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  • [Tour Details]

    Shows: 14
    Total attendance: 41,203
    Average attendance: 2,943
    Highest attendance: 10,500 on 3/9/03 (headlined by Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi)
    Lowest attendance: 1,300 on 3/12/03 (headlined by Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf vs. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine)
    Longest match: Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi on 3/9/03 at 60:00
    Shortest match: Makai #5 vs. Takashi Iizuka on 3/9/03 at 0:26

    NJPW, 3/23/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
    5,800 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (10:14) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
    2. Rick Steiner, Dan Devine & Shinya Makabe beat Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (10:26) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on Makai #2.
    3. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo [2] beat Makai #4 [4] (5:32) with an inside cradle.
    4. Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (11:21) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Liger.
    5. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #2: Kengo Kimura & El Samurai beat Osamu Nishimura & Masahito Kakihara (9:31) when Kimura used an Inazuma leg lariat on Kakihara.
    6. Takashi Iizuka beat Mitsuya Nagai (Makai #5) (8:02) with a standing heel hold.
    7. Enson Inoue & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (1:01) when Murakami was DQ'd.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Blue Wolf (15:36) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Wolf.
    9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto (c) beat AKIRA (17:52) with a leglock (6th defense).
    10. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama (c) beat Scott Norton (15:37) with a knee kick (2nd defense).

    NJPW, 3/22/03 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
    Hamamatsu City Gymnasium
    2,400 Fans

    1. Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Blue Wolf & Naofumi Yamamoto (9:22) when Yano used a Canadian backbreaker on Yamamoto.
    2. Heat & American Dragon beat Jado & Gedo (10:09) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Gedo.
    3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (11:29) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Samurai.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. AKIRA & Stampede Kid went to a double countout (8:21).
    4a. Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat AKIRA & Stampede Kid (2:32) when Kanemoto used a standing heel hold on Kid.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] beat Dan Devine [4] (8:04) with a Dragon suplex hold.
    6. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (10:43) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Makai #4.
    7. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #3: Masahiro Chono & Kengo Kimura beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (8:50) when Kimura used an Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #1.
    8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (14:09) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie.

    NJPW, 3/21/03 (SXW) (Buy)
    Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
    4,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Masahito Kakihara beat Ryusuke Taguchi (4:53) with a crab hold.
    2. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [8] beat Blue Wolf [4] (9:40) with a diving body press.
    3. AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai, Jado & Gedo (14:19) when AKIRA used a standing heel hold on Samurai.
    4. Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (6:41) with a Yanagi Lock.
    5. Osaka Pro Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama Osaka Pro (c) beat Gamma Osaka Pro & Billy Ken Kid Osaka Pro (16:42) when Liger used a brainbuster on Kid (1st defense).
    6. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 beat Enson Inoue, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (3:38) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Goto.
    7. Takashi Iizuka beat Makai #5 (3:21) by referee stop.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Makai #4 (4:35) with the TTD.
    9. Masahiro Chono beat Shinya Makabe (2:30) with a horizontal cradle.
    10. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura beat Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine (15:54) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Devine.

    NJPW, 3/20/03
    Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium
    1,600 Fans

    1. Jado beat Naofumi Yamamoto (2:53) with the Crossface of JADO.
    2. Makai #2 beat El Samurai (8:18) with a face buster.
    3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie (12:17) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Iizuka.
    4. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Makai #4 [4] beat Toru Yano [2] (6:48) with a chickenwing hold.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Shinya Makabe [6] beat Masahito Kakihara [2] (6:04) with a Fisherman buster.
    6. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Gedo & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo beat AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (12:11) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Dragon.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 (14:49) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makai #5.
    8. Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine beat Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (13:34) when Norton used a powerbomb on Tanahashi.
    9. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 beat Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Michiyoshi Ohara (14:22) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara.

