2001 2/18 8/10 8/11 8/12
2002 2/16 8/10 8/11 _
2003 2/16 8/15 8/16 8/17
2004 2/15 3/28 8/13 8/14a
8/14b 8/15 10/9 11/3
2005 2/20 3/26 8/13 8/14





Sumo Hall 2/01


 February 18, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Koji Kanemoto, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, & Minoru Tanaka beat Silver King, Dr. Wagner Jr., & El Samurai (14:55) when Kanemoto pinned Wagner.

  2. Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Brian Johnston & The Sledgehammer (7:16) when Ohara forced Hammer to submit.

  3. Yutaka Yoshie & Shiro Koshinaka beat Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Liger (14:14) when Yoshie forced Nishimura to submit.

  4. Manabu Nakanishi beat Super J (11:31) via submission.

  5. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Mitsuya Nagai & Masahito Kakihara (17:03) when Iizuka forced Nagai to submit.

  6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe (15:20) when Tenzan pinned Choshu.

  7. Don Frye beat Masa Chono (12:27) via submission.

  8. Keiji Mutoh pinned Kazunari Murakami (6:01).

  9. IWGP Champ Kensuke Sasaki pinned Shinjiro Ohtani (14:53).
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Sumo Hall 8/10/01


 August 10, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,000
  1. Shinya Makabe pinned Dolgolsren Ceruzibde (8:02).

  2. Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki (9:58) when Koshinaka pinned Tanahashi.

  3. Jushin Liger drew Osamu Nishimura (30:00).

  4. Manabu Nakanishi beat Minoru Tanaka (9:47) via submission.

  5. Kazunari Murakami pinned Tadao Yasuda (3:48).

  6. Yuji Nagata pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (11:30).

  7. Keiji Mutoh pinned Masa Chono (8:14).

  8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Satoshi Kojima (20:53).
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Sumo Hall 8/11/01


 August 11, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. El Samurai beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:36) via submission.

  2. Gedo, Jado, & Akira Nogami beat Wataru Inoue, Minoru Tanaka, & Jushin Liger (14:56) when Jado forced Inoue to submit.

  3. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Masayuki Naruse pinned Shinya Makabe (7:33).

  4. Osamu Nishimura beat Kenzo Suzuki (10:39) via submission.

  5. Osamu Kido, Shiro Koshinaka, & Riki Choshu beat Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8:32) when Kido forced Saito to submit.

  6. Satoshi Kojima pinned Yutaka Yoshie (11:25).

  7. Keiji Mutoh beat Tadao Yasuda (11:22) via submission.

  8. Yuji Nagata beat Masa Chono (13:44) via submission.
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Sumo Hall 8/12/01


 August 12, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
  1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beta Dolgolsren Ceruzibde (5:41) via submission.

  2. Akira Nogami beat Wataru Inoue (7:21) via submission.

  3. El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka beat Masayuki Naruse & Jushin Liger (11:54) when Samurai forced Naruse to submit.

  4. Riki Choshu & Kenzo Suzuki beat Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie (7:05) when Choshu pinned Makabe.

  5. Masa Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shiro Koshinaka & Osamu Nishimura (6:03) when Chono pinned Koshinaka.

  6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda (13:46) when Tenzan pinned Nakanishi.

  7. Yuji Nagata beat Keiji Mutoh (22:03) via submission to win the 2001 G-1 Climax.
2001 G-1 Climax final standings

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Sumo Hall 2/02


 February 16, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Giant Singh & Giant Silva beat Chris Candido, Danny Devine, & Yutaka Yoshie (5:49) when Singh pinned Candido.

  2. Daijiro Matsui TKO Katsuyori Shibata (1st - 1:59).

  3. Yuji Nagata pinned Rick Steiner (11:30).

  4. Tadao Yasuda beat Masa Chono (6:36) via submission.

  5. Wataru Inoue, Masayuki Naruse, Jushin Liger, & El Samurai beat Pat Tanaka, Jado, Gedo, & Koji Kanemoto (19:04) when Inoue forced Tanaka to submit.

  6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki beat Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami (9:57) when Tanahashi pinned Koshinaka.

  7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Osamu Nishimura (21:06) via sleeperhold.

  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Minoru Tanaka pinned Masahito Kakihara (11:01).

