Pride Glory Honor Wrestling

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[B][U][COLOR="Red"]Pride Glory Honor Wrestling[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 1, January[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Sapporo Sports Park [B]Attendance: [/B]5,000 [B]Match 1) [/B]Buddy Garner defeated Masaru Ugaki in 9:41 by submission with a Tendon Hold. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2) [/B]The Vessey Brothers defeated Team Toronto in 13:02 when Bryan Vessey defeated Lee Bennett by pinfall with a Vessey Driver. The Vessey Brothers win the PGHW Glory Tag Crown titles. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 3)[/B] Eisaku Kunomasu, Eisaku Hoshino and Ryoma Muruyama defeated Lee Wright, Raymond Diaz and Danger Kumasaka in 11:43 when Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Lee Wright by submission with a Kunomasu Vice. Rating: B+ [B]Match 4)[/B] Dread defeated Kazushige Matsuki in 3:57 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 5)[/B] Mito Miwa defeated Noriyori Sanda in 9:39 by pinfall with a Pride Bomber. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 255,052 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 2, January[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Kagawa Sports Field [B]Attendance: [/B]2,000 [B]Match 1)[/B] Danger Kumasaka defeated Junnosuke Fukazawa in 2:56 by pinfall. [B]Rating:[/B] B- [B]Match 2)[/B] Team Dynasty 2000 defeated Team Toronto in 17:51 when Yoshimi Mushashibo defeated Lee Bennett by submission with a Yoshimi Lock. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Billy Russell in 12:39 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Driller. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 4)[/B] The Vessey Brothers defeated Kunomasu & Hoshino in 17:55 when Bryan Vessey defeated Eisaku Kunomasu by pinfall with a Vessey Plex. The Vessey Brothers make defence number 1 of their PGHW Glory Tag Crown titles. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 258,234 [B]Night Of PRIDE[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Sapporo Stadium [B]Attendance: [/B]13,434 [B]Match 1)[/B] Team Toronto defeated Team Youth Sprint in 17:54 when Alexander Robinson defeated Kozue Kawashima by pinfall with a Canadian Violence. Team Toronto win the PGHW International Tag Team titles. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2)[/B] Masaru Ugaki defeated Bryan Holmes in 12:33 by submission with an Ugaki Clutch. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3)[/B] Buddy Garner defeated Billy Russell in 12:46 by submission with a Choke Sleeper. [B]Rating: [/B]B+ [B]Match 4)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Dread in 9:31 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Driller. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 5)[/B] The Vessey Brothers defeated Kunomasu & Hoshino in 26:05 when Bryan Vessey defeated Eisaku Hoshino by pinfall with a Vessey Driver. The Vessey Brothers make defence number 2 of their PGHW Glory Tag Crown titles. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Match 6) [/B]Mito Miwa defeated Yoshimi Mushashibo in 27:45 by pinfall with a Pride Bomber. Mito Miwa makes defence number 1 of his PGHW Glory Crown title. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B [B]Buy Rate:[/B] 46,270 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 3, January[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Osaka Athletic Stadium [B]Attendance: [/B]4,478 [B]Match 1)[/B] Noriyori Sanda defeated Hell Monkey in 12:43 by pinfall with a Dynamo Flying Elbow. Noriyori Sanda makes defence number 1 of his PGHW Historical Japan title. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 2)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Champagne Lover in 7:52 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Blind Kick. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3) [/B]Samoan Machine defeated Masayuki Shiga in 3:53 by pinfall with a Samoan Driver. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 4)[/B] Buddy Garner defeated Dread in 5:58 by submission with a Choke Sleeper. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Match 5)[/B] Eisaku Kunomasu and Team Breakdown defeated Billy Russell and Team Dynasty 2000 in 17:35 when Mito Miwa defeated Shuji Inukai by pinfall with a Pride Bomber. