New Japan ran their Toukon Matsuri (Fighting Spirit Festival) on December 6th in Hiroshima Prefectural at the Fukuyama Interchange Building (“Big Rose”), claiming 2,500 paid. Results:
1. Naofumi Yamamoto defeated Masayuki Naruse in 9 minutes, 18 seconds with a back-drop.
2. El Samurai defeated Akiya Anzawa in 7 minutes, 27 seconds with a chicken-wing arm lock.
3. Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi Nagao & Osamu Nishimura in 14 minutes, 9 seconds when Yoshie used a body press on Nagao for the win.
4. Tiger Mask IV & Koji Kanemoto defeated Safari & Sangre Azteca in 10 minutes, 15 seconds when Tiger Mask pinned Safari.
5. Minoru, Jadoh, & Gedoh defeated Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Jushin Liger in 15 minutes, 1 second when Minoru used a Minoru Special on Goto for the win.
6. Takashi Iizuka & Riki Choshu defeated Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto in 9 minutes, 36 seconds when Iizuka used a choke sleeper on Hiro for the win.
7. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Mark Jindrak & Matt Morgan in 9 minutes, 29 seconds when Nakanishi used a Hercules Cutter on Jindrak for the win.
8. Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Yuji Nagata in 18 minutes, 57 seconds when Chono used a Shining Yakuza Kick on Nakamura for the win.
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