Blue Justice
Encyclopedia
Blue Justice is a professional wrestling
stable currently competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling
and led by Yuji Nagata
.
for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but lost.
, and Kazuchika Okada
in the opening match while Nagata teaming Akebono
lost to TAJIRI
and Masato Tanaka
. In March, Nagata and Inoue entered the New Japan Cup
tournament. Nagata lost in the first round to Yujiro Takahashi
while Inoue defeated Giant Bernard
in the first round but lost to Masato Tanaka in the second round. Following the New Japan Cup, Hirasawa largely continued in the midcard largely serving as the fall guy in tag match, Machine also remained in the midcard, & Nagata and Inoue formed a team and began a feud with NO LIMIT and Bad Intentions over the IWGP Tag Team Championship. At Wrestling Dontaku on May 3, 2010, Blue Justice defeated Bad Intentions and NO LIMIT in a 3 way to win the IWGP Tag Titles. One month later at DOMINION 6.19 on June 19, Blue Justice lost the titles to Bad Intentions in another 3 way (also involving NO LIMIT). On June 28, Blue Justice entered a six man tag tournament with Nagata, Inoue, and Hirasawa forming one team while Machine teamed with Tonga Strong Machine and Pink Strong Machine
however both teams lost. On July 19, Nagata and Inoue once again took part in a 3 way for the IWGP Tag Team Titles but came up short. In August, Nagata and Inoue both entered the 2010 G-1 Climax with both in the same block. Neither won with Nagata coming in 5th place with 8 points while Inoue finished in last place with 2 points. In September 2010, Hirasawa left New Japan and Blue Justice to go on a learning exercution to Puerto Rico
, young lion: King Fale was recruited in Hirasawa's place. On September 26, Nagata and Inoue challenged Bad Intentions for the IWGP Tag Team Championship but lost. In October, Blue Justice entered the 2010 G1 Climax Tag League
with Nagata and Inoue forming one team while Machine and Fale formed another. Machine and Fale would finish in last place of their block with 0 points, Nagata and Inoue would ultimately go on to win the tournament defeating Bad Intentions in the semi-finals and NO LIMIT in the finals. With the G1 Climax Tag League victory, Nagata and Inoue challenged Bad Intentions once again for the IWGP Tag Team Titles on December 11 but would once again lose.
which culminated in a match at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, which Nagata won. At the The New Beginning on February 20, Nagata, Inoue, and Fale teamed with Hiroyoshi Tenzan
against CHAOS
(Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano
, Takashi Iizuka, and Yujiro Takahashi
) in an elimination match which they came up short. In March, Nagata and Inoue entered the 2011 New Japan Cup with Inoue falling to Yano in the first round while Nagata fared better as he won the tournament, defeating Nakamura in the finals. On June 18, Hirasawa returned from Puerto Rico, now performing under the ring name Hideo Saito, and turned on Nagata and the Blue Justice Army, joining rival group CHAOS.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
stable currently competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
and led by Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was known for his perennial tweener status, currently a solid fan favorite, and his stiff, shoot style wrestling technique....
.
2009
Blue Justice first formed in September 2009 as it was formed as a branch of New Japan that seeks Justice. Upon the groups formation Nagata and Inoue also began forming a team becoming a "Teacher/Student" like team. Nagata and Inoue teamed up at the 2009 G1 Climax Tag League and finished in 4th place with 4 points. On December 5, 2009, Nagata challenged Shinsuke NakamuraShinsuke Nakamura
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.-Super Rookie :...
for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but lost.
2010
At Wrestle Kingdom IV In Tokyo Dome, Inoue, Machine, and Hirasawa defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji KanemotoKoji Kanemoto
is a professional wrestler. He is of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He debuted in November 1990, wrestling against Michiyoshi Ohara. In March 1992, he...
, and Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling. From February 2010 until October 2011, he was on a developmental tour, working for American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Okada.-Training and debut:Trained by Último Dragón at his Toryumon...
in the opening match while Nagata teaming Akebono
Akebono Taro
is a retired American born-Japanese sumo wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining the professional sport in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian sumo wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990...
lost to TAJIRI
Yoshihiro Tajiri
, is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :...
and Masato Tanaka
Masato Tanaka
Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States where he was a one-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once...
