AJPW ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING 2007 DVD VHS
Zen Nihon Puroresu Videos ISO


AJ BBanquet #127 1/20/07 & AJ BBanquet #128 1/27/07 2007 New Year Shining Series 2007 Opening taped 1/2/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

AHII vs. Mastadon 2:54

Buchanan & D-Lo Brown & RO'Z vs. Akira Raijin & Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima 18:29

Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro 20:54

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki 14:37

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. TARU & YASSHI 16:04

14 Man Battle Royal: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Akira Raijin vs. D-Lo Brown vs. Keiji Muto vs. Kikutaro vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Nobukazu Hirai vs. Nobutaka Araya vs. RO'Z vs. Satoshi Kojima vs. Suwama vs. Taiyo Kea vs. TARU 8:38

AJPW Complete File 2007 1st Stage DVD 1/2/07-7/1/07
-3hr 10min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Digest of 1/2/07-7/1/07 tours plus the following complete matches

2/17/07 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 24:25

Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima 23:58

7/1/07 Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Keiji Muto 26:54

AJ BBanquet #129 2/3/07 & AJ BBanquet #130 2/10/07 2007 New Year Shining Series 2007 taped 1/7/07 Honkawagoe Pepe Hall Atlas
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Keiji Muto & Kikutaro & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Voodoo Murders D-Lo Brown & TARU & YASSHI 12:20

Buchanan & Shuji Kondo vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 18:05

Digest of RO'Z vs. Akira Raijin 3:52, Suwama vs. Nobutaka Araya 7:52, Taiyo Kea vs. Nobukazu Hirai 8:24

Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima & TAKA Michinoku vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai 26:02

AJ BBanquet #133 3/3/07 Pro-Wrestling Love In Okinawa taped 1/26/07 Okinawa Prefectural Budokan
& AJ BBanquet #134 3/10/07 Excite Series 2007 taped 2/12/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#133

Caesar Mask & Nobukazu Hirai vs. Kikutaro & Nobutaka Araya 6:35

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai 20:14

11 Man Battle Royal: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kikutaro vs. MAZADA vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Nobukazu Hirai vs. Nobutaka Araya vs. NOSAWA Rongai vs. Shisa Mask vs. Suwama vs. TAKA Michinoku 5:14

Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs. Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI 21:35

#134

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shuji Kondo & TARU 10:16

Keiji Muto & TAKA Michinoku & Toshiaki Kawada vs. RO'Z & Suwama & YASSHI 17:2

AJPW PURORESU LOVE 2007 in RYOGOKU Vol. 2 PPV 2/17/07 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr 5min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku vs. MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 8:10

Two On One Handicap Match: AHII vs. Mastadon & Tow Van John 6:01

SUWA & TARU vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Raimu Mishima 15:02

Akebono & Touru Owashi vs. Johnny Dunn & SUMO RIKISHI 9:37

Great Muta & TAJIRI vs. Goldustin & Hakushi 14:22

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 24:25

AJPW World Tag Title Decision Match: Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada vs. RO'Z & Suwama 22:31

Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima 23:58

AJPW Battle Station 3/19/07 All Japan Pro-Wrestling EX taped 3/17/07 Nagaoka Welfare Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect

Akira Raijin vs. Kiyonari Sanada 9:33

AKIRA & Nobukazu Hirai vs. Kikutaro & Nobutaka Araya 9:53

Voodoo Murders TARU & YASSHI vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Raimu Mishima 13:27

Voodoo Murders Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki 12:20

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Ryuji Hijikata - No Contest 18:11

Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea vs. Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 18:09

AJ BBanquet Live 2007 Champion Carnival #1 3/26/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 45min. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. Akira Raijin & Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata 7:42

Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kikutaro & Nobutaka Araya 6:48

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima [1] vs. TAJIRI [1] 11:58

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Suwama [1] vs. Taiyo Kea [1] 30:00

Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki & Raimu Mishima 13:34

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Minoru Suzuki [2] vs. RO'Z [0] 7:24

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Keiji Muto [2] vs. Toru Owashi [0] 17:23

AJ BBanquet #137 4/28/07 2007 Champion Carnival #2 taped 3/27/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #138 5/12/07 2007 Champion Carnival #3 taped 3/28/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#137

Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 10:24

Hiroshi Nagao & TAJIRI vs. Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata 5:54

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: RO'Z [2] vs. Toshiaki Kawada [0] 6:15

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima [3] vs. Minoru Suzuki [2] 17:31

#138

Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI vs. Kikutaro & Minoru Suzuki & Ryuji Hijikata 12:05

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima [5] vs. RO'Z [2] 10:53

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Kensuke Sasaki [3] vs. Taiyo Kea [2] 30:00

AJ BBanquet #139 5/19/07 2007 Champion Carnival #2 taped 3/28/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #140 5/26/07 2007 Champion Carnival #3 taped 3/29/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#139

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Nobutaka Araya & Toru Owashi vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 8:04

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Toshiaki Kawada [2] vs. TAJIRI [0] 14:09

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Keiji Muto [4] vs. Suwama [3] 25:17

#140

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Taiyo Kea [4] vs. Toru Owashi [0] 14:24

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Keiji Muto & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Voodoo Murders Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI 13:20

Champion Carnival 2007 Block A Match: Suwama [5] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [3] 0:16

AJ BBanquet #141 6/2/07 2007 Champion Carnival #4 taped 3/29/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #142 6/16/07 Hold Out Tour 2007 taped 4/30/07 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#141

Akira Raijin & Nobutaka Araya & Satoshi Kojima vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 11:15

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: TAJIRI [2] vs. RO'Z [2] 5:04

Champion Carnival 2007 Block B Match: Minoru Suzuki [3] vs. Toshiaki Kawada [3] 30:00

#142

Shuji Kondo & Suwama & TARU vs. Akira Raijin & Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima 18:21

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. YASSHI 23:37

AJ BBanquet 4/7/07 2007 Champion Carnival taped 3/30/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

TARU & Kohei Suwama & RO'Z vs. Akira Raijin & Kiyonari Sanada & T28

Champion Carnival A Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toru Owashi

Champion Carnival A Block: Keiji Muto vs. Taiyo Kea

Champion Carnival B Block: TAJIRI vs. Minoru Suzuki

Champion Carnival B Block: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima

Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku & El NOSAWA Mendoza vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai

Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Hijikata

Champion Carnival Final: Keiji Muto vs. Toshiaki Kawada

AJPW Battle Station Near Live 4/22/07 Hold Out Tour 2007 taped 4/22/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 20min. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

Akira Raijin vs. T28 7:53

Nobukazu Hirai & Nobutaka Araya vs. Kiyonari Sanada & Ryuji Hijikata 9:07

Keiji Muto & Kikutaro & Masanobu Fuchi vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 20:11

Vampiro vs. Toshiaki Kawada 4:30

AKIRA & TAJIRI vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki 14:23

Shuji Kondo & Suwama & TARU & YASSHI vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea 21:33

AJ BBanquet #143 6/23/07 2007 Hold Out Tour Final taped 4/30/07 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
& AJ BBanquet #144 6/30/07 2007 Rise Up Tour taped 5/13/07 Korakuen Hall & 5/27/07 Kobe Sambo Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#143

Ryuji Hijikata & T28 vs. Kiyonari Sanada & Nobukazu Hirai 8:04

El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. Kikutaro & Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya 16:08

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Great Muta & Vampiro 26:06

Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. TAJIRI 13:26

#144 taped 5/27/07

5/13/07: MAZADA & YAMADA vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Pepe Michinoku 8:24

AMADA vs. Kikutaro 11:52

El NOSAWA Mendoza vs. Shuji Kondo 7:54

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Ryuji Hijikata 19:21

AJPW Battle Station Near Live 5/13/07 Rise Up Tour 2007 taped 5/13/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 35min. Q=Near Perfect. 1 DVD

T28 vs. Seiya Sanada 8:12

Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya vs. Kikutaro & Nobukazu Hirai 9:15

MAZADA & YAMADA vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Pepe Michinoku 8:24

Suwama & Voodoo Mask vs. Akira Raijin & Brute Issei 15:57

Dick Togo & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Miguel Hayashi Jr. 14:30

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Satoshi Kojima 16:05

Hawaiian Lion & Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea vs. Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI 17:08

