Zack Sabre Jnr in NOAH/KO *Updated 28/06/12*

[cobystag]

And here it is on youtube:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6TyZ7oGq3k

[the_suz]

[Results] NOAH, 22.04.2012 (von STRIGGA am 22.04.2012)

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2012", 22.04.2012 (G+)

Sapporo Teisen Hall

1,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy

 

1. Yoshinobu Kanemaru besiegt Kikutaro (8:39) mit einem Horizontal Cradle.

2. Taiji Ishimori besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (10:31) mit einem 450 Splash.

3. Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki besiegen Ricky Marvin & Zack Sabre Jr. (12:54) mit dem Assault Point von Aoki gegen Sabre.

4. Naomichi Marufuji & Mohammed Yone besiegen Takumi Sano & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (14:58) als Marufuji Kikuchi pinnte.

5. Maybach Taniguchi besiegt Go Shiozaki (14:24) nach der Maybach Bomb.

6. Global Tag League: Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [7] besiegen Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana [2] (16:46) mit einem German Suplex Hold von Miyahara gegen Edwards.

7. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [8] besiegen Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima [7] (24:48) nach dem Sickle of Death von Saito gegen Morishima.

 

- Global Tag League Standings:

 

1. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [8]

2. Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima [7]

-. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [7]

4. Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji [6]

5. Shinjiro Otani & Daichi Hashimoto [4]

6. Go Shiozaki & Tamon Honda [2]

-. Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana [2]

8. Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi [0]

 

Credit: Purolove.com

[Up Chuck]

The Japanese guys have the best names for their finishers. Assault Point! Sickle of Death!

[Up Chuck]

And here it is on youtube:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6TyZ7oGq3k

 

This is really great. I love how Zack adjusts his style near the start depending on whether he was in with Suzuki or Shiosaki - going hold-for-hold with Suzuki, who's a junior heavyweight like him, but trying to keep Shiosaki, the heavyweight, grounded. And it builds nicely, with Zack taking loads of stuff but getting TONS in too. Really fun match, that.

 

EDIT: Sorry for the double-post, forgot I'd already posted in here.

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NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2012", 26.04.2012

Nagoya Telepia Hall

320 Fans

 

1. Atsushi Aoki besiegt Akito (10:55) mit einem Reverse Cross Armbreaker.

2. Kotaro Suzuki besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (9:21) durch DQ, als Maybach Taniguchi eingriff.

3. Takeshi Morishima, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masashi Aoyagi besiegen Taiji Ishimori, Ricky Marvin & Zack Sabre Jr. (13:47) nach einem Twister von Nakajima gegen Sabre.

4. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito besiegen Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (12:08) nach dem Sicke of Death von Saito gegen Kanemaru.

5. Global Tag League: Go Shiozaki & Tamon Honda [4]besiegen Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana [2] (18:38) mit dem Dead End von Honda gegen Cabana.

6. Global Tag League: Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji [8] besiegen Shinjiro Otani & Daichi Hashimoto [4] (20:04) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Hashimoto

 

Credit Purolove

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NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2012", 27.04.2012

Niigata City Gymnasium

2,000 Fans

 

1. Ricky Marvin besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (6:16) mit einem Horizontal Cradle.

2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru besiegt Taiji Ishimori (12:13) mit einem Cradle.

3. Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki besiegen Zack Sabre Jr. & Satoshi Kajiwara (11:39) nach dem Blue Destiny von Suzuki gegen Sabre.

4. Global Tag League: Shinjiro Otani & Daichi Hashimoto [6] besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi [0] (13:01) durch DQ, als Maybach den Referee angriff.

5. Global Tag League: Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji [9] vs. Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana [3] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).

6. Global Tag League: Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima [9] besiegen Go Shiozaki & Tamon Honda [6] (17:45) mit einem Backdrop Hold von Morishima gegen Honda.

7. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [10] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [7] (16:47) nach einem Wrist-Clutch Exploder von Akiyama gegen Miyahara

 

 

The 22nd show should have aired in Japan by now so hopefully it'll be up tonight or early tomorrow.

[cobystag]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqgfyo_ko...e-jr-noah_sport

 

Pretty damn good match and maybe my favourite match of Zack's that's aired this tour so far. Sabre and Marvin make a good team.

 

Anyways todays result seen as I got the finals spoiled for me. Credit purolove.

 

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2012", 29.04.2012 (G+)

Tokyo Korakuen Hall

2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

 

1. Genba Hirayanagi besiegt Masao Inoue (7:13) mit einem Inside Cradle.

2. Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki besiegen Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin (4:55) nach dem Mass Driver von Suzuki gegen Ishimori.

3. Yoshinobu Kanemaru besiegt Zack Sabre Jr. (5:22) mit dem Touch Out.

4. Global Tag League: Eddie Edwards & Colt Cabana [5] besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi [0] (6:07) als Taniguchi disqualifiziert wurde.

