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  • Shows: 14
    Total attendance: 40,407
    Average attendance: 2,886
    Highest attendance: 11,000 on 2/15/04 (headlined by Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Genichiro Tenryu)
    Lowest attendance: 1,100 on 2/4/04 (headlined by Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele)
    Longest match: 12 Man Heavyweight New Japan Rumble on 1/28/04 at 31:03
    Shortest match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Tiger Mask on 2/6/04 at 1:53

    NJPW, 2/15/04 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
    11,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (6:23) with a chickenwing armlock.
    2. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda (4:08) with the Nagata Lock III.
    3. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Kensuke Sasaki (10:54) with the TTD.
    4. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshihiro Takayama (14:39) with a high-angle front cradle.
    5. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Genichiro Tenryu beat Masahiro Chono (6:25) by TKO.
    6. Koji Kanemoto, American Dragon & Curry Man beat Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (14:23) when Curry used a double-arm face crusher on Tiger.
    7. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yuji Nagata (17:08) with a moonsault press.
    8. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Genichiro Tenryu beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:32) with a brainbuster.
    9. Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf beat Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (9:35) when Wolf used the Mongol Hammer on Nagai.
    10. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Mitsuo Momota Pro Wrestling NOAH (14:41) with a ground Cobra Twist (1st defense).
    11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Genichiro Tenryu (13:01) with a diving headbutt to become the 35th champion.

    NJPW, 2/13/04
    Sanjo Welfare Hall
    1,200 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Nagao (5:51) with a single-leg crab hold.
    2. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (8:34) with a chickenwing armlock.
    3. Blue Wolf beat Toru Yano (6:19) with a lariat.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Wataru Inoue & Hirooki Goto (11:23) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Goto.
    5. Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse beat Jushin Thunder Liger, American Dragon & Curry Man (11:39) by referee stop (Naruse beat Curry).
    6. Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Makai #1 & Katsuyori Shibata went to a draw (3:17) when Makabe & Shibata were counted out.
    7. Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai beat Yuji Nagata & Tatsutoshi Goto (3:37) when Yasuda pinned Goto after Nagai used the Hyper Knee Tiger.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Manabu Nakanishi, Mike Barton & Jim Steele (23:34) when Tenzan used the TTD on Steele.

    NJPW, 2/12/04
    Takaoka Techno Dome
    2,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Toru Yano beat Hiroshi Nagao (5:54) with a crab hold.
    2. Hirooki Goto beat Akiya Anzawa (5:11) with a front suplex.
    3. Tatsutoshi Goto beat Naofumi Yamamoto (2:14) with a V1 armlock.
    4. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue beat Curry Man & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:20) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Taguchi.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & American Dragon vs. Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
    5a. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & American Dragon vs. Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse went to a draw (5:00) when the time limit expired.
    6. Makai #1 & Mitsuya Nagai beat Osamu Nishimura & Blue Wolf (11:37) when Nagai used a backslide on Nishimura.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi, Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (17:36) when Nakanishi used a German suplex hold on Makabe.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda & Katsuyori Shibata (13:32) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Shibata.

    NJPW, 2/11/04
    Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
    1,800 Fans

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Nagao (re-debut) (7:10) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (6:36) with a crab hold.
    3. Tatsutoshi Goto beat Toru Yano (6:41) with a backdrop suplex.
    4. Wataru Inoue & Hirooki Goto beat American Dragon & Curry Man (12:01) when Inoue pinned Curry with the Triangle Lancer.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (14:23) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Heat.
    6. Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie beat Mike Barton & Jim Steele (11:02) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Steele.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Blue Wolf beat Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (11:01) when Nishimura used a backslide on Nagai.
    8. Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi beat Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (18:00) when Nakanishi used a German suplex hold on Nagata.

    NJPW, 2/10/04
    Zentsuji Citizen Gymnasium
    1,300 Fans

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (8:43) with a Texas Cloverleaf hold.
    2. Curry Man beat El Samurai (10:49) with the Spicy Drop.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (14:21) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Goto.
    4. Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (16:17) when Barton used the Barton buster on Yano.
    5. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata beat Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf (3:28) when Makabe was DQ'd.
    6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masayuki Naruse beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto (14:19) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on Goto.
    7. Yuji Nagata & Heat beat Manabu Nakanishi & American Dragon (17:25) when Nagata used a wrist-clutch Exploder on Dragon.

    NJPW, 2/9/04
    Nara 100 Year Hall
    2,200 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Hirooki Goto (7:16) with a crab hold.
    2. Wataru Inoue beat Toru Yano (7:51) with the Triangle Lancer.
    3. Tiger Mask beat Curry Man (8:10) with an inside cradle.
    4. Yutaka Yoshie & Masayuki Naruse beat Makai #1 & Katsuyori Shibata (11:09) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Makai #1.
    5. Koji Kanemoto & American Dragon beat Heat & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:43) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Taguchi.
    6. Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (12:42) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Samurai.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Tadao Yasuda & Mitsuya Nagai (6:34) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Nagai.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Shinya Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (19:33) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Wolf.

    NJPW, 2/8/04
    Gifu Industrial Hall
    3,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (7:21) with a crab hold.
    2. Blue Wolf beat Toru Yano (7:48) with a Mongol slam.
    3. American Dragon & Curry Man beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (11:29) when Curry used a moonsault press on Goto.
    4. Tatsutoshi Goto beat El Samurai (5:21) with a backdrop suplex.
    5. Heat, Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (12:14) when Naruse used a sleeper hold on Inoue.
    6. Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie beat Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (5:50) when Nagai was DQ'd.
    7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (13:23) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Makai #1.
    8. Manabu Nakanishi, Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (18:16) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Nishimura.

