El Samurai

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El Samurai

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Battle Final '04 - Day 12 Dec 11th 2004	El Samurai & Hiroshi Nagao	def. (pin)	Akiya Anzawa & Ryusuke Taguchi			*¼ (1.25)
NOAH Great Voyage '04 Jan 10th 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	El Samurai & Wataru Inoue		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Great Voyage '02 Sep 23rd 2002	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)	def.	El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '02 - Day 10 Feb 16th 2002	El Samurai & Jushin Liger & Masayuki Naruse & Wataru Inoue	def. (sub)	Gedo & Jado & Koji Kanemoto & Pat Tanaka	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 4 Nov 23rd 2001	Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 1 Nov 16th 2001	Gedo & Jado	draw (time)	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 World '01 - Day 7 Sep 16th 2001	Masayuki Naruse (c)	def. (pin)	El Samurai		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Dome Quake Jul 20th 2001	Gedo & Jado	def. (sub)	El Samurai (c) & Jushin Liger (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001 May 5th 2001	El Samurai (c) & Jushin Liger (c)	def. (pin)	Dr. Wagner, Jr. & Silver King		IWGP World Tag Team Titles	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 15 Mar 20th 2001	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	Kendo Kashin & Minoru Tanaka			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 3 Mar 6th 2001	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	Koji Kanemoto (c) & Minoru Tanaka (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	½* (0.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 7 Feb 11th 2001	Super Delfin & Takehiro Murahama & Tsubasa	def.	El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka & Shinya Makabe	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Century Dash '01 Jan 19th 2001	El Samurai & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Battle Final '00 Dec 10th 2000	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	Shinya Makabe & Tatsuhito Takaiwa			***¼ (3.25)
Michinoku Pro Super J Cup - 3rd STAGE - Day 2 Apr 9th 2000	Masaaki Mochizuki & Minoru Tanaka & Ricky Marvin & Shinya Makabe & Tiger Mask IV	def.	Chabinger & El Samurai & Kendo Kashin & Super Boy & SUWA	10-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle 00' - Day 2 Mar 10th 2000	Jushin Thunder Liger (c)	def.	El Samurai		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle '98 - Day 8 Jul 2nd 1998	El Samurai & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani			**** (4.00)
NJPW Battle Line Kyushu '98 - Day 9 Apr 26th 1998	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '98 - Day 1 Mar 6th 1998	Kendo Ka Shin	def.	El Samurai			** (2.00)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 17 Feb 15th 1998	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Ka Shin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 8 Feb 4th 1998	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 14 Dec 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 11 Nov 30th 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 5 Nov 22nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 17 Oct 31st 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag elimination		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 9 Oct 22nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto	def.	El Samurai			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 5 Sep 17th 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW The Four Heaven Aug 10th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai (c)		J-Crown Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '97 - Day 3 Aug 3rd 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def. (pin)	El Samurai			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle '97 - Day 12 Jul 6th 1997	El Samurai	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger (c)		J-Crown Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 17 Jun 5th 1997	El Samurai	def. (pin)	Koji Kanemoto			***** (5.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 9 May 25th 1997	Chris Jericho	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 2 May 17th 1997	El Samurai	def.	Yoshihiro Tajiri			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Strong Style Evolution May 3rd 1997	Dick Togo & Hanzo Nakajima & Koji Kanemoto & Men's Teioh & Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga & Super Delfin & The Great Sasuke	10-person tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Battle Line Kyushu '97 - Day 6 Apr 23rd 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Battle Formation 1997 Apr 12th 1997	El Samurai	def. (pin)	Shinjiro Otani			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Hyper Battle '97 - Day 1 Mar 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 10 Feb 8th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 7 Feb 2nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	6-person tag		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 4 Jan 29th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	Chris Jericho & Koji Kanemoto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Naha Show (Jan '97) Jan 20th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 5 Aug 5th 1996	Negro Casas & Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Jushin Liger			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 4 Aug 4th 1996	Akira Nogami & Kuniaki Kobayashi	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 3 Aug 3rd 1996	The Great Sasuke (c)	def. (pin)	El Samurai (c)		WWA Junior Lightheavyweight Title NWA Junior Heavyweight Title IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 2 Aug 2nd 1996	El Samurai (c)	def. (pin)	Gran Hamada (c)		WWF Light Heavyweight Title WWA Junior Lightheavyweight Title (title change)	**½ (2.5)
NJPW Hiroshima Show (Jun '96) Jun 11th 1996	Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	El Samurai			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Tokyo Show (Apr '96) Apr 5th 1996	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & TAKA Michinoku	def.	El Samurai & Gran Hamada & Jushin Thunder Liger	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Amagasaki Show (Mar '96) Mar 17th 1996	Koji Kanemoto	def.	El Samurai (c)		UWA Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Tokyo Show (Jan '96) Jan 21st 1996	El Samurai (c)	def.	Shinjiro Otani		UWA World Lightheavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
WAR Super J Cup '95 Dec 13th 1995	Dos Caras	def. (pin)	El Samurai			***¾ (3.75)

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