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  • Shows: 16
    Total attendance: 54,224
    Average attendance: 3,389
    Highest attendance: 9,500 on 3/22/98 (headlined by Tatsumi Fujinami & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono & Big Titan)
    Lowest attendance: 1,350 on 3/12/98 & 3/13/98 (headlined by Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura vs. Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting, Big Titan & Hiro Saito / Kensuke Sasaki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito)
    Longest match: Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. on 3/6/98 at 18:29
    Shortest match: Don Frye vs. Kazuo Yamazaki on 3/22/98 at 5:11

    NJPW, 3/24/98
    Kiryu Citizen Gymnasium
    1,700 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:26) with a crab hold.
    2. Kengo Kimura beat El Samurai (9:02) by pinfall.
    3. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (13:16) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Kanemoto.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & La Fiera beat Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. (9:55) when Liger pinned Wagner.
    5. nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Big Titan beat Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (12:05) when Titan pinned Yasuda.
    6. Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (13:18) when Kido used a wakigatame on Goto.
    7. Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura (13:48) when Chono used an STF on Nishimura.

    NJPW, 3/23/98
    Iida Sports Center
    1,700 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Tadao Yasuda beat Akitoshi Saito (7:41) with a crab hold.
    2. Kendo Kashin beat La Fiera (6:22) with a cross armbreaker.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. (13:31) when Otani pinned Samurai.
    4. nWo Sting & Michael Wallstreet beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:40) when Sting pinned Goto.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi (11:38) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Kobayashi.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Nishimura beat Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito (11:33) when Hashimoto pinned Hiro.
    7. Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (14:26) when Titan pinned Kojima.

    NJPW, 3/22/98 (WPW)
    Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
    9,500 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Inoki Final Tournament - Round 1: Igor Meindert beat Kazuyuki Fujita (6:33) by referee stop.
    2. Inoki Final Tournament - Round 1: Brian Johnston beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7:49) by referee stop.
    3. Inoki Final Tournament - Round 1: Don Frye beat Kazuo Yamazaki (5:11) by KO.
    4. Inoki Final Tournament - Round 1: Naoya Ogawa beat David Beneteau (5:15) with a cross armbreaker.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Koji Kanemoto, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & La Fiera (14:12) when Liger used a front cradle on Takaiwa.
    6. Kendo Kashin Single Match Series 5th: Kendo Kashin beat Shinjiro Otani (12:17) with a reverse cross armbreaker.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (9:44) when Nakanishi used a Dragon suplex hold on Saito.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting (9:10) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Tenzan.
    9. Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto & Michael Wallstreet (18:07) when Hashimoto used a DDT on Muto.
    10. Dragon vs. nWo Japan Tag Match Series 5th: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kensuke Sasaki beat Masahiro Chono & Big Titan (13:02) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Titan.

    NJPW, 3/21/98 (WPW)
    Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
    5,500 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito beat Tadao Yasuda & Yutaka Yoshie (10:49) when Ohara used a cross armbreaker on Yoshie.
    2. El Samurai beat La Fiera (8:00) by pinfall.
    3. Kendo Kashin Single Match Series 4th: Kendo Kashin beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (9:52) with a triangle choke hold.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. (16:12) when Otani pinned Wagner.
    5. Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Big Titan & Hiro Saito (12:42) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Hiro.
    6. Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:32) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Kimura.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Nishimura beat nWo Sting & Michael Wallstreet (12:22) when Hashimoto pinned Wallstreet.
    8. Dragon vs. nWo Japan Tag Match Series 4th: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Satoshi Kojima (13:54) when Chono used an STF on Kojima.

    NJPW, 3/20/98
    Kurashiki Fukuda Park Gymnasium
    2,750 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Akitoshi Saito (12:30) with a crab hold.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat La Fiera (8:24) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. El Samurai, Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:42) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Otani.
    4. Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda beat Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:05) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Kimura.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Jushin Thunder Liger (9:27) when Tenzan pinned Liger.
    6. Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima (12:29) when Koshinaka pinned Kojima.
    7. Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Big Titan beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (14:10) when Sting pinned Fujinami.

    NJPW, 3/19/98
    Yonago Industrial Hall
    2,500 Fans

    1. Tadao Yasuda beat Yutaka Yoshie (12:55) with a crab hold.
    2. El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:08) when Samurai pinned Kanemoto.
    3. Shinjiro Otani & La Fiera beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. (12:53) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Wagner.
    4. Kazuo Yamazaki & Junji Hirata beat Osamu Kido & Manabu Nakanishi (10:34) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Kido.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (9:42) when Nishimura used a Northern Light suplex hold on Saito.
    6. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito (11:01) when Koshinaka pinned Hiro.
    7. Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima (13:54) when Sting pinned Kojima.

    NJPW, 3/18/98
    Hagi Citizen Gymnasium
    2,400 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Black Cat (12:29) with a la magistral.
    2. Shinjiro Otani & Shinya Makabe beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie (12:36) by DQ.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Kendo Kashin beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (9:44) when Yamazaki used a cross armbreaker on Kobayashi.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & La Fiera (13:42) when Liger pinned Fiera.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito beat Junji Hirata, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:14) when Hiro pinned Hirata.
    6. Kensuke Sasaki, Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:27) when Sasaki pinned Ohara.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Michael Wallstreet & Big Titan beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda (12:17) when Titan pinned Yasuda.

