I haven't seen it all but contrary to popular belief, early 2000's Japanese wrestling doesn't suck. Is it different than the greatest decade in modern wrestling (1990s) ? Yup but there's plenty of great wrestling to enjoy. I think the inter-promotional stuff is very interesting and although it would stay a part of puro, it was best when it was fresh & new. You might be familiar with a couple of these but there's a bunch that I think flew under the radar or have been forgotten about:
Curry Man, CIMA & Super Boy vs Minoru Fujita, Shiryu II & Jody Fleisch (M-Pro 12/21/99) A few days short of 2000 but I'm counting it!
Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama vs Takao Omori & Takashi Sugiura (06/16/01) NOAH
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (07/27/01) NOAH
Jado & Gedo vs The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV (M-Pro 08/19/01)
Kentaro Shiga & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (ZERO1 09/15/2001)
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa (ZERO1 03/02/2001)
Shinya Hashimoto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (ZERO1 09/15/2001)
Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH 12/09/01)
Vader vs. Jun Akiyama (12/09/01) NOAH
Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori (02/17/02) NOAH
Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (02/17) NOAH
Keiji Mutoh vs. Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 02/24/2002)
Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Jun Kasai (Land Mine Board Russian Roulette Death Match) (BJW 03/03/02)
Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (NOAH 04/07/02)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima (AJPW 07/17/2002)
Shinjiro Otani vs Masato Tanaka (ZERO-ONE 07/31/02)
Jushin Liger/Minoru Tanaka vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - (8/29) NOAH
Yoshihiro Takayama vs Kazuyuki Fujita (NJPW 08/29/02)
Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio vs. Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama (09/23) NOAH
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama (09/23) NOAH
Kintaro (W*ing) Kanemura vs Masato Tanaka (WEW 11/04/02)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Masahiro Chono vs Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue (01/10/03 NOAH)
Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (01/10/03 NOAH)
Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama vs. Tsubasa & Black Buffalo (02/1/03 Osaka Pro)
Ikuto Hidaka & Masao Orihara vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshihito Sasaki (Differ Cup 2003)
MEN's Teioh vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW 03/30/03)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono (NJPW 05/02/03)
Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW 05/02/03)
Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsu Kuroda vs Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (WEW 05/03/03)
Tiger Mask vs. Takehiro Murahama (NJPW 06/13/03)
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW 06/13/03)
Kintaro Kanemura vs. Ryuji Ito (Cage Death Match)(BJW 08/24/03)
Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takao Omori (AJPW 07/18/04)
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