  9. Manabu Nakanishi pinned Kensuke Sasaki (11:10).

  10. Tadao Yasuda beat Yuji Nagata (15:15) via submission to win the vacant IWGP Title.
IWGP Title Tournament bracketing

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Sumo Hall 8/10/02


 August 10, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Blue Wolf beat Toru Yano (7:19).

  2. Azumi Hyuga, Ran Yu Yu, & Commando Bolshoi beat Tsubasa Kuragaki, Kayoko Haruyama, & Kaori Yoneyama (13:30) Kuzumi pinned Haruyama.

  3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat El Samurai & Wataru Inoue (8:31) when Saito pinned Inoue.

  4. Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, & Masayuki Naruse beat Koji Kanemoto, Gedo, & Jado (14:10) when Liger pinned Gedo.

  5. Osamu Nishimura beat Manabu Nakanishi (5:46).

  6. Kensuke Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Kenzo Suzuki beat Masahito Kakihara, Yutaka Yoshie, & Yuji Nagata (15:29) when Sasaki pinned Kakihara.

  7. Masa Chono beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (22:03) via submission.

  8. Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Osamu Nishimura (22:38).
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Sumo Hall 8/11/02


 August 11, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
Highlights shown on TV Asahi (5.7)
  1. Wataru Inoue beat (3:42).

  2. Koji Kanemoto, Gedo, & Jado beat El Samurai, Minoru Tanaka, & Masahito Kakihara (13:13) when Kanemoto beat Samurai via submission.

  3. Shiro Koshinaka & Jushin Liger beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:46) when Koshinaka pinned Goto.

  4. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf (11:05) when Suzuki pinned Wolf.

  5. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Tadao Yasuda beat Manabu Nakanishi & Masayuki Naruse (3:49) when Yanagisawa forced Naruse to submit.

  6. Yuji Nagata & Kensuke Sasaki beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (13:05) when Nagata forced Nishimura to submit.

  7. Masa Chono pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (20:23) to win the 2002 G-1 Climax.
2002 G-1 Climax final standings

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Sumo Hall 2/03


 February 16, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,000
  1. Manabu Nakanishi pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:36).

  2. Shinya Makabe pinned Toru Yano (3:41).

  3. Osamu Nishimura beat Curry Man (10:11) via submission.

  4. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (Mitsuya Nagai) (12:13) when Yoshie pinned Makai #4.

  5. Kazunari Murakami TKO Shinsuke Nakamura (6:28).

  6. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Gotoh, & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1, & Makai #2 (0:53) via DQ.

  7. Akira Nogami, Heat, Masahito Kakihara, Tiger Mask, & Super Crazy beat Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Liger, El Samurai, Gedo, & Minoru Fujita (26:56) in an "elimination" match. Nogami & Heat were the survivors.
    • Crazy pinned Samurai (8:18).
    • Kakihara pinned Gedo (10:07).
    • Fujita pinned Kakihara (11:37).
    • Fujita pinned Crazy (14:18).
    • Tiger pinned Fujita (15:56).
    • Liger pinned Tiger (18:28).
    • Nogami pinned Liger (22:49).
    • Heat pinned Kanemoto (26:56).

  8. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf beat Josh Barnett & Perry Saturn (13:09) when Wolf pinned Saturn.

  9. IWGP Tag Champs Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (20:36) when Tenzan pinned Yasuda.

  10. NWF Champ Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Ryushi Yanagisawa (11:17).
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Sumo Hall 8/15/03


 August 15, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,500
  1. Blue Wolf pinned Naofumi Yamamoto (5:15).

  2. Wataru Inoue, El Samurai, & Jushin Liger beat Tiger Mask IV, Heat, & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:47) when Inoue forced Taguchi to submit.

  3. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto beat Masayuki Naruse & Minoru Suzuki (11:29) when Barnett TKO Naruse.

  4. Yutaka Yoshie pinned Tadao Yasuda (13:31).

  5. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Osamu Nishimura (14:03) via countout.

  6. Yuji Nagata pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (11:32).

  7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi (14:50) via submission.

  8. Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Katsuyori Shibata (6:38).

  9. Masa Chono drew Jun Akiyama (30:00).
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Sumo Hall 8/16/03


 August 16, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,800
  1. Yuji Nagata TKO Katsuyori Shibata (4:11).

  2. Gedo & Jado beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto (7:33) when Jado forced Yamamoto to submit.

  3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (9:30) when Goto pinned Samurai.

