NOAH: Tons Of 4/27 Budokan Action Shots From The Honolulu Office
As a reward for winning the Global Tag League, Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito will get to challenge GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura for the titles.

All-Japan results will hopefully be up later today (probably midday depending on when All-Japan lets the news media start reporting, usually that's around midnight Japan time), tonight's major show should be underway now.

DDT: Results from recent matches/events with DDT participation:
Fu-Ten, Sunday at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza (They claimed 215 paid [overflow]): Yuki Ishikawa & Kota Ibushi beat Mitsuya Nagai & Fujita "Jr" Hayato in 16:47. Ishikawa pinned Hayato with a Reverse Vuper Hold.

DDT Offer Match In Pro-Wrestling Bookstore, Sunday at Ino Shoten Bookstore (Yes, actually was held inside the store. They claimed 200 paid): Kota Ibushi beat Sanshiro Takagi in 12:30. Was more a street fight as there was no ring and eventually they brawled to outside the store. They also wore aprons. Pink & green aprons.

VKW Wrestle Naniwa, Sunday at Osaka (also featuring Dragon Gate talent): Magnitude Kishiwada & Shoichi Uchida beat KUDO & Shinobu in 17:07. Kishiwada pinned Shinobu after Last Ride.

BJW, Monday at Korakuen (they claimed 2000 paid): In a Men's World 8 Man Tag Match, MEN'S Teioh, Makoto Oishi, Hercules Osenga & Shinobu beat Kota Ibushi, Onryo, Yuki Sato & Madoka in 14:57. Teioh pinned Sato.

Starting today, look for news/updates from Osaka Pro as a dedicated Osaka Pro fansite has been added to the puroresufan.com network. Meanwhile, looks like no more Hustle or joshi updates, those sites appear to be dead (no longer updated).

Edit: Today's All-Japan results (title changes) from Aichi:
They claimed 3200 paid.
Hiroshi Yamato was a late removal from the show due to "emergency business". Hajime Suruga was a late pull as a result.
Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai beat T28 & KAI in 10:56. Araya pinned T28 after a moonsault press.

Kaz Hayashi, El Samurai & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI & Al Daivari in 13:14. Hayashi pinned YASSHI after Final Cut.

Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki beat beat Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya in 14:42. Kea pinned Sanada after TKO34th.

In a 3 match series contested under gauntlet match rules, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA beat Osamu Nishimura in 22:27. Nishimura had to beat all 3 in singles matches to win. If he lost one match, he lost the series. Nishimura first beat NOSAWA in 12:40 by submission. He then beat MAZADA at 13:27. TAKEMURA then beat Nishimura at 22:27.

Ryuji Hijikata beat All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Silver King in 17:41 by submission to win the title. Hijikata becomes the 25th All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion.

All-Jpaan World Tag Team Champions Keiji Mutoh & Joe Doering beat TARU & ZODIAC in 18:48 to retain the titles. Mutoh pinned TARU after Shining Wizard.

Suwama beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kensuke Sasaki in 29:55 to win the Triple Crown. Suwama becomes the 37th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion.
Hijikata's first Jr. Heavyweight Title defense will be against Hayashi. Mutoh & Doering may next defend against Suzuki & Kea.

New Japan from today at Kuwana City:
They claimed 1400 paid (sellout).
Super Strong Machine, Jushin Liger & AKIRA beat Wataru Inoue, Tiger Mask & Taichi Ishikari in 9:58. AKIRA pinned Ishikari after Musasabi press.

Manabu Nakanishi beat Karl Anderson in 6:31.

Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yujiro & Kazuchika Okada. Jado pinned Okada after Iizuka used a sleeper hold.

Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka in 6:42. Yano pinned Koshinaka after Uragasumi.

Milano Collection AT & Minoru beat Koji Kanemoto & Tetsuya Naito in 12:35. Milano pinned Naito after Victoria Milanese.

Shinsuke Nakamura & Giant Bernard beat Makabe & Tomoaki Honma in 15:18. Nakamura pinned Honma after Landslide.

Hirooki Goto Local Return Match: Hirooki Goto beat Ryusuke Taguchi in 14:53.

Masa Chono participaion in Zero-One MAX result: Shinjiro Otani & Takao Omori beat Chono & Tadao Yasuda in 11:14. Otani pinned Yasuda with a Dragon suplex hold.

Osaka Pro-Wrestling 9th Anniversary Celebration from today at Matsushita:
They claimed 951 paid (overflow).
Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke beat Takoyakida & Tomoya Kinukawa in 8:20. Harada beat Kinukawa with a crab hold.

Kanjyuro Matsuyama beat Miracleman in 7:53.

Black Buffalo, Tsubasa, Asian Cooger & Robert Tanaka beat Hideyoshi, Masamune, Condor & Atsushi Kotoge in 11:59. Buffalo pinned Kotoge after a lariat.

Akebono beat Zeus in 8:51. Note that while Zeus is supposedly a very big man himself, he still gave away roughly 160 pounds (100 kilos) to Akebono.

