International Wrestling

[lboinyamouf4sho]

He's not really that much worse, is he?

no, those other guys are just some of the best.

[Gryphon]

Samoa Joe and Magnus are the new GHC Tag Team Champions for Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. They captured the belts Sunday in Tokyo from Akitoshi Saito and Jun Akiyama, ending their seventh-month reign.

Magnus wrote on Twitter, "New GHC/ Pro-Wrestling NOAH World Tag Team Champions… @SamoaJoe and yours truly. Ryogoku Sumo Hall Tokyo, it was an honor!"

Christopher Daniels also competed at the event, NOAH Great Voyage, losing to GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

[MrMancha]

a lot of belts changed hands today

[lboinyamouf4sho]

REVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW TIIIIIIIIME!!!!!!!!!!

Zero1 10/09/2010
Taped 9/14 - Round 1 Highlights:
1. Sonjay Dutt vs. Madoka; Munenori Sawa vs. Yuzuru Saito. seemed like cool matches, i'm not familiar with saito but he seems decent. dutt is using his moonsault stomp, madoka is good.

2.Taped 9/16 - Round 2 Highlights: Munenori Sawa vs. Tyson Dux; Kaijin Habu Otoko vs. Sonjay Dutt; Minoru Fujita vs. Takuya Sugawara; Ikuto Hidaka vs. Hikaru Sato. these matches looked like they were good, especially hidaka vs sato, wish i could've seen that match in full. i'd never seen kaijin habu otoko, he's got a snake gimmick going and a cool look, pretty good in the ring too.

Taped 9/19:
3. Tenka-Ichi Jr. - Semi Final: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Munenori Sawa. good stuff, lots of strikes and some good matwork.

4. Tenka-Ichi Jr. - Semi Final: Kaijin Habu Otoko vs. Minoru Fujita. decent, nice to see fujita really go, it's ben awhile for me.

5. Tenka-Ichi Jr. Special Six Man Tag Match: Sonjay Dutt/Madoka/Yuzuru Saito vs. Takuya Sugawara/Hikaru Sato/Tyson Dux. lots of fun, a little long. saito impressed me. tyson dux looks like the lovechild of john cena & tyson kid. i like his style for zero1 though, it's different for a jr and more power based.

6. Emblem vs. Euro1: Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka vs. Ryuji Sai/Joe Legend.OK, always nice to see emblem and sai but joe legend ragged it down for me.

7. World Heavyweight Title: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kohei Sato. FUKN AWESOME!! i'm a big fan of both these guys and they delivered. hard strikes and big suplexes aplenty.

8. Tenka-Ichi Jr. - Final: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Kaijin Habu Otoko. pretty damn good. hidaka is great as always and otoko has made a fan out of me. after seeing some footage of him in osaka pro i'm interested in seeing a show, looks like lots of fun.

overall, ok buy at $6, nothing must see xcept sekimoto/sato if you're a fan of them.

[Gryphon]

The following results are from a recent Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling and Westside Xtreme Wrestling promoted event. The event took place on July 28th, 2012 at the Tsurumi Ryokuchi Flower Expo Park Exhibiton Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Singles Match
Axeman defeated Shoichi Uchida.

Singles Match
Bad Bones defeated Kazuki Hashimoto.

Tag Team Match
Big Van Walter and Robert Dreissker defeated Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinya Ishikawa.

6 Man Tag Team Falls Count Anywhere Match
Sami Callihan, Yuko Miyamoto and Kamui defeated Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito and DJ Hyde.

Tag Team Match
Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante) defeated BJ Strong (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi).

Lighttubes and Ringtruck Tag Team Death Match
Jaki Numazawa and Danny Havoc defeated Drake Younger and Masashi Takeda.

[Gryphon]

Kota Ibushi defeated Low Ki at NJPW's 40th Anniversary Show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

[Gryphon]

The following results are from a recent Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling and Westside Xtreme Wrestling promoted event. The event took place on July 29th, 2012 at the Club Diamond Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Tag Team Match
Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinobu defeated Trent Se7en and MK McKinnan.

Singles Match
Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Shinya Ishikawa.

Singles Match
Sami Callihan defeated DJ Hyde.

Hardcore Tag Team Match
Jaki Numazawa and Danny Havoc defeated Drake Younger and Clint Margera.

Singles Match
Big Van Walter defeated Yuji Okabayashi.

Tag Team Match
Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante) defeated Axeman and Bad Bones.

[lboinyamouf4sho]

NJPW G-1 2012 DAY 1

NJPW, 8/1/12 (Asahi Newstar)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,020 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. G1 Climax – Block B: Rush [2] beat Hirooki Goto [0] (8:02) with the Rush Driver.
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Minoru Suzuki [2] beat Yujiro Takahashi [0] (8:05) with a Gotch-style piledriver.
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Karl Anderson [2] beat Yuji Nagata [0] (11:28) with the Gun Stun.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer [2] beat Togi Makabe [0] (9:55) with the Blackout.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Naomichi Marufuji Pro Wrestling NOAH [2] beat Satoshi Kojima [0] (11:37) with a huracanrana.
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada [2] beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0] (11:20) with the Rainmaker.
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito [2] beat Shinsuke Nakamura [0] (13:39) with a Stardust press.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] beat Shelton Benjamin [0] (13:54) with the High Fly Flow.

