F-MAX Summit

The F-MAX Summit tournament was established in 2004, replacing the "Revival Series" tournament as FURY's annual tournament to determine the strongest heavyweight. The tournament was originally called the "F-MAX WORLD" League, but was renamed to the "F-MAX Summit" in 2006. The tournament also led to the renaming of the KFD Heavyweight title, which came about after Akira Takayoshi won the tournament in 2007, en route to renaming the KFD Heavyweight title to the "F-MAX Heavyweight title" upon capturing the title in December of the same year. Assuming that the reigning F-MAX Heavyweight Champion also doesn't win the tournament, the eventual winner becomes top contender, and is allowed to challenge the champion on 12/21 at Osaka Castle Hall.

2004 (11/11/2004 to 11/29/2004)

Block A:
1. Tetsuhiro Kaneda [8]
2. Hiroaki Nakata [6]
3. ZERO Kubota [6]
4. Otsuo Kayusa [4]
5. Takayuki Morita [4]
6. Masafuji Yoshida [2]

Block B:
1. Tetsuhisa NAKAI [8]
2. Akira Takayoshi [7]
3. TSUKYO [6]
4. Daisuke Iwata [5]
5. Chikao Kessin [4]
6. Taro Nakayama [0]

Block A Semi Finalist Decision Match: Hiroaki Nakata beat ZERO Kubota (19:47) with a Dragon Suplex hold.
Semi Final: Tetsuhiro Kaneda beat Akira Takayoshi (14:04) with the Millenium Suplex.
Semi Final: Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Hiroaki Nakata (11:22) with a lariat.
Final: Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Tetsuhiro Kaneda (25:00) with the Red Sea Vice.

2006 (11/05/2006 to 11/22/2006)

Block A:
1. Akira Takayoshi [11]
2. Hiroaki Nakata [9]
3. ZERO Kubota [8]
4. Chikao Kessin [8]
5. Yoshihiro Shimoda [7]
6. Taku Okamoto [5]
7. Go Taniguchi [4]
8. TSUKYO [4]

Block B:
1. Mitsuharu Nogami [12]
2. Otsuo Kayusa [9]
3. Kazuma Fujita [9]
4. Daichi Matsumoto [8]
5. Masafuji Yoshida [6]
6. Tetsuhisa NAKAI [6]
7. Daisuke Iwata [4]
8. Kenichiro Hujikawa [2]

Semi Final: Otsuo Kayusa beat Akira Takayoshi (14:47) with the Uraken.
Semi Final: Hiroaki Nakata beat "Tokyo Ace" Mitsuharu Nogami (19:53) with the Kido Clutch.
Final: Hiroaki Nakata beat Otsuo Kayusa (19:04) with a Dragon Suplex hold.

2007 (11/10/2007 to 11/20/2007)

Block A:
1. Akira Takayoshi [8]
2. Chikao Kessin [7]
3. Mastodon Fukuda [5]
4. Go Taniguchi [4]
5. YAKUTA [4]
6. Daisuke Iwata [2]

Block B:
1. TAKU [10]
2. Yoshihiro Shimoda [7]
3. Masafuji Yoshida [6]
4. Otsuo Kayusa [5]
5. Norihiro Akashi [2]
6. Hiroaki Nakata [0]

Semi Final: Akira Takayoshi beat Yoshihiro Shimoda (18:55) with a Tiger Suplex hold.
Semi Final: TAKU beat Chikao Kessin (14:24) with the Chojin Bomber.
Final: Akira Takayoshi beat TAKU (26:42) with the POSEIDON.
2008 (11/08/2008 - 11/20/2008)

Round 1:
1. Kyoto Okazaki beat Jet Jaguar (10:52) with the Otokogoroshi.
2. Kazuma Fujita beat Daisuke Iwata (9:04) with the Fujita Lariat.
3. ATSUKA beat Hidaka Kamon (8:44) with the Viento Clutch.
4. Yoshihiro Shimoda beat RYUJI (13:20) with the Sapporo Lancer.
5. C. Bones beat Kinniku Kamen Nisei (6:59) with a Brainbuster.
6. Chikao Kessin beat Go Taniguchi (12:51) with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop.
7. Otsuo Kayusa beat Kazuki Sendo (7:24) with a German Suplex hold.
8. Kenichiro Hujikawa beat Ryo Inoue (9:40) by DQ.
9. TAKU beat YAKUTA (14:05) with the Chojin Bomber.
10. Akira Takayoshi beat Etsuya Kawachi (10:17) with the Tiger Suplex hold.
11. Hiroaki Nakata beat Manabe Tsuji (9:29) with a wakigatame.
12. Mastodon Fukuda beat Kotaro Ota (15:58) with the Mastodon Buster.
13. Naoyuki Watanabe beat Kyoshima Yosuken (11:03) with the Kodou-style Dragon Suplex hold.
14. Eric Dane beat Fumihiko Shirai (2:01) with the Stardriver.
15. Masafuji Yoshida beat Tetsujin (12:24) with a lariat.
16. Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Shin Kaiju (14:19) with the MAX BULLET.

Round 2:
1. Kazuma Fujita beat Kyoto Okazaki (8:47) with the Fujita Lariat.
2. Yoshihiro Shimoda beat ATSUKA (18:00) with an ikkakugeri.
3. Chikao Kessin beat C. Bones (11:16) with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop.
4. Otsuo Kayusa beat Kenichiro Hujikawa (7:22) by knockout.
5. Eric Dane beat Naoyuki Watanabe (9:50) with the Stardriver II.
6. Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Masafuji Yoshida (20:12) with the Koukai Vice.
7. Mastodon Fukuda beat Hiroaki Nakata (12:31) with the Mastodon Hades.
8. Akira Takayoshi beat TAKU (17:29) the Tiger Suplex hold.

Round 3:
1. Kazuma Fujita beat Yoshihiro Shimoda (13:26) with a Powerbomb.
2. Chikao Kessin beat Otsuo Kayusa (10:40) with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop.
3. Mastodon Fukuda beat Akira Takayoshi (21:27) with the Mastodon Hades.
4. Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Eric Dane (14:54) with the MAX BULLET.

Semi Finals:
1. Chikao Kessin beat Kazuma Fujita (10:17) with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop.
2. Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Mastodon Fukuda (14:55) with the MAX BULLET.

Finals:
1. Tetsuhisa NAKAI beat Chikao Kessin (12:09) with a strong-arm lariat.
2009 (11/13/2009 to 11/25/2009)

Block A:

1. Keiji Takano [11]
2. Norihiro Akashi [10]
3. Akira Takayoshi [9]
4. TAKU [8]
5."Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita [8]
6. Chikao Kessin [6]
7. Jun Kobayashi [2]
8. Masahiro Sakamoto [2]

Block B:
1. Tetsuhisa NAKAI [10]
2. Naoki Fukuda [9]
3. Hiroaki Nakata [8]
4. Otsuo Kayusa [8]
5. Naoyuki Watanabe [7]
6. Masato Osagawa [6]
7. Shuji Kido [4]
8. Masakazu Fujimoto [4]

Semi Final: Norihiro Akashi beat Tetsuhisa NAKAI (10:16) with a front cradle.
Semi Final: Naoki Fukuda beat Keiji Takano (16:06) with the Mastodon Splash.
Final: Naoki Fukuda beat Norihiro Akashi (31:01) with the Mastodon Hades.

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