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gdwessel · 2 years

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NOAH, AJPW, STARDOM, Dragon Gate Supercard Results for Emperor’s Birthday Holiday 2/23/2022 With Title Matches & Changes Galore; DDT’s COVID-19 Woes Continue To Wreak Havoc On Ultimate Tag League, DDT/TJPW 2/23/2022 Results

Today is the 62nd birthday for the Reiwa Emperor Naruhito. It is a national holiday in Japan, so there is a bunch of wrestling happening, with a bunch of title defenses across a bunch of promotions.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH ran Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya today, live on ABEMA and Wrestle Universe. Two title defenses, and a match to fill a third title, took place on this show.

Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya - 2/23/2022, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall (ABEMA, Wrestle Universe)

King Tany & Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] d. Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue [Funky Express] (Yone > Inoue, Kinniku Buster, 11:58)

Nio [Kongo] d. Kinya Okada (Stuka Splash, 9:58)

NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] & Yasutaka Yano (Suzuki > Yano, Excalibur, 6:42)

Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Hao, Junta Miyawaki & Kai Fujimura (Tadasuke > Fujimura, Fuyuki Special, 14:42)

Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance] DCO Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] (11:01)

Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] & Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun] d. Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura (Sugiura > Inamura, Olympic Qualifying Slam, 20:22)

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship Decision Match: Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY d. HAYATA & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (YO-HEY > Susumu, Super Face G, 26:58) - Kotoge/YO-HEY are the 49th champions

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada © d. Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Hurricanrana, 18:57) - Harada succeeds his 2nd defense

Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba d. Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Manabu Soya [Kongo] (Kiyomiya > Soya, Double Armlock, 21:21)

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] d. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © (Powerbomb, 21:11) - Nakajima fails his 5th defense - Fujita is the 37th champion

Good golly, Miss Molly. Kazuyuki Fujita can now be one of the all-time worst IWGP *and* GHC Heavyweight Champions of all time. What can I say, besides, CyberFight love their 50+ year-old champions. I really don’t know what purpose this serves to NOAH. God I hate Kazuyuki Fujita.

So I guess Hajime Ohara is part of Kongo now. I can’t keep up with the changes in that stable anymore. YO-HEY comes good for Ohara’s old partner Kotoge, as they now fill the vacant junior tag belts. Hope this reign lasts more than a week, given the vacations of the belts the last month. One day BIG TANK Yoshiki Inamura will beat Takashi Sugiura. Super Crazy does not get to hold two promotions’ junior titles in the span of a couple of months. Masao Inoue returned to the ring in an inter-Funky-Express match.

NOAH’s next show is on Friday from Yokohama Radiant Hall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

A Triple Crown match highlighted today’s Korakuen Hall rally for AJPW. Three other title matches took place on this one too. Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama were pulled from this show as being close contacts to an undetermined positive COVID-19 case.

Excite Series 2022 Night 5 - 2/23/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryuki Honda [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Ryo Inoue (Lariat, 4:00)

Dan Tamura [Evolution] & Ryuji Hijikata d. Takuho Kato & Kazumasa Yoshida (Tamura > Yoshida, 6:49)

Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re d. Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Ishikawa > HAYATO, Fire Thunder Bomb, 9:02)

KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Takayuki Ueki & Seigo Tachibana d. Yoshitatsu, Izanagi & Devil Murasaki (KAZMA > Yoshitatsu, Schoolboy, 8:22)

GAORA TV Championship: Shigehiro Irie © d. Isami Kodaka (Flying Headbutt, 10:22) - Irie succeeds his 2nd defense

World Juniorheavyweight Championship: Hikaru Sato [Evolution] d. SUGI © (Cross Armbreaker, 9:51) - SUGI fails his 3rd defense - Sato is the 61st champion

World Tag Team Championship: Suwama & Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] © d. Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Ashino > Doi, T-Bone Suplex, 18:26) - Runaway SUPLEX succeed their 3rd defense

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] © d. Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] (German Suplex Hold, 16:06) - Miyahara succeeds his 1st defense

I don’t think there were any surprises here today, including the junior title change. AJPW will not put the Triple Crown on a wrestler contracted to Big Japan. Sato is far superior a wrestler to SUGI. But hey, Shigehiro Irie retained his title, and we like him a lot around these parts.

It would not surprise me to see Shuji Ishikawa challenge Kento coming up either.

The Excite Series wraps up Sunday in Chiba.

STARDOM

STARDOM held Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka today, live on PPV. I don’t think you can still get it; both links I tried, failed. Four title matches on this one.

Cinderella Journey 2022 in Nagaoka - 2/23/2022, Niigata Aore Nagaoka (PPV)

Future Of Stardom Next Challenger 3-Way Match: - Rina [Oedo Tai] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (Rina > Tsukiyama, Gory Bomb, 6:09) - Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (8:06)

Future Of Stardom Championship: Hanan [STARS] © d. Momo Kohgo [Queen’s Quest] (Backdrop Hold, 5:20) - Hanan succeeds her 2nd defense

Ruaka & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Utami Hayashishita & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Ruaka > C, Freezer Bomb, 7:34)

Mayu Iwatani [STARS] & Tam Nakano [Cosmic Angels] d. Saki Kashima & Fukigen Death [Oedo Tai] (Iwatani > Kashima, Moonsault Press, 10:04)

Syuri, Maika & Himeka [Donna del Mondo] TLD Giulia, MIRAI & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] (20:00)

Goddess Of Stardom Championship: Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] © d. Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] (Koguma > Shirakawa, Diving Body Press, 12:28) - Koguma/Hazuki succeed their 2nd defense

High Speed Championship: AZM [Queen’s Quest] d. Starlight Kid [Oedo Tai] © (Numero Uno, 17:03) - Starlight Kid fails her 6th defense - AZM is the 22nd champion

Wonder Of Stardom Championship: Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] © d. Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (Phoenix Splash, 21:55) - Kamitani succeeds her 2nd defense

Immediately after retaining her title, Saya Kamitani nominated both her table leader Utami Hayashishita, and Cosmic Angels’ leader Tam Nakano, as challengers to her title for both nights at Ryogoku on 3/26 & 3/27/2022. Momo Watanabe challenged Koguma & Hazuki for their titles, with a special mystery partner to team with her. The crux of the opener is to determine the challengers for Hanan on both nights of Ryogoku, which will now be Rina and Mai Sakurai, both. Seems like an awfully busy time for STARDOM.

STARDOM return this weekend with shows Saturday and Sunday.

Dragon Gate

DG held Memorial Gate 2022 in Wakayama today, which you can see now on Dragon Gate Network. Featured today was the first defense of the Open The Twin Gate titles for Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka.

