PHOENIX Wrestling: Shoot-style returns!

aya_ · December 20, 2018

Owner: Kazushi Sakuraba

Founded: December 2018

Database: Real World Chronicles by southside_hitmen (with minor tweaks)

Imagine Kazushi Sakuraba has won the lottery. Can you guess what he's doing with all that money? That's right, he's bringing shoot style pro wrestling back.

aya_ · December 20, 2018

<div style="text-align:center;">PHOENIX Heavyweight Title

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<details><summary>1. Hideki Suzuki

January 27th 2019 - present (109+ days)

1 defense</summary>0. defeated Timothy Thatcher (January 27th 2019)

1. defeated Minoru Suzuki (May 16th 2019)</details>

PHOENIX Middleweight Title

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<details><summary>1. Katsuhiko Nakajima

February 23rd 2019 - present (82+ days)

No defenses</summary>0. defeated Masashi Takeda (February 23rd 2019)</details>

PHOENIX Lightweight Title

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<details><summary>1. Shinya Aoki

February 23rd 2019 - present (82+ days)

No defenses</summary>0. defeated Mike Bailey (February 23rd 2019)</details>

Tournaments

<details><summary>Different Style Fight Tag League</summary>2019: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato</details></div>

aya_ · December 20, 2018

RESULTS

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2324302&postcount=8" rel="external nofollow">Opening Show</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2324587&postcount=11" rel="external nofollow">Winter Tour Days 1-3</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2325049&postcount=14" rel="external nofollow">Winter Tour Days 4-6</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2326827&postcount=16" rel="external nofollow">Firebird 1: Suzuki vs. Thatcher</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2327989&postcount=17" rel="external nofollow">Winter Tour Days 7-8</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2328560&postcount=19" rel="external nofollow">Firebird 2: Nakajima vs. Takeda</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2330564&postcount=23" rel="external nofollow">Style Battle Tag League Days 1-2</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2337771&postcount=24" rel="external nofollow">Style Battle Tag League Days 3-5</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2338121&postcount=26" rel="external nofollow">Style Battle Tag League Day 6</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2338638&postcount=28" rel="external nofollow">Style Battle Tag League Finals</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2343053&postcount=31" rel="external nofollow">Spring Tour Days 1-3</a>

<a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2349078&postcount=34" rel="external nofollow">Firebird 3: Suzuki vs. Suzuki</a>

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aya_ · December 20, 2018

A preview PHOENIX Opening Show Korakuen Hall December 9th 2018 The rules: 1) Matches can be won by submission, knockout, countout and disqualification. 2) A wrestler is limited to three rope breaks per match. 3) Low blows, biting, and eye gouging are forbidden. 1) Timothy Thatcher (Freelance), Tom Lawlor (Freelance) & Dominic Garrini (Freelance) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1), Keita Yano (Freelance) & Fuminori Abe (Freelance) A group of American wrestlers are all making their Japan debuts on the promotion's first match. Garrini is a jiu-jitsu specialist, with a purple belt in said martial art. Lawlor is a former UFC fighter and also a jiu-jitsu purple belt. Thatcher is a catch wrestler and a legit heavyweight. On the other side, Hidaka and Yano are Battlarts veterans, while Abe is Munenori Sawa's protege. Hidaka is far more experienced than anyone else in the match and that may prove to be the difference. 2) NO ROPES: Kikutaro (Freelance) vs. Antonio Honda (DDT) Two legit shooters who had to be included in PHOENIX's first show. Kikutaro demanded the fight to be a title match and a no ropes match. The first request was denied but the second was granted. 3) Suwama (AJPW), Manabu Soya (WRESTLE-1) & Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) vs. Kazusada Higuchi (DDT), Kota Umeda (DDT) & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) Suwama & Aoki are Evolution stablemates in All Japan, joining them is Manabu Soya from WRESTLE-1. Facing them will be a trio of wrestlers trained in DDT's developmental brand, DNA. Higuchi has a sumo background and he might be able to overpower the former Triple Crown champion and the rest of his team. 4) Masakatsu Funaki (Freelance) & Ken Shamrock (Freelance) vs. Masashi Takeda (Freelance) & Takuya Nomura (BJW) Two key figures from Pancrase's past will tag together for the first time. They'll be facing someone unlike any of their opponent as well, deathmatch champion Masashi Takeda. Takeda was trained by one of the greatest grapplers of all time, Kiyoshi Tamura. He is too, a skilled grappler. Teaming with him is the super-rookie Takuya Nomura. 5) Kazushi Sakuraba (PHOENIX) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) Sakuraba has booked himself in a singles match against one of the best wrestlers in Japan, Katsuhiko Nakajima from NOAH! While the age difference might seem too much, Sakuraba has been an underdog before. 6) PANCRASE VERSUS IGF NEW: Minoru Suzuki (Freelance) & Yukio Sakaguchi (DDT) vs. Hideki Suzuki (Freelance) & Shinya Aoki (ONE) The main event pits alumni from two important organizations in the history of MMA and pro wrestling. Each team will try to prove that their style is superior. Not only that, but they're all extremely accomplished fighters on their own. Minoru Suzuki is obviously a legend in both MMA and pro wrestling, Sakaguchi is a black belt in several martial arts, Aoki is one of the greats in MMA, and Hideki Suzuki might currently be the best wrestler in the world with a throwback to old school catch-as-catch-can. Let me know if you have any feedback, and if any wrestlers who would fit the concept come to mind. There aren't many more I can think of haha. If anyone wants to do picks, that'd be really cool as well: <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>1) Timothy Thatcher, Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Keita Yano & Fuminori Abe 2) Kikutaro vs. Antonio Honda 3) Suwama, Manabu Soya & Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu 4) Masakatsu Funaki & Ken Shamrock vs. Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura 5) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 6) Minoru Suzuki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki</div></blockquote>

