AJPW ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING 2010 DVD VHS
Zen Nihon Puroresu Videos ISO


AJPW BBanquet #248 1/25/10 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/13/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #249 2/1/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/2/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#248

Chashao Rope Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Ryota Hama 10:07

Three Way Match: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Osamu Nishimura vs. Shuji Kondo 10:43

Manabu Soya & Suwama vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada 24:21

#249

Shuji Kondo vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:10

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & Toshizo 11:56

Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea vs. Hate & Rene Dupree & TARU 9:59

Ten Man Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match: Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada & Suwama vs. Akebono & Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima 28:23 [14:14 & 3:15 & 10:54]

AJPW BBanquet #250 2/8/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/2/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #251 2/15/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/11/10 Hamakita Sports Center
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#250

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac vs. Joe Doering & Minoru & Toshizo 11:56

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Masanobu Fuchi 28:51

17 Man Heavyweight Battle Royal: Akebono vs. Joe Doering vs. Keiji Muto vs. Manabu Soya vs. Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Osamu Nishimura vs. Rene Dupree vs. Ryota Hama vs. Satoshi Kojima vs. Seiya Sanada vs. Suwama vs. Taiyo Kea vs. TARU vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Zodiac 9:29

#251

Osamu Nishimura vs. Manabu Soya 6:44

Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki & Seiya Sanada vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea 10:52

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Hiroshi Yamato 17:03

AJPW STV 1/10/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/3/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 8:12

Rene Dupree vs. NOSAWA Rongai 4:45

Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada vs. Masayuki Kono & Suwama 18:28

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Zodiac vs. Akebono & Kaz Hayashi & Ryota Hama 14:18

Joe Doering & Minoru & TARU vs. Manabu Soya & Satoshi Kojima & Shuji Kondo 10:01

Nine Man Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal: Hiroshi Yamato vs. Hate vs. KAI vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Masanobu Fuchi vs. Minoru vs. NOSAWA Rongai vs. Shuji Kondo vs. Toshizo 9:19

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea vs. Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki 26:50

AJPW BBanquet #252 2/22/10 2010 New Year Shining Series taped 1/11/10 Hamakita Sports Center
& AJPW BBanquet #253 3/1/10 2010 Excite Series taped 2/7/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#252

Asia Tag Title Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. KAI & Zodiac

Triple Crown Title Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Joe Doering 17:30

#253

BUSHI & Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. FUJITA & MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 14:38

Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono 6:32

Ryota Hama & Suwama vs. Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura 24:12

AJPW STV 1/29/10 2010 S1 No.1 StylexAll Japan S1 5th Anniversary ~ Union taped 1/22/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Kokomi Sakura Cup First Round Three Way Match: NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Minoru 8:32

Kokomi Sakura Cup First Round Three Way Match: Osamu Nishimura vs. KAI vs. Seiya Sanada 6:30

Kokomi Sakura Cup First Round Three Way Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Akebono vs. Masayuki Kono 6:01

Toshizo vs. Masanobu Fuchi vs. Shiori Tsukimi 9:27

Kokomi Sakura Cup Final Three Way Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai vs. Osamu Nishimura 5:13

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Satoshi Kojima 16:01

Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki & S1 Mask Ryota Hama w/Megu Fujiura vs. Hate & TARU & Touru Owashi 14:01

AJPW STV 2/13/10 2010 Excite Series taped 2/5/10 Kisarazu Civic Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Osamu Nishimura vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 5:26

Seiya Sanada vs. MAZADA 8:46

BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & KAI vs. Hate & Minoru & Toshizo 10:54

Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea vs. Akebono & Masanobu Fuchi & Ryota Hama 10:38

Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac vs. Rene Dupree & TARU 8:59

Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo & Suwama 12:23

AJPW BBanquet #254 3/8/10 2010 Excite Series taped 2/7/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #255 3/15/10 2010 Excite Series taped 2/14/10 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#254

Captain's Fall Eight Man: Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU [C] & Toshizo vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Satoshi Kojima [C] & Zodiac 32:52

#255

Hate vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 8:12

Minoru & Toshizo vs. MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 11:58

