Wrestling World 2004

Wrestling World 2004
Hiroshi Tanahashi, who successfully defended the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship at the event.
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 4, 2004[1]
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Attendance40,000[1]
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Wrestling World 2004 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. It was the thirteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 40,000 spectators.[1]

The main event of the 15 match show was a unification match between IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama. Nakamura won the match, retiring the NWF Championship after only being active for one year. The undercard saw NJPW mainstay Jushin Thunder Liger defeat Pro Wrestling Noah's Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, marking the first time a Noah championship changed hands at a January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. Additionally Gedo and Jado successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Heat and Tiger Mask and Hiroshi Tanahashi retained the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship against Yutaka Yoshie.

Production

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Background

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The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".[2][3]

Storylines

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Wrestling World 2004 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results

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No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[1]
1Hirooki Goto defeated Naofumi YamamotoSingles match06:21
2Katsushi Takemura defeated El SamuraiSingles match06:53
3Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai, Ryota Chikuzen and Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Enson Inoue, Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi GotoEight-man tag team match11:55
4Shinya Makabe and Toru Yano defeated Blue Wolf and Wataru InoueTag team match10:18
5Masayuki Naruse defeated Tadao Yasuda via disqualification (2:09), match restarted: Naruse won via stoppageSingles match02:30
6Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Akiya AnzawaSingles match04:53
7Gedo and Jado (c) defeated Heat and Tiger MaskTag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship17:15
8Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Takashi Sugiura (c)Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship17:52
9Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Yutaka YoshieSingles match for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship17:06
10Josh Barnett and Takashi Iizuka defeated Katsuyori Shibata and Kazunari MurakamiTag team match16:04
11Osamu Nishimura defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match09:39
12Manabu Nakanishi defeated Genichiro TenryuSingles match10:20
13Yuji Nagata defeated Kensuke Sasaki via referee stoppageSingles match12:10
14Bob Sapp and Keiji Mutoh defeated Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)Tag team match21:00
15Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF)Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship13:55
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Wrestling World 2004". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Keller, Wade (December 13, 2016). "New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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