1/10/05
AWA World Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Block B Final: Takao Omori vs. Wataru Sakata 8:08
AWA World Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Block A Final: Kohei Sato vs. Shinjiro Otani 14:33
AWA World Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Final: Takao Omori vs. Kohei Sato 14:08
1/23/05
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinal: Steve Corino vs. Masato Tanaka and Simon Diamond 10:13
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinal: Takao Omori vs. Kensuke Sasaki and Kohei Sato 8:08
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Takao Omori vs. Steve Corino 24:53
1/10/05 E-Style: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Minoru Fujita vs. Super Crazy 18:52
1/23/05 E-Style: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Sonjay Dutt & Spanky & Super Crazy 11:47
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Three Way Semifinal: Steve Corino vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Simon Diamond 10:13
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Three Way Semifinal: Takao Omori vs. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kohei Sato 8:08
Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Shinjiro Otani vs. Ryoji Sai 11:47
E-Style: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Sonjay Dutt & Spanky & Super Crazy 11:47
AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Takao Omori vs. Steve Corino 24:53
Ikuto Hidaka vs. Osamu Namiguchi 5:18 of 9:24. Hidaka led Namiguchi through a passable junior style match mixing athleticism and submission. There was no doubt Hidaka was going to win, it was just about Namiguchi gaining some experience in the meantime. *3/4
Juventud Guerrera vs. Shinsuke Z Yamagasa 11:21
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Rikiya Fudo (Kuroge Waguta) 4:44
Steve Corino & Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Fujita & Takao Omori 18:56. An epic stallfest. There's old school, and then there's competing with The Rock for most chinlocks. After 13 minutes of doing nothing they woke up, and went through their favorite moves for the final 6. That final portion was quality, mainly due to obvious jobber Fujita, but I was just annoyed by then. Kojima was the 2nd best, but more because his talent even when simply going through the motions exceeds the capability of the others. *3/4
E-Style: Super Crazy & Masato Tanaka vs. Sonjay Dutt & Spanky 14:20. A tribute to ECW that was a lot of fun, though not exactly what you'd call a good match. It was highly athletic with a lengthy brawling sequence, but just too sloppy with everyone but Tanaka looking lame on at least one occasion. They brawled all over the arena early, using whatever objects they could find and teasing tossing each other off the balcony. After a triple dive sequence off the balcony, they returned to the ring and proceeded to have a regular junior style match. Tanaka & Crazy showed some nice teamwork including a superplex/superfly combo and a spot I've never seen before where Crazy Romero specialed Spanky onto a chair then Tanaka dropkicked the chair into his face. You never really felt like Tanaka's team could lose this match, and the finish was thus rather anticlimactic. **1/2
Shinjiro Otani & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kohei Sato & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 17:32. Having Otani & Sasaki come out and dominate didn't add intensity or drama to what already seemed an academic main event. Sato performed admirably, doing his best to stand up to the veterans, but it was more energy and enthusiasm than ability. He was the main striker, still trying to parlay his 2 MMA bouts into puroresu credibility. Sato did eventually have a good run, but then Sasaki overwhelmed Takaiwa with his strength. Sasaki didn't do many chops here, instead just being a brute and overwhelming the opposition with his power offense. It was pretty much one way traffic when Sasaki was in, but while Otani did sell some, he generally did a lot less to distinguish himself. In the end, Sasaki & Sato did enough to make it worthwhile, but the outcome was never in doubt so it felt more like a nice semicompetitive undercard runthrough than a main event. **1/2
Osamu Namiguchi vs. Lil Nate 8:15
Kevin Steen vs. Takashi Sasaki 11:25
Mixed Tag Match: Amazing Kong & Steve Corino vs. Saki Maemura & Spanky 9:04
AWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ricky Reyes 13:51
Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. CW Anderson & Jay Lethal 16:48
Japanese E-Style Tag Match: Kohei Sato & Shinjiro Otani vs. Ryoji Sai & Takao Omori 17:17
Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match: Dick Togo & Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley & Masato Tanaka 18:22
Osamu Namiguchi vs. Lil Nate 8:15
Kevin Steen vs. Takashi Sasaki 11:25
Mixed Tag Match: Amazing Kong & Steve Corino vs. Saki Maemura & Spanky 9:04
AWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ricky Reyes 13:51
Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. CW Anderson & Jay Lethal 16:48
Japanese E-Style Tag Match: Kohei Sato & Shinjiro Otani vs. Ryoji Sai & Takao Omori 17:17
Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match: Dick Togo & Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley & Masato Tanaka 18:22
3/27/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
NWA United National Heavyweight Title Decision Match: CW Anderson vs. Kohei Sato 10:28
NWA International Lightweight Tag Title Decision Match: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Alex Shelley & Spanky 17:47
AWA World Heavyweight Title: Takao Omori vs. Shinjiro Otani vs. Steve Corino 20:13
4/14/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight & NWA/UPW/ZERO-ONE International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Super Crazy vs. Ikuto Hidaka 14:00
AWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Takao Omori vs. Justin McCully 13:30
NWA Intercontinental Tag Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani 19:18
Minoru Fujita vs. Rikiya Fudo 13:24
Osamu Namiguchi vs. Ou Kensyo R3 0:19
Justin McCully & King Adamo vs. Ryoji Sai & Tengu Kaiser 14:18
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kohei Sato 11:15
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Masato Tanaka 17:23
AWA World Heavyweight Title: Takao Omori vs. Hirotaka Yokoi 18:45
Rikiya Fudo vs. Fuyuki Takahashi 8:13
April Hunter & King Adamo & Slyck Wagner Brown vs. Eddie Edwards & Minoru Fujita & Sumie Sakai 18:13
Differ Cup Participation Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Osamu Namiguchi 7:18
WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight & NWA/UPW/ZERO-ONE International Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Super Crazy vs. Ikuto Hidaka 13:31 of 14:00. I really like the way both of these guys move. They did a fun Lucha Libre style match, starting with some nice gymnastic rolling and tumbling. I could have lived without some of the walking around the arena, but it developed into a high flying match with Hidaka hitting tijeras off the stage and off the entrance way. Hidaka hit a tornado DDT onto a chair when they went outside again, and later Crazy hit a quebrada, but they spent way too much time on the floor for what they did there overall. There was 10 minutes of very good, slick action here, plus some meandering because Crazy has to have some brawling. ***1/4
AWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Takao Omori vs. Justin McCully 13:30
NWA Intercontinental Tag Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani 19:18
King Adamo vs. Rikiya Fudo 8:39
Eddie Edwards & Kintaro Kanemura & Sumie Sakai vs. April Hunter & Slyck Wagner Brown & The Sandman 11:28
NWA International Lightweight Tag Title: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Osamu Namiguchi & Yoshihito Sasaki 12:54
Man Chess Cup Tournament Participation: Masato Tanaka vs. Super Crazy 12:00
Justin McCully & Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Shinjiro Otani & Takao Omori & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 18:39
4/14/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: April Hunter & King Adamo & Slyck Wagner Brown vs. Eddie Edwards & Minoru Fujita & Sumie Sakai 18:13
Osamu Namiguchi vs. Eddie Edwards 6:50
Amazing Kong vs. Tanny Mouse 7:00
Takao Omori & Kamikaze vs. Ryoji Sai & Yoshihito Sasaki 13:47
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Kohei Sato & Fuyuki Takahashi 14:20
Final E-Night: Masato Tanaka & Super Crazy vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita 19:19
Takao Omori & Kamikaze vs. Ryoji Sai & Yoshihito Sasaki 13:47
Amazing Kong vs. Tanny Mouse 7:00
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Kohei Sato & Fuyuki Takahashi 14:20