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 256,621 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 4, January[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Kumamoto Sports Field [B]Attendance: [/B]4,794 [B]Match 1) [/B]Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Akinori Kwakami in 9:51 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Blind Kick. [B]Rating: [/B]B+ [B]Match 2)[/B] Team Toronto defeated Team Strength Rush in 12:34 when Alexander Robinson defeated Lee Wright by pinfall with a Canadian Violence. Team Toronto make defence number 1 of their PGHW International Tag Team titles. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3)[/B] Samoan Machine defeated Eisaku Hoshino in 18:30 by pinfall with a Samoan Driver. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 4)[/B] Mito Miwa defeated Danger Kumasaka in 11:30 by pinfall with a Pride Bomber. Mito Miwa makes defence number 2 of his PGHW Glory Crown title. [B]Rating: [/B]B+ [B]Overall:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 259,648

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[B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 1, February[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Kagawa Sports Field [B]Attendance: [/B]2,000 [B]Match 1)[/B] Hell Monkey defeated William Hayes in 9:50 by pinfall with a Tumbling Monkey. Hell Monkey wins the PGHW International title. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 2)[/B] Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Noriyori Sanda in 9:38 by submission with a Kunomasu Vice. [B]Rating: [/B]B+ [B]Match 3) [/B]Shuji Inukai, Yoshimi Mushashibo and Buddy Garner defeated Danger Kumasaka, Dread and Akinori Kwakami in 15:11 when Buddy Garner defeated Danger Kumasaka by submission with a Choke Sleeper. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 4)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Bryan Vessey in 15:36 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Blind Kick. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 257,542 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 2, February[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Kumamoto Sports Field, Kyushu [B]Attendance: [/B]4,711 [B]Match 1) [/B]Team Toronto defeated Team Youth Sprint in 13:14 when Alexander Robinson defeated Kozue Kawashima by pinfall with a Canadian Violence. Team Toronto make defence number 2 of their PGHW International Tag Team titles. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2)[/B] Eisaku Hoshino defeated Billy Russell in 12:56 by pinfall with an Explosion Suplex. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 3)[/B] Danger Kumasaka, Team Strength Rush, Samoan Machine and Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Shuji Inukai, Yoshimi Mushashibo, Larry Vessey, Bryan Vessey and Dread in 10:24 when Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Shuji Inukai by submission with a Kunomasu Vice. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 4)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Buddy Garner in 12:39 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Blind Kick. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Overall Rating:[/B] A [B]Viewers:[/B] 279,926 [B]PGHW FORTITUDE[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Sapporo Stadium, Hokkaido [B]Attendance: [/B]13,262 [B]Match 1)[/B] Noriyori Sanda defeated Hell Monkey in 12:47 by pinfall with a Dynamo Flying Elbow. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2)[/B] Dread defeated Kazushige Matsuki in 7:33 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3) [/B]Danger Kumasaka defeated Lee Bennett in 17:40 by pinfall. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 4)[/B] Yoshimi Mushashibo defeated Buddy Garner in 17:59 by submission with a Yoshimi Lock. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Match 5)[/B] The Vessey Brothers defeated Kunomasu & Hoshino in 22:33 when Bryan Vessey defeated Eisaku Hoshino by pinfall with a Vessey Driver. The Vessey Brothers make defence number 3 of their PGHW Glory Tag Crown titles. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 6)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Mito Miwa in 57:31 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Driller. Nobuatsu Tatsuko wins the PGHW Glory Crown title. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Buy Rate:[/B] 43,894 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 3, February[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Sapporo Sports Park, Hokkaido [B]Attendance: [/B]5,000 [B]Match 1)[/B] Buddy Garner defeated Champagne Lover in 2:56 by submission with a Choke Sleeper. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2)[/B] Samoan Machine defeated Dread in 8:19 by submission with an Unbreakable Sleeper. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 3) [/B]Kunomasu & Hoshino defeated Team Dynasty 2000 in 22:31 when Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Shuji Inukai by submission with a Kunomasu Vice. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Match 4)[/B] Mito Miwa defeated Danger Kumasaka in 17:33 by pinfall with a Pride Bomber. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Overall Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Viewers:[/B] 261,454 [B][U][COLOR="Blue"]Week 4, February[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B]The King's Road[/B] [B]Venue: [/B]Sapporo Sports Park, Hokkaido [B]Attendance: [/B]5,000 [B]Match 1)[/B] Champagne Lover, Akinori Kwakami, Bryan Holmes, Billy Russell and Masaru Ugaki defeated Hell Monkey, Joshua Taylor, Junnosuke Fukazawa, Kazushige Matsuki and Masayuki Shiga in 4:42 when Billy Russell defeated Kazushige Matsuki by pinfall. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Match 2)[/B] Eisaku Kunomasu defeated Noriyori Sanda in 12:54 by submission with a Kunomasu Vice. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Match 3)[/B] Buddy Garner defeated Danger Kumasaka in 10:19 by submission with a Tendon Hold. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Match 4)[/B] Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated Shuji Inukai in 21:10 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Driller. Nobuatsu Tatsuko makes defence number 1 of his PGHW Glory Crown title. [B]Rating:[/B] A* [B]Overall Rating:[/B] A [B]Viewers:[/B] Unaired

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[B][COLOR="Red"]PGHW BARRAGE[/COLOR] Live On Emperor Choice Pay-Per-View Friday, Week 2, March 2006 Sapporo Stadium, Hokkaido 13,010 Fans In Attendance Buy Rate: 42,459[/B] [B]Shuji Inukai [/B]defeated [B]Masaru Ugaki[/B] in 9:44 by pinfall with the Inukai Driver. Veteran "The Untouchable" Shuji Inukai took on rookie sensation and protege of Yoshimi Mushashibo, Masaru Ugaki in a brutal bout where Shuji lived up to his tough as nails reputation by shaking off any offense Ugaki threw at him and giving it back ten times worse, eventually putting him away with the Inukai Driver. Ugaki got a polite round of applause after the match. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Eisaku Hoshino[/B] defeated [B]Hell Monkey[/B] in 17:49 by pinfall with an Explosion Suplex. Current International champion and newcomer to PGHW Hell Monkey took on Eisaku Hoshino. Hell Monkey tried to use his speed and agility to try and defeat Hoshino and came close several times, but eventually Hoshino's non-stop strong style offense was too much for Hell Monkey. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Bryan Vessey[/B] defeated [B]Noriyori Sanda[/B] in 17:32 by pinfall with the Vessey Driver. In a match which featured quality mat wrestling, insane dives and stiff strikes "Dynamic" Noriyori Sanda took on one of the worlds best, Bryan Vessey. Sanda put up a good fight but eventually fell victim to the feared Vessey Driver. [B]Rating:[/B] B [B]Eisaku Kunomasu[/B] defeated [B]Buddy Garner[/B] in 22:40 by submission with the Kunomasu Vice. In a technically masterpiece two huge fan favourites battled it out in a main event quality match. The flyer of the two, Eisaku Kunomasu, used his aerial skills to get the advantage and eventually made Garner tap out with the Kunomasu Vice. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Mito Miwa[/B] defeated [B]Danger Kumasaka[/B] in 12:53 by pinfall with the Pride Bomber. In the sleeper match of the night 52 year old Danger Kumasaka took on former Glory Crown champion "The Pride Warrior" Mito Miwa. This bout couldnt have gone on much longer as the two veterans of the ring knocked two shades out of each other, but eventually the younger Miwa put Danger away with the Pride Bomber. [B]Rating:[/B] A* [B]Nobuatsu Tatsuko[/B] defeated [B]Yoshimi Mushashibo[/B] in 25:54 by pinfall with the Tatsuko Driller. Nobuatsu Tatsuko makes defence number 2 of his PGHW Glory Crown title. In the main event of the evening "The Iron Man" Nobuatsu Tatsuko defeated the PGHW Glory Crown title, which he recently won from Mito Miwa, against Yoshimi Mushashibo. Throughout the match Mushashibo locked on the Yoshimi Lock but each time Nobuatsu got to the ropes breaking the hold, Tatsuko ducked a lariat, scored with a high angle German suplex and followed up with a sickening Tatsuko Driver to put Yoshimi away and retain his championship. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Final Rating:[/B] A