Memorial Gate 2022 in Wakayama - 2/23/2022, Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium (Dragon Gate Network)

Susumu Yokosuka, Big Boss Shimizu & U-T [Natural Vibes] TLD KAI, BxB Hulk & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (15:00)

Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun d. Strong Machine J & Shachihoko Boy (Yoshida > Boy, Release Powerbomb, 3:49)

SB KENTo & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Yosuke Santa Maria & Punch Tominaga (KENTo > Yosuke, SB Shooter, 0:34)

YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda & Kagetora [HIGH-END] d. Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Shuji Kondo (Kagetora > Kanda, Kagenui, 12:24)

Open The Brave Gate #1 Contender 5-Way Match: Takuma Fujiwara d. Riki Iihashi, Ishin Iihashi, Takumi Hayakawa & Ryu Fuda (Fujiwara > Ishin, Schoolboy, 7:32)

Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida d. Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Minoura > Horiguchi, Gang, 9:58)

HYO [Z-Brats] d. Eita (Schoolboy with ropes, 7:37)

Open The Twin Gate Championship: Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka © d. Jason Lee & La Estrella (Yoshioka > Estrella, Frog Splash, 17:58) - DiaYoshi succeed their 1st defense

Dragon Dia remains a double-crown champion after he & Yoshioka beat Dia’s former MASQUERADE mates in Lee & Estrella. I don’t know if DiaYoshi is the name, but it sounded good and DG-esque. Dia will now face Takuma Fujiwara to defend the Brave Gate title after Fujiwara beat his dojo class fellows. I was kinda rooting for Ryu Fuda actually. That match will be at Champion Gate in Osaka on 3/5/2022.

Naruki Doi’s Unit With No Name gets a good prelude win over Natural Vibes, as we head for that Open The Triangle Gate match, also on 3/5/2022.

HYO gets another one over on Eita, the man he deposed to turn R.E.D. into Z-Brats. In other Z-Brats goings on, after a week or so of Big Boss Shimizu beating HYO in prelude matches, and getting a direct win over KAI, now Z-Brats is starting to get one over on Shimizu, first with KAI interfering to cause Shimizu’s loss to Jason Lee on Sunday, and now a time limit draw in the opener to add some intrigue to the KAI v. Shimizu Open The Dream Gate title defense that is coming 3/6/2022 in Osaka.

The Truth Gate 2022 tour wraps up Saturday in Tsushima, and on Sunday with another streamed show from Kobe.

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

The COVID-19 issues for DDT continue, as Hideki Okatani has now tested positive as well. Eruption are now effectively out of the tournament – their match that was to take place today v. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya is a forfeit, and due to Kazuki Hirata being out, the Eruption v. Hirata & Shuji Kondo match for the Final on Saturday will be a double-forfeit. Neither team were in the running at this point as it was. So today’s Ultimate Tag League show had no actual Ultimate Tag League matches on it. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya end the League with 4 points, not in the running for the Final as that will come down to Burning v. The 37KAMIINA on Sunday for A Block.

DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 In Fukushima!! - 2/23/2022, Will Fukushima (Wrestle Universe)

Kazusada Higuchi d. Yuki Ishida (Brain Claw, 10:00)

Danshoku Dino & Yuki iino [Pheromones] NC Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] (13:08)

Chris Brookes d. Yukio Naya (Death By Roll-Up, 12:41)

HARASHIMA [DISASTER BOX] & Antonio Honda d. Yukio Sakaguchi [Eruption] & Gorgeous Matsuno (Honda > Matsuno, Crushed La Magistral Cradle, 13:07)

Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] d. Yuji Hino & Akito (Sasaki > Akito, Crossface, 12:43)

Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada [Burning] d. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO [The 37KAMIINA] (Endo > Katsumata, Best Burning Star Press In The Universe, 19:27)

Burning get the win in a prelude match to the Final on Sunday against The 37KAMIINA. Post-main, Endo and Akiyama basically said The 37KAMIINA ain’t shit without Konosuke Takeshita. Endo says he will beat Takeshita at Korakuen Hall Sunday, and for the KO-D Openweight title at Ryogoku. Endo also ripped MAO’s favorite Gorgeous Matsuno shirt, for which MAO swore revenge. Speaking of Gorgeous Matsuno, at age 60, given CyberFight’s proclivities towards titling up older wrestlers, he may like his chances here soon.

Current Ultimate Tag League 2022 Standings:

A Block Akiyama/Endo – 6pts (3W 0D 0L) Takeshita/Ueno – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Hino/Naya – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Higuchi/Okatani – 2pts (1W 0D 3L) Kondo/Hirata – 0pts (0W 0D 4L)

B Block HARASHIMA/Yoshimura – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Sasaki/Paul – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Iino/Imanari – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Brookes/Takanashi – 2pts (1W 0D 2L) MAO/Katsumata – 2pts (1W 0D 2L) The Final show is Sunday from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Block A comes down to Burning v. The 37KAMIINA. Block B is still up for grabs between DISASTER BOX & Pheromones; DAMNATION TA are out, having had 4 matches (One of them was a forfeit win however). The Final will be the Block winners in the main event. Hopefully this card stands.

DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 The Final!! - 2/27/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Soma Takao, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku v. Toru Owashi, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ishida

3-Way Match: Danshoku Dino [Pheromones] v. Antonio Honda v. Hiroshi Yamato

Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] v. Yuji Hino, Akito & Yukio Naya

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi v. Shunma Katsumata & MAO [The 37KAMIINA]

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] v. Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones]

Ultimate Tag League 2022 A Block: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama [Burning] v. Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA]

Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai [Eruption] v. Sanshiro Takagi & Maya Yukihi

Ultimate Tag League 2022 Final: WINNER A Block v. WINNER B Block

Tokyo Joshi also ran today, a second show this week from Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall. Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh are still out due to positive COVID-19 tests.

Tokyo Joshi 2022 Winter - 2/23/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu d. Hikari Noa & Kaya Toribami (Kamifuku > Toribami, Famouser, 9:10)

3-Way Match: Suzume d. Haruna Neko & Moka Miyamoto (Suzume > Neko, Jackknife Hold, 9:52)

Hyper Misao d. Marika Kobashi (Hypami Returns, 10:51)

Shoko Nakajima, Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino d. Raku, Pom Harajuku & Yuki Arai (Aino > Harajuku, Bakuretsu Bulldog, 14:40)

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Nao Kakuta d. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo (Tatsumi > Endo, Twist Of Fate, 16:28)

Tatsumi cut a post-match promo about how great it was that she and Yuka Sakazaki joined TJPW as classmates, and how Daydream will beat the Magical Sugar Rabbits at Ryogoku. Nodoka Tenma will have a singles match at Ryogoku as well against her Bakuretsu Sister, Yuki Aino, as we head towards her retirement. Hyper Misao will also face Sanshiro Takagi at Sumo Hall. Misao also protested Marika Kobashi’s “graduation from TJPW” before their match.

BJW, Ice Ribbon and Gatoh Move also held shows today. There may have been even more I don’t know about.

No post tomorrow. I am going to try to do an Upcoming Events post on Saturday, then back to the regularly scheduled posts on Sunday.

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heatpotatoes · 7 years

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Today marks the 11th Anniversary of the death of John Tenta aka Earthquake. He was a force in the early 90s WWF almost ending Hulk Hogan's career. He went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championships with Fred Ottman aka Typhoon as the Natural Disasters. He also "crushed" Damian. Earthquake instilled fear in us fans that a lot of can remember. He died of bladder cancer on June 7, 2006 at the young age of 42. #RIP to our fellow Canadian.

