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  • [Tour Details]

    Shows: 10
    Total attendance: 20,451
    Average attendance: 2,045
    Highest attendance: 4,000 on 4/23/03 (headlined by Yuji Nagata vs. Tadao Yasuda)
    Lowest attendance: 1,300 on 4/21/03 & 4/25/03 (headlined by Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 vs. Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara / Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Barton, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe)
    Longest match: Yuji Nagata vs. Tadao Yasuda on 4/23/03 at 22:55
    Shortest match: Masahiro Chono vs. Shinya Makabe on 4/26/03 at 3:34

    NJPW, 4/29/03
    Kagoshima Arena
    2,000 Fans

    1. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:48) with a crab hold.
    2. Minoru Fujita beat Ryusuke Taguchi (8:33) with the BONEYARD.
    3. Jado & Gedo beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:35) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
    4. Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito beat Dan Devine & Super Crazy (9:40) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Crazy.
    5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (6:05) when Kakihara used an Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #4.
    6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Tiger Mask, AKIRA & Heat (14:01) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Heat.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (6:06) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #2.
    8. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:02) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Makabe.

    NJPW, 4/28/03 (SXW) (Buy)
    Hakata Star Lane
    2,200 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:32) with a crab hold.
    2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero beat Super Crazy & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:29) when Guerrero used a Guerrero bomb on Taguchi.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Masahito Kakihara (13:33) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Tiger.
    4. Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura & Dan Devine beat Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:58) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.
    5. Osaka Pro Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama Osaka Pro (c) beat Ebessan Osaka Pro & Tigers Mask Osaka Pro (13:44) when Murahama used a brainbuster on Tigers (2nd defense).
    6. Yuji Nagata beat Ryushi Yanagisawa (4:26) with a backdrop hold.
    7. Elimination Match: Makai #1, Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (22:48). Barton used a diving elbow drop on Makai #1 (7:43). Makai #5 threw Barton out of the ring (8:40). Makai #5 used a Makai sleeper on Fujita (17:00). Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai #5 (18:22). Makai #4 used a horizontal cradle on Takayama (18:50). Makabe used a lariat on Makai #4 (22:28). Makai #2 used a diving body press on Makabe (22:48).
    8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:45) when Chono used a Butterfly Lock on Tanahashi (7th defense).

    NJPW, 4/27/03
    Nagasaki Prefectural Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans

    1. Gedo beat Naofumi Yamamoto (8:05) with a Superfly splash.
    2. El Samurai beat Ryusuke Taguchi (7:49) with a diving headbutt.
    3. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita beat Makai #2 & Makai #4 (8:24) when Makabe used a lariat on Makai #2.
    4. Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Super Crazy beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (11:52) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Guerrero.
    5. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (8:01) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Kakihara.
    6. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (8:23) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makai #1.
    7. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (13:17) when Yoshie used a back blow on Hiro.
    8. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Mike Barton & Dan Devine (16:15) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Devine.

    NJPW, 4/26/03
    Beppu B-Con Plaza
    2,100 Fans

    1. Jado & Gedo beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (10:23) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Bucanero.
    2. Dan Devine & Super Crazy beat Hiro Saito & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:38) when Crazy used a moonsault press on Taguchi.
    3. Mike Barton beat Makai #1 (7:10) with the Barton buster.
    4. Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:50) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Goto.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Tiger Mask, AKIRA & Heat (11:47) when Liger used a brainbuster on Heat.
    6. Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara (9:06) when Makai #4 used a chickenwing hold on Kakihara.
    7. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (16:09) when Nishimura used a figure-four leglock on Yano.
    8. Shinya Makabe beat Masahiro Chono (3:34) by countout.

    NJPW, 4/25/03
    Hita City Gymnasium
    1,300 Fans

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (8:36) with a dropkick.
    2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero beat El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (11:31) when Bucanero pinned Samurai.
    3. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (10:11) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Yano.
    4. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #2 & Makai #5 (10:43) when Ohara used a chokeslam on Makai #2.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask, AKIRA, Heat & Super Crazy (13:16) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Crazy.
    6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #4 (13:38) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #4.
    7. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Mike Barton, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe (18:44) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Devine.

