


Shows: 16
Total attendance: 33,509
Average attendance: 2,094
Highest attendance: 6,500 on 7/21/03 (headlined by Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masahiro Chono)
Lowest attendance: 900 on 7/19/03 (headlined by Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe)
Longest match: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe on 7/19/03 at 25:21
Shortest match: Heat vs. Jushin Thunder Liger on 7/21/03 at 2:35
- Official New Japan Incentive Awards

NJPW, 7/24/03
Asahikawa Citizen Center Gymnasium
1,300 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (12:02) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Hiro Saito beat Hirooki Goto (6:42) with a senton bomb.
3. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano (9:08) when Yanagisawa used a Yanagi Lock on Yano.
4. Heat, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man beat El Samurai, Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita (12:55) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Jado.
5. Osamu Nishimura beat The Swifter (9:30) with a Cobra Twist.
6. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto beat Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 (6:54) when Barnett used a cross heel hold on Makai #1.
7. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf beat Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:07) when Tanahashi used a Fisherman buster on Makabe.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #4 (12:28) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai #4.
NJPW, 7/23/03
Obihiro City Gymnasium
1,600 Fans
1. Hirooki Goto vs. Naofumi Yamamoto went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Jado & Gedo beat Curry Man & The Swifter (12:42) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Curry.
3. Mike Barton beat Toru Yano (7:06) with the Barton buster.
4. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #4 beat Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:13) when Makai #4 used an arm arrangement inside cradle on Wolf.
5. Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:53) when Murakami used a sleeper hold on Goto.
6. Heat, Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (14:13) when Heat used the Minoru Special on Samurai.
7. Josh Barnett & Masahito Kakihara beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #5 (11:35) when Barnett used a cross achilles tendon hold on Makai #5.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton & Shinya Makabe beat Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (14:44) when Norton used a lariat on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/21/03 (PPV/WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Buy)
Tsukisamu Green Dome
6,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Minoru Suzuki
beat Koji Kanemoto (6:18) by referee stop.
2. G1 Climax Entrance Match: Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (11:32) with a back blow.
3. Osamu Nishimura beat Mike Barton (13:00) with a pinfall turnover.
4. Wataru Inoue Return Match: Tiger Mask beat Wataru Inoue (9:39) with a Tiger suplex hold.
5. Losing Captain in a Doghouse Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda (c), Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #1 & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (c) (15:27). Makai #5 used a right high kick on Iizuka (4:53). Makai #1 threw Hiro out of the ring (11:55). Goto used a lariat on Makai #1 (13:10). Yanagisawa used a right high kick on Goto (13:27). Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara (15:27).
6. Heat beat Jushin Thunder Liger (2:35) with the Minoru Special.
7. Kazunari Murakami beat Shinsuke Nakamura (8:13) with a flying cross armbreaker.
8. U-30 Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) beat Katsuyori Shibata (9:07) with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold (1st defense).
9. Strongest Foreigner Decision Match - Different Style Fight: Josh Barnett beat Scott Norton (8:05) with a front sleeper.
10. Yuji Nagata beat Enson Inoue (4:48) with a backdrop hold.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Masahiro Chono went to a double KO (24:12) (2nd defense).
NJPW, 7/20/03
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,050 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano beat Hirooki Goto (5:29) with a front suplex.
2. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto (6:04) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yamamoto.
3. Curry Man & The Swifter beat Jado & Gedo (11:17) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Gedo.
4. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
5. Masahiro Chono & Josh Barnett beat Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (15:25) when Chono used an STF on Makabe.
6. Yoshihiro Takayama & Scott Norton beat Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (7:52) when Takayama used a knee kick on Nishimura.
7. Teisen Hall Cup Jr. Elimination Match: Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (25:00). Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Fujita (7:43). Kakihara used a cross armbreaker on Samurai (11:28). Liger threw Naruse out of the ring (15:43). Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Kakihara (17:47). Taguchi threw Liger out of the ring (20:27). Tiger used a backslide on Kanemoto (25:00).
NJPW, 7/19/03
Sapporo Teisen Hall
900 Fans - No Vacancy
1. El Samurai beat Hirooki Goto (7:20) with a diving headbutt.
2. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (4:53) with a crab hold.
3. Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:36) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Taguchi.
4. Curry Man & The Swifter beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita (12:56) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Fujita.
5. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Nishimura, Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura (15:43) when Goto pinned Wolf after Hiro used a senton bomb.
