NWA ZERO1 Wrestlers to appear for INOKI GENOME FEDERATION

Since the inception of IGF, the NWA has played a pivotal role with the wrestling promotion, although not officially a member IGF has used many notable names in the NWA and for GENOME 15 at the JCB Hall in Tokyo on April 28th, will be no different.

NWA Heritage Heavyweight Champion, Sawada will be taking on NWA ZERO1 Heavyweight Champion Ryouji Sai. Neither title is on the line, but this match will certainly have World Championship Ranking implications as a loss for Sai should result in Sawada replacing him in the Top Ten. A victory for Sai could catapult him even higher to the NWA Top Ten.

Former ZERO1 Heavyweight Champion Shinjiro Othani will team with the red hot Daichi Hashimoto (son of NWA Hall of Famer Shinya Hashimoto) to take on Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Minoru.

Also on the card is the NWA Korean Heavyweight Champion "The Beast" Bob Sapp taking on Masayoshi Kakuntani in a IGF Kickboxing Rules Match. Plus Tatsumi Fujinami will take on Big Van Vader and so much more.

Complete card below with credit to Puroresu Spirit.


IGF "GENOME15", 4/2...8/2011 (Thur) @ Tokyo Dome City Hall (JCB Hall in Tokyo)

(8) IGF Championship ~ First Round Match: Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Jerome Le Banner
(7) IGF Championship ~ First Round Match: Bobby Lashyey vs. Keith Hansen
(6) IGF x ZERO1: Atsushi Sawada vs. Ryouji Sai
(5) Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Minoru vs. Shinjiro Ohtani & Daichi Hashimoto
(4) IGF Kickboxing Rules Match (3 Mins. x 3 Rounds): "The Beast" Bob Sapp vs. Masayoshi Kakutani
(3) Fujinami 40th Anniversary Special Match ~ DRAGON vs BIGBANG: Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Big Van Vader
(2) Earthquake Disaster Recovery Special Match ~ Mask of Super Stars: The Great Sasuke & Masked Genome Jr vs. The First Tiger Mask & Ultimo Dragon
(1) Taka Kunou & Munenori Sawa vs. Hideki Suzuki & Akira Jo

Undisputed IWGP Heavyweight Champion!

According Strong Style Spirit, Kurt Angle was forced to tap out to Shinsuke Nakamura's cross arm-breaker. By defeating Angle, Nakamura was able to put an end to the dispute of who was the true IWGP title. New Japan Pro Wrestling stripped the International Wrestling Grand Prix Championship from Brock Lesnar over a contract dispute. NJPW held a tournament and crowned Hiroshi Tanahashi after he defeated Bernard. Lesnar traveled to Inoki's Genome Federation and was recognized as that promotions IWGP Champion. Lesnar had never officially been defeated for the title in New Japan so it made some sense. Kurt Angle defeated Lesnar in Japan and Nakamura regained the title from Tanahashi. So when the two met, one man was to walk out as the Unified Champion. Kurt is still the reigning Heavyweight Champion in Total Non-stop Action and the the craziest athlete to ever perform on Pros versus Joes.

Main Event announced for "Inoki Memorial 65"

Inoki's Genome Federation has released the main event for it's 3rd show, which is being title "Inoki Memorial 65." Former NWA World Champion Naoya Ogawa takes on Josh Barnett. Ogawa regularly competes for HUSTLE. Prior to that, Ogawa competed for Zero One and before that New Japan. Barnett too battled in New Japan and also competed in MMA fighting in Pride and UFC. It was announced on Puroresupower.com that either Stan Hansen or Antonio Inoki could be the special referee for this match.

The show will also feature Booker T., Yoshiki Takahashi, Michiyoshi Ohara, Taka Kunou, Eric Paulson, Montanha Silva, Danny Iguazu, and Atsushi Sawada.

Can You Dig It, Sucka?!?

Meltzer is reporting that TNA wrestler, Booker T. is scheduled to make his in ring debut for the Inoki Genome Federation. February 16th at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan will be the 3rd effort put forth by the Inokis. Booker T. was originally scheduled to face fellow TNA wrestler and IGF's Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. There has been no matches announced yet. We will keep you updated.

Inoki Genome Federation Update

The Final List of names have been announced for the IGF show on December 20th. However no matches have been announced yet.

1. Kurt Angle
   
2. Josh Barnett
3. AJ Styles
4. Senshi
5. Tadao Yasuda
6. Booker T
7. Michiyoshi Ohara
8. Ryushi Yanagisawa
9. Kazuhiro Hamanaka
10. Amazon Blade
11. Dan Iguazu
12. Chris Moore(Masters)
13. Big Shad Gaspard
14. Montagna Silva
15. Jan "The Giant" Nortje
16. Kazuo Takahashi
17. Taka Kunou

Former WWE's Masters to NWA Japan

Sourcing the Daily Suplex, Chris Mordetzky is going to join the ranks of Booker T. and Kurt Angle in Inoki's Genome Federation. Mordetzky formerly known as Chris Masters spent the better part of his career in the WWE Farm System. First being scouted by UPW, the same promotion responsible for finding John Cena, Luther Reigns, Victoria, Frankie Kazarian, John Heidenrich, Nathan Jones, and had hands in establishing other names like Chris Daniels, Shelly Martinez, Aaron Aguilera, Ryan Sakoda, Spanky, and Paul London.

Inoki Genome Federation is the member of record in Japan for the NWA.