Here are the ZERO-ONE results I've been able to get so far. Check the Z1 results section later on for more complete results. I'm still gawking at th Otani vs. Kanemura result, and am hoping it's a misprint.

ZERO-ONE, 8/2/02 (Samurai! TV)
Oita Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Spanky & TAKA Michinoku vs. Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji
2. Kamikaze & Shinsuke Sumiya beat Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshito Sasaki (15:20) when Kamikaze pinned Sasaki.
3. Fire Festival - Block B: Steve Corino [4] beat Kohei Sato [2] (9:56) by pinfall.
4. Fire Festival - Block B: Tetsuhiro Kuroda [4] beat Yuki Ishikawa [2] (11:52) by pinfall.
5. Fire Festival - Block A: Masato Tanaka [5] beat King Joe [2] (9:24) by pinfall.
6. Fire Festival - Block A: Shinjiro Otani [4] beat Kintaro Kanemura [3] (0:03) with a Dragon suplex hold.
7. Shinya Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Tom Howard , The Predator & C.W. Anderson (10:48) when Hashimoto pinned Anderson.

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- Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Tadao Yasuda is almost a lock for UFO's 8/8 Tokyo Dome show, which could be a bigger flop than all of UFO's past shows combined, unless they add one or two huge matches in the next day or so. Fujita is displeased that Naoya Ogawa will be in the main event, feeling he should.

NOAH announced the lineups for it's two stand-alone NTV tapings before the 8/24-9/7 series.

NOAH "ONE NIGHT NAVIGATION", 8/14/02 (NTV)
Kitakami Waga Multi-Purpose Exhibition Hall

1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota vs. Haruka Eigen & Masashi Aoyagi
2. Akira Taue, Mohammed Yone & Kishin Kawabata vs. Daisuke Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Makoto Hashi.
3. Takeshi Rikio & KENTA vs. Kenta Kobashi & Kotaro Suzuki
4. Jun Akiyama & Takashi Sugiura vs. Tamon Honda & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
5. Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Masao Inoue
6. Takeshi Morishima & Jun Izumida vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano

NOAH, 8/15/02 (NTV)
Minase Village Tokoton Yama Camp

1. 14 Man Battle Royal. Participants: Jun Akiyama, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Rusher Kimura, Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Daisuke Ikeda, Mitsuo Momota, Masao Inoue, Makoto Hashi, Masashi Aoyagi, Jun Izumida, Kishin Kawabata, Mohammed Yone & Haruka Eigen
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Takashi Sugiura vs. Akira Taue & Tamon Honda
3. Takeshi Rikio, Takeshi Morishima & KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Takuma Sano & Kotaro Suzuki

"When did that show air?"

"When was that show taped?"

"What was on that show?"

Now you can find out! I sound like one of those post-midnight ad guys, but I have added a new feature to SSS that may be helpful to New Japan completists and just people who occasionally get the shows. I've added every airdate/tape date of New Japan's "World Pro Wrestling Complete Edition" on BS-Asahi (airdates are BS-A, not Samurai! like what Highspots gets) going back to it's debut in late 2002. Look on the left panel and you'll see "TV Guide" near the top. If not, you need to reload. Still not there? Don't ask me, but click here.

G1 Climax kicks off tomorrow, the biggest tour of the year in Japan. I'll have real-time results from the same source as the Z1 ones, so hopefully these won't be as slow and sketchy (I doubt it because this is being shown live on PPV). But as always, keep your eyes on the main page, as the link will appear.

Big Japan announced full lineups for it's "WORLD EXTREME CUP 2002" series. Although they originally listed all their round 2, semi final and final matches as being on the Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium show on 8/18, Big Japan is now running all but the final on this series, with the final going down in Yokohama. Click the link above to see full lineups, as it's a big and progressive tour, one of their strongest lately. Winger returns, replacing Tower of Doom (who had child porn on his computer and was caught, so is kind of in trouble) in the WEC. Here are some of the main lineups.

BJW, 8/4/02
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Katsumasa Inoue
2. O.D.D. vs. Biomonster DNA
3. MEN's Teioh, Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuji Ito & Daisaku Shimoda vs. Daikokubo Benkei, Abdullah Kobayashi, Shunme Matsuzaki & Dark Angel Numazawa in a Captain's Fall Match.
4. World Extreme Cup - Round 2: The Winger vs. Homicide in a Barbed Wire Board Death Match
5. World Extreme Cup - Round 2: Shadow WX vs. Mad Man Pondo in a Light Bulb Death Match
6. World Extreme Cup - Round 2: Seiji Yamakawa vs. Bad Boy Hido in a Thumbtack Death Match

