Black New Japan
| Black New Japan | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members |
Masahiro Chono Manabu Nakanishi Scott Norton Black Strong Machine Ryushi Yanagisawa Mitsuya Nagai Katsuyori Shibata Kazunari Murakami Togi Makabe Toru Yano Minoru Suzuki Harry Smith Don Frye |
| Name(s) | Black New Japan |
| Debut | October 2004 |
| Disbanded | October 2005 |
| Promotions | NJPW |
Black New Japan was a professional wrestling stable that competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Black New Japan was led by Masahiro Chono and was one of many of Chono's anti-New Japan stables.
Black New Japan began around October 2004 following the 2004 G1 Climax when Masahiro Chono broke away from the New Japan army and turned heel creating a new anti-New Japan army. For his new army, Chono reunited with fellow nWo Japan and Team 2000 alumni: Scott Norton, New Japan wrestler: Manabu Nakanishi, & Makai Club alumni: Makai #1 (later becoming Black Strong Machine), Katsuyori Shibata, Kazunari Murakami, Mitsuya Nagai, & Ryushi Yanagisawa. In their first tour, Black New Japan competed in two tournaments. The first was on October 17, 2004 where Nagai & Shibata teamed with former Makai Club member: Ryota Chikuzen in the Yuko 6 man tag team tournament where they defeated Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, and Toru Yano in the semi finals but lost to Shinsuke Nakamura, Blue Wolf, Katsuhiko Nakajima. On October 24, Chono and Shibata entered President Hoshino's 10,000,000 Yen Tag Tournament defeating Genichiro Tenryu and Kensuke Sasaki in the semifinals but lost to Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Shinsuke Nakamura in the finals. At Chrono Stream: Masahiro Chono 20th Anniversary on November 3, 2004. Nagai (teaming with Masayuki Naruse) to defeat Tenryu and Masanobu Fuchi to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship, later in the night Nakanishi, Norton, and Don Frye (one night member) defeated Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf, and Shinsuke Nakamura, Shibata lost to Toshiaki Kawada, and in the main event, Chono teaming with Riki Choshu defeated Tenzan and Yuji Nagata. For the Battle Final 2004 tour, Black New Japan formed an alliance with Jushin Thunder Liger's stable: C.T.U. On December 9, Black New Japan took part in a best of 7 series against New Japan but lost it 3–4.
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