Riki Choshu Revival
July 30, 2000 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 18,000 ($1,750,000)
Shown live on Japanese PPV (1.8)
- Shinya Makabe beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:33) via submission.
- Minoru Tanaka beat Akira (10:30) via submission.
- Junji Hirata pinned Kenso Suzuki (10:13).
- Shiro Koshinaka pinned Koji Kanemoto (11:40).
- Takashi Iizuka beat Shinjiro Ohtani (11:04).
- Yuji Nagata & Kensuke Sasaki beat Yutaka Yoshie & Manabu Nakanishi (18:23) when Nagata pinned Yoshie.
- Riki Choshu TKO Atsushi Onita (8:12) in a "nor rope explosive barbed wire death" match.
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The Second Judgment
December 14, 2000 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 6,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV (0.9)
- Super Strong Machine & Kensuke Sasaki beat Masa Chono & Team 2000 Machine (Tatsutoshi Goto) (14:37) when Machine pinned Machine.
- Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan vuia submission (13:38).
- Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Kendo Kashin (3:07).
- Satoshi Kojima pinned Kenzo Suzuki (9:40).
- Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, & Shinya Makabe beat Super Delfin, Tsubasa, & Takehiro Murakawa (14:37) when Tanaka forced Tsubasa to submit.
- Manabu Nakanishi beat Osamu Nishimura (11:48) via submission.
- Tatsumi Fujinami beat Koji Kanemoto (10:34) via submission.
- Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi drew Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (30:00).
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Fighting Destination Fukuoka
October 28, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 7,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Giant Silva & Giant Singh beat Wataru Inoue, Katsushi Takemura, & Dolgorsuren Serjubdee (3:33) in a "handicap" match when Singh pinned Takemura.
- Jushin Liger, El Samurai, & Masayuki Naruse beat Jado, Gokudo (Pat Tanaka), & Chris Candido (10:29) when Samurai forced Candido to submit.
- Scott Norton & Super J beat Yutaka Yoshie & Danny Devine (9:18) when Norton pinned Yoshie.
- Minoru Tanaka beat Masahito Kakihara (8:33) via submission.
- Kazunari Murakami KO Hiroshi Tanahashi (5:01).
- Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda (8:31) via submission.
- Kensuke Sasaki beat Manabu Nakanishi (6:21) via submission.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kendo Kashin beat Katsuyori Shibata (3:25) via submission.
- Osamu Kido, Kenzo Suzuki, & Riki Choshu beat Akira Nogami, Hiro Saito, & Tatsutoshi Goto (7:48) when Kido beat Nogami via submission.
- Masa Chono & Mike Rotunda beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (18:00) when Chono pinned Tenzan.
- All Japan World Tag Champs Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea beat Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (23:47) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Mutoh pinned Nishimura.
- Kensuke Sasaki beat Yuji Nagata (12:17) via submission.
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Fighting Spirit Memorial Day
May 28, 2002 in Sendai, Japan
Miyagi Sports Center drawing 4,300
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Masahito Kakihara, Curry Man , & Masayuki Naruse beat Black Tiger, Gedo, & Gokudo (8:29) when Kakihara pinned Gokudo.
- Bloody pinned Sachie Abe (7:21).
- Osamu Nishimura, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Katsuyori Shibata beat Wataru Inoue, Blue Wolf, & Yutaka Yoshie (6:22) when Nishimura forced Inoue to submit.
- Minoru Tanaka pinned Tiger Mask IV (10:22).
- Koji Kanemoto pinned Jushin Liger (17:17).
- Manabu Nakanishi pinned Yoshiaki Yatsu (13:17).
- Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Tadao Yasuda (0:49).
- Kensuke Sasaki pinned Akira (0:38).
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Kenzo Suzuki (9:41).
- Scott Norton drew Hiroshi Tanahashi (15:00).
- Masa Chono pinned Yuji Nagata (12:36).
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Fighting Spirit Memorial Day
October 26, 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Jack the Bull pinned Toru Yano (1:49).
- Shiro Koshinaka, El Samurai, & Wataru Inoue beat Hiro Saito, Jado, & Gedo (7:21) when Koshinaka pinned Gedo.
- Scott Norton pinned Blue Wolf (4:37).
- Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita beat Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse (3:58) when Makabe pinned Kakihara.
- Jushin Liger, Heat, & Tiger Mask IV beat American Dragon, Rocky Romero, & Ricky Reyes (15:00) in a "triathalon survivor" match.
- Heat pinned Dragon (5:19).
- Romero & Reyes beat Liger & Tiger Mask (10:30) when Romero pinned Tiger.