"Delfin Gundan Reformation!" Special 10 Man Tag Match: Super Delfin, Jinsei Shinzaki, TAKA Michinoku, Yone Genjin & Gran Naniwa beat Super Demekin, Tigers Mask, GAINA, Ebessan & Kuishinbo Kamen in 15:48. Delfin pinned Kamen after a swing DDT into Delfin Clutch.
TAJIRI made an appearance at the show. KUSHIDA will participate for Osaka Pro on the 5/10 show as will...deep voices now..."MECHA MUMMY!"

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So both the IWGP and the Triple Crown titles changed hands over the past couple days? Am I reading it right that Mutoh holds belts in both NJPW and AJPW? Also...

Tanahashi Out 6 Months

quote 411mania.com

Hiroshi Tanahashi is out of action for NJPW with torn ligaments in his left nee. He suffered the injury on April 8th in his Champions Carnival match with Toshiaki Kawada when he executed his frog splash. Tanahashi continued to work with the injury, taking multiple pain killer shots over the weeks, but has been instructed that if he did not get surgery, he was risking long-term damage. Tanahashi is expected to miss 6-months if he gets the reconstructive surgery. He was scheduled to work the May 5th Korakuen Hall show, but now looks to be off of that show.

And from that same 411 page, apparently Chris Hero will switch to a NOAH heel-oriented style for RoH from now on since he's getting over being a goof.

Darn, so much for us joking about it being due to his Hogan-esque t-shirt ripping on Sasuke. He just can't catch a break now, it's like he's the next coming of Jun Akiyama-the next big thing with so much potential but just can't have that breakthrough run.

NOAH news:
The gaijin announced for Northern Navigation '08: Bison Smith, Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson, BJ Whitmer, Raptor (Matt Cross...take 2, missed his first scheduled tour due to injury). All will work all shows.

Full card for The 13th SEM on 5/16 at Differ Ariake:
Ricky Marvin vs. Raptor
Bryan Danielson vs. BJ Whitmer
Genba Hirayanagi vs. Kazushi Miyamoto
Bison Smith & Atsushi Aoki vs. Nigel McGuinness & Shuhei Taniguchi
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ippei Ota
KENTA vs. Akihiko Ito

The 12th SEM results from Differ Ariake:
They claimed 418 paid.
Daichi Kakimoto beat Kento Miyahara in 9:41.

Manabu Hara beat Genba Hirayanagi in 9:32.

Kazushi Miyamoto beat Ippei Ota in 9:07.

KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Bear Fukuda & Takeshi Minamino in 13:24. Ishimori pinned Minamino after Superstar Elbow.

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita beat Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Aoki in 19:58. Nakajima pinned Aoki with a German Suplex hold.

NOAH/WWA from Wednesday in Seoul, Korea:
They claimed 1500 paid.
Akihiko Ito beat Kim Min-Ho in 8:29.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Ricky Marvin went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

GHC Hardcore Champion Kishin Kawabata & Go Shiozaki beat Im Back-Ho & Kim Nam-Hoon in 12:37. Sahiozaki pinned Kim.

Jun Akiyama beat Junji Izumida in 6:32.

Hong Sang-Jin & Ahn Jae-Hong beat Mohammed Yone & Kentaro Shiga in 11:22. Ahn pinned Shiga after a powerslam.

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New Japan: The participants and blocks for this year's Best Of The Super Junior tournament have been revealed:
Block A: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Wataru Inoue, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Jushin Liger (making his 16th appearance in 16 tournaments), Minoru, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yujiro, Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Block B: Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask 4, Tetsuya Naito, AKIRA, Prince Devitt, Jimmy Rave (1st time participating)

The tournament begins later this month and concludes 6/15 at Korakuen. The winner gets 5 million yen (about $47,400 US) and an entry into this year's G1 Climax tournament.

New Japan from yesterday at Korakuen (Yuji Nagata returns):
They claimed 1850 paid.
Tiger Mask 4, Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada in 18:52. Ishikari pinned Okada after Black Mephisto.

Jado, Gedo & Karl Anderson beat Shiro Koshinaka, Jushin Liger & AKIRA in 7:26. Anderson pinned AKIRA after Gun Stun.

Shinsuke Nakamura & Minoru beat Wataru Inoue & Ryusuke Taguchi in 11:54. Nakamura pinned Taguchi after Landslide.

Makabe & Toru Yano beat Giant Bernard & Milano Collection AT in 10:54. Makabe pinned Bernard after a top rope King Kong kneedrop.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka went to a no contest in 2:09.

Hirooki Goto beat Tomohiro Ishii in 13:55.

Yuji Nagata Return Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto beat Masato Tanaka, Ryouji Sai & Ikuto Hidaka in 19:22. Nakanishi pinned Sai after Hercules Cutter.

Dragon Gate results from today's major "DEAD OR ALIVE" show at Aichi (title change):
No match times available.
Anthony W. Mori, Pac, & Syachihoko Machine beat Akira Tozawa, Super Shenlong, & Cyber Kong. Pac pinned Shenlong after 360 SSP.

Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa Bosou 10 Match Series: Shinobu Kandori beat Ichikawa. Which apparently led to a quick rematch...
Kandori beat Ichikawa again.

Shingo Takagi beat Naoki Tanisaki in a Hardcore match.

Genki Horiguchi, Gamma, & NOSAWA Rongai beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, & El Blazer. Gamma pinned Blazer after Gamma Special.

Special NOAH vs. DG Singles Match: KENTA beat Naruki Doi with GO 2 SLEEP.

Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai to win the titles. Saito & Yokosuka become the 3rd Open The Twin Gate Unified Champions. Yokosuka pinned Iwasa.

In the Mascara contra Cabellera Cage Survival 6 Way Match, where the loser would lose his hair or mask, Yasushi Kanda was the loser by being the last one left in the cage. Order of escape: B x B Hulk 1st, Dragon Kid 2nd, YAMATO 3rd, Masato Yoshino 4th, CIMA 5th. As a result, Kanda lost his hair.
There's also word that 5/14 will feature B x B Shingo & B x B Kong dancing with Hulk.

New Japan: Results from today's debut of Masa Chono's PREMIUM promotion at Korakuen, all indications are the debut was a success:
They claimed 2005 paid (sellout).
Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryouji Sai beat Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma in 13:25. Takaiwa pinned Honma after Death valley Bomb.

Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito beat Jado & Gedo in 12:21. Machine pinned Gedo after Hiro used a senton bomb.

Masato Tanaka, Takao Omori & Mitsuya Nagai beat Riki Choshu, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA in 9:44. Omori pinned AKIRA after Axe Bomber.

Tatsumi Fujinami & Jushin Liger beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask 4 in 10:34. Fujinami beat TM 4 with a Dragon Sleeper.

Manabu Nakanishi beat Yutaka Yoshie in 24:30.

Masa Chono & Kohei Sato beat Shinjiro Otani & Daisuke Sekimoto in 15:36. Chono beat Sekimoto with an STS.

LOCK UP will run on 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. This show seems to be funded by Riki Choshu, plus it features Atsushi Onita, which appears to be why it's not at Korakuen. There also are rumors that NJPW is no longer funding LOCK UP. The recently disgraced Kintaro Kanemura also returns on this event. The card:
Kuniyoshi Wada vs. Yusaku Obata
Yujiro vs. Taichi Ishikari
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomoaki Honma
Riki Choshu & Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Takashi Sasaki
Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara
Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Gedo vs. Mammoth Sasaki, Dick Togo & GENTARO

K-DOJO GWSP6 Team Handsome Produce from Chiba Bluefield:
They claimed 103 paid.
K-METAL League '08: Tadanobu Fujisawa beat Ryuichi Sekine in 6:32.
K-METAL League '08: Taishi Takizawa beat Kaji Yamato in 8:33.
YOSHIYA & Apple Miyuki beat Kikutaro & Shinjitsu Nohashi in 16:30. Miyuki pinned Kikutaro after Apple Buster.

Yuji Hino beat Taku Anzawa in 4:52 by TKO.

JOE, Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago beat TAKA Michinoku, The Great Sasuke & Hiro Tonai in 18:08. JOE pinned Tonai after Super Pump Kick Special Version.

Osaka Pro "Osaka HOLIDAY PARADISE" from Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori:
They claimed 336 paid (overflow).
Tigers Mask beat Takoyakida in 9:49 by submission.

Condor beat Black Buffalo and Atsushi Kotoge in a 3 way match in 9:10 by pinning Kotoge.

Tsubasa, Asian Cooger & Robert Tanaka beat Zeus, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke in 15:57. Cooger pinned Tadasuke after High Jack Guillotine.

Miracleman, Ebessan & Kanjyuro Matsuyama beat Super Delfin, Kuishinbo Kamen & Tomoya Kinukawa in 12:12. Miracleman pinned Kinukawa after Miracle Driver.

Zero & GAINA beat Hideyoshi & Masamune in 28:51. Zero pinned Hideyoshi after Makaiichi no Splash.

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K-DOJO CLUB-K SUPER necessary from yesterday at Chiba Bluefield:
They claimed 170 paid (overflow).
Mr.X, PSYCHO & Quiet Storm beat Yuu Yamagata, Apple Miyuki & Shinjitsu Nohashi in 8:22. Storm pinned Miyuki after a Fishermans Buster.

K-METAL League '08 Final Qualification Match: Hiro Tonai beat Kaji Yamato in 4:37.

MIYAWAKI, Makoto Oishi & Bambi beat Kengo Mashimo, Madoka & Boso Boy Raito in 9:18. Oishi pinned Raito after Tornado Clutch.

KAZMA & Shiori Asahi beat Taku Anzawa & Hardcore Kid Kojiro in 18 minutes. Asahi pinned Kojiro after a reverse legsplit.

K-METAL League '08 - Final: Taishi Takizawa beat Hiro Tonai in 14:32.

STRONGEST-K Tag Team Champions Taka Michinoku & JOE beat Kunio Toshima & Saburo Inematsu in 20:04 to retain the titles. TAKA pinned Inematsu after Super Pump Kick.

