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  • Shows: 16
    Total attendance: 46,600
    Average attendance: 2,913
    Highest attendance: 12,000 on 4/7/02 (headlined by Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Jun Akiyama)
    Lowest attendance: 1,400 on 3/21/02 (headlined by Vader, Scorpio & Richard Slinger vs. Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura)
    Longest match: Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie on 4/7/02 at 24:07
    Shortest match: Vader & Scorpio vs. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue on 4/4/02 at 0:54

    NOAH "COME AND WATCH IN ARIAKE", 4/7/02 (NTV) (Buy Pt. 1) (Buy Pt. 2)
    Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
    12,000 Fans (Sell Out)

    1. Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Masashi Aoyagi beat Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida & Kishin Kawabata (11:34) when Momota used a horizontal cradle on Kawabata.
    2. Richard Slinger, Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Superstar Steve beat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue, KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki (11:01) when Slinger used the Chattanooga Choo Choo on Suzuki.
    3. Akitoshi Saito beat Kentaro Shiga (8:49) with the Sickle of Death.
    4. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura beat Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone (8:31) when Takayama used a high-angle German suplex hold on Yone.
    5. Scorpio beat Takuma Sano (10:56) with a flying front cradle.
    6. Jushin Thunder Liger New Japan & Minoru Tanaka New Japan beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (16:35) by referee stop (Tanaka beat Kikuchi).
    7. Vader beat Bison Smith (4:40) with a chokeslam.
    8. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Makoto Hashi beat Naomichi Marufuji (c) (21:28) by referee stop to become the 4th champion.
    9. Mitsuharu Misawa beat Kodo Fuyuki (15:43) with a running elbow smash.
    10. GHC Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Akira Taue beat Takao Omori (8:26) with the Ore Ga Taue.
    11. GHC Tag Team Title: Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (c) beat Manabu Nakanishi New Japan & Yutaka Yoshie New Japan (24:07) when Morishima used a backdrop suplex on Yoshie (2nd defense).
    12. GHC Heavyweight Title: Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jun Akiyama (c) (4:20) with a modified inside cradle to become the 3rd champion.

    NOAH, 4/6/02 (NTV) (Buy)
    Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
    4,600 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (9:39) when Kikuchi used a horizontal cradle on Momota.
    2. Makoto Hashi, Masashi Aoyagi & Kotaro Suzuki beat Kishin Kawabata, Mohammed Yone & Superstar Steve (13:37) when Hashi used a diving headbutt on Steve.
    3. Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Richard Slinger & Bison Smith (10:48) when Modest pinned Slinger after the Golden Gate Spin.
    4. Daisuke Ikeda beat Jun Izumida (9:35) with a sleeper hold.
    5. Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Takao Omori & Takashi Sugiura (12:36) when Saito used the Sickle of Death on Sugiura.
    6. Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & KENTA (20:13) when Inoue used an Argentine backbreaker on KENTA.
    7. Jun Akiyama beat Kentaro Shiga (7:42) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
    8. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Takuma Sano (6:11) with a high-angle German suplex hold.
    9. GHC Tag Team Title: Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (c) beat Vader & Scorpio (19:34) when Rikio used a lariat on Scorpio (1st defense).

    NOAH, 4/4/02
    Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #4
    3,500 Fans (Sell Out)

    1. Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Masashi Aoyagi beat Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida & Kishin Kawabata (11:57) when Aoyagi used an enzuigiri on Kawabata.
    2. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga beat Makoto Hashi & Mohammed Yone (15:20) when Shiga used a modified reverse DDT on Yone.
    3. Takeshi Rikio beat Superstar Steve (9:40) with a Sumo lariat.
    4. Richard Slinger, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Yoshinari Ogawa, KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki (13:14) when Slinger used the Chattanooga Choo Choo on Suzuki.
    5. Akira Taue beat Bison Smith (8:07) with a nodowa otoshi.
    6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Takeshi Morishima & Daisuke Ikeda (16:52) when Misawa used a running elbow smash on Ikeda.
    7. Vader & Scorpio beat Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue (0:54) when Scorpio used the Scorpion Twist on Inoue.
    8. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (17:43) when Kanemaru used a horizontal cradle on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 4/1/02
    Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
    1,800 Fans (Sell Out)

