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4/13:
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Grand
Champion Carnival 4/13 Tokyo Nippon Budokan 16,000 sellout |
4/10:
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4/10
Tsukisappu Green Dome 5,800 sellout |
4/9:
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4/9
Kitama Shiritsu Taiiku Center 2,250 sellout |
4/8:
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4/8
Kushiro Shi Tottori Dome 2,800 sellout Champion
Carnival league matches: |
4/6:
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4/6
Hakodate Shimin Taiikukan 2,600 Champion
Carnival league matches: |
4/4:
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4/4
Hachinohei Shi Taiikukan 2,700 Champion
Carnival league matches: Kojima
has clinched 1st in A Block with 10 points. With Kawada's
spot being vacated, that leaves either Barton or Nagai
to advance. Barton has a 7 pt to 6 pt lead and is the
only guy in contention with two matches left, so he's
obviously the odds on favorite even though with Kawada
out it would be a good time to have a surprise native
(especially Kawada's ally) step up. Barton's matches
are against Kojima & Arashi, while Nagai has a match
he should win against Steele. |
4/3:
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4/3
Kesennuma Shi Sogo Taiikukan 1,100 sellout Champion
Carnival league matches: |
4/2:
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4/2
Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center 3,100 |
4/1:
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4/1
Nagaoka 3,300 sellout |
3/7:
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Kae gave notice that he'd demolish Kawada's right elbow en route to victory when they have their Champion Carnival league match on 4/7. |
3/5:
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Close to the worse thing that could happen to All Japan talent wise did. Toshiaki Kawada has a right elbow injury and is facing a long range absence. Kawada will wrestle the Champion Carnival series and NJ's Tokyo Dome show injured and then sit out for an undetermined amount of time. As best as I can translate, four bones in the elbow of the arm he broke during the match where he captured the titles from Misawa for the 2nd time have shifted. Kawada hopes to be able to return later this year and have a singles match against Choshu on a Dome show (he'd probably have to be back by October for this to happen). How All Japan is going to draw in his absence is beyond me. |
3/4:
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3/4 Tokyo Korakuen
Hall 1,720 |
3/3:
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3/3 Kanagawa Yokohama
Bunka Taiikukan 4,500 |
3/2:
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3/2 Osaka Furitsu
Taiikukan 2 1,400 |
3/1:
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3/1 Hiroshima Kenritsu
Fukuyama Sangyo Koryukan 1,050 |
2/27:
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2/27 Hondo Shimin
Center 1,800 sellout |
2/26:
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2/26 Miyakonjo
Shi Taiikukan 2,000 sellout |
2/24:
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2/24 Hakata Starlane
1,500 |
2/23:
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2/23 Sasebo Shi
Taiiku Bunkakan 1,400 sellout |
2/22:
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2/22 Yanai Shi
Taiikukan 1,250 |
2/21:
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The rest of the 3/3 card was announced. The #1, 2, & 3 finishers in the champion carnival qualifying tournament will have a singles match with Kawada, Barton, & Smith respectively. Kawada is still interested in fighting Nakanishi on this show, but Nakanishi is wrestling on the NJ show in Niigata that starts the same time so I can't see it happening yet. Unless a couple of the carnival qualifiers are going to beat the guys that are already in to get across the idea that they won't just be filling out the blocks, it's pretty pointless to have them fight the guys in the main league now and then again on the next tour during the actual league. |
2/19:
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Masahito Kakihara is out for at least the current series with a broken bone around his left eye. This screws up the qualifying league. It's equal for everyone because since he hasn't had any league matches, they all get a free win over him. The booker(s) probably get the "fun" of rebooking the whole tournament though. |
2/18:
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2/18 Tokyo Korakuen
Hall 2,100 sellout |
2/17:
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Taiyo Kea hasn't cut his hair even though he promised to do so if he lost to Keiji Muto on 1/28. |
2/6:
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Masa Fuchi asked Keiji Muto to be Taiyo Kea's second for the 3/3 match against Genichiru Tenryu. If Muto shows up, the two will probably also tag at some point. Since Muto is one of the most popular big name wrestlers and Kea still is still struggling for respect, the attempt for glory by association certainly can't hurt. |
2/1:
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Taiyo Kea will
get a chance to become the quickest 5 crown king in All Japan history.
