Hey, any news on Yoshitsune, i haven't heard much about the guy recently. Talented as all hell though

I'll look him up later if I have time.

Sunday results:
Dragon Gate from Nagoya Aichi:
No attendance figures available.
Gamma, Genki Horiguchi, & Dr. Muscle beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, & Super Shenlong in 10:58. Gamma pinned Shenlong after Gamma Special.

Ryo Saito & Naoki Tanisaki beat K-ness & Super Shisa in 10:04. Tanisaki pinned Shisa after Implant.

Susumu Yokosuka & Anthony W. Mori beat Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai in 15:16. Yokosuka pinned Iwasa after Jumbo no Kachigatame.

Naruki Doi beat Cyber Kong in 15:16.

YAMATO & B x B Hulk beat CIMA & Dragon Kid and Masato Yoshino & Yasushi Kanda in a 3-way match in 18:55. YAMATO pinned CIMA after Crossbone Vanguard.

Tanisaki has signed with DG for the rest of the year. He will have a free player contract like Gamma so he can work anywhere.
Announced future matches:
4/13 at Nagoya Aichi: YAMATO vs. Hulk and Yoshino vs. Mori for the Open The Brave Gate Title
5/5 at Aichi: A Mascara contra Caballera 6 Way Cage Match: CIMA vs. Dragon Kid vs. BxB Hulk vs. YAMATO vs. Masato Yoshino vs. Yasushi Kanda. This is a Hair vs. Hair Cage Match, the first such in DG since the Toryumon days in '03-the rules are simple: It's basically a cage match with the last man left in the cage losing the match. And his hair or mask.
Doi hinted at wanting a match against KENTA on 5/5.

All-Japan from Niigata City (Junior Tag League Finals):
They claimed 2400 paid.
TAKEMURA & CJ Otis beat Manabu Soya & Hajime Suruga in 10:57. Otis pinned Suruga after CJ Drop.

2008 Junior Tag League: Hiroshi Yamato & KAI beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA in 13:42. Yamato pinned MAZADA with a cross-arm style German Suplex hold.

2008 Junior Tag League: Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat T28 & KUSHIDA in 13:06. Nakajima pinned T28 with a German Suplex hold.

2008 Junior Tag League: Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai beat Shuji Kondo & Silver King in 16:05. Samurai pinned Kondo with Samurai Latch.

Satoshi Kojima, TARU & Voodoo Mask beat Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai & Seiya Sanada in 16:43. Kojima pinned Sanada after a lariat.

Keiji Mutoh, Suwama & Joe Doering beat Kensuke Sasaki, Taiyo Kea & Osamu Nishimura in 23:30. Doering pinned Kea after a revolution-style jumping powerbomb.

2008 Junior Tag League Final: Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai in 24:20 to win the Junior Tag League. Hijikata pinned Hayashi after Fisherman Buster.

New Japan from Amagasaki:
No attendance figures available.
Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma beat Shiro Koshinaka & Super Strong Machine in 9:30. Ishii pinned Machine after a lariat.

Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Manabu Nakanishi, Yujiro, Mitsuhide Hirasawa & Tetsuya Naito in 12:03. Inoue pinned Hirasawa after Triangle Lancer.

New Japan Cup Semifinals: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Makabe in 12:11.

New Japan Cup Semifinals: Giant Bernard beat Toru Yano in 10:44.

Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Minoru & Prince Devitt in 14:37. Choshu pinned Minoru after a lariat.

Rhino beat Karl Anderson in 6:19.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka beat Jado & Gedo in 13:26. Tenzan beat Jado with Anaconda Vice.

New Japan Cup Finals: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Giant Bernard in 18:24 to win the tournament. As a result, Tanahashi will get a rematch with IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura for the title next Sunday at Korakuen.

K-DOJO results from the past week:
Thursday at Chiba Bluefield:
They claimed 101 paid.
Daigoro Kashiwa beat Taku Anzawa in 9:08.

TAKA Michinoku & Apple Miyuki beat Madoka & Yuu Yamagata in 10:59. Miyuki pinned Yamagata after a moonsault press.

Oyaji Battle: Teppei Hori beat Tomoki Taniguchi at 2:08 of round 1.

Yuji Hino & KAZMA beat Kengo Mashimo & Taishi Takizawa in 19:12. Hino pinned Takizawa after a powerbomb.

Boso Boy Raito, Boso Boy Left & Miyako Man beat Black Miyako Man, Black Miyako Man B & Black Miyako Man C in 15:13. Miyako pinned Miyako Man C after a moonsault press.

CLUB-K TOUR in Nagoya from Saturday:
They claimed 144 paid.
Daigoro Kashiwa & Teppei Ishizaka beat Apple Miyuki & Yuu Yamagata in 9:59. Ishizaka beat Miyuki after Kawaya.

Mr.X beat Hiro Tonai in 6:47.

PSYCHO beat Kaji Yamato in 8:17.

TAKA Michinoku & JOE beat KAZMA & MIYAWAKI in 15:06. TAKA pinned MIYAWAKI after Super Pump Kick.

Kengo Mashimo, Madoka & Boso Boy Raito beat Yuji Hino, Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi in 19:22. Mashino pinned Oishi after a Vertical Drop brainbuster.

CLUB-K TOUR in Osaka from Sunday:
They claimed 201 paid.
Mr.X & PSYCHO beat Kaji Yamato & Hiro Tonai in 10:38.

