In other major matches on the event, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea made their first ever appearances in the promotion, facing former AJPW wrestlers Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa.

This marked the first ever co-operative match between All Japan and Noah since Misawa had left AJPW to form the latter four years earlier.

Akiyama successfully defended the championship against Tamon Honda and Vader, and defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the title in the main event of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestling World 2002.

[5] While Akiyama focused on tag team competition, Kobashi had returned and was set to become the top star of Noah, becoming number one contender for the GHC Heavyweight Championship in late 2002.

Misawa would compete in AJPW for the first time in 4 years 8 days after this event, defeating Satoshi Kojima at Battle Banquet.