New Japan Questions Thread

[LUKIE]

Choshu/Iizuka title win in 88.

[club]

Izuka/Nagata vs. Kawada/Fuchi in 2000

[manjiimortal]

Hashimoto/Iizuka vs Ogawa/Murakami from 01/4/00.

[HOTLANTA]

His tag match with Yamazaki against Hashimoto/Hirata from '96.

[Unknown]

Does anyone have or know where to find results for show from 28 april of 1991? Or for whole Top of the Super Junior 1991 tounament, not for just final day.

[Sternness]

From the Wrestling Observer:

Tour opening night on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall before 2,000 saw Hart & Scorpio beat Black Cat
& Casas, Pegasus Kid pinned Honaga, Kobayashi & Seiji Aoyagi beat Iizuka & Koshinaka,
Saito pinned Masanobu Kurisu, Hase & Sasaki beat Kido & Kimura, Muto & Chono beat
Machine & Goto, Liger pinned Finlay and Norton & Samoans beat Choshu & Fujinami &
Masa Saito when Kokina pinned Saito with a big splash.

4/23 in Okinawa drew a sellout 2,540 as Fujinami & Muto & Chono beat Machine & Goto &
Norton when Fujinami used the dragon sleeper on Goto, Choshu & Hase & Sasaki beat Kid &
Samoans when Choshu pinned Kid, Casas pinned Hart, Hiro Saito pinned Kobayashi, Kido
beat Iizuka and Liger & Koshinaka beat Finlay & Honaga.

4/25 in Ida drew 1,500 as Hart pinned Scorpio, Honaga pinned Finlay, Samoans & Norton
beat Osamu Kido & Kengo Kimura & Choshu, Pegasus Kid & Casas beat Liger & Takayuki
Iizuka when Kid pinned Iizuka, Kobayashi & Hase & Sasaki beat Fujinami & Black Cat &
Shiro Koshinaka and Machine & Goto beat Muto & Chono via DQ.

4/26 in Hida drew 1,950 as David Finley pinned Too Cold Scorpio, Norio Honaga pinned
Casas, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto & Super Strong Machine beat Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke
Sasaki & Kuniaki Kobayashi, Riki Choshu & Masa Chono beat Owen Hart & Scott Norton
when Choshu lariated Hart and the main event saw Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto & Liger
beat Wild Samoan Samu & Kokina & Pegasus Kid when Muto pinned Kid.

4/27 results saw Hase & Sasaki beat Kokina & Samu, Fujinami & Kido beat Chono &
Kobayashi, Owen Hart pinned David Finlay and Pegasus Kid pinned Jushin Liger.

4/28 saw Liger pin Owen Hart with a top rope DDT (Hart was legitimately injured with this move and had to miss the Sumo Hall card), Pegasus Kid pinned Casas, Hase & Sasaki beat Machine & Hiro Saito and Chono pinned Kido.

[Unknown]

Thanks!

[L.G Rod]

Negro Casas vs Owen Hart sounds interesting. I think some of this was posted in the media section.

[DefLeppardVanHalen]

What triggered Takayuki Iizuka's heel turn in 2008? Was it something between him and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, or did he simply snap and lose it?

[MF83]

What triggered Takayuki Iizuka's heel turn in 2008? Was it something between him and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, or did he simply snap and lose it?

If my memory serves me correctly, he lariated/walked out on him during a tag title match against MVP.

[manjiimortal]

What triggered Takayuki Iizuka's heel turn in 2008? Was it something between him and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, or did he simply snap and lose it?

If my memory serves me correctly, he lariated/walked out on him during a tag title match against MVP.

There's more then that.
Some time before that match GBH revealed that they had an "insider" in the NJPW sekigun, a traitor. And some shows later Karl Anderson, who had joined NJPW that tour, was revelead as a new member of GBH, and everyone thought he was the insider.

But of course that Iizuka was the Great Traitor, and he showed it during the Tag titles match. It was a complete surprise because New Japan genuinely swerved the fans. Nobody thought old trusty Iizuka would swith camps. That's why it worked so well.

[Unknown]

What triggered Takayuki Iizuka's heel turn in 2008? Was it something between him and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, or did he simply snap and lose it?

If my memory serves me correctly, he lariated/walked out on him during a tag title match against MVP.

There's more then that.
Some time before that match GBH revealed that they had an "insider" in the NJPW sekigun, a traitor. And some shows later Karl Anderson, who had joined NJPW that tour, was revelead as a new member of GBH, and everyone thought he was the insider.

But of course that Iizuka was the Great Traitor, and he showed it during the Tag titles match. It was a complete surprise because New Japan genuinely swerved the fans. Nobody thought old trusty Iizuka would swith camps. That's why it worked so well.

Brilliance!

[MF83]

Who's got a brighter future, Yoshihashi or Hirasawa?

[Unknown]

Who's got a brighter future, Yoshihashi or Hirasawa?

Hmm thats difficult, both always lose of course

Ive never seen much from either men but i will risk it and say Yoshihashi

[DJonatello]

Hirasawa for me. Shows more charisma.