Teppei Ishizaka vs Yuu Yamagata went to a no contest in 4:42. They then tried again...
Ishizaki beat Yamagata in 5:40.

Daigoro Kashiwa beat Tadanobu Fujisawa in 6:55.

TAKA Michinoku, JOE & Apple Miyuki beat Shiori Asahi, Makoto Oishi & Atsushi Kotoge in 17:36. JOE pinned Oishi after Super Pump Kick.

Yuji Hino, KAZMA & MIYAWAKI beat Kengo Mashimo, Madoka & Boso Boy Raito in 23:51. Hino pinned Raito after a powerbomb.

This week they run a CLUB-K FRESH show Wednesday at Chiba Bluefield then back to the Sunday doubleheaders at Chiba Bluefield.

This message was edited by DCRage on Mar 24 2008.

NOAH has released Danielson's matches for the upcoming tour, plus a possible tag title match.

3/29: BRYAN DANIELSON, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & Genba Hirayanagi.

3/31: BRYAN DANIELSON, D'Lo Brown & Buchanan vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki.

4/1: BRYAN DANIELSON & Bobby Fish vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura.

4/4: BRYAN DANIELSON, D'Lo Brown & Buchanan vs. Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikioh & Atsushi Aoki.

4/6: BRYAN DANIELSON, D'Lo Brown & Buchanan vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin.

4/10: BRYAN DANIELSON & Ricky Marvin vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura.

4/12: BRYAN DANIELSON, Bison Smith & Ricky Marvin vs. Takeshi Morishima, Atsushi Aoki & Akihiko Ito.

4/17: BRYAN DANIELSON, Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito vs. Takeshi Morishima, Muhammad Yone & Akihiko Ito.

4/19: BRYAN DANIELSON & Go Shiozaki vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura.

That's a lot of matches, but I'm kind of disappointed with the lack of one on one matchups. It's not like Danielson's a rookie, he ought to be able to handle himself one on one with some of Japan's best.

This whole tour next month is all about a tag tournament and most of their matches are tag matches anyways, with the exception of maybe an opening card match or the SEM events, not to mention almost all the big names are participating in the tournament except Kobashi, who's working a limited schedule during the tour.

New Japan: Full card for Sunday at Korakuen:
Mitsuhide Hirasawa vs. Karl Anderson
Manabu Nakanishi, Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Taichi Ishikari vs. Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine, Jushin Liger & AKIRA
Hirooki Goto & Minoru vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma
Wataru Inoue & Tiger Mask 4 vs. Jado & Gedo
Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka vs. Makabe & Toru Yano
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title

Dragon Gate: Open The Twin Gate Champions Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai will defend against Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on 4/6 at Zepp Sendai.

Open The Triangle Gate Champions Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, & Cyber Kong will defend against Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, & Dragon Kid on 4/17 at Korakuen.

Outsider participation for April: Pac (4/25-6/1), Magnitude Kishiwada (4/19, 4/20), El Blazer (4/17 only), Gamma (all shows), Naoki Tanisaki (all shows).

All-Japan: The promotion has announced their May tour, RISE UP 2008, which traditionally covers Northern Japan. Dates: 5/11-Korakuen, 5/12-Tochigi, 5/14-Nagaoka, 5/16-Tottori, 5/17-Fukuoka, 5/18-ACROS Fukuoka, 5/19-Oita, 5/20-Kumamoto, 5/21-Sadawara, 5/23-Yanai City, 5/24-Okayama, 5/25-"YES, PRO WRESTLING LOVE!" at Kobe.

3/26 edit: NOAH news...
Results from The 11th SEM at Differ Ariake (loose translation from NOAH's Japanese page):
They claimed 420 paid.
Atsushi Aoki beat Takashi Okita in 8:41.

Shuhei Taniguchi & Taiji Ishimori beat Ken Miyahara & Takeshi Minamino in 14:01. Ishimori pinned Miyahara.

Naomichi Marufuji beat Genba Hirayanagi in 14:18.

Takashi Sugiura beat Ippei Ota in 11:17.

Akihiko Ito & KENTA beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Yamaguchi in 24:50. Ito pinned Yamaguchi.

Upcoming dates:
5/11-Burning Navigation in Kyoto
Dates for Northern Navigation '08 Tour: 5/15, 5/17, 5/18, 5/21, 5/23, 5/24, 5/26, 5/27, 5/30, 6/1
6/14-GREAT VOYAGE '08 in Yokohama

News: The time has come to say sayonara to puroresu news website PuroresuPower.com. Site owner/webmaster Zach Arnold has announced that he has decided not to renew the site and keep it going after 8 years, instead focusing on his FightOpinion.com website.

Dragon Gate from 3/26 at Shinjuku FACE (El Dorado):
No attendance figures available.
CHANGO vs. Masato Inabe went to a draw in 5 minutes.

Ken45 & Go beat Mototsugu Shimizu & Antonio Honda in 11:49. Go pinned Shimizu after BLACKSTONE.

TAKEMURA beat Jumping Kid Okimoto in 10:57.

Touru Owashi & Takuya Sugawara beat Bear Fukuda & Hercules Osenga in 11:56. Owashi pinned Osenga after a powerbomb.

Magnitude Kishiwada & Brahmans Shu & Kei beat Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI, & Yuki Sato in 16:39. Kishiwada pinned Sato after a diving body press.

KAGETORA & Kota Ibushi beat UWA Tag Team Champions NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA in 27:03 to win the titles. KAGETORA pinned MAZADA after Ikkitousen.

