NJPW Do Judge!!

After the 2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus, AJPW was left with a severely depleted roster, and relied on freelancers and talent from other promotions to fill their cards. In August 2000 at the G1 Climax finals, All Japan mainstay Masanobu Fuchi appeared in a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) ring for the first time ever, and announced his intentions to "break down the walls" between AJPW and NJPW, 2 companies who had only worked together a handful of times prior. Shortly after, Fuchi was joined in the ring by NJPW foreman Riki Choshu, and the two exchanged a firm handshake in ring, signalling the start of a working relationship between the two companies.[1] The first cross promotional match of the new relationship took place in September 2000's Amazing tour, with All Japan representatives Fuchi and Taiyo Kea defeating NJPW's Masahiro Chono and Tatsutoshi Goto.[2] Shortly after this, it was announced that the main event of the upcoming Tokyo Dome show would be All Japan's Toshiaki Kawada facing New Japan's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki in a non-title match. Though this was marketed as a "dream match", it was not the first time they had faced off - Kawada defeated Sasaki twice in AJPW in 1987.[3][4]

After losing a match to longtime rival Naoya Ogawa in which he stipulated he would retire from pro wrestling if he did so, Shinya Hashimoto was absent from New Japan Pro-Wrestling for months afterwards.[5] A special one-off return match was announced for this show, where Hashimoto would face Tatsumi Fujinami.

Do Judge!! featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]