Top 20 Japanese Indy Matches of the 90s

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T0P 20 MATCHES
1) TAKA Michinoku/Sho Funaki/Dick Togo/Shiryu/Men's Teioh vs. Gran Naniwa/Super Delfin/Tiger Mask IV/Masato Yakushiji/Gran Hamada - M. Pro "3rd Anniversary Show" (10/10/96) - 527 Points (8-8-1)
2) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader - UWFi "Pro Wrestling World Tourney '94" (8/18/94 - Finals) - 307 (2-4-5)
3) Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Tomoaki Honma - Big Japan (6/20/99 - Death Match) - 298 (2-0-3)
4) Great Sasuke vs. Magnum Tokyo - Toryumon (2/7/99 - Middleweight Title Tourney Finals) - 296 (1-2-3)
5) Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa - BattlARTS Young Generation '99 (8/29/99 - Finals) - 240 (4-1-1)
6) Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Liger - WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95 - Semis) - 204 (0-0-1)
7) Great Sasuke/ Tiger Mask IV/ Shiryu vs. Super Delfin/ Gran Naniwa/ TAKA Michinoku - M. Pro (3/16/96) - 192 (2-0-1)
8) Hayabusa vs. Mr Gannosuke - FMW 9th Anniversary Show (4/30/98 - Unified Title) - 159 (1-1-0)
9) Rey Misterio, Jr. vs. Psicosis (12/13/95 - Super J Non tourney match) - 156 (0-1-1)
10) Great Sasuke/Gran Hamada/Super Delfin/Gran Naniwa/Tiger Mask IV vs. Dick Togo/Men's Teioh/TAKA Michinoku/Shiryu/Sho Funaki - M. Pro (12/9/96 - Elimination Match) - 144 (0-0-1)
11) TAKA Michinoku vs. Minoru Tanaka - M. Pro/BattlARTS (10/17/99) - 135 (0-2-0)
12) Shiima Nobunaga vs. Magnum Tokyo - Toryumon (2/5/99 - Welterweight Title) - 126
13) Great Sasuke/Gran Hamada/Gran Naniwa/Super Delfin/Masato Yakushiji vs. Teioh/Togo/TAKA/Funaki/Shiryu - M. Pro (12/16/96) - 122 (2-0-1)
14) Taka Michinoku vs. Hayabusa - FMW (11/16/96) - 108 (0-1-0)
15) Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit - WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95) - 107
16) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka - RINGS (6/27/98) - 97 (1-0-2)
17) Shinjiro Otani vs. Ultimo Dragon - WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95) - 96 (1-0-0)
18) Nobunaga/Suwa/Fuji vs. Tokyo/Kid/SAITO - Toruymon (2/3/99 - Elimination Match) - 94 (1-1-1)
19) Hayabusa vs. Masato Tanaka - FMW (5/19/98) - 93 (0-1-0)
20) Ultimo Dragon vs. Great Sasuke - WAR "Crush Night" (10/11/96 - J Crown) - 89

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OTHER MATCHES RECEIVING VOTES
Shiryu 2/Minoru Fujita/Jody Fliesh vs. CIMA/Curry Man/Super Boy - M. Pro (12/21/99) - 84 (0-0-1)
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Alexander Otsuka - BattlARTS (4/26/99) - 83 (0-1-0)
Nobunaga/Suwa/Fuji vs. Tokyo/Kid/SAITO - Toruymon (1/3/99- Elimination Match) - 74 (1-0-0)
Yuki Ishikawa/Alexander Otsuka vs. Diasuke Ikeda/Mohammed Yone - BattlARTS (1/28/99) - 72
Terry Funk vs. Cactus Jack - IWA Japan "Duel of the Wilds" (1/8/95 - No Rope Barbed Wire) - 66 (1-0-0)
Masato Tanaka vs. Gladiator - FMW Fall Spectacular '97 (9/28/97 - Unified Title) - 66
Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Mr. Gannosuke - FMW (4/21/98) - 66
Ultimo Dragon vs. Rey Misterio, Jr. - WAR (12/13/96 - J Crown) - 61 (0-1-0)
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader - UWFi (12/5/93) - 61
