After watching everything on the ballot for 2001, these 10 matches make it to the next phase. (Chronological Order)

 

 

Kensuke Sasaki vs Toshiaki Kawada - NJPW 1/4/2001
Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - Zero-One 3/2/2001
Keiji Mutoh v. Toshiaki Kawada - AJPW 4/14/2001
Mitsuharu Misawa v. Yoshihiro Takyama - NOAH 4/15/2001
Minoru Tanaka v. T. Murahama - NJPW 4/20/2001
Genichiro Tenryu v. Keiji Mutoh - AJPW 6/8/2001
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - NOAH 7/27/2001
Keiji Mutoh v. Yuji Nagata - NJPW 8/12/2001
Keiji Mutoh/Hiroshi Hase v. Jun Akiyama/Yuji Nagata - NJPW 10/8/2001
Tatsuhito Takiawa v. Naomichi Marufuji - NOAH 12/9/2001

I have not watched Sasaki/Kawada '01 or Takaia/Fuji, with the deadline extension I will give them a shot. Did not like that Hash/Nagata vs NOAH tag, but everyone else did. Should rewatch that. You definitely liked 2001 better than I did. The only match I would add is Tenryu/Fuchi vs Kawada/Araya.

 

1. All Japan Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Mutoh - Budokan 6/8/01

2. Keiji Mutoh vs Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival 04/01

3. IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama - NJPW 4/20/01

4. Genichiro Tenryu & Masa Fuchi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Nobutaka Araya - AJPW 6/30/01

5. GHC Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 07/27/01