in 2008. Tenzan had been trying to convince Iizuka to team with him once more before his retirement, and after match (which Tenzan had won, pinning Iizuka) the two embraced before Iizuka attacked and retired as a villain. Tenzan competed in the newly expanded New Japan Cup in 2019, where he would lose in the Round of 32 to Ryusuke Taguchi , who was filling in for injured David Finlay. He would also compete in next year's tournament, losing in the same round to Yoshi-Hashi. World Championship Wrestling (1995, 1998) Tenzan had a brief tenure in World Championship Wrestling, most notably being defeated by "Macho Man" Randy Savage at Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling; Tenzan would get a rematch with Savage at NJPW's Battle Formation show on April 29, 1996, and again he lost. In 1998 he returned to WCW as a member of NWO Japan, where he mainly teamed with Masahiro Chono. Other media Tenzan appeared in the video for "Yonaoshi Good Vibration" by Japanese metal band Sex Machineguns. Tenzan also appeared as a cooking chief alongside Masahiro Chono on a movie called Kantoku Banzai! directed by Takeshi Kitano. He appears alongside Chono beating a few misconducted costumers (played by Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Jado, Gedo and a CTU Themed wrestler). He has appeared on the Japanese television show Sasuke. Tenzan, along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito and Toru Yano, appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. Championships and accomplishments All Japan Pro Wrestling World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2006, 2008) – with Satoshi Kojima Catch Wrestling Association CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) National Wrestling Alliance NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Satoshi Kojima New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Heavyweight Championship (4 times) IWGP Tag Team Championship (12 times) – with Masahiro Chono (5), Satoshi Kojima (6), and Osamu Nishimura (1) G1 Climax (2003, 2004, 2006) G1 Tag League (2001, 2008) – with Satoshi Kojima G1 Tag League (2003) – with Osamu Nishimura Super Grade Tag League (1995) – with Masahiro Chono Young Lion Cup (1993) Yuke's Cup Tag Tournament (2008) – with Shinjiro Otani 10,000,000 Yen Tag Tournament (2004) – with Shinsuke Nakamura MVP Award (2003, 2004) Singles Best Bout (2003) vs. Jun Akiyama on August 17 Singles