NOAH Misawa Memorial Show Results

NOAH “Great Voyage in Tokyo ‘09″, 9/27/09 (NTV/G+)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
17,000 Fans (Super No Vacancy)
0. Tamon Honda & Junji Izumida vs. Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
1. Genba Hirayanagi beat Akihiko Ito (8:33) via pinfall.
2. Atsushi Aoki beat NOSAWA Rongai (6:59) with a reverse cross-armbreaker.
3. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (8:56) when Ishimori used the Touch Out on Kikuchi.
4. Bison Smith beat Shuhei Taniguchi (7:32) with the Bisontennial.
5. Jun Akiyama, Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Sugiura beat Takeshi Rikioh, Mohammed Yone & KENTA (18:33) when Sugiura used an ankle hold on Rikioh.
6. Kensuke Sasaki, Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki (21:05) when Morishima used a backdrop on Suzuki.
7. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Akira Taue & Keiji Mutoh (21:53) when Kobashi used a short-arm lariat on Taue.
8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki (c) beat Akitoshi Saito (24:42) with the Go Flasher. (1st defense)


NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2009 IN OSAKA ~MITSUHARU MISAWA, ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS~", 03.10.2009 (G+/PPV)
Osaka Prefectual Gymnasium
6,400 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Taiji Ishimori beat Akihiko Ito (3:30) with a Mexican Roll.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin beat Masashi Aoyagi & Genba Hirayanagi (10:43) when Aoyagi used the Tornillo on Marvin.
3. Takeshi Morishima & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Makoto Hashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (9:52) when Taniguchi used a Modified German Suplex Hold on Kikuchi.
4. Kenta Kobashi, Masahiro Chono & Go Shiozaki besat Takeshi Rikio, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito (22:50) when Shiozaki used the Go Flasher on Yone.
5. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki (c) beat Jado & Gedo (24:32) when Kanemaru used the Touch Out on Gedo (5th defense).
6. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Takashi Sugiura (8:44) with the Everest German Suplex Hold.
7. Special Tag Match: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Jun Akiyama & KENTA (17:32)when Taue used the I Am Taue KENTA.

R.I.P Mitsuharu Misawa 1962 - 2009

Yesterday morning I went to the US NOAH site to check out the results of the June 13th, 09 Southern Navigation show where Global Tag League winners Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki were challenging Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith for the GHC tag titles. I went there instead of the Green Destiny site cause that site on the puroresufan network rarely gets updated anymore. I clicked on the results and it read that the champions successfully retained their titles, with Saito going over Misawa via TKO. I thought to myself, OK, Saito is getting another undeserved rub since the last person to KO Misawa was Saito's tag partner Bison Smith during the tag league a few months back.

So I went over to the Strong Style Forums to see what everyone thought of the results, and on the main forum page I see the topic titled "MITSUHARU MISAWA PASSE...", I couldn't see the whole title cause it didn't fit in the page. I thought maybe it read "Passed Out", as in maybe he blacked out during the match and they had to halt it, leading to the TKO. I click to enter the NOAH forum and BOOM! I see the new banner at the top of the page that says "Mitsuharu Misawa - June 18, 1962 - June 13, 2009", and the full title of the thread read MITSUHARU MISAWA PASSES AWAY!!!".

Needless to say the first thing that jumped in my head was "YOU GOTTA BE F*CKING KIDDING ME!?!?!"

But unfortunately it's true. One of the truly all time great in ring performers has passed away. During the GHC tag title match, Saito gave Misawa a back suplex, which resulted in Misawa unable to respond and he appearantly had a heart attack. Latest reports say it was cervical spinal cord damage. Medics attempted to revive him in the ring, and managed to get a pulse before rushing him to the hospital. Unfortunately, all efforts to save him failed, and he was declared dead at 10:10pm. He was 46, just five days short of his 47th birthday.

It's no exageration to state that Misawa was one of THE greatest pro-wrestlers to ever lace up a pair of boots. Throughout the 90's, he was part of some of the best pro-wrestling matches on the planet, either in singles or tag team, which still win over new fans as well as inspire a new generation of wrestlers. Heck, it was the clips of his matches with Akiyama, Vader, Kawada and Hansen that you could unlock in the Sega Dreamcast Giant Gram 2000 game that made me want to seriously check out Japanese wrestling, and watching Misawa vs Kawada for the first time in the first ever full puro match on the first ever puro tape I ever bought made me a fan for life.