    1. Haruka Eigen beat Mitsuo Momota (7:26) with a backslide.
    2. Masashi Aoyagi & Kishin Kawabata beat Mohammed Yone & Kotaro Suzuki (12:30) when Kawabata used a lariat on Suzuki.
    3. Takashi Sugiura beat Superstar Steve (11:01) with an Olympic slam.
    4. Rusher Kimura, Akira Taue & Jun Izumida beat Tamon Honda, Kentaro Shiga & KENTA (15:36) when Izumida used the Meteorite on KENTA.
    5. Yoshinari Ogawa beat Masao Inoue (7:59) with a horizontal cradle.
    6. Mitsuharu Misawa beat Makoto Hashi (6:45) with a Tiger Driver.
    7. Takeshi Morishima, Takeshi Rikio & Daisuke Ikeda beat Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Bison Smith (13:05) when Ikeda used a Dai-Chan Bomber on Morgan.
    8. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Takuma Sano & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (13:01) by referee stop (Takayama beat Kikuchi).
    9. Vader, Scorpio & Richard Slinger beat Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (8:44) when Scorpio used the Scorpion Twist on Kanemaru.

    NOAH, 3/31/02
    Matsuyama ITEM
    3,000 Fans

    1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Masashi Aoyagi (10:05) when Momota used an inside cradle on Eigen.
    2. Donovan Morgan beat Superstar Steve (8:08) with the Sayonara.
    3. Kishin Kawabata & Mohammed Yone beat Kentaro Shiga & Kotaro Suzuki (11:29) when Yone used a muscle buster on Suzuki.
    4. Scorpio & Michael Modest beat Takuma Sano & KENTA (15:23) when Modest used the Reality Check on KENTA.
    5. Bison Smith beat Takashi Sugiura (10:02) with the Bisontenial.
    6. Akira Taue, Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Jun Izumida beat Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi (19:57) when Honda used a shoulder hold on Hashi.
    7. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Vader & Richard Slinger (6:24) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Slinger.
    8. Takeshi Morishima, Takeshi Rikio & Daisuke Ikeda beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (18:51) when Rikio used a lariat on Kikuchi.

    NOAH, 3/29/02
    Sasebo Sports Bunka Hall
    1,800 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (11:44) when Kikuchi used a legbreaker cradle on Momota.
    2. Kentaro Shiga won an 8 Man Battle Royal (11:04) when he pinned Richard Slinger. Participants: Takeshi Rikio, Daisuke Ikeda, Kentaro Shiga, Richard Slinger, Masashi Aoyagi, Kishin Kawabata, Superstar Steve & Kotaro Suzuki.
    3. Takeshi Morishima beat Mohammed Yone (9:14) with the Grand Canyon.
    4. Akira Taue beat Takashi Sugiura (8:13) with the Ore Ga Taue.
    5. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Scorpio & Bison Smith (12:16) when Takayama used a high-angle German suplex hold on Smith.
    6. Vader, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Jun Izumida (9:21) when Vader used the Big Van Crush on Inoue.
    7. Yoshinari Ogawa beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru (15:25) with a backdrop hold.
    8. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Takuma Sano & KENTA (18:53) when Hashi used a diving headbutt on KENTA.

    NOAH, 3/28/02
    Oita Prefectural Gymnasium
    2,200 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen, Masashi Aoyagi & Kishin Kawabata beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Kotaro Suzuki (12:36) when Aoyagi used a high kick on Suzuki.
    2. Masao Inoue beat Superstar Steve (10:31) with an Argentine backbreaker.
    3. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga beat Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone (16:10) when Kikuchi used a horizontal cradle on Yone.
    4. Bison Smith beat KENTA (9:37) with a horizontal cradle.
    5. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Takuma Sano beat Richard Slinger, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (20:22) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Slinger.
    6. Vader & Scorpio beat Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi (9:24) when Scorpio used the Scorpion Twist on Hashi.
    7. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (13:57) when Rikio used a powerbomb on Kanemaru.
    8. Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (19:13) when Honda used a shoulder hold on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 3/27/02
    Kumamoto City Gymnasium
    2,700 Fans

