AJPW ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING 2009 DVD VHS
Zen Nihon Puroresu Videos ISO


AJ BBanquet Live Special 1/2/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2009 Shinshun Shining Series
-2hr 50min. Q=Perfect

Nobutaka Araya vs. Hiroshi Yamato

TARU & Joe Doering vs. Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Zodiac

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament 1st Round: Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Taiyo Kea & MAZADA

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament 1st Round: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Hate & "brother" YASSHI

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament 1st Round: Satoshi Kojima & KAI vs. Suwama & Ryuji Hijikata

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament 1st Round: Keiji Muto & Kaz Hayashi vs. Shuji Kondo & Ryota Hama

15 Man Heavyweight Battle Royal: Zodiac & Yoshihiro Takayama & Satoshi Kojima & Suwama & Joe Doering & Taiyo Kea & TARU & Keiji Muto & Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya & Minoru Suzuki & Hate & Osamu Nishimura & Ryota Hama & Nobutaka Araya.

AJPW Complete File 2009 1st Stage DVD 1/2/09-7/5/09
-3hr 35min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Digest of 1/2/09-7/5/09 tours plus the following complete matches

2/6/09 World Junior Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaz Hayashi 32:25

3/14/09 Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Great Muta vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 13:42

5/30/09 Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Minoru Suzuki 22:59

AJPW Battle Station 1/21/09 2009 Shinshun Shining Series taped 1/3/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Kikutaro vs. Nobutaka Araya

Taiyo Kea & MAZADA & TAKEMURA vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament Semifinal: Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Satoshi Kojima & KAI

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament Semifinal: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Keiji Muto & Kaz Hayashi

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Joe Doering

TARU & Hate & Zodiac & "brother" YASSHI vs. Suwama & Shuji Kondo & Ryuji Hijikata & Ryota Hama

81st Asia Tag Title Decision Tournament Final: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi

11 Man Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal: Kikutaro, Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Hiroshi Yamato, KAI, Ryuji Hijikata, Masanobu Fuchi, MAZADA, TAKEMURA, NOSAWA Rongai & "brother" YASSHI

AJ BBanquet #215 3/28/09 2009 Excite Series Opening taped 2/6/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Michael Faith & Lance Hoyt vs. Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya

TARU & Hate & Minoru vs. Suwama & Ryuji Hijikata & Hiroshi Yamato

"brother" YASSHI Tokyo Final Match: Shuji Kondo vs. "brother" YASSHI

Satoshi Kojima & KAI vs. Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA

Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura & Ryota Hama vs. Taiyo Kea & Yoshihiro Takayama & NOSAWA Rongai

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaz Hayashi

AJPW BBanquet #227 8/3/09 2009 Rise Up Tour taped 3/1/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #228 8/10/09 Muto Festival taped 6/10/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#227

Ryota Hama vs. Hiroshi Yamato 6:10

Hate vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 3:38

Great Muta vs. MAZADA 5:59

Asia Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. KAI & Satoshi Kojima 23:16

#228

Nobutaka Araya vs. Kikutaro 7:30

Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada 10:37

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima vs. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo & Suwama 11:37

AJPW STV 3/13/09 Hold Out 2009 taped 3/8/09 Tatebayashi Citizen Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Ryota Hama vs. Manabu Soya 11:11

Hate & Toshizo & Zodiac vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Masayoshi Motegi & Nobutaka Araya 10:48

MAZADA & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada 13:18

Great Muta vs. KAI 4:51

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai 10:48

Hiroshi Yamato & Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & TARU 22:22

AJPW PURORESU LOVE in RYOGOKU Vol. 7 PPV 3/14/09 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kikutaro 6:02

Nobutaka Araya & Seiya Sanada vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA 8:05

