| Wrestling World 2002 | |||
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 Jun Akiyama, who successfully defended theGHC Heavyweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 2002[1] | ||
| City | Tokyo,Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 52,000[1] | ||
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Wrestling World 2002 was aprofessional wrestling event produced byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in theTokyo Dome. Wrestling World 2002 was the eleventhJanuary 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,000 spectators.[1]
The show was the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show to feature wrestlers fromPro Wrestling Noah, with the main event of the ten match show being a successful defense of theGHC Heavyweight Championship as championJun Akiyama defeated NJPW representativeYuji Nagata. The show also featured a successfulIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defense byKendo Kashin.
The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggestannual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to theSuper Bowl".[2][3]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
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| 1 | Masahito Kakihara andMasayuki Naruse defeatedKatsuyori Shibata andWataru Inoue | Tag team match | 10:50 | ||
| 2 | El Samurai andMinoru Tanaka defeatedAkira andKoji Kanemoto | Tag team match | 12:31 | ||
| 3 | Kazunari Murakami and Yuki Ishikawa defeatedHiroshi Tanahashi andKenzo Suzuki | Tag team match | 08:00 | ||
| 4 | The Great Sasuke,Jushin Thunder Liger andTiger Mask defeatedDick Togo,Gedo andJado | Six-man tag team match | 20:12 | ||
| 5 | Manabu Nakanishi defeatedGiant Silva via countout | Singles match | 06:49 | ||
| 6 | Kendo Kashin (c) defeatedDaijiro Matsui | Singles match for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 05:43 | ||
| 7 | Hiroshi Hase andKeiji Mutoh defeatedOsamu Nishimura andTatsumi Fujinami | Tag team match | 16:44 | ||
| 8 | Naoya Ogawa vs.Kensuke Sasaki ended in a no contest | Singles match | 04:02 | ||
| 9 | Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan andSatoshi Kojima) defeatedGiant Singh andMasahiro Chono | Tag team match | 10:47 | ||
| 10 | Jun Akiyama (c) defeatedYuji Nagata | Singles match for theGHC Heavyweight Championship | 19:58 | ||
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