First published at 22:17 UTC on December 13th, 2022.
Venue: Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
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Dark Match
Yuki Ishikawa vs. Munenori Sawa
Dark Match
Rocky “Azucar” Romero vs. El Blazer (aka Takuya Sugi)
Singles Match
Kevin “The Monste…
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Venue: Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
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Dark Match
Yuki Ishikawa vs. Munenori Sawa
Dark Match
Rocky “Azucar” Romero vs. El Blazer (aka Takuya Sugi)
Singles Match
Kevin “The Monster” Randleman vs. “The Diet Butcher” Alexander Otsuka
Singles Match
Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Takanori “Taka” Kunou
Tag Team Match
Kiyoshi Tamura & Ryuki Ueyama vs. Hidehisa Matsuda & Yuki Kotake
Singles Match
“The Warmaster” Josh Barnett vs. Tadao Yasuda
Singles Match
Naoya Ogawa vs. Mark “The Hammer” Coleman
IWGP Third Belt Title Match
“The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar (c) vs. “The Olympic Hero” Kurt Angle
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(This event not only marked the 1st event for Antonio Inoki’s “Inoki Genome Federation”, but also the last face-to-face in-ring meeting between Lesnar & Angle.
Angle, at that point was a Triple Crown Champion in TNA [now IMPACT] Wrestling becoming the promotion’s World Heavyweight & X-Division Champion in addition to being one-half of the promotion’s Tag Team Champions.
For Lesnar, this would mark his last non-WWE Match in Japan as he would go on to become a star in MMA [K-1 Hero’s & the UFC] before going back to the WWE in 2013.)
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