[Seabs]

AJPW "40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR SUMMER IMPACT 2012", 26.08.2012 (GAORA TV)
Ota Ward Gymnasium
3,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. All Japan 40th Anniversary Battle Royal: Great Kabuki besiegt Ryota Hama mit einem Thrust Kick (13:24). Reihenfolge des Ausscheidens: KENSO, Andy Wu, SUSHI, MAZADA, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Shuji Kondo, Masao Inoue, Masanobu Fuchi & Ryota Hama.
2. Shiryu 20th Anniversary Special Six Man Tag Match: Great Sasuke , MEN'S Teioh & Shiryu besiegen Jinsei Shinzaki , TAKA Michinoku & Yone Genjin (8:20) als Sasuke Genjin pinnte.
3. Joe Doering besiegt Seiya Sanada (8:02) mit einer Revolution Bomb.
4. Suwama besiegt KAI (11:52) mit einem Wild Bomber.
5. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (c) besiegen Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (20:43) nach einem Wild Bomber von Soya gegen Okabayashi (2nd defense).
6. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Yamato (c) besiegt Minoru Tanaka (21:48) mit einem Cross-Arm Suplex Hold (1st defense).
7. Kaz Hayashi 20th Anniversary Special Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi besiegen Keiji Muto & Jimmy Yang (20:02) nach dem Power Plant von Hayashi gegen Yang.
8. Triple Crown: Masakatsu Funaki besiegt Jun Akiyama (c) (4:37) mit einem Hybrid Blaster - Titelwechsel.

Main Event totally baffles me. Don't see any benefits or reasoning for doing it. Isn't like Funaki is a young guy being given a big push who benefits from winning the title in that way. So shitty on the fans who came to see that match. Should always go at least 10 minutes for a Triple Crown Title Main Event Match so the fans at least feel as though they got their moneys worth from the main event. Hope it isn't a long reign because I have no interest in a Funaki title run.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Seabs

So shitty on the fans who came to see that match.

From what I've read elsewhere fans were really behind Funaki, so they were just happy he won. But what baffles me is why Akiyama agreed to this. Again.

[Seabs]

I'm sure they still would have preferred a more competitive match. At least the show as a whole sounds good. Is odd that a guy like Akiyama went with it unless him and AJ are on bad terms but I haven't heard anything of it.

Also I don't know if this was posted but WO reported that Mutoh wanted to bring in Flair to tag with him but couldn't reach an agreement on their current budget. Shame if that was the plan. Would have been cool if nothing else to see a Flair/Mutoh tag in Japan in 2012.

[smitlick]

So Akiyama isn't injured or something?

[asdf0501]

Maybe this is some kind of gimmick for Akiyama, you know: "Guy who always lose the belt in the most idiotic way possible"

[antoniomare007]

As soon as I saw the time of the match, bad memories from Inokism and Fujita came to mind.

[smitlick]

And Naito is out for 6 months with a Knee Injury

[Seabs]

Man that sucks so bad. Guess it kinda confirms Tanahashi/Okada for Tokyo Dome.

[Bubz]

Jesus, Akiyama losing the fucking triple crown like that is ridiculous. To Funaki as well, just...why?

[Caponex75]

I don't mind Akiyama losing like that as it kinda makes sense. Guy was killing guys in long matches and it makes sense for someone to just take it to him without giving Akiyama enough time to figure them out. I'll wait to see it before I judge. It's not impossible to have a very fun under 5 min match. KENTA/Marvin had a fun as hell two minute match before.