This message was edited by DCRage on Mar 27 2008.

NOAH/Dragon Gate: KENTA vs. Naruki Doi is now set for DG's 5/5 show.

All-Japan: CJ Otis has left the promotion and returned to America. Main reasons were his contract was up and there was likely going to be no room for him in the dojo with 6 youngsters living there and KUSHIDA occasionally coming over from Hustle, plus 3 more new arrivals expected next week.

All three Tokyo Gurentai members (NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA) politely asked All-Japan for a singles between TAKEMURA and Osamu Nishimura, and called their loss of the Jr. Tag League one of the most "unmanly" shames the trio has had. It was also requested that TAKEMURA stop having matches in the opener, and that they were ready to purify themselves in order to become members of All-Japan's main body.

NEW All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Champion Silver King makes his first defense against Ryuji Hijikata on 4/29 at Aichi.

New Japan: Several of the promotion's top stars will work the Zero-One MAX 4/6 event at JCB Hall. Announced matches:
Ryouji Sai, Osamu Namiguchi & Munenori Sawa vs. Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Kohei Sato vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
Ikuto Hidaka vs. Koji Kanemoto
Yoshihito Sasaki & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Makabe & Toru Yano
Takao Omori & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Riki Choshu & Jushin Liger
Masato Tanaka vs. Manabu Nakanishi

Weekend results:
NOAH from Saturday at Korakuen:
They claimed the standard 2100 paid (overflow).
Ryuji Yamaguchi beat Akihiko Ito in 9:43.

Ricky Marvin Return Match: Akira Taue, Ricky Marvin & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masao Inoue, Junji Izumida & Ippei Ota in 12:48. Taniguchi pinned Ota with a German Suplex hold.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Bryan Danielson & Atsushi Aoki beat KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & Genba Hirayanagi in 18:40 by submission. Danielson beat Hirayanagi with Cattle Mutilation.

Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga in 14:01 by submission. Sugiura beat Shiga with an ankle hold.

Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano beat Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 13:34. Sano pinned Kikuchi after Northern Lights Bomb.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki beat Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito & Bobby Fish in 18:23. Suzuki pinned Fish after Blue Destiny.

Global Tag League '08:
Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat D-Lo Brown & Buchanan in 23:23. Sasaki pinned Buchanan after Northern Lights Bomb.
Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikioh beat Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone in 19:55. Rikioh pinned Yone after Musou.

Today at Koshigaya Studio:
They claimed 1200 paid (sellout).
Ippei Ota & Genba Hirayanagi beat Ryuji Yamaguchi & Takashi Okida in 12:22. Ota pinned Okida.

Masao Inoue & Taiji Ishimori beat Ricky Marvin & Junji Izumida in 11:19. Inoue pinned Izumida with a cradle.

Akira Taue, Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga beat Tamon Honda, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Mitsuo Momota in 12:02. Shiga pinned Momota with a backslide.

Bryan Danielson & Bobby Fish beat KENTA & Shuhei Taniguchi in 12:08 by submission. Danielson beat Taniguchi with Cattle Mutilation.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano & Akihiko Ito in 16:33. Kanemaru pinned Ito after Touch Out.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki beat Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Aoki in 19:58. Suzuki pinned Aoki after Blue Destiny.

Global Tag League '08:
D-Lo Brown & Buchanan beat Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito in 23:51. D-Lo pinned Saito after Lo-Down.
Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Dragon Gate from Saturday at DG Arena:
No attendance figures available.
YAMATO & Cyber Kong beat Naoki Tanisaki & Super Shisa in 13:25. YAMATO pinned Shisa after CBV.

Taku Iwasa beat Jackson Florida in 7:50.

Riki Senshu, TAKUYA, & Akira Kakuei beat Akira Tozawa, Shisa BOY, & Super Shenlong in 9:04. Kakuei pinned Tozawa after a running kick.

Yasushi Kanda & Gamma beat Keni'chiro Arai & Anthony W. Mori in 14:05. Gamma pinned Mori after Gamma Special.

New Japan from today at Korakuen:
They claimed 2020 paid (sellout).
Karl Anderson beat Mitsuhide Hirasawa in 5:04.

Manabu Nakanishi, Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Taichi Ishikari beat Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine, Jushin Liger & AKIRA in 10:17. Yujiro pinned Machine after a moonsault press.

Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma beat Hirooki Goto & Minoru in 11:52. Ishii pinned Minoru after a brainbuster.

Wataru Inoue & Tiger Mask 4 beat Jado & Gedo in 7:50 by DQ.

Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 11:50 by submission. Kanemoto beat Takaiwa with an ankle hold.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka beat Makabe & Toru Yano in 15:32. Tenzan pinned Makabe after TTD.

IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in 24:44 by submission to retain the title.

K-DOJO results from the past week at Chiba Bluefield:
CLUB K-FRESH from Wednesday:
They claimed 38 paid.
Quiet Storm beat Ryuichi Sekine in 7:46.

PSYCHO & Saburo Inematsu beat Taishi Takizawa & Hiro Tonai in 14:39. Inematsu pinned Tonai after a Death Valley Bomb.

Kaji Yamato beat Taku Anzawa in 17:03.

Sunday doubleheader:
CLUB K-1000:
They claimed 46 paid.
Mantaro Kawasaki beat Ryuichi Sekine in 7:26.

TAKA Michinoku beat Shima Tsubaki in 4:23.

