NJPW Results for February 6, 2018

 

NJPW “Road to The New Beginning” 2/6/18 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,706 spectators

(1) Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ren Narita
♦Winner: KUSHIDA (7:55) with an Armbar on Narita
(2) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tomoyuki Oka vs Yujiro Takahashi & Hikuleo
♦Winner: Yujiro (7:04) with the Pimp Juice on Oka
(3) Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Trial Series: Manabu Nakanishi vs Katsuya Kitamura
♦Winner: Nakanishi (7:18) with the Argentine Backbreaker
(4) Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku
♦Winner: Romero (8:55) with a Backslide on TAKA
~ Suzuki-gun attacked Roppongi 3K after the match. Desperado & Kanemaru indicated they want to go after Roppongo 3K’s IWGP Jr. Tag Championships.
(5) Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
♦Winner: White (9:27) via referee stop over Henare
~ White hit Henare with the Blade Runner, but rather than go for the pin, he repeatedly assaulted Henare with elbow strikes even after he was knocked out, leading to the referee stop.
~ Finlay wanted to keep fighting White after the match, though White dismissed and ignored him.
(6) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
♦Winner: Suzuki (12:00) with the Heel Hold on Tauchi
~ Suzuki kept the hold on for several moments even after Taguchi tapped out.
~ Michael Elgin tried to break it up, but was hit with the Iron Fingers by Iizuka
~ Makabe also tried to stop Suzuki, only to end up being hit with a Gotch-style Piledriver.
~ After Makabe and Suzuki had both left, the two continued to brawl backstage.
(7) YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay & Gedo vs Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
♦Winner: YOSHI-HASHI (11:39) with the Karma on BUSHI
~ Gedo stole BUSHI’s mask, and the extra match BUSHI wore during his entrance, after the match.
~ Naito and YOSHI-HASHI brawled after the match until the Young Lions at ringside broke it up.

(8) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] SANADA & EVIL vs [Challengers] Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto
♦Winner: EVIL () following the Magic Killer and the EVIL on Goto
~ 1st defense
~ SANADA said he’ll defeat Okada again and take his title in Osaka on 2/10.
~ EVIL said he is stronger than Goto, and vowed to win his title match in Osaka as well.

NJPW Results for January 4, 2018

NJPW “Wrestle Kingdom 12” 1/4/18 [Thur] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo
34,995 spectators

(0) New Japan Rumble
~ Order of elimination: Delirious, BUSHI, Leo Tonga, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Katsuya Kitamura, Chase Owens, Jushin “Thunder” Liger, El Desperado, Tiger Mask, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Gino Gambino, Toa Henare, YOSHI-HASHI, David Finlay, Yujiro Takahashi, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan
♦Winner: Masahito Kakihara () with the Kaki Cutter on Cheeseburger
~ Kakihara said he’s back from beating cancer, and thanked the crowd. He also asked that people continue to send support to Yoshihiro Takayama so he can stand in the Tokyo Dome again someday. Takayama’s music played as Kakihara made his exit.

(1) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship Match: [54th Champions] SHO & YOH vs [Challengers] Matt & Nick Jackson
♦Winner: Nick (18:49) with the Sharpshooter on YOH
~ Champions fall on their 1st defense. The Young Bucks become the 55th champions.

(2) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Gauntlet Match: [14th Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs [Challengers] Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs [Challengers] Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Berreta vs [Challengers] Michael Elgin, Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs [Challengers] Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
~ Two teams compete at a time, winning teams moves on against the next team, until only one team remains.
~ Sabre Jr. eliminated Rowe (6:05) via referee stop, Triangle Choke
~ Yano eliminated Taichi (0:41) with a Schoolboy
~ Yano eliminated Taguchi (3:29) with a Schoolboy
♦Winner: Berreta (6:48) with the Dudebuster on Tonga
~ Champions fall on their 1st defense. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Berreta become the 15th champions.

(3) Special Singles Match: Cody vs Kota Ibushi
♦Winner: Ibushi (15:08) with the Phoenix Splash

(4) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [78th Champions] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs [Challengers/World Tag League Winners] EVIL & SANADA
♦Winner: SANADA (14:14) with the Rounding Body Press on Smith Jr.
~ Champions fall on their 2nd defense. EVIL & SANADA become the 79th champions.