Champion Of STRONGEST-K Yuji Hino beat YOSHIYA in 14:32 to retain the title.

DDT from yesterday at Korakuen (Jushin Liger participation):
They claimed 1498 paid.
Who Is A Loser? Fight to Decide! Special Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno & "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa (Dragon Gate) vs. DJ Nira & Koryuki went to a draw.

Poison Sawada JULIE, Tanomusaku Toba & Shiro Koginaka beat Yukihiro Abe, Daisuke Sasaki & Rion Mizuki in 8:30. JULIE beat Abe with Cattle Mutilation. (I'd like to see her put Danielson in it, haha)

DDT KO-D Tag Team Title Contendership League - Final: Michael Nakazawara & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat GENTARO & Hoshitango in 9:08. Nakazawara pinned Hoshitango after Union Neckbreaker.

World's Strongest KO-D Contendership League - Final: KUDO & Yasu Urano beat Danshoku Dieno & Masa Takanashi in 10:06. Urano pinned Dieno with a Jackknife hold.

Antonio Honda beat Koo in 11:22 by ref stoppage.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling's First Appearance In DDT!: Kota Ibushi & Daichi Kakimoto beat Jushin Liger & MIKAMI in 14:56. Kakimoto pinned MIKAMI with a horizontal cradle.

Dick Togo beat HARASHIMA, Seiya Morohashi, Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshiaki Yago in a STOP THE VAMPIRE 5 Way Survival Match in 22:38 to win the KO-D Openweight Title and become the 27th KO-D Openweight Champion. Order of elimination: Yago by Morohashi at 8:31, Takagi by Morohashi at 8:35, Morohashi by HARASHIMA at 14:34, HARASHIMA by Togo at 22:38.

Osaka Pro: Super Delfin today unveiled the promotion's new logo:

Wait a minute, I thought Pat Morita was dead...
Osaka Pro at Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori:
They claimed 336 paid (overflow).
Zeus beat Takoyakida in 5:09.

Hideyoshi, Masamune & Atsushi Kotoge beat Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & Tomoya Kinukawa in 12:04. Hideyoshi pinned Kinukawa after a lariat.

Kanjyuro Matsuyama beat Kuishinbo Kamen & Ebessan in a 3 way in 6:21 by pinning Ebessan.

Tsubasa beat Robert Tanaka in 12:39 by submission.

MWF World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Condor beat "Kabuto" Beetle in 8:45 to retain the title.

Tigers Mask, Zero & Super Delfin beat Black Buffalo, GAINA & Asian Cooger in 17:01. Zero pinned Buffalo.
They run 2 shows this weekend highlighted by KUSHIDA's in-ring Osaka Pro debut and a revenge attempt on none other than MECHA MUMMY!

Dragon Gate: The claimed attendance for the 5/5 Aichi show was 8000.
DG from yesterday at DG Arena (Fan Thanks Special Match):
Anthony W. Mori & Pac beat Super Shisa & Super Shenlong in 11:23. Pac pinned Shenong after SSP.

Taku Iwasa beat Kouji Shishido 8:27.

Cyber Kong beat Katsuo in 7:37.

Shingo Takagi & Shisa BOY beat Keni'chiro Arai & Tozawa in 15:25. BOY pinned Tozawa after a moonsault press.

Upcoming notable matches:
5/11-Open The Gamma Gate (formerly Open The Brave Gate) Champion Gamma vs. Super Shenlong for the title
5/14-CIMA vs. Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, the winner likely gets a shot at the Open The Owarai Gate Title
Open The Triangle Gate Champions Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, & Cyber Kong vs. YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi, & Gamma for the titles

Various NOAH news:
The freelance talent for Northern Navigation '08: Yoshihiro Takayama (5/17, 23, 24, 26, 30, 6/1), Masashi Aoyagi (5/18 & 24), Magnitude Kishiwada (5/15 & 17).
Kenta Kobashi participation dates: 5/15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26. 27, 30, 6/1, 6/14

6/21 Coventry Skydome (England) matches with NOAH talent:
Atsushi Aoki vs. Joel Redman
Junji Izumida & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Wade Fitzgerald & Martin Stone
Jun Akiyama & Bison Smith vs. Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone
Mitsuharu Misawa & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki

Notable announced matches for Northern Navigation '08:
5/15-Nigel McGuinness vs. KENTA vs. BJ Whitmer, Bryan Danielson vs. Atsushi Aoki
5/17-GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Magnitude Kishiwada for the title
5/23-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Global Tag League '08 winners Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito for the titles
5/24-Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (Kenta vs. KENTA...teacher vs. student. Interesting)
6/14 (GREAT VOYAGE '08)-GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title

NOAH will soon release the english version of the 4/27 Budokan show on DVD. The following matches will be featured on the DVD, which will run just under 3 hours:
All 3 Global Tag League '08 matches
Kenta Kobashi, KENTA, & Tamon Honda vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano, & Go Shiozaki
Akira Taue, Kotaro Suzuki, & Ricky Marvin vs. D-Lo Brown, Buchanan, & Bobby Fish
BONUS CONTENT: The DVD will also include these 2 matches from the 3/2 Budokan event:
GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Takeshi Morishima for the title
Kenta Kobashi, KENTA, & Tamon Honda vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano, & Atsushi Aoki

New Japan: In what could be a dream match preview, 2 of the legendary Tiger Masks will soon reunite in the ring. Tiger Mask 4, the current incarnation, and Satoru Sayama, the original Tiger Mask, will likely be on opposite teams in a tag match for Sayama's Real Japan promotion on 6/19 at Korakuen, with rumors that it could lead to a future singles match between the Tiger Masks. TM 4 has suggested the match be TM 4 & Minoru Suzuki vs. TM 1 & a partner of his choice.