Misawa had been getting a lot of slack lately from many critics, myself included, on the state of Pro Wrestling NOAH as well as his matches in general. No doubt the years of wear and tear had taken a toll on his body, but he still gave all he could in his big matches and it's unfortunate that for most of us who had been following his career that it would take an incident like this to remember and appreciate how good he used to be. I've been watching a lot of his old AJPW and NOAH matches these past few days and I still find it amazing some of the things he put his body through to entertain us.

I will just end this by saying, Misawa-san, Thank you for everything. For making me a fan of Japanese pro-wrestling. For all the great matches you put your body through to entertain us. Thank you. I'm sure your re-united with Jumbo and Baba up there in heaven, and smiling down on the green ring and legacy you've left behind, and giving strength to Kobashi, Shiozaki, and the rest of the NOAH roster to move on. Arigato, and sayonara, Misawa-san.

Mitsuharu Misawa
June 18, 1962 - June 13, 2009
Rest in Peace.

AJPW 4/30 results

Minoru Suzuki retains the Triple Crown after putting TAJIRI to sleep in a short 13 minutes! He called out Keiji Mutoh after the match, but his call went unanswered. Suzuki is now threatening to sell the belts at a pawn shop to make some money to fly to Mexico!

AJPW "PURORESU LOVE in NAGOYA HOLD OUT TOUR FINAL" 4/30/07
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
4,700 Fans
1. Ryuji Hijikata & T28 beat Nobukazu Hirai & Kiyonari Sanada (8:04) when Hijikata used a running jumping high kick on Sanada.
2. AKIRA beat MAZADA (13:45) with the Musasabi Press.
3. Miguel Hayashi Jr., PEPE Michinoku & El NOSAWA Mendoza beat Masanobu Fuchi, Nobutaka Araya & Kikutaro (16:08) when Miguel used an inside cradle on Kikutaro.
4. TARU, Suwama & Shuji Kondo beat Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki & Akira Raijin (18:21) when Suwama used the Last Ride on Raijin.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima © beat "brother" YASSHI (23:37) with a one-leg trapped German Suplex (1st defense).
6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyo Kea © beat Great MUTA & Vampiro (26:06) when Kea used the TKO34th on Vampiro (1st defense).
7. All Japan Triple Crown: Minoru Suzuki © beat TAJIRI (13:06) with a sleeper hold (4th defense).

AJPW 2/17/2007 results - New Champions!

AJPW "PRO-WRESTLING LOVE in RYOGOKU vol.2", 2/17/07 (PPV/GAORA TV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
10,500 Fans - No Vacancy
0. Masanobu Fuchi, Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata beat AKIRA, Akira Raijin & Kikutaro (12:17) when Hijikata used a Jumping running high kick on Kikutaro.
1. Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (8:10) when Hayashi used the Final Cut on Rongai.
2. AHII World: AHII beat Mastadon & Tow Van John (6:01) with a high-speed style huricanrana on Mastadon.
3. TARU & SUWA beat Kensuke Sasaki & Raimu Mishima (15:02) when TARU used the TARU Driller on Mishima.
4. Akebono & Touru Owashi beat SUMO RIKISHI & Johnny Dunn (9:37) when Akebono used the 64 on Dunn.
5. Great MUTA & TAJIRI beat Gold Dustin & Hakushi (14:22) when MUTA used the Shining Wizard on Dustin.
6. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Shuji Kondo © (24:25) with a German Suplex hold (Nakajima becomes the 24th champion).
7. AJPW World Tag Team Title - No Time Limit: Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada © beat Suwama & RO'Z (22:31) when Kea used a schoolboy rollup on RO'Z (Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada become the 52nd champions).
8. AJPW Triple Crown: Minoru Suzuki © beat Satoshi Kojima (23:58) with a sleeper hold (3rd defense).

WWE New Year's Revolution 1/07/2007

Intercontinental Title - Steele Cage Match: Jeff Hardy [C] VS Johnny Nitro
A by the numbers match as expected. Starting off with some mat work, leading to the spot-by-spot off the cage sequence before the climatic finish. There wasn't really much they could do in the cage that hasn't already been done, but they pulled out a great innovative finish where Jeff kicked the door out from under Nitro and the guy got crotched on the cage door, leading to Jeff getting out of the cage for the win. Hey TNA, how's that for a innovative finish without screwing the fans over?
Match Rating: **1/2

Tag Team Turmoil: The Highlanders VS The World's Greatest Tag Team VS "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan & Super Crazy VS Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch VS Cryme Tyme
I wanted Cade & Murdoch to win this one more than the other teams. The two big Texans really work well together and are playing up more of a power game lately. I sort of expected Haas & Benjamin to make it to the end only for Cryme Tyme to steal the win from them, but it was good to see Cryme Tyme more or less earn one this time as they actually got lucky at the end.
Match Rating: **

