Keeping the Spirit Alive

6 days ago

[Real Japan News] It was announced that The First Tiger Mask will be facing Naomichi Marufuji, one on one, for RJPW’s upcoming show on June 7th.

Marufuji and Tiger have faced off once before in singles competition back on March 10, 2006, in which Tiger pulled out the victory via pinfall. This was still noted as a strong showing for Marufuji at the time and much respect was show from Tiger himself. Though two have tag together at least on two separate occasions and this will mark the singles match between the two since 7 years and 3 months. This will be yet another encounter between the old and new prodigy’s of wrestler.

Real Japan Pro Wrestling “Yes,We Can! ~Revival of the Real Strong Style ~”, 6/7/2013 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Super Rider vs. Hayato Mashita

(2) Masao Orihara [Mobius] & Gran Hamada [free] vs. Wakashoyo [Free] & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]

(3) Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO] vs. Kendo Nakazaki

(4) Yuki Ishikawa [Free] & Mitsuya Nagai [Dradition] vs. Tiger Shark & Katsumi Usuda [Free]

(5) Riki Choshu [RikiPro], Super Tiger & Alexander Otsuka [AODC] vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [Free], Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] & Yuji Okabayashi [BJW]

(6) The First Tiger Mask vs. Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH]

Notes: 1 / 2 weeks ago

[NOAH News] Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference today to officially announce that Daisuke Harada has joined NOAH, as well as Marufuji’s status for competition for next weeks big shows.

Daisuke Harada announced during Monday’s Osaka Pro show that he would be joining Pro Wrestling NOAH as of May 2nd. Well today, Akira Taue, NOAH President, and Naomichi Marufuji, NOAH Vice-President, held a press conference to make it official.

Harada stated that he has been wrestling for close to 7 years now and he aims to bring that confidence and experience with him as he joins the ranks as a NOAH Junior. Harada is no stranger to NOAH as a few years ago, he and Atsushi Kotoge, had several matches as a tag team and even earned a tag title opportunity.
It has also been determined that Harada will make his debut as a NOAH wrestler on May 12th as he takes on Kotoge in a singles match. Harada also stated that he is looking forward to earning a title oppurtunity against Taiji Ishimori and the GHC Junior Heavyweight belt.

Marufuji announced that he will be competing at the Budokan show as well as the following day for “Ark New Chapter” show at the Korakuen Hall. Marufuji suffered a rupture to a ligament in his right knee during the April 14th show, but he has gone on record to say that the state of the injury is very good. He has been in the dojo daily and he feels that he a sense of responsibility to compete at Kobashi’s final show.
The doctors original placed a 3 month status on Marufuji’s injury, but he is working hard to be recovered in less than a month for the upcoming show.

Below are the announced event cards for the upcoming shows that are less than a week and a half away.

FINAL BURNING in Budokan ~ Kenta Kobashi’s Retirement Commemorative Event, 5/11/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

(1) Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hitoshi Kumano
(2) SUWA & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
(3) Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki
(4) Special Tag Match: Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Yoshinari Ogawa
(5) NOAH vs. NJPW Special 6 Man Tag Match: Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima
(6) Special Tag Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori

(7) “FINAL BURNING in Budokan” Kenta Kobashi’s Retirement Commemorative 8 Man Tag Match: Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama, Keiji Mutoh & Kensuke Sasaki vs. KENTA, Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Maybach Taniguchi

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “Ark New Chapter”, 5/12/2013 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Ark New Chapter Opening Match: Taiji Ishimori vs. Hitoshi Kumano
(2) Go Forward Tag Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. SUWA & GENBA
(3) Battle of Spirits Single Match: Mohammed Yone vs. Maybach Taniguchi
(4) Momo no Seishun Showdown Single Match: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada
(5) BATTLE THE SUPER HEAVY Single Match: Takeshi Morishima vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Takayama Hall)

(6) GHC Tag Championship Match: [28th Champions] “CHAOS” Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW) vs. [Challengers] “TMDK” Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
~ 1st title defense.

