| Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 2006[1] | ||
| City | Tokyo,Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 31,000[1] | ||
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Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 (闘魂始動 ~ CHAPTER1 ~, "Fighting Spirit Starting ~ CHAPTER1 ~") was aprofessional wrestling event produced byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in theTokyo Dome. It was the fifteenthJanuary 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 31,000 spectators.[1]
The main focus of the 11 match show was the IWGP championship defenses in the semi-main event and the main event. In the semi-main eventMasahiro Chono andHiroyoshi Tenzan successfully defended theIWGP Tag Team Championship againstShiro Koshinaka andTakao Omori; while the main event featuredBrock Lesnar retaining theIWGP Heavyweight Championship againstShinsuke Nakamura. For only the second time in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Shows, no title changed hands.
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]
Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 featuredprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]