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The Junior League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, to decide the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler, as well as the #1 contender to the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. It was established in 2006 as a two-block round-robin tournament, in which each block's highest scorers face off in the finals. A victory is worth two points, a draw is worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit.
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Results
List of winners
- 2006: Kaz Hayashi1
- 2007: Chris Sabin2
- 2008: KAI
2006
The 2006 Junior League was held from June 25 to July 3 over six shows, and featured two blocks of four. Foreign participation included TAKA Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo and Virus from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The winner, Kaz Hayashi, won every match he participated in; he went on to fail in his challenge to Junior Heavyweight champion Shuji Kondo on August 27. Note that "brother" YASSHI wrestled as "strong" YASSHI for two of his matches.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaz Hayashi | 6 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 5 |
| TAKA Michinoku | 4 | Katsushi Takemura | 4 |
| Ryuji Hijikata | 2 | Virus | 2 |
| "brother" YASSHI | 0 | MAZADA | 1 |
| Block A | Kaz Hayashi | Ryuji Hijikata | TAKA Michinoku | "brother" YASSHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaz Hayashi | X | Hayashi (13:32) | Hayashi (28:05) | Hayashi (3:28) |
| Ryuji Hijikata | Hayashi (13:32) | X | TAKA (13:46) | Hijikata (3:24) |
| TAKA Michinoku | Hayashi (28:05) | TAKA (13:46) | X | TAKA (1:54) |
| "brother" YASSHI | Hayashi (3:28) | Hijikata (3:24) | TAKA (1:54) | X |
| Block B | MAZADA | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Katsushi Takemura | Virus |
| MAZADA | X | Draw (30:00) | Takemura (13:58) | Virus (12:53) |
| Katsuhiko Nakajima | Draw (30:00) | X | Nakajima (14:17) | Nakajima (11:01) |
| Katsushi Takemura | Takemura (13:58) | Nakajima (14:17) | X | Takemura (10:32) |
| Virus | Virus (12:53) | Nakajima (11:01) | Takemura (10:32) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | Kaz Hayashi1 | Pin | |
| B1 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 20:58 | |
2007
The 2007 Junior League, was held from June 24 to July 1 over six shows, involving two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Chris Sabin from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Unlike the previous year, the Junior Heavyweight champion, Katsuhiko Nakajima, was allowed to compete.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuji Kondo | 6 | Chris Sabin | 6 |
| Ryuji Hijikata | 4 | Dick Togo | 5 |
| Katsuhiko Nakajima | 4 | Miguel Hayashi, Jr. | 4 |
| PEPE Michinoku | 4 | AKIRA | 3 |
| El NOSAWA Mendoza | 2 | "brother" YASSHI | 2 |
| Block A | Ryuji Hijikata | Shuji Kondo | El NOSAWA Mendoza | PEPE Michinoku | Katsuhiko Nakajima |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryuji Hijikata | X | Kondo (9:28) | NOSAWA (10:40) | Hijikata (0:43) | Hijikata (12:22) |
| Shuji Kondo | Kondo (9:28) | X | Kondo (7:08) | PEPE (0:24) | Kondo (19:47) |
| El NOSAWA Mendoza | NOSAWA (10:40) | Kondo (7:08) | X | PEPE (7:45) | Nakajima (10:49) |
| PEPE Michinoku | Hijikata (0:43) | PEPE (0:24) | PEPE (7:45) | X | Nakajima (19:05) |
| Katsuhiko Nakajima | Hijikata (12:22) | Kondo (19:47) | Nakajima (10:49) | Nakajima (19:05) | X |
| Block B | AKIRA | Miguel Hayashi, Jr. | Chris Sabin | Dick Togo | "brother" YASSHI |
| AKIRA | X | AKIRA (19:24) | Sabin (12:33) | Draw (30:00) | YASSHI (16:44) |
| Miguel Hayashi, Jr. | AKIRA (19:24) | X | Hayashi (12:57) | Togo (18:35) | Hayashi (9:27) |
| Chris Sabin | Sabin (12:33) | Hayashi (12:57) | X | Sabin (14:43) | Sabin (8:28) |
| Dick Togo | Draw (30:00) | Togo (18:35) | Sabin (14:43) | X | Togo (8:28) |
| "brother" YASSHI | YASSHI (16:44) | Hayashi (9:27) | Sabin (8:28) | Togo (8:28) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | Shuji Kondo | Pin | |
| B1 | Chris Sabin2 | 15:45 | |
2008
The 2008 Junior League featured two blocks of five and is being held from July 20 to August 3 over nine shows.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| KAI | 5 | Silver King | 6 |
| MAZADA | 4 | TAKEMURA | 4 |
| El Samurai | 4 | Kaz Hayashi | 4 |
| Shuji Kondo | 4 | Phil Atlas | 3 |
| Ryuji Hijikata | 3 | T28 | 3 |
| Block A | Ryuji Hijikata | KAI | Shuji Kondo | MAZADA | El Samurai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryuji Hijikata | X | Draw (30:00) | Kondo (0:33) | Hijikata (14:24) | Samurai (10:58) |
| KAI | Draw (30:00) | X | Kondo (18:49) | KAI (9:48) | KAI (11:51) |
| Shuji Kondo | Kondo (0:33) | Kondo (18:49) | X | MAZADA (16:32) | Samurai (10:03) |
| MAZADA | Hijikata (14:24) | KAI (9:48) | MAZADA (16:32) | X | MAZADA (16:22) |
| El Samurai | Samurai (10:58) | KAI (11:51) | Samurai (10:03) | MAZADA (16:22) | X |
| Block B | Phil Atlas | Kaz Hayashi | Silver King | T28 | TAKEMURA |
| Phil Atlas | X | Atlas (10:45) | King (11:33) | Draw (30:00) | TAKEMURA (13:54) |
| Kaz Hayashi | Atlas (10:45) | X | Hayashi (14:20) | Hayashi (13:52) | TAKEMURA (13:24) |
| Silver King | King (11:33) | Hayashi (14:20) | X | King (10:10) | King (14:03) |
| T28 | Draw (30:00) | Hayashi (13:52) | King (10:10) | X | T28 (16:32) |
| TAKEMURA | TAKEMURA (13:54) | TAKEMURA (13:24) | King (14:03) | T28 (16:32) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | KAI | Pin | |
| B1 | Silver King | 13:00 | |
References
- ^ a b c "Junior Champion Carnival 2006". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
- ^ a b "Junior Champion Carnival 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
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