Tiger Mask, now and then.
The Best Of The Super Junior match schedule has been announced, it can be viewed at puroresufan.com.

Weekend results, fairly light schedule:
Dragon Gate from Sunday at Kanazawa:
Masaaki Mochizuki & Naoki Tanisaki beat Susumu Yokosuka & Pac in 12:22. Mochizuki pinned Pac after Twister.

Don Fujii beat Jackson Florida in 6:35 by submission.

Open The Gamma Gate Champion Gamma beat Super Shenlong in 8:25 to retain the title.

Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino beat Anthony W. Mori & Dragon Kid in 14:47. Doi pinned Mori after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Shingo Takagi, B x B Hulk, & Cyber Kong beat YAMATO, Yasushi Kanda, & Genki Horiguchi in 18 minutes. Hulk pinned Horiguchi after FTX.

All-Japan from Sunday at Korakuen:
They claimed 1550 paid.
Seiya Sanada beat Manabu Soya in 12:45.

TARU & "brother" YASSHI beat Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai in 7:21 by DQ. Hirai DQ'd for weapon use.

Shuji Kondo & Al Daivari beat T28 & KAGETORA in 13:18. Daivari pinned T28 after Magic Carpet.

Kaz Hayashi & KAI beat Ryuji Hijikata & Hajime Suruga in 14:50. KAI pinned Suruga after a splash plancha.

Joe Doering beat ZODIAC in 10:09.

Masanobu Fuchi, Osamu Nishimura & El Samurai beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & TAKEMURA in 18:06. Nishimura beat TAKEMURA with a spinning toehold.

Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki beat Keiji Mutoh & Suwama in 20:35. Kea pinned Mutoh after TKO34th.

Osaka Pro from Sunday at Shinjuku FACE:
They claimed 410 paid.
Tigers Mask worked 2 matches on this card instead of 1, appearing in the main event due to one of the scheduled wrestlers being off due to injuries.
Naoki Setoguchi beat Kazuaki Mihara in 6:27.

Tigers Mask beat Atsushi Kotoge in 10:27.

TAJIRI, KUSHIDA, & Tsubasa beat Hideyoshi, Masamune & Kamui in 15:19. TAJIRI pinned Kamui after Buzzsaw Kick.

Yutaka Yoshie, Kuishinbo Kamen & Ebessan beat Takaku Fuke, Miracleman & Kanjyuro Matsuyama in 13:37. Yoshie pinned Miracleman after a diving body press.

Tigers Mask, Black Buffalo & Asian Cooger beat Zeus, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke in 17:54. Cooger beat Tadasuke with Cooger Lock #2.

So did Gamma make a title or is it legit?

He currently holds the Open the Brave Gate Championship, but he's so awesome that he renamed the belt after himself. Glorious!

Yeah, it's legit. He just destroyed the Brave Gate Title belt after winning it.

All-Japan from yesterday at Tochigi City:
They claimed 520 paid (sellout).
KAI beat Hajime Suruga in 7:44.

Kaz Hayashi beat Nobutaka Araya in 12:31.

Shuji Kondo & Al Daivari beat Ryuji Hijikata & T28 in 12:46. Kondo pinned T28 after a King Kong lariat.

TARU, ZODIAC & "brother" YASSHI beat Keiji Mutoh, Joe Doering & Seiya Sanada in 8:20. ZODIAC pinned Sanada after Murder Bomb.

Osamu Nishimura & Nobukazu Hirai beat MAZADA & TAKEMURA in 17:14. Nishimura beat MAZADA with a Figure 4.

Suwama, El Samurai & Manabu Soya beat Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai in 23:41. Suwama pinned NOSAWA after Last Ride.

K-DOJO Saturday Chiba Bluefield Doubleheader:
CLUB K-1000:
They claimed 20 paid.
Kunio Toshima beat Ryuichi Sekine in 5:50.

Saburo Inematsu beat Teppei Ishizaka in 11:06.

PSYCHO & Yuu Yamagata beat JOE & Shima Tsubaki in 14:40. Yamagata beat Tsubaki with YUU Lock.

CLUB K-3000:
They claimed 59 paid.
TAKA Michinoku & Hiro Tonai beat Quiet Storm & Kaji Yamato in 10:54. Tonai pinned Yamato with Kid Clutch.

STRONGEST-K '08 Female Participant Determination League: Apple Miyuki beat Bambi in 5:07 by DQ.

