Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[Miracle Violence]

I guess they can train or send NXT/FCW guys and give some tryouts in return?

That's what I'd like to see happen.

Sending some of their greenhorns to Japan could be highly beneficial for the WWE roster.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

That's what I'd like to see happen.

Sending some of their greenhorns to Japan could be highly beneficial for the WWE roster.

How when they cant even work that style in WWE? Would have been better suited for New Japan than All Japan. Its closer in similarity

 

[Miracle Violence]

How when they cant even work that style in WWE? Would have been better suited for New Japan than All Japan. Its closer in similarity

I think the experience would still be invaluable though. The training guys get in the dojos just seems to be that much better.

I mean almost all of the best workers on the roster have that international pedigree. They may not be wrestling the same style they did overseas, but they'll take what they learned across the globe and apply it to their trade in the E.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

I think the experience would still be invaluable though. The training guys get in the dojos just seems to be that much better.

I mean almost all of the best workers on the roster have that international pedigree. They may not be wrestling the same style they did overseas, but they'll take what they learned across the globe and apply it to their trade in the E.

I agree. Plus those who come from learning overseas get a better appreciation of the business. Id like to see Jack Swagger over there. He'd come back a beast after a few months.

 

[Jmare007]

New Japan "DESTRUCTION" results

Spoiler

NJPW "DESTRUCTION '12", 9/23/12 (WPW/PPV)
Kobe World Hall
8,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii beat Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga (9:16) when Ishii used a brainbuster on Captain.
2. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & BUSHI beat Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov & Gedo (9:37) when Shelley used the I-94 on Koslov.
3. Low Ki beat Daisuke Sasaki (8:45) with a diving footstomp.
4. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Harry Smith beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata (12:02) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Nagata.
5. Togi Makabe beat Kengo Mashimo (9:02) with a King Kong kneedrop.
6. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata beat Wataru Inoue & Hiromu Takahashi (3:03) when Shibata used a PK on Takahashi.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi © beat Ryusuke Taguchi (17:06) with a Phoenix splash (2nd defense).
8. Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito & Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada & Yujiro Takahashi (15:08) when Goto used the Shouten Kai on Okada.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © beat Naomichi Marufuji (23:35) with the High Fly Flow (3rd defense).

MiSu will challenge for the IWGP title in October's Sumo Hall show. Manabu Nakanishi will make his return on that date too. And Low Ki is gonna be the new challenger for the Jr. title.

Shibata

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All Japan's "We couldn't get Flair so we booked Nash" show

Spoiler

AJPW "40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR FLASHING TOUR 2012", 23.09.2012 (GAORA TV)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
3,400 Fans

1. Masayuki Kono, Masanobu Fuchi & Yasafumi Nakanoue besiegen KENSO, Ryota Hama & Andy Wu (3:48) nach einem Inside CRadle von Fuchi gegen Wu.
2. SUSHI besiegt Aegyptus Aerial (4:46) mit dem Tekkamaki.
3. All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament - Semi Final: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka besiegen NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (7:06) nach einem Ankle Hold von Kanemoto gegen NOSAWA.
4. All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament - Semi Final: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto besiegen Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo (9:47) nach dem Kokeshi von Honma gegen Hayashi.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Yamato (c) besiegt Hikaru Sato (17:12) mit einem Cross-Arm Suplex Hold (2nd defense).
6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (c) besiegen Joe Doering & Zodiac (13:16) nach einem Axe Bomber von Omori gegen Zodiac (3rd defense).
7. Special Tag Match: Keiji Muto & Kevin Nash besiegen Taiyo Kea & Seiya Sanada (~15:00) nach einer Jackknife Powerbomb von Nash gegen Sanada.
8. Triple Crown: Masakatsu Funaki (c) besiegt Suwama (27:11) mit einem Hybrid Blaster (1st defense).

eh, not a fan of this results but it was expected

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Dragon Gate's "Dangerous Gate"

