TNA & All Japan wrestlers in S. Korea (2008/05/05)

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

New Korea Pro-Wrestling Association will have a card for the first time in more than two years.

NKPWA 2008/05/05 Seoul, S. KOREA (Jang-Chung Gym)

Seiya Sanada & KAI [All Japan] vs. Hyeong-Muk Kim & Jong-Wang Kim

Manami Toyota & Moeka Haruhi vs. GAMI & Yumi Ouka

3-way to determine the first NKPWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion:
Tae-Yun Han vs. Ryuji Hijikata [All Japan] vs. A.J. Styles [TNA]

3-way to determine the first NKPWA World Heavyweight Champion:
Yokpalsan vs. Osamu Nishimura [All Japan] vs. Kurt Angle [TNA]

This is Yokpalsan's first match after the two years of absense. Yokpalsan, who was known for his New Japan sting as Strong Machine #2, is said to be a better worker than Wang-Pyo Lee, who is WWA's top star and promoter.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

A botched(?) bodyslam by Yokpalsan injured Kurt Angle's neck. Two got out of the ring and continued to brawl, which lead Nishimura to win the match via COR to become the first NKPWA heavyweight champion (whose belt looks pretty much like the NWA heavyweight belt).

Crowd was said to be only about 1,000 in the building with 4,000 seats. Poor Kurt for the small crowd and yet another neck injury.

Not sure how bad it is, but he couldn't even sit down during the post-card press conference.