NJPW, 7/18/02 (NJTV Internet)
Satsunai Sports Center
2,000 Fans
1. El Samurai beat Toru Yano (6:51) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Masayuki Naruse & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura (14:30) when Wagner used the Wagner Driver on Inoue.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka & Tiger Mask 4 beat Koji Kanemoto, Gedo & GOKU-DO (15:40) when Tiger used a rounding body press on GOKU-DO.
4. Giant Singh & Hiro Saito beat Kenzo Suzuki & Blue Wolf (7:40) when Singh used a nodowa otoshi on Wolf.
5. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yutaka Yoshie & Masahito Kakihara (12:49) when Sasaki used a lariat on Yoshie.
6. Yuji Nagata beat Rob Rage (8:20) with a fireman's carry hold.
7. Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Rick Steiner beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA (11:18) when Steiner used a diving headbutt on Tenzan.
NOAH, 7/18/02
Kochi Resident Gymnasium
2,200 Fans
1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Masashi Aoyagi (10:33) when Momota used an inside cradle on Eigen.
2. Takuma Sano & Kotaro Suzuki beat Tamon Honda & Superstar Steve (13:57) when Suzuki used a high-angle front cradle on Steve.
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura beat Scorpio & Richard Slinger (15:43) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Slinger.
4. Vader beat Daisuke Ikeda (4:08) with an elbow drop.
5. Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kenta Kobashi & KENTA (17:58) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on KENTA.
6. Jun Akiyama beat Bison Smith (13:13) with a triangle choke hold.
7. Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa beat Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (15:20) when Ogawa used a backdrop suplex hold on Morgan.
8. Takeshi Rikio, Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Akira Taue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Makoto Hashi (17:13) when Rikio used a powerbomb on Kikuchi.
NJPW "SAPPORO FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY 1ST", 7/19/02 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
1. Blue Wolf vs. Minoru Fujita
2. Katsushi Takemura Jr. Trial Series 7th: Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
3. G1 Climax - Block B Qualifying Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tadao Yasuda
4. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata & Kenzo Suzuki
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Minoru Tanaka (c) vs. Koji Kanemoto
6. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
Credit: SSS
Satsunai Sports Center
2,000 Fans
1. El Samurai beat Toru Yano (6:51) with a chickenwing armlock.
2. Masayuki Naruse & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura (14:30) when Wagner used the Wagner Driver on Inoue.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka & Tiger Mask 4 beat Koji Kanemoto, Gedo & GOKU-DO (15:40) when Tiger used a rounding body press on GOKU-DO.
4. Giant Singh & Hiro Saito beat Kenzo Suzuki & Blue Wolf (7:40) when Singh used a nodowa otoshi on Wolf.
5. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yutaka Yoshie & Masahito Kakihara (12:49) when Sasaki used a lariat on Yoshie.
6. Yuji Nagata beat Rob Rage (8:20) with a fireman's carry hold.
7. Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Rick Steiner beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & AKIRA (11:18) when Steiner used a diving headbutt on Tenzan.
NOAH, 7/18/02
Kochi Resident Gymnasium
2,200 Fans
1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Masashi Aoyagi (10:33) when Momota used an inside cradle on Eigen.
2. Takuma Sano & Kotaro Suzuki beat Tamon Honda & Superstar Steve (13:57) when Suzuki used a high-angle front cradle on Steve.
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura beat Scorpio & Richard Slinger (15:43) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Slinger.
4. Vader beat Daisuke Ikeda (4:08) with an elbow drop.
5. Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kenta Kobashi & KENTA (17:58) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on KENTA.
6. Jun Akiyama beat Bison Smith (13:13) with a triangle choke hold.
7. Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa beat Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (15:20) when Ogawa used a backdrop suplex hold on Morgan.
8. Takeshi Rikio, Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Akira Taue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Makoto Hashi (17:13) when Rikio used a powerbomb on Kikuchi.
NJPW "SAPPORO FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY 1ST", 7/19/02 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
1. Blue Wolf vs. Minoru Fujita
2. Katsushi Takemura Jr. Trial Series 7th: Katsushi Takemura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
3. G1 Climax - Block B Qualifying Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tadao Yasuda
4. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata & Kenzo Suzuki
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Minoru Tanaka (c) vs. Koji Kanemoto
6. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
Credit: SSS
There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future, or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.