TARU & Hate & Toshizo vs. Satoshi Kojima & KAI & Hiroshi Yamato 14:47

Joe Doering & Zodiac vs. Akebono & Ryota Hama 9:47

Riki Choshu & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Soya 10:13

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Minoru 37:04. These two understood how to wrestle a long match, delivering something that justifies the term epic rather than simply being called that as a cute synonym for overlong. So many wrestlers today would have just stalled through the first half and then blown through all their spots in the second half. The distinguishing characteristic of Hayashi vs. Tanaka was they put genuine effort into everything. The first half was slow and not particularly spectacular, but it was more entertaining than the usual junior fireworks because they wrestled with conviction. Hayashi attacked Minoru's left knee and Minoru attacked Hayashi's left arm, both making you believe they were serious about getting a submission victory. They didn't give you the idea that the match would change, it seemed it was going to be one of Minoru's mat themed match, which added to the intensity of the near finishes. They picked the action up subtly, but it was still decidedly slower paced and less spectacular than your typical junior machine gun action. However, it was far more dramatic because they did such a good job of selling and portraying the struggle. Ultimately, they did all their hot moves, but the far more important thing is they incorporated them well, making them meaningful, and that much more exciting. Both men were at the very top of their game, with Hayashi deserving extra credit for being able to restrain himself and excel in a match that was clearly more suited to Minoru's more credible style. ****1/2

World Tag Team Title Match: Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki vs. Suwama & Shuji Kondo

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Great Muta vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

AJPW BBanquet #214 3/14/09 2009 Shinshun Fan Appreciation Day in Kansai taped 1/25/09 Kobe Sambo Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #216 4/20/09 2009 Champion Carnival taped 4/7/09 Niigata Phase
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#214

Shuji Kondo vs. Seiya Sanada 6:41 of 11:05

F-1 Tag Title Match: Keiji Muto & Kannazaki vs. Tiger Mask (Masanobu Fuchi) & Mitsuharu Misawa (Ijiri Okada) 12:46

18 Man Battle Royal 10:40

#216

Champion Carnival A Block: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Joe Doering 8:32 of 8:45

Champion Carnival A Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Kaz Hayashi 16:44 of 30:00

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Seiya Sanada 12:38 of 12:57

AJPW BBanquet Puroresu Special 4/6/09 2009 Champion Carnival taped 4/5/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 45min. Q=Perfect

TARU & Minoru & Toshizo vs. Shuji Kondo & KAI & Hiroshi Yamato 11:52

Champion Carnival B Block: Ryota Hama vs. Zodiac 7:30

Champion Carnival A Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Seiya Sanada 15:25

Champion Carnival A Block: Kaz Hayashi vs. Joe Doering 11:54

Champion Carnival B Block: Taiyo Kea vs. Minoru Suzuki 20:43

Champion Carnival B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Suwama 18:55

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 18:10

AJPW BBanquet #217 4/27/09 2009 Champion Carnival taped 4/7/09 Niigata Phase
& AJPW BBanquet #218 5/4/09 2009 Champion Carnival taped 4/8/09 Act City Hamamatsu
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#217

TARU & Minoru & Toshizo vs. Shuji Kondo & KAI & Manabu Soya. 1:03 of 12:40

Champion Carnival B Block: Suwama vs. Ryota Hama 8:27 of 11:22

Champion Carnival B Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Zodiac 9:23 of 13:43

Champion Carnival B Block: Taiyo Kea vs. Satoshi Kojima 17:18 of 20:01

#218

Shuji Kondo & KAI & Manabu Soya vs. TARU & Minoru & Toshizo. 3:35 of 10:15

Champion Carnival A Block: Joe Doering vs. Seiya Sanada 7:22 of 9:06

Champion Carnival A Block: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Kaz Hayashi 10:18

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Osamu Nishimura 11:06

AJPW GAORA SPECIAL 2009 Champion Carnival Vol. 1 DVD 4/5/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall & 4/7/09 Niigata Phase
-3hr 40min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

4/5/09

Champion Carnival A Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Seiya Sanada 15:25

Champion Carnival A Block: Kaz Hayashi vs. Joe Doering 11:54

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 18:10

Champion Carnival B Block: Ryota Hama vs. Zodiac 7:30

Champion Carnival B Block: Taiyo Kea vs. Minoru Suzuki 20:43

Champion Carnival B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Suwama 18:55

4/7/09

Champion Carnival A Block: Osamu Nishimura vs. Kaz Hayashi 30:00

Champion Carnival A Block: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Joe Doering 8:45

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Seiya Sanada 12:57

Champion Carnival B Block: Suwama vs. Ryota Hama 11:22

Champion Carnival B Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Zodiac 13:43