    NJPW, 3/18/03
    Mie Prefectural Sun Arena Sub Arena
    1,600 Fans

    1. Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi (7:32) with a front suplex.
    2. Dan Devine & American Dragon beat Jado & Gedo (9:00) when Devine used a double-arm screw suplex on Gedo.
    3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #4: Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:50) when Kimura used an inside cradle on Hiro.
    4. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Blue Wolf [4] beat Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo [0] (8:24) with a lariat.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Masahito Kakihara [2] beat Makai #2 [3] (8:05) with an Inazuma leg lariat.
    6. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat AKIRA, Heat & Stampede Kid (13:28) by referee stop (Kanemoto beat Heat).
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 (10:16) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #4.
    8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #5 beat Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:17) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Tanahashi.
    9. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (14:04) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Makabe.

    NJPW, 3/17/03
    Takaoka Techno Dome
    1,500 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (10:32) with a crab hold.
    2. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 beat Hiro Saito & El Samurai (8:12) when Yanagisawa used a full nelson hold on Samurai.
    3. Rick Steiner & Dan Devine beat Makai #1 & Makai #5 (9:39) when Steiner used a Death Valley bomb on Makai #1.
    4. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [6] beat Toru Yano [2] (9:09) with a back blow.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [3] vs. Makai #2 [3] went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
    6. AKIRA, Masahito Kakihara, American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (9:27) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Jado.
    7. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:39) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Goto.
    8. Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami beat Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (7:47) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Nakanishi.
    9. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Heat beat Scott Norton, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo (11:32) when Tenzan used the TTD on Fujita.

    NJPW, 3/16/03
    Nagahama Citizen Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. American Dragon beat Ryusuke Taguchi (6:09) with a cobra clutch crossface hold.
    2. Hiro Saito & Naofumi Yamamoto beat El Samurai & Toru Yano (9:09) when Hiro used a diving senton on Samurai.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo beat AKIRA, Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Stampede Kid (14:59) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Kid.
    4. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (8:11) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Goto.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [4] beat Makai #4 [2] (8:54) with a diving body press.
    6. Masahiro Chono & Osamu Nishimura beat Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (13:21) when Nishimura used a reverse cradle on Makabe.
    7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #5 beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:25) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Tenzan.
    8. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka beat Scott Norton & Dan Devine (14:01) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Devine.

    NJPW, 3/14/03
    Tokuyama Sports Center
    1,800 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Blue Wolf beat Naofumi Yamamoto (5:36) with a lariat.
    2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #5: Kengo Kimura & El Samurai beat Osamu Nishimura & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:41) when Kimura used an Inazuma leg lariat on Taguchi.
    3. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano [2] beat Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo [0] (7:03) with a Canadian backbreaker.
    4. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Dan Devine [4] beat Masahito Kakihara [0] (6:37) with a double-arm screw suplex.
    5. AKIRA, Heat, American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (14:26) when AKIRA used a Musasabi press on Liger.
    6. Makai #2, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie (12:40) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee on Yoshie.
    7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 beat Yuji Nagata, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:09) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Goto.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Shinya Makabe (16:02) when Tanahashi used a Dragon suplex hold on Makabe.

    NJPW, 3/12/03
    Higashi-Hiroshima Movement Park Gymnasium
    1,300 Fans

    1. El Samurai beat Ryusuke Taguchi (6:33) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat Jado & Gedo (10:18) when Kid used a swan dive elbow drop on Gedo.
    3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #6: Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie beat Kengo Kimura & Toru Yano (11:37) when Nishimura used a backslide on Yano.
    4. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:38) by referee stop (Makai #5 beat Iizuka).
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] beat Masahito Kakihara [0] (7:57) with a German suplex hold.
    6. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Makai #2 [2] beat Shinya Makabe [4] (6:05) with a backslide.
    7. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask beat Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo (14:11) when Tiger used a German suplex hold on Fujita.
    8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:02) when Yasuda used a front sleeper on Chono.
    9. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Blue Wolf beat Scott Norton, Rick Steiner & Dan Devine (16:44) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Devine.

