Wrestling World 2004

Wrestling World 2004
Information
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	02004-01-04January 4, 2004
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	40,000
Last Event	2003
Next Event	2005

Wrestling World 2004 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 2004 was the thirteenth January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 40,000 spectators. Main event of the 15 match show was a unification match between IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama. Nakamura won the match, retiring the NWF Championship after only being active for one year. The undercard saw NJWP main–stay Jushin Liger defeat Pro Wrestling NOAH's Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, marking the first time a NOAH championship changed hands at a January 4 Dome Show. Additionally Gedo and Jado successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against HEAT and Tiger Mask IV and Hiroshi Tanahashi retained the IWGP U-30 Championship against Yutaka Yoshie.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

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

• Hirooki Goto defeated Naofumi Yamamoto (6:21)

• Katsushi Takemura defeated El Samurai (6:53)

• Ryota Chikuzen, Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai and Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Enson Inoue, Michiyoshi Ohara and Hiro Saito (11:55)

• Shinya Makabe and Toru Yano defeated Blue Wolf and Wataru Inoue (10:18)

• Masayuki Naruse defeated Tadao Yasuda via disqualification (2:09), match restarted: Naruse won via stoppage (2:30)

• Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Akiya Anzawa (4:53)

• Gedo and Jado (c) defeated HEAT and Tiger Mask IV to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (17:15)

• Jushin Liger defeated Takashi Sugiura (c) to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (17:52)

• Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Yutaka Yoshie to retain the IWGP U-30 Championship (17:06)

• Josh Barnett and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami and Katsuyori Shibata (16:04)

• Osamu Nishimura defeated Minoru Suzuki (9:39)

• Manabu Nakanishi defeated Genichiro Tenryu (10:20)

• Yuji Nagata defeated Kensuke Sasaki via referee stoppage (12:10)

• Keiji Mutoh and Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (21:00)

• Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama (c) in a Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (Nakamura) and the NWF Heavyweight Championship. The NWF title was unified with the IWGP title. As a result, the NWF title was retired. (13:55)

External links

• Results