  4. Masahito Kakihara, Heat, & Tiger Mask IV beat Jushin Liger, Koji Kanemoto, & Wataru Inoue (12:19) when Kakihara pinned Inoue.

  5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai Mask #1 (14:16) when Yoshie pinned Hirata.

  6. Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Enson Inoue & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:00) when Nakanishi forced Ohara to submit.

  7. Masa Chono & Josh Barnett beat Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai (9:42) when Chono forced Nagai to submit.

  8. Jun Akiyama pinned Yuji Nagata (16:11).

  9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yoshihiro Takayama (21:13) via submission.
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Sumo Hall 8/17/03


 August 17, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
  1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (6:03).

  2. Jushin Liger, Koji Kanemoto, & Wataru Inoue beat Tiger Mask IV, Masahito Kakihara, & Masayuki Naruse (12:19) when Kanemoto pinned Tiger Mask IV.

  3. Heat beat El Samurai (4:23).

  4. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (15:02) when Tanahashi pinned Shibata.

  5. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, & Makai Mask #1 beat Osamu Nishimura, Hiro Saito, & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:20) when Hirata beat Goto.

  6. Enson Inoue & Yuji Nagata beat Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (9:52) when Inoue forced Wolf to submit.

  7. Manabu Nakanishi & Josh Barnett beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (13:01) when Nakanishi forced Makabe to submit.

  8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Jun Akiyama (31:43) via submission to win the 2003 G-1 Climax.
2003 G-1 Climax final standings

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Sumo Hall 2/04


 February 15, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (6:23) via submission.

  2. Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda (4:08) via submission.

  3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Kensuke Sasaki (10:54).

  4. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (14:39).

  5. Genichiro Tenryu TKO Masa Chono (6:25).

  6. Curry Man, American Dragon, & Koji Kanemoto beat Tiger Mask IV, Masayuki Naruse, & Heat (14:23) Curry Man pinned Tiger Mask.

  7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Yuji Nagata (17:08).

  8. Genichiro Tenryu pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:32).

  9. Blue Wolf, Yutaka Yoshie, & Shinya Makabe beat Mitsuya Nagai, Katsuyori Shibata, & Makai Mask #1 (9:35) when Wolf pinned Nagai.

  10. Noah GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ Jushin Liger beat pinned Mitsuo Momota (14:41).

  11. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Genichiro Tenryu (13:01) to win the vacant IWGP Title.
2004 IWGP Title Tournament Bracketing

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Sumo Hall 3/04


 March 28, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Makai Mask #1, Mitsuya Nagai, Katsuyori Shibata, & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf, & Toru Yano (10:32) when Yanagisawa pinned Yano.

  2. Tiger Mask pinned Katsushi Takemura (10:31).

  3. Noah GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ Jushin Liger pinned Masayuki Naruse (18:12).

  4. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Heat beat Koji Kanemoto (20:48) via submission.

  5. Josh Barnett beat Mitsuya Nagai (4:00) via DQ.

  6. U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi KO Kazunari Murakami (12:40).

  7. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:09) via submission.

  8. IWGP Tag Champs Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki beat Manabu Nakanishi & Genichiro Tenryu (15:26) when Suzuki pinned Nakanishi.

  9. Yuji Nagata beat Masahiro Chono (14:12) via submission.

  10. Bob Sapp pinned Kensuke Sasaki (8:24) to win the IWGP Title.
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Sumo Hall 8/13/04


 August 13, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,000
  1. Hirooki Goto & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Nagao (10:04) when Nakajima pinned Nagao.

  2. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai (8:51) when Makabe pinned Makai #1.

  3. Togi Makabe beat Yoshihiro Takayama via forfeit.

  4. Blue Wolf pinned Yutaka Yoshie (14:04).

  5. Osamu Nishimura pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (20:02).

  6. Katsuyori Shibata beat Genichiro Tenryu (7:15) via DQ.

  7. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Koji Kanemoto (15:45).

  8. Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Yuji Nagata (13:08).

  9. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Manabu Nakanishi (17:57).

  10. Masahiro Chono pinned Minoru Suzuki (17:32).
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Sumo Hall 8/14/04 (afternoon)


 August 14, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 817
  1. Wataru Inoue pinned Katsuhiko Nakajima (9:22).

