Japan All Star Battle Giant Baba Memorial Show Results (2/19/19): Tanahashi, Marafuji, More In Action
NJPW, AJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH and more came together for All-Star Battle on Feb. 19. The night was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi teaming with Yoshitatsu to take on Kento Miyahara & Daisuke Sekimoto. The event was held to honor the 20th anniversary of Giant Baba’s death.
Full results are below.
Giant Baba Memorial Show (2/19/19) Results From Sumo Hall
– Mitsuo Momota won the Giant Baba Memorial battle royal
– Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Okabayashi, Naoya Nomura & Ren Narita def. Daichi Hashimoto, Kazushi Miyamoto, Tomohiko Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura
– Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Kendo Kashin & Hideki Suzuki def. Great Kojika, Mitsuya Nagai, Shuji Ishikawa & Hikaru Sato
– Retirement ceremony for Abdullah the Butcher. Don Frye Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras, Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama), Jun Akiyama, Keiji Mutoh, Seiji Sakaguchi, Stan Hansen and Dory Funk Jr were all in attendance. They held a 10-bell salute for Baba.
– Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taka Michinoku def. Masa Fuchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuma Aoyagi
– SANADA & BUSHI def. Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto and Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino
– Naomichi Marufuji & Jinsei Shinzaki def. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker
– Jun Akiyama, Taiyo Kea & Takao Omori def. Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Omasu Nishimura
– Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras def. NOSAWA & Kaz Hayashi
– Kento Miyahara & Daisuke Sekimoto def. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshitatsu
今日は両国でジャイアント馬場さん追善興行。そうそうたる諸先輩方と再会。昔話に華を咲かせた・・かったけど、英語だから8割分からなかった。 pic.twitter.com/Y1sFSLhDOr
— 武藤 敬司 (@muto_keiji) February 19, 2019
Tanahashi hands his air guitar over to Kento #ajpw #njpw pic.twitter.com/H528T2dw1Q
— Роберт (@b3rt4) February 19, 2019
76 year old Mil Mascaras with the Crossbody pic.twitter.com/APDVZZLHxC
— Роберт (@b3rt4) February 19, 2019
— Роберт (@b3rt4) February 19, 2019
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