Travicity
02-24-2011, 05:28 PM
CHIKARA announced today that Japanese legends The Great Sasuke would return to the United States as part of their King of Trios tournament in Philadelphia, PA at the ECW Arena.
Sasuke will be leading a Michinoku Pro team into the tournament, with Jinsei Shinzaki (aka Hakushi during a mid-1990s run in the WWF) and Dick Togo. It will be the first time in many years any of the three have competed in the United States. Sasuke, to the best of my knowledge, last appeared in the United States in 1998.
It will be the ECW Arena debut for Shinzaki and the first time Togo has appeared in the venue since ECW's Barely Legal PPV.
Other teams announced for the tournament:
-Manami Toyota/Mike Quackenbush/Jigsaw
-The Colony (Fire Ant/Soldier Ant/Green Ant)
-F.I.S.T. (Icarus/Chuck Taylor/Johnny Gargano)
-The Osirian Portal (Ophidian/Hieracon/Amasis)
-Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz/Marshe Rockett/Willie Richardson)
-The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield/Sugar Dunkerton) with Matt Classic
-Sinn "Kizarny" Bodhi & The Batiri (Obariyon/Kodama)
-A trio representing the BDK captained by Tim Donst
-Team Australia (Tama Williams/Percy/Kabel)
PWI
Sasuke will be leading a Michinoku Pro team into the tournament, with Jinsei Shinzaki (aka Hakushi during a mid-1990s run in the WWF) and Dick Togo. It will be the first time in many years any of the three have competed in the United States. Sasuke, to the best of my knowledge, last appeared in the United States in 1998.
It will be the ECW Arena debut for Shinzaki and the first time Togo has appeared in the venue since ECW's Barely Legal PPV.
Other teams announced for the tournament:
-Manami Toyota/Mike Quackenbush/Jigsaw
-The Colony (Fire Ant/Soldier Ant/Green Ant)
-F.I.S.T. (Icarus/Chuck Taylor/Johnny Gargano)
-The Osirian Portal (Ophidian/Hieracon/Amasis)
-Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz/Marshe Rockett/Willie Richardson)
-The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield/Sugar Dunkerton) with Matt Classic
-Sinn "Kizarny" Bodhi & The Batiri (Obariyon/Kodama)
-A trio representing the BDK captained by Tim Donst
-Team Australia (Tama Williams/Percy/Kabel)
PWI