(7) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [19th Champion] KENTA vs. [Challenger] Takashi Sugiura
~ 1st title defense.

http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2013/05/02/noah-event-cards-for-may-june-2013/

1 month ago

[NOAH News/Marufuji Update] If you missed the news yesterday, Naomichi Marufuji suffered a right knee injury during the show on April 14th. It was originally announced that Maru would only miss the next couple of upcoming shows as they were trying to remain optimistic that the injury was not severe.
NOAH has updated today, April 16th, that Marufuji is suffering from ligament damage in his right knee and he will be unable to compete for the rest of the tour. NOAH said that a return date has not been determined at this time, and that details involving his place in the GTL will be announced soon.

In regards to the GTL, a replacement for Takashi Sugiura has been decided as he will be teaming with, his fellow BRAVE teammate, Atsushi Kotoge for the rest of the scheduled GTL matches.

Outside of NOAH, Marufuji is scheduled to compete in Ring of Honor in early in May, but it may be safe to assume that a replacement may be decided upon soon.

Notes: 1 / 1 month ago

[NOAH News] It has been announced that Naomichi Marufuji will miss the next scheduled shows on April 16th and 17th. It seems NOAH is holding off on making an announcement to if he will miss the rest of the GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE tour, but his next scheduled “GTL block match” is not until April 20th when him and Sugiura take on Nicholls & Haste.

As I announced in yesterday’s results, Marufuji suffered the injury to his right knee in his scheduled 6 man tag match. The source I spoke to said that he suffered the injury when he was sliding out of the ring.

Marufuji is scheduled to compete in the Ring of Honor wrestling early next month, but as of this time things seem to be optimistic that the injury may not be that severe. I will do my best to keep you all posted when more information is released.

1 month ago

[Kobashi’s Retirement Show News] The full event card has been announced for Kenta Kobashi’s retirement show on May 11th.

Among the newly announced matches is the semi-final match which will see the re-formation of two former tag team champion teams. As Naomichi Marufuji will once again be teaming with Minoru Suzuki, 10th GHC Tag Champions, to take on Yoshihiro Takayama and Takao Omori in which many of you may better remember them as “NO FEAR”.

The fifth match of the show will see a 6 man tag between NOAH vs. NJPW which could be something special to see a potential Sugiura vs. Tanahashi showdown.
Genichiro Tenryu will also be involved in the show, as he teams with Yoshinari Ogawa to take on Takeshi Morishima and Masao Inoue.

The full event is listed below.

FINAL BURNING in Budokan ~ Kenta Kobashi’s Retirement Commemorative Event, 5/11/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

(1) Feel the Dangerzone: Masanobu Fuchi [AJP] vs. Hitoshi Kumano [NOAH]
(2) This is the NOAH Junior Tag Match: (NO MERCY) SUWA [Free] & Genba Hirayanagi vs. (BRAVE) Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge

~ Kenta Kobashi retirement ceremony

(3) Burning vs Burning Tag Match: Tamon Honda [Free] & Kentaro Shiga [Free] vs. Kotaro Suzuki [Burning] & Atsushi Aoki [Burning]
(4) J’s Spirits vs Revolution Special Tag Match: Takeshi Morishima [BRAVE/NOAH] & Masao Inoue [Free] vs. Genichiro Tenryu [Tenryu Project] & Yoshinari Ogawa [NOAH]

(5) NOAH vs NJPW Special 6 Man Tag Match: Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito [Free] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima
(6) Four Men GET Together ~ Special Tag Match: Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] & Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Yoshihiro Takayama [Takayama Hall] & Takao Omori [AJP]

(7) “FINAL BURNING in Budokan” Kenta Kobashi’s Retirement Commemorative 8 Man Tag Match: Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama [Burning], Keiji Mutoh [AJP] & Kensuke Sasaki [DIAMOND RING] vs. KENTA [NMC/NOAH], Go Shiozaki [Burning], Yoshinobu Kanemaru [Burning] & Maybach Taniguchi [NOAH]

2 months ago

[ZERO1 News] ZERO1 announced the full cards for their upcoming shows in March. The announcement they made today was the inclusion of a big junior heavyweight tag match showdown for the show on March 6. Ikuto Hidaka will be teaming with NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji to take on the team of Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Michinoku Pro’s, and current Tohoku Jr. Heavy Champion, Fujita “Jr” Hayato.
This match is a big way to set of the 12th Anniversary and a way to also mark the 15th Anniversary of Marufuji, who celebrates his achievement later on this year. Marufuji was a part of the very first match in ZERO1 back on March 2, 2001 as he faced off against Naohiro Hoshikawa.
Takaiwa was under Shinya Hashimoto when ZERO1 (ZERO-ONE) was founded and has quite the history competing with them throughout the years.
Fujita “Jr” Hayato is noted as one of the best junior wrestlers in Japan today and will be putting his Tohoku Jr. belt on the line against Ikuto Hidaka on March 17.
The inclusion of this junior bout is an interesting one and there is already quite a bit of interest being put between the potential confrontation between Hayato and Marufuji.

