Puroresu: NOAH 10-17 results, Kobashi’s new finisher, NJPW upcoming lineups Submitted by Justin Rowland on Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 10:50 AM EST
NOAH 10-17-02 Results - "NAVIGATION AGAINST THE CURRENT 2002" Tour - Hiroshima Sports Center
1. Masashi Aoyagi beat Superstar Steve (6:55) with a jumping high kick. 2. KENTA & Takashi Sugiura beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Richard Slinger (10:43) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Slinger. 3. Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Maxx Justice beat Akira Taue, Mitsuo Momota & Scorpio (9:38) when Modest used the California Crunch on Momota. 4. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Daisuke Ikeda & Kishin Kawabata (11:16) when Rikio used a lariat on Kawabata. 5. Masao Inoue & Jun Izumida beat Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi (13:05) when Inoue used an Argentine backbreaker on Hashi. 6. Yoshinari Ogawa & Takuma Sano beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Kotaro Suzuki (14:18) when Sano used a Northern Lights bomb on Suzuki. 7. Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga beat Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (16:28) when Kobashi used the Diamond Head on Kanemaru.
Kenta Kobashi debuted his secret finisher, the Diamond Head (a head spike powerbomb), on Yoshinobu Kanemaru today in what is said to have been a great main event. Kanemaru was the first victim of this move and it really left an impression because he couldn’t move after he was pinned and had to be taken out of the building on a stretcher.
Mitsuharu Misawa’s team took the surprising loss today with Ogawa’s team taking the victory. This now leads to an expected GHC Heavyweight Title match between Misawa (c) and Ogawa. Many fans are displeased with this because they have been expecting the big rematch of Misawa vs. Akiyama to take place.
The tour climaxes on Saturday (19th) with a big show in Aichi. The following is the lineup:
NOAH 10-19-02 (Nippon TV Taping) - Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
1. Mitsuo Momota vs. Haruka Eigen 2. Makoto Hashi vs. KENTA 3. Scorpio, Michael Modest, & Donovan Morgan vs. Richard Slinger, Maxx Justice, & IZU 4. Takeshi Rikio vs. Superstar Steve 5. Takeshi Morishima & Kishin Kawabata vs. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue 6. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, Takuma Sano, & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Akira Taue, Daisuke Ikeda, Takashi Sugiura, & Masashi Aoyagi 7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 8. GHC Tag Team Title: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (c) vs. Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s "FIGHTING SPIRIT SERIES 2002" kicks off on October 19th, and most of the complete lineups have been announced.
New Japan 10-19-02 - Nagasaki Prefectural Gymnasium
1. Wataru Inoue vs. Hisafumi Yamamoto 2. El Samurai, Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask 4 vs. American Dragon, Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes 3. Shiro Koshinaka & Osamu Nishimura vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano 4. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto 5. Jushin Thunder Liger, Heat & Masayuki Naruse vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo 6. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Scott Norton & Jack the Bull 7. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai Mask #1
New Japan 10-20-02 - Beppu Beacon Plaza
1. Toru Yano vs. Makai Mask #2 2. Masayuki Naruse & Tiger Mask 4 vs. Koji Kanemoto & Gedo 3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Heat & Masahito Kakihara vs. American Dragon, Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes 4. Shiro Koshinaka & Takashi Iizuka vs. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto 5. Wataru Inoue vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa 6. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi 7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Scott Norton & Jack the Bull 8. Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tadao Yasuda & Makai Mask #1
New Japan 10-21-02 - Strait Messe Shimonoseki
1. Toru Yano vs. Hisafumi Yamamoto 2. El Samurai & Tiger Mask 4 vs. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse 3. Wataru Inoue vs. Tatsutoshi Goto 4. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo vs. American Dragon, Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes 5. Jushin Thunder Liger & Heat vs. Azteca & Diablo 6. Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Scott Norton & Jack The Bull 7. Takashi Iizuka, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Blue Wolf vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 8. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
New Japan 10-22-02 - Munakata Yurikusu Event Hall
1. Blue Wolf vs. Wataru Inoue 2. Heat, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. American Dragon, Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes 3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiro Saito 4. Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi 5. Jushin Thunder Liger, El Samurai & Tiger Mask 4 vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo 6. Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie & Toru Yano vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 7. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Scott Norton & Jack The Bull
1. Toru Yano vs. Tadao Yasuda 2. Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie & Masayuki Naruse vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 3. Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Heat vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Koji Kanemoto
New Japan "FUKUOKA FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY" - 10-26-02 (PPV/WPW) - Fukuoka International Center
1. Jr. Triathlon Survivor - Semi Final: Jushin Thunder Liger, Heat & Tiger Mask 4 vs. American Dragon, Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes 2. Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita 3. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Joanie Laurer & GREAT MUTA 4-8. New Japan vs. Makai Club 5 vs. 5 Single Match Series Vol. 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & TBA vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 9. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Kanemoto (c) vs. Bas Rutten 10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Masahiro Chono
New Japan "KOBE FIGHTING SPIRIT MEMORIAL DAY" - 10-27-02 (WPW) - Kobe World Hall
1. Ryusuke Taguchi (debut) vs. TBA 2. Jr. Triathlon Survivor - Semi Final: El Samurai, Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse vs. Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo 3. Yutaka Yoshie & Blue Wolf vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita 4. Osamu Nishimura vs. Jushin Thunder Liger 5-9. New Japan vs. Makai Club 5 vs. 5 Single Match Series Vol. 2: Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi, Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 10. IWGP Tag Team Title: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Joanie Laurer & GREAT MUTA
New Japan 10-30-02 - Tsuyama City Gymnasium
1. Masahiro Chono & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Scott Norton & Jack The Bull 2. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2
1. Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Blue Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2 2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie 3. Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata & Heat vs. Scott Norton, Jack The Bull & American Dragon
New Japan 11-03-02 (SXW) - Iida Sports Center
1. Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Scott Norton & American Dragon 2. Masahiro Chono, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2
New Japan 11-04-02 (WPW) - Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall #11
1. Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto vs. Shinya Makabe & Minoru Fujita 2. Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Scott Norton & Jack the Bull 3. Jr. Triathlon Survivor - Final: Winner of 10/26 Match vs. Winner of 10/27 Match 4-8. New Japan vs. Makai Club 5 vs. 5 Single Match Series Vol. 3: Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tadao Yasuda, Kazunari Murakami, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Makai Mask #1 & Makai Mask #2
Hisafumi Yamamoto, New Japan Dojo’s newest debutant, will be on shows this tour while Shinsuke Nakamura won’t be debuting yet and possibly will on the next tour. Toru Yano is beginning to find himself in more important matches against established wrestlers, while he still has not won a match yet.
In some disappointing news, the rematch of the 2002 match of the year thus far which takes place on 10/21 is listed as a house show and not a television taping.
American Dragon and the Havana Pitbulls continue with New Japan, working most shows on this tour mostly in 6-man tags.
The IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title will be defended on 10-26, Kanemoto defending against Bas Rutten while on the same night Yuji Nagata will be defending his IWGP Heavyweight Title against his newest challenger, Masahiro Chono. 10-27 holds the big IWGP Tag Team Title match between Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Joanie Laurer & GREAT MUTA.
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