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NJPW, 12/23/97 (#2)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,612 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazuyuki Fujita (9:40) with an Argentine backbreaker.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani & Yutaka Yoshie (12:43) when Liger pinned Yoshie.
3. Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito (8:43) when Ohara pinned Saito.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tadao Yasuda (10:31) with a sleeper hold.

NJPW, 12/23/97 (#1)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,627 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Satoshi Kojima (11:40) by pinfall.
2. El Samurai & Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:06) when Kashin used a chickenwing armlock on Takaiwa.


SUPER GRADE TAG LEAGUE VII (11/18/97 to 12/8/97)


NJPW "FINAL POWER HALL IN FUKUOKA DOME", 11/2/97 (WPW)
Fukuoka Dome
48,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Takashi Iizuka & Kazuyuki Fujita beat El Samurai & Kendo Kashin (8:46) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Samurai.
2. Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:19) when Nogami used a German suplex hold on Hiro.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger King beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:18) when Liger used an avalanche-style Fisherman buster on Takaiwa.
4. Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda (12:26) when Norton used a powerbomb on Yasuda.
5. J Crown: Shinjiro Otani (c) beat Wild Pegasus World Championship Wrestling (15:28) with a Dragon suplex hold (3rd defense).
6. Different Style Fight: Don Frye beat Kazuo Yamazaki (12:21) with a sleeper hold.
7. Different Style Fight: Naoya Ogawa beat Erwin Vreeker (3:19) with a cross armbreaker.
8. Kensuke Sasaki beat Riki Choshu (11:34) with a lariat.
9. Different Style Fight: Shinya Hashimoto beat Herbert Numerich (R2 1:04) with a grounded armlock.
10. Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Genichiro Tenryu WAR (21:33) when Chono used an STF on Fujinami.


NWO TYPHOON 1997 (10/10/97 to 10/31/97)

G1 CLIMAX SPECIAL 1997 (9/11/97 to 9/23/97)


NJPW "FINAL POWER HALL IN YOKOHAMA", 8/31/97 (WPW)
Yokohama Arena
18,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yutaka Yoshie (7:14) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka beat Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (10:59) when Kido used a wakigatame on Yasuda.
3. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kengo Kimura & Akira Nogami (11:04) when Kojima used a lariat on Nogami.
4. Tiger King & Kuniaki Kobayashi beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Kendo Kashin (8:52) when King used a Tiger suplex hold on Kashin.
5. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (17:00) with a shotei.
6. J Crown: Shinjiro Otani (c) beat Koji Kanemoto (20:20) with a Dragon suplex hold (1st defense).
7. Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami & Genichiro Tenryu WAR beat Great Muta, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (8:56) when Choshu used a lariat on Hiro.
8. Different Style Fight: Naoya Ogawa beat Scott Norton (6:25) with a modified triangle choke hold.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki beat Shinya Hashimoto (c) (16:54) with a Northern Light bomb to become the 20th champion.


NJPW "THE FOUR HEAVEN IN NAGOYA DOME", 8/10/97 (WPW)
Nagoya Dome
43,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kendo Kashin (5:00) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Junji Hirata, Osamu Kido, Takashi Iizuka, Tadao Yasuda & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (14:19) when Yasuda used a Tiger Driver on Ohara.
3. Koji Kanemoto beat Jushin Thunder Liger (21:51) with a moonsault press.
4. J Crown: Shinjiro Otani beat El Samurai (c) (18:15) with a Dragon suplex hold to become the 5th champion.
5. Don Frye beat Cal Worsham (7:57) with a leg neck roll.
6. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu (6:48) with a Dragon sleeper.
7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (c) (12:31) when Sasaki used a Northern Light bomb on Nakanishi to become the 32nd champions.
8. Different Style Fight: Great Muta beat Naoya Ogawa (6:39) by referee stop.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto (c) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (17:09) with a vertical drop brainbuster (7th defense).


G1 CLIMAX 1997 (8/1/97 to 8/3/97)


SUMMER STRUGGLE 1997 (6/22/97 to 7/12/97)

NJPW, 6/8/97
Yasuda Townsman Gymnasium
1,975 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Shinya Makabe (6:36) with a crab hold.
2. Black Cat beat Yutaka Yoshie (8:53) by pinfall.
3. Akitoshi Saito beat Kendo Kashin (8:14) by pinfall.
4. Takashi Iizuka beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:35) with a Blizzard suplex.
5. Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga (17:37) when Takaiwa used a German suplex hold on Honaga.
6. Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (12:50) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Hiro.
7. Keiji Muto beat Akira Nogami (10:32) with a figure-four leglock.
8. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Tadao Yasuda (12:49) when Koshinaka pinned Yasuda.


BEST OF THE SUPER JR. IV (5/16/97 to 6/5/97)


NJPW "FAN, FUN, FIGHT", 5/5/97
Tokyo Harumi Dome
2,100 Fans

1. El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara (12:46) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Ohara.
3. Koji Kanemoto beat Yutaka Yoshie (13:47) by pinfall.
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda (10:57) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Yasuda.