    NJPW, 4/23/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Hiroshima Sun Plaza
    4,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero beat Jado & Gedo (11:00) when Guerrero used an avalanche-style reverse buster on Gedo.
    2. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Dan Devine & Super Crazy (8:12) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Crazy.
    3. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (10:43) when Yanagisawa used a Yanagi Lock on Yano.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita beat AKIRA, Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:44) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Taguchi.
    5. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (0:37) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Makai #1.
    6. G2 U-30 Climax - Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shinya Makabe (12:44) with a Dragon suplex hold.
    7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Mike Barton (10:47) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Barton.
    8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask beat Koji Kanemoto (c) (14:46) with a Tiger suplex hold to become the 44th champion.
    9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) beat Tadao Yasuda (22:55) with a wrist-clutch Exploder (10th defense).

    NJPW, 4/22/03
    Fukuoka West Japan Exhibition Hall
    1,400 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (9:30) with a dropkick.
    2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat El Samurai & Toru Yano (10:03) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yano.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo beat Heat, Tiger Mask & Ultimo Guerrero (13:45) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
    4. AKIRA, Azteca Pro Wrestling KAGEKI & Super Crazy beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Fujita & Rey Bucanero (10:38) when AKIRA used a Musasabi press on Bucanero.
    5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (8:14) by referee stop (Iizuka beat Makai #4).
    6. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:36) when Yanagisawa used a jumping knee kick on Ohara.
    7. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (9:05) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Makai #1.
    8. Mike Barton, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe beat Masahiro Chono, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (17:28) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on Tanahashi.

    NJPW, 4/21/03
    Ube Tawarada Memorial Gymnasium
    1,300 Fans

    1. El Samurai beat Naofumi Yamamoto (9:17) with a diving headbutt.
    2. Masahito Kakihara & Super Crazy beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:42) when Crazy used an inside cradle on Guerrero.
    3. Dan Devine & Toru Yano beat Jado & Gedo (11:27) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Gedo.
    4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Makai #1 & Makai #2 (9:24) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Makai #2.
    5. Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:00) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on Hiro.
    6. Osamu Nishimura 12th Anniversary Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Takashi Iizuka went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
    7. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita beat AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask (13:43) when Fujita used a backslide on AKIRA.
    8. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara (17:29) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara.

    NJPW, 4/19/03 (SXW) (Buy)
    Kira Messe Numazu
    2,300 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi (9:42) with a front suplex.
    2. El Samurai & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (11:48) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Bucanero.
    3. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (10:12) when Goto pinned Makai #2 after Hiro used a senton bomb.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo beat AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (15:31) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Kakihara.
    5. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe (11:12) when Yoshie used a back blow on Devine.
    6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Mike Barton & Super Crazy (12:54) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Crazy.
    7. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura beat Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 (13:00) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Makai #1.


    NJPW "KENGO KIMURA RETIREMENT SHOW", 4/18/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,851 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B Semi Finalist Decision Match: Blue Wolf beat Makai #4 (5:10) with a Mongol slam.
    2. Mike Barton & Dan Devine beat Masahito Kakihara & Toru Yano (9:59) when Barton used the Barton buster on Kakihara.
    3. AKIRA, Heat, Tiger Mask & Super Crazy beat El Samurai, Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo, Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (12:58) when Tiger used a flying reverse cradle on Fujita.
    4. Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 beat Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:21) when Murakami used a cross armbreaker on Goto.
    5. Kengo Kimura Retirement Match - European Catch Rules: Kengo Kimura vs. Osamu Nishimura went to a draw (R5 3:00) when the time limit expired.
    6. G2 U-30 Climax - Semi Final: Shinya Makabe beat Blue Wolf (7:03) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
    7. G2 U-30 Climax - Semi Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (12:04) with a high-angle front cradle.
    8. Kengo Kimura Farewell Special Match - IWGP Tag vs. IWGP Jr. Tag: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger (14:26) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Kanemoto.
    9. Tadao Yasuda & Makai #5 beat Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (11:04) when Yasuda used a koutoubu punch on Iizuka.

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