Champion Carnival B Block: Taiyo Kea vs. Satoshi Kojima 20:01

AJPW BBanquet #219 5/11/09 2009 Champion Carnival Day 3 taped 4/8/09 Act City Hamamatsu
& AJPW BBanquet #220 5/18/09 2009 Champion Carnival Day 4 taped 4/9/09 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#219

Champion Carnival B Block: Minoru Suzuki vs. Ryota Hama

Champion Carnival B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Zodiac

Champion Carnival B Block: Suwama vs. Taiyo Kea

#220

Champion Carnival A Block: Joe Doering vs. Osamu Nishimura

Champion Carnival A Block: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Seiya Sanada

Champion Carnival A Block: Kaz Hayashi vs. Keiji Muto

AJPW BBanquet #221 6/1/09 2009 Champion Carnival Day 4 taped 4/9/09 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
& AJPW BBanquet #222 6/15/09 2009 Champion Carnival Day 5 taped 4/11/09 Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#221

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Suwama [5] vs. Zodiac [0] 9:07

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Ryota Hama [4] vs. Taiyo Kea [5] 9:08

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima [6] vs. Minoru Suzuki [4] 21:08

#222

Champion Carnival 2009 Block A Match: Kaz Hayashi [7] vs. Seiya Sanada [0] 10:57

Champion Carnival 2009 Block A Match: Osamu Nishimura [5] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [6] 8:33

Champion Carnival 2009 Block A Match: Keiji Muto [8] vs. Joe Doering [4] 14:03

AJPW BBanquet #223 6/29/09 2009 Champion Carnival Day 5 taped 4/11/09 Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #224 7/6/09 2009 Rise Up Tour taped 5/30/09 Aichi Prefectural Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#223

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Zodiac [2] vs. Taiyo Kea [5] 14:38

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Minoru Suzuki [6] vs. Suwama [5] 14:45

Champion Carnival 2009 Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima [8] vs. Ryota Hama [4] 10:21

#224

Suwama vs. Masayuki Kono 13:32

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Toshizo 25:30

AJPW BBanquet Puroresu Special 4/12/09 2009 Champion Carnival Final taped 4/12/09 Tokyo JCB Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Hate vs. Nobutaka Araya 8:48

TARU & Toshizo vs. KAI & Hiroshi Yamato 13:16 of 13:36

Champion Carnival Semifinal: Kaz Hayashi vs. Satoshi Kojima 16:30

Champion Carnival Semifinal: Minoru Suzuki vs. Keiji Muto 15:13

Minoru & Joe Doering & Zodiac vs. Shuji Kondo & Seiya Sanada & Ryota Hama 15:21

Yoshihiro Takayama & Taiyo Kea & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Suwama & Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Soya 15:34

Champion Carnival Final: Minoru Suzuki vs. Kaz Hayashi 23:35

AJPW STV 5/13/09 Growin' Up 2009 Final taped 4/29/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Seiya Sanada vs. Brad Martin 4:08

Hate & TARU vs. Manabu Soya & Nobutaka Araya 3:25

AJPW Junior Tag League 2009 Match: Petey Williams & Phil Atlas [4] vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI [4] 8:52

AJPW Junior Tag League 2009 Match: El Samurai & Masanobu Fuchi [5] vs. MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai [5] 6:22

AJPW 2009 Junior Tag League Match: Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo [6] vs. Minoru & Toshizo [6] 30:00

Osamu Nishimura vs. Ryota Hama 6:42

Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima & Suwama 20:22

AJPW Junior Tag League 2009 Final Match: Minoru & Toshizo vs. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo 18:45

AJPW BBanquet #225 7/13/09 2009 Rise Up Tour taped 5/30/09 Aichi Prefectural Gym
& AJPW BBanquet #226 7/27/09 2009 Hold Out Tour taped 3/1/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#225

Akebono & Keiji Muto & Ryota Hama vs. Joe Doering & TARU & Zodiac 12:21

Triple Crown Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Minoru Suzuki 22:59

#226

Minoru & TARU vs. Kaz Hayashi & Ryuji Hijikata 5:27

NKPWA Heavyweight Title Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 13:57

