NJPW NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING 2004 DVD VHS
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NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 1/17/04 & 1/24/04 WRESTLING WORLD 2004 taped 1/4/04 Tokyo Dome
-4hr 50min. Q=VG-Ex. 2 DVDs

Masayuki Naruse vs. Tadao Yasuda 2:09 + 0:30

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa 4:53

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Jado & Gedo vs. Heat & Tiger Mask 17:15

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 17:52

U-30 Openweight Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yutaka Yoshie 17:06

Josh Barnett & Takashi Iizuka vs. Kazunari Murakami & Katsuyori Shibata 16:04

Osamu Nishimura vs. Minoru Suzuki 9:39

1/24/04

Hirooki Goto vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 6:21

Katsushi Takemura vs. El Samurai 6:53

Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa & Ryota Chikuzen vs. Enson Inoue & Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara 11:55

Shinya Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Blue Wolf & Wataru Inoue 10:18

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Genichiro Tenryu 10:20

Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki 12:10

Masahiro Chono Return Match: Keiji Muto & Bob Sapp vs. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan 21:00

IWGP Heavyweight Title & NWF Heavyweight Title Unification Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 13:55

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 2/29/04 FIGHTING SPIRIT 2004 #3 taped 2/1/04 Hokkaido Sports Center
-2hr 5min. Q=TV Master

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto 1:45 of 7:45

Hiro Saito vs. Toru Yano 2:30 of 7:46

American Dragon vs. Tiger Mask 7:55 of 10:34

Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Blue Wolf & Hiroshi Tanahashi 14:51

Masa Chono, Jim Steele & Mike Barton vs. Mitsuya Nagai, Katsuyori Shibata & Tadao Yasuda 11:16

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Jado & Gedo 19:11

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Curry Man 14:27

Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi 20:26

IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Osamu Nishimura & Hiroyoshi Tenzan 17:19

NJPW SXW 2/23/04 Fighting Spirit 2004 #7 taped 2/6/04 Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center
-2hr Q=Perfect

Mike Barton vs. Blue Wolf 8:36

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiro Saito 5:54

Shinya Makabe vs. Jim Steele 5:58

Tadao Yasuda vs. Gedo 5:05

Osamu Nishimura vs. Tiger Mask 1:53

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mitsuya Nagai 10:16

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 12:16

Masahiro Chono vs. Heat 9:13

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yutaka Yoshie 9:01

Yuji Nagata vs. Koji Kanemoto 15:56

NJPW Fighting Spirit 2004 DVD 2/8/04 Gifu Industrial Hall & 2/9/04 Nara 100 Year Hall
-1hr 30min. Q=Master

2/8/04

Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Mitsuya Nagai 5:50

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masahiro Chono vs. Makai #1 & Tadao Yasuda 13:23

Jim Steele & Manabu Nakanishi & Mike Barton vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata 18:16

2/9/04

Tiger Mask vs. Curry Man 8:10

Jim Steele & Mike Barton vs. El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger 12:42

Manabu Nakanishi & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Tadao Yasuda 6:34

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata vs. Blue Wolf & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinya Makabe 19:33

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 3/14/04 FIGHTING SPIRIT 2004 taped 2/15/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-2hr 5min. Q=Ex

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto 6:23

IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament 1st Round:

Yuji Nagata vs. Tadao Yasuda 4:08

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki 10:54

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 14:39

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Masahiro Chono 6:25

Koji Kanemoto & American Dragon & Curry Man vs. Heat & Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse 14:23

IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinals:

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuji Nagata 17:08

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 10:32

Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata 9:35

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Mitsuo Momota 14:41

IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Genichiro Tenryu 13:01

NJPW SXW 3/8/04 Hyper Battle 2004 #1 taped 2/28/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr Q=Perfect

Makai Club Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto 6:54

Masayuki Naruse vs. Wataru Inoue 9:08

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Toru Yano 8:28

Koji Kanemoto vs. Katsushi Takemura 10:37

Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Gedo & Jado 14:43

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Makai Club Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda w/Kantaro Hoshino 10:20

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Makabe 9:32

Heat & Minoru Suzuki vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Masahiro Chono 6:46

Blue Wolf & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata 16:46

NJPW KING OF SPORTS 1 DVD 2/29/04, 3/12/04, 3/21/04
-2hr 10min. Q=Perfect. 1 DVD

2/29/04 Nagoya Rainbow Hall

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Osamu Nishimura 0:51

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazunari Murakami 10:59

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Masahiro Chono 9:29

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki 13:56

3/12/04 Tokyo Yoyogi National Gym #2

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. American Dragon & Curry Man 17:33

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda 7:45

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Katsuyori Shibata 3:34

Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Masahiro Chono & Yuji Nagata 8:58

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki 15:45

3/21/04 Amagasaki Memorial Park Gym

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: American Dragon & Curry Man vs. Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi 20:36

Katsuyori Shibata & Kazunari Murakami vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshihiro Takayama 5:59

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Minoru Suzuki 5:48

Hawaiian Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono 8:31

Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 20:08

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 3/12/04 Hyper Battle 2004 #2 taped 2/29/04 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
-2hr 5min. Q=TV Master

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Osamu Nishimura 0:51

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Samurai 9:03

Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masayuki Naruse 15:02

Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto 20:00

Tadao Yasuda vs. Shinya Makabe 3:59

Josh Barnett vs. Super Strong Machine (Ryota Chikuzen) 3:16

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazunari Murakami 10:59

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Masahiro Chono 9:29

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yuji Nagata 12:14

Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi 6:16

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki 13:56

NJPW SXW 3/22/04 Hyper Battle 2004 #4 taped 3/6/04 Hiratsuka City Gym
-2hr Q=Perfect

Tiger Mask vs. Gedo 6:06

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiroshi Nagao 7:29

Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Akiya Anzawa 9:14

Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Jado & Katsushi Takemura 13:53

Blue Wolf & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto 9:40

Shinya Makabe vs. Toru Yano 7:58

Masayuki Naruse & Minoru Suzuki vs. Makai Club Makai #4 & Makai #5 8:23

Makai Club Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masahiro Chono 6:49

2/3 Falls: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton 21:50

NJ Inoki Dojo STV 4/4/04 TOKON 2 taped 3/6/04 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Athlete Club
-2hr Q=TV Master

Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes (aka the Havana Pitbulls) vs. Minoru Tanaka & Tommy 10:46

Jose vs. Iceman 5:35

Cyrus vs. Brad Bradley 4:03

Chad Wicks vs. Cobra 2 9:00

NOSAWA & MASADA vs. Joey Ryan & Aaron Aguilera (WWE's "Jesus") 11:29

Clip of Chyna's band performing

Ken Shamrock vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 3:00

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. American Dragon

NJPW Holy Land Fierce Battle DVD 3/7/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 5min. Q=Master

