Minoru Suzuki

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Minoru Suzuki

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 15 Aug 5th 2018	Hangman Page	def.	Minoru Suzuki			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 13 Aug 2nd 2018	Kazuchika Okada	def.	Minoru Suzuki			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 11 Jul 30th 2018	Minoru Suzuki	def.	EVIL			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 7 Jul 22nd 2018	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Jay White			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 5 Jul 20th 2018	Minoru Suzuki	def.	YOSHI-HASHI			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 9th 2018	Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Day 2 May 4th 2018	BUSHI & EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Day 1 May 3rd 2018	BUSHI & EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestling Hinokuni 2018 Apr 29th 2018	Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	*** (3.00)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018 Apr 1st 2018	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	EVIL & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Strong Style Evolved Mar 25th 2018	Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.	def.	Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii			**** (4.00)
NJPW 46th Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2018	Minoru Suzuki (c)	def. (pin)	Togi Makabe		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2018 Feb 10th 2018	KUSHIDA & Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 - Day 2 Jan 28th 2018	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka	def. (sub)	Michael Elgin & Toa Henare			**½ (2.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 - Day 1 Jan 27th 2018	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2018 Jan 5th 2018	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (pin)	Hanson & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin & Raymond Rowe	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW WrestleKingdom 12 Jan 4th 2018	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki (c)	hair vs hair, no seconds deathmatch	NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW World Tag League 2017 - Day 1 Nov 18th 2017	Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka			*** (3.00)
NJPW/RevPro Global Wars '17 - Day 2 Nov 10th 2017	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Matt Riddle			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Power Struggle 2017 Nov 5th 2017	Minoru Suzuki (c)	def.	Toru Yano	"Bullrope"	NEVER Openweight Championship	*¾ (1.75)
ROH/NJPW Global Wars 2017 - Day 4 Oct 15th 2017	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Jay Lethal & Kenny King & Shane Taylor	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2017 Oct 9th 2017	Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano	def. (CO)	Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017 Sep 16th 2017	Kota Ibushi & Michael Elgin & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Destruction in Fukushima Sep 10th 2017	Minoru Suzuki (c)	def. (pin)	Michael Elgin	lumberjack death	NEVER Openweight Championship	**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 19 Aug 13th 2017	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Michael Elgin	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 18 Aug 12th 2017	Toru Yano	def.	Minoru Suzuki			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 17 Aug 11th 2017	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi	def.	Hirai Kawato & Katsuya Kitamura & Tomoyuki Oka	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 16 Aug 8th 2017	Kazuchika Okada	draw (time)	Minoru Suzuki			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 14 Aug 5th 2017	Michael Elgin	def.	Minoru Suzuki			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 10 Jul 30th 2017	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Tama Tonga			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 8 Jul 27th 2017	EVIL	def.	Minoru Suzuki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 6 Jul 25th 2017	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Juice Robinson			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 4 Jul 22nd 2017	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	SANADA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 2 Jul 20th 2017	Kenny Omega	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.11 Jun 11th 2017	Minoru Suzuki (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto	lumberjack: El Desperado lumberjack: TAKA Michinoku lumberjack: Yoshinobu Kanemaru lumberjack: Zack Sabre Jr. lumberjack: Jado lumberjack: Tomohiro Ishii lumberjack: Toru Yano lumberjack: YOSHI-HASHI lumberjack death	NEVER Openweight Championship	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2017 - Day 14 Jun 3rd 2017	Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 May 3rd 2017	Beretta & Hirooki Goto & Jado & Rocky Romero & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	10-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 Apr 9th 2017	Beretta & Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 7: Finals Mar 20th 2017	Gedo & Hirooki Goto & Jado	def. (sub)	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2 Mar 12th 2017	Katsuyori Shibata	def.	Minoru Suzuki			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2017	Gedo & Hirooki Goto & Jado & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (sub)	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2017 Feb 11th 2017	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def. (pin)	Beretta & Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Road to the New Beginning 2017 - Day 6 Feb 7th 2017	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def. (pin)	Beretta & Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano	10-man tag elimination		***½ (3.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2017 Feb 5th 2017	Kazuchika Okada (c)	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	****¾ (4.75)
Tenryu Project Genichiro Tenryu Retirement ~ Revolution FINAL Nov 15th 2015	Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yoshihiro Takayama	def. (sub)	Kazunari Murakami & Minoru Suzuki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Jan 4th 2015	Minoru Suzuki	def. (sub)	Kazushi Sakuraba			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW World Tag League '14 - Day 11 Dec 7th 2014	Gedo & Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka	6-person tag		*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Power Struggle 2014 Nov 8th 2014	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka			*½ (1.5)
