NJPW and Inoki together ran the Toukon or Fighting Spirit festival at the Osaka Dome today. There is a bit of a results lock down at the moment so times on the falls and the actual attendence (claimed 28,000, sorry but no way, not in Japan at the moment) may be slightly out.
So here goes…
NJPW “TOUKON FESTIVAL”, 11/13/04
Osaka Dome
28,000 Fans
1. Young Lion Toukon Tournament – Semi Final: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hirooki Goto (7:03) with a German suplex hold.
2. Young Lion Toukon Tournament – Semi Final: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Nagao (6:21) with a crab hold.
3. Young Lion Toukon Tournament – Final: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (9:41) with a crab hold.
4. Blue Wolf & Masahito Kakihara beat Yutaka Yoshie & El Samurai (14:45) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Samurai.
5. Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (16:50) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on Yano.
6. Tiger Mask, Wataru Inoue & Taiji Ishimori beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo (22:36) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Liger.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Heat (c) beat Koji Kanemoto (23:18) with the Minoru Special (10th defense).
8. Genichiro Tenryu beat Katsuyori Shibata (9:09) with a guh punch.
9. Elimination Match: Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu (10:37). Choshu KO’d Nishimura, Nagata used the Thunder Death Driver on Choshu, Nagata used the Thunder Death Driver on Chono (10:37).
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki (c) beat Minoru Suzuki (19:55) with a lariat (2nd defense).
11. Toukon Festival Special Match: Toshiaki Kawada & Naoya Ogawa beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiroshi Tanahashi (18:11) when Kawada pinned Tanahashi after the Oregotokarire.
12. Toukon Festival Special Match: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin beat Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura when Fujita used a soccer kick on Nakamura.