Champion Carnival participants announced

[Guest Black Tiger]

Here are the participants for this years Champions Carnival.

 

Toshiaki Kawada

Keiji Mutoh

Satoshi Kojima

Arashi

Nobutaka Araya

Taiyo Kea

Jamal ( )

Winner of Hold Out Cup

X

X

 

I'm predicting the two X particpants to be Takao Omori and a Zero One worker, prefereably Ohtani

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Fucking Jamal??? Are you KIDDING, Damn you Mutoh!!!!!!!!

[Guest j.o.b. squad]

does anybody have a clue why muto is so high on jamal?(or is he just high)

[Guest Black Tiger]

He's big, he's somewhat agile, and he used to wrestle for WWE. That's about it.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

He's big, he's somewhat agile, and he used to wrestle for WWE. That's about it.

No wonder why Kawada quit selling........

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Well Jamal isn't THAT terrible as long as he doesn't get anywhere in this.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

*reminiscing of CC94*

[Guest Black Tiger]

Problem with AJPW is that a lot of stuff has potential to be really good (Kawada vs Ohtani) but then its always a disappointment. I'll wait until the X guys are announced before deciding how good this can be, but so far its a step in the right direction.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Knowing our luck Justin Credible will be one of the X spots.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Knowing our luck Justin Credible will be one of the X spots.

NOOOOOOOOO

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

Would Corino be a good pick for one of the X spots? He's in Z1 after all.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Would Corino be a good pick for one of the X spots? He's in Z1 after all.

I don't think that he would be a bad pick, but I just don't think he would be brought in.

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

Why not? (not being confrontational, I just don't have a clue how Puro tournements work really.) Thanks for helpin me out.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Why not? (not being confrontational, I just don't have a clue how Puro tournements work really.) Thanks for helpin me out.

Well, first off I don't know if Z-1 and AJ have quit the solid working relationship anymore. I know that Hashimoto(since he has known Mutoh for years) decided to try a working relationship out with Mutoh and All Japan, after Mutoh had contacted him(I think) about doing business together. But I heard this all soured after Mutoh and All Japan decided to do the ROH Final Battle 2003 show. The reason why Hashimoto was upset about this was that he figured how could AJPW send guys over to another continent if they were hurting for cash? There was no reason given by Mutoh and it went downhill from there. But I guess there is a outside shot that maybe Z-1 would send in Corino, but because of what I wrote above, I really doubt it.

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

oh

[Guest Black Tiger]

I doubt Corino would be the X, because his name has never come up in conjuction with AJPW. X is typically someone who the fans would actually want to see, and (no disrespect for Corino intended) but I doubt that current AJPW would really care about Steve Corinio.

 

They'd care about Omori because he's a former AJPW wrestler and he just recently wrestled Mutoh in Zero One.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Any chance of one of the X positions being Kensuke Sasaki???

[Guest BionicRedneck]

X's will (most likely) be Omori and Tenryu.

 

Actually, Jamal aside, this tournament line-up isn't half as bad as I'd anticipated.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Tenryu I kinda expected and also Omori isn't that bad either, also I agree that Jamal is definately the weak link in the tounament.

[Guest Black Tiger]

Jamal is definately the weak link in the tounament.

 

Well someone has to come in last place, Jamal won't honestly be going over anyone other than whoever wins the Hold Out Cup (personally rooting for Honma), and probably Araya.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Jamal is definately the weak link in the tounament.

 

Well someone has to come in last place, Jamal won't honestly be going over anyone other than whoever wins the Hold Out Cup (personally rooting for Honma), and probably Araya.

Honma is gonna be in the Hold Out Cup? If so, I would have to agree with you on getting him in then.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

Mutoh's fascination with Jamal irks me. This looks decent, since I'm guessing Omori and Tenryu will be the Xes and that will rock.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Sasaki will be the 10th person in the champions carnival now

 

source: puroesupower.com

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Sasaki will be the 10th person in the champions carnival now

 

sourse: puroesupower.com

Interesting. I thought his IWGP TItle win might have knocked him out of contention for that.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Sasaki will be the 10th person in the champions carnival now

 

sourse: puroesupower.com

Interesting. I thought his IWGP TItle win might have knocked him out of contention for that.

