KING OF GATE 2010 BRACKETS

So, here are the brackets for the King of Gate Tournament happening within the span of 2010.4.3 to 2010.4.14.

The competitors this year are Shingo Takagi, Takuya Sugawara, Genki Horiguchi, Don Fujii, Cyber Kong, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, K-Ness, YAMATO, Masaachi Mochizuki, Masato Yoshima, CIMA, Naruki Doi, Gamma, KAGETORA, and Dragon Kid. Below is the official bracket...



First round; First bracket: Takagi VS Sugawara, Horiguchi VS Fujii, Cyber Kong VS BxB Hulk, Yokosuka VS K-Ness.

First round; Second bracket: YAMATO VS Mochizuki, CIMA VS Masato Yoshina, Naruki Doi VS Gamma, KAGETORA VS Dragon Kid.

And as an extra, how many of you caught Wrestlemania on Sunday? If you did, then why? Dragon Gate had an incredible show that night that I'll be putting up in it's entirety as soon as Vimeo stops having issues. I think they're under site maintenance for X amount of time.

Dragon Gate Results

Sorry, peeps. A few days late on this one. Dragon Gate 3/28/2010 results NEX Premium 13 at the Dragon Gate Arena.

March 28 2010 - NEX Premium 13, Dream Gate

Super Shisa over Takuya Tomakomai at 9:04 - Cross Heel Hold

Don Fujii over Kotoka at 5:44 - HIMEI

Anthony W. Mori over Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa at 10:23 From - Vertical Drop Brainbuster

Cyber Kong over Super Shenlong at 7:19 - Power Bomb

Akira Tozawa and KAGETORA over Yasushi Kanda and KZY at 13:00 - Ikkitousen

New Japan Pro Wrestling presents "New Dimension"

I hope everyone is excited for New Dimension on 4/4, which will be the inaugural night of the Super J Tag Tournament. The lineup has been announced, and as usual, I'm here with the story.

NJPW “NEW DIMENSION”, 4/4/10

Tokyo, Korakuen Hall

1. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi
vs.
Mitsuhide Hirasawa & Kyosuke Mikami

Manabu Nakanishi
vs.
King Fale (debut)

Yuji Nagata, Super Strong Machine & Wataru Inoue
vs.
Masato Tanaka *ZERO1*, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo

Togi Makabe
vs.
Tomoaki Honma

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
vs.
Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match
Naomichi Marufuji *Pro Wrestling NOAH* defends against multiple-time champion, Jushin Thunder Liger

IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Shinsuke Nakamura defends against the 2010 New Japan Cup Winner, Hirooki Goto

NJPW Press Conference and Contract Signing.

This past Sunday, the match and date were officially set, as both 2010 NJ Cup winner, Hirooki Goto and NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Shinsuki Nakamura, officially signed the contract for the IWGP Championship match to be held on 4/4 at Korakuen Hall. This is Hirooki Goto's second year in a row winning the coveted NJ Cup, and although last year's attempt to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was unsuccessful, he is planning otherwise this year.

At the press conference, Hirooki stated, "The New Japan Cup is a symbol of strength, while the IWGP Championship is a symbol of excellence. Having won the cup again, I intend to prove myself by winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Korakuen this year."

The champion replied, "Goto won the NJ Cup this year and proved himself a strong competitor for my title. However, Goto needs not to blab so much. I'm not looking for a war of words. He may have won the tournament, but he will not win my championship."

Also, following their statements, Goto was asked in a Q&A session about his injury from last year. Goto replied, "My injury is over and I am fully recovered."

Indeed 4/4 at Korakuen Hall is shaping up to be an incredible event. I will also be keeping you updated as word filters down about the other tournaments coming up in New Japan Puroresu, including the Super J, and this year's inaugural Super J Tag Team Tournament.

Some Coverage of the New Japan Cup

NJPW and ZERO1 News

In light of Hirooki Goto's recent victory in the New Japan Cup Tournament, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship bout between Hirooki Goto and the current champion, Shinsuki Nakamura, along with an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship bout between Jushin Liger and Huzimaru Masamiti, have been scheduled for April 4, 2010 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

In other NJPW news, the first ever New Japan Super J Tag Team Tournament has been set for May 8, 2010. Tournament brackets have yet to be announced, but I will update as soon as they are.



Hiroshi Tanahashi also made an appearance at the Dainichi Universe in Osaka, Japan this past Sunday, March 21, where he met with fans, signed DVDs, collectibles and T-shirts. He also competed in a paper, rock, scissors tournament, in which he actually lost. What's worse is that flannel shirt that he wore to the event. However, he's still one of the best performers out there right now.

