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    IWGP Heavyweight Title

    (2/16/02 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Tadao Yasuda beat Yuji Nagata (15:15) with a front sleeper to become the 30th champion (tournament final).
    (3/21/02 @ Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium) Tadao Yasuda (c) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (13:25) with a front sleeper (1st defense).
    (4/5/02 @ Tokyo Budokan Hall) Yuji Nagata beat Tadao Yasuda (c) (15:01) with the Nagata Lock II to become the 31st champion.
    (5/2/02 @ Tokyo Dome) Yuji Nagata (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:36) with a high kick (1st defense).
    (6/7/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Yuji Nagata (c) beat Kensuke Sasaki (22:44) with a backdrop hold (2nd defense).
    (7/20/02 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Yuji Nagata (c) beat Bas Rutten (8:10) with the Nagata Lock II (3rd defense).
    (10/14/02 @ Tokyo Dome) Yuji Nagata (c) beat Kazuyuki Fujita (12:55) with a backdrop hold (4th defense).
    (10/26/02 @ Fukuoka International Center) Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Masahiro Chono went to a draw (60:00) when the time limit expired (5th defense).
    (12/10/02 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Yuji Nagata (c) beat Kazunari Murakami (14:53) with a wrist-clutch Exploder (6th defense).

    IWGP Tag Team Title

    (3/24/02 @ Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (23:16) when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Nagata to become the 43rd champions (tournament final).
    (6/5/02 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura went to a draw (60:00) when the time limit expired (1st defense).
    (7/19/02 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (19:08) when Chono used a Shining Yakuza kick on Rick (2nd defense).
    (10/27/02 @ Kobe World Hall) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Joanie Laurer & Great Kabuki (12:40) when Chono used an STF on Kabuki (3rd defense).
    (12/10/02 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) beat Tadao Yasuda & Ryushi Yanagisawa (21:28) when Tenzan used the TTD on Yasuda (4th defense).

    IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title

    (2/16/02 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Minoru Tanaka beat Masahito Kakihara (11:01) with a backslide to become the 42nd champion (decision match).
    (3/17/02 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Minoru Tanaka (c) beat Gedo (14:50) with the Minoru Special (1st defense).
    (4/26/02 @ Kurume Prefectural Gymnasium) Minoru Tanaka (c) beat Black Tiger (13:54) with the Minoru Special (2nd defense).
    (6/21/02 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Minoru Tanaka (c) beat AKIRA (18:51) with an inside cradle (3rd defense).
    (7/19/02 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Koji Kanemoto beat Minoru Tanaka (c) (22:02) with a heel hold to become the 43rd champion.
    (9/22/02 @ Osaka Namihaya Dome) Koji Kanemoto (c) beat Tiger Mask (17:40) with an ankle hold (1st defense).
    (10/14/02 @ Tokyo Dome) Koji Kanemoto (c) beat Heat (18:43) with an ankle hold (2nd defense).
    (10/26/02 @ Fukuoka International Center) Koji Kanemoto (c) beat Bas Rutten (10:11) with an ankle hold (3rd defense).
    (12/7/02 @ Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium) Koji Kanemoto (c) beat Masahito Kakihara (16:38) with an ankle hold (4th defense).

    IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title

    (2/8/02 @ Gifu Industrial Hall) Jado & Gedo (c) beat Minoru Tanaka & Masayuki Naruse (19:44) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Naruse (5th defense).
    (4/22/02 @ Hakata Star Lane) Jado & Gedo (c) beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (20:16) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Inoue (6th defense).
    (5/2/02 @ Tokyo Dome) Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka beat Jado & Gedo (c) (17:44) when Liger used a brainbuster on Gedo to become the 8th champions.
    (7/4/02 @ Hyogo Prefectural Budokan) Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (c) beat Koji Kanemoto & AKIRA (22:42) when Liger used a brainbuster on Kanemoto (1st defense).
    (8/29/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (c) (22:16) when Kikuchi used the Fireball bomb on Liger to become the 9th champions.
    (9/23/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) beat El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse (14:33) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on Naruse (1st defense).
    (10/12/02 @ Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) beat KENTA & Takashi Sugiura (23:15) when Kikuchi used the Fireball bomb on Sugiura (2nd defense).
    (11/24/02 @ Miyagi Sports Center) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) beat Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (19:28) when Kikuchi used an inside cradle on Morgan (3rd defense).
    (12/7/02 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) beat Jado & Gedo (17:54) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on Gedo (4th defense).

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