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tiger Mask 6:28

Kazunari Murakami vs. Toru Yano 2:30

Katsushi Takemura vs. Wataru Inoue 9:24

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jado 13:03

Scott Norton vs. Yutaka Yoshie 6:29

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masayuki Naruse vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Nishimura 19:07

Minoru Suzuki vs. Shinya Makabe 8:31

Masahiro Chono vs. Tadao Yasuda 8:29

Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata 13:22

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 4/4/04 Hyper Battle 2004 #9 taped 3/12/04 Tokyo Yoyogi National Gym #2
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Heat & Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue vs. Hirooki Goto & Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi 14:33

Toru Yano vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 3:48

Osamu Nishimura vs. Katsushi Takemura 6:37

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Makai Club Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai 7:48

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. American Dragon & Curry Man 17:33

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda 7:45

Minoru Suzuki vs. Scott Norton 5:18

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Katsuyori Shibata 3:34

Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Masahiro Chono & Yuji Nagata 8:58

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki 15:45

NJPW SXW 4/12/04 Hyper Battle 2004 taped 3/19/04 Hamamatsu City Gymnasium
-2hr Q=Perfect

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Shinya Makabe 6:56

Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa 7:26

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 8:45

Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Toru Yano 5:01

American Dragon & Curry Man & Scott Norton vs. El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Nishimura 14:14

Masayuki Naruse & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Makai #4 & Makai #5 11:20

Kazunari Murakami & Tadao Yasuda vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask 9:50

Koji Kanemoto & Yuji Nagata vs. Heat & Minoru Suzuki 14:04

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 4/25/04 Hyper Battle 2004 #15 taped 3/21/04 Amagasaki Memorial Park Gym
-2hr 5min Q=Ex

Hiro Saito vs. Shinya Makabe 8:09

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 6:06

El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Heat & Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask 13:51

Scott Norton vs. Osamu Nishimura 13:35

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: American Dragon & Curry Man vs. Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi 20:36

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tadao Yasuda 6:56

Katsuyori Shibata & Kazunari Murakami vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshihiro Takayama 5:59

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Minoru Suzuki 5:48

Hawaiian Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono 8:31

Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 20:08

NJPW SXW 4/26/04 EXCITING BATTLE in NAEBA 2004 taped 3/27/04 Naeba Prince Hotel Event Hall
-2hr Q=Perfect

Minoru Suzuki vs. Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Shinsuke Nakamura
a) vs. Akiya Anzawa
b) vs. Hirooki Goto
c) Shinsuke Nakamura

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata

Heat & Tiger Mask & El Samurai vs. Jado & Gedo & Katsushi Takemura

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano

Josh Barnett vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

Shinya Makabe & Masayuki Naruse vs. Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger

Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf

Weekly Gong Special Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Koji Kanemoto 20:00

NJ KING OF SPORTS 2 DVD 3/28/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-2hr. Q=Perfect

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masayuki Naruse 18:12

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto 20:48

Josh Barnett vs. Mitsuya Nagai 4:00

U-30 Openweight Title Cage Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazunari Murakami 12:40

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12:09

IWGP Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi 15:26

Yuji Nagata vs. Masahiro Chono 14:12

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Bob Sapp 8:24

NJ SKY PerfecTV! LIVE SPECIAL KING OF SPORTS 3/28/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-3hr 40min. Q=VG. 1 DVD

Katsuyori Shibata & Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Blue Wolf & Shinya Makabe & Toru Yano & Yutaka Yoshie 10:32

Tiger Mask vs. Katsushi Takemura 10:31

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Masayuki Naruse 18:12

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto 20:48

Josh Barnett vs. Mitsuya Nagai 4:00

U-30 Openweight Title Cage Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazunari Murakami 12:40

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12:09

IWGP Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi 15:26

Yuji Nagata vs. Masahiro Chono 14:12

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Bob Sapp 8:24

NJPW SXW 4/22/04 STRONG ENERGY 2004 #1 taped 4/9/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr Q=Ex

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Toru Yano 2:55

Young Lion Cup 2004 Match: Ryusuke Taguchi [2] vs. Hiroshi Nagao [0] 8:43

Three On Two Handicap Match: Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Gedo & Jado & Katsushi Takemura 10:27

Osamu Nishimura vs. Osamu Matsuda 15:17

Masayuki Naruse & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask 15:36

Two On One Handicap Match: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Ebessan & Kuishinbo Kamen 10:00

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Makai Club Makai #1 & Ryushi Yanagisawa 12:40

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Makabe 12:43

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Koji Kanemoto 6:06

Minoru Suzuki vs. Heat 6:23

Kazunari Murakami vs. Yuji Nagata 12:59

NJPW Chono Disturbance! Fighting Spirit Revolution DVD 4/23/04 Hakata Starlanes
-1hr 30min. Q=Master

Young Lion Cup 2004 Match: Hirooki Goto [7] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [9] 20:00

Young Lion Cup 2004 Match: Chad Wicks [5] vs. Akiya Anzawa [0] 11:44

Young Lion Cup 2004 Match: Hiroshi Nagao [3] vs. Kazuya Yuasa [6] 7:57

Heat vs. Katsushi Takemura 8:57

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Mike Barton 7:17

Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura vs. Makai Club Makai #1 & Makai #5 9:32

Josh Barnett vs. Tiger Mask 3:49

Scott Norton vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 8:15

Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinya Makabe 10:39

Kazunari Murakami & Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata 16:54

NJPW STV 5/25/04 taped 4/27/04 STRONG ENERGY 2004
-2hr Q=TV Master

Young Lions Cup Semi-final Match: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto 8:34

Young Lions Cup Semi-final Match: Kazuya Yuasa vs. Chad Wicks 9:56

Heat & Tiger Mask vs. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue 12:29

Toru Yano vs. Mike Barton 3:39

Josh Barnett, Osamu Nishimura & Koji Kanemoto vs. Kazunari Murakami, Mitsuya Nagai & Makai #1 8:15

Young Lions Cup Final: Kazuya Yuasa vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 11:20

5 vs. 5 Elimination Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Masa Chono, Genichiro Tenryu, Manabu Nakanishi, Kensuke Sasaki & Scott Norton 31:25

NJPW KING OF SPORTS 3 DVD NEXESS 5/3/04 Tokyo Dome
-3hr 55min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

American Dragon & Koji Kanemoto & Ultimo Dragon vs. Heat & Naomichi Marufuji & Tiger Mask 18:40

Giant Majin & Super Strong Majin & New Strong Maijin vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Makabe 7:07

Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 7:27

Josh Barnett vs. Ken Shamrock 13:13

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar & Dolgorsuren Serjbudee (Blue Wolf) vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Meng 8:32

