All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament (Part 27)

[Haiku Warrior]

I guess the titles were vacated....?

Credit: Oudo Love
Next off, the teams for the All Asia Tag Team Title Tournament have been announced. It seems that Araya did see the success he had with Ishikari and decided to go with it...

- Kaz Hayashi & Leonardo Spanky
- NOSAWA Rongai & Undecided Partner
- Nobutaka Araya & Taichi Ishikari
- Arashi & Toshizo
- Nobukazu Hirai & Akira Raijin
- Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- TAKA Michinoku & BLUE-K
- Shuji Kondo & brother YASSHI
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Not one team there looks good or worthy of such a historic title. But really, has the recent past been kind to these straps? Rico as champion for pete's sake?!

[Luds]

They've held tournaments to crown new champs who vacated 2 months later for another tournament on and on for so long now...

Who cares? Just seal the belts.

[edgehead1984]

I agree, these belts have meant very little this decade, and have been superfluous after the NOAH split....I have a feeling that TAKA and Blue-K will take it...

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

Come on, its the oldest active title in Japan. You don't just toss that away like that.

[Haiku Warrior]

I'm not saying toss it away but how about getting a better group of competitors to fight for the title. Honma & Nakajima are the only real champions I see out of that group. I can't stand AJ's bookings (read: Muto's).

[Luds]

Oudoo love put on their site that BLUE-K will not be teaming with Taka anymore.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

Wow, that's a shocker Luds.

Well. If I had to pick a dark horse, it's Kaz and Spanky