Blood Warriors Presents 1st Blood
11/30/11 Tokyo, Shin-Kiba 1st RING
0) Ricky Fuji Vs Metal Warrior
WINNER: Fuji via 9999 at 1:09 Indy “legend” Ricky Fuji made a surprise appearance (as well as performance) of his intro music SEXY STORM. During the impromptu concert, Metal Warrior interrupted but was beat down easily. Fuji than finished his performance.
1) XLAW International Championship Match: El Samurai (C) Vs Tomahawk T.T
WINNER: El Samurai via Chickenwing Armlock at 7:09
2) Uhaa Nation Vs Kotoka
WINNER: Uhaa Nation via Standing Shooting Star Press at 1:39
4) Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match: Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanizaki, Kzy (C) Vs NOSAWA Rongai, KIKUZAWA, FUJITA
WINNER: Doi over KIKUZAWA via Bakatare Sliding Kick at 16:17 to retain the Open the Triangle Gate titles. As predicted this match became a Triangle Gate title match due to the insistence of Tokyo GURENTAI. At first Doi didnt want to give GURENTAI the title shot and stated that they would have to play a round of Doi Darts to determine if they get the match or not. As usual a child was picked from the crowd to throw the Doi Dart…but it landed on the non title portion (which apparently took 90% of the dart board). This brought out Ricky Fuji who produced his own RICKY Darts (to the annoyance of Doi). The child was given a Ricky Dart and apparently landed on the Title portion of the board (which reportedly took up 90% of the dart board). Doi agreed to the title shot BUT Naoki threw in that they will follow the Blood Warriors two count rule for the match.
5) Open the Twin Gate Championship Match: CIMA, Ricochet (C) Vs Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk
WINNER: CIMA over Tozawa via Meteroa at 19:40 to retain the Twin Gate titles. After the match CIMA and Ricochet vacated the Twin Gate titles. This brought out KAGETORA and Susumu Yokosuka who demanded their original title shots. CIMA agreed to the match between Tozawa/ Hulk and KAGETORA/ Susumu for the vacated Twin Gate titles, and then all of Blood Warriors beat down KAGETORA and Susumu. No date was determined yet of when the title match will be.
As Dragon Gate continues its push to the FINAL Gate PPV, they will have some big events that will shape the path to the end of the year. Right now we will take a look at two of those events. One of them will be Blood Warrior’s first self produced event (very similar to how NWO had their own self produced PPV shows, showcasing their own members in heavily favored matches) and the other is the final Korakuen show for 2011 which MAY/MAYNOT showcase a Twin Gate title match BUT will definitely have the DG debut of NJPW superstar Prince Devitt!
Blood Warriors Show 1st BLOOD!
11/30/11 Tokyo, Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1) XLAW International Title Match: El Samurai (C) Vs Tomahawk T.T. Another match to showcase one of DG’s rookies that got promoted to “full time” status. El Samurai is a long time veteran of the puro scene, making the biggest impact in NJPW. XLAW to be honest is a small time fed that really holds no significance in the long scheme of things but a title win is still a big thing for Tomahawk, if he gets the nod.
2) Uhaa Nation Vs Kotoka Uhaa Nation is a young American Indy wrestler who has been getting a lot of buzz from the Dragon Gate USA branch (and rightfully so, the guy reminds me of a young Ruckus) and has earned a right to do a tour of Japan. This is a huge opportunity for the young high flyer as guys like Ricochet and Rich Swann have not only become more recognized for their time in Japan but have also (in the case of Ricochet) picked up some gold for their efforts. It should also be mentioned that Uhaa Nation is now a member of Blood Warriors, replacing the recently kicked out Cyber Kong. Kotoka is of course another DG rookie who is honestly kinda regressing a little bit in comparison to Tomahawk T.T and now possible super rookie Chihiro Tominaga.
3) Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi Vs Yasushi Kanda, Takuya Sugawara This is the return of Takuya Sugawara to DG. For those of you who dont know, Sugawara was a member of the famous T2P class as well as a member of the infamous Royal Brothers (with the recent retired Anthony W Mori). Sugawara would make his name known as a big time heel and along with his Aagan Issou brethren would get kicked out of DG for supposedly disorderly conduct. From there Sugawara has been pretty much a main stay for Zero 1, being a big time heel and winning numerous titles. He now returns to join Yasushi Kanda to face the usually popular duo of Maraha Issapa, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito.
4) Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanizaki, Kzy Vs NOSAWA Rongai, KIKUZAWA, FUJITA Along with this show being dominated by Blood Warrior members, they have invited a bunch of their friends. Tokyo GURENTAI made several appearances in DG over the years and now they are back…or at least some of them. GURENTAI member MAZADA unfortunately was recently incarcerated and is now replaced by some time member FUJITA (which is actually a better deal IMO). KIKUZAWA is always great to have around and the less I say about NOSAWA probably the better. Whether or not this will be for the Triangle Gate titles (as Doi Darts have them) remains to be seen but considering this is a Blood Warriors show, Im sure they may pop up in the end.
5) Open the Twin Gate Championship Match: CIMA, Ricochet (C) Vs Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk This should be a really great match. All four men work well together and throw in the fact that its NOW for the Twin Gate titles add to the intrigue. CIMA announced a few nights back that win or lose, he and Ricochet will vacate the Twin Gate titles to focus on their own single title goals (CIMA will challenge for the Dream Gate title at Final gate while Ricochet will be defending the Brave Gate title against either Dragon Kid or Masato Yoshino.) Originally the team of KAGETORA and Susumu Yokosuka were supposed to get a Twin Gate title shot at Korakuen Hall BUT after CIMA pinned KAGETORA a week ago, he revoked the title match. Word is that KAGETORA and Susumu will be at this show to get their title shot. It will be interesting to see how this match ends up and who has the Twin Gates by the end of the night.
12/1/11 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
0) K-Ness, Kenichiro Arai Vs Kotoka, Super Shenlong
1) Naoki Tanizaki, Yasushi Kanda, Uhaa Nation Vs Don Fujii, Gamma, Rich Swann
2) Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid Vs Naruki Doi, Kzy
3) YAMATO Vs Cyber Kong This is a special match that was requested by Cyber Kong after he was pinned in the loser leaves his unit match between Blood Warriors and Junction Three. YAMATO was the man to pin Cyber Kong and so in order to save some face, or mask, Kong wants to prove that he can survive on his own without his Blood Warriors cohorts. The real question will be who will Cyber Kong end up aligning with by the new year?
4) Dream Tag Team Match: PAC, Prince Devitt (New Japan) Vs Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi This will be Prince Devitt’s first foray into DG, following some NJPW legends like (former Open the Dream Gate CHampion) Jushin Liger and Koji Kanemoto. It will be great to see how this match will go as Maraha Issapa is arguably the best duo to ever come out of Dragon Gate while PAC is IMO a huge upgrade from Devitt’s usual Apollo 55 partner Ryusuke Taguchi. I hope this wont be Devitt’s last participation in DG.
5) BxB Hulk, Akira Tozawa Vs Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Yoshino This match could be for the Open the Twin Gate title as Hulk and Tozawa could win it at the Blood Warriors event. Not much else to say about the match except for the still bad blood brewing between Hulk, Tozawa and Mochizuki.
6) CIMA, Ricochet Vs Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA Or this match could be for the Twin Gate titles. Either way both tag matches are pretty solid, so no argument in the end of who gets the titles or what becomes a championship match.
