NJPW Tokyo Dome Show 01/01 -New Japan presnted the group’s annual January Tokyo Dome Show on January 4, 2001. A six-man tournament was held to determine a new IWGP World Singles Champion. -Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki. Sasaki pinned Kawada for the vacant IWGP World Title. -Jushin Liger and Manabu Nakanishi vs. Keiji Mutoh and Shinjiro Ohtani. Mutoh and Ohtani won the tag affair. -Shinya Makabe and Tatsuhito Kakaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka, IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Kanemoto and Tanaka won. -Satoshi Kojima vs. Kensuke Sasaki. Sasaki won by submission. -Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Tenzan pinned Nagata. -Takashi Iizuka vs. Kendo Ka Shin. Iizuka won by submission. -Masa Chono vs. Kensuke Sasaki. Sasaki won by submission. -Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Kawada pinned Tenzan. -Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto. No Contest. Crowd Estimate: 62,000. Research by Tim Hornbaker |
(NJPW) New Japan Pro Wrestling Results - 2001 |