StrongHearts · December 20, 2018

1) Timothy Thatcher, Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Keita Yano & Fuminori Abe

2) Kikutaro vs. Antonio Honda

3) Suwama, Manabu Soya & Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu

4) Masakatsu Funaki & Ken Shamrock vs. Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura

5) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

6) Minoru Suzuki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki

I would personally check out Shotaro Ashino from Wrestle-1. Dude is super talented and works the Shoot style.

Hashasheen · December 20, 2018

Funny, I'd have thought Sakuraba would have thrown his money at Quintet. I guess you'll just need to have a ten man match every night then. <img alt="

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aya_ · December 20, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="StrongHearts" data-cite="StrongHearts" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> I would personally check out Shotaro Ashino from Wrestle-1. Dude is super talented and works the Shoot style.</div></blockquote> That's a good shout, I'll work him in. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Funny, I'd have thought Sakuraba would have thrown his money at Quintet. I guess you'll just need to have a ten man match every night then. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Haha. I did think about Quintet (I added Nakamura to the database and everything) but I kinda had to pick Sakuraba, you know? Will have to hold elimination matches whenever possible now.

aya_ · December 20, 2018

PHOENIX Opening Show results

Korakuen Hall

December 9th 2018

1,522 fans - No Vacancy

Broadcast on YouTube

Show Rating: 56

1) Timothy Thatcher, Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini beat Ikuto Hidaka, Keita Yano & Fuminori Abe (9:49) Grade: 45

Thatcher defeated Yano by submission with a Fujiwara armbar.

2) Kikutaro beat Antonio Honda by submission (6:22) Grade: 42

It took Kikutaro thirty-four seconds to try and run the ropes. Referee Nikkan Lee then had to explain that the match couldn't be won by pinfall to both men after a series of increasingly complex and dazzling pin attempts. Kikutaro submitted Honda after the latter tried to tell a Gon The Fox story. After winning, he declared himself the PHOENIX Openweight champion.

3) Suwama, Manabu Soya & Atsushi Aoki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu (18:54) Grade: 51

Suwama defeated Higuchi by knockout with a german suplex.

Suwama, Aoki and Soya seemed to be in complete control, until Umeda knocked Soya down with a high kick. Soya fell near his corner, which allowed Aoki to tag in. He was able to slow Umeda down and almost submitted him with a cross armbreaker but Umeda got to the ropes and tagged out. Higuchi came in full steam ahead and folded Aoki with a lariat. He then irish whiped Aoki again to set up another lariat, which did more damage, but this allowed Suwama to tag in. After surviving even more hard-hitting lariats, Suwama got a body lock on Higuchi and suplexed him. Higuchi was unable to beat the ten count. Suwama said he would be interested in teaming with Higuchi after the match.

4) Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura beat Masakatsu Funaki & Ken Shamrock (8:15) Grade: 48

In a big upset, Nomura defeated Shamrock with a cross armbreaker.

Shamrock seemed to be on the verge of winning with a rear-naked choke but Nomura escaped and quickly transitioned into a cross armbreaker. Shamrock couldn't reach the ropes and had to tap out, giving Nomura the big upset win.

5) Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kazushi Sakuraba by knockout (9:20) Grade: 56

Nakajima dominated the match with strikes and refused to grapple with Sakuraba. Sakuraba almost got a flash submission win with a standing guillotine choke, but Nakajima picked Sakuraba up and carried him to the ropes, getting a clean break. Nakajima dropped Sakuraba to his knees with a series of low kicks and showed no mercy, throwing a head kick immediately afterwards to get the knockout win.

6) Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki beat Minoru Suzuki & Yukio Sakaguchi (16:07) Grade: 57

Aoki defeated Sakaguchi with a triangle choke.

The Suzukis fought each other to a stand-still. Minoru Suzuki was unable to get the Gotch piledriver and Hideki Suzuki was stifled from landing a big suplex by Minoru countering all his tries into submission attempts. Hideki used two of his rope breaks. Aoki had trouble against Sakaguchi's height but he was eventually able to pull guard and transition to a triangle choke. After the match, Minoru Suzuki complained about the rope break rule and said he would submit Hideki quickly the next time they faced each other.

The show was deemed a success! Popularity for the new promotion seems to have increased and Sakuraba is optimistic that this new venture can develop a steady following.