Below are the upcoming cards for the 12th Anniversary shows.

ZERO1, 3/3/2013 [Sun] @ 14:00 @ Gifu Chamber of Commerce and Industry

(-) Shito Ueda & Yusaku Obata vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Rikiya Fudo
(-) KAMIKAZE, Jack Anthony & Steven Walters vs. Craig Classic, Shinsuke Jet Wakataka & Bikuma
(-) Ikuto Hidaka & Jo Kyungho vs. Takuya Sugawara & Mineo Fujita
(-) Ryoji Sai & KENSO vs. James Raideen & Maybach β
(-) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Masato Tanaka & Kohei Sato

ZERO1 “ZERO1_TWELVE”, 3/6/2013 [Wed] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

Newly Announced:
(-) Ikuto Hidaka & Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [Free] & Fujita “jr” Hayato [Michinoku]

Previously Announced:
(-) Ehon Pro-Wrestling: Dragon George & Tobidase! Chintaman vs. Gokiburi Mask & Doctor Brain
(-) Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Kotaro Nasu [U-FILE CAMP]
(-) Takuya Sugawara, Mineo Fujita & Yuki Sato [K-DOJO] vs. Maybach β, Steven Walter & Jack Anthony
(-) Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE vs. Yusaku Obata & Shito Ueda
(-) Ryoji Sai & KENSO [AJP] vs. James Raideen & Zeus
(-) 12th Anniversary Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka & Atsushi Onita [Jado] vs. Akebono [Free], Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] & Takao Omori [AJP]

4 months ago

[NOAH News] Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference today for their big show that is happening on January 27th.

The show will be headlined with Morishima defending his GHC Heavy belt for the 9th time against KENTA. KENTA has already shown that he can defeat the champion one one one just this year on January 6th, and he is looking to carry all the momentum heading into the title match.

The GHC Tag belts will be on the line as BRAVE’s Marufuji & Sugiura take on the NO MERCY duo Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Takayama. Takashi Sugiura has nothing but revenge on his mind against Maybach Taniguchi. Maybach got the upset win over Sugiura on the November 17th show and paraded around with the tag belts after the match like they were already his to take. Sugiura aims to still show Maybach that his win over was nothing more than history.

Ishimori aims to bring the GHC Jr. heavy belt back home where it belongs by getting a decisive win over All Japan’s Shuji Kondo. Ishimori seems to be more fired up than ever to lay claim to the GHC Jr. especially with it being his 10th Anniversary since he debuted in Japan and his 30th Birthday coming up in early February. This match is definitely up in the air at this time, but should be a solid contest over pure power vs. pure speed.

Ogawa and Kotoge also stated that they are ready to face off against the NJPW Junior legends on the show, with leaving the thought that the winning team could be in line to face the current reigning GHC Jr. Tag champions in “Los Mexitosos” Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin on a later date. Though we will see what happens.

Below is the current card for the scheduled show, which will be updated once NOAH releases their update.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2013 in OSAKA”, 1/27/2013 [Sun] 16:00 @ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSUM (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)

() Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach Taniguchi Jr. vs. Takaku Fuke [Pancrase MISSION] & Hayato Nanjo [FFF]
() Ross & Marshall Von Erich vs. Harlem & Lance Bravado
() Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara vs. Colt Cabana & Jason Jones

(-) NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Yoshinari Ogawa & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV
(-) NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Mohammed Yone & Ryuji Hijikata [Free] vs. Yuji Nagata & Takaaki Watanabe

(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [25th Champion] Shuji Kondo vs. [Challenger] Taiji Ishimori
~ 4th Defense.