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AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE”, 11/29/2011 [Tue] 19:00 @ Fukuyama Sangyo Koryukan Big Rose in Hiroshima
850 Spectators
(1) Hiroshi Yamato vs. Big Daddy
◆Winner: Daddy (5:12) following a Samoan Drop.
(2) Joe Doering & Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
◆Winner: Okabayashi (10:31) with an Argentine Backbreaker.
(3) TAG LEAGUE Match: Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya
◆Winner: Omori (14:35) following an Axe Bomber to Fuchi.
(4) TAG LEAGUE Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono vs. KENSO & Kaz Hayashi
◆Winner: KENSO (12:48) via Foul (Funaki). ~~ Not sure what caused the foul, but it gave KENSO/Hayashi some actual points.
(5) Suwama, Shuji Kondo & Takumi Soya vs. Akebono, Ryota Hama & BUSHI
◆Winner: Suwama (11:46) following the Last Ride to BUSHI.
(6) TAG LEAGUE Match: Seiya Sanada & KAI vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Sanada (9:12) with a Leg Roll Clutch on Tanaka.
NJPW “NEW JAPAN ALIVE”, 11/29/2011 [Tue] 18:30 @ Wakayama Arita River Municipal, Kiba Gymnasium
500 Spectators
(1) Hiromu Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
◆ Winner: Ishii (7:56) following a Lariat.
(2) King Fale & Kyosuke Mikami vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
◆ Winner: Mikami (7:28) via foul (Iizuka).
(3) “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
◆ Winner: Anderson (11:34) following the Gunstun to Gedo.
(4) Giant Bernard, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
◆ Winner: Taichi (13:23) following Suzuki with the Gotch Style Piledriver to KUSHIDA.
(5) Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito, MVP & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
◆ Winner: Takahashi (13:48) following the Tokyo Pimps to Fale.
(6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue
◆ Winner: Tanahashi (16:50) with the High Fly Flow on Inoue.
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(1) Hiro Tonai [K-DOJO] vs. Naoki Setoguchi
◆ Winner: Tonai (9:40) following the Taki-Otoshi (Waterfall Drop).
(2) Kanjyuro Matsusyama vs. Tadasuke
◆ Winner: Tadasuke (7:50) following the 2Pac.
(3) Billyken Kid & Ultimate Spider, Jr. vs. Jigsaw [Chikara] & Daisuke Harada
◆ Winner: Jigsaw (11:34) following the Implant to Spider.
Hope everyone had a safe and happy T-Day, here are some results and news as we go into the final stretch of touring before the big Final Gate Event at the end of the year!!!!
Crown Gate
11/24/11 Fukuoka, Jibasan Kurume
1) Akira Tozawa, Ricochet Vs Shingo Takagi, Rich Swann
WINNER: Ricochet over Swann via Shooting Star Press at 13:18
2) Masaaki Mochizuki Vs Kotoka
WINNER: Mochizuki via Ankle hold at 11:34
5) CIMA, Naruki Doi, BxB Hulk Vs YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid
WINNER: CIMA over KAGETORA via Meteroa at 19:32 Another pinfall by CIMA over KAGETORA…doesnt help their Twin Gate appeal at all.
11/25/11 Fukuoka, Kokurakita Gym
1) Masato Yoshino, Rich Swann Vs Genki Horiguchi, Ricochet
WINNER: Swann over Horiguchi via Standing 450 Splash at 13:13
2) Gamma Vs Kotoka
WINNER: Gamma via Gamma Special at 11:45
3) Naruki Doi Vs KAGETORA
WINNER: Doi via Bakatare Sliding Kick at 10:21
4) Shingo Takagi, PAC Vs BxB Hulk, Ryo Saito
WINNER: PAC over Saito via High Angle Shooting Star Press at 15:30
5) Masaaki Mochizuki, YAMATO, Dragon Kid Vs CIMA< Akira Tozawa, Naoki Tanizaki
WINNER: Mochizuki over Tanizaki via Sankakugeri to the face at 20:06
11/26/11 Fukuoka, Yukuhashi Citizens Gym
1) CIMA, Ricochet Vs Dragon Kid, Rich Swann
WINNER: CIMA over Swann via Schwein at 13:00
2) Masato Yoshino Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
WINNER: Yoshino via Thrust Kick at 5 seconds
2b) Masato Yoshino Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
WINNER: Yoshino via La Magistral at 9:49
3) YAMATO Vs Naoki Tanizaki
WINNER: YAMATO via Gallaria at 10:50
4) Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito Vs KAGETORA, Gamma
WINNER: Saito over KAGETORA via Double Cross at 15:17
5) Masaaki Mochizuki, Shingo Takagi, PAC Vs Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi
WINNER: PAC over Horiguchi via High Angle Shooting Star Press at 17:48
11/27/11 Kagoshima, Orocity Hall
1) CIMA, Ricochet Vs Masato Yoshino, Rich Swann
WINNER: Ricochet over Swann via Shooting Star Press at 11:51
2) Gamma Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
WINNER: Gamma via Failed Space Rolling Elbow at 10:31
3) YAMATO Vs Ryo Saito
WINNER: YAMATO via Gallaria at 13:46
4) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasuhiro Yamigami (Freelance) Vs BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi
WINNER: Mochizuki over Horiguchi via Twister at 12:45
5) Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid, PAC Vs Akira Tozawa, Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanizaki
WINNER: PAC over Naoki via Standing Shooting Star Press at 18:43
AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE”, 11/28/2011 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shunan Sougou Sports Center in Yamaguchi Pref.
1,000 Spectators
(1) Taiyo Kea vs. Takumi Soya
◆Winner: Kea (8:20) with a Cobra Clutch.
(2) Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. BUSHI & Yasufumi Nakanoueno
◆Winner: Akebono (6:40) with a Running Body Press on Nakanoueno.
(3) TAG LEAGUE Match: KENSO & Kaz Hayashi vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
◆Winner: Sekimoto (17:40) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold to Hayashi.
(4) TAG LEAGUE Match: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. Big Daddy & Joe Doering
◆Winner: Big Daddy (7:53) following a Samoan Drop on Tanaka.
(5) Suwama, Shuji Kondo & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Takao Omori, Manabu Soya & Hiroshi Yamato
◆Winner: Suwama (15:50) following the Last Ride to Yamato.
(6) TAG LEAGUE Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono vs. Seiya Sanada & KAI
◆Winner: Kono () following the Giant Knee Drop to Sanada.
NJPW “NEW JAPAN ALIVE”, 11/28/2011 [Mon] 18:30 @ Yamaguchi Butterfly Gymnasium (Yanai City Gymnasium)
1,100 Spectators
(1) Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: Jado (9:21) with the Crossface of JADO on Watanabe.
(2) Wataru Inoue & King Fale vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
◆Winner: Fale (7:28) via foul, Iizuka.
(3) Satoshi Kojima, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
◆Winner: Kojima (13:14) following a Lariat to Ishii.
(4) Togi Makabe, Giant Bernard & “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
◆Winner: Makabe (12:15) following the King Kong Knee Drop to Taichi.
(5) Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
◆Winner: Yano (12:30) following the Oni Kuroshi to Inoue.
(6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask IV
◆Winner: Tanahashi (14:39) with the High Fly Flow on Tiger.