Predictions:

StrongHearts 3/6

aya_ · December 20, 2018

An announcement was made after the PHOENIX Opening Show regarding the promotion's championships. Sakuraba announced that there will be three weight classes, each with their own title. In order to determine the first champions, a single-elimination tournament will be held in each division. The participants are the following wrestlers. The top 2-seeds will receive a first-round bye. Matches for the first two rounds will be held on various smaller shows during the upcoming PHOENIX Winter Tour. Heavyweight (+220 lbs) #1 Hideki Suzuki / Age: 38 / Promotions: BJW, Ice Ribbon #2 Manabu Soya / Age: 33 / Promotions: WRESTLE-1 #3 Timothy Thatcher / Age: 33 / Promotions: wXw, PWG, EVOLVE #4 Kazusada Higuchi / Age: 30 / Promotions: DDT #5 Dominic Garrini / Age: 28 / Promotions: Freelance #6 Masa Kitamiya / Age: 30 / Promotions: NOAH <img alt="cWChqIs.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cWChqIs.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Middleweight (-220 lbs) #1 Masakatsu Funaki / Age: 49 / Promotions: Freelance #2 Katsuhiko Nakajima / Age: 30 / Promotions: NOAH #3 Shotaro Ashino / Age: 28 / Promotions: WRESTLE-1 #4 Tom Lawlor / Age: 35 / Promotions: MLW #5 Masashi Takeda / Age: 33 / Promotions: BJW, FREEDOMS #6 Takuya Nomura / Age: 25 / Promotions: BJW <img alt="babsnqf.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/babsnqf.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lightweight (-185 lbs) #1 Shinya Aoki / Age: 35 / Promotions: ONE, DDT #2 Mike Bailey / Age: 29 / Promotions: DDT, wXw, RevPro #3 Yukio Sakaguchi / Age: 45 / Promotions: DDT #4 Kota Umeda / Age: 23 / Promotions: DDT #5 Fuminori Abe / Age: 23 / Promotions: ZERO1, BASARA #6 Ryota Nakatsu / Age: 27 / Promotions: BASARA <img alt="5sVuw7p.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5sVuw7p.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> First round predictions for anyone who wants to join! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> HEAVYWEIGHT #3 Timothy Thatcher vs. #6 Masa Kitamiya #4 Kazusada Higuchi vs. #5 Dominic Garrini MIDDLEWEIGHT #3 Shotaro Ashino vs. #6 Takuya Nomura #4 Tom Lawlor vs. #5 Masashi Takeda LIGHTWEIGHT #3 Yukio Sakaguchi vs. #6 Ryota Nakatsu #4 Kota Umeda vs. #5 Fuminori Abe </div></blockquote>

StrongHearts · December 20, 2018

HEAVYWEIGHT

#3 Timothy Thatcher vs. #6 Masa Kitamiya

#4 Kazusada Higuchi vs. #5 Dominic Garrini

MIDDLEWEIGHT

#3 Shotaro Ashino vs. #6 Takuya Nomura

#4 Tom Lawlor vs. #5 Masashi Takeda

LIGHTWEIGHT

#3 Yukio Sakaguchi vs. #6 Ryota Nakatsu

#4 Kota Umeda vs. #5 Fuminori Abe

aya_ · December 21, 2018

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 1

Yokohama Radiant Hall

December 11th 2018

339 fans - Super No Vacancy

Broadcast on YouTube

Show Rating: 50

1) Magnitude Kishiwada, Atsushi Aoki & Ikuto Hidaka beat Junta Miyawaki, Takuya Nomura & Ayumu Honda (6:46) Grade: 43

Kishiwada defeated Honda by knockout.

2) Heavyweight Quarterfinal: Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya by submission (10:38) Grade: 42

Thatcher defeated Kitamiya with the Thatcher Stretch.

3) Middleweight Quarterfinal: Masashi Takeda beat Tom Lawlor by submission (14:04) Grade: 45

Takeda defeated Lawlor with an ankle lock.

4) Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki & Syuri beat Kengo Mashimo, Akira Raijin & MIKAMI (7:56) Grade: 54

Nakajima defeated Raijin with an ankle lock. Syuri is the first woman to appear on PHOENIX.

5) Hideki Suzuki & Manabu Soya beat Kazushi Sakuraba & Dominic Garrini (9:48) Grade: 50

Suzuki defeated Garrini with an ankle lock.

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PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 2

Azalea Taisho Hall

December 17th 2018

249 fans

Broadcast on YouTube

Show Rating: 57

1) Kota Umeda & Mike Bailey defeated Naomi Yoshimura & Mitsuya Nagai (10:05) Grade: 41

Umeda defeated Yoshimura by knockout.

2) Shinya Aoki, Tom Lawlor & Daisuke Nakamura defeated Masa Kitamiya, Takuya Nomura & Timothy Thatcher (5:44) Grade: 52

Aoki defeated Kitamiya with a foot choke.

3) Heavyweight Quarterfinal: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Dominic Garrini (11:24) Grade: 52

Higuchi defeated Garrini with a goten.

4) Lightweight Quarterfinal: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Ryota Nakatsu (6:47) Grade: 45

Sakaguchi defeated Nakatsu with a triangle choke.

5) Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki defeated Masashi Takeda & Suwama (10:43) Grade: 60

Suzuki defeated Takeda with a rear-naked choke.

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PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 3

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

December 23rd 2018

380 fans - Super No Vacancy

Broadcast on YouTube

Show Rating: 61

1) Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ayumu Honda) defeated Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda (8:13) Grade: 51

Nakajima defeated Honda with an ankle lock.

2) Timothy Thatcher, Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini defeated Manabu Soya, Suwama & Atsushi Aoki (3:20) Grade: 47

Thatcher defeated Aoki by knockout with a headbutt.

3) Lightweight Quarterfinal: Fuminori Abe defeated Kota Umeda (14:01) Grade: 52

Abe defeated Umeda by submission with an octopus hold.