Tomoaki Honma/Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Shadow WX/The Winger - Big Japan (11/9/99 - Death Match) - 57
TAKA Michinoku/Minoru Fujita vs. Shiima Nobunaga/Sumo Fuji - M. Pro (7/17/99) - 51 (0-1-0)
Great Sasuke vs. Jinsei Shinzaki - M. Pro (4/29/94) - 49 (0-0-2)
Volk Han vs. Kiyoshi Tamura - RINGS "MEGA Battle Tourney '96 (1/22/97 - Finals) - 48 (0-1-0)
Delfin/Yakushiji/Hoshikawa vs. Togo/Teioh/Funaki - M. Pro 4th Anniversary Show (10/10/97) - 47
Genki Horiguchi vs. Susumu Mochizuki - Toryumon (9/14/99) - 47
Tomoaki Honma vs. The Winger - Big Japan (10/3/99 - Barbed Wire Board Death Match) - 47
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Gary Albright - UWFi "Pro Wrestling World Tourney '94" (6/10/94 - Semis) - 47 (0-1-0)
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon - WAR 3rd Anniversary Show (7/7/95) - 44
TAKA Michinoku vs. Great Sasuke - M. Pro 4th Anniversary Show (10/10/97 - Street Fight) - 43
W*ING Kanemura vs. The Gladiator - FMW Year End Spectacular '96 (12/11/96 - Brass Knux Title) - 43
Jushin Liger/Gran Hamada/Gran Naniwa vs. TAKA Michinoku/Dick Togo/Sho Funaki - M. Pro (8/18/96) - 41
Takeshi Ono/Daisuke Ikeda vs. Alexander Otsuka/Satoshi Yoneyana (12/1/96 - Samurai TV Debut) - 40
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ric Flair - SWS (4/18/92 - 2/3 Falls) - 39
Gran Nanwia vs. Tiger Mask IV - M. Pro Mask League '99 (7/17/99) - 36 (1-0-0)
Jushin Liger vs. Gran Naniwa - WAR (12/13/95) - 36
Terry Funk vs. Cactus Jack - IWA King of the Death Matches Tourney (8/20/95 - Finals) - 35
Volk Han vs. Kiyoshi Tamura - RINGS (9/26/97) - 35 (0-0-1)
Shiryu 2/Minoru Fujita/Jody Fliesh vs. CIMA/Curry Man/Super Boy - M. Pro (12/21/99) - 34
TAKA/Magnum TOKYO/Fujita vs. Curry Man/Super Boy/SUWA - M. Pro (8/22/99) - 34
Hayabusa vs. Mr. Gannosuke - FMW 8th Anniversary Show (4/27/97 - Mask vs. Hair) - 34
Hayabusa vs. Great Sasuke - FMW Year End Spectacular '96 (12/11/96) - 34
Yuki Ishikawa/Diasuke Ikeda vs. Alexander Otsuka/Mohammed Yone - BattlARTS (1/12/99) - 34
Hayabusa vs. Galdiator - FMW (8/25/95 - Brass Knux Title) - 33
Minoru Tananka vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri - BattlARTS (1/20/98) - 33
Super Delfin vs. Sato - M. Pro (12/10/93 - Mask vs. Mask) - 30 (1-0-0)
Terry Funk vs. Atsushi Onita - FMW 4th Anniversary (5/5/93 - Exploding Barbed Wire Land Mine Match) - 30 (0-1-0)
Nobunaga/Taru/Fuji vs. TAKA/Tokyo/Arai - Toruymon (7/16/99) - 30
Dragon Kid vs. Judo Suwa - Toryumon (4/25/99 - Welterweight Title) - 30
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa - BattlARTS (5/27/98)  - 30
Tomoaki Honma vs. Shadow WX - Big Japan (10/17/99) - 30
W*ING Kanemura vs. Masato Tanaka - FMW Summer Spectacular '96 (8/1/96 - Indy World Title) - 30
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Tanaka - Big Japan (2/3/98 - Hyper Jr. Tourney) - 28
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Gary Albright - UWFi (9/21/92) - 28
Genichiru Tenryu vs. Great Muta - WAR "Crush Night" (10/11/96) - 27
Matsunaga/Kanemura/Hido vs. M. Tanaka/Fuji/Kuroda - FMW (2/23/96 - War Games Cage Match) - 26
Minoru Tananka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - BattlARTS (5/27/98) - 26
Sato/Great Sasuke/TAKA Michinoku vs. Super Delfin/Gran Naniwa/Jinsei Shinzaki - M. Pro (2/4/94) - 25 (0-1-0)
Cactus Jack vs. W*ING Kanemura - FMW 7th Anniversary Show (5/5/96 - Death Match) - 24
Masato Tanaka vs. Kodo Fuyuki  - FMW (11/23/99 - Loser Leaves FMW 13,000 Volt Thunderbolt Cage Match) - 23
TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Naniwa - M. Pro "5 on 5 Series" (3/1/97) - 22
Great Sasuke/Gran Naniwa/TAKA Michinoku vs. Shiima Nobunaga/Judo Suwa/Sumo Fuji - M. Pro (3/13/99) - 21
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Gedo - Big Japan (2/3/98 - Hyper Jr. Tourney Finals) - 21
Gannosuke/Oya/Kanemura/Hosaka/Hido vs. Ishikawa/Ikeda/Yone/Hijikata/Usuda - FMW (5/5/99 Elimination Match) - 20
Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo - FMW (8/22/93 - Cage Bomb Death Match, Brass Knux Title) - 20 (0-0-1)
Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya - FMW (6/27/95 - Brass Knux Title) - 20
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Genichiro Tenryu - UWFi (9/11/96) - 20 (0-0-1)
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Gary Albright - UWFi "Pro Wrestling World Tourney '94" (8/18/94 - 3rd Place Match) - 19
M. Pro 10 Man (11/3/98) - 18
Atsushi Onita vs. Hayabusa- FMW  6th Anniversary Show (5/5/95 - Cage Bomb Death Match) - 18
Terry Funk/Mr. Pogo vs. Hayabusa/Masato Tanaka - FMW 7th Anniversary Show (5/5/96 - Death Match) - 18
W*ING Kanemura vs. TAKA Michinoku - FMW (12/10/96) - 18
Chris Benoit vs. Gedo - WAR (12/13/95 - Super J Semis) - 18
Takeshi Ono/Daisuke Ikeda vs. Tiger Mask IV/Norihiro Hoshikawa - BattlARTS (1/20/98) - 18
TAKA Michinoku vs. Jinsei Shinzaki - M. Pro (12/17/96) - 17
Great Sasuke/Super Delfin vs. Men's Teioh/Shoichi Funaki - M. Pro Tag League '97 (11/2/97) - 17
Masaaki vs. Shinjiro Ohtani - WAR Super J (12/13/95) - 17
Jushin Liger vs. Gedo - WAR (12/13/95 - Super J Finals) - 17
Volk Han vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka - RINGS "MEGA Battle Tourney '96 (11/22/96) - 17
Great Sasuke/Super Delfin vs. Men's Teioh/Shoichi Funaki - M. Pro Tag League '97 (11/9/97) - 16
Volk Han vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka - RINGS (5/29/98) - 16
Great Sasuke vs. Dos Caras - M. Pro Masked League '95 (8/25/95 - Finals) - 15
Yuuji Yasuraoka vs. Masao Orihara - WAR 5th Anniversary Show (7/6/97 - Jr. Heavyweight Title) - 15
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Naoki Sano - UWFi (10/14/94) - 15
Virus/Ultimo Guerrero vs. Tsubasa/Oriental - CMLL JAPAN (2/24/99) - 15
Men's Teioh vs. Tiger Mask IV - M. Pro (9/23/96) - 14
Men's Teioh vs. Tiger Mask IV - M. Pro (8/31/97 - Super Welterweight Title) - 14
Lance Storm vs. Chris Jericho - WAR (12/8/95) - 14
Great Sasuke vs. Shiryu - M. Pro (7/21/96) - 14
Yuji Anjoh vs. Kazue Yamazaki - 14
Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu - FMW 5th Anniversary Show (5/5/94 - Cage Bomb Death Match) - 13
Nobunaga/Suwa/Fuji vs. Tokyo/Kid/SAITO - Toruymon (8/29/98 - Elimination Match) - 13
Great Sasuke vs. Ultimo Dragon - WAR "2nd Anniversary Show" (7/17/94 - UWA Middleweight Title) - 13
Dragon/Yasuraoka/Storm/Misterio vs. Liger/Gedo/Jericho/Guerrera - WAR (7/21/96) - 13
Naoki Sano vs. Yoji Anjoh - 13
Super Delfin/El Hijo del Santo vs. Dick Togo/Men's Teioh - M. Pro Tag League '96 (11/11/97 - Finals) - 12