Kenny Dykstra VS Ric Flair
TV quality match like I predicted. Would have been better if Flair got disqualified for ruffing up Kenny too much instead of the cheap predictable finish.
Match Rating: 1/2*

WWE Women's Championship: Mickie James [C] VS Victoria
Solid but short match. I'm all for a war between the face & heel divas, the problem is Mickie and Victoria can only do so much to carry the work load. I also never like it when someone controls the match and has a heavy advantage, but it only takes ONE move from the other person to knock them down for the 3 count.
Match Rating: **

World Tag Team Titles: D-Generation X VS Rated RKO [C]
DX were doing what they always do, squash anyone in their path. I knew DX would be out for blood in this one, but it still seems that the two best up and coming heels still can't get an advantage on them without cheating in some way. The match was actually ok, but than Triple H pulls his quad muscle doing a spinebuster, a move he's done hundreds of times in the past. From my view it could have been a lot worse since it looked like he had twisted his ankle ala Chris Candido when he did the move, but luckilly it wasn't as bad as that. Things were pretty chaotic from there as everyone worked on the fly to finish the match, but it was really bizarre to see Orton dash into the ring with a chair to try to stop HHH from hitting the Pedigree only for him to come to a complete halt and make a U-turn out of the ring for no reason. Give credit to HHH though for toughing it out and finishing the match as well as the closing spot despite the obvious fact that he was in pain and had difficulty standing.
Match Rating: ***

Carlito VS Chris Masters
The best part about this match was the springboard moonsault Carlito did and the half-nelson suplex (That's what it's called JR ) Masters did. Other than that, TV quality match. Everyone complains about Masters getting the win, but I say he out-cheated Carlito who's been doing it himself for months already.
Match Rating: *

WWE Championship: John Cena [C] VS Umaga
Again, like some critics, I don't agree that this was a bad match. They booked Umaga like a monster against everyone else, and they continued that here. It kept the fans on the edge of their seats cheering and hoping for Cena to make the hot comeback and they erupted when he scored the win, even if it was by a flash cradle. If the predicted re-match for the Royal Rumble is going to be what they say it is, than I think they made the right call here booking Cena as barely able to scrape by the Samoan Bulldozer.
Match Rating: ***

Overall: A solid PPV. Nothing really outstanding, but WWE has to really wonder now about all these pointless additional PPVs as if this show never took place and they just built up to the Royal Rumble, HHH probably wouldn't have been injured and now looks like one of their key players is going to miss WrestleMania.

QUICK RESULTS
Intercontinental Title - Steele Cage Match: Jeff Hardy [C] beat Johnny Nitro to retain the title when he escaped the cage.
Tag Team Turmoil: Cryme Tyme beat The World's Greatest Tag Team, The Highlanders, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan & Super Crazy, and Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch.
- The World's Greatest Tag Team beat The Highlanders when Benjamin pinned Robbie with a superplex.
- The World's Greatest Tag Team beat "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan & Super Crazy when Haas pinned Crazy with a German suplex-pin.
- Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch beat The World's Greatest Tag Team when Cade pinned Haas with a diving elbow drop.
- Cryme Tyme beat Cade & Murdoch when JTG pinned Cade after a modified neckbreaker.
Kenny Dykstra pinned Ric Flair with an inside cradle.
WWE Women's Championship: Mickie James [C] beat Victoria with a swinging DDT to retain.
World Tag Team Titles: D-Generation X VS Rated RKO went to a No Contest.
Chris Masters pinned Carlito with a roll-up.
WWE Championship: John Cena [C] beat Umaga with a roll-up to retain.

AJPW 10/29/06 Results

Minoru Suzuki and Shuji Kondo both successfully defended their titles, with the dream tag match getting much praise as the match of the night.

AJPW "Shining Series" 10/29/06 (GAORA TV)
Fukuoka International Center
3,300 Fans
1. MAZADA beat Akira Raijin (12:15) used the Shoda Drop.
2. Masanobu Fuchi & Nobukazu Hirai beat Nobutaka Araya & Kikutaro (11:52) when Hirai used the Hirai End on Kikutaro.
3. Ryuji Hijikata, Katsuhiko Nakajima & AHII beat Suwama, Buchanan & "brother" YASSHI (14:53) when AHII used a swandive high-speed huricanrana on YASSHI.
4. Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku beat TARU & D-Lo Brown (10:23) when TARU was disqualified.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shuji Kondo © beat NOSAWA Rongai (19:01) with the King Kong Lariat (5th defense).
6. Great MUTA & TAJIRI beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (25:30) when TAJIRI used the Buzzsaw Kick on Hayashi.
7. AJPW Triple Crown: Minoru Suzuki © beat RO'Z (23:32) with a sleeper hold (1st defense).