4) Middleweight Quarterfinal: Shotaro Ashino defeated Takuya Nomura (11:59) Grade: 63

Ashino defeated Nomura with a reverse cross armbreaker.

5) Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu (13:23) Grade: 62

Suzuki defeated Higuchi with an ankle lock.

Predictions

StrongHearts 3/6

aya_ · December 21, 2018

The first round of the Opening Tournaments has concluded, setting up the semifinals. PHOENIX will run the remaining matches over the course of the next two months in the Winter Tour. The first champion crowned will be the heavyweight king, at a Korakuen Hall show in late January!

Heavyweight

#1 Hideki Suzuki [FREE] vs. #4 Kazusada Higuchi [DDT] (Week 1 January)

#2 Manabu Soya [W-1] vs. #3 Timothy Thatcher [FREE] (Week 1 January)

Middleweight

#1 Masakatsu Funaki [FREE] vs. #5 Masahi Takeda [FREE] (Week 2 February)

#2 Katsuhiko Nakajima [NOAH] vs. #3 Shotaro Ashino [W-1] (Korakuen, Week 4 January)

Lightweight

#1 Shinya Aoki [ONE] vs. #5 Fuminori Abe [FREE] (Week 1 February)

#2 Mike Bailey [FREE] vs. #3 Yukio Sakaguchi [DDT] (Week 2 January)

I want to do a Korakuen preview, so I'm excluding Nakajima-Ashino from the predictions here

HEAVYWEIGHT
#1 Hideki Suzuki vs. #4 Kazusada Higuchi
#2 Manabu Soya vs. #3 Timothy Thatcher

MIDDLEWEIGHT
#1 Masakatsu Funaki vs. #5 Masahi Takeda

LIGHTWEIGHT
#1 Shinya Aoki vs. #5 Fuminori Abe
#2 Mike Bailey vs. #3 Yukio Sakaguchi

Stevens150 · December 21, 2018

HEAVYWEIGHT

#1 Hideki Suzuki vs. #4 Kazusada Higuchi

#2 Manabu Soya vs. #3 Timothy Thatcher

MIDDLEWEIGHT

#1 Masakatsu Funaki vs. #5 Masahi Takeda

LIGHTWEIGHT

#1 Shinya Aoki vs. #5 Fuminori Abe

#2 Mike Bailey vs. #3 Yukio Sakaguchi

aya_ · December 23, 2018

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 4

January 7th 2019

Miyagino Ward Cultural Center

119 fans

Broadcast on YouTube

Show rating: 55

1) Kota Umeda & Mike Bailey defeated Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini (11:14) Grade: 44

Bailey defeated Garrini by knockout.

2) Masakatsu Funaki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takuya Nomura defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Mitsuya Nagai (7:10) Grade: 49

Funaki defeated Kitamiya with a guillotine choke.

3) Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda defeated Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura (8:21) Grade: 55

Takeda defeated Nakamura with an ankle lock.

4) Hideki Suzuki & Josh Barnett vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu (17:01) Grade: 56

Higuchi defeated Barnett by knockout.

5) Timothy Thatcher defeated Manabu Soya (9:27) Grade: 54

Thatcher defeated Soya with the Thatcher Stretch.

Thatcher tried to submit Soya by outwrestling him, but Soya kept rocking Thatcher by a lariats and turned this into a hard-hitting match. Just when he seemed done, Thatcher caught Soya with a headbutt which knocked the latter out.

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 5

January 13th 2019

Chubu

121 fans

Broadcast on Youtube

Show rating: 56

1) Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini defeated Takuya Nomura & Yoshihisa Uto (7:13) Grade: 44

Lawlor defeated Uto with a guillotine choke.

2) Kazushi Sakuraba & Shinya Aoki defeated Fuminori Abe & Ikuto Hidaka (6:27) Grade: 48

Aoki defeated Hidaka with a foot choke.

3) Timothy Thatcher, Daisuke Nakamura & Timothy Thatcher defeated Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato (7:26) Grade: 61

Thatcher defeated Aoki by knockout.

4) Yukio Sakaguchi & Masakatsu Funaki defeated Mike Bailey & Masashi Takeda (17:09) Grade: 50

Funaki defeated Bailey with a guillotine choke.

5) Hideki Suzuki defeated Kazusada Higuchi (13:36) Grade: 56

Suzuki defeated Higuchi with an ankle hold.

Higuchi couldn't get Suzuki in the canadian backbreaker position, and Suzuki slowly took control of the match. Higuchi showed great fighting spirit, getting up after several brutal suplexes but he tapped out to an ankle hold.

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 6

January 20th 2019

Shinjuku Face

596 fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

Broadcast on YouTube

Show rating: 58

1) Fuminori Abe & Ikuto Hidaka defeated Takuya Nomura & Yuya Aoki (6:11) Grade: 44

Abe defeated Aoki with a octopus hold.

2) Kota Umeda & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Tom Lawlor & Mitsuya Nagai (7:28) Grade: 48

Umeda defeated Nagai by submission.

3) Mike Bailey defeated Yukio Sakaguchi (9:03) Grade: 45

Bailey defeated Sakaguchi by knockout with a spinning kick.

4) Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato defeated Shinya Aoki & Daisuke Nakamura (12:47) Grade: 58

Suzuki defeated Nakamura by knockout with the Gotch piledriver.

