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  • Shows: 15
    Total attendance: 51,658
    Average attendance: 3,444
    Highest attendance: 9,000 on 3/20/97 (headlined by Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting vs. Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Steven Regal)
    Lowest attendance: 1,758 on 3/7/97 (headlined by Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito vs. Shiro Koshinaka, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara)
    Longest match: Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting vs. Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Steven Regal on 3/20/97 at 26:00
    Shortest match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. nWo Sting on 3/25/97 at 4:59

    NJPW, 3/25/97 (WPW)
    Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
    8,000 Fans

    1. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie (13:13) when Otani used a cross armbreaker on Takaiwa.
    2. Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda beat Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura (14:51) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Nishimura.
    3. El Samurai beat Jushin Thunder Liger (9:51) with a cross armbreaker.
    4. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (11:11) when Choshu used a lariat on Nogami.
    5. New Japan vs. nWo: Satoshi Kojima New Japan beat Hiro Saito New World Order (8:24) by pinfall.
    6. New Japan vs. nWo: Hiroyoshi Tenzan New World Order beat Manabu Nakanishi New Japan (7:55) with a diving headbutt.
    7. New Japan/WCW vs. nWo: Buff Bagwell New World Order beat Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling (7:17) with a Blockbuster.
    8. New Japan vs. nWo: Kensuke Sasaki New Japan beat nWo Sting New World Order (4:59) with the Strangle Hold Gamma.
    9. New Japan vs. nWo: Masahiro Chono New World Order beat Keiji Muto New Japan (9:34) with a Yakuza kick.
    10. New Japan vs. nWo: Scott Norton New World Order beat Shinya Hashimoto New Japan (11:17) with a powerbomb.

    NJPW, 3/23/97
    Kasaoka Sports Center
    2,200 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Shinjiro Otani beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:39) with a crab hold.
    2. Hiro Saito beat Akitoshi Saito (9:29) by pinfall.
    3. nWo Sting beat Takashi Iizuka (6:36) by pinfall.
    4. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido (7:48) when Ohara pinned Kido.
    5. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Norio Honaga & El Samurai (11:36) when Takaiwa used a German suplex hold on Honaga.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura (11:01) when Kojima pinned Hirata.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami beat Keiji Muto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tadao Yasuda (12:49) when Koshinaka pinned Liger.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Buff Bagwell beat Riki Choshu, Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling (10:52) when Tenzan pinned Choshu.

    NJPW, 3/22/97
    Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
    5,300 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:27) by pinfall.
    2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling & Black Cat (10:12) when Tenzan pinned Cat.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:59) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    4. Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (11:17) when Sasaki pinned Yasuda.
    5. Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura beat Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:46) when Kido used a wakigatame on Ohara.
    6. Riki Choshu & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:03) when Choshu pinned Goto.
    7. nWo Sting beat Satoshi Kojima (6:09) by pinfall.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell beat Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto & Manabu Nakanishi (12:02) when Norton pinned Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 3/20/97 (WPW)
    Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
    9,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:32) with a crab hold.
    2. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai & Norio Honaga (15:21) when Kanemoto pinned Honaga.
    3. Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (11:49) when Yasuda used a crab hold on Saito.
    4. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (9:48) when Yamazaki used a cross kneelock on Kobayashi.
    5. Riki Choshu & Junji Hirata beat Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka (7:30) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Iizuka.
    6. J Crown: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Masayoshi Motegi (16:05) with an avalanche-style brainbuster (3rd defense).
    7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) beat Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto (17:18) when Kimura pinned Goto (3rd defense).
    8. Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling (26:00). Tenzan pinned Muto (9:08). Nakanishi pinned Sting (14:24). Bagwell pinned Sasaki (16:33). Regal pinned Tenzan (19:08). Regal pinned Sting (20:38). Norton pinned Regal (21:05). Norton pinned Hashimoto (26:00).

    NJPW, 3/19/97
    Narita City Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:46) with a modified armlock.
    2. Junji Hirata beat Akitoshi Saito (10:19) by pinfall.
    3. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling beat Takashi Iizuka (12:26) with the Royal stretch.
    4. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:00) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Ohara.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (16:16) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Honaga.
    6. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda (13:23) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Yasuda.
    7. Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (12:49) when Kojima used a lariat on Nogami.

    NJPW, 3/17/97
    Isesaki Citizen Gymnasium
    2,100 Fans

    1. Tadao Yasuda beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:17) with a crab hold.
    2. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kazuyuki Fujita (12:51) when Otani used a crab hold on Fujita.
    3. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling beat Osamu Kido (8:09) with the Royal stretch.
    4. Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (11:04) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Samurai.
    5. Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:11) when Choshu pinned Hiro.
    6. Keiji Muto & Manabu Nakanishi beat Kensuke Sasaki & Osamu Nishimura (10:53) when Muto used an achilles tendon hold on Nishimura.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Satoshi Kojima (17:40) when Koshinaka pinned Hashimoto.

