Puro fans, UNITE!

[Jmister]

Hmm. Alright. If Okada starts working well, I can accept it.

Does he still look like a fucking idiot, with his chains and his DBZ hairdo and whatnot?

It's funny to me...The Rainmaker...LOL. Of all the gimmicks to rip off why The Pope?

 

[The_Misson]

Prince Devitt was able to beat Davey Richards to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title and Hirooki Goto was able to beat Yujiro Takahashi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title. I'm really not surprised by the fact that both of these guys retained and am actually quite glad that they both retained.

 

[The_Misson]

Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana have been announced as a team for NOAH's Global Tag League.

 

[The_Misson]

Here's the results from NOAH 3/18/12
1. Taiji Ishimori beat Harlem Bravado
2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara
3. Maybach Taniguchi beat Kento Miyahara
4. Kensuke Sasaki beat Mohammed Yone
5. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (c) beat Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin (24:11)
6. GHC Tag Team Title: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (c) beat Keiji Muto & Go Shiozaki
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima (c) beat Naomichi Marufuji
After the Heavyweight title match MAYBACH Taniguchi came out and attacked Morishima with a chair. Also, in NJPW Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima retained the IWGP Tag Titles defeating Yoshihiro Takayama & Lancer Archer. Afterwards Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka attacked the champions and Toru Yano stole the Tag belts.

The NOAH Global Tag League Teams have been announced.
1. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito
2. Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima
3. Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji
4. Go Shiozaki & Tamon Honda
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi
6. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara
7. Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana
8. Shinjiro Otani & A mystery partner

All in all the NOAH card looks pretty decent and I'm not surprised at all to see all the champions retain. It looks like we'll be getting MAYBACH vs Morishima sometime in the future which will be a fun match up. I'm really glad TenKoji retained mainly do to the fact that I CAN NOT stand Takayama at all. The Global Tag League participants all look pretty good and I'm interested as to who Shinjiro Otani might bring in for his tag team partner.

 

[The_Misson]

The participants for the AJP Champion Carnival have been announced
1. Suwama
2. Taiyo Kea
3. Takao Omori
4. KENSO
5. Masayuki Kono
6. Seiya Sanada
7. Manabu Soya
8. Ryota Hama
9. Yuji Nagata
10. Akebono
11. Yutaka Yoshie
12. Daisuke Sekimoto
13. Yuji Okabayashi
14. Takumi Soya or Yasufumi Nakanoueno (Match between these two for last spot on 4/14)
Also, BUSHI is set to return to AJP ring during the Junior Tag League. He has yet to announce his partner. BUSHI has been sidelined since December 4th due to illness.

 

[The_Misson]

So it's been reported that NOAH's GM Ryu Nakata and Counselor Haruka Eigen had ties with the Yakuza from 2003-2010, working with them to sell tickets to the companies live events. This will seriously impact the already financially unstable NOAH as this has gotten a lot of public attention and in the eyes of the Japanese people being linked with the Yakuza is a major no no. NOAH's President Akira Taue has already responded by demoting both Ryu Nakata and Haruka Eigen. They both will remain in the promotion, but neither of them will have any power. NOAH will be developing and introducing new regulations for the company. Finally, the will be implementing means to counteract organized crime and will holding a special course for employees and wrestlers to make sure this never happens again.

With NOAH already being financially unstable I believe this will have a huge impact on NOAH. At this point in time I really think in about 2-3 years NOAH will be gone.

 

[Shadowmancer]

NOAH going under would be another kick to an already ailing Japanese scene. hopefully it doesn't.

 

[Remix]

That really doesn't shock me tbh. The Yakuza's pretty powerful in Japan and look at how tied up with PRIDE the Yazuza was. Doesn't surprise me that they're willing to support puro financially too.

 

[The_Misson]

NEW JAPAN CUP RESULTS FOR ROUND 1! (This is a straight forward tournament with the winner getting a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.)
1. La Sombra defeated YOSHI-HASHI
2. Karl Anderson defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan
3. Hirooki Goto defeated Yujiro Takahashi
4. Shinsuke Nakamura defeated MVP
5. Captain New Japan, Taguchi & KUSHIDA defeated Okada, Gedo & Jado (non tournament match)
6. Togi Makabe defeated Lance Archer
7. Minoru Suzuki defeated Yuji Nagata
8. Tetsuya Naito defeated Satoshi Kojima
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano

Here's the second round matches for the New Japan Cup on 4/5/12
La Sombra vs Hirooki Goto
Karl Anderson vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Togi Makabe vs Minoru Suzuki
Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

The only thing that surprised me was that Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Which was a HUGE shocker to me as I thought for sure Tenzan would win there. As for the second round matches I am greatly looking forward to La Sombra vs Hirooki Goto and Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi. Last time Naito faced Tanahashi they had one of my favorite puro matches from last year. So I have high expectations for that match.

Here's also the results from AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Tag League
1. Masayuki Kono defeated Masanobu Fuchi
2. KENSO defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno
Before the match BUSHI finally announced his tag partner who is... SUSHI. Not gonna lie that made me laugh sooooo much.
3. (Junior Tag League Match) BUSHI and SUSHI defeated KAI & Gillette
4. (Junior Tag League Match) Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka defeated Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa
5. (Junior Tag League Match) Hiroshi Yamato & Hikaru Sato defeated Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo
6. Takao Omori, Manabu Soya & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Suwama, Ryota Hama & Takumi Soya.