5) Hideki Suzuki & Josh Barnett & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Timothy Thatcher & Dominic Garrini & Shotaro Ashino (14:55) Grade: 60

Nakajima defeated Garrini by knockout with a kick combination.

aya_ · December 23, 2018

Sakuraba has announced that the Korakuen Hall show will be branded as "Firebird". This will be the name of the promotion's marquee shows, headlined by title matches or other important bouts, going forward. A preview PHOENIX Firebird 1: Suzuki vs. Thatcher Korakuen Hall January 27th 2019 1) Ikuto Hidaka [Z1] & Fuminori Abe [FREE] vs. Kota Umeda [DDT] & Ryota Nakatsu [bASARA] Hidaka and Abe are an established tag team, and the Zero1 tag team champions. Umeda and Nakatsu are DDT trainees and part of Abe's generation. Will Hidaka be able to keep up with them after losing at the last Korakuen show? 2) Dominic Garrini [FREE], Tom Lawlor [FREE] & Jonathan Gresham [ROH] vs. Masa Kitamiya [NOAH], Manabu Soya [W-1] & Mitsuya Nagai [FREE] The debut of Jonathan Gresham! It will be a sizeable challenge for him as him, Garrini and Lawlor take on three huge heavyweights, including RINGS veteran Mitsuya Nagai. 3) Hikaru Sato [AJPW] & Yukio Sakaguchi [DDT] vs. Masashi Takeda [FREE] & Takuya Nomura [bJW] Sato missed the promotion's first show with an injury but he'll want to make a splash here by defeating two fellow middleweights. Takeda is scheduled to fight Masakatsu Funaki as part of the Middleweight Opening Tournament, and getting to face to Pancrase alumni will be an important test for him. 4) Daisuke Nakamura [FREE] & Kazushi Sakuraba [PHOENIX] vs. Kazusada Higuchi [DDT] & Suwama [AJPW] After losing to Nakajima at the last Korakuen show, Sakuraba has only been able to pick up one win in the winter tour, when teammate Shinya Aoki submitted Ikuto Hidaka. He'll want to prove he's still got it here. While him and Nakamura can out-grapple 5) Middleweight Semifinal: Katsuhiko Nakajima [NOAH] vs. Shotaro Ashino [W-1] A grappler vs. striker matchup, Nakajima may be the best striker in pro wrestling, but Ashino will try to overwhelm him with big suplexes. The winner of this match will compete for the PHOENIX Middleweight Title. 6) 10 Minute Time Limit Exhibition: Minoru Suzuki [FREE] vs. Shinya Aoki [ONE] Minoru Suzuki wanted to face his namesake, Hideki Suzuki, but with the latter caught up in the tournament he'll face another IGF alumni in Shinya Aoki. Aoki might be one of the few grapplers as skilled as Minoru Suzuki but the size difference might prove to be too much against the relentless Suzuki. 7) PHOENIX Heavyweight Title: Hideki Suzuki [FREE] vs. Timothy Thatcher [FREE] Suzuki defeated Higuchi to get here, while Thatcher beat Soya in the semifinals and Kitamiya in the first round. In the build-up, they seemed to be evenly matched. Suzuki will be facing a wrestler as skilled and as big as himself, maybe for the first time. Thatcher also showed a mean streak in the build-up, knocking out opponents with headbutts, and that may prove to be the edge for him here. As always, everyone's welcomed to do predictions. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>1) Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe vs. Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu 2) Dominic Garrini, Tom Lawlor & Jonathan Gresham vs. Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Mitsuya Nagai 3) Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura 4) Daisuke Nakamura & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Suwama 5) Middleweight Semifinal: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shotaro Ashino 6) Minoru Suzuki vs. Shinya Aoki 7) PHOENIX Heavyweight Title (vacant): Hideki Suzuki vs. Timothy Thatcher </div></blockquote>

aya_ · January 1, 2019

PHOENIX Firebird 1: Suzuki vs. Thatcher

January 27th 2019

Korakuen Hall

1,680 fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

Broadcast on YouTube

Show Rating: 59

Before the first match, PHOENIX officials announced the Style Battle Tag League! It will be a 10-team block tournament. Teams will be separated in two blocks of five, with the winners of both blocks facing off for the tournament's prize. It will take place during March.

Due to a serious injury, Fuminori Abe had to be replaced. Yuya Aoki took his spot. Due to Abe's injury, his lightweight opening tournament semifinal match againt Shinya Aoki will be canceled and Aoki moves on to the final.

1) Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Ikuto Hidaka & Yuya Aoki (6:39) Grade: 53

Umeda defeated Aoki by knockout.

2) Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Mitsuya Nagai defeated Dominic Garrini, Tom Lawlor & Jonathan Gresham (10:23) Grade: 46

Soya defeated Garrini by submission with a cross kneelock.

3) Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura (7:48) Grade: 54

Sato defeated Nomura by submission with a cross armbreaker.

4) Daisuke Nakamura & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Suwama (5:15) Grade: 55

Sakuraba defeated Higuchi by submission with an ankle lock.

Sakuraba gets his first win in PHOENIX! Nakamura and Sakuraba were outsized but pulled out the victory. Suwama cleaned house but the inexperienced Higuchi was floored when Sakuraba shot in for a takedown and quickly tapped him out.

