2000 7/30 12/14 _
2001 9/16 10/28 12/11
2002 5/28 8/3 10/26
2003 7/21 8/28 11/3
2004 8/8 12/11 _
2007 4/13 _ _
2008 4/27 _ _
2009 5/3 _ _
Note: Only PPVs not in other sections are included.




July 2000 PPV


 July 30, 2000 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000 ($1,750,000)
Shown live on Japanese PPV (1.8)
  1. Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:33) via submission.

  2. Minoru Tanaka beat Akira (10:30) via submission.

  3. Junji Hirata pinned Kenso Suzuki (10:13).

  4. Shiro Koshinaka pinned Koji Kanemoto (11:40).

  5. Takashi Iizuka beat Shinjiro Ohtani (11:04).

  6. Yuji Nagata & Kensuke Sasaki beat Yutaka Yoshie & Manabu Nakanishi (18:23) when Nagata pinned Yoshie.

  7. Riki Choshu TKO Atsushi Onita (8:12) in a "nor rope explosive barbed wire death" match.
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December 2000 PPV


 December 14, 2000 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 6,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV (0.9)
  1. Super Strong Machine & Kensuke Sasaki beat Masa Chono & Team 2000 Machine (Tatsutoshi Goto) (14:37) when Machine pinned Machine.

  2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan vuia submission (13:38).

  3. Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Kendo Kashin (3:07).

  4. Satoshi Kojima pinned Kenzo Suzuki (9:40).

  5. Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, & Shinya Makabe beat Super Delfin, Tsubasa, & Takehiro Murakawa (14:37) when Tanaka forced Tsubasa to submit.

  6. Manabu Nakanishi beat Osamu Nishimura (11:48) via submission.

  7. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Koji Kanemoto (10:34) via submission.

  8. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi drew Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (30:00).
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September 2001 PPV


 September 16, 2001 in Nagoya, Japan
Rainbow Hall drawing 10,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Giant Silva & Hiro Saito beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki, & Yutaka Yoshie (8:45) in a "handicap" match when Silva pinned Tanahashi.

  2. Silver King & Dr. Wagner, Jr. beat Gran Naniwa & Jushin Liger (10:27) when Silver King pinned Naniwa.

  3. Kendo Kashin beat Minoru Tanaka (1:14) via submission.

  4. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Gedo & Jado beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (11:39) Jado forced Shibata to submit.

  5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Masayuki Naruse pinned El Samurai (7:35).

  6. Yuji Nagata beat Osamu Nishimura (21:10) via submission.

  7. Kokushi (Keiji Mutoh) & Hakushi beat Masa Chono & Mike Barton (14:45) when Kokushi pinned Chono.

  8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Mitsuya Nagai & Toshiaki Kawada (21:36) when Tenzan pinned Nagai.

  9. Don Frye beat Scott Norton (6:11) via submission to win the G-1 World League.

  10. Manabu Nakanishi beat Gary Goodridge (4:38) via submission.
G-1 World League final standings

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October 2001 PPV


 October 28, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 7,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Giant Silva & Giant Singh beat Wataru Inoue, Katsushi Takemura, & Dolgorsuren Serjubdee (3:33) in a "handicap" match when Singh pinned Takemura.

  2. Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Masayuki Naruse beat Jado, Gokudo (Pat Tanaka), & Chris Candido (10:29) when Samurai forced Candido to submit.

  3. Scott Norton & Super J beat Yutaka Yoshie & Danny Devine (9:18) when Norton pinned Yoshie.

  4. Minoru Tanaka beat Masahito Kakihara (8:33) via submission.

  5. Kazunari Murakami KO Hiroshi Tanahashi (5:01).

  6. Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda (8:31) via submission.

  7. Kensuke Sasaki beat Manabu Nakanishi (6:21) via submission.

  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kendo Kashin beat Katsuyori Shibata (3:25) via submission.

  9. Osamu Kido, Kenzo Suzuki, & Riki Choshu beat Akira Nogami, Hiro Saito, & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:48) when Kido beat Nogami via submission.

  10. Masa Chono & Mike Rotunda beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (18:00) when Chono pinned Tenzan.

  11. All Japan World Tag Champs Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea beat Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (23:47) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Mutoh pinned Nishimura.

