NJPW New Japan Cup: New Japan Openweight Tournament Finals was a Special Event and Tournament produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on April 24, 2005, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.
It's the inaugural edition of the New Japan Cup event series.
The event had an attendance of 5,800 fans. The main event of the show was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW New Japan Cup: New Japan Openweight Tournament Finals, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special EventTournament
- Event Date April 24, 2005
- Year 2005
- Event Series New Japan Cup
- Country Japan
- Location Osaka, Japan
- Arena Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
- Attendance 5,800
- Network Samurai! TV
- Main Event Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup: New Japan Openweight Tournament Finals Results
- Hiroshi Nagao defeats Yujiro
- C.T.U. (Jushin Thunder Liger, Hirooki Goto & Masked CTU-M) vs. Tiger Mask, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue ends in a Draw via Time Limit
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New Japan Cup 2005 - Semifinal
Manabu Nakanishi defeats Kendo Kashin -
New Japan Cup 2005 - Semifinal
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan - Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Satoshi Kojima defeats Togi Makabe
- "New Japan vs. BNJ"
Elimination Match
Black New Japan (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Ryushi Yanagisawa) & Yuji Nagata defeat Shinsuke Nakamura, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie
Survivor: Nagata -
New Japan Cup 2005 - Final
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Manabu Nakanishi