ZERO-ONE ran a big show at Korakuen Hall today. After defeating Kohei Sato, Hirotaka Yokoi announced that he would work UFO's 8/8 Tokyo Dome mega-show. In a rematch from late 1996, Kintaro Kanemura downed TAKA Michinoku, defeating the junior with a diving senton using chairs. Spanky successfully defended the Z1/UPW/NWA Jr. Title, beating C.W. Anderson (who I never saw as a junior), and is expected to make his next defense against TAKA. Tetsuhiro Kuroda scored a crucial win, defeating Steve Corino, while the big one and a rematch from last year's thriller saw Masato Tanaka score a revenge win over Shinjiro Otani. Tanaka bled, just like he did against Kanemura the other day, but won after three lariats.

ZERO-ONE, 7/31/02 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji beat Kamikaze & Shinsuke Sumiya (12:18) when Wagyuta used a camel clutch on Sumiya.
2. Fire Festival - Block B: Hirotaka Yokoi [4] beat Kohei Sato [2] (7:02) by referee stop.
3. Fire Festival - Block A: Kintaro Kanemura [3] beat TAKA Michinoku [2] (9:55) with a diving senton.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yuki Ishikawa & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshito Sasaki (15:46) when Ishikawa used a ground sleeper hold on Sasaki.
5. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky (c) beat C.W. Anderson (10:26) with a front cradle (2nd defense).
6. Fire Festival - Block B: Tetsuhiro Kuroda [2] beat Steve Corino [2] (9:46) with a Gannosuke clutch.
7. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [3] beat Shinjiro Otani [2] (14:06) with a lariat.
8. Shinya Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryouji Sai beat Tom Howard , The Predator & King Joe (11:01) when Hashimoto used a DDT on Joe.

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New Japan announced full lineups and match order for the first two shows of the "BATTLE TYPHOON G1 CLIMAX 2002". Couple of surprises. Firstly, Sasaki vs. Takayama headlines the tour opener above Nagata vs. Chono, which is a battle of the company's top two stars. Secondly, Osamu Nishimura gets another huge chance, as he and Chono will main event the 8/4 show above Tenzan vs. Takayama. Jado also returns from his spinal injury, which kept him out of action for a while.

NJPW, 8/3/02 (PPV/WPW)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Blue Wolf & Wataru Inoue
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka & El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo
3. G1 Climax - Block A: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
4. G1 Climax - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
5. G1 Climax - Block B: Kenzo Suzuki vs. Tadao Yasuda
6. G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Osamu Nishimura
7. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Masahiro Chono
8. G1 Climax - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

NJPW, 8/4/02 (WPW)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Blue Wolf vs. Toru Yano
2. Masayuki Naruse vs. Wataru Inoue
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka & Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo
4. G1 Climax - Block A: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Yutaka Yoshie
5. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Kenzo Suzuki
6. G1 Climax - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
7. G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tadao Yasuda
8. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
9. G1 Climax - Block B: Osamu Nishimura vs. Masahiro Chono

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- Toshiaki Kawada, still recovering from his bad injury, has begun training for his eventual comeback. Kawada said that although Royal Road is changing under the Muto regime, he will never change. He didn't give a return date, but said he's training hard to come back as soon as possible.

- Hiroshi Tanahashi made a bold comment the other day, saying he would defeat his mentor, Kensuke Sasaki, in the G1 Climax, then dismiss the new SWING-LOWS faction, as it's purpose (which is Sasaki mentoring the three young lions) would be over.

Some new items are now available over at Highspots, including New Japan toy figures, which rock. But I'll just talk about the tape in today's shill for my hosts. Firstly, one of NOAH's better looking shows lately, and a Samurai! TV taping that took place earlier in the month. Matches #4 to #8 are shown, ALL complete. The broadcast begins with one of Kenta Kobashi's best-looking return matches, as he teams with sworn friend Kikuchi against two talented gaijin wrestlers. Vader and Bison Smith have a rematch from 4/7, with similar results. The next match was somewhat of an upset, as Ikeda & Yone, who had a run of form on the tour (which ended abruptly), downing Team PRIDE, Takayama & Sugiura. The semi final definitely looks good for workrate, as STERNNESS's Akiyama & Kanemaru (one of my favourite juniors today) against Taue & KENTA (another great prospect who is already having excellent matches). The main event was the longest NOAH six man in company history, with WAVE defeating the Takeshis & Hashi.

