NEW JAPAN AT THE TOKYO DOME -- JANUARY 4, 2006
CROWD ATTENDANCE WAS ANNOUNCED AS 43,000. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MATCHES:
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BROCK LESNAR USED HIS "F5" TO PIN CHALLENGER SHINSUKE NAKAMURA. (Note: Lesnar had former Olympic and AWA star Brad Rheingans in his corner ... Referee for the match was Tiger Hattori).
HIROYOSHI TENZAN & MASAHIRO CHONO RETAINED THE IWGP TAG TEAM BELTS DEFEATING SHIRO KOSHINKA & TAKAO OMORI (Note: Chono pinned Koshinaka).
GIANT BERNARD (AKA A-TRAIN) BEAT MANABU NAKANISHI. GIANT WILL PROBABLY GET THE NEXT SHOT AT LESNAR.
KATSUYORI SHIBATA PINNED HIROSHI TANAHASHI.
AKEBONO MADE HIS NEW JAPAN DEBUT TEAMING WITH YUTAKA YOSHIE TO BEAT HIRO SAITO AND BLACK STONG MACHINE.
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