Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament
The Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament was a professional wrestling memorial event produced by the HUSTLE promotion, which took place from July 9 to July 11, 2006 at the Pacifico Yokohama Kokuritsu Hall in Kanagawa and Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The first show, featuring the opening rounds and semi-final bouts, was attended by an estimated 4,420 fans and was aired on pay per view as part of "Hustle Vol. 18 – Hustle King Forever". It was held in memory of Shinya Hashimoto, who competed as Hustle King. Hashimoto died after suffering a brain aneurysm in Tokyo, Japan on July 11, 2005. It was the first Hashimoto memorial show held in Japan followed by the Shinya Hashimoto Legacy Memorial Cup Tournament in 2009. Ten professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card, five of which were tournament matches.
Team Hustle King won the tournament by winning three matches during the two-day tournament. Over the course of the event, they defeated KARI Family 3 Strongest in the opening round, the Hardcore Brothers in the semi-finals and Sakata Corps in the final match. In addition to the tournament, several other matches were held at the event. The first night's main event match was a tag team match between Naoya Ogawa and TAJIRI versus The M-Peranza and Toshiaki Kawada, which Ogawa and TAJIRI won.; the following night's main event saw Monster C and Toshiaki Kawada defeat Kintaro Kanemura and TAJIRI. The undercard also featured an Intergender Six-Person Tag Team match between Erica, Margaret and Tetsuhiro Kuroda against Giant Vabo, Gomora and Kohei Sato.
Results
Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament (Day 1)
July 9, 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Hustle Kamen Blue, Hustle Kamen Red and Hustle Kamen Yellow defeated Blue Devil Spider, Red Devil Spider and Yellow Devil Spider | Six-Man Tag Team match | 7:11 |
| 2 | Team 6m defeated Team Hustle Tomorrow | First Round Tournament match | 4:44 |
| 3 | Team Hustle King defeated KARI Family 3 Strongest | First Round Tournament match | 9:49 |
| 4 | Team Hustle King defeated Hardcore Brothers | Semi Final Tournament match | 12:19 |
| 5 | Sakata Corps defeated Team 6m | Semi Final Tournament match | 7:11 |
| 6 | Naoya Ogawa and TAJIRI defeated The M-Peranza and Toshiaki Kawada | Tag Team match | 11:00 |
Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament (Day 2)
July 11, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Hustle Kamen Blue, Hustle Kamen Red and Hustle Kamen Yellow defeated Fear Psychic Medium, Red Devil Spider and Yellow Devil Spider | Six-Man Tag Team match | 7:11 |
| 2 | Erica, Margaret and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Team 6m | Intergender Six-Person Tag Team match | 10:35 |
| 3 | Team Hustle King defeated Sakata Corps | Tournament Finals match | 14:05 |
| 4 | Monster C and Toshiaki Kawada defeated Kintaro Kanemura and TAJIRI | Tag Team match | 12:12 |
Tournament brackets
The tournament took place between July 9 and July 11, 2006. The tournament brackets were:- Team 6m
- Team Hustle Tomorrow
- Team Hustle King
- KARI Family 3 Strongest
- Hardcore Brothers
- Sakata Corps