partial 10/14 Tokyo Dome card

[Peru-Yakuza]

10/14/2002 "SPIRAL" at Tokyo Dome (WEW broadcast)

-NWF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT, SEMIFINAL: Tadao Yasuda vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka
-IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Winner of Koji Kanemoto/Tiger Mask IV vs. Heat
-Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Manabu Nakanishi (may or may not be for the GHC heavyweight title)
-Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (ditto for the IWGP heavy).

Man, now Misawa has a good excuse to give himself another title. And what about Nagata? I really hope it's payback time, but then again, you never know...

[JustS2pendous]

I really hope Nagata keeps the title

[ElGringo]

Two more matches added:

Kensuke Sasaki faces UFO/Makai Club's Kazunari Murakamai, Murakami's return to in-ring action after time in Brazil with the Brazilain Top Team and Kensuke's return from injury (looks like Sasaki's match with Minoru Suzuki has been moved to a Pancrase show some time in the future).

And, in horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE news, JOANIE LAURER IS MASAHIRO CHONO'S OPPONENT.

This is just sickening.

Also, some news out about the Triathlon Survivor tournament that's running in place of the G1 Tag League. Teams of three face each other in three matches; a standard six man tag, a singles match between two chosen individuals, and a tag between teams of two.

A singles win is worth one point, as is a tag, and the six-man tag win is worth two points.

There will be a heavyweight and junior version of this concept on the tour.

[JustS2pendous]

Interesting format for the tournament, I'll be keen to see how it unfolds. Masahiro, take some advice , leave , leave soon.

[emlyn]

Please please please Masa deliver the stiffest Yakuza Kick of all time and destroy her face & career.

[ElGringo]

Latest news is that Chono wants a stipulation added to the match: If he wins, Laurer will never set foot in New Japan again. He Laurer wins, she gets a shot at the IWGP heavyweight title. This just gets scarier every day.

In some other New Japan related news, US indie worker Jason Castro has been added to the October tour; he works mainly for the EWF in California. Anybody here want to offer an opinionon him?

He'll be joining American Dragn and the Havana Pitbulls on the tour; Revolution Pro's Excalibur turned down an offer to work the tour.

[JustS2pendous]

Nagata vs Laurer for the IWGP title, how depressing

[The Franceman]

What's happening with puroresu today? Goldberg, Chyna, Kronic and maybe X-Pac...

[Tradewynd]

As the pessimist who just seems to keep getting proven right, I feel the need to point out that I said Inoki would put it in a match for the IWGP Title, maybe even give it the title to try to get into America. Little does he realize no one in America would buy Chyna as a champion. How would that make your company look, when Chyna is the "best" you have to offer?

Might I make a last minute suggestion, change Chono vs. Chyna to Scott Steiner vs. Chyna. Scott wouldn't put her over for anything, and it would be a lot of fun to watch.

[JustS2pendous]

Scrub that, Scott Steiner vs Yuji Nagata would please me

[Luds]

1) Minoru Tanaka revealed that he was heat... And that he was going to win against Kanemoto/Tiger Mask 4 http://www.so-net.ne.jp/njpw/news/in...g/0919/002.jpg http://www.so-net.ne.jp/njpw/news/in...g/0919/003.jpg

2) The Nagata vs Fujita is NOT for the IWGP

3) Suzuki, Tanahashi, Wolf want a match...

The linup:

1) NWF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE (Semi Final) Tadao Yasuda vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka
2) Yuji Nagata vs Kazuyuki Fujita
3) Manabu Nakanishi vs Yoshihiro Takayama
4) Masahiro Chono vs Joanie Laurer
5) Kensuke Sasaki vs Kazunari Murakami
6) Osamu Nishimura vs Bas Rutten
7) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs GREAT MUTA
8) Yutaka Yoshie vs Ryushi Yanagisawa
9) IWGP JR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: (C) Winner of Koji Kanemoto / Tiger Mask 4 vs Heat