{{Infobox Wrestling event |name=Wrestling World 2002 |image=File:Jun_Akiyama.jpg |caption=Jun Akiyama, who successfully defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship at the event. |promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date={{dts|2002|1|4}}<ref name=Jan4-02>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0102 | title= Wrestling World 2002 | date= January 4, 2002 | accessdate= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |venue=Tokyo Dome |city=Tokyo, Japan |attendance=52,000<ref name=Jan4-02/> |liveevent=n |event= Wrestling World |lastevent2=2001 |nextevent2=2003 |event2=New Japan Pro-Wrestling events |lastevent3 = Wrestling Dontaku 2001 |nextevent3 = Wrestling World 2003 }} '''Wrestling World 2002''' was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Wrestling World 2002 was the eleventh January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,000 spectators.<ref name=Jan4-02/>
The show was the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show to feature wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Noah, with the main event of the ten 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.
==Production== ===Background=== The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestling.net/article.php?40241 | title = GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details | date=December 23, 2014 | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net}}</ref><ref name=WK11AXSPWT>{{cite web | url = http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/12/13/new-japans-wrestlekingdom-11-air-axs-tv-starting-jan-13-four-weekly-special-episodes-ross-barnett-commentary/ | title = New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary | last=Keller | first=Wade | authorlink=Wade Keller | date=December 13, 2016 | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |results= |times=<ref name=Jan4-02/> |match1=Masahito Kakihara and Masayuki Naruse defeated Katsuyori Shibata and Wataru Inoue |stip1=Tag team match |time1=10:50 |match2=El Samurai and Minoru Tanaka defeated Akira and Koji Kanemoto |stip2=Tag team match |time2=12:31 |match3=Kazunari Murakami and Yuki Ishikawa defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kenzo Suzuki |stip3=Tag team match |time3=08:00 |match4=The Great Sasuke, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Dick Togo, Gedo and Jado |stip4=Six-man tag team match |time4=20:12 |match5=Manabu Nakanishi defeated Giant Silva via countout |stip5=Singles match |time5=06:49 |match6=Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Daijiro Matsui |stip6=Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |time6=05:43 |match7=Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh defeated Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami |stip7=Tag team match |time7=16:44 |match8=Naoya Ogawa vs. Kensuke Sasaki ended in a no contest |stip8=Singles match |time8=04:02 |match9=Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated Giant Singh and Masahiro Chono |stip9=Tag team match |time9=10:47 |match10=Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata |stip10=Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship |time10=19:58 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.njpw.co.jp/ NJPW.co.jp] {{in lang|ja}} {{2000 NJPW events}} {{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|January 4 Tokyo Dome Show}}
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