* An exciting first day of the 2012 at an again packed Korakuen Hall saw plenty of surprise results and some expected ones, Tanahashi closing the show with a victory over Shelton Benjamin. Naito scored another big win over Nakamura in the semi final, while Okada defeated Tenzan in their first ever singles match. Marufuji stunned Kojima with a quick huracanrana to ensure it was a bad opening day for the IWGP Tag Team Champions, while Archer upset Makabe and Anderson did likewise to Nagata. The first match of the 2012 G1 saw yet another surprise in what was a rematch from January’s “FANTASTICA MANIA 2012″ with a reverse result, CMLL’s Rush pinning Hirooki Goto.

GO ROOSH!!!! i forgot to to say about last weeks CMLL, good womens match but it took 1/2 the damn show, the other 1/2 was a 6man tag that ended with terrible smashing a picture frame over roosh head and then the dreaded inevitable happened, the challenge was made.
roosh vs terrible, hair vs hair

[clayholio]

GO ROOSH!!!! i forgot to to say about last weeks CMLL, good womens match but it took 1/2 the damn show, the other 1/2 was a 6man tag that ended with terrible smashing a picture frame over roosh head and then the dreaded inevitable happened, the challenge was made.
roosh vs terrible, hair vs hair

It had to happen. There's not room in all of Mexico for that much awesomeness...

[lboinyamouf4sho]

It had to happen. There's not room in all of Mexico for that much awesomeness...

true, but i was hoping with roosh going to japan for awhile it would buy us some time.

[clayholio]

true, but i was hoping with roosh going to japan for awhile it would buy us some time.

Good point. You know, there better not be any of that BS like with Blue Panther and Negro Casas where they double DQ'd and both got their head shaved. Mexico couldn't handle that much loss of natural resources all at one time, and I wouldn't want them to, either.

[lboinyamouf4sho]

Good point. You know, there better not be any of that BS like with Blue Panther and Negro Casas where they double DQ'd and both got their head shaved. Mexico couldn't handle that much loss of natural resources all at one time, and I wouldn't want them to, either.

that would have the same effect on me that the benoit tragedy had on a lot of fans.

[lboinyamouf4sho]

NJPW G-1 2012 DAY 2

NJPW, 8/3/12 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,950 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. G1 Climax – Block A: Yujiro Takahashi [2] beat Satoshi Kojima [0] (8:34) with the Tokyo Pimps.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Rush [4] beat Lance Archer [2] (7:30) with a small package hold.
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata [2] beat Toru Yano [0] (10:01) with a backdrop hold.
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Karl Anderson [4] beat Minoru Suzuki [2] (12:22) with the Gun Stun.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin [2] beat Naomichi Marufuji Pro Wrestling NOAH [2] (7:54) with the Paydirt.
6. G1 Climax – Block B: MVP [2] beat Togi Makabe [0] (9:30) with the Irreversible Crisis.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto [2] beat Shinsuke Nakamura [0] (13:31) with the Shouten Kai.
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito [4] beat Kazuchika Okada [2] (21:59) with a Stardust press.

* Is it the year of Tetsuya Naito? Day two of the G1 saw more excitement and upsets with the biggest result seeing Naito defeat “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada in a rematch of their March classic in the same building for the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Last year’s finalist Naito has now beaten Nakamura and Okada, arguably his two toughest opponents, on back to back shows. A bad day for CHAOS also saw Nakamura lose again in another rematch, this time from his very recent IWGP Intercontinental Title win against Hirooki Goto, putting Shinsuke at 0-2. Makabe also slipped to 0-2 after a defeat against MVP, while Shelton Benjamin bounced back from his opening day loss to Tanahashi by beating NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji to match Maru’s 1-1 record. Karl Anderson has started the G1 well with two wins, today’s huge victory over Suzuki moving him to 4pts, while the man he defeated on day one Nagata beat Yano meaning another loss for CHAOS on a bad day for the group. CMLL’s Rush is off to a flying start and picked up his second victory today by beating Suzuki Gun’s Lance Archer. And Yujiro Takahashi made sure it wasn’t a complete defeat for CHAOS with a huge win over 2010 G1 winner Kojima.

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Block A:
1. Karl Anderson [4]
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi [2]
- Yuji Nagata [2]
- Yujiro Takahashi [2]
- Minoru Suzuki [2]
- Shelton Benjamin [2]
- Naomichi Marufuji [2]
8. Satoshi Kojima [0]
- Toru Yano [0]

Block B:
1. Tetsuya Naito [4]
- Rush [4]
3. Hirooki Goto [2]
- Kazuchika Okada [2]
- MVP [2]
- Lance Archer [2]
7. Togi Makabe [0]
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0]
- Shinsuke Nakamura [0]

interesting, looks like a good show.

[steve2275]

yay shelton

[lboinyamouf4sho]

oh yeah, ROOSH WINS AGAIN, ROOSH WINS AGAIN, ROOSH WINS AGAIN!!!!