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Some highlights from this year's set:
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan's Three-Match Series with Former Tag Team Partner Satoshi Kojima
* Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura's Continued Rise To The Top Of New Japan
* Kensuke Sasaki Goes Promotion-Hopping, As Wrestling's Top Freelancer
* The Surprising Conclusions To The Annual G-1 Climax
* Satoshi Kojima Reigns As Triple Crown Champion
* Genichiro Tenryu Still Going Strong
* KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Continue Their Rise To The Top
Best of Japan 2005 - Match Listing
Volume One
1. Kenta Kobashi + KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji + Takeshi Rikioh - Tag Team Tournament Final Match (11/28)
2. Taiyo Kea + Jamal vs. Satoshi Kojima + Kaz Hayashi - Real World Tag League Final Match (12/01)
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (12/05)
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima (12/11)
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi + Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kensuke Sasaki + Minoru Suzuki for the Vacant IWGP Tag Team Titles (12/11)
6. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Magnum Tokyo + Ryo Saito vs. The Florida Brothers (12/16)
7. CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (12/16)
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Yutaka Toshie + Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto, Naofumi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Nagao + Akiya Anzawa in an Elimination Match (12/23)
9. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. IWGP U-30 Openweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi (1/04)
10. KENTA, Kotaro Suzuki + Mohammed Yone vs. Ricky Marvin, SUWA + Yoshinari Ogawa (1/08)
11. Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1/08)
Volume Two
1. Mitsuharu Misawa + Takeshi Rikioh vs. Genichiro Tenryu + Shiro Koshinaka (1/08)
2. Minoru Suzuki vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (1/08)
3. Taka Michinoku vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Kaz Hayashi (1/10)
4. K-Ness + Susumu Yokosuka vs. Anthony Mori + YOSSINO (1/14)
5. CIMA, Second Doi, Don Fuji + Takagi vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Magnum Tokyo + Super Shisa (1/14)
6. Kensuke Sasaki vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (1/16)
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh (2/16)
8. Satoshi Kojima vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (2/16)
9. Tiger Mask IV vs. Jushin Lyger (2/20)
10. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Satoshi Kojima vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a Title vs. Title Match (2/20)
11. CIMA, Second Doi + Don Fuji vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Kennichiro Arai + Susumu Yokosuka (2/23)
Volume Three
1. Koji Kanemoto + Wataru Inoue vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Gedo + Jado (3/04)
2. KENTA, Ricky Marvin + Low-Ki vs. SUWA, Takashi Sugiura + Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3/05)
3. Mitsuharu Misawa + Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shinjiro Ohtani + Tatsuhito Takaiwa (3/05)
4. Jun Akiyama + Takeshi Morishima vs. Genichiro Tenryu + Minoru Suzuki (3/05)
5. Takeshi Rikioh vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (3/05)
6. Second Doi vs. YOSSINO (3/13)
7. Jado + Gedo vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Koji Kanemoto + Wataru Inoue (3/21)
8. Dick Togo + Sonjay Dutt vs. Masato Tanaka + Alex Shelley (3/22)
9. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima (3/26)
10. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Satoshi Kojima - Champions Carnival (4/09)
11. Keiji Mutoh vs. Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival (4/10)
Volume Four
1. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival Semi-Final Match (4/20)
2. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Taka Michinoku (4/20)
3. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Jamal - Champions Carnival Final Match (4/20)
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - New Japan Cup Semi-Final Match (4/24)
5. Genichiro Tenryu + Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi + Go Shiozaki (4/24)
6. Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA vs. KUDO + Kota Ibusa - Differ Cup Quarter Finals (5/07)
7. Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA vs. Kaz Hayashi + Spanky - Differ Cup Semi-Finals (5/07)
8. Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA vs. Ikuto Hidaka + Minoru Fujita - Differ Cup Final Match (5/08)
9. Minoru Tanaka + Hirooki Goto vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Koji Kanemoto + Wataru Inoue (5/14)
10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima (5/14)
11. Yoshinobu Kanemaru + Takashi Sugiura vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (6/05)
12. Koji Kanemoto vs. Minoru Tanaka - Best of Super Juniors (6/13)
13. Ikuto Hidaka vs. Minoru Fujita (6/25)
Volume Five
1. Taka Michinoku vs. Open The Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki (7/03)
2. KENTA vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/18)
3. Jun Akiyama + Makoto Hashi vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + Minoru Suzuki (7/18)
4. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (7/18)
5. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (7/18)
6. Keiji Mutoh vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Satoshi Kojima (7/26)
7. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - G-1 Climax (8/04)
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - G-1 Climax (8/07)
9. Yuji Nagata vs. Toshiaki Kawada - G-1 Climax (8/08)
10. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Minoru Suzuki - G-1 Climax (8/11)
11. Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - G-1 Climax (8/13)
12. Masahiro Chono vs. Toshiaki Kawada - G-1 Climax Semi-Finals (8/14)
Volume Six
1. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kazuyuki Fujita - G-1 Climax Semi-Finals (8/14)
2. Masahiro Chono vs. Kazuyuki Fujita - G-1 Climax Final Match (8/14)
3. SUWA vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion KENTA (9/18)
4. Kenta Kobashi + Akira Taue vs. Jun Akiyama + Genichiro Tenryu (9/18)
5. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Rikioh (9/18)
6. Koji Kanemoto vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Black Tiger (10/30)
7. Masahiro Chono + Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinsuke Nakamura + Hiroshi Tanahashi (10/30)
8. KENTA + Katsuyori Shibata vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Takeshi Morishima + Mohammed Yone (11/05)
9. Kenta Kobashi + Go Shiozaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki + Katsuhiko Nakajima (11/05)
10. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Genichiro Tenryu (11/05)
11. Akira Taue vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Rikioh (11/05)
12. Kensuke Sasaki vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Satoshi Kojima (11/19)
Please Note: DVD Match Listing varies slightly in order since there are seven discs involved. All matches are still included.
VHS BONUS MATCH: Yuji Nagata + Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinsuke Nakamura + Hiroshi Tanahashi
DVD BONUS MATCH: Iizuka/Kakihara vs. Nagai/Naruse (12/23)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Kojima/Hayashi vs. Sasaki/Nakajima (3/20)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Kawada vs. Nishimura (8/13)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Kanemoto/Inoue vs. Kakihara/Samurai (4/09)
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The Best of Japan set is a staple at Golden Boy Tapes. All of the greatest action from Japan, thirty-six hours, jam-packed onto six VHS Tapes or Nine DVD's. Almost all matches are shown in their entirety, and quality is very good overall. If ordering the DVD version, please ensure that your machine is compatible with DVD-R's - some units are better than others.
Some highlights from this year's set:
* Hiroshi Tanahashi's Reign as Under-30 Champion (against the likes of American Dragon, Masayuki Naruse, and Naomichi Marufuji), and his continued rise to the top of New Japan, leading up to an appearance in the finals of the G-1 Climax against Hiroyoshi Tenzan.
* Toshiaki Kawada reigns supreme in All Japan as Triple Crown Champion, including defenses against Genichiro Tenryu, Shinya Hashimoto, Osamu Nishimura, and Taiyo Kea.
* Injuries catch up to Yoshihiro Takayama, as he goes down in a blaze of glory to Kensuke Sasaki in the G-1 Climax after high-profile matches against Shinsuke Nakamura and Kenta Kobashi.
* Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Kiyoshi Tamura and others remind the world of the glory days of the UWF/UWF-I, as they strive for greatness with U-Style.
* Genichiro Tenryu and Kensuke Sasaki split their time between New Japan and All Japan, finding success and facing off with big names.
* HEAT dominates as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, despite a tough set of battles against former friend Koji Kanemoto.
* Kaz Hayashi puts the All Japan Junior Heavyweight division on the map, with exciting matches against Taka Michinoku, AKIRA, and Katsushi Takemura.
* Naomichi Marufuji and KENTA continue their run as GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Champions, feuding with various combinations of SUWA, Ricky Marvin, Kotaro Suzuki, and Yoshinari Ogawa. KENTA undertakes a thrilling series against Misawa, Kobashi, and Marufuji himself!
* Kenta Kobashi completes another year as GHC Heavyweight Champion, with amazing title defenses against Takeshi Rikioh, Yoshihiro Takayama, Jun Akiyama, Akira Taue, and Akitoshi Saito!
