All references to LOCK UP were removed from the official New Japan website, making this show the first that wasn't backed by NJPW. While New Japan has cut all financial support for the project, there may be more shows under Choshu's "Riki Pro" banner. The lack of funds would also explain why this show was held in the small "Shin-Kiba 1st RING", rather than a bigger venue like "Korakuen Hall" even with Atsushi Onita's return being on the card. Nonetheless Onita's "Hundredth" come back packed Shin-Kiba 1st RING.
LOCK UP, 5/18/08
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
386 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Yusaku Obata beat Kuniyoshi Wada with a small package hold.
2. Yujiro beat Taichi Ishikari (11:59) with an Intercollegiate slam.
3. Tomoaki Honma beat Tetsuya Naito (12:25) with the Shalimarti.
4. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Takashi Sasaki beat Riki Choshu & Kazuchika Okada (10:05) when Kuroda used a lariat on Okada.
5. Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara beat Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka by DQ.
6. Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Gedo beat Mammoth Sasaki, Dick Togo & GENTARO (16:55) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on GENTARO.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Shota Takanishi To Retire
The Retirement trend continues as ZERO1-MAX wrestler, Shota Takanishi announced his pending retirement from Professional Wrestling. His final match will take place on May 29th at the "Unshakeable - Final" show in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall versus Minoru Fujita.Shota's began his career in April of 05 when he joined the All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo. But before he could debut, he jumped to the then new KINGS ROAD promotion in January of 06, where he debuted at there first show and wrestled on every show until ther collapse in July of that very same year. The young pro wrestler then signed with ZERO1-MAX where he had remained until now.
ZERO1 President Shinjiro Otani was with Shota as he made the announcement to the media. Otani said he had first heard Shota mention it about 1 week ago, but apparently Shota had been think about it since the beginning of 2008. Otani said he believes Shota is not taking a step backwards by leaving professional wrestling but is taking a step forward to challenge the world.
Shota gave a brief comment on his decision:
"I've decided that I want a new challenge that is something besides Professional Wrestling, so I chose to retire. Since there are remaining matches before my final, I promise to do my best until the last so I will have no regrets. I want to show the best of KINGS ROAD and ZERO1 in my retirement match.""After graduating high school, I entered the world of professional wrestling immediately. The best part has been the support from the fans on all sides when they appreciate my work in the ring. These types of experiences are very rare. I will certainly do my best in the next stage of life and try to take advantage of such a unique experience."
Ryuji Yamaguchi Retires
One of Kensuke Sasaki's star students, Ryuji Yamaguchi announced that he would be retiring. With torn ligaments in both of his legs, the doctor's informed him that it would be nearly impossible to return to the ring at any time or he could face possible fractures to both of his knees. Kensuke's wife, Akira Hokuto stated that she had a meeting with both Yamaguchi and his parents, and while a return was discussed, there was only one option, and that is retirement. Yamaguchi is set to try and get a teaching license to become a teacher in his home town.
[Results] Dragonmania III,5/11/08
1. Durango Kid/Steve Pain/Thunder Wolf defeated Chilango/Laberinto/Principe Orion
2. Arkangel de la Muerte & Negro Navarro defeated Oscar Hanaoka & Satoshi Kajiwara
3. Raven Hiroka & Mima Shimoda defeated Fuka & Sahori
4. Hiromi Horiguchi/Hajime Ohara/Shigeo Okumura defeated Los Brazos (Oro y Platino)/Maximo
5. Kento Miyahara & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Dr. X & Nitro
6. Scramble Match: Alex Koslov defeated Astro Boy/Hijo del Fantasma/Marco Corleone/Super Nova/Amigo Suzuki/Hijo del Texano/Loco Max/Olimpico
7. Caballera contra Caballera: Pequeno Damian 666 defeated Toshiya Matsuzaki
8. UWA Tag Titles - Decision Match: The Hell Wariiors (Power Warrior & Road Warrior Animal) defeated Damian 666 & Damian el Terrible to win the "Vacated" titles.
9. Atlantis/Rene Dupree/Ultimo Guerrero defeated Tatsumi Fujinami/Mistico/Ultimo Dragon
- The UWA Tag Titles that Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) & Road Warrior Animal won are supposedly the real deal titles. There is another version of the titles that were won by KAGETORA & Ibushi Kota after defeating Mazada & NOSAWA in the El Dorado promotion out of Japan. NOSAWA & Mazada claim to have won there titles during a tour of Mexico in 2000.
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