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UPW INVADES JAPAN -- AGAIN!!!

UPW completed yet another successful tour in Japan with Zero-One at the

July 7 "Impossible to Escape" pay-per-view. Tom Howard, Sylvester "Predator" Terkay, Nathan Jones, Spanky and Smelly all did a tremendous job representing UPW on what was Zero-One's most successful tour yet, spanning 5 cities and 6 shows.

Coming off the shoulders of UPW's 6'10" Nathan Jones, Tom Howard executes his famous blockbuster on NWA's Steve Corino and Rapid Fire Maldon-ado at Zero-Ones July 7 pay-per-view. "King of Old School" Corino went to the hospital with a neck injury and has since vowed revenge on the UPW crew. First stop? Samoa Joe August 15 at The Galaxy Theatre! Good luck Steve, you'll need it!

More Tour Pictures Coming Soon

TOUR RESULTS:

ZERO-ONE "IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE", 7/7/02 (PPV)
Tokyo Sumo Hall
8,800 Fans

0. Spanky beat Yoshito Sasaki (3:23) with a Shiranui.
1. Naohiro Hoshikawa beat Ikuto Hidaka (15:41) with a Comet kick.
2. Kohei Sato & Ryouji Sai beat Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (14:29) when Sato used an armlock on Kuroda.
3. Yoko Takahashi beat Ayumi Toshiya (R1 1:42) in a Women's Fight Match with a front neck lock.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Don Arakawa beat Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji (11:08) when Fujiwara used a wakigatame on Wagyuta.
5. Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Dick Togo (12:55) with an avalanche-style Death Valley Bomb.
6. Josh Dempsey & Sean McCully beat Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda (5:50) when Dempsey KO'd Ishikawa.
7. Tom Howard & Nathan Jones beat Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado (9:11) when Jones used an Argentine backbreaker on Maldonado.
8. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka beat Wataru Sakata & Hirotaka Yokoi (17:43) when Otani used a Dragon suplex on Yokoi.
9. Shinya Hashimoto beat Kazuhiko Ogasawara (8:44) in a Different Style Fight Match by referee stop.
10. Naoya Ogawa beat The Predator (10:26) in a Cage Death Match with a ground sleeper hold.

ZERO-ONE, 7/6/02
Niigata City Gymnasium
3,800 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Yoshito Sasaki beat Shinsuke Sumiya (8:05) with an Argentine backbreaker.
2. Smelly & Spanky beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Naohiro Hoshikawa (10:40) when Spanky pinned Hoshikawa.
3. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Kuroge Wagyuta (8:03) with a sleeper hold.
4. Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kohei Sato (12:58) when Corino pinned Sato.
5. Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda beat Shinjiro Otani & Ryouji Sai (13:12) when Ishikawa used a cobra hold on Sai.
6. UPW Heavyweight Title: Tom Howard (c) beat Masato Tanaka (9:20) with the No. 59.
7. Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa beat The Predator & Nathan Jones (11:44) when Ogawa pinned Jones.

ZERO-ONE, 7/5/02
Nagano Movement Park Gymnasium
2,800 Fans

1. Katsumi Usuda beat Shinsuke Sumiya (8:15) with an armlock.
2. Kamikaze beat Fugofugo Yumeji (8:53) by pinfall.
3. Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka beat Smelly & Spanky (11:14) when Togo used a diving senton on Smelly.
4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kuroge Wagyuta beat Ryouji Sai & Yoshito Sasaki (12:33) when Takaiwa used a Death Valley Bomb on Sasaki.
5. Masato Tanaka & Naohiro Hoshikawa beat Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado (14:29) when Tanaka used an elbow smash on Maldonado.
6. Yuki Ishikawa & Hirotaka Yokoi beat Shinjiro Otani & Kohei Sato (11:50) when Ishikawa used a cross knee scissors hold on Sato.
7. Nathan Jones beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6:34) with an Argentine backbreaker.
8. Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa vs. Tom Howard & The Predator went to a double countout (10:40).

ZERO-ONE, 6/30/02 (Samurai! TV)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,500 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Kamikaze beat Shinsuke Sumiya (2:52) with a Cobra Twist.
2. Smelly beat Kuroge Wagyuta (5:05) with a full nelson buster.
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshito Sasaki beat Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka (14:24) when Takaiwa used a Death Valley Bomb on Hidaka.
4. Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado beat Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda (10:19) when Corino used a vital part attack on Usuda.
5. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky (c) beat Naohiro Hoshikawa (11:58) with a jumping front cradle (1st defense).
6. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Hirotaka Yokoi beat Kohei Sato & Ryouji Sai (9:04) when Fujiwara used a stomach hold on Sai.
7. Nathan Jones beat Shinjiro Otani (9:53) with a powerbomb.
8. Shinya Hashimoto & Masato Tanaka beat Tom Howard & The Predator (15:00) when Hashimoto used a vertical drop brainbuster on Howard.

ZERO-ONE, 6/29/02 (Samurai! TV)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,500 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka beat Kuroge Wagyuta & Fugofugo Yumeji (13:23) when Togo used a diving senton on Yumeji.
2. ZERO-ONE/NWA/UPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Spanky beat Smelly (12:41) with a cradle to become the 1st champion (decision match).
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kamikaze beat Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado (16:28) when Fujiwara used a wakigatame on Maldonado.
4. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Yoshito Sasaki (6:56) by referee stop.
5. Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Naohiro Hoshikawa (11:00) when Ishikawa used a cross armbreaker on Takaiwa.
6. Nathan Jones beat Ryouji Sai (3:28) by referee stop.
7. Tom Howard & The Predator beat Shinya Hashimoto & Kohei Sato (15:16) when Predator used a northern lights suplex hold on Sato.
8. NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (c) beat Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (20:05) when Otani used the Spiral bomb on Kanemura (3rd defense).

ZERO-ONE, 6/27/02 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,600 Fans (Sell Out)

1. Kuroge Wagyuta beat Shinsuke Sumiya (6:01) with a crab hold.
2. Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda beat Smelly & Spanky (13:01) when Ishikawa used a ground Octopus hold on Smelly.
3. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Ryouji Sai (6:16) with a sleeper hold.
4. Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Naohiro Hoshikawa (18:03) when Togo used a diving senton on Takaiwa.
5. Wataru Sakata beat Kohei Sato (7:57) by referee stop.
6. Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldonado beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yoshito Sasaki (18:12) when Corino used a cradle on Sasaki.
7. Tom Howard , The Predator & Nathan Jones beat Shinya Hashimoto, Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (14:48) when Jones used a nodowa otoshi on Hashimoto.

Credit: Puroresu Fan & Strong Style Spirit for Results: www.puroresufan.com/njpw/zero-one/results.php

Comment:

On the first night of the tour, Tom Howard, Predator and Nathan Jones

formed what must have been an unimaginably devastating 6-man tag team. Nathan pinned Hashimoto. By the time the dust settled 10 days later, Hashimoto and Ogawa stood center ring and let the Japanese fans and media that their quest to go after UPW had just begun!

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NEXT TOUR - FIRE FESTIVAL!

Representing UPW:

TOM HOWARD

PREDATOR

SPANKY

SAMOA JOE

RICK BASSMAN

7/28/02 - Tokyo Differ Ariake

7/30/02 - Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

7/31/02 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall

8/2/02 - Oita Prefectural Gymnasium