In ZERO1 News:

Hartley Jackson, the Australian Professional Wrestler, is going to be returning to Japan for ZERO1 in April for the "Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri" at the Yasukuni Shrine on April 11,2010 and the Hokkaido Tour from April 13 - April 15. The 10-year veteran of professional wrestling has wrestled in Australia, Japan and the USA in the past.

And a little late, but here are the results for ZERO1 VS. Nagoya Wakate Senbatsu Sen event at the Nagoya City Sports Center in Aichi, Japan on March 14, 2010:

Main Event

O Shinjiro Otani
(ZERO1)
VS
Kenta Kosugi X
(DEP)

(14:02 → Spiral Bomb)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Tag Match

O Kohei Sato
(ZERO1)
KAMIKAZE
(ZERO1)
VS
Yasu Kubota
(Sportiva Entertainment)
Shigehiro Irie X
(DEP)

(13:12 → German Suplex Hold)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Single Match

O Ryouji Sai
(ZERO1)
VS
Akito X
(Sportiva Entertainment)

(11:55 → Nachi Waterfall)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Single Match

O Kintaro Kanemura
(XWF)
VS
Mammoth Soldier X
(Sportiva Entertainment)

(5:04 → Roundhouse Kick)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Tag Match

O Minoru Fujita
(ZERO1)
Takuya Sugawara
(ZERO1)
VS
Michio Kageyama X
(DEP)
Touru Sugiura
(DEP)

(13:58 → Sasuke Segway)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Tag Match

Shota Takanishi
(ZERO1)
X Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(ZERO1)
VS
Yuzuru Saito O
(ZERO1)
Kenta Kakinuma
(ZERO1)

(9:37 → Crab Hold)

New Japan Cup Finals 2010.3.22 Results (新しい日本をW杯決勝2010年3月22日結果)

■ SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH ■
○ Koji Kanemoto ○, Tomoaki Honma and Jushin Liger defeat × Mikami Yasushi ×, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask at 7 min 34 sec.

■ ONE ON ONE - 20 MINUTE TIME LIMIT ■
Yutaka Takahashi defeats Hirasawa Mitsuhide at 7 mins 47 secs with a moonsault.

■ NEW JAPAN CUP SEMIFINAL MATCH ■
Togi Makabe defeats Naitou Tetsuya to advance to the final round to face the winner of Masato Tanaka and Hirooki Goto

■ NEW JAPAN CUP SEMIFINAL MATCH ■
Last year's winner, Hirooki Goto, defeats Masato Tanaka at 11 mins 15 secs to advance to the finals to meet Togi Makabe

■ SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH ■
○ Hiroshi Tanahashi ○, Sutoronguman and Manabu Nakanishi defeat × "The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson ×, Giant Bernard and Toru Yano at 15 min 14 sec

■ SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH ■
○ Shinsuke Nakamura ○, Gedo and Iizuka Takashi defeat × Wataru Inoue ×, Yuji Nagata and Riki Choshu at 9 min 39 sec.

■ NEW JAPAN CUP FINALS ■
Hirooki Goto defeats Togi Makabe at 21 mins 42 secs to become the first-ever two straight year winner of the New Japan Cup Tournament.

2010.3.22

2010.3.20 New Japan Cup Results

Round Two of the New Japan Cup has arrived, and as the first night, this night didn't fail to entertain at an extraordinary level. Here are the results from round two, and as you'll see, one of my two picks, Hiroshi Tanahashi, is out, but Masato Tanaka is still holding on.

■ Match One ■
○ Jushin Liger, El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto VS × Mikami Yasushi, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask

Jushin Liger pins Mikami Yasushi at 5 min 19 sec


■ Match Two ■
○ Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma and Riki Choshu VS × Gedo, Ishii Tomohiro and Iizuka Takashi

Nakanishi pins Gedo at 8 mins 33 secs

■ Match Three ■
○ "The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard VS × Hirasawa Mitsuhide and Yugi Nagata

Karl Anderson pins Mitsuhide at 12 mins 05 secs

■ Match Four ■
NEW JAPAN CUP ROUND TWO
Masato Tanaka Pins Wataru Inoue at 13 mins 05 secs to advance to the semifinals to face last year's winner, Hirooki Goto.

■ Match Five ■
NEW JAPAN CUP ROUND TWO
Togi Makabe Pins Toru Yano at 14 mins 26 secs to advance to the semifinals to face Naitou Tetsuya.

■ Match Six ■
Shinsuke Nakamura Pins Sutoronguman at 9 min 09 sec.

