Toukon Shidou Chapter 1
# Toukon Shidou Chapter 1

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 (闘魂始動 ~ CHAPTER1 ~, "Fighting Spirit Starting ~ CHAPTER1 ~") was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 was the fifteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 31,000 spectators. The main focus of the 11 match show was the IWGP championship defenses in the semi-main event and the main event. In the semi-main event Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Shiro Koshinaka and Takao Omori; while the main event featured Brock Lesnar retaining the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. For only the second time in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Shows, no title changed hands.

## Production

### Background

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show 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

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 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 | Ryouji Sai defeated Naofumi Yamamoto | Singles match | 08:18 |
| 2 | Badboy Hido, Kintaro Kanemura and Masato Tanaka defeated Gedo, Jado and Jushin Thunder Liger | Six-man tag team match | 10:03 |
| 3 | Minoru and Tiger Mask defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tomohiro Ishii | Tag team match | 12:11 |
| 4 | Daisuke Sekimoto, Kamikaze, Kohei Sato, Riki Choshu, Takashi Uwano and Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Nagao, Osamu Nishimura, Takashi Iizuka, Tatsumi Fujinami and Toru Yano | Twelve-man tag team match | 12:16 |
| 5 | Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Black Strong Machine and Hiro Saito | Tag team match | 09:18 |
| 6 | Yuji Nagata defeated Kazunari Murakami | Singles match | 13:11 |
| 7 | Shinjiro Otani defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match | 10:47 |
| 8 | Katsuyori Shibata defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match | 11:59 |
| 9 | Giant Bernard defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match | 09:53 |
| 10 | Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) defeated Shiro Koshinaka and Takao Omori | Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 19:28 |
| 11 | Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 08:58 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||
