2/9 Freedoms Results
Freedoms ran their latest event today, results from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring:
No attendance figures available.
Takashi Sasaki & Kamui beat Brahmans Shu & Kei in 10:05. Kamui beat Kei with Kamui Clutch.
Hajime Ohara beat Asian Cougar in 7:18 by DQ.
Munenori Sawa & Kazuhiko Ogasawara beat Keita Yano & Madoka. Match time not available. Ogasawara pinned Yano.
GENTARO, The Winger & Ricky Fuji beat TAJIRI, Minoru Fujita & Takuya Sugawara in 14:12. Winger pinned Fujita.
Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda beat Magnitude Kishiwada & Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 14:26. Takeda pinned Takaiwa.
Their next event is a co-produced show with Secret Base on 2/20 at Nagoya Sports Center.
NOAH News: New KENTA Column (#13)
In the wake of Akihiko Ito retiring yesterday, KENTA has written a new short column for NOAH’s wwebsite, the second day in a row he’s done a column but this is a very short one. Translation:
Itoh’s retirement was announced.Because as for him as for the impression of having been behind in same period however it was, you thought, that it has the color which is not in the other people, because was the pleasure from now on, it is regrettable.So ………Well the [tsu], it stopped, therefore it is, calling, because there is no ginger, it will stop.
But just.Above being the professional, you think that until now” distinction” should be acquired to the fan of the entire country which support by yourself securely by yourself.
When it can return, however it unites it has enjoyed together.。。Persevering, try succeeding with new thing with the [tsu] [te] feeling the shank.
KENTA
2010 February 9th
2/5-2/7 Big Japan Results
Catching up time, Big Japan has finally posted results from their 3 weekend shows so I can now pass them along. Click below for the results.
2/9 All-Japan Results
All-Japan continued their current tour today, results from Koyama Municipal Bunka Center:
No attendance figures available yet.
Zodiac beat Yasufumi Nakanoue in 5:28.
Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi beat Minoru & Hate in 12:53. Nishimura beat Hate with a spinning toehold.
Akebono & Kaz Hayashi beat Taiyo Kea & NOSAWA Rongai in 12:30. Akebono pinned NOSAWA after a body press.
Suwama, Ryota Hama & Shuji Kondo beat Masayuki Kono, Seiya Sanada & Hiroshi Yamato in 18:03. Hama pinned Yamato after Ryota Hammer.
Satoshi Kojima & KAI beat Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA in 16:14. Kojima pinned MAZADA after a lariat.
Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki & BUSHI beat TARU, Rene Dupree & Toshizo in 11:20. Muto pinned Toshizo after Shining Wizard.
Video: 2PASSION (5/3/2009)
Passion Red is best known as the indpendent joshi faction/clique consisting of Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana (and sometimes others) that participate in almost all joshi promotions, but in 2009 they put on 3 of their own events at Itabashi Green Hall. Today’s video features the second of those 3 events, from May 3, 2009. The event featured 5 matches: Kana vs. Ayumi Kurihara, Kayoko Haruyama vs. Kazumi Shimouma, Yumiko Hotta & Io Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu & Haruka Matsuo, Meiko Satomura, Sendai Sachiko & DASH Chisako vs. Natsuki*Taiyo, Kana & Chihiro Oikawa and NEO Singles & NWA Women’s Pacific Champion Nanae Takahashi vs. Emi Sakura for the titles.
Because this video is 30+ minutes (it runs about 113 minutes), you’ll need Veoh Web Player to watch this video in its entirety. You can download it for free at veoh.com, it only takes a couple minutes to install on IE 7 & FF, and it also lets you download the video to watch on your PC. If you already have it installed and ready to go, then click below for Passion Red “2PASSION”.
2/8 New Japan Results
New Japan is the only show on today’s schedule, results from Ota City Nitta Gym Aeris Arena:
They claimed 1000 paid.
Taichi beat Mitsuhide Hirasawa in 8:51.