- Liger, Heat, & Tiger beat Dragon, Romero, & Reyes (15:00) when Tiger pinned Romero.
- Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Joanie Laurer & The Great Muta II (4:25) via countout.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Koji Kanemoto beat Bas Rutten (10:11) via submission.
- Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Masks #1 & #2 beat Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura, & Yutaka Yoshie (23:47) in an "elimination" match.
- Iizuka beat Makai #1 (1:02) via submission.
- Makai #2 beat Iizuka (3:40).
- Nakanishi beat Makai #2 (2:27) via submission.
- Yanagisawa pinned Nakanishi (3:56).
- Tenzan pinned Yanagisawa (1:47).
- Yasuda beat Tenzan (4:04) via submission.
- Yasuda pinned Murakami (3:25).
- Nishimura beat Yasuda (2:54) via submission.
- Murakami beat Nishimura (0:33) via submission.
- IWGP Champ Yuji Nagata drew Masa Chono (60:00).
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Summer Struggle
July 21, 2003 in Sapporo, Japan
Green Dome drawing 6,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Minoru Suzuki TKO Koji Kanemoto (6:18).
- Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinya Makabe (11:32).
- Osamu Nishimura pinned Mike Barton (13:00).
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Tiger Mask IV pinned Wataru Inoue (9:39).
- Ryushi Yanagisawa, Tadao Yasuda, Makai Masks #1 & #5 beat Michiyoshi Ohara, Tatsutoshi Goto, Hiro Saito, & Takashi Iizuka (15:27) in a "captain's falls elimination" match.
- Makai Mask #5 beat Iizuka (4:53).
- Makai Mask #1 beat Saito (11:55) via countout.
- Goto pinned Makai Mask #1 (13:10).
- Yanagisawa beat Goto (13:27).
- Yasuda pinned Ohara (15:27).
- Heat beat Jushin Liger (2:35) via submission.
- Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kazunari Murakami (8:13) via submission.
- U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Katsuyori Shibata (9:07).
- Josh Barnett beat Scott Norton (8:05) via submission in a "no pinfalls" match.
- Yuji Nagata pinned Enson Inoue (4:48).
- IWGP Champ Yoshihiro Takayama DKO Masa Chono (24:12).
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Osaka Dream Night
August 28, 2003 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (7:55).
- Yutaka Yoshie pinned Blue Wolf (8:44).
- Masahito Kakihara, Heat, & Tiger Mask IV beat Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, & Jushin Liger (9:25) when Heat beat Inoue.
- Osamu Nishimura beat Shinsuke Nakamura (15:42) via submission.
- New Japan U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Makai Mask #2.
- Manabu Nakanishi beat Kazunari Murakami (2:00) via DQ.
- Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Enson Inoue & Yuji Nagata (7:10) when Yasuda pinned Nagata.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Shinya Makabe (11:36) via submission.
- Yoshihiro Takayama KO Masa Chono (34:06) in a "steel cage" match to win the vacant IWGP Title. This was the first ever New Japan cage match.
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Yokohama Dead Out
November 3, 2003 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 9,000
Shown live on PPV
- Osamu Nishimura, Jinsei Shinzaki, & Jushin Liger beat Tadao Yasuda, Makai Mask #1, & Ryota Chikuzen (14:01) when Nishimura pinned Yasuda.
- Kazunari Murakami TKO Koji Kanemoto.
- Montanha Silva pinned Yutaka Yoshie (4:06).
- New Japan U-30 Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Toa the Samoan Beast (3:33).
- Tomo beat Jadamba Narantungalag in a "K-1 rules" match.
- Jan Nortje KO Ivan Rudan (1st - 0:19) in a "K-1 rules" match.
- Hiromi Amada TKO Katsuyori Shibata (2nd - 2:08) in a "K-1 rules" match.
- Bob Sapp & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Nakanishi (16:33) when Nakamura forced Nishimura to submit.
- Yuji Nagata TKO Minoru Suzuki (13:30).
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (22:16) to win the IWGP Title.
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Battle Final
December 11, 2004 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 5,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- El Samurai & Hiroshi Nagao beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Akiya Anzawa (10:04) when Nagao pinned Anzawa.
- Masayuki Naruse beat Hirooki Goto (2:51) via submission.
- Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask IV, & Wataru Inoue beat Minoru Tanaka, Jado, & Gedo (13:41) when Kanemoto forced Jado to submit.
- Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (10:25) when Tenryu pinned Yano.
- Takashi Iizuka, Yutaka Yoshie, & Blue Wolf beat Black Strong Machine, Scott Norton, & Mitsuya Nagai (14:35) when Yoshie pinned Nagai.
- Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Liger beat Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii (8:03) when Nakanishi pinned Ishii.
- Masahiro Chono beat Yuji Nagata (13:23) via submission.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan drew Satoshi Kojima (30:00).
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki (32:33) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Tanahashi pinned Suzuki.
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New Japan Brave 2007
April 13, 2007 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gymnasium drawing 5,700
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- El Samurai & Yujiro beat Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (8:14) when Yujiro pinned Hirasawa.
- Jushin Liger, Milano Collection AT, & BxB Hulk beat Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue, & Tetsuya Naito (12:32) when Milano pinned Naito.
- Riki Choshu & Takashi Iizuka beat Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma (2:52) when Iizuka beat Honma via sleeperhold.
- Manabu Nakanishi pinned Orlando Jordan (7:59).
- Shinsuke Nakamura & Black Strong Machine beat Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii (11:58) when Nakamura pinned Ishii.
- Dragon Gate International Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Jado & Gedo beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda (14:51) when Jado forced Kanda to submit.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Minoru beat Ryusuke Taguchi (18:27) via submission.
- IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shiro Koshinaka (15:47) when Tomko pinned Tenzan.
- Yuji Nagata pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (23:34) to win the IWGP Title.
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New Japan Brave 2008
April 27, 2008 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gymnasium drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Jado, Gedo, & Karl Anderson beat Yujiro, Mitsuhide Hirasawa, & Kazuchika Okada (5:30) when Anderson pinned Okada.
- Milano Collection AT & Minoru beat Shiro Koshinaka & Akira (6:14) when Milano pinned Akira.
- Hirooki Goto & Giant Bernard beat Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (8:33) when Bernard pinned Honma.
- Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani beat Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:56) when Tanaka pinned Taguchi.
- Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, & Jushin Liger beat Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask IV, & Tetsuya Naito (8:52) when Chono pinned Naito.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Wataru Inoue pinned Christopher Daniels (19:28).
- IWGP Tag Champs Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka (15:14) when Makabe pinned Tenzan.
- Keiji Mutoh pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (22:34) to win the IWGP Title.
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New Japan Soul 2010
July 19, 2010 in Tsukisamu, Japan
Alpha Court Dome drawing 5,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Tama Tonga & Taichi beat Kyosuke Mikami & Akira (7:29) when Taichi pinned Mikami.
- Kishida pinned Gedo (8:41).
- Manabu Nakanishi, Hirooki Goto, & King Fale beat Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine, & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (9:20) when Goto pinned Hirasawa.
- Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai (13:59) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Taguchi pinned Samurai.
- Toru Yano beat Tajiri (5:56) via submission.
- IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue and Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito (36:55) in a "dogfight" match. To win the match a team had to win two straight falls.
- Inoue pinned Anderson (12:32).
- Naito pinned Inoue (4:17).
- Bernard pinned Takahashi (8:53).
- Anderson pinned Inoue (11:13).
- Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Takashi Iizuka (20:00) via sleeperhold.
- IWGP Champ Togi Makabe pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (18:15).
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G1 Climax Special 2010
September 26, 2010 in Kobe, Japan
World Hall drawing 7,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Tama Tonga & King Fale beat Taichi & Kyosuke Mikami (7:13) when Tonga pinned Mikami.
- Riki Choshu, Manabu Nakanishi, & Tiger Mask IV beat Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi, & Tomohiro Ishii (8:51) when Tiger pinned Ishii.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jado & Gedo (15:50) when Taguchi pinned Gedo.
- Tajiri beat Toru Yano (6:14) via DQ.
- Koji Kanemoto pinned Davey Richards (15:19).
- IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue (20:06) when Anderson pinned Inoue.
- Satoshi Kojima pinned Tomoaki Honma (9:10).
- Shinsuke Nakamura & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto (18:07) when Nakamura pinned Tanahashi.
- IWGP Champ Togi Makabe pinned Masato Tanaka (18:08).
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New Japan Alive 2010
December 11, 2010 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 6,115
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- King Fale beat Hiromu Takahashi (8:04) via submission.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Gedo (8:43) via submission.
- Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga (9:25) when Nakanishi forced Tonga to submit.
- Tomohiro Ishii pinned Tiger Mask IV (8:27).
- Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (12:39) when Takahashi pinned Shelley.
- IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue (17:23) when Bernard pinned Inoue.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Prince Devitt pinned Davey Richards (13:04).
- Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (10:46) when Yano pinned Honma.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Hirooki Goto (16:55).
- IWGP Champ Satoshi Kojima pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (19:17).