NOAH, 7/14/02 (Samurai! TV) (Buy)
Niigata City Gymnasium
3,400 Fans

1. Superstar Steve beat Kotaro Suzuki (10:34) with a moonsault press.
2. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Haruka Eigen & Masashi Aoyagi (10:56) when Momota used an inside cradle on Eigen.
3. Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan beat Masao Inoue & Kishin Kawabata (13:56) when Morgan used a Capture-style inside cradle on Kawabata.
4. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Scorpio & Richard Slinger (20:36) when Kobashi used a lariat on Slinger.
5. Vader beat Bison Smith (4:59) with a reverse splash.
6. Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura (16:12) when Ikeda used a Dai-Chan Bomber on Sugiura.
7. Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Akira Taue & KENTA (18:22) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on KENTA.
8. Yoshinari Ogawa, Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Takeshi Rikio, Takeshi Morishima & Makoto Hashi (28:44) when Sano used a Northern Lights Bomb on Hashi.

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Tracking back a couple of months to the May tour opener. Matches #8, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #9 (in that order) are aired, including Shiga vs. Yone, a very promising match, as Shiga is one of the unheralded wrestlers of today. The main event saw Wild II's rampage continue, as they defeated STERNNESS' leaders, Akiyama & Saito, Morishima using a lariat to pin Saito, who broke his sternum during the match and is still recovering now.

NOAH, 5/6/02 (NTV) (Buy)
Miyagi Sports Center
3,200 Fans

1. Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota (9:36) when Izumida used a Meteorite punch on Momota.
2. Masao Inoue beat Kishin Kawabata (10:49) with an Argentine backbreaker.
3. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA beat Donovan Morgan & Ray Gordy (14:49) when KENTA used a Falcon Arrow on Gordy.
4. Kentaro Shiga beat Mohammed Yone (9:37) with a cross armbreaker.
5. Vader & Scorpio beat Michael Modest & Bull Schmidt (6:36) when Vader used the Big Van Crush on Schmidt.
6. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura (12:37) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Sugiura.
7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament - Round 1: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Richard Slinger (10:48) with an armlock.
8. Yoshinari Ogawa, Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano beat Akira Taue, Tamon Honda & Makoto Hashi (21:12) when Ogawa used an inside cradle on Taue.
9. GHC Tag Team Title: Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (c) beat Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (22:35) when Morishima used a lariat on Saito (3rd defense).

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Big Japan's July tour climax was definitely one of the better looking shows from the struggling company lately. Matches #5 to #8 are aired on this broadcast, all complete, and they're the feature matches. Sekimoto returns from the injury he picked up just before his appearance on New Japan's 5/2 Tokyo Dome show, facing former FMW star, Hisakatsu Oya. Abdullah Kobayashi and Biomonster DNA (Gosaku Goshogawara) fight it out for a place in the World Extreme Cup semi finals. The main event is a real treat for diehard indy fans, as two of the best from former FMW, Kanemura and Kuroda, face two of the best from BJW, Yamakawa and WX.

BJW, 7/7/02 (Buy)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,600 Fans

1. Shunme Matsuzaki beat Katsumasa Inoue (4:46) with a camel clutch.
2. Hiromi Yagi & Kaori Yoneyama beat Tsubasa Kuragaki & Nana Fujimura (10:36) when Yagi used a Shawn Capture on Fujimura.
3. MEN's Teioh & Daisaku Shimoda beat Daikokubo Benkei & Dark Angel Numazawa (9:55) when Shimoda used a Dragon suplex hold on Numazawa.
4. Mad Man Pondo beat Yuichi Taniguchi (4:54) with a chair dive to the face.
5. Bad Boy Hido beat Ryuji Ito (4:10) with a piledriver on a chair.
6. Daisuke Sekimoto Return & Homework Match: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Hisakatsu Oya (6:37) with a lariat.
7. World Extreme Cup - Block D: Abdullah Kobayashi [6] beat Biomonster DNA [2] (6:34) in a Barbed Wire Board Death Match with the Cobado Driver.
8. Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Ryuji Yamakawa & Shadow WX (15:47) when Kanemura pinned Yamakawa after a union powerbomb.
--- As a result of his direct loss, Yamakawa was forced to change his first name back to Seiji.

