Best of the Super Jr. XII (2005)

[Luds]

Well the 2005 tourney is official, here are the participants:

BLOCK A
Koji Kanemoto
Minoru
Masahito Kakihara
El Samurai
Hirooki Goto
Jado
Stampede Kid

BLOCK B
Tiger Mask IV (IWGP JR Heavyweight Champ)
Jushin Thunder Liger
Wataru Inoue
Katsushi Takaiwa
Gedo
Akiya Anzawa
Black Tiger IV (Rocky Romero)

[edgehead1984]

I'm surprised nobody's talking about the good old tourney running right now...I'll won't post the results but here are the standings so far from Yujiro's Fan Page

Block A

Koji Kanemoto - 4
Stampede Kid - 4
Hirooki Goto - 4
Masa Kakihara - 2
Minoru - 2
Jado - 2
El Samurai - 2

Block B
Tiger Mask - 6
Jushin Liger - 4
Wataru Inoue - 4
Black Tiger - 4
Gedo - 4
K. Takemura - 0
Akiya Anzawa - 0

There have several upsets, including Samurai pinning Kanemoto today and Stampede Kid and Kakihara defeating Minoru....

[Luds]

I'm a bit shocked that Black Tiger won 2 already, I had him finish in the last 2 spots with Anzawa.

Kanemoto is not gonna go through this year. I think it'll be Goto & Minoru.

[BusaLiger Dragon]

im picking Minoru...

[King Taco]

i think Black Tiger will win it.it seems like they are going to try to build him up and face Tiger Mask if it hasnt already happened.

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

You know, they did face each other already at the last Dome Show.

[Luds]

You can't just put any jobber in a Black Tiger uniform and expect him to be any good.

Silver King worked, so did Eddie, because they were great wrestlers with a good move set.

[pigman]

I agree with LUDS. Eddie and Silver King were way better black tiger's than this one. IMO they didn't do a very good job at choosing who was going to be the new black tiger. They should've picked another wrestler. I mean there's way better out there.

[edgehead1984]

but they probably weren't available or refused to work under a mask...

[Luds]

Could be, edgehead.

But NJ has so many stars! THey could have put Inoue as Black Tiger, or Goto, or Takemura, or even wait for Taguchi to come back...

Black Tiger is probably only a short time gimmick anyways.

[edgehead1984]

What do you think of Tenzan defending the title in Italy against Norton....

[Luds]

It's a good idea to sell tickets. It'll make the fans feel like this is a very important match. I doubt that Tenzan will lose, but after his loss to Nakamura, I wouldn't be shocked.

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

If I had known the dates a little earlier, I would've hit Italy for the week. ****!

[Luds]

Well nothing major here, but Tenzan defeated Norton in about 12 minutes to retain his IWGP title via Moonsault Press.

Back to the BOSJ!

[Pheonix_Chi25]

1: Why is Takemura jobbing so much?

2: Isn't the new BT one of the Havana Pitbulls?

Hey, Marc Rocco was not so bad as BT either

It's gonna be TM IV and Hirooki Goto in the finals. Goto is gonna get pushed until Rysuke Taguchi returns from Mexico and feuds with him.