Tiger Mask 4 & Jushin Liger beat Nobuo Yoshihashi & Koji Kanemoto in 11:05. TM 4 beat Yoshihashi with a chicken wing.
Takashi Iizuka & Karl Anderson beat Hirooki Goto & Yuji Nagata in 14:05 by DQ (Goto DQ’d).
Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro beat Tomoaki Honma & Makabe in 12:04. Naito pinned Honma after Limitless Explosion.
Gedo, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano beat Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi in 13:06. Yano pinned Taguchi after Oni Koroshi.
Giant Bernard & Shinsuke Nakamura beat Wataru Inoue & Manabu Nakanishi in 15:35. Nakamura pinned Inoue after Boma Ye.
2/7 Dragon Gate Results
Dragon Gate’s big show today is now in the books, results from Hakata Starlanes:
They claimed 2350 paid (a Full House).
Super Shisa & Mark Haskins beat Mentai*Kid & Anthony W. Mori in 9:47. Shisa pinned Kid after Yoshitonic.
Yasushi Kanda beat Naoki Tanisaki in 7:42.
Shingo Takagi & Akira Tozawa beat KAGETORA & Kzy in 12:12. Tozawa pinned KAGETORA with a German suplex hold.
YAMATO beat Don Fujii in 13:29.
Open The Brave Gate Champion K-ness beat Pac in 17:57 to retain the title. V1 for K-ness.
Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & BxB Hulk beat Dragon Kid, Gamma & Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka, Takuya Sugawara & Genki Horiguchi in a 3-way elimination match in 28:25. Yoshino pinned Gamma at 24:48, Doi pinned Horiguchi at 28:25.
Their next event is another big one Wednesday at Korakuen.
2/7 OZ Academy Results
OZ Academy was back in action today, results from Osaka Azalea Taisho:
No attendance figures available.
Dynamite Kansai beat Nao Komatsu in 2:14.
Manami Toyota beat Carlos Amano in 8:50. Toyota now leads this head-to-head series 2-0.
Dynamite Kansai & Ayumi Kurihara beat Tomoka Nakagawa & Hiroyo Matsumoto in 14:12. Kansai pinned Nakagawa after a lariat.
Aja Kong & KAORU beat Takako Inoue in 5:59 when KAORU pinned Inoue. Which led to…
Aja Kong beat Mayumi Ozaki in 3 seconds by DQ.
OZ Academy Tag Team Champions Ran Yu-Yu & AKINO beat Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato in 23:15 to retain the titles. Yu-Yu pinned Kato. V5 for the champs.
2/7 All-Japan News & Results
Before today’s all-Japan results, some news:
The 2010 Champions Carnival was announced today. It will be 7 shows over 8 days: 4/3-Saitama, 4/4-Korakuen, 4/5-Niigata City, 4/7-Fukushima, 4/9-Osaka Prefectural Gym #2, 4/10-Shiga, 4/11-JCB Hall. More on the schedule and participants as it becomes available.
The promotion will hold an event in Saipan on 3/27.
Full results from today at Korakuen:
They claimed 2000 paid.
Seiya Sanada beat Yasufumi Nakanoue in 11:40.
Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & BUSHI (T28) beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA in 14:38. BUSHI pinned MAZADA.
Akebono beat Hate in 5:40.
Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono vs. Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki went to a double countout in 6:32.
Suwama & Ryota Hama beat Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura in 24:12. Hama pinned Muto after Ryota Hammer. That’s perhaps the biggest win yet for Hama.
In an F4 vs. Voodoo Murders Captain’s Fall Disperson Elimination Match, TARU, Rene Dupree, Minoru & Toshizo beat Satoshi Kojima, Zodiac, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato in 32:52. Order of elimination: Zodiac by Dupree at 9:14, Dupree by Kojima at 10:07, KAI by Minoru at 19:34, Yamato by Toshizo at 23:56, Toshizo by Kojima at 25:54, Minoru by Kojima at 27:38, Kojima by TARU at 32:52. TARU survives and wins for VM. As a result, F4 must disband.