Taishi Takizawa & Yuu Yamagata beat Mr.X & Taku Anzawa in 14:09. Takizawa pinned Anzawa after a double chop.

CLUB K-3000:
They claimed 58 paid.
Teppei Ishizaka & Quiet Storm beat KAZMA & Shiori Asahi in 12:22. Storm pinned Asahi with a schoolboy.

Yuji Hino beat Kaji Yamato in 54 seconds.

Madoka & Boso Boy Raito beat Daigoro Kashiwa & Apple Miyuki in 11:13. Madoka beat Miyuki with a Crossface Lock.

Kunio Toshima, PSYCHO & Saburo Inematsu beat TAKA Michinoku, JOE & Hiro Tonai in 20:38. Toshima beat Tonai with a crabhold.

Kengo Mashimo beat MIYAWAKI in 21:59.

This message was edited by DCRage on Mar 31 2008.

NOAH from Monday at Joetsu City (Global Tag League '08):
They claimed 1400 paid.
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Ryuji Yamaguchi in 5:38.

Atsushi Aoki & Genba Hirayanagi beat Akihiko Ito & Ippei Ota in 14:14 by submission. Aoki beat Ota with a reverse-cross armbreaker.

KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Ricky Marvin & Bobby Fish in 10:41. KENTA pinned Fish.

Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano beat Masao Inoue & Kentaro Shiga in 15:45. Sano pinned Shiga after Northern Lights Bomb.

GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Akira Taue & Junji Izumida in 11:31. Yone pinned Izumida after a diving guillotine legdrop.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi in 19:17. Rikioh pinned Taniguchi after Musou.

D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & Bryan Danielson beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki in 11:22. Buchanan pinned Suzuki after Iron Bomb.

Global Tag League '08: Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito beat beat Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima in 22:14. Smith pinned Nakajima after Sickle Of Death.

Dragon Gate: m.c.KZ in Mexico match results:
CMLL, 3/16-KZ, Turbo, and XXX beat Gato Bero, Beta, & Occult 2-1 in a 2 out of 3 falls match in 15:20.

T@VO-NET Productions~SALON TEOTIHUACAN FUEGO EN EL RING, 3/21-KZ & Turbo beat Black Thunder & Gato Bero in 9:38. KZ pinned Thunder after BEAT BOMB.

3/24-KZ, Turbo, & Metal Boy beat Jorge Rivera, Hermano Muerte, & Mega 2-1 in a 2 out of 3 falls match in 13:50.

New Japan: The promotion announced 2 upcoming tours yesterday-CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN BRAVE, the April tour, runs 4/12-4/27. Scheduled title matches: 4/13 at Korakuen has IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions Jushin Liger & Akira vs. Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito for the titles; 4/27 at Osaka has IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka for the titles. The tour also features several New Japan vs. Zero-One MAX matches. 4/13 also features the debut of Kazu

The promotion will also run a "Zepp Tour" in May, visiting the popular Zepps throughout Japan. The schedule: 5/15-Zepp Osaka, 5/16-Zepp Nagoya, 5/20-Zepp Sendai, 5/26 & 5/27-Zepp Tokyo.

IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura suffered a busted eardrum against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Nakamura, who doesn't have much experience outside of New Japan (his match with Kohei Sato in ZERO1-MAX recently was his first outside of New Japan within Japan), is also looking at other promotions, locally and globally, for tough opposition, as these two men now lead New Japan as was written in the stars. Like any true IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Nakamura is not sitting back, and plans to pursue new strength by imposing trials upon himself. Nakamura has plans to head to Hong Kong soon and receive intensive kung fu training.

There are rumors that Tanahashi could return to TNA soon, with a possible match against Samoa Joe. TNA participation is also expected on the 4/27 Osaka show.

NOAH from Tuesday at Sendai:
They claimed 1000 paid (overflow).
Shuhei Taniguchi beat Ryuji Namaguchi in 8:52.

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Ippei Ota in 7:13.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taiji Ishimori & Akihiko Ito beat Kotaro Suzuki, Ricky Marvin & Genba Hirayanagi in 13:13. Ishimori pinned Hirayanagi after a modified DDT.

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Bryan Danielson & Bobby Fish in 13:24. Sugiura pinned Fish after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Kentaro Shiga beat Akira Taue, Masao Inoue & Junji Izumida in 15:02. Shiga pinned Izumida with a backslide.

Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito & KENTA beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Aoki in 13:45. KENTA pinned Aoki with a Tiger Suplex Hold.

Global Tag League '08:
D-Lo Brown & Buchanan beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa in 2:08. D-Lo pinned Ogawa after Lo Down.

Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano beat Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima in 23:49. Sano pinned Nakajima after a rolling savate kick to the face.

New Japan: Manabu Nakanishi will challenge Masato Tanaka for the Zero-One MAX World Heavyweight Title on 4/6 at JCB Hall.

4/3 news:
New Japan: The promotion has announced the schedule for the annual Best Of The Super Junior tournament, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The participants are not yet known, only the dates:
5/31-Soka City; 6/1-Korakuen; 6/4-Toyama; 6/5-Ishikawa; 6/6-Osaka; 6/7-Fukuyama; 6/8-Akashi; 6/13-Mito; 6/14-Kasumigura; 6/15-Korakuen
Milano Collection AT is the defending champion, he beat current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Wataru Inoue in last year's finals.