Yuji Nagata & Kendo Kashin vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi 14:58

IWGP Tag Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki vs. Maso Chono & Kazunari Murakami 15:50

NJ vs. K-1: Yutaka Yoshi vs. The Convict Nortje (Jan Nortje) 3:31

NJ vs. K-1: Hiroshi Tanahasi vs. Sean O'Haire 7:39

NJ vs. K-1: Musashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata 5:00

NJ vs. K-1: IWGP Title Match: Bob Sapp vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 12:31

NJPW World Pro Wrestling Complete 6/28/04 NEXESS taped 5/3/04 Tokyo Dome
-4hr. Q=TV Master. 2 DVDs

Jushin Liger vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 7:27

IWGP Tag Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki vs. Maso Chono & Kazunari Murakami 15:50

NJ vs. K-1: Yutaka Yoshi vs. The Convict Nortje (Jan Nortje) 3:31

NJ vs. K-1: Hiroshi Tanahasi vs. Sean O'Haire 7:39

NJ vs. K-1: Musashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata 5:00

Giant Majin, Super Strong Majin & New Strong Maijin vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Makabe 7:07

Josh Barnett vs. Ken Shamrock 13:13

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar & Dolgorsuren Serjbudee (Blue Wolf) vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Meng 8:32

Yuji Nagata & Kendo Kashin vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi 14:58

NJ vs. K-1: IWGP Title Match: Bob Sapp vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 12:31

NJPW KING OF SPORTS 4 DVD 5/13/04, 6/5/04, & 6/13/04
-2hr 10min. Q=Perfect. 1 DVD

5/13/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Wataru Inoue vs. Hidetaka Monma

Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask

"Big Boss" MA-G-MA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Heat vs. Kengo Mashimo

U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

6/5/04 Osaka Prefectural Gym

Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask 13:43

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title: American Dragon & Curry Man vs. Gedo & Jado 19:30

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi 3:32

Kendo Kashin & Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Kazunari Murakami & Masahiro Chono 11:39

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 11:45

6/13/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Best Of The Super Junior XI Second Round: Koji Kanemoto vs. Ultimo Dragon 5:30

Best Of The Super Junior XI Second Round: Heat vs. Masahito Kakihara 12:52

Best Of The Super Junior XI Semifinal: Koji Kanemoto vs. American Dragon 13:34

Best Of The Super Junior XI Semifinal: Tiger Mask vs. Heat 15:14

Best Of The Super Junior XI Final: Tiger Mask vs. Koji Kanemoto 11:26

NJPW SXW 6/14/04 taped 5/13/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr Q=Ex

Jado & Gedo vs. NOSAWA & MASADA

Toru Yano vs. Mitsuya Nagai

Wataru Inoue vs. Hidetaka Monma

Garuda vs. El Samurai

Masahito Kakihara vs. Takaku Fuke

Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita vs. American Dragon & Rocky Romero

Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask

Big Boss MA-G-MA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger

Heat vs. Kengo Mashimo

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

NJPW STV Near Live Best of the Super Jr. XI #1 taped 5/22/04 Yamato Sports Center
-3hr. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

Yutaka Yoshie & Shinya Makabe vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa 10:56

Ultimo Dragon, Curry Man & American Dragon vs. Jdo, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura 17:32

Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai vs. Minoru Suzuki & Masahito Kakihara 13:33

Best of the Super Jr. - Block A: Tiger Mask vs. Heat 14:08

Best of the Super Jr. - Block B: Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto 16:33

Masa Chono & Kazunari Murakami vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiroshi Tanahashi 17:37

Lion Maru (Yuji Nagata) vs. Manabu Nakanashi 6:08

NJPW SXW 6/21/04 Best of the Super Jr. XI #2 taped 5/23/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Ex

Makai #1 vs. Toru Yano 6:36

American Dragon vs. Katsushi Takemura 12:22

Gedo & Jado vs. Curry Man & Rocky Romero 11:12

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block A Match: Ryusuke Taguchi [2] vs. Jushin Thunder Liger [0] 0:45

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block B Match: Heat [2] vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [0] 11:26

Kazunari Murakami & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Masayuki Naruse & Minoru Suzuki 10:01

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block B Match: Ultimo Dragon [2] vs. Tiger Mask [2] 12:01

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block A Match: Masahito Kakihara [2] vs. Koji Kanemoto [2] 10:55

Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda 7:30

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata vs. Pirates Gundan Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi 19:23

NJPW Adrenaline Explosion!! New Japan Extreme DVD 5/29/04 Soka City Sports Gym & 5/30/04 Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall #11
-1hr 30min. Q=Master

5/29/04

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block A Match: Koji Kanemoto [4] vs. Ryusuke Taguchi [2] 8:50

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazunari Murakami 7:15

Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Yuji Nagata 20:00

Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie 15:32

5/30/04

Best Of The Super Junior XI Block A Match: Jushin Thunder Liger [4] vs. El Samurai [2] 14:08

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toru Yano 6:38

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto vs. Heat & Minoru Suzuki 13:18

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 13:24

NJPW Double Impact Vol. 2 DVD 5/30/04-9/17/04
-1hr 35min. Q=Master

5/30/04: Kazunari Murakami & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata 12:38

7/7/04

Gedo & Jado & Kazunari Murakami vs. Heat & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tiger Mask 9:16

Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto 15:36

7/15/04: Jushin Thunder Liger & Masahiro Chono vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Shinsuke Nakamura 16:17

7/26/04: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura 15:42

9/4/04

Naofumi Yamamoto & Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata 14:1

Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono & Tadao Yasuda 10:55

9/17/04: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Katsushi Takemura & Masahiro Chono 15:05

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 7/25/04 THE CRUSH II taped 6/5/04 Osaka Prefectural Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ultimo Dragon vs. Garuda & Wataru Inoue 9:03

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Toru Yano 5:23

Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask 13:43

Genichiro Tenryu & Tadao Yasuda vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura 11:10

Kendo Kashin & Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Kazunari Murakami & Masahiro Chono 11:39

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 11:45

NJPW STV 8/29/04 TOUKON 5 in NJPW L.A. Dojo taped 6/26/04 Santa Monica
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Taiji Ishimori vs. Bobby Quance 4:29

Samoa Joe vs. Babi Slymm 4:01

Adam Pearce & Brad Bradley vs. Eric Matlock & Tommy Williams 4:44

American Dragon vs. Joey Ryan 4:40

MAZADA & NOSAWA vs. Pinoy Boy & Ricky Reyes 11:56

Adam Pearce vs. Toru Yano 7:08

Ultimate Crush Rules Match: Kazuhiro Hamanaka vs. The Iceman

Bobby Quance vs. Joey Kaos 4:00

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Rocky Romero 11:35

American Dragon vs. Taiji Ishimori 5:10

Puma vs. Chad Collyer 13:00

ROH World Title Match: Samoa Joe vs. Shinya Makabe 10:00

NJPW STV Near Live Nexess II taped 7/6/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