    1. KENTA beat Kotaro Suzuki (10:09) with a German suplex hold.
    2. Donovan Morgan won a 10 Man Battle Royal (10:08) when he pinned Tamon Honda. Participants: Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota, Haruka Eigen, Yoshinari Ogawa, Tamon Honda, Mohammed Yone, Donovan Morgan, Masashi Aoyagi, Kishin Kawabata & Superstar Steve
    3. Scorpio beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru (11:35) with the Scorpion Twist.
    4. Akitoshi Saito beat Masao Inoue (11:36) with the Sickle of Death.
    5. Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga (16:10) when Hashi used a flying reverse cradle on Kikuchi.
    6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Richard Slinger & Bison Smith (14:01) when Sano used a Northern Light bomb on Slinger.
    7. Vader & Michael Modest beat Akira Taue & Jun Izumida (6:21) when Vader used the Big Van Crush on Izumida.
    8. Takeshi Morishima, Takeshi Rikio & Daisuke Ikeda beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (21:45) when Ikeda used a Dai-Chan Bomber on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 3/25/02 (NTV)
    Okayama Budokan
    2,200 Fans

    1. Superstar Steve beat Kotaro Suzuki (12:21) with a moonsault press.
    2. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida (9:41) when Momota used a horizontal cradle on Eigen.
    3. Richard Slinger & Bison Smith beat Masashi Aoyagi & Kishin Kawabata (11:44) when Smith used a lariat on Kawabata.
    4. Kentaro Shiga beat Mohammed Yone (11:07) with a modified reverse DDT.
    5. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA (14:27) when Hashi used a diving headbutt on KENTA.
    6. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Akira Taue & Masao Inoue (11:51) when Takayama used a high-angle German suplex hold on Inoue.
    7. Mitsuharu Misawa beat Tamon Honda (5:36) with a running elbow smash.
    8. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Takuma Sano (11:58) when Saito used the Sickle of Death on Sano.
    9. Vader, Scorpio, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Takeshi Morishima, Takeshi Rikio, Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (9:08) when Vader used a powerbomb on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 3/24/02 (Samurai! TV) (Buy)
    Kyoto KBS Hall
    1,500 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida & Kishin Kawabata beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Kotaro Suzuki (10:33) when Izumida used a lariat on Suzuki.
    2. Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA (14:14) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on KENTA.
    3. Takeshi Rikio & Mohammed Yone beat Richard Slinger & Superstar Steve (12:38) when Yone used a muscle buster on Steve.
    4. Akira Taue & Masao Inoue beat Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (14:36) when Inoue used a horizontal cradle on Sugiura.
    5. Takeshi Morishima beat Bison Smith (7:02) with a backdrop suplex.
    6. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga (16:21) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Honda.
    7. Jun Akiyama beat Makoto Hashi (14:33) with an Exploder.
    8. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, Takuma Sano & Naomichi Marufuji beat Vader, Scorpio, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (10:43) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Morgan.

    NOAH, 3/22/02
    Fukui City Gymnasium
    1,800 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Masashi Aoyagi (11:22) when Eigen used a Samson clutch trap on Momota.
    2. Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga beat KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki (13:19) when Shiga used a cross armbreaker on Suzuki.
    3. Takashi Sugiura beat Mohammed Yone (10:47) with a skull sleeper.
    4. Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji beat Richard Slinger & Michael Modest (18:48) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Slinger.
    5. Vader & Scorpio beat Masao Inoue & Kishin Kawabata (9:39) when Scorpio used a head arrangement armlock on Kawabata.
    6. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Donovan Morgan & Bison Smith (7:47) when Takayama used a high-angle German suplex hold on Morgan.
    7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Akira Taue & Makoto Hashi (16:40) when Sano used a Northern Light bomb on Hashi.
    8. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Takeshi Morishima, Takeshi Rikio & Daisuke Ikeda (18:59) when Saito used face kick on Morishima.

