[4/24/2009] FURY News & Notes

- Coming off of yesterday's Hyogo event, Pro-Wrestling FURY has released the full card for tomorrow's Sakura Tag Festival finals show in Osaka. Many of the bouts have been thrown together at the last minute, due to nature of the tournament. However, all eyes are on the two top matches.

First, In a rivalry that has somewhat dated back to the original formation of UPRISER'Z two years ago, the NEW FORCE team of Akira Takayoshi and Naoyuki Watanabe will clash with the F-MAX Tag Team Champions TAKU and Mastodon Fukuda in the finals of 2009 Sakura Tag Festival in what is a direct rematch of their 12/21/2008 F-MAX Tag Team title match. Last time however, TakaNabe were unable to stop the "Chojin Powers" rampage as the most dominant tag team in pro-wrestling today. A victory for them tomorrow would be huge, and would guarantee them another chance to end the year-and-a-half run as F-MAX Tag Team champions... However, it would not be the first time the F-MAX Tag Team Champions have won the Sakura Tag Festival, as Otsuo Kayusa and Kyoshima Yosuken won the tournament in 2003 while simultaneously holding the belts...

In addition, "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita will finally make his return to the ring after suffering a serious shoulder injury on 11/20/2008 in a big tag match, as he unites with Shigeru Iwasaki against Iwasaki's former friend Daisuke Iwata and a man who has been making a mockery of Fujita as of late, "The Outlaw" Kyoto Okazaki. Will Fujita be able to return to form, or will his injury be exposed, leading to an UPRISER'Z victory...?

"OSAKA HANAMI 2009"
April 25, 2009 (Samurai! TV / Sky PerfecTV! PPV)
Osaka - Katano Dome (4,000)
1. Jet Jaguar & Jun Kobayashi [FREE] vs. Kotaro Ota & Fumihiko Shirai
2. Etsuya Kawachi, Hidaka Kamon & Kazuki Sendo vs. Shin Kaiju, RYUJI & Manabe Tsuji
3. Hiroaki Nakata, Yoshihiro Shimoda, ATSUKA & YAKUTA vs. Masafuji Yoshida, Go Taniguchi, Tetsujin & Kinniku Kamen Nisei
4. Otsuo Kayusa, Kyoshima Yosuken & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, Chikao Kessin & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
5. 300% REVIVAL! ~ Kazuma Fujita Return Match: "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita & Shigeru Iwasaki vs. Daisuke Iwata & Kyoto Okazaki
6. Sakura Tag Festival - Finals: Akira Takayoshi & Naoyuki Watanabe vs. TAKU & Mastodon Fukuda

- The show will have a special early start time of 4:00PM JST, due to the fact that Pro-Wrestling FURY will be hosting a large press conference following the show to formally announce plans for their historic 5/31 event from the Kyocera Dome in Osaka.

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