El Samurai vs. Takashi Iizuka 10:33

Osamu Nishimura vs. Yutaka Yoshie 15:00

Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask vs. Heat & Masahito Kakihara 11:33

Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryusuke Taguchi & Wataru Inoue 9:08

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano 9:31

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Manabu Nakanishi 6:42

Blue Wolf vs. Minoru Suzuki 9:33

Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Kazunari Murakami & Mitsuya Nagai 15:29

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Koji Kanemoto 12:02

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 16:16

NJPW Holy War SPIRAL Summer Struggle 2004 DVD 7/7/04 Fujimi Municipal Citizen Gym & 7/10/04 Shiga Prefectural Gym
-1hr 45min. Q=Master

7/7/04

Yuji Nagata vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 10:27

Minoru Suzuki vs. Wataru Inoue 6:24

Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto 15:36

7/10/04

Young Lion Credit: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Akiya Anzawa 2:17

Young Lion Credit: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 1:47

Young Lion Credit: Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 5:00, 0:47

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura 11:28

Yuji Nagata vs. Koji Kanemoto 17:55

Katsuyori Shibata & Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yutaka Yoshie 16:22

NJPW STV 7/17/04 Summer Struggle 2004 ~Toukon Festival~ taped 7/9/04 Ueno Mie Prefectural Dream Dome
-2hr. Q=Ex

Heat vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 10:00

Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa 8:13

Masahito Kakihara vs. Toru Yano 6:08

Gedo & Jado vs. El Samurai & Tiger Mask 11:48

Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Naofumi Yamamoto & Shinsuke Nakamura 13:43

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 12:27

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masayuki Naruse vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Manabu Nakanishi 11:45

Ten Man Elimination Match: Katsuyori Shibata & Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai & Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie 23:42

NJPW 1 vs. 1 Single Match Special Vol.4 DVD 7/15/04-9/4/04
-1hr 30min. Q=Master

7/15/04

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Naofumi Yamamoto 2:15

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 13:05

7/23/04: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Scott Norton 10:18

7/26/04 Korakuen Hall

Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Yujiro Takahashi 7:58

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Scott Norton 10:34

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Shinya Makabe 14:13

9/4/04 Gran Ship Shizuoka

Yuji Nagata vs. Osamu Nishimura 17:18

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 9:28

NJ World Pro Wrestling Complete 9/12/04 Summer Struggle 2004 taped 7/19/04 Sapporo Tsukisamu Green Dome
-4hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

American Dragon vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 7:31

Masayuki Naruse vs. Mitsuya Nagai 15:00

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura 14:40

Yuji Nagata vs. Takashi Iizuka 12:35

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue 14:27

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Tiger Mask 12:09

U-30 Openweight Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano 8:51

U-30 Openweight Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano 1:24

Genichiro Tenryu & Masahiro Chono vs. Pirates Gundan Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton 11:53

IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki 16:47

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Katsuyori Shibata 11:16

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - G1 CLIMAX 2004 #2 taped 8/8/04 Osaka Prefectural Gym
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura vs. Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue 11:38

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [2] vs. Blue Wolf [0] 13:34

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Osamu Nishimura [2] vs. Koji Kanemoto [0] 14:03

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] 15:15

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Masahiro Chono [2] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [0] 12:57

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Manabu Nakanishi [4] vs. Togi Makabe [0] 7:40

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Yuji Nagata [4] vs. Genichiro Tenryu [2] 11:28

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Yoshihiro Takayama [2] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [2] 14:40

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Katsuyori Shibata [4] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [2] 12:00

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 8/11/04 G1 CLIMAX 2004 #3 taped 8/9/04 Kobe World Kinen Hall
-3hr. Q=Ex. 1 DVD

Mitsuya Nagai vs. Toru Yano 8:16

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Koji Kanemoto [2] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [2]

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Blue Wolf [2] vs. Katsuyori Shibata [4] 11:46

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi [4] vs. Togi Makabe [0] 11:35

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [4] vs. Osamu Nishimura [2] 14:00

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Yutaka Yoshie [2] vs. Genichiro Tenryu [2] 4:07

Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask 11:59

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Shinsuke Nakamura [4] vs. Minoru Suzuki [2] 11:58

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [4] 12:47

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Masahiro Chono [4] vs. Yuji Nagata [4] 16:26

NJPW STV 8/14/04 G1 CLIMAX 2004 #5 taped 8/11/04 Osaka Prefectural Gym
-2hr 55min. Q=Ex. 2 DVDs

Akiya Anzawa & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Naofumi Yamamoto 10:46

Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiro Saito 6:04

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Shinsuke Nakamura [6] vs. Blue Wolf [2] 8:15

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Yuji Nagata [8] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [2] 13:50

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi [8] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [6] 9:12

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [6] vs. Katsuyori Shibata [4] 7:20

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Genichiro Tenryu [6] vs. Masahiro Chono [6] 0:38

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [9] vs. Togi Makabe [0] 11:33

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [7] vs. Koji Kanemoto [4] 16:55

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 10/3/04 G1 CLIMAX 2004 #7 taped 8/14/04 Ryogoku Kokugikan
-2hr 55min. Q=TV Master. 2 DVDs

Makai #1 vs. Hiro Saito 7:34

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa 8:05

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [11] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [2]

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Togi Makabe [4] vs. Osamu Nishimura [6] 12:51

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Genichiro Tenryu [8] vs. Blue Wolf [4] 6:09

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Katsuyori Shibata [8] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [2] 10:22

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Koji Kanemoto [6] vs. Manabu Nakanishi [6] 9:54

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Masahiro Chono [8] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [8] 14:36

G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi [12] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [9] 12:00

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [8] vs. Yuji Nagata [8] 17:39

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 10/4/04 G1 CLIMAX 2004 #8 taped 8/15/04 Ryogoku Kokugikan
-3hr. Q=Ex. 1 DVD

G1 Climax 2004 Block A Decision Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Masahiro Chono 4:39

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Tiger Mask vs. El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara 8:15

G1 Climax 2004 Second Round Match: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kensuke Sasaki 8:11

G1 Climax 2004 Second Round Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 13:06

Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura vs. Hirooki Goto & Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi & Wataru Inoue 8:41

G1 Climax 2004 Semifinal Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6:34

G1 Climax 2004 Semifinal Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7:11

Koji Kanemoto & Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Ultimo Dragon 11:33

G1 Climax 2004 Final Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 21:01

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 2004 DVD Box
-11hr 35min. Q=Perfect. 6 DVDs