AJ BBanquet #145 7/14/07 Yes, Pro-Wrestling Love taped 5/27/07 Kobe Sambo Hall
& AJ BBanquet #146 7/21/07 Muto Festival taped 6/10/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#145

MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki vs. Hawaiian Lion & Keiji Muto 19:59

T28 vs. Seiya Sanada 10:24

Kensuke Sasaki & Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea vs. Suwama & TARU & YASSHI 19:53

#146

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kikutaro 10:28

Kensuke Sasaki vs. T28 9:00

F-1 Tag Title Match: Kannazuki & Keiji Muto vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Ryuhei Kamishima 14:32

AJ BBanquet #147 7/28/07 Muto Festival taped 6/10/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #148 8/4/07 CROSSOVER 2007 Final taped 7/1/07 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#147

Los Mexican Amigos (Nobutaka Araya & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & NOSAWA Mendoza & Pepe Michinoku) vs. AKIRA & Phil Atlas & Ryuji Hijikata & Nobukazu Hirai

Satoshi Kojima vs. Seiya Sanada

Muto Rumble: Kaz Hayashi & Kannazaki & Keiji Muto & Space Lone Wolf vs. Nobutaka Araya & Kikuto-senshu & Lingerie Muto & Nise Great Muta

#148

Junior Heavyweight League Final: Chris Sabin vs. Shuji Kondo 12:30 of 15:45. Exciting match pitting Sabin's flying against Kondo's power. Sabin ran circles around Kondo, hitting all sorts of hot moves, but was flattened whenever Kondo managed to get hold of him. The match was mainly a showcase for Sabin's athleticism, as Kondo went out of his way to allow him to shine. They blew the setup for Sabin's reverse Frankensteiner, but otherwise they worked really well together. I particularly enjoyed Sabin headscissoring Kondo off the apron. ***1/2

Taiyo Kea & Kensuke Sasaki & Seiya Sanada vs. Satoshi Kojima & Suwama & TARU

AJPW Battle Station Near Live 6/24/07 CROSSOVER 2007 taped 6/24/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Taiyo Kea & Hawaiian Lion & Phil Atlas vs. Nobukazu Hirai & T28 & Joe Doering 9:22

Junior Heavyweight League A Block: Pepe Michinoku vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza 7:45

Junior Heavyweight League B Block: Chris Sabin vs. AKIRA 12:33

Satoshi Kojima & Kensuke Sasaki & Seiya Sanada vs. TARU & Suwama & "brother" YASSHI 17:24

Keiji Muto & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA 15:40

Junior Heavyweight League B Block: Dick Togo vs. Miguel Hayashi Jr. 18:35

Junior Heavyweight League A Block: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shuji Kondo 19:47

AJ BBanquet #149 8/11/07 CROSSOVER 2007 Final taped 7/1/07 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
& AJ BBanquet #150 8/18/07 2007 Pro-Wrestling Love For Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction taped 7/15/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#149

Kikutaro vs. YASSHI 6:31

El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. Dick Togo & MAZADA & Phil Atlas 13:18

Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Keiji Muto 26:54

#150

Miguel Hayashi Jr. vs. Yujiro Kushida 13:42

MAZADA & TANAKA vs. Nobutaka Araya & Pepe Michinoku 6:10

Minoru Suzuki vs. Ryuji Hijikata 7:15

AJPW Battle Station 7/9/07 NOSAWA Bom-Ba-Ye 4 ~If Rongai Laughs, Then So Shall Shinkiba~ taped 7/6/07 Tokyo Shinkiba 1st RING
-2hr. Q=Perfect

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AJPW Complete File 2007 2nd Stage DVD 7/6/07-12/16/07
-3hr 25min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Digest of 7/6/07-12/16/07 tours plus the following complete matches

8/26/07 Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Kensuke Sasaki 42:07

10/18/07 Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada 26:05

12/9/07 World's Strongest Tag League 2007 Final Match: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto vs. Satoshi Kojima & Suwama 26:05

AJ BBanquet #151 8/25/07 2007 Summer Action Series Opening taped 7/15/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #152 9/8/07 Pro-Wrestling Love For Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction taped 7/29/07 Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Hall #3
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#151

