Hustle Dead: The sports entertainment styled promotion Hustle announced that their December 25th show at Tokyo’s Sumo Hall had been cancelled on November 22nd, with an announcement forthcoming at the start of December, most likely the public acknowledgement of the office’s closure.
I had predicted that one or two promotions would close this year, and at the end of 2008 my money was firmly on ZERO1-MAX, though Hustle wasn’t too far behind. Their model of bigger spot shows instead of running tours, and brining in bigger names in Puroresu just doesn’t work in times of economic depression.
Super J Cup 5th Stage: Participants for the 5th Super J Cup, set to take place on December 22nd and 23rd at Korakuen Hall, have been announced as follows: Taichi (NJPW), Tigers Mask (Osaka Pro), GENTARO (Freedoms), AKIRA, Jado (NJPW), Gedo (NJPW), Prince Devitt (NJPW), Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW), Fujita "Jr." Hayato (M-Pro), YAMATO (Dragon Gate), Atsushi Aoki (NOAH), Danshoku Dino (DDT), Koji Kanemoto (NJPW), Jushin Thunder Liger (NJPW).
I suspect one of the remaining two places will be a CMLL representative, and another NOAH representative is a possibility. I for one am looking forward to this one.
AJPW In Taiwan: In notable events from the two AJPW shows in Taiwan at the National University Gymnasium on November 20th and 21st, SUWAMA bested Osamu Nishimura in the finals of the Taiwan Cup, an eight man tournament specially for the tour on November 20th, with his Last Ride finisher after 24 minutes of action. Also on the card, The Great Muta, appearing at the request of his Taiwanese fans, defeated Zodiac with the Shining Wizard. The second day of the mini tour featured three Real World Tag League matches. More on the tournament soon on the Puro Blog...
Other Notes: Jun Akiyama has been injured again, pulling out of the majority of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Winter Navigation Tour. I would suspect that if his physical ailments don’t clear up after a lengthy sabbatical from the ring, he might have to contemplate retirement. Cue rumours of Akiyama starting his own promotion…
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