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[B][COLOR="Red"]PGHW Night Of GLORY[/COLOR] Live On Emperor Choice Pay-Per-View Friday, Week 2, April 2006 Nagoya Sports Stadium, Honshu 9,500 Fans In Attendance Buy Rate: 41,753[/B] [B]Akinori Kwakami[/B], [B]Bryan Holmes[/B] and [B]Lee Wright[/B] defeated [B]Stuart Ferdinand[/B], [B]William Hayes[/B] and [B]Masayuki Shiga[/B] in 12:02 when Bryan Holmes defeated Masayuki Shiga by pinfall with the Canadian Kiss. Veterans Lee Wright and Bryan Holmes teamed up with up-and-comer Akinori Kwakami to take on the trio of "Slick Willy" William Hayes, Stuart Ferdinand and Masayuki Shiga in a light hearted six man tag to open the show which saw Bryan Holmes take the victory for his team by pinning Masayuki Shiga following the Canadian Kiss. [B]Rating:[/B] B- [B]Masaru Ugaki [/B]defeated [B]Champagne Lover[/B] in 9:36 by submission with the Ugaki Clutch. Two future PGHW superstars battled it out in the second match of the evening, it looked like Champagne Lover would get his first singles victory but after being locked in the Ugaki Clutch he had no choice but to tap. [B]Rating:[/B] C+ [B]Noriyori Sanda [/B]defeated [B]Hell Monkey[/B] in 17:40 by pinfall with a Dynamo Flying Elbow. Noriyori Sanda makes defence number 2 of his PGHW Historical Japan title. Noriyori Sanda wins the PGHW International title. The third match saw two champions go head to head as the Historical Japan champion Noriyori Sanda took on International champion Hell Monkey in a match to unify the championships. Neither man wanted to leave without a belt and they gave each other everything they had but unfortunatly for Hell Monkey it was Sanda that won the bout. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Team Dynasty 2000[/B] defeated [B]Team Toronto[/B] in 17:56 when Yoshimi Mushashibo defeated Alexander Robinson by submission with the Yoshimi Lock. Team Dynasty 2000 win the PGHW Glory Tag Crown titles. Team Dynasty 2000 win the PGHW International Tag Team titles. In the second championship unification match Team Dynasty 2000, Shuji Inukai and Yoshimi Mushashibo, took on Team Toronto, Alexander Robinson and Lee Bennett. Team Dynasty 2000 won the match when Mushashibo made Robinson tap to the Yoshimi Lock and won both the PGHW Glory Tag Crown championship (which were recently stripped from Larry and Bryan Vessey when Larry left the company) and the International Tag Team championship. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Buddy Garner[/B] defeated [B]Danger Kumasaka[/B] in 18:01 by submission with the Tendon Hold. 52 year old Shingen "Danger" Kumasaka took on former shoot fighter Buddy Garner in a submission oriented match where Danger was a step behind the younger Garner the whole time. Garner eventually won with the Tendon Hold picking up his second win over Danger. [B]Rating:[/B] B+ [B]Eisaku Kunomasu[/B] defeated [B]Samoan Machine[/B] in 22:45 by submission with the Kunomasu Vice. In a possible match of the year candidate "The Lord Of Strong Style" Eisaku Kunomasu took on the undefeated youngster, Samoan Machine. The match started out with a variety of holds and counter holds but it didnt take long to break down into a striking contest which Samoan Machine won, realizing he was in trouble Kunomasu busted out his aerial offense and eventually got the Samoan into the Kunomasu Vice and got the tap out victory. [B]Rating:[/B] A* [B]Mito Miwa[/B] defeated [B]Billy Russell[/B] in 13:58 by pinfall with the Pride Bomber. Former MMA fighter "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell took on former Glory Crown champion "The Pride Warrior" Mito Miwa. After avoiding most of Russell's various takedowns and submissions Miwa was able to take control of this match with his superior fighting skills and beat Russell down until he was weak enough to be hit with the Pride Bomber which gave Miwa the victory. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Bryan Vessey[/B] defeated [B]Eisaku Hoshino[/B] in 37:57 by pinfall with the Vessey Driver. In a masterpiece of a wrestling match former Glory Tag Crown champion Bryan Vessey took on Eisaku Hoshino. Two men looking to get into title contention battled it out in this epic which wowed the fans in attendance, after thirty five plus minutes of brutality Bryan Vessey scored with the world famous Vessey Driver and picked up the win. [B]Rating:[/B] A* [B]Nobuatsu Tatsuko[/B] defeated [B]Dread[/B] in 9:53 by pinfall with a Tatsuko Driller. Nobuatsu Tatsuko makes defence number 3 of his PGHW Glory Crown title. In the main event of the night "Iron Man" Nobuatsu Tatsuko took on the massive Dread with the PGHW Glory Crown on the line. The younger Tatsuko took the victory in this bout, 44 year old Dread just couldnt keep up with Tatsuko and was put away with a Tatsuko Driver. [B]Rating:[/B] A [B]Final Rating:[/B] A