Joe Doering & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Taiyo Kea vs. Shuji Kondo & TARU & YASSHI 12:04

Satoshi Kojima & Suwama vs. Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki 23:05

#152

Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. MAZADA & TANAKA 14:02

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki & Ryuji Hijikata 18:41

AJPW PURORESU LOVE 2007 in RYOGOKU Vol. 3 PPV 8/26/07 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr 10min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kikutaro vs. Nobutaka Araya 9:52

Hawaiian Lion & Joe Doering & Phil Atlas vs. Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata & Yujiro Kushida 7:50

Shuji Kondo & YASSHI vs. Seiya Sanada & T28 6:01

Losing Team Must Dismiss: El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. MAZADA & TANAKA & YAMADA 11:38

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Chris Sabin 18:21

Great Muta & TAJIRI vs. Scott Steiner & Suwama 15:02

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima & TARU 24:37

Triple Crown Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Kensuke Sasaki 42:07. Kind of an odd match. Sasaki comes in injured, as Suzuki refused to release an armbar on 8/19, and they do a compelling but excessively padded story match where Sasaki keeps injuring himself every time he does a signature move, so he has to compromise, improvise, and eventually just suck it up. Seemingly, Sasaki's plan was to have a short explosive encounter, but he reinjured the arm on the opening lariat, and was forced to shun his normal style. This left Sasaki doing something of a technical match, which isn't at all his thing. Sasaki's scientific grappling is quite basic, training school stuff, so this winds up being more of a 1950's match with the Kawada ball control headlock. What made Suzuki stand out when he was younger was his intensity & urgency, but he does oddly little to counter Sasaki's endless headlocks or engage him in any sort of back and forth or counter oriented wrestling, seemingly keeping things as simplistic for Sasaki as can be, and you get the idea he feels his opponent blows to the point Suzuki just never really tries to do anything to find his own form. When Suzuki does take the offensive, he's ironically not that technical, opting more for inciting & abusing Sasaki with sadistic heel oriented arm work that requires little cooperation. Sasaki eventually tries for another explosive sequence, but hurts the arm himself exchanging chops before Suzuki cuts him off with a kick to the arm. Next he gets injured coming back with his ipponzeio, but from here he switches to the usual pro wrestling use it then sell it style. Sasaki's lack of mat skill really hurts the match, as his seeming inability to counter leads to being trapped in armbars for excessively long periods of time before finally making it from the center to the ropes. Sasaki never really finds his element here, and Sasaki out of his element is never a good thing. Because it's pro wrestling, the guy who has every logical reason to lose this time instead triumphs over sanity.

AJ BBanquet #155 10/6/07 2007 Flashing Tour Opening taped 9/16/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #156 10/13/07 2007 Flashing Tour Final taped 9/29/07 Hakata Starlanes
-1hr 45min. Q=Perfect

#155

AKIYOSHI & TANAKA vs. Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 8:45

Minoru Suzuki vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza 6:09

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Satoshi Kojima & Shuji Kondo 17:13

#156

Joe Doering & Seiya Sanada vs. Shuji Kondo & Suwama 9:21

Satoshi Kojima & TARU & YASSHI vs. Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea & Zach Gowen 17:48. No end. last 15 minutes of show missing

AJ BBanquet #157 10/20/07 2007 Flashing Tour Final taped 9/29/07 Hakata Starlanes
& AJ BBanquet #158 10/27/07 2007 Shining Series taped 10/8/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#157

MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki & Silver King vs. El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku 16:55

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Ryuji Hijikata & Toshiaki Kawada 16:34

#158

Abdullah The Butcher & Nobutaka Araya vs. Nobukazu Hirai & Seiya Sanada 10:07

MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki vs. Shuji Kondo & TARU 10:57

Satoshi Kojima & Suwama & YASSHI vs. Joe Doering & Keiji Muto & Zach Gowen 19:57

AJ BBanquet #159 11/3/07 2007 SHINING SERIES Opening taped 10/8/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #160 11/10/07 35th Anniversary PURORESU LOVE in YOYOGI!! taped 10/18/07 Tokyo Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#159

