MICHINOKU PURORESU TAPES 2001
Hiromi Yagi vs. Carlos Amano
CIMA & Pentagon vs. Tiger Mask & Kazuya Yuasa
Gran Hamada vs. junji.com
The Great Sasuke & Magnum TOKYO & Sanshiro Takagi vs. Poison Sawada JULIE & Shigeo Kato & Shinigami
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Tiger Mask vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Dick Togo vs. Pentagon & Sasuke The Great & Apache
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Man & Woman Mixed Tag Match: Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask & Ayako Hamada vs. Pentagon & Apache & Faby Apache
The Great Sasuke & Mr. Cacao vs. Dick Togo & Kazuya Yuasa
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3/1 Tokushima Shiritsu Taiikukan
Future Champ League V6: Kazuya Yuasa vs. ?. Typical rookie match where they stick to the basics. 4:09 shown
Gran Hamada & MEN'S Teio vs. Pentagon & Masaaki Mochizuki. More toward the Lucha style of Mexico than we usually see in Michinoku.Hamada, who bled, was the best in the match even though he usually worked with Pentagon, who doesn't add much. Mochizuki & Teio weren't in focus and didn't do anything special. **1/2
The Great Sasuke & Dragon Kid & Tokushima Ramen Mask vs. CIMA & Big (Sumo) Fuji & Apache. Tokushima Ramen is kind of like Curry Man except the bowl on his head has "ramen" in it. Spectacular match. It wasn't so much the moves, but the display of athleticism by the technicos. One neat spot was Sasuke doing his senton atomico onto CIMA, who was on the apron, and then rolling through so he landed on the floor. The match was uneven and contained a lame finish, but it was awesome when the technicos had their aerial attack going. ***3/4
Tiger Mask vs. Jinsei Shinzaki. Some big spots throughout, but the pace was awfully slow and the match was marred by poorly sold submissions that were locked in forever. Based on their handling of the submissions, I was shocked that the match actually ended with one. It should have been a good match considering who was in it, but beyond all the other problems it only lasted a little more than 9 minutes. **
3/18/01 Iwate Yahaba Chomin Sogo Taiikukan
Future Champ League V6: Kazuya Yuasa vs.Arvan Ken. Ken wasn't as good as usual, but it seemed okay for what it was. 4:40 shown
Gran Hamada & Dick Togo & Tiger Mask vs. Pentagon & Apache & Shinigami. Not one of the classic Michinoku tags, but contained 5 minutes of really good, even though not overly dramatic, minutes. Togo was the standout even though it's pretty much a waste to have him on the technico side. ***1/4
NWA World Middleweight Title Match: The Great Sasuke vs. Masao Orihara. I was really disappointed with this match. The structuring was poor, and it didn't seem to go anywhere. It came off lame when they were both acting half dead because the offense didn't warrant it. **
3/20 Omori Kenmin Taiikukan
Tiger Mask vs. Arvan Ken
Gran Hamada & Dick Togo vs. Pentagon & Apache
Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Tsubo Genjin
The Great Sasuke vs. Kazuya Yuasa
3/24 Fukushima
Ayako Hamada vs. Faby Apache
Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask & Hideki Nishida vs. The Great Sasuke & Dick Togo & Kazuya Yuasa
Hideki Nishida vs. Pentagon Black
Kazuya Yuasa vs. Gedo
The Great Sasuke & Dick Togo vs. Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask
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Tiger Mask & Hideki Nishida & Mr. Cacao vs. Gedo & Pentagon Black & Chad Collyer
P*MIX GRAND PRIX Title Match: Gran Hamada & Ayako Hamada vs. Masao Orihara & Etsuko Mita
Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Muhammad Yone
The Great Sasuke & Hayabusa & Alexander Otsuka vs. Dick Togo & MEN'S Teio & Ricky Fuji
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6/9 Iwate
Jinsei Shinzaki & Chinwan Hokkai vs. Dick Togo & MEN'S Teio
The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Brazo De Plata vs. Pentagon Black & Chad Collyer & Fuujin
6/10 Miyagi
Chinwan Hokkai vs. Ryuji Ito
Tsubo Genjin vs. Hideki Nishida
Brazo De Plata & Mr. Cacao vs. Pentagon Black & Chad Collyer
The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Dick Togo vs. Jinsei Shinzaki & MEN'S Teio & Tiger Mask
Tournament Ikkaisen
The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask & The Great Sasuketiger Power Type vs. Onryo & Shinigami & Shigeo Kato
Sasuke The Great & Masked Tiger 2 & NANIWA vs. junji.com & Katsumi Usuda & Ikuto Hidaka
Sumo "Dandy" Fuji Nichi & CIMA & SUWA vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Exciting Yoshida & Showa
Tournament Nikaisen: Sasuke The Great & Masked Tiger 2 & NANIWA vs. The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask & The Great Sasuketiger Power Type
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Tsubo Genjin
Tournament Kesshosen: The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask & The Great Sasuketiger Power Type vs. Sumo "Dandy" Fuji Nichi & CIMA & SUWA
Chinwan Hokkai vs. Macho Pump
Perro Russo vs. Curry Man
Man vs. Woman Mixed Match: Tsubo Genjin vs. Hiromi Yagi
Elimination Tag Match: Masao Orihara & Hideki Nishida vs. Dick Togo & Psychic
Gran Hamada vs. Pentagon Black
IWGP Junior Tag Senshukenjiai: Jado & Gedo vs. The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask
Keiji Muto & Hakushi vs. Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito
taped 8/12/01 Aomori Kenmin Taiikukan
The Great Sasuke vs. Apache
Dick Togo vs. Masao Orihara
Tiger Mask vs. Curry Man
taped 8/18 Yamagata
The Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara vs. Dick Togo & Gedo
Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask vs. Pentagon Black & Curry Man
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9/8 Iwate: The Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara & Hideki Nishida & Kentaro Mori vs. Dick Togo & Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshino & Stevie "Brother" Tsujimoto
9/16 Miyagi
Tiger Mask & Kentaro Mori vs. Stevie "Brother" Tsujimoto & Yoshino
Masao Orihara & Hideki Nishida vs. Dick Togo & Psychic
NWA World Middleweight Title Match: The Great Sasuke vs. Tomohiro Ishii
10/6 Yamagata: The Great Sasuke & Hideki Nishida vs. Dick Togo & Psychic
10/8 Miyagi New World Sendai Tennis Club: SASUKE & Sasuke The Great vs. Dick Togo & Tomohiro Ishii
Jikan Musegen Elimination Captain Fall Match: The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask & Masao Orihara & Devilman vs. Dick Togo & Gedo & Psychic & Pentagon Black
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Michinoku Futari Tabi 2001 Koshikisen: Gran Hamada & Pentagon Black vs. Dick Togo & Gedo
11/2/01 Akita: Gran Hamada & Hideki Nishida vs. Pentagon Black & Psychic
Michinoku Futari Tabi 2001 Keshosen, Intercontinental Tag Senshuken Oza Ketteisen: The Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara vs. Dick Togo & Gedo
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Tiger Mask & Masao Orihara & Hideki Nishida vs. Dick Togo & Thunderbird Como & Psychic
NWA World Middleweight Title Match: The Great Sasuke vs. Curry Man
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Tiger Mask vs. Hideki Nishida
The Great Sasuke vs. Thunderbird Como
Gran Hamada & Masao Orihara & Macho Pump vs. Dick Togo & Curry Man & Psychic
Gran Hamada & Macho Pump vs. Curry Man & Thunderbird Como
HANZO vs. Amazon Kid
The Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara vs. Dick Togo & Psychic
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