Spoiler

9/23/2012 Tokyo, Ota City General Gymnasium ~DANGEROUS GATE 2012~
1. Kenichiro Arai, Kotoka, Chihiro Tominaga, Jimmy Kanda{W} (5:15 Gekokujoh Elbow) K-ness, Super Shisa, Super Shenlong III{L}, Shachihoko BOY
2. Scramble Bunkhouse Whip Match: Gamma, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa{W}, HUB (9:49 Ina Bauer German) Kzy, Mondai Ryu{L}, Cyber Kong
3. Open the Brave Gate: Dragon Kid (18:39 Ultra Hurricanrana) Masamune
*3rd defense for DK
4. Masato Yoshino{W}, Daichi Hashimoto (14:52 Sol Naciente Kai) Jimmy Susumu{L}, Jimmy Kagetora
5. Open the Triangle Gate contra Tanizaki Naoki: Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanisaki{W} (16:50 Night Ride) Naoki Tanizaki{L}, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
*2nd defense for MB & Naoki Tanizaki loses his name
6. Open the Twin Gate: Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, Don Fujii (24:25 Sankakugeri to the Face) YAMATO{L}, Shingo Takagi
*TakaYAMA fail in their 2nd defense, MochiFujii become the 23rd champion team
7. Open the Dream Gate: CIMA (23:58 Meteora) Naruki Doi
*7th defense for CIMA

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I want no parts of Funaki and Suwama for 30mins. That Open the Twin Gate has my interest. at Okada taking the fall in that match. I wonder if those Tana/Maru matches have been good.

 

[TrueEpic08]

All Japan's "We couldn't get Flair so we booked Nash" show

AJPW "40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR FLASHING TOUR 2012", 23.09.2012 (GAORA TV)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
3,400 Fans

1. Masayuki Kono, Masanobu Fuchi & Yasafumi Nakanoue besiegen KENSO, Ryota Hama & Andy Wu (3:48) nach einem Inside CRadle von Fuchi gegen Wu.
2. SUSHI besiegt Aegyptus Aerial (4:46) mit dem Tekkamaki.
3. All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament - Semi Final: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka besiegen NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (7:06) nach einem Ankle Hold von Kanemoto gegen NOSAWA.
4. All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament - Semi Final: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto besiegen Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo (9:47) nach dem Kokeshi von Honma gegen Hayashi.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Yamato (c) besiegt Hikaru Sato (17:12) mit einem Cross-Arm Suplex Hold (2nd defense).
6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (c) besiegen Joe Doering & Zodiac (13:16) nach einem Axe Bomber von Omori gegen Zodiac (3rd defense).
7. Special Tag Match: Keiji Muto & Kevin Nash besiegen Taiyo Kea & Seiya Sanada (~15:00) nach einer Jackknife Powerbomb von Nash gegen Sanada.
8. Triple Crown: Masakatsu Funaki (c) besiegt Suwama (27:11) mit einem Hybrid Blaster (1st defense).

eh, not a fan of this results but it was expected

The fukk? Kea really couldn't've taken the pin there?

Dragon Gate's "Dangerous Gate"

9/23/2012 Tokyo, Ota City General Gymnasium ~DANGEROUS GATE 2012~
1. Kenichiro Arai, Kotoka, Chihiro Tominaga, Jimmy Kanda{W} (5:15 Gekokujoh Elbow) K-ness, Super Shisa, Super Shenlong III{L}, Shachihoko BOY
2. Scramble Bunkhouse Whip Match: Gamma, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa{W}, HUB (9:49 Ina Bauer German) Kzy, Mondai Ryu{L}, Cyber Kong
3. Open the Brave Gate: Dragon Kid (18:39 Ultra Hurricanrana) Masamune
*3rd defense for DK
4. Masato Yoshino{W}, Daichi Hashimoto (14:52 Sol Naciente Kai) Jimmy Susumu{L}, Jimmy Kagetora
5. Open the Triangle Gate contra Tanizaki Naoki: Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanisaki{W} (16:50 Night Ride) Naoki Tanizaki{L}, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
*2nd defense for MB & Naoki Tanizaki loses his name
6. Open the Twin Gate: Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, Don Fujii (24:25 Sankakugeri to the Face) YAMATO{L}, Shingo Takagi
*TakaYAMA fail in their 2nd defense, MochiFujii become the 23rd champion team
7. Open the Dream Gate: CIMA (23:58 Meteora) Naruki Doi
*7th defense for CIMA

Dude, don't even bother with DG spoilers. I haven't known what's been going on in that promotion since Tozawa dissolved Blood Warriors and created Mad Blankey.