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [27th Champions] Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Takayama
~ 1st Defense

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] KENTA
~ 9th Defense

Notes: 2 / 4 months ago

[NOAH News] Pro Wrestling NOAH announced more matches, along with 2 more title matches, that will be taking place on their upcoming big show on January 27th in Osaka.

It has been determined that BRAVE’s Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura will be defending their GHC Heavy Tag belts against NO MERCY’s Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Takayama. Maybach & Takayama picked up single match wins over the reigning champions on January 6th show and immediately called out for the tag belts to be on the line for the upcoming Osaka show. Marufuji & Sugiura have a lot to loss following their loses a few days back, but they both said they aim to revenge the loss.

Taiji Ishimori will indeed get his GHC Junior title match opportunity against Shuji Kondo on 1/27. Ishimori is more determined than ever to become the champion and after the match on 1/6 he has already proven that he can defeat the current reigning champion. With everything that has gone on with NOAH since the turn of the year, Ishimori is aiming to show himself as top tier junior heavyweight that NOAH needs to have at this time. Kondo & Ishimori have plenty of past history and Ishimori gives up at least 25+kg to the reigning junior champion, who really almost has the size of a heavyweight competitor. Ishimori has vowed that he will bring the belt home.

NOAH also announced the inclusion not one but 2 NOAH verses NJPW style tag matches will be taking place on the show as well.

Below is the announced event card at this time.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2013 in OSAKA”, 1/27/2013 [Sun] 16:00 @ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSUM (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)

Newly Announced:
(-) NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Yoshinari Ogawa & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV
(-) NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Mohammed Yone & Ryuji Hijikata [Free] vs. Yuji Nagata & Takaaki Watanabe

(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [25th Champion] Shuji Kondo vs. [Challenger] Taiji Ishimori
~ 4th Defense.

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [27th Champions] Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Takayama
~ 1st Defense.

Previously Announced:
(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] KENTA
~ 9th Defense

~ Also announced to compete: Hayato Nanjo [FFF] & Takaku Fuke [Pancrase MISSION]

NOAH Event Cards for January & February 2013
http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/12/22/noah-event-cards-for-january-february-2013/

Notes: 3 / 5 months ago

[NOAH News] Pro Wrestling announced the upcoming cards for their last 2 shows of the year on December 23rd and 24th at Differ Ariake.

The December 24th show stands out the most at this time as it is being headlined with 2 high caliber singles matches Sugiura vs. Shiozaki and Marufuji & Akiyama. All 4 competitors have nothing short of history against one another and this should make for a big lead out for this year and into the next.
There is still no solid information behind the rumor of Akiyama & Shiozaki are leaving, but this show looks to be a send off in a way. Especially when these end of the year shows are usually booked for fun than more so for serious bouts.
It also should be noted that it is interesting to see they didn’t book Marufuji vs. Shiozaki (pictured) given their recent tension against one another, but maybe it is possible sign of things to come (or real tension if the rumors of them leaving are indeed true.)

Below are the announced cards for the show with the December 24th show to be decided by a lottery the day of the show.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Winter Navigation 2012 ~ “, 12/23/2012 [Sun] @ Differ Ariake ~NOAHful Gift in Differ Vol.1~

(1) Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Atsushi Kotoge
(2) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Atushi Aoki
(3) Kotato Suzuki vs. Taiji Ishimori
(4) Mohammed Yone vs. Maybach Taniguchi
(5) Takeshi Morishima vs. Genba Hirayanagi
(6) KENTA vs. Ricky Marvin
(7) Takashi Sugiura vs. Go Shiozaki
(8) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jun Akiyama

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Winter Navigation 2012”, 12/24/2012 [Mon] @ Differ Ariake ~NOAHful Gift in Differ Vol.1

~ Event to be determined by lottery the day of the show.
(1) Lottery Single Match:
(2) Lottery Single Match:
(3) Lottery Single Match:
(4) Lottery Single Match:
(5) Lottery 6 Man Tag Match: Yoshinari Ogawa, (to be announced) vs. (to be announced)
(6) Lottery Tag Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. (to be announced)
(7) Lottery Single Match: Takeshi Morishima vs. (to be announced)

http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/10/22/noah-event-cards-for-november-december-2012/

Notes: 1 / 6 months ago

[NOAH News] Pro Wrestling NOAH officially announced that Takeshi Morishima will be defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against New Japan’s Satoshi Kojima on December 9 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Also announced for the show is All Japan’s Shuji Kondo defending the GHC Jr. belt against Kotaro Suzuki, following his successful defense against Atsushi Aoki on November 3rd.

