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Jr. League lineups by Irving - 07/04/08 10:13 pm  BLOCK A: - Ryuji Hijikata (AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Champion; 3rd year) - KAI (1st year) - El Samurai (1st year) - Shuji Kondo (1st year) - MAZADA (2nd year) BLOCK B: - Kaz Hayashi (2006 Winner; 2nd year) - T28 (1st year) - Phil Atlas (1st year) - Silver King (1st year) - TAKEMURA (2nd year) [Updated] Upcoming series info! & Suwama to undergo surgery! by Irving - 07/01/08 12:43 pm  The Junior Singles League will also take place during the "SUMMER ACTION SERIES". The league will be two blocks and will hold traditional league rules (30 minute time limits, same point system as always). No participants were released today, but should be coming within the next few days. The league will start on 7/20 and end on 8/3 in Ishikawa. AJPW "THIS IS PRO-WRESTLING LOVE @ KANAZAWA", 8/3/08 (GAORA TV) Ishikawa Industrial Pavillion #3 1. Junior Heavyweight Singles League - Final 2. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki  (c) vs. Suwama & Osamu Nishimura"2008 SUMMER ACTION SERIES" 7/20 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall 7/23 @ Kushiro Tottori Dome 7/24 @ Kitami Municipal Gymnastics Center 7/25 @ Asahikawa Completion Citizen Center 7/26 @ Sapporo Teisen Hall 7/27 @ Sapporo Teisen Hall 7/29 @ Hakodate Citizen Gymnasium 8/1 @ Mito Citizen Gymnasium 8/3 @ Ishikawa Industrial Pavillion #3 Suwama will undergo a cartilage removal operation on his right elbow tomorrow in Fujisawa City. After the Izumo show on 6/29, Suwama returned to the All Japan dojo saying that the pain he was experiencing was uncanny, as his arm has been bothering him since his match with Tanahashi in the Champion Carnival Finals on 4/9, with his match against Kensuke Sasaki on 4/29 only worsening the arm. The injury was diagnosed and Suwama had to inject anodyne before his first defense against Nishimura on 6/28. He will have surgery tomorrow and will need about one week off, however, Suwama plans on carrying out forcible participation for All Japan's 7/7 Hachioji rally, saying that he wanted to show a pro-wrestler's fine figure. Kensuke Office update by Irving - 06/30/08 10:54 pm The Kensuke Office will participate in NOAH's "Summer Navigation '08" tour starting with 7/2 in Aktia and ending on 7/18 in Budokan. SEM, 6/27/08 Tokyo Differ Ariake 420 Fans 1. Taiji Ishimori beat Takeshi Minaminno  (11:33) with the Telarana.2. KENTA & Takashi Okita  beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kento Miyahara (9:24) when Okita used a Jackhammer on Miyahara.NOAH, 7/2/08 Akita Municipal Gymnasium Sub Arena 1. Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Akihiko Ito vs. Kensuke Sasaki , Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita NOAH, 7/3/08 Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium 1. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Kensuke Sasaki , Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita NOAH, 7/5/08 Tokyo Differ Ariake 1. Jun Akiyama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 2. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara NOAH, 7/12/08 Strait Messe Shimonoseki 1. Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Akihiko Ito vs. Kensuke Sasaki , Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara NOAH, 7/15/08 Hakata Star Lane 1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 2. Takeshi Morishima vs. Kensuke Sasaki NOAH, 7/18/08 (NTV/G+) Tokyo Nippon Budokan 1. KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki
6/28 Results by Irving - 06/28/08 10:59 am Some quick notes out of today's show. After the Junior Title match, the Tokyo Gurentai attacked Ryuji Hijikata, with the other juniors coming out and fending them off. It was decided that there would be another Junior Singles League this year, happening on the next series. Both the semi-main and main event were actually called "wonderful" matches, with the rumor being that Suwama will make his second defense in Sumo Hall, against Toshiaki Kawada! AJPW, 6/28/08 (GAORA TV) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 3,100 Fans 1. KAI & Antonio Thomas beat Seiya Sanada & T28 (11:10) when AI used a Splash Plancha on T28. 2. Masanobu Fuchi, Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA (14:41) when Raijin used a moonsault press on Rongai. 