Stables based on how boring everyone in it is

World-1 is back

CIMA seems to be back on his "I'm gonna beat everyone in the promotion so fukk everything" shyt though.

If anyone wants to fill me in, please do so.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

I want no parts of Funaki and Suwama for 30mins.

Was just going to say this, I was digging the Funaki killing people in five minutes and less deal they had going, this will probably drag badly.

Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata beat Wataru Inoue & Hiromu Takahashi (3:03) when Shibata used a PK on Takahashi.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Notes from 9/23 All Japan

The main event was apparently off the charts but Suwama and Funaki always bring it against one another. The big development is as Suwama was leaving ringside, Chono left from his commentators seat, whispered something in Suwama's ear, and headed backstage together . What was said? What will this mean? Maybe we can find out on 10/7 as Chono is scheduled to be at Korakuen and it will be airing live!

After the main event Takao Omori immediately challenged Funaki, and Funaki agreed. Funaki says he has sealed Suwama's "Controversy Ace" era and now it is the era of Funaki, the "Mortal Combat Ace" and would protect All Japan against any and everyone.

All in all a pretty successful show, Jr. Title really captured the fans, the Tag Title bout was bad, and the nWo tag was nostalgia.

Chono and Suwama

Mortal Combat Ace

New Japan Pro-Wrestling,
"NJPW 40th Anniversary ~ KING OF PRO-WRESTLING"
October 08, 2012
Tokyo - Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Manabu Nakanishi Return Match: Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Strong Man vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
2. IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (c) vs. KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Low Ki
4. IWGP Tag Team Titles: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer
5. Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
6. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
7. Right to Tokyo Dome IWGP Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki

Looking like another good card, couple of odd match ups though.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

If Taka doesn't bring it against Naito this time round he needs to be in the bushes forever.

Machine Gun/Okada was fun at the G1.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Notes from 9/23 All Japan

The main event was apparently off the charts but Suwama and Funaki always bring it against one another. The big development is as Suwama was leaving ringside, Chono left from his commentators seat, whispered something in Suwama's ear, and headed backstage together . What was said? What will this mean? Maybe we can find out on 10/7 as Chono is scheduled to be at Korakuen and it will be airing live!

After the main event Takao Omori immediately challenged Funaki, and Funaki agreed. Funaki says he has sealed Suwama's "Controversy Ace" era and now it is the era of Funaki, the "Mortal Combat Ace" and would protect All Japan against any and everyone.

All in all a pretty successful show, Jr. Title really captured the fans, the Tag Title bout was bad, and the nWo tag was nostalgia.

Nice name of the era Im actually interested in a Takao Omori singles match. I believe this is a first. Havent cared about dude since No Fear.

 

[TrueEpic08]

If Taka doesn't bring it against Naito this time round he needs to be in the bushes forever.

The words "Yujiro Takahashi" and "bring it" never need to be used in a sentence again, unless it refers to the pain he brings to my eyes every time he wrestles.

Seriously, I've NEVER seen a Yujiro match where he's done anything but stay out of the way at best, or actively bring down the quality of everything around him without fail at worst.

Dude is just awful. Why is Naito facing him again? Weren't we done with this terrible series of matches a year ago? Just

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Nice name of the era Im actually interested in a Takao Omori singles match. I believe this is a first. Havent cared about dude since No Fear.

That gif

 

[Jmare007]

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NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN YOKOHAMA VOL. 2", 08.10.2012
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium

1. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
2. NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Tag Match: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Craig Classic
3. NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Singles Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Ryuji Sai
4. NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Singles Match: Mohammed Yone vs. Masato Tanaka
5. NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Singles Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Daichi Hashimoto
6. NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Singles Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kohei Sato
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Samoa Joe & Magnus (c) vs. KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi
8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima (c) vs. Jun Akiyama

Sugi beating the shyt out of Daichi

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

So wait... why is World-1 back again?