WCW in Japan
Kameoka City, Japan – March 2, 1989
Tiger Mask & Shunji Takano defeated NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat & Johnny Smith when Tiger Mask pinned Smith
Kyoto, Japan – March 2, 1989
NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Takagi & Yatsu
AJPW @ Mamamatsu, Japan – March 3, 1989
Haruka Eigen & Motoshi Okuma defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Mitsuo Momota at 13:08
Mighty Inoue, Isao Takagi, & Isamu Teranishi defeated Tatsumi Kitahara, Kenta Kobashi, & Masanobu Fuchi at 12:13
Akira Taue defeated Goro Tsurumi via disqualification after a low blow at 7:33
Samson Fyuyki pinned Johnny Smith at 10:06 by rolling through a crossbody off the top
Giant Baba & Shinichi Nakano defeated Doug Somers & Jerry Oates at 7:04
Tiger Mask & the Great Kabuki defeated Johnny Ace & the Terminator at 9:00
NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Shunji Takano with a crossbody off the top in a non-title match at 15:29
World Championship Wrestling – 3/25/89: NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated PWF Tag Team Champions Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu via count-out at 5:53 after dropping Yatsu with a spike piledriver on the floor; neither title was at stake in the bout
Fuji, Japan – March 4, 1989
Genichiro Tenryu & NWA Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Hawk defeated Takano & Takagi
Johnny Ace, the Terminator, & NWA Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal defeated Jumbo Tsuruta, Yatsu, & the Great Kabuki
NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Shunji Takano
AJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – March 8, 1989 (14,400)
Isamu Teranishi defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi via submission at 7:23
Shinichi Nakano, Isao Takagi, & Akira Taue defeated Mitsu Momata, Tatsumi Kitamura, & Kenta Kobashi when Nakano pinned Kitamura at 15:22
Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen defeated Johnny Smith & Doug Sommers when Okuma pinned Sommers at 6:38
The Great Kabuki pinned Jerry Oates at 7:11
Masanobu Fuchi pinned PWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion the Mighty Inoue at 16:18 to win the title
Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura defeated Abdullah the Butcher & Kamala via count-out at 10:28
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki defeated Johnny Ace & the Terminator at 15:20 when Kawada pinned the Terminator
NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Tiger Mask II at 14:00 with a roll up after the challenger fell on Steamboat as Steamboat attempted a piledriver; after the bout, Tiger Mask raised Steamboat’s hand in victory before Steamboat was presented with a winner’s trophy
Genichiro Tenryu & NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu, & Shunji Takano when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Takano at 16:29
WCW / New Japan Starrcade 91 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – March 21, 1991 (55,000)
Highlights of the card aired on American pay-per-view April 7 with Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone on commentary
Kengo Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi, Osamu Kido, & Kantaro Hoshino defeated Super Strong Machine, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Norio Honaga when Kimura pinned Goto
Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Brian Pillman, Tom Zenk, & Tim Horner when Iizuka pinned Horner with a German suplex into a bridge
Scott Norton pinned the Equalizer
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger pinned Akira Nogami with a DDT off the top
WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Mr. Saito & Masahiro Chono when Anderson pinned Saito following a lariat from Windham
WCW US & Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki to win the titles at 9:50 when Scott pinned Sasaki with the Frankensteiner; only the IWGP titles were at stake in the match; after the bout, the Steiners were presented with trophies celebrating their victory; moments later, both teams shook hands (voted Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter) (Allied Powers)
El Gigante pinned the Big Cat with the claw hold
Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Doom at 13:17 when Vader pinned Butch Reed with a splash after avoiding a tackle off the top rope; prior to the bout, Ron Simmons took the mic and said he signed up for the match many months ago, came to fight, and hoped Reed came to do the same; after the match, Simmons and Reed fought each other, with Simmons eventually clearing Reed from the ring (Vader in Japan)
The Great Muta pinned Sting with a reverse crossbody off the top after spraying green mist into Sting’s face; during the bout, several wrestlers representing both WCW and NJPW – including Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, Tim Horner, Tom Zenk, Kensuke Sasaki, and Masahiro Chono – surrounded the ring; after the match, Sting hit a Stinger Splash on Muta and locked him in the Scorpion Death Lock (Wrestling’s Highest Flyers, Sting: Into the Light)
Riki Choshu defeated Tiger Jeet Singh via KO
IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami pinned WCW World Champion Ric Flair with an abdominal stretch into a roll up after suplexing Flair into the ring, moments after referee Bill Alphonso was knocked down and Fujinami backdropped Flair over the top to the floor – which would have been a disqualification under WCW rules; NJWP official Tiger Hattori counted the pinfall; after the match, several of the Japanese wrestlers hoisted Fujinami on their shoulders before he was presented with a trophy and Flair’s title belt; following the show, in footage included on the pay-per-view broadcast, Jim Ross covered a press conference segment backstage in which a livid Flair, his head bandaged from a gash caused during the match, interrupted and confronted Fujinami until he was held back by Arn Anderson and Barry Windham; during the segment, Flair took the WCW title back with him and said if Fujinami wanted it he’d have to come to America and take it
New Japan @ Osaka, Japan – May 31, 1991
Tatsumi Fujinami’s 20th Anniversary as a pro wrestler
Seiji Aoyagi & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Black Cat & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Steve Keirn, Kengo Kimura, & Osamu Kido defeated Miguel Perez Jr., the Pegasus Kid, & Super Strong Machine when Keirn pinned Perez
Masunobu Kurisu & Kim Duk defeated Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto
The Great Muta & Riki Choshu defeated TNT & Bam Bam Bigelow when Muta pinned Bigelow
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Randy Thornton in a martial arts match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Norio Honaga pinned Jushin Liger
Scott Norton defeated Big Van Vader
WCW / IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiro Hase & Kensuki Sasaki when Scott pinned Hase
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Masahiro Chono via submission
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – August 10, 1991 (11,500)
Kim Duk & Masanobu Kurisu defeated Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuki Sasaki defeated Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
Akira Nogami defeated Brian Pillman
El Gigante & Jushin Liger defeated Super Strong Machine & Norio Honaga
G1 Climax: Masahiro Chono defeated Bam Bam Bigelow via submission with the STF at 12:38
G1 Climax: Tatsumi Fujinami fought Scott Norton to a double count-out at 7:56
G1 Climax: Shinya Hashimoto pinned Riki Choshu at 7:50
G1 Climax: The Great Muta pinned Big Van Vader at 13:54
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – August 11, 1991 (11,500)
Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito defeated Kim Duke & Masanobu Kurisu
Masa Saito & El Gigante defeated Kantaro Hoshino, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & the Black Cat in a handicap match
G1 Climax: Masahiro Chono defeated Shinya Hashimoto via submission with the STF at 15:50
Jushin Liger pinned Brian Pillman at 13:53 with a face-first suplex and headbutt off the top; after the contest, the two shook hands and hugged
Norio Honaga pinned Akira Nogami at 11:06
Big Van Vader, Scott Norton, & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroshi Hase, & Kensuki Sasaki at 14:28 when Bigelow pinned Sasaki
G1 Climax Final: Masahiro Chono pinned the Great Muta at 29:31 with a powerbomb
NJPW @ ? – September 21, 1991 (4,630)
Masashi Aoyagi defeated Masanobu Kurisu
Frank Anderson defeated Koji Kanemoto via submission
Chris Benoit pinned Black Cat
Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Osamu Kido, Kengo Kimura, & Kantaro Hoshino
Machine defeated Kim Duk via count out
The Samoans defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami, Masa Saito, & Masahiro Chono defeated Scott Norton, Ron Simmons, & Brad Armstrong when Chono forced Armstrong to submit to the STF
WCW US Champion Sting & the Great Muta defeated Hiro Hase & Akira Nogami at 17:58 when Sting pinned Hase
NJPW @ Fukuoka, Japan – Kokusai Center – October 17, 1991
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Koji Kanemoto
Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Takeshi Misawa
Kengo Kimura defeated Masanobu Kurisu
Norio Honaga, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Super Strong Machine defeated Black Cat, Kantaro Hoshino & Osamu Kido
The Main Event – 12/22/91 Jushin Liger & Oz defeated Scott Norton & Hiro Saito when Oz forced Saito to submit to an overhead back breaker
Super Grade Tag League Tournament Semi-Finals: Big Van Vader & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Masahiro Chono
Shinya Hashimoto & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Kim Duk & Tiger Jeet Singh
Tony Halme defeated Masashi Aoyagi
Akira Nogami, Hiroshi Hase, & the Great Muta defeated Great Kokina, Chris Benoit, & Wild Samoan
Super Grade Tag League Tournament Finals: Big Van Vader & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Masa Saito & Riki Choshu at 13:35
NJPW @ Hiroshima, Japan – Sun Plaza – October 18, 1991 (5,800)
Koji Kanemoto defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Takeshi Misawa defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Super Strong Machine defeated Kantaro Hoshino, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Osamu Kido
Great Kokina & Wild Samoan defeated Black Cat & Shiro Koshinaka
Kengo Kimura, Masa Saito, & Scott Norton defeated Kim Duk, Masanobu Kurisu & Tiger Jeet Singh
World Championship Wrestling – 12/7/91: Jushin Liger pinned Chris Benoit with a Frankensteiner off the top at 13:06; prior to the bout, the two men shook hands; it was noted that, in addition to facing WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman Christmas night at the Omni, Liger would also be in Dallas, Baltimore, the Meadowlands, and at Starrcade later in the month; it was also noted 40,000 tickets had already sold for WCW’s return to the Tokyo Dome on Jan. 4, 1992
Akira Nogami & Oz defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Norio Honaga
Masashi Aoyagi defeated Randy Thornton
Big Van Vader defeated Tony Halme
The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto defeat Hiroshi Hase, Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – November 5, 1991 (14,214)
