Kensuke Sasaki

Introduction
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Following the same rating system devised in part by Jim Cornette, matches are rated from the lowest rating of -***** (-5) through to the highest rating of ***** (+5), with a small number of matches being rated above that theoretical maximum. Matches with a rating of zero stars are referred to as a "DUD" and an average match tends to score around a ** (2) rating. All ratings can only be considered subjective and this page is designed purely for reference purposes.

NJPW matches wrestled by Kensuke Sasaki

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Battle Final '04 - Day 13 Dec 12th 2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	def.	Kensuke Sasaki (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW Battle Final '04 - Day 12 Dec 11th 2004	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki (c) & Minoru Suzuki (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Toukon Festival Nov 13th 2004	Kensuke Sasaki (c)	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	½* (0.5)
NJPW Chrono Stream: Masa Chono's 20th Anniversary Nov 3rd 2004	Kensuke Sasaki (c)	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Pro Wrestlers Be Strongest Oct 9th 2004	Kensuke Sasaki	def. (pin)	Kazuyuki Fujita (c)		IWGP Heavyweight Championship (title change)	-** (-2)
NJPW G1 Climax '04 - Day 8 Aug 15th 2004	Genichiro Tenryu	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax '04 - Day 2 (August PPV) Aug 8th 2004	Yoshihiro Takayama	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '04 - Day 9 Mar 12th 2004	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c)		IWGP Heavyweight Championship (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '04 - Day 14 Feb 15th 2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '04 - Day 3 Feb 1st 2004	Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 2004 Jan 4th 2004	Yuji Nagata	def.	Kensuke Sasaki			**** (4.00)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '02 - Day 10 Feb 16th 2002	Manabu Nakanishi	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestling World 2002 Jan 4th 2002	Naoya Ogawa	draw (NC)	Kensuke Sasaki			¾* (0.75)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 15 Dec 11th 2001	Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata	def. (sub)	Danny Devine & Kensuke Sasaki			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 12 Dec 7th 2001	Dan Devine & Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 10 Dec 2nd 2001	Dan Devine & Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata			**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Tag League '01 - Day 4 Nov 23rd 2001	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Rob Rage			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Survival '01 - Day 12 Oct 28th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki	def. (sub)	Yuji Nagata			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Indicate of Next Oct 8th 2001	Kazuyuki Fujita (c)	def. (TKO)	Kensuke Sasaki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Strong Style 2001 Apr 9th 2001	Shinya Hashimoto	def. (TKO)	Kensuke Sasaki	no rules		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 15 Mar 20th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Osamu Nishimura			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 12 Mar 17th 2001	Scott Norton	def.	Kensuke Sasaki (c)		IWGP Heavyweight Championship (title change)	½* (0.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 3 Mar 6th 2001	Scott Hall & Scott Norton	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 12 Feb 18th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki (c)	def. (pin)	Shinjiro Otani		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 7 Feb 11th 2001	Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Century Dash '01 Jan 19th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie	def.	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara & Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto	6-person tag (2 out of 3 falls)		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 2001 Jan 4th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki	def. (pin)	Toshiaki Kawada		IWGP Heavyweight Championship (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 2001 Jan 4th 2001	Kensuke Sasaki	def. (sub)	Masahiro Chono			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW The 2nd Juggernaut Dec 14th 2000	Kensuke Sasaki & Super Strong Machine	def. (pin)	Masa Chono & Team 2000 Machine			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW GET A RIGHT!! BLACK VS. G-EGGS - Day 13 Oct 29th 2000	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Yuji Nagata			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Do Judge Oct 9th 2000	Toshiaki Kawada	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Amazing - Day 5 Sep 13th 2000	Don Frye & Masahiro Chono & Satoshi Kojima	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Hyper Battle 00' - Day 2 Mar 10th 2000	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masa Chono & Satoshi Kojima	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Adios Perro En Japon - Day 1 Mar 3rd 2000	Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka & Takashi Iizuka	def.	Masahiro Chono & Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto	6-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '00 - Day 14 Feb 20th 2000	Masahiro Chono	def. (sub)	Kensuke Sasaki			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '00 - Day 14 Feb 20th 2000	Kensuke Sasaki	def. (sub)	Masahiro Chono			** (2.00)
NJPW Final Dome 1999 Oct 11th 1999	Genichiro Tenryu	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Hyper Battle '99 - Day 16 Mar 22nd 1999	Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka	def.	Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) & Satoshi Kojima (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '99 - Day 13 Feb 12th 1999	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Satoshi Kojima			**** (4.00)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '99 - Day 12 Feb 11th 1999	Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Hiroyoshi Tenzan			*¾ (1.75)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VIII - Day 15 Dec 4th 1998	Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima	def.	Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax '98 - Day 2 Aug 1st 1998	Kazuo Yamazaki	def. (sub)	Kensuke Sasaki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors V - Day 1 May 16th 1998	Kensuke Sasaki & Tatsumi Fujinami	def.	Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Hashimoto			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Battle Line Kyushu '98 - Day 9 Apr 26th 1998	Genichiro Tenryu & Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '98 - Day 1 Mar 6th 1998	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Keiji Muto & nWo Sting	def.	Junji Hirata & Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 17 Feb 15th 1998	Scott Norton	def. (pin)	Kensuke Sasaki			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 11 Feb 8th 1998	Big Titan & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting & Scott Norton	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda	12-person tag		*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 10 Feb 7th 1998	Kensuke Sasaki (c)	def.	Osamu Nishimura		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	*¾ (1.75)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 8 Feb 4th 1998	Big Titan & Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton	def.	Junji Hirata & Kensuke Sasaki & Shinya Hashimoto	6-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '98 - Day 1 Jan 26th 1998	Junji Hirata & Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki	def.	Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima	6-person tag		*** (3.00)

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