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shitloadsofwrestling · 6 years

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AJPW World Tag Team Champions Dan Spivey and Stan Hansen [April 18th, 1991]

The team of Terry Gordy and Steve Williams, known together as Satsujin Gyorai and as The Miracle Violence Connection, were the first duo of American wrestlers to win the AJPW World Tag Team Championships. Their 132-day reign was challenged by numerous teams, but until they met the team of Stan Hansen and Dan Spivey, they hadn’t met their match. The former Skyscraper Dan Spivey would gain success in AJPW following his duo with “Mean” Mark Callous overseas, so he brought his partner Hansen to WCW where his career would end as he was asked to lose a tag team match to Tom Zenk. Refusing to take the fall due to being a World Tag Team Champion, Spivey and Hansen would part ways with WCW and return to AJPW, where they reigned as the champions for 79 days.

#dan spivey #stan hansen #ajpw #pro wrestling #1990s #1991

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thegiftofviolence · 3 years

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1/2 of the AJPW World Tag Team Champions, Yuma Aoyagi

#Yuma Aoyagi #Puroresu #AJPW #All-Japan Pro Wrestling #All-Japan #Wrestling

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prowrestlingpost-com · 3 years

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Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi Win AJPW World Tag Titles | #AndNEW

Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi Win AJPW World Tag Titles | #AndNEW @DamienPhoenix12

All Japan Pro Wrestling would start off 2021 with their annual New Year’s Wars events, and our first one happened on January 2nd. Our main event for this event was the World Tag Team Champions, Suwama, and Shuji Ishikawa, defending their titles against the Real World Tag League winners, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi. ________________ A little bit of history happened between Kento and Yuma last…

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#AJPW TV #All Japan Pro Wrestling #Kento Miyahara #Shuji Ishikawa #Suwama #Yuma Aoyagi

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mccooley · 6 years

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@fullmetalturtle requested I talk a bit about AJPW.

The company is currently experiencing a resurgence. Most notably known in the western world for their 90s era with Misawa, Taue, Kawada and Kobashi, All Japan is far removed from those times. Still, they managed to survive, providing that same hard-hitting style with a good crop of both veterans and young up and comers. They recently announced a streaming service to come some time this year and I urge everyone to give them a shot.

All Japan Pro Wrestling was established October 21st, 1972, just a few months after NJPW. The death of Rikidōzan in 1963, the founder of the first Japanese wrestling promotion (JWA), caused a rift inside the company. Shohei "Giant" Baba (AJPW) and Antonio Inoki (NJPW) left the JWA to start their own promotions. Both AJPW and NJPW were wildly popular from their beginnings but both would stumble in the 2000s. When Baba passed away in 1999, another rift was created. The board of directors could not agree on which direction to take the company. This caused a mass exodus where most of AJPW's top stars left to create NOAH, only leaving a couple of stars remaining. Both hurting at this time, All Japan and New Japan began working with each other from 2000-2002. That is until Keiji Mutoh decided to make the jump from New Japan to All Japan and took Satoshi Kojima and Kendo Kashin with him. Mutoh would become president of AJPW until 2011. In 2013 he was promised to have regained his position but this did not happen. Angered, Mutoh lead another exodus, creating his own promotion, Wrestle-1. Since July 1st, 2014 Jun Akiyama has been the president of AJPW and had lead the promotion on a resurgence. The talent pool is somewhat limited and AJPW is a shell of its former self but they remain active and have several promising young wrestlers who hope to bring the promotion back to its former glory.

Owner: Jun Akiyama

Ace: Suwama Budding Ace: Kento Miyahara

Championships: - Triple Crown Heavyweight - Established 1989 by merging the PWF World Heavyweight, NWA United National and NWA International Heavyweight Championships (Current Champion: Joe Doering) - World Tag Team - Established 1988 by merging PWF Tag Team and NWA International Tag Team Championships (Current Champions: Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu) - World Junior Heavyweight - Established 1986 replaced the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: Atsushi Aoki) - All Asia Tag Team - Established 1955 by the JWA. Abandoned in 1973 but brought back in 1976. The oldest active championship in Japan. (Current Champions: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata) - Gaora TV - Established 2012. Gaora is a TV station that promotes wrestling. (Current Champion: Jun Akiyama)

Tournaments: - Champion Carnival - Established 1973, inactive from 1983 to 1990. Double block round-robin tournament held to determine the best singles wrestler. Older than the G1 Climax by one year. (2017 Winner: Shuji Ishikawa) - Jr. Battle of Glory - First held in 1983 as the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title League. Wasn't used again until 1998. Has happened every year since 2014. Now is held as a double block round-robin tournament like the Champion Carnival. (2017 Winner: Koji Iwamoto) - Jr. Tag Batlle of Glory - First held in 1984 as the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team League. Wasn't used again until 2002. Has happened every year since 2008. Single block round-robin tournament. (2017 Winners: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda) - Ōdō Tournament - Established 2013, this is a singles single elimination where the winner receives a shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. (2017 Winner: Suwama) - Real World Tag League - Established 1977 and has run every year since. Round-robin (sometimes single block, sometimes double). (2017 Winners: Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa)

#ajpw #njpw #wrestling #puroresu

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keepingthespiritalive · 6 years

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[AJPW NEWS] All Japan held a press conference today to highlight the upcoming title matches scheduled for the Yokohama show on February 3.

Though among the updates is that Takao Omori will be out of action as he is dealing with a herniated disc in his neck. Omori fought through two tag title matches in the beginning of the year, but due to the World Tag title loss and the defeat in the Asia Tag the veteran has decided to take a much needed break. Omori stated that he is currently undergoing consultation in regards to the state of the injury, which he has been dealing with since the World Tag League, but that he could be out for an extended period of time given his age and prior injuries. The remainder of the January event cards have been updated to reflect upon Omori’s absence.

Jun Akiyama then announced his intentions of going back after the Asia Tag belts at the Yokohama show, as he will be teaming with New Japan’s Yuji Nagata to challenge Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi. Akiyama and Nagata being no strangers in the past have been both together and at odds at several points in the past. Which much can now be appointed to Nagata and Aoyagi who have faced each other at New Japan’s LION’S GATE shows. Aoyagi has found himself on the losing end in challenging the New Japan veteran but aims to finally prove himself as a fighting champion. The Asia Tag Champions currently hold a twin win edge over Akiyama in recent matches as they now look to defend their belts in what is their toughest challenge yet.

Suwama and Ishikawa and then Kento Miyahara and Yoshitatsu took part in the signing ceremony for their World Tag match at the Yokohama show. Suwama kicked off the press by stating that he is not fully certain that the challengers deserve the right to challenge. This coming from the World Tag League in which the Suwama and Doering claimed the win over them, 12/12. To Suwama there is no merit in a rematch taking place, but the challengers have been adamant in their recent provocations to them. Before the title match, Suwama and Yoshitatsu will have a singles encounter on 1/14 as Suwama aims to break the challenger before hand. All four men look to make 2018 their year and this match will indeed be a strong statement for just that.

Then lastly, Joe Doering and KAI took part in their signing ceremony for the Triple Crown title match. KAI stated that he is thankful and eager to be allowed the chance to make the challenge in his hometown area. Then also that he even finds the timing of this challenge strange as his former ally and rival in SANADA also gets a chance at the IWGP Heavy belt the following week. Doering and KAI go back many years from when the two shared time together in the dojo over 10 years ago now. Both have went down different paths but it can now be a sense of destiny that they would meet now. Doering stated that he hopes that KAI brings his best in challenge because he will have to be just that if he plans to take the belt from him.

