- RESULTS FROM 2008
- RESULTS FROM 2007
- RESULTS FROM 2006
- RESULTS FROM 2005
- RESULTS FROM 2004
- RESULTS FROM 2003
- RESULTS FROM 2002
- RESULTS FROM 2000
- RESULTS FROM 1999
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1998
- RESULTS FROM 1997
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1996
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1995
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1994
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1993
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1992
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1991
- PARTIAL RESULTS FROM 1990
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- OFFICIAL NEW JAPAN 2001 AWARDS
NJPW "DREAM * WIN", 12/23/01 (SXW) (Details)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,904 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Dolgorsuren Serjbudee (8:17) with a crab hold.
2. Katsuyori Shibata beat El Samurai (8:14) with a Dragon suplex hold.
3. Yutaka Yoshie beat Masayuki Naruse (8:40) with a backfist.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Katsushi Takemura (10:35) with a shotei.
5. Osamu Nishimura vs. Minoru Tanaka went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
6. Satoshi Kojima beat Wataru Inoue (11:07) with a lariat.
7. Kazunari Murakami 
beat Kenzo Suzuki (3:51) by referee stop.
8. Kensuke Sasaki beat Masahito Kakihara (0:32) with a grounded headlock.
9. Manabu Nakanishi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:42) with an Argentine backbreaker.
G1 TAG LEAGUE 2001 (11/16/01 to 12/11/01) (Details)
NJPW "OSAMU KIDO RETIREMENT SHOW", 11/2/01 (WPW) (Details)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
4,500 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Kendo Kashin beat Katsushi Takemura (2:24) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Masahito Kakihara & Gran Naniwa beat El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse (13:26) when Kakihara used a cross armbreaker on Samurai.
3. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (14:04) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Suzuki.
4. Kensuke Sasaki beat Osamu Nishimura (6:25) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Osamu Kido Retirement Match: Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
6. Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (15:48) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Kojima.
7. Keiji Muto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Yuji Nagata & Minoru Tanaka (15:13) when Liger used a brainbuster on Tanaka.
SURVIVAL 2001 (10/12/01 to 10/28/01) (Details)
NJPW "INDICATE OF NEXT", 10/8/01 (WPW) (Details)
Tokyo Dome
61,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka beat AKIRA, Jado & Gedo (11:18) when Tanaka used the Minoru Special on AKIRA.
2. Handicap Match: Giant Silva & Giant Singh beat Yutaka Yoshie, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Wataru Inoue (9:06) when Silva used a Giant press on Inoue.
3. Gary Goodridge beat Michiyoshi Ohara (3:36) by referee stop.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kendo Kashin beat Masayuki Naruse (c) (0:26) with a cross armbreaker to become the 41st champion.
5. Tatsumi Fujinami 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Bob Backlund beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (10:40) when Fujinami used a backslide on Dory.
6. Riki Choshu & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (10:40) when Choshu used a lariat on Tenzan.
7. Manabu Nakanishi beat Tadao Yasuda (6:02) with a front sleeper.
8. Kensuke Sasaki Return Match: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kensuke Sasaki (6:36) by referee stop.
9. Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama 
beat Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase (28:04) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Hase.
NJPW/Muga "TOKYO DOME EVE", 10/7/01
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,906 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Katsushi Takemura beat Kazuhiko Shoda (10:54) with a crab hold.
2. Shinichi Nakano "Muga" Retirement Match: Shinichi Nakano beat Nobuyuki Kurashima (9:57) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Tony St. Clair beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:45) with an inside cradle.
4. Steve Keirn & Brian Blair beat Kengo Kimura & Wataru Inoue (12:13) when Blair used a reverse DDT on Inoue.
5. Exhibition Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Bob Backlund went to a draw (7:00) when the time limit expired.
6. Dory Funk Jr. beat Osamu Nishimura (22:30) with a backslide.
G1 WORLD 2001 (9/7/01 to 9/23/01) (Details)
G1 CLIMAX 2001 (8/4/01 to 8/12/01) (Details)
NJPW "DOME QUAKE", 7/20/01 (WPW) (Details)
Sapporo Dome
28,000 Fans
1. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA beat Shiro Koshinaka, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (13:52) when Hiro used a senton bomb on Yoshie.
2. Tadao Yasuda beat Michiyoshi Ohara (6:14) with a front sleeper.
3. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido beat Shinya Makabe, Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (10:43) when Kido used a wakigatame on Tanahashi.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (c) (19:06) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Samurai to become the 7th champions.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Masayuki Naruse beat Minoru Tanaka (c) (11:27) with a backhand blow to become the 40th champion.
6. Gary Goodridge beat Manabu Nakanishi (6:06) by referee stop.
7. Mark Coleman beat Yuji Nagata (7:59) with a grounded headlock.
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (c) beat Taiyo Kea 
& Jinsei Shinzaki 
(16:28) when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Shinzaki (6th defense).
9. Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Muto (16:09) with an STF.
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuyuki Fujita (c) beat Don Frye (7:22) with a front neck lock (2nd defense).