AJPW World Tag Title Contendership Match: Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. Joe Doering & Zodiac 13:38

AJPW BBanquet #229 8/17/09 Muto Festival taped 6/10/09 Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #230 8/24/09 Cross Over 2009 Final taped 7/5/09 Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #3
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#229

Hakushi & Kokushi Muso vs. TARU & Toshizo 8:58

F-1 Tag Match Title Three On Two Handicap Match:
Kannazuki & Keiji Muto vs. Grappler Takashi & Osamu Nishimura & Yurioka Chotokkyu 18:47

Great Muta vs. Hate 8:53

#230

Three Way Match: Hate vs. Nobutaka Araya vs. Otoko Sakari 9:10

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama 8:59

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. MAZADA 29:19

AJPW Battle Station 7/8/09 2009 Cross Over Series taped 6/21/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Toshizo vs. Brad Martin 7:51

Hate & Minoru & TARU vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryota Hama & Shuji Kondo 12:30

Joe Doering vs. Zodiac 8:50

Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI 16:10

MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kaz Hayashi & Phil Atlas 15:06

Keiji Muto & Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea & Yoshihiro Takayama 20:58

Satoshi Kojima vs. Nobutaka Araya 18:40

AJPW BBanquet #231 8/31/09 Cross Over 2009 Final taped 7/5/09 Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #3
& AJPW BBanquet #232 9/7/09 Summer Action Series 2009 taped 8/7/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#231

Phil Atlas & Ryota Hama vs. Brad Martin & Osamu Nishimura 12:51

Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada vs. Joe Doering & Zodiac 8:08

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea vs. Keiji Muto & Masayuki Kono 26:48

#232

Petey Williams & Ryota Hama vs. MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 5:01

Manabu Soya & Osamu Nishimura vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada 9:21

Hiroshi Yamato & Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi vs. Hate & TARU & Toshizo 13:31

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Keiji Muto & Suwama 30:00

Nosawa Battle Station 7/27/09 NOSAWA BOM-BA-YE 5 ~Rongai ONE NIGHT STAND~ taped 7/9/09 Tokyo Shinjuku FACE
-2hr. Q=Perfect

NGF World Heavyweight Title Match: Bret "Kiku" Hart vs. Shawn "Honda" Michaels 4:25 of 10:19

Makoto Hashi vs. Shigehiro Irie 4:13 of 11:03

LJLL Title Decision Match: Konamy vs. Dinastia 8:24 of 8:52

Hikaru Sato vs. Yuta Yoshikawa 6:05

Hardcore 3 Way Tag Match: Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Brahman Kei & Brahman Shu vs. Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota 7:58 of 14:18

CRAZY WORLD: Super Crazy vs. Ultimo Dragon vs. The Great Sasuke 6:36 of 10:50

Crush Gals 25th Anniversary Memorial Match: Lioness Takayama & Minoru Nagayo (Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki as Crush Gals) vs. Dump Kiku & Bull Sakai (Kikutaro & Muscle Sakai as Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano) 8:05

NOSAWA Rongai & Mazada & Minoru Fujita vs. CIMA & Gamma & Kagetora 20:15 of 23:33

AJPW Battle Station 8/25/09 2009 Summer Action Series taped 7/26/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Hate & TARU & Toshizo vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Osamu Nishimura & Ryota Hama 11:28

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Block B Match: Petey Williams [2] vs. MAZADA [0] 6:55

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Block A Match: Super Crazy [2] vs. NOSAWA Rongai [0] 8:37

Keiji Muto & Manabu Soya vs. Satoshi Kojima & Seiya Sanada 15:16

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama 13:56

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Block A Match: KAI [2] vs. Kaz Hayashi [0] 12:02

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Block B Match: Minoru [2] vs. Shuji Kondo [0] 19:10

Nobutaka Araya Retirement Match: Kikutaro & Nobutaka Araya vs. Masanobu Fuchi & TAKA Michinoku 7:07

AJPW Complete File 2009 2nd Stage DVD 7/26/09-12/13/09
-4hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Digest of 7/26/09-12/13/09 tours plus the following complete matches

8/30/09 World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shuji Kondo 30:14

