Wrestling Dontaku 1993
May 3, 1993 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 55,000 ($2,500,000)
- El Samurai, Takayuki Iizuka, & Akira Nogami beat Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, & Osamu Nishimura (15:01) when Nogami pinned Yamamoto.
- Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Akitoshi Saito (9:26).
- Brutus Beefcake pinned Masa Saito (8:35).
- The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Kengo Kimura, & Shiro Koshinaka beat Takashi Ishikawa, Super Strong Machine, Tatsutoshi Goto, Ashura Hara, & Hiro Saito (11:26) when Koshinaka pinned Goto.
- Tiger Mask (Kanemoto) pinned Jushin Liger (14:25).
- Sting DDQ Scott Norton (9:16).
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Hiro Hase (12:11) via submission.
- IWGP Tag Champs The Hellraisers beat Masa Chono & Shinya Hashimoto (12:22) when Power pinned Chono.
- WWF World Champ Hulk Hogan pinned Keiji Mutoh (15:55).
- Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Riki Choshu & Genichiro Tenryu (26:35) when Fujinami pinned Choshu.
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Wrestling Dontaku 1994
May 4, 1994 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 53,500 ($3,000,000)
- Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Nagata (11:12) via submission.
- Tokimitsu Ishizawa & El Samurai beat Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (13:48) when Samurai pinned Takaiwa.
- Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka, & Osamu Kido beat Akitoshi Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, & Tatsutoshi Goto (14:06) when Kido forced Ohara to submit.
- Kuniaki Kobayashi, The Great Kabuki, & Kengo Kimura beat Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito, & Shinichi Nakano (8:39) when Kimura pinned Honaga.
- El Gigante pinned Tadao Yasuda (3:51).
- Jushin Liger drew Satoru Sayama (10:00).
- Shiro Koshinaka pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu (12:16).
- IWGP Tag Champs The Hellraisers beat Rick & Scott Steiner (15:27) when Hawk pinned Scott.
- Rick Rude pinned Sting (22:48) to win the WCW International World Title.
- Masa Chono beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8:08) via submission.
- Riki Choshu beat Hiro Hase (10:56) via submission.
- Shinya Hashimoto pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (6:04) to win the IWGP Title.
- Antonio Inoki pinned The Great Muta (20:12).
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Wrestling Dontaku 1995
May 3, 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 48,000
- Yuji Nagata beat Manabu Nakanishi (13:29) via submission.
- El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka beat Akira Nogami & Norio Honaga (13:45) when Iizuka pinned Nogami.
- Wild Pegasus pinned Too Cold Scorpio (12:00).
- Sabu pinned Koji Kanemoto (16:39) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Junji Hirata pinned Hiro Saito (6:04).
- Rick & Scott Steiner beat Road Warrior Hawk & Scott Norton (18:52) when Scott pinned Hawk.
- Terry Funk & Shiro Koshinaka beat Hiromichi Fuyuki & Masa Chono (13:40) when Koshinaka pinned Chono.
- Ric Flair beat Hiro Hase (22:52) via submission.
- Antonio Inoki & Koji Kitao beat Genichiro Tenryu & Riki Choshu (10:57) when Inoki pinned Choshu.
- Kensuke Sasaki pinned Hiroshi Tenzan (11:20).
- Keiji Mutoh pinned Shinya Hashimoto (21:13) to win the IWGP Title.
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Strong Style Evolution
May 3, 1997 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 43,000 ($4,000,000)
- Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani, Dick Togo, Mens Teoh, & Hanzo Nakajima beat Super Delfin, Gran Hamada, The Great Sasuke, El Samurai, & Norio Honoga (19:11) in two straight falls.
- Ohtani pinned Delfin (9:00).
- Togo pinned Hamada (19:11).
- Kazuo Yamazaki beat Kendo Kashin (8:06) via sleeperhold.
- Shiro Koshinaka pinned Kengo Kimura (13:34).
- Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9:03).
- NWO Sting & Syxx beat Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka (12:23) when Syxx pinned Iizuka.
- Buff Bagwell & Scott Norton beat Lex Luger & The Giant (10:09) when Norton pinned Luger.
- Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, & Masa Chono beat Keiji Mutoh, Rick & Scott Steiner (14:31) when Hall pinned Rick.
- Antonio Inoki & Tiger King beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Jushin Liger (10:42) when Inoki forced Fujiwara to submit.
- Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi beat Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki (17:34) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Kojima forced Choshu to submit.
- IWGP Champ Shinya Hashimoto beat Naoya Ogawa (10:20) via submission.
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The Four Heaven
August 10, 1997 in Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya Dome drawing 43,500 ($3,500,000)
- Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kendo Kashin (5:00) via submission.
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Tadao Yasuda, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Kido, & Junji Hirata beat Akitoshi Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, Akira Nogami, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Kengo Kimura (14:09) when Yasuda pinned Ohara.
- Koji Kanemoto pinned Jushin Liger (21:51).
- Shinjiro Ohtani pinned El Samurai (18:05) to win the J Crown.
- Don Frye beat Cal Worsham (7:57) via submission.
- Tatsumi Fujinami pinned Riki Choshu (6:48).
- Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki beat Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (12:31) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Sasaki pinned Nakanishi.
- The Great Muta TKO Naoya Ogawa (6:39).
- IWGP Champ Shinya Hashimoto pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (17:09).
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Final Battle Hall
November 2, 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 48,000 ($3,500,000)
- Kazuyuki Fujita & Takashi Iizuka beat Kendo Kashin & El Samurai (8:46) when Iisuka pinned Samurai.
- Akira Nogami & Kengo Kimura beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito (11:19) when Nogami pinned Saito.
- Jushin Liger & Tiger King beat Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (14:18) when Liger pinned Takaiwa.
- Michiyoshi Ohara, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Scott Norton beat Tadao Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi (12:26) when Norton pinned Yasuda.
- J Crown Champ Shinjiro Ohtani pinned Chris Benoit (19:28).
- Don Frye beat Kazuo Yamazaki (12:21) via submission.
- Naoya Ogawa beat Erwin Vreeker (3:19) via submission.
- Kensuke Sasaki pinned Riki Choshu (11:34).
- Shinya Hashimoto beat Hubert Numrich (1:04 - 2nd Rnd) via submission.
- IWGP Tag Champs Keiji Mutoh & Masa Chono beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Genichiro Tenryu (21:33) when Chono forced Fujinami to submit.
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Rising the Next Generation
August 8, 1998 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 35,000 ($2,500,000)
- Kendo Kashin beat El Samurai (10:13) via submission.
- Osamu Nishimura & Kazuo Yamazaki beat Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka (11:00) when Yamazaki forced Yasuda to submit.
- Shiro Koshinaka pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8:24).
- Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi beat Yuji Nagata & Kazuyuki Fujita (12:02) when Koshinaka pinned Fujita.
- The Great Kabuki & The Great Muta beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (10:33) when Kabuki pinned Goto.
- The Great Sasuke pinned Jushin Liger (15:11).
- Kensuke Sasaki beat Don Frye (9:06) via DQ.
- Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner, Jr. (20:13) to win the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Ohtani pinned Kanemoto.
- J-1 Japanese Champ Genichiro Tenryu pinned Shinya Hashimoto (14:12).
- Masa Chono beat Tatsumi Fujinami (19:53) via submission to win the IWGP Title.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2000
May 5, 2000 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 25,000 ($2,500,000)
- Kenzo Suzuki pinned Shinya Makabe (15:08) to win the Young Lions League 2000.
- Tadao Yasuda, Junji Hirata, & Shiro Koshinaka beat Michiyoshi Ohara, Tatsutoshi Goto, & Hiro Saito (10:19) when Koshinaka pinned Saito.
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Ohtani, Kendo Kashin, & Koji Kanemoto beat Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, Cima, & Sumo Dandy Fuji (14:26) when Ohtani pinned Fuji.
- Genichiro Tenryu pinned Takashi Iizuka (13:26).
- Yutaka Yoshie pinned Satoshi Kojima (16:08).
- Masa Chono pinned Tatsumi Fujinami (6:30).
- IWGP Tag Champs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami (9:26) when Nagata pinned Murakami.
- IWGP Champ Power Warrior pinned The Great Muta (12:44).
