The Best Of Japan in 2001
(6 tapes - 36h)
All the Best Matches in Japanese Promotions in 2001. Covering New Japan, All Japan, NOAH, Zero One, Osaka Pro, Michinoku Pro, Toryumon, BattlArts
| Tape.Match | Promotion(s) | Title(s) | Match Description | Date | Event or Tour | Notes |
| 1.1 | AJPW | Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo | 12/09/00 | Real World Tag League 2000 (11/19/00 to 12/09/00) | 2000 RWTL Final | |
| 1.2 | NJPW - Osaka | Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka & Shinya Makabe vs. Takehiro Murahama & Super Delfin & Tsubasa | 12/14/00 | The 2nd Judgement | ||
| 1.3 | NJPW - AJPW | Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi | 12/14/00 | The 2nd Judgement | ||
| 1.4 | NOAH | Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama | 12/23/00 | Grand Voyage | ||
| 1.5 | NJPW - AJPW | IWGP Heavyweight | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 01/04/01 | Wrestling World 2001 | IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Final |
| 1.6 | AJPW - BattlArts | Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya & Shigeo Okamura vs. Taiyo Kea & Mitsuya Nagai & Masahito Kakihara & Mohammad Yone | 01/10/01 | New Year Giant Series 2001 (01/02/01 to 01/14/01) | Elimination Match | |
| 1.7 | AJPW | AJPW United Tag Team | Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith | 01/14/01 | New Year Giant Series 2001 (01/02/01 to 01/14/01) | Decision Match for Vacant titles |
| 1.8 | NJPW | Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. El Samurai & Silver King & Dr. Wagner Jr. | 02/18/01 | Fighting Spirit 2001 (01/31/01 to 02/18/01) | Takaiwa's last match in NJ before signing with ZERO-ONE | |
| 1.9 | NJPW | IWGP Heavyweight | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinjiro Otani | 02/18/01 | Fighting Spirit 2001 (01/31/01 to 02/18/01) | Sasaki's 3rd reign, 1st defense. Otani's last match in NJ before signing with ZERO-ONE |
| 1.10 | Zero-One - NOAH | Naomichi Marafuji vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa | 03/02/01 | Fighting Athlete | ||
| 1.11 | Zero-One - NJPW - NOAH | Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata | 03/02/01 | Fighting Athlete | ||
| 2.1 | AJPW | Triple Crown | (C) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Taiyo Kea | 03/03/01 | 2001 Excite Series Series (02/18/01 to 03/03/01) | Tenryu's 2nd reign, 1st defense |
| 2.2 | AJPW | Taiyo Kea vs. Johnny Smith | 03/23/01 | 2001 Championship Carnival (03/23/01 to 04/14/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 2.3 | AJPW | Genichiro Tenryu vs. Taiyo Kea | 04/11/01 | 2001 Championship Carnival (03/23/01 to 04/14/01) | 2001 Chamoionship Carnival Final | |
| 2.4 | NOAH | Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori | 04/01/01 | Navigation for the Victory, GHC 2001(03/18/01 to 04/15/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 2.5 | NOAH | Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama | 04/11/01 | Navigation for the Victory, GHC 2001(03/18/01 to 04/15/01) | Semi-Final Match | |
| 2.6 | NOAH | GHC Heavyweight | Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Yoshihiro Takayama | 04/15/01 | Navigation for the Victory, GHC 2001(03/18/01 to 04/15/01) | Tournament Final for the GHC Heavyweight Title |
| 2.7 | AJPW | Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuya Nagai | 04/04/01 | 2001 Championship Carnival (03/22/97 to 04/19/97) | Tournament Match | |
| 2.8 | AJPW - NJPW | Toshiaki Kawada vs. Keiji Mutoh | 04/14/01 | 2001 Championship Carnival (03/22/97 to 04/19/97) | ||
| 2.9 | BattlArts | Daijiro Matsui vs. Ikuto Hidaka | 04/13/01 | 5 Years Later | ||
| 2.10 | Zero-One - NOAH | Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Naomichi Marafuji | 04/18/01 | True Century Creation II | ||
| 2.11 | NJPW | Keiji Mutoh vs. Jushin Thunder Liger | 04/19/01 | Strong Energy 2001 (04/19/01 to 05/02/01) | ||
| 2.12 | NJPW | Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura & Takashi Iizuka vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Scott Norton | 04/20/01 | Strong Energy 2001 (04/19/01 to 05/02/01) | ||
| 3.13 | NJPW - Osaka | IWGP JR Heavyweight | (C) Minoru Tanaka vs. Takehiro Murahama | 04/20/01 | Strong Energy 2001 (04/19/01 to 05/02/01) | Tanaka's 1st reign, 2nd defense |