■ Match Seven■
NEW JAPAN CUP ROUND TWO
Last year's winner, Hirooki Goto, pins Yutaka takahashi at 15 min 04 sec to advance to the semifinals to face Masato Tanaka

■ Match Eight ■
NEW JAPAN CUP ROUND TWO
Naitou Tetsuya Pins Hiroshi Tanahashi at 23 mins 17 secs to advance to the semifinals to face Togi Makabe

Brackets

2010.3.14 NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Yesterday's New Japan Cup opener was amazing. Some of the matches were a little short, but that is to be expected from the first round of the tournament. Seven first-round matches were held, along with a pretty fast but still impressive opener, and an incredibly fast but superbly impressive six-man tag match. Here are the results:

OPENER
Nobuo Yoshihashi defeated Mikami Yasushi at 6 minutes and 13 seconds.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH ONE
矢野通 Toru Yano defeated 本間朋晃 Tomoaki Honma at 10 min 34 sec to advance to round two to face Togi Makabe on 3/20.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH TWO
内藤哲也 Naitou Tetsuya defeated “ザ・マシンガン”カール・アンダーソン "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson at 9 mins 52 secs to advance to round two to face Hiroshi Tanahashi on 3/20.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH THREE
井上亘 Wataru Inoue defeated ジャイアント・バーナード Giant Bernard at 7 mins 39 secs to advance to round two to face Masato Tanaka on 3/20.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH FOUR
高橋裕二郎 Yutaka Takahashi defeated 永田裕志 Yuji Nagata at 13 mins 41 secs to advance to round two to face last years winner Hirooki Goto, who received a by into round two, on 3/20.

6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
獣神サンダー・ライガー Jushin Liger 後藤洋央紀 Hirooki Goto and 長州力 Riki Choshu defeated 外道 Gedo 飯塚高史 Iizuka Takashi and 中邑真輔 Shinsuke Nakamura at 11 mins 57 secs when Jushin Liger defeated Gedo.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH FIVE
真壁刀義 Togi Makabe defeated 石井智宏 Ishii Tomohiro at 11 mins 46 secs to advance to round two to face Toru Yano on 3/20.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH SIX
The debuting 田中将斗 Masato Tanaka defeated 中西学 Manabu Nakanishi at 18 min 01 sec to advance to round two to face Wataru Inoue on 3/20.

NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND MATCH SEVEN (FINAL)
棚橋弘至 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated ストロングマン Sutoronguman at 8 mins 37 secs to advance to round two to face Naitou Tetsuya on 3/20.

The winners of the Round Two matches on March 20, will go on to the semifinals on March 22. The finals will be held the same night.

NJPW CUP: Tokyo Korakuen Hall

The action isn't long away now. It's Sunday morning at around 11:00 here in Tokyo and I'm anxiously anticipating the NJPW Cup Tournament today at Korakuen Hall (the only wrestling stadium that really matters if you ask me). Yesterday the officials of NJPW meet and held a press conference regarding the tournament, at which point a rather controversial statement was made by one Tobi Makabe who blatantly asked, "What is the New Japan Cup anyway?" His question was meant more as a statement of confidence, however, it was not taken that way by many. My personal prediction for the tournament this year: I'm actually rather torn between Hiroshi Tanahashi and Masato Tanaka, but my fear is that it may go to either Karl Anderson or Giant Bernard again. Let's keep our fingers crossed, shall we? I'll be live with results in the coming hours, as soon as I get some damn coffee in me that is.

NJPW 2010.3.7 Results

○ Ryusuke Taguchi VS Mikami Yasushi ×
6 mins 45 secs
逆エビ固め Boston crab


○ Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask VS × El Samurai & Aoki Atsushi
11 mins 22 secs
空中胴締め落とし→体固め Air spring buckle down → hardened body


○ Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata VS × Hirasawa Mitsuhide & Riki Choshu
10 min 02 sec
アルゼンチンバックブリーカー Aruzenchinbakkuburika


○ "The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson, Ishii Tomohiro & Iizuka Takashi
VS
× Wataru Inoue, Naitou Tetsuya & Yutaka Takahashi
14 mins 23 secs
ガン・スタン→片エビ固め Stun gun → Boston crab pieces


○ Masato Tanaka & Dick Togo VS × Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe
13 mins 05 secs
スライディングD→片エビ固め D → school boy sliding piece


○ Hiroshi Tanahashi, Nobuo Yoshihashi & Hirooki Goto
VS
× Gedo, Toru Yano & Shinsuke Nakamura
15 min 50 sec
ハイフライフロー→片エビ固め Haifuraifuro → Boston crab

Zero1 March 2nd Results from Korakuen Hall

ZERO1 WRESTLER'S 10 ~ The Birth of ZERO1 ~
Tokyo, Japan
March 2nd, 2010
Korakuen Hall

World Heavyweight Title

Toshiaki Kawada O
(Free)

vs.

Ryouji Sai X
(ZERO1)

(21:48 → Running Kick)

NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles

Shinjiro Otani O
(ZERO1)
Akebono
(Free)

vs.