BUSHI & KAI & Masayuki Kono vs. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo & Suwama 18:16

AJPW BBanquet #256 3/22/10 2/14/10 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
& AJPW BBanquet #257 3/29/10 2010
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#256

Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Keiji Muto & Masanobu Fuchi 9:55

Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Osamu Nishimura 8:27

Akebono & Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Satoshi Kojima & Zodiac 15:37

#257

Champion Carnival preview

AJPW STV 3/12/10 2010 Hold Out Tour taped 3/7/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

NOSAWA Rongai vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 6:38

Masanobu Fuchi & Shuji Kondo vs. Hate & Minoru 6:32

Taiyo Kea vs. Seiya Sanada 11:28

BUSHI & Keiji Muto & Super Crazy vs. Rene Dupree & TARU & Toshizo 9:52

Hiroshi Yamato & Masakatsu Funaki vs. MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki 14:25

Kaz Hayashi & Suwama vs. KAI & Masayuki Kono 16:07

Asia Tag Title Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima 20:08

AJPW 2010 PURORESU LOVE in RYOGOKU Vol. 9 PPV 3/21/10 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-3hr 50min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Seiya Sanada & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Super Crazy & Yasufumi Nakanoue 8:30

Taiyo Kea & NOSAWA Rongai, & MAZADA vs. Rene Dupree & Hate & Toshizo 7:56

Kiyoshi & Bushi vs. Chessman & Dark Ozz 7:17

Masayuki Kono vs. Suwama 19:30

Taru & Big Daddy Voodoo & Minoru vs. Osamu Nishimura & Akebono & Shuji Kondo 8:30

9/26/09 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki 10:44. Given the DQ finish, most veterans would just do a throwaway match, but these two did anything but loaf around and take it easy. They instead did just the opposite, doing the sort of intense and brutal worked shoot the long awaited rematch of the Pancrase founders deserved to be. There was a nasty exchange of the old Pancrase open hand strikes, but Funaki was clearly winning the standup, as his kicking was far superior to Suzuki's. He knotted his thigh up with low kicks, and mixed in the lower percentage spinning and jumping ones as well. I didn't think Funaki throwing in his modified tombstone and missile kick was worthwhile as that was all the non shoot style action in the fight, but my complaint would be more that the match was a bit too showy in the sense that they got the submissions on too easily. Still, it was great to see a high quality worked shoot in 2009, and all the more impressive that it wasn't just a shallow rehash of their PWFG stuff from the early 1990's. Suzuki was able to get it to the ground and make it a submission match, and the mat work was very impressive as well. However, he was getting frustrated at his inability to seal the deal, and suddenly lost it, repeatedly trying to choke sleeper Funaki in the ropes, tossing the ref for the DQ rather than respecting the rope break. Although arguably the biggest accomplishment of the U.W.F. these two were an important part of was no gimmicky finishes, the fact that they took it so seriously made you not only forgive the indescretion, but actually really want to see the big cage match it was setting up. ***1/4

Cage Match: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki 19:03. The big cage match was a huge letdown given the amazing promise of the 9/26/09 match. It was a combination of 80's UWF and 80's NWA, but they strayed too far from what worked in the previous match, replacing it with steel cage cliches that weren't good 30 years ago and mainly gained popularity because they didn't take any actual skill. Although the 9/26/09 match was too short, that was a lot closer to the length they would probably be most successful at, as this seemed stretched out and lacked the spark, electricity, and intensity that made the previous match notable. Both men bled early with Funaki mounting and busting Suzuki open with rather contrived headbutts and punches then Suzuki coming back by catching Funaki trying a flying knee and dropping him backwards into the fence. Most of their offense was kicks and submissions, but it just never never felt like a shoot. The matwork wasn't to their capability, but there were a lot of impressive strikes in the 2nd half, with a few big palm blow exchanges and Funaki showing his athleticism and flexibility with various kicks and knees. The gimmick and blood and whatnot gave it the feel of a big match, yet they weren't able to make it particularly dramatic. **3/4

