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  • Shows: 16
    Total attendance: 54,442
    Average attendance: 3,403
    Highest attendance: 11,000 on 2/16/97 (headlined by Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki)
    Lowest attendance: 1,500 on 2/15/97 (headlined by Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell vs. Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima)
    Longest match: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani on 2/9/97 at 27:14
    Shortest match: Tadao Yasuda vs. Kazuyuki Fujita on 2/2/97 at 2:28

    NJPW, 2/16/97 (WPW)
    Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
    11,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinjiro Otani & Kazuyuki Fujita (12:08) when Takaiwa used a crab hold on Fujita.
    2. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Norio Honaga & El Samurai (9:05) when Jericho pinned Honaga.
    3. Junji Hirata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito (11:16) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Kobayashi.
    4. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (12:54) when Ohara pinned Hiro.
    5. J Crown: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Koji Kanemoto (19:26) by pinfall (2nd defense).
    6. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (9:50) when Norton pinned Yasuda.
    7. Great Muta beat Shiro Koshinaka (12:43) by pinfall.
    8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (14:41) when Kimura pinned Nakanishi (2nd defense).
    9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto (c) beat Kazuo Yamazaki (18:55) with a vertical drop brainbuster (4th defense).

    NJPW, 2/15/97
    Isuzu Motors Yamato Gymnasium
    1,500 Fans

    1. Shinjiro Otani beat Shinya Makabe (debut) (6:20) with a crab hold.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:00) with a kneel kick.
    3. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Norio Honaga & Black Cat (11:09) when Jericho used a moonsault press on Cat.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:31) when Liger used a jumping Liger bomb on Takaiwa.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Kuniaki Kobayashi (11:48) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Kobayashi.
    6. Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura beat Kengo Kimura, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:56) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Ohara.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka went to a double countout (8:01).
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (10:49) when Norton used a powerslam on Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 2/14/97
    Kira Messe Numazu
    3,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:57) with a crab hold.
    2. Tadao Yasuda & Yutaka Yoshie beat Norio Honaga & Black Cat (10:00) when Yasuda pinned Honaga.
    3. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (11:56) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Otani.
    4. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (9:39) when Riggs used a Captured suplex hold on Samurai.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:43) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Hiro.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami (9:58) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Nogami.
    7. Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:41) when Sasaki used a lariat on Ohara.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka (10:16) when Norton used a powerbomb on Iizuka.

    NJPW, 2/13/97 (WPW)
    Gifu Industrial Hall
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:37) with a crab hold.
    2. Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:28) when Saito used a kneel kick on Takaiwa.
    3. Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Osamu Nishimura, Norio Honaga & Black Cat (11:26) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Cat.
    4. Buff Bagwell & Hiro Saito beat Takashi Iizuka & Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling (9:39) when Bagwell used a Blockbuster on Riggs.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (13:10) when Samurai used the Samurai bomb on Jericho.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido (8:21) when Kimura pinned Kido.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata (15:49) when Kojima used a lariat on Hirata.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (12:59) when Chono used an STF on Yasuda.

    NJPW, 2/11/97
    Osaka Rinkai Sports Center
    3,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Kazuyuki Fujita (6:32) with a Scorpion Deathlock.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:14) with a left high kick.
    3. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami beat Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (9:48) when Nogami used a German suplex hold on Jericho.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (13:57) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Honaga.
    5. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (6:52) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Ohara.
    6. Kazuo Yamazaki, Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka beat Shinya Hashimoto, Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda (12:21) when Yamazaki used a heel hold on Yasuda.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:02) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata (11:24) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Hirata.

    NJPW, 2/9/97 (WPW)
    Nakajima Sports Center
    6,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:17) with a left high kick.
    2. Norio Honaga & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling & Black Cat (11:20) when Honaga pinned Cat.
    3. Buff Bagwell & Hiro Saito beat Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & El Samurai (10:22) when Hiro used a diving senton on Samurai.
    4. Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Junji Hirata, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (11:17) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yoshie.
    5. Riki Choshu & Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (8:08) when Choshu used a lariat on Iizuka.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Shinya Hashimoto, Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda (12:05) when Kimura pinned Yasuda.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima (12:02) when Norton used a powerbomb on Sasaki.
    8. J Crown #1 Contender Match: Koji Kanemoto beat TAKA Michinoku Michinoku Pro (14:41) with a Tiger suplex hold.
    9. J Crown: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Shinjiro Otani (27:14) with a shotei (1st defense).

    NJPW, 2/8/97 (WPW)
    Nakajima Sports Center
    6,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Osamu Kido, Tadao Yasuda & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (9:38) when Kido used a wakigatame on Kobayashi.
    2. Osamu Nishimura & Norio Honaga beat Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (9:14) when Nishimura used a Northern Light suplex hold on Riggs.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:44) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Goto.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (12:16) when Kanemoto used a Tiger suplex hold on Samurai.
    5. Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & Hiro Saito (12:16) when Kojima used a powerbomb on Hiro.
    6. Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi (12:12) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Nakanishi.
    7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) beat Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata (19:30) when Fujinami used a backslide on Hirata (1st defense).

