Wrestling World 2002

Wrestling World 2002
Information
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	02002-01-04January 4, 2002
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	52,000
Last Event	2001
Next Event	2003

Wrestling World 2002 was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome each year. Wrestling World 2002 was the eleventh January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,000 spectators. The show was the first January 4 Dome Show to feature wrestlers from Pro Wrestling NOAH, with the main event of the nine match show being a successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship as champion Jun Akiyama defeated NJPW representative Yuji Nagata. The show also featured a successful IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defense by Kendo Kashin.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Dark Match: Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse defeated Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata (10:50)
• El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka defeated AKIRA & Koji Kanemoto (12:31)
• Yuki Ishikawa & Kazunari Murakami defeated Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:00)
• Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV defeated Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo (20:12)
• Manabu Nakanishi defeated Giant Silva by Countout (6:49)
• Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Daijiro Matsui to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (5:43)
• Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (16:44)
• Naoya Ogawa vs. Kensuke Sasaki ended in a No Contest (4:02)
• Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono & Giant Singh (10:47)
• Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship (19:58)

External links

• Results