Riki Choshu's LOCK UP promotion will run its next show on 5/18, just a few days short of its 2nd anniversary. The show will be held at the location of its inaugural show, Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

Yuji Nagata will do special guest commentary on the Zero-One MAX vs. New Japan themed show that christens Tokyo JCB Hall on 4/6. Not only him, but old friend Shinjiro Otani will be sat in the commentary position too, and the press is pushing the idea of the two having some fiery arguments.

All-Japan: News outlets caught up with Suwama Wednesday while during his training session at the All-Japan dojo in Yokohama. Suwama clearly has made the first mission in this year's Champion's Carnival to pin Kensuke Sasaki cleanly and send a message throughout Japan. Suwama mentioned that although he defeated Sasaki in last year's Carnival through a cradle in 14 seconds, he did not really win the match, and would aim at a full victory this year, saying that he would pour his all into their match in order to ride the rest of the Carnival with that vigor. Suwama told the press that he has been eating well, sleeping well, and practicing often in order to be prepared for the champion, even practicing for Sasaki in his sleep and is prepared to go the full 30 with the champion if need be.

To each his own, I guess.
Also, the 3 newcomers selected in this year's open audition entered the dojo on 3/30 and began practice Tuesday with the 6 current young players and Kaz Hayashi.

Dragon Gate: The initial lineups for April & May events have been announced-Click Here

This message was edited by DCRage on Apr 03 2008.

First results from a busy weekend:
News: Starting next week, I will be posting DDT news/results. DDT is a more entertainment-type promotion that's been around a while, with 2 subdivisions/spinoffs-Union & Muscle. A DDT news/results site was just added to the puroresufan.com network (my primary source for news/results) the other day. It shoudl make up for the lack of joshi news/results.

NOAH from yesterday at Takamatsu City (Kenta Kobashi back in action):
They claimed 1200 paid.
Masao Inoue beat Ryuji Yamaguchi in 10:41.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Kentaro Shiga & Bobby Fish beat KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & Ippei Ota in 16:12. Fish pinned Ota after Fish Hook.

GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Kotaro Suzuki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Akihiko Ito in 17:48. Suzuki pinned Ito after Blue Destiny.

Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito beat Takuma Sano & Kishin Kawabata in 13:12. Smith pinned Kawabata after Bisontennial.

D-Lo Brown, Buchanan & Bryan Danielson beat Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikioh & Atsushi Aoki in 17:17 by submission. Danielson beat Aoki with Cattle Mutilation.

Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin in 27:30. Honda pinned Marvin after Dead End.

Global Tag League '08: Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Akira Taue & Go Shiosaki in 23:42. Sasaki pinned Shiozaki after Northern Lights Bomb.

Today at Kobe:
They claimed 1250 paid (sellout).
Masao Inoue & Bobby Fish beat Kotaro Suzuki & Ippei Ota in 11:25. Fish pinned Ota after Fish Hook.

Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga beat Tamon Honda & Mitsuo Momota in 11:30. Shiga pinned Momota with a cradle.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Bryan Danielson & Ricky Marvin beat KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki in 13:02 by submission. Danielson beat Aoki with Cattle Mutilation.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikioh & Shuhei Taniguchi beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Akihiko Ito in 13:58. Taniguchi pinned Ito with a German Suplex hold.

Global Tag League '08:
Akira Taue & Go Shiosaki beat D-Lo Brown & Buchanan in 18:05. Shiozaki pinned Buchanan with a cradle.
Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano in 20:07. Smith pinned Sano after Bisontennial.
Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Dragon Gate from today at Niigata:
No attendance figures available.
CIMA, Ryo Saito, & Susumu Yokosuka beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, & K-ness in 13:42. CIMA pinned K-ness after Schwein.

Cyber Kong beat Jackson Florida in 6:26.

Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai beat Naoki Tanisaki & Shisa BOY in 12:21. Arai pinned BOY after that long Japanese name move.

Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino beat Dragon Kid & Anthony W. Mori in 12:38. Yoshino pinned Mori.

Shingo Takagi, B x B Hulk, & YAMATO beat Yasushi Kanda, Genki Horiguchi, & Gamma in 16:13. Hulk pinned Horiguchi after FTX.

All-Japan from today at Korakuen (Champions Carnival Day 1):
They claimed 1900 paid.
Seiya Sanada, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato beat Kaz Hayashi, Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai in 13:28. Sanada pinned Araya with a cast-away German Suplex hold.

TARU, Shuji Kondo & Silver King beat Ryuji Hijikata, Katsuhiko Nakajima & T28 in 11:31. King pinned T28 after Death Valley Bomb.

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Suwama & Manabu Soya in 16:23. Tanahashi pinned Soya after High Fly Flow.
Champions Carnival Block A:
Keiji Mutoh beat Taiyo Kea in 16:41.
Satoshi Kojima beat Toshiaki Kawada in 15:41.
Block B:
Joe Doering beat Minoru Suzuki in 10:55.
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Osamu Nishimura went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Lots of Sunday results:
NOAH from Okayama:
They claimed 1500 paid.
Atsushi Aoki beat Akihiko Ito in 10:30 by submission.

Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata beat Masao Inoue & Mitsuo Momota in 13:30. Kawabata pinned Momota with a backslide.

KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Mushiking Terry & Ippei Ota in 16:15. Ishimori pinned Ota after a modified DDT.

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yuto Aijima in 14:52. Sugiura pinned Aijima after Olympic Yosen Slam.

