Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
| Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 | |||
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Tiger Mask, who won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 2005 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 46,000 (official) 36,000 (claimed) | ||
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Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 (Japanese: 闘魂祭り～WRESTLING WORLD 2005, Hepburn: Tōkon Matsuri: Wrestling World 2005) was a professional wrestling television special event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Festival: It 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.