NJPW "SAPPORO FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY 1ST", 7/19/02 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
4,100 Fans
1. Wataru Inoue beat Toru Yano (5:06) with a crab hold.
2. Masayuki Naruse, Tiger Mask 4 & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat AKIRA, Gedo & GOKU-DO (8:12) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on GOKU-DO.
3. Shiro Koshinaka & El Samurai beat Osamu Nishimura & Rob Rage (7:36) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Rage.
4. Katsushi Takemura Jr. Trial Series 7th: Jushin Thunder Liger beat Katsushi Takemura (7:18) with a brainbuster.
5. Masahito Kakihara beat Tatsutoshi Goto (0:42) with a triangle choke hold.
6. Blue Wolf vs. Minoru Fujita went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
7. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Giant Singh & Hiro Saito (8:15) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Hiro.
8. G1 Climax - Block B Exchange Match: Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsumi Fujinami (5:30) by referee stop.
9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto beat Minoru Tanaka (c) (22:02) with a heel hold to become the 43rd champion.
10. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata & Kenzo Suzuki (16:16) when Sasaki used a Northern Lights Bomb on Suzuki.
11. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (19:08) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Rick (2nd defense).
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NOAH, 7/19/02 (NTV)
Fukuchiyama Park Gymnasium
2,400 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (9:36) when Izumida pinned Momota.
2. Scorpio, Bison Smith & Superstar Steve beat Richard Slinger, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (11:40) when Scorpio used a Mexican-style cradle on Morgan.
3. Daisuke Ikeda & Kishin Kawabata beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki (18:33) when Kawabata used a diving senton on Suzuki.
4. Vader beat Mohammed Yone (1:38) with an elbow drop.
5. Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA beat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Makoto Hashi (25:46) when Kobashi used a lariat on Inoue.
6. Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Akira Taue & Takashi Sugiura went to a no contest (10:55) when Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi interfered.
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima (19:48) when Sano used a Northern Lights Bomb on Morishima.
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NJPW "SAPPORO FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY 2ND", 7/20/02 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
1. Kyoko Inoue , Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki vs. Mima Shimoda , Etsuko Mita & Chaparrita ASARI
2. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Blue Wolf
3. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Manabu Nakanishi
4. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masahiro Chono & Osamu Nishimura
5. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
6. Kazuyuki Fujita Return Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masahito Kakihara
7. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Bas Rutten
Hokkaido Sports Center
4,100 Fans
1. Wataru Inoue beat Toru Yano (5:06) with a crab hold.
2. Masayuki Naruse, Tiger Mask 4 & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat AKIRA, Gedo & GOKU-DO (8:12) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on GOKU-DO.
3. Shiro Koshinaka & El Samurai beat Osamu Nishimura & Rob Rage (7:36) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Rage.
4. Katsushi Takemura Jr. Trial Series 7th: Jushin Thunder Liger beat Katsushi Takemura (7:18) with a brainbuster.
5. Masahito Kakihara beat Tatsutoshi Goto (0:42) with a triangle choke hold.
6. Blue Wolf vs. Minoru Fujita went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
7. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie beat Giant Singh & Hiro Saito (8:15) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Hiro.
8. G1 Climax - Block B Exchange Match: Tadao Yasuda beat Tatsumi Fujinami (5:30) by referee stop.
9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto beat Minoru Tanaka (c) (22:02) with a heel hold to become the 43rd champion.
10. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata & Kenzo Suzuki (16:16) when Sasaki used a Northern Lights Bomb on Suzuki.
11. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (19:08) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Rick (2nd defense).
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NOAH, 7/19/02 (NTV)
Fukuchiyama Park Gymnasium
2,400 Fans (Sell Out)
1. Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (9:36) when Izumida pinned Momota.
2. Scorpio, Bison Smith & Superstar Steve beat Richard Slinger, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (11:40) when Scorpio used a Mexican-style cradle on Morgan.
3. Daisuke Ikeda & Kishin Kawabata beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki (18:33) when Kawabata used a diving senton on Suzuki.
4. Vader beat Mohammed Yone (1:38) with an elbow drop.
5. Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA beat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Makoto Hashi (25:46) when Kobashi used a lariat on Inoue.
6. Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Akira Taue & Takashi Sugiura went to a no contest (10:55) when Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi interfered.
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima (19:48) when Sano used a Northern Lights Bomb on Morishima.
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NJPW "SAPPORO FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY 2ND", 7/20/02 (WPW)
Hokkaido Sports Center
1. Kyoko Inoue , Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki vs. Mima Shimoda , Etsuko Mita & Chaparrita ASARI
2. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Blue Wolf
3. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Manabu Nakanishi
4. G1 Climax Special Tag - Block A vs. Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masahiro Chono & Osamu Nishimura
5. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
6. Kazuyuki Fujita Return Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masahito Kakihara
7. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Bas Rutten
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.
