NOAH have announced the beginnings of its line up for its first ever Tokyo dome show!On top we have the GHC title on the line as champ Kenta Kobashi defends his belt for the 9th time against the second champion Jun Akiyama as the former friends turned bitter enemies collide for the first time over […]
Author: Robert Heard
Sorry about the lateness of the update! NOAH ran its end of tour show then added an extra card for the fans…. this was the supposed last show of the tour and as a result was packed with the two biggest matches. KENTA and Marufuji faced off against Kotaro Suzuki and Ricky Marvin for the […]
This time this update has a dual purpose! NJPW ran a mid-tour big show in Osaka yesterday with the aim of crowning a new IWGP champ after Bob Sapp vacated after a crushing MMA loss to Fujita! Sapp’s scheduled opponent Hiroshi Tanahashi faced off against Fujita to decided the 38th holder of the gold and […]
So far the returning legend Ultimo Dragon has dominated Group B, he’s defeated the 4 men put in his way so far, Tiger, Nakajima, Romero and Garuda… But he has still to face the IWGP Jr champion Heat and the former champ Naruse. In block A its all pretty even but Liger did fall in a […]
NJPW began running its annual Best of the Super Jr tournement this weekend, the 11th since its name change and the 15th such junior event… The first day saw old rivals and older generation leaders Koji and Liger face of and also good friends Heat (the IWGP Jr champ) and Tiger Mask (IV) face off as […]
All Japan wrapped up its Rise Up tour today with two matches at each end of the card that have huge multi promonational consequences… Kendo KaShin and Lion Maru, thought to be Yuji Nagata won in a easy 5:17 when Lion used a wrist clutch exploder, a signature move of Nagata’s to wrap up the […]
Sorry about the delay, been busy doing other things you know how it is… anyway here are the results for NOAH’s 22 and 23rd of May shows on their ‘Navigation With The Breeze’ tour… NOAH, 5/22/04Aomori Industrial Hall2,600 Fans – Super No Vacancy 1. Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen (9:22) with a front cradle.2. Yoshinobu […]
All Japan ran its second last show in its ‘Rise Up’ tour again featuring lots of talent from Michinoku Pro including TAKA himself… The full results are as follows…. AJPW, 5/21/04Tomioka Town Gymnasium2,400 Fans – No Vacancy 1. Super X beat Shiori Asahi (8:26) with the BULLET RIDE.2. Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya beat Gran […]
NOAH rolled into Miyagi today with a huge match, Liger v Kikuchi for Liger’s GHC Jr. Heavyweight title.Almost half a year has passed since he captured gold at the Tokyo Dome, but New Japan’s Jushin Thunder Liger is still the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion! NOAH remains deprived of it’s top junior title, after Liger defeated […]
A little more on the New Japan/WWE situation from Nikkan. Uei said there is a good chance that two WWE wrestlers will enter this year’s G1 Climax. The two names mentioned as possibilities were the WWE’s current world champions, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, who were full-timers in New Japan’s junior division in the past, […]