5/15 Korakuen Hall Show!
ROH World Title Match 3-Way Match 60 min Time Limit
Nigel McGUINNESS (W) vs. KENTA vs. BJ WHITMER (L)
@13 min 09 sec. Nigel beat BJ from LAW-BREAKER-LARIAT / PIN
Nigel McGUINNESS successfully defended his ROH World Title.
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Action Shots from the ROH show in Manhattan Center
NY Hammerstein Ballroom 5/10/2008
5/10 Manhattan Center (Hammerstein Ballroom Attendance: 3000)
Singles Match: Takeshi MORISHIMA (W) vs. Necro BUTCHER (L)
@9 min 52 sec. MORISHIMA beat Necro BUTCHER from BACK-DROP-SUPLEX/PIN
Singles Match: Naomichi MARUFUJI (L) vs. Bryan DANIELSON (W)
@21 min 21 sec. DANIELSON beat MARUFUJI from CATTLE-MUTILATION
FIP World Title Match: Roderick STRONG (W) vs. Go SHIOZAKI vs. Erick STEVENS
(L)
@6 min 14 sec. STRONG beat STEVENS from SCHOOL-BOY/PIN
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Action Shots from the ROH show in Virginia USA! 5/9/2008
*6 man Tag Match: Takeshi MORISHIMA, Naomichi MARUFUJI & Go SHIOZAKI
(W) vs.
Roderick STRONG, Davey RICHARDS, Rocky ROMERO (L)
@27 min 53 sec. MARUFUJI beat ROMERO from SHIRANUI/PIN
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Action Shots from the 4/27/08 Nippon Budokan Show!
Team of Bison SMITH & Akitoshi SAITO WINNER of the Global Tag Team
Tournament!
*It was a stunning upsets at the final scheduled tag team tournament match
at the Nippon Budokan, the
tournament league final show 4/27.
The team of Jun AKIYAMA & Takeshi RIKIOH / Mitsuharu MISAWA & Yoshinari
OGAWA lead the tournament
coming into the Budokan show earning 9 points with one match left and followed
by the team of Takeshi
MORISHIMA & Muhammad YONE / Bison SMITH & Akitoshi SAITO earning
8 points with one match left coming
into the Budokan show as well.
First scheduled tournament match: Takeshi MORISHIMA & Muhammad YONE
vs. Naomichi MARUFUJI & Takashi
SUGIURA, this match up consist of the GHC Heavyweight Singles Title holder Takeshi MORISHIMA and the
team of MARUFUJI & SUGIURA is the current GHC Heavyweight Tag Team
Title Holder.
The hard hitting match as MORISHIMA's power lead the match but @24 min
47 sec. teamwork effort of
MARUFUJI & SUGIURA came on top as SUGIURA beat MORISHIMA from 2 consecutive
execution of his
power move OLYMPIC-YOSEN-SLAM.
The team of MORISHIMA & YONE finished the tournament with 8 points.
The team of MARUFUJI & SUGIURA finished the tournament with 9 points.
*At this moment, the team of MARUFUJI & SUGIURA kept the hope alive
for the tournament depending on
the outcome of the last 2 remaining scheduled matches.
Second scheduled tournament match: Jun AKIYAMA & Takeshi RIKIOH vs.
Kensuke SASAKi & Katsuhiko
NAKAJIMA. This match was a battle between 2 former GHC Heavyweight Champions
(AKIYAMA & RIKIOH)
vs. current All Japan Triple Crown Champion K. SASAKI & former All
Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion
K. NAKAJIMA. the match was very one sided mostly as NAKAJIMA was caught
by AKIYAMA & RIKIOH's
fast tag combination team work and overpowering NAKAJIMA. But when NAKAJIMA
weather through the
heat from AKIYAMA & RIKIOH and finally made the tag to SASAKI, the
flow of the match turned.
at the end SASAKI & NAKAJIMA was able to separate AKIYAMA & RIKIOH
as SASAKI nailed his NORTHERN-
LIGHT-BOMB on RIKIOH @22 min 17 sec. for the PIN.
The team of AKIYAMA & RIKIOH finished the tournament with 9 points.
The team of SASAKI & NAKAJIMA finished the tournament with 8 points.
*the upset win of SASAKI & NAKAJIMA over AKIYAMA & RIKIOH the two
teams, MARUFUJI & SUGIURA /
AKIYAMA & RIKIOH finishing with 9 points still eligible/alive for the
tournament championship depending
on the outcome of the final scheduled match between Mitsuharu MISAWA &
Yoshinari OGAWA vs.
Bison SMITH & Akitoshi SAITO. (if the match ends in no point draw,
the 3 teams will end up with 9 points
as the 3 teams will be matched up for a tie breaker)
The third and final scheduled tournament match: Mitsuharu MISAWA &
Yoshinari OGAWA vs. Bison SMITH &
Akitoshi SAITO. MISAWA & OGAWA the veteran tag team knows at this time
that they have the advantage
coming in to the match as they will win the tournament with any Win or
Time Expired Draw.
For the team of Bison & SAITO, they needed to beat MISAWA & OGAWA
clear outright and earn 2 points in
order for them to win the tournament.
