Nobutaka Araya vs. Mitsuya Nagai will be the Baba Cup Final on the 1/14 tour climax. Most people expected Tanaka to be there, but Tenryu's former #2, Araya, advanced. Tenryu himself made short work of Honma and today's show, besides the main event, resembled a WWF show for match lengths. Liger and New Japan young lion, Tanahashi, took on BATT members in the main event, which was originally going to be Kawada vs. Arashi.

AJPW, 1/11/02
Osaka Central Gymnasium
1,500 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Giant Baba Cup - Block B: Kazushi Miyamoto [8] beat Gran Naniwa [9] (8:06) with a back cradle.
2. Giant Baba Cup - Block A: Nobukazu Hirai [11] beat Hideki Hosaka [8] (4:30) with a Rock Bottom.
3. Giant Baba Cup - Block A: Mitsuya Nagai [24] beat Shigeo Okumura [14] (7:16) with the Hyper Knee.
4. Giant Baba Cup - Block B: Nobutaka Araya [21] vs. Masato Tanaka [19] went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
5. Mike Rotundo beat Yaz Urano (3:07) with a Blockbuster.
6. Genichiro Tenryu beat Tomoaki Honma (2:32) with a brainbuster.
7. Steve Williams, Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Abdullah The Butcher, George Hines & Ryuji Hijikata (10:12) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Hijikata.
8. Toshiaki Kawada beat Arashi (6:06) with an enzuigiri.
9. Taiyo Kea & Hiroshi Hase beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi (21:01) when Hase used a northern lights suplex hold on Tanahashi.