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New Japan Soul 2011
July 18, 2011 in Sapporo, Japan
Makomanai Ice Arena drawing 5,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Masato Tanaka, Yujiro Takahashi, Jado, & Gedo beat Strong Man, Tomoaki Honma, & two Killer Rabbits (9:38) when Takahashi pinned a Rabbit.
- Jushin Liger pinned Hector Garza (7:55).
- Shinsuke Nakamura, Takashi Iizuka, & Tomohiro Ishii beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue, & King Fale (10:28) when Nakamura pinned Fale.
- Yuji Nagata beat Hideo Saito (9:56) via DQ.
- Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask IV beat Taka Michinoku & Taichi (7:18) when Tiger forced Taichi to submit.
- Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Kishida beat Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, & Daisuke Sasaki (15:29) when Taguchi pinned Sasaki.
- Hirooki Goto pinned Karl Anderson (10:20).
- IWGP I-C Champ MVP beat Toru Yano (12:03) via submission.
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Satoshi Kojima (13:39).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Giant Bernard (27:54).
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Kantaro Hoshino Memorial Show
September 19, 2011 in Kobe, Japan
World Hall drawing 7,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Taka Michinoku & Taichi beat Tomoaki Honma & Kyosuke Mikami (8:30) when Taka forced Mikami to submit.
- Koji Kanemoto beat Makai #28 (5:25) via submission.
- Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, & Gedo beat Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tama Tonga, & Killer Rabbit (12:42) when Yano pinned Rabbit.
- Yuji Nagata pinned Hideo Saito (9:24).
- Prince Devitt pinned Kushida (13:30) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Masato Tanaka, Davey Richards, & Rocky Romero beat MVP, Tiger Mask IV, & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:02) when Richards pinned Taguchi.
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Wataru Inoue (13:02).
- Tetsuya Naito pinned Yujiro Takahashi (12:37).
- Togi Makabe pinned Lance Archer (11:22).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (26:07).
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New Japan Alive 2011
December 4, 2011 in Osaka, Japan
Prefectural Gym drawing 8,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Karl Anderson & Killer Rabbit beat Jado & Gedo (4:47) when Rabbit pinned Gedo.
- Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, & Rocky Romero beat Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tama Tonga (9:33) when Romero pinned Taguchi.
- Takashi Sugiura & Atsushi Aoki beat Hirooki Goto & Kushida (11:13) when Sugiura pinned Kushida.
- Yoshihiro Takayama & Lance Archer beat Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue (10:28) when Takayama pinned Inoue.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito (10:25) when Tenzan forced Iizuka to submit.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Prince Devitt pinned Davey Richards (12:16).
- IWGP I-C Chap Masato Tanaka pinned MVP (10:09).
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Giant Bernard (11:53).
- Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Tetsuya Naito (13:15).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Yuji Nagata (30:16).
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Invasion Attack 2013
April 7, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV & iPPV
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Kushida & Alex Shelley beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:42) when Kushida pinned Taguchi.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine, & Akebono beat Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi Hashi, & Bob Sapp (10:00) when Nakanishi pinned Hashi.
- CMLL Tag Champs El Terrible & Tama Tonga beat La Mascara & Valiente (8:57) when Terrible pinned Valiente.
- Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (10:41) when Tanaka pinned Honma.
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Toru Yano (10:09).
- Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata (11:32) when Nagata TKO Sakuraba.
- NWA World Champ Rob Conway pinned Satoshi Kojima (14:24).
- IWGP I-C Champ Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Davey Boy Smith, Jr. (18:04).
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (31:41) to win the IWGP Title.
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Invasion Attack 2014
April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
Sump Hall drawing 8,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV & iPPV
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Matt & Nick Jackson beat Kota Ibushi & El Desperado (11:47) when Matt pinned Desperado.
- Yuji Nagata, Kazushi Sakuraba, & Togi Makabe beat Minoru Suzuki, Taka Michinoku, & Taichi (9:39) when Sakuraba forced Taichi to submit.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Rob Conway & Jax Dane (10:06) to win the NWA Tag Title. When Tenzan pinned Dane.
- Daniel & Rolles Gracie beat Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (6:56) when Daniel forced Iizuka to submit.
- Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Prince Devitt (12:03).
- Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi Hashi beat Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga (8:43) when Okada pinned Tonga.
- Never Openweight Champ Tomohiro Ishii pinned Tetsuya Naito (17:45).
- IWGP Tag Champs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows beat Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (18:31) when Gallows pinned Goto.
- Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (26:49) to win the IWGP I-C Title.
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Back to the Yokohama Arena
May 25, 2014 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 7,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV & iPPV
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley, Kushida, & Bushi beat Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Mascara Dorada, & El Desperado (8:25) when Bushi pinned Desperado.
- Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Yujiro Takahashi, & Tama Tonga beat Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma, & Captain New Japan (9:03) when Takahashi pinned Captain.
- NWA Tag Champs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Rob Conway & Wes Brisco (11:38) in a "three-way" match when Tenzan pinned Brisco.
- Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin beat Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (8:00) when Suzuki pinned Yano.
- Bad Luck Fale pinned Tetsuya Naito (12:05).
- Kazushi Sakuraba TKO Rolles Gracie (5:33).
- Never Openweight Champ Tomohiro Ishii pinned Kota Ibushi (19:22).
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe beat Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (17:22) when Makabe pinned Goto.
- IWGP I-C Champ Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Daniel Gracie (10:24).
- IWGP Champ AJ Styles pinned Kazuchika Okada (26:05).
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Invasion Attack 2015
April 5, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,500
Shown live on NJPW World
- Yuji Nagata, Captain New Japan, Alex Shelley, Kushida, & Yohei Komatsu beat Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Sho Tanaka (8:14) when Shelley pinned Tanaka.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, & Tomoaki Honma beat Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, & Cody Hall (9:26) when Honma pinned Hall.
- Rocky Romero & Barreta beat Matt & Nick Jackson (12:33) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title when Barreta pinned Matt.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kenny Omega pinned Mascara Dorada (12:59).
- Michael Bennett & Matt Taven beat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (9:41) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Bennett pinned Anderson.
- Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto, & Tetsuya Naito beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, & Yoshi Hashi (13:49) when Goto pinned Nakamura.
- Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata (10:51) when Sakuraba forced Shibata to submit.
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Bad Luck Fale (15:59).
- IWGP Champ AJ Styles pinned Kota Ibushi (27:01).
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Invasion Attack 2016
April 10, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,078
Shown live on NJPW World
- Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson (3:45) when Fale pinned Robinson.
- Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, & Jushin Liger beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano, & Yoshi Hashi (7:06) when Nagata pinned Hashi.
- Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii beat Evil & Bushi (10:36) when Ishii pinned Bushi.
- Rocky Romero & Baretta beat Ricochet & Matt Sydal (15:78) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Romero pinned Ricochet.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kushida submitted Will Ospreay (15:07).
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshitatsu, & Michael Elgin beat Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson (14:46) to win the Never Openweight Six Man Tag Title when Elgin pinned Nick.
- Never Openweight Champ Katsuyori Shibata pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:47).
- Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (16:54) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Tonga pinned Honma.
- Tetsuya Naito pinned Kazuchika Okada (28:50) to win the IWGP Title.
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Sakura Genesis 2017
April 9, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,231
Shown live on NJPW World
- Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Liger, & David Finlay beat Hirai Kawato, Tomoyuki Oka, & Katsuya Kitamura (7:00) when Finlay pinned Kitamura.
- Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, & Chase Owens beat Togi Mabake, Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask W, & Tiger Mask IV (8:40) when Tonga pinned Tiger Mask IV.
- Yoshi Hashi, Rocky Romero, & Beretta beat Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, & Taka Michinoku (6:50) when Hashi pinned Michinoku.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi beat Gedo & Jado (10:26)when Kanemaru pinned Jado.
- Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale beat Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano(10:15) when Omega pinned Ishii.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Ricochet beat Tetsuya Naito, Seiya Sanada, Evil, & Bushi (11:30) when Robinson pinned Naito.
- Raymond Rowe & Hanson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (14:06) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Rowe pinned Kojima.
- Never Openweight Champ Hirooki Goto pinned Zack Sabre, Jr. (16:16).
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Hiromu Takahashi pinned Kushida (1:56).
- IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Katsuyori Shibata (38:09).
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Sakura Genesis 2018
April 1, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 9,882
Shown live on NJPW World
- Matt & Nick Jackson beat Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (9:23) when Matt submitted Owens.
- Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano beat Takashi Iizuka & Taichi (7:42) when Yano pinned Iizuka.
- Never Openweight Six Man Tag Champs Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa beat Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin, & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:20) when Tonga pinned Taguchi.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, & David Finlay beat Hirooki Goto, Jay White, & Yoshi Hashi (9:18) when Tanahashi pinned Hashi.
- Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Tetsuya Naito, Evil, & Seiya Sanada (11:27) when Archer pinned Evil.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Sho & Yoh and Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi (12:45) in a "three way" match when Desperado pinned Sho.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Will Ospreay pinned Marty Scurll.
- Cody Rhodes & Hangman Page beat Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi (23:52) when Cody pinned Ibushi.
- IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Zack Sabre, Jr. (34:58).
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