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PREMIUM 8/30 matches announced, plus G1 full cards! by Stuart - 25 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL EXTRA" <-- NJPW, 7/24/08 Date City Hobara Gymnasium 500 Fans 1. Minoru beat Kazuchika Okada (5:18) with a camel clutch. 2. Prince Devitt beat Tetsuya Naito (7:27) with the Prince's Throne. 3. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Tiger Mask & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (10:34) when Fuller pinned Hirasawa after the Fusion bomb. 4. Jado, Gedo & Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yujiro (11:48) when Anderson used the Gun Stun on Yujiro. 5. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Wataru Inoue beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Milano Collection AT (15:52) when Nakanishi used the Hercules Cutter on Milano. 6. Riki Choshu, Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (10:23) when Choshu used a lariat on Honma. [Results] New Japan, 7/23/08 by Stuart - 23 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL EXTRA" <-- NJPW, 7/23/08 TONYAMACHI Big Sight 600 Fans - Super No Vacancy 1. Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat Kazuchika Okada & Nobuo Yoshihashi (10:38) when Yujiro used a crab hold on Yoshihashi. 2. Shiro Koshinaka, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Milano Collection AT, Minoru & Prince Devitt (10:56) when Koshinaka used a jumping hip attack on Minoru. 3. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Manabu Nakanishi & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (9:52) when Fuller pinned Hirasawa after the Fusion bomb. 4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jado, Gedo & Tomoaki Honma (11:20) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Gedo. 5. Riki Choshu, Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe, Takashi Iizuka & Karl Anderson (10:26) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Anderson. 6. Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii (9:29) when Nakamura used the Landslide on Ishii. [Results] New Japan, 7/21/08 by Stuart - 21 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- Manabu Nakanishi's dream of winning just one major singles title remains just that. Perhaps no other wrestler has taken down so many big names without the proper rewards to go with it. It was a similar story today at New Japan's return to the Tsukisamu Green Dome in Sapporo, as Nakanishi took IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Keiji Muto, to his limits, but fell an inch short yet again. Nakanishi was pinned by Muto's moonsault press and now it seems that the G1 Climax winner will be given the next shot at the legend. Makabe & Yano ended what was a fairly torrid tour for GBH by making a successful V2 defense of their IWGP Tag Team Title against RISE's Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller. You'll remember it was Bernard and his former partner, Travis Tomko, that the GBH villains took the belts from, and the new arrival Fuller has made a good first impression. However, he suffered his first loss today, falling to Yano's Oni Koroshi. Another RISE pair, Nakamura & Goto, expressed interest in challenging their fellow young generation members for the belts. RISE did pick up gold elsewhere though, as Minoru & Prince Devitt avenged their February loss to Legend's Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA to regain the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title. Their first reign was cut short, but Devitt's cradle on AKIRA today meant new champions were crowned and revenge was achieved. NJPW, 7/21/08 (WPW) Tsukisamu Green Dome 5,700 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Tiger Mask, Taichi Ishikari & Nobuo Yoshihashi beat Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada (6:52) when Ishikari used the Black Mephisto on Okada. 2. Jado, Gedo & Tomoaki Honma beat Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine & Ryusuke Taguchi (7:39) when Honma used a diving body press on Machine. 3. Wataru Inoue beat Takashi Iizuka (8:57) by DQ. 4. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Milano Collection AT beat Riki Choshu, Yuji Nagata & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (10:46) when Nakamura used the Landslide on Hirasawa. 5. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson (8:46) when Tenzan used the TTD on Anderson. 6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (c) (17:44) when Devitt used a cradle on AKIRA to become the 21st champions. 7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) beat Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller (18:46) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Fuller (2nd defense). 8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto  (c) beat Manabu Nakanishi (23:50) with a moonsault press (1st defense).