8/7/04 Sagamihara Shiritsu Sogo Taiikukan

G1 Climax A Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yutaka Yoshie 5:20 of 11:33

G1 Climax A Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Blue Wolf 4:05 of 13:35

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Osamu Nishimura 9:02 of 16:23

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Koji Kanemoto 16:55 Complete. Quality match, but nowhere near what they could have done had Koji been considered an equal. Tenzan mauled Kanemoto for much of the first half, getting the fans behind Kanemoto whenever he actually did something. Kanemoto finally had a big run picking on Tenzan's knee after avoiding Tenzan's moonsault. Tenzan's bum knee was something of an equalizer, setting up a big spot where Kanemoto turned the TTD into a kneebar. If there was some back and forth after Tenzan's comeback it might have been memorable, but Kanemoto fell with swift and disappointing ease. ***

G1 Climax A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Masahiro Chono 15:05 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Togi Makabe 6:34 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Minoru Suzuki 13:01 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 15:48 Complete

8/8/04 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan

G1 Climax A Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Blue Wolf 4:11 of 13:34

G1 Climax B Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Koji Kanemoto 6:20 of 14:03

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 15:15 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Masahiro Chono vs. Yutaka Yoshie 3:41 of 12:57

G1 Climax B Block: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Togi Makabe 4:24 of 7:40

G1 Climax A Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Genichiro Tenryu 11:28 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Kensuke Sasaki 14:40 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 12:00 Complete

8/9/04 Kobe World Kinen Hall

G1 Climax A Block: Blue Wolf vs. Katsuyori Shibata 3:34 of 11:46

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe 6:23 of 11:35

G1 Climax B Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Osamu Nishimura 14:00 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Genichiro Tenryu 4:07 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki 11:58 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi 6:07 of 12:47

G1 Climax A Block: Masahiro Chono vs. Yuji Nagata 12:13 of 16:26

8/10/04 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan

G1 Climax B Block: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Osamu Nishimura 3:24 of 14:36

G1 Climax A Block: Masahiro Chono vs. Blue Wolf 3:37 of 14:29

G1 Climax B Block: Koji Kanemoto vs. Togi Makabe 3:46 of 13:50

G1 Climax A Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Yutaka Yoshie 5:58 of 9:12

G1 Climax A Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata 12:44 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki 30:00.Complete. Big time effort. Back and forth hard hitting action throughout. It wasn't just a bunch of chop exchanges, but rather a generally rough match with Kensuke really upping the impact on his lariats. They were literally butting heads back and forth. Got off to a hot start, giving gave no indication it was going to be anything beyond a standard length match, if anything looking like it might be shorter. ***3/4

G1 Climax A Block: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 14:43. Complete. A league where you are expected to wrestle a tough singles match every night is really rough on everyone, much less a 54-year-old body. Tenryu was looking his age here, or at least rather awkward. He was in preservation mode early, so they were biding their time. The match got interesting when Nakamura finally went on offense about halfway through, and Tenryu's body began to loosen up here. I wouldn't say he ever found his rhythm, but it became an acceptable match, albeit one that had no business coming on after Tenzan and Sasaki went all out for half an hour. *3/4

8/11/04 Kanazawa Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #4

G1 Climax A Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Blue Wolf 3:25 of 8:15

G1 Climax A Block: Yuji Nagata vs. Yutaka Yoshie 3:36 of 13:50

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi 9:12 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7:20 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Masahiro Chono vs. Genichiro Tenryu 0:38 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Togi Makabe 3:51 of 11:33

G1 Climax B Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Koji Kanemoto 16:55 Complete. Kanemoto being in the main event didn't really add to the sense that he could win this match. Sasai did cater to Kanemoto's more offense oriented style, and they did try to make it intense in the second half. It was no classic, but certainly worthwhile. The early portion was striking and submissions, competent but kind of slow. The match picked up with Sasaki matching Kanemoto's pescado and lariating him over the guard rail. From here it was quite good as Sasaki took Kanemoto serious enough to have a good match. Again, Kanemoto went down easily though, so there wasn't any drama to the stretch run. ***

8/13/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

G1 Climax A Block: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Blue Wolf 3:56 of 14:04

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Osamu Nishimura 20:02 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7:15 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Koji Kanemoto 15:45 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata 13:08 Complete. Command performance by Nagata, who was at the very top of his game and in total control, carrying Nakamura through a smart and entertaining shoot style match. They did a great job of establishing the danger of the kicks from the outset, making the hits and misses important. As the match progressed, Nagata was really unloading on Nakamura with heavy and precise kicks. Nakamura was tough, but Nagata's kicks were consistently overwhelming him to the point he couldn't win an exchange. Nagata really should have won this match, as he was just on another level entirely, but as Nakamura was only slowing Nagata down by countering, the right finish would have been countering into a submission. I found the finish enfuriating because Nakamura inexplicably introduced flying into what had not only been a true U-style match, but one of the best shoot oriented matches in the history of the G1. To make things worse, he had balance issues, and you just felt really bad for Nagata, having to wait way too long to suddenly lose to offense that had no place in this particular match. ***1/2

G1 Climax B Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Manabu Nakanishi 17:57 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Masahiro Chono vs. Minoru Suzuki 17:32 Complete

8/14/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

G1 Climax B Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Togi Makabe 12:51 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Blue Wolf 6:09 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yutaka Yoshie 10:22 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Koji Kanemoto 9:54 Complete

G1 Climax A Block: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Masahiro Chono 14:36 Complete

G1 Climax B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki 12:00 Complete. Enthusiastic sprint with bombs from start to finish. Sasaki was brutal, but was also at his most daring in this wild spotfest, throwing in every flying and power move he could think of in addition to his usual brutality. I can't remember Sasaki ever doing two dives in the first five minutes before. Sasaki just got off to a huge start, with Tanahashi finally slowing him down by using his own Northern Lights bomb on him. Still, Tanahashi couldn't take over. He'd counter once in a while, but merely got enough offense to keep the fans reacting big. Sasaki had a good thing going, trapping Tanahashi in the corner with a chop/lariat combo. I don't know why he didn't keep this as part of his arsenal, as it was fluid as well as devestating. Sasaki was a little sloppy and always lacks something in the grace department, but this was one of his most thrilling matches, and a great effort from both men. The finish suited the match with Tanahashi winning the only way he could, with a single counter that was consistent with his offensive capability throughout the match. Tanahashi took everything Sasaki had and survived, taking B Block with a 6-1 record in the process. ****

G1 Climax A Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata 17:39 Complete

8/15/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

G1 Climax A Block 3rd Place Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Masahiro Chono 4:39 Complete

G1 Climax Round 2: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kensuke Sasaki 8:11 Complete