Below is the current event card for the Yokohama show...

All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2018 YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES SPECIAL", 2/3/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) Asia Tag Championship Match: [103rd Champions] Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. [Challengers] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata ~ 5th title defense.

(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [46th Champion] TAJIRI vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Aoki ~ 4th title defense.

(-) World Tag Championship Match: [78th Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu ~ 1st title defense.

(-) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] KAI ~ 3rd title defense.

AJPW Event Cards for January & February 2018 http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/12/ajpw-event-cards-for-january-february-2018/

#all japan pro wrestling #ajpw #all japan #takao omori #jun akiyama #yuji nagata #puroresu #ajpw asia tag #kai #joe doering #triple crown #ajpw world tag #ajpw all asia #kento miyahara #yoshitatsu #shuji ishikawa #suwama #naoya nomura #yuma aoyagi

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placetobenation · 6 years

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April 13th, 1990 from the Tokyo Dome.

A combined WWF, AJPW and NJPW supershow?! Yes indeed. Mostly. Sort of.

For reasons I can’t quite explain, this felt like a festive stocking filler of a show to review, so this my gift to you – it’s better than nothing, eh? Let’s get to it.

First of all, some context courtesy of the Wrestling Observer (by way of Scott Keith’s great Observer Flashbacks):

On 29 November 1989, the revived Universal Wrestling Federation – headed by former New Japan Pro-Wrestling talent Akira Maeda – ran a Tokyo Dome show which broke the records for fastest sell-out and biggest ever gate in Japan. NJPW founder Antonio Inoki was humiliated by this and booked a Tokyo Dome show for the following February which was to feature four reigning world heavyweight champions – Vader/NJPW, Hulk Hogan/WWF, Ric Flair/NWA and Larry Zbyszko/AWA. They weren’t able to book Hogan, however, and the mooted Muta vs. Flair match was cancelled at the last minute, with Flair citing political pressure from Turner Broadcasting System.

Flair’s cancellation, combined with the threat posed by the UWF led to a surprising and unlikely alliance, as New Japan and rivals All Japan Pro Wrestling agreed to trade foreign talent. The deal was facilitated by the man who deposed Inoki as NJPW President, Seiji Sakaguchi, and led to the Tokyo Dome show on 10 February being co-promoted, with the card ultimately featuring the debut of former sumo wrestler Koji Kitao vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Masa Saito beating Zbyszko for the AWA title and Vader defending his IWGP title in a brutal match against All Japan’s Stan Hansen.

Meanwhile, Vince McMahon had booked a WWF show at the Tokyo Dome for April and a few weeks later (reported 5 February 1990) held a press conference with All Japan owner, Giant Baba, to announce that it would be a joint show with both AJPW and NJPW. It was christened Wrestling Summit soon after.

The advertised card was modified in places, most significantly with regards to NJPW’s matches, two of which took place at the show, but neither of which made it to tape. This was because the show’s television broadcaster, Nippon TV, was home to All Japan and therefore unwilling to promote a rival wrestling company. (Note: there may well be fan-cam recordings of those matches, but I couldn’t find them.) Because of this, the show has since become thought of as joint WWF/AJPW venture only and the two companies have enjoyed a fruitful working relationship ever since. Wait, that’s not right. More on the fallout later.

The opening match (AJPW: Dan Kroffat, Doug Furnas & Joe Malenko defeating Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitahara & Toshiaki Kawada) wasn’t shown either, so we skip that and match No.2 (NJPW: Jushin Thunder Liger beating Akira Nogami) and go straight to…

Kenta Kobashi & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana

Kobashi, in red trunks and still looked like a teenager, was already drawing a decent reaction from the crowd. He and Santana went back-and-forth for a couple of minutes, with Santana dominating, but Kobashi hit back with a springboard crossbody(!) and made the tag to Fuchi, who unloaded with right hands then scored an enzuigiri to set up Kobashi’s missile dropkick. Fuchi then delivered the same to Snuka, who was tagged moments later. Kobashi earned a two-count with a crossbody out of the corner and followed with one from the top-rope, then Fuchi was in to dump the blown-up Snuka with a backdrop. Tag made to Santana, who ran wild with dropkicks and a leaping forearm, then he scoop slammed Fuchi to tee up Snuka’s Superfly Splash for the three-count. Snuka looked rough here and messed up a couple of things in the brief time he was in the ring, but it was otherwise a fairly decent tag match. I certainly got a kick out of seeing young Kobashi’s flashy offence. **

Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. Tiger Mask II

Bret Hart vs. Mitsuharu Misawa! This should be amazing (spoiler: it is not). Tiger spent the opening minutes controlling the arm, then dropkicked Hart to the floor and fooled him with a dive fake-out. Hart charged straight into an armdrag before a crucifix earned two and it was back to Tiger controlling on the mat. Hart fought to his feet and reversed Tiger’s crossbody for two-count before cinching in a chinlock, but after a couple of minutes of that a rope-running sequence allowed Tiger to catapult Hart into the turnbuckle and it was back to the arm once more. Hart countered a second crucifix, scored a couple of elbows then applied another chinlock when it threatened to get interesting. Tiger powered up, landed a spin kick and flattened Hart on the outside with a plancha. Back in, Hart reached the ropes from a cross armbar then feigned a knee injury from a leapfrog to take control. Backbreaker from Hart for two, backslide counter by Tiger for two, then Hart threw Tiger to the floor before bringing him back in for a Russian Leg Sweep.

Tiger fought up from of a third chinlock to hit a scoop slam, but Hart delivered a nasty inverted atomic drop and suplex for a two-count. A fourth – fourth! – chinlock was applied, then abdominal stretches were traded before Hart missed the middle-rope diving elbow and Tiger connected with a diving crossbody for a near-fall. Sternum-first turnbuckle whip and just as Tiger hit a running crossbody the bell rang to signal a 20-minute draw. I can’t recall seeing Hart dog it quite so obviously in a singles match. He was the one (very obviously) calling the match, which barely got out of second gear before being put back in a rest hold. A month later Misawa would be unmasked and in June he would beat Jumbo Tsuruta in his first Budokan main event – this was no young boy in the ring with Bret and it’s embarrassing in hindsight that he treated him as such. Bret + Misawa = 4/10 (no, seriously, it’s a two-star match).

Greg “The Hammer” Valentine vs. The Great Kabuki

Valentine’s music was “She’s Got The Look” by Roxette. I have no idea why. Anyway, Valentine – who was cosplaying as the untaped Riki Choshu – started strongly with elbow strikes until Kabuki replied with closed fists, which referee Shane McMahon decided to let go. Double-arm suplex from Valentine for two, then knife edge chops and a sort of rudimentary Jackhammer for another two-count. Kabuki managed to fling himself into the tree-of-woe, from which he was released by Shane O Mac, only for Valentine to stomp low. Kabuki blocked the figure-four, though, and applied a Boston Crab until Valentine reached the ropes. More elbows and a scoop slam from Valentine, followed by a shinbreaker and much mocking of Kabuki’s mannerism, but Kabuki had the last laugh as he small packaged Valentine for the three-count. This was fine and Valentine’s efforts to garner heat were appreciated. *1/2

Big Boss Man vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts

Despite both men being babyfaces at the time, Boss Man worked heel here, catching Roberts early on with a spinebuster then working on the back. This continued in uninspired fashion for several minutes before a chinlock was applied and Roberts tried gamely to get the crowd into it. Nope. Boss Man went to the top-rope after delivering a scoop slam, but the diving belly flop missed and allowed Roberts to make the comeback with punches and the short clothesline. Something went awry with Roberts’ knee lift, but no matter, as the DDT connected moments later to give Jake the win and Damien made a post-match cameo. Boss Man’s offence – which was the body of the match – was awful in every respect. Not good at all. 1/2*

Next up was an IWGP Tag Team title match in which the champions, Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto, successfully defended against the challengers, Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu. Sounds like a good match on paper.