5) Middleweight Semifinal: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shotaro Ashino (19:03) Grade: 67

Nakajima defeated Ashino by knockout.

6) Minoru Suzuki drew with Shinya Aoki (10:00) Grade: 49

Suzuki and Aoki drew after the time limit expired.

Suzuki dominated the match, controlling the smaller Aoki but Aoki was able to counter the saka otoshi and the Gotch piledriver into submission attempts. Suzuki hit Aoki with a penalty kick as the time limit expired. Aoki had to be carried out of the ring.

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7) PHOENIX Heavyweight Title (vacant): Hideki Suzuki vs. Timothy Thatcher (13:40) Grade: 57

Suzuki defeated Thatcher by submission with an ankle lock. Suzuki wins the PHOENIX Heavyweight Title!

It was a battle of suplexes, which had both fighters exhausted and hurt. Thatcher unleashed a series of vicious headbutts which knocked down Suzuki but the latter was able to regain his senses, get an ankle pick and transition into a submission to win the title.

aya_ · January 6, 2019

The first four teams to take part in the Style Battle Tag League have been announced!

1) Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki

2) Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato

3) Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi

4) Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 7

February 5th 2019

Azalea Taisho Hall

350 fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

Broadcast on Youtube

Show rating: 56

1) Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda defeated Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini (9:29) Grade: 54

Umeda defeated Garrini by knockout.

2) Atsushi Aoki & Timothy Thatcher defeated Takuya Nomura & Ikuto Hidaka (6:07) Grade: 54

Thatcher defeated Hidaka with the Thatcher stretch.

3) Kazushi Sakuraba, Daisuke Nakamura & Jonathan Gresham defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Mitsuya Nagai (8:15) Grade: 56

Sakuraba defeated Nagai with an ankle lock.

4) Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hideki Suzuki & Shotaro Ashino (16:05) Grade: 63

Sato defeated Ashino with an ankle lock.

5) Masashi Takeda defeated Masakatsu Funaki (10:32) Grade: 54

Takeda defeated Funaki with an ankle lock.

PHOENIX Winter Tour - Day 8

February 12th 2019

Shikoku

238 fans

Broadcast on Youtube

Show rating: 59

1) Dominic Garrini & Tom Lawlor defeated Shotaro Ashino & Daisuke Nakamura (7:29) Grade: 57

Lawlor defeated Nakamura with a guillotine choke.

2) Hikaru Sato, Atsushi Aoki & Masakatsu Funaki defeated Manabu Soya, Ikuto Hidaka & Naoki Tanizaki (8:11) Grade: 52

Sato defeated Tanizaki with a cross armbreaker.

3) Kazushi Sakuraba & Takuma Sano defeated Kota Umeda & Kazusada Higuchi (8:32) Grade: 52

Sano defeated Umeda by submission.

4) Masashi Takeda & Takuya Nomura defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya (11:55) Grade: 59

Takeda defeated Kitamiya with an ankle lock.

5) Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki defeated Mike Bailey & Ryota Nakatsu (9:44) Grade: 62

Suzuki defeated Nakatsu by knockout.

Predictions

Stevens150 - 3/4

aya_ · January 7, 2019

Four more teams have been announced for the tag league: 1) Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi 2) Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya 3) Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki 4) Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway The remaining two teams will qualify via two matches in the next Korakuen Hall show. A preview PHOENIX Firebird 2: Nakajima vs. Takeda Korakuen Hall February 23rd 2019 1) Chris Ridgeway vs. Yuya Aoki Chris Ridgeway from Great Britain will be making his debut here, before taking part in the tag league. On the other side is Yuya Aoki from BJW, one of the most promising prospects in Japan. 2) Tag League Qualification: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura vs. Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Sakuraba hasn't had the best record in PHOENIX so far, but he'll try to qualify to the Tag League with grappling prodigy Nakamura. Against them will be Nakatsu and Umeda, two youngsters looking to upset the promotion's owner. 3) Tag League Qualification: Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Nomura vs. Dom Garrini & Tom Lawlor Hidaka and Nomura were both tag team partners of Fuminori Abe. They'll be joining forces to try and make it to the tag league. Lawlor and Garrini also haven't had the best results so far, but they'll be looking to change that by qualifying to PHOENIX's first tournament. 4) Elimination Rules: Suwama, Kazusada Higuchi, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Kazuhiro Tamura vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Yukio Sakaguchi, Timothy Thatcher, Mitsuya Nagai & Atsushi Aoki In the style of Quintet, this is a 5v5 elimination rules match. However, it will be held under pro wrestling rules and with wrestlers like Higuchi, Thatcher and Suwama in it, it'll probably have more lariats and suplexes than slick submissions. 5) Hideki Suzuki & HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato Minoru Suzuki continues his feud against Hideki Suzuki. This will be a preview of the Tag League as well, with Minoru Suzuki teaming with Sato for the first time in years. Shinya Aoki is competing for the singles lightweight title, so HARASHIMA, the ace of DDT, is teaming with Hideki instead. 6) PHOENIX Lightweight Title (vacant): Shinya Aoki vs. Mike Bailey Bailey has lost to Aoki in the past due to a quick submission, he'll have to be more careful to overcome the MMA legend and claim one of PHOENIX's three titles. 7) PHOENIX Middleweight Title (vacant): Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Masashi Takeda The deathmatch champion Takeda upset a legend and the favorite to win the title, Masakatsu Funaki, to earn his place in this match. He proved to be a well-rounded wrestler and even tapped out Funaki. Nakajima was a young prodigy and has been considered the best striker in pro wrestling since he was a teenager. But will his skill be enough to overcome Takeda's unpredictable style? Predictions welcome! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>1) Yuya Aoki vs. Chris Ridgeway 2) Tag League Qualification: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura vs. Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda 3) Tag League Qualification: Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Nomura vs. Dom Garrini & Tom Lawlor 4) Elimination Rules: Suwama, Kazusada Higuchi, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Atsushi Aoki vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Yukio Sakaguchi, Timothy Thatcher, Mitsuya Nagai & Kazuhiro Tamura 5) Hideki Suzuki & HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato 6) PHOENIX Lightweight Title (vacant): Shinya Aoki vs. Mike Bailey 7) PHOENIX Middleweight Title (vacant): Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Masashi Takeda</div></blockquote>

