AJPW Junior League

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The Junior League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, to decide the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler, as well as the #1 contender to the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. It was established in 2006 as a two-block round-robin tournament, in which each block's highest scorers face off in the finals. A victory is worth two points, a draw is worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit.

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[edit] Results

[edit] List of winners

[edit] 2006

The 2006 Junior League was held from June 25 to July 3 over six shows, and featured two blocks of four. Foreign participation included TAKA Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo and Virus from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The winner, Kaz Hayashi, won every match he participated in; he went on to fail in his challenge to Junior Heavyweight champion Shuji Kondo on August 27. Note that "brother" YASSHI wrestled as "strong" YASSHI for two of his matches.

Final standings[1]
Block A Block B
Kaz Hayashi 6 Katsuhiko Nakajima 5
TAKA Michinoku 4 Katsushi Takemura 4
Ryuji Hijikata 2 Virus 2
"brother" YASSHI 0 MAZADA 1
Block A Kaz Hayashi Ryuji Hijikata TAKA Michinoku "brother" YASSHI
Kaz Hayashi X Hayashi (13:32) Hayashi (28:05) Hayashi (3:28)
Ryuji Hijikata Hayashi (13:32) X TAKA (13:46) Hijikata (3:24)
TAKA Michinoku Hayashi (28:05) TAKA (13:46) X TAKA (1:54)
"brother" YASSHI Hayashi (3:28) Hijikata (3:24) TAKA (1:54) X
Block B MAZADA Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsushi Takemura Virus
MAZADA X Draw (30:00) Takemura (13:58) Virus (12:53)
Katsuhiko Nakajima Draw (30:00) X Nakajima (14:17) Nakajima (11:01)
Katsushi Takemura Takemura (13:58) Nakajima (14:17) X Takemura (10:32)
Virus Virus (12:53) Nakajima (11:01) Takemura (10:32) X
  Final
       
A1  Kaz Hayashi[1] Pin
B1  Katsuhiko Nakajima 20:58

[edit] 2007

The 2007 Junior League, was held from June 24 to July 1 over six shows, involving two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Chris Sabin from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Unlike the previous year, the Junior Heavyweight champion, Katsuhiko Nakajima, was allowed to compete.

Current standings
Block A Block B
Shuji Kondo 6 Chris Sabin 6
Ryuji Hijikata 4 Dick Togo 5
Katsuhiko Nakajima 4 Miguel Hayashi, Jr. 4
PEPE Michinoku 4 AKIRA 3
El NOSAWA Mendoza 2 "brother" YASSHI 2
Block A Ryuji Hijikata Shuji Kondo El NOSAWA Mendoza PEPE Michinoku Katsuhiko Nakajima
Ryuji Hijikata X Kondo (9:28) NOSAWA (10:40) Hijikata (0:43) Hijikata (12:22)
Shuji Kondo Kondo (9:28) X Kondo (7:08) PEPE (0:24) Kondo (19:47)
El NOSAWA Mendoza NOSAWA (10:40) Kondo (7:08) X PEPE (7:45) Nakajima (10:49)
PEPE Michinoku Hijikata (0:43) PEPE (0:24) PEPE (7:45) X Nakajima (19:05)
Katsuhiko Nakajima Hijikata (12:22) Kondo (19:47) Nakajima (10:49) Nakajima (19:05) X
Block B AKIRA Miguel Hayashi, Jr. Chris Sabin Dick Togo "brother" YASSHI
AKIRA X AKIRA (19:24) Sabin (12:33) Draw (30:00) YASSHI (16:44)
Miguel Hayashi, Jr. AKIRA (19:24) X Hayashi (12:57) Togo (18:35) Hayashi (9:27)
Chris Sabin Sabin (12:33) Hayashi (12:57) X Sabin (14:43) Sabin (8:28)
Dick Togo Draw (30:00) Togo (18:35) Sabin (14:43) X Togo (8:28)
"brother" YASSHI YASSHI (16:44) Hayashi (9:27) Sabin (8:28) Togo (8:28) X
  Final
       
A1  Shuji Kondo Pin
B1  Chris Sabin[2] 15:45

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Junior Champion Carnival 2006. Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  2. ^ a b Junior Champion Carnival 2007. Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
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