Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
2005 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event
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Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 (Japanese: 闘魂祭り～WRESTLING WORLD 2005, Hepburn: Tōkon Matsuri: Wrestling World 2005) was a professional wrestling television special event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Festival: It was the fourteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. Officially, the show drew 46,000 spectators.[1]
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Tiger Mask, who won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 2005[1] | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 46,000[1] (official) 36,000[2] (claimed) | ||
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The undercard of the show featured an eight-man "submissions only" tournament which Ron Waterman won when he forced Yuji Nagata to submit in the finals. The show also saw Tiger Mask defeat Heat to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and in the main event Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship. The show also featured a unique "Dog Fight" match between Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Chono defeated Chosu in the first match and as a result had to wrestle Tenzan in the next match.
Production
Background
As New Japan Pro Wrestling's January 4 Tokyo Dome event for that year, Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was a precursor to Wrestle Kingdom, which is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".[3][4]
Storylines
Wrestling World 2005 in Tokyo Dome featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
Results
Ultimate Royal bracket
The Ultimate Royal was an eight-man single-elimination tournament billed as an "Ultimate Crush rules battle royal".[7] Matches were fought under Ultimate Crush rules, akin to mixed martial arts rules.[8]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Masayuki Naruse | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | 2:35 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Nakanishi | 1:02 | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Nakanishi | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Toru Yano | 3:09 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Waterman | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 1:41 | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuya Nagai | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar | 5:46 | |||||||||||||
| Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 1:53 | |||||||||||||
| Blue Wolf | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Nagata | 5:49 | |||||||||||||
Toukon Cup tomoesen
The Toukon Cup tomoesen was a three-way match disputed in several one-on-one falls, similarly to a tomoesen in sumo wrestling.
| Fall | Winner | Loser | Method | Times[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masahiro Chono | Riki Choshu | Pinfall | 6:54 |
| 2 | Masahiro Chono | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Submission | 11:33 |