The Black Cat defeated Masao Orihara
Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura
Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito defeated Kim Duk & Masanobu Kurisu
Jushin Liger pinned Mad Bull Rex
Norio Honaga pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Akira Nogami to win the title
Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Scott Norton (sub. for Scott Steiner) at 17:53 to win the titles when Hase pinned Steiner
Riki Choshu pinned Shinya Hashimoto at 12:25
IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Masahiro Chono at 9:49
WCW / New Japan – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 1992 (50,000)
Black Cat pinned Hiroyoshi Yamamoto with a DDT at 10:28 (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Osamu Kido & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Kengo Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino at 11:54 when Kido pinned Hoshino
WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger, Masashi Aoyagi, & Akira Nogami defeated Hiro Saito, Super Strong Machine, & Norio Honaga at 15:12 when Akira pinned Hiro with a dragon suplex (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka at 12:32 when Anderson pinned Ohara with the spinebuster
Dusty Rhodes & WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Masa Saito & Kim Duk at 14:23 when Dustin pinned Duk following the bulldog (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Tony Halme pinned Scott Norton at 8:41 with a lariat off the middle turnbuckle (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Bill Kazmier with a jumping DDT (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Big Van Vader fought El Gigante to a double count-out at 4:49 when Vader began assaulting Gigante on the ramp; after the bout, Vader used his headdress to spray Gigante in the face
Antonio Inoki defeated Hiroshi Hase via submission with the Octopus at 10:09 (New Japan Tokyo Dome Part 1)
Sting & the Great Muta defeated Rick & Scott Steiner at 11:03 when Sting pinned Scott by reversing a tilt-a-whirl into a cradle; prior to the bout, Sting and Muta shook hands; at the time of the fall, Rick had Muta covered following a belly to belly suplex, with the Steiners believing they had won the match until referee Bill Alphonso awarded the bout to the other team; moments later, the four men shook hands
WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Masahiro Chono at 15:10 with a forearm from the middle turnbuckle to the back of the head; after the bout, Jim Herd presented Luger with the belt in the ring
Riki Choshu pinned IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami to win the title at 12:11 with a lariat
NJPW @ Sapporo, Japan – Nakajima Sports Center – February 8, 1992
WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger defeated IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Norio Honaga to win the title at 17:30; only the IWGP title was on the line
NJPW @ Nagoya, Japan – Rainbow Hall – February 10, 1992
WCW Light Heavyweight Champion & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger defeated Chris Benoit
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – June 26, 1992 (14,214)
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura
Super Strong Machine pinned Chris Benoit
Kokina & Samu defeated Scott Norton & Killer Bee (B. Brian Blair) at 10:40 when Kokina pinned Bee
El Samurai pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger at 13:01 to win the title
The Great Muta & Hiroshi Hase defeated the Black Cat & Takayuki Iizuka at 7:54 when Hashimoto pinned Cat
Hiroshi Hase pinned Kensuke Sasaki at 15:15
WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow to win the titles at 16:24 when Rick pinned Bigelow
Riki Choshu pinned Masahiro Chono at 17:57
NJPW @ Shizuoka, Japan – August 6, 1992
Norio Honaga defeated El Samurai in a non-title match
Super Strong Machine defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Shiro Koshinaka
Tatsumi Fujinami & Jushin Liger defeated the Pegasus Kid & Jim Neidhart
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude & the Barbarian
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Steve Austin pinned Arn Anderson with the Stungun
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Scott Norton pinned Bam Bam Bigelow with a powerslam
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Masahiro Chono defeated Tony Halme via submission with a short arm scissors
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: The Great Muta pinned Barry Windham with the moonsault
NJWP @ Nagoya, Japan – August 7, 1992 (11,000; sell out)
Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Koji Kanemoto & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Arn Anderson defeated Black Cat
Jushin Liger & El Samurai defeated Pegasus Kid & Norio Honaga
Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura defeated Masahiro Chono & Takayuki Iizuka
The Great Muta & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Terry Taylor & Barry Windham
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Tony Halme
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Terry Taylor defeated Hiroshi Hase via forfeit; Hase separated his shoulder on 8/3 while setting a new world record, a 40 revolution giant swing hold
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Kensuke Sasaki pinned Jim Neidhart with a powerslam
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: Shinya Hashimoto pinned the Barbarian with a running DDT
NWA World Championship Tournament Opening Round: WCW US Champion Rick Rude pinned Super Strong Machine with a kneedrop off the top
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 10, 1992 (11,500; sell out)
Bill Watts & Dusty Rhodes sat ringside for the show
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Koji Kanemoto via submission at 12:01
Black Cat defeated Satoshi Kojima via submission with a modified abdominal stretch at 10:14
Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga, Super Strong Machine, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Jushin Liger, El Samurai, Osamu Kido, & Tatayuki Iizuka at 10:53 when Machine pinned Samurai with a diving headbutt
Bam Bam Bigelow & Tony Halme defeated the Barbarian & Jim Neidhart at 14:51 when Halme pinned the Barbarian with a clothesline off the top
IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Riki Choshu & Masa Saito at 12:13 when Scott pinned Saito following the bulldog off the top double team
NWA World Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Kensuke Sasaki pinned Terry Taylor at 9:35 with a modified hiptoss
NWA World Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) pinned Shinya Hashimoto at 13:52 with a kneedrop off the top to the throat
NWA World Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: The Great Muta pinned Steve Austin with the moonsault at 17:05
NWA World Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Masahiro Chono pinned Scott Norton at 10:48 with an abdominal stretch into a cradle
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 11, 1992 (11,500; sell out)
Dusty Rhodes, Bill Watts, and Hiro Matsuda sat ringside for the show
Jushin Liger pinned Honaga at 25:39 with a butterfly suplex off the top
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Samurai pinned Hiro Saito in a non-title match at 9:11 with a roll up
Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura defeated Yamamoto & Kojima at 11:08 when Nishimura pinned Kojima with a missile dropkick
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Arn Anderson defeated Goto & Super Strong Machine at 10:42 when Austin pinned Goto with the Stungun
Koji Kimura & Koshinaka defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Kido at 8:54 when Kimura pinned Kido following a leg lariat
Scott Norton & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Barry Windham & Tony Halme at 9:20 when Norton pinned Windham with a powerslam
IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Iizuka at 12:27 when Scott pinned Iizuka with the Frankensteiner
The Main Event – 9/13/92: NWA World Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) pinned Kensuke Sasaki at 19:24 with a kneedrop off the top and a second to the back of the head
Power Hour – 10/17/92: NWA World Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Masahiro Chono pinned the Great Muta at 26:07 via submission with the STF
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 12, 1992 (11,500; sell out)
Honaga pinned Koji Kanemoto at 9:38 with a flying clothesline
Hiro Saito & Goto defeated Cat & Yamamoto at 11:59 when Saito pinned Cat with a flying senton
The Pegasus Kid pinned Jushin Liger at 14:25 with a powerbomb off the top
Super Strong Machine pinned Arn Anderson at 8:32 with a German suplex
Bam Bam Bigelow, Tony Halme, & Scott Norton defeated Barry Windham, Jim Neidhart, & the Barbarian at 9:36 when Norton pinned the Barbarian with a powerslam
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kido defeated Riki Choshu & Iizuka at 11:13 when Kido pinned Iizuka with a cradle
IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Great Muta & Kensuke Sasaki at 15:33 when Muta was pinned following a DDT off the top double team
NWA World Championship Tournament Finals: Masahiro Chono pinned WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) at 29:44 with a shoulderblock off the top
NJPW @ Kobe, Japan – August 15, 1992 (8,300; sell out)
Satoshi Kojima defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Jim Neidhart defeated Black Cat
Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Jushin Liger, Koji Kanemoto, & Kantaro Hoshino
Super Strong Machine defeated Masanobu Kurisu
Tony Halme defeated Kensuke Sasaki
NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono & the Great Muta defeated Takayuki Iizuka & Shinya Hashimoto
Kengo Kimura, Masashi Aoyagi, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Ricki Choshu, & Osamu Kido
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Samura defeated Chris Benoit
IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Scott Norton at 12:06 when Scott pinned Bigelow with a German suplex after Bigelow missed a diving headbutt to Rick
AJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – August 21, 1992 (2,150; sell out)
Jackie Fulton pinned Izmida at 8:23 with a northern lights suplex
Angel pinned Masao Inoue at 11:59 with a German suplex
Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated Ogawa & Mitsuo Momota at 12:04 when Rogers pinned Momota
The Giant Baba, Kimura, & Mighty Inoue defeated Okuma, Eigen, & Fuchi at 19:53 when Inoue pinned Eigen after a chop from Baba
Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey defeated Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat at 9:33 when Spivey pinned Kroffat with a DDT
Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue defeated Kobashi & the Patriot at 16:40 when Taue pinned Patriot
Mitsuharu Misawa, Kawada, & Kikuchi defeated Slinger, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy at 22:25 when Slinger submitted to Kawada’s Stretch Plum
AJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – August 22, 1992 (16,300; sell out)
Slinger & Momota defeated Masao Inoue & Mighty Inoue at the 13-minute mark when Slinger pinned Masao with a German suplex
