Differ Cup

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The Differ Cup is a biennial, cross-promotional professional wrestling tournament in Japan, contested among several teams of junior heavyweight tag teams, each typically representing a particular promotion. It was first held in 2003, and has since been held in 2005, with an upcoming tournament scheduled for 2007.^[1] Since the founding of the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance in 2006, the Differ Cup has been considered a production of the GPWA, with several member promotions participating.

The tournament, featuring 8 teams, is held over two nights at the Tokyo Differ Ariake, which the name derives from. The quarterfinals and semifinals are held on the first night, with the finals and third place matches, as well as several non-tournament bouts, contested on the second.

[edit] Results

[edit] List of winners

2003: Ultimo Dragon & YOSSINO (Toryumon Japan)
2005: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)

[edit] 2003

The 2003 Differ Cup was held on February 8 and February 9. It involved the following teams:

KUDO & MIKAMI (DDT)
Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Chocoball Mukai (WEW)
Yoshihito Sasaki & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (ZERO1-MAX)
Masao Orihara & Ikuto Hidaka (Michinoku Pro)
KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH)
The Great Takeru & Kappa Kozou (IWA Japan)
Ultimo Dragon & YOSSINO (Toryumon Japan)
Jun Kasai & Gran Naniwa (freelance)

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

KUDO & MIKAMI

Kuroda & Mukai