General Puro Discussion Thread

[Bort]

Loving those All Japan videos.

 

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I expect the captain's fall tag team match between Xceed and Evolution that is coming to be bonkers and filled with HATE between Kento and Suwama

 

[Bort]

They killed ProWrestling AARK.

 

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Akebono vs Shuji Ishikawa for the triple crown is happening. Stronk match incoming.

 

[Bort]

ooh:ooh:ooh:ooh:ooh:

 

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Onita has challenged Tenryu to a current blast death match as part of Tenryu's road to retirement. This old man is indestructible.

 

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@Bort @Jacob Fox

Kento is going to be a fricking star. Get this man a rival ASAP.

 

[Bort]

Kento? Don't you mean KENTONRYU?!

 

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Kento? Don't you mean KENTONRYU?!

Kentonryu is only fully achievable once Tenryu retires and they do the fusion dance.

I might be reading too much into things. But on today's Korakuren show Aoki pinned Shiozaki to get a shot at the World tag belts. Promotion to heavy imminent or just using one of their more over guys for a "fresh" defense?

 

[Bort]

He's already KENTONRYU!

Aoki wrestles like a heavyweight anyway, so...

 

[Jacob Fox]

@Bort @Jacob Fox

Kento is going to be a fricking star. Get this man a rival ASAP.

Thanks for the tag. There's so much wrestling going on in the world that it's easy to miss things like this. Much appreciated.

 

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Samurai TV going hard on the puro uploads.

 

[Bort]

Motherless fucks.

 

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Today's AJPW results:

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2015 Summer Action Series”, 7/11/2015 [Sat] 18:00 @ Yaizu Cultural Center
(1) Naoya Nomura vs. Yuma Aoyagi
◆Winner: Nomura (6:43) with a Northern Light Suplex Hold.
~ Aoyagi takes a beating, but Nomura debuts a new finishing maneuver to put his fellow rookie away in the end.(2) Yohei Nakajima vs. Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO]
◆Winner: Dragon (10:43) with a La Magistral.
(3) KENSO vs. Masao Inoue [FREE]
◆Winner: KENSO (11:14) with a Diving Elbow Drop.
(4) Jun Akiyama & Jake Lee vs. Suwama & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
◆Winner: Suwama (12:46) following a Lariat on Lee.
(5) Takao Omori & SUSHI vs. Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki
◆Winner: Doering (17:17) with the Revolution Bomb on SUSHI.
~ Doering and Aoki begin their road to the World Tag belts with a decisive win.

(6) Akebono, Yutaka Yoshie [FREE] & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Go Shiozaki, Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki
◆Winner: Akebono (19:08) following the Yokozuna Impact on Kotaro.
~ Shiozaki declared that he will not let the loss against Aoki will not stand and come the next defense he will get his revenge.
~ Kotaro as well loses some ground in prelude to his defense against Kanemaru on 7/25.

 

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Some new and then the results from the Hashimoto memorial.

W-1 starts up their own "G1".

Keiji Mutoh held a press conference at the W-1 office to announce the “WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2015”.

The “WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2015” will be a single elimination tournament that will take place over the course of 4 shows throughout the month of August. The entire W-1 roster will be involved in the tournament from the established to the up and comers. This includes the newly crowned W-1 Champion KAI, who in all honestly garnered a poor reaction for ultimately reclaiming his revenge of Hideki Suzuki. Due to this KAI has personally stated that he will win this tournament to prove that he is the true champion.

Mutoh announced that 19 wrestlers affiliated under W-1 will be competing, minus Seiki Yoshioka who will be unable to compete at that time, and the two members under Tokyo Gurentai. The tournament will begin on August 2nd in Kasukabe with 2 shows, day and night, that will see the first and second rounds taking place, the quarter-finals will be on August 8th at the Shinjuku FACE, and then the semi-finals and final match on August 30th at the Korakuen Hall.

Mutoh then drew the names by random as the tournament placement was decided upon then and there.

Shinya Hashimoto memorial results

“”Hakaioh” Shinya Hashimoto Fukkatsusai - 10th Death Anniversary Event”, 7/13/2015 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
~ Kero Tanaka, New Japan ring announcer during Hashimoto’s time, came out to introduce a video package to kick off the show. The video highlighted the final moments of his career and to his funeral that took place in July of 2005.
~ Daichi Hashimoto then came out as he is the general producer for today’s event in his father’s name. Daichi thanked everyone for coming out and helping him honor his late father.
~ Also to note, a full orchestra was set up in the hall as a live playing of Hashimoto’s entrance theme song.

(1) Tag Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka
◆Winner: Liger (11:31) following a Vertical Fall style Brainbuster on Komatsu.

~ Another special break was held that focused upon a few matches throughout Hashimoto’s career. Hashimoto & Nagata vs. Misawa & Akiyama from Match 2, 2001 in ZERO-ONE, His MMA match against Tony Halme on September 23, 1991, then Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa on May 3, 1997, NJPW, in Osaka, then finally Hashimoto vs. Choshu from November 18, 2003 in ZERO-ONE.

(2) Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
◆Winner: Tenzan (9:35) with the Anaconda Vice on Captain.
~ Kojima used Hashimoto’s styke of the Kesagiri Chop and DDT as a honoring of the fallen legend.

~ Keiji Mutoh x Masahiro Chono Talk Show
~ Mutoh and Chono came into the ring to talk about how the “Three Musketeers” originally came together as well as some of the funnier moments that they all shared throughout the years together.
~ Yutaka Yoshie and Tadao Yasuda also came out during this time.

(3) Single Match: Daichi Hashimoto [IGF] vs. Yuji Nagata [NJPW]
◆Winner: Nagata (16:16) with a Backdrop Hold.
~ The two shook hands after the match. As Nagata showed a lot of respect to Daichi as the oldest son of Hashimoto still shows a bright future if he continues to train and grow.
~ Daichi thanked Nagata as he bowed his head after asking for another match against the veteran in the future.

~ Everyone who appeared today came out and into the ring as a final send-off for the show.