January 4 Tokyo Dome Show

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is a professional wrestling event held by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling. It has become an annual event kicking off the new year since 1992. Though the first New Japan event held in the Tokyo Dome was on April 24, 1989, the January 4 event has become one of the most anticipated shows on the Japanese wrestling calendar.

Event results

Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome

Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1992
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	60,000

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

• Dark match: Black Cat defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (10:28)
  • Cat pinned Yamamoto after an avalanche DDT.
• Dark match: Osamu Kido and Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Kantaro Hoshino and Kengo Kimura (11:54)
  • Kido pinned Hoshino with a horizontal cradle.
• Akira Nogami, Masashi Aoyagi and Jushin Liger defeated Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito amd Super Strong Machine (15:12)
  • Nogami pinned Saito with a bridging dragon suplex.
• Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko defeated Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara (12:32)
  • Anderson pinned Ohara after a spinebuster.
• Dustin and Dusty Rhodes defeated Kim Duk and 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 Kazmaier (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 and Sting defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (11:03)
  • Sting pinned Scott with a horizontal cradle.
  • Before the match, Show Ya performed theme music, as the wrestlers came down to the ring.
• 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

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1993
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	63,500

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

• Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami and El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Koki Kitahara and Masao Orihara (15:11)
  • Iizuka pinned Orihara after a powerbomb.
• Masashi Aoyagi, The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka and Akitoshi Saito defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito and 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 and Masa Saito defeated Scott Norton and 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.
  • Both Muta's IWGP Heavyweight title and Chono's NWA World Heavyweight title were on the line.
• 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

Battlefield
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1994
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	62,000

• The Great Kabuki, Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Osamu Kido, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and El Samurai (12:09)
  • Ohara pinned Nagata after a nodowa otoshi.
• Takayuki Iizuka and Akira Nogami defeated Masashi Aoyagi and 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 III in a Mask vs. Mask match (14:26)
  • Liger pinned Mask after a shooting star press.
  • Tiger Mask III revealed himself as Koji Kanemoto.
• The Hell Raisers (Hawk and Power Warrior) defeated The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (12:47)
  • Power pinned Hercules after an ipponzei.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Hiroshi Hase and 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

Battle 7
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1995
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	62,500

• 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 and Akitoshi Saito defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Osamu Kido and 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 from Europe.
• Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. defeated Shiro Koshinaka and 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 and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Tatsutoshi Goto and Kengo Kimura (12:32)
  • Chōshū pinned Kimura after a lariat.
• Masahiro Chono and Sabu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata (11:18)
  • Chono pinned Hirata after a Yakuza kick.
• Hawk 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 and Keiji Mutoh defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) 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

	Semifinals					Finals
	Tony Palmore		Sub
	Sting		4:29
						Sting		Sub
						Antonio Inoki		10:26
	Gerard Gordeau		Sub
	Antonio Inoki		6:37

Wrestling World 1996

Wrestling World 1996
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1996
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	64,000

• Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Yuji Nagata and Shinjiro Otani defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kazushi Sakuraba and 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 from Europe.
• 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.
  • This was Hase's retirement match.
• 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

Wrestling World 1997
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1997
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	62,500

• Junji Hirata, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi and Osamu Nishimura defeated Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Kido, Yuji Nagata and Kazuo Yamazaki (11:21)
  • Hirata pinned Nagata after a lariat.
  • This was Nagata's farewell match, before leaving for WCW for his North American excursion.
• 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 and Kengo Kimura defeated Masahiro Chono and 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

Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1998
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	65,000

• 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 and Osamu Nishimura defeated Satoshi Kojima and Manabu Nakanishi (12:39)
  • Nishimura pinned Kojima with a bridging Northern Lights suplex.
  • This was Nishimura's return match from Europe.
• 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

Wrestling World 1999
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 1999
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	62,500

• Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita (11:10)
  • Nakanishi made Fujita submit to an Argentine backbreaker.
• Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido and Tadao Yasuda defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Kengo Kimura and Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17)
  • Yasuda pinned Goto after a diving body press.
• Kendo Kashin and Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Shinjiro Otani and 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 fought Naoya Ogawa to a no contest (6:58)
• Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shiro Koshinaka and 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

Wrestling World 2000
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2000
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	63,500

• Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Kendo Kashin and 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 and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami and 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

Wrestling World 2001
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2001
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	62,001

• IWGP Championship tournament quarter-final: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Satoshi Kojima (16:33)
  • Sasaki made Kojima submit to a Boston crab.
• IWGP Championship tournament quarter-final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Yuji Nagata (16:45)
  • Tenzan pinned Nagata after a moonsault.
• Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka defeated Shinya Makabe and 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.
• IWGP Championship tournament semi-final: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Masahiro Chono (11:28)
  • Sasaki made Chono submit to the Strangle Hold γ.
• IWGP Championship tournament semi-final: Toshiaki Kawada defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:45)
  • Kawada pinned Tenzan after a powerbomb.
• Keiji Mutoh and Shinjiro Otani defeated Jushin Liger and Manabu Nakanishi (5:44)
  • Otani made Liger submit to a cobra twist.
• Riki Chōshū fought Shinya Hashimoto to a no contest (15:20)
• IWGP Championship tournament final: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Toshiaki Kawada to win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship (10:30)
  • Sasaki pinned Kawada after a Northern Lights bomb.

Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Satoshi Kojima

Sub

Kensuke Sasaki

16:33

Kensuke Sasaki

Sub

Masahiro Chono

11:28

Kensuke Sasaki

Pin

Toshiaki Kawada

10:30

Yuji Nagata

Pin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

16:45

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Toshiaki Kawada

10:45

Wrestling World 2002

Wrestling World 2002
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2002
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	51,500

• Masahito Kakihara and Masayuki Naruse defeated Wataru Inoue and Katsuyori Shibata (10:50)
  • Kakihara pinned Inoue after the Kaki Cutter.
• El Samurai and Minoru Tanaka defeated AKIRA and Koji Kanemoto (12:31)
  • Tanaka pinned AKIRA with a backslide.
• Yuki Ishikawa and Kazunari Murakami defeated Kenzo Suzuki and Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:00)
  • Ishikawa and Murakami won via referee stoppage.
• Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV defeated Gedo, Jado and 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 and Keiji Mutoh defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (16:44)
  • Mutoh pinned Nishimura after the Shining Wizard.
• Naoya Ogawa fought Kensuke Sasaki to a no contest (4:02)
• Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono and 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

Wrestling World 2003
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2003
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	50,000

• 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 and Makai #1 defeated Tatsutoshi Goto and Hiro Saito (7:50)
  • Majin and Makai won via disqualification after Goto hit the referee with a chair.
• Makai #4 and Makai #5 defeated Takashi Iizuka and Masahito Kakihara (10:54)
  • #5 pinned Iizuka after a diving knee attack.
• Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Liger and Takehiro Murahama defeated HEAT, Masayuki Naruse and Tiger Mask IV (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 and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Kazunari Murakami and Tadao Yasuda (7:12)
  • Nakamura and Ohara won via referee stoppage when Nakamura used a front neck lock on Yasuda.
• Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono and 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

	Semifinals					Finals
	Shinya Makabe		Pin
	Yutaka Yoshie		13:20
						Yutaka Yoshie		Sub
						Ryushi Yanagisawa		6:48
	Kenzo Suzuki		Pin
	Ryushi Yanagisawa		9:23

Wrestling World 2004

Wrestling World 2004
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2004
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	53,000

• 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 and Toru Yano defeated Blue Wolf and 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 and Jado defeated HEAT and Tiger Mask IV 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 and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami and 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 and Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono and 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

Toukon Festival ~ Wrestling World 2005
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2005
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	46,000

• Gedo and Jado vs. Wataru Inoue and Katsushi Takemura ended in a time limit draw (15:00)
• Jushin Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto to become the number one contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (10:30
  • Liger pinned Kanemoto with an inside cradle.
• Tiger Mask IV 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Masayuki Naruse

TKO

Ron Waterman

2:35

Ron Waterman

Sub

Manabu Nakanishi

1:02

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

Toru Yano

3:09

Ron Waterman

Sub

Yuji Nagata

1:41

Mitsuya Nagai

Sub

D. Sumiyaabazar

5:46

D. Sumiyaabazar

TKO

Yuji Nagata

1:53

Blue Wolf

Sub

Yuji Nagata

5:49

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2006
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	43,000

• Ryouji Sai defeated Naofumi Yamamoto (8:18)
  • Sai pinned Yamamoto after the Sidmouth.
• BADBOY Hido, Kintaro Kanemura and Masato Tanaka defeated Gedo, Jado and Jushin Liger (10:03)
  • Kanemura pinned Jado after a diving senton.
• Minoru and Tiger Mask IV defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:11)
  • Minoru pinned Ishii after a kick.
• Riki Chōshū, Kamikaze, Yoshihito Sasaki, Kohei Sato and Takashi Uwano defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Hirooki Goto, Takashi Iizuka, Hiroshi Nagao, Osamu Nishimura and Toru Yano (12:16)
  • Sato pinned Nagao with a bridging German suplex.
• 'Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Black Strong Machine and 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 and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shiro Koshinaka and 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

Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2007
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	28,000

This was billed as a co-promoted event with All Japan Pro Wrestling.