Best of Japan 2004 - DVD Set
Volume One
1. Naomichi Marufuji vs. U-30 Openweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi (12/09/03 - New Japan)
2. Toshiaki Kawada, Ryuji Hijikata + Taichi Ishikari vs. Taka Michinoku, Hi69 + Psycho (12/28/03 - Kaientai Dojo)
3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Minoru Suzuki (1/04/04 - New Japan)
4. Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki (1/04/04 - New Japan)
5. NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in a Title Unification Match (1/04/04 - New Japan)
6. Masayuki Naruse vs. U-30 Openweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi (1/28/04 - New Japan)
7. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka (2/04/04 - U-Style)
8. Yuji Nagata vs. Koji Kanemoto (2/06/04 - New Japan)
9. Mitsuo Momota vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (2/15/04 - New Japan)
10. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Final Match (2/15/04 - New Japan)
11. Taka Michinoku + Shiryu vs. Osaka Pro Tag Team Champions Billy Ken Kid + Tigers Mask (2/21/04 - Osaka Pro Super J-Cup)
12. Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takehiro Murahama - Super J-Cup Tournament Final Match (2/21/04 - Osaka Pro Super J-Cup)
13. Blue-K vs. Kaz Hayashi for the Vacant AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title (2/22/04 - All Japan)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Yuji Nagata + Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Osamu Nishimura (12/23/04 - New Japan)
Volume Two
1. Shinya Hashimoto vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (2/22/04 - All Japan)
2. American Dragon + Curry Man vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Gedo + Jado (3/12/04 - New Japan)
3. Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Shinya Hashimoto (3/19/04 - Fuyuki-Gun)
4. Masayuki Naruse vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (3/28/04 - New Japan)
5. Koji Kanemoto vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion HEAT (3/28/04 - New Japan)
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (3/28/04 - New Japan)
7. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Satoshi Kojima - Champions Carnival Semi-Final Match (4/20/04 - All Japan)
8. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazuki Okubo (4/28/04 - U-Style)
9. Shinjiro Ohtani + Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Masato Tanaka + Yoshito Sasaki (5/04/04 - Fuyuki-Gun)
10. Koji Kanemoto + Minoru Fujita vs. American Dragon + Rocky Romero (5/13/04 - New Japan)
11. Koji Kanemoto vs. Jushin Lyger - Best of Super Juniors Match (5/22/04 - New Japan)
12. Yuji Nagata + Kendo Ka Shin vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Satoshi Kojima + Kaz Hayashi (6/12/04 - All Japan)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Bob Sapp vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki (3/28/04 - New Japan)
Volume Three
1. Koji Kanemoto vs. American Dragon - Best of Super Juniors Semi-Final Match (6/13/04 - New Japan)
2. Tiger Mask IV vs. Koji Kanemoto - Best of Super Juniors Final Match (6/13/04 - New Japan)
3. Wataru Inoue, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto + Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Jushin Lyger, Katsushi Takemura, Gedo + Jado (7/06/04 - New Japan)
4. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7/06/04 - New Japan)
5. Kendo Ka Shin + Takashi Sugiura vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (7/10/04 )
6. Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (7/10/04)
7. Jun Akiyama vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (7/10/04)
8. Katsushi Takemura vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Kaz Hayashi (7/18/04 - All Japan)
9. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Satoshi Kojima (7/18/04 - All Japan)
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma (7/22/04 - All Japan)
11. Brother YASSHI, Shunji Condo, Touru Owashi + Takuya Sugawara vs. Kenichiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki, Second Doi + Susumu Yokosuka in an Elimination Match (8/01/04 - Dragon Gate)
12. Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masahito Kakihara - U-Style Singles Tournament Quarter-Final Match (8/07/04 - U-Style)
13. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hiroyuki Ito - U-Style Singles Tournament Semi-Final Match (8/18/04 - U-Style)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the Vacant IWGP Heavyweight Title (6/05/04 - New Japan)
Volume Four
1. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima (8/23/04 - All Japan)
2. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Milano Collection AT vs. Touru Owashi vs. Dragon Kid in a Four-Way Elimination Match (8/28/04 - Dragon Gate)
