Zero-One MAX Fire Festival 2006

Masato Tanaka became the winner of the annual Fire Festival tournament, defeating Ryouji Sai in the finals today. Due to a 4-way tie in his block, Tanaka first had to overcome Shinjiro Ohtani, Yutaka Yoshie and Kazunari Murakami in a 4-way decision match before taking on the young rising star Sai in the finals. This is Tanaka's first ever Fire Festival win, and is definately much deserved.

Full results for the Fire Festival:

ZERO1-MAX "Fire Festival" 7/29/06 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,600 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Rikiya Fudo beat Fuyuki Takahashi (4:43) with the U-39.
2. Fire Festival Block A Playoff: Masato Tanaka beat Shinjiro Ohtani, Kazunari Murakami & Yutaka Yoshie.
- Shinjiro Ohtani beat Kazunari Murakami (6:15) with a parcel hold.
- Yutaka Yoshie beat Shinjiro Ohtani (12:24) with a body press.
- Masato Tanaka beat Yutaka Yoshie (19:24) with a lariat.
3. World-1 Jr. Participation Assessment: Aussie Osborne beat Osamu Namiguchi (6:48) with the Kangaroo Press.
4. Tatsutoshi Goto & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Takao Omori & Kamikaze (13:12) when Goto used the backdrop on Kamikaze.
5. Kohei Sato beat Tomoaki Honma (13:17) with a German Suplex hold.
6. Just Before World-1 Jr. Special Tag: Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita & Takuya Sugawara beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yoshito Sasaki & NOSAWA when Sugawara pinned Sasaki.
7. Fire Festival - Final: Masato Tanaka beat Ryouji Sai (23:00) with a rolling elbow

ZERO1-MAX "AWA Fire Festival" 7/27/06 (Samurai! TV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1. Tatsutoshi Goto & Masanobu Kurisu beat Rikiya Fudo & Fugo Fugo Yumeji (6:46) when Goto used a backdrop on Yumeji.
2. Fire Fesitval - Block A: Kazunari Murakami [5] beat Tomoaki Honma [0] (5:58) with a straight right hook.
3. Fire Fesitval - Block B: Daisuke Sekimoto [2] beat Kohei Sato [3] (14:06) with a German Suplex hold.
4. Kamikaze, Yoshito Sasaki & Osamu Namiguchi beat Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita & Fuyuki Takahashi (12:06) when Kamikaze used a Moonsault press on Takahashi.
5. WWA World Jr. Lightweight Title/International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tatsuhito Takaiwa © beat Takuya Sugawara © (14:05) with the Death Valley Bomb (2nd defense, Takaiwa becomes new International Jr. Champion).
6. Fire Fesitval - Block A: Shinjiro Ohtani [5] vs. Masato Tanaka [5] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
7. Fire Fesitval - Block B: Ryouji Sai beat Takao Omori (14:20) with a running kick.

ZERO1-MAX "Fire Festival" 7/25/06
Iwaki City Gymnasium
1,150 Fans
1. Ikuto Hidaka beat Osamu Namiguchi (8:21) with the figure four.
2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Fuyuki Takahashi beat Takuya Sugawara & Shota Takanishi (9:48) when Takahashi used a German Suplex hold on Takanishi.
3. Fire Festival - Block A: Kazunari Murakami [3] VS Yutaka Yoshie [5] (11:38) ended in a double countout.
4. Fire Festival - Block A: Tatsutoshi Goto [4] beat Ryouji Sai [4] (7:44) with a backdrop.
5. Yoshito Sasaki, Rikiya Fudo & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Masato Tanaka, Minoru Fujita & Kamikaze (13:00) when Sekimoto used a German Suplex hold on Kamikaze.
6. Fire Festival - Block B: Takao Omori [5] VS Kohei Sato [3] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
7. Fire Festival - Block A: Shinjiro Ohtani [4] beat Tomoaki Honma [0] (11:57) with the Spiral Bomb.

ZERO1-MAX "Fire Festival" 7/24/06
Akita Municipal Gymnasium
1,400 Fans
1. Minoru Fujita beat Osamu Namiguchi (9:34) by pinfall.
2. Kohei Sato & Rikiya Fudo beat Ikuto Hidaka & Fuyuki Takahashi (13:35) when Fudo Fudo used the U-39 on Takahashi.
3. Fire Festival - Block B: Ryouji Sai [4] beat Daisuke Sekimoto [0] (14:14) with Sid Mouth.
4. Fire Festival - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [4] beat Tomoaki Honma [0] (10:41) with a body press.
5. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [2] beat Kazunari Murakami [2] (8:23) with a running elbow.
6. Fire Festival - Block B: Takao Omori [4] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [2] (7:29) with the Axe Bomber.
7. Akita Special Tag: Toshiaki Kawada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Takuya Sugawara beat Shinjiro Ohtani, Kamikaze & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (15:20) when Kawada used a low kick on Kamikaze.

ZERO1-MAX "Fire Festival" 7/23/06
Aomori Industrial Hall
2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita beat Osamu Namiguchi & Shota Takanishi (10:45) when Hidaka used the Shawn Capture on Takanishi.
2. Fire Festival - Block B: Tatsutoshi Goto [2] beat Daisuke Sekimoto [0] (9:40) with a backdrop.
3. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [2] beat Tomoaki Honma [0] (11:08) with a rolling elbow.
4. Toshiaki Kawada & Takuya Sugawara beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Rikiya Fudo (15:20) when Kawada used a low face kick on Fudo.
5. Aomori Special Tag: Takao Omori & Manabu Nakanishi beat Kamikaze & Fuyuki Takahashi (0:30) when Omori pinned Takahashi after the Washington Jouyaku.
6. Fire Festival - Block A: Shinjiro Ohtani [2] beat Yutaka Yoshie [2] (18:10) with a Dragon Suplex hold.
7. Fire Festival - Block B: Ryoui Sai [2] beat Kohei Sato [2] (12:18) with the Sid Mouth 2.

ZERO1-MAX "Fire Festival" 7/20/06 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Takuya Sugawara beat Osamu Namiguchi (8:40) with the Death Valley Bomb.
2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Ikuto Hidaka & Fuyuki Takahashi beat Yoshito Sasaki, Rikiya Fudo & GENTARO (11:11) when Takaiwa used an avalanche-style Death Valley Bomb on Fudo.
3. Fire Festival - Block B: Takao Omori beat Daisuke Sekimoto (11:50) with the Axe Bomber.
4. Fire Festival - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [2] beat Masato Tanaka [0] (11:27) with a body press.
5. Ryouji Sai & Minoru Fujita beat Tomoaki Honma & Kamikaze (11:19) when Sai used an avalanche-style Syd Mouth on Kamikaze.
6. Fire Festival - Block B: Kohei Sato [2] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [0] with a triangle choke.
7. Fire Festival - Block A: Kazunari Murakami [2] beat Shinjiro Ohtani [0] (9:15) with a backslide