9/26/09 Triple Crown Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Satoshi Kojima 19:30

12/6/09 World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Final Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama 26:13

AJPW BBanquet #233 9/14/09 2009 Summer Action Series taped 8/7/09 Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #235 10/12/09 2009 Flashing Tour taped 9/13/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#233

Super Crazy vs. Minoru 8:21

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Semifinal Match: Shuji Kondo vs. KAI 9:08

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2009 Final Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Super Crazy 13:42

#235

Osamu Nishimura vs. Manabu Soya 9:16

Zodiac vs. TARU 4:56

MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima 13:07

AJPW BBanquet #234 9/21/09 2009 Summer Impact Tour taped 8/16/09 Kasumigaura Bunka Gym
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Seiya Sanada vs. Toshizo 12:03

Suwama vs. Hate 9:12

Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono & Osamu Nishimura vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai 16:38

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Joe Doering 10:58

Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto vs. Ryota Hama & Shuji Kondo 17:52

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru & TARU & Zodiac 17:10

AJPW Battle Station 8/29/09 2009 Summer Impact taped 8/22/09 Sapporo Teisen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Minoru vs. Tomoya 10:22

Seiya Sanada & Shuji Kondo vs. KAI & Kaz Hayashi 13:30

MAZADA & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Suwama 15:26

Satoshi Kojima vs. Zodiac 11:52

Keiji Muto & Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama vs. Hate & Joe Doering & TARU 13:00

Asia Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Manabu Soya & Osamu Nishimura 29:37

AJPW PURORESU LOVE in RYOGOKU Vol. 8 PPV 8/30/09 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr 20min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Seiya Sanada vs. Hate 6:10

Minoru & Toshizo vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA 6:23

Akebono & Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama vs. TARU & Zodiac & Joe Doering 8:50

Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Soya 5:53

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shuji Kondo 30:14. Not quite as good as their 8/27/06 match, but a very unpredictable and still quite amazing encounter. The match was totally built around big spots, but not necessarily the spots you'd expect. They dug deep into their bag of tricks, using new, rarely used, and special moves to make the match memorable. Counters were a very important part of the match, as many of the biggest moves came out of the other man's setup. The counters were sometimes incredible and at least nifty, the best spot being Kondo turning Hayashi's nadare shiki Frankensteiner into a middle rope powerbomb, only to have Hayashi make a midair adjustment into a DDT! Another surprising spot saw Hayashi hit his signature somersault dive only to have Kondo catch him in a Canadian backbreaker and drop him chin first onto the guard rail. The match started slow, as Hayashi proved in the 2009 Champion Carnival that he could take the heavies, so he didn't have to simply bob and weave. This wasn't a good style for Kondo though, as he isn't a technical wrestler nor is he dynamic on his own, he needs the movement from his opponent. As the match picked up it reverted to Kondo's successful power vs. speed formula and they did more and more huge moves, but it was never rapid fire. They took the time to sell all the moves, and that lead to better reactions to their offense. Kondo eventually hit a top rope powerbomb and even a shooting star press (partially overshot), while Hayashi pulled out an ultra huracanrana. ****1/2

Satoshi Kojima & KAI & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Akihiko Ito 29:13. All the promotion was about Kobashi returning to his old stomping ground for a dream confrontation with ace Kojima, and they didn't disappoint, or at least they gave the fans everything they could expect given it's 2009. Kojima morphed into Kensuke, and chopped it out with Kobashi. It started out as though they were doing a singles match because neither of them really cared about the others, so there was no reason for them to shift their focus and they had no desire to tag. The key to the match was actually lowly young jobber Ito giving an effective performance. Kobashi can't bump and Kikuchi has been washed up since before most of the ICE RIBBON girls were even born, so it was crucial that Ito work well with KAI & Yamato. KAI was really good here. His confidence has risen as he's become more at home in the ring, and he's doing everything more gracefully and fluidly; he even seems to be quicker and jump higher since he's so much more comfortable with himself. Yamato is also a good athlete, and was spotted well. The big negative of the match was Kikuchi, whose wrestling would have been okay if not for the fact that he keeps making a farce out of the proceedings with his corny faces. Kojima suffers from that a bit too, mainly on his machine guy chop which it didn't take the 2 consecutive segments by each to see is far inferior to Kobashi because it's hard not to laugh at that orgasmic expression he keeps making. But Kojima does get reaction to all his playing to the crowd, and the crowd was very much into the match, not just Kojima vs. Kobashi, the interpromotional aspect certainly helping some of the less over guys maintain the heat. ***1/2