If anything it helps if you really think about it, as it's a selling point to AJ on why he should be included.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Sasaki will be the 10th person in the champions carnival now

 

sourse: puroesupower.com

Interesting. I thought his IWGP TItle win might have knocked him out of contention for that.

If anything it helps if you really think about it, as it's a selling point to AJ on why he should be included.

I suppose. Just another reason why Inoki is out of his mind. Letting your champion compete on a rival promotions show. Just stupid.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Sasaki will be the 10th person in the champions carnival now

 

sourse: puroesupower.com

Interesting. I thought his IWGP TItle win might have knocked him out of contention for that.

If anything it helps if you really think about it, as it's a selling point to AJ on why he should be included.

I suppose. Just another reason why Inoki is out of his mind. Letting your champion compete on a rival promotions show. Just stupid.

At this point though, they don't have a choice as business is so down that they need to do anything they can to draw.

[Guest DeathBecomesYou]

Hopefully, Kojima will win the tournament and finally he'll go on to get the Triple Crown.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

This hasn't been posted yet and I didn't really see a need to start a new thread for it........

 

AJ 2004 Champion Carnival

04/07/04-08:15

All Japan 2004 Champion Carnival line-ups:

 

4/10 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall

 

Nobukazu Hirai, Ryuji Hijikata, & Taichi Ishikari vs. Joe Aoyama, Shiori Asahi, & Kunio Toshima

Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. BLUE-K & Gran Hamada

Satoshi Kojima & Masa Fuchi vs. TAKA Michinoku & Jamal

CC B Block: Takao Omori vs. Taiyo Kea

CC B Block: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Nobutaka Araya

CC A Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Arashi

CC A Block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Kaz Hayashi

 

4/12 Zepp Tokyo

 

Nobukazu Hirai & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku & Daigoro Kashiwa

Kaz Hayashi & Ryuji Hijikata vs. BLUE-K & Gran Hamada

Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi

CC B Block: Taiyo Kea vs. Nobutaka Araya

CC B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Takao Omori

CC A Block: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Jamal

CC A Block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Arashi

 

4/13 Zepp Tokyo

 

Arashi & Gran Hamada vs. BLUE-K & Ryuji Hijikata

Nobukazu Hirai & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku & GENTARO

Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Takao Omori & Masa Fuchi

CC B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Nobutaka Araya

CC B Block: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Taiyo Kea

CC A Block: Kaz Hayashi vs. Jamal

CC A Block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Kensuke Sasaki

 

4/15 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall

 

Masa Fuchi & Gran Hamada vs. Nobutaka Araya & Taichi Ishikari

Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata vs. TAKA Michinoku & KAZMA

Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki & BLUE-K

CC B Block: Satoshi Kojima vs. Taiyo Kea

CC B Block: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takao Omori

CC A Block: Arashi vs. Kaz Hayashi

CC A Block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Jamal

 

4/17 Tokyo, Differ Ariake

 

Nobukazu Hirai vs. Joe Aoyama

Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Masa Fuchi & Gran Hamada

Keiji Mutoh, Ryuji Hijikata, & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taiyo Kea, & BLUE-K

CC B Block: Nobutaka Araya vs. Takao Omori

CC B Block: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima

CC A Block: Kaz Hayashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki

CC A Block: Arashi vs. Jamal

 

4/20 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym II

 

Champion Carnival Semi-Finals (A Block #1 vs. B Block #2, A Block #2 vs. B Block #1) and Finals

[Guest Jimbo]

What is Kaz doing in this? Isn't this traditionally a heavyweight thing? There's no one else in his weightclass and some people are twice his size!