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. KAI 16:58. KAI makes a nice showing in his first really high profile junior title match (second challenge overall). Though Hayashi is going for the defense record, KAI isn't at all overmatched, and in fact gets the better of the top dog for the majority of the match. It's quite a spectacular contest, but it's not structured at all, pretty much all flash and no substance. They spend a lot of time on the outside, where Hayashi injures his ribs when KAI hits a footstomp off the apron onto a table. However, while Kaz keeps acting injured, this never plays a genuine role in the bout, and neither really does anything else. There's a lot of nice stuff such as dueling swandive missile kicks and an avalanche style final cut, but I always felt as though I were watching an exhibition. ***1/2

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Ryota Hama 20:15

AJPW Gaora SP 4/12/10 2010 Champion Carnival #1 taped 4/3/10 Kuki City Gym
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Minoru & TARU vs. KAI & Yasufumi Nakanoue 12:14

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai 13:50

Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima & Super Crazy vs. BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & Seiya Sanada 13:43

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: KIYOSHI [2] vs. Rene Dupree [0] 11:34

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Masayuki Kono [2] vs. Ryota Hama [0] 11:14

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Masakatsu Funaki [2] vs. Taiyo Kea [0] 14:40

AJPW Gaora SP 4/5/10 2010 Champion Carnival #2 taped 4/4/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr 50min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Shuji Kondo vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:52

BUSHI & Super Crazy vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Kaz Hayashi 10:08

Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU vs. KAI & Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo 8:46

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Taiyo Kea [2] vs. KIYOSHI [2] 15:02

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Satoshi Kojima [2] vs. Seiya Sanada [0] 13:54

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Masakatsu Funaki [3] vs. Suwama [1] 30:00

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Ryota Hama [2] vs. Minoru Suzuki [0] 18:30

AJPW Gaora SP 4/14/10 2010 Champion Carnival #3 taped 4/5/10 Niigata City Gym
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

BUSHI & Super Crazy vs. Kaz Hayashi & Yasufumi Nakanoue 11:21

Minoru & TARU & Toshizo vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & KIYOSHI 11:50

Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Shuji Kondo 14:24

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Masayuki Kono [3] vs. Seiya Sanada [1] 30:00

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Suwama [3] vs. Rene Dupree [0] 11:18

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Satoshi Kojima [4] vs. Ryota Hama [2] 12:47

AJPW Gaora SP 4/15/10 2010 Champion Carnival #4 taped 4/7/10 Fukushima National Athletic Meet Commemoration Gym
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Seiya Sanada vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:02

Super Crazy vs. Toshizo 5:40

KAI & Satoshi Kojima & Super Crazy vs. Minoru & TARU & Toshizo 9:58

Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & Ryota Hama 17:08

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Rene Dupree [2] vs. Taiyo Kea [2] 10:15

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Masakatsu Funaki [5] vs. KIYOSHI [2] 15:47

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [2] vs. Masayuki Kono [3]

AJPW Gaora SP Live 2010 Champion Carnival #5 4/9/10 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
-2hr 30min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Taiyo Kea vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:13

Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. BUSHI & Super Crazy 11:35

Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Masayuki Kono vs. Minoru & TARU & Toshizo 11:37

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Masakatsu Funaki [7] vs. Rene Dupree [2] 9:12

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Ryota Hama [4] vs. Seiya Sanada [0] 11:01

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: KIYOSHI [4] vs. Suwama [3] 18:55

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [4] vs. Satoshi Kojima [4] 17:57

AJPW Gaora SP 4/17/10 2010 Champion Carnival #6 taped 4/10/10 Nagahama Citizen Gym
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Toshizo vs. Hiroshi Yamato 9:42

BUSHI & KIYOSHI & Super Crazy vs. Kaz Hayashi & Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue 15:41

KAI & Masakatsu Funaki & Shuji Kondo vs. Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU 7:50

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki [6] vs. Seiya Sanada [0] 12:28

2010 Champion Carnival Block A Match: Masayuki Kono [5] vs. Satoshi Kojima [4] 27:57

2010 Champion Carnival Block B Match: Suwama [5] vs. Taiyo Kea [2] 22:56

AJPW Gaora SP Live 2010 Champion Carnival #7 Final 4/11/10 Tokyo JCB Hall
-3hr 15min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo vs. KAI & Yasufumi Nakanoe 9:30