3. Osamu Nishimura vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (9/03/04 - All Japan)
4. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Open the Dream Gate Champion CIMA (9/17/04 - Dragon Gate)
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi + Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi + Katsuyori Shibata (10/01/04 - New Japan)
6. American Dragon vs. U-30 Openweight Champion American Dragon (10/24/04 - New Japan)
7. Koji Kanemoto vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion HEAT (10/24/04 - New Japan)
8. AKIRA vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Kaz Hayashi (10/31/04 - All Japan)
9. Mitsuharu Misawa + Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (10/31/04 - All Japan)
10. Taiyo Kea vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (10/31/04 - All Japan)
11. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki (11/03/04 - New Japan)
12. Koji Kanemoto vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion HEAT (11/13/04 - New Japan)
13. Toshiaki Kawada + Naoya Ogawa vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Hiroshi Tanahashi (11/13/04 - New Japan)
DVD BONUS MATCH: Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Toshiaki Kawada + Mitsuya Nagai (10/24/04 - New Japan)
Best of 2004 - Volume 1
1. Takeshi Morishima + Takeshi Rikioh vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Yuji Nagata + Hiroshi Tanahashi (12/06/03)
2. Kenta Kobashi, Takeshi Rikioh + Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Morishima + Makoto Hashi (1/10/04)
3. El Samurai + Wataru Inoue vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (1/10/04)
4. Genichiro Tenryu vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (1/18/04 - All Japan)
5. Takeshi Rikioh vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (3/06/04)
6. Yoshinari Ogawa + Kotaro Suzuki vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (4/03/04)
Best of 2004 - Volume 2
1. Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Yoshinari Ogawa (4/25/04)
2. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (4/25/04)
3. Kenta Kobashi + Tamon Honda vs. Jun Akiyama + Akitoshi Saito (6/01/04)
4. Kotaro Suzuki + Ricky Marvin vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (6/01/04)
5. Daisuke Ikeda vs. WLW Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima (6/01/04)
6. Kenta Kobashi vs. Bison Smith (8/01/04)
Best of 2004 - Volume 3
1. KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (8/28/04)
2. Low-Ki vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru (9/10/04)
3. Masao Inoue + Akitoshi Saito vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Yoshinari Ogawa (9/10/04)
4. Akira Taue vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (9/10/04)
5. KENTA vs. Kenta Kobashi (10/09/04)
6. Ricky Marvin + SUWA vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji + KENTA (10/22/04)
Best of G-1 2004 - Volume 1
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Koji Kanemoto (8/07/04)
2. Clips of Koji Kanemoto vs. Osamu Nishimura (8/08/04)
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/08/04)
4. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (8/08/04)
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki (8/10/04)
6. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Koji Kanemoto (8/11/04)
7. Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8/13/04)
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Koji Kanemoto (8/13/04)
9. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/14/04)
10. Masa Fuchi vs. Osamu Nishimura (8/23/04 - All Japan)
Best of G-1 2004 - Volume 2
1. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kensuke Sasaki - Quarter-Finals (8/15/04)
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - Quarter Finals (8/15/04)
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata - Semi-Finals (8/15/04)
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - G-1 Climax Tournament Final (8/15/04)
6. Akitoshi Saito vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi (10/24/04)
7. KENTA vs. Kenta Kobashi (11/13/04)
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Best of Japan 1990's runs THIRTY-SIX HOURS, and contains almost seventy matches all rated at ****1/2 or above! Available on Six VHS Tapes or Nine DVD's. Match Listing is below.
Best of Japan 1990 runs THIRTY HOURS, featuring all the best matches in the historic year that was 1990. The veterans of today as rookies, and all the blasts from the past - Tsuruta, Yamazaki, Kido, Hansen, Gordy, and many, many more! Available on Six VHS Tapes or Seven DVD's. Match listing is below.
