IWGP Retsuden Complete-Box V [Blu-ray Box]

[Machine Translation] The most treasured battles for the IWGP Title in New Japan Pro Wrestling, from 1981 to the present, are completely restored in this Blu-ray BOX series. Literally a permanent preservation of IWGP history! Included in this collection are the first defense of the 27th IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki on February 18, 2001, to the birth of the 38th IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuyuki Fujita on June 5, 2004. The era was the martial arts boom, and even within New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the New Japan mats were shaken by differences in the direction of professional wrestling! The history of champions in this turbulent era! Shinjiro Otani, who switched to the heavyweight division after his triumphant return to Japan, challenges the champion Kensuke Sasaki for the first time. Kazuyuki Fujita switched to martial arts but was ordered by Inoki to defeat his strong opponent Scott Norton to be crowned champion for the first time. Hiroshi Nagata, in his 10th year since debut, was crowned for the first time and achieved V10, the record for the longest defense at the time. Shinsuke Nakaura, who had debuted one year and four months earlier, defeated Tenzan to be crowned IWGP champion for the first time, and at 24 years and nine months became the youngest and fastest champion in history at the time, transforming the landscape of the New Japan mat.

新日本プロレスの至宝IWGP王座を巡る激闘の数々を1981年から現在まで、ブルーレイBOXシリーズで完全復活。文字通りIWGPの歴史の永久保存版! 2001年2月18日第27代IWGPヘビー級王者佐々木健介初防衛戦～2004年6月5日第38代IWGPヘビー級王者藤田和之誕生までを収録。時代は格闘技ブーム、新日本プロレス内部でもプロレスの方向性の違いで揺れる新日本マット! まさに激動の時代の王者遍歴! 王者佐々木健介に凱旋帰国後ヘビー級に転向した大谷晋二郎が初挑戦。藤田和之は格闘技路線へ転向するも猪木の命を受け、強敵スコット・ノートンを破り王座初戴冠。そして、永田裕志はデビュー10年目にして王座初戴冠、そして当時最長防衛記録のV10達成。デビュー1年4ヶ月の中邑真輔が、天山を破ってIWGP王座初戴冠。24歳9ヶ月で当時史上最速最年少で王座につき新日本マットの風景を一変させた。IWGPヘビー級王者のベルトを帝王高山善廣、当時K-1で活躍していた"ザ・ビースト"ボブ・サップも王座戴冠。