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| ZERO1-MAX, ZERO-ONE & PWF/WORLD-1
To Debut On TV!!! May 28th, 2005 |
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right, you read it correctly. After months of speculation
we are proud to announce that wrestling fans in the United
Kingdom can watch ZERO1-MAX, Classic ZERO-ONE, and PWF/WORLD-1
on television every week via The
Wrestling Channel.
ZERO1-MAX will consist of recent TV tapings from Japan and feature all of the current stars of "Fantastic Fighting". Fans can watch fresh, first-run shows on 9 PM Wednesday nights and 11 PM on Thursday nights. There will also be re-broadcasts at the following times: Monday at 5 PM, Tuesday at 4 PM, Thursday at 6 AM, Friday at 3 PM, Saturday at 11 AM, and Sunday's at 2 PM. Classic ZERO-ONE will feature footage from the beginning days of Pro-Wrestling ZERO-ONE in 2001 to the middle of 2004. First run shows are on Monday nights at 10 PM. You can catch re-broadcasts at the following times: Tuesday at 7 AM, Wednesday at 10 AM, Thursday at 1 PM, Friday at 4 PM, and Sunday's at 5 PM. PWF/WORLD-1 will feature the first 20 episodes of the Premier Wrestling Federation television that played in 2003 and then will lead into never before seen Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 TV that was shot from the first two tours of WORLD-1 from 2004. First run shows are broadcast on 11 PM on Wednesday. Catch the repeats at the following times: Monday at 12 noon, Wednesday at 8 AM, Thursday at 11 AM, Friday at 2 PM, and Sunday at 4 PM. |
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| Tenka-Ichi Jr. Semi-Finalists
Decided! May 27th, 2005 |
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| The matches of the tournament
leading up to the semi-finals are now over. The semi-finals
between each block's tied fighters and the Finals themselves
are scheduled for 5/29 in Shizuoka. Usually in these block
format tournaments, head-to-head win/loss decides who advances
if there is a tie. (For example: while Hidaka and Murahama
both had 6 points in Block B, in their singles match Hidaka
was the victor.)
So the Semi-finals look like this: |
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| Aaron "Jesus"
Aquilera Returns for Fire Festival! May 23rd, 2005 |
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 AWA
General Manager Oscar David announced today that UPW's Aaron
Aguilera (who appeared in ZERO1 previously as the "Hardkore
Kidd"; and in WWE as Carlito Colon's bodyguard -"Jesus")
would be returning to ZERO1-MAX in July as part of the 2005
"Fire Festival."
Mr. David announced that just like the winner of the current "Tenka-Ichi" Junior tournament will be taking place in the upcoming tournament for the AWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title held in June, the winner of the Fire Festival will get a shot at the AWA Heavyweight champion. David also said he has been in contact with 2 other recently released WWE talents... |
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| Sonjay Injured! Namiguchi
Gets 2nd Chance! May 18th, 2005 |
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Otani called in Osamu Namiguchi and gave him the news that he will now be in the tournament as Sonjay's replacement. Namiguchi was very pleased to recieve another oppurtunity to participate in the tourney. Here's the blocks: |
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| Namiguchi Goes Down! Dino
is In! May 10th, 2005 |
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| In an impressive display
Danshoku Dino made Osamu Namiguchi tap in front of his teacher
in just under 60 seconds with a cross arm breaker. Dino came
ready to go, not displaying his usual mannerisms and wearing
the basic black tights and his wrestling shoes.
Takaiwa congratulated Dino and told him that he will be placed in the same Block as himself. Reporters asked Dino if he would be the serious competitor he was today or revert to his more playful self. He said we'd have to wait and see. Dino joins a block with Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Minoru Fujita, GAMMA and Yoshihito Sasaki. |
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| Dino Invited to Tenka-Ichi
Jr. Entry Match! May 9th, 2005 |
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| In an interesting
turn of events, ZERO1-MAX Director and Ring Announcer Oki
Okidata along with Tatsuhito Takaiwa approached DDT's...um...colorful
wrestler, Danshoku Dino and offered him a qualifying match
against Osamu Namiguchi (a Takaiwa student) in the training
facility.
Takaiwa was the winner of last year's Tenka-Ichi tournament, and made sure Dino understood that the Jr. tourney was a serious tournament and that Takaiwa himself is a serious man and not into silliness. Dino said the prospect to be in such a big tournament to him is "tasty" though he understands the importance of the offer.
It was also announced that K-Dojo's PSYCHO and freelance fighter GAMMA (late of Osaka Pro and now under his own GamMax banner) would also be taking part in the tournament. |
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| Differ Cup 2005! KENTA
& Marufuji Triumphant! May 8th, 2005 |
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| The 2005 co-promotional
tag team junior tournament is over, with the winners being
the favored NOAH team of KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji. The
final match of the two day tournament came down to the NOAH
juniors and ZERO1-MAX regulars and current NWA International
Lightweight Tag Team Champions Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita.
The match went an impressive 45+ minutes before Fujita finally
went down to KENTA's Busaiku Knee Kick.
The second day saw the Finals and the 3rd Place decision match, which was won by Kaz and Spanky over Tiger Emperor and Super Shisa. Other matches involving ZERO1-MAX fighters was an opening singles match where Nami managed to go to a time-limit draw with Nakajima, despite getting his face smashed pretty well and gushing blood. There was also a 6-man tag of Takaiwa, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshihito Sasaki defeating TAKA, PSYCHO and ZERO1-MAX gaijin junior, Sonjay Dutt.
Other interesting characters to take part in these shows were Ebetaro (the new identity of Ebessan I) and Amazing Kong, who showed the men she might very well challenge for that spot in this year's Fire Festival by first defeating Stalker Ichikawa in a quick :23 second and then beating Ichikawa and DJ Nira in 2½ minutes when she place one atop the other and hit a top rope body splash for the win.
Ebetaro got on the mic after his loss to Sonjay and said even though he's now freelance and there's a new Ebessan in Osaka Pro he is fully dedicated to his sport and will do his best to improve for himself but more importantly his fans. And finally, in a wonderful act of honor, KENTA and Marufuchi said they would donate their winnings of 1,000,000 yen to wounded fellow junior and ZERO1-MAX fighter Naohiro Hoshikawa. (Who has been recovering from a serious head injury)
ZERO1-MAX Director and ring announcer Oki Okidata came into the ring to accept the check for Hoshikawa and was his usual emotional self as the victors of the tournament raised his hands in triumph. |
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