G1 Climax Round 2: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 13:06 Complete. Nakamura was in rough shape coming into the match, and Tenzan was in bully mode, following where his old mentor Chono left off. Tenzan immediately reopened his forehead with repeated headbutts then shifted his focus to the bum knee. Nakamura was systematically destroyed, rarely able to do anything beyond absorb punishment and kick out. As the match progressed though, it was Tenzan who was getting frustrated because Nakamura exceeded the amount of punishment a Tenzan opponent should be able to withstand. The fans believed in Nakamura, and went nuts anytime Nakamura gave them hope, but there was no payoff as this time Tenzan was ready for the armbar counter to his anaconda vice (3/28/04 finish) and never relented in his onslaught. It was a good match, but Tenzan's offense has been better and it's more exciting when his opponent brings more than heart. ***

G1 Climax Semifinal: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6:34 Complete

G1 Climax Semifinal: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7:11 Complete

G1 Climax Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 21:01 Complete. After holding off Nakamura & Shibata, Tenzan had just one more potential new generation ace to dispatch of to capture his forth tournament in a year, once again proving this was his time. Tanahashi was much healthier than Nakamura, and thus much more competitive. He was able to exchange with Tenzan and hold his half of the offense early on, but as time progressed his much bigger and stronger opponent beat him down. Tanahashi was extremely animated throughout, really fired up and a bit too emphatic and showy with some of his mannerisms. He was also a few holds short, especially considering his size disadvantage, but he took some nice bumps and showed enough charisma and ability to make you feel he was worthy of this final. Neither wrestler was anywhere's near awesome, but it was a quality match throughout, aided by a very receptive crowd. Tenzan became to second wrestler to win back to back G1 Climaxes, following Chono who took the first two in '91 & '92. ***

NJPW vs. NOAH Special Edition DVD Box
-about 18hr. Q=Perfect. 12 DVDs

Vol 1

1/4/02 Tokyo Dome GHC Heavyweight Title Match: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuji Nagata

4/7/02 Tokyo GHC Tag Title Match: Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie

5/2/02 Tokyo Dome: Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa.

5/26/02 Tokyo: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Takeshi Morishima

8/29/02 Nagano: Osamu Nishimura vs. Kentaro Shiga

Vol 2

5/2/03 Tokyo Dome: Masahiro Chono vs. Kenta Kobashi

5/14/03: Yuji Nagata vs. Masao Inoue

6/6/03 Tokyo: Yuji Nagata vs. Akira Taue

7/16/03 Osaka: Yuji Nagata vs. Jun Akiyama

7/16/03 Osaka GHC Tag Title Match: Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe

8/10/03 Kobe G1 Climax: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama

8/11/03 Nagoya G1 Climax: Osamu Nishimura vs. Jun Akiyama

Vol 3

8/12/03 Shizuoka G1 Climax: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jun Akiyama

8/14/03 Sendai G1 Climax: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jun Akiyama

8/15/03 Tokyo G1 Climax: Masahiro Chono vs. Jun Akiyama

8/16/03 Tokyo G1 Climax Semifinal: Yuji Nagata vs. Jun Akiyama

8/17/03 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan G1 Climax Final: Hiroshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama

9/12/03 Tokyo Nippon Budokan GHC Heavyweight Title Match: Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata

Vol 4

9/14/03 Nagoya: Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio

11/30/03 Sapporo GHC Tag Title Match: Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda vs. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi

12/6/03 Yokohama GHC Tag Title Match: Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima

12/9/03 Osaka U-30 Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Naomichi Marufuji

1/10/04 Tokyo: Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa

Vol 5

2/17/04 Tokyo: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Wataru Inoue

4/7/02 Tokyo: Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

8/29/02 Nagano: Wataru Inoue vs. KENTA

8/29/02 Nagano: Koji Kanemoto vs. Makoto Hashi

8/29/02 Nagano IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

9/23/02 Tokyo IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse

12/7/02 Yokohama IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jado & Gedo

1/26/03 Kobe IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto

5/30/03 BEST OF THE SUPER Jr.: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Takashi Sugiura

Vol 6

1/10/03 Osaka IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaro Suzuki

11/1/03 Tokyo GHC Junior Title Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Gedo

1/4/04 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior & GHC Junior Double Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Takashi Sugiura

1/10/04 Tokyo GHC Junior Tag Title Match: Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue

2/15/04 Tokyo GHC Junior Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Mitsuo Momota

3/6/04 Tokyo GHC Junior Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Makoto Hashi

5/21/04 Sendai GHC Junior Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

7/10/04 Tokyo Dome GHC Junior Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

NJPW STV 9/1/04 Super Junior FESTA taped 8/17/04 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa 6:56

Iceman & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse & Takaku Fuke 9:01

Chad Malenko & Kazuya Yuasa vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask 14:05

Minoru Suzuki vs. Ebessan 0:01, 0:22, 1:26

Taiji Ishimori & Ultimo Dragon vs. Gedo & Jado 16:52

Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. El Samurai & Katsuhiko Nakajima 16:49

Dick Togo & Katsushi Takemura vs. American Dragon & Kaz Hayashi 17:39

Heat vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 11:32

NJPW THE SPIRIT OF STRONGEST DVD 9/4/04 Gran Ship Shizuoka & 9/17/04 Nagaoka Welfare Hall
-1hr 40min. Q=Master

9/4/04 Gran Ship Shizuoka

Naofumi Yamamoto & Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata 14:11

Yuji Nagata vs. Osamu Nishimura 17:18

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 9:28

Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono & Tadao Yasuda 10:55

9/17/04 Nagaoka Welfare Hall

Hiro Saito & Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask vs. Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger 14:13

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Katsushi Takemura & Masahiro Chono 15:05

NJPW STV Near Live Devilock Night Pro-Wrestling 9/15/04 Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yujiro 7:58

Blue Wolf & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Mitsuya Nagai 11:15

Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura & TAKA Michinoku vs. Koji Kanemoto & Masayuki Naruse & Wataru Inoue 13:46

Gedo & Jado vs. Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask 20:00

Yutaka Yoshie vs. Toru Yano 9:40

Kendo Kasingh (Takashi Sugiura) vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 6:52

Manabu Nakanishi & Ultimo Dragon vs. Heat & Osamu Nishimura 13:14

Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shinsuke Nakamura 11:54

Masked Devilock (Hiroshi Tanahashi) vs. THE APEMAN 4:28

Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 17:36

NJPW STV 12/20/04 MANIAX in Korea taped 9/19/04 Pyongpang
-2hr. Q=Ex

Documentary of Inoki's trip to the International Martial Arts games in North Korea.