    NJPW, 2/6/04 (SXW) (Buy)
    Miyagi Sports Center
    2,500 Fans

    1. Mike Barton beat Blue Wolf (8:36) with a diving elbow drop.
    2. Katsuyori Shibata beat Hiro Saito (5:54) with a straight right punch.
    3. Shinya Makabe beat Jim Steele (5:58) with a lariat.
    4. Tadao Yasuda beat Gedo (5:05) with a straight right punch.
    5. Osamu Nishimura beat Tiger Mask (1:53) with a backslide.
    6. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Mitsuya Nagai (10:16) with a German suplex hold.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Jushin Thunder Liger (12:16) with a Northern Light bomb.
    8. Masahiro Chono beat Heat (9:13) with an STF.
    9. Manabu Nakanishi beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:01) with an Argentine backbreaker.
    10. Yuji Nagata beat Koji Kanemoto (15:56) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.

    NJPW, 2/5/04
    Yonezawa City Gymnasium
    1,500 Fans

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (7:09) with a crab hold.
    2. Toru Yano beat Hirooki Goto (6:28) with a Canadian backbreaker.
    3. American Dragon & Curry Man beat Heat & Tiger Mask (12:42) when Dragon used a leglock suplex hold on Heat.
    4. Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:37) when Takemura used a Death Valley bomb on Taguchi.
    5. Shinya Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (13:58) when Tanahashi used an inside cradle on Nagai.
    6. Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (15:40) when Barton used the Barton buster on Hiro.
    7. Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf (15:35) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Wolf.

    NJPW, 2/4/04
    Fukushima National Athletic Meet Gymnasium #2
    1,100 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Akiya Anzawa (5:28) with a crab hold.
    2. Blue Wolf beat Naofumi Yamamoto (5:54) with a lariat.
    3. Katsushi Takemura beat Hirooki Goto (3:01) with a lariat.
    4. Hiro Saito & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Jado & Gedo (11:51) when Hiro used a diving senton on Jado.
    5. Heat & Tiger Mask beat Koji Kanemoto & Curry Man (12:35) when Tiger used a backslide on Curry.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & American Dragon beat Shinya Makabe & Toru Yano (6:19) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Yano.
    7. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata beat Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:21) when Nagai used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Tanahashi.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Mike Barton & Jim Steele (20:22) when Tenzan used a Northern Light bomb on Steele.

    NJPW "TOUKON FESTIVAL", 2/2/04
    Hakodate Citizen Gymnasium
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Hirooki Goto beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:01) with a cross camel clutch.
    2. Koji Kanemoto beat Katsushi Takemura (5:06) with a heel hold.
    3. American Dragon & Curry Man beat Jado & Gedo (10:06) when Dragon used a leglock suplex hold on Gedo.
    4. Heat & Tiger Mask beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:09) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Taguchi.
    5. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito (13:54) when Yasuda used a front sleeper on Hiro.
    6. Masahiro Chono, Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Shinya Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (15:11) when Barton used the Barton buster on Yano.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf beat Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (14:13) when Wolf used a Jackhammer on Yoshie.

    NJPW, 2/1/04 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Hokkaido Sports Center
    6,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (7:45) with a crab hold.
    2. Hiro Saito beat Toru Yano (7:46) with a German suplex hold.
    3. American Dragon beat Tiger Mask (10:34) with a backdrop hold.
    4. Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (14:51) when Makabe used a lariat on Wolf.
    5. Masahiro Chono, Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata (11:16) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Nagai.
    6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jado & Gedo (c) beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto (19:11) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Kanemoto (2nd defense).
    7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Heat (c) beat Curry Man (14:27) with the Minoru Special (2nd defense).
    8. Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (20:26) when Tenryu used the 53-years-old on Nagata.
    9. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki Pancrase beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (c) (17:19) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Nishimura to become the 46th champions.

    NJPW, 1/31/04
    Sapporo Teisen Hall
    1,200 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Hirooki Goto beat Naofumi Yamamoto (6:04) with a cross camel clutch.
    2. Hiro Saito beat Akiya Anzawa (6:09) with a senton bomb.
    3. Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Manabu Nakanishi & Toru Yano (10:33) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Yano.
    4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Shinya Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
    5. Tadao Yasuda, Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata beat Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (13:17) when Nagai pinned Wolf after the Guillotine Impact.
    6. Curry Man won a 10 Man Jr. Heavyweight New Japan Rumble (29:06) when he used the Spicy Drop on Jado. Order of appearance: Curry Man, Katsushi Takemura, Gedo, Jado, Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, American Dragon & Heat.

    NJPW, 1/28/04 (SXW) (Buy)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,607 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Akiya Anzawa (6:50) with a crab hold.
    2. Tiger Mask beat Ryusuke Taguchi (7:29) with a camel clutch.
    3. Heat beat Hirooki Goto (7:01) with a cross kneelock.
    4. Mitsuya Nagai & Katsuyori Shibata beat Toru Yano & Wataru Inoue (11:07) when Nagai pinned Inoue.
    5. Koji Kanemoto Return Match: Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (15:18) when Samurai used a Gedo clutch on Gedo.
    6. Shinya Makabe won a 12 Man Heavyweight New Japan Rumble (31:03) when he used a lariat on Yutaka Yoshie. Order of elimination: Manabu Nakanishi, Blue Wolf, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1 & Yutaka Yoshie.
    7. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) beat Masayuki Naruse (15:58) with a Dragon suplex hold (7th defense).

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