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Yeah, it's got a puncher's chance.

TENTATIVE CARD FOR DAY FIVE IN SHIZUOKA ON 11/24: TSUYOSHI KIKUCHI vs. ULTIMO DRAGON - MASAO INOUE vs. MAUNAKEA MOSSMAN - SATORU ASAKO & TIGER MASK IV vs. BLACK CAT & TATSUHITO TAKAIWA - MOSH & THRASHER vs. KATSUMI USUDA & YUJI YASURAOKA - JUN IZUMIDA vs. AKIRA NOGAMI - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket B: JUN AKIYAMA & MITSUHARU MISAWA vs. THE GREAT KABUKI & TAKASHI ISHIKAWA - Second Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: STAN HANSEN & AKIRA TAUE vs. TOSHIAKI KAWADA & KENTA KOBASHI

Oh it's no problem, I am really loving getting to work out my AJPW booking even if the presentation is a bit drab.

I'm trying to shepherd in Grimmas's stead, so here's a question to all: Is there anything that you want from the game but aren't getting?

11/21/95 AJPW Real World Tag League, Day Three Nakajima Sports Center Sapporo, Hokkaido 1) Masashi Aoyagi defeats Tsuyoshi Kikuchi via referee stoppage after a jumping enzuigiri. (11:30) - 2) Miguel Perez, Jr. defeats Nobutaka Araya via pinfall after countering a moonsault attempt by Araya with lifting his knees and rolling into a small package. (16:13) - 3) Jun Akiyama vs. Takashi Ishikawa ended in a time-limit draw. (20:00) - 4) Haku, Konga, & Yuji Yasuraoka defeat Samson Fuyuki, Koki Kitahara, & Masao Orihara by disqualification after The Great Kabuki attacked the Faces of Fear & Yasuraoka with poison mist. (12:47) - 5) Satoru Asako, Kenta Kobashi, & Tiger Mask IV defeat Masanobu Fuchi, Richard Slinger, & Akira Taue via pinfall by Asako on Fuchi after a combination Tiger Driver/diving doublestomp. (18:53) - 6) Yoshinari Ogawa & Genichiro Tenryu defeat Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura via pinfall after by Ogawa on Iizuka after a combination powerbomb/diving elbow drop. (24:11) - 7) Masao Inoue & Akitoshi Saito defeat Maunakea Mossman & Takao Omori via pinfall by Saito on Mossman after a vertical suplex piledriver. (17:54) - 8) Mitsuharu Misawa defeats Tamon Honda via pinfall after an Emerald Flowsion. (23:52)

If he means Saku-Shibata as "New Japan", I agree. Okada-Tana as "New Japan"? Big nope.

TENTATIVE CARD FOR DAY FOUR AT KORAKUEN HALL ON 11/22: MASANOBU FUCHI vs. YUJI YASURAOKA - TAKAO OMORI vs. AKITOSHI SAITO - MASASHI AOYAGI, TAKASHI IIZUKA, & AKIRA NOGAMI vs. TAKASHI ISHIKAWA, GENICHIRO TENRYU, & YOSHINARI OGAWA - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket B: SAMSON FUYUKI & KOKI KITAHARA vs. MOSH & THRASHER - Second Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: HAKU & KONGA vs. TAMON HONDA & JUN IZUMIDA - STAN HANSEN & OSAMU NISHIMURA vs. TOSHIAKI KAWADA & MITSUHARU MISAWA - KENTA KOBASHI vs. AKIRA TAUE

The MPro faithful went hard in the paint for the juniors.

The ending gets across the hate for me, the idea that Cena would literally rip apart a truck and try to murder Bradshaw with it? Come on, that's HATE.

