Wrestling World 2002

Wrestling World 2002 was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome each year. Wrestling World 2002 was the eleventh January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,000 spectators. The show was the first January 4 Dome Show to feature wrestlers from Pro Wrestling NOAH, with the main event of the nine match show being a successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship as champion Jun Akiyama defeated NJPW representative Yuji Nagata. The show also featured a successful IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defense by Kendo Kashin.
==Results==
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*Dark Match: Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse defeated Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata (10:50)
*El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka defeated AKIRA & Koji Kanemoto (12:31)
*Yuki Ishikawa & Kazunari Murakami defeated Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (8:00)
*Jushin Liger, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV defeated Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo (20:12)
*Manabu Nakanishi defeated Giant Silva by Countout (6:49)
*Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Daijiro Matsui to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (5:43)
*Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (16:44)
*Naoya Ogawa vs. Kensuke Sasaki ended in a No Contest (4:02)
*Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Masahiro Chono & Giant Singh (10:47)
*Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship (19:58)
==External links==
* Results
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