ZERO1 “Dedication Pro-Wrestling 14th Anniversary Power Festival”, 3/26/2017 Results

ZERO1 “Dedication Pro-Wrestling 14th Anniversary Power Festival”, 3/26/2017 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

(1) Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Chris Orndorff vs. Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & Bikuma
♦Winner: Minoru (10:34) with a Knee Bar on Yokoyama.
(2) Ikuto Hidaka & Hayato “Jr” Fujita (MichiPro) vs. Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) & Sean Guinness
♦Winner: Hayato (12:38) following the Helm on Guinness.
(3) Akebono (Oudou), Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & The Great Sasuke (MichiPro) vs. TARU (FREE), Takuya Sugawara & Hartley Jackson
♦Winner: Sasuke (11:51) with the Messiah Korin on Sugawara.
~ SMOP with the win. As Akebono told TARU that if he wants a tag title challenge that he can bring anyone even Bob Sapp. As TARU hinted at earlier this month.

(4) Legend Championship Match: [11th Champion] Shinjiro Otani vs. [Challenger] Tatsuhito Takaiwa (FREE)
♦Winner: Otani (14:21) following a Kesagiri Chop.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
~ Even though the loss, Takaiwa formally announced that he will be directly under the ZERO1 banner once again.

(5) Yusaku Obata vs. James Raideen
♦Winner: Raideen (14:38) following a Release Powerbomb.

(6) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [20th Champion] Kohei Sato vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
♦Winner: Tanaka (17:17) following the Sliding D.
~ Champion falls on his 4th defense. Tanaka becomes the 21st champion.
~ Raideen challenged the new champion for the first defense.