  12. Kensuke Sasaki beat Yuji Nagata (12:17) via submission.
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December 2001 PPV


 December 11, 2001 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 6,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Giant Singh & Hiro Saito beat Robbie Rage & El Samurai (4:03) when Singh pinned Rage.

  2. Masayuki Naruse, Masahito Kakihara, & Gran Naniwa beat Katsuyori Shibata, Wataru Inoue, & Katsumi Takemura (11:46) when Kakihara forced Shibata to submit.

  3. Scott Norton, Giant Silva, & Super J beat Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie, & Serjubdee Dolgorsuren (9:23) when Super J pinned Dolgorsuren.

  4. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Kensuke Sasaki & Danny Devine (14:40) when Nagata forced Devine to submit.

  5. Hiroshi Hase & Taiyo Kea beat Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (16:44) when Hase pinned Tanahashi.

  6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (17:25) when Kojima pinned Nakanishi.

  7. Kendo Kashin, Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, & Black Tiger beat Koji Kanemoto, Jado, Gedo, & Gokudo (17:22) when Tanaka pinned Gedo.

  8. All Japan Triple Crown Champ Keiji Muto pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (15:32).

  9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Mike Barton & Jim Steele (24:02) to win the 2001 G-1 Tag Team League when Tenzan pinned Steele.
G-1 Tag League 2001 final standings

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May 2002 PPV


 "Fighting Spirit Memorial Day"
May 28, 2002 in Sendai, Japan
Miyagi Sports Center drawing 4,300
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Masahito Kakihara, Curry Man , & Masayuki Naruse beat Black Tiger, Gedo, & Gokudo (8:29) when Kakihara pinned Gokudo.

  2. Bloody pinned Sachie Abe (7:21).

  3. Osamu Nishimura, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Katsuyori Shibata beat Wataru Inoue, Blue Wolf, & Yutaka Yoshie (6:22) when Nishimura forced Inoue to submit.

  4. Minoru Tanaka pinned Tiger Mask IV (10:22).

  5. Koji Kanemoto pinned Jushin Liger (17:17).

  6. Manabu Nakanishi pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu (13:17).

  7. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Tadao Yasuda (0:49).

  8. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Akira (0:38).

  9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Kenzo Suzuki (9:41).

  10. Scott Norton drew Hiroshi Tanahashi (15:00).

  11. Masa Chono pinned Yuji Nagata (12:36).
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August 2002 PPV


 August 3, 2002 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 6,200
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Masayuki Naruse & Masahito Kakihara beat Wataru Inoue & Blue Wolf (5:50) when Kakihara forced Inoue to submit.

  2. Koji Kanemoto, Gedo, & Jado beat Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Minoru Tanaka (14:35) when Jado forced Samurai to submit.

  3. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shiro Koshinaka.

  4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yutaka Yoshie (15:53) via submission.

  5. Kenzo Suzuki pinned Tadao Yasuda (0:37).

  6. Osamu Nishimura drew Manabu Nakanishi (30:00).

  7. Yuji Nagata beat Masa Chono (16:00) via submission.

  8. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Yoshihiro Takayama.
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October 2002 PPV


 October 26, 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Jack the Bull pinned Toru Yano (1:49).

  2. Shiro Koshinaka, El Samurai, & Wataru Inoue beat Hiro Saito, Jado, & Gedo (7:21) when Koshinaka pinned Gedo.

  3. Scott Norton pinned Blue Wolf (4:37).

  4. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita beat Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (3:58) when Makabe pinned Kakihara.

  5. Jushin Liger, Heat, & Tiger Mask IV beat American Dragon, Rocky Romero, & Ricky Reyes (15:00) in a "triathalon survivor" match.
    • Heat pinned Dragon (5:19).
    • Romero & Reyes beat Liger & Tiger Mask (10:30) when Romero pinned Tiger.
    • Liger, Heat, & Tiger beat Dragon, Romero, & Reyes (15:00) when Tiger pinned Romero.

  6. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Joanie Laurer & The Great Muta II (4:25) via countout.

  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Koji Kanemoto beat Bas Rutten (10:11) via submission.