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 Oct 13th 2014	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Destruction In Kobe '14 Sep 21st 2014	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 12 Finals Aug 10th 2014	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (DQ)	Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin & Takashi Iizuka	6-person tag		*¼ (1.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 11 Aug 8th 2014	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 10 Aug 6th 2014	Karl Anderson	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 9 Aug 4th 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def. (sub)	Tetsuya Naito			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 8 Aug 3rd 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Togi Makabe			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Aug 1st 2014	A.J. Styles	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 6 Jul 31st 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Lance Archer			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 5 Jul 28th 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def. (sub)	Yujiro Takahashi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Jul 26th 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def. (sub)	Hiroyoshi Tenzan			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 1 Jul 21st 2014	Toru Yano	def.	Minoru Suzuki			* (1.00)
NJPW Dominion 6.21 Jun 21st 2014	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka	def. (pin)	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXI - Day 8: Finals Jun 8th 2014	Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka	def. (pin)	Jado & Toru Yano			½* (0.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '14 May 3rd 2014	Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano	def. (DQ)	Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin			½* (0.5)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 Apr 6th 2014	Kazushi Sakuraba & Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata	def.	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 7 Mar 23rd 2014	Shinsuke Nakamura	def.	Minoru Suzuki			**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 1 Mar 15th 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Toru Yano			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2014	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi	def.	Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka '14 Feb 11th 2014	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Beginning in Hiroshima '14 Feb 9th 2014	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Tama Tonga			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Road to New Beginning '14 - Day 1 Feb 2nd 2014	Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Jan 4th 2014	The Great Muta & Toru Yano	def.	Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome - Day 6 Dec 23rd 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def.	YOSHI-HASHI			**½ (2.5)
NJPW World Tag League '13 - Day 13: Finals Dec 8th 2013	Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano	def. (DQ)	Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin			* (1.00)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling '13 Oct 14th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Toru Yano			* (1.00)
NJPW Destruction '13 Sep 29th 2013	Toru Yano	def. (CO)	Minoru Suzuki			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 9: Finals Aug 11th 2013	Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 8 Aug 10th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 7 Aug 7th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Shelton Benjamin			½* (0.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 4 Aug 3rd 2013	Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 2 Aug 1st 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Shinsuke Nakamura			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 1 Jul 31st 2013	Yuji Nagata	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Kizuna Road '13 - Day 8 Jul 19th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Tomohiro Ishii			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Kizuna Road '13 - Day 1 Jul 4th 2013	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku	def. (pin)	Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Dominion 6.22 Jun 22nd 2013	Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin	def. (pin)	Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '13 May 2nd 2013	Kazuchika Okada (c)	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Invasion Attack Apr 6th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Toru Yano			***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup '13 - Day 5: Finals Mar 23rd 2013	Jado & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii	def. (pin)	Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW The New Beginning '13 Feb 10th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2013	Yuji Nagata	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			**** (4.00)
NJPW Power Struggle '12 Nov 11th 2012	Minoru Suzuki & Taichi	def. (pin)	Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuji Nagata			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling Oct 8th 2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	***** (5.00)
NJPW Dominion 6.16 Jun 16th 2012	Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup '12 - Day 2 Apr 5th 2012	Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW The New Beginning Feb 12th 2012	Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Yoshihiro Takayama	def. (pin)	KUSHIDA & Tiger Mask IV & Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata	10-man tag elimination		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)	def. (pin)	Minoru Suzuki		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	**** (4.00)
AJPW/NJPW/NOAH All Together Aug 27th 2011	Jushin Thunder Liger & Masakatsu Funaki & Takuma Sano	def. (sub)	Atsushi Aoki & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '05 - Day 6 Aug 11th 2005	Toshiaki Kawada	def.	Minoru Suzuki			**** (4.00)
NOAH Destiny Jul 18th 2005	Minoru Suzuki (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi		GHC Tag Team Titles	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Nexess VI May 14th 2005	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Alexander Otsuka			*½ (1.5)
NOAH Encountering Navigation '05 - Day 15 Apr 24th 2005	Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Kotaro Suzuki & Mitsuharu Misawa			**¼ (2.25)

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