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After four successful defenses throughout a reign nearing a year, Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan needed some worthy challengers for their IWGP Tag Team Title. Throughout the "FIGHTING SPIRIT 2003" tour, a tournament was set up to determine challengers for the pair on 2/16/03 at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. It would come down to an American team on a roll and the much hated Makai Club leaders to find a suitable challenging team. Barton & Steele would defeat Yasuda & Murakami, but after Steele injured himself days later, Yasuda & Murakami would go on to challenge Chono & Tenzan.

IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contender Tournament (2/2/03 to 2/11/03)

Round 1: Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Hiroshi Nagao (debut) (3:02) when Yasuda used a straight right punch on Nagao.
8. Round 1: Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (11:07) when Barton used the Barton buster on Yoshie.
b>Round 1: Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (7:13) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makabe.
Round 1: Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (9:51) by referee stop (Iizuka beat Makai #4).
Semi Final: Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:16) when Barton used the Barton buster on Hiro.
Semi Final: Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami beat Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (9:42) when Yasuda used a straight right punch on Iizuka.
Final: Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (4:49) when Yasuda was DQ'd.


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