  8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Masks #1 & #2 beat Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura, & Yutaka Yoshie (23:47) in an "elimination" match.
    • Iizuka beat Makai #1 (1:02) via submission.
    • Makai #2 beat Iizuka (3:40).
    • Nakanishi beat Makai #2 (2:27) via submission.
    • Yanagisawa pinned Nakanishi (3:56).
    • Tenzan pinned Yanagisawa (1:47).
    • Yasuda beat Tenzan (4:04) via submission.
    • Yasuda pinned Murakami (3:25).
    • Nishimura beat Yasuda (2:54) via submission.
    • Murakami beat Nishimura (0:33) via submission.

  9. IWGP Champ Yuji Nagata drew Masa Chono (60:00).
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July 2003 PPV


 July 21, 2003 in Sapporo, Japan
Green Dome drawing 6,500
Shown live on PPV
  1. Minoru Suzuki TKO Koji Kanemoto (6:18).

  2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (11:32).

  3. Osamu Nishimura pinned Mike Barton (13:00).

  4. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask IV pinned Wataru Inoue (9:39).

  5. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Tadao Yasuda, Makai Masks #1 & #5 beat Michiyoshi Ohara, Tatsutoshi Goto, Hiro Saito, & Takashi Iizuka (15:27) in a "captain's falls elimination" match.
    • Makai Mask #5 beat Iizuka (4:53).
    • Makai Mask #1 beat Saito (11:55) via countout.
    • Goto pinned Makai Mask #1 (13:10).
    • Yanagisawa beat Goto (13:27).
    • Yasuda pinned Ohara (15:27).

  6. Heat beat Jushin Liger (2:35) via submission.

  7. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kazunari Murakami (8:13) via submission.

  8. U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Katsuyori Shibata (9:07).

  9. Josh Barnett beat Scott Norton (8:05) via submission in a "no pinfalls" match.

  10. Yuji Nagata pinned Enson Inoue (4:48).

  11. IWGP Champ Yoshihiro Takayama DKO Masa Chono (24:12).
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August 2003 PPV


 "Osaka Dream Night"
August 28, 2003 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (7:55).

  2. Yutaka Yoshie pinned Blue Wolf (8:44).

  3. Masahito Kakihara, Heat, & Tiger Mask IV beat Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, & Jushin Liger (9:25) when Heat beat Inoue.

  4. Osamu Nishimura beat Shinsuke Nakamura (15:42) via submission.

  5. New Japan U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Makai Mask #2.

  6. Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazunari Murakami (2:00) via DQ.

  7. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Enson Inoue & Yuji Nagata (7:10) when Yasuda pinned Nagata.

  8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Shinya Makabe (11:36) via submission.

  9. Yoshihiro Takayama KO Masa Chono (34:06) in a "steel cage" match to win the vacant IWGP Title. This was the first ever New Japan cage match.
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November 2003 PPV


 "Yokohama Dead Out"
November 3, 2003 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 9,000
Shown live on PPV
  1. Osamu Nishimura, Jinsei Shinzaki, & Jushin Liger beat Tadao Yasuda, Makai Mask #1, & Ryota Chikuzen (14:01) when Nishimura pinned Yasuda.

  2. Kazunari Murakami TKO Koji Kanemoto.

  3. Montanha Silva pinned Yutaka Yoshie (4:06).

  4. New Japan U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Toa the Samoan Beast (3:33).

  5. Tomo beat Jadamba Narantungalag in a "K-1 rules" match.

  6. Jan Nortje KO Ivan Rudan (1st - 0:19) in a "K-1 rules" match.

  7. Hiromi Amada TKO Katsuyori Shibata (2nd - 2:08) in a "K-1 rules" match.

  8. Bob Sapp & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Nakanishi (16:33) when Nakamura forced Nishimura to submit.

  9. Yuji Nagata TKO Minoru Suzuki (13:30).

  10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (22:16) to win the IWGP Title.
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August 2004 PPV


 August 8, 2004 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gymnasium drawing 6,400
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Jushin Liger, Jado, Gedo, & Katsushi Takemura beat Tiger Mask, Masayuki Naruse, Wataru Inoue, & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:38) when Takemura pinned Inoue.