aya_ · January 8, 2019

PHOENIX Firebird 2: Nakajima vs. Takeda

February 23rd 2019

Korakuen Hall

1,680 fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

Broadcast on Youtube

Show Rating: 61

1) Yuya Aoki defeated Chris Ridgeway (7:25) Grade: 14

Aoki defeated Ridgeway with an ankle lock.

2) Tag League Qualification: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda (5:39) Grade: 52

Sakuraba defeated Nakatsu with a chickenwing.

3) Tag League Qualification: Dom Garrini & Tom Lawlor defeated Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Nomura (8:04) Grade: 48

Lawlor defeated Hidaka with a rear-naked choke.

4) Elimination Rules: Suwama, Kazusada Higuchi, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Atsushi Aoki vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Yukio Sakaguchi, Timothy Thatcher, Mitsuya Nagai & Kazuhiro Tamura (14:41) Grade: 50

Masa Kitamiya was eliminated first, then Mitsuya Nagai, then Atsushi Aoki, then Kazuhiro Tamura, then Timothy Thatcher, then Manabu Soya, then Kazusada Higuchi, then Yukio Sakaguchi, and finally Masakatsu Funaki.

Suwama defeated Funaki by knockout.

5) Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato defeated Hideki Suzuki & HARASHIMA (19:16) Grade: 66

Suzuki defeated HARASHIMA by knockout.

Hideki Suzuki was forced to use two of his rope breaks. One by Sato, who dropped into an imanari roll and almost locked in a leglock just seconds into the amtch and the other time by Minoru Suzuki, who applied the saka otoshi and almost got the rear-naked choke. Hideki had the smaller Sato in trouble several times, with a series of suplexes and strikes. But before he could hit the finishing blow, Suzuki rushed into the ring and threw him out. HARASHIMA ran into the ring as well but Suzuki quickly applied the Gotch piledriver, which knocked the DDT ace out.

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6) PHOENIX Lightweight Title (vacant): Shinya Aoki defeated Mike Bailey (10:35) Grade: 50

Aoki defeated Bailey with a triangle choke.

Bailey dominated the match, he was able to keep Aoki at bay until Aoki went for a flying armbar. Bailey postured up but was choked out with a triangle. Aoki showed great heart and tried to knock Bailey out with punches, until he went for the flying submission. Aoki wins the lightweight title!

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7) PHOENIX Middleweight Title (vacant): Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Masashi Takeda (18:13) Grade: 63

Nakajima defeated Takeda by knockout.

Takeda quickly took the fight outside, but Nakajima was no stranger to ringside brawling. Chairs were thrown and heavy strikes were traded. Nakajima and Takeda crawled into the ring bleeding, Takeda tried to target Nakajima's legs and get a leglock. Nakajima had to use one of his rope breaks to escape and seemed to be unable to use his left leg afterwards. Takeda failed two quick takedowns after the fight was restarted post-rope break, he feinted a kick and shot in a third time, but he got knocked out by a right high kick. Nakajima wins the middleweight title!

aya_ · January 12, 2019

Blocks have been drawn for the Style Battle Tag League! All matches will have a twenty-minute time limit. Block A: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki </li><li>Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi </li><li>Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi </li><li>Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki </li><li>Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini </li></ol> Block B: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato </li><li>Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya </li><li>Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham </li><li>Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway </li><li>Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura </li></ol> Schedule for the first two days follows. Predictions welcome! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 1 1) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway 2) Tag League Block A: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki 3) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham 4) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 2 1) Tag League Block A: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini 2) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway 3) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki 4) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura</div></blockquote>

Texasrangers13 · January 12, 2019

Just read through this. Really enjoy unique takes on Real World guys. And I really enjoy what you are doing here. Unique concept and presentation, definitely a big fan of it.

I know the American indies pretty well, but outside of NJPW I'm still learning the Japanese scene so these predictions are a bit of a crapshoot, but hey! I'll learn through this diary.

STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 1

1) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway

2) Tag League Block A: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki

3) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham

4) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi

STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 2

1) Tag League Block A: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini (I really enjoy Lawlor, hence why he's in both of my current diaries, but I can't get into Garrini at all)

2) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway

3) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki

4) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura

aya_ · January 12, 2019

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed reading through the thread.

