IGF Results...

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EDIT: The sub-title on this thread should read IWGP, not IGWP. Sorry!

 

All credit due to Puroresupower.com

 

Results - IGF 6/29 Tokyo, Ryogoku Kokugikan (Angle vs. Lesnar)

06/29/07-09:18

The Inoki Genome Federation ran their debut show on June 29th in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan, claiming 8,426 paid. Results:

 

1. Lingerie Mutoh defeated Yuki Ishikawa in 7 minutes, 6 seconds with a soccer-ball kick.

 

2. Rocky Romero defeated El Blazer in 6 minutes, 9 seconds with a cross-arm scissors hold for the referee stoppage.

 

3. Kevin Randleman defeated Alexander Otsuka in 5 minutes, 9 seconds with a powerbomb.

 

4. Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Taka Kuno in 6 minutes, 5 seconds with a tombstone pile-driver.

 

5. Kiyoshi Tamura & Ryuki Ueyama defeated Hidehisa Matsuda & Yuki Kotake in 15 minutes, 47 seconds when Tamura used a hiza-jujigatame on Matsuda for the submission.

 

6. Josh Barnett defeated Hollywood Tadao Yasuda in 4 minutes, 17 seconds with a cross-arm scissors hold.

 

7. Naoya Ogawa defeated Mark Coleman in 6 minutes, 44 seconds with a sleeper hold for the referee stoppage.

 

8. IWGP 3rd belt title match: Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar in 10 minutes, 36 seconds with an ankle lock.

 

 

Puroresufan.com posted this yesterday:

 

Brock Lesnar yesterday arrived in Japan for the IGF debut show, wielding the "IWGP 3rd Belt" that he will defend at Sumo Hall against Kurt Angle. Lesnar went off at Nagata, calling him a "paper champion" and saying no one in New Japan had managed to beat him during his reign. Lesnar then challenged Nagata to show up at Sumo Hall tomorrow and issue a challenge to him. The question is, are these all Inoki related politics, or will the TRUE IWGP Heavyweight Champion really show up and confront Lesnar?

 

A representative of New Japan has warned IGF through the media to consider what it is doing. "IWGP" is trademarked by New Japan and IGF is billing Lesnar vs. Angle as an "IWGP 3rd Belt" match. The representative said if Inoki goes through with this match, it would show a complete lack of common sense, and if the match for the belt does go ahead, New Japan will most likely take Inoki/IGF to court.

 

Gotta say I'm no NJPW's side for this one. Inoki is a dick and so is Lesnar. Aside from the trademark issue.. isn't the belt the LEGAL property of NJPW? They had it made. They paid for it. Lesnar skipped out on the country and essentially stole their property. This would be akin to myself stealing my CPU at work if I left my job.

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NJPW owed Brock money and never paid him so he kept the belt. I don't think he "skipped" out of the country, more like never went back.

 

It's happened before with Ric Flair though the situation was a bit different.

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Just to clear something up that was talked about in the Benoit thread, and in case anyone is confused, Kurt Angle is not the IWGP Champion; he simply has storyline possession of the physical belt. Also, Hulk Hogan has never been IWGP Champion. He won the IWGP tournament, but he's never actually been IWGP Champion.

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Here's the Angle vs. Lesnar match from last night -

 

Part 1 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75oD9PlwWU

 

Part 2 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-NeKlbAMg

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Thanks for the post.

 

Man that match was awful. You can really tell Lesnar doesn't care, and indeed it seems he forgot how to actually work a match. Angle was at least trying pretty hard, but man. Lesnar needs to stay away from the wrestling ring.

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Just to clear something up that was talked about in the Benoit thread, and in case anyone is confused, Kurt Angle is not the IWGP Champion; he simply has storyline possession of the physical belt. Also, Hulk Hogan has never been IWGP Champion. He won the IWGP tournament, but he's never actually been IWGP Champion.

 

Add to that that that title isn't even recognized as the IWGP belt anymore. NJPW has gone back to the Crown title and Yuji Nagata currently holds that (soon to be taken by Togi Makabe, I hope )!

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...and so it begins. From Puroresufan.com:

 

Today in Tokyo Sports, Nakamura announced his plans to hunt IWGP 3rd Belt Champion, Kurt Angle. Nakamura said that as a New Japan wrestler, he can't watch this disgrace continue anymore, as Angle continues to flaunt an unauthorized IWGP title that TNA has shamefully recognized as the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Nakamura's objective is to win that belt and have a unification match to merge the two IWGP titles, as he believes only one is necessary.

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Today in Tokyo Sports, Nakamura announced his plans to hunt IWGP 3rd Belt Champion, Kurt Angle. Nakamura said that as a New Japan wrestler, he can't watch this disgrace continue anymore, as Angle continues to flaunt an unauthorized IWGP title that TNA has shamefully recognized as the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Nakamura's objective is to win that belt and have a unification match to merge the two IWGP titles, as he believes only one is necessary.

 

I don't understand how there could be three variations of the IWGP heavyweight title in existence. This is very much akin to the NWA heavyweight title being splintered in the 30s and 40s with many claiming to have possession of the title. Personally, if Brock was screwed then that was his fault. He should have read the contract in full or at least have a competent translator and attorney who would have made sure that it was what he was signing for. Second, the IGF is a breakaway promotion of New Japan. Inoki should have had his version of a heavyweight strap ready to give to Kurt Angle, and given the IWGP 3rd Belt back to its owners, no questions asked. It's a shame that it had to come down to this, but I, for one, would like to see Nakamura end this shame once and for all.

