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  • Shows: 16
    Total attendance: 43,554
    Average attendance: 2,722
    Highest attendance: 10,000 on 7/6/97 (headlined by Naoya Ogawa vs. Kazuo Yamazaki)
    Lowest attendance: 1,160 on 7/9/97 (headlined by Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito)
    Longest match: El Samurai vs. Jushin Thunder Liger on 7/6/97 at 19:40
    Shortest match: Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Akitoshi Saito on 7/4/97 at 0:55

    NJPW, 7/12/97
    Asahikawa Citizen Center Gymnasium
    1,800 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Black Cat beat Shinya Makabe (5:45) by pinfall.
    2. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:31) with a cross armbreaker.
    3. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tadao Yasuda (6:37) with a wakigatame
    4. Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito (6:46) when Iizuka pinned Saito.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai, Norio Honaga & Kendo Kashin (17:22) when Kanemoto used a Tiger suplex hold on Kashin.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Junji Hirata beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (7:52) when Hirata pinned Ohara.
    7. Kensuke Sasaki beat Michael Wallstreet (6:07) with the Strangle Hold Gamma.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito (14:27) when Hashimoto pinned Hiro.

    NJPW, 7/11/97
    Obihiro City Gymnasium
    2,200 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (6:14) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Shinjiro Otani beat Norio Honaga (9:32) by pinfall.
    3. Junji Hirata beat Black Cat (7:52) by pinfall.
    4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kazuyuki Fujita (5:54) with a cross armbreaker.
    5. Koji Kanemoto, Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (13:56) when Malenko used a Texas Cloverleaf hold on Kashin.
    6. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito (6:46) when Kimura pinned Saito.
    7. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:56) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Ohara.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (12:15) when Hiro pinned Iizuka.

    NJPW, 7/10/97
    Kushiro Welfare Gymnasium
    2,000 Fans

    1. Kendo Kashin beat Kazuyuki Fujita (6:42) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Koji Kanemoto beat Norio Honaga (12:13) by pinfall.
    3. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie (8:55) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Yoshie.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani & Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling (13:55) when Samurai pinned Malenko.
    5. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido (10:52) when Kojima pinned Kido.
    6. Kensuke Sasaki, Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (12:30) when Sasaki pinned Saito.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto beat Michael Wallstreet (8:16) by pinfall.
    8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura & Junji Hirata (12:29) when Sting pinned Hirata.

    NJPW, 7/9/97
    Nayoro Sports Center
    1,160 Fans

    1. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:12) with a Captured suplex hold.
    2. Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling beat Black Cat (9:05) with a ground Cobra Twist.
    3. Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda beat Osamu Kido & Kazuyuki Fujita (11:11) when Hirata pinned Fujita.
    4. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:56) when Samurai used a la magistral on Takaiwa.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (10:22) when Iizuka used a cross armbreaker on Saito.
    6. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (7:54) when Kimura used an inside cradle on Nogami.
    7. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito (14:08) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Hiro.

    NJPW, 7/6/97 (WPW)
    Sapporo Ice Arena
    10,000 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Black Cat (10:56) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Takashi Iizuka & Kendo Kashin beat Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito (9:45) when Iizuka pinned Saito.
    3. Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (9:06) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Kobayashi.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:55) when Kanemoto used a cross armbreaker on Takaiwa.
    5. J Crown: El Samurai beat Jushin Thunder Liger (c) (19:40) with an avalanche-style reverse DDT to become the 4th champion.
    6. Antonio Inoki & Tiger King beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (9:34) when Inoki pinned Fujita.
    7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet & Hiro Saito beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (13:10) when Sting pinned Yasuda.
    8. Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto beat Great Muta & Masahiro Chono (12:38) when Choshu used a lariat on Chono.
    9. Different Style Fight: Naoya Ogawa beat Kazuo Yamazaki (8:30) with a 3-place sleeper hold.

    NJPW, 7/5/97
    Iwamizawa Sports Center
    1,600 Fans

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Yutaka Yoshie (10:44) with a crab hold.
    2. Tadao Yasuda beat Akira Nogami (10:14) with a Cobra Twist.
    3. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga (14:14) when Malenko used a Texas Cloverleaf hold on Honaga.
    4. Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (9:12) when Ohara pinned Fujita.
    5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (1:18) by KO.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat nWo Sting & Hiro Saito (13:18) when Kojima pinned Hiro.
    7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michael Wallstreet beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Takashi Iizuka (11:04) when Chono pinned Hirata.

    NJPW, 7/4/97 (WPW)
    Hakodate Citizen Gymnasium
    2,400 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Black Cat (9:46) with a cross armbreaker.
    2. Norio Honaga beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:27) with a huracanrana.
    3. Junji Hirata beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (7:21) with a Devil Windmill suplex hold.
    4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinjiro Otani (18:55) with an avalanche-style Death Valley bomb.
    5. Koji Kanemoto & Dean Malenko World Championship Wrestling beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (16:11) when Kanemoto pinned Samurai.
    6. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Akitoshi Saito (0:55) with a cross armbreaker.
    7. Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka (14:38) when Ohara pinned Iizuka.
    8. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting & Michael Wallstreet beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (13:45) when Muta used a face crusher on Hashimoto.

