Riki Choshu

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Riki Choshu

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
Tenryu Project Genichiro Tenryu Retirement ~ Revolution FINAL Nov 15th 2015	Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii	def. (pin)	Akitoshi Saito & Ryuichi Kawakami			***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Year Gold Series '05 - Day 12 Feb 20th 2005	Osamu Nishimura	def. (DQ)	Riki Choshu			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Battle Final '04 - Day 12 Dec 11th 2004	Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Osamu Kido Retirement Show Nov 2nd 2001	Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu	draw (time)	Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami			*½ (1.5)
NJPW G1 World '01 - Day 11 Sep 23rd 2001	Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu & Yutaka Yoshie	def. (sub)	AKIRA & Masahiro Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto	6-person tag		*½ (1.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001 May 5th 2001	Manabu Nakanishi & Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Kazunari Murakami & Naoya Ogawa			-* (-1)
NJPW Strong Style 2001 Apr 9th 2001	Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka	def. (pin)	Masa Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 15 Mar 20th 2001	Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) & Satoshi Kojima (c)	def.	Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe		IWGP World Tag Team Titles	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Hyper Battle '01 - Day 3 Mar 6th 2001	Don Frye & Keiji Muto	def.	Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 12 Feb 18th 2001	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 7 Feb 11th 2001	Michiyoshi Ohara & Super J & Tatsutoshi Goto	def. (pin)	Osamu Nishimura & Riki Choshu & Yutaka Yoshie	6-person tag		*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '01 - Day 3 Feb 4th 2001	Kenzo Suzuki & Riki Choshu	def.	Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto			½* (0.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 2001 Jan 4th 2001	Riki Choshu	draw (NC)	Shinya Hashimoto			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome '98 Jan 4th 1998	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Jushin Thunder Liger			DUD (0)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome '98 Jan 4th 1998	Takashi Iizuka	def. (sub)	Riki Choshu			DUD (0)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome '98 Jan 4th 1998	Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Tatsuhito Takaiwa			DUD (0)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome '98 Jan 4th 1998	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Yutaka Yoshie			DUD (0)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome '98 Jan 4th 1998	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Kazuyuki Fujita			DUD (0)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 6 Sep 18th 1997	Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu	def.	Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Summer Struggle '97 - Day 12 Jul 6th 1997	Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Masahiro Chono & The Great Muta			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Strong Style Evolution May 3rd 1997	Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima	def. (sub)	Kensuke Sasaki (c) & Riki Choshu (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Hyper Battle '97 - Day 9 Mar 16th 1997	Kazuo Yamazaki & Riki Choshu	def.	Keiji Muto & Steven Regal			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 1997 Jan 4th 1997	Shinya Hashimoto (c)	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 5 Aug 5th 1996	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Masa Chono			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 4 Aug 4th 1996	Riki Choshu	def. (TKO)	Kensuke Sasaki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 2 Aug 2nd 1996	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Hiroyoshi Tenzan			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 1 Aug 1st 1996	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Shinya Hashimoto			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Wrestling World 1996 Jan 4th 1996	Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Masahito Kakihara			* (1.00)
WCW/NJPW WCW World in Japan - Day 1 Nov 13th 1995	Masa Saito & Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags			** (2.00)
NJPW New Japan vs. UWFI Oct 9th 1995	Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Yoji Anjo			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '95 - Day 9 Sep 25th 1995	Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu	def.	Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '95 - Day 7 Sep 23rd 1995	Tatsuo Nakano & Yoji Anjo	def.	Riki Choshu & Yuji Nagata			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 May 3rd 1995	Antonio Inoki & Koji Kitao	def. (pin)	Genichiro Tenryu & Riki Choshu			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Feb '95) Feb 19th 1995	Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masa Chono	def.	Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Battle 7 Jan 4th 1995	Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu	def. (pin)	Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto			* (1.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '94 - Day 3 Aug 4th 1994	Keiji Mutoh	def. (TKO)	Riki Choshu			**** (4.00)
NJPW Summer Struggle '94 - Day 9 Jul 9th 1994	Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara	def.	Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto & Shinya Hashimoto	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Summer Struggle '94 - Day 3 Jul 2nd 1994	Riki Choshu	def.	Tatsutoshi Goto			¼* (0.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Junior - Day 18 Jun 15th 1994	Shinya Hashimoto (c)	def.	Riki Choshu		IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	**½ (2.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Junior - Day 12 Jun 8th 1994	Hiroshi Hase & Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1994 May 4th 1994	Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Hiro Hase			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '94 - Day 6 Feb 5th 1994	Hawk & Power Warrior	def.	Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Battlefield Jan 4th 1994	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Yoshiaki Fujiwara			DUD (0)
