NJPW RESULTS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN
  • 08/14/2005 (11:34:13 am)
  • Keith Lipinski

11.500 fans

NJPW, 8/14/05 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
11,500 Fans
- Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Hirooki Goto beat Akiya Anzawa (8:41) with a crab hold.
2. Lizmark Jr. beat Takashi Iizuka (11:50) with a revolution-style side buster.
3. Hangman beat Hiro Saito (5:06) with a stretch buster.
4. G1 Climax - Semi Final: Masahiro Chono beat Shinsuke Nakamura (11:35) with a reverse STF.
5. G1 Climax - Semi Final: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Toshiaki Kawada (6:23) with a knee kick.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru, Jado & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask, El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara (18:20) when Jado used an inside cradle on Tiger.
7. Tatsutoshi Goto & Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki & Toru Yano (13:01) when Nishimura used a backslide on Yano.
8. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Kashin beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:34) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Yoshie.
9. G1 Climax - Final: Masahiro Chono beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:52) with a Shining Yakuza kick. - 5th time he's won the G1...1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, and now 2005  Whole theme of the match was Chono fighting in memory of Shin'ya Hashimoto. Chono had huge babyface heat the entire night in the building. The show ended with the crowd doing a loud "Hashimoto" call.
 
By the way, Fujita beat all men in his block during this tournament, then beat the biggest outsider New Japan has been using, but then lost to Chono...yes, that "he's still wrestling" Chono.
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