| Wrestling World 2004 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 02004-01-04January 4, 2004 | |||
| Attendance | 40,000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Wrestling World 2004 was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome each year. Wrestling World 2004 was the thirteenth January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 40,000 spectators. Main event of the 15 match show was a unification match between IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama. Nakamura won the match, retiring the NWF Championship after only being active for one year. The undercard saw NJWP main–stay Jushin Liger defeat Pro Wrestling NOAH's Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, marking the first time a NOAH championship changed hands at a January 4 Dome Show. Additionally Gedo and Jado successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against HEAT and Tiger Mask IV and Hiroshi Tanahashi retained the IWGP U-30 Championship against Yutaka Yoshie.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Hirooki Goto defeated Naofumi Yamamoto | Singles match | 06:21 |
| 02 !2 | Katsushi Takemura defeated El Samurai | Singles match | 06:53 |
| 03 !3 | Ryota Chikuzen, Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai and Ryushi Yanagisawa defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Enson Inoue, Michiyoshi Ohara and Hiro Saito – Nagai pinned Goto | Eight–man tag team match | 11:55 |
| 04 !4 | Shinya Makabe and Toru Yano defeated Blue Wolf and Wataru Inoue – Makabe pinned Inoue | Tag team match | 10:18 |
| 05 !5 | Masayuki Naruse defeated Tadao Yasuda via disqualification (2:09), match restarted: Naruse won via stoppage | Singles match | 2:30 |
| 06 !6 | Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Akiya Anzawa | Singles match | 04:53 |
| 07 !7 | Gedo and Jado (c) defeated HEAT and Tiger Mask IV – Gedo pinned HEAT | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 17:15 |
| 08 !8 | Jushin Liger defeated Takashi Sugiura (c) | Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | 17:52 |
| 09 !9 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Yutaka Yoshie | Singles match for the IWGP U-30 Championship | 17:06 |
| 10 !10 | Josh Barnett and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kazunari Murakami and Katsuyori Shibata – Barnett pinned Murakami | tag team match | 16:04 |
| 11 !11 | Osamu Nishimura defeated Minoru Suzuki | Singles match | 09:39 |
| 12 !12 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Genichiro Tenryu | Singles match | 10:20 |
| 13 !13 | Yuji Nagata defeated Kensuke Sasaki via referee stoppage | Singles match | 12:10 |
| 14 !14 | Keiji Mutoh and Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan – Sapp pinned Tenzan | Tag team match | 21:00 |
| 15 !15 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama (c) | Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (Nakamura) and the NWF Heavyweight Championship. The NWF title was unified with the IWGP title. As a result, the NWF title was retired. | 13:55 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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