I don't keep up with the American indies outside the occasional match but Garrini is one of my favourites, I'm a mark for flying submissions. He was actually one of the guys I added to the database.

aya_ · January 14, 2019

STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 1 March 4th 2019 Chugoku 255 fans Broadcast on YouTube Show Rating: 61 1) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya defeated Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway (11:08) Grade: 55 Nakajima defeated Bailey with an ankle lock. 2) Tag League Block A: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki (6:06) Grade: 50 Funaki defeated Aoki by knockout. 3) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato defeated Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham (6:33) Grade: 65 Sato defeated Gresham with a cross armbreaker. 4) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki (14:29) Grade: 61 Suwama defeated Aoki by knockout after a belly-to-belly suplex. STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 2 March 11th 2019 Hokkaido 278 fans Broadcast on YouTube Show Rating: 61 1) Tag League Block A: Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini defeated Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi (8:05) Grade: 47 Lawlor defeated Sakaguchi with a guillotine choke. 2) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato defeated Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway (4:08) Grade: 55 Suzuki defeated Ridgeway by knockout with a Gotch piledriver. 3) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki defeated Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki (10:49) Grade: 64 Aoki defeated Aoki with an ankle lock. 4) Tag League Block B: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya (13:35) Grade: 61 Sakuraba defeated Kitamiya with an ankle lock. Standings Block A <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi | 1W-0L | 2 points </li><li>Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini | 1W-0L | 2 points </li><li>Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki | 1W-1L | 2 points </li><li>Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi | 1W-1L | 2 points </li><li>Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki | 0W-2L | 0 points </li></ol> Block B <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato | 2W-0L | 4 points </li><li>Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya | 1W-1L | 2 points </li><li>Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura | 1W-0L | 2 points </li><li>Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham | 0W-1L | 0 points </li><li>Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway | 0W-2 L | 0 points </li></ol> Predictions Texasrangers13 4/7 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 3 1) Tag League Block B: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway 2) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki 3) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi 4) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 4 3) Tag League Block B: Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway 4) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 5 3) Tag League Block A: Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini 4) Tag League Block B: Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura vs. Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham </div></blockquote>

aya_ · February 11, 2019

The Tag League continues.. STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 3 March 12th 2019 Shikoku 251 fans Broadcast on Youtube Show rating: 60 1) Tag League Block B: Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway defeated Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura (10:22) Grade: 52 Bailey defeated Nakamura by knockout. Bailey was injured in this match. He'll be replaced by Ikuto Hidaka. 2) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki (6:25) Grade: 54 Suwama defeated Aoki by knockout. 3) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki defeated Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi (8:55) Grade: 50 Suzuki defeated Funaki with an ankle lock. 4) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya (16:13) Grade: 61 Sato defeated Kitamiya with a cross armbreaker. STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 4 Match 14th 2019 Kyushu 238 fans Broadcast on Youtube Show rating: 55 1) Manabu Soya & Josh Barnett defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda (5:11) Grade: 51 Barnett defeated Nakatsu with a sleeper hold. 2) HARASHIMA defeated Takuya Nomura (14:33) Grade: 55 HARASHIMA defeated Nomura by knockout. 3) Tag League Block B: Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham defeated Ikuto Hidaka & Chris Ridgeway (8:17) Grade: 47 Thatcher defeated Hidaka with the Thatcher Stretch. 4) Tag League Block A: Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini defeated Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi (10:02) Grade: 53 Lawlor defeated Suwama with a guillotine choke. STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 5 March 18th 2019 Hokkaido 247 fans Broadcast on Youtube Show rating: 58 1) HARASHIMA & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Takuya Nomura & Kazuki Hashimoto (17:02) Grade: 59 HARASHIMA defeated Nomura by knockout. 2) Minowaman defeated Kota Umeda (8:49) Grade: 48 Minowaman defeated Umeda by knockout. 3) Tag League Block A: Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki defeated Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini (7:02) Grade: 54 Takeda defeated Garrini with the ankle lock. 4) Tag League Block B: Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham defeated Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura (9:26) Grade: 58 Gresham defeated Nakamura with the octopus hold. Standings Block A <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi | 2W-1L | 4 points </li><li>Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini | 2W-1L | 4 points </li><li>Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki | 2W-1L | 4 points </li><li>Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi | 1W-2L | 2 points </li><li>Masashi Takeda & Yuya Aoki | 1W-3L | 2 points </li></ol> Block B <ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato | 3W-0L | 6 points </li><li>Timothy Thatcher & Jonathan Gresham | 2W-1L | 4 points </li><li>Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya | 1W-2L | 2 points </li><li>Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura | 1W-2L | 2 points </li><li>Mike Bailey & Chris Ridgeway | 1W-3L | 2 points </li></ol> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46162" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 6 1) HARASHIMA, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda vs. Manabu Soya, Takuya Nomura & Kazuki Hashimoto 2) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi 3) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Timothy Thatcher & Jon Gresham 4) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura 5) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini </div></blockquote>

Rhyme1234 · February 12, 2019

I love shoot fights, man I am ashamed I didn't find out this diary in the first place.

STYLE BATTLE TAG LEAGUE DAY 6

1) HARASHIMA, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda vs. Manabu Soya, Takuya Nomura & Kazuki Hashimoto

2) Tag League Block A: Suwama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi

3) Tag League Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Timothy Thatcher & Jon Gresham

4) Tag League Block B: Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Daisuke Nakamura

5) Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Tom Lawlor & Dom Garrini

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