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Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 1
1. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (6/8/90)
2. Aja Kong vs. WWWA Champion Bull Nakano in a Steel Cage Match (11/14/90)
3. The Steiner Brothers vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (3/21/91)
4. Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono - G-1 Climax Final Match (8/11/91) (JIP)
5. Mitsuharu Misawa + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy + Steve Williams - RWTL Final Match (12/6/91)
6. Masahiro Chono vs. Rick Rude - G-1 Climax Final Match (8/12/92)
7. Hiroshi Hase vs. The Great Muta (12/14/92)
8. Jushin Lyger vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Ultimo Dragon (1/4/93) (JIP)
9. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Masahiro Chono vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Keiji Mutoh in a Title vs. Title Match (1/4/93)
10. Terry Gordy + Steve Williams vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Toshiaki Kawada (1/29/93)
11. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada (2/28/93)
12. Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto (4/2/93)
13. Manami Toyota + Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai + Mayumi Ozaki (4/11/93)
Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 2
1. Chris Benoit vs. El Samurai - TOSJ Final Match (6/15/93)
2. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/29/93)
3. Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams - Triple Crown #1 Contender's Match (8/31/93)
4. Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue + Toshiaki Kawada - RWTL Final Match (12/3/93)
5. Dynamite Kansai + Mayumi Ozaki vs. WWWA Tag Team Champions Manami Toyota + Yoshiyo Yamada (12/6/93)
6. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (12/6/93)
7. Akira Hokuto + Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong + Bull Nakano (3/27/94)
8. Great Sasuke vs. Jushin Lyger - J-Cup Semi-Final Match (4/16/94)
9. Chris Benoit vs. Great Sasuke - J-Cup Final Match (4/16/94)
10. Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival Final Match (4/16/94)
11. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (6/3/94)
12. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Steve Williams (9/3/94)
Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 3
1. Chris Benoit + Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Great Sasuke + Eddie Guerrero - SG Jr. Tag League Final Match (10/16/94)
2. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota - V*Top Tournament Match (11/20/94)
3. Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai - V*Top Tournament Match (11/20/94)
4. Aja Kong vs. Akira Hokuto - V*Top Tournament Match (11/20/94)
5. Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk in a Barbed Wire Match (1/08/95)
6. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (1/19/95)
7. Akira Taue + Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi (1/24/95)
8. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue - Champions Carnival Final Match (4/15/95)
9. Akira Taue + Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi (6/9/95)
10. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (7/24/95)
Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 4
1. Dynamite Kansai vs. WWWA Champion Aja Kong (8/30/95)
2. Manami Toyota + Sakie Hasegawa vs. WWWA Tag Team Champions Takako Inoue + Kyoko Inoue in a 2/3 Falls Match (8/30/95)
3. Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Akira Taue + Toshiaki Kawada (10/15/95)
4. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit - J-Cup Quarter Final Match (12/13/95)
5. Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Ultimo Dragon - J-Cup Quarter Final Match (12/13/95)
6. Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Lyger - J-Cup Semi-Final Match (12/13/95)
7. Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (12/13/95)
8. Jushin Lyger vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto (1/4/96) (Shaky VQ)
9. Vader vs. Antonio Inoki (1/4/96) (Shaky VQ)
10. Mitsuharu Misawa + Jun Akiyama vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Steve Williams + Johnny Ace (6/7/96)
11. Akira Taue vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (6/96)
12. Black Tiger vs. Jushin Lyger - Best of Super Juniors Tournament Final (6/10/96)
13. Jushin Lyger vs. Dick Togo (6/17/96)
14. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Ohtani - J-Crown Semi-Final Match (8/4/96)
Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 5
1. Great Sasuke vs. Ultimo Dragon - J-Crown Final Match (8/5/96)
2. Taka Michinoku, Shoichi Funaki, Dick Togo, Shiryu + Mens Teioh vs. Gran Naniwa, Super Delfin, Tiger Mask IV, Masato Yakushiji + Gran Hamada (10/10/96)
3. Great Sasuke vs. J-Crown Champion Ultimo Dragon (10/11/96) (JIP)
4. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi (10/18/96)