2010 Champion Carnival Semifinal Match: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono 13:12

2010 Champion Carnival Semifinal Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Suwama 16:46

Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada & Super Crazy 13:04

KIYOSHI & Satoshi Kojima vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Taiyo Kea 13:38

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. BUSHI 18:36

2010 Champion Carnival Final Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Masakatsu Funaki 13:37

AJPW BBanquet #258 5/10/10 & #259 5/17/10 Growin' Up 2010 taped 4/18/10 Fujioka Citizen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#258

AJPW Junior Tag League 2010 Match: MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai [2] vs. BUSHI & Super Crazy [0] 12:32

AJPW Junior Tag League 2010 Match: KAI & Kaz Hayashi [2] vs. Hate & Minoru [0] 12:45

Shuji Kondo & Suwama vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada 16:20

#259

Masanobu Fuchi & Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Ryota Hama 18:21

Akebono & Masakatsu Funaki & Satoshi Kojima vs. Big Daddy Voodoo & Rene Dupree & TARU 11:48

AJPW Battle Station Near Live Growin' Up 2010 4/29/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Hate & Minoru & Toshizo vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Soshun & Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:58

Rene Dupree vs. Seiya Sanada 6:57

KAI & Kaz Hayashi vs. Tokyo MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai 10:23

Taiyo Kea vs. Satoshi Kojima 17:14

AJPW Junior Tag League 2010 Final Match: BUSHI & Super Crazy vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo 19:44

Asia Tag Title Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Big Daddy Voodoo & TARU 12:00

Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki 26:13

AJPW BBanquet #260 5/31/10 & #261 6/14/10 Growin' Up 2010 Final taped 5/2/10 Aichi Prefectural Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#260

Big Daddy Voodoo & Minoru & TARU vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Satoshi Kojima & Soshun 12:59

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. NOSAWA Rongai 21:53

#261

Akebono & Masakatsu Funaki & Taiyo Kea vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada & Suwama 14:30

Triple Crown Title Match: Ryota Hama vs. Minoru Suzuki 21:44

AJPW Battle Station Near Live BAPESTA Pro-Wrestling 2010 5/7/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-3hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Billyken Kid & El Samurai & Kaz Hayashi vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy & Tigers Mask 12:06

Kuishinbo Kamen & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akebono & Kikutaro 9:27

APEMAN SOLDIER (Masakatsu Funaki) vs. Minoru 8:37

APEMAN (Ricky Marvin) & Go Shiozaki vs. APEMAN (Satoshi Kajiwara) & Kensuke Sasaki 19:22

APEGON (Kaz Hayashi) & Satoshi Kojima vs. The Great Sasuke & Yoshihiro Takayama 14:29

AJPW BBanquet #262 6/21/10 RISE UP TOUR 2010 Opening taped 5/16/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
& AJPW BBanquet #263 6/28/10 RISE UP TOUR 2010 Opening taped 5/16/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-1hr 50min. Q=Perfect

#262

Hiroshi Yamato vs. KAI 11:47 of 15:08. These two partners came through the All Japan dojo together in 2007. KAI has been the more successful of the two in their brief careers, but this was a fierce action packed battle where Yamato proved the two up and coming juniors were at equals at the very least. This was no friendly match, they fought like they meant it, throwing everything they had at each other both in terms of offense and impact. It wasn't shocking that KAI ended up bleeding, although it obviously wasn't intended as they cracked heads late in the match when KAI stopped Yamato's charge with an elbow. Otherwise, it was mostly very well executed. The action was really good and the effort was certainly there, but the structuring wasn't much, they pretty much just rolled out whatever they were capable of Dragon Gate style, so nothing felt overly important and they couldn't sustain the crowd reaction. Still, it was definitely a memorable match with many impressive spots. Yamato's tope style spear where he tackled KAI off the apron to the floor may have been the first time a spear has ever impressed me. KAI got a measure of revenge by putting Yamato through a table with a diving footstomp off the apron. ***1/2

