2005
The 2005 Young Lion Cup was the twelfth and most recent tournament held by NJPW and ran from to March 3 to March 23, 2005. The league matches took place during NJPW's "Big Fight Series 2005" tour and the final was on their NJOW "Nexess V" show. The tournament was scheduled to feature seven wrestlers but Tommy Williams was injured and had to withdraw from the competition without wrestling a single match, forfeiting all matches. The tournament also featured Naofumi Yamamoto, Yujiro, Hiroshi Nagao and Akiya Anzawa, in addition to the top two point scores Hirooki Goto (9 points) and Hiroyuki Ito (11 points). In the league Ito wrestled to a draw against Goto and won the other five matches, making him the only undefeated participant. On March 23, 2005 Hirooki Goto defeated Hiroyuki Ito to win the 2005 Young Lion Cup.
| Hiroyuki Ito | 11 |
|---|---|
| Hirooki Goto | 9 |
| Akiya Anzawa | 8 |
| Hiroshi Nagao | 6 |
| Yujiro | 4 |
| Naofumi Yamamoto | 4 |
| Tommy Williams (Withdrew) | 0 |
| Young Lion Cup | Anzawa | Goto | Ito | Nagao | Williams | Yamamoto | Yujiro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzawa | X | Anzawa (08:51) | Ito (07:59) | Anzawa (07:42) | Anzawa (Forfeit) | Anzawa (07:16) | Yujiro (10:04) |
| Goto | Anzawa (08:51) | X | Draw (20:00) | Goto (06:03) | Goto (Forfeit) | Goto (05:53) | Goto (07:19) |
| Ito | Ito (07:59) | Draw (20:00) | X | Ito (03:54) | Ito (Forfeit) | Ito (06:56) | Nagao (08:47) |
| Nagao | Anzawa (07:42) | Goto (06:03) | Ito (03:54) | X | Nagao (Forfeit) | Nagao (09:02) | Yamamoto (06:05) |
| Williams | Anzawa (Forfeit) | Goto (Forfeit) | Ito (Forfeit) | Nagao (Forfeit) | X | Yamamoto (Forfeit) | Yujiro (Forfeit) |
| Yamamoto | Anzawa (07:16) | Goto (05:53) | Yamamoto (06:05) | Nagao (09:02) | Yamamoto (Forfeit) | X | Yamamoto (06:05) |
| Yujiro | Yujiro (10:04) | Goto (07:19) | Ito (06:56) | Nagao (08:47) | Yujiro (Forfeit) | Yamamoto (06:05) | X |
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