(5) NEVER Openweight Championship Hair vs Hair Match: [16th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs [Challenger] Hirooki Goto
♦Winner: Goto (18:04) with the GTR
~ Champion falls on his 5th defense. Hirooki Goto becomes the 17th champion.
~ Despite both factions being banned from ringside, Suzuki-gun tried to interfere during the match, but were stopped by YOSHI-HASHI.
~ After the match, Suzuki-gun initially tried to hurry Suzuki away so he could avoid having his head shaved. But then Suzuki walked back to the ring, accepted his defeat and shaved his head himself.

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~ The New Beginning will be held in Sapporo on January 27 & 28, and in Osaka on 2/10.

~ The New Japan Cup will begin on 3/21 in Niigata.

~ Strong Style Evolved will be held on 3/25 in Los Angeles.

~ Sakura Genesis will be held on 4/1 in Ryogoku Kokugikan

~ Wrestling Hinokoku 2018 will be held in Grand Messe Kumamoto on 4/29.

~ Pro Wrestling Dontaku will he held on 5/3 at the Fukuoka Convention Center.

~ BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25 will begin on 5/18.

~ DOMINION will take place in OSAKA-JO HALL on 6/9.

~ KIZUNA ROAD 2018 will be held on 6/15.

~ The first two days of the G1 CLIMAX 28 will take place on 7/14 & 15 at the Ota Gymnasium in Tokyo, and Day 3 will be held at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo.

~ The final three days of the G1 CLIMAX 28 will take place on 8/10, 11 & 12 at Nippon Budokan.

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(6) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship 4WAY Match: [79th Champion] Marty Scurll vs [Challenger] Will Ospreay vs [Challenger] KUSHIDA vs [Challenger] Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: Ospreay (21:18) with the Oscutter on Scurll
~ Champion falls on his 1st defense. Will Ospreay becomes the 80th champion.

(7) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [16th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs [Challenger] Jay White
♦Winner: Tanahashi (19:43) with the High Fly Flow
~4th successful defense

(8) IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship No DQ Match: [1st Champion] Kenny Omega vs [Challenger] Chris Jericho
♦Winner: Omega (34:36) with the Katayoku no Tenshi onto a steel chair
~ 4th successful defense

(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger/G1 CLIMAX 27 Winner] Tetsuya Naito
♦Winner: Okada (34:26) with the Rainmaker
~ 9th successful defense

~ Okada said he believes he and Naito will likely cross paths in the Tokyo Dome main event again someday, and that he wants to make it rain not just cash, but emotions, pride and happiness in the wrestling world.

NJPW Results for October 9, 2017

NJPW “King of Pro-Wrestling” 10/9/17 [Mon] 17:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
9,234 spectators

(1) Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Leo Tonga vs SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: BUSHI (6:24) with a Schoolboy on Fale
(2) Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano vs Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
♦Winner: Yano (9:18) via ring out on Suzuki
~Yano posed with Suzuki’s NEVER Openweight Championship after the match.
(3) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [53rd Champions] Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs [Challengers] Sho & Yoh
♦Winner: Yoh (14:52) following an Elevated Flatliner on Ricochet
~Sho & Yoh (formerly known as Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu), returned as the mystery members of Roppongi 3K and captured the IWGP Jr. Tag titles.
~Champions fall on their 2nd defense. Sho & Yo become the 54th champions.
(4) IWGP Tag Championship Tornado Elimination Match: [78th Champions] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs [Challengers] Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs [Challengers] Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
Elimination order:
~Loa (12:43) following the Killer Bomb from Archer & Smith Jr.
~Hanson (16:10) following a Killer Bomb through a table from Archer & Smith Jr.
♦Winner: Archer & Smith Jr.
~1st successful title defense
(5) YOSHI-HASHI, Barreta & Jado vs Kenny Omega, Cody & Marty Scurll
♦Winner: Scurll (13:42) with the Crossface Chickenwing
(6) Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs Kota Ibushi & Juice Robinson
♦Winner: Robinson (10:26) with the Pulp Friction on Makabe

 

(7) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [77th Champion] KUSHIDA vs [Challenger] Will Ospreay
♦Winner: Ospreay (15:32) with the Oscutter
~Champion falls on his 3rd defense. Will Ospreay becomes the 78th Champion.
~Hiromu Takahashi came to the ring to challenge the new champion, but was interrupted by Marty Scurll, who issued a challenge of his own.

