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On Saturday, December 17th, Bobby Lashley faces Rob Terry in New York. The promotion, Family Wrestling Entertainment., is not the sort of widely-known company you might expect to see Lashley in. What they offer is the ability for him to do what he loves without sacrificing his ongoing MMA career. Be »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kai retained over Yamato. Dragon Gate: Hulk & Tozawa won the tag tournament, beating Mochizuki & Yamato in the final. Yamato, Yoshino & Gamma retained the trios titles. New Japan: Nakamura beat Naito in the final, which shows that I am ALMOST a ma »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Mochizuki retained over BB Hulk. JIII retained the trios titles. CIMA & Ricochet won the tag titles. New Japan: Tanahashi retained over Bernard. MVP retained over Yano. Suzuki beat Kojima. NOAH: Shiozaki beat Sugiura to win the GHC title. Kotaro Suzuki »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Akebono & Hama, and Kondo, won respective contendership matches. Suwama beat Kono at a rather small show, which seems odd because that’s supposed to be an important long-term rivalry. Dragon Gate: Lots of turns and such. BB Hulk and Tozawa both joined B »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Hayashi & Kai won the junior tag league, beating Minoru Tanaka & Kanemoto in the finals (Kai over Minoru). Big Japan: Sekimoto & Okabayashi retained the All Asia tag titles twice. Ito retained over Takashi Sasaki. Attendance at Yokohama Bunka Gym was 1 »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Notable Champions Carnival round-robin results included Suwama over Funaki, Akiyama vs Kea going to a draw, Kea over Suzuki, Nagata over Suwama, Funaki over Nagata, Kono over Funaki and Suwama, Minoru Suzuki over Akiyama, and Sanada over Minoru Suzuki. Kenzo Suzuki w »»
The earthquake that rocked Japan led to shows and press conferences being canceled. Korakuen Hall, which has wrestling, boxing and other assorted combat sports events almost daily, was damaged in the earthquake. A boxing show on 3/12 featuring three women's championship fights was canceled. A s »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kenzo Suzuki won the #1 contenders match. Dragon Gate: CIMA's team retained the trios titles. Mochizuki beat Gamma to win the Sumo Hall title shot. Pac retained over Ricochet, and they seem to be teasing a rematch. The new elimination match format allows for elimi »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Yoshino retained over Fujii. Cyber Kong beat Hulk in a singles match, so I’d look for him to get a small-venue title shot down the line. New Japan: Devitt & Taguchi won the junior tag titles from Ibushi & Omega. Berard & Anderson retained the »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Doi & Gamma retained the tag titles. Yoshino retained over Doi. CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ricochet won the trios belts, which cements Ricochet as a regular. Mochizuki & Doi became #1 contenders to the tag titles. Hulk beat Yamato. New Japan: Ibushi & O »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Yoshino, Pac, and the heel stable retained their respective titles on the 23rd. Doi & Gamma won the tag titles. NOAH: Morishima pinned Sugiura in his return tag match, and he looks to have dropped some weight. Kanemoto & Tiger Mask retained the junior ta »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suwama, Hayashi, and Akebono & Kea all retained on the 24th. Hayashi is now up to an incredible 16 defenses. Dragon Gate: Pac retained over Kness, and Doi’s new heel group won the trios titles (though he isn’t in said trio), New Japan: Very m »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Hayashi retained over Kikuchi, reaching 15 title defenses which is a record for the belt. It might be a modern record for all titles as well. Akebono & Kea retained the tag titles against Kenzo Suzuki & Dupree. Dragon Gate: Yokosuka & Kness retained o »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Akebono beat Big Daddy V in what has to be the ‘biggest’ singles match of the year. Suwama & Kono beat Suzuki & Funaki when Suwama pinned Funaki. Dragon Gate: Yoshino beat Tigers Mask to win the lightweight title, then immediately vacated the »»
Puroresu Pulse, issue 176: G-1 Climax 2010 The biggest annual tournament in Japanese wrestling is coming up, and I break down the prospects for all 16 participants! Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Tigers Mask beat CIMA to take the Osaka Pro title and retain the lightweight title. DDT: A »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Taru & Big Daddy V retained the All Asia tag titles over Kondo & Hiroshi Yamato. Akebono beat Hama. Dragon Gate: CIMA beat Billy Ken Kid to win the Osaka Pro title. World-1 beat Warriors for the trios titles on the 20th, but Warriors won a rematch on the 2 »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Hayashi retained over Minoru Fujita on Sunday. Also, the young stars beat the veterans in a 6-man when Hama pinned Akebono, something I’d call an upset despite Hama’s Triple Crown win. Dragon Gate: Yokosuka & Kness retained the tag titles on Sun »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Last Thursday, Kea beat Kojima, TARU & Viscera beat Akebono & Hama (who then split up) for the All Asia titles, and Suwama & Kono beat Suzuki & Funaki when Kono pinned Funaki. On Sunday, Minoru Suzuki beat Hama to win the Triple Crown, and Hayashi ret »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Notable Champions Carnival results so far: Kono and Kojima both beat Hama; Funaki over Kea; Hama over Suzuki; Funaki vs Suwama went to a draw. Dragon Gate: Yamato retained over Yokosuka in DGUSA. Notable results from round 1 of King Of Gate include Gamma over Doi, »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Akebono & Hama retained over Kojima & Nishimura. Dragon Gate: Doi & Yoshino beat Yamato & Shingo, with Doi pinning Yamato. Shisa wrested the lightweight title from K-ness. New Japan: Marufuji retained over Kanemoto. Looks like the next challeng »»