11/20/95 AJPW Real World Tag League, Day Two Asahikawa City Gymnasium Asahikawa, Hokkaido 1) Black Cat defeats Alex Wright by pinfall after La Martinete. (15:54) - 2) Osamu Nishimura defeats Yoshinari Ogawa by pinfall after applying a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch. (20:37) - 3) Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida, & Miguel Perez, Jr. defeat Nobutaka Araya, Masao Orihara, & Genichiro Tenryu via pinfall by Izumida on Orihara after a vertical brainbuster. (15:11) - 4) Jun Akiyama, Satoru Asako, Takao Omori, & Tiger Mask IV defeat Akira Nogami, Takashi Iizuka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, & Ultimo Dragon via pinfall by Akiyama on Takaiwa after a Death Valley Bomb. (19:38) - 5) Haku & Konga defeat The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa via pinfall by Konga on Kabuki after an avalanche belly-to-belly suplex (11:35). - 6) Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi defeat Mosh & Thrasher via submission after Kawada applied a Stretch Plum on Thrasher. (7:42) - 7) Stan Hansen & Akira Taue defeat Samson Fuyuki & Koki Kitahara via pinfall by Taue on Kitahara after a second-rope nodowa chokeslam. (21:27)

TENTATIVE CARD FOR DAY THREE OF THE REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE IN SAPPORO ON 11/21: MASASHI AOYAGI vs. TSUYOSHI KIKUCHI - NOBUTAKA ARAYA vs. MIGUEL PEREZ, JR. - JUN AKIYAMA vs. TAKASHI ISHIKAWA - SAMSON FUYUKI, KOKI KITAHARA, & MASAO ORIHARA vs. HAKU, KONGA, & YUJI YASURAOKA - SATORU ASAKO, KENTA KOBASHI & TIGER MASK IV vs. MASANOBU FUCHI, RICHARD SLINGER, & AKIRA TAUE - Second Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: TAKASHI IIZUKA & OSAMU NISHIMURA vs. YOSHINARI OGAWA & GENICHIRO TENRYU - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket B: MASAO INOUE & AKITOSHI SAITO vs. MAUNAKEA MOSSMAN & TAKAO OMORI - TAMON HONDA vs. MITSUHARU MISAWA

The annoying finish overshadows the rest of the match. Worth a rewatch.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE: All matches, excluding the final, will have a 30:00 time limit. IF the time limit is met, neither team will be eliminated and both will be put back into either bracket pool in which they were in to start the match. Any match that ends in a no contest will be re-run on the same show. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SUPER J-CUP: The participation of at least eight wrestlers from Asahi Pro Wrestling is confirmed; The Great Sasuke, Koji Kanemoto, Jushin Liger, TAKA Michinoku, Shinjiro Ohtani, El Samurai, Super Delfin, & Dick Togo. They are joining CMLL/WAR representative Negro Casas as the only confirmed wrestlers to be in the tournament, with AJPW holding a series of qualification matches during the second week of the Real World Tag League. No other companies' participation is definitively confirmed.

TENTATIVE CARD FOR DAY TWO OF THE REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE IN ASAHIKAWA ON 11/20: BLACK CAT vs. ALEX WRIGHT - OSAMU NISHIMURA vs. YOSHINARI OGAWA - NOBUTAKA ARAYA, MASAO ORIHARA, & GENICHIRO TENRYU vs. TAMON HONDA, JUN IZUMIDA, & MIGUEL PEREZ, JR. - JUN AKIYAMA, SATORU ASAKO, TAKAO OMORI, & TIGER MASK IV vs. AKIRA NOGAMI, TAKASHI IIZUKA, TATSUHITO TAKAIWA, & ULTIMO DRAGON - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: THE GREAT KABUKI & TAKASHI ISHIKAWA vs. HAKU & KONGA - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: TOSHIAKI KAWADA & KENTA KOBASHI vs. MOSH & THRASHER - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: SAMSON FUYUKI & KOKI KITAHARA vs. STAN HANSEN & AKIRA TAUE

