Champion Carnival 2000s

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Champion Carnival 2000

March 24 - April 15, 2000

Steve Williams_____
                   |Williams__
Akira Taue_________|          |
                              |Williams__
Wolf Hawkfield_____           |          |
                   |Izumida___|          |
Jun Izumida________|                     |
                                         |Omori_____
Mike Barton________                      |          |
                   |Barton____           |          |
Masao Inoue________|          |          |          |
                              |Omori_____|          |
Takao Omori________           |                     |
                   |Omori_____|                     |
Jun Akiyama________|                                |
                                                    |Kobashi__
Mitsu Misawa_______                                 |
                   |Misawa____                      |
Toshiaki Kawada____|          |                     |
                              |Misawa____           |
Vader______________           |          |          |
                   |Vader_____|          |          |
Yoshihiro Takayama_|                     |          |
                                         |Kobashi___|
Johnny Smith_______                      |
                   |Smith_____           |
Tamon Honda________|          |          |
                              |Kobashi___|
Johnny Ace_________           |
                   |Kobashi___|
Kenta Kobashi______|

Final at Budokan Hall

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Champion Carnival 2001

March 23 - April 11, 2001

1.	Genichiro Tenryu (winner)	15
2.	Taiyo Kea	15
3.	Toshiaki Kawada	14
4.	Mike Barton	13
5.	Steve Williams	11
6.	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	7
7.	Johnny Smith	7
8.	George Hines	2
9.	Jim Steele	2
10.	Mitsuya Nagai	2

Grand Final: Tenryu pinned Kea (17:08)

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Champion Carnival 2002

March 23 - April 10, 2002

1.	Satoshi Kojima	11
2.	Mike Barton	10
3.	Jim Steele	6
4.	Mitsuya Nagai	6
5.	Yoji Anjoh	5
6.	Toshiaki Kawada	2
7.	Arashi	2

1.	Genichiro Tenryu	12
2.	Keiji Mutoh (winner)	8
3.	Taiyo Kea	7
4.	Steve Williams	7
5.	George Hines	3
6.	Mike Rotundo	3
7.	Nobutaka Araya	2

Semi-Finals: Barton pinned Tenryu (5:38) -- Mutoh beat Kojima (15:46) via submission

Grand Final: Mutoh pinned Barton (9:50)

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Champion Carnival 2003

March 23 - 28, 2003

             Keiji Mutoh___
                           |
John Tenta______           |Mutoh___
                |Tenta_____|        |
The Gladiator___|                   |
                                    |Arashi___
Arashi__________                    |         |
                |Arashi_____________|         |
Nobutaka Araya__|                             |
                                              |
Johnny Smith____                              |Kojima___
                |Hines______________          |
George Hines____|                   |         |
                                    |         |
Yoji Anjoh______                    |Kojima___|
                |Gigantes__         |
Gigantes________|          |        |
                           |Kojima__|
           Satoshi Kojima__|

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Champion Carnival 2004

April 10 - 20, 2004

1.	Kensuke Sasaki	7
2.	Keiji Mutoh (winner)	5
3.	Jamal	4
4.	Kaz Hayashi	2
5.	Arashi	2

1.	Takao Omori	7
2.	Satoshi Kojima	5
3.	Taiyo Kea	4
4.	Toshiaki Kawada	2
5.	Nobutaka Araya	2

Semi-Finals: Mutoh pinned Omori (11:09) -- Sasaki pinned Kojima (16:51)

Grand Final: Mutoh pinned Sasaki (15:33)

Semis & Final on PPV

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Champion Carnival 2005

April 9 - 20, 2005

1.	Satoshi Kojima	7
2.	Kensuke Sasaki (winner)	6
3.	Taiyo Kea	5
4.	Arashi	4
5.	Giant Bernard	4
6.	Shuji Kondo	2

1.	Toshiaki Kawada	7
2.	Jamal	6
3.	Chuck Palumbo	5
4.	Keiji Mutoh	5
5.	Bull Buchanan	5
6.	Kohei Suwama	2

Semi-Finals: Sasaki pinned Kawada (19:11) -- Jamal pinned Kojima (16:22)

Grand Final: Sasaki pinned Jamal (17:32)

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Champion Carnival 2006

April 7 - 20, 2006

1.	Kohei Suwama	7
2.	Taiyo Kea (winner)	6
3.	Kensuke Sasaki	5
4.	Keiji Mutoh	5
5.	Yutaka Yoshie	5
6.	Bull Buchanan	2

1.	Minoru Suzuki	9
2.	Satoshi Kojima	8
3.	D-Lo Brown	5
4.	Arashi	4
5.	Matt Morgan	2
6.	Katsuhiko Nakajima	2

Semi-Finals: Kea pinned Suzuki (11:24) -- Suwama beat Kojima (15:12) via countout

Grand Final: Kea pinned Suwama (20:21)

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Champion Carnival 2007

March 26 - 30, 2007

1.	Keiji Mutoh (winner)	6
2.	Suwama	5
3.	Kensuke Sasaki	5
4.	Taiyo Kea	4
5.	Touru Owashi	0

1.	Toshiaki Kawada	5
2.	Satoshi Kojima	4
3.	Yoshihiro Tajiri	4
4.	Minoru Suzuki	3
5.	Ro-Z	2

Grand Final: Mutoh pinned Kawada (22:28)

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Champion Carnival 2008

April 5 - 9, 2008

1.	Hiroshi Tanahashi	6
2.	Toshiaki Kawada	5
3.	Keiji Mutoh	5
4.	Satoshi Kojima	4
5.	Taiyo Kea	0

1.	Suwama (winner)	5
2.	Minoru Suzuki	4
3.	Joe Doering	4
4.	Kensuke Sasaki	4
5.	Osamu Nishimura	3

Grand Final: Suwama pinned Tanahashi (29:49)

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Champion Carnival 2009

April 5 - 12, 2009

1.	Keiji Mutoh	8
2.	Kaz Hayashi (winner)	7
3.	Yoshihiro Takayama	6
4.	Osamu Nishimura	5
5.	Joe Doering	4
6.	Seiya Sanada	0

1.	Satoshi Kojima	8
2.	Minoru Suzuki	6
3.	Taiyo Kea	5
4.	Suwama	5
5.	Ryoto Hama	4
6.	Zodiac	2

Semi-Finals: Hayashi pinned Kojima (16:30) -- Suzuki pinned Mutoh (13:15)

Grand Final: Suzuki pinned Hayashi (23:25)

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