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2003
- New Japan presents another huge Tokyo Dome
show with a double main-event for the ages! First off, "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan
takes on a legend in his own right, Masahiro Chono, in a matchup of all-time greats! Then,
in an epic elimination match, the New Japan army, led by Tenzan, do battle with the Inoki
army, led by IWGP Heavyweight Champion Takayama! Both matchups received rave reviews, very
deserving of Tokyo Dome main event status! The undercard features some noteable bouts as
well including three shooto-like bouts including a King of Pancrase Title defense by
Barnett plus an 11-man juniors 'Royal Rumble' to fill the vacated IWGP Jr. Championship!
- 11-Man Super Jr. New Japan Rumble with Masayuki Naruse, Masahito
Kakihara, El Samurai, Heat, Gedo, Jushin Liger, Katsushi Takemura, Dick Togo, Tiger Mask
& Koji Kanemoto, and Jado for the vacant IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title
- Blue Wolf vs. Yutaka Yoshie for the U-30 Openweight Title #1
contendership
- TOA vs. Shinya Makabe
- Tadao Yasuda vs. Osamu Nishimura
- Osami Shibuya vs. Khaliun Boldbaatar
- Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Ricardon (Ricardo Moraes)
- King of Pancrase Openweight Champion Josh Barnett vs. Yoshiki
Takahashi
- Kazunari Murakami vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- Hulk Hogan vs. Masahiro Chono
- Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Bob Sapp, Minoru Suzuki,
& Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi
Tanahashi, & Seiji Sakaguchi in an elimination match
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