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Member Back to Top Post by dragonzombie on Booking alone and wrestling doesn't guarantee you're going to grow.



Television slots do and big owners, commercials, better production values are more likely to aid business in the long run. And a star attraction, Tana or Kota ibushi for example.



Njpw does have more booking flaws and errors than Ajpw. Also lets not pretend there have or had been bigger companies doing better business while so much booked better promotions can't even get the fraction of what they can get.



We also have to realize majority of Ajpws fanbase went to watch Wrestle-1, its gonna take a long while to gain fans. Maybe painfully slow. Adding a bunch of non draw rookies who need to be established slowly won't help either.



But the Puroresu business isn't still as large it was in the 1990s, Njpw still doesn't sell out the Toyko Dome or bigger buildings. They even cut down on using bigger buildings again due to the Yokohama failure.



I discussed this with Otaku fanboys in Japan, they notice only Njpw is stable while the rest have peaked.



On another note, I enjoyed Akebono vs Go. Far much better than Marufuji vs Suzuki, crowd was more into it as well.

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Member Back to Top Post by Emperor Ihsahn on Firstly, welcome to WK. I agree that All Japan is still rebuilding after all of the walk outs over the years but taking the belt off of Go to put on Akebono seems pretty counter productive to me. I guess it will be alright so long as the payoff is worth it...But if they go with Akiyama vs Akebono than I am going to be pretty disappointed.



As for Puro being down in terms of business, I agree again, although it is much better now than it was 10 years ago. I am not sure Wrestling in general will ever get as big as it did in the 1990's around the world but Japan has recovered reasonably well, I mean DDT & BJW are good examples of that.

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AJPW “ 2015 Dynamite Series ”, 6/14/2015 [Sun] 18:00 @ Rumoi City Sports Center in Hokkaido

(1) KENSO vs. Yuma Aoyagi

◆ Winner: KENSO (5:50) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.

(2) Yohei Nakajima vs. Soma Takao [DDT]

◆ Winner: Yohei (7:53) following a Jump Turn Kick.

(3) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ultimo Dragon vs. Hikaru Sato & Naoya Nomura

◆ Winner: Kanemaru (13:07) with the Hollywood Star Press on Nomura.

~ Kanemaru made it known that he wants to face the winner of the World Jr. match between Kotaro and Hikaru.

(4) Jun Akiyama & SUSHI vs. Taiyo Kea & Jake Lee

◆ Winner: SUSHI (14:02) with the Katsuo no Ipponzuri on Lee.

(5) Akebono & Takao Omori vs. Zeus & The Bodyguard

◆ Winner: Akebono (12:49) following the Yokozuna Impact on Zeus.

(6) Suwama, Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki vs. Go Shiozaki, Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki

◆ Winner: Shiozaki (19:23) following the Go Flasher on Aoki. Results from yesterday from Keeping The Spirit Alive...

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Member Back to Top Post by Deleted on Here's the results from the big show in Sapporo that All Japan had earlier today featuring Akebono vs Miyahara (Results courtesy of Puroresu Spirit):



AJPW “2015 Dynamite Series”, 6/21/2015 [Sun] 16:00 @sapporo Teisen Hall in Hokkaido



(1) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO] vs. SUSHI & Yohei Nakajima

◆ Winner: Dragon (9:50) with a La Magistral on Yohei.

(2) Zeus [FREE] & Naoya Nomura vs. The Bodyguard [FREE] & Tomoya [FREE]

◆ Winner: Tomoya (13:46) with a Michinoku Driver II on Nomura.

(3) Atsushi Aoki vs. Soma Takao [DDT]

◆ Winner: Aoki (9:56) with a Texas Clover Hold.

(4) Jun Akiyama & Taiyo Kea [FREE] vs. Takao Omori & KENSO

◆ Winner: Kea (11:04) following the TKO on KENSO.



(5) Suwama & Joe Doering vs. Go Shiozaki & Jake Lee

◆ Winner: Suwama (15:34) following a Lariat on Lee.

~ Suwama once more called out for a Captains Fall rematch to decide which team between Evolution and Xceed is truly the strongest. Match looks to be set for 7/8 at Korakuen.



(6) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [38th Champion] Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION)

◆ Winner: Kotaro (18:40) following the Requiem.

~ 2nd successful title defense.

~ Kanemaru, who made it known that he wanted to get back into the title hunt earlier this tour, came out following the match and asserted himself as the next contender.

~ Kotaro accepted the challenge as he wants a match against the veteran junior.



(7) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [52nd Champion] Akebono vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara

◆ Winner: Akebono (16:41) following the Yokozuna Final Impact.

~ 1st successful title defense.

~ Akebono put over Miyahara for putting up an excellent fight.

~ Miyahara acknowledged his loss, but even though in loss he will get stronger and one day signify a change of an era in All Japan.