Champion Carnival cards

From SSS:

AJPW, 4/10/04
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Nobukazu Hirai, Ryuji Hijikata & Taichi Ishikari vs. Kunio Toshima, Shiori Asahi & Joe Aoyama
2. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #1: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. BLUE-K & Gran Hamada
3. Satoshi Kojima & Masanobu Fuchi vs. TAKA Michinoku & Jamal
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Taiyo Kea vs. Takao Omori
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Nobutaka Araya
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Arashi
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto vs. Kaz Hayashi

AJPW, 4/12/04
Zepp Tokyo

1. Nobukazu Hirai & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku & Daigoro Kashiwa
2. Kaz Hayashi & Ryuji Hijikata vs. BLUE-K & Gran Hamada
3. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #2: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Taiyo Kea vs. Nobutaka Araya
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima vs. Takao Omori
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Jamal
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto vs. Arashi

AJPW, 4/13/04
Zepp Tokyo

1. Arashi & Gran Hamada vs. BLUE-K & Ryuji Hijikata
2. Nobukazu Hirai & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku & GENTARO
3. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #3: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Takao Omori & Masanobu Fuchi
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima vs. Nobutaka Araya
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Taiyo Kea
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kaz Hayashi vs. Jamal
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto vs. Kensuke Sasaki

AJPW, 4/15/04
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Masanobu Fuchi & Gran Hamada vs. Nobutaka Araya & Taichi Ishikari
2. Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata vs. TAKA Michinoku & KAZMA
3. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #4: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki & BLUE-K
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima vs. Taiyo Kea
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takao Omori
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Arashi vs. Kaz Hayashi
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto vs. Jamal

AJPW, 4/17/04
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. Nobukazu Hirai vs. Joe Aoyama
2. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #5: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Gran Hamada
3. Keiji Muto, Ryuji Hijikata & Taichi Ishikari vs. TAKA Michinoku , Taiyo Kea & BLUE-K
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Nobutaka Araya vs. Takao Omori
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kaz Hayashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Arashi vs. Jamal

AJPW, 4/20/04 (PPV)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2

1. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Block B 1st place vs. Block A 2nd place
2. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Block A 1st place vs. Block B 2nd place
3. Champion Carnival - Final:

Block B is stacked...

Kojima to win the carnival, and lose to Kawada in the TC title match. Clasic Mutoh ;)

Kojima wins the carnival, Kojima beats Kawada, Kojima becomes new Ace for All Japan

Jamal will win it all.

That wasn't what I want to happen, Phoenix, that's what I think will happen with Mutoh.

And here are tyhe results for the 1st card:

BLOCK B: Omori > Kea in 14:02 with the Axe Bomber
BLOCK A: Sasaki > Arashi in 5:41 with a Northern Lights Bomb
BLOCK B: Kawada > Araya in 4:02 with a Kick
BLOCK A: Mutoh > Hayashi in 13:31 via Shining Wizard

Results (courtesy of All-Japan website):
1. Taka Michinoku, Teppei Ishizaka & Daigoro Kashiwa beat Nobukazu Hirai, Hideki Hosaka & Taichi Ishikari (13:42) when Taka submitted Ishikari with the Just (?) Facelock.
2. Blue K pinned Ryuji Hijikata (5:38)
3. Kaz Hayashi & Gran Hamada beat Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto (15:48) when Hayashi pinned Honma. (Hayashi & Hamada replace Kawada & Fuchi.)
CHAMPION CARNIVAL TOURNAMENT MATCHES:
4. Block B: Taiyo Kea [2] beat Nobutaka Araya [0] (7:16) after a Hawaiian Smasher.
5. Block A: Kensuke Sasaki [4] beat Jamal [0] (13:17) by countout.
6. Block A: Keiji Muto [4] beat Arashi [0] (10:34) after a Shining Wizard.
7. Block B: Satoshi Kojima [1] battled Takao Omori [3] to a time-limit draw (30:00)

If Kawada can make it to his CC match tomorrow, there's a ray of hope. Kojima-Omori looks like a match to get.