3. Manabu Nakanishi  beat Nobutaka Araya (5:26) with the Hercules Cutter.4. Kensuke Sasaki, Kaz Hayashi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat TARU, Rene Dupree, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (13:50) when Sasaki used a lariat on YASSHI. 5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ryuji Hijikata (c) beat El Samurai (16:04) with a jujigatame (2nd defense). 6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki  beat Keiji Muto & Joe Doering (c) (21:04) when Kea used the TKO34th on Doering (Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki become the 55th champions).7. Triple Crown: Suwama (c) beat Osamu Nishimura (36:57) with the Last Ride (1st defense). 6/24 & 6/25 Results by Irving - 06/28/08 10:59 am AJPW, 6/24/08 Yonezawa City-Owned Gymnasium 1,100 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Akira Raijin beat Manabu Soya (9:07) with the Lightening Flash. 2. TARU & Rene Dupree beat Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai (9:17) when Dupree used a diving body press on Hirai. 3. Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai beat Ryuji Hijikata & Antonio Thomas (15:34) when Samurai used the Samurai clutch on Hijikata. 4. Osamu Nishimura beat MAZADA (10:40) with the Ground Cobra Twist. 5. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Suwama & T28 (21:46) when Sasaki used a lariat on T28. 6. Keiji Muto, Joe Doering, Seiya Sanada & KAI beat Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki , NOSAWA Rongai & TAKEMURA (24:50) when Muto used a Shining Wizard on Rongai.AJPW, 6/25/08 Sakata City-Owned Gymnasium 1,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy 1. KAI beat Antonio Thomas (11:15) with the Splash Plancha. 2. Ryuji Hijikata & Nobutaka Araya beat El Samurai & Nobukazu Hirai (12:35) when Hijikata used a cradle on Samurai. 3. TARU & Rene Dupree beat Seiya Sanada & T28 (11:13) when Dupree used a diving body press on Sanada. 4. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat MAZADA & TAKEMURA (17:48) when Sasaki used a lariat on MAZADA. 5. Osamu Nishimura & Akira Raijin beat Suwama & Manabu Soya (21:55) when Raijin used a moonsault press on Soya. 6. Keiji Muto, Joe Doering & Kaz Hayashi beat Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai (20:02) when Muto used a Shining Wizard on Suzuki.
6/22 Results by Irving - 06/22/08 5:25 am Show info to come later. AJPW, 6/22/08 (Samurai! TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,700 Fans 1. Seiya Sanada beat Takashi Okita (11:07) with a Dragon Suplex hold. 2. Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai beat NOSAWA Rongai & TAKEMURA (10:18)when Araya used an Argentina-style Backbreaker on Rongai. 3. Kaz Hayashi & T28 beat KAI & Antonio Thomas (11:40) when T28 used the Firebird splash on KAI. 4. Rene Dupree beat Manabu Soya (2:58) with a diving body press. 5. Kensuke Sasaki, Masanobu Fuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (15:09) when Sasaki used a lariat on YASSHI. 6. Akira Raijin Triumphant Return: Keiji Muto, Joe Doering & Akira Raijin beat Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA (21:46) when Raijin used a moonsault press on MAZADA.7. Triple Crown & Jr. Title Double Preliminary Skirmish: Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai beat Suwama & Ryuji Hijikata (19:48) when Nishimura used a backslide on Suwama. Full 6/28 card by Irving - 06/19/08 5:35 pm Full card for the Osaka show was released today. AJPW, 6/28/08 (GAORA TV) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. T28 & Seiya Sanada vs. KAI & Antonio Thomas 2. Masanobu Fuchi, Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA 3. Kensuke Sasaki, Kaz Hayashi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya vs. TARU, Rene Dupree, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI 4. Nobutaka Araya vs. Manabu Nakanishi 5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ryuji Hijikata (c) vs. El Samurai 6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Keiji Muto & Joe Doering (c) vs. Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki 7. Triple Crown: Suwama (c) vs. Osamu Nishimura Lineups for upcoming series by Irving - 06/18/08 11:43 am Keiji Muto's first IWGP Title challenger, Manabu Nakanishi will make an appearance in All Japan on 6/28 in Osaka, taking on Nobutaka Araya. Lineups for the upcoming series are as follows. AJPW, 6/22/08 (Samurai! TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. Seiya Sanada vs. Takashi Okita 2. Manabu Soya vs. Rene Dupree 3. Kaz Hayashi & T28 vs. KAI & Antonio Thomas 4. Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai vs. NOSAWA Rongai & TAKEMURA 5. Kensuke Sasaki, Masanobu Fuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI 6. Keiji Muto, Joe Doering & Akira Raijin vs. Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA 7. Suwama & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai AJPW, 6/24/08 Yonezawa City Gymnasium 1. Akira Raijin vs. Manabu Soya 2. Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai vs. TARU & Rene Dupree 3. Ryuji Hijikata & Antonio Thomas vs. Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai 4. Osamu Nishimura vs. MAZADA 5. Suwama & T28 vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6. Keiji Muto, Joe Doering, Seiya Sanada & KAI vs. Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & TAKEMURA AJPW, 6/25/08 Sanada City Gymnasium 1. KAI vs. Antonio Thomas 2. Nobutaka Araya & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Nobukazu Hirai & El Samurai 3. Seiya Sanada & T28 vs. TARU & Rene Dupree 4. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. MAZADA & TAKEMURA 5. Suwama & Manabu Soya vs. Osamu Nishimura & Akira Raijin 6. Keiji Muto, Joe Doering & Kaz Hayashi vs. Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai AJPW, 6/28/08 (GAORA TV) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. Nobutaka Araya vs. Manabu Nakanishi 2. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ryuji Hijikata (c) vs. El Samurai 3. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Keiji Muto & Joe Doering (c) vs. Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki 4. Triple Crown: Suwama (c) vs. Osamu Nishimura Minoru Suzuki Produce results by Irving - 06/17/08 12:06 pm Minoru Suzuki promoted his 40th Birthday/20th Anniversary show today at Korakuen Hall, and it was a major success. Minoru Suzuki Produce "SUZUKI MINORU 20x2TH BIRTHDAY PARTY", 6/17/08 (Samurai! TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,300 Fans - Super No Vacancy 1. Jushin Thunder Liger & Takaku Fuke beat Kikutaro & Mecca Mummy (10:38) when Fuke used an achilles tendon hold on Kikutaro.2. Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hikaru Sato (7:37) with a German Suplex hold.3. Exhibition: Minoru Suzuki vs. Maurice Smith (R1 5:00) ended in a time limit draw.4. 14-Person Battle Royal: Muscle Sakai  beat "brother" YASSHI (25:57) by over the top rope elimination. Order of Elimination: Fuuka, Tetsuya Naito , Seiya Sanada  , Hikaru Sato , Sanshiro Chono , Kikujumbo, Akira (Nobutaka) Araya , Ippei Ota  , KUSHIDA  , Danshoku Dino , Takaku Fuke , TAKEMURA & "brother" YASSHI.5. Naomichi Marufuji , NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA beat Great Sasuke  , Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku  (21:41) when Rongai used a high-speed class la magistral on TAKA.6. Minoru Suzuki beat Yoshihiro Takayama (22:01) with a sleeper hold.
Kensuke Office update by Irving - 06/14/08 12:26 pm  Kensuke Office "Take The Dream vol. 5", 6/13/08 (Samurai! TV) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2 2,013 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House 1. Saitama - Yoshikawa Object Tobidase All Country!! ~ Osaka Compilation ~: Numazu Man #1 & Numazu #2 beat TAKA Michinoku & Kikutaro (13:16) when Numazu Man #1 used the Fire Catfish Press on Kikutaro.2. SAVE THE OFFICE CRISIS: Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Takashi Okita & Takeshi Minamino (16:02) when Ohara used the Dog Bomb on Okita.3. Kento Triumphant Return Decisive Trial: Minoru Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara (8:22) with the Wakigatame.4. Dash The Volcano Road: KENTA beat Katsuhiko Nakajima (27:35) with the go2sleep.5. Take The Dream in OSAKA: Kensuke Sasaki beat Naomichi Marufuji (22:53) with the Strangle Hold Z.<NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE '08 in Yokohama", 6/14/08 (G+/NTV) Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium 3,600 Fans - No Vacancy - Junji Izumida & Taiji Ishimori beat Takashi Okita & Kento Miyahara (10:49) when Ishimori used the Telaraña on Miyahara.- Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (30:00) ended in a time limit
