goodhelmet Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 --- 3 pages worth of Pride notes. I don't know much about Pride so I skipped it for now. Lots of TNA notes... ---Frank Dickerson, long time member of the Panda Energy Board will act as both Cheif Executive Officer and Cheif Financial Officer for TNA. He hasn't paid attention to wrestling for over 40 years. However, he has been reading books such as Sex, Lies and headlocks and The Death of WCW to get familiar with how the business ended up where it is today. ---The two key contracts coming up in the upcoming months are AJ Styles and Monty Brown. ---Sean Waltman has been talking with HHH in bringing him back to WWE. If he goes, he could bring Kevin Nash, Ron Killings and B.G. James as possibilities. ---B.G. James and Konnan have gone to Dusty Rhodes to break up 3 Live Kru because they feel they will never get a real push and are holding Killings back. ---Meltz feels you need to either lock the talent up with long-term contracts (Nash, DDP, Matt Hardy if he joins, Styles and Brown) or not feature them at all. ---Meltz feels the company is exactly one good time slot from success. ---There is tremendous heat on Dusty Rhodes as booker and he was overly nice to everyone at the 4/24 PPV, read as a sign that he is on thin ice. ---Dutch Mantel is pushing to get the head booker spot back. ---Behind the scenes, Rhodes has been trying to get a title change off Jarrett even though publicly he has stated he is against it. ---The Lockdown PPV drew 775 fans with hundreds turned away at Universal theme Park. ---Meltz mentions Candido's broken leg. ---Nash just signed up to do a movie role and will be off TV and PPv for six weeks of filming in China. ---The next PPV is called Hard Justice and will feature the following matches so far ... -Jeff Jarrett v. AJ Styles w/ Titto Ortiz as referee -Chris Daniels v. Shocker for the X-Title (Shocker was scheduled on the same day to appear at the AAA Triplemania show) -Raven v. Jeff Hardy (Clockwork Orange House of Fun match) (God, I hope it isn't close to the one he had in ROH *vomits) -The Naturals v. AMW (Since Candido was part of this angle, who kows what they will do now) -20-man Gauntlet Battle Royale -DDP & James v. Outlaw & Brown -MIchael Shane & Trinity v. Chris Sabin & Traci -Team Canada v. Team Mexico 6-man tag Lockdown results and star ratings: -(Pre-game match) Konnan & Killings def. Lovett & Young & Douglas & Stevens **1/4 -1. Apolo & Siaki def. Candido & Hoyt *1/2 -2. Dustin Rhodes def. Bobby Roode *1/4 -3. Shocker def. Michal Shane, Sonjay Dutt, & Chris Sabin ***1/2 -4. Jeff Hardy def. Raven ***1/4 -5. Harris & Storm def. Williams & Young ***1/2 -6. Christopher Daniels def. Elix Skipper ***1/4 -7. DDP & Waltman & B.G. James def. Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown & The Outlaw * -8. AJ Styles def. Abyss ****1/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Some Guy Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 -Raven v. Jeff Hardy (Clockwork Orange House of Fun match) (God, I hope it isn't close to the one he had in ROH *vomits) What is a "Clockwork Orange House of Fun" match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 It's a cage match with a bunch of "weapons" in the ring. CM Punk & Raven had one that was so bad that they trimmed the match in half on the DVD release. Needless to say, you didn't get that match on the CM Punk-Raven feud DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 News from NOAH... Meltz commented that the joke was that HHH wasn't lying the day after Wrestlemania when he said there would be a rematch coming up soon of the greatest match in wrestling history... because... ---The main event of the 7/18 Tokyo Dome show will be Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada!!! ---At NOAH's 4/24/ Budokan show, the fans were chanting Kawada's name before his music started playing. Kawada came to the ring and asked Misawa to come out. Kawada said he was a professional and wants to do the match people want to see. The two agreed to a no time limit match. ---Another match scheduled for the Dome show is Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki. The two have never faced each other in the ring. ---Meltzer said the two main events will help this show