[6/23/2009] FURY News & Notes

- Pro-Wrestling FURY released cards for its upcoming series, which will primarily focus around the longest lasting tradition in Japan, the annual J1-MAX League tournament. However, that is not all! FURY's 7/17 Korakuen rally will be a particularly huge event, as the interpromotional war between Tetsuhisa NAKAI of FURY and C-1 Heavyweight Champion Akuma Toyota of CRIMSON will continue, as NAKAI and protégé Ryuugo Nagashima will clash with Toyota and his new partner, C-2 Openweight Champion Masakazu Fujimoto! It will perhaps be the final preliminary skirmish NAKAI and Toyota have before their C-1 Heavyweight title match on CRIMSON's 7/27 "BATTLE ZONE '09" event in Miyagi.

However, the bigger news is that as promised, Otsuo Kayusa will make his V1 defense of the F-MAX Unified Heavyweight title in Korakuen Hall! However, an opponent has yet to be determined. It was reported that Kayusa was given a list of names for his first defense. However, rather than simply choosing a name, Kayusa said he wanted to wait and see if a challenger presents himself within the ring, and said he intends on this challenger showing himself on 7/05 in Osaka!

None of this however can overshadow Japanese Pro-Wrestling's longest lasting tradition, the J1-MAX League tournament. Arguably, this year is the most star-studded lineup, as five of the six former champions will attempt to be the first wrestler to win the tournament twice. However, there are a bevy of hungry challengers hoping to carve their name in the history of the illustrious tournament! How will the drama play out!? Fans across Japan will have to wait and find out!

"BREAK BLOW Vol. 6"
June 26, 2009
Tokyo - Shinjuku FACE (409)
1. Tetsujin vs. Kazuki Sendo
2. Kotaro Ota vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]
3. Norihiro Akashi & Seiji Sasaki vs. RYUJI & Manabe Tsuji
4. Hiroaki Nakata & Shuji Kido [Nansei] vs. Riki Ichiro [DYNAMITE] & Yujiro Higuchi [DYNAMITE]

July 05, 2009
Osaka - Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2 (1,800)
1. Tetsujin vs. Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
2. J1-MAX League - Block A: Jet Jaguar vs. Hidaka Kamon
3. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shigeru Iwasaki vs. RYUJI
4. J1-MAX League - Block A: Kotaro Ota vs. Kyoto Okazaki
5. Hiroaki Nakata, Masafuji Yoshida, YAKUTA & Fumihiko Shirai vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
6. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi, Go Taniguchi & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata, Shin Kaiju & Manabe Tsuji
7. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, Otsuo Kayusa & Seiji Sasaki vs. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe & Kazuki Sendo
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. Etsuya Kawachi
9. J1-MAX League - Block A: ATSUKA vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]

July 06, 2009
Hyogo - Kobe Sambo Hall (2,100)
1. Mamoru Sekishima Debut Match: Kazuma Fujita vs. Mamoru Sekishima
2. Hiroaki Nakata, Masafuji Yoshida, YAKUTA, Tetsujin & Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido] vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, Kotaro Ota, Fumihiko Shirai, Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON] & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
3. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi & Go Taniguchi vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata & Manabe Tsuji
4. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shin Kaiju vs. RYUJI
5. J1-MAX League - Block A: ATSUKA vs. Hidaka Kamon
6. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe, Etsuya Kawachi & Kazuki Sendo vs. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Seiji Sasaki
7. J1-MAX League - Block A: Jet Jaguar vs. Kyoto Okazaki
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. Shigeru Iwasaki

July 07, 2009
Kyoto - Kameoka Citizen Gymnasium (2,000)
1. Jun Kobayashi, Go Taniguchi & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. Hiroaki Nakata, Tetsuhisa NAKAI & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
2. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Seiji Sasaki vs. YAKUTA, Jet Jaguar, Fumihiko Shirai & Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
3. J1-MAX League - Block B: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. RYUJI
4. J1-MAX League - Block A: ATSUKA vs. Kotaro Ota
5. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe, Kazuki Sendo & Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido] vs. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, Masafuji Yoshida, Tetsujin & Mamoru Sekishima
6. Naoki Fukuda & Shigeru Iwasaki vs. TAKU & Daisuke Iwata
7. J1-MAX League - Block A: Hidaka Kamon vs. Kyoto Okazaki
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Etsuya Kawachi vs. Shin Kaiju

July 09, 2009
Mie - Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall (1,800)
1. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, YAKUTA, Kotaro Ota & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE] vs. Hiroaki Nakata, Masafuji Yoshida, Fumihiko Shirai & Tetsujin
2. Norihiro Akashi & Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita & Mamoru Sekishima
3. J1-MAX League - Block A: Hidaka Kamon vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]
4. J1-MAX League - Block B: RYUJI vs. Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
5. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe & Kazuki Sendo vs. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin & Seiji Sasaki
6. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi, Go Taniguchi & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata, Shin Kaiju & Manabe Tsuji
7. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shigeru Iwasaki vs. Etsuya Kawachi
8. J1-MAX League - Block A: ATSUKA vs. Kyoto Okazaki