Great Sasuke/Ultimo Dragon vs. Jinsei Shinzaki/Gedo - M. Pro (7/30/94) - 12
Great Sasuke/Gran Hamada/Super Delfin vs. Dick Togo/Men's Teioh/Shiryu - M. Pro (11/12/96) - 12
Ultimo Dragon/Masao Orihara vs. Great Sasuke/SATO - WAR (3/2/94) - 12
Head Hunter A vs. Head Hunter B - IWA Japan (5/1/95 - Glass Death Match) - 12
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader - UWFi (4/20/95) - 12
Terry Funk/Shoji Nakamaki/Leatherface vs. Cactus Jack/Headhunters (4/2/95 - Weekly Pro at the Tokyo Dome) - 12
TAKA/Teioh/Motegi/Togo/Funaki vs. Sasuke/Delfin/Naniwa/Hamada/Yakushiji - M. Pro (3/16/97) - 11
Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto - FMW (9/23/91 - Cage Bomb Death Match) - 11
Genki Horiguchi vs. Yasushi Kanda - Toryumon (7/16/99) - 11
Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Dick Togo - Osaka Pro (5/5/99) - 11
George Takano vs. Naoki Sano - SWS (6/7/91) - 11
TAKA Michinoku vs. Super Delfin - M. Pro (12/20/96) - 10
Minoru Tananka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - BattlARTS (3/12/99) - 10
Super Delfin vs. Shiryu - M. Pro "5 on 5 Series" (3/1/97) - 9
TAKA Michinoku vs. Tiger Mask IV - M. Pro (12/11/95) - 9
Hayabusa vs. Sabu - FMW Summer Spectacular '94 (8/28/94) - 9
Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Ooya - FMW (9/20/96) - 9
Katsumi Usuda/Takeshi Ono vs. Alexander Otsuka/Daisuke Ikeda - BattlARTS (2/97) - 9
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Joe Malenko - UWFi (5/20/95) - 9
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ilioukhine Mikhail - RINGS "MEGA Battle Tourney '97 (1/21/98 - Finals) - 9
Delfin/TAKA/Naniwa vs. Sasuke/SATO/Shiryu (4/2/95 - Weekly Pro at the Tokyo Dome) - 9
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Masahito Kakihara - 9
Great Sasuke vs. Dick Togo - M. Pro (8/31/97) - 8
Nobutaka Araya vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - WAR (2/8/97) - 8
Naoki Sano vs. Minoru Tanaka - BattlARTS (9/99) - 8
TAKA Michinoku vs. Tiger Mask IV - M. Pro (11/23/95) - 7
TAKA Michinoku vs. Shoichi Funaki - M. Pro (12/18/97 - Junior Title) - 7
Great Sasuke/Super Delfin vs. Dick Togo/Men's Teioh - M. Pro (12/18/97) - 7
TAKA/Funaki/TMIV vs. Nobunaga/Fuji/TARU - M. Pro (6/19/99) - 7
Tatsumi Kitahara vs. Masahito Kakihara - WAR (7/21/96) - 7
Togo/Funaki/Collins/Shiryu vs. Astro/Delfin/Hamada/Otsuka - M. Pro (9/23/96) - 6
Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto - FMW (8/4/90 - Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match, Brass Knux Title) - 6
TAKA Michnikou/Ricky Fuji/Super Delfin vs. Hayabusa/Great Sasuke/Koji Nakagawa - FMW (12/21/95) - 6
Alexander Otsuka vs. Jinsei Shinzaki - M. Pro (3/6/99) - 5
Nobunaga/Taru/Fuji/S. the Great vs. Sasuke/TOKYO/TMIV/K. Arai - Toruymon (7/11/99) - 5
Volk Han vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto - RINGS "MEGA Battle Tourney '95 (12/19/95) - 5
Lightning Kid/Jerry Lynn/Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Dos Caras/Silver King/El Texano - Hamada's UWF - 5
Gran Naniwa vs. Great Sasuke - M. Pro Masked League '95 - 4
Hoshikawa/Yakushiji/Seno vs. Nobunaga/Suwa/Fuji - M. Pro (1/10/99) - 4
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshhisa Yamamoto - RINGS (6/24/99) - 4