T28 vs. Yujiro Kushida

Silver King vs. Ryuji Hijikata

YAMADA & TANAKA & AKIYOSHI vs. Miguel Hayashi Jr. & PEPE Michinoku & Kikutaro

All Japan 35th Anniversary Special Tag Match: Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyo Kea & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Yamaguchi 23:38 of 31:04. Solid, high impact match that was no classic because it was kind of laid back, seemingly because they were going so long, but certainly very well executed brutality. Sasaki & Kea were the most energetic of the bunch early, and Nakajima got into it when he was in later on. Sasaki vs. Kawada was the main focus, including the massive Sasaki chop exchange, setting up their title match on 10/18/07. Yamaguchi was still quite green, but clearly trained in Sasaki's style. He wasn't a major part, and Fuchi was nowhere to be seen, which was just as well. The key segment had Kawada unloading on Sasaki, ultimately knocking him out with a couple enzuigiris. Nakajima & Yamaguchi went 2 on 3 while Sasaki recovered on the floor, but couldn't hold out long enough for him to clear the cobwebs, and wound up helping their dazed leader back to the locker room after the match. The ironic thing is Nakajima was actually the one injured in this match, sustaining a fractured bone in his wrist or lower arm. ***

#160

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Silver King 11:00 of 19:12. Excellent wrestling soiled by Vince style booking. Silver King can certainly still go. He had no problem amping up the stiffness, but it was fun seeing Nakajima alter his style and largely do an athletic junior style match, wrestling a much faster pace with more high spots than in his mostly stiff kicking displays teaming with Sasaki. They did a fast opening transitioning to the body where King abused Nakajima's fractured bone, leading to Akira Hokuto contemplating throwing in the towel. They were working on a really high level, but their strong, logical enough match quickly went awry when things got gimmicky and totally killed the momentum. First the ref gave Nakajima the match despite King clearly getting his foot on the ropes, which gave new commissioner Hiroshi Hase something to do, restarting the match. Silver King thought or decided he won with an armbar because the ref made him rope break, and told Hase that Nakajima couldn't continue and the belt was his. Then they quickly did a nonsensical double KO where Silver King couldn't get up from his own belly to back suplex for reasons known only to the booker. After the match, Shuji Kondo came in and took a cheap shot to the bad arm and ran off with Nakajima's title. ***

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada 14:32 of 26:05. Anyone who thinks Kawada is indifferent or washed up need only to see this match to understand the sort of awesomeness he's still more than capable of delivering when he has an opponent that will listen to him. Kawada was the one who got Kensuke out of the eight year lull that saw the once promising partner of Hiroshi Hase turned into the no selling Power Roider and then the bland, stalling heavyweight champion who failed to thrill us with his step over and grab the arm finisher. Their first match on 10/9/00 ushered in the new Sasaki, who is one of the best and most brutal wrestlers on the planet, and this latest entry was yet another classic. Kawada seems to know what Sasaki is lacking, and two of his biggest weaknesses were actually the strengths of this match. Sasaki is as stiff as they come now, but his chop exchanges are often rather masturbatory, and they take the place of actual wrestling maneuvers. Kawada did more or less as sick a match with Sasaki as Kobashi or anyone else has, but he got both men to portray the damage of the bludgeoning blows rather than just stand toe to toe and blast away in a battle of machismo. He also got Sasaki to mix things up by using his bombs and suplexes, building the match around Sasaki's Northern Lights bomb. They teased the Northern Lights bomb on the floor twice before Sasaki practically knocking Kawada out with it early on, but that wasn't enough for Sasaki, he dragged a still groggy Kawada up and aimed to deliver an encore but the ref stepped in. Kawada spent the majority of the match trying to battle back from this cataclysmic blow. If that wasn't enough, when Kawada was finally beginning to dominate, he sustained a nasty cut on his left eyelid, seemingly from his own vertical drop brainbuster, that was running into the eye socket. They really ratcheted the pace up in the final minutes. They didn't do a bunch of crazy head droppings, but in later 90's Kawada style, the match was ultimately more about the big moves than about the stiffness, culminating with Sasaki using his Northern Lights bomb to retain. Both men showed great stamina and were working on the highest level throughout this spirited, dramatic encounter. Sasaki showed none of the awkwardness or clumsyness that usually occurs when he branches out from stiffness. It was the best he's worked in years, and that says a lot given he's had a number of excellent matches the past few years. It's a shame this wasn't a PPV or even a Near Live, as I suspect both matches would have benefitted quite a bit from being seen in their proper, complete form, particularly this one which was even well thought out. ****1/4