The two new title matches join the previously announced GHC Tag title match which see the new champions Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito taking on Noamichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 in RYOGOKU vol.2”, 12/9/2012 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [25th Champion] Shuji Kondo vs. [Challenger] Kotaro Suzuki
~ 2nd Defense.

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura
~ 1st Defense.

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] Satoshi Kojima
~ 8th Defense.

Notes: 1 / 6 months ago

[NOAH News] The first title match for NOAH last big show of the year has been announced. As the newly crowned GHC Tag Champions Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito will be defending the belts against Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura.
This show also feature Takeshi Morishima defending the GHC Heavyweight belt against the winner of the GLOBAL LEAGUE tournament, which takes place through the month of November.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 in RYOGOKU vol.2”, 12/9/2012 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan

(-) GHC Tag Team Championship Match: [26th Champions / S.A.T.] Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito vs. [Challengers / BRAVE] Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura
~ 1st Defense.

[Pictured: Sugiura and Marufuji double kicking the former Tag Champion KENTA.]

7 months ago

[NOAH News (updated)] Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a few updates for the upcoming tour in November, with a match added to the November 3 event as Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone will be facing Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima in a NOAH vs. NJPW match.

Kojima is recently coming off of a win over Naomichi Marufuji and could very well have his eyes set on claiming a GHC title. With this addition to the event could this very well be pointing towards TenKoji potentially going after the tag belts?

NOAH “Global League Tournament 2012”, 11/3/2012 [Sat] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
(-) GHC Junior Heavy Championship Match: [25th Champion] Shuji Kondo [AJP] vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Aoki
~ 1st Defense.

~ As previously posted here on PS, all the league matches for the upcoming Global League Tournament have been announced.
http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/10/21/noah-global-league-2012/

~ NOAH also announced that ROH wrestler Eddie Edwards will be competing for them for the whole October tour, 11/3 to 11/23.

~ Then lastly, NOAH held the official signing ceremony for the upcoming GHC Heavyweight Championship match between Takeshi Morishima and Kohei Sato.
Sato is showing nothing but confidence going into the match and is looking to bring the GHC belt back home to ZERO1. Morishima though will be aiming to claim his 7th defense of the belt and carry himself into the Global League as the reigning champion.
It should also be interesting to note that the GHC Heavy belt has never changed hands at the Korakuen Hall, could this be the first?
Regardless of what may happen on 10/27, the Global League will then setup the next challenger for the GHC belt. Whether that be one of the NOAH trueborns or even New Japan’s Yuji Nagata who is much talked about in regards to going after Morishima and the GHC belt.

You can see the event card in the link below.
http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/08/26/noah-event-cards-for-september-october-2012/

Notes: 4 / 7 months ago

[NOAH vs. ZERO1 News] Shinjiro Otani accepted Naomichi Marufuji’s challenge for the 5 NOAH vs. ZERO1 matches that were set up for NOAH shows on October 8.

~ Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki will compete against Ikuto Hidaka & Craig Classic.

~ Go Shiozaki will be going up against Ryoji Sai, with Sai looking to get his revenge from the Fire Festival.

~ Mohammed Yone will take on Masato Tanaka.

~ Daichi Hashimoto has been placed against Takashi Sugiura. (Interesting choice here, but regardless it should be great to see)

~ Then finally Kohei Sato will be going up against Naomichi Marufuji, who kicked off this war by German Suplexing Marufuji on 9/22.

Otani said he expects ZERO1 to win the night without a single defeat!

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 in YOKOHAMA vol.2”, 10/8/2012 [Mon] 14:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa Pref.

