NJPW, 4/24/05 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet) (Look!)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
5,800 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Hiroshi Nagao beat Yujiro (6:59) with a chokeslam.
2. Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Masked CTU-M & Hirooki Goto went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
3. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Manabu Nakanishi beat Kendo Kashin (10:20) with the Hercules Cutter.
4. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (19:45) with an inside cradle.
5. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (3:59) with a Dragon sleeper.
6. Satoshi Kojima All Japan beat Togi Makabe (13:47) with a lariat.
7. Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Scott Norton & Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Shinsuke Nakamura (23:53). Yoshie used a diving body press on Yanagisawa (3:23). Norton used a powerbomb on Yoshie (10:20). Norton used a powerbomb on Iizuka (14:05). Nishimura used a backslide on Norton (14:42). Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Nishimura (16:44). Nakamura threw Chono out of the ring (18:46). Nagata used a reverse Nagata Lock III on Nakamura (23:53).
8. New Japan Cup - Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Manabu Nakanishi (19:21) with the Sling Blade.


Hopefully this is the start of bigger and better things for Tanahashi.

That is pretty sweet. Hopefully this means that we will see a Kojima/Tanahashi match in the upcoming future for the IWGP.

I think winning the G-1 Climax might be the next step for Tanahashi.

That would be good too......I just don't know if they are going to have him win this AND the G-1......but I sure wouldn't be against it.