5. Global Tag League: Go Shiozaki & Tamon Honda [6] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [7] (14:38) nach dem Go Flasher von Shiozaki gegen Miyahara.

6. Global Tag League: Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima [11] besiegen Shinjiro Otani & Daichi Hashimoto [6] (20:34) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Hashimoto.

7. Global Tag League: Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji [11] besiegen Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [10] (18:58) nach einem Frankensteiner von Marufuji gegen Saito.

8. Global Tag League - Final: Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji besiegen Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima (14:11) als Yone Morishima nach einem Shinsei Muscled King pinnte

 

 

Disappointed that Sabre/Kanemaru only got under five and a half minutes after their great matches in England.

 

So Zack's tour has come to an end and he lost every single match, but he got to mix it up in matches he didn't get in his first tour such as singles matches against Aoki and Marvin, he got to partner with the GHC Heavyweight Champion in a taped tag match and also got to face him in a six-man tag.

 

From the three and a half matches I've got to see of his, he did very well for himself on this tour and he really emphasised his British/European wrestling skills to really stand out and impress the audience.

 

I would not be surprised at all to see Zack over in Japan again and potentially become a full time gaijin for them.

[cobystag]

So Zack's tour is *NOT* over!

 

He's announced as facing Taiji Ishimori on this Sundays show.

 

http://www.noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=953

 

Don't know if this will be taped, but looking at the line up (Morishima/Nakajima vs Taniguchi/Kanemaru, Akiyama/Aoki vs Marufuji/Yone, Shiozaki vs Kotoge, Suzuki vs Marvin and Zack vs Ishimori) I hope it's on Samurai TV, especially seen as the big 5/9 show is definitely on G+.

 

http://www.noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=954

 

On that show Zack will be facing Atushi Kotoge, NOAH's new signing and formerly of Osaka Pro, he has appeared in CHIKARA where I was fortunate enough to see him live.

 

Zack has matches booked up to at least mid-May.

[Mark Sloan]

So Zack's tour is *NOT* over!

 

Zack has matches booked up to at least mid-May.

 

Zack is on tour until July 3rd

[cobystag]

Excellent another three month stint then. Come July when he returns to England will be a full year since he originally want to Japan so out of the past 12 months he will have spent half of them in Japan.

 

Shame for all of those in England who would pay money to see him on every show if they could, but such a great learning experience for him. And I really can't wait to see what six months in Japan will have taught him when he returns to these shores.

[cobystag]

The 4/29 show in full. You'll have to download in three parts.

 

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Also May's partial line up:

 

Pro-Wrestling NOAH - "THE NAVIGATION IN MAY 2012"

 

NOAH, 06.05.2012

Yokohama Radiant Hall

 

1. Genba Hirayanagi vs. Kentaro Shiga

2. Taiji Ishimori vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

3. Kotaro Suzuki vs. Ricky Marvin

4. Go Shiozaki vs. Atsushi Kotoge

5. Jun Akiyama & Atsushi Aoki vs. Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji

6. GHC Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanamaru

 

 

NOAH, 09.05.2012

Tokyo Korakuen Hall

 

1. Atsushi Kotoge vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

2. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste

3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara

4. Go Shiozaki, Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs. Shinjiro Otani , Ikuto Hidaka & Daichi Hashimoto

5. Akitoshi Saito vs. Naomichi Marufuji

6. Jun Akiyama vs. Mohammed Yone

7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima © vs. Yoshinobu Kanamaru

8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima © vs. Maybach Taniguchi

 

 

NOAH, 11.05.2012

Kariya Bunka Center Iris

 

1. Atsushi Aoki vs. Ricky Marvin

2. Go Shiozaki vs. Shane Haste

3. Takeshi Morishima & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Genba Hirayanagi

4. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori

 

 

NOAH, 12.05.2012

Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #3

 

1. One Night Six Man Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Takeshi Morishima, Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara vs. Maybach Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Kanamaru & Genba Hirayanagi

2. One Night Six Man Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki vs. Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori

3. One Night Six Man Tag Tournament - Final:

 

 

NOAH, 13.05.2012

Jouetsu Sightseeing Center

 

1. Naomichi Marufuji & Ricky Marvin vs. Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki

2. Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori

3. Takeshi Morishima & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanamaru

 

 

NOAH, 19.05.2012

Sendai Industrial Exhibition Mansion Aztec Museum

 

1. Yoshinobu Kanamaru vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

2. Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste

3. Jun Akiyama & Atsushi Aoki vs. Mohammed Yone & Ricky Marvin

 

 

NOAH, 20.05.2012

Koriyama Gymnasium

 

1. Naomichi Marufuji vs. Genba Hirayanagi

2. Takeshi Morishima vs. Shane Haste

3. Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki vs. Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori

4. Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanamaru

 

 

NOAH, 25.05.2012

Shinshu Sky Park Gymnasium

 

1. Takeshi Morishima vs. Mikey Nicholls

2. Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanamaru

3. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Atsushi Aoki vs. Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji & Ricky Marvin

 

 

NOAH, 26.05.2012

Tokyo Differ Ariake

 

1. GHC Tag Team Title: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito © vs. Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji

 

 

Credit purolove

 

The 9th of May show is definitely taped as it's going to air on G+ on the 18th. Looks like the 26th show will be on G+ too so expect one maybe two Samurai TV tapings, hopefully starting with tomorrows show.