Ogawa pinned Angel at the 5-minute mark with a roll up
Fuchi, Okuma, & Eigen defeated the Giant Baba, Kimura, & Asako at 17:15 when Fuchi pinned Asako
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated the Patriot & Jackie Fulton at 14:47 when Kroffat pinned Fulton with a tiger bomb
Kobashi & Kikuchi defeated Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton at 16:18 when Kobashi pinned Fulton with a moonsault
Kawada defeated Dan Spivey via submission with a facelock at 16:16
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated PWF Tag Team Champions Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue in a non-title match at 24:37 when Gordy pinned Tsuruta with a powerbomb
Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen at 24:03 to win the title with a forearm blow
AJPW @ Hachioji, Japan – August 23, 1992 (2,500)
Ogawa pinned Bobby Fulton
The Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura, & Ryuma Izumida defeated Eigen, Okuma, & Fuchi
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Tommy Rogers & the Patriot
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion MitsuharuMisawa & Kikuchi
Kawada & Kobashi defeated Dan Spivey & Angel
Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue defeated Stan Hansen & Jackie Fulton
AJPW @ Sano, Japan – August 24, 1992
Tommy Rogers pinned Masao Inoue
Bobby Fulton pinned Satoru Asako
The Giant Baba, Kimura, & Mitsuo Momota defeated Eigen, Okuma, & Fuchi
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Mighty Inoue & Kikuchi
Kobashi & the Patriot defeated Dan Spivey & Angel
Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion MitsuharuMisawa & Kawada defeated Stan Hansen & Jackie Fulton
Richard Slinger, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Jumbo Tsuruta, Taue, & Ogawa when Slinger pinned Ogawa
AJPW @ Higashimuryama, Japan – August 25, 1992
Kobashi & the Patriot defeated Tommy Rogers & Jackie Fulton
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Dan Spivey & Angel
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Stan Hansen & Bobby Fulton
Jumbo Tsuruta, Taue, & Fuchi defeated Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion MitsuharuMisawa, Kawada, & Kikuchi at 25:17
AJPW @ Osaka, Japan – August 28, 1992 (2,050; sell out)
Dan Spivey & Angel defeated Bobby & Jackie Fulton
The Patriot pinned Tommy Rogers
The Giant Baba & Mighty Inoue defeated Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen
Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Ogawa & Taue
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated UWA Tag Team Champions Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat at 19:01 when Gordy pinned Furnas
Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion MitsuharuMisawa & Kobashi defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Masa Fuchi at 29:48 when Kobashi pinned Fuchi with a rolling cradle
AJPW @ Nagoya, Japan – August 29, 1992 (3,250; sell out)
Yoshinari Ogari pinned Tommy Rogers
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Dan Spivey & Tommy Angel
Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue defeated Bobby Fulton & the Patriot
Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, & Kenta Kobashi defeated Jackie Fulton, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy when Misawa pinned Fulton
NJPW @ Yokohama, Japan – Arena – September 23, 1992
Osamu Nishimura defeated Satoshi Kojima via submission with a Boston Crab
Hiro Saito pinned Black Cat by reversing a pin attempt
Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated the Great Kokina & Wild Samoan (Samu) when SSM pinned Samu with a headbutt off the top; late in the match, Kokina accidentally hit his partner with a splash
El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto & Jushin Liger when Samurai pinned Liger with a roll up out of a powerbomb attempt
Scott Norton pinned Tony Halme with a powerslam; stipulations stated the winner would be the #1 contender to the IWGP Heavyweight Title
Akitoshi Saito, Kengo Kimura, Masashi Aoyagi & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu, Takayuki Iizuka & Tatsumi Fujinami
IWGP Heavyweight Champion the Great Muta pinned Shinya Hashimoto with the moonsault after spraying mist in his face
IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki
NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono defeated Steve Austin via submission with the STF
NJPW @ Makuhari, Japan – October 18, 1992
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Jushin Liger & Chris Benoit
Bam Bam Bigelow & Super Strong Machine defeated Tom Zenk & Jim Neidhart
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Samurai pinned Dean Malenko at 12:22
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Manabu Nakanishi
Riki Choshu defeated Tony Halme
Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto, & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, & Akitoshi Saito
IWGP World Champion the Great Muta pinned Scott Norton at 13:46
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – November 22, 1992 (11,500; sell out)
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Satoshi Kojima
Chris Benoit defeated the Tazmaniac
Super Strong Machine, Tatsutoshi Goto, Hiro Saito, & Norio Honaga defeated Osamu Kido, Takayuki Iizuka, Black Cat, & Koji Kanemoto
Jushin Liger defeated Dean Malenko
Shinya Hashimoto defeated TNT
The Ultimo Dragon defeated IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Samurai to win the title at 20:45 with a German suplex (Dragon’s NJPW debut)
Scott Norton & Tony Halme defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner to win the titles at 12:43 when Norton pinned Rick with a powerslam after avoiding a Steinerline; prior to the bout, the two teams shook hands
IWGP Heavyweight Champion the Great Muta pinned Sting at 15:28 with a backbreaker and the moonsault after avoiding a top rope move and sending Sting face-first to the mat; prior to the bout, Sting extended his hand for Muta to shake it but Muta instead spat green mist into the air
Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase, & Akira Nogami defeated Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi, & Akitoshi Saito at 21:39 when Nogami pinned Saito
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – November 23, 1992 (11,500; sell out)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Yuji Nagata
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Yamamoto defeated Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura
Jushin Liger & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit
TNT & Scott Norton defeated Tony Halme & Ron Powers
Super Strong Machine defeated Akitoshi Saito
IWGP Heavyweight Champion the Great Muta & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Akira Nogami
Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase
NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono pinned Scott Steiner (w/ Rick Steiner) at 19:54 with a small package
Genichiro Tenryu, Takashi Ishikawa, & Tatsumi Kitahara defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, & Masashi Aoyagi at 20:42 when Tenryu pinned Kimura with a powerbomb
WCW / New Japan – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 1993 (63,500; sell out)
Highlights of the event aired as a 2-hour pay-per-view special beginning 3/7/93; featured an opening introduction by Eric Bischoff; included Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone on commentary, with Bischoff calling the 6-man tag team match by himself:
Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami, & El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Masao Orihara, & Koko Kitahara at 15:11 when Nogami pinned Orihara
Masashi Aoyagi, the Great Kabuki, & Akitoshi Saito defeated Norio Goto, Hiro Saito, & Super Strong Machine at 14:20 when Kabuki pinned Honaga following a backdrop
WCW Japan Supershow III: Jushin Liger pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion the Ultimo Dragon to win the title at 20:09 with a Frankensteiner off the top after hitting a sit-down powerbomb; after the bout, Liger was presented the title belt and winner’s trophy from New Japan officials; moments later, Liger and Dragon shook hands
WCW Japan Supershow III: Ron Simmons pinned Tony Halme with a spinebuster at 6:01 after ducking a clothesline
WCW Japan Supershow III: Masa Saito (sub. for Antonio Inoki) & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton at 13:46 when Hashimoto pinned Rhodes with an enzuiguri after Norton prevented the pinfall after Hashimoto hit a DDT
WCW Japan Supershow III: IWGP World Champion the Great Muta pinned NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono to win the title at 19:48 with the moonsault, moments after avoiding Chono’s shoulderblock off the top and hitting the moonsault but Chono kicked out at 2
IWGP Tag Team Champions Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki fought Rick & Scott Steiner to a double count-out at 14:38; the match was scheduled to air as part of the pay-per-view and was advertised as one of the feature matches but the WWF had a court order prohibiting WCW from airing the match two days before the broadcast because the Steiners were under contract with the WWF at the time the match took place; the six man tag team match aired in its place, with Bischoff having to do to the commentary by himself
WCW Japan Supershow III: Takayuki Iizuka, Akiro Nogami, & El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Masao Orihara, & Koki Kitihara at 15:13 when Iizuka pinned Hirai a full minute after dropping him with a powerbomb and seemingly knocking him out
WCW Japan Supershow III: Sting pinned Hiroshi Hase at 14:41 with a jumping DDT, bodyslam, and splash off the top; prior to the bout, the two shook men hands
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa via submission with a Dragon Sleeper at 11:41
Genichiro Tenryu pinned Riki Choshu with a powerbomb at 18:14
Wrestling Dontaku 93 – Fukuoka, Japan – Fukuoka Dome – May 3, 1993 (55,000)
El Samurai, Takayuki Iizuka, & Akira Nogami defeated Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, & Osamu Nishimura at 15:01 when Nogami pinned Yamamoto
Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Akitoshi Saito at 9:26 with a powerbomb into a cover
Brutus Beefcake (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Masa Saito at 8:35 with a kneedrop and headbutt after hitting Saito with Hart’s megaphone; Beefcake played the heel for the bout
The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi, & Kuniaki Kobayashi, Kengo Kimura, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Takashi Ishikawa, Super Strong Machine, Tatsutoshi Goto, Ashura Hara, & Hiro Saito at 11:26 when Koshinaka pinned Goto
Tiger Mask II pinned Jushin Liger at 14:25 with a double chicken wing into a German suplex and bridge
Sting fought Scott Norton to a no contest at 9:16 when the match was stopped due to a cut above Norton’s eye and the large amount of blood he had lost during the match; after the decision, a furious Norton attacked a number of officials as Sting left ringside
Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Hiro Hase at 12:11 via submission
IWGP Tag Team Champions Kensuki Sasaki & Road Warrior Hawk defeated Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto at 12:22 when Sasaki pinned Chono
