Pro-Wrestling Summit in Korakuen
Pro-Wrestling Summit in Korakuen (プロレスサミット in KORAKUEN, Puroresu Samitto in Kōrakuen) was a Japanese professional wrestling event co-produced by Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo), Michinoku Pro Wrestling (M-Pro) and Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) on December 31, 2007 at Korakuen Hall, with the participation of wrestlers from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Battlarts, Dragon Gate (DG), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro-Wrestling El Dorado, Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, Toryumon Mexico, Union Pro-Wrestling, Wrestling Marvelous Future (WMF) and Wrestling of Darkness 666.[1][2]
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Promotion | Apache, BJW, DDT, IWA Japan, K-Dojo, M-Pro, OPW | ||
Date | December 31, 2007[1] | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan[1] | ||
Venue | Korakuen Hall[1] | ||
Attendance | 2,008[1] | ||
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The event featured a mixture of wrestlers from different independent promotions facing each other in a total of nine matches. The main event was a six-man tag team match between the teams of Shuji Kondo (El Dorado), Yoshihito Sasaki (Zero1) and Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW), and Kengo Mashimo (K-Dojo), Harashima (DDT) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (Apache).
Production
Role: | Name: |
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Ring announcers | Fuyuki Mikata |
Takeshi Murakami | |
Referees | Kyohei Wada |
Lee Nikkan | |
Yukinori Matsui | |
Shogo Uchiyama |
Background
Following the success of the 2006 Indy Summit, Taka Michinoku, who was in charge of the event, created the Pro-Wrestling Summit Committee to hold more joint shows. Summits were held in Osaka, Ariake and eventually at Korakuen Hall on New Year's Eve, thus continuing the tradition of the December 31 Korakuen Hall Show. The event was broadcast on Samurai! TV and Gaora.
Storylines
The Pro-Wrestling Summit in Korakuen featured nine professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Results
No. | Results[4][5] | Stipulations | Times[4][5] |
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1 | Spark Aoki (El Dorado), Yuki Sato and Rui Hyugaji defeated Keita Yano (Battlarts), Takuma Obe (IWA Japan) and Atsushi Ohashi | Six-man tag team match | 11:20 |
2 | Great Kojika (BJW) and Shogun KY Wakamatsu won by last eliminating The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) (El Dorado)[Note 1] | Tag team rumble | 18:10 |
3 | Minoru Suzuki defeated Daisuke Harada (OPW) by submission | Singles match | 11:14 |
4 | The Great Sasuke (M-Pro), Gran Hamada, Taka Michinoku (K-Dojo) and Último Dragón (Toryumon Mexico) defeated Yujiro (NJPW), Asian Cougar (OPW), The Great Takeru (IWA Japan) and Mineo Fujita (WMF) | Eight-man tag team match | 8:36 |
5 | Manabu Hara (IWA Japan) defeated Munenori Sawa (Battlarts) by knockout | Battlarts rules singles match | 11:05 |
6 | Yoshihiro Takayama and Boso Boy Raito (K-Dojo) defeated Shuji Ishikawa (Union) and Shinjitsu Nohashi (M-Pro) | Tag team match | 16:47 |
7 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai (Apache) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (BJW)) and Naoki Tanizaki defeated Takashi Sasaki (Apache), Yuko Miyamoto (666) and Saburo Inematsu (K-Dojo) | Flurorescent Light Tubes Deathmatch | 18:40 |
8 | Kota Ibushi (DDT), Madoka (K-Dojo) and B×B Hulk (DG) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (DDT), Abdullah Kobayashi (BJW) and Don Fujii (DG) | Six-man tag team match Ibushi won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Takagi | 15:36 |
9 | Shuji Kondo (El Dorado), Yoshihito Sasaki (Zero1) and Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) defeated Kengo Mashimo (K-Dojo), Harashima (DDT) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (Apache) | Six-man tag team match | 23:40 |
- Other participants by order of elimination: Nobutaka Araya (AJPW) and Nobukazu Hirai (AJPW), Tokyo Gurentai (Nosawa Rongai and Mazada), Ishinriki and Keizo Matsuda (IWA Japan), Makoto Oishi (K-Dojo) and Shinobu (666), Men's Teioh (BJW) and Danshoku Dino (DDT)
References
- "Pro-Wrestling/Indy Summit Results". PuroLove.com (in German). n.d. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling (January 1, 2008). 大晦日の“年越しプロレス”に裕次郎選手が参戦!/12月31日プロレスサミット試合結果 (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- Saalbach, Axel (n.d.). "Puroresu Summit in Korakuen". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- Kreikenbohm, Philip (n.d.). "Pro-Wrestling Summit In Korakuen - Countdown Pro-Wrestling". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 19, 2021.