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Shows: 20
Total attendance: 59,235
Average attendance: 2,962
Highest attendance: 8,200 on 7/20/00 (headlined by Kensuke Sasaki vs. Takashi Iizuka)
Lowest attendance: 850 on 7/16/00 (headlined by Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda vs. Masahiro Chono, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto)
Longest match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata on 7/20/00 at 21:33
Shortest match: Brian Johnston vs. Osamu Nishimura on 7/20/00 at 4:16


NJPW, 7/20/00 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
8,200 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe & Wataru Inoue beat Negro Casas & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:06) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on Casas.
2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Dan Devine
(6:26) with a reverse figure-four leglock.
3. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (11:14) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Samurai.
4. Brian Johnston beat Osamu Nishimura (4:16) with a Jackhammer.
5. Masahiro Chono, Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA beat Osamu Kido, Shiro Koshinaka & Tadao Yasuda (11:46) when Chono used an STF on Yasuda.
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger (c) (16:32) with a Death Valley bomb to become the 38th champion.
7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (c) (21:33) when Kojima used a lariat on Nakanishi to become the 40th champions.
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki (c) beat Takashi Iizuka (20:30) with a Northern Light bomb (5th defense).
NJPW, 7/19/00
Asahikawa Citizen Center Gymnasium
1,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Wataru Inoue (8:49) with a crab hold.
2. Tadao Yasuda beat Dan Devine
(5:12) with a Tiger Driver.
3. Osamu Nishimura beat Shinya Makabe (8:06) with a Cobra Twist.
4. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai, Kendo Kashin & Negro Casas (11:32) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Casas.
5. Yuji Nagata, Brian Johnston & Yutaka Yoshie beat Osamu Kido, Shiro Koshinaka & Takashi Iizuka (13:47) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock on Kido.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Nakanishi & Rob Rage (13:20) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Rage.
7. Kensuke Sasaki & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Masahiro Chono & AKIRA (10:01) when Sasaki used a lariat on AKIRA.
NJPW, 7/18/00
Obihiro City Gymnasium
2,500 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe beat Wataru Inoue (8:04) with a crab hold
2. El Samurai beat Negro Casas (11:37) with the Samurai bomb.
3. Koji Kanemoto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:25) with a single-leg crab hold.
4. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin (9:39) when Takaiwa used the Mochizuki bomb on Kashin.
5. Manabu Nakanishi, Brian Johnston & Osamu Nishimura beat Osamu Kido, Shiro Koshinaka & Rob Rage (11:22) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Rage.
6. Satoshi Kojima & AKIRA beat Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (11:51) when AKIRA used a Musasabi press on Yasuda.
7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (14:03) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/16/00
Esashi Town Center Gymnasium
850 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe beat Wataru Inoue (7:13) with a tackle.
2. Dan Devine
beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:21) with a swinging STO.
3. Osamu Kido & Rob Rage beat Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (8:28) when Kido used a wakigatame on Samurai.
4. Takashi Iizuka beat Yutaka Yoshie (4:51) with a sleeper hold.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Kendo Kashin & Negro Casas beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:13) when Liger used a brainbuster on Otani.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA beat Yuji Nagata & Brian Johnston (11:35) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Johnston.
7. Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Tadao Yasuda beat Masahiro Chono, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:01) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Kojima.
NJPW, 7/15/00
Hakodate Citizen Gymnasium
2,000 Fans
1. Negro Casas & Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Wataru Inoue (10:06) when Casas used a la magistral on Tanahashi.
2. Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai (10:52) with a Spiral bomb.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:32) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Kanemoto.
4. Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka beat Tadao Yasuda & Dan Devine
(8:35) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Devine.
5. Manabu Nakanishi beat Rob Rage (9:51) with an Argentine backbreaker.
6. Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto (10:21) when Koshinaka used a diving hip attack on Tenzan.
7. Masahiro Chono, Satoshi Kojima & AKIRA beat Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (12:16) when Chono used an STF on Nishimura.
NJPW, 7/12/00
Aomori Citizen Gymnasium
2,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Wataru Inoue (7:44) with a crab hold.
2. Dan Devine
beat Shinya Makabe (6:45) with a swinging STO.
3. Koji Kanemoto beat Negro Casas (8:02) with a Tiger suplex hold.
4. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (12:01) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Kashin.
5. Brian Johnston, Yutaka Yoshie & Rob Rage beat Shiro Koshinaka, Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda (13:17) when Rage used a missile dropkick on Yasuda.
6. Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA beat Kensuke Sasaki & Jushin Thunder Liger (9:26) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Liger.
7. Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (12:40) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Kojima.
NJPW, 7/11/00 (ISM)
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
3,100 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Negro Casas (8:02) with a half-hatch suplex hold.