The Predator X
(Free)
Bambi Killer
(EWA)

(15:00 → Backdrop Suplex)

Lion King Cup - Final

Shota Takanishi X

vs.

Kenta Kakinuma O

(10:12 → German Suplex Hold)

Tag Match

Masato Tanaka
(ZERO1)
Masaaki Mochizuki
(DRAGON GATE)

vs.

Ikuto Hidaka
(ZERO1)
Munenori Sawa Δ
(BattlArts)

(30:00 → Time Limit Draw)

ZERO1 vs. Kowloon
Tag Match

Minoru Fujita X
(ZERO1)
Takuya Sugawara
(ZERO1)

vs.

Hayato "Jr." Fujita O
(Michinoku Pro - Kowloon)
Shu Sato
(Michinoku Pro - Kowloon)

(13:34 → Helm)

Tag Match

Kohei Sato O
(ZERO1)
KAMIKAZE
(ZERO1)

vs.

Kintaro Kanemura
(XWF)
Rikiya Fudo X
(Free)

(9:20 → Polestar)

Lion King Cup - Match #2

Yuzuru Saito X

vs.

Kenta Kakinuma O

(8:01 → German Suplex Hold)

Lion King Cup - Match #1

Shota Takanishi O

vs.

Yoshikazu Yokoyama X

(7:08 → Single-Leg Crab Hold)

Results for NJPW 2010.3.5

"NJPW Guretesutoresurazu" ceremony
RESULTS OF NJPW 2010.3.9

Opening the show, the late Shinya Hashimoto was presented with the King of Destruction trophy which was accepted by Hashimoto's son on his behalf.

MATCH ONE

Ryusuke Taguchi O

VS

Nobuo Yoshihashi X

MATCH TWO

Jushin Liger O
Tiger Mask

VS

Gedo X
Dick Togo

MATCH 3

Manabu Nakanishi O
Tomoaki Honma

VS

Hirasawa Mitsuhide X
Wataru Inoue

MATCH 4

Yuji Nagata O
Naitou Tetsuya
Yutaka Takahashi

VS

"The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson X
Ishii Tomohiro
Iizuka Takashi

MATCH 5
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight championship bout

Huzimaru Masamiti O

VS

Koji Kanemoto X

MATCH 6
Ge founding anniversary special match

Shinsuke Nakamura O
Masato Tanaka
Toru Yano

VS

Togi Makabe X
Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi

And a Side-Note for Sunday's NJPW Show.

First
15 minutes

Mikami Yasushi

VS

Ryusuke Taguchi

Second
20 minutes

El Samurai
Aoki Atsushi

VS

Tiger Mask
Jushin Liger

Third
20 minutes

Manabu Nakanishi
Riki Choshu

VS

Yuji Nagata
Hirasawa Mitsuhide

4th
30 minutes of this game

Naitou Tetsuya
Takahashi Hiroshi
Wataru Inoue

VS

Karl Anderson
Iizuka Takashi
Ishii Tomohiro

5th
30 minutes

Dick Togo
Masato Tanaka

VS

Togi Makabe
Tomoaki Honma

6th
30 minutes

Gedo
Toru Yano
Shinsuke Nakamura

VS

Yoshihashi
Hirooki Nobuo Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi

Puroresu History

Today in Puroresu history:

1994:
Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi. Mitsuharu Misawa becomes the second Japanese wrestler ever to pin Giant Baba. This was an explosive win which only furthered the incredible meteoric popularity of Mitsuharu Misawa who only continued to rise as a bonafide legend until his tragic death last year in the middle of the ring he loved so much.



Mitwuharu Misawa died three days before his 47th birthday in the middle of the ring in front of thousands of fans who never stopped chanting his name.

Mitsuharu Misawa (1962.6.18 - 2009.6.13)
"The Superstar" Mitsuharu Misawa: There was never any better.

Also, don't forget to check out the NJPW show tonight at Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Results will be posted tomorrow.

NJPW

NJPW 3/5 (Fri) Tokyo Korakuen Hall

MAIN EVENT

Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hirooki Goto
Togi Makabe
VS
Shinsuke Nakamura
Toru Yano
Masato Tanaka

5th FIGHT
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight championship bout
60 minutes

Huzimaru Masamiti
VS
Koji Kanemoto


4th FIGHT
30 minutes

Yuji Nagata
Yutaka Takahashi
Naitou Tetsuya
VS
Iizuka Takashi
Ishii Tomohiro
"The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson

THIRD FIGHT
20 minutes

Manabu Nakanishi
Tomoaki Honma
VS
Wataru Inoue
Hirasawa Mitsuhide

SECOND FIGHT
20 minutes

Jushin Liger
Tiger Mask
VS
Gedo
Dick Togo

FIRST FIGHT
20 minutes

Ryusuke Taguchi
VS
Nobuo Yoshihashi