Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005

Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
	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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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.

Production

Background

Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 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
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Submissions Only Tournament bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Masayuki Naruse

TKO

Ron Waterman