News notes and Schedule!

Pro-Wrestling KAGEKI marks their 10th year of activity with a huge show, to name the first ever Hakata City Tag Team Champions. Topping the show, Ryusuke Taguchi looks to make his V2 Defence of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title, against Hakata City Lightweight Champion, Azteca.

KAGEKI 07/10/07
‘KAGEKI 10th Anniversary’
Pia Hakata
1. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Cosmo*Soldier & Sum Taniguchi (debut) vs Diablo & Kurokage
2. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Satoshi Ogawa & Shinichi Hayashida vs Yuto Aijima & Kitai Kubo
3. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Super TAIRA & Tsubasa vs Koji Niizumi & KING
4. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: KAZE & Yosuke Hidaka vs UMA & Dragon Yuki
5. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of 1 vs Winner of 3
6. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of 2 vs Winner of 4
7. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Final – Hakata City Tag Team Titles: Winner of 5 vs Winner of 6
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ryusuke Taguchi vs Azteca

KAGEKI 04/11/07
‘Nagoya Convention’
Nagoya Small Island Sports Center
Special Participation: Masashi Aoyagi, Super Shiisa, Yuto Aijima, Tsubasa & Garuda

KAGEKI 24/12/07
‘Hakata*Estrella’
Pia Hakata

STYLE-E 27/10/07
‘Magnitude E on the Richter Scale’
Nishi Chufu Combat Arena
Participation: Kazuhiro Tamura, Masashi Takeda, Kyosuke Sasaki, Riki Sensyu, Ken Ohka, Van G Takeda, Iori Suguwara, Yoshitoshi Endo, Yuko Sato and ‘A strong player’.

DREAMERS will hold a single elimination two night tournament in the months of November and December to find the strongest in the Dreamers group. Hayate will not be participating in the tournament.

DREAMERS 07/11/07
‘Dreamers Grand Prix 2007′
Shin-kiba 1stRING

DREAMERS 15/12/07
‘Dreamers Grand Prix 2007 Finals’
Shin-kiba 1stRING

GUTS returns to Shin Kiba with a big show, as Masked Mystery and Leonard Takatsu challenge the recently named team of Syoichi Ichimiya and GUTS Ishijima, the Rainbow Monster Army. The question is whether the RMA will add to their already strong group.
The main event will see the 2nd Defence of the GWC Six Man Tag Team Titles, as the Mr. Gannosuke championship team must contend with a President Ryan Upin lead team, already featuring Dick Togo!

GUTS World 21/10/07
‘Vol 22′
Shin-kiba 1stRING
1. Syoichi Ichimiya & GUTS Ishijima vs Masked Mystery & Leonard Takatsu
2. GWC Six Person Tag Team Titles: Mr. Gannosuke, YUJI KITO & SUZKI (c) vs Ryan Upin, Dick Togo & X

EAGLE Pro 08/10/07

BattlARTS will hold a special performance in October, leading to their Tokyo arrival after 4 years, in November. The show will hold a BattlARTS match, a B-Club Kickboxing match, a trainee sparring match, and a meet and greet with the newest trainee, and the first ever BattlARTS female trainee, Chihiro Oikawa.

BattlARTS 28/10/07
‘Special Performance’
B-CLUB

BattlARTS 11/11/07
Shinjuku FACE

Finally, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Kyosuke Sasaki, formerly of the U-File Camp.com and STYLE-E has officially joined Daisuke Ikeda’s Fu-Ten group, as only the first member!

Fu-Ten 20/10/07
‘Punishment 9′

Punishment 8!

Futen 29/09/07
‘Punishment 8′
230 fans

1. Takahiro Oba (10:53 Chickenwing Armlock) Kyosuke Sasaki (Fu-ten Representative Debut)
2. Tsuyoshi Kurihara (4:52) Yota Yoshikawa
3. Takeshi Ono (16:00) Manabu Hara
4. Koichiro Kimura <W> & Kota Iibushi (15:09) Katsumi Usuda & Munenori Sawa
5. Mitsuya Nagai (19:00) Yuki Ishikawa
6. Daisuke Ikeda (9:23 Face Kick -> KO) Shuji Ishikawa

MAKEHEN

MAKEHEN
“MAKEHEN Secret Performance – Mirai 2nd Anniversary Memorial”
September 19, 2007
Shin-kiba 1st Ring
Tokyo, Japan
140 fans
1. Takashi Sasaki <W> & Yuki Sato (16:34 D-Geist) The Winger & Kazuhiro Tamura <L>
2. Kyosuke Sasaki (7:45 Death KO) Danshoku Dino
3. Kaz Miyamoto (7:13 Short Arm Lariat) Masato Shibata
4. KUDO (12:32 Diving Double Kneedrop) Hiroshi Kosakai
5. KAZMA, Yuu Yamagata <W> & Arisa Nakajima (15:08 The Future) Tomohiko Hashimoto, Mio Shirai & Io Shirai <L>