AJ BBanquet #163 12/8/07 2007 World's Strongest Tag League Opening taped 11/23/07 Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #164 12/15/07 2007 World's Strongest Tag League Final taped 12/9/07 Osaka Prefectural Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#163

Shuji Kondo vs. Manabu Soya 8:42

TARU & YASSHI & Zodiac vs. Hawaiian Lion & Nobukazu Hirai & Taiyo Kea 11:33

Joe Doering & Keiji Muto [2] vs. Satoshi Kojima & Suwama [0] 23:03

#164

tag league review

Tag League 2007 Finalist Decision Match: Satoshi Kojima & Suwama vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Toshiaki Kawada 15:18

AJPW Battle Station 12/8/07 2007 World's Strongest Tag League taped 12/3/07 Nagoya International Conference Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Shuji Kondo & YASSHI vs. MAZADA & Tatsushi Yamaguchi 10:48

Pepe Michinoku & Seiya Sanada vs. Manabu Soya & Osamu Nishimura 17:01

El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. vs. TARU & Zodiac by DQ 7:54

World's Strongest Tag League 2007 Match: Hawaiian Lion & Taiyo Kea [6] vs. Nobutaka Araya & Toru Owashi [2] 21:34

World's Strongest Tag League 2007 Match: Satoshi Kojima & Suwama [8] vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Minoru Suzuki [8] 12:13

World's Strongest Tag League 2007 Match: Kensuke Sasaki & Toshiaki Kawada [6] vs. Joe Doering & Keiji Muto [9] 21:10

AJ BBanquet #165 12/22/07 2007 World's Strongest Tag League Final taped 12/9/07 Osaka Prefectural Gym
& AJ BBanquet #166 1/5/07 2007 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/16/07 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#165

Shuji Kondo & TARU & Zodiac vs. Abdullah The Butcher & MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki 15:24

Osamu Nishimura vs. YASSHI 7:31

World's Strongest Tag League 2007 Final Match: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto vs. Satoshi Kojima & Suwama 26:05

#166

Rey Minoru (Minoru Suzuki) & El NOSAWA Mendoza & Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku vs. Kikutaro & Ryuji Hijikata & T28 & Tatsushi Yamaguchi 13:34

eating contest

AJ BBanquet #167 1/12/08 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/16/07 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJ BBanquet #168 1/19/08 2008 Shinshun Shining Series taped 1/2/08 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#167

Manabu Soya vs. Masanobu Fuchi

F-1 Tag Title: Keiji Muto & Kannazaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & The Nitsuchi 15:19

Satoshi Kojima & Shuji Kondo vs. Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada

#168

Hajime Suruga Debut Match: Hajime Suruga vs. Manabu Soya

Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA & T28 vs. Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku & NOSAWA Rongai

Zodiac & Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI vs. Osamu Nishimura & Taiyo Kea & Seiya Sanada

AJPW Impersonation Puroresu Gundan VS All Japan Pro Wrestling F-1 Tag Champion Belt Battle History DVD 3/21/06-12/16/07
-2hr 40min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

3/21/06: Kaz Hayashi & Kensuke Sasaki vs. AKIRA & Masanobu Fuchi 26:20

12/15/06: Kannazuki & Keiji Muto vs. Haraguchi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan 13:20

6/10/07 Muto Rumble: Kannazuki & Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto & Space Lone Wolf vs. Kikutaro & Lingerie Muto & Nise Great Muta & Nobutaka Araya 20:00

12/16/07 F-1 Tag Title: Keiji Muto & Kannazaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & The Nitsuchi 15:19

11/3/06: The Great Muta vs. Keiji Muto

PARTY*FORTY vol. 3 11/3/03 Shinkiba 1st RING

Gomu vs. Hiroshi Hase (fake)

Tiger Mask (fake) & Seiya Sanada vs. Andre The Giant (fake) & T28

Nobukazu Hirai & Nobutaka Araya vs. Girl Sone

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