NOAH Results and Stuff

[Chris Hero]

After a half dozen flight cancellations, 72 hours and 7,000 miles of travel, I made it to Japan. I missed the first show in Korakuen, which upset me, but I'm here and all is well.

Here are the results thus far:

2/17 Differ Ariake Tokyo

8th Match: 30 min Time Limit
Takeshi RIKIOH (W) vs. Chris HERO (L)
@15 min 13 sec. RIKIOH beat HERO from MUSOU

A rough match with one of their top heavyweight wrestlers. The match went well even though Rikioh took my head off with three different clotheslines. There are some good pictures here:

sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/200702/17/b08.html

2/18 Kyoto KBS Hall
5th Match: Tag Match 30 min Time Limit
Naomichi MARUFUJI & Mushi-King TERRY (W) vs. Chris HERO & Rocky ROMERO (L)
@18 min 12 sec. MARUFUJI beat HERO with PERFECT NECK LOCK CRADLE

Good match. I interacted primarily with Maru and it definitely made me want to kill him in a singles match one day.

2/21 Fukuyama Industrial Hall
8th Match: Tag Match 60 min Time Limit
Bison SMITH, Doug WILLIAMS & Chris HERO (W) vs.
Jun AKIYAMA, Yoshinobu KANEMARU & Makoto HASHI (L)
@24 min 05 sec. SMITH beat HASHI from BISON-TENIAL

Good match. It was Hashi's hometown, so the three of us gave him a pretty good beating. Oh, and I found out that Akiyama's knee is just as hard as you would expect. Go Figure. Bison-tenial. What a great move name...

2/22 Tsuyama All Purpose Gym
7th Match: Tag Match 60 min Time Limit
Bison SMITH, Doug WILLIAMS & Chris HERO (W) vs.
Mitsuharu MISAWA, Yoshinari OGAWA & Kotaro SUZUKI (L)
@11 min 45 sec. WILLIAMS beat OGAWA with ROLLING CRADLE HOLD.

2/24 Osaka Central Public Hall
3rd Match: Tag Match 30 min Time Limit
Muhammad YONE & Ippei OTA (L) vs. Doug WILLIAMS & Chris HERO (W)
@15 min 45 sec. HERO beat OTA from HERO's WELCOME (Modified DDT)

2/25 Zepp Nagoya
6th Match: Tag Match 45 min Time Limit
Jun AKIYAMA & Takeshi RIKIOH (W) vs. Bison SMITH & Chris HERO (L)
@12 min 22 sec. RIKIOH beat HERO from MUSOU.

2/28 Mito City Gym
7th Match: Tag Match 60 min Time Limit
Mitsuharu MISAWA & Akira TAUE (W) vs. Bison SMITH & Chris HERO (L)
@13 min 44 sec. TAUE beat HERO from DYNAMIC BOMB

As the tour goes on, internet access permitting, I'll update this thread with ongoing results. Enjoy!

-CH

[heroswelcome]

good luck and cant wait to see these matches keep up the good work

[chrisherofan]

Congrats on your win today mate, nice to see you and the best of Britain do well.

Good Luck with the rest of your tour.

[heroswelcome]

good to see you get a win in noah keep it up chris

[divakind]

Great photos--now I'll just have to get one of my co-workers to translate the text! Congrats on the win; stay safe and enjoy your trip.

[heroswelcome]

well done on your win yesterday keep it up