NJPW Explosion Tour '93 - Day 18 Jun 15th 1993	Hiro Hase & Masa Chono & Riki Choshu & Shinya Asuka & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (sub)	Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu & Super Strong Machine & Takashi Iizuka & Tatsutoshi Goto	10-man tag elimination		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993 May 3rd 1993	Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (pin)	Genichiro Tenryu & Riki Choshu			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Apr '93) Apr 6th 1993	Riki Choshu	def.	Genichiro Tenryu			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Feb '93) Feb 16th 1993	Hiro Hase & Osamu Kido & Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (sub)	Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu & Koki Kitahara & Samson Fuyuki & Takashi Ishikawa	10-man tag (2 out of 3 falls)		****½ (4.5)
WCW/NJPW Fantastic Story (Supershow III) Jan 4th 1993	Genichiro Tenryu	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu	dark		**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '92 - Day 4 Aug 11th 1992	Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '92 - Day 2 Aug 9th 1992	Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner	def. (pin)	Masa Saito & Riki Choshu			*** (3.00)
NJPW Explosion Tour '92 - Day 9 Apr 26th 1992	Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka	def.	Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Sapporo Show (Feb '92) Feb 8th 1992	Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu	def.	Bam Bam Bigelow & Rambo			** (2.00)
WCW/NJPW Supershow II Jan 4th 1992	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Tatsumi Fujinami		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	**½ (2.5)
NJPW Battle Final '91 - Day 9 Dec 16th 1991	Masahiro Chono & Tatsumi Fujinami	def.	Akira Nogami & Riki Choshu			**** (4.00)
NJPW Tokyo 3Days Battle - Day 3 Nov 5th 1991	Riki Choshu (c)	def. (pin)	Shinya Hashimoto		IWGP Greatest 18 Title	** (2.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '91 - Day 2 Aug 8th 1991	Bam Bam Bigelow	def. (pin)	Riki Choshu			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '91 - Day 1 Aug 7th 1991	Masahiro Chono	def.	Riki Choshu			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle '91 - Day 12 Jul 4th 1991	Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami	def.	Canadian Giant & Demolition Ax			½* (0.5)
NJPW Explosion Tour '91 - Day 12 Apr 30th 1991	Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (sub)	Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Explosion Tour '91 - Day 11 Apr 28th 1991	Keiji Mutoh & Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (CO)	Great Kokina & Samu & Scott Norton	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Big Fight Series '91 - Day 9 Mar 14th 1991	Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami	def.	Big Van Vader & Super Strong Machine			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Year Dash '91 - Day 11 Jan 17th 1991	Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono	def.	Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Dream Tour 1990 - Day 4 Nov 1st 1990	Riki Choshu (c)	def. (pin)	Shinya Hashimoto		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Dream Tour 1990 - Day 1 Oct 29th 1990	Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Bad News Brown & Big Van Vader & Larry Cameron	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW All Star Wrestling Grand Prix Oct 25th 1990	Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu	def.	Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Explosion Tour 1990 - Day 6 Sep 14th 1990	Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu	def.	Shiro Koshinaka & Takayuki Iizuka			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Aug '90) Aug 19th 1990	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Big Van Vader (c)		IWGP Heavyweight Championship (title change)	*** (3.00)
NJPW Chiba Show (Aug '90) Aug 16th 1990	Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom	def.	Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Wrestling Scramble '90 - Day 4 Jul 22nd 1990	Masa Saito & Riki Choshu	def.	Great Kokina & The Wild Samoan			** (2.00)
NJPW Burning Wave '90 - Day 3 Jul 5th 1990	Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & The Soultaker			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Burning Wave '90 - Day 1 Jun 30th 1990	Animal Hamaguchi & Masanobu Kurisu & Tatsutoshi Goto	def.	Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Jun '90) Jun 26th 1990	Kantaro Hoshino & Kensuke Sasaki & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka	def. (pin)	Animal Hamaguchi & Hiro Saito & Masanobu Kurisu & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto	10-man tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Crush the Super Heavy '90 - Day 3 May 28th 1990	Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Riki Choshu			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Shinto Fight STATION BAY N.K. Apr 27th 1990	Big Van Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	def.	Koji Kitao & Riki Choshu			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Big Fight Series 1990 Mar 23rd 1990	Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto	def.	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Larry Cameron			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Big Fight Series 1990 Mar 19th 1990	Koji Kitao & Riki Choshu	def. (sub)	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Larry Cameron			**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Spring Gold Series 1990 Jan 25th 1990	Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu	def.	Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto			** (2.00)
NJPW New Spring Gold Series 1990 Jan 18th 1990	Riki Choshu	def. (DQ)	Tatsutoshi Goto			*** (3.00)
NJPW Big Fight Series - Day 16 Mar 16th 1989	George Takano & Super Strong Machine	def. (CO)	Masa Saito (c) & Riki Choshu (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Sengoku Series 1988 - Day 12 Sep 12th 1988	Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine	def.	Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara	10-man tag elimination		**** (4.00)
AJPW Summer Action Series II 1986 - Day 3 Aug 20th 1986	Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu	draw (DCO)	Killer Khan & Super Strong Machine			***¼ (3.25)
AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 14 Mar 13th 1986	Riki Choshu	def. (pin)	Tiger Mask II			**** (4.00)
AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 8 Mar 4th 1986	Riki Choshu (c) & Yoshiaki Yatsu (c)	draw (DCO)	Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta			**** (4.00)
AJPW New Year Wars Super Battle '86 - Day 25 Jan 28th 1986	Genichiro Tenryu (c) & Jumbo Tsuruta (c)	def.	Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu		NWA International Tag Team Titles	***** (5.00)
AJPW 85 Gekitoh! Exciting Wars - Day 14 Mar 9th 1985	Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu	def.	Bruiser Brody & Killer Brooks			***½ (3.5)
AJPW Real World Tag League '84 - Day 19 Dec 12th 1984	Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu	def.	Motoshi Okuma & Takashi Ishikawa & The Great Kojika	6-person tag		**** (4.00)

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