Final E-Night: Masato Tanaka & Super Crazy vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita 11:16 of 19:19. Super Crazy was leaving for Chainsaw Vinnie's morgue, so this was his big wrestling farewell. He did some impressive athletic, counter laden sequences with Hidaka, though it was mostly Hidaka's doing. Hidaka was simply in a league of his own here, and no one could have kept up with him except that wouldn't really have helped the match. But his speed, quickness, athleticism, body control, and timing were standing out in a major way. Unfortunately, Fujita was lacking all those things. He seemed to be injured and just kind of trying to half ass his way through the match, almost just hoping no one would notice that he was going through the motions. Tanaka was good, and it's to his credit that he can wrestle as proficiently in the junior style as he does normally in the heavyweight division. This time he did his superfly and Crazy followed with his moonsault. They kept cutting here and there, so the rhythm was a bit off and I wasn't expecting the match to end already when Crazy turned the Shawn capture into his rolling Crazy. *** range
4/23/05
Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Super Crazy 10:53
Shinjiro Otani vs. Fuyuki Takahashi 11:47
Takao Omori vs. Ikuto Hidaka 8:45 of 10:53. Good little junior vs. heavy match. Omori did a great job of taking Hidaka's moves the way one of his junior opponents would, not slowing him down or making things look clumsy as you'd expect from a heavy. Omori's own offense was pretty lame, mainly rough housing and restmissions, but Hidaka's hot breaks made the match. It was too short and Hidaka didn't exactly push, but it was a far better worked match than I expected, and definitely quite exciting when Hidaka was on offense. **1/4
Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ryoji Sai & Rikiya Fudo 14:12 of 17:52. Tanaka made what could simply have been a standard glorified squash interesting. They roughed Fudo up, with Tanaka putting him through a table with a diving body press then busting him open breaking the table half over his head. Fudo finally made the hot tag, and Sai turned it into a match with his energetic and enthusiastic work, pushing the pace and working some good sequences. Fudo showed no particular skill and was merely carryable, but Tanaka vs. Sai was genuinely good. You knew Sai's team had no chance, but they at least worked themselves into the match during the later stages. **3/4
14-Man Battle Royal 10:02
5Min 2R: Osamu Namiguchi vs. Ou Kensyo R1 3:19
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Masato Tanaka 17:23
AWA World Heavyweight Title: Takao Omori vs. Hirotaka Yokoi 18:45
12/24/03: Shinjiro Otani vs. Shinya Hashimoto 19:54
11/5/04: Fugofugo Yumeji vs. Ou Kensyo
11/11/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Martial Arts: Ou Kensyo vs. Osamu Namiguchi 2:12
1/10/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall AWA World Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Final: Takao Omori vs. Kohei Sato 14:08
1/23/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Takao Omori vs. Steve Corino 24:53
4/10/05
Minoru Fujita vs. Rikiya Fudo 13:24
5Min 2R: Osamu Namiguchi vs. Ou Kensyo R1 3:19
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kohei Sato 11:15
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Masato Tanaka 17:23
5/26/05
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block B Match: Alex Shelley [4] vs. Osamu Namiguchi [0] 8:45
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block B Match: Ikuto Hidaka [6] vs. PSYCHO [4] 9:21
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Kamikaze & Takao Omori 30:00
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament Block A Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa [4] vs. Gamma [3] 16:44
Takeshi Sasaki & Masanobu Kurisu vs. Rikiya Fudo & MIYAWAKI 9:46
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament B Block: PSYCHO [2] vs. Alex Shelley [0] 9:52
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament A Block: Minoru Fujita [2] vs. Danshoku Dino [0] 9:41
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament B Block: Ikuto Hidaka [2] vs. Takehiro Murahama [0] 12:56
Takao Omori & Kamikaze vs. Jason the Legend & Justin McCully 15:48
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament A Block: Tatsuhito Takaiwa [2] vs. Yoshihito Sasaki [0] 16:34
Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai & GAMMA vs. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka & Osamu Namiguchi 15:48
Takeshi Sasaki & Masanobu Kurisu vs. Rikiya Fudo & MIYAWAKI 9:46
