Right then Puro-heads… After last week and the talk of NJPW’s future something big has happened… Several things in fact…
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The following statement was made by Armando Garcia of the California State Athletic Commission. Dear Mixed Martial Arts Community:It is with great enthusiasm that I am proud to announce that sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competitions are coming to California!This is an exciting moment for MMA. It is also a challenging one for the California […]
New Japan ran their December 8th rally in Ehime at Imabari Text Port, claiming 1,300 paid. Results: 1. Toru Yano defeated Naofumi Yamamoto in 7 minutes, 32 seconds with the onigoroshi. 2. Osamu Nishimura defeated El Samurai in 9 minutes, 43 seconds with the Figure-4 Leg Lock. 3. Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Hirooki Goto in 8 […]
New Japan ran their December 7th rally in Yamaguchi at Shunan City Sports Center, claiming 1,500 paid. Results: 1. Hiroshi Nagao defeated Naofumi Yamamoto in 8 minutes, 43 seconds with a chokeslam. 2. Sangre Azteca & Safari defeated Akiya Anzawa & Koji Kanemoto in 8 minutes, 23 seconds when Sangre used the Azteca Special on […]
New Japan ran their Toukon Matsuri (Fighting Spirit Festival) on December 6th in Hiroshima Prefectural at the Fukuyama Interchange Building (“Big Rose”), claiming 2,500 paid. Results: 1. Naofumi Yamamoto defeated Masayuki Naruse in 9 minutes, 18 seconds with a back-drop. 2. El Samurai defeated Akiya Anzawa in 7 minutes, 27 seconds with a chicken-wing arm […]
Results from Nagaoka City Welfare Hall, in Niigata (Att: 2,400):– AKIRA def. Ryuji Hijikata– Kohei Suwama & Akira Raijin def. Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai– Bull Buchanan & D-Lo Brown def TARU & Giant Bernard (A-Train) by DQ– Tag League B Block: Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi– Tag League B Block: Team […]
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TRS: NJPW A-O-K?
Well since I last wrote about NJPW a hell of a lot has happened… a hell of a lot! Lets see… Kojima and Tenzan was being built up for a four crown match and it happened with Kojima becoming perhaps the only man who will ever hold that honour…
The wall that is the third generation today held up strong against the new generation, both Tanahashi and Nakamura losing in tags. More card changes due to Machine’s ongoing absence, but that meant a treat for fans, who got a big tag main event that is also set for 12/6. Chono & Tenzan remain unstoppable, […]
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TRS: The Future of NOAH
Christ it’s been a long time hasn’t it guys? January I believe was the last time I could get to my keyboard and feel inspired to write something about the glorious world of Puroresu. Well I’m back and I want to make this a more regular thing once more. And the place I aim to start this week? Pro-Wrestling NOAH…
Zero One held the finals of the entire AWA title tournement today with two three way matches to decide the US representive and the Japanese rep as well… The US where represented by Tanaka (he claims he American now), Simon Diamond and Steve Corino… The Japanese where represented by Takao Omari, Kohei Sato and Kensuke […]