NEW Triple Crown Champion!

Just one week after making his first defense of the Triple Crown against Toshiaki Kawada at Hiroshi Hase's retirement show, Taiyo Kea lost the Triple Crown tonight to Minoru Suzuki in the main event of All Japan's Sapporo show!

AJPW "Summer Impact Series" 9/3/06 (GAORA TV)
Sapporo Media Park Spica
1. Nobutaka Araya beat Kikutaro (10:14) with a lariat.
2. Masanobu Fuchi beat Akira Raijin (12:06) with an inside cradle.
3. Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (11:36) when Hijikata used a Jumping high kick on MAZADA.
4. RO'Z, D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & TAKA Michinoku beat TARU, Suwama, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (15:36) when TARU was dsiqualified due to referee violence.
5. Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Toshiaki Kawada, AKIRA & Katsuhiko Nakajima (21:24) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on AKIRA.
6. AJPW Triple Crown: Minoru Suzuki beat Taiyo Kea (C)(34:52) with a sleeper hold (Suzuki becomes the 35th champion).

Hiroshi Hase Retirement

Better late than never.

AJPW "PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN RYOGOKU", 8/27/2006 (PPV/TV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
12,300 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. AHII beat Voodoo Mask (3:53) with a hurricanrana.
2. Masanobu Fuchi, AKIRA & Ryuji Hijikata beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Kikutaro (9:08) when Fuchi used an inside cradle on Kikutaro.
3. RO'Z beat Akira Raijin (2:36) with the Arabian Press.
4. D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & TAKA Michinoku beat Minoru Suzuki , NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (11:02) when Brown used the Low Down on Rongai.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shuji Kondo (C) beat Kaz Hayashi (23:53) with the King Kong Lariat (4th defense).
6. GREAT MUTA beat TAJIRI (18:33) with a moonsault press.
7. AJPW Triple Crown: Taiyo Kea (C) beat Toshiaki Kawada (24:51) with a powerbomb (1st defense).
8. Hiroshi Hase Retirement Match: Hiroshi Hase, Satoshi Kojima & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU, Suwama & "brother" YASSHI (20:36) when Hase used the Northern Light Suplex.

Arashi fired from AJPW!

I really should have reported this earlier, but Arashi was fired from AJPW earlier this week after he was arrested for being in possesion of 2.9 grams of marijuana. This incident only coming a week after Rob Van Dam and Sabu were also arrested in the United States for smoking marijuana while travelling to the next ECW show.
AJPW president Keiji Mutoh and Masanobu Fuchi immediately called an emergency press confress to announce Arashi's release, and to note the Arashi had been working without a contract for quite some time already.

New Triple Crown champion!

Taiyo Kea, the last true disciple of the late Giant Baba in All Japan Pro Wrestling, finally won the big one yesterday as he dethroned long running rival Satoshi Kojima to capture the Triple Crown. He than made the shocking announcement that he would like his first challenger to be none other than former champion Toshiaki Kawada!
Also on the show, Kaz Hayashi won the finals of the Crossover Tour Junior Singles League defeating super rookie Katsuhiko Nakajima in the finals in a hard fought contest. Hayashi announced the tounament will be held in June every year from now on, and challenged Shuji Kondo for his Jr. title.

AJPW "CROSSOVER TOUR" 7/3/06 (GAORA TV)
Ota Ward Gymnasium
3,700 Fans - Super No Vacancy
0. Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya beat Toshiyuki Moriya & Naoshi Sano (7:52) when Araya used a vertical drop brainbuster on Moriya.
1. Virus & MAZADA beat Kikutaro & Hayabusu-cito (11:44) when Virus used the Virus Lock II on Kikutaro.
2. TAKA Michinoku & RO'Z beat Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin (4:32) when RO'Z used a moonsault press on Raijin.
3. TARU, Kohei Suwama & Shuji Kondo beat Arashi, Yutaka Yoshie & Brute Issei (10:30) when Suwama used a German Suplex hold on Brute.
4. YASSHI "Strong" Physical Feeling Match: Kensuke Sasaki beat "Strong" YASSHI (4:32) with a Hokuto assisted bamboo sword double impact.
5. Keiji Muto, AKIRA & Ryuji Hijikata beat Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & Katsushi Takemura (13:38) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on NOSAWA.
6. Junior Singles Heavyweight League - Final: Kaz Hayashi beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (20:58) with the Final Cut (Hayashi wins the 2006 league).
7. AJPW Triple Crown: Taiyo Kea beat Satoshi Kojima © (19:56) with the H50 (Kea becomes the 34th champion).