Daigoro Kashiwa beat Mr.X in 10:53.

Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi beat Madoka & Boso Boy Raito in 11:47. Oishi pinned Raito with Tornado Clutch.

Yuji Hino, KAZMA & MIYAWAKI beat Kengo Mashimo, YOSHIYA & Taishi Takizawa in 23:18. Hino pinned Takizawa after a powerbomb.

Kengo Mashimo, Madoka, Boso Boy Raito, Kaji Yamato, YOSHIYA & Apple Miyuki beat Yuji Hino, KAZMA, MIYAWAKI, Shiori Asahi, Makoto Oishi & Bambi in 3:36. Madoka pinned Hino with a flying front cradle.

Dragon Gate from yesterday at Korakuen (title changes):
No attendance figures available.
CIMA announced he is out indefinitely due to an undisclosed injury.
Dragon Kid, Anthony W. Mori, & Pac beat Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai, & Akira Tozawa in 12:54. Pac pinned Tozawa after 360 SSP.

Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii in 12:08. Doi pinned Fujii with V9 Clutch.

Naoki Tanisaki beat Yasushi Kanda in 8:54 after Iwasa & Arai interfered.

Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka beat Nick & Matt Jackson in 15:38.

Open The Triangle Gate Champions Shingo Takagi, B x B Hulk, & Cyber Kong vs. YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi, & Gamma went to a no contest. Therefore the titles were HELD UP. Which then led to...
Shingo Takagi, YAMATO, & Gamma beat Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, & B x B Hulk in 16:19 to win the titles. Takagi, YAMAYo, & Gamma become the 18th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Takagi pinned Hulk after MADE IN JAPAN.
Other notes:
m.c.KZ returns from Mexico on 5/31.
Open The Twin Gate Champions Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka will defend vs. Dragon Kid & Pac on 5/31.
They return to Korakuen on 6/12.

All-Japan: Keiji Mutoh announced the 5/25 tag match of Taiyo Kea and Minoru Suzuki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima is for the #1 contender to the Al-Japan Tag Team Titles.

All-Japan from yesterday at Nagaoka:
They claimed 1100 paid.
Nobukazu Hirai beat Hajime Suruga in 7:48.

ZODIAC & Al Daivari beat MAZADA & TAKEMURA in 11:41. ZODIAC pinned MAZADA.

Kaz Hayashi & El Samurai beat Ryuji Hijikata & T28 in 17:05. Samurai pinned T28 after an Avalanche-style reverse DDT.

Joe Doering beat Nobutaka Araya in 10:05.

Keiji Mutoh, Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada beat Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai. Nishimura pnined NOSAWA with a backslide.

Suwama, KAI & Manabu Soya beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI. Suwama pinned YASSHI after Last Ride.

NOAH from today at Korakuen (Northern Navigation '08 kickoff, ROH World Title match):
They claimed the "standard" 2100 paid (overflow).
Junji Izumida beat Mitsuo Momota in 7:30.

Magnitude Kishiwada & Raptor beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ippei Ota in 13:01. Kishiwada pinned Ota after Last Ride.

Kotaro Suzuki beat Taiji Ishimori in 12:26.

GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Takuma Sano & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 7:56. Yone pinned Kikuchi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin beat Akira Taue, Kishin Kawabata & Masao Inoue in 18:05. Ogawa pinned Inoue with a jackknife hold.

Akitoshi Saito, Bison Smith & Genba Hirayanagi beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Akihiko Ito in 12:28.

Atsushi Aoki 10 Match Trial Series Match 4: Bryan Danielson beat Aoki in 18:10 by submission.

ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness beat KENTA & BJ Whitmer in a 3-way match in 13:09 by pinning Whitmer to retain the title.

Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikioh & Kentaro Shiga beat Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi in 27:07. Shiga pinned Taniguchi with a backslide.
Next event is Saturday at Differ Ariake. The GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title will be defended, Kanemaru faces Kishiwada.

Kensuke Office: Tough break for the promotion-young rising star Ryuji Yamaguchi has been forced into retirement due to injuries. With torn ligaments in both of the young fighters legs, the doctors have informed him that it would be nearly impossible to return to the ring at any time or he could face possible fractures to both of his knees. Akira Hokuto stated that she had a meeting with both Yamaguchi and his parents, and while a return was discussed, there was only one option, and that is retirement, but she is sad since she considers him a candidate for the future of pro-wrestling. Yamaguchi was pegged as a big prospect and could have helped pull pro-wrestling along in another couple of years.

NOAH will send Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA to the promotion's 6/13 Osaka event. KENTA will face Katsuhiko Nakajima, Marufuji will face Kensuke Sasaki.

New Japan from Zepp Osaka (Zepp "X" Smash! tour):
They claimed 450 paid.
Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Mitsuhide Hirasawa in 13:17. Inoue beat Hirasawa with a cross armbreaker.

Shiro Koshinaka & Super Strong Machine beat Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma in 10:01. Machine pinned Honma with a Devil Windmill suplex hold.

Hirooki Goto beat Kazuchika Okada in 8:59 by submission.