    NJPW, 7/2/97 (WPW)
    Aomori Citizen Gymnasium
    3,200 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:07) by pinfall.
    2. Norio Honaga beat Black Cat (9:03) with a backslide.
    3. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Takashi Iizuka & Shinjiro Otani (14:16) when Goto pinned Otani.
    4. Koji Kanemoto beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (18:55) by pinfall.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami (10:58) when Liger used a la magistral on Kobayashi.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita (13:59) when Hirata used a Devil Windmill suplex hold on Fujita.
    7. Tadao Yasuda beat Hiro Saito (7:37) by pinfall.
    8. Great Muta, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (13:22) when Muta pinned Kojima.

    NJPW, 7/1/97 (WPW)
    Hachinohe City Gymnasium
    3,000 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:15) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (7:00) with a wakigatame.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (16:23) when Liger pinned Otani.
    4. Kensuke Sasaki beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8:41) by pinfall.
    5. Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (6:55) when Choshu used a lariat on Nogami.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (10:42) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Saito.
    7. Great Muta, nWo Sting & Hiro Saito beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (12:09) when Sting pinned Yasuda.

    NJPW, 6/30/97
    Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
    1,600 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:44) by pinfall.
    2. Hiro Saito beat Akitoshi Saito (8:14) by pinfall.
    3. Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kazuyuki Fujita (10:30) when Ohara used a cross armbreaker on Fujita.
    4. Tatsutoshi Goto & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Osamu Kido & Norio Honaga (8:55) when Kobayashi used a Captured suplex hold on Honaga.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (15:06) when Samurai pinned Kanemoto.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (10:29) when Nakanishi used a backbreaker on Yasuda.
    7. Great Muta, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (13:33) when Muta used a face crusher on Sasaki.

    NJPW, 6/29/97
    Kamaishi Nippon Steel Corporation Gymnasium
    1,600 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:57) with a crab hold.
    2. Norio Honaga & Black Cat beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:22) when Honaga used a la magistral on Takaiwa.
    3. Osamu Kido beat Shinjiro Otani (7:01) with a wakigatame.
    4. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akitoshi Saito beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (10:55) when Kobayashi used a backslide on Liger.
    5. Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat nWo Sting & Hiro Saito (12:40) when Hashimoto pinned Hiro.
    6. Great Muta & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda (9:46) when Muta pinned Yasuda.
    7. Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara (14:00) when Sasaki used a lariat on Ohara.

    NJPW, 6/28/97
    Furukawa City Gymnasium
    2,350 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Akitoshi Saito beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:56) by pinfall.
    2. Shinjiro Otani beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:32) with a crab hold.
    3. Black Cat beat Norio Honaga (9:29) by pinfall.
    4. Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda beat Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:42) when Kido used the Kido clutch on Kobayashi.
    5. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:09) when Samurai used a la magistral on Takaiwa.
    6. Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami beat Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (12:58) when Goto pinned Iizuka.
    7. Junji Hirata beat Hiro Saito (8:33) by pinfall.
    8. Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:06) when Hashimoto pinned Tenzan.

    NJPW, 6/25/97
    Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #3
    3,300 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy

    1. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shinya Makabe (7:34) with a crab hold.
    2. Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Black Cat (7:24) with a leg around head hold.
    3. Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (7:42) when Kido used a crab hold on Saito.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Yutaka Yoshie (15:30) when Kanemoto pinned Liger.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami & Takashi Iizuka beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akira Nogami (10:18) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Nogami.
    6. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:16) when Kojima pinned Tenzan.
    7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata (10:59) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Hirata.

    NJPW, 6/24/97
    Nagano M-Wave
    3,000 Fans

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (6:52) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (7:30) with a wakigatame.
    3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Black Cat (12:06) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
    4. Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (13:40) when Nogami used a German suplex hold on Otani.
    5. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:14) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Goto.
    6. Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat nWo Sting & Hiro Saito (13:31) when Hashimoto pinned Hiro.
    7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (8:41) when Muta pinned Iizuka.

    NJPW, 6/23/97 (WPW)
    Kuki City Gymnasium
    2,350 Fans
    - No Vacancy

    1. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (11:46) by pinfall.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Akira Nogami (7:56) with a wakigatame.
    3. Akitoshi Saito beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10:29) by pinfall.
    4. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga (13:56) when Otani used a German suplex hold on Honaga.
    5. Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:40) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Kobayashi.
    6. nWo Sting & Hiro Saito beat Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka (11:19) when Sting pinned Iizuka.
    7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (8:05) when Muta pinned Yasuda.

    NJPW, 6/22/97
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    1,994 Fans
    - Super No Vacancy Full House

    1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (6:38) with a crab hold.
    2. Osamu Kido beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (7:38) with the Kido clutch.
    3. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Takashi Iizuka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:22) when Ohara pinned Takaiwa.
    4. El Samurai & Black Cat beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga (15:23) when Samurai pinned Honaga.
    5. Shiro Koshinaka, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito beat Kensuke Sasaki, Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani (12:19) when Nogami used a Dragon suplex hold on Otani.
    6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (10:44) when Tenzan pinned Yasuda.
    7. Great Muta, Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting beat Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (5:43) when Muta pinned Kojima.

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