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  • Shows: 4
    Total attendance: 13,450
    Average attendance: 3,363
    Highest attendance: 5,800 on 4/24/05 (headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi)
    Lowest attendance: 1,450 on 4/21/05 (headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Koji Kanemoto)
    Longest match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata on 4/19/05 at 24:12
    Shortest match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima on 4/24/05 at 3:59

    NJPW, 4/24/05 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Look!) (Buy)
    Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
    5,800 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Hiroshi Nagao beat Yujiro (6:59) with a chokeslam.
    2. Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Masked CTU-M & Hirooki Goto went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
    3. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Manabu Nakanishi beat Kendo Kashin (10:20) with the Hercules Cutter.
    4. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (19:45) with an inside cradle.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (3:59) with a Dragon sleeper.
    6. Satoshi Kojima All Japan beat Togi Makabe (13:47) with a lariat.
    7. Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Scott Norton & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Shinsuke Nakamura (23:53). Yoshie used a diving body press on Yanagisawa (3:23). Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie (10:20). Norton used a powerbomb on Iizuka (14:05). Nishimura used a backslide on Norton (14:42). Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Nishimura (16:44). Nakamura threw Chono out of the ring (18:46). Nagata used a reverse Nagata Lock III on Nakamura (23:53).
    8. New Japan Cup - Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Manabu Nakanishi (19:21) with the Sling Blade.

    NJPW, 4/23/05 (SXW) (Look!) (Buy)
    Yokkaichi City Gymnasium
    3,200 Fans

    1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Yujiro (8:33) with a backdrop suplex.
    2. Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa beat Wataru Inoue & Hiroshi Nagao (11:29) when Goto used a cross camel clutch on Nagao.
    3. Scott Norton & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Tiger Mask (11:58) when Norton used a Jackhammer on Goto.
    4. Black Strong Machine, Togi Makabe & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Takashi Iizuka & El Samurai (12:24) when Makabe used a modified powerbomb on Samurai.
    5. New Japan Cup - 5th Place Match: Osamu Nishimura beat Koji Kanemoto (17:07) with a ground Cobra Twist.
    6. New Japan Cup - 5th Place Match: Masahiro Chono beat Yutaka Yoshie (16:31) with a Shining Yakuza kick.
    7. New Japan Cup Best 4+alpha Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Kashin beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi (23:58) when Nagata used a reverse Nagata Lock III on Tanahashi.

    NJPW, 4/21/05 (SXW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Look!)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,450 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Hiroshi Nagao beat Akiya Anzawa (6:34) with a chokeslam.
    2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado, Gedo & Hirooki Goto beat Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara, Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura (15:39) when Goto used the Go To Heaven on Takemura.
    3. Scott Norton, Black Strong Machine & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:32) when Norton used a powerbomb on Hiro.
    4. Togi Makabe beat Tomoaki Honma All Japan (11:49) with a lariat.
    5. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Kendo Kashin beat Yutaka Yoshie (15:48) with a high-angle front cradle.
    6. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Osamu Nishimura (20:47) with the Anaconda Cross.
    7. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono (14:16) with the Hercules Cutter.
    8. New Japan Cup - Round 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Koji Kanemoto (17:38) with a Dragon suplex hold.

    NJPW, 4/19/05 (Samurai! TV) (Look!)
    Hiroshima Sun Plaza
    3,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Koji Kanemoto beat Ryushi Yanagisawa (8:19) with a horizontal cradle.
    2. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi beat Hirooki Goto (7:34) with the Hercules Cutter.
    3. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Minoru (Minoru Tanaka) beat Osamu Nishimura (16:47) by countout.
    4. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Yutaka Yoshie beat Scott Norton (9:07) with a diving body press.
    5. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Masahiro Chono beat Tiger Mask (10:29) with a Shining Yakuza kick.
    6. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Kendo Kashin beat Shinsuke Nakamura (8:55) with a jackknife hold.
    7. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Jushin Thunder Liger (15:54) with a moonsault press.
    8. New Japan Cup - Round 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata (24:12) by DQ.

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