Super J-Cup: 4th Stage: ''Osaka Hurricane 2004'' was the second

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and the fourth

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event, it was produced by

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on February 21, 2004, at

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. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view via

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service. It was the fourth edition of the famous interpromotional

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Super J-Cup, featuring the best junior heavyweight wrestlers from Japan and marked the tenth anniversary of the

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Super J-Cup event held in 1994. It was a three-round

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featuring eight wrestlers, marking the fewest participants in a Super J-Cup tournament ever. The event featured twelve professional wrestling matches. The main focus was the namesake Super J-Cup tournament as OPW's own Takehiro Murakama faced Pro Wrestling Noah's

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in the final round of the 2004 Super J-Cup, which Marufuji won. On the

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defeated defending champion Ebessan to capture the promotion's Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship and the team of Billyken Kid and

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successfully defended the

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against

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and Shiryu. The event also featured the Super J-Cup creator and two-time winner

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, OPW's owner

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, Pro Wrestling Noah's

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and

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in highly acclaimed non-tournament matches.

Participants

Event

Quarterfinals

The 2004 Super J-Cup tournament kicked off with

taking on

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in the first match of the tournament. After a back and forth action, Marufuji executed a ''

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'' on Kasai to win the match. In the next match, Garuda defeated Goa by performing a

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to advance to the semi-final. The third match of the quarter-final saw

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defeating

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by forcing him to submit to an

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. In the last match of the quarter-final round, OPW's own wrestler Takehiro Murakama took on

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. After a back and forth action, Murakama executed a

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for the victory. The quarter-final was followed by non-tournament matches. The first was a joshi match, in which Ofune defeated

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by making her submit to a front headlock. The next match was a

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, in which the team of

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, MIKAMI and

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took on Azteca,

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and MA-G-MA. Ishii hit a vertical drop brainbuster to Azteca for the victory. Ebessan defended the Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship against

. After a back and forth action between the two competitors, Kamen delivered a '' Cancun Tornado'' to Ebessan to capture the Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.

Semifinals

In the first semi-final match of the tournament, Naomichi Marufuji defeated Garuda by pinning him with a ''

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''. The next semi-final took place between Takehiro Murakama and Wataru Inoue. The two exchanged momentum until Murakama hit a Brainbuster on Inoue to win the match. In the following match, Billy Kenkid and

defended the

against the team of Shiryu and

in their second title defense of the tag team titles. Kid pinned Michinoku with a

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to retain the titles. The penultimate match of the event was a six-man tag team match, in which the veteran team of

and

took on the team of young wrestlers

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and

. After a back and forth action, Cima hit a ''

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'' on Delfin to win the match.

Final

In the final round of the 2004 Super J-Cup, Naomichi Marufuji took on Takehiro Murakama. After a back and forth action, Marufuji executed a ''Shiranui'' from the top rope on Murakama to win the 2004 Super J-Cup tournament.

Results

Tournament brackets

References

External links

Osaka Pro Wrestling official website
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