    NJPW, 3/17/98
    Otake City Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Shinya Makabe (8:40) by pinfall.
    2. Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:16) by pinfall.
    3. Tadao Yasuda & Kendo Kashin beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (8:10) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Saito.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & La Fiera (15:31) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Fiera.
    5. Shinya Hashimoto, Osamu Kido & Satoshi Kojima beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:51) when Hashimoto pinned Goto.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (12:16) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.
    7. Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki, Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi (18:08) when Chono pinned Sasaki.

    NJPW, 3/14/98 (WPW)
    Miyagi Sports Center
    5,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Hiro Saito beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:10) by pinfall.
    2. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai, Dr. Wagner Jr. & La Fiera (15:01) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Wagner.
    3. Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito beat Satoshi Kojima & Yutaka Yoshie (13:45) when Saito pinned Yoshie.
    4. Kendo Kashin Single Match Series 3rd: Kendo Kashin beat Jushin Thunder Liger (10:12) by referee stop.
    5. Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Kido, Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura (11:18) when Koshinaka pinned Kido.
    6. nWo Sting & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi (12:28) when Titan pinned Nakanishi.
    7. Masahiro Chono & Michael Wallstreet beat Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda (13:34) when Chono pinned Yasuda.
    8. Dragon vs. nWo Japan Tag Match Series 3rd: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Keiji Muto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (16:26) when Fujinami used a figure-four leglock on Muto.

    NJPW, 3/13/98
    Mito Citizen Gymnasium
    1,350 Fans

    1. Black Cat beat Shinya Makabe (7:12) by pinfall.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:15) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & La Fiera (11:55) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Fiera.
    4. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. (12:55) when Takaiwa pinned Wagner.
    5. nWo Sting beat Osamu Nishimura (10:27) by pinfall.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (12:53) when Kojima pinned Saito.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura beat Keiji Muto & Big Titan (11:26) when Koshinaka used a backslide on Muto.
    8. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito (11:49) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Hiro.

    NJPW, 3/12/98
    Nabari City Gymnasium
    1,350 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinya Makabe (8:36) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Yutaka Yoshie (6:01) with a wakigatame.
    3. Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (12:00) when Wagner pinned Kanemoto.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Black Cat & La Fiera (11:43) when Samurai used a la magistral on Fiera.
    5. Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda beat Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (10:33) when Yasuda pinned Saito.
    6. Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michael Wallstreet beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:27) when Tenzan pinned Ohara.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura beat Masahiro Chono, nWo Sting, Big Titan & Hiro Saito (16:05) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.

    NJPW, 3/11/98
    Nanao Citizen Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (8:36) with a cross kneelock.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Black Cat (12:46) by pinfall.
    3. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (12:01) when Kanemoto pinned Kashin.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Shinjiro Otani & La Fiera (14:40) when Wagner used a la magistral on Fiera.
    5. Osamu Kido, Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:58) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Kimura.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Nishimura beat nWo Sting & Michael Wallstreet (14:19) when Hashimoto pinned Wallstreet.
    7. Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito beat Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi (9:30) when Chono used an STF on Kobayashi.
    8. Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (13:45) when Titan pinned Kojima.

    NJPW, 3/9/98
    Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium
    8,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:41) by pinfall.
    2. Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & La Fiera (10:28) when Kimura pinned Wagner.
    3. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (12:40) when Otani pinned Samurai.
    4. Kendo Kashin Single Match Series 2nd: Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto (13:09) with a cross kneelock.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Wallstreet & Big Titan beat Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (14:20) when Tenzan pinned Yasuda.
    6. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kensuke Sasaki, Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata (11:54) when Goto pinned Kido.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto beat nWo Sting (10:16) by pinfall.
    8. Dragon vs. nWo Japan Tag Match Series 2nd: Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (15:29) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Nishimura.

    NJPW, 3/8/98
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,974 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (8:09) with a crab hold.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Kido & Black Cat (11:48) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Cat.
    3. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (11:11) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Yasuda.
    4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat El Samurai & La Fiera (13:09) when Takaiwa pinned Fiera.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (15:34) when Liger pinned Kanemoto.
    6. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat nWo Sting & Hiro Saito (12:02) when Goto pinned Hiro.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka beat Michael Wallstreet (7:24) with a front cradle.
    8. Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michael Wallstreet beat Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Nishimura (16:51) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Yamazaki.

    NJPW, 3/7/98
    Numazu City Gymnasium
    2,500 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Shinya Makabe (10:23) with a crab hold.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat La Fiera (7:20) with a Captured suplex hold.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Junji Hirata & Yutaka Yoshie (15:15) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Yoshie.
    4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (14:42) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Kashin.
    5. Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:39) when Hashimoto pinned Ohara.
    6. Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito beat Keiji Muto, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito (10:24) when Koshinaka pinned Hiro.
    7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Big Titan beat Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura (15:41) when Chono pinned Kojima.

    NJPW, 3/6/98 (WPW)
    Niigata City Gymnasium
    4,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (7:19) with a crab hold.
    2. Black Cat beat La Fiera (6:21) by pinfall.
    3. Kengo Kimura & Akitoshi Saito beat Osamu Kido & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:49) when Kimura pinned Takaiwa.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. (18:29) when Kanemoto used a huracanrana on Wagner.
    5. Kendo Kashin Single Match Series 1st: Kendo Kashin beat El Samurai (12:49) with a cross armbreaker.
    6. Big Titan beat Tadao Yasuda (12:28) by pinfall.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura (13:17) when Koshinaka pinned Nishimura.
    8. Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Junji Hirata (13:44) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Hirata.
    9. Dragon vs. nWo Japan Tag Match Series 1st: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto beat Masahiro Chono & Michael Wallstreet (12:55) when Fujinami used a ground Cobra Twist on Chono.

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