BREAKING NEWS - Brock Lesnar Wins IWGP Heavyweight Title in Tokyo

Reported by Bob Magee of WrestleView.com
On Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 12:52 PM EST



(Picture courtesy of Strong Style Spirit)

New Japan ran their October 8th rally at the Tokyo Dome, claiming 38,000 paid. Results:

1. Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Tomohiro Ishii & Riki Choshu in 8 minutes, 37 seconds when Nishimura used a Figure-4 Leg Lock on Ishii for the win.

2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshito Sasaki defeated Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto in 9 minutes, 3 seconds when Takaiwa used a lariat on Inoue for the win.

3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Naofumi Yamamoto, Takashi Iizuka, & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Kamikaze, Ryoji Sai, Kohei Sato, & Shinjiro Ohtani in 15 minutes, 5 seconds when Tenzan used the TTD (Tenzan Tombstone Driver) on Kamikaze for the win.

4. IWGP Jr. Tag Titles Match: Minoru Tanaka & Hirooki Goto defeated Negro Casas & Felino in 10 minutes, 11 seconds when Minoru pinned Felino and Goto used the Jigoku finisher on Casas at the same time for the double fall.

5. Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Ka Shin defeated Charlie Haas & Mark Jindrak in 9 minutes, 41 seconds when Nakanishi used the Hercules Cutter on Haas for the win.

6. Matt Morgan defeated Yuji Nagata in 7 minutes with the Mount Morgan Drop (chokeslam/scrapbuster slam).

7. IWGP Jr. & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Double Titles Match: Black Tiger defeated Tiger Mask IV in 12 minutes, 1 second with the Tombstone Pile Driver.

8. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Yoji Anjoh & Toshiaki Kawada in 18 minutes, 11 seconds when Tanahashi used a Dragon Suplex Hold on Anjoh for the win.

9. IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita & Masa Chono (3-way match) in 8 minutes, 8 seconds when Lesnar used the F5 on Chono for the win.