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament B Block: PSYCHO [2] vs. Alex Shelley [0] 6:14 of 9:52. Some decent British style chain wrestling at the outset leading into the more flashy & athletic counters. Shelley was the base, trying to set up PSYCHO, who is just a fantastic athlete though one who is very much still trying to figure out how to capitalize on that. It was entertaining enough while it lasted, but felt very incomplete. **1/4
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament A Block: Minoru Fujita [2] vs. Danshoku Dino [0] 9:41. I guess when Tomohiro Ishii can make the finals I can't really defend the standard or rich history of the Tenka-ichi tournament, but at least he tries to do something beyond fondle his opponent. This match boasted the silliest croch spot ever. Deino was standing with 1 foot on the middle rope and 1 foot on the top rope poised for a diving move when Fujita dropkicked the top rope to try to knock him off. Instead of falling then or doing the flying move, Deino stands up and starts doing a rope walk (in the opposite direction of where Fujita is lying no less) and then suddenly is "knocked" off balance by the reverberation or something. Well, that about summed how good this one was up, but Deino did eventually pull Fujita's pants down just in case Ricky Fuji was the lone remaining member of the audience who hadn't flipped the channel yet. -*
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament B Block: Ikuto Hidaka [2] vs. Takehiro Murahama [0] 8:17 of 12:56. The one match in the tournament you absolutely couldn't wait to see, so of course it's short to begin with and then they inexplicably edit nearly 5 minutes out in favor of Deino's ball squeezing. Oy! Two of the best athletes in the sport doing a back and forth, high energy sprint. It was very fluid and perfectly executed, but just so rushed it felt more like an exhibition. Murahama kept flurrying with kicks while Hidaka attacked the knee with high spots to set up the Shawn capture. What they did looked great, but it just had no time to develop. **3/4 range
Takao Omori & Kamikaze vs. Jason the Legend & Justin McCully 15:48
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament A Block: Tatsuhito Takaiwa [2] vs. Yoshihito Sasaki [0] 16:34
Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai & GAMMA vs. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka & Osamu Namiguchi 15:48
5/27/05
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block B Match: Takehiro Murahama [6] vs. Osamu Namiguchi [0] 9:51
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block A Match: Danshoku Dino [3] vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [5] 12:34
Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani vs. Kamikaze & Takao Omori 15:40
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block A Match: Yoshihito Sasaki [5] vs. Minoru Fujita [4] 18:47
5/29/05
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block A Decision Match: Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 12:41
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Block B Decision Match: Takehiro Murahama vs. Ikuto Hidaka 9:01
Special Rules Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Takashi Sasaki 11:50
Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Kazuhiko Matsuzaki & Kazuhiko Ogasawara 10:22
Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005 Final Match: Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Takehiro Murahama 19:44
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Ryoji Sai 7:30
Kamikaze vs. Kazuhiko Matsuzaki 2:05
Kazuhiko Matsuzaki & Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Masashi Aoyagi vs. Kamikaze & Osamu Namiguchi & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 4:00
Gay World Anal Title Match: Takao Omori vs. Danshoku Dino 8:02
Masato Tanaka & Ryan Sakoda & Shinjiro Otani vs. Hirotaka Yokoi & Kohei Sato & Yoshihito Sasaki 14:36
AWA/ZERO1-MAX/UPW/WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Minoru Fujita 23:32 of 23:51. They didn't struggle and resist each other enough, so the match wasn't that good when they weren't moving fast enough to sort of mask that. They did a decent amount of good stuff, but the match would die out every time they slowed down because their cooperation was too apparent. There was a cool spot where Hidaka cut off Fujita's tope with a kneel kick as Fujita was beginning to dive through the middle rope. Fujita put Hidaka through a table with a diving body press.
Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Masashi Aoyagi vs. Masato Tanaka & Rikiya Fudo 8:24
Fire Festival 2005 Participation Match: Hirotaka Yokoi vs. Minoru Fujita 9:42
Fire Festival 2005 Participation Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Rikiya Fudo 11:28
Fire Festival 2005 Participation Match: Takao Omori vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 13:18
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Kamikaze 8:42
Macho Pump vs. Osamu Namiguchi 10:15
NWA Intercontinental Tag Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Hardkore Kidd & Ryan Sakoda 19:29
AWA/ZERO1-MAX/UPW/WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Yoshihito Sasaki 14:41
Echigoya Tamasaburo vs. Back Face
Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Masashi Aoyagi vs. Fuyuki Takahashi & Takehiro Murahama 7:38
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinjiro Otani 17:29
ZERO-ONE United States Heavyweight Title Match: Leonardo Spanky vs. Sonjay Dutt 10:59
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Osamu Namiguchi & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 15:22
Hirotaka Yokoi & Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Masato Tanaka & Tadao Yasuda & Takao Omori 14:59
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Kohei Sato [2] vs. Masato Tanaka [0] 12:47
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Takao Omori [2] vs. Chris The Bambikiller [0] 8:03
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Daisuke Ikeda [1] vs. Shinjiro Otani [1] 30:00
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [2] vs. Hirotaka Yokoi [0] 10:44
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takehiro Murahama vs. Osamu Namiguchi & Yoshihito Sasaki 9:36
Tatsuhito TakiwaFuyuki Takahashi & Ryoji Sai vs. Minoru Fujita & Rikiya Fudo 15:13
Note: League Matches digested
7/29/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Kohei Sato [2] vs. Masato Tanaka [0] 12:47
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Takao Omori [2] vs. Chris The Bambikiller [0] 8:03
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Daisuke Ikeda [1] vs. Shinjiro Otani [1] 30:00
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [2] vs. Hirotaka Yokoi [0] 10:44
7/31/05 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Chris The Bambikiller [2] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [2] 7:46
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Ryoji Sai [2] vs. Hirotaka Yokoi [0] 11:41
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Tadao Yasuda [2] vs. Kohei Sato [2] 7:18
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Masato Tanaka [2] vs. Shinjiro Otani [1] 17:11
8/2/05 Iwaki City Gym
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Daisuke Ikeda [2] vs. Kohei Sato [3] 6:50
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Hirotaka Yokoi [2] vs. Chris The Bambikiller [2] 10:46
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Tadao Yasuda [4] vs. Masato Tanaka [2] 7:46
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Takao Omori [4] vs. Ryoji Sai [2] 20:03
8/5/05 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Chris The Bambikiller [4] vs. Ryoji Sai [2] 14:13
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Masato Tanaka [4] vs. Daisuke Ikeda [2] 9:03
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Shinjiro Otani [3] vs. Tadao Yasuda [4] 10:49
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [4] vs. Takao Omori [4] 22:51
8/7/05 Korakuen Hall
Fire Festival 2005 Block A: Daisuke Ikeda [4] vs. Tadao Yasuda [4] 5:57
Fire Festival 2005 Block A: Shinjiro Otani [5] vs. Kohei Sato [3] 13:39
Fire Festival 2005 Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [6] vs. Ryouji Sai [2] 12:06
Fire Festival 2005 Block B: Hirotaka Yokoi [4] vs. Takao Omori [4] 6:15
Fire Festival 2005 Final: Shinjiro Otani vs. Kensuke Sasaki 20:00
Fuyuki Takahashi & Kamikaze vs. Fugo Fugo Yumeji & Rikiya Fudo 10:57
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Osamu Namiguchi 11:26
Daisuke Ikeda & Minoru Fujita & Takehiro Murahama vs. Takao Omori & Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshihito Sasaki 13:47
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Chris The Bambikiller [2] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [2] 7:46
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Ryoji Sai [2] vs. Hirotaka Yokoi [0] 11:41
AWA/ZERO1-MAX/UPW/WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Alex Shelley 14:45
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Tadao Yasuda [2] vs. Kohei Sato [2] 7:18
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Masato Tanaka [2] vs. Shinjiro Otani [1] 17:11