D-Lo Brown, Buchanan, & Bryan Danielson beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Ricky Marvin in 18:39. Danielson pinned Marvin with a Tiger Suplex hold.

Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda, & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito, & Bobby Fish in 24:37. Honda pinned Fish after Dead End.

Global Tag League '08:
GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Akira Taue & Go Shiozaki in 20 minutes. Morishima pinned Shiozaki after the back drop suplex.

Toshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano beat Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikioh in 21:06. Takayama pinned Tikioh with a high angle German Suplex hold.

Dragon Gate from Zepp Sendai:
No attendance figures available.
Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka beat Gamma & Masato Yoshino in 14:43. Yokosuka pinned Yoshino after Genkai.

K-ness beat Jackson Florida in 9:17.

Naruki Doi beat Naoki Tanisaki in 15:12.

B x B Hulk & Cyber King beat Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi in 11:14. Hulk pinned Horiguchi after FTX.

Shingo Takagi, Shinobu, & YAMATO beat CIMA, Dragon Kid, & Anthony W. Mori in 18:25. YAMATO pinned Mori after Gallaria.

Open The Twin Gate Champions Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii in 20:43 to retain the titles.

All-Japan from Korakuen (Champions Carnival Day 2):
They claimed 1900 paid.
Ryuji Hijikata, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato beat T28, Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya in 10:23. Hijikata pinned T28 after a Fisherman Buster.

Kaz Hayashi, Nobukazu Hirai & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & Silver King in 10:11 by DQ (TARU DQ'd).

Minoru Suzuki & TAKEMURA beat Toshiaki Kawada & Nobutaka Araya in 14:15. Suzuki pinned Araya after a Gotch-style piledriver.
Champions Carnival Block A:
Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taiyo Kea in 20:53.
Keiji Mutoh beat Satoshi Kojima in 17:36 by ref stoppage (cross armbreaker).
Block B:
Joe Doering beat Osamu Nishimura in 25;20.
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Suwama went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Former WWE wrestler Shawn Daivari is rumored to be heading to All-Japan.

New Japan/Zero-One MAX at the new JCB Hall in Tokyo:
No attendance figures available.
Ryouji Sai, Osamu Namiguchi & Munenori Sawa beat Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Mitsuhide Hirasawa in 13:52. Sai pinned Hirasawa after Nachi Waterfall.

Kohei Sato beat Ryusuke Taguchi in 9:25.

Makabe & Toru Yano beat Yoshihito Sasaki & Daisuke Sekimoto in 14:35. Makabe pinned Sasaki after a top rope King Kong kneedrop.

Riki Choshu & Jushin Liger beat Takao Omori & Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 11 minutes. Liger pinned Takaiwa after a brainbuster.

Koji Kanemoto beat Ikuto Hidaka in 15:52.

Zero-One MAX World Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka beat Manabu Nakanishi in 24:12 to retain the title.

DDT from Sunday at Korakuen (lots of Dragon Gate talent):
They claimed 2000 paid (sellout).
Shisa Boy & Super Shenlong beat Daisuke Sasaki & Yukihiro Abe in 8:56. Boy pinned Abe after a moonsault press.

Michael Nakazawara & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Kikutaro & Akira Tozawa in 8:46. Nakazawara pinned Tozawa after Never Say Michael Never Again.

Gorgeous Matsuno vs. Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa went to a Double TKO Draw in 18:35 when both sides threw in the towel. CIMA seconded Ichikawa.

KUDO & Yasu Urano beat Susumu Yokosuka & Anthony W. Mori in 15:22. KUDO pinned Mori with a jackknife hold.

Masaaki Mochizuki beat Danshoku Dieno in a New York Style Death Match in 5:52. They reportedly wrestled wearing the other guy's gear (Mochi wearing Dieno's and vice versa).

MIKAMI & Don Fujii beat Poison Sawada JULIE & Ryo Jaito (Ryo Saito) & Keni'chiro Arai & Tanomusaku Toba in a Triple Threat Match in 13:02. Fujii pinned JULIE after Nice German. (JULIE is a male. Well into his 40s)

BxB Hulk, Shingo Takagi & Cyber Kong beat HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Antonio Honda in 20:37. Kong pinned Honda after Pineapple Bomber.

They're definitely a Hustle-type promotion, but hey, at least they've got a cute referee:

Kawaii! Their ring announcer, well...

FAIL, haha.

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New Japan: Full card for Sunday at Korakuen:
Shiro Koshinaka & Super Strong Machine vs. Milano Collection AT & Minoru
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka & Kazuchika Okada vs. Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
Wataru Inoue vs. Jado
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jushin Liger & AKIRA vs. Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito for the titles
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Giant Bernard
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Zero-One MAX World Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka vs. Koji Kanemoto for the title

All-Japan from today at Korakuen (Champions Carnival Day 3):
They claimed 1700 paid.
Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai in 10:48. Nakajima pinned Araya after a face kick.

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI beat Kaz Hayashi & Hajime Suruga in 10:22. KAI pinned Suruga after a splash plancha.

Satoshi Kojima, TARU, Shuji Kondo & Silver King beat Osamu Nishimura, T28, Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya in 11:50. Kojima pinned Sanada after a lariat.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Toshiaki Kawada beat Taiyo Kea in 13:35.
Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Block B:
Kensuke Sasaki beat Joe Doering in 8:01.
Minoru Suzuki beat Suwama in 9:31.

