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  • NJPW "BIG WEDNESDAY", 9/23/98 (WPW)
    Yokohama Arena
    14,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Tadao Yasuda beat Kazuyuki Fujita (14:36) by pinfall.
    2. Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto beat Junji Hirata & Kendo Kashin (10:43) when Nakanishi pinned Kashin.
    3. Tatsumi Fujinami & Takashi Iizuka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (9:52) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.
    4. Different Style Tag Fight: Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Don Frye UFO & Igor Meindert UFO (9:35) when Yamazaki used a reverse achilles tendon hold on Meindert.
    5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (c) beat Black Tiger World Championship Wrestling & Chris Jericho World Championship Wrestling (19:32) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Tiger (1st defense).
    6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Kaz Hayashi World Championship Wrestling (21:12) with a shotei (4th defense).
    7. Shinya Hashimoto beat Keiji Muto (20:37) with a vertical drop brainbuster.
    8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (c) beat nWo Sting & Brian Adams (13:04) when Tenryu used a lariat on Sting (1st defense).
    9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Scott Norton beat Yuji Nagata (11:11) with a powerbomb to become the 23rd champion (decision match).

    NJPW, 9/22/98
    Okayama City Gymnasium

    1. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
    2. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka vs. Keiji Muto & Hiro Saito
    3. Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi (11:08) when Norton pinned Sasaki.

    NJPW, 9/21/98 (WPW)
    Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

    1. El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto
    2. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
    3. Different Style Tag Fight: Don Frye UFO & Brian Johnston UFO beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Akitoshi Saito (9:41) when Frye KO'd Saito.
    4. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Final: Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata beat Shinya Hashimoto & Kazuo Yamazaki (17:09) when Nagata used a cross armbreaker on Yamazaki.

    NJPW, 9/20/98
    Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #3

    1. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (9:37) when Kido used a wakigatame on Iizuka.
    2. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: nWo Sting & Brian Adams [1] beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima [0]

    NJPW, 9/19/98 (WPW)
    Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

    1. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:35) when Samurai used a swinging reverse DDT on Takaiwa.
    2. Keiji Muto, Scott Norton & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi (12:36) when Norton used a powerbomb on Hirata.
    3. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata [2] beat Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka [1] (14:56) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Koshinaka.
    4. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: Shinya Hashimoto & Kazuo Yamazaki [3] beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] (23:54) when Yamazaki used a cross kneelock on Tenzan.

    NJPW, 9/18/98
    Gunma Arena

    1. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (17:29) when Otani used a swan dive kneel kick on Samurai.
    2. Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
    3. Tatsumi Fujinami & Yuji Nagata vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka
    4. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting & Brian Adams
    5. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Scott Norton & Michael Wallstreet [2] beat Keiji Muto & Hiro Saito [1].

    NJPW, 9/16/98
    Niigata City Gymnasium

    1. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Keiji Muto & Hiro Saito [1] beat Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka [1]

    NJPW, 9/15/98
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall

    1. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] beat nWo Sting & Brian Adams [0]

    NJPW, 9/14/98
    Miyagi Sports Center

    1. El Samurai beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:17) with a swinging reverse DDT.
    2. Koji Kanemoto beat Shinjiro Otani (19:08) with a Tiger suplex hold.
    3. nWo Sting & Brian Adams beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (8:10) when Sting pinned Hirata.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Kendo Kashin (8:50) with an avalanche-style brainbuster.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata beat Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:04) when Sasaki pinned Tenzan.
    6. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka [1] beat Scott Norton & Michael Wallstreet [1] (12:41) when Tenryu pinned Wallstreet.
    7. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: Shinya Hashimoto & Kazuo Yamazaki [2] beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima [0] (17:23) when Hashimoto used a triangle choke hold on Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 9/13/98
    Hamamatsu City Gymnasium

    1. Tatsumi Fujinami, Junji Hirata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (8:37) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Kobayashi.
    2. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Scott Norton & Michael Wallstreet [1] beat Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata [1] (9:24) when Norton pinned Nagata.

    NJPW, 9/12/98
    Kawagoe Citizen Gymnasium

    1. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: Shinya Hashimoto & Kazuo Yamazaki [1] beat nWo Sting & Brian Adams [0] (13:31) when Hashimoto pinned Sting.

    NJPW, 9/11/98
    Utsunomiya City Gymnasium

    1. Kendo Kashin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (10:40) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Samurai.
    2. nWo Sting & Brian Adams beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Takashi Iizuka (10:58) when Adams pinned Iizuka.
    3. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block B: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [1] beat Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda [0] (9:19) when Tenzan used a Buffalo sleeper on Yasuda.

    NJPW, 9/10/98 (WPW)
    Omiya Citizen Gymnasium

    1. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Kashin (12:31) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Kanemoto.
    2. nWo Sting & Brian Adams beat Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata (13:08) when Sting used a reverse DDT on Hirata.
    3. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:00) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Ohara.
    4. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Scott Norton & Michael Wallstreet (7:07) when Chono used an STF on Wallstreet.
    5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Great Sasuke (17:13) with a cross armbreaker (3rd defense).
    6. WCW Tag Team Title Contender Tournament - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata [1] beat Keiji Muto & Hiro Saito [0] (13:45) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Hiro.

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