Jado & Gedo beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito in 14:30. Jado beat Naito with Crossface Of Jado.

Shinsuke Nakamura, Milano Collection AT & Minoru beat Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & Taichi Ishikari in 16:44. Nakamura pinned Ishikari after Landslide.

Makabe, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Karl Anderson beat Riki Choshu, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Liger & AKIRA in 11:11. Iizuka pinned Liger after a Jigoku Tsuki.

NOAH: The promotion announced a SEM show for 7/1 at JR Akita Station Bldg.

NOAH from last Sunday at Fukuchiyama City (Kenta Kobashi Returns Home):
According to NOAH's Japanese website, they claimed what looks to be 1500 paid.
Masashi Aoyagi beat Mitsuo Momota in 7:05.

Kentaro Shiga beat Junji Izumida in 11:39.

KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Atsushi Aoki & Ippei Ota in 12:23. Ishimori pinned Ota after a modified DDT.

Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi in 11:55. Marvin pinned Hirayanagi.

Takashi Sugiura & Takuma Sano beat Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi in 18:19. Sugiura pinned Taniguchi after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikioh beat Akitoshi Saito & Kishin Kawabata in 15:56. Rikioh pinned Kawabata after Musou.

Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi 20th Anniversary Special Match: Kenta Kobashi, Shuhei Taniguchi, & Mitsuharu Misawa beat Akira Taue, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Masao Inoue in 28:29. Kobashi pinned Inoue after a lariat.

Dragon Gate from today at Kanagawa:
Masato Yoshino & Naoki tanisaki beat Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai in 13:21. Yoshino pinned Iwasa after Riverina Especial.

Masaaki Mochizuki beat Jackson Florida in 5:37 by submission.

Matt & Nick Jackson beat Don Fujii & K-ness in 11:15. Matt pinned K-ness after MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!

Shingo Takagi & Genki Horiguchi beat Naruki Doi & B x B Hulk in 12:39. Takagi pinned Hulk after Pumping Bomber.

YAMATO, Cyber Kong, Yasushi Kanda, & Gamma beat Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, & Pac in 16:51. Gamma pinned Pac after Gamma Special.

All-Japan from today at Tottori:
They claimed 800 paid (overflow).
Manabu Soya beat Hajime Suruga in 13:32.

Kaz Hayashi & Nobutaka Araya beat MAZADA & TAKEMURA in 13:33. Hayashi pinned MAZADA with an Araya-assisted inside cradle.

Shuji Kondo, ZODIAC & Al Daivari beat Joe Doering, Ryuji Hijikata & T28 in 13:47. ZODIAC pinned T28 after a chokeslam.

Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai beat Keiji Mutoh, Seiya Sanada & KAI in 18:44. Kea pinned KAI after TKO34th.

Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU & "brother" YASSHI in 16:58. Sasaki pinned YASSHI after a lariat.

Osamu Nishimura & Nobukazu Hirai beat Suwama & El Samurai in 19:22. Nishimura pinned Suwama with a backslide.
The main event result has fueled speculation that Nishimura could be Suwama's first challenger for the Triple Crown.

New Japan form Zepp Nagoya (Zepp "X" Smash!):
They claimed 550 paid (sellout).
Ryusuke Taguchi beat Taichi Ishikari in 11:13.

Shiro Koshinaka, Jushin Liger & AKIRA beat Tomohiro Ishii, Tomoaki Honma & Karl Anderson in 8:30. Koshinaka pinned Anderson after a diving hip attack.

Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kazuchika Okada in 7:57.

Makabe & Toru Yano beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito in 14:25. Yano pinned Naito after Oni Koroshi.

Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto in 9:26. Iizuka beat Inoue with a sleeper hold.

Riki Choshu, Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask 4 beat Hirooki Goto, Milano Collection AT & Minoru in 10:59. Nakanishi pinned Minoru after Argentine backbreaker.

NOAH from The 13th SEM Friday at Differ Ariake:
They claimed 380 paid.
Ricky Marvin beat Raptor in 9:18.

Bryan Danielson beat BJ Whitmer in 13:53.

Kazushi Miyamoto beat Genba Hirayanagi in 5:31.

ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Bison Smith & Atsushi Aoki in 15:20. Taniguchi pinned Aoki with a German Suplex hold.

Naomichi Marufuji beat Ippei Ota in 12:06.

KENTA beat Akihiko Ito in 14:31.

Osaka Pro from Saturday at Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori:
They claimed 151 paid.
Miracleman beat Kazuaki Mihara in 6:52.

Atsushi Kotoge beat Noaki Setoguchi in 7:27.

Kanjyuro Matsuyama beat Kuishinbo Kamen & Ebessan in a 3-way match in 7:29 by pinning Ebessan.

Hideyoshi & Masamune beat Takaku Fuke & KUSHIDA in 12:03. Masamune beat KUSHIDA with a crab hold.

Tigers Mask, Black Buffalo & Asian Cooger beat Zeus, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke in 14:48. Tigers Mask pinned Tadasuke after a Vertical Drop Brainbuster.

This message was edited by DCRage on May 17 2008.