The teamwork combination of MISAWA & OGAWA and veteran technique of OGAWA (alot of fans call it the
OGAWA-MAGIC as the Jr. Heavyweight OGAWA were able to win heavyweight singles
and tag titles despite
of his physical disadvantage) controlled the match early and double team efforts seemed they were on their
way to win the tournament. But after 15 min into the match BISON &
SAITO were able to turn the match
around and BISON held MISAWA with his BISON-TENIEL move as SAITO beat OGAWA
from the multiple
SICKLE-OF-DEATH @17 min 16 sec.
The team of Bison SMITH & Akitoshi SAITO finished the tournament with
10 points.
The team of Mitsuharu MISAWA & Yoshiniari OGAWA finished the tournament
with 9 points.
FINAL RESULTS: The Team of Bison SMITH & Akitoshi SAITO is the WINNER
of the Global Tag Team
Tournament League 2008!
They have earned the ticket to challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team
Title which currently held
by Naomichi MARUFUJI & Takashi SUGIURA.
*At the winners interview by NTV after the ceremony, Bison commented that
he was thinking of retiring
from the professional wrestling business 8 years ago. But meeting with
Mitsuharu MISAWA in San Fran. CA
changed his life as he has earned the opportunity to come to Japan to participate for Pro-Wrestling Noah.
During his past 7 years participation, he has challenged Kenta KOBASHI
& Mitsuharu MISAWA for the GHC
Heavyweight Title but came up short. With his partner Akitoshi SAITO he
promised to the fans that they will
challenge MARUFUJI & SUGIURA and win it!!
Congratulations to Bison & SAITO for Winning the Global Tag Team Tournament
League 2008!
your hard work certainly paid off and best of luck to you guys for GHC
Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match!
Ringside report by Ken Hirayama
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Action Shots from the 4/25/08 Ishikawa Ind. Exhibit Hall
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Action Shots from the 4/23/08 Zepp Nagoya Show!
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Go SHIOZAKI in USA! Disney World FL!
Go visited the Disney World in Orlando Florida!
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Go SHIOZAKI in WLW Eldorado Show! 3/8/2008 (Attendance: 400)
Special tag match: 30 minute time limit 1 fall
Dangerous DEREK & Dinn T. MOORE vs. Go SHIOZAKI & Brian BREAKER
@ 11 min 25 sec. Go Shiozaki beat Dinn T. Moore by GO-FLASHER
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Action shots from 3/2 Nippon Budokan Show!
(Attandance: 14000)
9th Match: GHC Heavyweight Title Match 60 min Time Limit
Mitsuharu MISAWA (Champion) (L) vs. Takeshi MORISHIMA (Challenger) (W)
@20 min 22 sec. MORISHIMA beat MISAWA from BACK-DROP-SUPLEX
MORISHIMA became the 12th (New) GHC Heavyweight Champion!
8th Match: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match 60 min Time Limit
Naomichi MARUFUJI & Takashi SUGIURA (Champion Team) (W) vs.
Jay BRISCOE & Mark BRISCOE (Challenger Team) (L)
@29 min 47 sec. MARUFUJI beat Mark from SHIRANUI-KAI (Modified)
Team of MARUFUJI & SUGIURA successfully defended their title for the
2nd time.
More Action photos from the Budokan show!!!
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ROH Manhattan Center NY Show! Special Challenge Match!
Austin ARIES vs. Go SHIOZAKI
@20 min 03 sec. ARIES beat SHIOZAKI from 450 SPLASH!
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ROH Deer Park IL show 2/22/2008! Go SHIOZAKI's Debut Match in USA!
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Chat with KENTA !
Sat down with KENTA at this past Yamagata Show (11/30).
Subject: His Signature Finish - "GO-2-SLEEP"
*Get the opponent on the shoulder as fireman's carry form, lift the opponent
straight up and over
the head to drop down in the front. The left knee strike to hit the chin,
throat, upper chest area.
I wanted to set the record straight. Wanted to ask KENTA for his Signature
Finish: "GO-2-SLEEP"
The "GO-2-SLEEP" is definately KENTA's original finish! I have
seen quite many of the wrestlers
use it as their finishing move and some even calling it the same "GO-2-SLEEP".
So I have asked KENTA, when and how did he come up to develope this "GO-2-SLEEP"
move.
KENTA says during his training at the Kick Boxing Gym, he was trying to
develope a finishing technique
using his kicking skills following his "BUSAIKU-KNEE KICK" [Knee
strike towards opponents Jaw/Face
with use of the rebounding force from the rope]
Interesting part is KENTA says the naming of the finish "GO-2-SLEEP"
came to him before actually
developing and perfecting the move.
He used the "GO-2-SLEEP" for the first time back in 2005 against
Mitsuharu MISAWA in a singles
match. (one of the 7 singles match series up against the top wrestlers)
KENTA said that he has spent many hours and days in the gym to perfect
his signature finishing move
and he says "I know that many wrestlers are using GO-2-SLEEP as their
finish. I just wanted to say
that this is my original technique and anyone can try to imitate it but
one one will be able to perfect
it like I have. I want to thank all of the fans who's been supported me,
cheered for me and I will
continue to do my best to be the best in the ring!"
[So there you go! the Originator of "GO-2-SLEEP" KENTA!]
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Top three photos: KENTA setting
it up for "the GO-2-SLEEP"
Center three photos: Impact shot
of "GO-2-SLEEP"
Bottom two photos: Impact shot
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