2. Shinya Makabe beat Wataru Inoue (9:03) with a crab hold.
3. Osamu Nishimura beat Dan Devine
(10:08) with a figure-four leglock.
4. Brian Johnston & Yutaka Yoshie beat Tadao Yasuda & Rob Rage (9:06) when Yoshie used a reverse figure-four leglock on Rage.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (17:34) when Samurai used a reverse swinging DDT on Takaiwa.
6. Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shiro Koshinaka & Takashi Iizuka (13:54) when Kojima used a lariat on Koshinaka.
7. Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA (15:22) when Sasaki used a lariat on AKIRA.
NJPW, 7/10/00
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium
3,200 Fans
1. Negro Casas beat Wataru Inoue (8:15) with a la magistral.
2. Kendo Kashin beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (6:49) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinya Makabe (9:57) with the Mochizuki bomb.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (16:28) when Liger used a shotei on Otani.
5. Yuji Nagata, Tadao Yasuda & Dan Devine
beat Brian Johnston, Osamu Nishimura & Rob Rage (14:16) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Rage.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA (12:40) when Yoshie used a Canadian backbreaker on Tenzan.
7. Kensuke Sasaki, Shiro Koshinaka & Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto (14:03) when Sasaki used a lariat on Goto.
NJPW, 7/9/00 (WPW)
Aomori Budokan
4,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Wataru Inoue beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:49) with a bow-and-arrow hold.
2. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai, Negro Casas & Shinya Makabe (10:30) when Takaiwa used a Death Valley bomb on Casas.
3. Brian Johnston & Rob Rage beat Takashi Iizuka & Dan Devine
(15:04) when Johnston used a standing heel hold on Devine.
4. Satoshi Kojima beat Tadao Yasuda (14:09) with the Koji MAX hold.
5. Yuji Nagata beat Osamu Nishimura (16:16) with the Nagata Lock.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin beat Great Sasuke
& Gran Hamada
(15:17) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Sasuke.
7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (14:54) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Sasaki.
NJPW, 7/8/00
Furukawa City Gymnasium
1,800 Fans
1. Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:11) with a crab hold.
2. Shinjiro Otani beat Wataru Inoue (9:22) with a camel clutch.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Negro Casas beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (14:29) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Liger.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Dan Devine
beat Shiro Koshinaka & Kenzo Suzuki (8:55) when Devine used a cross armbreaker on Suzuki.
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Brian Johnston beat Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (10:11) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Yasuda.
6. Yuji Nagata & Rob Rage beat Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto (12:25) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Kojima.
7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Kensuke Sasaki & Yutaka Yoshie (14:13) when Chono used an STF on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/6/00
Yonezawa City Gymnasium
2,700 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Negro Casas beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:50) with a la magistral.
2. El Samurai beat Wataru Inoue (8:49) with a diving headbutt.
3. Shinjiro Otani beat Shinya Makabe (10:07) with a swan dive kneel kick.
4. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin (11:48) when Takaiwa used the Mochizuki bomb on Kashin.
5. Super J & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Tadao Yasuda & Mike Enos (11:05) when J used a diving lariat on Enos.
6. Kensuke Sasaki & Brian Johnston beat Shiro Koshinaka & Takashi Iizuka (11:17) when Sasaki used a Northern Light bomb on Koshinaka.
7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (19:50) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Nagata.
NJPW, 7/4/00
Takasago City Gymnasium
1,700 Fans
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Wataru Inoue (8:10) with a crab hold.
2. Koji Kanemoto beat Shinya Makabe (6:18) with a standing heel hold.
3. Kendo Kashin beat Negro Casas (7:18) with a cross armbreaker.
4. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (13:17) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Samurai.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda beat Shiro Koshinaka & Mike Enos (10:25) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Enos.
6. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:58) when Yoshie used a reverse figure-four leglock on Goto.
7. Masahiro Chono, Satoshi Kojima & Super J beat Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata & Brian Johnston (12:34) when Chono used an STF on Johnston.
NJPW, 7/3/00 (WPW)
Okayama Prefectural Gymnasium
3,600 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe beat Wataru Inoue (8:39) with a crab hold.
2. El Samurai beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:02) with a diving headbutt.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Kendo Kashin & Negro Casas (11:02) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Casas.
4. Tadao Yasuda & Mike Enos beat Yutaka Yoshie & Kenzo Suzuki (9:50) when Enos used a Blockbuster on Suzuki.
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Satoshi Kojima & Super J (15:07) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock on J.
6. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Takashi Iizuka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12:53) with a sleeper hold.
7. Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:35) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Goto.
NJPW, 7/2/00 (WPW)
Gifu Industrial Hall
4,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Wataru Inoue (9:09) with a crab hold.