Jumbo Tsuruta & King Haku vs. Mr. Perfect & Rick Martel

Perfect and Martel first dealt with Haku then went after Jumbo, who quickly turned the tide with a jumping knee to Perfect. The commentator loved that one. Haku took control with a nice shoulderbreaker, then a double-team clothesline enabled Jumbo to lock in the abdominal stretch. Martel interfered to break the hold, allowing Perfect to fire back with stomps, punches and the rolling neck snap. A big scoop slam from Jumbo brought in Haku, whose flipping senton missed the mark, bringing in Martel for the first time. A pair of scoop slams and a series of elbows set up the frankensteiner(!) for a near-fall, and after a brief flurry from Perfect, Martel was back in with a slingshot splash, but a second attempted frankensteiner resulted in him being dropped into the turnbuckle. Haku couldn’t make the tag, though, and a double-team slam allowed Martel to lock in the Boston Crab. Now it was Jumbo’s turn to interject, but all it led to was Perfect tagging in for an abdominal stretch of his own. Suplex from Martel and a knee drop for two, then an eye rake and scoop slam, but Haku got his knees up on the diving splash and he finally made the hot tag to Jumbo! Back body drops and scoop slams all round, then he and Haku whipped their opponents together, Jumbo nailed Martel with the jumping knee and the Backdrop Hold got the win! A very basic layout, with Haku imperilled for the majority of the match, but Martel and Perfect’s offence was nice and varied and the hot tag to Jumbo worked a treat. Good match. ***

“Macho King” Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) vs. Genichiro Tenryu

Nice bird’s eye view of the ring as Savage entered the ring – they should use that again. Savage got a couple of punches in before taking a powder and posing on the turnbuckle, then Tenryu flipped out of a suplex and floored Savage with chops to a big reaction. Sherri’s distraction saw Savage briefly gain control, but Tenryu nailed a clothesline, back body dropped Savage to the floor and followed with a crossbody from the apron! Sherri got involved again, allowing Savage some respite and drawing huge heat, which was amazing to watch. Back in, Tenryu blocked Savage’s charge and scored an enzuigiri, but Savage hit back with a clothesline and punches before pushing the referee to the mat.

Another clothesline got two and one more sent Tenryu to the floor where Savage struck him with the double axe handle from the top-rope. Sherri twice gave Tenryu a smack behind the ref’s back and a second diving axe handle in the ring earned a near-fall, then Savage headed up top and the diving elbow hit the mark! One, two, no! A third axe handle was blocked, but Tenryu couldn’t get the powerbomb and Savage scored a diving crossbody. He seemed to tweak his knee off that, which gave Tenryu the opening for one more enzuigiri and this time the powerbomb connected! One, two, three! This was wrestled at a great pace and, thanks to Sherri, benefitted from plenty of heat. Savage dominated, Tenryu showed fighting spirit and it was certainly a sign of respect that he kicked out of the diving elbow drop. Really good match. ***1/2

WWF World Heavyweight Championship

Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase

Warrior was fresh off beating Hulk Hogan for the title at Wrestlemania VI and had been world champion less than two weeks at this point. This had initially been advertised as an Intercontinental title match.

DiBiase attacked Warrior as he was playing to the crowd, but Warrior quickly brushed him off, sending him to the floor with a clothesline over the top. He proceeded to demonstrate his strength from a few tie-ups, then a criss cross led to a big shoulder block, but DiBiase avoided the attempted flying clothesline and took control. The crowd started chanting something every time he punched Warrior and he got a big reaction for clothesline and two-count. No idea what that was about. Snapmare and a fist drop and another massive reaction for a suplex. What is going on? Piledriver from DiBiase! That got two despite Warrior’s foot being under the rope, then it was time for the champ to make the comeback with a bunch of clotheslines, the flying clothesline and the big splash to retain his title in under 7 minutes. The bizarre crowd reaction made this relatively entertaining, but there wasn’t much to it otherwise. These two would have a far better match on the fourth edition of The Main Event later in 1990. *1/2

Demolition (Ax & Smash) vs. Andre the Giant & Giant Baba

Demolition were the reigning WWF tag champs at the time, having beaten Andre and Haku (aka The Colossal Connection) at Wrestlemania VI, but this is a non-title match because… well, look at the team they’re facing.

Baba began by shoulder blocking Smash and chopping him a few times before tagging in Andre. He was looking rough, bless him, but was mobile enough to stand on Smash before missing an elbow drop. Ax and Smash tagged in-and-out a few times, taking turns at clubbing Andre until he was able to roll over to the corner and bring in Baba once more. Baba trampled Ax, but Demolition quickly took control in their corner, choking him behind the ref’s back. More chops from Baba, and a spinning neckbreaker(!) saw Andre return to manhandle Ax. It all got a bit out of hand, with Baba interjecting and nailing a big boot to Smash, and Andre capitalised with an elbow drop for the (sort of) three-count. Not a good match by any means, but that was to be expected. Still, Demolition flung themselves around and the crowd enjoyed it. *

Special Dream Match

Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen

This was due to be Hogan vs. Terry Gordy (despite Vince McMahon initially pushing for Hogan vs. Dusty Rhodes, according to Dave Meltzer), but that was before Hogan lost the WWF title. Supposedly, neither Baba nor Gordy were pleased with this development and so the match was changed on the day of the show, with Hansen replacing Gordy out of self-interest or selflessness, depending on who you believe.

An even opening exchange saw Hogan demonstrating some technical prowess with double-leg and drop toehold takedowns, then they traded slaps and eye rakes until Hansen threw Hogan to the floor. Hogan fought free and managed to ram Hansen’s head into the ringpost, busting him open! Back suplex in the ring for two, then Hogan targeted the cut with punches and stomps before locking in an abdominal stretch. Knife edge chops in the corner sent Hansen to the floor again, where he was punched over the guardrail and slammed onto a table! Hogan posed in the ring, then brought Hansen back in for a two-count and delivered more chops in the corner. Finally, Hansen was able to block a charge and he bulldozed Hogan with a shoulder block.

Outside, Hansen smashed Hogan in the head with a chair and now Hogan was busted open too! Hansen drew cheers by rolling him back into the ring for a two-count and proceeded to wail on him with punches, then a brief sojourn to the floor saw Hansen use his bull rope, but back in, Hogan nailed a running elbow. The leg drop missed, but Hogan connected with a running crossbody(!) for a near-fall, then pushed Hansen off and nailed the Axe Bomber! One, two, three! What a great match. I’d go as far to say it was one of the best of Hogan’s career. Aggressive brawling, double colour and a clean finish. What more could you want? ****

The usual Hogan schtick to close and we’re out.

