Random Puroresu Thread 5/6/08 Tanahashi in AJPW, 5 of 5

[What Would Kevin Do?]

3 of the 4 AJPW matches from the man who was on his way to being the wrestler of the year until his knee injury...

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Taiyo Kea

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WSX46F4Y

Tanahashi vs Keiji Mutoh

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A913J842


Tanahashi vs Toshiaki Kawada

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4E6S9LHE

Tanahashi vs Suwama
*coming soon*

[Indifferent Clox]

thank you
clap clap clap

[Indifferent Clox]

is it still coming soon?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Yes, it's coming soon until the match gets posted, which, I believe, won't be until next week.

[Indifferent Clox]

sweeet

[Super V]

Lack of knowledge on my part but aren't NJPW and AJPW bitter business rivals? And isn't Tanahashi NJPW's main star?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

AJPW and NOAH used to be bitter, because Misawa led an excursion from AJPW when Shohei Baba's wife took over the company. That's pretty much cleared now, as Keiji Mutoh runs AJPW.

NJPW and AJPW are rivals, but not bitter by any means. They do randomly exchange talent, like many companies in Japan do. Heck, AJPW's Mutoh is the IWGP champ.

[Indifferent Clox]

You got that match up yet?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Nope. I'll post it when I get it.

[U-Warrior]

So whats the point of that Golbal Wrestling Alliance, or whatever its called? All Japan and New Japan aren't a part of it, but they still share talent with companies that are.

Whats the deal there?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

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<!-- start content --> <table class="infobox" style="padding: 0.5em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size: larger; text-align: center;">Global Professional Wrestling Alliance</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/GPWA-logo.jpg/200px-GPWA-logo.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GPWA-logo.jpg)</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); text-align: center;">Details</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Acronym</th> <td>GPWA</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Established</th> <td>2006</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Style</th> <td>Puroresu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puroresu)</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Location</th> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Founder(s)</th> <td>Mitsuharu Misawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa)
Yoshiyuki Nakamura (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshiyuki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1)</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Owner(s)</th> <td>Mitsuharu Misawa
Yoshiyuki Nakamura</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) are a group of professional wrestling promotions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion) and wrestlers from around the world who have come together to cooperate. Formed in 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006), the group is led by chairman Mitsuharu Misawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa), a professional wrestler and owner of Pro Wrestling NOAH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_NOAH), and president Yoshiyuki Nakamura (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshiyuki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1), co-owner of Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_ZERO1-MAX).
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2 Members (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance#Members)

2.1 Promotions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance#Promotions)
2.2 Freelance wrestlers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance#Freelance_wrestlers)

3 Resources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance#Resources)
4 External links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance#External_links)

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The group was established as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan. Members will share resources including training facilities and their wrestlers themselves. They will also coordinate the arrangements of their shows in order to avoid clashes. In addition to this "super shows" will be run with wrestlers from the member promotions competing on the same shows. This first of which occurred on November 14 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_14), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006).
It is also likely that in the future the promotions will donate part of their profits towards a fund which could supply a pension (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pension) for retired wrestlers. This has been seen as a sign of the GPWA developing towards becoming a union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union), something which the professional wrestling industry has always lacked.

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<table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="215">Promotion</th> <th width="100">Representative</th> <th width="100">Country</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Big Mouth Loud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mouth_Loud)</td> <td>Kazunari Murakami</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dramatic Dream Team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_Dream_Team)</td> <td>Sanshiro Takagi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanshiro_Takagi)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>El Dorado Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado_Wrestling)</td> <td>Noriaki Kawabata</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>European Wrestling Association (http://www.ewa-wrestling.com/)</td> <td>Chris Raaber</td> <td>Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>IWA Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_of_Japan)</td> <td>Tatskuni Asano</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kaientai Dojo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaientai_Dojo)</td> <td>TAKA Michinoku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKA_Michinoku)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kensuke Office (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki#Kensuke_Office)</td> <td>Hisako Sasaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Hokuto)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pro Wrestling NOAH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_NOAH)</td> <td>Mitsuharu Misawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_ZERO1-MAX)</td> <td>Shinjiro Ohtani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjiro_Ohtani)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ring of Honor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor)</td> <td>Cary Silkin</td> <td>United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>World League Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_League_Wrestling)</td> <td>Harley Race (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race)</td> <td>United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr> <th width="100">Wrestler</th> <th width="100">Country</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Kikutaro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikutaro)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>MAZADA (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kazuhiko_Masada&action=edit&redlink=1)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magnitude Kishiwada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitude_Kishiwada)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minoru Suzuki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Suzuki)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>NOSAWA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazushige_Nosawa)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)
Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shiro Koshinaka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Koshinaka)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tadao Yasuda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadao_Yasuda)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Takaku Fuke (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Takaku_Fuke&action=edit&redlink=1)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yoshihiro Takayama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Takayama)</td> <td>Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)</td></tr></tbody></table>

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I think Dragon Gate may be a part of it now, but I'm not sure (they've been working alot with NOAH lately.)

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Anyway, NJPW is owned by Yukes, so that's probably why they aren't in it. AJPW, I don't know why.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I'll have the 4th match up today or tomorrow.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Along with Tanahashi vs Kojima.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Kojima vs Tanahashi

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4LD5RKWH

Suwama vs Tanahashi

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5EN1ZKC0