AJPW Champion Carnival 2006

BOO-YAH! RO&D leader Taiyo Kea won the All Japan Champion Carnival tournament last night, beating Voodoo Murders member super rookie Kohei Suwama in the finals! Kea had a tough road to the finals, with many doubting he'd even make it since Minoru Suzuki was also involved in the Carnival and many thought he'd win it to face Kojima next for the Triple Crown.
Could the slump Kea has been in lately finally come to and end? And as the last remaining disciple of Giant Baba's All Japan, will it finally be Kea's time to be champ?

Full Champion Carnival 2006 results:

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/20/06 (GAORA TV)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
4,600 Fans - No Vacancy
0. Masanobu Fuchi, Ryuji Hijikata & NOSAWA Rongai beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Kikutaro (8:14) when Rongai used an inside cradle on Kikutaro.
1. D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & Matt Morgan beat Kaz Hayashi, AKIRA & Akira Raijin (6:09) when Brown used the Low Down on Raijin.
2. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Taiyo Kea beat Minoru Suzuki (11:24) with a cutback cradle.
3. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Kohei Suwama beat Satoshi Kojima (15:12) by countout.
4. Kensuke Sasaki, Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Arashi, Yutaka Yoshie & Brute Issei (10:49) when Sasaki used a lariat on Brute.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shuji Kondo © beat MAZADA (17:59) with the King Kong Lariat (3rd defense).
6. Keiji Muto & Milano Collection A.T. beat TARU & "brother" YASSHI (10:04) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on YASSHI.
7. Champion Carnival - Final: Taiyo Kea beat Kohei Suwama (20:21) with the H50

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/17/06
Toyama Event Plaza
1,300 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Nobutaka Araya, Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryuji Hijikata, Akira Raijin & Brute Issei (12:45) when Honma used a diving body press on Raijin.
2. AKIRA & Buchanan beat Arashi & Nobukazu Hirai (10:35) when Buchanan used the Iron Bomb on Hirai.
3. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [8] beat Matt Morgan [2] (10:30) with a triangle lock.
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Minoru Suzuki [9] beat D-Lo Brown [5] (9:53) with a trunk-bundle sleeper hold.
5. Champion Carnival - Block A: Taiyo Kea [6] VS Yutaka Yoshie [5] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kohei Suwama [7] beat Kensuke Sasaki [5] (12:28)by disqualification due to referee violence.
7. Keiji Muto, Kaz Hayashi & MAZADA beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (13:41) when MAZADA used the Shoda Drop on YASSHI.

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/16/06
Kyoto KBS Hall
1,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Kaz Hayashi & Nobutaka Araya beat Akira Raijin & Brute Issei (12:33) when Araya used a moonsault press on Raijin.
2. Taiyo Kea & Matt Morgan beat Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata (9:37) when Morgan used the F16 on Hirai.
3. Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA beat Arashi & AKIRA (13:01) when MAZADA used a piledriver on AKIRA.
4. Champion Carnival - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [4] beat Kohei Suwama [5] (16:06) with the diving body press.
5. Champion Carnival - Block A: Buchanan [2] beat Keiji Muto [5] (11:54) with the Iron Bomb.
6. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [6] vs. D-Lo Brown [5] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
7. Kensuke Sasaki, Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (16:34) when Sasaki used the Northern Light Bomb on YASSHI.

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/13/06
Hyogo Prefectural Budokan
850 Fans
1. Matt Morgan & Buchanan beat Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin (0:42) when Morgan used the F16 on Raijin.
2. Champion Carnival – Block B: D-Lo Brown [4] beat Arashi [2] (4:28) with the Low Down.
3. Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA beat Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima (12:22) when Suzuki used a sleeper hold on Hijikata.
4. Champion Carnival – Block A: Kensuke Sasaki [5] beat Yutaka Yoshie [2] (10:35) with a running elbow smash.
5. Champion Carnival – Block A: Keiji Muto [4] vs. Taiyo Kea [5] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
6. TARU, Kohei Suwama, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI beat Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi, Tomoaki Honma & Brute Issei (15:25) when Suwama used the Last Ride on Brute.