News and notes by Irving - 06/11/08 8:44 am Satoshi Kojima is covering this week's "Weekly Pro" magazine where he shed some light on his current injury. Kojima stated that this is the first time that he's ever had to consider retirement and released no date for an eventual return. The six page interview is very extensive as he even talks about his feelings on turning heel and joining the Voodoo Murders. Keiji Muto met with The Great Sasuke today for another edition of the "KEIJI MUTO*SHOW". Sasuke and Muto discussed matches from Sasuke's past, such as the infamous tope incident that happened back in August of 1996, and his deathmatch with Atsushi Onita back in 2003. Sasuke then touched on how he was brought into All Japan for their 2003 Zepp tour, and hadn't been back since, saying that he always wanted to "go up to the All Japan ring". Sasuke then began passionately petitioning for a return to All Japan, with Muto suggesting a hair vs. mask encounter between Kaz Hayashi and Sasuke for the big Sumo Hall show! Muto stated that he wanted for All Japan to capture what the Iwate Prefectural could not, and that was the mask of Sasuke. Sasuke seemed game, stating that his mask was apart of him, and that he could never lose it. Will we be seeing Michinoku Pro masked man in All Japan rings soon? Michinoku Pro "15th Anniversary", 6/20/08 (Samurai! TV/GAORA TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 15th Anniversary Special Tag ~ First Confrontation! Strongest Heel Army Confrontation: SASUKE, Sasuke The Great & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Dick Togo, Men's TEIOH  & Shiryu 2007 Champion Carnival participant, Touru Owashi promoted another one of his huge cards for Nagano with All Japan members and affiliated members as well. Owashi Pro, 6/8/08 Nagano Prefectural Gymnasium 2,600 Fans - Super No Vacancy 1. KAGETORA  , Kota Iibushi & Tsutomu Osugi beat Kaz Hayashi , Takuya Sugawara & Jumping Kid Okimoto (12:56) when Iibushi used the Phoenix Splash on Okimoto.2. Hercules Oosenga & T28 beat Mototsugu Shimizu & Kinya Oyanegi (14:21) when Oosenga used the Time Slice on Shimizu.3. Team Nagano vs. New Atrocious Alliance: Abdullah Kobayashi , Manabu Soya & (^o^) / CHIE beat Dump Matsumoto, TARU Nakano & Crane YUUKI (11:33) when Soya used a backdrop on YUUKI.4. Owashi Liftetime Free Right Sumo Wrestler's Meal Scramble Battle Royal ~ Chanko Rumble: Yoshihiro Takayama won a 13-Man Battle Royal (24:24) with the Big Boots on "brother" YASSHI . Order of elimination: Nobutaka Araya , Sasori, CHANGO , Ken Ohka, Cherry, Futoshi Miwa, Daijiro Matsui, Gorgeous Matsuno , Onryo, Mango Fukuda , Danshoku Dino & "brother" YASSHI .5. Touru Owashi & Dick Togo vs. Shuji Kondo & The Great Sasuke (9:03) ended in a no contest due to Hell Demons' intrusion.- Special Game: Touru Owashi, Dick Togo, Shuji Kondo & The Great Sasuke beat Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Ken45 & Go (18:05) when Owashi used a powerbomb on Ken45.
6/10 Results by Irving - 06/10/08 10:43 am New Japan's Manabu Nakanishi intruded the "Keiji Muto Look-A-Like contest" (which was won by a 3 year-old girl) complete with a bald head and cited that he would be the next challenger for Muto's IWGP Title, disrupting what was a happy ceremony. The PC Bomber giveaway was an Nintendo "Wii", surprisingly given away by KAI, who defeated the Jr. Champion, Ryuji Hijikata! It was also announced that All Japan would return to Sumo Hall on 8/31. AJPW "MUTO FESTIVAL", 6/10/08 (GAORA TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,900 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Masanobu Fuchi & Nobukazu Hirai beat Johnny Dunn & Kiku Bonotaro (10:51) when Hirai pinned Bonotaro. 2. Osamu Nishimura, Osamu Kido & Osamu Matsuda beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA (13:28) when Matsuda used the Samurai Latch on Rongai. 3. PC Bomber Offer - Gorgeous Prize Giveaway: KAI beat Ryuji Hijikata & Kaz Hayashi (8:38) when KAI used the Splash Plancha on Hijikata. 4. 3-Person Credit: Suwama beat T28, Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya. Suwama beat T28 (4:03) with a crabhold. Suwama beat Seiya Sanada (12:28) with a backdrop hold. Suwama beat Manabu Soya (7:48) with a lariat. 5. F-1 Tag Team Title: Keiji Muto & Kannazaki (c) beat Akebono & Hanawa (23:01) when Kannazaki pinned Hanawa (4th defense). Suwama in deep concentration! by Irving - 06/10/08 10:42 am  |