Standings:
Block A:
Keiji Mutoh-5
Hiroshi Tanahashi-3
Satoshi Kojima-2
Toshiaki Kawada-2
Taiyo Kea-0

Block B:
Kensuke Sasaki-4
Joe Doering-4
Minoru Suzuki-2
Suwama-1
Osamu Nishimura-0
The big story so far the year has been Doering. Nobody figured he'd have much of a chance in his first tournament but despite his loss to Sasaki he still has a chance to be the winner out of Block B.

NOAH from today at Yonago Convention Center (Kobashi in action):
They claimed 1500 paid (sellout).
Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga beat Mitsuo Momota & Ippei Ota in 15:14. Kawabata pinned Momota after a reverse senton.

Bryan Danielson & Bobby Fish beat Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki in 14:57. Danielson pinned Aoki with an inside cradle.

D-Lo Brown & Buchanan beat Takuma Sano & Masao Inoue in 15:59. Buchanan pinned Inoue after Iron Bomb.

Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito & KENTA beat Mohammed Yone, Kotaro Suzuki & Akihiko Ito in 16:31. Smith pinned Ito after Bisontennial.

Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Ricky Marvin in 10:14. Ogawa pinned Marvin with a cradle cutback.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi in 28:59. Rikioh pinned Taniguchi after Musou.

Global Tag League '08: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Akira Taue & Go Shiozaki in 19:14. Marufuji pinned Shiozaki after Pole Shift.

All-Japan from today at Korakuen (Champions Carnival Day 4):
They claimed 1700 paid.
Ryuji Hijikata & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Nobukazu Hirai & Hajime Suruga in 11:14 by ref stoppage (crabhold).

Joe Doering, Kaz Hayashi & Seiya Sanada beat Nobutaka Araya, T28 & Manabu Soya in 12:09.

TARU, Shuji Kondo & Silver King beat Keiji Mutoh, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato in 10:40. King pinned Yamato after Death Valley Driver.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Satoshi Kojima beat Taiyo Kea in 14:53.
Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Block B:
Suwama beat Osamu Nishimura in 15:13.
Minoru Suzuki beat Kensuke Sasaki in 12:22 by submission.
Standings:
Block A:
Keiji Mutoh-5
Satoshi Kojima-4
Hiroshi Tanahashi-4
Toshiaki Kawada-3
Taiyo Kea-0

Block B:
Joe Doering-4
Minoru Suzuki-4
Kensuke Sasaki-4
Suwama-3
Osamu Nishimura-1
The Carnival wraps up tomorrow.

K-DOJO: CLUB-K 3000 from Sunday at Chiba Bluefield:
They claimed 75 paid.
Hiro Tonai beat Ryuichi Sekine in 7:44 by submission.

KAZMA & Shiori Asahi beat Quiet Storm & Yuu Yamagata in 11:39. Asahi pinned Yamagata after Gesshoku.

TAKA Michinoku & Taku Anzawa beat Madoka & Taishi Takizawa in 13:30. TAKA pinned Takizawa after Super K.

Kunio Toshima, Mr.X, PSYCHO & Saburo Inematsu beat Daigoro Kashiwa, Teppei Ishizaka, Apple Miyuki & Mantaro Kawasaki in 15:33. Toshima pinned Ishizaka after a backdrop.

Boso Boy Raito beat JOE in 13:32.

Yuji Hino & MIYAWAKI beat Kengo Mashimo & Kaji Yamato in 17:40. Hino pinned Yamato after a powerbomb.

Latest card for CLUB-K SUPER ev.7 Sunday at Korakuen:
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title Royal Rumble: KAZMA & MIYAWAKI vs Quiet Storm & Teppei Ishizaka vs Taku Anzawa & Hiro Tonai vs Kaji Yamato & Taishi Takizawa vs Apple Miyuki & X vs Naoshi Sano & X. Winners win the titles.
Bambi Return Match: Shiori Asahi, Makoto Oishi & Bambi vs Kazuya Kawasaki, Rinne Mitsuki & Shima Tsubaki
Kunio Toshima, PSYCHO, Mr.X & Saburo Inematsu vs NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, TAKEMURA & Magnitude Kishiwada
Yuu Yamagata vs Toshie Uematsu
Osaka Pro Singles Champion Tigers Mask vs Daigoro Kashiwa for the title
STRONGEST-K Tag Team Champions TAKA Michinoku & JOE vs Madoka & Boso Boy Raito for the titles
CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Kengo Mashimo vs Yuji Hino for the title
For those wondering, Bambi is a female wrestler but not the Bambi that wrestled in the 80s. This one also is Japanese.

All-Japan from today at Korakuen (Champions Carnival final):
They claimed the "Korakuen standard" 2100 paid (overflow).
Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Yamaguchi beat Taiyo Kea, Kaz Hayashi & T28. Match time not available. Nakajima pinned T28 with a German Suplex hold.

Champions Carnival:
Block A: Toshiaki Kawada beat Keiji Mutoh in 10:32.
Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Satoshi Kojima in 18:10.
Block B: Suwama beat Joe Doering in 9:18 by submission.
Block B: Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki in 3:58.

Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya beat Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai in 10:43. Sanada pinned Hirai with a German Suplex.

TARU, Shuji Kondo & Silver King beat Ryuji Hijikata, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato in 9:38. King pinned Hijikata after Death valley Bomb.

Champions Carnival Final: Suwama beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in 29:49 to win the Champions Carnival.
After it was all over, Suwama said that he next wants a shot at the Triple Crown.
Edit: Word is Suwama gets his shot on 4/29 at Aichi.

