| Wrestling World 2002 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 02002-01-04January 4, 2002 | |||
| Attendance | 52,000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Wrestling World 2002 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 2002 was the eleventh January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,000 spectators. The show was the first January 4 Dome Show to feature wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Noah, with the main event of the nine match show being a successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship as champion Jun Akiyama defeated NJPW representative Yuji Nagata. The show also featured a successful IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defense by Kendo Kashin.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Masahito Kakihara and Masayuki Naruse defeated Wataru Inoue and Katsuyori Shibata – Kakihara pinned Inoue | Tag team match | 10:50 |
| 02 !2 | El Samurai and Minoru Tanaka defeated AKIRA and Koji Kanemoto – Tanaka pinned AKIRA | Tag team match | 12:31 |
| 03 !3 | Yuki Ishikawa and Kazunari Murakami defeated Kenzo Suzuki and Hiroshi Tanahashi – via referee stoppage | Tag team match | 08:00 |
| 04 !4 | Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV defeated Gedo, Jado and Dick Togo – Liger pinned Gedo | Six–man tag team match | 20:12 |
| 05 !5 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Giant Silva via countout | Singles match | 06:49 |
| 06 !6 | Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Daijiro Matsui | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 05:43 |
| 06 !6 | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh defeated Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura – Mutoh pinned Nishimura | Tag team match | 16:44 |
| 07 !7 | Naoya Ogawa fought Kensuke Sasaki to a no contest | Singles match | 04:02 |
| 08 !8 | Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono and Giant Singh – Tenzan pinned Singh | Tag team match | 10:47 |
| 09 !9 | Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata | Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | 19:58 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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