In order to do so, he first has to fend of the tag title challenge of
Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo on 2/24. Then he has to defeat the
legendary Genichiru Tenryu for the Sankan Heavykyu Senshuken on 3/3.
Since the 3/3 show that ends the tour isn't at Budokan, Kea is the best
choice for Tenryu's opponent because it gets him into the singles title
mix without asking him to draw 16,300 fans, which obviously he can't
do. I think the title retains enough credibility that they can get the
5,000 or so needed for the sellout on 3/3, and even though Kea will
lose, the match should be done in a way where it at least could increase
his drawing power for future big matches. The way they've set this up
means that Kea & Smith have to successfully defend on 2/24 because
otherwise Kea's stock has dropped and the promotion that he could be
the quickest guy to hold all 5 belts at once by 5 years (Misawa was
30, he's 25) is out the window. The one problem with putting Kea in
a title match is that he just lost a high profile interpromotional match
to Muto, so it once again points out that AJ has become the weak sister.
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1/30:
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Toshiaki Kawada
wasn't satisfied with drawing 58,700 on 1/28 because NJ drew 62,001
when he wrestled in the same building on 1/4. He'll continue to work
in both leagues, but AJ reconstruction is obviously his top priority.
He wants to have his first match against Riki Choshu in All Japan, I
guess because he believes that would outdraw whatever NJ presents in
the Tokyo Dome next time. |
1/28:
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Odo Shinseiki (New
Century Royal Road) 2001 1/28 Tokyo Dome 58,700 "sellout"
(papered and exaggerated) |
1/26:
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Abdullah The Butcher attacked Terry Funk with a weapon outside of Narita airport. |
1/24:
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Masa Fuchi was
angered by Keiji Muto's comment about All Japan not having any merit,
so he vowed to make Liger give up on 1/28. He wants a New Japan referee
to officiate the match so it will be a "handicap match" and
New Japan won't be able to make any excuses when they lose. |
1/23:
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Stan Hansen may become a junior high geography (I assume this is supposed to be history/social studies) teacher in the Colorado school that his 13-year-old son attends. |
1/22:
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Taiyo Kea promised he'd defeat Keiji Muto to return the favor (he brought him to Japan and took him under his wing) of the late Giant Baba. He said he'd attack Muto's bad knee and that Muto's skinhead looked pretty. Since he swore he'd win, Kea made up his own stipulation that he'll shave his head like Muto if he fails to get the job done. |
1/21:
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1/21 Tokyo Differ
Ariake 1,630 |
1/20:
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Genichiru Tenryu badly hurt his left knee on the 18th doing squats with a 300 kg barbell. He can't bend the knee now, so he's got it bandaged up and is going to try resting it until it gets better. Supposedly he could miss the 1/28 Dome show, but, if anything, it'll just be an excuse for him jobbing there. |
1/19:
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Hiroshi Hase and scouts are looking to discover guys that have potential to be the superstars of the next generation. He's especially interested in amateur wrestlers since that's his background. He'd work out with them when he had the chance, but mainly they'd be training at the dojo of whatever promotion they join/are accepted by, most likely All Japan. |
1/17:
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Toshiaki Kawada & Kensuke Sasaki shook hands on tv for the first time. Kawada was the one that requested the handshake, so Sasaki went along with it, although he had a "perplexed expression" on his face. The idea was that Sasaki was surprised since Kawada hadn't wanted to team with him. Whether it's just for the angle or not, Kawada has an uncanny knack for taking the right stance on these kind of issues. Unfortunately, no matter who wields the power in All Japan, they seem to always do the opposite of what Kawada "wants" anyway. Kawada still wants another match with Sasaki, but the idea behind him shaking his hand is that they are going to team so they may as well put their grudge aside for the moment and pool their strenghs to win their match. |
1/15:
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Taiyo Kea nominated Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo as the 1st challengers for the Sekai Tag Senshuken that he won with Johnny Smith yesterday. This would remidy some of the booking goofiness we've seen of late. By that I'm referring to the decision to not have the titles be on the line during the Sekai Saikyo tag league then to hold a decision match for the titles a month later without the winners of that league, Williams & Rotundo, even be one of the two teams in it. |
1/14:
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1/14 Tokyo Korakuen
Hall 2,100 sellout The full lineup
for the 1/28 Tokyo Dome show was announced. |
1/10:
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1/10 Osaka Furitsu
Taiikukaikan 1,400 |
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