5. Mitsuharu Misawa + Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada + Akira Taue - RWTL Final Match (12/6/96)
6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi (1/20/97)
7. Hayabusa vs. Mr. Gannosuke (5/97)
8. Koji Kanemoto vs. El Samurai - BOSJ Final match (6/97)
9. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (6/6/97)
10. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (10/21/97)
11. Akira Taue + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa + Jun Akiyama - RWTL Final Match (12/5/97)
Best of Japan 1990's - Volume 6
1. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada (6/12/98)
2. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu - G-1 Quarter Final Match (8/1/98)
3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi (10/31/98)
4. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (1/22/99)
5. Mitsuharu Misawa + Yoshinari Ogawa vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Kenta Kobashi + Jun Akiyama (3/99)
6. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (6/11/99)
7. Ayako Hamada + AKINO vs. Arsion Tag Team Champions Etsuko Mita + Mima Shimoda (12/99)
DVD BONUS MATCHES:
1. Jun Akiyama vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa (1/98)
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (9/90)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 1
1. The Fantastics vs. AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada + Ricky Fuyuki (1/03)
2. Masahiro Chono + Shiro Koshinaka vs. Super Strong Machine + Naoki Sano - Tag Tournament Final Match (1/05)
3. Tarzan Goto vs. Masanobu Kurisu - Singles Tournament Final Match (1/07)
4. Devil Masami vs. Eagle Sawai (1/07)
5. Genichiro Tenryu + Ricky Fuyuki vs. Jumbo Tsuruta + Tiger Mask II (1/14)
6. Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada (1/16)
7. Jushin Lyger vs. Hiro Saito - IWGP Junior Title Tournament (1/18)
8. Jushin Lyger vs. AKIRA - IWGP Junior Title Tournament (1/25)
9. Jushin Lyger vs. Naoki Sano - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Final Match (1/31)
10. Jushin Lyger vs. Owen Hart (2/08)
11. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (2/09)
12. Stan Hansen vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Vader (2/10)
13. Jumbo Tsuruta + Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Kengo Kimura + Osamu Kido (2/10)
14. Genichiro Tenryu + Tiger Mask II vs. Riki Choshu + George Takano (2/10)
15. Konnan vs. Rey Mysterio (2/12)
16. Atsushi Onita vs. Masanobu Kurisu in a Barbed Wire Match (2/12)
17. Stan Hansen + Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta + Yoshiaki Yatsu (3/02)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 2
1. Chris Benoit + Cheetah Kid vs. Jushin Lyger + Takashi Iizuka (3/02)
2. Gran Hamada vs. Perry Aguayo (3/02)
3. Perro Aguayo vs. UWA Light Heavyweight Champion Gran Hamada (3/05)
4. Barry Windham vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (3/06)
5. Steve Williams + Terry Gordy vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Genichiro Tenryu + Stan Hansen (3/06)
6. Jushin Lyger vs. Cheetah Kid (3/16)
7. Chris Benoit vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (3/19)
8. Tiger Mask II vs. Bret Hart (4/13)
9. Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen (4/13)
10. Genichiro Tenryu vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (4/19)
11. Dan Kroffat + Doug Furnas vs. AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Champions Tiger Mask II + Kenta Kobashi (4/19)
12. Stan Hansen + Dan Spivey vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Terry Gordy + Steve Williams (4/19)
13. Devil Masami vs. Cutie Suzuki (4/20)
14. Keiji Mutoh + Masahiro Chono vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Shinya Hashimoto + Masa Saito (4/27)
15. Ryuma Go vs. Masaji Aoyagi (5/05)
16. Jushin Lyger vs. Shiro Koshinaka (5/05)
17. Jushin Lyger vs. Osamu Matsuda (5/06)
18. Tiger Mask II + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu + Ricky Fuyuki (5/14)
19. Wild Bullman vs. FMW Brass Knuckles Champion Atsushi Onita in a Chain Match (5/14)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 3
1. Davey Boy Smith + Johnny Smith vs. AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Champions Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi (5/22)
2. Keiji Mutoh vs. Riki Choshu (5/24)
3. Hiroshi Hase + Shiro Koshinaka vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Keiji Mutoh + Masahiro Chono (5/28)
4. Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta + The Great Kabuki (6/01)
5. Perry Aguayo vs. UWA Light Heavyweight Champion Gran Hamada (6/01)
6. Chris Benoit vs. Jushin Lyger (6/01)
7. Stan Hansen vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Vader (6/02)
8. Keiji Mutoh vs. Shinya Hashimoto - #1 Contender Tournament Final Match (6/02)
9. Terry Gordy vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (6/05)