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned IWGP World Champion the Great Muta at 15:55 with the boot to the face and a lariat, moments after Muta kicked out of the legdrop; neither title was on the line; in a post-match backstage interview, Hogan said he wanted the IWGP title, the WWF title was just a toy, and said he would love to wrestle Antonio Inoki again
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Riki Choshu & Genichiro Tenryu at 26:35 when Fujinami pinned Choshu with an Octopus into a roll up as Inoki had Tenryu in his own Octopus submission hold
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – May 6, 1993 (16,500; sell out)
Bad News Allen defeated Yoshihiro Takayama
Masato Kakihara & Yoji Anjyo defeated Gene Rydig & Tom Burton
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Yuko Miyato
Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Naoki Sano
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Tatsuo Nakano via KO at 3:35 after a punch and uranage; Vader was referred to as Super Vader in ring introductions (Vader in Japan)
Gary Albright defeated Dennis Koslowski
Nobuhiko Takada defeated Dan Severn
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – August 13, 1993 (16,500; sell out)
Oe defeated Tony Kokuba
Steve Nelson defeated Kasuji Roba
Greg Bobchick defeated Tommy Cairo
Gene Lydig defeated Yoshihiro Takayama
Hiromitsu Kanehara defeated Tom Burton
Masato Kakihara defeated Bad News Allen
Dennis Koslowski defeated Yuko Miyato
Naoki Sano defeated Yoji Anjyo at 20:38
Gary Albright & Dan Severn defeated Nobuhiko Takada & Kiyoshi Tamura at 21:39
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Kazuo Yamazaki in a non-title match at 6:24 (Vader in Japan)
NJPW @ Takasaki, Japan – December 1, 1993 (2,260)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Yuji Nagata
Brad Rheingans defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Black Cat defeated Satoshi Kojima
Mike Enos & Black Tiger defeated El Samurai & Osamu Kido
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Jushin Liger & the Great Muta
IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Masai Saito & Masahiro Chono
Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, the Great Kabuki, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Hase, Akira Nogami, & Tatayuki Iizuka
NJPW @ Koga, Japan – December 2, 1993 (1,580; sell out)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Takayuki Iizuka defeated Yuji Nagata
Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Satoshi Kojima
El Samurai defeated Black Cat
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Akira Nogami
Kengo Kimura, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated the Great Muta, Jushin Liger, & Osamu Kido
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono
Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroshi Hase, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – December 3, 1993 (2,000; sell out)
Shinjiro Otani & Yuji Nagata defeated Satoshi Kojima & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka
Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated the Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, & Hiroshi Hase
Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi & Tatsutoshi Goto
Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
The Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Black Cat & El Samurai
Kengo Kimura defeated Jushin Liger at 23:32
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Masashi Aoyagi
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
NJPW @ Numazu, Japan – December 4, 1993 (2,190; sell out)
Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Masashi Aoyagi defeated Shinjiro Otani
Osamu Kido defeated Brad Rheingans
Mike Enos defeated El Samurai
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Hiroshi Hase & Satoshi Kojima
IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Black Cat & Tatsumi Fujinami
The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono defeated Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara
Tatsutoshi Goto, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Jushin Liger, Takayuki Iizuka, & Shinya Hashimoto
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Jingu Stadium – December 5, 1993 (46,168; 4,500 paid; sell out)
The event took place during freezing weather at an outdoor baseball stadium
Bad News Allen defeated Kazushi Sakuraba
Tom Burton defeated Jean Lydick
Hiromitsu Kanehara defeated Greg Bobchick
Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Tommy Cairo
Masahito Kakihara defeated Tatsuo Nakano
Mark Silver & Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Naoki Sano & Yuko Miyato
Billy Scott defeated Yoji Anjyo
Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Dennis Koslowski via submission at 12:49
Salman Hashimikov & Vladimir Berkovich defeated Gary Albright & Dan Severn at 17:14 when Severn submitted to Hashimikov
UWFI Heavyweight Champion Nobuhiko Takada defeated WCW World Champion Vader via submission with a short arm scissors at 14:23
NJPW @ Mito, Japan – December 5, 1993 (2,250)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Brad Rheingans defeated Yuji Nagata
IWGP Tag Team Champion Hercules defeated Satoshi Kojima
The Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Jushin Liger & El Samurai
IWGP Tag Team Champion Scott Norton defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Black Cat & Masahiro Chono
Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka defeated the Great Muta & Osamu Kido
Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroshi Hase, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Mike Enos, WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys
NJPW @ Toyama, Japan – December 6, 1993 (3,150)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Yuji Nagata
El Samurai defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Kengo Kimura defeated Satoshi Kojima
Jushin Liger & Osamu Kido defeated Brad Rheingans & Mike Enos
The Great Kabuki defeated Black Cat
IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Takayuki Iizuka & Masahiro Chono
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Masa Saito & the Great Muta
Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroshi Hase, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Michiyoshi Ohara
NJPW @ Fukui, Japan – December 7, 1993 (3,030; sell out)
Satoshi Kojima defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Shinjiro Otani
Osamu Kido defeated Yuji Nagata
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated El Samurai & Black Cat
The Great Muta & Jushin Liger defeated the Great Kabuki & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masahiro Chono
Tatsumi Fujinami, Masa Saito, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules
NJPW @ Onahama, Japan – December 8, 1993 (1,300)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Brad Rheingans defeated Black Cat
Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Yuji Nagata
Michiyoshi Ohara & the Great Kabuki defeated Satoshi Kojima & El Samurai
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masa Saito
The Great Muta defeated Mike Enos
IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated Masahiro Chono & Jushin Liger
Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Shinya Hashimoto, & Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW @ Shiga, Japan – December 9, 1993 (2,290)
Yuji Nagata defeated Shinjiro Otani
Brad Rheingans defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Black Cat defeated Manabu Nakanishi
Kuniaki Kobayashi & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Osamu Kido & Takayuki Iizuka
Kengo Kimura & the Great Kabuki defeated Jushin Liger & Satoshi Kojima
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated Masahiro Chono & El Samurai
Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara
The Great Muta, Hiroshi Hase, & Masa Saito defeated Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules
NJPW @ Nagoya, Japan – December 10, 1993 (11,000; sell out)
Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Otani
Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Satoshi Kojima
The Great Kabuki & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Black Cat & El Samurai
Super Strong Machine & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto
Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Hase defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa
Jushin Liger defeated Masashi Aoyagi
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kengo Kimura
Japan TV – 12/18/93: IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys; only the IWGP titles were at stake in the match
Japan TV – 12/18/93: Shinya Hashimoto defeated the Great Muta at 28:57
NJPW @ Osaka, Japan – Furitsu Gym – December 13, 1993 (6,850; sell out)
El Samurai & Osamu Kido defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Michiyoshi Ohara & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Mike Enos & WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated the Great Muta, Black Cat, & Satoshi Kojima
The Great Kabuki defeated Jushin Liger
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Hiroshi Hase
Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Masahiro Chono
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shiro Koshinaka
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules in a non-title match
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kensuke Sasaki at 25:17
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – March 16, 1994
Nobukasu Hirai defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Manabu Nakanishi defeated Yuji Nagata
Michitoshi Ohara & the Great Kabuki defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka when Ohara pinned Iizuka
El Samurai & Jushin Liger defeated Black Tiger & Killer Bee when Liger pinned Bee
Scott Norton pinned Power Warrior
Shinya Hashimoto defeated the Barbarian
Osamu Kido & Masahiro Chono defeated Antonio Inoki & Tadao Yasuda via disqualification
Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura when Choshu pinned Goto
Hiroshi Hase pinned WCW International Champion Rick Rude to win the title
UWFI @ Osaka, Japan – Castle Hall – April 3, 1994 (14,000)
Pay-per-view bouts:
Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Bad News Allen at 6:11
Jean Lydick defeated Vladimir Berkovich at 9:40
Yoji Anjyo defeated Victor Zangiev at 5:54
Masahito Kakihara defeated Dan Severn at 10:39
Gary Albright defeated Billy Scott at 2:11
Dark match: Super Vader defeated Salman Hashimikov
Nobuhiko Takada defeated Kazuo Yamazaki at 7:17
NJPW @ Fukuoka, Japan – Fukuoka Dome – May 4, 1994 (53,500)
Satoshi Kojima defeated Yuji Nagata at 11:12 via submission
Tokimitsu Ishizawa & El Samurai defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 13:48 when Samurai pinned Takaiwa
Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka, & Osamu Kido defeated Akitoshi Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, & Tatsutoshi Goto at 14:06 when Kido forced Ohara to submit
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Kengo Kimura defeated Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito, & Shinichi Nakano at 8:39 when Kimura pinned Honaga
El Gigante pinned Tadao Yasuda at 3:51
Jushin Liger fought Satoru Sayama to a draw at 10:00
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu at 12:16
