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The Kings Road


 February 25, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,000
  1. Steve Nelson beat Kazushi Sakuraba.

  2. Tatsuo Nakano beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  3. Yuko Miyato beat Hiromitsu Kanehara.

  4. Gene Lydick beat Billy Scott.

  5. Yoji Anjoh beat Kazuo Yamazaki.

  6. Nobuhiko Takada & Naoki Sano beat Gary Albright & Dan Severn.

  7. Masahito Kakihara beat Kiyoshi Tamura.
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Pro Wrestling World Tournament: First Round


 April 3, 1994 in Osaka, Japan
Castle Hall drawing 14,000 Shown April 16, 1994 on PPV (0.1)
  1. Kiyoshi Tamura KO Bad News Allen (6:11).

  2. Super Vader beat Salman Hashimikov via submission.
  3. Gene Lydick beat Vladimir Berkovich (9:40) via submission.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Victor Zangiev (5:54) via submission.

  5. Masahito Kakihara beat Dan Severn (10:39) via submission.

  6. Gary Albright KO Billy Scott (2:11).

  7. Nobuhiko Takada beat Kazuo Yamazaki (7:17) via submission.

  8. Yuko Miyato beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  9. Tatsuo Nakano beat Hiromitsu Kanehara via submission.
Note: This name of the U.S. PPV for this event was "Shootfighting II."

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Pro Wrestling World Tournament: Second Round


 May 6, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,500
  1. ISKA World Light Welterweight Champ Makoto Ohe beat Didier Montoya via decision in a "kickboxing" match.

  2. Tom Burton KO Kazushi Sakuraba (5:10).

  3. Hiromitsu Kanehara & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Dan Severn & Billy Scott (4:36) when Kanehara KO Scott.

  4. Victor Zangiev beat Yuko Miyato (4:22) via submission.

  5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:42) via submission

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Naoki Sano (13:52) via submission.

  7. Gary Albright KO Yoji Anjoh (4:26).

  8. Nobuhiko Takada KO Gene Lydick (5:04).

  9. Super Vader KO Masahito Kakihara (3:40).
Note: This show was originally scheduled for April 18.

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Pro Wrestling World Tournament: Semi-Finals


 June 10, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,500
Shown November 11, 1994 on PPV (0.12)
  1. Bovy Chowaikung KO Gary Hadwin (3rd - 1:11) in a "kickboxing" match.
  2. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Tom Burton (7:29) via submission.

  3. Billy Scott beat Yoshihiro Takayama (11:03) via submission.

  4. Steve Nelson & Gene Lydick beat Kazushi Sakuraba & Masahito Kakihara (16:08) when Lydick KO Sakuraba.

  5. Naoki Sano beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:15) via submission.
  6. Salman Hashimikov & Victor Zangiev beat Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoji Anjoh (16:00).

  7. Super Vader pinned Kiyoshi Tamura (7:14).

  8. UWFI World Champ Nobuhiko Takada beat Gary Albright (16:36) via submission.
Note: This name of the U.S. PPV for this event was "Shootfighting III."

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Pro Wrestling World Tournament: Double Title Match


 August 18, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,500 ($1,150,000)
  1. Bad News Allen beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (5:56) via submission.

  2. Yoshihiro Takayama KO Mark Silver (0:37).

  3. Kazushi Sakuraba & Masahito Kakihara beat Billy Scott & Gene Lydick (17:47) when Kakihara forced Scott to submit.

  4. Salman Hashimikov beat Yuko Miyato (6:13) via submission.

  5. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tatsuo Nakano (11:11) via submission.

  6. Yoji Anjoh & Naoki Sano beat Vladimir Berkovich & Victor Zangiev when Anjoh KO Zangiev.

  7. Gary Albright KO Kiyoshi Tamura (17:31).

  8. Super Vader KO Nobuhiko Takada (19:24) to win the UWFI Title and the Best of the World Tournament.
Tournament Bracketing

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The Kings Road Budokan


 October 8, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,500
  1. Bovy Chowaikung vs. Danny Steele in a "kickboxing" match.

  2. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Mark Silver.

  3. Yoshihiro Takayama drew Hiromitsu Kanehara.

  4. Yuko Miyato beat Tatsuo Nakano.

  5. Naoki Sano beat Vladimir Berkovich.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura & Dan Severn beat Yoji Anjoh & Steve Nelson.

  7. Masahito Kakihara beat Gene Lydick.

  8. Nobuhiko Takada beat Victor Zangiev (6:32) via submission.

  9. Gary Albright & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Super Vader & John Tenta (17:54) when Albright forced Vader to submit.
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The Kings Road Osaka


 October 14, 1994 in Osaka, Japan
Castle Hall drawing 14,000
  1. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Kenichi Yamamoto.

  2. Vladimir Berkovich beat Hiromitsu Kanehara.

  3. Dan Severn beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  4. Tatsuo Nakano & Victor Zangiev beat Yuko Miyato & Yoji Anjoh when Zangiev forced Anjoh to submit.

  5. Gene Lydick & Kiyoshi Tamura beat Steve Nelson & Masahito Kakihara

  6. Nobuhiko Takada beat Naoki Sano (17:24).

  7. Super Vader & John Tenta beat Gary Albright & Kazuo Yamazaki (14:07) when Vader KO Yamazaki.
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Next Challenger Final


 November 30, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,500
  1. Bovy Chowaikung KO Chris Mack (3rd - 1:11) in a "kickboxing" match.

  2. Tom Burton beat Kenichi Yamamoto (5:25) via submission.

  3. Yuko Miyato beat Kazushi Sakuraba (7:53) via submission.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (7:54) via submission.

  5. Billy Scott beat Tatsuo Nakano (9:36) via submission.

  6. Naoki Sano beat Yoshihiro Takayama (17:03) via submission.

  7. Kiyoshi Tamura TKO Dan Severn (7:14).

  8. Kazuo Yamazaki beat Masahito Kakihara (14:12) via submission.

  9. Gary Albright beat Nobuhiko Takada (15:20) via submission.
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