| 3.14 | NOAH | GHC Heavyweight | Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue | 05/18/01 | Navigation with Breeze 2001 (05/12/01 to 05/25/01) | Misawa's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 3.15 | NJPW | Minoru Tanaka vs. Shinya Makabe | 05/18/01 | Best Of the Super Juniors VIII (05/18/01 to 06/04/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 3.1 | Toryumon | Magnum Tokyo vs. Masaaki Mochizuki | 01/07/99 | El Numero Uno Tournament Final | ||
| 3.2 | NJPW | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Keiji Mutoh & Jushin Thunder Liger | 05/28/01 | Best Of the Super Juniors VIII (05/18/01 to 06/04/01) | ||
| 3.3 | NJPW | Minoru Tanaka vs. AKIRA | 05/28/01 | Best Of the Super Juniors VIII (05/18/01 to 06/04/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 3.4 | NJPW | Keiji Mutoh vs. Satoshi Kojima | 06/04/01 | Best Of the Super Juniors VIII (05/18/01 to 06/04/01) | ||
| 3.5 | NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Tanaka | 06/04/01 | Best Of the Super Juniors VIII (05/18/01 to 06/04/01) | BOSJ Tournament Final | |
| 3.6 | NJPW - AJPW | Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima | 06/06/01 | NJ vs. AJ | ||
| 3.7 | NJPW - AJPW | Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroshi Hase | 06/06/01 | NJ vs. AJ | ||
| 3.8 | NJPW | IWGP Heavyweight | (C) Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Yuji Nagata | 06/06/01 | NJ vs. AJ | Fujita's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 3.9 | AJPW - NJPW | AJPW All Asia Tag | Yuji Nagata & Shinya Makabe vs. Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai | 06/08/01 | 2001 Super Power Series (05/25/01 to 06/18/01) | Desision match for the vacant titles |
| 3.10 | AJPW - NJPW | Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 06/08/01 | 2001 Super Power Series (05/25/01 to 06/18/01) | ||
| 3.11 | AJPW - NJPW | Triple Crown | (C) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh | 06/08/01 | 2001 Super Power Series (05/25/01 to 06/18/01) | Tenryu's 2nd reign, 2nd defense |
| 3.12 | Osaka - NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Super Delfin & Takehiro Murahama | 05/29/01 | 2nd Year Anniversary Spicy Series (04/28/01 to 05/29/01) | ||
| 3.13 | Zero-One - UPW | Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tom Howard | 06/14/01 | Shingeki | ||
| 4.1 | Toryumon | Magnum Tokyo vs. CIMA | ||||
| 4.2 | NOAH | GHC Jr. Heavyweight | Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Juventud Guerrera | 06/24/01 | Navigation to the Bright Destination 2001 (06/09/01 to 06/24/01) | GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament Final |
| 4.3 | Toryumon | Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Ricky Marvin vs. Darkness Dragon & Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda | ||||
| 4.4 | Toryumon - MPro | UWA Trios Tag | (C) CIMA & SUWA & Big Fuji vs. Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV & Gran Hamada | |||
| 4.5 | Toryumon | British Commenwealth Jr. Heavyweight | (C) Masaai Mochizuki vs. Magnom Tokyo | 07/01/01 | ||
| 4.6 | AJPW | AJPW Unified Tag Team | (C) Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Yoji Anjoh | 07/14/01 | 2001 Summer Action Series (06/30/01 to 07/14/01) | Kea & Smith's 1st reign, 4th defense |
| 4.7 | AJPW | Triple Crown | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Steve Williams | 07/14/01 | 2001 Summer Action Series (06/30/01 to 07/14/01) | Mutoh's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 4.8 | NJPW | IWGP Jr. Tag | (C) Jushin Thnder Liger & El Samurai vs. Jado & Gedo | 07/20/01 | Dome Quake | Liger & Samurai's 1st reign, 2nd defense |
| 4.9 | NOAH | GHC Heavyweight | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama | 07/27/01 | 2001 Accomplish our first Navigation (07/14/01 to 07/27/01) | Misawa's 1st reign, 2nd defense |
| 4.10 | NJPW | Satoshi Kojima vs. Osamu Nishimura | 08/05/01 | 2001 G1 Climax (08/04/01 to 08/12/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 4.11 | NJPW | Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Osamu Nishimura | 08/06/01 | 2001 G1 Climax (08/04/01 to 08/12/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 4.12 | NJPW | Keiji Mutoh vs. Satoshi Kojima | 08/06/01 | 2001 G1 Climax (08/04/01 to 08/12/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 4.13 | NJPW | Keiji Mutoh vs. Yuji Nagata | 08/12/01 | 2001 G1 Climax (08/04/01 to 08/12/01) | 2001 G1 Climax Final | |