  2. Minoru Suzuki beat Blue Wolf (13:34) via submission.

  3. Osamu Nishimura beat Koji Kanemoto (14:03).

  4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (15:15) via submission.

  5. Masahiro Chono pinned Yutaka Yoshie (12:57).

  6. Manabu Nakanishi beat Togi Makabe (7:40) via submission.

  7. Yuji Nagata pinned Genichiro Tenryu (11:28).

  8. Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Kensuke Sasaki (14:40).

  9. Katsuyori Shibata beat Shinsuke Nakamura (12:00).
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December 2004 PPV


 December 11, 2004 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 5,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. El Samurai & Hiroshi Nagao beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Akiya Anzawa (10:04) when Nagao pinned Anzawa.

  2. Masayuki Naruse beat Hirooki Goto (2:51) via submission.

  3. Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask IV, & Wataru Inoue beat Minoru Tanaka, Jado, & Gedo (13:41) when Kanemoto forced Jado to submit.

  4. Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (10:25) when Tenryu pinned Yano.

  5. Takashi Iizuka, Yutaka Yoshie, & Blue Wolf beat Black Strong Machine, Scott Norton, & Mitsuya Nagai (14:35) when Yoshie pinned Nagai.

  6. Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Liger beat Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii (8:03) when Nakanishi pinned Ishii.

  7. Masahiro Chono beat Yuji Nagata (13:23) via submission.

  8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan drew Satoshi Kojima (30:00).

  9. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki (32:33) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Tanahashi pinned Suzuki.
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April 2007 PPV


 April 13, 2007 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gymnasium drawing 5,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. El Samurai & Yujiro beat Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (8:14) when Yujiro pinned Hirasawa.

  2. Jushin Liger, Milano Collection AT, & BxB Hulk beat Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue, & Tetsuya Naito (12:32) when Milano pinned Naito.

  3. Riki Choshu & Takashi Iizuka beat Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma (2:52) when Iizuka beat Honma via sleeperhold.

  4. Manabu Nakanishi pinned Orlando Jordan (7:59).

  5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Black Strong Machine beat Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii (11:58) when Nakamura pinned Ishii.

  6. Dragon Gate International Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Jado & Gedo beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda (14:51) when Jado forced Kanda to submit.

  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Minoru beat Ryusuke Taguchi (18:27) via submission.

  8. IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shiro Koshinaka (15:47) when Tomko pinned Tenzan.

  9. Yuji Nagata pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (23:34) to win the IWGP Title.
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April 2008 PPV


 April 27, 2008 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gymnasium drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Jado, Gedo, & Karl Anderson beat Yujiro, Mitsuhide Hirasawa, & Kazuchika Okada (5:30) when Anderson pinned Okada.

  2. Milano Collection AT & Minoru beat Shiro Koshinaka & Akira (6:14) when Milano pinned Akira.

  3. Hirooki Goto & Giant Bernard beat Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (8:33) when Bernard pinned Honma.

  4. Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani beat Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:56) when Tanaka pinned Taguchi.

  5. Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, & Jushin Liger beat Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask IV, & Tetsuya Naito (8:52) when Chono pinned Naito.

  6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Wataru Inoue pinned Christopher Daniels (19:28).

  7. IWGP Tag Champs Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka (15:14) when Makabe pinned Tenzan.

  8. Keiji Mutoh pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (22:34) to win the IWGP Title.
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May 2009 PPV


 "Wrestling Dontaku 2009"
May 3, 2009 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 5,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Mitsuhide Hirasawa pinned Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:18).

  2. Milano Collection AT & Taichi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (10:15) when Milano pinned Taguchi.

  3. Wataru Inoue, Akira, & Kazuchika Okada DCO Tomohiro Ishii, Black Tiger, & Jado (9:39).

  4. Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori beat Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono (12:07) when Nakanishi pinned Choshu.

  5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (11:32) when Nakamura pinned Honma.

  6. Jushin Liger & Cima beat Tiger Mask IV & Koji Kanemoto (13:03) when Liger pinned Kanemoto.

  7. Yuji Nagata KO Takashi Iizuka (20:07) in a "dog collar chain death" match.

  8. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (18:44) when Anderson pinned Tenzan.

  9. IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Hirooki Goto (29:39).
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