NOAH 5/15/2005 Results

Takeshi Rikioh is the number one conteder to challenge Takuma Sano for the GHC Heavyweight Title on 5/28 at the Budokan! Rikioh won a hard fought battle in the finals against Minoru Suzuki, who advanced to the finals after beating Jun Akiyama in a big upset. Suzuki controlled most of the match, keeping Rikioh down with submission locks and takedowns. But when the big man managed to get back on his feet, he pummeled Suzuki with power moves, scoring a near fall with a powerbomb and a MUSO before finishing off the arrogant Suzuki with a short lariat. NOAH “Navigation with Breeze” 5/15/2005 Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 2,200 Fans Makoto Hashi beat Kishin Kawabata in 12:34 with the Hashi-lock. 62% Scorpio & Rick Steiner beat Tamon Honda & Go Shiozaki in 21:10 when Scorpio pinned Shiozaki with a victory-roll. 78% Masao Inoue & Shiro Koshinaka VS Jun Izumuda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi went to a 30:00 Draw. 78% Yoshinari Ogawa & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Mike Modest & Ricky Marvin in 26:29 when Kanemaru pinned Modest with a moonsault. 79% Kenta Kobashi & KENTA beat Akira Taue & SUWA in 15:01 when Kobashi pinned Taue with a moonsault. 52% GHC No.1 Contender’s Tournament – Semi Final: Takeshi Rikioh beat Takeshi Morishima in 11:50 with a powerbomb. 64% GHC No.1 Contender’s Tournament – Semi Final: Minoru Suzuki beat Jun Akiyama in 16:50 with a sleeper-hold. 65% Genichiro Tenryu & Naomichi Marufuji beat Akitoshi Saito & Takashi Sugiura in 24:15 when Marufuji pinned Saito with an avalanche-style Shiranui. 77% Takuma Sano & Mohammed Yone beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Kotaro Suzuki in 27:04 when Sano pinned Suzuki with a Northern Lights Bomb. 78% GHC No.1 Contender’s Tournament – Finals: Takeshi Rikioh beat Minoru Suzuki in 18:44 with a short lariat. 85%