 

[The_Misson]

Kota Ibushi will returning May 4 to face... El Generico! I can not wait for May 4!!!

 

[The_Misson]

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New Japan recently released this video. All I have to say is FUCK YES!

 

[The_Misson]

Here's the results for the second day of the New Japan Cup:
1. Hirooki Goto defeated La Sombra
2. Karl Anderson defeated Shinsuke Nakamura
3. Togi Makabe defeated Minoru Suzuki
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito
Here's the matches for the Semi Finals of the New Japan Cup on 4/8/12
1. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Karl Anderson

Well I'm really shocked that Anderson pulled off the upset against Nakamura. Looks like New Japan is taking Anderson very seriously as a single's wrestler since Bernard left. I'm also slightly shocked that Togi defeated Suzuki.

Also, Tajiri announced that he will be starting a new promotion called "Wrestling New Classic" and it's first two shows will be on 4/26/12 and 5/24/12. Two matches have been announced for the first show which are TAJIRI vs AKIRA (winner faces Dave Finlay on 5/24) and Kana & Mio Shirai vs Shuri & Makoto.

 

[The_Misson]

Hirooki Goto has won the New Japan Cup beating Hiroshi Tanahashi.

 

[Harthan]

Hirooki Goto has won the New Japan Cup beating Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Nice. Should have a good match with Okada.

 

[The_Misson]

Indeed. I don't think Goto will win though. But, if he did I wouldn't mind it at all. He's a great wrestler and is easily one of my top 5 New Japan heavyweight wrestlers.

 

[Harthan]

Naw, he won't win. Still has the IC title, hasn't he? I haven't seen the most recent stuff.

 

[The_Misson]

Yup, he still does. I expect he'll get the Heavyweight title in about a year or two though.

 

[The_Misson]

Here's the card of the Dontaku event scheduled for 5/3/2012
1. Strongman, Wataru Inoue, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga vs YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo, Jado & Tomohiro Ishii
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
3. IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship Match: Davey Richards & Rocky Romero (c) vs Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Prince Devitt (c) vs Low Ki
5. IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
6. Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama
7. Karl Anderson vs Shinsuke Nakamura
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto

 

[The_Misson]

New Japan and All Japan have just announced that they will be putting on a joint show on July 1, 2012. This year is the 40th anniversary for both promotions, and with this major point it was decided that the two promotions will be holding a commemorative show. The plans for right now are two have both the IWGP Heavyweight Title and the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Title defended on the show. Also, they are planning to have many dream matches between AJPW talent and NJPW, but no matches have been announced as of today. Well looks like I'll have to mark down July 1 on my calendar as this will more then likely be a great show.

 

[The_Misson]

Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo defeated BUSHI & SUSHI to win the AJPW Junior Tag League. Afterwards Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo challenged Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi for the All Asia Tag Team Championships. Also, KAI made it known that he wants a match against Kenny Omega for the Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

 

[The_Misson]

The participants for the BOSJ Tournament have been announced:
1. Prince Devitt
2. Ryusuke Taguchi
3. Jushin Thunder Liger
4. Tiger Mask IV
5. KUSHIDA
6. BUSHI (YES!!!!!)
7. Low Ki
8. Davey Richards
9. Rocky Romero
10. Jado
11. Gedo
12. TAKA Michinoku
13. Taichi
14. Black Tiger
15. PAC (YES!)
16. Daisuke Sasaki
17. Alex Koslov
18. Angel de Oro
It had also been announced that starting May 1 BUSHI will be a temporary member of NJPW through a talent rental between NJPW and AJPW. I am extremely excitedy about this as BUSHI has been one of my favorite Jr. Heavyweights in AJPW and I can't wait to see him face Prince Devitt!

 

[The_Misson]

It's been announced that Dragon Gate and DDT will be holding a joint show on June 5th at Korakuen Hall. I'm actually really looking forward to this and hope they have a lot of good matches.

 

[The_Misson]

First off due to the fact that Davey Richards was involved in a car accident in the United State he was not able to make it to the 5/3/12 NJPW show and was not able to defended the Jr. Tag Titles causing him and Rocky Romero to vacate the Tag Titles. Secondly, here are the results from the 5/3/12 NJPW Show
1. YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Strongman, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga
2. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV defeated Rocky Romero & Gedo
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt
5. IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
6. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe
7. Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Karl Anderson
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito defeated Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada defeate Hirooki Goto

I'm really glad that Okada won and I'm looking forward to watching this match. Also, I'm kinda surprised that Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt and I wonder who will win the BOSJ and end up facing him.

 

[The_Misson]

KOTA IBUSHI HAS RETURNED! He returned at the 5/4/12 DDT Show and had a match against El Generico which El Generico won. Afterwards Kota Ibushi cut a promo saying even though he suffered defeated he's glad to be back after being injured for 8 months. He's looking forward to the big DDT Show in August and had his eyes set on reclaiming the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship that he never lost.

 

[Remix]