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Akira Tozawa Enters Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009!
November 7th, 2009
The final addition to ZERO's Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009 is DRAGON GATE's Akira Tozawa. Yesterday at DRAGON GATE's event in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall they announced a "generational" 6-man tag match between longtime DG members and newer members. Originally a 5 vs. 5 match, Akira Tozawa requested entry so Masaaki Mochizuki brought out regular ZERO1 wrestler Takuya Sugawara for the veterans side to make it 6 vs. 6. That match will happen on December 3rd for DG in Korakuen Hall.
Mochizuki also announced that Gikyoudai, Sugawara and Minoru Fujita, would be appearing on his 11/28 "Buyuden" event at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Following the show Tozawa immediately contacted the ZERO1 office and formally introduced himself as the final participant in the Tenka-Ichi Tournament. ZERO1 accepted this request, scheduling him a 1st Round match on 11/19 versus...Takuya Sugawara!
Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament Schedule Announced!
November 6th, 2009
ZERO1's annual junior class tournament, the "Tenka-Ichi Jr." has been scheduled for November 19th and 29th in Tokyo, Japan. Nine of the ten wrestlers have already been chosen for the tournament.
Today those jr. class wrestlers participating appeared together at the SKY PerfectTV offices for a press conference. Each wrestler chose their dragon ball randomly from a lottery and depending on their number were given a spot on the fight card. The only wrestler not present was Sonjay Dutt as he resides in the USA.
The 11/19 opening show at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring will see Takuya Sugawara versus the remaining wrestler, and BattlArts' Munenori Sawa versus Michinoku Pro's Hayato "Jr." Fujita. The 2nd Round, Semi-Finals and Finals will then be held on 11/29 in Korakuen Hall.
The full scheduled brackets are as follows:
ZERO1 WRESTLER'S - Matsue Taikai
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| FIGHT CARD | ||
| 6-Man Tag Match | ||
| O Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) Munenori Sawa (BattlArts) |
vs. | Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) Minoru Fujita (ZERO1) Takuya Sugawara X (Soul Connection) |
| (15:39 → Spiral Bomb) | ||
| Tag Match | ||
| Ryouji Sai (ZERO1) X Shito Ueda (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kohei Sato (ZERO1) KAMIKAZE O (ZERO1) |
| (10:31 → Moonsault Press) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Magnitude Kishiwada (Free) |
vs. | Rikiya Fudo X (Free) |
| (10:05 → Last Ride) | ||
| 3-Way Women's Match Match | ||
| Nanae Takahashi (Passion Red) |
vs. | Tsukasa Fujimoto X (Ice Ribbon) |
| O Natsuki☆Taiyo (Passion Red) |
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| (10:53 → Modified Rolling Cradle) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| Δ Shota Takanishi (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kenta Kakinuma Δ (ZERO1) |
| (20:00 → Time Limit Draw) | ||
"Ikuto Hidaka Homecoming to Masuda!"
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| FIGHT CARD | ||
| Ikuto Hidaka's Homecoming Special Match | ||
| X Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) |
vs. | Masato Tanaka O (ZERO1) |
| (20:20 → Sliding D) | ||
| Masuda Native Manami Toyota Returns! | ||
| O Nanae Takahashi (Passion Red) Natsuki☆Taiyo (Passion Red) |
vs. | Manami Toyota (Free) Tsukasa Fujimoto X (Ice Ribbon) |
| (21:55 → Iku Bomb) | ||
| 6-Man Tag | ||
| Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) O Ryouji Sai (ZERO1) Shito Ueda (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kohei Sato (ZERO1) KAMIKAZE (ZERO1) Rikiya Fudo X (Free) |
| (22:35 → Nachi Waterfall) | ||
| Kickboxing Exhibition Match | ||
| Δ Nobuchika Terado | vs. | Masami Δ |
| (Round 2 - 2:00 → Draw) | ||
| Tag Match | ||
| O Minoru Fujita (ZERO1) Takuya Sugawara (Soul Connection) |
vs. | Magnitude Kishiwada (Free) Lingerie Muto X (EXIT) |
| (13:35 → Reverse Figure-Four Leglock) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Shota Takanishi (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kenta Kakinuma X (ZERO1) |
| (7:42 → Camel Clutch) | ||
Hajime Ohara Joins Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament!
October 31st, 2009
There's a new addition to the upcoming Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009 - Japanese luchadore Hajime Ohara. Ohara began his career in 2004 in Mexico as part of Toryumon as a student of the legendary Ultimo Dragon and was a regular in CMLL. He often made trips back-and-forth between Mexico and Japan for Toryumon, and returned full time to Japan in 2008 to wrestle for HUSTLE.
