VIEW FROM THE RISING SUN
by Masanori Horie

Tokyo Dome---1/28/01

Terry Funk (January 26, 2001---Narita Airport)

(L-R) Danny Kroffat (Phil Lafon), George Hines (Jackie Fulton), Curt Hennig, Mike Rotundo, Steve Williams, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn), & Terry Funk
(January 26, 2001---Narita Airport)

Abdullah the Butcher (January 26, 2001---Tokyo)

Terry Funk and Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala
(January 26, 2001---Tokyo)

Pete Roberts & Stan Hansen (January 27, 2001---Tokyo)

Taiyo Kea (January 27, 2001---Tokyo)

(L-R) Steve Williams, Taiyo Kea, Stan Hansen, Johnny Smith, & Mike Barton
(January 27, 2001---Prism #2, Korakuen)

Mil Mascaras (January 28, 2001---Tokyo)

The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) (January 28, 2001---Prism #2, Korakuen)

"Lord" James Blears (January 28, 2001---Tokyo)

Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo (January 28, 2001---Tokyo)

Giant Kimala & Johnny Smith (January 28, 2001---Tokyo Dome)

All Japan Pro Wrestling
Sunday, January 28, 2001 (3:00 p.m.)
Tokyo Dome

3:00 p.m.---(1) 13-Man Battle Royal: Danny Kroffat (Phil Lafon) beat Yuto Aijima
(26:14)
Elimination: 1-Gran Naniwa, 2-SHINOBI, 3-Stalker Ichikawa, 4-TARU, 5-Darkness Dragon, 6-Susumu Mochizuki, 7-Genki Horiguchi, 8-Nobukazu Hirai, 9-Kyoshiro Suizenji, 10-Hiroyuki Kanda, 11-Ryuji Hijikata

(2) Kim Duk & Shigeo Okumura beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobutaka Araya
(14:33 Duk beat Araya with a Tombstone Piledriver)

(3) Mil Mascaras & El Hijo Del Santo beat Arkangel De La Muerte & Blue Panther
(13:40 Mascaras beat Panther)

(4) Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai beat Alexander Otsuka & Mohammed Yone
(11:39 Nagai beat Yone)

(5) Johnny Smith, George Hines, & Jim Steele (Wolf Hawkfield) beat Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, & Curt Hennig
(15:22 Steele beat Windham with a Turbo Drop)

5:05 p.m.---(6) Jushin "Thunder" Liger beat Masanobu Fuchi (18:04 La Magistral)

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger

***Intermission***

5:50 p.m.---(7) Terry Funk & Atsushi Onita beat Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala
(8:26 Terry beat Kimala with a Spinning Toe Hold)

Terry Funk & Atsushi Onita vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala

6:25 p.m.---Stan Hansen's Retirement Ceremony

Stan Hansen's Retirement Ceremony

6:55 p.m.---(8) Steve Williams beat Mike Barton (14:47 Backdrop)

(9) Keiji Muto beat Taiyo Kea (18:45 Figure Four Leglock)

Taiyo Kea vs. Keiji Muto

7:46 p.m.---(10) Toshiaki Kawada & Kensuke Sasaki beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Hiroshi Hase
(23:48 Kawada beat Hase with a Powerbomb)---8:09 p.m.

Toshiaki Kawada & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Hiroshi Hase

Terry Funk after the wild match (January 28, 2001---Tokyo Dome)

Stan Hansen

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