WAR Anniversary Show was a

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produced by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Wrestle Association R Wrestle Association R (formerly known as Wrestle and Romance and abbreviated as WAR) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 200 ...

(WAR) to commemorate the anniversary of the promotion's founding by Genichiro Tenryu in 1992. The event to celebrate its anniversary was held between 1993 and 2000.

Dates, venues and main events

Results

1st Anniversary of Revolution

1st Anniversary of Revolution marked the first anniversary of Wrestling and Romance after the promotion was established in 1992. The event took place on June 17, 1993 at the Nippon Budokan in

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, Japan, drawing a crowd of 14,300 people. ;Results

2nd Anniversary of Revolution

2nd Anniversary of Revolution marked the second anniversary of Wrestling and Romance. The event took place on July 17, 1994 at the

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, Japan, drawing a crowd of 11,050 people. The event featured a special six-man tag team tournament, in which eight six-man teams were paired in three rounds and paired

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and WAR owner Genichiro Tenryu in one team along with

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, just a few months after Tenryu had beaten Onita in a no ropes barbed wire deathmatch at

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. ;Results

Tournament bracket

3rd Anniversary Show

3rd Anniversary Show took place on July 7, 1995 at the

, Japan. ;Results

4th Anniversary Show

4th Anniversary Show commemorated the fourth anniversary of WAR. The event took place on July 20, 1996 at the

, Japan. The event featured an eight-team tournament for the vacant World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, which had been vacated by previous champions Fuyuki-Gun after they vacated the title in June to participate in the tournament. ;Results

Tournament bracket

5th Anniversary Show

5th Anniversary Show commemorated the fifth anniversary of WAR. The event took place on July 6, 1997 at the

, Japan. The show was headlined by a main event between Genichiro Tenryu and

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, which Tenryu won. A match was held for the vacant World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at the event, in which

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, Lance Storm and Nobutaka Araya defeated Mitsuharu Kitao,

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and

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to capture the vacant title. The event was televised on Samurai! TV. ;Results

7th Anniversary Show

7th Anniversary Show was the seventh anniversary event of

, which took place on June 20, 1999 at the Korakuen Hall in

, Japan. This marked the first time that the event was held at the Korakuen Hall and the first time that it was held at any other venue instead of

, where the previous four Anniversary Show events had taken place. In the main event, Genichiro Tenryu revived his feud with

as the two captained opposite teams in a Street Fight Tornado Deathmatch. ;Results

8 Years Later

8 Years Later marked the eighth anniversary of

and was the final event of the promotion before Genichiro Tenryu closed it down to return to

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(AJPW). The event took place on July 13, 2000 at the Korakuen Hall in

, Japan and was headlined by an interpromotional match in which Tenryu took on

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wrestler

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. ;Results

References

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