The Aftermath

The UWF held what was to be their final show at the Tokyo Dome on 1 December 1990. This came after many months of issues between UWF President, Jin Shinji, and Akira Maeda over the direction of the company, as well as being a consequence of the general economic downturn in Japan. Maeda would go on to form shoot-style promotion Fighting Network RINGS, while a third iteration of the UWF – Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFi) – would run until the end of 1996, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Only weeks after Wrestling Summit took place, Genichiro Tenryu left All Japan Pro Wrestling. Backed by well-known spectacles makers Megane Super, Tenryu would become the figurehead of a new promotion named Super World of Sports (SWS), who spent big and quickly built an impressive roster.

In October 1990, WWF representatives JJ Dillon and Akio Sato visited Japan and made a deal with SWS for a working agreement (AJPW having been given only a courtesy meeting and NJPW unwilling to meet the WWF’s terms). WWF talent began wrestling semi-regularly for SWS in December of that year and continued to do so until May 1992. A month after that, SWS held its final show in tumultuous circumstances, with talent splitting off into several new promotions. One of these was Tenryu’s WAR, with whom WWF held a joint show in September of that year. Beyond that, WWF ran four house shows across Japan in 1994 and… that was it for a long time. They didn’t return until 2002.

Tenryu’s departure from AJPW led directly to the push of Mitsuharu Misawa, which in turn would lead to the most prosperous time in the company’s history, and despite their absence from the footage, the likes of Hashimoto, Chono and Liger would bring about similar incredible success for NJPW. Coupled with the demise of the UWF and later SWS, this meant neither company was desperate enough to co-promote for the rest of the decade, and they wouldn’t run another joint show until 2011/2012, when they and Pro Wrestling NOAH organised a pair of events in response to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Final thoughts: A preposterous one-off event in the middle of an extraordinary time for Japanese professional wrestling – of course it’s a recommendation. Even at its worst, this bizarre spectacle is thoroughly entertaining. Clearly it’s not a high quality show, with the Misawa/Hart match a notable disappointed, but there are couple of very good matches here that would be worth seeing even if isolated from the occasion.

#IFTTT #Place to Be Nation

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AJPW World Tag Team Champions Gungnir of Anarchy

#AJPW #AJPW World Tag Team Champions #Shotaro Ashino #Ryuki Honda #Gungnir of Anarchy #AJPW World Tag Team Championship #All Japan Pro Wrestling #Puroresu #Tag Team Title #Pro Wrestling #20s

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Match Card set for "Green Journey in Nagoya 2023"

Though these were announced on Thursday, I apologize for never putting up until now but down below is the official match card for Pro Wrestling NOAH's "Green Journey in Nagoya 2023" taking place on June 17, 2023 at the Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall which was one of the venues that hosted the recently concluded NJPW "Best of Super Junior 30" .

Anyway, here is the match card starting with the undercard matches:

Opening the main card will be Hiroki and Hajime Ohara 1-on-1. Then we will have a 6-man tag followed by another singles match between Hideaki Suzuki and Shuhei Taniguchi. After that, 6-man tag action that could preview Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.'s next challenger for the GHC National Championship in which many believe it to be Kaito Kiyomya. This will be followed by a standard tag match that I have a feeling one person (Naomichi Marufuji) is very hesitant at this match because of one word, trust. Then we'll end the undercard with a 6-man tag preview of the GHC Junior Tag Team Championships taking place on June 22nd in Korakuen Hall.

Now we get to the key matches of "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Kenoh and Manabu Soya (Kongo/AJPW World Tag Team Champions) vs. Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (AXIZ)

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Dante Leon (Challenger) vs. HAYATA (Champion)

GHC Tag Team Championship: Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura (The Tough/Challenger Team) vs. Saxon Huxley and Timothy Thatcher (REAL/Champion Team)

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Takashi Sugiura (Challenger) vs. Jake Lee (GLG/Champion)

So we'll start the key matches with a rematch from May 14th as the ongoing drama between Kenoh and AXIZ reaches the possible final chapter. After that, HAYATA's toughest challenge to date. Do not underestimate Dante Leon. Then in the semi-main, another reunited team looks to stop a monstrous force that can only be contained by calming one down. Then in the main event, perhaps Jake Lee's toughest challenge to date.

"Green Journey in Nagoya" comes June 17th from Nagoya on ABEMA for Japanese commentary and Wrestle Universe for English commentary. Event will start at 4:00 AM Eastern/5:00 PM Japan Time/3:00 AM Central/1:00 AM Pacific. If your start time is not listed, go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you currently live in to find out the start time in your area and enjoy "Green Journey in Nagoya".

One more thing...I will be posting predictions for this event as soon as NJPW's match card for their event which takes place the same day is announced. Expect predictions most likely next weekend.

#Pro Wrestling NOAH #Match Card #Nagoya #Kenoh #Manabu Soya #Go Shiozaki #Katsuhiko Nakajima #Dante Leon #HAYATA #Takashi Sugiura #Jake Lee

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Tokyo Sports celebrates its awards ceremony for the best of 2019

The famous Japanese newspaper Tokyo Sports has held the awards ceremony for the best of pro-wrestling in Japan during the year 2019. To do this, several of the magazine's critics voted for a series of nominees based on their performance throughout the year, the success they have had and the development under their character, among other factors. This has been the 46th edition of the awards and took place on Thursday, January 16, 2020, from the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The winners and some legends of pro-wrestling such as Kenta Kobashi or Genichiro Tenryu attended the gala. There was also the presence of the idol Jurina Matsui. The companies representing the winners made an appearance. It should be remembered that the winners of the prizes were the following: Best Wrestler/MVP: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) Best Female Wrestler: Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM) Best match: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA, in King of Pro Wrestling 2019 (NJPW) Best tag team: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) (AJPW) (Third consecutive year) Best technique/skill: Kota Ibushi (NJPW) Fighting Spirit: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) (Second consecutive year) Best overall performance award: Kento Miyahara (AJPW) The debut of the year: Strong Machine J (Dragon Gate) The prize for his professional career: Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) Special mention to the medalists of the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships in Kazakhstan 2019: Risako Kawai (57 kilos category), Kenichiro Fumita (60 kilos category) and Shinobu Ota (63 kilos category) All the winners received their trophies and made speeches for the public: Jun Akiyama and Kasumi Obata, wife of Atsushi Aoki, collected the prize given posthumously to the wrestler. Akiyama took the floor, noting that Aoki was the best worker in All Japan and highlighted the number of things he did for the company. Collecting the prize in memory of his apprentice has been one of his last duties as president of All Japan, indicating that he will return to work as a fighter to do what he can to help the wrestlers. Akiyama commented that Aoki was a pro-wrestling fan since childhood. Strong Machine J was introduced remembering that he was the son of Super Strong Machine, a star from NJPW and that he debuted last April 2019. Since then he has had the opportunity to have great meetings at Dragon Gate, winning the Open the Championships Triangle Gate He thanks NJPW for allowing him to fight with the same mask design as his father. As for Dragon Gate, it will strive to do more things and keep the company moving forward. Mayu Iwatani thanked the support of STARDOM President Rossy Ogawa, who has never stopped believing in her. The World of STARDOM Champion recalled that it was her second time attending the awards ceremony, having previously accompanied Io Shirai. She felt it was a remote place for her, but she has finally received the award. The fighter made a request for Tokyo Sports, she wants women to also aspire to win prizes such as Best Tag Team or Best Combat. He recalled that there are many female wrestlers and companies that are doing great things and do not like the perception that women are considered as something less than what men do. Kota Ibushi received his prize, mentioning that he did not understand very well what was valued to give him the trophy since he did not remember having demonstrated his ability during 2019. He also indicated that he will try to become the MVP of 2020, working both individual ways as in the tag team. Kaito Kiyomiya commented that he managed to bring light to a stage of darkness for NOAH. This is his year (according to his zodiac sign) and he will continue to strive while NOAH continues to look for the way to return to the Nippon Budoukan. He adds that his personal goal is to bring NOAH back to Tokyo Dome. Kento Miyahara started remembering that he has started the year as Triple Crown Champion and will seek to break the title defense record. He wants to continue being the symbol of All Japan and continue rewriting the history of his company. Miyahara had words for the president of Tokyo Sports, Osamu Sakai, telling him that he wanted to see him more at AJPW events, which caused the audience to laugh. Miyahara said goodbye indicating that the history of Japanese pro-wrestling will continue to advance this year. Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa took the stage. Suwama was delighted to win the trophy for the third consecutive year and called Osamu Sakai to come up with them. Suwama joked with the president of Tokyo Sports. For its part, Ishikawa added that Violent Giants will continue to show their unlimited potential in 2020. SANADA mentioned that the fact that his match was chosen as the best of the year gives him the confidence to continue and continue to evolve. Kazuchika Okada celebrated remembering that he has been re-elected MVP, won the Heavyweight Championship and got married in 2019, so he had a great year. As for 2020, it is the year of the Olympic Games in Tokyo and he wants the spirit to spread pro-wrestling so that they continue moving forward. He wants to make 2020 the year of pro-wrestling and that is why he proposes a great event with several companies from Japan, demonstrating Japan's talent with all its best available wrestlers. Read the full article

