- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special EventTournament
- Event Date June 5, 2002
- Event Series Best of the Super Juniors
- Year 2002
- Country Japan
- Location Osaka, Japan
- Arena Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
- Attendance 5,200
- Network BS Asahi
- Main Event Koji Kanemoto vs. Minoru Tanaka
RESULTS
- Masayuki Naruse defeats Wataru Inoue
- TEAM2000 (Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto) defeat Blue Wolf & El Samurai
- Kenzo Suzuki & Shiro Koshinaka defeat Katsuyori Shibata & Yutaka Yoshie
- Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Curry Man defeat TEAM2000 (Gedo, Black Tiger & GOKU-DO)
- Yuji Nagata & Masahito Kakihara defeat TEAM2000 (AKIRA & Scott Norton)
- Bas Rutten defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi
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IWGP Tag Team Championship
Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura ends in a Draw via Time Limit; Cho-Ten retain the titles -
#1 Contender (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
Kensuke Sasaki defeats Tadao Yasuda -
Best of the Super Juniors IX - Final
Koji Kanemoto defeats Minoru Tanaka