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Kaientai Dojo's fourth broadcast on GAORA TV covered the two shows below, so there is a lot of clipping. The one to look out for is TAKA against probably his best student, Hi69, in a technical-based match.

Kaientai Dojo, 6/23/02 (Buy)
Chiba Blue Field
205 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Hi69, PABLO & Ryoko beat Silver Wolf, Mike Lee Jr. & DJ Nira (4:51) when Hi69 used the Super Dance on Nira.
2. YOSHIYA beat Mr. X, Mr. X2 & Mr. X3 (5:34) in a Handicap Match with big boots and a triple pinfall.
3. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Semi Final: Minoru Fujita beat MIYAWAKI (9:12) with an elbow smash.
4. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Semi Final: Daigoro Kashiwa beat TAKA Michinoku (4:27) with a running neckbreaker drop.
5. Ryoutai Chikuzen, Yasu Urano & Kunio Toshima beat Joe Aoyama, Teppei Ishizaka & Sambo Oishi (7:06) when Urano used a backdrop suplex on Aoyama.
6. Yu Yamagata beat Ofune (6:27) with a facebuster.
7. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Final: Minoru Fujita beat Daigoro Kashiwa (3:49) with the Fujita Driver II.
8. Minoru Fujita, MIYAWAKI, Daigoro Kashiwa & Silver Wolf beat TAKA Michinoku, Hi69, PABLO & YOSHIYA (7:19) when Kashiwa used a diving headbutt on Hi69.

Kaientai Dojo, 6/22/02 (Buy)
Chiba Blue Field
210 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Mr. X, Mr. X2 & Mr. X3 beat YOSHIYA, PSYCHO & Ofune (4:23) when X used an X Hammer on PSYCHO.
2. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Round 1: Daigoro Kashiwa beat Joe Aoyama (6:33) with the Shinnitsu.
3. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Round 1: MIYAWAKI beat Ryoutai Chikuzen (8:12) with the Death Penalty.
4. Teppei Ishizaka & Sambo Oishi beat Yasu Urano & Kunio Toshima (6:09) when Oishi used a cross knee scissors hold on Toshima.
5. Yu Yamagata beat DJ Nira (2:25) with a facebuster.
6. Silver Wolf & Mike Lee Jr. beat PABLO & Ryoko (2:53) when Wolf used a hurricanrana on PABLO.
7. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Round 1: Minoru Fujita beat Kengo Mashimo (9:42) with the Fujita Driver II.
8. Club-K Super Take Tournament - Round 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Hi69 (14:28) with the Super K II.

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PRIDE's recent Differ show is already available, having aired soon after it took place.

PRIDE "THE BEST II", 7/20/02 (Samurai! TV) (Buy)
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. Jukei Nakajima beat Joe Son (R1 0:54) by TKO.
2. Daisuke Nakamura beat Shannon Ritch (R1 4:28) with a cross armbreaker.
3. Fatih Kocamis beat Anglo-Saxon Oba (R2) by decision.
4. Jon Alessio beat Eiji Mitsuoka (R2 3:13) by doctor stop.
5. Giant Ochiai beat Tomohiko Hashimoto (R1 2:10) by KO.
6. Alistair Overeem beat Yusuke Imamura (R1 0:44) by TKO.
7. Nino Schembri beat Daiju Takase (R2) by decision.
8. Sokun Koh beat Bob Schrijber (R2) by decision.

