But I don't WANNA cheer the Augments!!
Showing posts with label Obon-nanza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obon-nanza. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Friday, August 14, 2020
Monday, September 9, 2019
AWL Supercard: Obon-nanza 2019
OK, my bad. I posted this show to YouTube so that it would post automatically during Obon. I then went on vacation and promptly completely forgot to post it here. I'm sorry.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Matches Announced for AWL Supercard: Obonnanza 2019
5 matches have been announced by the AWL Commissioner. 4 of these matches have championship
implications and one is…unusual.
AWL Supercard:
Obonnanza 2019!
MAIN EVENT
Akira Merune (C)
vs. Dragoness (#1)
AWL Joshi
Championship Match
9th
Title Defense
The Empire (2) vs.
Tiger Mask II & “Rainmaker” Okada Kazuchika (2)
Points in Play
The
first contendership match announced. The
Rainmaker is coming back to the AWL, so the AWL Commissioner decided to make
this a 2v2 match. The Empire haven’t held
the AWL World Tag Team Titles in years. Now
they have to face the most powerful dream team in AWL History. Not a good day to be part of the British
Empire. But these aren’t the only ones
to have a chance to earn a tag team title shot:
Monster Union:
Unholy Alliance (2) vs. The Augments (2)
Points in Play
Two
Joshi tag teams are ready to square off and there isn’t a human being amongst
them. A werewolf and a cat girl vs, a
cyborg and a cloud of sentient nanomachines.
I love pro wrestling!
Hebitsukai vs.
Chiba Akagi vs. Black Tiger Justice vs. Shynron vs. DB-02 vs. Yamada Jiro vs.
The Roc vs. ResuBLACK
IC #1 Contender SCRAMBLE
MATCH!
Moving on
to the Intercontinental Championship, this is going to be a crazy match. For the uninitiated, a Scramble Match in the
AWL is a multi-man match where elimination occurs by pin fall or
submission. That’s right, a SEVEN FALL TO
A FINISH MATCH!
The line
up here is as nuts as the format. A
snake monster, a human submission expert, a heroic villain, a dragon, a zombie
rabbit, a racist, a young phenom, and a superhero. The last of this weird group to survive will receive
a title shot against Matt Classic Sr. at AWL 281.
But
that’s not the only singles title that needs a new #1 contender:
Project Tetsu 2.0
(#1) vs. H-03 (#2) vs. ResuRED (#3) vs. TBD
Reshuffle Match
Another
elimination match as all multi-man bouts are in the AWL. As always, the loser of the 1st
fall becomes the #4 contender, the loser of the 2nd fall #3, the loser
of the 3rd and final fall #2.
The winner becomes the #1 contender and will challenge Azteckaizer NEO
for the AWL Grand Championship at AWL 280.
“But
wait!” I can already hear you saying.
Who’s the fourth member of the match?
Funny you should ask…
Erucion Solar vs. “Lie”-ger
Fight for 4
Our last
match announcement for the day, the winner of this match will have to wrestle
twice in one night and we try to avoid that here in the AWL, but both wrestlers
have agreed to participate and with a chance to jump from the midcard to the
main event in a single night, it’s hard to blame them.
The
last time these two met one on one in the AWL Ring, Erupcion Solar defeated the
fake Liger to take the AWL IC Title. Can
he repeat the feat with a shot at the Grand Championship on the line?
And
that’s not all! More matches are due to
be announced in the next days or so.
Saturday, August 10, 2019
We're BACK!
Wrestling
fans the world over, this is AWL head commentator RyuSensei here bringing you
all the news, promos, and reviews as we begin the build to the 15th
season of the Animated Wrestling League.
We’ve got some BIG things in the works behind the scenes here at AWL HQ. But I can’t reveal anything yet. More on that as we get closer to the season
premier.
However,
I CAN talk about the upcoming AWL Supercard.
As the mercury soars all across Japan, we are approaching the biggest
cultural event of the summer: Obon. As
the rest of the nation celebrates and honors our ancestors the AWL fans will
celebrate the return of the AWL Wrestlers to their YouTube windows in the form
of Obonnanza 2019!
The
main event has been set. For an unbelievable
9th time, the Mistress of 1000 Holds, Akira Merune will defend the
AWL Joshi Championship. Across the ring
will be the first ever three time challenger to the title and Akira Merune’s
tag team partner: Dragoness!
Beyond
that incredible main event, the theme of the evening will be the future. That’s why we have not one, not two, not
three, not four, but potentially FIVE matches with championship implications as
we search for #1 Contenders to start the new season with a plethora of title opportunities
in the pipe. Exact details to be
announced over the next few days.
One
detail I CAN announce is that we will have a very special guest return to the
Animated Wrestling League for this Super Card:
“THE
RAINMAKER” OKADA KAZUCHIKA!
That’s
right, the one and only IWGP Heavyweight Champion, mere days after the finale
of the G1 Climax 29 Tournament, will team with the AWL’s Tiger Mask II to
compete in a tag team match. Okada and
Tiger Mask II have been sitting on 2 points for over a year so, if they are
victorious, they will earn a title match against The Spirit Pack for the AWL
World’s Tag Team Titles.