Ryota Hama & Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada vs. Minoru Suzuki & Masakatsu Funaki & Masa Fuchi 15:17 of 20:04

#263

NOSAWA & MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Minoru Tanaka & Hate & Toshizo 6:11 of 8:55

TARU & Rene Dupree & Lance Cade vs. Taiyo Kea & Akebono & BUSHI 6:36 of 9:18

Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi vs. Suwama & Shuji Kondo 18:09 of 22:04. Kaz vs. Kondo is always magic. There wasn't enough of their segments though, as they were integrated with the heavyweights. Suwama is always going to fight a heavyweight style. He did it well, but he was more suited to wrestling Kojima, even if Kojima was the worst in the match. Kojima is good when it comes to wrestling the juniors, and did a better job against Kondo (though most of the credit goes to Kondo) than Suwama did with Hayashi, but he was on autopilot, just going through his routine, and he's been a lot quicker on sequences and transitions. Hayashi made everyone else look slow here, but Kondo still caught him with his big power moves. Overall though, just too much of the heavyweights, who weren't doing a big match. ***

AJPW BBanquet #264 7/5/10 & #265 7/12/10 Rise Up Tour 2010 Final taped 5/30/10 Kobe Sambo Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#264

Hiroshi Yamato & Seiya Sanada & Shuji Kondo vs. Hate & Minoru & Lance Cade 11:35

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. FUJITA 23:18

#265

Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea vs. Rene Dupree & TARU 12:06

Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama & Suwama vs. Akebono & Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki 21:53

AJPW BBanquet #266 7/26/10 & #267 8/2/10 Cross Over 2010 taped 6/20/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#266

KAI & Seiya Sanada vs. Rene Dupree & Toshizo 9:24

Captain's Fall Hair vs. Hair Antonio Thomas & Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo [C] vs. Hate [C] & Minoru & TARU 9:46

Big Daddy Voodoo & MAZADA vs. BUSHI & Masakatsu Funaki 8:40

#267

Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 9:42

Akebono vs. Ryota Hama 6:43

Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku vs. Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono & Suwama 23:45

AJPW STV 6/30/10 2010 Cross Over taped 6/26/10 Yamanashi Fuji-Q Highland Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Antonio Thomas vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 8:21

BUSHI & Ryota Hama vs. Masanobu Fuchi & TAKA Michinoku 15:08

Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo vs. Hate & Minoru 10:41

Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki vs. KAI & Seiya Sanada 16:42

Akebono & Taiyo Kea vs. Big Daddy Voodoo & Rene Dupree 10:57

Masayuki Kono & Suwama & Kaz Hayashi vs. Lance Cade & MAZADA & TARU 17:06

AJPW BBanquet Puroresu Live Special Cross Over 2010 Final 7/4/10 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
-3hr 45min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Yasufumi Nakanoue 11:46

KAI & Power Pro Kamen (Kaz Hayashi) vs. Antonio Thomas & TAKA Michinoku 10:33

Lance Cade vs. Seiya Sanada 9:21

Team Challenge Captain's Hair vs. Hair Match: BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo [c] vs. Hate & MAZADA [c] & Minoru 14:01

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Big Daddy Voodoo 7:33

World Tag Title Decision Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea vs. Ryota Hama & Suwama 20:36

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Masayuki Kono 25:19

AJPW BBanquet #268 8/9/10 & #269 8/16/10 Cross Over 2010 Final 7/4/10 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#268

Team Challenge Captain's Hair vs. Hair Match: BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo [c] vs. Hate & MAZADA [c] & Minoru 14:01

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Big Daddy Voodoo 7:33

#269

World Tag Title Decision Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea vs. Ryota Hama & Suwama 20:36

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Masayuki Kono 25:19

AJPW BBanquet #270 8/23/10 & #271 8/30/10 Summer Action Series 2010 7/25/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#270

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block A Match: Super Crazy [2] vs. Antonio Thomas [0] 7:38

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block B Match: BUSHI [2] vs. MAZADA [0] 4:49

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block A Match: Hikaru Sato [2] vs. Hiroshi Yamato [0] 8:42

