TSUYOKU-ARE 2004 Results

[Pheonix_Chi25]

With Credit to Stuart
DAY ONE
NJPW, 9/3/04 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,418 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Akiya Anzawa beat Yujiro (6:23) with a crab hold.
2. Wataru Inoue beat Ryusuke Taguchi (11:06) with the Staggerin' Blow.
3. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe, Naofumi Yamamoto & Hiroshi Nagao (9:37) when Yano used a spear on Nagao.
4. Jado & Gedo beat Heat & Hirooki Goto (13:38) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Goto.
5. Katsuyori Shibata & Makai #2 beat Yutaka Yoshie & Tadao Yasuda (3:36) when Makai #2 used a diving body press on Yoshie.
6. Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask (15:32) when Nagai used a Makai Driver on Tiger.
7. G1 Survival Match: Manabu Nakanishi beat Shinsuke Nakamura (11:18) with the Hercules Cutter.
8. G1 Survival Match: Yuji Nagata beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (19:23) with a backdrop hold.
9. Masahiro Chono & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto (16:41) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Kanemoto.

DAY TWO
NJPW, 9/4/04 (NJ+IWTV Internet)
Gran Ship Shizuoka
2,800 Fans

1. Togi Makabe & Yutaka Yoshie beat Blue Wolf & Toru Yano (10:49) when Yano was DQ'd.
2. Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto (9:45) when Naruse used the Crazy Cyclone on Goto.
3. Noke Kekki-gun vs. Shibata Kenka Michi: Shinsuke Nakamura, Ryusuke Taguchi & Naofumi Yamamoto beat Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa (14:11) when Taguchi used a crab hold on Anzawa.
4. Elimination Match: Koji Kanemoto, Heat, El Samurai & Wataru Inoue beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (20:25). Takemura used the M9 on Samurai (10:15). Heat threw Jado out of the ring (12:48). Inoue & Liger fell out of the ring (16:09). Heat used a backdrop suplex on Takemura (19:17). Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Gedo (20:25).
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask beat Manabu Nakanishi & Takashi Iizuka (14:52) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Iizuka.
6. G1 Survival Match: Yuji Nagata beat Osamu Nishimura (17:18) with a wrist-clutch Exploder.
7. G1 Survival Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Minoru Suzuki (9:28) with an inside cradle.
8. Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Masahiro Chono & Tadao Yasuda (10:55) when Tenryu used a lariat on Yasuda.


Yasuda betrayed Tenryu and turned heel again and think he is The Rock (made the comment "I am a superstar" backstage, but he will be in a movie), he is now alligned with Chono and is Nishimura gonna turn heel?

[edgehead1984]

A heel Nishimura, sounds interesting...

But what was the purpose of turning Yasuda????

[naterob2003]

I don't know, but i hope it isnt for a major push or anything. Gosh i don't see the draw in him at all. I am starting to get annoyed with new japan. I know this is kind of off the subject but why is it that viable champions (sasaki, chono, nagata, tenzan, and nakanishi) never get respect and a HORRIBLE Junior Weight division (excluding kanemoto and liger) is a joke compared to the primetime that was the mid 90's? In NJ's greatest time Mutoh and Kensuke were headlining the heavyweight and liger and benoit were tearing up the jr weight and now there isnt even a destinctive top guy in the heavyweight division and the only worthy competitors in the junior weight are past their prime. So whats going to happen? Those viable champions will never get the credit they deserve until they leave new japan and the junior weight division will only diminish until new japan decides to not push anyone to to the top. sorry for the rant but its horrible. Noah and All Japan can't find enough champion caliber wrestlers and new japan wastes their talent. Sasaki could join noah and be their world champion. Nagata could be the triple crown champion, but instead they are behind or have been behind the likes of tadao yasuda, bob sapp, and kaz fujita.

[Haiku Warrior]

Sounds a little harsh.... but the whole Tadao Yasuda thing: They might have made him turn because Murakami was not ready to return yet.

[Luds]

Yasuda just works better as a heel, people love to hate the guy.

[naterob2003]

i understand that he is a better heel but does it make any sense to push him at all??? When have you ever heard someone say "I can't wait to see yasuda vs. _________" (fill in the blank at your discretion) ? No you haven't. Instead of putting someone as week as him high in the card, they could be pushing a younger talent to become better. When i see guys like him, bob sapp, and fujita, i think one thing... japanese goldberg. Little to no talent, supposed to be legit, and are only in it for the money. It makes me sick.

[Luds]

I agree, Yasuda isn't much of a wrestler, but fans really hate the guy. He works well as a heel.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

It is rather stupid (Yasuda turning heel again) after he was supposedly "Purified" by Tenryu.

[Luds]

Yasuda's only use in the company is to be a monster heel who can "cheat" at any moment like use his sucker punches to pin anyone.

It has worked well before, and if they don't book him to be very strong and win most of his matches, he'll just become useless.