All Japan 10/03/2004 Results

Show started off with TAKA Michinoku and the rest of RO&D coming out to psyche the crowd for the show. TAKA then promised back to back RO&D title victories for later tonight. First match of the night was a young lion match as Shigeo Okamura faced off with Taichi Ishikari. Ishikari used his speed to escaped Okamura’s obvious size and power advantage. Ishikari managed to escape two exploder attempts and hit a DDT. Ishikari then connected with a springboard dropkick, but Okamura came back with a big lariat. The young heavyweight then dropped Ishikari on his head with an avalanche style brainbuster, but Ishikari would get a foot on the ropes to break the count. Okamura would nail a Stone Cold Stunner followed by another brainbuster in the centre of the ring to win the match. Tag action next featuring a contest between two young teams that almost went the 30-minute time limit! Lots of back and forth action till the final three minutes of the match where Miyamoto snuck in a British Fall DDT on Araya and Honma got the pin. Post match, Honma & Miyamoto layed out a challenge to the winners of either tag title match. The next match was a bit of a shocker as big John Tenta made his return to AJPW, but didn’t even get to tag into the match! Tenta’s partner Hines was quickly attacked and double teamed at the opening bell. Arashi hit a big sit out powerbomb on Hines for a quick two count, then he and Kono hit the Shinning Impact on Hines, followed by another powerbomb for the quick victory! The first title defense of the night was an incredible Jr title match! Hijikata took it to Hayashi at the opening bell and struck hard with kicks and a quick armbar attempt. Hayashi would take Hijikata out to the floor then hit an incredible twisting corkscrew plancha out on him! Hayashi continued countering Hijikata’s kicks into a dragon screw. Hijikata came back with a big leg sweep and tried several armbar attempts which Hayashi reached the ropes to break. Hayashi then missed two spinning heel kicks, but managed to hit the WA5 out of nowhere, followed by the Final Cut for a 2.9! A second Final Cut later and Hayashi retained his title in a true classic encounter! The next title match was a rather plodding affair. Tenryu immediately showed up the challengers when he bodyslammed the near 400lbs frame of Jamal right at the start of the match! Not to be outdone, Fuchi would back suplex the big monster later in the match! The challengers just didn’t seem to get any momentum going, and D-Lo fell to Tenryu’s 53Yrs Old for the champion’s to retain their titles. Young Katsuhiko Nakajima had the wrestling lesson of a lifetime when he teamed with his mentor against Mutoh & Hase! Sasaki had the power advantage early on, but the veteran team used a double team Shining Wizard to take him out! Young Nakajima came in and traded ground holds with Hase, before Mutoh tagged in and was welcomed by a series of hard kicks by the youngster! But Nakajima’s momentum was cut short as the senior duo doubled teamed him, Mutoh hitting the Shining Wizard off Hase’s back after Hase clipped Nakajima’s knee! Mutoh then hit a lone Shining Wizard followed by the moonsault press to end the match. The much anticipated tag title match was next, and the champions made a successful first defense of the titles after holding them for so long! The RO&D duo double teamed Nagata early on, but the NJPW ace fired back with hard kicks on Kea. As usual, KaShin didn’t sell much all for his opponents, being rather dominant with his submission skills, and even hitting two delayed brainbusters on heavyweight Kea! TAKA and Nagata had a good series of exchanges before Nagata stole a flash 3-count out of nowhere with a quick fireman’s carry hold. Main event time and Kojima took it straight to Kawada, hitting a release German suplex at the start of the match and countering a kick into a dragon screw! The two would then trade strikes, Kawada winning the exchange knocking down Kojima with a running face kick. Kojima came back with another dragon screw followed by a big back suplex. The two would then trade suplexes, and Kawada would take down Kojima with a big lariat and connect off the second turnbuckle with a back elbow drop for a one count! Kawada would try for a backdrop, but Kojima would counter into the Koji-Cutter and lock on the Koji-Max hold! Kawada would break the hold, but Kojima would knock him out of the ring with a running elbow shot. Back in the ring, Kawada would receive another Koji-Cutter, but rally back with a big vertical suplex followed by a dangerous backdrop! Kawada would follow up with a pair of nasty face kicks, the second busting Kojima open! Kawada hit a second dangerous backdrop followed by a big avalanche style brainbuster and ANOTHER dangerous backdrop! Kawada would then mercifully end the match with a powerbomb pin to retain the Triple Crown! All Japan Pro Wrestling “Super Power Series" Differ Ariake Arena – 1,500 Fans Shigeo Okamura beat Taichi Ishikari in 14:15 with a brainbuster. 65% Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto beat Hideki Hosaka & Nobutaka Araya in 27:51 when Honma pinned Araya after Miyamoto hit the British Fall. 67% Arashi & Masayuki Kono beat John Tenta & George Hines in 7:29 when Arashi pinned Hines with a powerbomb hold. 70% All Japan Junior Title: Kazu Hayashi beat Ryuji Hijikata in 20:31 with the Final Cut. 95% All Asian Tag Titles: Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi beat D-Lo Brown & Jamal in 21:30 when Tenyu pinned D-Lo after the 53Yrs Old. 56% Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase beat Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima in 14:01 when Mutoh pinned Nakajima with a Moonsault. 66% All Japan Tag Titles: Yuji Nagata & Kendo KaShin beat Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku in 22:23 when Nagata pinned TAKA with a fireman’s carry hold. 71% All Japan Triple Crown: Toshiaki Kawada beat Satoshi Kojima in 13:54 with a powerbomb pin. 59%