| 5.1 | MPRO - NJPW | IWGP Jr Tag | (C) Jado & Gedo vs. Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV | 08/19/01 | Jado & Gedo's 1st reign, 1st defense | |
| 5.2 | AJPW - NJPW | AJPW Unified Tag | (C) Genichiro Tenryu & Yoji Anjoh vs. Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea | 09/08/01 | 2001 Summer Action Series II (08/26/01 to 09/08/01) | Tenryu & Anjoh's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 5.3 | Zero-One | Shinjiro Otani vs. Kyohei Sato | 09/15/01 | 2001 Fire Festival (09/01/01 to 09/15/01) | 2001 Fire Festival Final | |
| 5.4 | NJPW - AJPW | Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima | 09/16/01 | 2001 G1 World (09/07/01 to 09/23/01) | ||
| 5.5 | NJPW | IWGP Tag | (C) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura | 09/23/01 | 2001 G1 World (09/07/01 to 09/23/01) | Tenkoji's 2nd reign, 7th defense |
| 5.6 | Toryumon | Magnum Tokyo vs. Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA vs. Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon | 09/30/01 | Golden Net Cage Elimination Match | ||
| 5.7 | NJPW - AJPW - NOAH | Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata | 10/08/01 | Indicate of Next | ||
| 5.8 | NOAH - Zero-One | GHC Jr. Heavyweight | (C) Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Tatsuhiti Takaiwa | 01/19/01 | 2001 Tug of War (10/06/01 to 10/19/01) | Kanemaru's 1st reign, 3rd defense |
| 5.9 | NJPW | IWGP Tag | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura vs. Keiji Mutoh & Jushin Thunder Liger | 10/19/01 | 2001 Survival (10/12/01 to 10/28/01) | Fujinami & Nishimura's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 5.10 | NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Koji Kanemoto & AKIRA & Jado & Gedo | 10/21/01 | 2001 Survival (10/12/01 to 10/28/01) | ||
| 6.1 | AJPW - NJPW | AJPW United Tag | (C)Genichiro Tenryu & Yoji Anjoh vs. Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea | 10/22/01 | 2001 October Giant Series (10/07/01 to 10/27/01) | Tenryu & Anjoh's 1st reign, 3rd defense |
| 6.2 | NJPW | IWGP Jr. Tag | (C) Jado & Gedo vs. Minoru Tanaka & El Samurai | 10/26/01 | 2001 Survival (10/12/01 to 10/28/01) | Jado & Gedo's 1st reign, 3rd defense |
| 6.3 | AJPW - NJPW | Triple Crown | (C)Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono | 10/27/01 | 2001 October Giant Series (10/07/01 to 10/27/01) | Mutoh's 1st reign, 3rd defense |
| 6.4 | NJPW - AJPW | IWGP Tag & AJPW United Tag | (C-IWGP) Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura vs. (C-United) Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea | 10/28/01 | 2001 Survival (10/12/01 to 10/28/01) | Fujinami & Nishimura's 1st reign, 2nd defense. Mutoh & Kea's 1st reign, 1st defense |
| 6.5 | MPro - NJPW | Gedo & Dick Togo vs. Great Sasuke & Masao Orihata | Michinoku Pro Tag League | Tournament Final | ||
| 6.6 | NJPW | Keiji Mutoh & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Yuji Nagata & Minoru Tanaka | 11/02/01 | Osamu Kido Retirement Show | ||
| 6.7 | Zero-One - NJPW | Masato Tanaka & Jado & Gedo vs. Shinjiro Otani & Naohiro Hoshikawa & Kohei Sato | ||||
| 6.8 | NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Jado & Gedo | 11/16/01 | 2001 G1 Tag League (11/16/01 to 12/11/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 6.9 | NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata | 11/23/01 | 2001 G1 Tag League (11/16/01 to 12/11/01) | Tournament Match | |
| 6.10 | NJPW | Masato Tanaka & Masuyuki Naruse & Masahito Kakihara vs. Jado & Gedo & GOKU-DO | 11/26/01 | 2001 G1 Tag League (11/16/01 to 12/11/01) | G1 Jr. 6 Man Tag Team Tournament Final | |
| 6.11 | NJPW | Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai vs. Jado & Gedo | 11/25/01 | 2001 G1 Tag League (11/16/01 to 12/11/01) | G1 Jr. Tag Team Tournament Final | |
| 6.12 | NOAH | GHC Tag Team | Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs. Vader & Scorpio | 11/19/01 | 2001 Tug of War (10/06/01 to 10/19/01) | GHC Tag Team Final |