Section 1- An explanation With my entry to Grad School and moving from the Rochester, NY area for the first time in my life, this seems like an appropriate time to adjust my gig here at I.P. I do these columns for fun, because it sure ain’t for money, and 300-700 page views certainly donâ »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suwama, Muta & Kenzo, and Kai all retained on Sunday. DDT: They claimed over 8600 for the big Sumo Hall show. KUDO beat Shuji Ishikawa to win the KOD title, Dino beat Sapp, and Ibushi retained over Devitt. New Japan: Ibushi retained over Taguchi on the fir »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suwama retained over Nagata. Muta & Kenzo won the tag titles. Kai beat Kondo to win the junior title. Sanada & Soya won the All Asia belts back. Dragon Gate: Mochizuki retained over Kanda. Yoshino, Yamato & Gamma won the trios titles. Pac retained aga »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kai beat Hayashi to earn a junior title shot. Dragon Gate: Notable King of Gate round 1 results were Hulk over Doi and Mochizuki over Shingo. Round 2 saw CIMA beat Yamato. In the semis, Hulk beat CIMA and Kanda beat Mochizuki to set up Hulk over Kanda in the final »»
Section 1- Results New Japan: Devitt & Taguchi retained the junior tag titles at K-Dojo. Naito & Takahashi won the tag title contendership match to earn a title shot on the 3rd. Makabe beat Kojima. NOAH: Notable results from the tag league so far include Hero & Claudio over Takayam »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suwama retained over Kenzo Suzuki;said to be a bad match because of its length. Kono & Doering and Minoru both retained. Nagata & Liger got a mild upset win over Suzuki & Funaki, with Nagata pinning Funaki. Sekimoto & Okabayashi won the All Asia tag t »»
Section 1- Results New Japan: Notable round 1 results from the NJ Cup so far include Makabe over Kojima and Nakamura over Goto. NOAH: All four champions retained on the 5th. They claimed just 4800 in attendance, a new company low for a big Tokyo show. Akiyama beat Yoshie. The juniors of Disobe »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kono & Doering won the tag titles. Dragon Gate: Pac retained over Tanizaki. Saito & Horiguchi won the tag titles. Mochizuki beat Brodie Lee. IGF: Kimbo Slice ended up pulling out of his match, replaced by Bob Sapp. New Japan: Kojima beat Makabe to »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Minoru Tanaka finally wrested the junior title from Hayashi on the 2nd. Both sets of tag titles were defended the next night. Suwama retained over Kea. Kenzo Suzuki broke up with Voodoo Murders. Dragon Gate: Mochizuki & Fujii beat Doi & Gamma for the tag t »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kono & Kenzo Suzuki won the tag league, beating Suwama & Hama in the final. Dragon Gate: Pac retained over Yamato. IGF: The main event for their Sumo Hall show featured a controversial ex-Sumo wrestler against the gigantic (and awful) Inoki pet project »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: They had two shows in Taiwan, with each show featuring a title match. Sanada & Soya defended the All Asia titles against Kono & Minoru, while Hayashi downed Phil Atlas to put his defense tally up to a staggering 17. Dragon Gate: The Yoshino-led face stable »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Kono turned heel and joined Voodoo Murders. Dragon Gate: Yoshino retained over Saito. KnesSuka retained over CIMA & Gamma. Warriors retained the trios over Kamikaze. Doi won the stable vs stable match to end Deep Drunkers, but then turned heel. Deep Drunkers w »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suwama dowened Suzuki to win the Triple Crown. Hayashi retained over Yang. Sanada & Soya took the All Asia tag titles from TARU & Daddy V. Kenzo Suzuki beat Muta. Dragon Gate: PAC won the lightweight title. Oops, I mean he won the Open the Brave Gate Tourn »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Jimmy Yang beat KAI in the junior tournament final to earn a shot at Hayashi on the 29th. New Japan: Devitt was Marufuji’s replacement. Notable G-1 results include Anderson over Tanahashi, Naito over Makabe, Nagata over Nakamura and Shiozaki, Bernard over N »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Suzuki retained over Kono. Akebono & Kea beat Suwama & Hama to win the main tag titles. They only half-filled Osaka Prefectural Gym, though it was a rather weak card. Dragon Gate: The annual Kobe World Hall event is in the books. Yoshino beat Yamato to win »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Warriors retained the trios titles over Kamikaze on the 10th. Yoshino beat Sugawara to earn the big Kobe World Hall title shot. New Japan: Notable round-robin results from the juniors tournament include Devitt and Richards over Liger, Liger over Ibushi, Ibushi »»
Section 1- Results Dragon Gate: Two title changes at the Korakuen show on the 13th. Yamato retained over Mochizuki, but Yokosuka & K-ness won the tag titles and CIMA/Gamma/Horiguchi won the trios belts. Tigers Mask retained the lightweight title over Shisa. IGF: Takayama didn’t face »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Notable results from the last round-robin days of the Champions Carnival include Kiyoshi over Suwama, Suzuki over Kojima, and Kono over Kojima. The semis were Suzuki over Suwama and Funaki over Kono, leading to Suzuki beating Funaki in the finals. Hayashi retained. S »»
Section 1- Results All Japan: Funaki beat Suzuki in a cage, Hayashi retained over Kai, and… Ryota Hama beat Kojima to win the Triple Crown in the biggest title match upset since 2003. Maybe ever. Hama is likeable but the decision is absolutely stunning. Claimed attendance was much better th »»
Section 1- Results New Japan: Nakamura retained over Nakanishi in front of a 35% full Sumo Hall. Also on the show, Devitt & Taguchi retained over Gedo and mystery partner Dick Togo; Tanaka beat Goto; Yujiro & Naito retained over Texano & Terrible. NOAH: Ishimori & Marvin beat »»
