Tag Archives: Akebono

Akebono Taro, who made history in the early 90’s by becoming the first non-Japanese born wrestler to ever reach yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo, passed away within the past week, according to a report from the Associated Press. 54-year old Akebono Taro, born Chadwick Haheo Rowan, retired from sumo wrestling in 2001 and later  Continue Reading »

Former WWE and TNA Wrestling superstar Low Ki (Kaval/Senshi) is expected to be out of in-ring action for anything between 6 to 8 months, according to various reports in Japan. The reports indicate that Low Ki suffered broken or crushed ribs in his match with former WrestleMania guest star Akebono during a recent tour of  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Oro City Hall on May 24th, 2012 in Kagoshima, Japan. Singles Match Masayuki Kono defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno. Tag Team Match KAI and Aztec defeated Minoru Tanaka and Hiroshi Yamato. Tag Team Match KENSO and Masao Inoue  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Pro Wrestling Zero1 live event. The event took place at Korakuen Hall on May 16th, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. Singles Match Hiroyo Matsumoto defeated Ruhi. Battle Royal Raideen defeated Takuya Sugawara, Shito Ueda, Yusaku Obata, Mensoore Oyaji, Craig Classic, Sean O’Shea, Mikey Broadrick, Nick Primo and Marcus Bean  Continue Reading »

All Japan Pro Wrestling announced today that Takumi Soya had suffered a right knee injury on their last event and will be forced to miss the remainder of the AJPW Champion Carnival tour. Soya’s next and final match of the tournament was scheduled to be against Akebono on May 5th, however he’ll be unable to  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. AJPW’s Champion Carnival Day 7 took place at the Ibara City Ibara Gymnasium on April 30th, 2012 in Okayama, Japan. Tag Team Match Akebono and Ryota Hama defeated Manabu Soya and Yasufumi Nakanoueno. 6 Man Tag Team Match Minoru Tanaka, SUSUMU and  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Yonago Big Ship on April 28th, 2012 in Tottori, Japan. AJPW Champion Carnival Block B Tournament Match Taiyo Kea was automatically awarded 2 points due to the injury suffered by Yutaka Yoshie Singles Match Masanobu Fuchi  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 live event. The event took place at Korakuen Hall on April 24th, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. 8 Man Tag Team Match KAMIKAZE, Tomoaki Honma, Shito Ueda and Yoshikazu Yokoyama defeated Ryouji Sai, Raideen, Nick Primo and Marcus Bean. Singles Match Yuzuki Aikawa defeated Yuuyake. Singles  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. AJPW’s Champion Carnival Day 3 took place at the Ecos Ageo on April 23rd, 2012 in Ageo, Japan. 6 Man Tag Team Match Takao Omori, Manabu Soya and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Masayuki Kono, Minoru Tanaka and Yasufumi Nakanoueno. AJPW Champion Carnival Block  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 live event. The event took place at the Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine Sumo Wrestling Place on March 25th, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. 6 Man Tag Team Match Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima, Fujita “Jr” Hayato and Nick Primo defeated Craig Classic, Akito and Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu. Singles  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Hanamaki City Nahan Plaza on March 16th, 2012 in Hanamaki City, Japan. Singles Match Yutaka Yoshie defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. Singles Match Masayuki Kono defeated Takumi Soya. Tag Team Match Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka defeated Hiroshi  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place on March 10th, 2012 at the Sayamashi Citizen Gymnasium in Sayamashi, Japan. Singles Match KENSO defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno. Tag Team Match Takao Omori and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Ryota Hama and Kaz Hayashi. 6 Man Tag Team Match Riki  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 live event. The event took place at Korakuen Hall on March 2nd, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. Tag Team Match Ryouji Sai and Yusaku Obata defeated Shinsuke Jet Wakataka and @UEXIL International Junior Heavyweight and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Double Championship Match Takuya Sugawara (c) defeated  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Matsushita IMP Hall on February 11th, 2012 in Matsushita, Japan. Singles Match Minoru Tanaka defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno. Singles Match Hiroshi Yamato vs. Hikaru Sato went to a 15 minute time limit draw. 6 Man Tag Team  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at Al-Messe Yamanashi on January 15th, 2012 in Yamanashi, Japan. Singles Match BLACK BUSHI defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno. Tag Team Match Taiyo Kea and Masanobu Fuchi defeated KENSO and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. Singles Match Manabu Soya defeated Takumi Soya. Singles  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Toyama Techno Hall on January 12th, 2012 in Toyama, Japan. Singles Match Masayuki Kono defeated Takumi Soya. Tag Team Match KENSO and Kaz Hayashi defeated Masanobu Fuchi and Yasufumi Nakanoueno. Singles Match Minoru Tanaka defeated BLACK  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Kyoto KBS Hall on January 7th, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. Tag Team Match Masayuki Kono and Minoru Tanaka defeated Shuji Kondo and Takumi Soya. 6 Man Tag Team Match Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo and BLACK BUSHI  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 live event. The event took place at the Belle Salle Roppongi on December 18th, 2011 in Roppongi, Japan. Furinkazan Block A Tournament Match Buffa and Brother defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Taluya Sugawara. Furinkazan Block B Tournament Match Masato Tanaka and Fujita “Jr” Hayato defeated Akebono  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at Korakuen Hall on December 11th, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. 6 Person Tag Team Match Keiji Mutoh, Yuzuki Aikawa and Rina Takeda defefeated Kaz Hayashi, Nanae Takahashi and Natsuki Taiyo. Singles Match Shuji Kondo defeated Takumi Soya. 6  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Japan Pro Wrestling live event. The event took place at the Yokohama Bunga Gymnasium on December 4th, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan. Singles Match AKIRA defeated Yasufumi Nakanoueno. World Tag League Tournament Match Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Masanobu Fuchi. World Tag League Tournament  Continue Reading »