IWGP Tag Team Champions Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Rick & Scott Steiner at 15:27 when Hawk pinned Scott
Rick Rude pinned WCW International World Champion Sting to win the title at 22:48 following a kneedrop off the top to the champion’s head moments after hitting him with the title belt (Rude’s last match)
Masahiro Chono defated Yoshiaki Fujiwara at 8:08 via submission
Riki Choshu defeated Hiro Hase at 10:56 via submission
Shinya Hashimoto pinned IWGP Champion Tatsumi Fujinami to win the title at 6:04
Antonio Inoki pinned the Great Muta at 20:12
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – May 6, 1994 (16,500; sell out)
Makoto Ohe defeated Montoya
Tom Burton defeated Kazushi Sakuraba
Hiromitsu Kanehara & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Dan Severn & Billy Scott
Victor Zangiev defeated Yuko Miyato
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Tatsuo Nakano
Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Naoki Sano
Gary Albright defeated Yoji Anjyo
Nobuhiko Takada defeated Jean Lydick
Super Vader defeated Masahito Kakihara (Vader in Japan)
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – June 10, 1994 (16,500; sell out)
Pay-per-view bouts – shown 11/11/94:
Hiromitsu Kanehara defeated Tom Burton
Billy Scott defeated Yoshihiro Takayama
Steve Nelson & Jean Lydick defeated Kazushi Sakuraba & Masahito Kakihara
Dark match: Naoki Sano b Tatsuo Nakano
Dark match: Salman Hashimikov & Victor Zangiev defeated Yoji Anjyo & Kazuo Yamazaki Dark match: Best in the World 94 Tournament Semi Finals: Super Vader defeated Kiyoshi Tamura
Best in the World 94 Tournament Semi Finals: Nobuhiko Takada defeated Gary Albright
NJPW @ Nagano, Japan – June 30, 1994 (2,450; sell out)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tadao Yasuda defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Yuji Nagata
Hiroshi Hase pinned Michiyoshi Ohara
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Akitoshi Saito
The Great Muta defeated Kengo Kimura via disqualification when Michiyoshi Ohara interfered
Masahiro Chono defeated Tatsutoshi Goto via submission with the STF
American Love Machine, Black Tiger, & Max Moon defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, El Samurai, & Jushin Liger when Machine pinned Ohtani
2 Cold Scorpio & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido
The Nasty Boys defeated Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Riki Choshu, Akira Nogami, & Takayuki Iizuka
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – July 1, 1994 (2,000; sell out)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yuji Nagata defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Shinjiro Ohtani
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger defeated 2 Cold Scorpio, Jushin Liger, & El Samurai
Osamu Kido defeated Kengo Kimura
Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Akitoshi Saito
Kensuke Sasaki defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono defeated Max Moon & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal
Kuniaki Kobayashi, Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Tadao Yasuda, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami
The Nasty Boys defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Hiroshi Hase
NJPW @ Akita, Japan – July 2, 1994 (4,000; sell out)
Tadao Yasuda & Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tokimitsu Ishizawa
2 Cold Scorpio & Max Moon defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Shinjiro Ohtani, Jushin Liger, & El Samurai defeated Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger
The Nasty Boys & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami, & Kensuke Sasaki
Riki Choshu defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kengo Kimura
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Akitoshi Saito
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated the Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, & Hiroshi Hase
NJPW @ Aomori, Japan – July 3, 1994 (3,550; sell out)
Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Akitoshi Saito defeated Akira Nogami
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Osamu Kido
Black Tiger, American Love Machine, 2 Cold Scorpio, & Black Cat defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Shinjiro Ohtani, & Yuji Nagata
Shinjiro Ohtani won a battle royal
Kensuke Sasaki defeated Max Moon
Masa Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Jushin Liger & El Samurai
The Nasty Boys & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal defeated Tadao Yasuda, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami
Hiroshi Hase, Masahiro Chono, the Great Muta, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, & the Great Kabuki
NJPW @ Aomori, Japan – July 4, 1994 (3,260; sell out)
Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Yuji Nagata
Hiro Saito defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Kengo Kimura defeated Norio Honaga
Super Strong Machine defeated Akitoshi Saito
Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Max Moon, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda
Shinya Hashimoto & Hiroshi Hase defeated WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal & 2 Cold Scorpio
The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono defeated the Nasty Boys
Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka, & the Great Kabuki
NJPW @ Hachinohe, Japan – July 5, 1994 (3,350)
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Yuji Nagata
Akitoshi Saito defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger defeated Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Shinjiro Ohtani
Kensuke Sasaki & Osamu Kido defeated Max Moon & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal
Hiroshi Hase, Tadao Yasuda, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Nasty Boys & 2 Cold Scorpio
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Riki Choshu defeated Kengo Kimura
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Akira Nogami, the Great Muta, & Masahiro Chono
NJPW @ Towada, Japan – July 6, 1994 (2,120)
Tadao Yasuda, Shinjiro Ohtani, & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yuji Nagata, & Manabu Nakanishi
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Norio Honaga
Kengo Kimura defeated Hiro Saito
Black Tiger, 2 Cold Scorpio, & Max Moon defeated Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Akira Nogami
Riki Choshu defeated Akitoshi Saito
WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal & the Nasty Boys defeated Takayuki Iizuka, the Great Muta, & Masahiro Chono
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kensuke Sasaki defeated American Love Machine & Black Cat
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Osamu Kido, Hiroshi Hase, & Shinya Hashimoto
NJPW @ Sapporo, Japan – Nakajima Sports Center – July 8, 1994 (6,000; sell out)
Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tadao Yasuda
Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger defeated El Samurai, 2 Cold Scorpio, & Shinjiro Ohtani when Tiger pinned Ohtani
The Nasty Boys defeated Max Moon & WCW TV Champion Lord Steve Regal
G1 Climax Tournament: Hiro Saito defeated Akira Nogami
G1 Climax Tournament: Takayuki Iizuka defeated the Great Kabuki via disqualification
G1 Climax Tournament: Osamu Kido defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
G1 Climax Tournament: Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Kengo Kimura
Jushin Liger pinned the Great Sasuke at 15:15 with a super fishermanbuster
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta at 20:55 when Scott pinned Muta after the DDT off the top double team
Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami when Sasaki pinned Fujiwara
NJPW @ Sapporo, Japan – Nakajima Sports Center – July 9, 1994 (6,000; sell out)
Black Cat & American Love Machine defeated Yuji Nagata & Shinjiro Ohtani
Jushin Liger pinned Black Tiger with a super fishermanbuster
Kensuke Sasaki defeated Max Moon
G1 Climax Tournament: Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Manabu Nakanishi
G1 Climax Tournament: Takayuki Iizuka defeated Shinichi Nakano
G1 Climax Tournament: Osamu Kido defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
G1 Climax Tournament: Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiro Saito
WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal defeated Masahiro Chono
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Nasty Boys
Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Hiroshi Hase, the Great Muta, & Shinya Hashimoto when Hase submitted to Fujinami’s figure-4
NJPW @ Toyoura, Japan – July 14, 1994 (1,800; sell out)
Tadao Yasuda & Yuji Nagata defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Akitoshi Saito defeated Shinichi Nakano
Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Kengo Kimura defeated Akira Nogami
Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger
Kensuke Sasaki, Hiroshi Hase, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated the Nasty Boys & 2 Cold Scorpio
The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka, & Great Kabuki defeated Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW @ Tattori, Japan – July 18, 1994 (3,700)
Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
American Love Machine, 2 Cold Scorpio, & Black Tiger defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Yuji Nagata, & El Samurai
Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Osamu Kido
Akitoshi Saito defeated Hiro Saito
Hiroshi Hase defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Kengo Kimura defeated Kensuke Sasaki
The Nasty Boys & Black Cat defeated Tadao Yasuda, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi
Shiro Koshinaka, Great Kabuki, & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Jushin Liger, Masahiro Chono, & the Great Muta
NJPW @ Gifu, Japan – July 19, 1994 (4,000; sell out)
Tadao Yasuda & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yuji Nagata
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Black Cat & 2 Cold Scorpio
Shinjiro Ohtani, El Samurai, & Jushin Liger defeated Hiro Saito, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger
Masahiro Chono defeated Akitoshi Saito
Kengo Kimura defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Riki Choshu defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase defeated the Nasty Boys
The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka, & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi, the Great Muta, & Shinya Hashimoto
NJPW @ Suwa, Japan – July 20, 1994 (1,750)
Tadao Yasuda & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Black Cat & American Love Machine defeated Yuji Nagata & Osamu Kido
2 Cold Scorpio & Black Tiger defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & El Samurai
Jushin Liger & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Norio Honaga & Hiro Saito
The Nasty Boys defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Akitoshi Saito
Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka, & the Great Kabuki defeated Masahiro Chono, the Great Muta, & Hiroshi Hase
NJPW @ Saku, Japan – July 21, 1994 (1,680)
Manabu Nakanishi defeated Yuji Nagata
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga
Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Ohtani, & El Samurai