  2. Takashi Iizuka & El Samurai drew Ultimo Dragon & Taiji Ishimori (20:00).

  3. Hirooki Goto, Naofumi Yamamoto, Akiya Anzawa, Hiroshi Nagao, & Yujiro Takahashi drew American Dragon, Rocky Romero, Ricky Reyes, Chad Malenko, & Ice Man (20:00).

  4. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano beat Mitsuya Nagai & Ryota Chikuzen (7:15) when Yano beat Chikuzen.

  5. Jushin Liger, Jado, Gedo, & Katsushi Takemura beat Tiger Mask IV, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse, & Ryusuke Taguchi (35:20) in an "singles elimination" match. Takemura was the sole survivor.
    • Tiger Mask drew Liger (10:00).
    • Jado beat Naruse (17:47) via submission.
    • Kakihara pinned Jado (20:00).
    • Kakihara beat Gedo (27:37).
    • Takemura beat Kakihara (29:01).
    • Takemura beat Taguchi (35:20).
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Sumo Hall 8/14/04 (evening)


 August 14, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Makai #1 pinned Hiro Saito (7:34).

  2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Ryushi Yanagisawa (8:05).

  3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yoshihiro Takayama via forfeit.

  4. Togi Makabe pinned Osamu Nishimura (12:51).

  5. Genichiro Tenryu pinned Blue Wolf (6:09).

  6. Katsuyori Shibata KO Yutaka Yoshie (10:22).

  7. Koji Kanemoto pinned Manabu Nakanishi (9:54).

  8. Shinsuke Nakamura DCO Masahiro Chono (14:36).

  9. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Kensuke Sasaki (12:00).

  10. Minoru Suzuki beat Yuji Nagata (17:39) via submission.
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Sumo Hall 8/15/04


 August 15, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
  1. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Masa Chono (4:39) via DQ.

  2. Tiger Mask IV & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara (8:15) when Tiger Mask pinned Samurai.

  3. Genichiro Tenryu pinned Kensuke Sasaki (8:11).

  4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Shinsuke Nakamura (13:06) via submission.

  5. Gedo, Jado, Katsushi Takemura, & Jushin Liger beat Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Wataru Inoue, & Masayuki Naruse (8:41) when Gedo pinned Goto.

  6. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Genichiro Tenryu(6:34).

  7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan TKO Katsuyori Shibata (7:11).

  8. Yuji Nagata & Koji Kanemoto beat Ultimo Dragon & Manabu Nakanishi (11:33) when Nagata forced Dragon to submit.

  9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (21:01) via submission to win the 2004 G1 Climax.
2004 G-1 Climax final standings

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Sumo Hall 10/04


 "Pro Wrestlers Be Strongest"
October 9, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
  1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Yujiro (9:21) via submission.

  2. Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Nagao (9:21) when Goto forced Nagao to submit.

  3. Masayuki Naruse pinned Katsuhiko Nakajima (6:03).

  4. Tomoaki Honma pinned Toru Yano (10:10).

  5. Jushin Liger, Katsushi Takemura, & Dick Togo beat Tiger Mask IV, Ultimo Dragon, & Taiji Ishimori (12:43) when Liger pinned Dragon.

  6. Minoru Suzuki pinned Manabu Nakanishi (9:01).

  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Jado & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (11:44) when Gedo pinned Kanemoto.

  8. Katsuyori Shibata beat Genichiro Tenryu (4:45) via DQ.

  9. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Keiji Mutoh & Osamu Nishimura (21:25) when Tanahashi pinned Nishimura.

  10. Masa Chono & Don Frye beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata (22:43) in a "lumberjack death" match when Chono pinned Nagata.

  11. Kensuke Sasaki pinned Kazuyuki Fujita (2:29) to win the IWGP Title.
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Sumo Hall 11/04


 "Chrono Stream: Masa Chono's 20th Anniversary"
November 3, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,000
  1. Hiroshi Nagao pinned Naofumi Yamamoto (8:47).

  2. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Toru Yano beat El Samurai, Masahito Kakihara, & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:27) when Goto pinned Taguchi.

  3. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Minoru Tanaka & Katsushi Takemura (11:10) when Inoue beat Takemura.

  4. Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (16:33) when Nishimura beat Nakajima.

  5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask IV & Taiji Ishimori (17:55) when Jado pinned Ishimori.

  6. Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Genichiro Tenryu & Masa Fuchi (19:28) to win the All Japan All-Asian Tag Title when Nagai beat Fuchi.