1. TAKA Michinoku , Taiyo Kea & GENTARO beat Nobukazu Hirai, Hideki Hosaka & Taichi Ishikari (12:41) when Kea used a kneelift on Hosaka.
2. Arashi & Gran Hamada beat BLUE-K & Ryuji Hijikata (8:44) when Arashi used a powerbomb on Hijikata.
3. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #3: Takao Omori & Masanobu Fuchi beat Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto (12:58) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Miyamoto.
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Taiyo Kea [4] beat Toshiaki Kawada [2] by forfeit.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Jamal [2] beat Kaz Hayashi [0] (10:56) with a flying sausage.
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Nobutaka Araya [2] beat Satoshi Kojima [1] (17:55) with a moonsault press.
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Keiji Muto [5] vs. Kensuke Sasaki [5] went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.

I say Omori gonna win it.

Well, I was hoping for it Luds. Now I believe Omori is gonna win it, Omori got a heroes welcome from the crowd.

Well it sure doesn't look like Kojima winning it right now. Could be a setup for a huge comeback though...

AJPW, 4/20/04 (PPV)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
1. Nobutaka Araya, Gran Hamada & Taichi Ishikari vs. Nobukazu Hirai, Hideki Hosaka & Ryuji Hijikata
2. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Keiji Muto vs. Takao Omori
3. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kensuke Sasaki
4. Kendo Kashin vs. Akira Hokuto
5. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #6: Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Koichiro Kimura
6. Masanobu Fuchi 30th Anniversary Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Arashi & Kaz Hayashi vs. TAKA Michinoku , Taiyo Kea & Jamal
7. Champion Carnival - Final:

AJPW, 4/17/04
4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [5] beat Toshiaki Kawada [2] by forfeit.
5. Champion Carnival - Block B: Takao Omori [7] beat Nobutaka Araya [2] (12:22) with an Axe Bomber.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Arashi [2] beat Jamal [4] (11:13) by referee stop.
7. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kensuke Sasaki [7] beat Kaz Hayashi [2] (14:41) with a lariat.

AJPW, 4/15/04

4. Champion Carnival - Block B: Takao Omori [5] beat Toshiaki Kawada [2] by forfeit.
5. Champion Carnival - Block A: Kaz Hayashi [2] beat Arashi [0] (9:27) with a crucifix hold.
6. Champion Carnival - Block A: Jamal [4] beat Keiji Muto [5] (16:56) with a flying sausage.
7. Champion Carnival - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [3] beat Taiyo Kea [4] (18:44) with a lariat.

Congratulations to Fuchi on 30 years in wrestling.

Well we have to expect either Omori or Sasaki to face an All Japan wrestler. I'd go for Mutoh over Sasaki.

Omori over Kojima, Luds or the other way around.

I sure hope I'm wrong, but I expect Sasaki to defeat Kojima. Unless they were palls in New Japan... Sasaki might give him a big win then ;)

Sorry for the double post, I wanted to ensure that this was "new".

Here are the final results, card from SSS:

AJPW, 4/20/04 (PPV)
Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
5,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Nobutaka Araya, Gran Hamada & Taichi Ishikari beat Nobukazu Hirai, Hideki Hosaka & Ryuji Hijikata (13:28) when Araya used a moonsault press on Hosaka.
2. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Keiji Muto beat Takao Omori (11:09) with a Frankensteiner.
3. Champion Carnival - Semi Final: Kensuke Sasaki beat Satoshi Kojima (16:51) with a Northern Light bomb.
4. Akira Hokuto beat Kendo Kashin (3:34) with a Northern Light bomb.
5. Honma & Miyamoto 6 Match Trial #6: Genichiro Tenryu & Koichiro Kimura beat Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto (12:03) when Tenryu used a powerbomb on Honma.
6. Masanobu Fuchi 30th Anniversary Match: TAKA Michinoku , Taiyo Kea & Jamal beat Masanobu Fuchi, Arashi & Kaz Hayashi (14:11) when Kea used a jumping kneelift on Fuchi.
7. Champion Carnival - Final: Keiji Muto beat Kensuke Sasaki (15:33) with a moonsault press.

Why am I not surprised that Mutoh would win it all. And now he wants to face the G-1 Winner to crown the true Ace of Puroresu.

Mutoh getting the win is fine in my opinion. As long as it wasn't Sasaki!

I was hoping for Omori.