Osamu Kido defeated Akitoshi Saito
Kensuke Sasaki defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Kengo Kimura defeated Hiroshi Hase
The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka, & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Tadao Yasuda, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
The Great Muta defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Jushin Liger, Shinya Hashimoto, & Masahiro Chono defeated the Nasty Boys & 2 Cold Scorpio
NJPW @ Nagoaoka, Japan – July 22, 1994 (3,800; sell out)
Norio Honaga & Hiro Saito defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Manabu Nakanishi
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Yuji Nagata & Osamu Kido
Black Cat, American Love Machine, & Black Tiger defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, 2 Cold Scorpio, & El Samurai
The Nasty Boys defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Tadao Yasuda
Hiroshi Hase defeated Akitoshi Saito
The Great Muta defeated Michiyoshi Ohara
Masahiro Chono defeated Kengo Kimura
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Tatsutoshi Goto
Kuniaki Kobayashi, the Great Kabuki, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Jushin Liger, Akira Nogami, & Kensuke Sasaki
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – August 18, 1994 (16,500; sell out)
Bad News Allen defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara
Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Mark Silver
Kazushi Sakuraba & Masahito Kakihara defeated Billy Scott & Jean Lydick
Salman Hashimikov defeated Yuko Miyato
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Tatsuo Nakano
Yoji Anjyo & Naoki Sano defeated Vladimir Berkovich & Victor Zangiev
Gary Albright defeated Kiyoshi Tamura
Best in the World 94 Tournament Finals: Super Vader defeated UWFI Heavyweight Champion Nobuhiko Takada to win the title via KO at 19:24 when Takada failed to reach his feet by the referee’s standing 10-count after sustaining three consecutive lariats (Vader in Japan)
UWFI @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – October 8, 1994
Gary Albright & Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Super Vader & John Tenta (Vader in Japan)
NJPW @ Kurume, Japan – October 24, 1994 (3,200; sell out)
Shinjiro Otani defeated Yuji Nagata
Black Cat defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Satoshi Kojima & El Samurai
Mike Enos & Lord Steven Regal defeated Ron Simmons & Nailz
Manabu Nakanishi & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Tadao Yasuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Osamu Kido & Scott Norton
Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Super Strong Machine & Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta
NJPW @ Kagoshima, Japan – October 25, 1994 (2,500)
Yuji Nagata defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Otani
Black Cat defeated Satoshi Kojima
Ron Simmons & Nailz defeated Yoshiaki Yatsu & Tadao Yasuda
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Shinya Hashimoto
Super Strong Machine & Masahiro Chono defeated Scott Norton & Osamu Kido
Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Mike Enos & Lord Steven Regal
Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta
NJPW @ Miyazaki, Japan – October 26, 1994 (2,640)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Yuji Nagata defeated Black Cat
Hiro Saito defeated El Samurai
Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Tadao Yasuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Super Strong Machine & Masahiro Chono defeated Ron Simmons & Nailz
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka
Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta defeated Mike Enos & Lord Steven Regal
Manabu Nakanishi & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Osamu Kido & Scott Norton
NJPW @ Kumamoto, Japan – October 27, 1994 (2,600)
Yuji Nagata defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Norio Honaga defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
El Samurai & Osamu Kido defeated Hiro Saito & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Nailz & Ron Simmons
Super Strong Machine & Masahiro Chono defeated Mike Enos & Lord Steven Regal
Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka
Scott Norton, Shinya Hashimoto, & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hiroshi Hase, the Great Muta, & Tadao Yasuda
NJPW @ Takuyama, Japan – October 28, 1994 (3,250)
Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
El Samurai & Akira Nogami defeated Norio Honaga & Hiro Saito
Lord Steven Regal defeated Takayuki Iizuka
Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Tadao Yasuda & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Scott Norton & Osamu Kido defeated Nailz & Ron Simmons
Super Strong Machine & Masahiro Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Shinya Hashimoto
Hiroshi Hase & the Great Muta defeated Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 1995 (62,500; sell out)
Featured an in-ring announcement from Eric Bischoff in which he said WCW and New Japan would have more talent exchanges in the coming year
UWA Welterweight Champion Shinjiro Ohtani pinned El Samurai at 15:17 with a dragon suplex
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Norio Honaga pinned the Great Sasuke at 14:39 with a la magistral cradle
The Great Kabuki, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Akitoshi Saito defeated Osamu Kido, Takayuki Iizuka, & Akira Nogami at 13:12 when Kabuki pinned Nogami with a lariat
Koji Kanemoto pinned Yuji Nagata at 14:43 with a Shooting Star Press
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Hiroyoshi Yamamoto) defeated Manabu Nakanishi at 7:40 with the Mountain Bomb
Tiger Jeet Singh Sr. & Jr. defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara at 11:23 when Sr. applied the claw on Ohara
Final Countdown BVD Tournament Semi Finals: Sting defeated Tony Palmore at 4:29 via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock (Battle Wonderland)
Final Countdown BVD Tournament Semi Finals: Antonio Inoki defeated Gerard Gordeau at 6:37 via submission with a sleeper (Battle Wonderland)
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto at 12:32 when Choshu pinned Kimura with a lariat
Masahiro Chono & Sabu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata at 11:18 when Chono pinned Hirata with the Mafia Kick
Road Warrior Hawk (w/ Road Warrior Animal) pinned Scott Norton at 7:41 with the clothesline off the top
Final Countdown BVD Tournament Finals: Antonio Inoki defeated Sting at 10:26 via submission with a sleeper after avoiding a suplex attempt (Battle Wonderland)
IWGP Tag Team Champions the Great Muta & Hiroshi Hase defeated Rick & Scott Steiner at 25:12 when Hase pinned Scott with a northern lights suplex
IWGP World Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kensuke Sasaki at 19:36 with a fisherman buster
NJPW @ ? – April 16, 1995
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated Lord Steven Regal via submission with a cross armbreaker at 19:03 following a DDT; prior to the bout, the two shook hands; after the match, Regal offered his hand to the champion, then punched him before Hashimoto countered with an elbow and Regal then left the ring
International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace – Pyongyang, North Korea – Stadium – April 28, 1995 (150,000)
Highlights of the two cards were shown on pay-per-view on 8/4/95 with Eric Bischoff, Mike Tenay, & Mr. Ishikawa (Sonny Onoo) on commentary
Yuji Nagata pinned Tokimitsu Ishizawa at 4:28
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Bull Nakano & CMLL Women’s Champion Akira Hokuto defeated Manami Toyota & Mariko Yoshida at 8:34 when Nakano pinned Yoshida with the legdrop off the top
Hiroshi Hase pinned Chris Benoit at 10:10 with a northern lights suplex
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito defeated El Samurai & Tadao Yasuda at 8:06 when Chono pinned Samurai with a shoulderblock off the top
2 Cold Scorpio defeated Shinjiro Ohtani at 2:37 when the referee stopped the match due to blood
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Masa Saito at 8:34
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: IWGP World Champion Shinya Hashimoto fought Scott Norton to a 20-minute time-limit draw
International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace – Pyongyang, North Korea – Stadium – April 29, 1995 (announced live at 160,000; announced by the government at 190,000; thousands were turned away)
Muhammad Ali was ringside for the event
Hiro Saito pinned Yuji Nagata at 5:29
CMLL Women’s Champion Akira Hokuto defeated Bull Nakano at 8:04
Black Cat pinned El Samurai with the Gory Special at 4:58
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Chris Benoit pinned 2 Cold Scorpio at 6:02 with the diving headbutt
Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton defeated Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami at 8:40 when Norton pinned Nogami
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Road Warrior Hawk pinned Tadao Yasuda at 2:21 with the clothesline off the top; the match was originally scheduled as the Road Warriors vs. Yasuda & IWGP World Champion Shinya Hashimoto
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki at 11:51 when Scott pinned Hase with the Steiner Screwdriver
Collision in Korea – 8/4/95: Antonio Inoki pinned Ric Flair at 14:54 with an enzuiguri following a cartwheel kick and kneedrop off the top; after the contest, Flair cornered Inoki before offering him his hand, with the two then shaking hands
NJPW @ Fukuoka, Japan – Dome – May 3, 1995 (48,000)
Yuji Nagata defeated Manabu Nakanishi via submission at 13:29
El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Akira Nogami & Norio Honaga at 13:45 when Iizuka pinned Nogami
Chris Benoit pinned 2 Cold Scorpio at the 12-minute mark
Sabu pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto to win the title at 16:39
Junji Hirata pinned Hiro Saito at 6:04
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Road Warrior Hawk & Scott Norton at 18:52 when Scott pinned Hawk
Terry Funk & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki & Masahiro Chono at 13:40 when Koshinaka pinned Chono
Ric Flair defeated Hiroshi Hase via submission with the figure-4 at 22:52 after avoiding a kneedrop off the top; Hase was locked in the hold nearly 2 minutes before finally submitting; Flair refused to break the hold after the match and had to be pulled away by officials; Hase’s wife was shown watching during and after the bout
Antonio Inoki & Koji Kitao defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Riki Choshu at 10:57 when Inoki pinned Choshu
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Hiroshi Tenzan at 11:20
The Great Muta pinned IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto to win the title at 21:13 with a moonsault off the top followed by a moonsault from the middle turnbuckle
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – May 26, 1995
IWGP World Champion Great Muta pinned Steve Austin with a backbreaker and the moonsault after Austin kicked out of a cover following a hurricanrana off the top; Austin used his 1991-92 theme as entrance music for the match
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – June 14, 1995 (16,000)
