K & D's Matchlists
NEW JAPAN COMMERCIAL RELEASES 1997
NJ Tokon (Fighting Spirit) V Special Volume 36-’97 Best of the Super Jr. IV Best Bout
5/16/97 Kiryu: Liger vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. **
5/20/97 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Otani vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri. ***3/4
5/20/97 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Koji Kanemoto vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa. **1/2
5/24/97 Okayama: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Gran Naniwa. ***
5/26/97 Takamatsushi Sogo Taiikukan: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa. ****
5/26/97 Takamatsu Sogo Taiikukan: Koji Kanemoto vs. Ian Doc Dean.
6/1/97 Odawara Arena: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto. ****3/4
6/3/97 Yamagata: El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani. ****1/4
NJ Tokon V Special Jushin Thunder Liger Premium Issue
12/11/91 Nagoya Rainbow Hall: Liger vs. Fujinami. ***
9/24/93 Miyagi-ken Sports Center: Liger vs. Tiger Mask (Kanemoto). ***3/4
10/25/93 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Super Grade Tag League IV: Liger & Wild Pegasus vs. Hashimoto & Chono. ****
6/13/94 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan Best of the Super Jr.’94 Final: Liger vs. Delfin. ****
10/9/95 Tokyo Dome: Liger vs. Sano. ***3/4
10/20/96 Kobe World Kinen Hall: Liger vs. Muta. *1/2
4/12/97 Tokyo Retsuden V Special: Liger vs. Choshu.
5/26/97 Takamatsushi Sogo Taiikukan Best of the Super Jr. IV League Bout: Liger vs. Takaiwa. ****
NJ Tokon V Special Masahiro Chono Premium Issue
Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase & Takayuki Iizuka
Chono & Keiji Muto & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki & El Samurai & Takayuki Iizuka
NWA Title: Masahiro Chono vs. Kensuke Sasaki
Chono & Keiji Muto & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura & Masashi Aoyagi
Masahiro Chono vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Masahiro Chono & Chris Benoit vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Gran Hamada
Masahiro Chono vs. Scott Norton
IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Masahiro Chono vs. Shinya Hashimoto
Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito vs. El Samurai & Tadao Yasuda
IWGP Tag Titles: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
Chono & Great Muta & NWO Sting vs. Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi
IWGP Tag Titles: Masahiro Chono & Great Muta vs. High Voltage
NJ ’97 G1 CLIMAX PART 1 FIGHT AND GLORY
Commercial Tape 8/1-8/2/97 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8/1/97 G1 Climax Round 1
Kojima vs. Lord Steven Regal. **
Tenzan vs. Tadao Yasuda. *1/2
Junji Hirata vs. Scott Norton. **1/2
Chono vs. Michiyoshi Ohara. **1/2
Manabu Nakanishi vs. Muta. 1/2*
Hashimoto vs. Yamazaki. ***
8/2/97
Don Frye vs. Kazuyuki Fujita. *1/2
8/2/97 G1 Climax Round 2
Sasaki vs. Bagwell. *1/2
NJ ’97 G1 CLIMAX PART 2 FIGHT AND GLORY
Commercial Tape 8-2-8/3/97 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8/2/97 G1 Climax Round 2
Tenzan vs. Kojima. ***1/4
Muta vs. Norton. *1/4
Chono vs. Hashimoto. 3/4*
8/3 G1 Climax Semifinal
Tenzan vs. Hashimoto.***1/4
Sasaki vs. Norton. *
8/3 G1 Climax Final
Tenzan vs. Sasaki. **1/4
NJ Tokon V Special Series Volume 42-AIRFORCE WARS J
10/10/97 Koriyama Central Hall: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. ***1/2
10/13/97 Shizuoka: Liger vs. Takaiwa. ****
10/16/97 Yokkaichi Shi Taiikukan: Kanemoto vs. Ka Shin. *3/4
10/16/97 Yokkaichi Shi Taiikukan: Otani vs. Samurai. ***
10/23/97 Kumamoto Shi Taiikukan: Otani vs. Ka Shin. ***
10/25/97 Kagoshima Arena: Liger vs. Kanemoto. ***3/4
10/27/97 Nagasaki-ken Furitsu Taiikukan: El Samurai vs. Takaiwa.
NJ NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING BEST BOUT OF 1997
Commercial Tape
Highlights of matches from the following shows; 1/4 Tokyo Dome, 2/9 Sapporo
Nakajima Sports Center, 4/12 Tokyo Dome, 5/3 Osaka Dome, 7/6 Makomania Ice Arena,
G1 Climax Ryogoku Kokugikan, 8/10 Nagoya Dome, 8/31 Yokohama Arena, 9/23 Nippon
Budokan, 10/19 Kobe World Memorial Hall, 11/2 Fukuoka Dome
Complete Matches
6/5 Nippon Budokan Best of the Super Junior Final: El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto. ****1/2
8/31 Yokohama Arena: Naoya Ogawa vs. Scott Norton. -*
10/31 Hiroshima Sun Plaza IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masa Chono. . ***
12/8/97 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan SG Tag League Final: Keiji Muto & Chono vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi. ***1/4
Last Updated 10/6/2000