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/12/06
Nagoya International Conference Hall
1,800 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Brute Issei beat Akira Raijin, Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA (14:15) when Issei used the Brute Bomb on Raijin.
2. Champion Carnival - Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima [2] beat D-Lo Brown [2] (7:10) with a backslide.
3. Champion Carnival - Block B: Minoru Suzuki [5] beat Matt Morgan [2] (5:13) with a choke sleeper.
4. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kohei Suwama [4] beat Bull Buchanan [0] (17:18) with an ankle lock.
5. Yutaka Yoshie & Arashi beat Keiji Muto & Tomoaki Honma (15:27) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Honma.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Taiyo Kea [4] beat Kensuke Sasaki [3] (18:35) with a cross-arm scissors lock.
7. Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi & AKIRA beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (17:30) when AKIRA used the Musasabi Press on YASSHI.

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/11/06
Kira Messe Numazu - 1,200 Fans
1. Kaz Hayashi, Tomoaki Honma & Brute Issei beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin (12:57) when Honma used a diving body press on Raijin.
2. Champion Carnival - Block B: Matt Morgan [2] beat Katsuhiko Nakajima [0] (5:46) with the F16.
3. Taiyo Kea & D-Lo Brown beat Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA (16:24) when D-Lo used the Low Down on MAZADA.
4. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki [3] beat Buchanan [0] (12:20) with the Northern Light Bomb.
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [5] beat Arashi [2] (11:36) with a lariat.
6. Keiji Muto, Yutaka Yoshie, AKIRA & Ryuji Hijikata beat TARU, Kohei Suwama, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (18:20) when Yoshie used a Diving Body Press on YASSHI.

AJPW, 4/9/06 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Masanobu Fuchi, Kaz Hayashi & Ryuji Hijikata beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Kikutaro (9:41) when Hayashi used the Samson Clutch on Kikutaro.
2. Champion Carnival - Block B: Arashi [2] beat Katsuhiko Nakajima [0] (7:18) with a jumping powerbomb.
3. Kensuke Sasaki, Tomoaki Honma & Brute Issei beat AKIRA, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (15:11) when Sasaki used a lariat on AKIRA.
4. Taiyo Kea, D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & Matt Morgan beat TARU, Kohei Suwama, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (15:37) when Suwama was disqualified for referee violence.
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [3] vs. Minoru Suzuki [3] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto [3] beat Yutaka Yoshie [2] (18:22) with the Shining Wizard.

AJPW Champion Carnival 4/8/06
Nagaoka Welfare Hall
2,000 Fans
1. AKIRA, Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Nobukazu Hirai, Tomoaki Honma & Akira Raijin (15:17) when AKIRA used the Musasabi Press on Raijin.
2. Champion Carnival - Block B: D-Lo Brown [2] beat Matt Morgan [0] (7:32) with an inside cradle.
3. Champion Carnival - Block A: Taiyo Kea [2] beat Buchanan [0] (12:53) with the TKO.
4. TARU, Kohei Suwama, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI beat Yutaka Yoshie, Arashi, Nobutaka Araya & Brute Issei (15:17) when Suwama used the Last Ride on Brute.
5. Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (17:52) when MAZADA used the Shoda Drop on Hayashi.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto [1] VS Kensuke Sasaki [1] (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.


AJPW Champion Carnival 4/7/06 (GAORA TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,700 Fans
1. Masanobu Fuchi beat Kikutaro (2:13) with an inside cradle.
2. Matt Morgan & D-Lo Brown beat Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai (4:10) when Morgan used the Mount Morgan Drop on Araya.
3. Kaz Hayashi, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (9:08) when MAZADA used the Shoda Drop on YASSHI.
4. Champion Carnival - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [2] beat Buchanan [0] (12:10) with a diving body press.
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Minoru Suzuki [2] beat Arashi [0] (4:50) with a trunk bundle sleeper.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kohei Suwama [2] beat Taiyo Kea [0] (10:15) with the Last Ride.
7. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [2] beat Katsuhiko Nakajima [0] (9:05) with a short ranged lariat.
8. Keiji Muto, AKIRA & Ryuji Hijikata beat Kensuke Sasaki, Tomoaki Honma & Brute Issei (19:23) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on Honma.

AJPW "Hold Out Tour" 3/10/06 Results

Two big surprises at last night's big Ota Ward Gymnasium show.
Firstly, the underdog team of NOSAWA & MAZADA pulled off the upset of beating Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI in the finals of the Jr. Tag League!
The second surprise came after the main event when Minoru Suzuki intruded and attacked Triple Crown champion Satoshi Kojima after the champion survived a bloody battle with the Great Muta to complete his 7th defense of the title!
The arrival of Minoru Suzuki should freshen things up a bit in All Japan. The question now is will he align himself with anyone or will Suzuki go at it alone in AJPW?