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Guts World 21

Guts World 17/09/07
‘Volume 21′
Itabashi Green Hall
178 fans (Super No-Vacancy Fullhouse)
- Masked Mystery (8:45 Chokeslam) Leonard Takatsu
- Shoichi Ichimiya <W>, Guts Ishijima & Hiroshi Kosakai (9:44 Schoolboy) Kazuhiko Ogasawara <L>, Kazuhiko Matsuzaki & Tsuyoshi Kurihara
- Mr. Gannosuke (12:15 Powerbomb Hold) Ryan Upin
- DAISUKE <W> & Yuri Urai (11:26 Dragon Suplex Hold) Toshie Uematsu & SUZKI <L>

** No official match order was given.

EAGLE 16/09/07
Hill Peoples Culture Center Small Hall
1. Hiroshi Watanabe (11:21 Pinfall) Daisuke Kamata
2. Pretty Ota (11:56 Diving Body Press) Rikaref; Hiroshi Ishikawa
3. Hiroshi Watanabe (12:42 Backdrop) Kenji Abe
4. Hiroyuki Kondo <W> & Super Judisto (11:01 Swanton Bomb) Hiroya Mine <L> & TA*KU
5. GENTARO <W> & Hi69 (14:23 Leg Lariat) Kazunori Yoshida & Sueyoshi

STYLE-E LOVE 2007

STYLE-E 15/09/07
‘Style-E Love 2007′
Nishi-chufu Combat Arena
101 fans
1. Tomoya Sato (5:44 Brainbuster) Masashi Takeda
2. Yuko Miyamoto & Hiroshi Sueyoshi (20:00 Time Limit Draw) Hyper Brave G Valion & Jiro Umezawa
3. Team Vader vs Heisei Eshingun: Tomohiko Hashimoto <W>, Masato Shibata & Hiroshi Kosakai (15:22 XCT) Van G Takada, Iori Suguwara & Choun Shiryu <L>
4. Kazuhiro Tamura <W> & Ken Kataya (22:08 Fisherman Buster) Kyosuke Sasaki & Keita Yano <L>

Guts World Free Show

Guts World 08/09/07
‘Guts Festival’
Itabashi Station Shopping Center
1. MINAMI (6:40 Diving Body Press) Kosaku
2. Shoichi Ichimiya <W> & Guts Ishijima (13:01 Sheer-Drop Brainbuster) YUJI KITO & SUZKI <L>
3. Jaguar Yokota <W>, DAISUKE & Kimura Go (11:04 Pinfall) Masked Mystery, Tank Mystery & Yuri Urai <L>

Shoichi Ichimiya was attacked several times over the course of the day, for his Iron Man Heavy Metal Title:
- 711th Champion: Shoichi Ichimiya
- 3:21pm, Leonard Takatsu became the 712th Champion.
- 3:24pm, A 9 Year Old Boy became the 713th Champion.
- 3:27pm, Shoichi Ichimiya became the 714th Champion.

Dreamers

Dreamers 08/09/07
Shinkiba 1stRING
drawing 351 fans (Super No-Vacancy Fullhouse)
1. Yuki Sato (6:32 Reverse Cradle) Daisuke Sakurai
2. Yasu Urano (11:34 Headlock) Kunio Sumiyoshi (debut)
3. Manabu Soya (10:25 Referee Stop) Naoki Matsumoto
*Matsumoto suffered an injury.
4. Hi69 <W>, Koichi Kogai (15:14 Pinfall) Katsumi Hiroshi, 佑允 Kubo <L>
5. Tetsuya Nakazato <W>, Takashi Hiroshi & Kazuyuki Hirahara (18:20 Jackhammer) Hayate, Yusuke Shimizu <L> & Tomoya Sato

KAGEKI September Results & Schedule

I finally received the final results of KAGEKI’s September show!

KAGEKI 02/09/07
‘Next Battlefield’
Fuku City
drawing 78 fans (No-Vacancy)
1. HARAKIRI HAKATA (5:19 Reverse Cradle) Kenta Tanaka
2. SOYJOY Man (5:35 SOYJOY Taste) Kitai Kubo
3. Shinichi Hayashida (7:58 Pinfall) Satoshi Ogawa
4. Sakigake (7:59 Missile Kick) KING
5. KAZE (11:48 Kaze) Koji Niizumi
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Challenger Decision Match: Azteca (15:58 Saint Splash) Cosmo*Soldier

KAGEKI 07/10/07
‘KAGEKI 10th Anniversary’
Pia Hakata
1. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Cosmo*Soldier & Sum Taniguchi (debut) vs Diablo & Kurokage
2. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Satoshi Ogawa & Shinichi Hayashida vs Yuto Aijima & Kitai Kubo
3. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: Super TAIRA & Tsubasa vs Koji Niizumi & KING
4. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Round 1: KAZE & Yosuke Hidaka vs UMA & Dragon Yuki
5. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of 1 vs Winner of 3
6. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of 2 vs Winner of 4
7. Hakata City Tag Team Title Tournament – Final – Hakata City Tag Team Titles: Winner of 5 vs Winner of 6
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Winner Taguchi/Tiger Mask vs Azteca