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Suwama 26:21. A good match when Suwama was on offense. He isn't the most consistent wrestler, but other than a sketchy belly to belly off the 2nd, everything he did today was very well done, and that says a lot given the opposition. Takayama dominated the first half with his lumbering, uncoordinated offense. He's always been graceless, but now that he's all injured and miles out of shape, he's just brutal in every regard. The match was stiff, but Takayama's strikes are either unorthodox (to put it kindly) or slow he wasn't even entertaining. Suwama busted Takayama open hardway near the finish with a headbutt. **1/2

Keiji Muto 25th Anniversary Special Tag Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masahiro Chono & Minoru Suzuki 21:19

AJPW BBanquet #236 10/19/09 2009 Flashing Tour taped 9/13/09 Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #237 10/26/09 2009 Flashing Tour taped 9/26/09 Yokohama Bunka Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#236

Masayuki Kono & Super Crazy vs. Kaz Hayashi & Seiya Sanada 10:17

Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Hate & Joe Doering 7:05

Minoru Suzuki vs. Toshizo 2:26

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru 8:54

Great Muta & Kiyoshi vs. Shuji Kondo & Suwama 20:46

#237

Hate & Minoru vs. MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 5:13

Akebono & Keiji Muto & Ryota Hama vs. Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo & Suwama 15:25

Joe Doering & TARU & Toshizo vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac 10:32

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki 10:44

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi c vs. Super Crazy 16:13

AJPW Near Live Flashing Tour 2009 9/23/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Hate vs. Masanobu Fuchi 8:39

Seiya Sanada vs. MAZADA 11:08

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono 6:01

Manabu Soya & Super Crazy & Suwama vs. Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura 21:30

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Shuji Kondo 13:07

Asia Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Akebono & Ryota Hama 20:45

Eight Man Tag Team Captain's Fall Elimination Match: Satoshi Kojima [c] & Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac vs. TARU [c] & Joe Doering & Minoru & Toshizo) 26:45

AJPW BBanquet #238 11/2/09 2009 Flashing Tour taped 9/26/09 Yokohama Bunka Gym
& AJPW BBanquet #239 11/9/09 Anniversay Tour 2009 taped 10/11/09 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#238

Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu vs. Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada 9:40

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki 10:44

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Super Crazy 16:13

Triple Crown Title Match: Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Satoshi Kojima 19:30

#239

Hiroshi Yamato & Zodiac vs. FUJITA & MAZADA 10:58

KAI & Kaz Hayashi & Super Crazy vs. Hate & Minoru & Toshizo 12:38

Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada vs. Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu & Shuji Kondo 14:23

Satoshi Kojima vs. Masayuki Kono 12:10

AJPW BBanquet #240 11/16/09 Anniversay Tour 2009 taped 10/11/09 Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #241 11/30/09 Anniversay Tour 2009 taped 10/25/09 Kobe Sambo Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#240

Joe Doering vs. Ryota Hama 7:18

TARU vs. Akebono 6:28

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Suwama 17:07

#241

Super Crazy vs. MAZADA 10:45

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & TARU & Toshizo 12:50

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Hate 17:51

AJPW BBanquet #242 12/7/09 Anniversay Tour 2009 taped 10/25/09 Kobe Sambo Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #243 12/14/09 2009 World's Strongest Tag League #6 taped 11/29/09 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#242

Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura 11:24

Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada 15:40

Akebono & Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama

#243

Tag league highlights 11/21-11/28

Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo 15:46

Real World Tag League 2009 Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama [4] vs. Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac [8] 13:23

AJPW STV 10/28/09 Anniversary Tour 2009 taped 10/24/09 Hakata Starlanes
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Hate vs. NOSAWA Rongai 8:31

Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada vs. Minoru & Toshizo 11:11