[Results] New Japan, 7/20/08 & 7/21 full card! by Stuart - 20 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- NJPW, 7/20/08 (BS Asahi) Asahikawa Taisetsu Arena 1,300 Fans 1. Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada beat Super Strong Machine, Taichi Ishikari & Nobuo Yoshihashi (12:16) when Naito used a single-leg crab hold on Yoshihashi. 2. Wataru Inoue, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jado, Gedo & Karl Anderson (11:28) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Anderson. 3. Jr. Summer Struggle-2: AKIRA beat Minoru (13:52) with the Growing Up. 4. Jr. Summer Struggle-1: Jushin Thunder Liger beat Prince Devitt (10:41) with a brainbuster. 5. Takashi Iizuka beat Mitsuhide Hirasawa (8:07) by referee stop. 6. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (17:05) when Nakamura used the Landslide on Honma. 7. Riki Choshu, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shiro Koshinaka (9:33) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Koshinaka. - NJPW, 7/21/08 (WPW) Tsukisamu Green Dome 1. Tiger Mask, Taichi Ishikari & Nobuo Yoshihashi vs. Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada 2. Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jado, Gedo & Tomoaki Honma 3. Wataru Inoue vs. Takashi Iizuka 4. Riki Choshu, Yuji Nagata & Mitsuhide Hirasawa vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto & Milano Collection AT 5. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson 6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (c) vs. Minoru & Prince Devitt 7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller 8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi
[Results] New Japan, 7/19/08 by Stuart - 19 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- NJPW, 7/19/08 Tottori Dome 1,100 Fans 1. Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:40) with a crab hold. 2. Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask & Taichi Ishikari (11:22) when Gedo used the Gedo clutch on Ishikari. 3. Takashi Iizuka beat Kazuchika Okada (5:52) by referee stop. 4. Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Riki Choshu, Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (7:25) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Naito. 5. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (12:08) when Fuller pinned Honma after the Fusion bomb. 6. Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (15:11) when Nakamura used the Landslide on AKIRA. 7. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Wataru Inoue beat Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson (12:07) when Nakanishi used the Hercules Cutter on Anderson. [Results] New Japan, 7/17/08 by Stuart - 17 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- NJPW, 7/17/08 Muroran City Gymnasium 1,300 Fans 1. Yujiro beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (5:49) with a crab hold. 2. Jado & Gedo beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Kazuchika Okada (10:09) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Okada. 3. Shiro Koshinaka, Super Strong Machine & Tetsuya Naito beat Riki Choshu, Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (9:35) when Machine used a diving senton on Hirasawa. 4. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii (12:29) when Fuller pinned Ishii after the Fusion bomb. 5. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Minoru & Prince Devitt (15:00) when Tenzan used the TTD on Minoru. 6. AKIRA beat Takashi Iizuka (3:58) by DQ. 7. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Wataru Inoue & AKIRA beat Togi Makabe, Takashi Iizuka, Tomoaki Honma & Karl Anderson (11:09) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Honma. [Results] New Japan, 7/16/08 by Stuart - 16 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- NJPW, 7/16/08 Hakodate Citizen Gymnasium 1,500 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Tetsuya Naito beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:58) with a single-leg crab hold. 2. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Kazuchika Okada beat Super Strong Machine, Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (9:04) when Tiger used a cross armbreaker on Hirasawa. 3. Takashi Iizuka beat Yujiro (6:33) with a sleeper hold. 4. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Jado & Gedo (10:01) when Bernard pinned Gedo after the FB. 5. Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe & Karl Anderson (12:28) when Inoue used the Oracion Flame on Anderson. 6. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shiro Koshinaka beat Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (10:35) when Tenzan used the TTD on Honma. 