DDT from Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring:
They claimed 179 paid.
HARASHIMA beat Yukihiro Abe in 7:13 by submission.

Seiya Morohashi beat Daisuke Sasaki in 9:33 by submission.

Daichi Kakimoto, Michael Nakazawara & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Masa Takanashi, Masashi Takeda & Atsushi Ohashi in 12:10. Kakimoto pinned Takanashi with a German Suplex hold.

Handsome JOE & Yoshiaki Yago beat Sanshiro Takagi & Poison Sawada JULIE in 13:39 by submission. Yago beat JULIE with Cobra Twist From Hell.

Touru Owashi beat Antonio Honda in 11:14.

KO-D Tag Team Title Determination League - Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: GENTARO & Hoshitango beat KUDO & Yasu Urano in 10:16. GENTARO pinned Urano after a diving elbow drop. GENTARO becomes the 740th Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Top that, Hustle.

KO-D Tag Team Title Determination League: MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba beat MEN'S Teioh & Danshoku Dieno in 13:42. MIKAMI pinned Dieno after a swanton bomb.

NOAH: The promotion has announced SEM shows for 4/30 at Differ Ariake and 5/28 in Sapporo.
Mitsuharu Misawa & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki has been announced as the main event for a Coventry Skydome (UK) show on 6/21.

NOAH from Thursday at Kokura (Kobashi in action):
They claimed 1200 paid.
Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata beat Masao Inoue & Ippei Ota in 7:46. Kawabata pinned Ota after Axe Bomber.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki beat Taiji Ishimori & Akihiko Ito in 8:30. Aoki pinned Ito.

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Bryan Danielson & Ricky Marvin in 11:10. Sugiura pinned Marvin after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito, & KENTA beat D-Lo Brown, Buchanan, & Bobby Fish in 11:03. KENTA pinned Fish after GO 2 SLEEP.

Global Tag League '08:
Both matches-Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikioh vs. Akira Taue & Go Shiozaki and Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano-went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Kotaro Suzuki beat Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda, & Shuhei Taniguchi in 14:33. Suzuki pinned Taniguchi.

All-Japan: Likely full card for 4/20 at Korakuen:
Masanobu Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya vs. Takashi Okita & Kento Miyahara
T28 vs. KAI
Ryuji Hijikata, Hiroshi Yamato & Hajime Suruga vs. Shuji Kondo, Silver King & Al Daivari
Nobukazu Hirai, Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai vs. Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
Osamu Nishimura vs. TAKEMURA
Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea & Joe Doering vs. Satoshi Kojima, TARU & ZODIAC
Suwama, Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Yamaguchi

3 title matches are set for 4/29 at Aichi:
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Silver King vs. Ryuji Hijikata for the title
All-Japan Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Keiji Mutoh & Joe Doering vs. Voodoo Murders Team for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kensuke Sasaki vs. Champions Carnival winner Suwama for the Triple Crown

Suwama with his Champions Carnival Trophy at the AJPW offices.

This message was edited by DCRage on Apr 11 2008.

All-Japan/New Japan: Keiji Mutoh will challenge IWGP (New Japan) Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura for the title in Osaka. The match is set for April 27. This will be the first time in over 8 years that Mutoh has had a shot at New Japan's top title. Mutoh's motivation seems to be having taken good friend (and Nakamura's rival) Hiroshi Tanahashi to a 30 minute draw in Champions Carnival and now wants to test Nakamura. 4/27 will also feature IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka for the titles.

Injury report: Satoshi Kojima is off the upcoming tour due to some nerve paralysis in his right elbow suffered during Champions Carnival. He had immediate surgery yesterday, no word on how long he's out. The returning "brother" YASSHI will replace him on the upcoming tour starting on 4/20 at Korakuen.

Dragon Gate from Friday at DG Arena:
No attendance figures available.
YAMATO beat Super Shisa in 16:56.

Naoki Tanisaki beat Shisa BOY in 9 minutes.

TAKUYA & Shoichi Uchida beat Tozawa & Kouji Shishido in 10:46. TAKUYA pinned Tozawa after Thunder Fire powerbomb.

Riki Senshu beat Super Shenlong in 12:52.

Jackson Florida vs. Cyber Kong vs. Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa for the Open The Owarai Gate Title is now set for 4/20 at Mie.

Milanito Collection a.t. will compete on the 4/24 event at Korakuen. He will appear under his real name, Tsutomu Oosugi.

DDT from Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring:
They claimed 174 paid.
Touru Owashi & Koo beat Yoshiaki Yago & Masa Takanashi in 10:39. Koo pinned Takanashi after TSUNAMI.

Poison Sawada JULIE, Ricky Fuji & GOEMON beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yukihiro Abe & Daisuke Sasaki in 12:48. JULIE pinned Abe after Moai Of Easter.

Seiya Morohashi beat Antonio Honda in 12:10.

KO-D Tag Team Title Determination League: KUDO & Yasu Urano beat MEN'S Teioh & Danshoku Dieno in 11:20. KODU pinned Dieno with a German Suplex hold.

KO-D Tag Team Title Determination League: MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba beat GENTARO & Hoshitango in 10:37. MIKAMI pinned Hoshitango with a schoolboy.

O-Hanami Sakamori Death Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Ryuji Ito beat HARASHIMA & Daichi Kakimoto in 16:28. Ito pinned Kakimoto after Dragon Splash.