2. Kenzo Suzuki beat Shinya Makabe (9:44) with a backdrop suplex.
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Negro Casas (7:14) with a Death Valley bomb.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (14:42) when Liger used a brainbuster on Kanemoto.
5. Yuji Nagata & Brian Johnston beat Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie (16:04) when Johnston used a standing heel hold on Yoshie.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Super J & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Shiro Koshinaka, Tadao Yasuda & Mike Enos (12:44) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yasuda.
7. Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono & Satoshi Kojima (10:54) when Sasaki used a lariat on Kojima.
NJPW, 7/1/00
Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium
3,300 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (5:22) with a German suplex hold.
2. Negro Casas beat Wataru Inoue (6:24) with a la magistral.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:25) when Samurai used a reverse DDT on Kanemoto.
4. Tadao Yasuda & Mike Enos beat Brian Johnston & Yutaka Yoshie (13:18) when Yasuda used a crab hold on Yoshie.
5. Yuji Nagata beat Kenzo Suzuki (12:11) with a backdrop hold.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono & Super J (9:32) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on J.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka (13:30) when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Koshinaka.
NJPW, 6/30/00 (ISM)
Ebina Movement Park Gymnasium
3,500 Fans
1. Wataru Inoue beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:39) with a bow-and-arrow hold.
2. Kendo Kashin & Shinya Makabe beat Shinjiro Otani & Negro Casas (9:11) when Kashin used a cross armbreaker on Casas.
3. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (11:54) when Takaiwa used the Mochizuki bomb on Samurai.
4. Yutaka Yoshie beat Tatsutoshi Goto (6:25) with a reverse figure-four leglock.
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Brian Johnston beat Tadao Yasuda & Kenzo Suzuki (10:44) when Johnston used a single-leg crab hold on Suzuki.
6. Satoshi Kojima, Super J & Hiro Saito beat Shiro Koshinaka, Takashi Iizuka & Mike Enos (14:12) when Kojima used a lariat on Enos.
7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata (10:10) when Chono pinned Nagata after Tenzan used a diving headbutt.
NJPW, 6/29/00
Fukushima Big Palette
3,000 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Shinya Makabe beat Wataru Inoue (7:07) with a camel clutch.
2. Shinjiro Otani beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:18) with a crab hold.
3. Kenzo Suzuki beat Tadao Yasuda (9:20) with a tackle.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Negro Casas (12:47) when Liger used a brainbuster on Casas.
5. Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (13:50) when Yoshie used a Canadian backbreaker on Hiro.
6. Kensuke Sasaki & Mike Enos beat Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto (8:57) when Enos used a Blockbuster on Goto.
7. Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Super J (14:15) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on J.
NJPW, 6/28/00
Utsunomiya City Gymnasium
3,000 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Kenzo Suzuki beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (7:28) with a backdrop suplex.
2. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Negro Casas & Shinya Makabe (10:35) when Otani used a crab hold on Makabe.
3. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (12:01) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Kashin.
4. Yutaka Yoshie beat Tadao Yasuda (10:48) with a reverse figure-four leglock.
5. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Takashi Iizuka & Jushin Thunder Liger (13:32) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Liger.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Super J beat Shiro Koshinaka & Mike Enos (10:36) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Enos.
7. Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Satoshi Kojima (16:39) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Kojima.
NJPW, 6/27/00 (WPW)
Nagaoka Welfare Hall
2,000 Fans
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Wataru Inoue (7:59) with a crab hold.
2. Minoru Tanaka beat Shinya Makabe (9:58) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat El Samurai, Kendo Kashin & Negro Casas (11:06) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on Samurai.
4. Super J, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Junji Hirata, Tadao Yasuda & Mike Enos (11:51) when J used a diving lariat on Yasuda.
5. Shiro Koshinaka & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Takashi Iizuka & Kenzo Suzuki (11:15) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Suzuki.
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Kensuke Sasaki & Yutaka Yoshie (15:07) when Kojima used a lariat on Yoshie.
7. Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (15:47) when Norton used a powerbomb on Nagata.
NJPW, 6/25/00 (WPW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,985 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Wataru Inoue beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:37) with a bow-and-arrow hold.
2. El Samurai & Shinya Makabe beat Kendo Kashin & Negro Casas (9:16) when Samurai used a powerbomb on Casas.
3. Junji Hirata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:40) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Hiro.
4. Satoshi Kojima beat Kenzo Suzuki (15:26) with a lariat.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Mike Enos beat Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (8:31) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Yasuda.
6. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (19:29) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Yoshie.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (c) (18:25) when Tanaka used a cross armbreaker on Otani to become the 5th champions.