)
**Tanahashi pinned Yoshie with a bridging dragon suplex.
*Josh Barnett & Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami & Katsuyori Shibata (16:04)
**Barnett pinned Murakami after a capture suplex.
*Osamu Nishimura defeated Minoru Suzuki (9:39)
**Nishimura pinned Suzuki with a backslide.
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Genichiro Tenryu (10:20)
**Nakanishi pinned Tenryu with a bridging fisherman suplex.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Kensuke Sasaki (12:10)
**Nagata won via referee stoppage.
*Keiji Mutoh & Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (21:00)
**Sapp pinned Tenzan after a powerbomb.
**This was Chono's return match.
*IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeated NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama in a Title Unification match (13:55)
**Nakamura made Takayama submit to a chickenwing arm lock.
**The NWF title was unified with the IWGP title. As a result, the NWF title was retired.

Toukon Festival ~ Wrestling World 2005

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Toukon Festival ~ Wrestling World 2005


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2005
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=46,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Gedo & Jado vs. Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura ended in a time limit draw (15:00)
*Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto to become the #1 contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (10:30)
**Liger pinned Kanemoto with an inside cradle.
*Tiger Mask defeated HEAT to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (14:17)
**Tiger pinned HEAT with a bridging tiger suplex.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuhiko Nagata in an amateur-style exhibition match (5:00)
**Yuji won by points at 15-11.
*Minoru Suzuki defeated Takashi Iizuka (9:45)
**Suzuki made Iizuka submit to a sleeper hold.
*Satoshi Kojima defeated Osamu Nishimura (19:26)
**Kojima pinned Nishimura after a lariat.
*Ron Waterman won an 8 Man Ultimate Royal (22:55)
**Ron Waterman defeated Masayuki Naruse in the quarterfinals (2:35)
***Waterman won via referee stoppage.
**Manabu Nakanishi defeated Toru Yano in the quarterfinals (3:09)
***Nakanishi made Yano submit to an armbar.
**Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar defeated Mitsuya Nagai in the quarterfinals (5:46)
***Sumiyaabazar made Nagai submit to a shoulder hold.
**Yuji Nagata defeated Blue Wolf in the quarterfinals (5:49)
***Nagata made Wolf submit to a ankle lock.
**Ron Waterman defeated Manabu Nakanishi in the semifinals (1:02)
***Waterman made Nakanishi submit to a front neck lock.
**Yuji Nagata defeated Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar in the semifinals (1:53)
***Nagata won via referee stoppage.
**Ron Waterman defeated Yuji Nagata in the finals (1:41)
***Waterman made Nagata submit to a V1 armlock.
*Masahiro Chono defeated Riki Chōshū & Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a dogfight (18:07)
**Chono pinned Chōshū after a Yakuza kick (6:34).
**Chono made Tenzan submit to the FTS (11:33).
**These were two separate singles matches, both of which had a 15-minute time limit.
*Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP U-30 Championship (24:45)
**Nakamura made Tanahashi submit to a jujigatame.

Tournament bracket

8TeamBracket
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1= Masayuki Naruse
RD1-score1= TKO
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2= Ron Waterman
RD1-score2= 2:35
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3= Manabu Nakanishi
RD1-score3= Sub
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4= Toru Yano
RD1-score4= 3:09
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5= Mitsuya Nagai
RD1-score5= Sub
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6= D. Sumiyaabazar
RD1-score6= 5:46
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7= Blue Wolf
RD1-score7= Sub
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8= "'Yuji Nagata
RD1-score8= 5:49
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1= Ron Waterman
RD2-score1= Sub
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2= Manabu Nakanishi
RD2-score2= 1:02
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3= D. Sumiyaabazar
RD2-score3= TKO
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4= Yuji Nagata
RD2-score4= 1:53
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1= Ron Waterman
RD3-score1= Sub
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2= Yuji Nagata
RD3-score2= 1:41

