GM Sano announces updates + J1 SUMMIT schedule!!!

GM Masaaki Sano held a press conference today in a corporate event space that was only big enough for the media and press to attend. However, there were all sorts of fans milling around outside and it was telecast on local TV and it seemed that anyone who wasn't outside the media building watching via their mobile phones were gathered in a bar or a restaurant somewhere watching it together.

Sano gave a quick update to the Day 2 card tomorrow noting that the match order would be accommodated to include two new luchador signees, El Refresco IV and Il Ladro, who will compete in tag team matches as they make their respective debuts as MAX ambassadors.

CRUISERWORLD II - Day 2
Date: 7/28/2024
Location: Shirahama Beach, Tokyo, Japan

1. ENSOU! TV ~ Sports Lightning Cup - Semi-Final: David Troy vs. LYNX
5. Il Ladro and Earth Warrior vs. Jimmy Winner and Takashi Yamashita
6. AJ Knight vs. Thunder Mask
7. NOVA Cup Finals Rematch (Sport Form Rules): Katsuhiko Himura vs. Akira Nakamura
8. ENSOU! TV ~ Sports Lightning Cup - Final: TBD vs. TBD

In the most momentous news of the evening, Sano unveiled J1 SUMMIT 2024. The tournament will be held in Tokyo at the Mirai Dome and will have a seating capacity of a staggering 20,000 fans. The size of the venue tells us that this will undoubtedly be the most ambitious format of the tournament that Japan and the world has ever seen. Sano revealed the tournament participants and the format to dozens of reporters who marveled at the scale of the tournament. 

The press was in shock, as no one expected an event of this magnitude. Many of the questions pertained to the cost of such an event, with some wondering just how MAX-J could afford such a venue for such a period of time, with so many fighters, and all of the administrative support required. Sano was nonchalant and said that the 4536 Group was willing to "push the sky to its limit" as a major test for the viability of the brand as a commercial entity and noted that for as much as the fighters would put on the line for the sake of competition, the scale of the J1 indicated that he was joining them in putting as much on the line as anyone else, though with some humility he did remark that the only concussion he might sustain would come from him banging his head on his desk, a remark that drew a laugh from the pres. He concluded the event by saying that he was confident that this would prove to be the most important two weeks in the history of MAX-J.

Block A
Zenki
Akira Nakamura
NEXUS
Eiichiro Yamazaki

Block B
AJ Knight
Katsuhiko Himura
Thunder Mask
Rhythm Saitoh

Block C
Tiger Mask Red
Jimmy Winner
Ryan Samuels
METAL HERO

Block D
Hayato Hamada
David Troy
Alexander Irvine
Earth Warrior

Group Stage Order

8/18: Day 1 [Pro-Wrestling Rules]

1. ZENKI vs. AKIRA NAKAMURA
2. AJ KNIGHT vs. KATSUHIKO HIMURA
3. TIGER MASK RED vs. JIMMY WINNER
4. HAYATO HAMADA vs. DAVID TROY
5. NEXUS vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI
6. THUNDER MASK vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
7. RYAN SAMUELS vs. METAL HERO
8. ALEXANDER IRVINE vs. EARTH WARRIOR

8/19: Day 2 [Sport Form Rules]

1. DAVID TROY vs. ALEXANDER IRVINE
2. AJ KNIGHT vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
3. TIGER MASK RED vs. METAL HERO
4. HAYATO HAMADA vs. EARTH WARRIOR
5. AKIRA NAKAMURA vs. NEXUS
6. KATSUHIKO HIMURA vs. THUNDER MASK
7. JIMMY WINNER vs. RYAN SAMUELS
8. ZENKI vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI

8/20: Day 3 [Pro-Wrestling Rules]

1. AKIRA NAKAMURA vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI
2. KATSUHIKO HIMURA vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
3. JIMMY WINNER vs. METAL HERO
4. DAVID TROY vs. EARTH WARRIOR
5. ZENKI vs. NEXUS
6. HAYATO HAMADA vs. ALEXANDER IRVINE
7. TIGER MASK RED vs. RYAN SAMUELS
8. AJ KNIGHT vs. THUNDER MASK

8/23: [Sport Form Rules]

1. NEXUS vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI
2. THUNDER MASK vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
3. RYAN SAMUELS vs. METAL HERO
4. ALEXANDER IRVINE vs. EARTH WARRIOR
5. ZENKI vs. AKIRA NAKAMURA
6. AJ KNIGHT vs. KATSUHIKO HIMURA
7. TIGER MASK RED vs. JIMMY WINNER
8. HAYATO HAMADA vs. DAVID TROY

8/24: [Sport Form Rules]

1. ZENKI vs. NEXUS
2. AJ KNIGHT vs. THUNDER MASK
3. TIGER MASK RED vs. RYAN SAMUELS
4. DAVID TROY vs. EARTH WARRIOR
5. AKIRA NAKAMURA vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI
6. KATSUHIKO HIMURA vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
7. JIMMY WINNER vs. METAL HERO
8. HAYATO HAMADA vs. ALEXANDER IRVINE

8/25: [Pro-Wrestling Rules]

1. ZENKI vs. EIICHIRO YAMAZAKI
2. AJ KNIGHT vs. RHYTHM SAITOH
3. DAVID TROY vs. ALEXANDER IRVINE
4. HAYATO HAMADA vs. EARTH WARRIOR
5. AKIRA NAKAMURA vs. NEXUS
6. KATSUHIKO HIMURA vs. THUNDER MASK
7. JIMMY WINNER vs. RYAN SAMUELS
8. TIGER MASK RED vs. METAL HERO

1. BLOCK A winner vs. BLOCK B runner-up

2. BLOCK B winner vs. BLOCK A runner-up

3. BLOCK C winner vs. BLOCK D runner-up

4. BLOCK D winner vs. BLOCK C runner-up

1. Winner of QF Match #1 vs. Winner of QF Match #2

2. Winner of QF Match #3 vs. Winner of QF Match #4

1. 3rd Place Match

2. Grand Final