Hirooki Goto

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Hirooki Goto

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 Sep 27th 2015	Shinsuke Nakamura	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Destruction in Okayama 2015 Sep 23rd 2015	Beretta & Rocky Romero & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Alex Shelley & Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoaki Honma	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 19 Aug 16th 2015	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata & Kota Ibushi	def.	Tetsuya Naito & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 18 Aug 15th 2015	Yuji Nagata	def.	Hirooki Goto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 17 Aug 14th 2015	KUSHIDA & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata	def.	Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Ricochet	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Dominion 7.5 Jul 5th 2015	Hirooki Goto (c)	def. (pin)	Shinsuke Nakamura		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXII - Day 13 Jun 7th 2015	Kazushi Sakuraba & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata & Togi Makabe	10-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXII - Day 12 Jun 5th 2015	Kazushi Sakuraba & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	10-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '15 May 3rd 2015	Hirooki Goto	def.	Shinsuke Nakamura (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW Invasion Attack '15 Apr 5th 2015	Hirooki Goto & Tetsuya Naito & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 7 Mar 15th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto		New Japan Cup (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 7 Mar 15th 2015	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Togi Makabe			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 3 Mar 8th 2015	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Katsuyori Shibata			**** (4.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 1 Mar 5th 2015	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Yuji Nagata			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning In Sendai '15 Feb 14th 2015	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka '15 Feb 11th 2015	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto (c) & Katsuyori Shibata (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Jan 4th 2015	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows (c) & Karl Anderson (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW World Tag League '14 - Day 11 Dec 7th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Power Struggle 2014 Nov 8th 2014	Tomohiro Ishii (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto		NEVER Openweight Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Road to Power Struggle '14 - Day 1 Oct 25th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2014 Oct 13th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Destruction In Kobe '14 Sep 21st 2014	Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 12 Finals Aug 10th 2014	Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 11 Aug 8th 2014	Lance Archer	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 9 Aug 4th 2014	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 8 Aug 3rd 2014	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Aug 1st 2014	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	def.	Hirooki Goto			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 6 Jul 31st 2014	Karl Anderson	def.	Hirooki Goto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 5 Jul 28th 2014	A.J. Styles	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Jul 26th 2014	Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			½* (0.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 2 Jul 23rd 2014	Hirooki Goto	def.	Yujiro Takahashi			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 1 Jul 21st 2014	Hirooki Goto	def.	Togi Makabe			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.21 Jun 21st 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXI - Day 8: Finals Jun 8th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Captain New Japan & Yuji Nagata			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Return to Yokohama Arena May 25th 2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata			**** (4.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '14 May 3rd 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (sub)	Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 Apr 6th 2014	Doc Gallows (c) & Karl Anderson (c)	def.	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata		IWGP World Tag Team Titles	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 7 Mar 23rd 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def.	YOSHI-HASHI & Yujiro Takahashi			*** (3.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 1 Mar 15th 2014	Hirooki Goto	def.	Doc Gallows			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def.	Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson			*** (3.00)
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka '14 Feb 11th 2014	Kazuchika Okada (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW New Beginning in Hiroshima '14 Feb 9th 2014	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Road to New Beginning '14 - Day 1 Feb 2nd 2014	Kazuchika Okada & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Jan 4th 2014	Hirooki Goto	def.	Katsuyori Shibata			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 4 Aug 3rd 2013	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Karl Anderson			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 3 Aug 2nd 2013	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Satoshi Kojima			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 2 Aug 1st 2013	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada			**** (4.00)
NJPW Kizuna Road '13 - Day 8 Jul 19th 2013	Hirooki Goto	def. (DTKO)	Katsuyori Shibata			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Kizuna Road '13 - Day 1 Jul 4th 2013	KUSHIDA & Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Takaaki Watanabe & Yuji Nagata	8-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Dominion 6.22 Jun 22nd 2013	Katsuyori Shibata	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Best of Super Jr. XX - Day 9 Jun 5th 2013	Hirooki Goto & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	def. (pin)	Gedo & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '13 May 2nd 2013	Hirooki Goto	draw (DTKO)	Katsuyori Shibata			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Invasion Attack Apr 6th 2013	Hirooki Goto & Yuji Nagata	def.	Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup '13 - Day 5: Finals Mar 23rd 2013	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			**** (4.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup '13 - Day 5: Finals Mar 23rd 2013	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Davey Boy Smith Jr.			**½ (2.5)
NJPW The New Beginning '13 Feb 10th 2013	Hirooki Goto & Wataru Inoue	def. (pin)	Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2013	Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) & Lance Archer (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson		IWGP World Tag Team Titles	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Power Struggle '12 Nov 11th 2012	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling Oct 8th 2012	Shinsuke Nakamura (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.16 Jun 16th 2012	Masato Tanaka & Shinsuke Nakamura	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Tetsuya Naito			**** (4.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup '12 - Day 2 Apr 5th 2012	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	La Sombra			*** (3.00)
NJPW The New Beginning Feb 12th 2012	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Masato Tanaka (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2012	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	Takashi Sugiura			***½ (3.5)
AJPW/NJPW/NOAH All Together Aug 27th 2011	Akitoshi Saito & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Taiyo Kea			**½ (2.5)
TNA Sacrifice '06 May 14th 2006	Petey Williams	def. (pin)	Alex Shelley, Black Tiger IV, Chris Sabin, Eric Young, Hirooki Goto, Incognito, Jay Lethal, Johnny Devine, Jushin Liger, Magno, Minoru Tanaka, Puma, Shocker, Sonjay Dutt, Tyson Dux	Gauntlet (16 entrants)		***¼ (3.25)
TNA Lockdown '06 Apr 23rd 2006	Black Tiger IV & Hirooki Goto & Minoru Tanaka	def. (pin)	Alex Shelley & Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt	Six Sides of Steel (6-man tag)		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Nexess VI May 14th 2005	Hirooki Goto & Minoru Tanaka	def. (pin)	Koji Kanemoto (c) & Wataru Inoue (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Battle Final '04 - Day 12 Dec 11th 2004	Masayuki Naruse	def. (sub)	Hirooki Goto			DUD (0)

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