Z1Max Fire Festival results

Shinjiro Ohtani won his third Fire Festival tournament beating Kensuke Sasaki in the finals. Sasaki had defeated Ohtani a few weeks previously in a special attraction match, and Ohtani got his revenge in the finals.

Full results for the tournament:

Z1M FIRE FESTIVAL, 7/29/05
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
(There was a special ceremony honoring Shinya Hashimoto before the show)
1. Takehiro Murahama & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Yoshihito Sasaki & Osamu Namiguchi (9:36) when Murahama used a Brainbuster.
2. Ryouji Sai & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Minoru Fujita & Rikiya Fudo (15:13) when Takahashi used a Modifed Backdrop on Fudo.
3. Fire Festival - Block A: Kohei Sato [2] beat Masato Tanaka [0] (12:47) via Tiger Suplex. Sato stated after the match that he didn’t get a chance to face Tanaka in last year’s Fire Festival which he won, so that makes this victory more sweeter.
4. Fire Festival - Block B: Takao Omori [2] beat Chris the Bambi Killer [0] (8:03) with an Axe Bomber.
5. Alex Shelly & Tadao Yasuda beat Ikuto Hidaka & Kamikaze (9:49) when Shelly used the Shell Shock on Hidaka.
6. Fire Festival - Block A: Daisuke Ikeda [1] VS Shinjiro Otani [1] (30:00) went to a time limit draw.
7. Fire Festival - Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [2] beat Hirotaka Yokoi [0] (10:44) with a backhand chop.

Z1M FIRE FESTIVAL 7/31/05
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Kamikaze & Fuyuki Takahashi beat Rikya Fudo & Fugo Fugo Yumeji (10:57) when Kamikaze used the Kamikaze Driver on Fudo.
2. Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Osamu Namiguchi (11:26) via R-15.
3. Daisuke Ikeda, Minoru Fujita, & Takehiro Murahama beat Takao Omori, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, & Yoshihito Sasaki (13:47) when Ikeda used an Armbar on Sasaki
4. Fire Festival - Block B: Chris the Bambi Killer [2] beat Kensuke Sasaki [2] (7:46) by Ring-Out (!).
5. Fire Festival - Block B: Ryouji Sai [2] beat Hirotaka Yokoi [0] (11:41) by 2nd Sky Kick.
6. Z1-MAX/UPW/AWA/W-1 International Junior Heavyweight Title: Ikuto Hidaka © beat Alex Shelly (14:45) via Misty Flip. (3rd Defence)
7. Fire Festival - Block A: Tadao Yasuda [2] beat Kohei Sato [2] (7:18) by Big Boot
8. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [2] beat Shinjiro Otani [1] (17:11) via Diamond Dust.

Z1M FIRE FESTIVAL 8/2/04
Iwaki City Gym
1. Kamikaze beat Fuyuki Takahashi (7:28) after a Moonsault.
2. Fire Festival - Block A: Daisuke Ikeda [2] vs Kohei Sato [3] (6:50) went to a Double Count-Out.
3. Fire Festival - Block B: Hirotaka Yokoi [2] beat Chris the Bambi Killer [2] (10:46) with a Jujigatame.
4. Alex Shelly, Takehiro Murahama, & GAMMA beat Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita, & Osamu Namiguchi (14:32) when GAMMA used the Blitzen on Osamu.
5. Fire Festival - Block A: Tadao Yasuda [4] beat Masato Tanaka [2] (7:46) by Count-Out.
6. Fire Festival - Block B: Takao Omori [4] beat Ryouji Sai [2] (20:03) via Axe Bomber.
7. Iwaki City "Fire Festival" Special Tag: Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, & Yoshihito Sasaki beat Kensuke Sasaki, Rikiya Fudo, & Katsuhiko Nakajima (17:35) when Takaiwa used a Avalanche Style Death Valley Driver on Fudo.

Z1M FIRE FESTIVAL 8/05/05
Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 - 1,500 fans
(There was a memorial ceremony for Shinya Hashimoto before the show)
1. Kamikaze & Rikiya Fudo beat Masa Kurisu & Fuyuki Takahashi in 12:26 when Fudo used the Sniper FUDO on Takahashi.
2. ROWDY (Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi) defeated Takehiro Murahama & Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 9:50 when Sato used a German Suplex hold on Murahama.
3. Fire Festival – Block B: Chris the Bambi Killer [4] beat Ryouji Sai [2] in 14:13 with a flying lariat.
4. Fire Festival – Block A: Masato Tanaka [4] defeated Daisuke Ikeda [2] in 9:03 with the Gannosuke Clutch.
5. Minoru Fujita/Ikuto Hidaka/Alex Shelley beat Katsuhiko Nakajima/Osamu Namiguchi/Yoshito Sasaki in 13:43 when Shelley used the Shell Shock on Namiguchi.
6. Fire Festival – Block A: Shinjiro Otani [3] defeated Tadao Yasuda [4] in 10:49 with a schoolboy.
7. Fire Festival – Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [4] beat Takao Omori [4] in 22:51 with the Northern Lights Bomb.

Z1M FIRE FESTIVAL 8/07/05
Korakuen Hall
1. Fire Festival – Block A: Daisuke Ikeda [4] beat Tadao Yasuda [4] (5:57) by countout
2. Fire Festival – Block A: Shinjiro Otani [5] beat Kohei Sato [3] (13:39) by King Cobra Hold.
3. Fire Festival – Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [6] beat Ryouji Sai [2] (12:06) via Lariat
4. Fire Festival – Block B: Hirotaka Yokoi [4] defeated Takao Omori (6:15) [4] by Guilatine Choke.
5. Chris the Bambi Killer [4] & Alex Shelley beat Kamikaze & Masato Tanaka [4] (11:46) when Shelly used a modified clutch on Kamikaze.
6. Yoshihito Sasaki beat Rikiya Fudo (10:18) By Argentine Coaster.
7. Minoru Fujita, Ikuto Hidaka & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Osamu Namiguchi, Takehiro Murahama & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:04) When Nakajima used a German Suplex on Osamu
8. Fire Festival – Finals: Shinjiro Otani beat Kensuke Sasaki (20:00) via Dragon Suplex to win the 2005 Fire Festival.