11/18/95 AJPW Real World Title League, Day One Korakuen Hall Tokyo 1) Mosh, Miguel Perez, Jr., & Thrasher defeat Masanobu Fuchi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Richard Slinger via pinfall by Perez on Slinger after the Headbangers hit a Stage Dive and Perez subsequently connected with a moonsault press. (14:32) - 2) Katsumi Usuda defeats Ultimo Dragon via pinfall after an Everest German Suplex. (9:47) - 3) Black Tiger II defeats Mascara Magica to retain the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship via pinfall after a Frog Splash (19:56). - 4) Haku, Stan Hansen, Konga, & Akira Taue defeat Samson Fuyuki, The Great Kabuki, Takashi Ishikawa, & Koki Kitahara via pinfall by Hansen on Kitahara after a Western Lariat (26:14). - 5) Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura defeat Maunakea Mossman & Takao Omori via submission after Nishimura applied a Dragon Sleeper on Mossman. (13:38) - 6) Yoshinari Ogawa & Genichiro Tenryu defeat Masao Inoue & Akitoshi Saito via pinfall by Tenryu on Inoue after a powerbomb. (10:17) - 7) Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida defeat Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa via pinfall by Honda on Akiyama after a schoolboy roll-up. (29:11)

Also, in WAR news, there WILL be a Super J-Cup in 1995. 24 men. Any promotion that wants in has an in.

#1 is the ultimate feel-good match. I was surprised but totally happy to see it. Loss is such a babyface.

AJPW signs Masashi Aoyagi.

AJPW releases Haruka Eigen, Norio Honaga, Mighty Inoue, and Rusher Kimura.

Great stuff.

TENTATIVE CARD FOR DAY ONE OF THE REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE AT KORAKUEN HALL ON 11/18: MASANOBU FUCHI, TSUYOSHI KIKUCHI, & RICHARD SLINGER vs. MOSH, MIGUEL PEREZ, JR., & THRASHER - ULTIMO DRAGON vs. KATSUMI USUDA - AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship: BLACK TIGER II © vs. MASCARA MAGICA - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: TAKASHI IIZUKA & OSAMU NISHIMURA vs. MAUNAKEA MOSSMAN & TAKAO OMORI - SAMSON FUYUKI, THE GREAT KABUKI, TAKASHI ISHIKAWA, & KOKI KITAHARA vs. HAKU, STAN HANSEN, KONGA, & AKIRA TAUE - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: MASAO INOUE & AKITOSHI SAITO vs. YOSHINARI OGAWA & GENICHIRO TENRYU - First Round of the Real World Tag League, Bracket A: JUN AKIYAMA & MITSUHARU MISAWA vs. TAMON HONDA & JUN IZUMIDA

Logically, as AA titleholders, Fuyuki/Kitahara should have gotten the fourth seed, but Tenryu getting it by just conning out his subordinate in Kodo with like a tray of donuts is just too funny to me.

Thanks. Malone offered me the Headbangers from Stampede and man, what a perfect Baba gaijin second division team. Wish that I could have included Araya & Perez, but that's for the inevitable group reshuffle... Also thanks to Grimmas for Parka for the WAR show (Don't have a larger plan there just yet, but I love the idea of WAR Declaring War on everyone else, in addition to the Revolution vs. everyone else in AJPW angle, with Tenryu as the puppetmaster.) and Elliott loaning Yatsu for the Jumbo match.

FINAL LINEUP FOR THE 1995 REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE REVEALED: Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa Samson Fuyuki & Koki Kitahara The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa Haku & Konga Stan Hansen & Akira Taue Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura Masao Inoue & Akitoshi Saito Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi Mosh & Thrasher Maunakea Mossman & Takao Omori Yoshinari Ogawa & Genichiro Tenryu The four teams to receive "seeds" because of their stature will be Akiyama & Misawa, Hansen & Taue, Kawada & Kobashi, and Ogawa & Tenryu.

If they fuck up DL-Ospreay...