NJPW got its post Tokyo Dome tour programming under way today at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Today saw the debut of Harry Smith (Davey ‘British Bulldog’ Smith’s son) and also Naruse and Nagai defending their All Asian Tag Titles against Yano and Blue Wolf….
NJPW, 1/23/05
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,554 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Naofumi Yamamoto beat Yujiro (6:22) with a crab hold.
2. Masahito Kakihara & Hiroshi Nagao beat El Samurai & Akiya Anzawa (6:15) when Kakihara used the Kaki Cutter on Anzawa.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask, Katsushi Takemura & Taiji Ishimori (13:25) when Liger used the CTB on Ishimori.
4. New Japan vs. Black New Japan: Harry Smith beat Hiro Saito (8:01) with a Liger bomb.
5. Ryusuke Taguchi Farewell Match #1: Wataru Inoue beat Ryusuke Taguchi (7:56) with the Triangle Lancer.
6. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hirooki Goto (4:59) with a cross armbreaker.
7. All Asia Tag Team Title: Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse (c) beat Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (22:29) when Nagai used a diving knee attack on Yano (2nd defense).
8. Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura beat Togi Makabe, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:40) when Nagata used a reverse Nagata Lock III on Yoshie.
9. New Japan vs. Black New Japan: Manabu Nakanishi & Minoru Tanaka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto (22:38) when Nakanishi used the Hercules Cutter on Kanemoto.
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