Shuji Kondo & Super Crazy vs. KAI & Kaz Hayashi 15:11

Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama 19:29

Asia Tag Title Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Joe Doering & TARU 16:35

Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac 20:58

AJPW BBanquet SP 12/9/09 Pro Wrestling Love in Taiwan 2009 taped 11/20/09 & 11/21/09 Taipei National Taiwan University Gym
-2hr 55min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

11/20/09

Taiwan Cup First Round Match: Suwama vs. Ryota Hama 10:36

Taiwan Cup First Round Match: Manabu Soya vs. Seiya Sanada 9:35

Taiwan Cup First Round Match: Masayuki Kono vs. Taiyo Kea 7:23

Taiwan Cup First Round Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Shuji Kondo 6:16

Akebono & Kaz Hayashi & Masakatsu Funaki & Riki Choshu vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & TARU & Toshizo 10:44

Taiwan Cup Semi Final Match: Suwama vs. Manabu Soya 15:54

Taiwan Cup Semi Final Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. Masayuki Kono 2:34

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama 13:28

Great Muta vs. Zodiac 11:21

Taiwan Cup Final Match: Suwama vs. Osamu Nishimura 24:23

11/21/09

Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. Minoru & Toshizo 16:16

Ryota Hama vs. Hiroshi Yamato 7:43

Akebono & Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu vs. KAI & Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada 11:58

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Masayuki Kono & Suwama [2] vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama [0] 12:50

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac [2] vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea [0] 18:50

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki [2] vs. Joe Doering & TARU [0] 13:42

AJPW STV 11/25/09 2009 World's Strongest Tag League #1 taped 11/23/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hate 7:26

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI vs. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo 17:31

NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Minoru & Toshizo 6:06

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Joe Doering & TARU [2] vs. Akebono & Ryota Hama [0] 12:32

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac [4] vs. Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada [0] 15:21

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki [4] vs. Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu [0] 18:21

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea [2] vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama [2] 26:17

AJPW BBanquet #244 12/21/09 2009 World's Strongest Tag League #6 taped 11/29/09 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
& AJPW BBanquet #245 1/4/10 2009 World's Strongest Tag League #11 Final taped 12/6/09 Gifu Industrial Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#244

Joe Doering vs. NOSAWA Rongai 4:54

Minoru & TARU vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI 11:11

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hate 3:38

Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura 14:54

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea [4] vs. Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki [6] 16:57

#245

Tag league highlights 12/1-12/5

Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo vs. Toshizo & Voodoo Mask 9:04

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Manabu Soya 9:53

Akebono & Kaz Hayashi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea 21:18

AJPW STV 12/8/09 2009 World's Strongest Tag League #7 taped 12/1/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama [6] vs. Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada [4]

NOSAWA Rongai vs. Toshizo 5:46

Kaz Hayashi & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI 11:15

Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Minoru 4:26

Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Osamu Nishimura & Shuji Kondo 12:34

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea [6] vs. Manabu Soya & Riki Choshu [8] 12:14

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Joe Doering & TARU [4] vs. Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac [8] 17:52

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki [7] vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama [7] 30:00

AJPW BBanquet #246 1/11/10 World's Strongest Tag League #11 Final taped 12/6/09 Gifu Industrial Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #247 1/18/10 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/13/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#246

Zodiac vs. Ryota Hama 9:21

Masanobu Fuchi & Riki Choshu vs. Minoru & TARU 10:05

World's Strongest Tag League 2009 Final Match: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama 26:13

#247

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kikutaro 9:08

Mima Shimoda & Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI 12:13

F-1 Tag Title Match: Kannazuki & Keiji Muto vs. Kendo Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka 15:01

AJPW BBanquet #248 1/25/10 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/13/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #249 2/1/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/2/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#248

Chashao Rope Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Ryota Hama 10:07

Three Way Match: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Osamu Nishimura vs. Shuji Kondo 10:43

Manabu Soya & Suwama vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada 24:21

#249

Shuji Kondo vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:10

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & Toshizo 11:56

Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea vs. Hate & Rene Dupree & TARU 9:59

Ten Man Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match: Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada & Suwama vs. Akebono & Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima 28:23 [14:14 & 3:15 & 10:54]

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