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block B Match: TAKA Michinoku [2] vs. KAI [0] 8:55

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block B Match: Jimmy Yang [2] vs. Shuji Kondo [0] 6:52

#271

Hate & Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura & Yasufumi Nakanoue 11:30

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Block A Match: Minoru [2] vs. Kaz Hayashi [0] 15:03

Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada & Suwama vs. Akebono & Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea 20:05

AJPW BBanquet #272 9/13/10 & #273 9/20/10 Summer Action Series 2010 8/8/10 Hakata Starlanes
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#272

Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Hikaru Sato & Shuji Kondo 15:28

Hate & MAZADA vs. BUSHI & Super Crazy 10:44

Antonio Thomas & Ryota Hama vs. Rene Dupree & TARU 10:31

Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada & Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea 25:54

#273

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Semifinal Match: KAI vs. Hiroshi Yamato 8:54

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Semifinal Match: Jimmy Yang vs. Minoru 10:57

AJPW Junior Heavyweight League 2010 Final Match:
Jimmy Yang vs. KAI 13:06

AJPW Battle Station Near Live Summer Impact 2010 8/15/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
-2hr 55min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Masanobu Fuchi & Taiyo Kea vs. Hate & Minoru 10:03

Antonio Thomas & Jimmy Yang & Super Crazy vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI & Kaz Hayashi 13:42

Manabu Soya vs. Osamu Nishimura 12:59

Mask vs Mask Match: BUSHI vs. MAZADA 11:41

KENSO & Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada & Shuji Kondo 11:45

Akebono vs. Big Daddy Voodoo 5:01

Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki 30:02

AJPW 2010 PURORESU LOVE in RYOGOKU Vol. 10 PPV 8/29/10 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
-4hr. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

Osamu Nishimura & Antonio Thomas vs. Masa Fuchi & Hiroshi Yamato 10:57

Shuji Kondo & KAI & BUSHI vs. Minoru & MAZADA & Hate 7:41

Taiyo Kea & Akebono vs. Ryota Hama & Super Crazy 9:26

Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masayuki Kono 13:09. It was Funaki's show, and he drew more upon his NJPW junior background than all his years in worked and legit shoots despite an opponent who has also spent considerable time in Pancrase. Although it was an ultra stiff match with lots of striking and a few leg locks, it was contested almost totally in a pro wrestling manner, complete with rope running, corner charging, and even Funaki dropkicking Kono off the top to the floor and following with a pescado. Funaki is still very athletic, and was quite crisp. Kono did fine as well, but again failed to overtake the former Pancrase kingpin in this rematch from the 2010 Champion Carnival semifinals. **1/2

Asia Tag Title Match: TARU & Big Daddy Voodoo vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada 22:40. They gave the appearance of a total route, having Voodoo Murders dominate the first half in the most routine of manners. The pace was incredibly slow, with TARU & Voodoo just standing around, hitting their helpless prey when they felt like putting that much effort into the match. Soya & Sanada did all the stupid small guy spots to make Mabel look like a king, running at him so he'd either bowl them over or slam them and Soya even tried to lift him fireman's carry style only to get clubbed in the back. The faces ever so gradually did better, with Sanada's quickness and athleticism finally beginning to show minor dividends. Eventually they had Voodoo in trouble, which prompted TARU to jump in and put the stick to them. The final portion was pretty good, and Soya & Sanada scoring the upset is a major plus that will lead to much better matches in the future, but too much of the match was a dull plod. **

KENSO (Kenzo Suzuki) vs. The Great Muta 10:30

World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Jimmy Yang 18:30. Although it wasn't in the class with the epic 2009 PPV Jr. title matches, it overachieved considerably, easily being the best Yang singles match I've seen. What they sacrificed in length and build they somewhat made up for in action without making it particularly implausible. Yang was in full control of his body and totally on with his timing, hitting everything he tried. Hayashi was in top form, and dominating the match to allow Yang to play the Sasuke role of selling then coming back with some spectacular flying was the recipe for success. Hayashi clipped Yang's knee at every turn, with his early kneebreaker off the apron onto the guard rail being the highlight of the match. ***3/4