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◆Winner: ()
NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE in Tokyo vol.4”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ariake Colosseum
5,800 Spectators
(1) Masao Inoue & Kento Miyahara [K-Office] vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
◆Winner: Nicholls (8:48) via pinfall on Yone.
(2) Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Akitoshi Saito & Mohammed Yone
◆Winner: Morishima (12:04) following the Backdrop Driver to Saito. ~ As mentioned on the facebook page yesterday, Takeshi Rikio announced his retirement from professional wrestling.
(3) Kenta Kobashi & Kensuke Sasaki [K-Office] vs. Takuma Sano & Shuhei Taniguchi
◆Winner: Sasaki (15:30) following the Northern Lights Bomb to Sano.
(4) ANMU vs. NO MERCY: Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [Takayama Hall], Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi
◆Winner: Takayama (11:52) following a Running Knee Lift to Ishimori.
(5) Marufuji’s Return Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji ~ Marufuji has been out of the ring from 4/16/2011.
◆Winner: Sugiura (19:22) following the Olympic Qualifying Slam.
(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Ricky Marvin vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kensuke Office]
◆Winner: Nakajima (18:07) with a German Suplex Hold.
~ ~ Nakajima becomes the 23rd GHC Jr. Champion.
~ Atsushi Aoki made the challenge for the belt following the match.
(7) Triple Crown Championship Match: [Champion] Jun Akiyama vs. [Challenger] Taiyo Kea [AJP]
◆Winner: Akiyama (23:08) with a Standing Front Neck Lock. ~ Akiyama’s 1st Successful Defense.
(8) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Go Shiozaki vs. [Challenger] KENTA
◆Winner: Shiozaki (27:37) following the Modified Reverse DDT. ~ Successful 3rd Defense.
~ Next Challenger for the GHC belt is Takeshi Morishima.
(1) 3WAY Match: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Kikutaro
◆Winner: ()
(2) Shuji Kondo & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Koji Kanemoto & BUSHI
◆Winner: Yamato (11:50) with a Cross Arm German Suplex Hold on BUSHI.
(3) TAG LEAGUE Match: KENSO & Kaz Hayashi vs. Seiya Sanada & KAI
◆Winner: KAI (18:36) with the Splash Plancha to Hayashi.
(4) TAG LEAGUE Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Big Daddy & Joe Doering
◆Winner: Akebono (6:24) with a Diving Body Press on Big Daddy.
(5) TAG LEAGUE Match: Suwama & Takumi Soya vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono
◆Winner: Suwama (21:46) with a Manriki Katame on Kono.
(6) TAG LEAGUE Match: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
◆Winner: Sekimoto (20:18) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold to Soya.
NJPW “NEW JAPAN ALIVE”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 18:00 @ Texture Port Imabari in Ehime
1,000 Spectators
(1) Hiromu Takahashi vs. Toru Yano
◆Winner: Yano (7:58) following the Oni Kuroshi.
(2) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, King Fale & Kyosuke Mikami vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hideo Saito & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Tenzan (10:27) via foul, Iizuka.
(3) Giant Bernard & Tama Tonga vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
◆Winner: Bernard (7:43) following the Bernard Driver to Taichi.
(4) MVP, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA vs. Masato Tanaka, Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: MVP (14:09) with the Irreversible Crisis on Gedo.
(5) “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki
◆Winner: Suzuki (8:43) following the Gotch Style Piledriver.
(6) Tetusya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Yuiro Takahashi
◆Winner: Nakamura (13:19) following the Boma Ye to Honma.
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Wataru Inoue
◆Winner: Tanahashi (17:50) with the High Fly Flow to Inoue.
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DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2011”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,503 Spectators
(0) Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Toru Sugiura [DEP]
◆Winner: ()
(1) Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Keita Yano & Yuji Hino vs. MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Takao Soma & Daisuke Sasaki
◆Winner: Hino (12:08) with the Fucking BOMB to Sasaki.
(2) Hikaru Sato vs. Michael Nakazawa
◆Winner: Sato (6:47) with a Cross Arm Breaker.
(3) Homoiro Clover Z Audition: Hikari Minami, Mitsuya Nagai, Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, DJ Nira, Akito, Gundan Hitori, Hoshitango, Kazuki Hirata & Hiroshi Fukuda. ~ The Judges will be Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi 10 Minute Battle Royal
◆Losers: Hiroshi Fukuda, Kazuki Hirata & Hoshitango.
◆Successful Addition: Akito, Fukuda, Minami & Gran Hamada.
(4) KO-D Tag Team Championship Match: [Champions] Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challengers] Poison Sawada JULIE & Gorgeous Matsuno
◆Winner: Irie (10:54) following a Vertical Fall Backdrop to Matsuno. ~ Second Successful Defense. ~ Irie also becomes the 878th Ironman Heavy Metal Champion for beating Matsuno.
(5) AJP World Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champions] Kenny Omega vs. [Challenger] Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Omega (24:26) with the Katayoku no Tenshi (One Winged Angel). ~ First Successful Defense.
(6) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [Champion] KUDO vs. [Challenger] HARASHIMA
◆Winner: KUDO (26:01) following the Diving Double Knee Drop. ~ Fourth Successful Defense.
~ MIKAMI wants to be the next challenger for KUDO.
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Osaka Pro-Wrestling “Tennozan 2011 ~ Opening Round”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 13:00 @ IMP Hall in Osaka
561 Spectators
(1) 10 Man Tag Match: Billyken Kid, Tigers Mask, Keizo Matsuda, Kazuaki Mihara & Naoki Setoguchi vs. Kuuga, HAYATA, Tadasuke, Hideyoshi & Masamune
◆Winner: Kuuga (6:03) following the Tornado Stomp to Tigers.
(2) 6 Man Tag Match: Zeus, The Bodyguard & Ultimate Spider, Jr. vs. Kuishinbo Kamen, Ebessan & Kanjyuro Matsuyama
◆Winner: Zeus (10:08) following the Earth Break to Ebessan.
(3) Tennozan 2011 First Round: Cosmo☆Soldier vs. Takoyakida
◆Winner: Cosmo (7:48) with an Ankle Hold.
(4) Tennozan 2011 First Round: Black Buffalo vs. Jigsaw [Chikara]
◆Winner: Jigsaw (9:24) following a Diving Foot Stomp.
(5) Tennozan 2011 First Round: Tsubasa vs. Orochi
◆Winner: Orochi (15:45) following a Reverse DDT.
(6) Tennozan 2011 First Round: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada
◆Winner: Harada (23:19) with the Katayama German Suplex Hold.
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(1) Bambi Produce Match ~ 3 WAY Tag Match: (Wrestling) Yusuke Hinohon & Masaki Okimoto vs. (Aikido) Kengo Mashimo & YOSHIYA vs. (Karate) Ryuichi Sekine & Marines Mask
◆Winner: Hinohan (12:32) with a German Suplex Hold on Sekine.
(2) Yuji Hino Produce Match ~ 4WAY Match: Daigoro Kashiwa vs. Yuki Sato vs. Owen Phoenix vs. Hiroshi Fukuda
◆Winner: Kashiwa (6:32) via pinfall to Fukuda.
(3) Ricky Fuji Produce Match ~ Who is Sexy Tag Match: HIROKI & Shiori Asahi vs. Saburo Inematsu & Kaji Tomato
◆Winner: HIROKI (9:49) with the 9999 to Tomato.
