Yoji Anjo
The bout was followed by a reconciliation between Takada and Tamura, the latter of which cried and stated: "Thank you for giving the people their dream and hope for twenty-two years." Takada's proper retirement ceremony was hosted after the main event between his other student Kazushi Sakuraba and Gilles Arsene. Former UWF wrestlers like Tamura, Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Takayama and Yoji Anjo attended the ceremony, along with PRIDE fighters like Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Wanderlei Silva and Gary Goodridge, and Takada's own former master Antonio Inoki came as well to send off his career.