Triple Crown Heavyweight Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Suwama 44:24. Hard fought 70's style title match, building ever so slowly with body work leading to submission. I was never blown away, but I felt like they were progressing toward the finish rather than doing a lot of neat stuff because they could. They did a good job of setting up the holds and counters, taking advantage of their positioning. Suwama hurt Suzuki's knee early with a reverse Dragon screw, and abused it often when he was on offense. Suzuki focused on submission, looking to put Suwama to sleep but content to win any way he could. The length combined with the effort translated into ever increasing drama. Both men were credible and succeeded at what they were trying to accomplish. It might not be a match of the year, but I was into it throughout, which says something for a no frills match of this length. ***1/2

AJPW BBanquet #274 10/4/10 & #275 10/11/10 Flashing Tour 2010 9/10/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#274

Minoru Suzuki vs. Minoru 4:51

Mask vs. Hair Match: BUSHI vs. MAZADA 13:27

Keiji Muto vs. Masakatsu Funaki 30:00

#275

Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo vs. KAI & Kaz Hayashi 12:06

Masayuki Kono & Suwama vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada 24:23

AJPW STV 9/22/10 2010 Flashing Tour taped 9/20/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Masayuki Kono vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 5:55

Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo vs. Hate & Minoru 9:10

BUSHI & NOSAWA Rongai & Ryota Hama vs. MAZADA & TARU & Voodoo Mask 8:53

Keiji Muto vs. KAI 18:29

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 9:41

Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki & Osamu Nishimura vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada & Suwama 21:17

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea vs. KENSO & Rene Dupree 16:43

AJPW BBanquet #276 10/18/10 & #277 10/25/10 Flashing Tour 2010 9/23/10 Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Hall #3
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#276

KAI & Shuji Kondo vs. BUSHI & NOSAWA Rongai 11:46

Akebono & Alexander Otsuka & Kaz Hayashi vs. KENSO & MAZADA & Minoru 12:16

Taiyo Kea & Takao Omori & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Hate & Rene Dupree & TARU 15:20

#277

Manabu Soya vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 9:53

Seiya Sanada vs. Hiroshi Yamato 10:49

Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama & Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki & Osamu Nishimura 25:36

AJPW STV 10/16/10 2010 Anniversary Tour taped 10/10/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Osamu Nishimura vs. Masanobu Fuchi 10:31

Hate vs. Shuji Kondo 1:01

Shuji Kondo vs. Hate 1:55

Lucha Libre Rules Three Way: Hiroshi Yamato & KAI vs. BUSHI & NOSAWA Rongai vs. MAZADA & Minoru 13:47

Big Daddy Voodoo & Charlie Haas & TARU vs. Akebono & Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea 12:45

Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada vs. KENSO & Rene Dupree 11:12

Masayuki Kono vs. Ryota Hama 12:32

Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kaz Hayashi & Suwama 24:29

AJPW BBanquet #278 11/8/10 & #279 11/15/10 Anniversary Tour 2010 taped 10/24/10 Yokohama Bunka Gym
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#278

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura 10:22

BUSHI vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 4:58

MAZADA vs. NOSAWA Rongai 8:20

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Keiji Muto 23:11

#279

KENSO & KONO & Rene Dupree vs. Manabu Soya & Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada 11:04

AJPW World Tag Title Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea vs. Big Daddy Voodoo & Charlie Haas 14:32

Triple Crown Title Match: Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki 29:13

AJPW Gaora SP Pro-Wrestling Love In Taiwan 2010 taped 11/5/10 & 11/6/10 Taipei National Taiwan University Gym
-3hr 50min. Q=Perfect. 2 DVDs

11/5/10

Asia Tag Team Title Contendership Tournament Semifinal Match: BUSHI & Taiyo Kea vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo 10:05

Asia Tag Team Title Contendership Tournament Semifinal Match: KONO & Minoru vs. Osamu Nishimura & Yasufumi Nakanoue

Akebono & Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki vs. KAI & Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada 12:41

Ryota Hama & Suwama vs. Joe Doering & KENSO 18:45

Asia Tag Team Title Contendership Tournament Final Match:
KONO & Minoru vs. BUSHI & Taiyo Kea 13:08

Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono vs. Rene Dupree & TARU 14:05

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Phil Atlas 20:36

11/6/10

Osamu Nishimura vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 6:34

BUSHI & KAI vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo 8:02

Taiyo Kea vs. TARU 9:03

Kaz Hayashi & Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki & Phil Atlas 13:06

Akebono vs. Ryota Hama 4:16

12 Man Battle Royal: Suwama vs. BUSHI vs. Hiroshi Yamato vs. KAI vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Osamu Nishimura vs. Phil Atlas vs. Shuji Kondo vs. Taiyo Kea vs. TARU vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 8:08

Asia Tag Title Match: Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada vs. KONO & Minoru 25:02

Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Joe Doering & KENSO & Rene Dupree 20:37

AJPW BBanquet #280 12/6/10 World's Strongest Tag League 2010 taped 11/20/10 Korakuen Hall
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Dark Cuervo & Dark Ozz & MAZADA vs. BUSHI & Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo 9:22

Masanobu Fuchi & Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Minoru & TARU & Voodoo Mask 8:51

Keiji Muto vs. Hiroshi Yamato 10:00

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: KENSO & KONO [2] vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada [0] 15:21

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Joe Malenko & Osamu Nishimura [1] vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki [1] 30:00

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea [2] vs. Ryota Hama & Suwama [0] 16:42

AJPW STV 11/26/10 World's Strongest Tag League 2010 #3 taped 11/23/10 Korakuen Hall
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

Joe Malenko & Osamu Nishimura vs. Kaz Hayashi & Masanobu Fuchi 14:58

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Ladder Match: Minoru vs. BUSHI vs. KAI vs. Hiroshi Yamato vs. MAZADA vs. Shuji Kondo 9:57

Keiji Muto vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 9:29

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Rene Dupree & TARU [2] vs. Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi [0] 9:18

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada [3] vs. Dark Cuervo & Dark Ozz [2] 11:24

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Akebono & Taiyo Kea [4] vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki [1] 20:35

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Ryota Hama & Suwama [3] vs. KENSO & KONO [2] 14:30

AJPW BBanquet #281 12/13/10 & #282 12/20/10 World's Strongest Tag League 2010 #6 taped 11/27/10 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2
-2hr. Q=Perfect

#281

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Dark Cuervo & Dark Ozz [6] vs. Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi [0] 6:40

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada [5] vs. Joe Malenko & Osamu Nishimura [5] 26:00

digest of BUSHI vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 7:53 & KAI vs. MAZADA 6:12

#282

Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU vs. Hiroshi Yamato & Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo 12:12

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: KENSO & KONO [6] vs. Akebono & Taiyo Kea [6] 13:36

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki [5] vs. Ryota Hama & Suwama [3] 23:12

AJPW BBanquet Special #283 1/10/11 2010 World's Strongest Tag League Final taped 12/7/10
-1hr 55min. Q=Perfect

MAZADA vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue 4:50

Dark Cuervo & Dark Ozz vs. Hiroshi Yamato & KAI 9:30

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Finalist Decision Match:
Ryota Hama & Suwama vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki 17:53

Taiyo Kea & Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. BUSHI & Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada 14:11

Osamu Nishimura vs. Joe Malenko 10:24

Akebono & Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. Minoru & Rene Dupree & TARU 9:50

World's Strongest Tag League 2010 Final Match: KENSO & KONO vs. Ryota Hama & Suwama 20:44

AJPW STV 12/14/10 Fan Appreciation Day taped 12/12/10 Korakuen Hall
-2hr. Q=Perfect

Heat vs. BUSHI 10:37

KAI vs. Seiya Sanada 20:00

Rope Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Osamu Nishimura 15:14

F-1 Tag Title Match: Kannazuki & Keiji Muto vs. Ryota Hama & Small Riki Choshu 20:13

2/3 Falls Ten Man : Kikutaro & Masanobu Fuchi & Suwama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Akebono & Hiroshi Yamato & Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki & Shuji Kondo 23:14 [9:36, 8:15, 5:23]

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