10. Negro Casas vs. UWA Middleweight Champion Yoshihiro Asai (Ultimo Dragon)(6/07)
11. Abdullah the Butcher vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (6/08)
12. Stan Hansen vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Terry Gordy (6/08)
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/08)
14. Stan Hansen + Riki Choshu vs. Vader + Higo Hamaguchi (6/14)
15. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, Super Strong Machine + Animal Hamaguchi vs. Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki, Shiro Koshinaka, Kantaro Hoshino + Kuniaki Kobayashi [4:01-4:25] (6/26/90)
16. Mitsuharu Misawa + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruat + Yoshiaki Yatsu (7/01)
17. Owen Hart vs. Keiji Mutoh (7/05)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 4
1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Masa Fuchi (7/12)
2. Terry Gordy vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Stan Hansen (7/17)
3. Jumbo Tsuruta + The Great Kabuki vs. AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Steve Williams + Terry Gordy (7/19)
4. Atsushi Onita + Fumiharu Asako vs. Tarzan Goto + Mr. Pogo (7/25)
5. Pete Roberts vs. AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Masa Fuchi (7/28)
6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Stan Hansen (7/28)
7. Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto in a Barbed Wire Cage Match (8/04)
8. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota (8/19)
9. Chris Benoit vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (8/19)
10. Riki Choshu vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Vader (8/19)
11. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (8/31)
12. Steve Williams vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Stan Hansen (9/01)
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (9/01)
14. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano in a Steel Cage Match (9/01)
15. The Fantastics vs. Kenta Kobashi + Johnny Ace - AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Championship (9/07)
16. The Great Muta vs. Shiro Koshinaka (9/07)
17. The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase (9/14)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 5
1. Mitsuharu Misawa + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy + Steve Williams (10/07)
2. Hiroshi Hase vs. Ricky Steamboat (10/14)
3. Genichiro Tenryu vs. George Takano (10/19)
4. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi + Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masa Fuchi + Akira Taue (10/19) (*****)
5. Hiroshi Hase vs. Keiji Mutoh (10/25)
6. Mongolian Mauler vs. FMW Brass Knuckles Champion Atsushi Onita (10/26)
7. The Great Muta vs. Ricky Steamboat (10/30)
8. Jushin Lyger vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit (11/01)
9. Keiji Mutoh + Masahiro Chono vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (11/01)
10. Shinya Hashimoto vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Riki Choshu (11/01)
11. Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo in a Texas Death Match (11/05)
12. Manami Toyota + Kyoko Inoue vs. WWWA Tag Team Champions Akira Hokuto + Suzuka Minami (11/14)
13. Aja Kong vs. WWWA Champion Bull Nakano in a Steel Cage Match (11/14)
14. Jumbo Tsuruta + Akira Taue vs. Steve Williams + Terry Gordy (11/25)
15. Aja Kong, Bull Nakano + Bison Kimura vs. Manami Toyota, Suzuka Minami + Madusa (11/26)
Best of Japan 1990 - Volume 6
1. Steve Williams + Terry Gordy vs. Mitsuharu Misawa + Toshiaki Kawada (12/01)
2. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ted DiBiase (12/07)
3. Stan Hansen + Dan Spivey vs. Steve Williams + Terry Gordy - RWTL Final Match (12/07)
4. Dick Murdoch vs. Jos LeDuc in a Chain Match (12/10)
5. J Blayman + Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Atsushi Onita + Tarzan Goto in a Barbed Wire Match (12/10)
6. Super Strong Machine + Tatsutoshi Goto vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (12/11)
7. Shiro Koshinaka + Takashi Iizuka vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (12/13)
8. Masahiro Chono vs. Lou Thesz (12/26)
9. Negro Casas vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Jushin Lyger (12/26)
10. Super Strong Machine + Hiro Saito vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Hase + Kensuke Sasaki (12/26)
DVD BONUS MATCHES:
All the stars of Best of Japan 1990 ten years in the future!
1. Masahiro Chono vs. Keiji Mutoh (1/00)
2. Kenta Kobashi vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Vader (2/00)
3. Gran Hamada vs. Jushin Lyger - J-Cup Match (4/00)
4. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10/00)
5. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Genichiro Tenryu for the Vacant AJPW Triple Crown Title (10/00)
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