Last Revolution (ラスト・レボリューション Rasuto Reboryūshon) was a stable in the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion. Founded by Joe Doering and Suwama in October 2012, it was later turned into a stable when Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo and Yasufumi Nakanoue joined the two. The stable was disbanded in June 2013, when Hayashi, Kondo and Nakanoue left AJPW and Doering and Suwama later founded Evolution.
History[]
On October 21, 2012, two longtime "generational rivals",[1] Joe Doering and Suwama, faced each other in a match, which ended in a draw, after both men were counted out of the ring. After Suwama successfully pleaded for the match to be restarted, it ended in another draw less than three minutes later, when neither man was able to continue. Following the match, the two men shook hands, before Suwama announced that he was going to be taking part in the upcoming World's Strongest Tag Determination League and nominated Doering as his partner.[2] On November 13, Suwama held a press conference to announce that he and Doering had come up with a name for their new tag team, "Last Revolution" (L/R), combining the names of the finishing moves of the two men; Suwama's Last Ride and Doering's Revolution Bomb.[3] In the tournament, which ran from November 17 to 30 and was contested for the vacant World Tag Team Championship, Last Revolution made it all the way to the finals, before losing to Get Wild (Manabu Soya and Takao Omori).[4][5][6]
On March 4, 2013, Suwama announced that in order to counter the momentum of the new Burning stable, Last Revolution had recruited a new member, Shuji Kondo.[7] Before the end of the month, Kondo's longtime tag team partner Kaz Hayashi also joined Last Revolution, while veteran wrestler Masahiro Chono acted as an unofficial advisor for members of the stable.[8] On March 17, Suwama defeated Masakatsu Funaki for AJPW's top title, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, bringing Last Revolution its first title.[9][10] On April 29, Hayashi and Kondo faced SUSHI and Yasufumi Nakanoue in a tag team match. Despite Hayashi pinning Nakanoue for the win, he and Kondo afterwards offered the rookie wrestler a spot in Last Revolution. Nakanoue immediately accepted the offer, thus becoming the stable's fifth member.[11] However, the following June, after Nobuo Shiraishi took over as the new president of AJPW, Keiji Mutoh quit the promotion and was joined by wrestlers loyal to him, which included Hayashi, Kondo and Nakanoue, leading to Suwama announcing that Last Revolution would be disbanding following the June 30 AJPW event.[12] and later in September Doering and Suwama founded Evolution.
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References[]
- ↑ Nunnally, Douglas 2008-09-30. Joe Doering talks about learning wrestling in All Japan . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:諏訪魔＆ドーリングが最強タッグ／全日本 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2012-10-22). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:諏訪魔、最強タッグ「ぶっちぎり優勝だ」 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2012-11-13). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
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- ↑ Alvarez, Bryan 2012-11-30. Friday update: TNA axing two PPVs next year, WWE talent released, Raw two hours weirdness continues, Maria engaged, big weekend schedule and more! . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:諏訪魔軍に近藤修司が加入 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2013-03-05). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:全日・近藤が白石オーナーに“栄養費”要求 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:三冠ヘビー級王者 (in Japanese). All Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:諏訪魔 死闘の末船木破り３冠奪還 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2013-03-18). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:全日本プロレス「2013 チャンピオン・カーニバル」優勝決定戦 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2013-04-29). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.
- ↑ ja:ＬＲが３０日両国で解体へ (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2013-06-23). Retrieved on 2014-07-25.