#AJPW #AllJapanProWrestling #DragonGate #NewJapanProWrestling #News #NJPW #NOAH #ProWrestlingNOAH #Stardom

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New Year, New Format & Schedule; NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022; AJPW New Year Wars Night 1 - January 2, 2022; More FanFyte Articles By Me, Other News

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Yesterday was Pro Wrestling NOAH’s mega show at Tokyo Nippon Budokan, NOAH The New Year. You can see this now on Wrestle Universe, for which you should have already been charged if you signed up for the 3-Months Free Deal back in October (it costs around what NJPWWorld does, and now you are able to cancel if you wish).

NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022, Tokyo Nippon Budokan (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada d. Kai Fujimura & Yasutaka Yano (Miyawaki > Fujimura, Falcon Arrow, 8:39)

King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito [Funky Express] d. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Nio [Kongo] (Yone > Tadasuke, Kinniku Buster, 8:45)

Hao & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (Hao > Yoshioka, Firebird Splash, 11:44)

Ultimo Dragon [Dragon Gate], Dausuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara d. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Ultimo > NOSAWA, La Magistral, 13:51)

Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] d. Masakatsu Funaki [M’s Alliance] & Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Fujita > Hidaka, Powerbomb, 12:17)

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: HAYATA [STINGER] © d. Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] (Pinfall, 20:54) - HAYATA succeeds his 8th defense

GHC Tag Team Championship: Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] © d. Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] (Muto > Mochizuki, Figure-4 Leglock, 20:50) - Muto/Marufuji succeed their 1st defense

Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun], Kazushi Sakuraba [Sugiura-gun] & KENTA [Bullet Club] d. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura (KENTA > Inamura, Go2Sleep, 25:46)

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © d. Go Shiozaki (Northern Lights Bomb, 30:10) - Nakajima succeeds his 3rd defense

No titles changed hands during this megashow, meaning Nakajima and Kenoh both main event Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena with their titles in hand against Los Ingobernables de Japon. I fully recommend the top 4 matches on this show, however the junior title match was alright too, and has some tension behind it, being between not only stablemates but shared GHC junior tag champions. In fact, Ogawa threw down his tag belt post-match. The M’s Alliance all shared a moment in the ring after one side defeated the other. KENTA wins his first “real” match back in NOAH since going to WWE, beating Yoshiki Inamura, who is a massive tank of a man. Takashi Sugiura and Masato Tanaka had a busy night, as they wrestled each other earlier at Tokyo Korakuen Hall for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Happy New Year show, with Sugiura defeating Tanaka to retain the ZERO1 World Heavyweight title. That show is also on Wrestle Universe. This is a show you should check out overall, the setup was fantastic in Nippon Budokan.

NOAH runs their next show on January 4, 2022, during WK16.

NOAH New Sunrise 2022 - January 4, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Kai Fujimura v. Yasutaka Yano

King Tany & Muhamma Yone [Funky Express] v. Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada

NOSAWA Rongai & Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon] v. Nao & Nio [Kongo]

Atsushi Kotoge v. Seiki Yoshioka [STINGER]

Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] v. Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance], Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] & Daiki Inaba

Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & ALEJA [Kongo] v. Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance], Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara

Go Shiozaki v. Kaito Miyomiya

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] © v. YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon]

All Japan Pro Wrestling

AJPW ran their first show of the year today from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. You can see it now on AJPW.tv. It was supposed to be headlined by Jake Lee defending the Triple Crown against Big Japan’s Abdullah Kobayashi, however Lee was forced to vacate the title earlier this week, after suffering fractured nasal and orbital bones in a match on 12/26/2021 against Ryuki Honda. No word on his return, nor what will become of the Triple Crown in the meantime.

New Year Wars - January 2, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue Debut Singles Match: Dan Tamura [Evolution] d. Ryo Inoue (Boston Crab, 6:24)

Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Saito d. Rei Saito & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Jun > Rei, Boston Crab, 9:45)

Masanobu Fuchi, Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, TAMURA & Andy Wu d. Yoshitatsu, Seigo Tachibana, Takayuki Ueki, Baliyan Akki & Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] (Omori > Tachibana, Ax Bomber, 7:15)

Super Crazy, TAJIRI & CIMA [STRONGHEARTS] d. Izanagi, SUGI & MASASHI (Crazy > SUGI, Powerbomb, 10:01)

New Year Battle Royale: Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Shigehiro Irie, Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Ryo Inoue, Takao Omori, Dan Tamura, TAMURA, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Andy Wu, Black Menso-re, Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Baliyan Akki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Takayuki Ueki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] & Devil Murasaki (7:54)

Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Hikaru Sato [Evolution] (Yuma > Ashino, Spin Kick, 11:44)

Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] d. Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda (Kobayashi > Arashi, Diving Back Elbow Drop, 9:19)

All Asia Tag Team Championship: Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. T-Hawk & El Lindaman [STRONGHEARTS] © (Omori > Lindaman, , 14:40) - T-Hawk/Lindaman fail their 3rd defense - Omori/Kodama are the 112th champions

Representing TOTAL ECLIPSE, Omori & Kodama won this chance through winning the Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory one-day tournament on 12/26/2021. NEXTREAM gets a direct pin on Evolution, leading into tomorrow’s World Tag Team Championship match, with Runaway SUPLEX defending against the 2021 World’s Strongest Tag Determination League winners Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. The card below is not the final order.