Hayabusa/Tanaka/Nakagawa vs. Kanemura/Matsanuga/Hidoh - FMW (1/10/96 - Pool Hell Death Match) - 3
Dos Caras vs. El Samurai - WAR Super J (12/13/95) - 3
Tomoaki Honma vs. Shadow WX - Big Japan "KOTDM '98" (7/26/98) - 3
Lizmark/Mr. Niebla/Shocker vs. Black Warrior/Rey Bucanero/Pirata Morgan - CMLL Japan (2/2/97) - 3
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ric Flair - SWS (4/17/92) - 3
Super Delfin vs. Sato - M. Pro (3/3/95 - Super Welterweight Title) - 2
Naohiro Hoshikawa/Masato Yakushiji vs. Super Delfin/Gran Naniwa - M. Pro Tag League '98 (11/8/98 - Finals) - 2
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. - Big Japan (9/30/97)  - 2
Asian Cougar/Palamino vs. Akinori Tuskioka/Kyoehi Mikami - IWA Japan (7/20/99) - 2
Lightning Kid/Jerry Lynn vs. Coolie SZ/Bulldog KT - Hamada's UWF (1/19/92 Champs Forum Special) - 2
Gedo/Jado/Hido vs. Shoji Nakamaki/Nobutaka Araya/Masayoshi Motegi - W*ING (2/11/94) - 2
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shiyna Hashimoto (6/17/93) - 2
Super Delfin vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa - M. Pro (6/28/98) - 1
Super Delfin/El Hijo del Santo vs. TAKA Michnikou/Men's Teioh - M. Pro Tag League '96 (11/9/96) - 1
123 Kid vs. Gedo - WAR (3/26/95 - International Jr. Tourney) - 1
Volk Han vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka - RINGS (7/16/96) - 1
Hayabusa vs. Gladiator - FMW (9/24/95) - 1

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TOP 20 MATCHES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader	UWFi "Pro Wrestling World Tourney '94" (8/18/94 - Finals)
Rey Misterio, Jr. vs. Psicosis	WAR - (12/13/95 - Super J Non tourney match)
Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit	WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95)
Shinjiro Otani vs. Ultimo Dragon	WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95) - 96 (1-0-0)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Liger	WAR Super J Cup (12/13/95 - Semis)
Great Sasuke/Tiger Mask IV/Shiryu vs. Super Delfin/Gran Naniwa/TAKA Michinoku	Michinoku Pro (3/16/96)
TAKA/Funaki/Togo/Shiryu/Teioh vs. Naniwa/Delfin/Tiger Mask IV/Yakushiji/Hamada	Michinoku Pro "3rd Anniversary Show" (10/10/96)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Great Sasuke	WAR "Crush Night" (10/11/96 - J Crown)
Taka Michinoku vs. Hayabusa	FMW (11/16/96)
Sasuke/Hamada/Delfin/Naniwa/TMIV vs. Togo/Teioh/TAKA/Shiryu/Funaki	Michinoku Pro (12/9/96 - Elimination Match)
Sasuke/Hamada/Naniwa/Delfin/Yakushiji vs. Teioh/Togo/TAKA/Funaki/Shiryu	Michinoku Pro (12/16/96)
Hayabusa vs. Mr Gannosuke	FMW "9th Anniversary Show" (4/30/98 - Unified Title)
Hayabusa vs. Masato Tanaka	FMW (5/19/98)
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	RINGS (6/27/98)
Nobunaga/Suwa/Fuji vs. Tokyo/Kid/SAITO	Toruymon (2/3/99 - Elimination Match)
Shiima Nobunaga vs. Magnum Tokyo	Toryumon (2/5/99 - Welterweight Title)
Great Sasuke vs. Magnum Tokyo	Toryumon (2/7/99 - Middleweight Title Tourney Finals)
Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Tomoaki Honma	Big Japan (6/20/99 - Death Match)
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa	BattlARTS Young Generation '99 (8/29/99 - Finals)
TAKA Michinoku vs. Minoru Tanaka	Michinoku Pro/BattlARTS (10/17/99)