GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament

[Ganso]

NOAH's upcoming tour entitled "Navigation with Breeze" will have a tournament to crown a new GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion. Here are the dates and talent of the tournament.

May 6th at the Miyagi Sports Center
1st Round- Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Richard Slinger as well as a match between the Takeshi's and the team of Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saitoh for the GHC Tag team titles.

May 7th at the Koriyama Big Pallete
1st Round- KENTA vs. Kotaro Suzuki

May 9th at the Korakuen Hall
1st Round- Makoto Hashi vs. Juventud Guerrera

May 11th at the Tokyo Differ Ariake
1st Round- Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Ray Gordy

May 25th at the Sapporo Media Park will be the Semi-Finals

May 26th at the Sapporo Media Park will be the Finals of the tournament as well as the match between Akira Taue and Yoshinari Ogawa for the GHC heavyweight title.

[OldSchoolFan]

Whoa, I didn't realy Gordy was a Jr. I havn't seen any of his work. If he has the intensity of his old man (pre-accident) he'll go far IMO.

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[BurningHammer]

Predictions:

Kikuchi, KENTA, Kanemaru, and Guerrera roll through the first round. The only question mark would be Hashi vs. Guerrera, but I'll stick with Juvy to be the dominant gaijin in the tournament.

Semifinals: KENTA should go over Kikuchi; he's young, hungry, and deserving of a place in the finals. Kanemaru vs. Guerrera is tough, but I'll place my money on Juventud. (Possible Revenge Job: didn't Kanemaru beat Juvi in the original tourney?)

Finals: KENTA over Juventud in what could be a classic. KENTA becomes the new champion, and we can all look forward to a potentially epic showdown with Kanemaru somewhere in the future. Either way it goes, as long as Kanemaru, KENTA, and Juvi make strong showings, this can't go wrong either way.