(1) Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Zack Sabre, Jr.
(2) TMDK vs. Von Erich Brothers: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Ross & Marshall Von Erich
(3) NO MERCY vs DIAMOND RING: Yoshihiro Takayama & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Kensuke Office & Kento Miyahara

(4) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Tag Match: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Craig Classic
(5) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Ryoji Sai
(6) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Mohammed Yone vs. Masato Tanaka
(7) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Daichi Hashimoto
(8) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kohei Sato

(9) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin vs. [Challengers] Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
~ first defense.
(10) GHC Heavy Tag Championship Match: [24th Champions] Samoa Joe & Brutus Magnus [TNA] vs. [Challengers] KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi
~ 1st Defense.
(11) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] Jun Akiyama
~ 6th Defense.

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7 months ago

[NOAH News] NOAH has released the details of the matches to be scheduled for their upcoming show on October 8. When I say details it is because most of the matches have been left open at this time. Following the news of ZERO1’s Kohei Sato and Shinjiro Otani declaring war on NOAH, NOAH’s Vice President Marufuji has took it upon himself to let ZERO1 proof they are strong enough to “swallow NOAH whole” (Otani’s own words.)
Marufuji held a press conference today to announced that the show will offer the chance for Otani to book his wrestlers that he sees fit against the talent he has laid out before them.
With 5 matches set to take place NOAH is looking to get a 5-0 shut out and prove to ZERO1 that they made a huge mistake in trying to create any form of war. The same could then be said for ZERO1 if they manage to pull out most of the wins within the night. This should make for a very interesting event.

Below is the card for the upcoming show.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 in YOKOHAMA vol.2”, 10/8/2012 [Mon] 14:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa Pref.

(-) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Tag Match: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs. (ZERO1 team)
(-) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Go Shiozaki vs. (ZERO1 wrestler)
(-) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Mohammed Yone vs. (ZERO1 wrestler)
(-) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. (ZERO1 wrestler)
(-) NOAH vs. ZERO1 Special Single Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. (ZERO1 wrestler)

(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin vs. [Challengers] Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
~ first defense.
(-) GHC Heavy Tag Championship Match: [24th Champions] Samoa Joe & Brutus Magnus [TNA] vs. [Challengers] KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi
~ 1st Defense.
(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] Jun Akiyama
~ 6th Defense.

~ Be sure to check out this weeks “Weekend Recap” to get a better idea on what is happening leading into this big show.
http://keepingthespiritalive.tumblr.com/post/32177135494/weekend-recap-for-september-24-2012-vol-3-a

7 months ago

[Weekend Recap for September 24, 2012 Vol. 3] A look back of the bigger moments that went down among major promotions in Japan this last weekend from 9/22 to 9/23.
We are back on the normal weekend schedule and there is definitely a few points to talk about following this weekends shows. Most notably with both New Japan and All Japan had big shows on Sunday (9/23) with plenty of hype and attention placed upon the IWGP Heavy and Triple Crown Championship matches that were scheduled.
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[New Japan] New Japan was in full swing in this last week to build up the DESTRUCTION show and the show seemed to have been an early success for NJPW.
Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight belt against Naomichi Marufuji to cap off the night and now has a new contender in Minoru Suzuki. Tana and MiSu have previously faced off early this year at Wrestle Kingdom VI. Tanahashi walked out as champion that night, but MiSu was able to pick up the pinfall over Tanahashi during the G1 CLIMAX on August 8th. Just like Marufuji did a couple nights prior when he beat Tanahashi, Suzuki as well called out Tanahashi for a shot at the belt.

~ Speaking of wanting a shot at a belt, Hirooki Goto has his eyes set on reclaiming the IWGP Intercontinental belt from Shinsuke Nakamura after pinning Okada at the 9/23 show. We could see a title match set as early as KING OF PRO WRESTLING on October 8.

~ Karl Anderson still has his eyes set on beating Okada for right to face the IWGP Heavyweight Champion at the Tokyo Dome on January 4.
~ Yujiro Takahashi attacked Tetsuya Naito, mainly Naito’s injured right knee, after their scheduled tag match on 9/23, leaving Naito having to be carried to the back by Anderson & Goto. Naito has had a severe injury to the knee since the G1 CLIMAX and the attack from Yujiro did not help the matter. Nothing official has been released in regards to the severity of the injury, but Naito could be on his way out for a while to recuperate his injured knee.

~ Low Ki has appointed himself the next contender for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title on 9/23. The former champion looks to have his rematch set following his lose of the belt to Ibushi back on 7/29.

