January 04, 2003--New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo, Japan: Osamu Nishimura def. Tatsumi Fujinami, Yutaka Yoshie b Shinya Makabe (1st round of a tournament to determine an IWGP title contender), Ryushi Yanagisawa b Kenzo Suzuki (1st round), Makai Club I & Daimajin (Giant Silva under a mask) b Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto via DQ, Makai Club IV & V (who turned out to be Mitsuya Nagai as expected) b Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara, Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama & Koji Kanemoto b Tiger Mask & Masayuki Naruse & The Heat, Yanagisawa b Yoshie (wins title shot on 2/2), Shinsuke Nakamura & Michiyoshi Ohara b Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima b Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Takayama b Tsuyoshi Kosaka (becomes the first NWF champion since Inoki vacated the title more than 20 years ago), Yuji Nagata pinned Josh Barnett to retain the IWGP heavyweight title..
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