NOAH from Saturday at Differ Ariake (Northern Navigation '08 kickoff):
They claimed 1800 paid (overflow).
Masao Inoue & Genba Hirayanagi beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Mitsuo Momota in 9:14. Inoue pinned Momota with a cradle cutback.

Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin beat KENTA & Akihiko Ito in 11:59. Marvin pinned Ito after GO 2 SLEEP.

Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Junji Izumida beat Mohammed Yone, Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga in 13:03. Honda pinned Shiga with Olympic Roll Of Hell Part 2.

Naomichi Marufuji beat Kazushi Miyamoto in 12:40.

Takashi Sugiura & Takuma Sano beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Ippei Ota in 15:57. Sano pinned Ota after Northern Lights Bomb.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Taiji Ishimori beat Nigel McGuinness, BJ Whitmer & Raptor in 18:03. Ishimori pinned Raptor after a modified DDT.

Shuhei Taniguchi's 10 Match Challenge Series Match 3: Yoshihiro Takayama beat Taniguchi in 9:51.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Magnitude Kishiwada in 19:49 to retain the title.

Akitoshi Saito, Bison Smith & Bryan Danielson beat Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Atsushi Aoki in 24:04. Smith pinned Aoki after Bisontenial.

Osaka Pro from today at Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori:
They claimed 201 paid.
Masamune beat Naoki Setoguchi in 7:50.

Hideyoshi beat Kazuaki Mihara in 6:18.

Tigers Mask, Takaku Fuke & KUSHIDA beat Zeus, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke in 17:19. Fuke pinned Tadasuke after a Side Full Nelson.

Asian Cooger beat Atsushi Kotoge in 12:17.

Black Buffalo, Tsubasa & Miracleman beat Kuishibo Kamen, Ebessan & Kanjyuro Matsuyama in 35 seconds. Buffalo pinned Ebessan after a low blow. Which led to...
Winners above beat losers above in 11:15. Miracleman pinned Matsuyama after Miracle Driver.

NOAH from Sunday at Tsukuba Kapio:
They claimed 1450 paid.
GHC Hardcore Champion Kishin Kawabata beat Kentaro Shiga, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Masashi Aoyagi, Genba Hirayanagi & Ippei Ota in an elimination match in 22:14, last eliminating Ota, to retain the title. Order of elimination: Aoyagi by Shiga at 13:10, Shiga by Kikuchi at 14:52, Kikuchi by Hirayanagi at 17:23, Hirayanagi by countout at 22:14, Ota by Kawabata at 22:14.

ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness, Ricky Marvin & Raptor beat Takuma Sano, Kotaro Suzuki & Mitsuo Momota in 14:46. Marvin pinned Momota with a horizontal cradle.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Takuma Sano & Masao Inoue in 16:47. Ogawa pinned Inoue with a backdrop hold.

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima & Akihiko Ito in 15:01. Sugiura pinned Ito after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikioh beat Bison Smith & BJ Whitmer in 14:47. Rikioh pinned Whitmer after Musou.

Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Akira Taue, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Aoki in 29:03. Taniguchi pinned Aoki with a German Suplex hold.

The promotion has announced the schedule for the upcoming Summer Navigation '08 tour:
6/29-Korakuen; 7/2-Akita; 7/3-Iwate; 7/5-Differ Ariake; 7/6-Act City Hamamatsu; 7/8-Osaka; 7/9-Kochi; 7/11-Akashi City; 7/12-Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki; 7/13-Hakata Starlanes; 7/18-Budokan

This message was edited by DCRage on May 19 2008.

All-Japan from Monday at Oita:
They claimed 1100 paid.
KAI vs. Manabu Soya went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Nobukazu Hirai & El Samurai beat T28 & Hajime Suruga in 13:50. Hirai pinned Suruga after Rock Bottom.

ZODIAC & Al Daivari beat Joe Doering & Nobutaka Araya in 9:07. ZODIAC pinned Araya after Daivari's Magic Carpet.

Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA in 16:03. Sasaki pinned NOSAWA after a lariat.

Taiyo Kea, Minoru Suzuki & TAKEMURA beat TARU, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI in 16:17. Kea pinned YASSHI after TKO34th.

Osamu Nishimura, Ryuji Hijikata & Seiya Sanada beat Keiji Muto, Suwama & Kaz Hayashi in 20:15. Nishimura pinned Suwama with an inside cradle. That's 2 straight falls for Nishimura over Suwama, building that Triple Crown challenge case.

New Japan LOCK UP from Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring:
They claimed 386 paid (overflow).
Yusaku Obata beat Kuniyoshi Wada in 7:54.

Yujiro beat Taichi Ishikari in 11:59.

Tomoaki Honma beat Tetsuya Naito in 12:25.

Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Takashi Sasaki beat Riki Choshu & Kazuchika Okada in 10:05. Kuroda pinned Okada after a lariat.

Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara beat Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka in 9:31 by DQ (Onita DQ'd).

Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Gedo beat Mammoth Sasaki, Dick Togo & GENTARO in 16:55. Gedo pinned GENTARO affter a Superfly splash.