AWMPSCEIRLOMGG/Week 2 (2nd half)

Wrestling Observer News

 * This weeks episode of NJPW World Pro-Wrestling had an instant classic main event, as Hiroshi Tanahashi went over Shinsuke Nakamura. Both men great fan favorites, and both of them would have deserved the win.
 * On the same show, Katsuyori Shibata scored a win over the veteran Jushin Thunder Liger. And, in a huge championship win, the Junior Stars (Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto) took the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles from Gedo & Jado.
 * AJPW held Our Spirits Will Rise Up 2007 to an audience of 31,000. The main event saw the striker TAKA Michinoku make a defense of his GAORA TV championship against ring technician Osamu Nishimura.
 * Also on the card, Tokyo Gurentai (MAZADA & NOSADA) defended their World Tag Team titles against Brian Danielson and Yasu Urano, with the American getting a huge crowd pop.
 * WWE Armageddon 2007 was released, getting well over a million pay-per-view buys. In the main event, Bobby Lashley defended his World Heavyweight title against both Kurt Angle and The Undertaker. Lashley the fighting champion has defended 5 times so far.
 * The card also featured Edge defending his United States title against the jobber who made a comeback to become a star, Stevie Richards. Also, Daivari defended his Cruiserweight title against Chavo Guerrero in one high-octane match.
 * Only a few matches on NOAH Di Colosseo today, with the standout match being Minoru Suzuki defeating Atsushi Aoki. A short fight so a major star can get a squash over a jobber.
 * The major event which came after was NOAH Great Voyage 2007, on pay-per-view. The main event was Naomichi Marufuji defending his Junior Heavyweight championship vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima in a 30 minutes+ puroresu classic that the smarks will talk about.
 * Also, Wild II (Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio) defended the GHC Tag Team titles against Kensuke Sasaki and Taiyo Kea in a battle of big slams.
 * Ricky Santana has stepped down as head booker of WWC and CEO Carlos Colon will be looking for another influential Puerto Rican figure to write the matches.
 * IPW:UK CEO Daniel Adler is in trouble after he refused to pay Kade Callous and Kurupt for an event, instead pocketing the money. The two wrestlers are furious and will not be working with the company again.

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