(4) TTS vs. TTS ~ 6 Man Tag Match: (Team [Tsuyokute = Strong] Sexy) Yuji Hino, Ricky Fuji & Bambi & vs. (Team The Chakute Sekkachi) Micro, Quiet Storm & Shota
◆Winner: Hino (17:17) with the Sexy Press Baby to Shota.
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The big event tomorrow (11/27) will be headlined by a double main event in which Jun Akiyama will be defending the All Japan Triple Crown Championship, for his first defense, against Taiyo Kea and Go Shiozaki will be defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against KENTA.
Go Shiozaki is looking to prove himself as one of the top wrestlers in NOAH today, but KENTA just so happens to be have a mission of changing the foundation of NOAH. Outside of Marufuji and Ogawa, there has been no Juniors to hold the most prestigious belt in NOAH the GHC Heavyweight Championship. KENTA wants to go as one of the best in NOAH, but only those who have held that belt have been fully recognized as the top in the promotion. KENTA has held both of the belts in the Junior division and is now has his eyes set on the top prize. After a strong showing in the Global League this month KENTA has definitely earned his place as he has backed up his lack of size in skill, but will the reigning champion Shiozaki prove to be the better in terms of size and skill? This match is sure to keep all of us talking after it is all said and done. If KENTA can pull off the upset and become champion this will be the significant power for KENTA to start the said change.
Jun Akiyama has finally won the Triple Crown Championship and will have his first defense against Taiyo Kea. These two recently faced off one on one in the All Japan’s Champion Carnival Tournament back on April 8th, 2011 in which the match ended in a time limit draw. Kea is looking to bring the back home to All Japan as right now the promotion remains without a champion under their banner. Kea says he will bring his 100% and he hopes for Akiyama to bring his 100% best as well.
There will also be a determining match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight belt as Ricky Marvin relinquished the belt until he could face off against the former champion Katsuhiko Nakajima, who was forced to drop the belt due to illness. Nakajima is finally back in the ring after spending most of October recovering and these two are set to determine who is the rightful champion. Nakajima is known for intensity in his matches and it should be interesting to see what Marvin can bring to the table in terms of turning the match to his favor.
The event will also see the in ring return of Naomichi Marufuji who has been out of the ring 7 months due to injury. His return will not come easy though as he is set to face off against the former GHC Heavyweight Champion Takashi Sugiura. Marufuji is known for being able to adapt to any opponent, but that doesn’t leave Sugiura too far back as he has proven himself as one of the best that NOAH has to offer. These two have had solid matches back when they were Juniors and it should be interesting to see how things will indeed stack up when they square off in the ring tomorrow.
The undercard is also looking interesting as well with most notably being Kenta Kobashi and Kensuke Sasaki teaming together to take on Takuma Sano and up and coming Shuhei Taniguchi.
NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE in Tokyo vol.4”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ariake Colosseum
(1) Masao Inoue & Kento Miyahara [K-Office] vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
(2) Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Akitoshi Saito & Mohammed Yone
(3) Kenta Kobashi & Kensuke Sasaki [K-Office] vs. Takuma Sano & Shuhei Taniguchi
(4) ANMU vs. NO MERCY: Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [Takayama Hall], Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi
(5) Marufuji’s Return Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji ~ Marufuji has been out of the ring from 4/16/2011.
(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Ricky Marvin vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kensuke Office] ~ Winner becomes the 23rd Champion.
(7) Triple Crown Championship Match: [Champion] Jun Akiyama vs. [Challenger] Taiyo Kea [AJP] ~ Akiyama’s 1st Defense.
(8) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Go Shiozaki vs. [Challenger] KENTA ~ Shiozaki’s 3rd Defense.
AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE”, 11/26/2011 [Sat] 18:30 @ Toyooka Citizen Gymnasium in Hyogo Pref.
850 Spectators
(1) Kaz Hayashi & Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Shuji Kondo & BUSHI
◆Winner: Kondo (11:01) with a Boston Crab on Nakanoueno.
(2) KENSO vs. Masanobu Fuchi
◆Winner: KENSO (11:57) following the Double Knee Drop.
(3) Taiyo Kea, Seiya Sanada & KAI vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono & Hiroshi Yamato
◆Winner: Kea (18:37) following the TKO to Yamato. ~ Kea with the victory and now faces off against Jun Akiyama tomorrow for the Triple Crown at NOAH’s big event.
(4) WORLD TAG League: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabyashi vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Big Daddy (13:13) following a Samoan Drop to Soya.
(5) WORLD TAG League: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya vs. Big Daddy & Joe Doering
◆Winner: Sekimoto (20:26) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold on Tanaka.
(6) WORLD TAG League: Suwama & Takumi Soya vs. Akebono & Ryota Hama
◆Winner: Akebono (18:48) with a Body Press on Suwama.
(1) Kyosuke Mikami vs. Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Ishii (8:11) following a Lariat.
(2) KUSHIDA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: Jado (10:52) with the Crossface of JADO on Takahashi.
(3) King Fale vs. Yujiro Takahashi
◆Winner: Yujiro (6:15) following the Tokyo Pimps.
(4) Hirooki Goto, Satoshi Kojima & Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
◆Winner: Kojima (10:44) via foul (Iizuka).
(5) Giant Bernard, “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson & Tiger Mask IV vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
◆Winner: Anderson (11:24) following the Gunstun to Taichi.
(6) Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
◆Winner: Nakamura (13:48) following the Boma Ye to Taguchi.
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue
◆Winner: Nagata (16:57) with the Backdrop Hold on Honma.
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(1) Catfish Man vs. Mikey Nicholls
◆Winner: Nicholls (7:28) following the Death Valley Driver.
(2) Kento Miyahara vs. Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
◆Winner: Miyahara (13:29) with a Northern Lights Suplex Hold.
(3) GHC Junior Heavyweight Skirmish: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara vs. Ricky Marvin & Shane Haste
◆Winner: Nakajima (20:51) following a Running Low Kick to Haste.
~ Nakajima should be carrying the momentum going into the GHC Junior Heavyweight title match against Ricky Marvin tomorrow for NOAH.
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(1) YOSHIYA vs. Ryuichi Sekine
◆Winner: YOSHIYA (10:08) following the Double Cross Boots.
(2) HIROKI vs. Bambi
◆Winner: HIROKI (7:45) with the WAR Special.
(3) Yuji Hino & Ricky Fuji vs. Quiet Storm & Owen Phoenix
◆Winner: Hino (13:26) with the Sexy Press Baby on Phoenix.
(4) Saburo Inematsu vs. Hiro Tonai
◆Winner: Inematsu (15:57) following the Death Valley Driver.
(5) Kengo Mashimo, Shiori Asahi & Yuki Sato vs. Daigoro Kashiwa, Kaji Tomato & Marines Mask
◆Winner: Tomato (18:47) with the Red Eye Asahi.
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(1) Takoyakida vs. Kuuga
◆Winner: ()
(2) 3WAY Match: Daisuke Harada vs. Kanjyuro Matsuyama vs. Johnel Sanders
◆Winner: Matsuyama (11:42) with the War Drum to Sanders.
(3) Atsushi Kotoge & Naoki Setoguchi vs. Hideyoshi & Masamune
◆Winner: Hideyoshi (12:28) following a Spear Attack to Setoguchi.