7. Riki Choshu, Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Minoru & Prince Devitt (14:53) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Devitt. Four new wrestlers added to Unno show by Stuart - 14 Jul 2008 Former Heisei Ishingun members, Shiro Koshinaka and Kengo Kimura, are two of four new wrestlers added to Red Shoe Unno's 20th anniversary show at Korakuen Hall on August 26th. They are joined by DRAGON GATE's Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki, and of course the previously announced original Tiger Mask and Genichiro Tenryu. Koshinaka and Kimura plan a HI revival on the show, while Unno is hoping Fujii & Mochi will head to a New Japan show and provoke some opponents into facing them. [Results] New Japan, 7/13/08 by Stuart - 13 Jul 2008  --> "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN SOUL ~NOVELLO SPARKS~" <-- NJPW, 7/13/08 Green Dome Maebashi Sub Arena 1,200 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Kazuchika Okada beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (4:26) with a single-leg crab hold. 2. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yujiro beat Super Strong Machine, Taichi Ishikari & Mitsuhide Hirasawa (8:18) when Tiger used a middle kick to the face on Hirasawa. 3. Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Jado & Gedo (6:37) when Choshu used a lariat on Gedo. 4. Takashi Iizuka beat Tetsuya Naito (7:12) by referee stop. 5. Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller beat Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma (12:10) when Fuller pinned Honma after the FB. 6. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Karl Anderson (13:30) when Tenzan used the TTD on Anderson. 7. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Minoru & Prince Devitt (13:50) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Minoru. [Results] LOCK UP, 7/12/08 by Stuart - 12 Jul 2008 Tomohiro Ishii today became the third member of GBH after current IWGP Tag Team Champions, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano, to wrestle the WEW Heavyweight Title away from the Apache Army. Ishii avenged a previous loss to Mammoth Sasaki at today's LOCK UP show, pinning the big man after 18 1/2 minutes in an intense match. Despite no longer formally being a brand of New Japan, every match on today's show featured a NJ regular, the big one seeing Choshu and Onita team up and not get along - costing their team the victory. LOCK UP, 7/12/08 Shinjuku FACE 485 Fans - No Vacancy 1. Tetsuya Naito & Kuniyoshi Wada beat GENTARO & Yusaku Obata (14:58) when Wada pinned Obata. 2. Daisuke Sekimoto  & Takashi Sasaki beat Yujiro & Kazuchika Okada (12:09) when Sekimoto used a German suplex hold on Okada.3. GBH vs. DRADITION: Tomoaki Honma beat Hisamaru Tajima  (10:34) with the Shalimarti.4. GBH vs. DRADITION: Jado & Gedo vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Arashi went to a no contest (12:13).5. Choshu & Onita First Union: Kintaro Kanemura, Masao Orihara & Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Riki Choshu, Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka (7:19) when Kanemura used a horizontal cradle on Koshinaka. 6. WEW Heavyweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii beat Mammoth Sasaki (c) (18:38) with a lariat to become the 16th champion. Choshu and Koshinaka also appeared on Onita's indie show on the very same day, defeating the team of Kazushi Miyamoto & Rikiya Fudo. Atsushi Onita Produce, 7/12/08 Tokyo Differ Ariake 1,200 Fans - Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Kazushi Miyamoto & Rikiya Fudo (7:01) when Koshinaka used a hip attack on Fudo. "Now a word about our sponsors"... by Stuart - 11 Jul 2008 I don't often do this, as SSS has always been a straightforward no nonsense site, but these people/places help keep it going. SSS is supported by some advertising - the Google AdSense banner you see, but also several long-term sponsors. CD Japan is an Asian entertainment site that sells all sorts of Japanese popular culture stuff, like anime, music, and yes... fighting/pro wrestling. Every time someone clicks through the banner and buys something, I get a small percentage (so far, it hasn't worked out too well, but persistence and all that). Tokyo Amusement is another Japanese entertainment site, selling all sorts of cool pro wrestling and fighting stuff, such as t-shirts, figures, watches and masks. It also has sections for toys/anime, video games, and electronics, so go and check that out. IVP Videos has for some time been the distributor of puroresu DVDs to western fans that this site has supported. There used to be another site, but the owner did a disappearing act and left many buyers out of pocket, something I personally refused to tolerate, so tore down his banner immediately. IVP Videos has since taken over that spot and I can safely say is reputable and reliable, not to mention really great value for money. Recent shows for as cheap as US$2.99! All of these sites help keep the network running, so please support them by at least having a peek and seeing if anything interests you. G1 Climax lineups! by Stuart - 11 Jul 2008 The 2008 G1 Climax will truly be survival of the fittest, as not only will there be group stage matches on the final day, but only two of these superstars, champions, legends, and so on, will be able to make the final stages. Only the block winners can advance this year, and they will go straight to the final on 8/17 (which was today announced as a live PPV). It is a jam packed lineup this year, with promising matches aplenty. Big matches involving Kurt Angle and AJ Styles of TNA Wrestling just add the iceing to the cake of what is surely the best looking G1 Climax on paper since 2004. NJPW, 8/9/08 (WPW) Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium 1. G1 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano vs. Yutaka Yoshie 2. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Wataru Inoue 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Shinjiro Otani  4. G1 Climax - Block A: Giant Bernard vs. Satoshi Kojima 5. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 6. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toshiaki Kawada NJPW, 8/11/08 (Samurai! TV) Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium 1. G1 Climax - Block A: Wataru Inoue vs. Shinjiro Otani 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano 3. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yutaka Yoshie 4. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Toshiaki Kawada 5. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe 6. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Satoshi Kojima NJPW, 8/13/08 (Samurai! TV) Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. G1 Climax - Block A: Wataru Inoue vs. Togi Makabe 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Toru Yano 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Giant Bernard vs. Shinjiro Otani 4. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto 5. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Yutaka Yoshie 6. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi NJPW, 8/14/08 (SXW) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Yutaka Yoshie 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Toru Yano 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Giant Bernard 4. G1 Climax - Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Shinjiro Otani 5. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima 6. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Toshiaki Kawada NJPW, 8/15/08 (Samurai! TV) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. G1 Climax - Block A: Wataru Inoue vs. Satoshi Kojima 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano vs. Toshiaki Kawada 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Togi Makabe 4. G1 Climax Special Tag: Kurt Angle  & Masahiro Chono vs. Shinjiro Otani & AJ Styles 5. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Giant Bernard 6. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto 7. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuji Nagata NJPW, 8/16/08 (SXW) Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan 1. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano 2. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Wataru Inoue 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Giant Bernard vs. Togi Makabe 4. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yutaka Yoshie 5. G1 Climax Special Tag: Kurt Angle & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & AJ Styles 6. G1 Climax - Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinjiro Otani 7. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Toshiaki Kawada NJPW, 8/17/08 (WPW/PPV) Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan 1. G1 Climax - Block A: Wataru Inoue vs. Giant Bernard 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Yutaka Yoshie 3. G1 Climax - Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Satoshi Kojima 4. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinjiro Otani 5. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 6. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto 7. G1 Climax - Final: Block A 1st place vs. Block B 1st place September post-G1 schedule by Stuart - 10 Jul 2008 The schedule for after the G1 has become clear. September's tour will be called "CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN GENERATION" and is fairly big, capped off by what will no doubt be an important post-G1 TV taping at Kobe World Hall. Another "ONLY ONE NIGHT" show follows the tour, this one in Wakayama. CIRCUIT 2008 NEW JAPAN GENERATION - 9/4 @ Chichibu Citizen Gymnasium - 9/5 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall SXW - 9/7 @ Yamagata Sports Center Sub Arena - 9/8 @ Zepp Sendai - 9/12 @ Tsukaba Kapio - 9/13 @ Sagamihara City Gymnasium SXW - 9/14 @ Utsunomiya Suzumenomiya Gymnasium - 9/15 @ Tatebayashi Citizen Gymnasium - 9/19 @ Tottori Industrial Gymnasium - 9/20 @ Yokkaichi City Gymnasium - 9/21 @ Kobe World Hall WPW - 9/23 "ONLY ONE NIGHT ~AREA W~" @ Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto Gymnasium
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