The 2002 Fire Festival continued today in Osaka, with four more matches taking place. The highlight was a battle of eternal rivals, two men who have waged some classic wars in the past, Masato Tanaka and Kintaro Kanemura. The match went to a referee stop, which is usually a decision reserved for when one guy dominates another, whereas a double non-finish is called a no contest. Not sure what the deal is, but the match lasted close to 16 minutes before ending. A big update today saw TAKA Michinoku cradle King (Samoa) Joe for his first victory in the tournament. Only partial, sketchy results available so far. More later in the Z1 results section.

ZERO-ONE, 7/30/02 (Samurai! TV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji vs. Yoshito Sasaki & Shinsuke Sumiya
2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Spanky & C.W. Anderson
3. Shinjiro Otani & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kohei Sato & Ryouji Sai
4. Fire Festival - Block B: Yuki Ishikawa [2] beat Steve Corino [2] (9:02) with a triangle choke hold.
5. Fire Festival - Block B: Hirotaka Yokoi [2] beat Tetsuhiro Kuroda [0] (8:45) by referee stop.
6. Fire Festival - Block A: TAKA Michinoku [2] beat King Joe [2] (6:38) with a cradle.
7. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [1] vs. Kintaro Kanemura [1] went to a referee stop (15:49).
8. Tom Howard & The Predator beat Shinya Hashimoto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:12) when Predator pinned Fujiwara.

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Real-time results of tomorrow's Z1 Korakuen Hall show will be available here at SSS, barring any unforseen circumstances. Looks like a very good show. Check back tomorrow for the usual real-time message on the front page.

ZERO-ONE, 7/31/02 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Fire Festival - Block A: Shinjiro Otani vs. Masato Tanaka
2. Fire Festival - Block A: TAKA Michinoku vs. Kintaro Kanemura
3. Fire Festival - Block B: Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Steve Corino
4. Fire Festival - Block B: Kohei Sato vs. Hirotaka Yokoi
5. Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji vs. Kamikaze & Shinsuke Sumiya
6. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshito Sasaki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yuki Ishikawa & Daisuke Sekimoto
7. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky (c) vs. C.W. Anderson
8. Shinya Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryouji Sai vs. Tom Howard , The Predator & King Joe

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- Because he'll be sending Yoshinobu Kanemaru and probably some other juniors (there are rumours of a three way six man tag, ala Toryumon, with New Japan vs. NOAH vs. Team 2000 juniors) to New Japan's 8/29 Tokyo Nippon Budokan convention, Misawa has asked New Japan to send three wrestlers to work their 8/29 Nagano Movement Park Gymnasium, which isn't a TV taping, but I'm sure would become one (at least for the NJ involvement match) if guys were sent. Leading candidates right now are Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Nishimura and Yutaka Yoshie, who could comprise a six man tag team. Since Fujita is booking the 8/29 show, I doubt these three would have much of a big role on the show anyway.

- Yuji Nagata said he isn't interested in competing for the NWF Heavyweight Title, wanting to focus on his IWGP Heavyweight Title. Doesn't look like we'll see the much expected Nagata vs. Fujita rematch any time soon, as Fujita will be focusing on the new (or old, but newly revived) belt. Fujita is trying to provoke Naoya Ogawa into competing with or against him and for the NWF belt, since it'd make sense for the "ultimate hybrid fighter" to fight over an Inoki title.

- Kenzo Suzuki sent a resounding "NO" answer to KENGO (Watanabe) in reply to his challenge for a match on the 10/14 Tokyo Dome show. Kenzo said it's meaningless unless the main event, which it wouldn't be, and has no interest in such a match right now.

- Kendo Ka Shin made an unannounced appearance in Portsmouth, England, yesterday, competing for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) promotion. Ka Shin showed up with, then wrestled Robby Brookside (who competed in New Japan's 1997 Best of the Super Jr. Tournament, where he actually defeated Chris Jericho). Surprisingly, All Japan's junior ace lost to the British star, but his AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title wasn't on the line (thanks to Tom Delves).