BJW, 8/8/02
Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium

1. Shunme Matsuzaki vs. Katsumasa Inoue
2. The Winger vs. Biomonster DNA
3. Bad Boy Hido & Mad Man Pondo vs. Ryuji Ito & Daisaku Shimoda
4. Seiji Yamakawa & Shadow WX vs. Daikokubo Benkei & Dark Angel Numazawa
5. BJW Tag Team Title: MEN's Teioh & Daisuke Sekimoto (c) vs. O.D.D. & Homicide
6. World Extreme Cup - Round 2: Kintaro Kanemura vs. Abdullah Kobayashi in a Barbed Wire Strap Death Match

BJW, 8/15/02
Himeji Dome

1. Shunme Matsuzaki vs. Daisaku Shimoda
2. MEN's Teioh & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuichi Taniguchi & Katsumasa Inoue
3. Gosaku vs. O.D.D.
4. Seiji Yamakawa vs. Ryuji Ito
5. Shadow WX vs. Homicide
6. The Winger, Bad Boy Hido & Mad Man Pondo vs. Daikokubo Benkei, Abdullah Kobayashi & Dark Angel Numazawa

BJW, 8/16/02
Act City Hamamatsu

1. Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Katsumasa Inoue
2. Dark Angel Numazawa vs. Gosaku
3. Ryuji Ito vs. Homicide
4. The Winger vs. O.D.D.
5. MEN's Teioh, Daisuke Sekimoto & Daisaku Shimoda vs. Daikokubo Benkei, Abdullah Kobayashi & Shunme Matsuzaki
6. Seiji Yamakawa & Shadow WX vs. Bad Boy Hido & Mad Man Pondo

Huge information out of New Japan today. Lets start at Budokan, as a bizarre lineup for the 8/29 "CROSS ROAD" show was announced. Kazuyuki Fujita promised an MMA-themed show, while Chono kept quiet, but in the end it's turned into a junior-themed show, with juniors from no less than five promotions on the card, with the much acclaimed New Japan vs. NOAH feud continuing. Liger & Tanaka defend the IWGP Jr. Tag Title against the duo they defeated on 4/7 in NOAH, Kikuchi & Kanemaru. One of my personal favourite juniors, Ikuto Hidaka (freelancer, regular in Michinoku Pro, representing them here) makes his first ever appearance in New Japan, teaming with the returning Curry Man. No Nagata (who was at the press conference), Nakanishi, Nishimura, Tanahashi, Yoshie, Suzuki, Koshinaka, Tenzan or Chono booked at this point, fueling rumours they'll show up on the same day NOAH show. I'd expect another heavyweight match though, maybe IWGP Tag Title. The "much anticipated" Silva vs. Singh match will take place, while the latest dojo phenom, one of the new arrivals and a guy being heavily touted, and hence put out quicker than other rookies, Shinsuke Nakamura (pictured above with Nagata), debuts against Tadao Yasuda. Nakamura idolizes Yuji Nagata and wants to be like him, but is keeping his finishing move a secret. 22-year-old Nakamura has an incredible amateur background, much like another rookie, Toru Yano. Match order of the Budokan show remains undetermined, but looks like a tremendous show at this point.

NJPW "CROSS ROAD", 8/29/02 (WPW)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

1. El Samurai & Tiger Mask 4 vs. PABLO & Hi69
2. Masayuki Naruse vs. Takehiro Murahama
3. Shinsuke Nakamura (debut) vs. Tadao Yasuda
4. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Minoru Fujita (300 second time limit)
5. Jado & Gedo vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Curry Man
6. Wataru Inoue vs. KENTA
7. Koji Kanemoto vs. Makoto Hashi
8. Giant Singh vs. Giant Silva
9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (c) vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
10. NWF Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

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Meanwhile, in addition to yesterday's card information, the full lineup for 8/5 was announced. The SXW push continues, as this will be the first ever G1 Climax convention taped for the 2 hour ESPN International show. Nagata vs. Yasuda headlines, backed by Tanahashi vs. Takayama and Nakanishi vs. Chono.

NJPW, 8/5/02 (SXW)
Takamatsu City Gymnasium

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

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NOAH announced the first two matches of it's big 9/7 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium show, with both heavyweight titles up for grabs.

NOAH, 9/7/02 (NTV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

1. GHC Tag Team Title: Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (c) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takuma Sano
2. GHC Heavyweight Title: Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

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- You knew it would happen one day, and it has now. Shinya Hashimoto has challenged Naoya Ogawa to another match in their near-legendary series. Hashimoto still only has one win over Ogawa and numerous defeats, including the one that made him temporarily retire in 2000. The two became friends earlier this year, but with Hashimoto forming a new OH Gun, the rivalry is sparking again.