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The Junior League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, to decide the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler, as well as the #1 contender to the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. It was established in 2006 as a two-block round-robin tournament, in which each block's highest scorers face off in the finals. A victory is worth two points, a draw is worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit.
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The 2006 Junior League was held from June 25 to July 3 over six shows, and featured two blocks of four. Foreign participation included TAKA Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo and Virus from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The winner, Kaz Hayashi, won every match he participated in; he went on to fail in his challenge to Junior Heavyweight champion Shuji Kondo on August 27. Note that "brother" YASSHI wrestled as "strong" YASSHI for two of his matches.
| Block A |
Kaz Hayashi |
Ryuji Hijikata |
TAKA Michinoku |
"brother" YASSHI |
| Kaz Hayashi |
X |
Hayashi (13:32) |
Hayashi (28:05) |
Hayashi (3:28) |
| Ryuji Hijikata |
Hayashi (13:32) |
X |
TAKA (13:46) |
Hijikata (3:24) |
| TAKA Michinoku |
Hayashi (28:05) |
TAKA (13:46) |
X |
TAKA (1:54) |
| "brother" YASSHI |
Hayashi (3:28) |
Hijikata (3:24) |
TAKA (1:54) |
X |
| Block B |
MAZADA |
Katsuhiko Nakajima |
Katsushi Takemura |
Virus |
| MAZADA |
X |
Draw (30:00) |
Takemura (13:58) |
Virus (12:53) |
| Katsuhiko Nakajima |
Draw (30:00) |
X |
Nakajima (14:17) |
Nakajima (11:01) |
| Katsushi Takemura |
Takemura (13:58) |
Nakajima (14:17) |
X |
Takemura (10:32) |
| Virus |
Virus (12:53) |
Nakajima (11:01) |
Takemura (10:32) |
X |
The 2007 Junior League, was held from June 24 to July 1 over six shows, involving two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Chris Sabin from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Unlike the previous year, the Junior Heavyweight champion, Katsuhiko Nakajima, was allowed to compete.
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