[NJPW/Nakanishi Update] Manabu Nakanishi has made press today as he is still training daily to return to the ring in less than 3 months from now.
Nakanishi is said to be at least 80% recovered from the cervical spinal injury he sustained in early June of 2011 after taking a German Suplex from Wataru Inoue.
Nakanishi appeared a year later on June 3rd, 2012 to announce that he aims to return in November at the Kyoto KBS Hall.
Nakanishi is taking part in daily stretches and working to make sure that he doesn’t suffer the same injury again.
The Blocks and scheduled matches for the 2012 JUNIOR HYPER LEAGUE have been announced.
2012 JUNIOR HYPER LEAGUE
A BLOCK
★ KAI (Reigning World Jr. Champion)
★ Minoru Tanaka
★ Koji Kanemoto [NJPW]
★ MAZADA
★ Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
★ Aegyptus Aerial [Unknown, Egypt]
B BLOCK
★ Kaz Hayashi
★ Shuji Kondo
★ Hiroshi Yamato
★ SUSHI
★ Gillette [YO-HEY (WNC)]
★ Andy Wu [China, 171cm/78kg]
40th Anniversary year 2012 JUNIOR HYPER LEAGUE Announced Matches:
(-) B BLOCK Match: Hiroshi Yamato vs. SUSHI
(-) B BLOCK Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shuji Kondo
(-) A BLOCK Match: MAZADA vs. Aegyptus Aerial
(-) A BLOCK Match: KAI vs. Koji Kanemoto [NJPW]
(-) B BLOCK Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Andy Wu
(-) A BLOCK Match: Minoru Tanaka vs. Aegyptus Aerial
(-) A BLOCK Match: KAI vs. Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
(-) B BLOCK Match: Hiroshi Yamato vs. Andy Wu
(-) A BLOCK Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Gillette
(-) A BLOCK Match: Koji Kanemoto [NJPW] vs. Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
(-) B BLOCK Match: SUSHI vs. Andy Wu
(-) B BLOCK Match: Hiroshi Yamato vs. Gillette
(-) A BLOCK Match: Koji Kanemoto [NJPW] vs. MAZADA
(-) B BLOCK Match: Gillette vs. Andy Wu
(-) B BLOCK Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. SUSHI
(-) A BLOCK Match: Minoru Tanaka vs. Koji Kanemoto [NJPW]
(-) A BLOCK Match: KAI vs. MAZADA
(-) B BLOCK Match: SUSHI vs. Gillette
(-) B BLOCK Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Hiroshi Yamato
(-) A BLOCK Match: KAI vs. Aegyptus Aerial
(-) B BLOCK Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Andy Wu
(-) A BLOCK Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Aegyptus Aerial
(-) A BLOCK Match: Minoru Tanaka vs. MAZADA
(-) B BLOCK Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Gillette
(-) A BLOCK Match: Koji Kanemoto vs. Aegyptus Aerial
(-) A BLOCK Match: Minoru Tanaka vs. Hikaru Sato
(-) B BLOCK Match: Shuji Kondo vs. SUSHI
(-) B BLOCK Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Hiroshi Yamato
(-) A BLOCK Match: MAZADA vs. Hikaru Sato
(-) A BLOCK Match: KAI vs. Minoru Tanaka
(-) A BLOCK #1 vs. B BLOCK #2
(-) B BLOCK #1 vs. A BLOCK #2
(-) 2012 JUNIOR HYPER LEAGUE Final Match:
[All Japan News] All 12 wrestler have been announced for the upcoming Junior Heavyweight League. Among the regulars in NJPW a few others like Koji Kanemoto and Hikaru Sato come back for another year. Then among the newcomers the masked men SUSHI and Gillette make their debuts in the tournament and two unknown wrestlers Andy Wu and Aegyptus Aerial have been announced to be apart of the league.
2012 JUNIOR HYPER LEAGUE
★ KAI (Reigning World Jr. Champion)
★ Kaz Hayashi
★ Shuji Kondo
★ Minoru Tanaka
★ Hiroshi Yamato
★ Koji Kanemoto [NJPW]
★ SUSHI
★ MAZADA
★ Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
★ Gillette
★ Andy Wu [China, 171cm/78kg]
★ Aegyptus Aerial [Unknown, but from Egypt]
League Dates:
7/15/2012 [Sun] 17:30 @ KBS Hall in Kyoto
7/15/2012 [Mon] 18:00 @ Kuki City General Gymnasium in Saitama
7/18/2012 [Wed] 18:30 @ Mito City East Town Sports Park Gymnasium in Ibaraki
7/21/2012 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Nagata
7/22/2012 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition 3rd Hall (Kanazawa City)
7/24/2012 [Tue] 18:30 @ Nakano Citizens Gymnasium
7/25/2012 [Wed] 18:30 @ Sabae City General Gymnasium in Fukui
7/26/2012 [Thu] 18:30 @ Nunobiki Athletic Park Gymnasium in Shiga (Higashiomi City)
7/28/2012 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall in Mie
7/29/2012 [Sun] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo