Right before the first ever New Japan Cup, an openweight tournament held in April, 2005, a one night openweight tag tournament took place in Tottori as a warm-up for several participants. Following their return from an overseas expedition to Thailand, Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto scored the big upset, winning the tournament.
Samurai! TV Openweight Tag Tournament (4/16/05)
Semi Final: Shinsuke Nakamura & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe & Minoru Tanaka (13:03) when Nakamura used a cross armbreaker on Tanaka.
Semi Final: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto (15:08) when Nagata used the Thunder Death Driver on Kanemoto.
Final: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Wataru Inoue (21:03) when Goto used the Go To Heaven on Inoue.