NJPW "STRONG STYLE EVOLUTION", 5/3/97 (WPW)
Osaka Dome
53,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. 2/3 Falls: Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, Dick Togo Michinoku Pro, MEN's Teioh Michinoku Pro & Hanzo Nakajima Michinoku Pro beat El Samurai, Norio Honaga, Great Sasuke Michinoku Pro, Super Delfin Michinoku Pro & Gran Hamada Michinoku Pro (19:11). Kanemoto used a Tiger suplex hold on Delfin (9:00). Togo used a diving senton on Honaga (10:11).
2. Tokimitsu Ishizawa Return Match: Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kendo Kashin (Tokimitsu Ishizawa) (8:06) with a sleeper hold.
3. Shiro Koshinaka beat Kengo Kimura (13:34) with a powerbomb.
4. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9:03) with a Cobra Twist.
5. New Japan vs. nWo: nWo Sting New World Order & Syxx New World Order beat Takashi Iizuka New Japan & Tadao Yasuda New Japan (12:23) when Syxx used a Northern Light suplex hold on Iizuka.
6. WCW vs. nWo: Scott Norton New World Order & Buff Bagwell New World Order beat The Giant World Championship Wrestling & Lex Luger World Championship Wrestling (10:09) when Norton used an elbow drop on Luger.
7. New Japan & WCW vs. nWo: Masahiro Chono New World Order, Kevin Nash New World Order & Scott Hall New World Order beat Keiji Muto New Japan, Rick Steiner World Championship Wrestling & Scott Steiner World Championship Wrestling (14:31) when Nash used a release powerbomb on Rick.
8. Antonio Inoki & Tiger King beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:42) when Inoki used a sleeper hold on Fujiwara.
10. IWGP Tag Team Title: Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki (c) (11:34) when Kojima used a Dragon sleeper on Choshu to become the 31st champions.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto (c) beat Naoya Ogawa (10:20) by referee stop (5th defense).

BATTLE LINE KYUSHU 1997 (4/17/97 to 4/30/97)


NJPW "BATTLE FORMATION 1997", 4/12/97 (WPW)
Tokyo Dome
60,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Manabu Nakanishi (14:29) with a diving headbutt.
2. El Samurai beat Shinjiro Otani (13:51) with a reverse DDT.
3. Chris Benoit World Championship Wrestling beat Kevin Sullivan World Championship Wrestling (9:17) with a diving body press.
4. Junji Hirata & Satoshi Kojima beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido (10:18) when Kojima used a Stretch bomb on Kido.
5. Shiro Koshinaka beat Takashi Ishikawa WAR (11:16) with a diving hip attack.
6. J Crown: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) beat Great Sasuke Michinoku Pro (20:08) with an avalanche-style Fisherman buster (4th defense).
7. Inoki Final Countdown 7th: Antonio Inoki beat Tiger King (Satoru Sayama) (6:46) with a Cobra Twist.
8. Great Muta beat Masahiro Chono (14:09) with a moonsault press.
9. IWGP Tag Team Title: Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) (15:31) when Choshu used a lariat on Kimura to become the 30th champions.
10. Different Style Fight: Naoya Ogawa beat Shinya Hashimoto (9:25) with a sleeper hold.


EXCITING BATTLE IN NAEBA 1997 (3/28/97 to 3/29/97)


HYPER BATTLE 1997 (3/5/97 to 3/25/97)

FIGHTING SPIRIT 1997 (1/26/97 to 2/16/97)

NJPW "RYUKYU ASAHI BROADCASTING CORPORATION CUP", 1/20/97 (WPW)
Naha Citizen Gymnasium
3,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Yutaka Yoshie beat Kazuyuki Fujita (10:00) with a crab hold.
2. Takashi Iizuka & El Samurai beat Norio Honaga & Tadao Yasuda (13:28) when Iizuka used a Blizzard suplex on Honaga.
3. Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (15:17) when Otani pinned Liger.
4. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kuniaki Kobayashi (10:00) with a wakigatame.
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito beat Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura (13:46) when Tenzan pinned Nishimura.
6. Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima beat Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (26:09) in a 2/3 Falls Match. Kimura pinned Hirata (3:36). Sasaki pinned Nogami (11:18). Hashimoto pinned Saito (11:15).


NJPW "WRESTLING WORLD 1997", 1/4/97 (WPW)
Tokyo Dome
62,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yuji Nagata Farewell Match: Junji Hirata, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Osamu Nishimura beat Kazuo Yamazaki, Osamu Kido, Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (11:21) when Hirata used a lariat on Nagata.
2. Super Liger (Chris Jericho) beat Koji Kanemoto (11:11) with a Tiger suplex hold.
3. Jinsei Shinzaki beat Michiyoshi Ohara (9:17) with a Nenbutsu powerbomb.
4. New Japan vs. Big Japan: Shinjiro Otani New Japan beat Yoshihiro Tajiri Big Japan (8:30) with a swan dive kneel kick.
5. New Japan vs. Big Japan: Kendo Nagasaki Big Japan beat Tatsutoshi Goto New Japan (9:23) with a piledriver.
6. New Japan vs. Big Japan: Masahiro Chono New Japan beat Shoji Nakamaki Big Japan (1:07) with a Yakuza kick.
7. New Japan vs. Big Japan: Masa Saito New Japan beat Great Kojika Big Japan (4:25) with an ankle hold.
8. Inoki Final Countdown 6th: Antonio Inoki beat Willie Williams (4:19) with a ground Cobra Twist.
9. J Crown: Jushin Thunder Liger beat Ultimo Dragon World Championship Wrestling (c) (18:21) with a Steiner Screwdriver to become the 3rd champion.
10. IWGP Tag Team Title: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) (16:10) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Chono to become the 29th champions.
11. Power Warrior beat Great Muta (16:09) with a Northern Light bomb.
12. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinya Hashimoto (c) beat Riki Choshu (18:04) with a vertical drop brainbuster (3rd defense).