Highlights of Shinsuke Nakamura submission demonstration & exhibition fights on a mat with Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Mitsuya Nagai, Masahito Kakihara vs. Masayuki Naruse

12/4/04: Tiger Mask & Takashi Iizuka vs. Minoru Suzuki & Katsuhiko Nakajima

12/5/04: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano

NJPW STV 9/28/04 Tsuyoku-Are 2004 #10 taped 9/20/04 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=TV Master

Akiya Anzawa & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto & Yujiro 9:51

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 13:32

Togi Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Manabu Nakanishi 11:39

Heat vs. El Samurai 9:53

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Toru Yano 7:54

Elimination Match: Koji Kanemoto & Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask & Ultimo Dragon vs. Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura 24:02

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf 11:16

Yuji Nagata vs. Osamu Nishimura 15:13

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki 17:16

NJPW SXW 10/11/04 Dangerous Dream Night taped 10/1/04 Korakuen Hall
-2hr Q=Perfect

Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Yujiro vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Naofumi Yamamoto & Ryusuke Taguchi 15:00

El Samurai vs. Bobby Quance 7:04

Gedo & Jado vs. Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask 10:42

Blue Wolf & Masayuki Naruse & Togi Makabe vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano 11:31

Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Wataru Inoue 14:16

Heat vs. Katsushi Takemura 2:26

Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie 13:11

Masahiro Chono vs. Koji Kanemoto 9:18

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata & Shinsuke Nakamura 20:54

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 11/28/04 Pro-Wrestlers Be Strongest by general taped 10/9/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr 40min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Masayuki Naruse vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 6:03

Dick Togo & Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura vs. Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask & Ultimo Dragon 12:43

Minoru Suzuki vs. Manabu Nakanishi 9:01

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka 11:44

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Genichiro Tenryu 4:45

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura 21:25

Lumberjack Death Match: Don Frye & Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata 22:43

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Kensuke Sasaki 2:29

NJPW Koji Kanemoto ANKLE HOLD DVD Box Set
-4hr 45min. Q=Perfect. 3DVD

VOL. 1 SINGLE MATCH SELECTION

2/16/97 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, J-CROWN Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto 19:26. A week after Liger's best singles with Otani, he serves up his best with Kanemoto. The match comes off as a spotfest on TV because the second half is so overloaded with spectacular moves back and forth, but it's really quite well built before they go off on one another. Kanemoto comes out fired up, and really takes it to Liger during the first half. He throws a lot of hard kicks early, targeting the knee to set up his body work. Liger is really looking overmatched here, and Kanemoto is at his cocky best, enjoying every opportunity to take liberties with Liger and put the boots to him. Liger finally avoids a moonsault and comes back with a series of shoteis. The match kicks into high gear from here, with essentially an elongated finishing sequence that's probably the most exciting junior wrestling of the year. ****3/4

6/3/98 Osaka Shi Nakajima Taiikukan BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. Final: Koji Kanemoto vs. Dr. Wagner Jr.

5/3/99 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Kanemoto vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa

6/11/03: Koji Kanemoto vs. Masahito Kakihara

VOL. 2 TAG MATCH SELECTION

8/8/98 Osaka Dome, IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr.

10/11/99 Tokyo Dome IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka

6/25/00 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka

10/9/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. Gedo & Jado

VOL. 3 RADICAL FIGHTS SELECTION

10/29/95 Marine Messe Fukuoka: Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano & Kennichi Yamamoto

2/20/00 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan: Koji Kanemoto vs. AKIRA

8/29/02 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Kanemoto vs. Makoto Hashi

10/26/02 Fukuoka Kokusai Center, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Kanemoto vs. Bas Rutten

6/10/03 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaro Suzuki

NJPW SXW 10/25/04 Tsuyoku-Are ~Tokon Series 2004 #1~ taped 10/10/04 Atsugi Ogino Movement Park Gym
-2hr Q=Perfect

Akiya Anzawa & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hirooki Goto & Yujiro 7:34

El Samurai vs. Masahito Kakihara 12:25

American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Gedo & Jado 15:00

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masayuki Naruse & Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano 13:21

Hiroshi Nagao & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto & Yutaka Yoshie 11:38

Katsuyori Shibata & Scott Norton vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura 12:13

Jushin Thunder Liger & Katsushi Takemura & Minoru Tanaka vs. Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue 10:49

Masahiro Chono & Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Blue Wolf & Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata 14:52

NJ IWTV Tsuyoku-Are ~Tokon Series 2004~ taped 10/17/04 Fukuoka International Center
& GAEA TWC taped 2/29/04 Osaka Dome Sky Hall
-3hr 20min. Q=VG. 2 DVDs

Yuko Six Man Tag Tournament Semifinal Match: Katsuyori Shibata & Mitsuya Nagai & Ryota Chikuzen vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano 9:40

Yuko Six Man Tag Tournament Semifinal Match: Blue Wolf & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie 15:03

Gedo & Jado & Katsushi Takemura vs. Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi 15:06

Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask vs. American Dragon & James Gibson 11:20

Minoru Tanaka vs. Minoru Suzuki 12:41

Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Yutaka Yoshie 3:09

Yuko Six Man Tag Tournament Final Match: Blue Wolf & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Mitsuya Nagai & Ryota Chikuzen 11:15

Koji Kanemoto vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 14:16

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yuji Nagata 15:50

Lumberjack Chain Death Match: Masahiro Chono vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 21:14

GAEA WAR CRY

Aja Kong & Lioness Asuka & Devil Masami vs. Ayako Hamada & Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato 12:03

Meiko Satomura vs. Mayumi Ozaki 12:48

AAAW Tag Title Match: Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada 14:17

NJ STV 12/30/04 taped 10/24/04 Kobe World Kinen Hall
-4hr. Q=Near Perfect. 2 DVDs

3/5 Falls: Taiji Ishimori & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Jado & Gedo & Katsushi Takemura

El Samurai & Wataru Inoue vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Yujiro

Super Love Machine & Love Machine Storm vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano

Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask vs. Osamu Nishimura & James Gibson

President Hoshino Sponsored Prize Tag Tournament 1st Round: Masahiro Chono & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Genichiro Tenryu

President Hoshino Sponsored Prize Tag Tournament 1st Round: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shunsuke Nakamura vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai

U-30 Open Weight Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. American Dragon

Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf vs. Scott Norton & Manabu Nakanishi

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto

President Hoshino Sponsored Prize Tag Tournament Final: Masahiro Chono & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shunsuke Nakamura

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 11/27/04 & 12/4/04 Chrono Stream ~ Masahiro Chono 20th Anniversary taped 11/3/04 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr 40min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano vs. El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara & Ryusuke Taguchi 9:27

Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue vs. Katsushi Takemura & Minoru Tanaka 11:10

Osamu Nishimura & Takashi Iizuka vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Minoru Suzuki 16:33