AJPW "Hold Out Tour" 3/10/06 (GAORA TV)
Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Nobutaka Araya & Ryuji Hijikata beat Naoshi Sano & Toshiyuki Moriya (6'28) when Hijikata pinned Sano with a fisherman's buster.
2. Masanobu Fuchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Taiji Ishimori beat Kaz Hayashi, Kikutaro & Kikujiro (14'07) when Nakajima pinned Kikujiro with a German-suplex hold.
3. Buchanan & Matt Morgan beat Nobukazu Hirai & AKIRA (6'02) when Buchanan pinned Hirai with an Iron-Claw Bomb.
4. Yutaka Yoshie & Arashi beat Kensuke Sasaki & Brute Issei (12'56) when Yoshie pinned Issei with a diving body press.
5. HOLD OUT TOUR 2006 Junior Tag League - Final: NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA beat Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (18'06) when MAZADA pinned YASSHI.
6. RO&D All-Stars VS VM All-Stars: Taiyo Kea & D-Lo Brown beat Kohei Suwama & TARU (15'40) when Kea pinned Suwama.
7. AJPW Triple Crown: Satoshi Kojima © beat Great MUTA (19'31) with a lariat.

Kensuke Office results

Interesting notes coming out of the first Kensuke Office show.
Kikutaro got disqualified in the opener after getting frustrated by the antics of KENSUKI and the Florida Brothers.
The big battle royal ended with the possibility of Minoru Suzuki finally seting foot in All Japan in the near future, after being goaded by Tomoaki Honma and the AJPW workers who came to Akira Hokuto's defense during the battle royal.
The main event was billed as the first encounter of Sasaki VS Nakajima in about 2 years since they started teaming together. Of course, Kobashi & Tenryu heated things up themselves, with Tenryu bloodying Kobashi with a steel chair attack.
Definately looks like a fun show worth picking up on DVD when it comes out.

Kensuke Office "Kensuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary", 2/11/06
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. KENSUKI Sasaki, Michael Iwasa & Daniel Mishima beat Kikutaro, Space Lone Wolf & Masked Volcano (7:56) when Kikutaro was disqualified.
2. 120,000 Yen Winner-Takes-All Battle Royal: Minoru Suzuki beat Kikutaro (16:08) with a sleeper. Order of Elimination: KENSHIN, Nobutaka Araya, Ryuji Hijikata, Kaz Hayashi, Nobukazu Hirai, TAKA Michinoku, Brute Issei, AKIRA, Akira Raijin, Akira Hokuto, Masanobu Fuchi & Kikutaro.
- Talk Battle: Kensuke Sasaki VS Keiji Muto (5:00) ended in a time limit draw.
- Talk Battle: Kensuke Sasaki VS Satoshi Kojima (5:00) ended in a time limit draw.
- Talk Battle: Yoshihiro Takayama beat Kensuke Sasaki (3:14) by Give Up.
3. Kensuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary: Kensuke Sasaki & Kenta Kobashi beat Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima (26:36) when Sasaki used a lariat on Nakajima.

WRESTLE-1 "GP2005 2nd Round" Results

After putting on one MOTY caliber match on the first show, the second WRESTLE-1 show fell a bit short both performance and attendance wise. NOAH's Jun Akiyama was knocked out of the tournament losing in the main event to Bob Sapp, who most probably is going to win it all and beat Great Muta in the finals. Muta advanced beating long time rival Kensuke Sasaki. Personally, I'm hoping it's Sapp VS Jamal in the finals as the two never really settled their feud in AJPW.
The other "highly anticipated" match on the card was the first time in ring meeting of NOAH ace Mitsuharu Misawa and Akebono in a tag match. Surprising result here as Misawa PINNED Akebono with his running elbow smash to win the match.

WRESTLE-1 "GP2005 SECOND ROUND", 10/2/05 (PPV)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium
8,012 Fans
1. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala beat Dory Funk Jr. & Katsuhiko Nakajima (10:16) when Abdullah used an elbow drop on Nakajima.
2. Giant Bernard & The Predator beat Sam Greco & Jan "The Giant" Nortje (12:20) when Bernard used a reverse splash on Nortje.
3. Bubba Ray & D-Von beat Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli (14:19) when Bubba pinned Palumbo after the 3D.
4. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 2: Minoru Suzuki beat Kohei Suwama (17:00) by referee stop.
5. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 2: Jamal beat Don Frye (8:16) with the Flying Sausage.
6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Akebono & Scorpio (14:51) when Misawa used a running elbow on Akebono.
7. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 2: Great Muta beat Kensuke Sasaki (13:14) with the Shining Wizard.
8. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 2: Bob Sapp beat Jun Akiyama (7:21) with a Beast bomb.