    NJPW, 2/7/97
    Muroran City Gymnasium
    1,600 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinjiro Otani & Kazuyuki Fujita (10:45) when Takaiwa used a crab hold on Fujita.
    2. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling beat El Samurai (7:58) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Koji Kanemoto & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga (11:29) when Jericho pinned Honaga.
    4. Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:15) when Kojima pinned Kobayashi.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akitoshi Saito (9:49) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Saito.
    6. Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda (7:44) when Bagwell pinned Yasuda.
    7. Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata beat Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami (9:03) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Nogami.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:43) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Hiro.

    NJPW, 2/6/97
    Kamiiso Town Gymnasium
    1,800 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kazuyuki Fujita went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (9:32) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Osamu Nishimura beat Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling (7:47) with a Northern Light suplex hold.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (13:12) when Liger used a la magistral on Jericho.
    5. Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda (8:06) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Nakanishi.
    6. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima (8:07) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Kojima.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Keiji Muto, Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka (11:55) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Iizuka.

    NJPW, 2/2/97 (WPW)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,942 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Tadao Yasuda beat Kazuyuki Fujita (2:28) with a crab hold.
    2. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:19) with a DDT.
    3. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (8:30) when Jericho pinned Kobayashi.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (15:48) when Otani used a swan dive kneel kick on Honaga.
    5. Kensuke Sasaki, Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (11:06) when Hirata pinned Saito.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:35) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.
    7. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Nishimura (7:04) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Nishimura.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:43) when Norton used a powerslam on Muto.

    NJPW, 1/31/97
    Miyagi Sports Center
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:19) with a release German suplex.
    2. Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda & Yutaka Yoshie (8:43) when Ohara used a nodowa otoshi on Yoshie.
    3. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Black Cat beat Osamu Kido & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10:57) when Cat used a Captured suplex hold on Takaiwa.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (14:00) when Jericho used a Tiger suplex hold on Honaga.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsutoshi Goto (8:24) with a cross armbreaker.
    6. Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (11:19) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Kimura.
    7. Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:02) when Sasaki used a Northern Light bomb on Kojima.
    8. Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Buff Bagwell beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka (15:04) when Norton used a powerslam on Hirata.

    NJPW, 1/30/97
    Tsuruoka City Gymnasium
    2,350 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:18) with a crab hold.
    2. Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling beat El Samurai & Black Cat (9:23) when Jericho pinned Cat.
    3. Junji Hirata beat Osamu Nishimura (10:26) with a Devil Windmill suplex hold.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga (14:26) when Kanemoto pinned Honaga.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (10:47) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Iizuka.
    6. Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (8:47) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Takaiwa.
    7. Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda (6:52) when Norton pinned Yasuda.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:02) when Hashimoto pinned Ohara.

    NJPW, 1/29/97 (WPW)
    Fukushima National Athletic Meet Gymnasium
    2,800 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (10:13) with a crab hold.
    2. Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:37) when Ohara pinned Takaiwa.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (13:07) when Liger pinned Jericho.
    4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Scotty Riggs World Championship Wrestling & Black Cat (9:40) when Tenzan pinned Riggs.
    5. Osamu Kido, Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (8:05) when Kido used a wakigatame on Kobayashi.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (16:16) when Fujinami used a figure-four leglock on Iizuka.
    7. Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima (9:09) when Bagwell pinned Kojima.
    8. Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata beat Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi (16:04) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 1/28/97
    Gyoda Green Arena
    1,600 Fans

    1. Black Cat beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:10) with a Canadian backbreaker.
    2. Tadao Yasuda beat Yutaka Yoshie (6:08) with a crab hold.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura (13:13) when Yamazaki used a cross armbreaker on Nishimura.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:01) when Samurai used a la magistral on Otani.
    5. Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Osamu Kido & Satoshi Kojima (9:19) when Ohara pinned Kido.
    6. Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (7:52) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Hiro.
    7. Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi (13:35) when Kimura pinned Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 1/27/97
    Ota Ward Gymnasium
    1,850 Fans

    1. Shinjiro Otani beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:57) with a crab hold.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:38) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Osamu Nishimura beat Akitoshi Saito (9:07) with a Cobra Twist.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:27) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    5. Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata beat Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (11:58) when Muto pinned Iizuka.
    6. Riki Choshu & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (9:20) when Kojima pinned Hiro.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido (11:56) when Kimura pinned Yamazaki.
    8. Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi (11:05) when Goto pinned Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 1/26/97
    Yoshikawa City Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:06) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. El Samurai beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:32) by pinfall.
    3. Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Kido & Black Cat (9:58) when Ohara pinned Cat.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga (14:14) when Otani used a swan dive kneel kick on Honaga.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (12:55) when Kimura pinned Nishimura.
    6. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda (7:25) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Yasuda.
    7. Riki Choshu, Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (8:13) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Kobayashi.
    8. Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:59) when Sasaki used a Northern Light bomb on Hiro.

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