Don Frye & Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura & Yutaka Yoshie 15:40

Toshiaki Kawada vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7:06

Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata 12:42

Young Lion Toukon Tournament First Round Match: Hiroshi Nagao vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 8:47

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask 17:55

Asia Tag Title Match: Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Masayuki Naruse & Mitsuya Nagai 19:28

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 25:35

NJ SKY PerfecTV! LIVE SPECIAL Tokon Festival 11/13/04 Osaka Dome
-4hr 30min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Young Lion Tokon Tournament Final Match: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 9:41

Blue Wolf & Masahito Kakihara vs. El Samurai & Yutaka Yoshie 14:45

Masayuki Naruse & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano 16:50

Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue 20:00 + 2:36

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Koji Kanemoto 23:18

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Katsuyori Shibata 9:09

Tag Elimination Match: Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata vs. Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu 10:37

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki 19:59

Naoya Ogawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan 17:18

Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura 18:54

NJPW SXW 11/22/04 Battle Final 2004 #1 taped 11/21/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Hiroshi Nagao vs. Akiya Anzawa 4:33

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yujiro 5:26

American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Hirooki Goto & Tiger Mask 11:43

Blue Wolf & Masahito Kakihara vs. Masayuki Naruse & Mitsuya Nagai 11:49

Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano vs. Takashi Iizuka & Togi Makabe 11:36

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Wataru Inoue vs. Katsushi Takemura & Minoru Tanaka 11:07

Gedo & Jado vs. El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto 15:17

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata 24:16

Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki vs. Black New Japan Manabu Nakanishi & Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger 16:25

NJPW SXW 12/13/04 Battle Final 2004 taped 11/28/04 Fujisawa City Akiba Bunka Gymnasium
-2hr Q=Perfect

Hirooki Goto vs. Akiya Anzawa 7:22

Blue Wolf & Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Toru Yano & Yujiro 9:39

Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryusuke Taguchi 10:39

Masayuki Naruse & Togi Makabe vs. Hiroshi Nagao & Yutaka Yoshie 9:41

Minoru Tanaka & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Wataru Inoue 10:39

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: Gedo & Jado vs. American Dragon & James Gibson 21:24

Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka 19:38

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto & Yuji Nagata vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi & Masahiro Chono 18:40

NJPW STV 1/8/05 BATTLE FINAL 2004 #7 taped 12/4/04 Okayama City Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Hiroshi Nagao vs. Yujiro 7:57

Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Akiya Anzawa & Tiger Mask 13:25

Masayuki Naruse & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. El Samurai & Yutaka Yoshie 9:46

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano 12:35

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Takashi Iizuka vs. Katsushi Takemura & Mitsuya Nagai 10:44

Scott Norton vs. Blue Wolf 8:40

Koji Kanemoto & Taiji Ishimori & Wataru Inoue vs. Gedo & Jado & Minoru Tanaka 12:55

Osamu Nishimura & Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Masahiro Chono 22:11

NJPW STV 1/15/05 Battle Final 2004 taped 12/5/04 Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium
-2hr Q=Perfect

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Naofumi Yamamoto 7:30

El Samurai vs. Akiya Anzawa 7:23

Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Hiroshi Nagao 4:13

Hiro Saito & Toru Yano vs. Wataru Inoue & Yujiro 8:11

Blue Wolf & Masayuki Naruse vs. Osamu Nishimura & Takashi Iizuka 16:36

Koji Kanemoto & Taiji Ishimori & Tiger Mask vs. Gedo & Jado & Katsushi Takemura 11:16

Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton vs. Togi Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie 9:21

Masahiro Chono & Minoru Tanaka & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura & Yuji Nagata 16:02

NJPW STV 1/22/05 BATTLE FINAL 2004 taped 12/9/04 Hiroshima Green Arena
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Yutaka Yoshie 10th Anniversary Match: Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Togi Makabe & Masayuki Naruse 10:50

Takashi Iizuka & Tiger Mask vs. Minoru Suzuki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 8:32

Note: the following matches are from a New Japan vs. BLACK NEW JAPAN big 7 match series

Wataru Inoue vs. Katsushi Takemura 5:03

Jado vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 6:38

Koji Kanemoto vs. Gedo 12:38

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Minoru Tanaka 11:59

Masahiro Chono vs. Osamu Nishimura 11:46

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 13:42

Yuji Nagata vs. Scott Norton 10:58

NJ SKY PerfecTV! LIVE SPECIAL BATTLE FINAL 2004 12/11/04 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
-3hr 45min. Q=Near Perfect. 2 DVDs

Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue vs. Minoru Tanaka & Jado & Gedo 13:41

Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano 10:25

Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Black Strong Machine & Scott Norton & Mitsuya Nagai 14:35

Jushin Thunder Liger Return Match: Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii 8:03

Masahiro Chono vs. Yuji Nagata 13:23

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima 30:00

IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki 32:33

NJPW WORLD PRO-WRESTLING - COMPLETE - 1/8/05 BATTLE FINAL 2004 taped 12/12/04 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan
-2hr 20min Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

Naofumi Yamamoto vs. Yujiro

El Samurai TV & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto

Toru Yano vs. Hiroshi Nagao

Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask vs. Jado & Gedo

Tatsutoshi Goto & Masayuki Naruse vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf

Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Takashi Iizuka & Togi Makabe

Genichiro Tenryu & Minoru Suzuki vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger

Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton & Mitsuya Nagai

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Heat vs. Wataru Inoue

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki

NJPW STV 1/18/05 TOKON 7 NJPW-USA Phase II taped 12/12/04 Cudahy Portero Restaurant & Nightclub
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Adam Pearce vs. Sinn

Webster Dauphiney vs. Yoshida

Sara Del Rey vs. Nikki

Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero & Vampiro vs. Durango Kid & Jose Maximo & Ultimo Dragon

Eric Matlock & Giant Machine III vs. Jose Moreno & Tommy Williams

American Dragon vs. James Gibson

Katsushi Takemura & Osamu Nishimura vs. Chad Malenko & Samoa Joe

NJPW SXW LIVE 12/23/04 Dream Win 2004 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr 45min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

2004 Year in Review

Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Yujiro 3:10

Manabu Nakanishi vs. Toru Yano 15:00

Osamu Nishimura vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 15:00

Gedo & Jado & Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka vs. El Samurai & Katsushi Takemura & Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask 19:08

Hiro Saito vs. Wataru Inoue 10:56

Elimination Eight Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Akiya Anzawa & Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Nagao & Naofumi Yamamoto & Ryusuke Taguchi [5:4] 28:37

Asia Tag Title Match: Masayuki Naruse & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Masahito Kakihara & Takashi Iizuka 23:32

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