Here are the results from the 10.2.26 ZERO1 show in Saitama, Japan at the Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium.
Shinjiro Otani
(ZERO1)
Akebono
(Free)
KAMIKAZE
(ZERO1)
vs.
Kintaro Kanemura
(XWF)
The Predator
(Free)
Bambi Killer
(EWA)
(The Predator Finished off KAMIKAZE at 20:11 with a King Kong Kneedrop)
Kenta Kakinuma's Triumphant Return
Tag Match
Masato Tanaka
(ZERO1)
Kenta Kakinuma
(ZERO1)
vs.
Ikuto Hidaka
(ZERO1)
Munenori Sawa
(BattlArts)
(KENTA's big return was unseccessful as Ikuto Hidaka finished him off at 16:23 with a Wild Dog High Kick)
Tag Match
Ryouji Sai
(ZERO1)
Daisuke Sekimoto
(BJW)
vs.
Kohei Sato
(ZERO1)
Rikiya Fudo
(Free)
(Ryouji Sai finished off Rikiya Fudo at 16:23 with a Nachi Waterfall)
Tag Match
Minoru Fujita
(ZERO1)
Yusaku Obata
(XWF)
vs.
Akira Shoji
(SMASH)
Hajime Ohara
(SMASH)
(Akira Shoji finished off Yusuka Obata at 13:49 with a Cross Armbreaker)
Single Match
Yuzuru Saito
(ZERO1)
vs.
Masayoshi Motegi
(Free)
(Yuzuru Saito won at 12:46 with a powerful Fisherman Buster)
2010-02-27
2010-02-26
Heading into an Explosive March!
Zero-1 has been the place for news over the past month, but let's start recently. With a very unfortunate turn of events, young Zero-1 star Shito Ueda (糸上田) broke his orbital bone and will be out of action for at least one month. Ueda had this to say publicly, "Due to an injury I will be absent from upcoming matches. Sorry to all the fans who looked forward to seeing me in the ring. I will heal as quickly as possible and promise when I return that I will show you all the energy and marvelous physical strength before your very eyes!" Funny he would mention eyes in this statement.
Also out of Zero-1, a popular former Zero-1 gaijin, Chris "Bambi Killer" Raaber, is returning to the Japanese promotion. Chris Raaber is an Austrian wrestler who gained noteriety in his home country and across the world before being signed with WWE in the United States under a developmental contract. There he was known as Christoph Herzog in the WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. His three-year deal has fallen through and he's returning to his routes, this time teaming with another returning Zero-1 wrestler, The Predator. Chris Raaber and The Predator are scheduled to face the "Kazan" tag team of Shinjiro Otani & former Sumo Yokozuna, Akebono on the March 2nd, and are also scheduled against Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani.
And at the top of the Zero-1 news, former World Heavyweight Champion Ryouji Sai has returned to his family's country of Korea to train for his upcoming World Heavyweight title match with Kawada on March 2. When talking about his training, Ryouji had this to say, "I did a lot of mental and physical preparation, and I feel now that I'm in a great state for my challenge. Now I am ready to take back the World Heavyweight title from Kawada, something Tanaka and KAMIKAZE couldn't do. I will surprise a lot of people and win the title belt again! (私は精神的、物理的な準備をしていた、と私は今では私は素晴らしい状態で私の挑戦なんです。今私は行うことができない川田、何か田中神風から世界ヘビー級タイトルを取り戻すために準備しています。私は多くの人に驚かれることでしょうし、再びタイトルをベルトに勝つ!)"
The standings are also in for the NJPW New Japan Cup for 2010 and it is filled with past winners, past performers and debut performers alike. Including Masato Tanaka (former ECW and FMW Champion), Giant Bernard who wrestled as Prince Albert for WWE here in the US and NJC 2009 winner Hirooki Goto.
Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJC 2005,2008 winner)
Hirooki Goto (NJC 2009 winner)
Togi Makabe
Yuji Nagata (NJC 2007 winner)
Manabu Nakanishi
Takahashi Yuuzirou (Debut)
Naitou Tetsuya (Debut)
Wataru Inoue
Tomoaki Honma
Toru Yano
Masato Tanaka (Debut)
Ishii Tomohiro
Giant Bernard (NJC 2006 winner)
"Machine Gun" Karl Anderson
Sutoronguman (CMLL) (Debut)
This certainly stands to be an incredible tournament.
In AJPW news, Dream Match presented by Power Production will be at Tokyo Korakuen Hall on February 28th. According to the AJPW website, Kawano Masaki is sidelined because of a training injury and will miss the tournament all together. Additional news is available on the AJPW website. There is a link listed at the top of the screen in the orange bar.
And in Michinoku Pro/ZERO1 news, Hayoto (Jr.) Fujita of Michinoku Pro will return to ZERO1 on March 2nd, promising to commit Oyajigari with a fellow unnamed member of Kowloon. Hayato Jr. says his first target will be Minoru Fujita who teamed with The Great Sasuke back in January, defeating the team of Ken45° and Hayato. It should be a promising event to say the least.
Also out of Zero-1, a popular former Zero-1 gaijin, Chris "Bambi Killer" Raaber, is returning to the Japanese promotion. Chris Raaber is an Austrian wrestler who gained noteriety in his home country and across the world before being signed with WWE in the United States under a developmental contract. There he was known as Christoph Herzog in the WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. His three-year deal has fallen through and he's returning to his routes, this time teaming with another returning Zero-1 wrestler, The Predator. Chris Raaber and The Predator are scheduled to face the "Kazan" tag team of Shinjiro Otani & former Sumo Yokozuna, Akebono on the March 2nd, and are also scheduled against Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani.
And at the top of the Zero-1 news, former World Heavyweight Champion Ryouji Sai has returned to his family's country of Korea to train for his upcoming World Heavyweight title match with Kawada on March 2. When talking about his training, Ryouji had this to say, "I did a lot of mental and physical preparation, and I feel now that I'm in a great state for my challenge. Now I am ready to take back the World Heavyweight title from Kawada, something Tanaka and KAMIKAZE couldn't do. I will surprise a lot of people and win the title belt again! (私は精神的、物理的な準備をしていた、と私は今では私は素晴らしい状態で私の挑戦なんです。今私は行うことができない川田、何か田中神風から世界ヘビー級タイトルを取り戻すために準備しています。私は多くの人に驚かれることでしょうし、再びタイトルをベルトに勝つ!)"
The standings are also in for the NJPW New Japan Cup for 2010 and it is filled with past winners, past performers and debut performers alike. Including Masato Tanaka (former ECW and FMW Champion), Giant Bernard who wrestled as Prince Albert for WWE here in the US and NJC 2009 winner Hirooki Goto.
Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJC 2005,2008 winner)
Hirooki Goto (NJC 2009 winner)
Togi Makabe
Yuji Nagata (NJC 2007 winner)
Manabu Nakanishi
Takahashi Yuuzirou (Debut)
Naitou Tetsuya (Debut)
Wataru Inoue
Tomoaki Honma
Toru Yano
Masato Tanaka (Debut)
Ishii Tomohiro
Giant Bernard (NJC 2006 winner)
"Machine Gun" Karl Anderson
Sutoronguman (CMLL) (Debut)
This certainly stands to be an incredible tournament.
In AJPW news, Dream Match presented by Power Production will be at Tokyo Korakuen Hall on February 28th. According to the AJPW website, Kawano Masaki is sidelined because of a training injury and will miss the tournament all together. Additional news is available on the AJPW website. There is a link listed at the top of the screen in the orange bar.
And in Michinoku Pro/ZERO1 news, Hayoto (Jr.) Fujita of Michinoku Pro will return to ZERO1 on March 2nd, promising to commit Oyajigari with a fellow unnamed member of Kowloon. Hayato Jr. says his first target will be Minoru Fujita who teamed with The Great Sasuke back in January, defeating the team of Ken45° and Hayato. It should be a promising event to say the least.
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