2002 Champion Carnival Participants!

[Ganso]

The combantants were announced for the 2002 Champion Carnival. The tour will start on March 23rd at the Korakuen Hall and the finale will take place April 14th at the Nippon Budokan. Here are the participants...

A BLOCK
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Toshiaki Kawada
Satoshi Kojima
Mitsuya Nagai
Yoji Anjoh
Arashi
Mike Barton
Jim Steele

B BLOCK
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Gen'ichiro Tenryu
Keiji Mutoh
Taiyo Kea
Nobutaka Araya
Steve Williams
Mike Rotunda
George Hines

[Luds]

Sounds like a great tournament...

Who do you think should/will win?

[Ricky Ketsu-Eki]

Mayeb realistically i feel that Mutoh Vs Kawada would be the enevitable rematch final of the tournament. Could work cool if they turned Mutoh heel and had a big feud. Think that would spark some ratings for AJPW again.
Maybe i could imagine Tenryu in the final against Kawada. But all round i think the final four will come down to

Kojima
Tenryu
Mutoh
Kawada

This to me would make sense with what has been happening at last nights card in AJPW.

Oh well!
Syanara!

Ricky Ketsu-Eki

[Luds]

I'd love to see Mutoh and Kojima feud against Tenryu and Kawada... It would have the feeling of AJ vs NJ...

I think that Kawada against Mutoh, Kojima, and Tenryu would all make great Main Events.

[Peru-Yakuza]

Why are Anjo, Rotundo, and yich! Arashi there? I'd replace Arashi with Okumura just to not have many WAR guys

[RoaringElbow25]

What exactly is this carnival thing? Im new to the Japanese Wrestling scene and I'm sure its somne sort of tournament but is there like anything that comes along to the winner or what?

[Peru-Yakuza]

It's All-Japan's annual tournament. The Triple Crown champion and the top contenders participate. If the Triple Crown champion wins, generally the runner-up gets a No. 1 contendership spot (though it's not written in its rules). If the winner is not the Triple Crown champion, he is in line for a title shot automatically, rules or not.

[Luds]

I hope that Kojima win even though I don't think it'll happen.

With Kawada as champ, we can expect a long title reign, so he'll fight different guys on many occasions. Mutoh is good, but I'd like to see a lot of people involved in the title picture...

[lonewolfsuarez]

IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY HAVE KAWADA VS. MUTOH AS A FINAL AND MAYBE HAVE KAWADA WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN. JUST A EXTRA PIECE OF INFO ON THE CHAMPION CARNIVAL, IT IS A TOURNAMENT, AND THE WINNER, IF THE TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPION DOES NOT WIN THE TOURNEY, GETS A TITLE SHOT AT THE CHAMP, IN THIS CASE MUTOH. IF I AM WRONG, PLEASE SOMEONE E-MAIL ME WITH THE EXACT INFO ON THE CHAMPION CARNIVAL.

[Peru-Yakuza]

Excuse me, but Kawada has already won the TC!

Are you in the South Bronx by any chance?