- Although not confirmed yet, Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano are expected to challenge Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima on NOAH's next tour, I'd guess on the 9/7 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium show. The winner of that match is then expected to defend the belts against Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga on the "GRAND VOYAGE" Tokyo Nippon Budokan show on 9/23.

- Takashi Sugiura vs. Takashi Uwano on IWA Japan's 8/3 Sapporo Teisen Hall show will now be a PRIDE Rules Match, which I assume means there will be a rounds system, etc.

- Big Japan's Winger is the latest star on the verge of leaving the company, as he is having similar pay disputes to what drove Jun Kasai out of Dai Nihon recently. If they lost Winger, who is currently injured (which would make sense, because Kasai's medical bills weren't paid, and Winger may be in the same boat), they'd have very few stars left. There's talk of the company president, Shinya "The Great" Kojika, who is well over 50 now and probably closer to 60, coming out of his 3/4 retirement and doing Death Matches.

- Team 2000 star, AKIRA, has launched a new official website at http://akira.hmx.dk/ (don't ask me why it's hosted in Denmark). It has a great design and contains much information about his acting and wrestling careers, plus a diary that he often updates.

- I've decided not to bother with Michinoku Pro results for the time being. There simply aren't enough resources online to gather comprehensive results. However, I have made a start on Osaka Pro results, doing all from 10/99 (where the results begin, five months after the company started) to 2/00. Click here to see what I've done so far.

- Thanks again to all daily visitors at not just SSS, but WV!. July, despite not being over yet, has been another record month with over 1.1 million hits and 33,000 unique IPs visiting the domain from 7/1 to the end of 7/29.

Here it is, New Japan's major post-BOSJ stand-alone show from Tokyo Nippon Budokan. It may not have done a great crowd, but this was definitely a worthy lineup for the building, with variety on the undercard featuring the wackiness of DDT (and awesomeness of MIKAMI), fast-paced joshi puroresu of Hyper Visual ARSION, and of course, the New Japan juniors. The two top matches were definitely big ones, the first being an ungodly stiff war between Takayama and Nakanishi, followed by a tremendous IWGP Heavyweight Title match between current ace, Yuji Nagata, and former ace, Kensuke Sasaki.


NJPW "BATTLE ZONE 6-7", 6/7/02 (WPW) (Buy)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
9,000 Fans

1. El Samurai & Blue Wolf beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (7:24) when Wolf used a Mongolian slam on Inoue.
2. MIKAMI & Takashi Sasaki beat Poison Sawada JULIE & Hebikage (14:39) when MIKAMI used a Swanton bomb on Hebikage.
3. Mariko Yoshida , Michiko Omukai , Rie Tamada , Ai Fujita & baby A beat Lioness Asuka , GAMI , noki-A , Fabi Apache & Bionic J (19:02) when Fujita used a firebird splash on Apache.
4. Tadao Yasuda & Osamu Nishimura beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (2:21) when Nishimura used a ground Cobra Twist on Goto.
5. Koji Kanemoto, AKIRA, Black Tiger 3 & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka, Tiger Mask 4 & Curry Man (12:36) when AKIRA used an STF on Curry.
6. Yutaka Yoshie beat Minoru Fujita (6:16) with a backfist.
7. Bas Rutten beat Masayuki Naruse (6:37) by TKO.
8. Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:59) when Norton used a Jackhammer on Suzuki.
9. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Manabu Nakanishi (17:50) with a left knee kick.
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) beat Kensuke Sasaki (22:44) with a backdrop suplex hold (2nd defense).

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All Japan's 7/17 PPV is already available - yes, already. Featuring the already infamous Kronik title win and what could well be the match of the year, Tenryu vs. Kojima, this Budokan show had it's fair share of happenings.