    NJPW, 3/11/03
    Fukuyama Big Rose
    1,600 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Ryusuke Taguchi (7:15) with a figure-four achilles tendon hold.
    2. Hiro Saito & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (13:28) when Tanahashi used a crab hold on Yano.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat American Dragon & Stampede Kid (13:21) when Samurai used a la magistral on Dragon.
    4. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [2] beat Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo [0] (6:27) with a diving body press.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Shinya Makabe [4] beat Dan Devine [2] (6:43) with a lariat.
    6. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask beat Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo (12:07) when Heat used a Fisherman buster on Gedo.
    7. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka, Michiyoshi Ohara & Masahito Kakihara (9:46) when Yanagisawa used a full nelson hold on Kakihara.
    8. Scott Norton & Rick Steiner beat Masahiro Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:46) when Norton used a powerslam on Goto.
    9. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura beat Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (11:24) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Makai #2.

    NJPW, 3/9/03 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
    Nagoya Rainbow Hall
    10,500 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo beat Masahito Kakihara, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (9:32) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Kid.
    2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #7: Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai beat Kengo Kimura & Toru Yano (10:02) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Yano.
    3. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Makai #4 [2] beat Blue Wolf [2] (6:47) with a chickenwing hold.
    4. Scott Norton & Dan Devine beat Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:17) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie.
    5. Takashi Iizuka vs. Makai #5 went to a double countout (0:54).
    5a. Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka (0:26) by TKO.
    6. Enson Inoue, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 went to a no contest (5:17).
    7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat AKIRA & Heat (18:06) when Kanemoto used a flying reverse cradle on Heat (1st defense).
    8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe (17:29) when Chono used a tackle on Makabe (6th defense).
    9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi went to a draw (60:00) when the time limit expired (9th defense).

    NJPW, 3/8/03 (SXW) (Buy)
    Hiratsuka City Gymnasium
    2,700 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. American Dragon & Stampede Kid beat El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (8:42) when Dragon used a cobra clutch crossface hold on Taguchi.
    2. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #8: Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:01) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.
    3. G2 U-30 Climax - Block B: Blue Wolf [2] beat Toru Yano [0] (9:53) with a Mongol slam.
    4. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (9:59) when Yoshie used a back blow on Makai #4.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo beat AKIRA, Heat, Tiger Mask & Masahito Kakihara (13:53) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Kakihara.
    6. Yuji Nagata beat Dan Devine (5:26) with the Nagata Lock III.
    7. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Makai #1 (4:46) with a German suplex hold.
    8. Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe beat Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:21) when Norton used a powerbomb on Tanahashi.
    9. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa (11:26) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Yanagisawa.

    NJPW, 3/7/03 (WPW) (Buy)
    Niigata City Gymnasium
    2,800 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (4:18) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Jado & Gedo vs. American Dragon & Stampede Kid went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
    3. Kengo Kimura Inazuma Countdown #9: Kengo Kimura & Masahito Kakihara beat Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (7:27) when Kimura used an Inazuma leg lariat on Samurai.
    4. Makai #1 & Makai #4 beat Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano (9:12) when Makai #1 used a diving headbutt on Yano.
    5. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Dan Devine [2] beat Makai #2 [0] (10:13) with a double-arm screw suplex.
    6. AKIRA, Heat & Tiger Mask beat Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo (14:22) when Tiger used a German suplex hold on Kanemoto.
    7. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 (3:01) when Makai #5 was DQ'd.
    8. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe (11:01) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
    9. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf (16:56) when Nakanishi used a German suplex hold on Wolf.

    NJPW, 3/6/03 (SXW) (Buy)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,603 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (6:15) with a dropkick.
    2. Makai #1 & Makai #4 beat El Samurai & Toru Yano (7:35) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Samurai.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita Kaientai Dojo beat Tiger Mask, American Dragon & Stampede Kid (14:10) when Fujita used the Fujita Driver on Kid.
    4. Makai #5 beat Masahito Kakihara (7:55) with a Makai sleeper.
    5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender Match: AKIRA & Heat beat Jado & Gedo (16:59) when Heat used a wrist-clutch Fisherman buster on Gedo.
    6. G2 U-30 Climax - Block A: Shinya Makabe [2] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [0] (10:56) with a Fisherman buster.
    7. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Makai #2 (3:09) with a German suplex hold.
    8. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (0:37) when Ohara was DQ'd.
    9. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Scott Norton & Dan Devine (11:33) when Tenzan used the TTD on Devine.
    10. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Blue Wolf beat Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (16:50) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock II on Nishimura.

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