(4) Billyken Kid & Takoyakida vs. Zeus & Ultimate Spider, Jr.
◆Winner: Zeus (13:35) following the Bicep Explosion to Takoyakida.
(5) Tigers Mask, Black Buffalo & Keizo Matsuda vs. HAYATA, Orochi & Tadasuke
◆Winner: Orochi (14:09) with the Demon Windmill on Matsuda.
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Of course the biggest and saddest news of the week comes from the news of the passing of Bison Smith. Who died Tuesday (11/22) due to heart complications. Smith was just a part of the Global League in pro wrestling NOAH and seemed to be doing well from what I could personally tell.
I personally got to meet Bison on a few occasions and this news still comes hard for me to believe. We lost another guy too early and I continue to hope all the best to his family and friends at this time.
NOAH has announced that they will be holding a 10 bell salute for Bison Smith during the GREAT VOYAGE in Tokyo v.4 event this Sunday, 11/27.
[Pictured Bison Smith with Masao Inoue from this years Global Tag League]
NOAH has released the full event card for the upcoming big show on Nov. 27th. The event will be headlined by a double main event in which Jun Akiyama will be defending the All Japan Triple Crown Championship against Taiyo Kea and Go Shiozaki will be defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against KENTA.
There will also be a determining match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight belt as Ricky Marvin relinquished the belt until he could face off against the former champion Katsuhiko Nakajima, who was forced to drop the belt due to illness. Nakajima is finally back in the ring after spending most of October recovering.
The event will also see the in ring return of Naomichi Marufuji who has been out of the ring 7 months due to injury.
The undercard is also looking interesting as well with most notably being Kenta Kobashi and Kensuke Sasaki teaming together to take on Takuma Sano and up and coming Shuhei Taniguchi. Scheduled event card:
NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE in Tokyo vol.4”, 11/27/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ariake Colosseum
(1) Masao Inoue & Mikey Nicholls vs. Kento Miyahara [K-Office] & Shane Haste
(2) Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Akitoshi Saito & Mohammed Yone
(3) Kenta Kobashi & Kensuke Sasaki [K-Office] vs. Takuma Sano & Shuhei Taniguchi
(4) ANMU vs. NO MERCY: Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [Takayama Hall], Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi
(5) Marufuji’s Return Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji ~ Marufuji has been out of the ring from 4/16/2011.
(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Ricky Marvin vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kensuke Office] ~ Winner becomes the 23rd Champion.
(7) Triple Crown Championship Match: [Champion] Jun Akiyama vs. [Challenger] Taiyo Kea [AJP] ~ Akiyama’s 1st Defense.
(8) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Go Shiozaki vs. [Challenger] KENTA ~ Shiozaki’s 3rd Defense.
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Sekimoto & Okabayashi have once again laid claim to the All Asia tag belts after the beat the team of “es” Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya on 10/23. Following that win Sekimoto & Okabyashi have also went on to win BJW’s tag team tournament and in the process solidifying themselves as one the team to beat in Japan. Sekimoto & Okabayashi are also competing in the World’s Strong Tag League in All Japan and are doing well for themselves at this time. Though coming up on 12/18 the former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Suwama will be teaming with the up and coming Takumi Soya (younger brother of Manabu Soya) to try and bring the belts back to All Japan. Will the pure powerhouses Sekimoto & Okabayashi continue to dominate in Japan or will they finally meet their match?
The second match will pit upcoming ace’s against one another. As BJW’s young and upcoming ace Shinya Ishikawa (27) will be taking on AJP’s next gen. ace Seiya Sanada (23). Both of these young talents have started to make their names known throughout Japan and this match could be a showing of which talent is on the verge of claiming a rightful place as a top tier younger talent in Japan.
BJW “BIG JAPAN DEATH VEGAS”, 12/18/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
(-) All Asia Tag Team Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. [Challengers] Suwama & Takumi Soya [AJP] ~ 1st Defense.
(-) BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Match ~ Climax Game of Death: [Champion] Ryuji Ito vs. [Challenger] Abdullah Kobayashi ~ 7th Defense.
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Hirooki Goto, MVP, Tetsuya Naito & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka, Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii from Nov. 18th, 2011 @ Sun Village Shibata in Niigata Pref.
[NJPW Greatest Moments for 11/25/11] Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Togi (Shinya) Makabe from July 5th, 2003 @ Odawara Arena.
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[Fight & Love Festival] More matches have been announced for the event coming up on Jan. 9th, 2012 as well as how the matches will be placed throughout the day.
Information from the first post a couple weeks back: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150439965176098&set=a.297677646097.181869.189144446097&type=1&ref=nf
[Masahiro Chono will be producing a charity pro wrestling event on January 9th, 2012, also of which is being aimed at a revival for pro wrestling. At a press conference held today, Chono announced that there will be 5 promotions involved with All Japan Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO1, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling & Osaka Pro-Wrestling. At this time a total of 50 wrestlers (including freelance wrestlers as well) will be participating with a total of 10-12 matches being planned at this time. There is also mention that this event could go for 5-6 hours.
The show has a tag going along with it as “Pro Wrestling Festival vs. Meat Festival” as the show will include much food as well.]
Pro Wrestling Festival “FIGHT & LOVE”, 1/9/2012 [Mon] 12:00 @ Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Kanagawa Pref.
●Part 1 (12:30 ~ 13:30)
(-) Legend the Pro Wrestling Offer Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & The Original Tiger Mask vs. Hiro Saito, Mitsuya Nagai & Bear Fukuda
(-) Osaka Pro Offer Match: Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada vs. Kuuga & HAYATA
(-) Michinoku Pro Offer Match: The Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki, Kenou, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. Fujita “Jr” Hayato, Rui Hiugaji, Taro Nohashi, Takeshi Minamino & ManjiMaru
~ Every match has a 15 minute time limit.
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(-) All Japan Offer 6 Man Tag Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Minoru Tanaka vs. KAI, Hiroshi Yamato & BUSHI
(-) ZERO1 Offer Match: Shinjiro Otani & Kohei Sato vs. Masato Tanaka & Ryuji Sai
~ Every match has a 15 minute time limit.
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(-) ZERO1 Offer Match: Ikuto Hidaka & Mineo Fujita vs. Takuya Sugawara & Yusaku Obata
(-) All Japan Pro-Wrestling Offer Match: Suwama & Manabu Soya vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada
~ Every match has a 15 minute time limit.
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(-) 5 Minute Special Match: Kessen Numajiro vs. Daichi Sasaki
(-) Main Event ~ Kinnikuman Cup Scramble Battle Royal:
[ARISTRIST] Masahiro Chono
[AJP] Suwama, Masakatsu Funaki, Taiyo Kea, Ryota Hama, Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo
[ZERO1] Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka, Kohei Sato & Daichi Hashimoto
[Michinoku] The Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki, Kenou, Fujita “Jr” Hayato, Taro Nohashi & Rui Hiugaji
[BJW] Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi, Yoshihito Sasaki & Ryuichi Kawakami
[Osaka] Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Kuuga & HAYATA
[SMASH] AKIRA
[Secret Base] Bear Fukuda
[FREE] Akebono & Yutaka Yoshie
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[IGF News]
The next IGF show is coming up on Dec. 2nd and most of the events matches have already been announced to happen. The main event will see Josh Barnett finally getting a shot at the IGF Championship. Barnett was originally scheduled to face off against Le Banner to crown the first champion on 8/27, but due to conflicting issues with Strikeforce he was pulled from the IGF show. Barnett though is now able to compete and has nothing more than the belt on his mind. Le Banner though has been a fighting champion, but this upcoming match against Barnett is going to put that reign to the test.