    NJPW, 3/16/97 (WPW)
    Numazu City Gymnasium
    2,600 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:45) with a crab hold.
    2. Akira Nogami beat Takashi Iizuka (9:16) with a German suplex hold.
    3. El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani (15:36) with a cross armbreaker.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:30) when Honaga pinned Takaiwa.
    5. Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (10:48) when Yasuda used a crab hold on Kobayashi.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura beat Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (13:26) when Nishimura used a Northern Light suplex hold on Kojima.
    7. Riki Choshu & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Keiji Muto & Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling (9:32) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Regal.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:49) when Koshinaka pinned Tenzan.

    NJPW, 3/15/97
    Minami-Ashigara Sports Center
    2,350 Fans

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:53) by pinfall.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:32) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling beat Black Cat (12:17) with the Royal stretch.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (15:15) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Honaga.
    5. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Osamu Nishimura (11:14) when Chono pinned Nishimura.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki, Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka (12:43) when Hashimoto pinned Kido.
    7. Keiji Muto beat Michiyoshi Ohara (7:43) with a figure-four leglock.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami beat Riki Choshu, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (8:57) when Goto pinned Yasuda.

    NJPW, 3/12/97
    Toyooka City Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:13) by pinfall.
    2. El Samurai beat Black Cat (11:29) with a la magistral.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Akitoshi Saito (6:04) with a wakigatame.
    4. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling beat Takashi Iizuka (12:17) with the Royal stretch.
    5. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (9:56) when Kimura pinned Nogami.
    6. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & Norio Honaga (17:11) when Takaiwa used a cross-arm suplex on Honaga.
    7. Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda (9:49) when Meng pinned Yasuda.
    8. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:02) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Ohara.
    9. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (13:38) when Hashimoto used a DDT on Hiro.

    NJPW, 3/11/97
    Higashi-Hiroshima Movement Park Gymnasium
    1,850 Fans

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:42) with a Scorpion Deathlock.
    2. El Samurai beat Norio Honaga (11:35) with the Samurai bomb.
    3. Junji Hirata & Shinjiro Otani beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:28) when Otani used a swan dive kneel kick on Ohara.
    4. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akitoshi Saito (12:20) when Kimura pinned Saito.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:00) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    6. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling, Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (18:54) when Meng pinned Nakanishi.
    7. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Shiro Koshinaka & Akira Nogami (10:29) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Nogami.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (9:26) when Chono used an STF on Yasuda.

    NJPW, 3/10/97
    Ube Tawarada Memorial Gymnasium
    2,500 Fans

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (7:28) by pinfall.
    2. Tadao Yasuda beat Yutaka Yoshie (6:51) with a crab hold.
    3. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Black Cat (10:32) by pinfall.
    4. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (10:39) when Kimura pinned Nogami.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Norio Honaga & El Samurai (14:00) when Otani pinned Honaga.
    6. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling, Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Keiji Muto, Junji Hirata & Satoshi Kojima (10:20) when Barbarian pinned Kojima.
    7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (9:10) when Chono used an STF on Iizuka.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:35) when Sasaki used a lariat on Ohara.

    NJPW, 3/8/97 (WPW)
    Tokuyama City Gymnasium
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:33) with a crab hold.
    2. El Samurai beat Norio Honaga (9:58) by pinfall.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:30) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    4. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akitoshi Saito (11:33) when Kojima pinned Saito.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura beat Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:04) when Kido used the Kido clutch on Kobayashi.
    6. Keiji Muto beat Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling (9:47) with a figure-four leglock.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (9:09) when Chono pinned Iizuka.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto & Kensuke Sasaki beat Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling (11:00) when Hashimoto pinned Meng.

    NJPW, 3/7/97
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,758 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:34) with a senton bomb.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (7:49) with a kneel kick.
    3. Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Kuniaki Kobayashi (11:15) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Kobayashi.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (20:11) when Pegasus used a diving headbutt on Takaiwa.
    5. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling, Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi (17:44) when Meng used a diving headbutt on Nakanishi.
    6. Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (12:57) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Iizuka.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Shiro Koshinaka, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:33) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Nogami.

    NJPW, 3/6/97
    Kawagoe Citizen Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:39) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Black Cat (7:16) with a wakigatame.
    3. Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10:55) by pinfall.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (15:34) when Samurai pinned Otani.
    5. Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito (10:18) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Saito.
    6. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling, Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (15:43) when Meng pinned Hiro.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (11:11) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Iizuka.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (12:54) when Koshinaka pinned Yasuda.

    NJPW, 3/5/97 (WPW)
    Niigata City Gymnasium
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Black Cat beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:33) by pinfall.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Norio Honaga (9:42) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (10:49) when Nogami pinned Yoshie.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (19:26) when Pegasus pinned Takaiwa.
    5. Steven Regal World Championship Wrestling, Meng World Championship Wrestling & The Barbarian World Championship Wrestling beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (13:37) when Meng pinned Yasuda.
    6. Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:00) when Choshu pinned Ohara.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (12:58) when Fujinami pinned Iizuka.
    8. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:54) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Kojima.

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