Giant Baba Memorial Cup

The Giant Baba Memorial Cup was a professional wrestling memorial event produced by the All-Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion, which took place from January 2 to January 14, 2002 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Hakata Star Lane in Fukuoka, the Nagasaki NCC Studio, Sasebo Sports Bunka Hall, Kokura Northern Gymnasium, Kagoshima Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka Central Gymnasium, and the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan. It was the second event held in honor of AJPW founder Shohei "Giant" Baba preceding the Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular in 2001 and was followed by the Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament three months later. Thirty-one professional wrestling matches were featured on AJPW's "New Year Giant Series" tour over a three-week period, with the opening rounds, semi-finals and the final match airing on Gaora TV.[10][11]

Giant Baba Memorial Cup
PromotionAll-Japan Pro Wrestling
DateJanuary 2-January 14, 2002
CityTokyo, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Osaka and Yokohama
VenueKorakuen Hall (January 2–3)
Hakata Star Lane (January 5)
Nagasaki NCC Studio (January 6)
Sasebo Sports Bunka Hall (January 7)
Kokura Northern Gymnasium (January 8)
Kagoshima Prefectural Gymnasium (January 9)
Osaka Central Gymnasium (January 11)
Yokohama Bunka Gym (January 14)
Attendance2,000 (January 2–3)[1][2]
2,200 (January 5)[3]
650 (January 6)[4]
1,600 (January 7)[5]
1,200 (January 8)[6]
1,350 (January 9)[7]
1,500 (January 11)[8]
4,800 (January 14)[9]
chronology
← Previous
Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular		 Next →
Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament

The Giant Baba Memorial Cup, held as a round robin tournament, had a uniquely different point system traditionally used by the Champion Carnival or World's Strongest Tag Determination League. Winners were awarded points on the duration of the match rather than simply defeating an opponent.[10][11]

  • A match under 5:00 min. would receive 5 points.
  • A match under 10:00 min. would receive 4 points.
  • A match under 15:00 min. would receive 3 points.
  • A match under 20:00 min. would receive 2 points.
  • A match ending in 20:00 min. time-limit draw would receive 1 point.

The participants were separated into two separate blocks; Shigeo Okumura, Nobukazu Hirai, Hideki Hosaka, Hi69, Mitsuya Nagai and Ryuji Hijikata were in "Block A" and Nobutaka Araya, Yaz Urano, Tomoaki Honma, Gran Naniwa, Kazushi Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka were in "Block B". The winners of each block, Mitsuya Nagai and Nobutaka Araya, faced each other in the tournament finals at the Yokohama Bunka Gym on January 14, 2002.[10][11]

Results

The Giant Baba Memorial Cup was a round-robin tournament consisting of two six-man blocks, and running from January 2 to January 14, 2002.

Final standings[11]
Block ABlock B
Mitsuya Nagai24Nobutaka Araya21
Shigeo Okumura14Masato Tanaka19
Nobukazu Hirai11Tomoaki Honma8
Hideki Hosaka8Kazushi Miyamoto8
Ryuji Hijikata8Gran Naniwa7
Hi690Yasu Urano0
Block A[10]Mitsuya NagaiNobukazu HiraiRyuji HijikataHi69Shigeo OkumuraHideki Hosaka
Mitsuya Nagai XNagai (4:27)Nagai (1:59)Nagai (3:00)Nagai (2:19)Nagai (7:16)
Nobukazu Hirai Nagai (4:27)XFujiwara (9:14)Hirai (5:18)Nagai (15:58)Hirai (4:30)
Ryuji Hijikata Nagai (1:59)Hijikata (9:05)XHijikata (7:41)Okumura (4:23)Hosaka (10:33)
Hi69 Nagai (3:00)Harai (5:18)Hikata (7:41)XOkumura (2:27)Hosaka (2:09)
Shigeo Okumura Nagai (2:19)Hirai (15:58)Okumura (14:23)Okumura (2:27)XOkumura (5:13)
Hideki Hosaka Nagai (7:16)Hirai (4:30)Hosaka (10:33)Hosaka (2:09)Okumura (5:13)X
Block B[10]Kazushi MiyamotoMasato TanakaTomoaki HonmaYasu UranoGran NaniwaNobutaka Araya
Kazushi Miyamoto XTanaka (5:54)Homna (7:13)Miyamoto (8:54)Miyamoto (8:06)Araya (2:08)
Masato Tanaka Tanaka (5:54)XTanaka (7:16)Tanaka (4:16)Tanaka (3:17)Draw (20:00)
Tomoaki Honma Homna (7:13)Tanaka (7:16)XHonma (8:16)Naniwa (12:24)Araya (1:14)
Yasu Urano Miyamoto (8:54)Tanaka (4:16)Honma (8:16)XNaniwa (6:37)Araya (1:48)
Gran Naniwa Miyamoto (8:06)Tanaka (3:17)Naniwa (12:24)Naniwa (6:37)XAraya (3:29)
Nobutaka Araya Araya (2:08)Draw (20:00)Araya (1:14)Araya (1:48)Araya (3:29)X
Final[10][11]
   
A1 Mitsuya Nagai Sub
B1 Nobutaka Araya 18:35
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