New Japan crowned a new IWGP titleholder on 15/2 at Sumo Hall, beating Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata and Genichiro Tenryu in a tournament for the vacant title. Tenzan juiced a gusher throughout all three matches.
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New Japan has announced the format for the 15/2 IWGP title tournament to crown a new champion. Masa Chono versus Genichiro Tenryu, with the winner facing Yoshihiro Takayama, and Yuji Nagata versus Tadao Yasuda, with the winner facing Hiroyoshi Tenzan, are the matches booked.
In big news, New Japan’s IWGP and NWF Heavyweight title has been made vacant by the promotion. The reason is because titleholder Shinsuke Nakamura, who won the title from Hiroyoshi Tenzan in October, has sustained injuries which most notably include a broken orbital bone. The broken orbital was broken during Nakamura’s New Years eve shoofight […]
Zero-One’s and Pride’s ‘Hustle-1’ show’s full line-up has been released, and features a great card… Bill Goldberg versus Naoya Ogawa Shinya Hashimoto versus Vader Toshiaki Kawada versus Mark Coleman Satoshi Kojima versus Jon Son Shinjiro Ohtani/Masato Tanaka versus The Predator/Kevin Randleman Zebra Kid versuis Ikuto Hidaka Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras & Dos Caras Jr. […]
Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kenta Kobashi will be meeting with WWE officials when the promotion is in Japan on 5/2, 6/2 and 7/2 to discuss the idea of having Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle on the NOAH Tokyo Dome show in spring 2004. Kobashi will be meeting with WWE road agent and former All Japan Pro […]
Pro wrestling legend and Pro Wrestling NOAH founder Mitsuharu Misawa stated recently that his promotion would be running a show at the 63,000 seater Tokyo Dome in Spring 2004. Misawa said he will be neogotiationg with both WWE and his former promotion-employer All Japan Pro Wrestling. Nippon T.V, who will be producing the television coverage […]
It has been comfirmed that Kensuke Sasaki, who once held New Japan’s IWGP heavyweight title and teamed with Road Warrior Hawk, has left Riki Choshu’s Fighting World of Japan promotion.
The youngest New Japan IWGP Heavyweight champion ever was crowned on 9/12, when challenger Shinsuke Nakamura went over title holder Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the title. Tenzan’s title reign lasted less than a month.
Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi, who work for New Japan, captured Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Global Honoured Championship tag team titles from NOAH’s Kenta Kobashi and Tamon Honda on 30/11. As well as the newly won NOAH titles, Honda currently holds the New Japan IWGP tag titles (with Yutaka Yoshie), and thus makes history as the […]
World Japan Wrestling announced it would be restructuring and returning with a 1/5/04 event, but all sign point to the promotion closing its doors after that final show. The promotion actually released all contracted employees from their commitments this week and began selling off property, including tour buses used to transport wrestlers to events. This […]