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  • Every year, New Japan and it's wrestlers visit a popular ski resort in Naeba. They wrestle at the Prince Hotel Event Hall before smaller crowds than usual, but always put on a show. In recent years, a tag team tournament, with a heavyweight/junior vs. heavyweight/junior theme, has been taking place over the two days.

    2001 (3/23/01 to 3/24/01)

    Semi Final: Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Shiro Koshinaka & El Samurai (15:08) when Liger used a brainbuster on Samurai.
    Semi Final: Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Tanaka beat Takashi Iizuka & Shinya Makabe (14:14) when Tanaka used the Minoru Special on Makabe.
    Final: Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Tanaka (13:35) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock II on Tanaka.

    2002 (3/29/02 to 3/30/02)

    Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi & Masayuki Naruse beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Gedo (10:08) when Nakanishi used a ground Cobra Twist on Goto.
    Round 1: Masahiro Chono & Jado beat Yutaka Yoshie & Katsuyori Shibata (13:50) when Chono used an STF on Shibata.
    Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto beat Kensuke Sasaki & Wataru Inoue (16:01) when Tenzan used a lariat on Inoue.
    Round 1: Yuji Nagata & Minoru Tanaka beat Tadao Yasuda & Masahito Kakihara (10:21) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock II on Kakihara.
    Semi Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto beat Manabu Nakanishi & Masayuki Naruse (14:29) when Tenzan used the TTD on Naruse.
    Semi Final: Yuji Nagata & Minoru Tanaka beat Masahiro Chono & Jado (14:17) when Tanaka used a horizontal cradle on Jado.
    Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto beat Yuji Nagata & Minoru Tanaka (10:58) when Kanemoto used a Tiger suplex hold on Tanaka.

    2003 (3/29/03)

    Semi Final: Yuji Nagata & Masahito Kakihara beat Takashi Iizuka & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:54) when Nagata used the Nagata Lock III on Liger.
    Semi Final: Manabu Nakanishi & Heat beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto (11:09) when Heat used a jackknife hold on Kanemoto.
    Final: Manabu Nakanishi & Heat beat Yuji Nagata & Masahito Kakihara (9:29) when Nakanishi used a front sleeper on Kakihara.

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