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NJPW News: Complete Lineup For All Kizuna Road Events

Published

6 years ago

June 11, 2018

Today, New Japan Pro Wrestling unveiled the full lineup for all of its upcoming Kizuna Road events running June 15th-24th, including the Super Strong Machine Retirement Ceremony show on June 19th. Below are the complete match cards and locations of each event:

June 15th – Saitama – Gymnasium Of Tokorozawa Citizen Main-Arena

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Shota Umino & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
Ren Narita, KUSHIDA & David Finlay vs. Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH
Toa Henare & Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano
Elimination Match: BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. El Desperado, Taka Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
Elimination Match: Ryusuke Tagachi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin vs. Gedo, Jay White, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada

June 17th – Tokyo – Korakuen Hall

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Shota Umino & Tomoyuki Oka
Ren Narita & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare, Togi Makabe, Jeff Cobb & KUSHIDA vs. SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Taka Michinoku, Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White & Kazuchika Okada
NEVER Openweight Title: Michael Elgin defends against Hirooki Goto

June 18th – Tokyo – Korakuen Hall

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
Tomoyuki Oka & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
Ryusuku Taguchi, David Finlay, Toa Henare & Togi Makabe vs. SHO, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano
BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Taka Michinoku, Taichi, Takahashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
KUSHIDA, Juice Robinson, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin vs. Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada
IWG Junior Heavyweight Title: Hiromu Takahashi defends against El Desperado

June 19th – Tokyo – Korakuen Hall – Super Strong Machine Retirement Ceremony

Ren Narita & KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
Tiger Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger & Togi Makabe vs. Shota Umino, Toa Henare & Tomoyuki Oka
SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
David Finlay, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson & Michael Elgin vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada
Super Strong Machine Commemorative Invitational: Super Strong Machines (Don, Ace, Buffalo, Justice & Number 69) w/Super Strong Machine vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

June 20th – Fukushima – Iwaki City Gymnasium

Yota Tusji vs. Yuya Uemura
Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Shota Umino & Manabu Nakanishi
Ren Narita & KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada
Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Elgin & Togi Makabe vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

June 22nd – Akita – Akita terrsa

Yota Tusji vs. Yuya Uemura
Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs. Shota Umino & Tomoyuki Oka
Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada
KUSHIDA, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toa Henare & Togi Makabe vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

June 23rd – Yamagata – Yamagata Big Wing

Yota Tusji vs. Yuya Uemura
Ren Narita & KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
Tomoyuki Oka & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs. Gedo, Jay White, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto
Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

June 24th – Iwate – Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium

Yota Tusji vs. Yuya Uemura
Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Shota Umino & Manabu Nakanishi
Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi
SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Jay White, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto
KUSHIDA, David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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