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  • Shows: 11
    Total attendance: 21,950
    Average attendance: 1,995
    Highest attendance: 3,000 on 4/18/97 (headlined by Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido vs. Shiro Koshinaka, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito)
    Lowest attendance: 1,300 on 4/29/97 (headlined by Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima)
    Longest match: Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga vs. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa on 4/23/97 at 16:40
    Shortest match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Akitoshi Saito on 4/28/97 at 5:27

    NJPW, 4/30/97
    Hakata Star Lane
    2,200 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:34) by pinfall.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Black Cat (10:03) with an inside cradle.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:28) when Liger pinned Otani.
    4. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:57) when Nakanishi used a backbreaker on Hiro.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (9:26) when Kido used a wakigatame on Nishimura.
    6. Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kishin Kawabata WAR & Shigeo Okumura WAR (7:33) when Ohara pinned Kawabata.
    7. Kengo Kimura & Takashi Ishikawa WAR beat Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:35) when Ishikawa pinned Goto.
    8. Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Keiji Muto & Takashi Iizuka (14:36) when Sasaki used a Northern Light bomb on Iizuka.

    NJPW, 4/29/97
    Nakatsu Sports Center
    1,300 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Shinya Makabe (7:07) with a crab hold.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:16) by pinfall.
    3. El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto & Black Cat (13:55) when Honaga pinned Cat.
    4. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Kensuke Sasaki & Shinjiro Otani (11:01) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Otani.
    5. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (10:21) when Kimura pinned Kobayashi.
    6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Keiji Muto & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:23) when Hiro pinned Liger.
    7. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:42) when Koshinaka used a hip attack on Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 4/28/97
    Karatsu Bunka Gymnasium
    1,500 Fans

    1. Black Cat beat Kazuyuki Fujita (12:13) by pinfall.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Osamu Nishimura (7;30) with a wakigatame.
    3. Kensuke Sasaki beat Akitoshi Saito (5:27) with the Strangle Hold Gamma.
    4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:42) when Tenzan pinned Kobayashi.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga (13:20) when Otani pinned Honaga.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (9:20) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Iizuka.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiji Muto & Kengo Kimura beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (11:49) when Kimura pinned Nogami.

    NJPW, 4/26/97
    Ibusuki City Gymnasium
    1,850 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:33) with a crab hold.
    2. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Akitoshi Saito (7:39) with a reverse achilles tendon hold.
    3. Takashi Iizuka & Black Cat beat Osamu Nishimura & Norio Honaga (10:36) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Honaga.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (13:15) when Kanemoto pinned Samurai.
    5. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:35) when Kojima pinned Goto.
    6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido (10:17) when Hiro used an inside cradle on Kido.
    7. Riki Choshu & Keiji Muto beat Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi (8:25) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Kobayashi.

    NJPW, 4/24/97
    Kanoya City Gymnasium
    1,750 Fans

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Shinya Makabe (7:08) with a crab hold.
    2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Black Cat (8:43) by pinfall.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Takashi Iizuka (6:10) with a wakigatame.
    4. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (10:48) when Kojima pinned Saito.
    5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura (11:28) when Tenzan pinned Nishimura.
    6. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:57) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    7. Tadao Yasuda Flight 5th: Keiji Muto beat Tadao Yasuda (11:24) with a figure-four leglock.
    8. Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Kengo Kimura beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (8:43) when Kimura pinned Ohara.

    NJPW, 4/23/97 (WPW)
    Kumamoto City Gymnasium
    2,650 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:57) by pinfall.
    2. Takashi Iizuka beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:57) with a cross armbreaker.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:40) when Samurai pinned Kanemoto.
    4. Tadao Yasuda Flight 4th: Tadao Yasuda beat Michiyoshi Ohara (10:57) with a crab hold.
    5. Kengo Kimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (8:28) with a crab hold.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura (14:05) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Nishimura.
    7. Riki Choshu & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (9:55) when Choshu pinned Tenzan.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akitoshi Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata (10:19) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Hirata.

    NJPW, 4/22/97
    Kitakyushu Prince Hotel Arena
    1,800 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Shinya Makabe (6:39) with a crab hold.
    2. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (9:15) with a crab hold.
    3. El Samurai beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:54) with a la magistral.
    4. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito beat Junji Hirata & Shinjiro Otani (12:08) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Otani.
    5. Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (10:21) when Kimura pinned Iizuka.
    6. Riki Choshu & Tadao Yasuda beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (7:20) when Yasuda used a crab hold on Hiro.
    7. Keiji Muto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Satoshi Kojima & Koji Kanemoto (13:51) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Kanemoto.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi (10:27) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Nakanishi.

    NJPW, 4/20/97
    Shimabara City Gymnasium
    1,700 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Shinya Makabe (6:47) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Nishimura beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:06) with a Northern Light suplex hold.
    3. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (13:13) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Iizuka.
    4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:31) when Hiro pinned Kobayashi.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:20) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    6. Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda beat Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata (12:16) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Hirata.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:29) when Kimura pinned Nogami.

    NJPW, 4/19/97
    Ogori City Gymnasium
    1,800 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinya Makabe (6:54) with a crab hold.
    2. Akitoshi Saito beat Kazuyuki Fujita (10:06) by pinfall.
    3. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Norio Honaga & Yutaka Yoshie (14:05) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Yoshie.
    4. Tadao Yasuda Flight 3rd: Junji Hirata beat Tadao Yasuda (13:13) by pinfall.
    5. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (13:13) when Nogami pinned Liger.
    6. Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Osamu Nishimura (8:57) when Kido used a wakigatame on Nishimura.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:13) when Hiro pinned Kojima.
    8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (13:13) when Ohara pinned Iizuka.

    NJPW, 4/18/97
    Beppu B-Con Plaza
    3,000 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:06) with a cross kneelock.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (6:40) with a sleeper hold.
    3. Junji Hirata beat Hiro Saito (10:34) with a Devil Windmill suplex hold.
    4. Tadao Yasuda Flight 2nd: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tadao Yasuda (13:54) by pinfall.
    5. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (14:34) when Kanemoto pinned Samurai.
    6. Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura (14:37) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Nishimura.
    7. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (8:42) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Nogami.
    8. Riki Choshu, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Shiro Koshinaka, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (9:33) when Choshu used a lariat on Saito.

    NJPW, 4/17/97
    Nagasaki Prefectural Gymnasium
    2,400 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (7:44) with a crab hold.
    2. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga (13:46) when Otani pinned Honaga.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (10:29) when Yamazaki used a wakigatame on Saito.
    4. Tadao Yasuda Flight 1st: Kensuke Sasaki beat Tadao Yasuda (16:06) with the Strangle Hold Gamma.
    5. Tatsumu Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (10:29) when Kimura pinned Hiro.
    6. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami beat Riki Choshu, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura (8:53) when Koshinaka pinned Iizuka.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata (14:34) when Kojima pinned Hirata.

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