    NOAH, 3/21/02
    Shizuoka Spring Water Marine Building
    1,400 Fans

    1. Mitsuo Momota beat Kotaro Suzuki (10:00) with a Samson clutch.
    2. Michael Modest won a 10 Man Battle Royal (16:56) when he used a la magistral trap on KENTA. Participants: Rusher Kimura, Haruka Eigen, Yoshinari Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Masao Inoue, Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan, Kishin Kawabata, KENTA & Superstar Steve.
    3. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone (13:17) when Rikio used a Sumo lariat on Yone.
    4. Akitoshi Saito beat Jun Izumida (10:26) with the Sickle of Death.
    5. Takuma Sano beat Bison Smith (4:40) with a crucifix hold.
    6. Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Naomichi Marufuji (17:23) when Shiga used a modified reverse DDT on Marufuji.
    7. Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Akira Taue & Makoto Hashi (16:01) when Akiyama used an Exploder on Hashi.
    8. Vader, Scorpio & Richard Slinger beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (13:49) when Scorpio used a side body press on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 3/19/02
    Kajima Municipal Gymnasium
    1,800 Fans

    1. Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (11:15) when Izumida used the Meteorite on Momota.
    2. Makoto Hashi & Kishin Kawabata beat Mohammed Yone & Superstar Steve (14:51) when Hashi used a diving headbutt on Steve.
    3. Naomichi Marufuji beat Kotaro Suzuki (13:31) with a horizontal kick.
    4. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Takuma Sano & KENTA (14:16) when Morishima used the Amaze Impact on KENTA.
    5. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga (16:08) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Kikuchi.
    6. Vader, Scorpio & Richard Slinger beat Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Bison Smith (13:07) when Scorpio used a revolution-style diving body press on Morgan.
    7. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (13:53) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Sugiura.
    8. Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (20:01) when Honda used a shoulder hold on Kanemaru.

    NOAH, 3/17/02 (NTV)
    Tokyo Differ Ariake
    1,800 Fans (Sell Out)

    1. Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen (8:19) with an inside cradle.
    2. Daisuke Ikeda, Kishin Kawabata & Mohammed Yone beat Rusher Kimura, Masao Inoue & Kotaro Suzuki (15:48) when Yone used a muscle buster on Suzuki.
    3. Richard Slinger beat Superstar Steve (10:48) with the Chattanooga Choo Choo.
    4. Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi beat Takuma Sano & KENTA (14:51) when Hashi used a diving headbutt on KENTA.
    5. Akira Taue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Jun Izumida beat Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Bison Smith (14:29) when Izumida used a lariat on Morgan.
    6. Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga beat Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (13:08) when Shiga used a modified reverse DDT on Kanemaru.
    7. Scorpio beat Takeshi Morishima (6:58) with a flying front cradle.
    8. Takeshi Rikio beat Vader (7:20) by DQ when Scorpio interfered.
    9. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (20:04) when Marufuji used a foothold arm-clutch cradle on Sugiura.

    NOAH, 3/16/02
    Mito Citizen Gymnasium
    2,400 Fans

    1. KENTA beat Kotaro Suzuki (10:18) with a Falcon Arrow.
    2. Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (11:50) when Izumida used the Meteorite on Momota.
    3. Naomichi Marufuji beat Ray Gordy (10:45) with a diving body press.
    4. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Kishin Kawabata & Mohammed Yone (12:15) when Rikio used a lariat on Yone.
    5. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga (11:52) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Kikuchi.
    6. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi beat Richard Slinger, Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Bison Smith (22:24) when Hashi used a reverse cradle on Slinger.
    7. Vader & Scorpio beat Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (9:20) when Vader used an elbow drop on Sugiura.
    8. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Takuma Sano beat Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue (21:13) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Inoue.

    NOAH, 3/14/02 (NTV) (Buy)
    Tokyo Korakuen Hall
    2,100 Fans (Sell Out)

    1. KENTA beat Superstar Steve (8:18) with a Falcon Arrow.
    2. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Kishin Kawabata (7:13) when Momota pinned Kawabata after Kimura used a lariat.
    3. Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone beat Tamon Honda & Kotaro Suzuki (15:24) when Yone used a muscle buster on Suzuki.
    4. Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Richard Slinger & Bison Smith (13:30) when Saito used the Sickle of Death on Smith.
    5. Kentaro Shiga beat Jun Izumida (10:56) with a cross armbreaker.
    6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (11:22) when Sano used a Northern Light bomb on Morgan.
    7. Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji (17:12) when Hashi used an avalanche-style Blue Thunder on Marufuji.
    8. Scorpio beat Takeshi Rikio (7:34) by DQ.
    9. Vader beat Takeshi Morishima (5:15) with a lariat.
    10. Akira Taue, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (14:17) when Kikuchi used a cross armbreaker on Sugiura.

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