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Toryumon January 2004 Revolucion PPV Review

This PPV is headlined by a UWA Trios title match between a temporarily re-united Shin M2K (Masaaki Mochizuki, Kenichiro Arai and Dragon Kid) and Hagure Gundam (Yasshi, Dotti Shuji and Touru Owashi). The card is also notable for featuring the return of Henry II Sugawara to the full time Japan roster. I’m quite a fan of Sugawara’s, so it’s a most welcome return. The semi-main event of SUWA/TARU vs. Magnum TOKYO/Susumu Yokosuka provides an opportunity for Magu/SUWA to face each other in the run up to SUWA’s challenge for the UDG title…

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Toryumon Vamonos Amigos #68 Review

This is a standard episode of Toryumon’s flagship TV show Vamonos Amigos (since renamed Dragon Gate Mugendai Infinity). This edition covers matches taped in January and February, and features the aftermath of the Yoyogi PPV from December and the January PPV…

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Toryumon Vamonos Amigos #67 Review

Toryumon X returns to Japan on a card that seems slightly better chosen than the first Japan landing show. Genki Horiguchi vs. Naoki Tanisaki is the result of a challenge made at the previous show, and the main event six man features the two main X factions facing each other in six man action for what I believe to be the first time on Japanese soil…

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Toryumon Vamonos Amigos #65 Review

This show features highlights of Toryumon’s year-end ‘fan appreciation’ matches. These are dream matches chosen by the fans that take place on two different cards, one for singles bouts and one for tags. Due to the huge number of matches, most are cut down to the bare minimum, some of them to the point of being shown in “finish only” form. However, there are also some matches from mid-January TV tapings on this episode of VamoAmi that are shown at greater length…

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Toryumon Vamonos Amigos #64 Review

This show is the last X show of 2003, from December, and focuses on the finals of the 2003 Young Dragons Cup. The YDC is the rookie equivalent of El Numero Uno, and the idea is that the winner goes onto bigger things after taking this title…

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Toryumon La Ultima Caida 2003 Review

This show is headlined by Magnum TOKYO’s V3 defence of the Ultimo Dragon Gym championship (after successful defences against Don Fuji and Kenichiro Arai) against Milano Collection AT. The two had teamed together in the Rey de Parejas tag tournament in Autumn 2003, but they had a volatile break up when Milano got the impression that Magnum was using their alliance to duck his UDG title challenge…

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Toryumon Japan La Coruna 2002 Review

Toryumon is a relatively young Puroresu promotion which has just recently undergone some massive changes in its structure. Formerly owned by Ultimo Dragon, the promotion featured students of his Ultimo Dragon Gym. However, recently Toryumon Japan has ceased to exist following one its largest shows ever. The name of the company has been changed to DRAGON GATE Pro Wrestling, but also Ultimo Dragon has no involvement in the new company, his influence and name removed completely…

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AAA When Worlds Collide Review

In a similar way to Super J ’94 and Puroresu, this is the tape that gets many wrestling fans into watching Lucha Libre, myself included. It features many American superstars aswell as the Mexican wrestlers you would expect…

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NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 Review

This show features one of the most talked about matches from 2003, a battle between two of the greatest Heavyweight wrestlers of all-time: Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi…

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NJPW J Crown Tournament 1996 Review

This show rounds out the big tournament trilogy of the mid 90’s over in New Japan. This show may not be as highly regarded as the other two (Super J ’94 and WAR Super J ’95), but for historical significance this show is a must. All eight competitors were Champions going into the tournamnet, but they each put there title on the line. This meant that the winner of the tournament walked away with EIGHT championships…