July 12, 2009
Aichi - Nagoya City Gymnasium (2,000)
1. Go Taniguchi vs. Mamoru Sekishima
2. Tetsuhisa NAKAI & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE] vs. Masafuji Yoshida & Tetsujin
3. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, ATSUKA & Jet Jaguar vs. Hiroaki Nakata, Kotaro Ota & Fumihiko Shirai
4. J1-MAX League - Block B: Etsuya Kawachi vs. RYUJI
5. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi, Kenichiro Hujikawa & Shigeru Iwasaki vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata, Shin Kaiju & Manabe Tsuji
6. J1-MAX League - Block A: Kyoto Okazaki vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]
7. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe & Kazuki Sendo vs. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Seiji Sasaki
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]

July 13, 2009
Kanagawa - Isehara City Gymnasium (2,000)
0. Masafuji Yoshida vs. Tetsujin
1. 3WAY Match: Fumihiko Shirai vs. Seiji Sasaki vs. Manabe Tsuji
2. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe & Kazuki Sendo vs. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, YAKUTA & Mamoru Sekishima
3. J1-MAX League - Block A: Kotaro Ota vs. Hidaka Kamon
4. J1-MAX League - Block B: Etsuya Kawachi vs. Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
5. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi, Go Taniguchi & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata, Kyoto Okazaki & RYUJI
6. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. Hiroaki Nakata, Tetsuhisa NAKAI, ATSUKA & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
7. J1-MAX League - Block A: Jet Jaguar vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shigeru Iwasaki vs. Shin Kaiju

July 14, 2009
Saitama - Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium (2,000)
1. Hiroaki Nakata vs. Mamoru Sekishima
2. 3WAY Match: Etsuya Kawachi vs. Daisuke Iwata vs. Fumihiko Shirai
3. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, Masafuji Yoshida, Tetsujin & Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido] vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, ATSUKA, YAKUTA & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE]
4. J1-MAX League - Block A: Jet Jaguar vs. Kotaro Ota
5. Naoki Fukuda, Jun Kobayashi, Go Taniguchi & Kenichiro Hujikawa vs. TAKU, Kyoto Okazaki, RYUJI & Manabe Tsuji
6. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shigeru Iwasaki vs. Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
7. Akira Takayoshi, Naoyuki Watanabe, Hidaka Kamon & Kazuki Sendo vs. Otsuo Kayusa, Chikao Kessin, Norihiro Akashi & Seiji Sasaki
8. J1-MAX League - Block B: Yoshihiro Shimoda vs. Shin Kaiju

July 17, 2009
Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,100)
1. "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita, YAKUTA & Mamoru Sekishima vs. Hiroaki Nakata, Fumihiko Shirai & Tetsujin
2. 3WAY Match: Jun Kobayashi vs. Masafuji Yoshida vs. Manabe Tsuji
3. J1-MAX League - Block A: Kotaro Ota vs. Jin Hiroto [Hokkaido]
4. Naoki Fukuda, Go Taniguchi, Kenichiro Hujikawa & Shigeru Iwasaki vs. TAKU, Daisuke Iwata, Kyoto Okazaki & RYUJI
5. J1-MAX League - Block B: Shin Kaiju vs. Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON]
6. Tetsuhisa NAKAI & Ryuugo Nagashima [FREE] vs. Akuma Toyota [CRIMSON] & Masakazu Fujimoto [CRIMSON]
7. J1-MAX League - Block A: ATSUKA vs. Jet Jaguar
8. F-MAX Unified Heavyweight Title: Otsuo Kayusa (c) vs. X

July 18, 2009
Tokyo - JCB Hall (3,000)
1. J1-MAX League - Final: A Block Winner vs. B Block Winner

- In addition, FURY has announced its dates for the 2009 F-MAX Summit tournament in November. This will be the most ambitious tournament since 2006, which saw first-time participation from Kazuma Fujita and "Tokyo Ace" Mitsuharu Nogami.

The tournament will kick off on 11/13 at Korakuen Hall, before traveling north to Miyagi on 11/15, who will take part in the tournament for the first time. FURY will continue north as they return to Hokkaido on 11/16. Following that, the tournament will head back west to Aichi on 11/18, before continuing to Kyoto on 11/19 and Fukuoka on 11/21. Finally, the tournament will head to Osaka for two straight nights at the 6,800 seat Namihaya Dome in Osaka for the last round of the group stage matches on 11/24, before the tournament final on 11/25.

As always, participants will be announced in October.

"F-MAX SUMMIT 2009 ~ RISE OF NEW LEGEND"
11/13/2009: Tokyo - Korakuen Hall (2,100)
11/15/2009: Miyagi - Miyagi Sports Center (5,000)
11/16/2009: Hokkaido - Sapporo Teisen Hall (2,500)
11/18/2009: Aichi - Sky Hall Toyota (6,500)
11/19/2009: Kyoto - Daigo Gran Dome (5,000)
11/21/2009: Fukuoka - Hakata Star Lane (2,800)
11/24/2009: Osaka - Osaka Namihaya Dome (6,800)
11/25/2009: Osaka - Osaka Namihaya Dome (6,800)