[MISC] Brock Makes History at New Japan Show

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Following are the New Japan Tokyo Dome results from today’s PPV, according to WrestlingObserver.com:

*Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura b Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii (Riki Promotions)

*Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshito Sasaki (Zero-One Max) b Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue

*Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yutaka Yoshie & Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto b Shinjiro Otani & Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai & Kamikaze (Zero-One Max)

*Hirooki Goto & Minoru retained IWGP jr. tag title over Negro Casas & Felino (CMLL)

*Kendo Kashin & Manabu Nakanishi b Charlie Haas & Mark Jindrak

*Matt Morgan b Yuji Nagata

*Black Tiger (Rocky Romero) b Tiger Mask to retain NWA jr. title and win IWGP jr. title

*Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura b Yoji Anjo & Toshiaki Kawada

*Brock Lesnar won the IWGP title in a three-way over champ Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono after giving both opponents the re-named F5: “The Verdict” and pinning Chono. This makes Lesnar the first person to hold both the WWE and IWGP titles. Hulk Hogan won the first IWGP tournament but a title wasn’t instituted until the 1987 tourney.

Here is a photo of Lesnar with the belt, from Puroresufan.com:

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com, PWInsider.com, Puroresufan.com

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.