  7. Manabu Nakanishi, Scott Norton, & Don Frye beat Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf, & Shinsuke Nakamura (15:40) when Norton pinned Yoshie.

  8. Toshiaki Kawada pinned Katsuyori Shibata (7:06).

  9. IWGP Champ Kensuke Sasaki pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (25:35).

  10. Masa Chono & Riki Choshu beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata (12:42) when Chono pinned Tenzan.
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Sumo Hall 2/05


 February 20, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Hiroshi Nagao pinned Naofumi Yamamoto (5:51).

  2. Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa beat Yujiro & Katsuhiko Nakajima (8:18) when Goto forced Yujiro via submission.

  3. Togi Makabe & Masayuki Naruse beat Yutaka Yoshie & Masahito Kakihara (8:39) when Makabe pinned Kakihara.

  4. Minoru Tanaka, Jado, Gedo, & James Gibson beat Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue, Katsushi Takemura, & Taiji Ishimori (10:04) when Tanaka forced Inoue to submit.

  5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask IV pinned Jushin Liger (10:04).

  6. Osamu Nishimura beat Riki Choshu (9:02) via DQ.

  7. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi, Minoru Suzuki, & Mitsuya Nagai beat Yuji Nagata, Kensuke Sasaki, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Hiroshi Tanahashi (52:07) in an "elimination" match. Suzuki was the sole survivor.
    • Sasaki drew Chono (15:00).
    • Nakanishi pinned Nagata (26:58).
    • Nakamura forced Nakanishi (31:16) to submit.
    • Nakamura forced Nagai (35:34) to submit.
    • Suzuki pinned Nakamura (40:08).
    • Suzuki pinned Tanahashi (52:07).

  8. AJPW Triple Crown Champ Satoshi Kojima KO Hiroyoshi Tenzan (59:49) to win the IWGP Title.
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Sumo Hall 3/05


 "Nexess V"
March 26, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 6,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Tatsumi Fujinami drew Osamu Nishimura (15:00).

  2. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Taiji Ishimori (10:54) when Kanemoto pinned Ishimori.

  3. Tiger Mask IV, El Samurai, & Masahito Kakihara beat Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, & Gedo (10:45) when Samurai beat Tanaka via submission.

  4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togi Makabe & Ryushi Yanagisawa (7:13) when Tanahashi pinned Yanagisawa.

  5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi (12:17) via submission.

  6. Hirooki Goto beat Hiroyuki Ito (9:55) to win the 2005 Young Lions League.

  7. Ron Waterman & Minoru Suzuki beat Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (14:03) when Waterman pinned Iizuka.

  8. Tsuyoshi Kosaka TKO Yuji Nagata (4:41).

  9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Masahiro Chono (19:02) via submission.

  10. IWGP Champ Satoshi Kojima drew Shinsuke Nakamura (60:00).
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Sumo Hall 8/13/05


 August 13, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 6,700
  1. Naofumi Yamamoto & Hiroshi Nagao beat Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa (10:11) when Yamamoto pinned Goto.

  2. Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe via forfeit.

  3. Yutaka Yoshie pinned Tatsutoshi Goto (8:22).

  4. Minoru Suzuki DCO Kendo Kashin (12:17).

  5. Manabu Nakanishi pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:50).

  6. Toshiaki Kawada beat Osamu Nishimura (17:00) via submission.

  7. Masahiro Chono pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (11:08).

  8. Yuji Nagata pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (16:55).

  9. Kazuyuki Fujita pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (6:25).
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Sumo Hall 8/14/05


 August 14, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,066
  1. Hirooki Goto beat Akiya Anzawa (8:41) via submission.

  2. Lizmark, Jr. pinned Takashi Iizuka (11:50).

  3. Hangman pinned Hiro Saito (5:06).

  4. Masahiro Chono beat Shinsuke Nakamura (11:35) via submission.

  5. Kazuyuki Fujita pinned Toshiaki Kawada (6:23).

  6. Jushin Liger, Minoru, Jado, & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask IV, El Samurai, & Masahito Kakihara (18:20) when Jado pinned Tiger.

  7. Tatsutoshi Goto & Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki & Toru Yano (13:01) when Nishimura pinned Yano.

  8. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, & Kendo Kashin beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie, & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:34) when Nagata pinned Yoshie.

  9. Masahiro Chono pinned Kazuyuki Fujita (8:52) to win the 2005 G-1 Climax.
2005 G-1 Climax final standings

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