Friday, August 17, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Full Card for AWL Supercard Obon-nanza 2018!!
Ok, so I’m currently
on vacation and don’t have as much internet access as I expected to have. Hence the lack of daily updates. But I can’t let Obon-nanza 2018 pass without
at least some hype. So, let’s go match
by match:
AWL SUPERCARD: OBON-NANZA 2016!
MAIN EVENT:
AWL All Stars (Luke James, HAKAISHA, Ma-Ji-Ku, Doombunny) vs. The Augments
Elimination Atomicos Match
If the Augments lose, they will be BANISHED from the AWL!
It’s rare that we have
a supercard where the AWL Grand Championship is NOT the main event, but this is
SUCH a big deal that we have no choice.
For reasons I personally don’t understand, Dr. Jigoku has agreed that
the Augments will leave the AWL for good if they lose this first ever elimination
4 on 4 match. Whatever his reasons, we
can’t let this opportunity pass. So the match is on!
THUGLIFE田中健一 (C) vs. 破砕機 (#1)
AWL Grand Championship Match
2nd Title Defense
OK, this is
weird. Hasaiki earned his way into the
AWL Best 4 by defeating Tanaka Kenichi in their qualifying match at the Clash
of Styles Tournament. Then, Hasaiki
miraculously won a reshuffle match to earn this match. Personally, I have no idea how to react to
this. I hate that humanoid slime Tanaka
Kenichi, that’s no secret. However, I
can’t support the idea of the AWL Grand Championship falling into the hands of
a bunch of racists like Nippon Yokkata. So,
I’m just going to hope a meteor strikes the ring or something.
Tiger Mask W (C) vs. Liga Cosmica (3)
AWL World’s Tag Team Championship Match
3rd Title Defense
Liga Cosmica earned their
third point last weekend and now they get their shot at the gold. The Unified School of the Tiger Style has
made history by first combining the Golden Tiger and Black Tiger Schools and now
by taking on apprentices. Can they
continue their legacy by extending their tag team title run?
Dragoness vs. Tormenta del Fuego (Debut)
Dragoness Debut Series!
You read that
correctly. Dragoness has decided to
continue her father’s Dragon Debut Series in the Joshi Division. Who is Tormenta del Fuego? Other than the fact that it translates to “Firestorm”
in English, I know nothing. And yes, I’m
beginning to know this is becoming a pattern with this show. I don’t like it any better than you do.
力 HOF (Mike Quackenbush, Dasher Hatfield, & Ultramantis Black)
vs.
The Forgotten Warriors (Eddie Kingston, Jaka, & CombatANT)
Trios Match
After what happened at
AWL 242, where The Forgotten Warriors jumped the Chikara team after the bell,
this match was inevitable. One fall to a
finish as it should be. Let’s settle
this in the ring.
ResuRed vs. Fake “Liger”
The Purosentai
Resurangers have told us that they are here to fight monsters and
invaders. The fake liger certainly
qualifies in my book. This will be the
first singles match for any of the super heroes, let’s hope they’re up for the
challenge.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Friday, August 12, 2016
Main Event and one night tournament for AWL Supercard--Obon-nanza 2016!
It's been a crazy and tragic week. But you know the old saying, the show must go on and this weekend is one of the biggest events in the AWL calendar, Obon-nanza. As such, the main event is obvious:
MAIN EVENT
RAINMAKER オカダカズチカ (C) vs. "Suplex Master" Sammy Nix (#1)
AWL Grand Championship Match
2nd Title Defense
While it is unusual for the AWL Grand Champion to be asked to defend his championship on two consecutive shows, but that's just how the calendar falls this year. This match should be interesting. Okada is still deeply entrenched in the G-1 Climax tournament in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and Sammy Nix has been a tag team wrestler his entire career. Two men who like to hit very hard, but with opposite philosophies Sammy Nix knows how to hit you with a thousand different suplexes whereas Okada focuses his entire offense around a single technique, the Rainmaker Lariat. These two ideas will be tested in the crucible of combat at Obon-nanza!
Now this leads to a bit of a problem. Right now, the AWL Best 4 looks like this:
1. Sammy Nix
2. Ganba
3. TBD
4. TBD
And after Obon-nanza, Sammy Nix will be out of the Best 4 one way or the other. So we will have three holes in the Best 4. Obviously, that is unacceptable so the AWL Commissioner has decided to hold a one night trios tournament!
AWL Best 4 Trios Tournament:
AWL All Stars
Shin Jidai
RUZAI
The Augments
These four teams will be randomly paired off for two preliminary bouts, but for the finals, the Commissioner is pulling out a rare but beloved AWL tradition:
AWL VIDEO CYBERNETICO V
The order of elimination of the winning team determines their ranking in the AWL Best 4.
That's 4 matches between the main event and the trios tournament, but I have it on good authority that the AWL Commissioner has one more HUGE announcement to make...but I'll let him make it himself tomorrow.
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