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Today in Tokyo Sports, Nakamura announced his plans to hunt IWGP 3rd Belt Champion, Kurt Angle. Nakamura said that as a New Japan wrestler, he can't watch this disgrace continue anymore, as Angle continues to flaunt an unauthorized IWGP title that TNA has shamefully recognized as the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Nakamura's objective is to win that belt and have a unification match to merge the two IWGP titles, as he believes only one is necessary.

 

I don't understand how there could be three variations of the IWGP heavyweight title in existence. This is very much akin to the NWA heavyweight title being splintered in the 30s and 40s with many claiming to have possession of the title. Personally, if Brock was screwed then that was his fault. He should have read the contract in full or at least have a competent translator and attorney who would have made sure that it was what he was signing for. Second, the IGF is a breakaway promotion of New Japan. Inoki should have had his version of a heavyweight strap ready to give to Kurt Angle, and given the IWGP 3rd Belt back to its owners, no questions asked. It's a shame that it had to come down to this, but I, for one, would like to see Nakamura end this shame once and for all.

 

Actually there's only two. The "3rd Belt" naming convention just references that the belt Angle holds was the 3rd title that NJPW had designed. I believe the first title was round, the second title is the crown style belt that they're using right now.

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Today in Tokyo Sports, Nakamura announced his plans to hunt IWGP 3rd Belt Champion, Kurt Angle. Nakamura said that as a New Japan wrestler, he can't watch this disgrace continue anymore, as Angle continues to flaunt an unauthorized IWGP title that TNA has shamefully recognized as the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Nakamura's objective is to win that belt and have a unification match to merge the two IWGP titles, as he believes only one is necessary.

 

I don't understand how there could be three variations of the IWGP heavyweight title in existence. This is very much akin to the NWA heavyweight title being splintered in the 30s and 40s with many claiming to have possession of the title. Personally, if Brock was screwed then that was his fault. He should have read the contract in full or at least have a competent translator and attorney who would have made sure that it was what he was signing for. Second, the IGF is a breakaway promotion of New Japan. Inoki should have had his version of a heavyweight strap ready to give to Kurt Angle, and given the IWGP 3rd Belt back to its owners, no questions asked. It's a shame that it had to come down to this, but I, for one, would like to see Nakamura end this shame once and for all.

 

I would also like a unification match, but with Angle winning. Nakamura, Tenzan, Chono, Nagata? There's no big-name in New Japan that I like, and watching Angle destroy one of them would be fun.

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Today in Tokyo Sports, Nakamura announced his plans to hunt IWGP 3rd Belt Champion, Kurt Angle. Nakamura said that as a New Japan wrestler, he can't watch this disgrace continue anymore, as Angle continues to flaunt an unauthorized IWGP title that TNA has shamefully recognized as the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Nakamura's objective is to win that belt and have a unification match to merge the two IWGP titles, as he believes only one is necessary.

 

I don't understand how there could be three variations of the IWGP heavyweight title in existence. This is very much akin to the NWA heavyweight title being splintered in the 30s and 40s with many claiming to have possession of the title. Personally, if Brock was screwed then that was his fault. He should have read the contract in full or at least have a competent translator and attorney who would have made sure that it was what he was signing for. Second, the IGF is a breakaway promotion of New Japan. Inoki should have had his version of a heavyweight strap ready to give to Kurt Angle, and given the IWGP 3rd Belt back to its owners, no questions asked. It's a shame that it had to come down to this, but I, for one, would like to see Nakamura end this shame once and for all.

 

I would also like a unification match, but with Nagata winning, and watching Nagata destroy Angle would be fun.

 

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The Angle/Lesnar match was actually pretty good I thought. I enjoyed it more than their Mania match anyways, but I think the Mania match was one of the biggest let downs for me in the last few years.

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I would also like a unification match, but with Angle winning. Nakamura, Tenzan, Chono, Nagata? There's no big-name in New Japan that I like, and watching Angle destroy one of them would be fun.

 

So lemme get this straight... you don't think there are big names in New Japan... so you want Kurt Angle... an American... to destroy everyone, presumably to appeal to you, an American? What an incredibly jingoistic way to look at things.

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No I'm British. Tenzan and Sasaki et al are definitely big names, but I just don't like them, and I don't like the general NJPW heavyweight style. So Angle, who is a guy who I like a lot in the ring, destroying them would be fun for me.

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I on the other hand would love to see any of the afformentioned names (especially Nakamura) destroy Angle.

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No I'm British. Tenzan and Sasaki et al are definitely big names, but I just don't like them, and I don't like the general NJPW heavyweight style.

 

Then the title should be of no concern to you nor the shows.

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I think angle even stepping in a ring at this point in his career is a bad thing. The only way I'd enjoy a title unification match is if he goes in there and gets stiffed and dropped on his head until he's finally paralyzed for life.

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I think angle even stepping in a ring at this point in his career is a bad thing. The only way I'd enjoy a title unification match is if he goes in there and gets stiffed and dropped on his head until he's finally paralyzed for life.

Wow.

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I think angle even stepping in a ring at this point in his career is a bad thing. The only way I'd enjoy a title unification match is if he goes in there and gets stiffed and dropped on his head until he's finally paralyzed for life.

 

Brutal..