SUMMER STRUGGLE 2001 (6/22/01 to 7/16/01) (Details)
NJPW "SUPER-FORCE GROUP DECLARATION 2001", 6/6/01 (PPV/WPW) (Details)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
13,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Shinya Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata beat Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:14) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on Suzuki.
2. New Japan vs. All Japan: Masanobu Fuchi beat El Samurai 
(9:32) with a backdrop suplex.
3. New Japan vs. All Japan: Masahito Kakihara beat Minoru Tanaka (6:21) with the Kaki Cutter.
4. New Japan vs. All Japan: Mitsuya Nagai beat Takashi Iizuka (8:00) by referee stop.
5. New Japan vs. All Japan: Manabu Nakanishi beat Mike Barton (4:42) with a bulldog headlock.
6. New Japan vs. All Japan: Toshiaki Kawada beat Satoshi Kojima (15:16) with a jumping high kick.
7. Jushin Thunder Liger, Taiyo Kea & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA (16:51) when Shinzaki used the Gokuraku Gatame on AKIRA.
8. Keiji Muto beat Hiroshi Hase (39:08) with the Shining Wizard.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuyuki Fujita (c) beat Yuji Nagata (10:57) by referee stop (1st defense).
BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. VIII (5/18/01 to 6/4/01) (Details)
NJPW "WRESTLING DONTAKU 2001", 5/5/01 (WPW) (Details)
Fukuoka Dome
35,000 Fans
1. Shinya Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Wataru Inoue (11:51) when Makabe used a German suplex hold on Tanahashi.
2. Shiro Koshinaka, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (11:00) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Hiro.
3. Minoru Tanaka beat Kendo Kashin (10:18) with a cross armbreaker.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (c) beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King (19:09) when Liger used a brainbuster on Wagner (1st defense).
5. Don Frye beat Scott Norton (7:05) with a triangle choke hold.
6. Tadao Yasuda beat Takashi Iizuka (7:33) with a front neck lock.
7. Different Style Fight: Yuji Nagata beat Rainy Martinez (2:29) by referee stop.
8. Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Hase & Taiyo Kea beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (27:00) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on Kojima.
9. Riki Choshu & Manabu Nakanishi beat Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami (9:07) when Nakanishi used a chickenwing armlock on Murakami.
STRONG ENERGY 2001 (4/19/01 to 5/2/01) (Details)
NJPW "STRONG STYLE 2001", 4/9/01 (WPW) (Details)
Osaka Dome
27,000 Fans
1. Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Tanaka (9:37) with a sleeper hold.
2. Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (8:59) with a Canadian backbreaker.
3. Brian Johnston beat Kendo Kashin (2:20) with a front neck lock.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Kazunari Murakami (1:47) by DQ.
5. Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi (8:53) when Choshu used a lariat on Fuchi.
6. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Yuji Nagata beat Manabu Nakanishi (9:29) with a right high kick.
7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Muto, Taiyo Kea & Jinsei Shinzaki (14:57) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Shinzaki.
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Scott Norton (c) (6:43) with a sleeper hold to become the 29th champion.
9. No Rules: Shinya Hashimoto 
beat Kensuke Sasaki (7:52) by referee stop.
EXCITING BATTLE IN NAEBA 2001 (3/23/01 to 3/24/01) (Details)
HYPER BATTLE 2001 (3/3/01 to 3/20/01) (Details)
FIGHTING SPIRIT 2001 (1/31/01 to 2/18/01) (Details)
NJPW "NEW CENTURY DASH 2001", 1/19/01 (WPW) (Details)
Okinawa Prefectural Budokan
4,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Shinya Makabe beat Katsuyori Shibata (7:46) with a crab hold.
2. El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto (15:15) when Samurai used a vertical drop reverse DDT on Kanemoto.
3. Takashi Iizuka beat Kenzo Suzuki (11:21) with a sleeper hold.
4. Junji Hirata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:31) when Liger used a brainbuster on Takaiwa.
5. Shinjiro Otani beat Hiro Saito (8:44) with a cobra hold.
6. 2/3 Falls: Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (22:06). Kojima used a lariat on Yoshie (8:43). Nagata used a backdrop hold on Kojima (10:09). Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Goto (3:14).
NJPW "WRESTLING WORLD 2001", 1/4/01 (WPW) (Details)
Tokyo Dome
62,001 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Kensuke Sasaki beat Satoshi Kojima (16:33) with a crab hold.
2. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yuji Nagata (16:45) with a moonsault press.
3. Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinya Makabe (18:02) when Kanemoto used a heel hold on Makabe.
4. Takashi Iizuka beat Kendo Kashin (6:12) with a sleeper hold.
5. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Kensuke Sasaki beat Masahiro Chono (11:28) with the Strangle Hold Gamma.
6. IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Toshiaki Kawada beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:45) with a powerbomb.
7. Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani beat Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger (5:44) when Otani used a cobra hold on Liger.
8. Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto went to a no contest (15:20).
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki beat Toshiaki Kawada (10:30) with a Northern Light bomb to become the 27th champion.