Kamikaze vs. Fuyuki Takahashi 7:28
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Daisuke Ikeda [2] vs. Kohei Sato [3] 6:50
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Hirotaka Yokoi [2] vs. Chris The Bambikiller [2] 10:46
Alex Shelley & Gamma & Takehiro Murahama vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita & Osamu Namiguchi 14:32
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Tadao Yasuda [4] vs. Masato Tanaka [2] 7:46
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Takao Omori [4] vs. Ryoji Sai [2] 20:03
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki & Rikiya Fudo 17:35
Kamikaze & Rikiya Fudo vs. Fuyuki Takahashi & Sano Kurisu 12:26
Hirotaka Yokoi & Kohei Sato vs. Takehiro Murahama & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 9:50
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Chris The Bambikiller [4] vs. Ryoji Sai [2] 14:13
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Masato Tanaka [4] vs. Daisuke Ikeda [2] 9:03
Alex Shelley & Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Osamu Namiguchi & Yoshihito Sasaki 13:43
Fire Festival 2005 Block A Match: Shinjiro Otani [3] vs. Tadao Yasuda [4] 10:49
Fire Festival 2005 Block B Match: Kensuke Sasaki [4] vs. Takao Omori [4] 22:51
8/2/05 Alex Shelley & Gamma & Takehiro Murahama vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita & Osamu Namiguchi 14:32
8/5/05
Hirotaka Yokoi & Kohei Sato vs. Takehiro Murahama & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 9:50
Alex Shelley & Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Osamu Namiguchi & Yoshihito Sasaki 13:43
8/2: Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki & Rikiya Fudo 17:35
9/19/05
Takuya Sugawara vs. Osamu Namiguchi 4:22
Masato Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani vs. Takao Omori & Toshiaki Kawada 30:00
Kohei Sato vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 4:44
Takehiro Murahama vs. Rikiya Fudo 8:26
Kamikaze vs. Lingerie Muto 6:14
NWA International Lightweight Tag Title Match: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm 23:16. This match was all flash and spectacle. The British team were doing their best to add height and/or some kind of twist or turn to everything they did. It wasn't really practical, of course, and led to some unnecessary errors, but it was a wild gymnastics display of athletic creativity and insanity. If you don't like the flippy lucha oriented style, you will hate this doubly, but since it's not realistic to begin with, I prefer something like this that's decked out to the absolute max. Storm was even more nuts than Fleisch here, daring to dive off the high balcony at Korakuen Hall long after it did Mr. Danger in. He did some really cool arm drag variation of the avalanche Spanish fly, as well as an avalanche reverse Frankensteiner. Another fun spot saw Storm German suplex Fleisch off the middle rope so he could moonsault Fujita. Fleisch did his springboard shooting star press and his wall moonsault. Hidaka & Fujita weren't as spectacular or wild, so they wound up more in the rudo role of facilitating, feeding, and bumping, despite technically being the faces due to being the natives and home promotion wrestlers. I wish this match were complete, but what we saw was much more exciting than just about anything that took place in 2005. ****
No Count Out Match: Shinjiro Otani & The Sandman vs. Masato Tanaka & Yoshihito Sasaki 10:20
Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Takuya Sugawara 7:55
NWA Intercontinental Tag Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Tadao Yasuda & Takao Omori 20:43
No Ropes Barbed Wire Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Hirotaka Yokoi 5:20
Jody Fleisch vs. Jonny Storm 12:50
No Count Out Match: Masato Tanaka vs. The Sandman 9:53
Koji Kanemoto vs. Yoshihito Sasaki 10:00
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Kamikaze & Takehiro Murahama 12:13
Tadao Yasuda vs. Takao Omori 7:11
NWA Intercontinental Tag Title Match: Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita 19:03
11/7/05
Different Style Fight: Karate Machine #2 vs. Fugo Fugo Yumeji 4:06
Different Style Fight: Kendo Shinkiba (Ryoji Sai) vs. Rikiya Fudo 4:30
Ryoji Sai & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Kohei Sato & Rikiya Fudo 11:03
11/17/05
AWA/ZERO1-MAX/UPW/WORLD-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Ikuto Hidaka vs. Sonjay Dutt 13:57
Alex Shelley & Minoru Fujita vs. Gamma & Takuya Sugawara 12:38
No Ropes Barbed Wire Spidernet And Barricade Boards Death Match: Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 9:27