~ Lance Archer and Harry Smith continue to stand tall over the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Champions, Tenzan & Kojima, we should expect a title match to be made official soon.

~ KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley picked up the win on 7/23 after KUSHIDA pinned 1/2 of the current IWGP Jr. Tag champions in Alex Koslov. They also finally gave a name to their team as “TIME SPLITTERS”. The TIME SPLITTERS are looking to claim the belts from the FOREVER HOOLIGANS, Romero & Koslov.

~ One match has been set in stone for the KING OF PRO WRESTLING event on October 8 as Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue will be taking on Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata. After the udder killing of Hiromu Takahashi in the New Japan ring by Shibata & Sakura, Makabe & Inoue are hoping that their strength together can bring the fight that the invading team wants.

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[All Japan]
Maskatsu Funaki successfully defended the Triple Crown Championship against Suwama on 9/23. After a 27+ minute match, Funaki was finally able to take the match in his favor and drop Suwama head first into the mat with the Hybrid Blaster. This match was a complete 180 from Funaki’s match with Jun Akiyama which only lasted for under 5 mins. For Funaki to prove that he can withstand a long and lengthy match holds much in his favor.
Suwama left the ring and was helped out by Masahiro Chono. Could there be something in the works between these two? Definitely an interesting moment.
~ Takao Omori made the bid to be the next challenger for Funaki’s belt.

~ Speaking of Takao Omori, him and Manabu Soya successfully retained the World Tag belts over Joe Doering and Zodiac. Doering and Zodiac proved to be a strong team going into the event, but were unable to beat the champions.
Joe Doering snapped after the match, much like he did in late July, and attacked everyone before including his own partner Zodiac. Doering smashed Zodiac with a lariat and then the Revolution Bomb. Joe has not stated any reason for his loss of temper as of late, but it will be hard to see him find a new partner as if they lose they will surely meet his wrath. What’s next for Joe as well as Zodiac?

~ The finals for the All Asian Tag Championship Decision Tournament will be held on 10/21, and the match will see “Junior Stars” Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. “Tumeric Storm” Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto to crown the new champions.
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[NOAH]
Following a surprise attack from Kohei Sato to Naomichi Marufuji at NOAH’s show on 9/22. Marufuji asked for an apology from ZERO1’s Shinjiro Otani, as Marufuji thought he was friends with the guys there after working on several shows. Or I should say, he thought he was building a strong relationship for both ZERO1 & NOAH.
But that brings us to today as Shinjiro Otani has sent out a message for the actions of Sato.
Otani said that he was surprised by the actions of Kohei, but it seems that the feelings could not be suppressed any longer. Otani then proceeded to throw gasoline onto the fire and said that “ZERO1” is more or less ready to bring the fight to NOAH. Otani “I will swallow NOAH whole with one shot!”.

Talk about the heel turn moment, but I know most people are familiar with the outside promotions usually coming in as the heels, but the NOAH/ZERO1 relationship going on so far seemed to be more beneficial. Now there is a giant rift in place amongst the two promotions. Whatever will be coming next will be interesting to see.

~ Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge made it through 9 other teams to be crowned the 2012 NTV G+ Cup Contention Junior Heavy Tag League Champions. With their win they have earned the right to face the reigning champions Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin on October 8.

~ On 9/22 we saw/heard/read Jun Akiyama take advantage of an injured Takeshi Morishima by making the reigning champion tap to an elevated Boston Crab. It is never a good thing to see the champion lose a match, but to tap a “rookie killer move” like a Boston Crab just adds to the humiliation.

Morishima and Akiyama will meet one on one for the GHC Heavyweight belt on October 8. Will Morishima be able to rectify this lose against Akiyama, or will Akiyama prove that he has something to prove after his quick lose to Masakatsu Funaki?

~ Also announced for the upcoming show on October 8 will see the GHC Heavy tag titles on the line as TNA’s Samoa Joe & Brutus Magnus take on NO MERCY members KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi.

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I believe that to be all the major happenings of this past weekend, I probably could have added a bit more, but there I feel I put down enough material that I am sure you guys care the most to know about. If you guys want me to continue posting something like this feel free to like this post on the facebook page, leave me a comment, or give me a retweet on twitter.
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