Ohara is also a former NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt once held twice by ZERO1 President Shinjiro Otani (1996 & 1997). Ohara also held this title twice, once losing it and then regaining it versus Osaka Pro's Super Delfin in early 2007. In his time back in Japan Ohara also won the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship in 2008, eventually losing it the 1st of this month to Mineo Fujita.
Ohara released a short statement to the media as well, saying that he feels the Japanese fans have yet to truly meet him and see what he can do. He added that he hopes to put on a strong performance in the "Tenka Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009."
"Shinya Hashimoto Debut 25th Anniversary
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| FIGHT CARD | ||
| Main Event | ||
| O Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kohei Sato X (ZERO1) |
| (20:18 → Spiral Bomb) | ||
| Special Tag Match | ||
| Ryouji Sai (ZERO1) O KAMIKAZE (ZERO1) |
vs. | Toshiaki Kawada (Free) Rikiya Fudo X (ZERO1) |
| (19:28 → Moonsault Press) | ||
| Tag Match | ||
| Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) O Magnitude Kishiwada (Free) |
vs. | Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) Shito Ueda X (ZERO1) |
| (15:22 → Last Ride) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Takuya Sugawara (ZERO1) |
vs. | Yujo Shiranami X (Kyushu Pro ) |
| (9:44 → Shiisanputa) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Minoru Fujita (ZERO1) |
vs. | Lingerie Muto X (EXIT) |
| (9:18 → Reverse Figure-Four Leglock) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Shota Takanishi (ZERO1) |
vs. | Kenta Kakinuma X (ZERO1) |
| (10:01 → Single-Leg Crab Hold) | ||
ZERO1 WRESTLER'S - Osaka Taikai
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| FIGHT CARD | ||
| Osaka vs. Higashinihon Special Tag | ||
| O Ryouji Sai (ZERO1) Magnitude Kishiwada (Free) |
vs. | Kohei Sato (ZERO1) Takuya Sugawara X (Soul Connection) |
| (17:39 → Nachi Waterfall) | ||
| Tag Match | ||
| O Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) |
vs. | Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) Kenta Kakinuma X (ZERO1) |
| (18:01 → Lariat) | ||
| Tag Match | ||
| KAMIKAZE (ZERO1) O Minoru Fujita (ZERO1) Shoichi Uchida (Osaka Pro) |
vs. | Rikiya Fudo (Free) Shito Ueda (ZERO1) Tadanobu Fujisawa X (K-Dojo) |
| (21:32 → Sasuke Segway) | ||
| Kickboxing Exhibition Match | ||
| Δ Ryouji Sai | vs. | RYO Δ |
| (Round 2 - 2:00 → Draw) | ||
| Single Match | ||
| O Munenori Sawa (BattlArts) |
vs. | Shota Takanishi X (ZERO1) |
| (13:57 → Octopus Hold) | ||
Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009 On the Horizon!
October 25th, 2009
Yesterday at the Korakuen Hall "WRESTLER'S 6" show the annual ZERO1 junior class tournament, the Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009, was announced as a 2-day event on November 19 & November 29 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and Korakuen Hall respectively. The tournament is single elimination and eight of the ten participants were announced for "Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2009 ~ Grant Me My Wish!" Each participant is given one "dragon ball" and when the winner collects all the spheres from every opponent he is granted a wish.
Last year's winner, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wished for a World Heavyweight match versus then champion Yuji Nagata. Previous winners of the Tenka-Ichi Tournament include Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2008), Masato Tanaka (2007), Minoru Fujita (2006), Yoshihito Sasaki (2005), Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2004) and Wataru Sakata (2003/2002).
Announced for this years tournament are the following:
- Ikuto Hidaka (7th participation; NWA Intercontinental & NWA Lightweight Tag Team champion)
- Minoru Fujita (5th participation; 2006 Winner)
- Takuya Sugawara (4th participation)
- Munenori Sawa (3rd participation; NWA Intercontinental & NWA Lightweight Tag Team champion)
- Hayato "Jr." Fujita (1st participation)
- Magnitude Kishiwada (1st participation)
- Sonjay Dutt (2nd participation; ZERO1 International Jr. Heavyweight champion)
- Prince Devitt (1st participation; IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team champion)
The first two matches will take place on 11/19 and the remaining will be 11/29 in Korakuen Hall.
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4. Collateral Hill
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6. MISERABLE
7. HI-LIGHT
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10. FANTASTIC CITY 08
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