Today, from the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium , Pro-Wrestling FURY held a press conference to officially reveal the complete lineups for the 2008 F-MAX Summit tournament.
Given this year's special format of a thirty-two man single-elimination tournament, FURY President Hiroshi Nishida revealed that match pairings would be determined by a random lottery tumbler. The random drawing went on without incident, with all sixteen first round matches being decided.
The random draw created some unique match-ups, which include Akira Takayoshi facing his fellow NEW FORCE member, Etsuya Kawachi. In addition, senpai and kouhai will square off, as Masafuji Yoshida will face Tetsujin. However, one of the most interesting matches pit the F-MAX Unified Heavyweight Champion Tetsuhisa NAKAI against the new F-MAX Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Shin Kaiju! This will mark only the second time in FURY history that the Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight Champion have met in a singles match...
Just as the press conference was wrapping up, commotion would break out as RYO INOUE barged into the room. Inoue immediately grabbed President Nishida by his tie, and DEMANDED to be paired against Kazuma Fujita in the first round. With a crack in his voice, Mr. Nishida told Inoue that the pairings had been determined by random draw. Inoue responded by kicking the tumbler off the table, sending ping pong balls scattering all across the floor... Inoue again demanded to face Fujita, with Mr. Nishida once again saying he had no control over the lottery.
Inoue released Nishida, and studied the lineups before coming across his match, as he read that his first round opponent would be STRONG RIDERS member Kenichiro Hujikawa. Inoue scoffed, and said this was unacceptable. He accused Mr. Nishida of "bending to Fujita's will," and claimed that the lottery was rigged by Fujita himself to avoid facing him! Inoue finally laughed, and said that he hadn't come to FURY's ring to "win a pointless tournament." He said his goal was first and foremost to lure Kazuma Fujita into the ring. However, he said he would settle for simply "sending a message" for now, and said that eventually, Fujita would have to face him...
Given this year's special format of a thirty-two man single-elimination tournament, FURY President Hiroshi Nishida revealed that match pairings would be determined by a random lottery tumbler. The random drawing went on without incident, with all sixteen first round matches being decided.
The random draw created some unique match-ups, which include Akira Takayoshi facing his fellow NEW FORCE member, Etsuya Kawachi. In addition, senpai and kouhai will square off, as Masafuji Yoshida will face Tetsujin. However, one of the most interesting matches pit the F-MAX Unified Heavyweight Champion Tetsuhisa NAKAI against the new F-MAX Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Shin Kaiju! This will mark only the second time in FURY history that the Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight Champion have met in a singles match...
Just as the press conference was wrapping up, commotion would break out as RYO INOUE barged into the room. Inoue immediately grabbed President Nishida by his tie, and DEMANDED to be paired against Kazuma Fujita in the first round. With a crack in his voice, Mr. Nishida told Inoue that the pairings had been determined by random draw. Inoue responded by kicking the tumbler off the table, sending ping pong balls scattering all across the floor... Inoue again demanded to face Fujita, with Mr. Nishida once again saying he had no control over the lottery.
Inoue released Nishida, and studied the lineups before coming across his match, as he read that his first round opponent would be STRONG RIDERS member Kenichiro Hujikawa. Inoue scoffed, and said this was unacceptable. He accused Mr. Nishida of "bending to Fujita's will," and claimed that the lottery was rigged by Fujita himself to avoid facing him! Inoue finally laughed, and said that he hadn't come to FURY's ring to "win a pointless tournament." He said his goal was first and foremost to lure Kazuma Fujita into the ring. However, he said he would settle for simply "sending a message" for now, and said that eventually, Fujita would have to face him...
"~KING OF FURY~ F-MAX SUMMIT 2008"
November 08, 2008
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,100)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Jet Jaguar vs. Kyoto Okazaki
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Kazuma Fujita vs. Daisuke Iwata
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: ATSUKA vs. Hidaka Kamon
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. RYUJI
November 09, 2008
Saitama - Omiya Citizen Gymnasium (3,200)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Kinniku Kamen Nisei vs. C. Bones [WCC]
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Chikao Kessin vs. Go Taniguchi
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Otsuo Kayusa vs. Kazuki Sendo
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. Ryo Inoue [FREE]
November 11, 2008
Kanagawa - Yokosuka City Gymnasium (2,600)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: YAKUTA vs. TAKU
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Akira Takayoshi vs. Etsuya Kawachi
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Hiroaki Nakata vs. Manabe Tsuji
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Kotaro Ota vs. Mastodon Fukuda
November 12, 2008
Shizuoka - Act City Hamamatsu (2,300)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Kyoshima Yosuken vs. Naoyuki Watanabe
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Fumihiko Shirai vs. Eric Dane [WCC]
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Masafuji Yoshida vs. Tetsujin
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 1: Tetsuhisa NAKAI vs. Shin Kaiju
November 14, 2008
Hyogo - Akashi Park Gymnasium (3,000)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
November 15, 2008
Kyoto - Fukuchiyama Park Gymnasium (2,500)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 2: TBD
November 18, 2008
Mie - Mie Prefectural Sun Arena Sub Arena (3,000)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 3: TBD
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 3: TBD
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 3: TBD
4. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Round 3: TBD
November 20, 2008
Osaka - Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (6,700)
1. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Semi Final: TBD
2. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Semi Final: TBD
3. F-MAX Summit 2008 - Final: TBD
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