[cobystag]

Out of the 19 contracted NOAH roster members, Zack has yet to be in the same ring with five of them.

 

Jun Akiyama, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Maybach Taniguchi and the newest NOAH roster addition, Atsushi Kotoge.

 

He'll be facing Taniguchi and Kotoge in May and I hope he gets to mix it up with Akiyama and Marufuji in the future. Hopefully Sugiura too when he returns from injury.

[Up Chuck]

Yeah, I noticed that, they've made sure he's got the chance to have a go with everyone. In the experience of the more Puro-savvy posters, is that likely to be good, bad, or inconsequential?

[lightningxlock]

Im sure it can only be viewed as a positive on the whole. And im pretty sure thats how Zack will view it. Its giving him the chance to work all manner of styles and face guys both big and small. He appears to be adapting to that really well as sometimes he'll rely on his strike based offence or pure mat wrestling in the case of his matches with Aoki and Marvin and even abit of comedy when he came up against Taue on the last tour.

 

The only problem, if it's one at all, is that some of the guys are past their prime or really banged up and that may hinder the chances of him having blowaway matches with them. But thats just life and im sure he'll be buzzing just locking up with these guys and learning a trick or two let alone having a 5* match.

[cobystag]

Yeah it's completely a good thing. Zack has got to have technical matches against Ogawa and Aoki, strike based battles against Nakajima, great cruiserweight matches against Ishimori, Marvin, Suzuki, etc etc and has had the opportunity to wrestle former and current GHC Heavyweight Champions like Shiozaki and Morishima, as well as face legends like Sasaki and Kobashi. And I know that these first two tours are just the first steps in Zack potentially becoming a regular gaijin for NOAH as we all know he has the skills and talent to go very far and could potentially end up as someone seen as a credible challenger in the GHC Jnr ranks.

 

Anyways, results time:

 

Diamond Ring, 05.05.2012

Chiba Port Arena Sub Arena

753 Fans - No Vacancy

 

1. NOSAWA Rongai & Jiro Kuroshio besiegen Kikutaro & Numazu Man (17:41) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von NOSAWA gegen Kikutaro.

2. Hajime Ohara besiegt CHANGO (10:55) mit einem Finnish Forearm.

3. Takeshi Morishima & Kaji Tomato besiegen Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuichi Sekine (12:47) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Sekine.

4. Survival Tag Match: Kensuke Sasaki, Kento Miyahara, Satoshi Kajiwara & Mitsuhiro Kitanomiya vs. Mohammed Yone , Naomichi Marufuji , Taiji Ishimori & Zack Sabre Jr. (36:48).

- Yone & Sabre besiegen Kajiwara & Kitanomiya (10:19) nach einer Lariat von Yone gegen Kitanomiya.

- Miyahara & Kajiwara besiegen Yone & Sabre (4:55) nach einem Chickenwing Hold von Miyahara gegen Sabre.

- Yone & Ishimori besiegen Miyahara & Kajiwara (2:47) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Kajiwara.

- Sasaki & Miyahara besiegen Yone & Ishimori (1:47) nach einer Lariat von Sasaki gegen Yone.

- Sasaki & Miyahara besiegen Marufuji & Ishimori (17:01) nach einer Lariat von Sasaki gegen Ishimori

 

NOAH "THE NAVIGATION IN MAY 2012", 06.05.2012

Yokohama Radiant Hall

425 Fans - Super No Vacancy

 

1. Genba Hirayanagi besiegt Kentaro Shiga (11:13) mit einem Horizontal Cradle.

2. Taiji Ishimori besiegt Zack Sabre Jr. (10.45) mit einem Cross Armbreaker Cutback-Cradle.

3. Kotaro Suzuki besiegt Ricky Marvin (5:04) mit dem Mass Driver.

4. Go Shiozaki besiegt Atsushi Kotoge (16:10) nach de Go Flasher.

5. Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji besiegen Jun Akiyama & Atsushi Aoki (18:38) als Yone Akiyama nach dem Shin Muscle Docking pinnte.

6. GHC Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegen Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanamaru (15:02) nach einem Twister von Nakajima gegen Kanemaru