NJPW [7/24/04] Results

[Haiku Warrior]

NJPW, 7/24/04
Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium
1,500 Fans

1. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Nagao beat Makai #1 & Ryushi Yanagisawa (10:16) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Yanagisawa.
2. Hiro Saito beat Akiya Anzawa (8:14) with a senton bomb.
3. Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hirooki Goto (8:25) with a German suplex hold.
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura beat Koji Kanemoto, Heat, Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue (11:19) when Liger pinned Inoue after a super powerbomb.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura beat Stampede Kid (7:48) with a cross armbreaker.
6. Scott Norton beat Shinya Makabe (7:38) with a powerbomb.
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masayuki Naruse beat Minoru Suzuki & American Dragon (16:20) when Tanahashi used a Dragon suplex hold on Dragon.
8. Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura (14:38) when Yoshie used a diving body press on Tenzan.

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Last show before NEXESS III. Tenzen getting pinned by Yoshie, who is looking for entrance to the G1. Who is this former WWE & WCW guy that Nakanishi is bringing in?

[Pheonix_Chi25]

If I am a betting man it's either one of 5 people:

5: Sean O'Haire
4: DDP
3: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
2: Hulk Hogan

or

1: Bill Goldberg

It would shock me if it was either Chris Benoit or Eddie Guerrero

[edgehead1984]

I say O'Haire.

[Haiku Warrior]

When SSS first reported on the story they said it was pretty "obvious" who it was. But I guess I must be oblivious...

[edgehead1984]

I said O'Haire since he appeared on NEXESS, I don't think Goldberg would be appearing for NJ, doesn't he still owe appearances to AJ/W-1???DDP's a possibility, but I don't see it happening. Austin, I can't see either since his poor physical condition is a liability, Hogan is the only other name I could see, but he's kinda retired now so he could push his daughter as the next singing sensation...

[Luds]

O'Haire's my guess as well. For the same reasons as EH. He's young, talented, and has already been on a NJ card.

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EDIT: We were all wrong, the X was Ultimo Dragon!