- January 3, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue v. Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom]

Dan Tamura [Evolution], Hikaru Sato [Evolution] & Ryuji Hijikata v. Black Menso-re, Hiroshi Yamato & Andy Wu

Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda v. Atsuki Aomori [NEXTREAM], Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] & Yu Iizuka

TAJIRI & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] v. Izanagi & Devil Murasaki

Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe [JTO] v. Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Jun Saito & Rei Saito

Other News

Big Japan ran today at Korakuen Hall as well, with Yuji Okabayashi winning the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship for the 4th time, defeating Takuya Nomura on his 4th defense of the title.

GLEAT ran a show on 12/30/2021 that included the first half of the show being all Lidet UWF matches, all of which I highly recommend. Featuring the likes of Minoru Suzuki, Chihiro Hashimoto and Shuji Ishikawa, that half of the show slapped, so go watch it now on YouTube (honestly, the G-Pro Wrestling portion of GLEAT I can take or leave).

Minoru Suzuki also main evented at Hard Hit’s show yesterday at Shinkiba 1st-RING, beating Hikaru Sato after 40:28.

A lot of shows have run over the holiday period. I cannot list all of them.

So as you can tell, I’m trying something different with this blog thing. I am going to post on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays… I think. Special occasions (i.e. Wrestle Kingdom Week) will prompt more. I may end up hating this format very soon, and revert back to how it was before. NJPW is still my primary focus, but I wanna talk other wrestling too on my wrestling blog.

In the meantime, I’ve had not one but two 2021 In Review articles posted at FanFyte – one all about Shingo Takagi rescuing NJPW’s 2021, but also how Matt Cardona was the heel of the year based on his work in Game Changer Wrestling. Please take a look at these, as well as other great pieces on the site covering the best of 2021 in pro wrestling.

@damascenocs and I recorded the penultimate episode of the podcast yesterday, and I’ll be editing and posting that later today.

Hope you like this new format, and I do too.

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Goldberg Biography: Height, Weight & Net Worth

Bill Goldberg Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Measurements, Net Worth, Family, Affairs, Marriage, Wiki & much more! Bill Goldberg was born on December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. His current age 52 years. His Father’s Name is Jed Goldberg (Gynecologist) and mother’s name is Ethel Goldberg (Classical Violinist). Bill Goldberg height 5 feet 4 inches (194 cm/ 1.9 m) and Weight 120 kg (266 lbs). His Horoscope/Sun Sign is Capricorn, Nationality American and Ethnicity is Not Known.

William Scott Goldberg is a professional wrestler, actor, former football player, and former mixed martial artist color commentator, currently signed to WWE. He is undoubtedly known as one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time with his glory spread all around in different wrestling formats such as WCW and WWE. As an actor, Goldberg worked in various films and television shows, including Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) and Family Guy.

Goldberg holds a golden career in professional wrestling followed by his dominance in WCW with a lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition from 1997 to 1998. Goldberg became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, and one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Bret Hart. Along with Hart, he is the fifth WCW Triple Crown winner. He also spent his wrestling career with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) between 2002 and 2003 and for WWE between 2003 and 2004, and became one-time World Heavyweight Champion.

Early Life

Goldberg was born on December 27, 1966, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a sports lover, Golberg is fond of playing football hence he bagged a scholarship to play for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team where he served as a defensive tackle. He also played for Los Angeles Rams in 1990 for NFL season, and later associated with the CFL Sacramento Gold Miners and Atlanta Falcons from 1992 to 1994. Goldberg also worked as a bouncer at the age of 16. Goldberg began powerlifting and mixed martial arts training during his initial days. Along with a career in football.

Personal Life

Bill Goldberg resides in Bonsall, California with his wife Wanda Ferraton, a stunt performer and a son named Gage. He married on April 10, 2005. Having a strong wrestling background behind, Goldberg has opened the Extreme Power Gym Muay Thai and amateur boxing training facility in Oceanside, California. Goldberg’s mother, Ethel, is a classical violinist, while his father, Jed, who was an obstetrician and gynecologist at Harvard University.

Goldberg loves collecting cars and is particularly fascinated with vintage cars. He owns 25 vintage cars, including a Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible, Shelby Cobra 427, and a Mustang Boss 429 “Lawman”. Goldberg was out of action from WCW in the past after having a scar on his forearm, forced him to undergo a surgery.

Professiona Life

Goldberg started his career into football during the early phase of his profession. Goldberg bagged a scholarship to play for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team where he served as a defensive tackle. He also played for Los Angeles Rams in 1990 for NFL season, and later associated with the CFL Sacramento Gold Miners and Atlanta Falcons from 1992 to 1994.

In the year 1995, he was selected with a team named Carolina Panthers, however, never got a chance to play a single game. Later, he was forced to end his football career after he tore his lower abdomen off his pelvis. Goldberg turned his head towards wrestling and started his training into powerlifting and mixed martial arts. He started his training at WCW Power Plant. Goldberg made his in-ring debut with Nitro by defeating Hugh Morrus. With his first-ever victory in pro-wrestling, Golberg never turned back and defeated his fellow WCW wrestlers in the range of 1–2 minutes.

Billy Goldberg rose to the fame in very less time and WCW started counting Goldberg’s back to back victories on television as he continued to climb up the ranks. Goldberg made his pay-per-view debut at Starrcade defeating Steve McMichael. At one point in his career, he had adopted the catchphrase “Who’s next?” due to his rapidly expanding winning streak.

After conquering the United States Heavyweight Championship, he defended the title successfully. Goldberg began his feud with New World Order leader Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He later defeated Hogan to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Goldberg and Page began a feud with each other over the championship. At Halloween Havoc, Goldberg defeated Page to retain the title. According to Goldberg, his match against Page was the favorite match of his career. Goldberg’s win record at WCW events from 1997 to 1998 hasn’t been confirmed, however, it is believed that 173–0 is an inflated number.

In the long span of a wrestling career, Goldberg had several feuds with top wrestlers like Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, New World Order group that includes Hogan, Nash, and Hall and Lex Luger for the WCW championships.

Honors

WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)

Comeback of the Year in 2016

Inspirational Wrestler of the Year in 1998

Rookie of the Year in 1998

Ranked No. 2 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1998

Ranked No. 75 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

Achievements

Goldberg is a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion

Goldberg is a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion

Golberg is a one-time WCW World Tag Team Championship with Bret Hart

Goldberg is the Fifth WCW Triple Crown Champion

Goldberg is a one-time World Heavyweight Champion

Physical Measurements Height: 193 cm Weight: 129 kg = 285 lbs Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Bald

Personal Information Full Name: William Scott Goldberg Age: 52 years Date of Birth: December 27, 1966 Hometown: Bonsall, California, U.S Zodiac: Capricorn Religion: American

Education Highest qualification: Graduate School: Tulsa Edison High School

Favorite Celebrities & Other Favourites Favorite wrestler: Hulk Hogan Favorite artist: Ricky Martin Favorite actress: Angelina Jolie

Hobbies Playing football & video game Favorite Food: protein shake, oatmeal, strawberries, etc. Dream Holiday Destination: Australia Favorite Color: Black

Net Worth The veteran Wrestler has an estimated Net Worth of $14 million

Controversy Not a Controversial career

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