Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was the fourteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. Officially, the show drew 46,000 spectators.[1] The undercard of the show featured an eight-man "submissions only" tournament which Ron Waterman won when he forced Yuji Nagata to submit in the finals. The show also saw Tiger Mask defeat Heat to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and in the main event Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship. The show also featured a unique "Dog Fight" match between Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Chono defeated Chosu in the first match and as a result had to wrestle Tenzan in the next match.
| Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 | |||
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 Tiger Mask, who won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 2005[1] | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 46,000[1] (official) 36,000[2] (claimed) | ||
| January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | |||
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Production
Background
As New Japan Pro Wrestling's January 4 Tokyo Dome event for that year, Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was a precursor to Wrestle Kingdom, which 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".[3][4]
Storylines
Wrestling World 2005 in Tokyo Dome 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.[5]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gedo and Jado vs. Wataru Inoue and Katsushi Takemura ended in a time limit draw | Tag team match | 15:00 | ||
| 2 | Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match to determine the number one contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 10:30 | ||
| 3 | Tiger Mask defeated Heat (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 14:17 | ||
| 4 | Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuhiko Nagata 15 points to 11 points | Amateur wrestling-style exhibition match | 05:00 | ||
| 5 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Takashi Iizuka | Singles match | 09:45 | ||
| 6 | Satoshi Kojima defeated Osamu Nishimura | Singles match | 19:26 | ||
| 7 | Ron Waterman defeated Masayuki Naruse, Manabu Nakanishi, Toru Yano, Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar, Mitsuya Nagai, Yuji Nagata and Blue Wolf | Eight-man Ultimate Royal match | 22:55 | ||
| 8 | Ron Waterman defeated Masayuki Naruse via referee stoppage | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 02:35 | ||
| 9 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Toru Yano | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 03:09 | ||
| 10 | Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar defeated Mitsuya Nagai | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 05:46 | ||
| 11 | Yuji Nagata defeated Blue Wolf | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 05:49 | ||
| 12 | Ron Waterman defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament semi-final match | 01:02 | ||
| 13 | Yuji Nagata defeated Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar via referee stoppage | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament semi-final match | 01:53 | ||
| 14 | Ron Waterman defeated Yuji Nagata | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament final match | 01:41 | ||
| 15 | Masahiro Chono defeated Riki Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan | "Dog Fight" rules match | 18:27 | ||
| 16 | Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) | Singles match for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | 24:45 | ||
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Submissions Only Tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Masayuki Naruse | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | 02:35 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Nakanishi | 01:02 | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Nakanishi | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Toru Yano | 03:09 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 01:41 | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuya Nagai | Sub | |||||||||||||
| D. Sumyaabazar | 05:46 | |||||||||||||
| D. Sumyaabazar | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 01:53 | |||||||||||||
| Blue Wolf | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 05:49 | |||||||||||||
References
- "Wrestling World 2005". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- Meltzer, Dave (January 16, 2012). "Jan 16 Observer Newsletter: Cyborg busted for steroids, all the details, Edge and Horsemen going into WWE Hall, New Japan Dome Show review, 30 year Muchnick retrospective, TNA and Strikeforce shows, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 14–16. ISSN 1083-9593.
- "GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- 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.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.