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Shows: 8
Total attendance: 21,350
Average attendance: 2,669
Highest attendance: 8,500 on 3/8/09 (headlined by Giant Bernard & Val Venis vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata)
Lowest attendance: 1,000 on 3/17/09 (headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Togi Makabe & Jado)
Longest match: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Manabu Nakanishi on 3/8/09 at 20:29
Shortest match: Wataru Inoue vs. Tomohiro Ishii on 3/8/09 at 3:18

NJPW, 3/22/09 (Samurai! TV) (Look!)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
5,300 Fans - No Vacancy

0. Kazuchika Okada beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (5:50) with a crab hold.
1. Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari (9:00) when Devitt pinned Ishikari after a Dodon & Prince's Throne combination.
2. Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Karl Anderson, Black Tiger & Jado (10:01) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Jado.
3. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Giant Bernard beat Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION (8:56) with a horizontal cradle.
4. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Hirooki Goto beat Yuji Nagata (14:51) with a modified armlock.
5. Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono & Super Strong Machine beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomoaki Honma (12:21) when Choon used a Shining Yakuza kick on Honma.
6. New Japan Cup Special Tag Match ~ Soul of AMAGASAKI: Shinsuke Nakamura & Wataru Inoue vs. Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii went to a draw (13:22) when Nakamura & Makabe were counted out.
7. New Japan Cup Special Singles Match ~ Soul of AMAGASAKI: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Val Venis (12:50) with the High Fly Flow.
8. New Japan Cup - Final: Hirooki Goto beat Giant Bernard (18:18) with a modified armlock.

NJPW, 3/21/09 (Look!)
Fukuyama Big Rose
1,100 Fans

1. Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari beat Koji Kanemoto & Prince Devitt (12:55) when Milano used a la magistral cutback on Devitt.
2. Black Tiger & Jado beat Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:27) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Taguchi.
3. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION beat Riki Choshu & Kazuchika Okada (10:37) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Okada.
4. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Masahiro Chono & Super Strong Machine (11:14) when Iizuka used a Jigoku Tsuki on Machine.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (12:10) when Nakamura used a flying cross armbreaker on Honma.
6. New Japan Cup Special 6 Man Tag Match ~ Soul of HIROSHIMA: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Giant Bernard, Val Venis & Karl Anderson (13:16) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Anderson.

NJPW, 3/20/09 (Look!)
Takamatsu City Gymnasium #2
1,100 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Kazuchika Okada & Nobuo Yoshihashi (8:58) when Devitt used a diving footstomp on Yoshihashi.
2. Black Tiger & Jado beat Tiger Mask & Milano Collection AT (10:39) when Jado pinned Milano.
3. Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto beat Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (13:18) when Ishii was DQ'd.
4. Riki Choshu, Yuji Nagata & Super Strong Machine beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma (9:11) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Honma.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto beat Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger (11:53) when Goto used a modified armlock on Liger.
6. New Japan Cup Special 6 Man Tag Match ~ Soul of TAKAMATSU: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION beat Giant Bernard, Val Venis & Karl Anderson (19:08) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Anderson.

NJPW, 3/17/09 (Look!)
Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium
1,000 Fans

1. Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Prince Devitt (11:51) when Milano used a cradle on Devitt.
2. Super Strong Machine & Wataru Inoue vs. Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii went to a draw (13:32) when Inoue & Ishii were counted out.
3. Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma beat Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono (9:34) when Yano pinned Choshu.
4. Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION, Tiger Mask & Koji Kanemoto beat Giant Bernard, Val Venis, Karl Anderson & Black Tiger (11:00) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Anderson.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto beat Yuji Nagata & Kazuchika Okada (15:24) when Nakamura used the Landslide on Okada.
6. New Japan Cup Special Tag Match ~ Soul of KUMAGAYA: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Togi Makabe & Jado (16:40) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Jado.

NJPW, 3/16/09 (Look!)
Tsubame Citizen Gymnasium
1,150 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kazuchika Okada beat Koji Kanemoto & Nobuo Yoshihashi (9:29) when Liger used a brainbuster on Yoshihashi.
2. Val Venis beat Milano Collection AT (11:16) with the Money Shot.
3. Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Wataru Inoue & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (12:30) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Honma.
4. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION beat Hirooki Goto & Taichi Ishikari (13:42) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Ishikari.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Prince Devitt beat Togi Makabe & Jado (13:21) when Nakamura used the Landslide on Jado.
6. New Japan Cup Special 6 Man Tag Match ~ Soul of NIIGATA: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask beat Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Black Tiger (15:19) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Anderson.

NJPW, 3/15/09 (SXW) (Look!)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,800 Fans

1. Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Kazuchika Okada (9:49) when Devitt pinned Okada after a Dodon & Prince's Throne combination.
2. Toru Yano, Black Tiger, Jado & Tomoaki Honma beat Super Strong Machine, Tiger Mask, Koji Kanemoto & Taichi Ishikari (11:39) when Black Tiger used a tombstone piledriver on Ishikari.
3. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Giant Bernard beat Milano Collection AT (9:13) with the Bernard Driver.
4. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION beat Tomohiro Ishii (13:38) with a diving body press.
5. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Yuji Nagata beat Takashi Iizuka (14:49) by DQ.
6. New Japan Cup Special 6 Man Tag Match ~ Soul of KORAKUEN: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe, Val Venis & Karl Anderson (13:53) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Anderson.
7. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Hirooki Goto beat Shinsuke Nakamura (19:00) with a lariat.

NJPW, 3/14/09 (Look!)
Kuki City Gymnasium
1,400 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Taichi Ishikari beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (10:08) with a crab hold.
2. Black Tiger & Jado beat Tiger Mask & Prince Devitt (11:17) when Black Tiger used a tombstone piledriver on Devitt.
3. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Yuji Nagata & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:21) when Iizuka used a Jigoku Tsuki on Taguchi.
4. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Manabu Nakanishi & Kazuchika Okada (10:14) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Okada.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Milano Collection AT beat Giant Bernard, Val Venis & Karl Anderson (16:05) when Nakamura used a flying cross armbreaker on Anderson.
6. New Japan Cup Special 6 Man Tag Match ~ Soul of KUKI: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto beat Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (16:28) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Honma.

NJPW, 3/8/09 (WPW) (Look!)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
8,500 Fans - No Vacancy

0. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, Prince Devitt & Kazuchika Okada beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Taichi Ishikari & Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:44) when Devitt used a diving footstomp on Yoshihashi.
1. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Takashi Iizuka beat Tomoaki Honma (10:53) with a Jigoku Tsuki.
2. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Wataru Inoue vs. Tomohiro Ishii went to a double countout (3:18).
2b. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Tomohiro Ishii beat Wataru Inoue (9:15) by countout.
3. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Milano Collection AT beat Toru Yano (9:50) with a jackknife hold.
4. Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono beat Jado & Gedo (7:46) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Jado.
5. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Hirooki Goto beat Karl Anderson (11:10) with a modified armlock.
6. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Yutaka Yoshie DRADITION beat Manabu Nakanishi (20:29) with a diving body press.
7. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Togi Makabe (15:32) with the Landslide.
8. New Japan Cup Special Tag Match ~ Soul of AICHI: Giant Bernard & Val Venis beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata (14:41) when Bernard used the Bernard Driver on Tanahashi.