Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
# Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005

Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was the fourteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. Officially, the show drew 46,000 spectators. The undercard of the show featured an eight-man "submissions only" tournament which Ron Waterman won when he forced Yuji Nagata to submit in the finals. The show also saw Tiger Mask defeat Heat to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and in the main event Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship. The show also featured a unique "Dog Fight" match between Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Chono defeated Chosu in the first match and as a result had to wrestle Tenzan in the next match.

## Production

### Background

As New Japan Pro Wrestling's January 4 Tokyo Dome event for that year, Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 was a precursor to Wrestle Kingdom, which is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".

### Storylines

Wrestling World 2005 in Tokyo Dome featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gedo and Jado vs. Wataru Inoue and Katsushi Takemura ended in a time limit draw | Tag team match | 15:00 |
| 2 | Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match to determine the number one contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 10:30 |
| 3 | Tiger Mask defeated Heat (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 14:17 |
| 4 | Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuhiko Nagata 15 points to 11 points | Amateur wrestling-style exhibition match | 05:00 |
| 5 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Takashi Iizuka | Singles match | 09:45 |
| 6 | Satoshi Kojima defeated Osamu Nishimura | Singles match | 19:26 |
| 7 | Ron Waterman defeated Masayuki Naruse, Manabu Nakanishi, Toru Yano, Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar, Mitsuya Nagai, Yuji Nagata and Blue Wolf | Eight-man Ultimate Royal match | 22:55 |
| 8 | Ron Waterman defeated Masayuki Naruse via referee stoppage | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 02:35 |
| 9 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Toru Yano | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 03:09 |
| 10 | Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar defeated Mitsuya Nagai | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 05:46 |
| 11 | Yuji Nagata defeated Blue Wolf | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament quarter-final match | 05:49 |
| 12 | Ron Waterman defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament semi-final match | 01:02 |
| 13 | Yuji Nagata defeated Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar via referee stoppage | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament semi-final match | 01:53 |
| 14 | Ron Waterman defeated Yuji Nagata | Singles match: Submissions Only Tournament final match | 01:41 |
| 15 | Masahiro Chono defeated Riki Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan | "Dog Fight" rules match | 18:27 |
| 16 | Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) | Singles match for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | 24:45 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||

### Submissions Only Tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masayuki Naruse | Masayuki Naruse | TKO | | | | | | |
| Ron Waterman | Ron Waterman | 02:35 | | | | | | |
| Ron Waterman | Ron Waterman | 02:35 | Ron Waterman | Ron Waterman | Sub | | | |
| | | | Manabu Nakanishi | Manabu Nakanishi | 01:02 | | | |
| Manabu Nakanishi | Manabu Nakanishi | Sub | Manabu Nakanishi | Manabu Nakanishi | 01:02 | | | |
| Toru Yano | Toru Yano | 03:09 | | | | | | |
| Toru Yano | Toru Yano | 03:09 | | | | Ron Waterman | Ron Waterman | Sub |
| | | | | | | Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | 01:41 |
| Mitsuya Nagai | Mitsuya Nagai | Sub | | | | | | | Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | 01:41 |
| D. Sumyaabazar | D. Sumyaabazar | 05:46 | | | | | | |
| D. Sumyaabazar | D. Sumyaabazar | 05:46 | D. Sumyaabazar | D. Sumyaabazar | TKO | | | |
| | | | Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | 01:53 | | | |
| Blue Wolf | Blue Wolf | Sub | Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | 01:53 | | | |
| Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | 05:49 | | | | | | |