AJPW, 7/17/02 (PPV/GAORA TV) (Buy)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
5,850 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Masanobu Fuchi & Kazushi Miyamoto beat Shigeo Okumura & Hideki Hosaka (6:40) when Fuchi used an inside cradle on Hosaka.
2. George Hines, Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang beat Johnny Smith, Ryuji Hijikata & Gran Naniwa (11:26) when Hayashi used the Final Cut on Naniwa.
3. Steve Williams, Mike Rotundo & Yuto Aijima beat Arashi, Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai (7:05) when Williams used a homicidal backdrop driver on Araya.
4. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kendo Ka Shin (c) beat Gran Hamada (11:38) with an avalanche-style cross armbreaker (2nd defense).
5. 30th Anniversary Special Match in Osaka: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras beat Abdullah The Butcher & Yoji Anjo (8:20) when Mascaras used a diving body attack on Anjo.
6. Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Mitsuya Nagai & Tomoaki Honma (5:52) when Steele used the Turbo Drop II on Honma.
7. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Brian Adams & Bryan Clark beat Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea (c) (14:59) when Clark used the Meltdown on Muto to become the 46th champions.
8. Triple Crown: Genichiro Tenryu (c) beat Satoshi Kojima (28:55) with a powerbomb (1st defense).

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The opening show of the month long "SUMMER FIGHT SERIES 2002" series was an SXW taping from Utsunomiya. Pretty much a standard show, with good wrestling and storyline development to be found. Samurai vs. Gedo, which isn't exactly young lion-esque in it's minorness, opened the show, but two other juniors matches would follow, including a 20 minute draw between two great teams.

NJPW, 6/20/02 (SXW) (Buy)
Utsunomiya City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans

1. Gedo beat El Samurai (9:55) with the Gedo clutch.
2. Osamu Nishimura beat GOKU-DO (8:29) with a front cradle.
3. Shiro Koshinaka beat Rob Rage (5:24) with a powerbomb.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger & Masayuki Naruse beat Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura (11:45) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on Inoue.
5. Minoru Tanaka & Tiger Mask 4 vs. Koji Kanemoto & AKIRA went to a draw (20:00) when the time limit expired.
6. Yuji Nagata & Super J beat Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie (16:06) when Nagata used a backdrop suplex hold on Yoshie.
7. Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Kensuke Sasaki, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf (15:42) when Norton used a powerbomb on Wolf.

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ZERO-ONE released their 6/29 and 6/30 shows on one broadcast, so there is a lot of clipping. Clicking either of the links (they go to the same place) will give you details of what was clipped. There are several matches worth checking out though, most notably the 6/29 main event.

ZERO-ONE, 6/30/02 (Samurai! TV) (Buy)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,500 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Kamikaze beat Shinsuke Sumiya (2:52) with a Cobra Twist.
2. Smelly beat Kuroge Wagyuta (5:05) with a full nelson buster.
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshito Sasaki beat Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka (14:24) when Takaiwa used a Death Valley Bomb on Hidaka.
4. Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado beat Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda (10:19) when Corino used a vital part attack on Usuda.
5. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky (c) beat Naohiro Hoshikawa (11:58) with a jumping front cradle (1st defense).
6. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Hirotaka Yokoi beat Kohei Sato & Ryouji Sai (9:04) when Fujiwara used a stomach hold on Sai.
7. Nathan Jones beat Shinjiro Otani (9:53) with a powerbomb.
8. Shinya Hashimoto & Masato Tanaka beat Tom Howard & The Predator (15:00) when Hashimoto used a vertical drop brainbuster on Howard.

ZERO-ONE, 6/29/02 (Samurai! TV) (Buy)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,500 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka beat Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji (13:23) when Togo used a diving senton on Yumeji.
2. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky beat Smelly (12:41) with a cradle to become the 1st champion (decision match).
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kamikaze beat Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado (16:28) when Fujiwara used a wakigatame on Maldonado.
4. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Yoshito Sasaki (6:56) by referee stop.
5. Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Naohiro Hoshikawa (11:00) when Ishikawa used a cross armbreaker on Takaiwa.
6. Nathan Jones beat Ryouji Sai (3:28) by referee stop.
7. Tom Howard & The Predator beat Shinya Hashimoto & Kohei Sato (15:16) when Predator used a northern lights suplex hold on Sato.
8. NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (c) beat Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (20:05) when Otani used the Spiral bomb on Kanemura (3rd defense).