Takeshi Ishizawa defeated Yuji Nagata at 10:18 via submission
Osamu Kido defeated Tadao Yasuda at 7:50 via submission
Gran Hamada & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Dean Malenko & Black Tiger (Eddie Guerrero) at 14:27 when Ohtani pinned Malenko
Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka, & Junji Hirata defeated WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson, Steve Austin, & Mike Enos at 12:07 when Nogami scored the pin
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Manabu Nakanishi at 6:23
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Hiro Saito & Masahiro Chono at 12:21 when Sasaki pinned Saito
UWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Sabu at 19:04 to win the title
IWGP Champion the Great Muta pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 19:04
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 11, 1995 (11,500)
Yuji Nagata & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Black Cat at 11:50 when Takaiwa submitted to Nagata
Junji Hirata pinned Tadao Yasuda at 9:05
Shinjiro Ohtani & Koki Kanemoto defeated El Samurai & Jushin Liger at 13:42
Osamu Kido & Akira Nogami defeated Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka at 7:40 when Nogami pinned Iizuka
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Scott Norton at 13:35
Masahiro Chono (w/ Masa Saito) fought Ric Flair to a 30-minute time-limit draw at 29:59; Chono had Flair in the STF when the bell rang; after the contest, Chono went to attack Flair on the floor but Flair gained the advantage until Saito attacked him from behind
Hiroshi Tenzan defeated Kensuke Sasaki at 12:51
Shiro Koshinaka pinned IWGP World Champion the Great Muta at 15:47
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 12, 1995 (11,500)
Black Cat pinned Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 9:32
Takayuki Iizuka pinned El Samurai
Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Yuji Nagata defeated Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani at 12:43 when Ishizawa forced Ohtani to submit
Riki Choshu & Tadao Yasuda defeated Akira Nogami & Junji Hirata at 8:53 when Choshu pinned Nogami
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Jushin Liger via submission at 6:22
Ric Flair defeated Shiro Koshinaka via submission with the figure-4 at 17:15; Flair used his 1991 WCW theme for the match; Koshinaka was trapped in the hold 3 minutes after failing an enzuiguri
Scott Norton pinned Hiroshi Tenzan at 15:08
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Shinya Hashimoto at 21:46
IWGP World Champion the Great Muta pinned Masahiro Chono at 11:36
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 13, 1995 (11,500)
Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa via submission at 10:27
Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Yuji Nagata at 8:11
Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated El Samurai & Jushin Liger at 15:26 when Kanemoto pinned Samurai
Riki Choshu & Junji Hirata defeated Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka at 11:28 when Choshu pinned Iizuka
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Osamu Kido at 6:50 via submission
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 11:44
Scott Norton pinned Kensuke Sasaki at 16:21
IWGP World Champion the Great Muta pinned Ric Flair with a back suplex and the moonsault at 23:32; Flair used his WCW 1991 theme for the match
Masahiro Chono pinned Shiro Koshinaka at 11:10
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 14, 1995 (11,500)
Tadao Yasuda defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa via submission at 9:12
Shinjiro Ohtani pinned Yuji Nagata at 10:56
Masa Saito & Junji Hirata defeated Akitoshi Saito & Michiyoshi Ohara at 11:46 when Hirata pinned Saito
Jushin Liger & El Samurai defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa & Koji Kanemoto at 14:08 when Samurai pinned Ishizawa
Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Akira Nogami & Kensuke Sasaki at 10:06 when Goto pinned Nogami
Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido defeated Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka when Yamazaki forced Iizuka to submit
Ric Flair defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan via submission with the figure-4 at 10:45; Flair used his WCW 1991 theme for the match
The Great Muta pinned Scott Norton at 17:07
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Masahiro Chono at 10:05
NJPW @ Miyagi, Japan – Sports Center – September 20, 1995 (4,500)
Shinjiro Otani fought Tokimitsu Ishizawa to a 15-minute time-limit
Koji Kanemoto defeated El Samurai at 14:43
Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito & Sabu defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, Chris Benoit, & Gran Hamada at 13:47 when Sabu pinned Liger
Scott Norton & Lord Steven Regal defeated Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda at 7:53 when Yasuda submitted to the Regal Stretch
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masa Saito & Akira Nogami at 11:30 when Chono pinned Nogami
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Takayuki Iizuka at 10:41 via submission with a triangle choke
The Great Muta pinned Big Bubba with the moonsault at 10:17
IWGP Tag Team Title: Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata defeated Road Warrior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki at 17:24 when Hirata pinned Hawk
NJPW @ Yokohama, Japan – Arena – September 23, 1995 (16,000)
Yuji Nagata defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 10:46 via submission with a chickenwing facelock
Hiro Saito pinned Gran Hamada at 11:53
Akira Nogami & Shinjiro Otani defeated Takayuki Iizuka & Koji Kanemoto at 11:17 when Nogami pinned Kanemoto with a German suplex
Lord Steven Regal pinned Chris Benoit at 20:47
Jushin Thunder Liger pinned Sabu at 11:05
Road Warior Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Scott Norton & Big Bubba at 9:43 when Hawk pinned Bubba
Yoji Anjo & Tatsuo Nakano defeated Riki Choshu & Yuji Nagata at 10:06 when Nakano forced Nagata to submit to a cross armbreaker
Kazuo Yamazaki pinned Shiro Koshinaka at 9:28 with a German suplex
IWGP World Champion Great Muta pinned WCW US Champion Sting at 11:02 with a Frankensteiner off the top followed by two consecutive moonsaults off the top
IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 18:43 when Hashimoto pinned Chono
WCW / NJPW – Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – November 13, 1995 (7,500)
Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, & Shinjiro Otani defeated Jushin Liger, Yuji Nagata, & Tokimitsu Ishizawa at 16:27 when Kanemoto pinned Ishizawa with a tiger suplex
Junji Harata pinned WCW Tag Team Champion Booker T at 6:29 with a diving headbutt
Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito defeated WCW TV Champion Johnny B. Badd & Bobby Eaton at 14:29 when Eaton submitted to Chono’s STF
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito defeated the Nasty Boys at 8:22 when Saito pinned Jerry Saggs with a backdrop suplex
The Giant & Arn Anderson defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda at 10:50 when the Giant pinned Yasuda with the chokeslam
Ric Flair defeated Osamu Nishimura via submission with the figure-4 at 10:17
Hiroshi Tenzan pinned Kurasawa (Manubu Nakanishi) (w/ Sonny Onoo) at 9:48 with a diving headbutt
The Great Muta pinned Lord Steven Regal at 16:03 with the moonsault
Kensuke Sasaki pinned WCW US Champion Sting to win the title at 12:47 with a northern lights bomb
WCW / NJPW – Hamamatsu, Japan – November 14, 1995 (4,700; papered)
Akira Nogami pinned Koji Kanemoto at 13:06
Shinjiro Otani pinned Jushin Liger with a dragon suplex at 16:42
WCW TV Champion Johnny B. Badd pinned Takashi Iizuka at 11:45
The Giant pinned Tadao Yasuda at 3:04 with the chokeslam; during the bout, Giant hit a dropkick off the top
Kurasawa defeated Yuji Nagata at 4:23
WCW US Champion Kensuke Sasaki & Osamu Nishimura defeated Lord Steven Regal & Bobby Eaton at 13:15 when Nishimura pinned Eaton with a northern lights suplex
Shinya Hashimoto pinned WCW Tag Team Champion Booker T with a brainbuster
The Nasty Boys defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Tenzan at 14:14 when Brian Knobbs pinned Chono with a splash off the top
Sting & the Great Muta defeated Ric Flair & Arn Anderson when Muta pinned Anderson with the moonsault at 18:15
NJPW @ March 17, 1996
The Great Muta & Riki Choshu defeated Scott Norton & Hugh Morrus at 12:12 when Choshu pinned Morrus with a lariat after Muta hit the moonsault off the top
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono vs. Yuji Nagata & Kazuo Yamazaki
El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto
Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani
NJPW @ Nagoya, Japan – March 20, 1996
IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata defeated Harlem Heat when Hashimoto pinned Booker T with a brainbuster
Shinjiro Ohtani pinned Chris Benoit; due to pre-match stipulations, Ohtani became the first WCW Cruiserweight Champion
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – April 25, 1996 (11,500)
Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Yuji Nagata defeated Akitoshi Saito
Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Osamu Kido, Takayuki Iizuka, & Tadao Yasuda
Black Tiger, El Samurai, & Gran Hamada defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto, & Dean Malenko at 16:26 when Samurai pinned Ohtani
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Hiro Saito
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura at 6:23 when Sasaki forced Kojima to submit
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 5:29
IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine defeated Yoji Anjoh & Yoshihiro Takayama at 12:13 when Hashimoto forced Takayama to submit
Keiji Mutoh & Jushin Liger defeated Nobuhiko Takada & Naoki Sano at 15:46 when Liger pinned Sano
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – April 29, 1996 (55,000)
Yuji Nagata & Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto at 11:20 when Nagata pinned Kanemoto
Riki Choshu, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura, & Satoshi Kojima defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Akira Nogami at 11:04 when Choshu pinned Nogami
The Great Sasauke pinned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger to win the title at 19:27
Randy Savage pinned Hiroshi Tenzan at 9:49
Masahiro Chono defeated Lex Luger via submission at 14:37
The Road Warriors & Kensuki Sasaki defeated Scott Norton, Rick & Scott Steiner at 15:17 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Rick with a powerslam off the top
The Great Muta pinned Ginsei Shinzaki at 19:44
Genichiro Tenryu pinned Tatsumi Fujinami at 9:16
Shinya Hashimoto defeated IWGP Champion Nobuhiko Takada via submission at 12:33 to win the title
NJPW @ Sapporo, Japan – Nakajima Sports Center – July 16, 1996
Jushin Liger, Norio Honaga, & El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Ohtani, Tokimitsu Ishizawa, & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
Sting & the Great Muta defeated the Road Warriors at 7:15 when Muta pinned Road Warrior Hawk with a roll up moments after avoiding the Doomsday Device Riki Choshu & IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka
WCW World Champion the Giant vs. Kensuke Sasaki
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
NJPW @ Sapporo, Japan – Nakajima Sports Center – July 17, 1996
Kazuo Yamazaki & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Takayuki Iizuka & Michiyoshi Ohara at 13:22
Randy Savage pinned Jushin Liger with a clothesline and the flying elbowsmash at 8:12; prior to the bout, the two men shook hands; after the match, Savage helped Liger to his feet and the two men hugged
WCW World Champion the Giant vs. Sting at 5:46
The Road Warriors & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Riki Choshu, the Great Muta, & Satoshi Kojima at 7:33
Tatsumi Fujinami, Shiro Koshinaka, & Akira Nogami vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Hiro Saito at 10:59
Ric Flair vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto at 12:54
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – February 16, 1997 (11,000)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Kazuyuki Fujita & Shinjiro Ohtani at 12:08 when Fujita submitted to Takaiwa
Chris Jericho & Scotty Riggs defeated Norio Honaga & El Samurai at 9:05 when Jericho pinned Honaga
Osamu Nishimura, Takashi Iizuka, & Junji Hirata defeated Akitoshi Saito, Akira Nogami, & Kuniaki Kobayashi at 11:16 when Kobayashi submitted to Iizuka
Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 12:44 when Ohara pinned Saito
J Crown Champion Jushin Liger pinned Koji Kanemoto at 19:26
Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell, & Masahiro Chono beat Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki, & Tadao Yasuda at 9:50 when Norton pinned Yasuda
The Great Muta pinned Shiro Koshinaka at 12:43
IWGP Tag Team Champions Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima at 14:41 when Kimura pinned Nakanishi
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto pinned Kazuo Yamazaki at 18:55
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Metropolitan Gymnasium – March 25, 1997
Koji Kanemmoto & Shinjiro Otani defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie
Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka defeated Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura
El Samurai defeated Jushin Liger
Kazuo Yamazaki, Kengo Kimura, Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Akira Nogami, Akitoshi Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Michiyoshi Ohara, & Shiro Koshinaka
Satoshi Kijima defeated Hiro Saito
Hiroshi Tenzan defeated Manubu Nakanishi
Buff Bagwell defeated Lord Steven Regal
Kensuke Sasaki defeated nWo Sting
The Great Muta (w/ Lord Steven Regal, Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto pinned Masahiro Chono (w/ Hiroshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell, Scott Norton, & nWo Sting) at around the 9-minute mark with the Yakuza Kick; after the bout, Chono hit Muta with nWo Sting’s baseball bat and spraypainted “nWo” on his back; moments later, Muta’s seconds rushed the ring and brawled with the nWo crew
Scott Norton defeated Shinya Hashimoto
NJPW @ Osaka, Japan – Osaka Dome – May 3, 1997 (43,000)
Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani, Dick Togo, Mens Teoh, & Hanzo Nakajima defeated Super Delfin, Gran Hamada, the Great Sasuke, El Samurai, & Norio Honoga at 19:11 in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; Ohtani pinned Delfin at 9:00; Togo pinned Hamada at 19:11
Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Kendo Kashin at 8:06 via submission with a sleeper
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Kengo Kimura at 13:34
Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 9:03
nWo Sting & WCW Cruiserweight Champion Syxx defeated Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka at 12:23 when Syxx pinned Iizuka with a northern lights suplex
Buff Bagwell & Scott Norton defeated Lex Luger & the Giant at 10:09 when Norton pinned Luger following an elbow drop
Masahiro Chono, WCW Tag Team Champions Kevin Nash & Scott Hall defeated the Great Muta, Rick & Scott Steiner at 14:31 when Hall pinned Rick following Chono hitting the Yakuza Kick; Eric Bischoff provided guest commentary for the match; after the contest, Scott Norton came out, broke up a fight in the aisle between Muta and Chono, and then joined the remainder of the nWo in the ring to celebrate
Antonio Inoki & Tiger King defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Jushin Liger at 10:42 when Fujiwara submitted to Inoki
Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki at 17:34 when Choshu submitted to Kojima
IWGP Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated Naoya Ogawa at 10:20 via submission
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – June 22, 1997
Yutaka Yoshie defeated Shinya Makabe Osamu Kido defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takashi Iizuka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa Black Cat & El Samurai defeated Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga Akira Nogami, Akitoshi Saito, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Kensuke Sasaki, Koji Kanemoto, & Shinjiro Otani Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting, & the Great Muta (w/ Hiryoshi Tenzan) defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima, & Shinya Hashimoto at 5:46 when Muta pinned Kojima with a chop to the head off the top after Chono hit the Yakuza Kick; after the match, Hashimoto was triple teamed and beaten with nWo Sting’s baseball bat
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 1, 1997 (10,500)
Takashi Iizuka & Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Kendo Kashin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 9:20 when Takaiwa submitted to Iizuka
Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto defeated Jushin Liger & El Samurai at 17:24 when Ohtani pinned Liger
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido defeated Riki Choshu & Kengo Kimura at 9:06 when Kido pinned Kimura
Satoshi Kojima pinned Lord Steven Regal at 9:45
Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Tadao Yasuda at 10:31
Scott Norton pinned Junji Hirata at 6:31
Masahiro Chono defeated Michiyoshi Ohara at 18:39 via submission
The Great Muta pinned Manabu Nakanishi at 10:25
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Kazuo Yamazaki at 11:35 via submission
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 2, 1997 (11,000)
Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Norio Honaga defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto, & Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 15:41 when Honaga pinned Kanemoto
Michiyoshi Ohara, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Kido, Kazuo Yamazaki at 13:18 when Ohara pinned Iizuka
Kengo Kimura, Akira Nogami, & Akitoshi Saito defeated Tadao Yasuda, Manabu Nakanishi, & Satoshi Kojima at 12:04 when Kimura pinned Yasuda
Lord Steven Regal defeated Hiro Saito at 9:36 via submission
Don Frye defeated Kazuyuki Fujita at 6:40 via submission
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Buff Bagwell at 8:04
Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Satoshi Kojima at 11:43
Scott Norton pinned the Great Muta at 6:31
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Masahiro Chono at 5:45 via submission
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Sumo Hall – August 3, 1997 (11,000)
Akitoshi Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani at 15:45 when Saito pinned Kanemoto
Tatsuhito Takaiwa pinned El Samurai at 16:42
Jushin Liger pinned Kendo Kashin at 12:09
Buff Bagwell & Hiro Saito defeated Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara at 16:10 when Bagwell pinned Goto
Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Shinya Hashimoto at 14:01
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Scott Norton at 5:16
The Great Muta pinned Lord Steven Regal at 6:40 with a backbreaker and the moonsault off the top
Akira Nogami, Kengo Kimura, & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, & Junji Hirata at 12:57 when Nogami pinned Kojima
G-1 Climax Finals: Kensuke Sasaki pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 8:09
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – February 15, 1998 (16,000)
Tadao Yasuda pinned Kazuyuki Fujita at 9:40
Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Kendo Kashin defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto, & Tatsuhito Takaiwa at 14:53 when Liger pinned Takaiwa
Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 11:14 via submission
Osamu Nishimura pinned nWo Sting at 9:54
Curt Hennig pinned Satoshi Kojima at 6:12
The Great Muta defeated Kazuo Yamazaki at 14:50 via submission
Naoya Ogawa defeated Don Frye at 8:12 via submission
Shinya Hashimoto pinned Big Titan at 11:26
Scott Norton pinned Kensuke Sasaki at 9:53
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Masahiro Chono at 19:54
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – February 14, 1999 (14,000)
Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Kendo Kashin, & Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Jushin Liger, El Samurai, the Great Sasuke, Masao Orihara, & Masaaki Mochizuki at 18:53 in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Kanemoto defeated Liger via submission at 10:10; fall #2: Ohtani pinned Mochizuki at 8:43
Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka defeated Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda at 10:14 when Iizuka beat Kido
Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, & Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Michiyoshi Ohara at 11:05 when Goto submitted to Nakanishi
Don Frye defeated Brian Johnston at 6:31 via submission
Scott Norton pinned Masa Saito at 6:35
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka at 10:52 when Fujinami pinned Koshinaka
Masa Chono, nWo Sting, & AKIRA defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiro Saito at 17:41 when AKIRA pinned Saito
IWGP World Champion the Great Muta defeated Kensuke Sasaki at 28:09 via submission
NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 2000 (announced at 63,500; sell out)
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Kendo Kashin & Minoru Tanaka when Takaiwa pinned Kashin at 13:09
Shiro Koshinaka pinned Satoshi Kojima at 10:17 after a powerbomb
Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Chris Benoit at 10:55 with the headbutt off the top
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger pinned Koji Kanemoto with a brainbuster after a Liger Bomb
Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kenzo Suzuki at 6:41 (Suzuki’s debut)
Yuji Nagata pinned Kazuo Yamazaki with a back suplex at 6:44 (Yamazaki’s retirement match)
Kimo defeated Kazuyuki Fujita via disqualification at 4:02 when Fujita hit Kimo with a low blow
Scott Norton pinned Don Frye at 8:50 with a powerbomb
Rick Steiner pinnd Randy Savage (sub. for an injured Bill Goldberg) at 11:08 with a bulldog off the top
Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka defeated Naoya Ogawa & Kanzunari Murakami when Iizuka pinned Murakami at 8:59
Masahiro Chono defeated the Great Muta via submission at 25:00 with the STF
Kensuke Sasaki pinned IWGP Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu at 14:43 to win the title after two Northern Lights Powerbombs