Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament

Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament
Promotion	All-Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	April 13-May 12, 2002
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Nippon Budokan[1]; Iwate Prefectural Gym[2]; Niigata City Gym[1][3]; Korakuen Hall[1][4]
Attendance	16,000 (April 13)[1]; 2,100 (April 27) [1][5]; 2,700 (April 30)[1][2]; 3,150 (May 1)[1][3]
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The Giant Baba (Hai Sodatsu) Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament, or simply the Giant Baba Six Man Cup, was a professional wrestling memorial event produced by the All-Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion, which took place from April 13 to May 12, 2002 at the Nippon Budokan,^[1] Iwate Prefectural Gym,^[2] Niigata City Gym^[3] and Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was the third and final event honoring AJPW founder Shohei "Giant" Baba, the previous shows being the Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular and Giant Baba Memorial Cup in January 2001 and 2002 respectively. Seven professional wrestling matches were held over a three-week period,^[6] with both the tournament semi-finals and final match held at Korakuen Hall.^[1]^[4]

Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines won the tournament by winning three matches all aired on pay-per-view.^[7] Over the course of the tournament, they defeated Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma and Jimmy Yang in the quarter-finals,^[5] Taiyō Kea, Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura in the semi-finals and Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya in the final match.^[6] Earlier in the semi-finals, between Genichiro Tenryu's team and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda and Yoji Anjo, Anjo accidentally hit Rotunda in the face with a back-fist punch which eventually lead to their defeat. Blaming Anjo for the loss, Williams turned his back on Anjoh causing a split between the two former teammates.^[4]

Results

No.	Results^[6]	Stipulations	Times
1	"Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda and Yoji Anjo defeated Mike Barton, Jim Steele and Cedman	Giant Baba Memorial Cup quarter-final match	16:16^[1]
2	Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya defeated Kendo Kashin, Johnny Smith and Abdullah the Butcher	Giant Baba Memorial Cup quarter-final match	19:11^[3]
3	Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines defeated Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma and Jimmy Yang	Giant Baba Memorial Cup quarter-final match	13:35^[5]
4	Taiyō Kea, Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura defeated Masa Fuchi, Hideki Hosaka and Gran Naniwa	Giant Baba Memorial Cup quarter-final match	18:50^[2]
5	Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya defeated Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda and Yoji Anjo	Giant Baba Memorial Cup semi-final match	n/a
6	Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines defeated Taiyo Kea, Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura	Giant Baba Memorial Cup semi-final match	n/a
7	Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines defeated Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya	Giant Baba Memorial Cup final match	n/a

The tournament took place between April 13 and May 12, 2002. The tournament brackets were:

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda and Yoji Anjo

Mike Barton, Jim Steele and Cedman

Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda and Yoji Anjoh

Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya

Kendo Kashin, Johnny Smith and Abdullah the Butcher

Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi and Nobutaka Araya

Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines

Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma and Jimmy Yang

Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines

Taiyo Kea, Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura

Taiyo Kea, Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura

Masa Fuchi, Hideki Hosaka and Gran Naniwa

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