become a guaranteed success and will draw no less than 40,000. ---The GHC title match on the show will probably be Takeshi Rikio (champion) vs. Jun Akiyama but it has not been announced. ---Meltz compared the Rikio win over Kobashi to Garvin;s win over Flair in the late 80s. He felt the crowd supported Rikio in the chase but turned against him when the belt was around his waist. ---The 4/24 show was supposed to be a strong show with a weak main event of Rikio v. Akitoshi Saito. --Notable matches included Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Akiyama & Tenryu- During this match, Kobashi supposedly chopped Tenryu 45 straight times leaving Tenryu's chest bloody. Later in the match, Kobashi hit Tenryu with 105 straight chops. (Talk about overkill.) Misawa & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji Kenta vs. SUWA- this was a grudge match that only lasted 6:23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 I completely overlooked this portion when I skimmed through this week's Observer the first time... All Japan notes... ---Kensuke Sasaki becamse the 2nd person in history to win both the G1 Climax tournament and the Champion Carnival. He had wins over Toskiaki Kawada and Jamal. Keiji Mutoh is the only other wrestler to achieve the feat of winning both tournaments . ---Meltz calims the tournament was the best one in years and, from a booking standpoint, created two new Triple Crown title contenders. Sasaki not only pinned Kojima in the tournament but won overall. Jamal also pinned Kojima and Taiyo Kea went to a thirty minute draw with Kojima. All-Time World League/Champion Carnival History --Acc. to Meltzer, the Champion Carnival is the direct descendent of the World League. It dates back to 1959 when Rikidozan won the tournament. 1959- Rikidozan def. Jesse Ortega 1960- Rikidozan def. Leo Nomellini 1961- Rikidozan def. Mr. X 1962- Rikidozan def. Lou Thesz 1963- Rikidozan def. Killer Kowalski 1964- Toyonobori def. Gene Kiniski by COR 1965- Toyonobori def. Freddie Blassie 1966- Giant Baba def. Wilbur Snyder by COR 1967- Giant Baba def. The Destroyer 1968- Giant Baba def. Killer Kowalski 1969- Antonio Inoki def. Chris Markoff 1970- Giant Baba def. Don Leo Jonathan 1971- Giant baba def. Abdullah the Butcher 1972- Giant Baba def. Gorilla Monsoon In 1973, the tournament becomes the Champion Carnival under All Japan Wrestling 1973- Giant baba def. Mark Lewin 1974- Giant Baba def. Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) 1975- Giant baba def. Gene Kiniski 1976- Abdullah the Butcher def. Giant Baba via DQ 1977- Giant Baba def. Jumbo Tsuruta 1978- Giant Baba def. Jumbo Tsuruta by COR 1979- Abdullah the Butcher def. Jumbo Tsuruta 1980- Jumbo Tsuruta def. Dick Slater 1981- Giant Baba def. Bruiser Brody via DQ 1982- Giant Baba won via points over Brody, DiBiase, and Jumbo From 1983-1990, there was no Champion Carnival 1991- Jumbo Tsuruta def. Stan Hansen 1992- Stan Hansen def. Mitsuharu Misawa 1993- Stan Hansen def. Mitsuharu Misawa 1994- Toshiaki Kawada def. Steve Williams 1995- Misawa def. Akira Taue 1996- Akira Taue def. Steve Williams 1997- Kawada won a three-way round-robin w/ Misawa and Kobashi 1998- Misawa def. Jun Akiyama 1999- Vader def. Kenta Kobashi 2000- Kenta Kobashi def. Takao Omori 2001- Genichiro Tenryu def. Taiyo Kea 2002- Keiji Muto def. Genichiro Tenryu 2003- Satoshi Kojima def. Arashi 2004- Keiji Muto def. Kensuke Sasaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Some Guy Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 1959- Rikidozan def. Jesse Ortega 1960- Rikidozan def. Leo Nomellini 1961- Rikidozan def. Mr. X 1962- Rikidozan def. Lou Thesz 1963- Rikidozan def. Killer Kowalski 1964- Toyonobori def. Gene Kiniski by COR 1965- Toyonobori def. Freddie Blassie 1966- Giant Baba def. Wilbur Snyder by COR 1967- Giant Baba def. The Destroyer 1968- Giant Baba def. Killer Kowalski 1969- Antonio Inoki def. Chris Markoff 1970- Giant Baba def. Don Leo Jonathan 1971- Giant baba def. Abdullah the Butcher 1972- Giant Baba def. Gorilla Monsoon In 1973, the tournament becomes the Champion Carnival under All Japan Wrestling 1973- Giant baba def. Mark Lewin 1974- Giant Baba def. Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) 1975- Giant baba def. Gene Kiniski 1976- Abdullah the Butcher def. Giant Baba via DQ 1977- Giant Baba def. Jumbo Tsuruta 1978- Giant Baba def. Jumbo Tsuruta by COR 1979- Abdullah the Butcher def. Jumbo Tsuruta 1980- Jumbo Tsuruta def. Dick Slater 1981- Giant Baba def. Bruiser Brody via DQ 1982- Giant Baba won via points over Brody, DiBiase, and Jumbo Sure look as though there wasn't a whole lot of upward mobilty in AJPW in the 60s adn 70s unless you wanted to job to Baba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teke184 Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 It's a cage match with a bunch of "weapons" in the ring. CM Punk & Raven had one that was so bad that they trimmed the match in half on the DVD release. Needless to say, you didn't get that match on the CM Punk-Raven feud DVD. "Bad" as in bloody or "bad" as in "Oh GOD this match sucks..."? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 I have never heard of Toyonobori before. Is he of any significance, or just a case of being the best available in a dead period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 It's a cage match with a bunch of "weapons" in the ring. CM Punk & Raven had one that was so bad that they trimmed the match in half on the DVD release. Needless to say, you didn't get that match on the CM Punk-Raven feud DVD."Bad" as in bloody or "bad" as in "Oh GOD this match sucks..."? Bad as in this match sucks a big fat dick... in this case, Raven's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Various News and Notes... ---Jack Black will be starring in a pro-wrestling based movie about a Mexican priest who moonlights as a wrestler to save an orphanage from closing. It is inspired by the legacy of Fray Tormenta. In the 80s, the U.S. media would hype the popularity of lucha libre with stories on guys like Tormenta while ignoring the biggest stars of the period like Perro Aguayo, Atlantis and Santo. Meltz compares this to a foreign crew coming over and running a story on Gillberg while ignoring Rock, Austin and Foley. ---Andrew "Test" Martin is cleared to wrestle after being out for 9 months. His demands in order to appear: -$2500 plus a $375 agent's fee. -Round trip transportation from Tampa and a hotel room -A 50% deposit paid up front with the rest paid in cash before he wrestles. Meltz says that most big names on the indies ask for between $750-$1500. ---It is rumored that The Rock will play He-man in a John Woo adaptation of the MAsters of the Universe. Supposedly, even Rock isn't aware of it. ---The lineup, so far, for the 6/10 Hardcore Homeocming show: - Terry Funk v. Sabu v. Shane Douglas - Justin Vredible v. Jerry Lynn - Raven v. Sandman - C.W. Anderson v. Kid Kash - Scheduled to appear are the Eliminators and 2 Cold Scorpio ---After just three weeks, Terry Funk's book is going into its second-printing. ---"The Death of WCW is also goin on its second-printing and has sold more than 14,000 copies. ---Jacques Rougeau is hopeful that Hulk Hogan will wrestle him at his annual wrestling match at Molson Stadium. Meltz doesn't think it will happen. ---XWF videotapes will start advertising in the same vein as the Girls Gone Wild series with late-night infomercials. HOgan is allowing them to push the tape series around his match with Curt Hennig. ---Nobody in TNA has received any money from merchandise. Wrestlers were given a letter saying they wil lreceive merchandise checks for 2004 with a 20%added for the delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 "I have never heard of Toyonobori before. Is he of any significance, or just a case of being the best available in a dead period?" He was #2 native to Baba's #1 in the 60's. He stunk. There is a full 1 hour draw from 1965 against Destroyer where the Destroyer literally does the work of 2 as Toyonobori is content with laying on the mat the whole match where as modern day slugs at least bring something to their matches. Worth seeing if your a 1960's fan, a wrestling history fan, or a Destroyer fan. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Oh and what I would do for that 1967 Carnival final to somehow find its way on to a tape.... Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Thanks for the info Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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