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Strong Style 2001
April 9, 2001 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 18,500
Shown live on TV Asahi (10.7)
- Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Tanaka (9:37) via submission.
- Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (8:59) via submission.
- Brian Johnston beat Kendo Kashin (2:20) via submission.
- Jushin Liger beat Kazunari Murakami (1:47) via DQ.
- Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi (8:53) when Choshu pinned Fuchi.
- Yuji Nagata pinned Manabu Nakanishi (9:29).
- Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea, & Jinsei Shinzaki (14:57) when Chono pinned Shinzaki.
- Kazuyuki Fujita KO Scott Norton (6:43) to win the IWGP Title.
- Shinya Hashimoto TKO Kensuke Sasaki (7:52) in a "no rules" match.
Note: First three matches shown live on SkyPerfect TV.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2001
May 5, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka Dome drawing 25,000
Shown on TV-Asahi
- Shinya Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Wataru Inoue (11:08) when Makabe pinned Tanahashi.
- Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie, & Shiro Koshinaka beat Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, & Tatsutoshi Goto (11:00) when Nishimura forced Saito to submit.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Minoru Tanaka beat Kendo Kashin (10:18) via submission.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Jushin Liger & El Samurai beat Dr. Wagner, Jr. & Silver King (19:09) when Liger pinned Wagner.
- Don Frye beat Scott Norton (7:15) via submission.
- Tadao Yasuda beat Takashi Iizuka (7:23) via submission.
- Yuji Nagata beat Rainy Martinez (2:29) via submission.
- Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea, & Hiroshi Hase beat Masa Chono, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (27:00) when Mutoh pinned Kojima.
- Riki Choshu & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kazunari Murakami & Naoya Ogawa (9:07) Nakanishi forced Murakami to submit.
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Dome Quake
July 20, 2001 in Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo Dome drawing 28,000
Shown live on TV-Asahi (6.2)
- Hiro Saito, Akira Nogami, & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Yutaka Yoshie, Osamu Nishimura, & Shiro Koshinaka (13:52) when Saito pinned Yoshie.
- Tadao Yasuda beat Michiyoshi Ohara (6:14) via submission.
- Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu, & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki, & Shinya Makabe (10:43) when Kido forced Tanahashi to submit.
- Gedo & Jado beat El Samurai & Jushin Liger (19:06) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Jado forced Samurai to submit.
- Masayuki Naruse pinned Minoru Tanaka (11:27) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Gary Goodridge TKO Manabu Nakanishi (6:06).
- Mark Coleman beat Yuji Nagata (7:59) via submission.
- IWGP Tag Champs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Jinsei Shinzaki & Taiyo Kea (16:28) when Tenzan pinned Shinzaki.
- Masa Chono beat Keiji Mutoh (16:09) via submission.
- IWGP Champ Kazuyuki Fujita beat Don Frye (17:22) via submission.
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Toukon Festival
November 13, 2004 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 15,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Katsuhiko Nakajima pinned Hirooki Goto (7:03).
- Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Nagao (6:21) via submission.
- Ryusuke Taguchi beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (9:41) via submission to win the 2004 Young Lions Tournament.
- Blue Wolf & Masahito Kakihara beat Yutaka Yoshie & El Samurai (14:45) when Kakihara pinned Samurai.
- Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (16:50) when Naruse pinned Yano.
- Tiger Mask IV, Wataru Inoue, & Taiji Ishimori beat Jushin Liger, Jado, & Gedo (22:36) when Inoue beat Liger to submit.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Heat beat Koji Kanemoto (23:18) via submission.
- Genichiro Tenryu pinned Katsuyori Shibata (9:09).
- Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu (10:37) in an "elimination" match. Nagata was the sole survivor.
- Choshu KO Nishimura (4:08).
- Nagata pinned Choshu (9:27).
- Nagata pinned Chono (10:37).
- IWGP Champ Kensuke Sasaki pinned Minoru Suzuki (19:59).
- Toshiaki Kawada & Naoya Ogawa beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiroshi Tanahashi (17:18) when Kawada pinned Tanahashi.
- Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin beat Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura (18:54) when Fujita pinned Nakamura.
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