6. Josh Barnett & Koji Kanemoto beat Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (8:54) by referee stop (Barnett beat Naruse).
7. Teisen Hall Cup Heavyweight Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Scott Norton, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (25:21). Takayama used a knee kick on Yoshie (9:39). Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Barton (14:21). Chono & Takayama went out of the ring (18:48). Tanahashi threw Norton out of the ring (21:50). Tanahashi used a Fisherman buster on Makabe (25:21).
NJPW, 7/18/03
Muroran City Gymnasium
1,500 Fans
1. El Samurai beat Naofumi Yamamoto (8:52) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Gedo beat Hirooki Goto (9:56) with a Superfly splash.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Fujita beat Curry Man & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:48) when Fujita used the Fujita Stampede on Taguchi.
4. Blue Wolf & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Toru Yano & Masahito Kakihara (11:10) when Nakamura used a flying cross armbreaker on Kakihara.
5. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse beat Koji Kanemoto & Jado (12:22) when Tiger used a backslide on Jado.
6. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (12:30) when Tanahashi used a front cradle on Hiro.
7. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett beat Scott Norton & The Swifter (12:27) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Swifter.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe beat Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (14:44) when Barton used a diving elbow drop on Nishimura.
NJPW, 7/16/03
Noheji Municipal Gymnasium
1,600 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Hiro Saito beat Naofumi Yamamoto (6:39) with a senton bomb.
2. Tatsutoshi Goto beat El Samurai (6:40) with a backdrop suplex.
3. Minoru Fujita beat Ryusuke Taguchi (10:08) with an Oklahoma Stampede.
4. Jado & Gedo beat Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (13:38) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Naruse.
5. Tiger Mask beat Curry Man (9:52) with a high-angle front cradle.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Josh Barnett beat Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (11:42) by referee stop (Barnett beat Yano).
7. G1 Special Tag - Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura (16:31) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Nakamura.
8. Masahiro Chono & Koji Kanemoto beat Mike Barton & The Swifter (15:47) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Swifter.
NJPW, 7/15/03
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium
2,700 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (7:12) with a swan dive dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf beat Naofumi Yamamoto (4:41) with a lariat.
3. Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man beat Jado & Gedo (13:33) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Jado.
4. Tiger Mask & Masahito Kakihara beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (12:04) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Fujita.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano beat Hiro Saito & Shinsuke Nakamura (11:59) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Hiro.
6. Mike Barton & The Swifter beat Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai (14:25) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Samurai.
7. Josh Barnett beat Tatsutoshi Goto (3:41) by referee stop.
8. G1 Special Tag - Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Masahiro Chono & Yutaka Yoshie beat Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (18:01) when Chono used a ground Cobra Twist on Tanahashi.
NJPW, 7/13/03 (WPW)
Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #4
3,000 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Jado & Gedo beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto (10:46) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Yamamoto.
2. Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse beat El Samurai & Curry Man (12:49) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on Samurai.
3. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita beat Toru Yano & Masahito Kakihara (11:15) when Makabe used a lariat on Yano.
4. Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf beat Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (14:36) when Tanahashi used an arm-clutch cradle on Yanagisawa.
5. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Mike Barton & The Swifter (8:44) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Swifter.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Koji Kanemoto beat Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 (4:12) when Makai #1 was DQ'd.
7. G1 Special Tag - Block A-B vs. Block A-B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura (18:22) when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Nishimura.
8. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama (c) beat Tadao Yasuda (10:51) with a German suplex hold (6th defense).
NJPW, 7/12/03
Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium
2,200 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (5:36) with a swan dive dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf & El Samurai beat Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto (11:04) when Wolf used a lariat on Yamamoto.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (8:03) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Kakihara.
4. Mike Barton & The Swifter beat Jado & Gedo (11:40) when Barton used the Barton buster on Gedo.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Tiger Mask & Curry Man (12:06) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Curry.
6. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (15:27) when Makai #4 used a Makai Cutter on Yano.
7. G1 Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura (16:43) when Nishimura used a Japanese leg roll clutch hold on Nakamura.
8. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (11:10) when Makai #1 used a Makai Windmill suplex hold on Fujita.
NJPW, 7/11/03
Kishiwada City Gymnasium
1,200 Fans
1. El Samurai beat Hirooki Goto (6:34) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Takashi Iizuka beat Naofumi Yamamoto (6:57) with an ankle hold.
3. Jado, Gedo & Minoru Fujita beat Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man (12:02) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Naruse.
4. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Nishimura & Toru Yano (12:49) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:20) when Kanemoto used a crab hold on Taguchi.
6. Mike Barton, Shinya Makabe & The Swifter beat Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1 & Makai #2 (10:24) when Makabe used a short lariat on Makai #2.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (12:33) when Yasuda pinned Wolf after Makai #4 & Makai #5 used a union backdrop suplex.
8. G1 Special Tag - Block B vs. Block B: Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie (15:00) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Yoshie.
NJPW, 7/9/03 (SXW) (Buy)
Osaka Central Gymnasium #2
1,700 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (4:23) with a crab hold.
2. Curry Man beat Ryusuke Taguchi (6:43) with the Spicy Drop.
3. El Samurai, Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (9:50) when Samurai used a la magistral on Naruse.
4. Takashi Iizuka, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Osamu Nishimura, Blue Wolf & The Swifter (14:02) when Iizuka used a sleeper hold on Swifter.
5. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita beat Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (11:56) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Makai #2.
6. Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (14:30) when Tenzan used the TTD on Makabe.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami (2:36) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Yasuda.
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (22:27) when Tanahashi used a German suplex hold on Makai #5 (1st defense).
NJPW, 7/8/03
Uozu City Gymnasium
1,300 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Toru Yano beat Hirooki Goto (6:09) with a crab hold.
2. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (11:24) with a dropkick.
3. Curry Man & The Swifter beat Jado & Gedo (10:38) when Swifter used a Shooting Star press on Gedo.
4. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse beat Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Minoru Fujita (10:31) when Naruse used a backslide on Samurai.
5. Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #5 beat Takashi Iizuka & Blue Wolf (13:19) when Makai #5 used the Hyper Knee Tiger on Wolf.
6. Makai #2 & Makai #4 beat Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:40) when Makai #2 used a backslide on Tanahashi.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami & Makai #1 beat Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura & Shinsuke Nakamura (14:15) when Murakami used a flying cross armbreaker on Nishimura.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (13:29) when Takayama used a knee kick on Hiro.
NJPW, 7/6/03 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
Gifu Industrial Hall
3,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (debut) (6:59) with a crab hold.
2. El Samurai & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Naofumi Yamamoto (12:29) when Gedo used a neck lock on Yamamoto.
3. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (8:47) when Goto used a backdrop suplex on Yano.
4. Masayuki Naruse & Curry Man beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita (10:48) when Curry used the Spicy Drop on Fujita.
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Mike Barton & The Swifter (13:26) when Tenzan used the TTD on Swifter.
6. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai #4 & Makai #5 (10:42) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Yanagisawa.
7. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe beat Tadao Yasuda & Makai #1 (5:56) when Takayama used a German suplex hold on Makai #1.
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask (c) beat Masahito Kakihara (12:47) with a Tiger suplex hold (2nd defense).
NJPW, 7/5/03 (SXW) (Buy)
Odawara Arena
2,300 Fans
1. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:12) with a dropkick.
2. Blue Wolf beat Toru Yano (8:47) with a lariat.
3. Masahito Kakihara & Curry Man beat Jado & Gedo (13:17) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Jado.
4. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Fujita beat Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse (11:37) when Fujita used a huracanrana on Naruse.
5. Mike Barton & The Swifter beat Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Thunder Liger (14:28) when Barton used a Barton Cutter on Liger.
6. Kazunari Murakami, Makai #4 & Makai #5 beat Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:50) when Makai #4 used a backdrop suplex on Tanahashi.
7. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #1 beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:03) when Tenzan was DQ'd.
8. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shinya Makabe beat Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (14:05) when Takayama used a knee kick on Iizuka.
NJPW, 7/4/03 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,659 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Jado beat Gedo (14:29) with the Crossface of JADO.
2. Masayuki Naruse & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano (11:38) when Naruse used the Naruse Lock on Yano.
3. Mike Barton beat Blue Wolf (11:11) with the Barton buster.
4. Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & The Swifter beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Curry Man (12:25) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Curry.
5. Kazunari Murakami & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita (7:51) when Murakami used a straight right punch on Fujita.
6. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat Yutaka Yoshie, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura (23:42) when Tenzan used the TTD on Yoshie.
7. Handicap Elimination Match: Tadao Yasuda, Makai #1, Makai #2 & Makai #5 beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:28). Takayama used a knee kick on Makai #1 (10:04). Yasuda pinned Takayama after a union powerbomb (15:28).