[New Japan] 2004/03/12 National Yoyogi Stadium 2nd Gym "Hyper Battle 2004"

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

2004/03/12 National Yoyogi Stadium 2nd Gym "Hyper Battle 2004"

Heat, Tiger Mask, Masayoshi Naruse, & Wataru Inoue (14'33" minoru special) Jushin Thunder Liger, Kouji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Hirooki Goto

Toru Yano (3'48" half crab) Naofumi Yamamoto

Osamu Nishimura (6'37" dragon sleeper) Tsuyoshi Takemura

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (7'48" pin) Makai I & Mitsuya Nagai

I.W.G.P. Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title: American Dragon & Curry Man [challengers] (17'33" pin) Gedo & Jado [champions]

Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (7'45" pin) Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami

Minoru Suzuki (5'18" TKO) Scott Norton

Yoshihiro Takayama (3'34" TKO) Katsuyori Shibata

Gen'ichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi (8'58" pin) Masahiro Chono & Yuuji Nagata

I.W.G.P. Heavyweight Title: Kensuke Sasaki [challenger] (15'45" pin) Hiroyoshi Tenzan [challenger]

[Peru-Yakuza]

HOORAY for Am. Dragon and Curry Man!!!

But I'm wondering if they're protecting Tenzan by not having him job to Sapp or if they will bury him like Akira Taue was in All-Japan. Sasaki may have made himself better, but if he jobs it will be proof positive that he still sucks.

[edgehead1984]

This is not what I was expecting at all.

[mrpayperview]

Good on Curry Man and American Dragon! Still, Sasaki was a huge shock!

[niniendo warrior]

I'm as shocked as most of us are! Sasaki beat Tenzan!!!

[Luds]

Yep, very sad to see Sasaki defeat Tenzan. This is not cool... Maybe they didn't want Tenzan to lose to Sapp?

[edgehead1984]

that would be understandable.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

This is not what I was expecting at all.

You?!?!?!?!?!

I'm still Verry, VERRY PO'ed that Sasaki has the belt back. My mouth litteraly dropped.

Well congrats to Am Dragon and Curry Man, hope GotoGuchi get the belts.

[Luds]

The fact that Tenzan creamed him in his return match makes things worst! Sasaki should not have the title right now!

[niniendo warrior]

As usual, NJ bookers are drunk... first Nakamura over Tenzan, now Sasaki over Tenzan... what the hell are they doing?

[Pheonix_Chi25]

N.W., Nj bookers are past drunk, they lost their dang minds with this one. Is it me or they just can't stand Tenzan?

[niniendo warrior]

This is stupidity! What the hell are they doing? It's Tenzan's time!!! He won the G1 Climax 2003!!!! He won the IWGP heavyweight title, twice in a span of a few months!!!! He won the IWGP tag title in between those reigns!!! Hasn't he proven himself worthy of a longer run??!!!!!

[Luds]

It's called how to push a guy to the moon, and then make him a jobber.

[edgehead1984]

They could teach a class about it...they're wasted beyond recognition here

[niniendo warrior]

This isn't right. Tenzan should go AJPW or NoAH. He has no future at NJPW.