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Toukon Shidou Chapter 1


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2006
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=43,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Ryouji Sai defeated Naofumi Yamamoto (8:18)
**Sai pinned Yamamoto after the Sidmouth.
*BADBOY Hido, Kintaro Kanemura & Masato Tanaka defeated Gedo, Jado & Jushin Liger (10:03)
**Kanemura pinned Jado after a diving senton.
*Minoru & Tiger Mask defeated Tomohiro Ishii & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:11)
**Minoru pinned Ishii after a kick.
*Riki Chōshū, Kamikaze, Yoshihito Sasaki, Kohei Sato & Takashi Uwano defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Hirooki Goto, Takashi Iizuka, Hiroshi Nagao, Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (12:16)
**Sato pinned Nagao with a bridging German suplex.
*Akebono & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Black Strong Machine & Hiro Saito (9:18)
**Yoshie pinned Saito after a diving body press.
*Yuji Nagata defeated Kazunari Murakami (13:11)
**Nagata pinned Murakami with a bridging belly to back suplex.
*Shinjiro Otani defeated Koji Kanemoto (10:47)
**Otani pinned Kanemoto with a bridging dragon suplex.
*Katsuyori Shibata defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:59)
**Shibata pinned Tanahashi with a kick.
*Giant Bernard defeated Manabu Nakanishi (9:53)
**Bernard pinned Nakanishi after an avalanche.
*Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Takao Ōmori to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship (19:28)
**Chono pinned Koshinaka after a Shining Yakuza kick.
*Brock Lesnar defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (8:58)
**Lesnar pinned Nakamura after the Verdict.

Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4, 2007
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=28,000
lastevent=
nextevent=
*Masanobu Fuchi, El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Nobutaka Araya, Kikutaro & Akira Raijin (8:20)
**Taguchi pinned Kikutaro after the Dodon.
*Gedo & Jado defeated MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai (13:06)
**Gedo pinned NOSAWA after a Superfly Splash.
*Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano defeated D'Lo Brown, Buchanan & Travis Tomko (9:36)
**Makabe pinned Buchanan after a lariat.
*Giant Bernard, RO'Z, Suwama & TARU defeated Riki Chōshū, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi & Naofumi Yamamoto (15:38)
**Suwama pinned Yamamoto with a bridging belly to back suplex.
*Kaz Hayashi, Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, TAKA Michinoku & Tiger Mask defeated Shuji Kondo, Jushin Liger, Milano Collection AT, Minoru & "brother" YASSHI (13:01)
**Tiger pinned YASSHI with a bridging tiger suplex.
*Toshiaki Kawada defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (19:02)
**Kawada pinned Nakamura after a face kick.
*Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the AJPW Triple Crown Championship (17:22)
**Suzuki won via referee stoppage with a sleeper hold.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Taiyō Kea to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (17:09)
**Tanahashi pinned Kea after the High Fly Flow.
*Masahiro Chono & Keiji Mutoh defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (18:43)
**Chono made Tenzan submit to an STF.

Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome

Infobox Wrestling event
name=


promotion=New Japan Pro Wrestling
brand=
date=January 4 2008
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=27,000
lastevent=
nextevent=This was the first time ever that stars from TNA Wrestling competed against the stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
*Christian Cage, A.J. Styles and Petey Williams defeated Milano Collection AT, Minoru and Prince Devitt (10:25)
**Styles pinned Milano after a Styles Clash.
*Wataru Inoue defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (10:17)
**Inoue pinned Daniels after a Staggerin’ Blow.
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Abyss (6:00)
**Nakanishi pinned Abyss after a Dai*Nakanishi German.
*Masato Tanaka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yutaka Yoshie & Katsushi Takemura defeated Takashi Iizuka, Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask IV and Ryusuke Taguchi (8:36)
**Yoshie pinned Taguchi after a Diving body press.
*Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated R&R (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) in a Hardcore match (13:12)
**Devon pinned Makabe after a 3D.
*Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Chōshū, Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger and AKIRA defeated Jado, Gedo, TARU, Shuji Kondo and "brother" YASSHI (7:18)
**Choshu pinned YASSHI after a Lariat.
*The Great Muta defeated Hirooki Goto (13:04)
**Muta pinned Goto after a Moonsault press.
*Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship (12:50)
**Bernard pinned Rick after a Magic Killer.
*Kurt Angle defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the IWGP Third Belt Championship (18:29)
**Angle forced Nagata to submit with an Ankle lock.
*Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (23:08)
**Nakamura pinned Tanahashi after a Landslide.

References

* [http://slam.canoe.ca/ Slam Sports]
* [http://www.puroresufan.com/ Strong Style Spirit]

External links

* [http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The Official New Japan Website]
* [http://www.njpw.com/ Official New Japan USA website]