MAX/XJPW Press Conference
It has been pretty quite in Pro-Wrestling MAX since FURY, but the silence was broken today as a press conference was held for both Pro-Wrestling MAX and X-Japan Pro-Wrestling.
- KENTA and Low-Ki will not be able to compete at XJPW's debut show. They will be replaced by Taiji Ishimori and All Japan's Kaz Hayashi.
- Hiromichi Takada suffered a concussion after the 53 Years Old on the floor by Genichiro Tenryu. He should be able to wrestle for XJPW's debut.
- Hannibal Kong has left TOKYO DARK and Pro-Wrestling MAX. It is currently unknown as to why, but it is believed to be due to more fighting without TOKYO DARK.
- The April heavyweight tournament will be titled Crash Carnival. The first few tournament cards will feature junior matches, but the rest will not so that the cards won't be overstacked and to get the tournament finished by the start of May. There is said to be a few juniors that are unhappy about this. The most vocal is surprisingly Tiger Hero. The tournament block line-ups can be seen below.
- The card for ULTIMATE CHALLENGE was announced and can be seen below. Quite the loaded event.
XJPW "COMBAT! PRO-WRES", 2/20/06 (PPV)
1. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero vs Taiji Ishimori
2. Endurance Challenge: Kaz Hayashi (AJPW) vs Kazuma Hamada
3. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero & Kazuma Hamada vs Kaz Hayashi & Taiji Ishimori
4. Tony Royal vs Taiki Fujiwara
5. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero vs Kazuma Hamada or Kaz Hayashi vs Taiji Ishimori
6. Hiromichi Takada vs Steven Simpson
MAX "ULTIMATE CHALLENGE", 3/28/06 (PPV)
1. The Chase Brothers vs Masato Yamashita & David Wright
2. Terry Jaa vs Taiji Ishimori
3. Terry Butcher vs T-800
4. Steven Simpson & Tony Royal vs Hiromichi Takada & Taiki Fujiwara
5. Kazuma Hamada vs N-GEN
6. RAVE vs Kaz Hayashi (AJPW)
7. MAX World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Hero (c) vs Shuji Kondo
8. Super Warriors vs Dan Eaton & Chuck Palumbo (Voodoo-Murders)
9. Grudge Match: Great Muta vs Devil Mitsu
10. MAX World Heavyweight Title: Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs Masato Tanaka
MAX "CRASH CARNIVAL" 2006 (4/5/06 to 5/1/06)
Block A
Dan Eaton
David Wright
Genichiro Tenryu
Masato Tanaka (ZERO1-MAX)
Masato Yamashita
Steven Simpson
Super Warrior Beast
Tony Royal
Block B
Devil Mitsu
Hiromichi Takada
Super Warrior Snake
T-800
Taiki Fujiwara
Terry Butcher
Tyler Chase
?????
- KENTA and Low-Ki will not be able to compete at XJPW's debut show. They will be replaced by Taiji Ishimori and All Japan's Kaz Hayashi.
- Hiromichi Takada suffered a concussion after the 53 Years Old on the floor by Genichiro Tenryu. He should be able to wrestle for XJPW's debut.
- Hannibal Kong has left TOKYO DARK and Pro-Wrestling MAX. It is currently unknown as to why, but it is believed to be due to more fighting without TOKYO DARK.
- The April heavyweight tournament will be titled Crash Carnival. The first few tournament cards will feature junior matches, but the rest will not so that the cards won't be overstacked and to get the tournament finished by the start of May. There is said to be a few juniors that are unhappy about this. The most vocal is surprisingly Tiger Hero. The tournament block line-ups can be seen below.
- The card for ULTIMATE CHALLENGE was announced and can be seen below. Quite the loaded event.
XJPW "COMBAT! PRO-WRES", 2/20/06 (PPV)
1. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero vs Taiji Ishimori
2. Endurance Challenge: Kaz Hayashi (AJPW) vs Kazuma Hamada
3. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero & Kazuma Hamada vs Kaz Hayashi & Taiji Ishimori
4. Tony Royal vs Taiki Fujiwara
5. Endurance Challenge: Tiger Hero vs Kazuma Hamada or Kaz Hayashi vs Taiji Ishimori
6. Hiromichi Takada vs Steven Simpson
MAX "ULTIMATE CHALLENGE", 3/28/06 (PPV)
1. The Chase Brothers vs Masato Yamashita & David Wright
2. Terry Jaa vs Taiji Ishimori
3. Terry Butcher vs T-800
4. Steven Simpson & Tony Royal vs Hiromichi Takada & Taiki Fujiwara
5. Kazuma Hamada vs N-GEN
6. RAVE vs Kaz Hayashi (AJPW)
7. MAX World Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Hero (c) vs Shuji Kondo
8. Super Warriors vs Dan Eaton & Chuck Palumbo (Voodoo-Murders)
9. Grudge Match: Great Muta vs Devil Mitsu
10. MAX World Heavyweight Title: Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs Masato Tanaka
MAX "CRASH CARNIVAL" 2006 (4/5/06 to 5/1/06)
Block A
Dan Eaton
David Wright
Genichiro Tenryu
Masato Tanaka (ZERO1-MAX)
Masato Yamashita
Steven Simpson
Super Warrior Beast
Tony Royal
Block B
Devil Mitsu
Hiromichi Takada
Super Warrior Snake
T-800
Taiki Fujiwara
Terry Butcher
Tyler Chase
?????