It would not be an Inoki show without a interesting match up and I don’t think things can get any more interesting when you see 87kg “Cosplay Fighter/Wrestler” Yuichiro Nagashima taking on 145kg Bob “The Beast” Sapp. Many know how dangerous Nagashima can be when it comes to actual kickboxing, but the 27 year old fighter is being outweighed by almost 60kg. Nagashima has shown that he does not fear The Beast in anyway, so come 12/2 could we end up seeing Nagashima with the big win?
IGF has added 2 more matches to the upcoming event on Dec. 2nd, as well as a change to a match that was reported here a few days ago.
Tatsumi Fujinami continues on with his anniversary year as he faces off against Ultimo Dragon. Inoki’s 17 year old up and comer Akira Jo will be taking on Grappling Expert Taka Kunou.
As for the card change, the previously reported matches to crown a new #1 contender have been scrapped as Atsushi Sawada was given another opponent for the event. So in the place Suzukawa and Suzuki will face off in a singles match.
(-) Kickboxing Rules Match: Masayoshi Kakutani vs. Baru Harn
(-) Montanha Silva vs. Alexander Koslov
(-) Yuichiro ☆Jienotsu☆ Nagashima vs. Bob Sapp
(-) Main Event ~ IGF Championship Match: [Champion] Jerome Le Banner vs. [Challenger] Josh Barnett ~ 2nd Defense.
Also announced to compete:
Peter Aerts
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[NOAH News] NOAH has announced that Suzuki & Aoki will be defending their Jr. Tag belts against Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste at the final Korakuen Hall show of 2011 on Dec. 15th. Nicholls & Haste have been building themselves as the heel tag team in NOAH as of late with each other running in to assist the other in singles matches and so forth. On 12/15 they will finally have a chance to show how well they work together as they go for the tag belts.
NOAH “The Weekday Navig. in KORAKUEN ~2011 Final~”, 12/15/2011 [Thu] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: [Champions] Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challengers] Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste ~ 2nd Defense.
SMASH.23, 11/24/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,500 Spectators
(1) Kouji Doi Debut Match: AKIRA vs. Kouji Doi
◆Winner: AKIRA (6:24) with the Old Boy.
(2) Makoto vs. Aki Shizuku [Otera]
◆Winner: Shizuka (6:23) with a Boston Crab.
(3) Takuya Kito, Mio Shirai & Konaka = Peruwan vs. Keizo Matsuda, Katsumi Hirano & Kiyoko Ichiki
◆Winner: Ichiki (11:21) following a Diving Foot Stomp to Kito.
(4) Yusuke Kodama vs. YO-HEY [Fu-Dojo]
◆Winner: Kodama (10:11) with a Crucifix Pin.
(5) Shuri vs. Lin Bairon
◆Winner: Shuri (10:49) with a German Suplex Hold.
(6) SMASH Divas Championship Match: [Champion] Kana vs. [Challenger] Tomoka Nakagawa
◆Winner: Nakagawa (8:53) with the 120% School Boy. ~ Nakagawa becomes the 2nd Generation SMASH Diva’s Champion.
(7) TAJIRI & Ultimo Dragon vs. Hajime Ohara & Jessica Love
◆Winner: Ohara (12:56) following the Finnish Forearm to TAJIRI.
(8) SMASH Championship Match: [Champion] Starbuck vs. [Challenger] Dave Finlay
◆Winner: Finlay (15:58) following a Tombstone Piledriver. ~ Finlay becomes the 2nd Generation SMASH Champion.
Following the match Finlay attacked Starbuck again, AKIRA came out but was overwhelmed. The new champion finally left the ring and AKIRA said that next month he wants Finlay. Hajime Ohara as well said that he wants to fight Finlay as well.
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AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE”, 11/24/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Fukui Prefecture Industrial Hall in Fukui Pref.
500 Spectators
(1) Shuji Kondo & Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
◆Winner: Okabayashi (11:04) with an Argentine Backbreaker to Nakanoueno.
(2) Maskatsu Funaki vs. Hiroshi Yamato
◆Winner: Funaki (10:52) with a Chickenwing Facelock.
(3) KENSO, Kaz Hayashi & BUSHI vs. Masayuki Kono, Big Daddy & Joe Doering
◆Winner: Kono (14:30) following the Giant Knee Drop to BUSHI.
(4) TAG LEAGUE Match: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Tanaka (19:40) with the Heat Clutch on Soya.
(5) TAG LEAGUE Match: Suwama & Takumi Soya vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea
◆Winner: Kea (18:22) following the TKO to Takumi.
(6) TAG LEAGUE Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Seiya Sanada & KAI
◆Winner: Sanada (10:58) with a Backslide on Hama.
CURRENT STANDINGS:
◎ Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (GET WILD) [4 Wins, 1 Loss = 8 Points]
◎ Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea [3 Wins, 1 Draw, 1 Loss = 7 Points]
◎ Seiya Sanada & KAI [2 Wins, 1 Draw, 1 Loss = 5 Points]
NJPW “NEW JAPAN ALIVE”, 11/24/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Onohara Hall in Kagawa
450 Spectators
(1) Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: Jado (7:42) with the Crossface of JADO on Watanabe.
(2) Kyosuke Mikami vs. Hideo Saito
◆Winner: Saito (4:29) with the Caribbean Death Grip.
(3) King Fale vs. Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: Iizuka (5:03) via Referee Stop.
(4) Tomoaki Honma, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
◆Winner: Takahashi (10:37) following the Tokyo Pimps to Honma.
(5) Giant Bernard, “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
◆Winner: Anderson (12:42) following the Gunstun to Taichi.
(6) Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Makabe (12:28) following the King Kong Knee Drop to Ishii.
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, MVP & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue & Tiger Mask
◆Winner: Nagata (16:35) with the Backdrop Hold on KUSHIDA.
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Crown Gate
11/22/11 Kumamoto, Oguni Dome
1) CIMA, RICOCHET Vs GAMMA, Rich Swann
WINNER: Ricochet over Swann via Phoenix Splash at 14:20
2) Masaaki Mochizuki Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
WINNER: Mochizuki via Flying Kick at seven seconds
2b) Masaaki Mochizuki Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
WINNER: Mochizuki via reverse figure four at 8:08
4) Dragon Kid, PAC Vs Naruki Doi, Ricochet
WINNER: Kid over Ricochet via Bible at 14:55
5) Akira Tozawa, CIMA, Bxb Hulk Vs Masaaki Mochizuki, YAMATO, Shingo Takagi
WINNER: Tozawa over YAMATO via Package German Suplex Hold at 24:41 After the main event it was decided that the Blood Warriors tag match between Twin Gate Champions CIMA and Ricochet and Tozawa and Bxb Hulk will be for the Twin Gate titles. CIMA stated that if he and Ricochet retain the titles they will then forfeit them to focus on Ricochet defending the Brave Gate title and CIMA making a Dream Gate challenge. This caused Mochizuki to accept CIMA’s challenge for the Dream Gate title at Final Gate in Fukuoka (which falls on X-mas day this year). Susumu and KAGETORA were not happy with losing their twin gate title match and plan to show up at the Blood Warriors 11/30 show to try and force their title match to be reinstated.
AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE” 11/23/2011 [Wed] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,200 Spectators
(1) Hiroshi Yamato vs. Hikaru Sato
◆Winner: Yamato (10:05) with a Cross Arm German Suplex Hold.
(2) TAG LEAGUE Match: Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea vs. KENSO & Kaz Hayashi
◆Winner: Kea (12:13) following the TKO to Hayashi.
(3) TAG LEAGUE Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Big Daddy & Joe Doering
◆Winner: Okabayashi (8:48) with a School Boy on Big Daddy.
(4) TAG LEAGUE Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya
◆Winner: Omori (12:32) following the Axe Bomber to Hama.
(5) AJP vs. SMASH ~ Special 6 Man Tag: Keiji Mutoh, Shuji Kondo & BUSHI vs. TAJIRI, Starbuck & AKIRA
◆Winner: Starbuck (13:48) following the Piledriver to BUSHI.
(6) TAG LEAGUE Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Funaki (13:48) with a Double Leg Lock on Kanemoto.
(7) TAG LEAGUE Match: Suwama & Takumi Soya vs. Seiya Sanada & KAI
◆Winner: Sanada (22:01) with a Leg Roll Clutch on Takumi.
(1) King Fale vs. Takaaki Watanabe
◆Winner: Fale (6:55) with a Boston Crab.
(2) Hiromu Takahashi vs. TAKA Michinoku
◆Winner: TAKA (7:19) with the Special K.
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Black Buffalo [Osaka] vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
◆Winner: Tenzan (9:16) via foul (Iizuka).
(4) Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA vs. Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: Richards (14:39) following the Contract Killer to KUSHIDA.
(5) Giant Bernard & “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi
◆Winner: Anderson (9:40) following the Gunstun to Taichi.
(6) Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito, Tomaoki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Nakamura (13:12) following the Boma Ye to Tonga.
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & MVP vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Wataru Inoue
◆Winner: Makabe (17:28) following the King Kong Knee Drop to Inoue.
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NOAH “The Holiday Navig. 2011 in HANAMAKI”, 11/23/2011 [Wed] 17:00 @ Nahan Plaza COMZ Hall
550 Spectators
(1) Ricky Marvin vs. Genba Hirayanagi
◆Winner: Marvin (8:13) via pinfall.
(2) Akitoshi Saito vs. Masao Inoue
◆Winner: Saito (12:06) following the Sickle of Death.
(3) Atsushi Aoki vs. Mikey Nicholls
◆Winner: Nicholls (12:01) following a Death Valley Driver.
(4) Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone vs. Takeshi Morishima & Takuma Sano
◆Winner: Yone (15:39) following the Muscle Buster to Sano.
(5) Kotaro Suzuki & Taiji Ishimori vs. KENTA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
◆Winner: KENTA (16:22) following the go 2 sleep to Ishimori.
(6) Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi
◆Winner: Akiyama (24:12) following a Wrist Clutch Exploder to Taniguchi.
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K-DOJO “CLUB-K TOUR in NISHI-CHOFU”, 11/23/2011 [Wed] 13:00 @ Chofu West Fighting Arena in Tokyo
(1) Owen Phoenix vs. Quiet Storm
◆Winner: Storm (7:55) following a Fisherman Buster.
(2) Bambi vs. Shota
◆Winner: Shota (5:09) following the Rocket Punch to School Boy.
(3) Hiro Tonai & Yuki Sato vs. Marines Mask & Kazuhiro Tamura [STYLE-E]
◆Winner: Tonai (16:26) following the Galaxy☆Fall to Marines.
(4) Kengo Mashimo, Kaji Tomato & Kotaro Nasu [STYLE-E] vs. Saburo Inematsu, Ryuichi Sekine & Masashi Takeda [STYLE-E]
◆Winner: Tomato (17:55) with the Red Eye to Sekine.
(5) Yuji Hino vs. Masato Shibata [STYLE-E]
◆Winner: Hino (10:50) with the World’s Best German Suplex Hold.
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(1) Zeus vs. Naoki Setoguchi
◆Winner: Zeus (9:06) following a Choke Slam.
(2) Atsushi Kotoge & Ultimate Spider, Jr. vs. Hideyoshi & Tadasuke
◆Winner: Hideyoshi (13:02) following the Yari Geki to Spider.
(3) Billyken Kid & Daisuke Harada vs. Tigers Mask & Kazuaki Mihara
◆Winner: Harada (16:05) with a German Suplex Hold on Tigers.
(4) DOVE Pro vs. JOKER: 504, Kabuki Kid & Sakigake vs. Kuuga, HAYATA & Orochi
~ Immediately once the game started 504 crucified HAYATA with handcuffs on the outside and got the Ring out victory. The match was restarted once HAYATA was set free.
◆Winner: HAYATA (1:43) via ring Out. ~ Of course this made it 1-1, so a rematch was set yet again.
(4 Rematch) 504, Kabuki Kid & Sakigake vs. Kuuga, HAYATA & Orochi
◆Winner: NO CONTEST (10:49)
(5) Kanjyuro Matsuyama & Takoyakida vs. Miracle Man & Ebessan
◆Winner: Miracle (17:37) with the Falcon Crash on Takoyakida.
AJP “2011 WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE” 11/22/2011 [Tue] 18:00 @ Hitachinaka City General Gymnasium in Ibaraki
500 Spectators
(All Japan’s site is down, so results will be later than normal)
(1) Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Big Daddy
◆Winner: Daddy (3:50) with a Body Press.
(2) BUSHI vs. Joe Doering
◆Winner: Doering (3:36) following a Lariat.
(3) WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG Match: KENSO & Kaz Hayashi vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya
◆Winner: Manabu (12:45) following the Wild Bomber to Hayashi.
(4) Hitachi Pro Offer Match: Norio Hiroki & Tank Makoto vs. KOU-SAKU & Takeshi Onuki
◆Winner: Tank (11:57) following an Axe Bomber to Onuki.
(5) WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
◆Winner: Hama (8:32) with a Body Press on Tanaka.
(6) WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG Match: Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea vs. Seiya Sanada & KAI
◆Winner: DRAW (30:00)
(7) Suwama, Shuji Kondo & Takumi Soya vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono & Hiroshi Yamato
◆Winner: Suwama (14:15) following the Last Ride to Yamato.
CURRENT STANDINGS:
◎ Takao Omori & Manabu Soya [3 Wins = 6 Points]
◎ Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Suwama & Takumi Soya [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea [1 Win, 1 Draw, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Big Daddy & Joe Doering [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ Akebono & Ryota Hama [1 Win, 1 Loss = 2 Points]
◎ KENSO & Kaz Hayashi [2 Losses = 0 Points]
◎ Seiya Sanada & KAI [1 Draw, 1 Loss = 1 Points]
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BJW “Tag League Final”, 11/22/2011 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,446 Spectators
(1) Masashi Otani, Takumi Tsukamoto & Atsushi Ohashi vs. Amigo Suzuki, Jun Ogawauchi & Shimizu Mototsugu
◆Winner: Ogawauchi (12:03) with the Shandora no Akari (Shandora Light) to Tsukamoto.
(2) Onryo & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Takashi Kawakami & Shinya Ishikawa
◆Winner: Ishikawa (8:55) with an Octopus Hold on Taniguchi.