WRESTLE-1 8/04/05 Results

The first WRESTLE-1 (not related to Keiji Mutoh's project) show was held yesterday and drew a good attendance, but most of the matches came off as weak and uninspiring. The only two standout matches on the show were Kaz Hayashi VS AJ Styles and Jun Akiyama VS Katsuyori Shibata. A big mentionable upset saw AJPW rookie sensation Kohei Suwama defeating The Predator to advance in the tournament. The only problem I have with this is that there were SIX tournament matches, with the tournament continuing around October. So we don't know if someone is getting a by to the next round, or if there are more round one matches coming since Suwama commented he's happy to make it to the QUARTER-FINALS of the tournament, meaning there are still 12 matches to go to fill a full 8-man quarter final bracket.

WRESTLE-1 "GP2005 OPENING ROUND", 8/4/05 (PPV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
10,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. Mil Mascaras & Terry Funk beat Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima (10:19) when Mascaras used a diving body attack on Nakajima.
2. Kaz Hayashi beat AJ Styles (14:38) with the Final Cut.
3. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Kohei Suwama beat The Predator (7:36) with a backdrop hold.
4. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Genichiro Tenryu beat Kazunari Murakami (7:29) by DQ.
5. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Bob Sapp beat Giant Bernard (5:30) with a horizontal cradle.
6. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Kensuke Sasaki beat Riki Choshu (6:10) with a Northern Light bomb.
7. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Jun Akiyama beat Katsuyori Shibata (13:46) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
8. WRESTLE-1 GP - Round 1: Great Muta beat Akebono (10:08) with a moonsault press.

Credit: Shining Road for the results and Sportsnavi for the pictures.

AJPW 7/26 Results - V1 for Kojima!

Satoshi Kojima made his first defence of the Triple Crown yesterday after winning almost FIVE MONTHS ago! But did All Japan pull the rug out from under him like New Japan did to Tenzan so many times? Hell No! They gave him his V1 win over arguably one of the biggest names in the company in Keiji Mutoh himself! Note to New Japan: THAT'S how you make a champion! Not by having defences against second rate performers like MiSuzuki and Scott Norton (eventhough I love watching the big guy), but by putting them over the big names of the company! This one defence alone probablt puts Kojima above Tenzan, and if Kojima goes over Kensuke Sasaki in a title match next, then he most definately is the better man out of TenKoji now.

I hope Masahiro Chono took notice of Kojima's victory, since he was in action teaming with RO@D against the Voodoo Murders in factioned warfare. It was said that Chono looked good here, but luckilly he didn't pick up the win as Kea finished the match pinning Palumbo with the TKO. The win helps draw attention back to Kea and helps reminds the fans that Kea is a Triple Crown contender down the road.

It was a bad night for the Voodoo Murders as the team of "brother" YASSHI & Shuji Kondo lost the All Asian tag titles to Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. I'm guessing this move was to keep Sasaki in AJPW so he doesn't wander off to NOAH to often now. Or I predict they will have a short reign with the titles before losing them to a bigger team from the VM. If anything, Kondo is now free to go after the AJPW Jr. Title.

AJPW "HEAVY FIGHTING YOYOGI", 7/26/06
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
5300 Fans (Super No Vacancy)
0. Loser Leaves AJPW: MAZADA beat NOSAWA Rongai (7:41) with a Cross Armbreaker
1. Tomoaki Honma, Ryuji Hijikata & Akira Raijin beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Kikutaro (5:27) when Honma used a Running Elbow on Kikutaro
2. Arashi beat Buchanan (4:35) with a Frog Splash
3. Kaz Hayashi beat Taiji Ishimori (15:35) with the Final Cut
4. Toshiaki Kawada beat Kazushi Miyamoto (5:04) with a Right High Kick
5. All Asia Tag Team Title: Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (c) (12:23) when Nakajima used a German Suplex Hold on YASSHI to become the 80th champions
6. RO&D vs Voodoo Murderers: Masahiro Chono, TAKA Michinoku, Taiyo Kea & Jamal beat TARU, Giant Bernard, Johnny Stamboli & Chuck Palumbo (16:56) when Kea used the TKO on Palumbo
7. Triple Crown: Satoshi Kojima (c) beat Keiji Muto (26:37) with a Lariat (1st defense)