• Masanobu Fuchi, El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Nobutaka Araya, Kikutaro and Akira Raijin (8:20)
  • Taguchi pinned Kikutaro after the Dodon.
• Gedo and Jado defeated MAZADA and NOSAWA Rongai (13:06)
  • Gedo pinned NOSAWA after a Superfly Splash.
• Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano defeated D'Lo Brown, Buchanan and Travis Tomko (9:36)
  • Makabe pinned Buchanan after a lariat.
• Giant Bernard, RO'Z, Suwama and TARU defeated Riki Chōshū, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi and Naofumi Yamamoto (15:38)
  • Suwama pinned Yamamoto with a bridging belly to back suplex.
• Kaz Hayashi, Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, Taka Michinoku and Tiger Mask IV defeated Shuji Kondo, Jushin Liger, Milano Collection A.T., Minoru and "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 defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (17:22)
  • Suzuki won via referee stoppage with the Saka Otoshi.
• Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Taiyō Kea to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (17:09)
  • Tanahashi pinned Kea after the High Fly Flow.
• Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh defeated Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (18:43)
  • Chono forced Tenzan to submit with an STF.

Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome

Wrestle Kingdom II
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2008
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	27,000

This was the first time ever that wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling competed against wrestlers of New Japan Pro Wrestling at a Tokyo Dome show.

• Christian Cage, A.J. Styles and Petey Williams defeated Milano Collection A.T., 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 an Oracion Flame.
• Manabu Nakanishi defeated Abyss (6:00)
  • Nakanishi pinned Abyss after a Dai*Nakanishi German.
• Masato Tanaka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yutaka Yoshie and 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.
• 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 IGF's version of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. (18:29)
  • Angle forced Nagata to submit with an Ankle lock.
• Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the NJPW's version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (23:08)
  • Nakamura pinned Tanahashi after a Landslide.

Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome

Wrestle Kingdom III
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2009
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	40,000

This was the second year in which Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers competed at the event. Also featured were talent from Pro Wrestling Noah, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and All Japan Pro Wrestling.

• Dark match: Milano Collection A.T., Minoru and Taichi Ishikari defeated Mitsuhide Hirazawa, Kazuchika Okada and Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:24)
  • Milano pinned Yoshihashi after a Super Scrap Kick.
• Místico, Ryusuke Taguchi and Prince Devitt defeated Averno, Jado and Gedo (9:50)
  • Mistico forced Averno to submit with La Mística.
• Jushin Liger and Takuma Sano defeated Wataru Inoue and Koji Kanemoto (8:47)
  • Liger pinned Kanemoto after an Avalanche brainbuster.
• The Motor City Machineguns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated No Limit (Yujiro and Tetsuya Naitō) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (13:21)
  • Sabin pinned Naito after a Made in Detroit.
• Tiger Mask IV defeated Low Ki to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (8:48)
  • Tiger Mask pinned Ki after a Destroy suplex.
• Riki Chōshū, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash defeated Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson (7:09)
  • Angle forced Anderson to submit with an Ankle lock.
• Yuji Nagata defeated Masato Tanaka to retain the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship (11:41)
  • Nagata pinned Tanaka after a Bridging Backdrop suplex.
• Jun Akiyama defeated Manabu Nakanishi (10:27)
  • Akiyama pinned Nakanishi after a Exploder '98.
• Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) in a Hardcore match to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (15:34)
  • Brother Ray pinned Makabe after a 3D.
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima were also suppose to be in the match, but both were pulled out after Tenzan suffered an eye injury.
• Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto defeated Mitsuharu Misawa and Takashi Sugiura (15:17)
  • Nakamura forced Sugiura to submit with a Cross armbreaker.
• Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (30:32)
  • Tanahashi pinned Mutoh after a High Fly Flow.

Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome

Wrestle Kingdom IV
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	January 4, 2010
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Attendance	41,500

This was the third year in which Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers competed at the event. Also featured were talent from Pro Wrestling Noah, Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The night was highlighted by a four match series pitting wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah against each other.

• Wataru Inoue, Mitsuhide Hirasawa and Super Strong Machine defeated Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Liger and Kazuchika Okada (4:59)
  • Inoue forced Okada to submit with a Triangle Lancer.
• Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) (c) defeated Averno and Último Guerrero to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (9:07)
  • Taguchi pinned Averno after a Black Hole Vacation.
• No Limit (Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (c) and Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard) in a three-way hardcore match to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (13:28)
  • Yujiro pinned Anderson after a Limitless Explosion.
• TAJIRI and Masato Tanaka defeated Akebono and Yuji Nagata (9:37)
  • TAJIRI pinned Nagata after a Buzzsaw kick.
• Masahiro Chono, Riki Chōshū, Terry Funk and Manabu Nakanishi defeated Abdullah the Butcher, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (8:52)
  • Nakanishi forced Iizuka to submit with a Mana Bauer.
• Togi Makabe defeated Mohammed Yone (5:39)
  • Makabe pinned Yone after a King Kong knee drop.
• Naomichi Marufuji defeated Tiger Mask IV (c) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (14:14)
  • Marufuji pinned Tiger Mask after a Tiger Flowsion.
• Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Go Shiozaki (19:04)
  • Tanahashi pinned Shiozaki with a High Fly Flow.
• Takashi Sugiura (c) defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship (20:54)
  • Sugiura forced Goto to submit with an ankle lock.
• Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (15:51)
  • Nakamura pinned Takayama after a Boma Ye.

External links

• The Official New Japan Website
• Official New Japan USA website