(3) Tag League Semi-Final Hardcore Tag Match: Shu & Kei Brahman vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
◆Winner: Okabayashi (13:27) with the Golem Splash on Kei.
(4) Tag League Semi-Final Hardcore Tag Match: “Black Angel” Jaki Numazawa & Jun Kasai vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
◆Winner: Numazawa (14:13) following the GOD Style Piledriver to Kodaka on fluorescent light tubes.
(5) Takashi Sasaki & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
◆Winner: Shinobu (12:59) with the S.E.X. to Hashimoto.
(6) Scramble Bank House 6 Man Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Shadow WX & Masato Inaba vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino & Masashi Takeda
◆Winner: WX (17:18) following a Vertical Drop Brainbuster to Hoshino onto a chair.
(7) Tag League Final Hardcore Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. “Black Angel” Jaki Numazawa & Jun Kasai
◆Winner: Okabayshi (17:48) following a Powerbomb to Numazawa onto a chair.
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ZERO1, 11/22/2011 [Tue] 18:30 @ Matsue Kunibiki Messe Multipurpose Hall
(1) Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE vs. Mineo Fujita & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
◆Winner: KAMIKAZE (13:38) with a Moonsault Press on Yokoyama.
(2) Aja Kong vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
◆Winner: Kong (9:48) following a Diving Elbow Drop.
(3) Kickboxing Exhibition Match: Nobuchika Terado vs. Yuya Yamamoto
◆Winner: DRAW (2R)
(4) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Shito Ueda vs. Paul Tracey
◆Winner: Tracey (14:42) following a Super Kick. ~ Tracey becomes the 14th Generation Champion.
(5) Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Ryuji Sai, Mark Hussein & Raideen
◆Winner: Hussein (15:49) with the Scud Missile to Hashimoto.
(6) NWA Lightweight International Tag Team Championship Match: [Champions] Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito vs. [Challengers] Takuya Sugawara & Sean Burnett
◆Winner: Hidaka (18:12) with the Iwami Ginzan to Burnett. ~ 1st Successful Defense.
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UNION “UNION 6th ANNIVERSARY”, 11/22/2011 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE
(0) Kasu Rachoresu Mental Health Treatment Match: Yoshiaki Yago & Good Nurse Madoka vs. Miyako & BENTEN
◆Winner: (2:35) following a Vertical Drop Brainbuster to Miyako, completion of treatment.
(1) Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) vs. Hiroshi Fukuda
◆Winner: Kodaka (6:35) with a Figure 4 Hold.
(2) SGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Mascara Contra Mascara Match: [Champion] Ginga Uchu Senshi Sofia vs. [Challenger] Ginga Uchu Senshi Jasutinu
◆Winner: Sofia (6:58) with the Spring Night Love. ~ 6th Defense.
(3) Kengo (Mashimo) Ohka vs. Shigehiro Irie
◆Winner: Kengo (12:02) with the Shinken.
(4) Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka vs. Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
◆Winner: Shirai (12:17) following a Chair Strike to Morohashi.
(5) 6th Anniversary Battle Royal: Kazuhiko Ogasawara vs. Poison Sawada vs. A. YAZAWA vs. Chou-un Shiryu vs. Mecha Mummy Lite vs. Sister Akiko vs. Takeshi Minamino
◆Winner: Ishikawa (10:31) with the Splash Mountain to Shiryu.
(6) DDT Extreme Championship ~ Anywhere Fall Match: [Champion] El Generico vs. [Challenger] Sanshiro Takagi
◆Winner: Generico (23:21) following the Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! ~ 2nd Successful Defense.
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Osaka Pro Wrestling “Osaka Happy Weekday”, 11/22/2011 [Tue] 19:00 @ Osaka Minami Move on Arena 97 Spectators
(1) Kazuaki Mihara vs. Tadasuke
◆Winner: Mihara (4:14) via foul, weapon attack.
(2) Miracle Man & Takoyakida vs. Naoshi Sano & Micro
◆Winner: Micro (9:43) with a Hurricanrana on Takoyakida.
(3) Tenpozan Championship Match: [Champion] Takoyakida vs. [Challenger] Miracle Man
◆Winner: Miracle (:30) via referee stoppage, following a Kick. ~ Miracle Man becomes the 4th Generation Champion.
(4) Daisuke Harada vs. HAYATA
◆Winner: Harada (3:25) via foul, interference.
(5) Daisuke Harada & Kazuaki Mihara vs. HAYATA & Tadasuke
◆Winner: HAYATA (13:08) following the Headache to Mihara.
Dates of tournament: (to be updated with matches, when announced)
Day 1: 12/8/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Shinjuku FACE
Day 2: 12/11/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Koshigaya Reikutaun
Day 3: 12/12/2011 [Mon] 18:30 @ Ibaraki Prefectural Sports Center
Day 4: 12/14/2011 [Wed] 19:00 @ Gifu Shoko Kaikan
Day 5: 12/15/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Zepp Nagoya
Day 6: 12/18/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Bellesalle Roppongi
A BLOCK
Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikzau Yokoyama
Ryuji Sai & Raideen
Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito
Takuya Sugawara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Buffa & Brother B BLOCK
Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE
Akebono & Daichi Hashimoto
Masato Tanaka & Fujita “Jr” Hayato
Shito Ueda & Mineo Fujita
NWA Team
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ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Opening Day” 12/8/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Shinjuku FACE
(-) A Block: Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Buffa & Brother
(-) A Block: Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito vs. Takuya Sugawara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
(-) B Block: Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE vs. Akebono & Daichi Hashimoto
(-) B Block: NWA Team vs. Shito Ueda & Mineo Fujita
ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Day 2” 12/11/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Koshigaya Reikutaun
(-) A Block: Ryuji Sai & Raideen vs. Buffa & Brother
(-) B Block: Akebono & Daichi Hashimoto vs. NWA Team
ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Day 3” 12/12/2011 [Mon] 18:30 @ Ibaraki Prefectural Sports Center
(-) A Block: Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito
(-) A Block: Ryuji Sai & Raideen vs. Takuya Sugawara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
(-) B Block: Masato Tanaka & Fujita “Jr” Hayato vs. NWA Team
(-) B Block: Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE vs. Shito Ueda & Mineo Fujita
ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Day 4” 12/14/2011 [Wed] 19:00 @ Gifu Shoko Kaikan
(-) A Block: Ryuji Sai & Raideen vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito
(-) B Block: Masato Tanaka & Fujita “Jr” Hayato vs. Shito Ueda & Mineo Fujita
ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Day 5” 12/15/2011 [Thu] 18:30 @ Zepp Nagoya
(-) A Block: Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Takuya Sugawara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
(-) A Block: Ikuto Hidaka & Takafumi Ito vs. Buffa & Brother
(-) B Block: Akebono & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Shito Ueda & Mineo Fujita
(-) B Block: Masato Tanaka & Fujita “Jr” Hayato vs. Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE
ZERO1 “Furinkazan Tag League 2011 ~ Final Day” 12/18/2011 [Sun] 15:00 @ Bellesalle Roppongi
(-) A Block: Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Ryuji Sai & Raideen
(-) A Block: Takuya Sugawara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Buffa & Brother
(-) B Block: Masato Tanaka & Fujita “Jr” Hayato vs. Akebono & Daichi Hashimoto
(-) B Block: Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE vs. NWA Team
(-) A Block #1 vs. B Block #1:
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