. In March, Nagata and Inoue entered the New Japan Cup
New Japan Cup
The New Japan Cup is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Originally intended for every April, it was rescheduled to March in 2007. Though NJPW also runs the annual G1 Climax tournament, the NJC is different in that it is...
tournament. Nagata lost in the first round to Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
, also known by his shortened ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former partner Tetsuya Naitō, with whom he teamed as No...
while Inoue defeated Giant Bernard
Matthew Bloom
Matthew Jason "Matt" Bloom is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name Giant Bernard. He is currently one half of the IWGP and GHC Tag Team Champions with partner Karl Anderson...
in the first round but lost to Masato Tanaka in the second round. Following the New Japan Cup, Hirasawa largely continued in the midcard largely serving as the fall guy in tag match, Machine also remained in the midcard, & Nagata and Inoue formed a team and began a feud with NO LIMIT and Bad Intentions over the IWGP Tag Team Championship. At Wrestling Dontaku on May 3, 2010, Blue Justice defeated Bad Intentions and NO LIMIT in a 3 way to win the IWGP Tag Titles. One month later at DOMINION 6.19 on June 19, Blue Justice lost the titles to Bad Intentions in another 3 way (also involving NO LIMIT). On June 28, Blue Justice entered a six man tag tournament with Nagata, Inoue, and Hirasawa forming one team while Machine teamed with Tonga Strong Machine and Pink Strong Machine
Yutaka Yoshie
, is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer in Japan, performing for promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1...
however both teams lost. On July 19, Nagata and Inoue once again took part in a 3 way for the IWGP Tag Team Titles but came up short. In August, Nagata and Inoue both entered the 2010 G-1 Climax with both in the same block. Neither won with Nagata coming in 5th place with 8 points while Inoue finished in last place with 2 points. In September 2010, Hirasawa left New Japan and Blue Justice to go on a learning exercution to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, young lion: King Fale was recruited in Hirasawa's place. On September 26, Nagata and Inoue challenged Bad Intentions for the IWGP Tag Team Championship but lost. In October, Blue Justice entered the 2010 G1 Climax Tag League
G1 Climax Tag League
The G1 Climax Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since...
with Nagata and Inoue forming one team while Machine and Fale formed another. Machine and Fale would finish in last place of their block with 0 points, Nagata and Inoue would ultimately go on to win the tournament defeating Bad Intentions in the semi-finals and NO LIMIT in the finals. With the G1 Climax Tag League victory, Nagata and Inoue challenged Bad Intentions once again for the IWGP Tag Team Titles on December 11 but would once again lose.
2011
Following the tag title loss, Nagata began a short feud with Minoru SuzukiMinoru Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and was the second King of Pancrase world champion...
which culminated in a match at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, which Nagata won. At the The New Beginning on February 20, Nagata, Inoue, and Fale teamed with Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name . With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the Real World Tag League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the G1 Climax Tag League in NJPW becoming in the only tag team which has done...
against CHAOS
Chaos (professional wrestling)
CHAOS is a Japanese professional wrestling stable formed by Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano in New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Formation:In April 2009, Toru Yano turned on Togi Makabe, costing Makabe the match against Shinsuke Nakamura. As Nakamura continued the attack on Makabe, Tomoaki Honma tried to...
(Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano
Toru Yano
, is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Tag Team Champion.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
, Takashi Iizuka, and Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
, also known by his shortened ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former partner Tetsuya Naitō, with whom he teamed as No...
) in an elimination match which they came up short. In March, Nagata and Inoue entered the 2011 New Japan Cup with Inoue falling to Yano in the first round while Nagata fared better as he won the tournament, defeating Nakamura in the finals. On June 18, Hirasawa returned from Puerto Rico, now performing under the ring name Hideo Saito, and turned on Nagata and the Blue Justice Army, joining rival group CHAOS.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro WrestlingAll Japan Pro Wrestlingis a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. All Japan Pro Wrestling still remains one of the most popular puroresu promotions still in operation.-The Giant Baba Era :...
- Champion's CarnivalChampion's CarnivalThe Champion's Carnival is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, established in 1973. Originally a single-elimination tournament, the Champion's Carnival is currently held as a round-robin, with a victory worth 2 points, a time limit draw worth 1 and a loss,...
(2011) – Nagata
- Champion's Carnival
- New Japan Pro WrestlingNew Japan Pro Wrestlingis a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Nagata and Inoue
- G1 Climax Tag LeagueG1 Climax Tag LeagueThe G1 Climax Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since...
(2010) – Nagata and Inoue - New Japan CupNew Japan CupThe New Japan Cup is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Originally intended for every April, it was rescheduled to March in 2007. Though NJPW also runs the annual G1 Climax tournament, the NJC is different in that it is...
(2011) – Nagata