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August 2000 PPV #1


August 5, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Differ Ariake drawing 1,800
Shown August 12 on Japanese PPV
  1. Takeshi Orishima pinned Makoto Hashi (14:05).

  2. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Jun Izumida, & Haruka Eigen beat Takeshi Rikio, Mitsuo Momota, & Rusher Kimura (13:08) when Izumida pinned Rikio.

  3. Masamichi Marufuji & Kentaro Shiga beat Yoshinobu Kanemura & Masao Inoue (19:30) when Shiga forced Kanemura to submit.

  4. Yoshinari Ogawa, Masahito Kakihara, & Daisuke Ikeda beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Takao Omori, & Satoru Asako (23:46) when Kakihara forced Asako to submit.

  5. Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi beat Mitsu Misawa & Akira Taue (19:45) in two straight falls.
    • Akiyama forced Misawa to submit (2:00).
    • Akiyama pinned Taue (19:45).
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August 2000 PPV #2


August 6, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Differ Ariake drawing 1,800
Shown August 19 on Japanese PPV
  1. Satoru Asako beat Kenta Kobayashi (10:53) via submission.

  2. Makoto Hashi, Mitsuo Momota, & Rusher Kimura beat Yoshinobu Kanemura, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Haruka Eigen (13:32) when Momota pinned Kanemaru.

  3. Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue beat Takeshi Rikio & Masamichi Marufuji (19:30) when Inoue forced Marufuji to submit.

  4. Jun Izumida & Akira Taue beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (15:08) when Izumida forced Omori to submit.

  5. Mitsu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kentaro Shiga & Daisuke Ikeda (20:41) when Misawa pinned Shiga.

  6. Jun Akiyama pinned Kenta Kobashi (24:25).
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September 2000 PPV


September 15, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Differ Ariake drawing 1,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Kentaro Shiga beat Kenta Kobayashi (13:12) via submission.

  2. Masamichi Marufuji, Mitsuo Momota, & Rusher Kimura beat Makoto Hashi, Takeshi Morishima, & Haruka Eigen (14:38) when Momota forced Hashi to submit.

  3. Daisuke Ikeda pinned Satoru Asako (16:24).

  4. Jun Izumida pinned Takao Omori (8:04).

  5. Mitsu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Masao Inoue & Akira Taue (17:36) when Ogawa pinned Taue.

  6. Takeshi Rikio, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Kenta Kobashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemura, Yoshihiro Takayama, & Jun Akiyama (24:15) when Kikuchi pinned Kanemaru.
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December 2000 PPV


"Great Voyage"
December 23, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 12,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobayashi beat Kishin Kawabata & Scorpio (12:08) when Kikuchi pinned Kawabata.

  2. Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida, & Satoru Asako beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota, & Makoto Hashi (14:20) when Izumida pinned Hashi.

  3. Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Takeshi Morishima beat Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio, & Takashi Sugiura (14:17) when Shiga forced Sugiura to submit.

  4. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Tamon Honda & Masamichi Marufuji (13:13) to win the FMW WEW Tag Title when Fuyuki pinned Honda.

  5. Yoshinari Ogawa & Daisuke Ikeda beat Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito (7:23) when Ikeda pinned Aoyagi.

  6. Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Akira Taue (9:29).

  7. Shinya Hashimoto pinned Takao Omori (6:28).

  8. Mitsu Misawa pinned Vader (14:28).

  9. Kenta Kobashi pinned Jun Akiyama (35:58).
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April 2001 PPV


April 15, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 12,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Masaji Aoyagi pinned Pitbull Gary Wolfe (12:40).

  2. Jun Izumida, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Haruka Eigen beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota, & Makoto Hashi (14:02) when Izumida pinned Hashi.

  3. Scorpio pinned Masamichi Marufuji (17:55).

  4. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Takao Omori & Satoru Asako (14:20) when Honda forced Asako to submit.

  5. Vader KO Akitoshi Saito (3:35).

  6. Naoki Sano, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Daisuke Ikeda defeated Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Takashi Sugiura (23:36) when Sano pinned Kanemaru.

  7. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama beat Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (20:26) when Taue pinned Rikio.

  8. Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (21:12) to become the first GHC Champ.
GHC Title Tournament Bracketing

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January 2003 PPV


January 10, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 12,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Kishin Kawabata (8:39) when Momota pinned Kawabata.

  2. Kentaro Shiga beat Makoto Hashi (11:02) via submission.

  3. Kenta Kobayashi & Takashi Sugiura beat Takuma Sano & Kotaro Suzuki (13:49) when Kobayashi pinned Suzuki.

  4. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio, & Jun Izumida beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Daisuke Ikeda, & Masashi Aoyagi (18:27) when Inoue beat Aoyagi via submission.

  5. Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (15:48) when Ogawa pinned Kikuchi.

  6. Tamon Honda beat Takeshi Morishima (6:54).

  7. Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Masa Chono (22:19) when Kobashi pinned Misawa.

  8. GHC Tag Champs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito beat Shinjiro Ohtani & Masato Tanaka (23:03) when Saito pinned Tanaka.
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July 2004 PPV


"Daparture"
July 10, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Dome drawing 50,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Mitsuo Momota pinned Haruka Eigen (8:03).

  2. Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Masao Inoue, Kishin Kawabata, & Masaji Aoyagi (10:58) when Izumida pinned Kawabata.

  3. Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin (11:55) when Morgan pinned Marvin.

  4. Scorpio & Richard Slinger beat Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi (16:44) when Slinger pinned Hashi.

  5. Akira Taue & Naoki Sano beat Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone (10:49) when Sano pinned Yone.

  6. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Naomichi Marufuji & Kenta beat Kendo Kashin & Takashi Sugiura (22:26) when Marufuji pinned Sugiura.

  7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru pinned Jushin Liger (17:36) to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title.

  8. New Japan IWGP Tag Champs Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki beat Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima (12:55) when Takayama pinned Morishima.

  9. GHC Tag Champs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea (21:46) when pinned Kea.

  10. GHC Champ Kenta Kobashi pinned Jun Akiyama (35:34).
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