藤原喜明
During the next several months, he appeared in high-profile matches at Budokan Hall and was pinned by Satoshi Kojima during a tag team match Steve Williams against Kojima &amp; Hiroyoshi Tenzan on April 14. He later teamed with Mike Barton to defeat Nobutaka Araya &amp; Shigeo Okumura on June 8 as well defeating Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yuto Aijima &amp; Ryuji Hijikata in a 6-man tag team match with Kasey Geyer and Shawn Hernandez after pinning Aijima on July 14. Later that year, he teamed with Jim Steele &amp; Vampiro losing to Hiroshi Hase, Steve Williams &amp; Mike Rotunda on September 8.