Archive for December, 2005
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005I hope all of you (whether you are in Tokyo, Sydney, New York, London, or elsewhere) had a good New Year’s Eve. After doing 7 hours of PBP for the PRIDE Man Festival 3 show, a major storm hit the area that I live at and caused a massive power outage. 70,000 residents of approximately […]
viewing of pride otoko matsuri&dynamite from a Japanese fï½ï½Ž
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New Year’s Eve (Preview)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005I watched the PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show on the Japanese feed. If you want results, go to the Puroresu Power web site. Likely, if you are reading this, you’re trying to avoid spoilers, so let me give you a personal preview of what you can expect or look forward to on the upcoming […]
PRIDE/DSE Planning To Hold Openweight Tournament For 2006!
Friday, December 30th, 2005Last Monday (12/26) PRIDE General Manager Nobuhiko Takada revealed the idea of holding an Openweight grand prix next year, to finally determine who the best fighter in the world really is. “Next year, our goal is to host an Open-Weight GP. For a long time, everyone has wanted to see this. Just get rid of […]
Royce Gracie Declares Settlement Of Dispute With DSE
Friday, December 30th, 2005Kakutougi.info is reporting that Royce Gracie and DSE have settled their on-going dispute over a breach of contract earlier today. Royce Gracie posted a statement regarding his contract disute with Dream Stage Entertainment on the internet this afternoon. Here is the dialogue as posted on kakutougi.tv Dear my Japanese fans, I had been in dispute […]
Memo to TNA: Some Notes for 2006
Friday, December 30th, 2005By Sheldon Goldberg December 30, 2005 In a year of pro wrestling with not much to be happy about, perhaps the brightest story of 2005 has been TNA getting a spot on Spike TV and generating respectable ratings. As both a fan and a promoter, it is critical that TNA succeed. Pro wrestling desperately needs […]
R.I.S.E Kickboxing 1/29 Card; Amateur Tournament
Friday, December 30th, 2005In conjunction with their R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo on 1/29, the promotion recently announced an amatuer tournament under the name "KAMINARIMON" to recruit potential fighters for 2006. The tournament will take place before the actual R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo. Entrants will need to be pay […]
Top 10 draft for pro-wrestlers
Thursday, December 29th, 2005In an update to our post (Drafting wrestlers for a new company), Ivan Trembow has a new post today revealing what Pro Wrestling Torch readers voted on for their Top 10 draft for professional wrestlers. In my eyes, here’s a money quote from Ivan’s post: Edge is in a constant cycle of being punished by […]
PRIDE Online Vote Results; Gomi Takes MVP 2005
Thursday, December 29th, 2005In an online vote on the official PRIDE website, "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi took MVP Of The Year 2005 ahead of his PRIDE lightweight tournament final fight against Hayato Sakurai on 12/31. A ceremony was held in his honor at a Tokyo hotel on 12/28 where he was presented with a trophy. Gomi was […]
Ad Campaign
Thursday, December 29th, 2005I want to thank some people who helped us out in setting up the new web site and giving us ideas of how to integrate tools for interactivity. First and foremost, Joe and Wiggly at Smart Wrestling Fan are tremendously smart people when it comes to technology and multimedia. Wiggly helped me try to create […]
More on MMA legislation in California
Thursday, December 29th, 2005One day after a major Los Angeles Times article on MMA becoming legal in California, the Los Angeles Daily News has an article in their Thursday paper written by Harrison Sheppard. Sheppard’s report starts out with this interesting news item: California State Athletic Commission director Armando Garcia said mixed martial arts events technically became legal […]
Bas Rutten makes PRIDE predictions
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Bas Rutten makes his predictions for the 2005 Man Festival. Most interesting paragraph from his predictions article: Nakamura/Kondo Nakamura is a star on the rise, but Kondo faced more opponents in MMA and fought better guys, so you would think that Kondo is going to do it. Than again, Nakamura is getting better and better […]
Match order for PRIDE show
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Here is the likely match order for the 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show (starts at 3 PM with undercard fights taped but goes live on Fuji TV at 6 PM): Ken Kaneko vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett James Thompson vs. Giant Silva Emelianenko Alexander vs. Pawel Nastula Emelianenko Fedor vs. Zulu Welterweight Tournament Finals: Dan […]
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