(8) Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Challenge Rights Match: [G1 27 Winner/Rights Holder] Tetsuya Naito vs [Challenger] Tomohiro Ishii
♦Winner: Naito (23:56) with the Destino
~1st successful defense

(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger] EVIL
♦Winner: Okada (33:26) with the Rainmaker
~8th successful title defense
~With the defense, Okada is now set to defend the IWGP Heavyweight title against Tetsuya Naito on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. Gedo called Naito out to the ring. Naito said there’s still three months until Wrestle Kingdom 12, and to enjoy the wait.
~Okada said EVIL needs to remember how to compete at the IWGP level, and that he’s excited to keep making it rain through the rest of this year and into next year as well.

NJPW Results for September 16, 2017

NJPW “DESTRUCTION in HIROSHIMA” 9/16/17 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall

~Kazuchika Okada announced a fundraiser will be held in support of Yoshihiro Takayama.

(1) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
♦Winner: YOSHI-HASHI (7:20) with the Butterfly Lock on Tiger Mask IV
(2) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Bad Luck Fale & Leo Tonga
♦Winner: Robinson (4:32) with the Pulp Friction on Leo
(3) Roppongi Vice Final Match: Barreta & Rocky Romerovs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
♦Winner: Barreta (6:55) with the Strong Zero on Owens
(4) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Kota Ibushi vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
♦Winner: Ibushi (8:09) with the Kamigoe on Iizuka

(5) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [53rd Champions] Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs [Challengers] Yoshinobu Kanemeru & Taichi
♦Winner: Taguchi (15:41) with the Oh My & Garankle
~1st successful title defense

(6) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
♦Winner: Rowe (11:05) following the Fallout on Smith Jr.
~3rd successful title defense

(7) Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Will Ospreay & Gedo vs Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: BUSHI (12:17) with the MX on Gedo
~After the match EVIL continued to attack Okada and hit him with the Darkness Falls onto a pile of chairs. Ishii attempted to help Okada, but was attacked by Naito.

(8) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [77th Champion] KUSHIDA vs [Challenger] El Desperado
♦Winner: KUSHIDA (16:56) with the Back to the Future
~2nd successful title defense
~Will Ospreay came to the ring after the match to issue a challenge to the champion for a Jr. Heavyweight Title match at King of Pro Wrestling. Hiromu Takahashi also came into the ring, only to be knocked out by Ospreay.

(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [16th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.
♦Winner: Tanahashi (30:13) with the High Fly Flow
~2nd successful title defense
~Tanahashi named Kota Ibushi as his next challenger for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Ibushi came to the ring and accepted the challenge.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/08/njpw-event-cards-for-september-october-2017/

NJPW Results for September 10, 2017

NJPW “DESTRUCTION in FUKUSHIMA” 9/10/17 [Sun] 16:00 @ Azuma Sports Park in Fukushima
2,056 spectators

(1) Yuji Nagata & Hirai Kawato vs Manabu Nakanishi & Shota Umino
♦Winner: Nagata (5:47) with the Nagata Lock II on Umino
(2) Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura vs Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
♦Winner: Goto (7:35) with a Middle Kick on Oka
(3) Barreta & Jado vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
♦Winner: Yujiro (7:36) with the Pimp Juice on Jado
(4) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Bad Luck Fale & Leo Tonga
♦Winner: Robinson (5:04) with the Pulp Friction on Leo
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs Takashi Iizuka, TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi
♦Winner: Taguchi (10:40) with a rollup on TAKA

(6) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [77th Champions] Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs [Challengers] Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
♦Winner: Rowe (11:09) following the Fallout on Loa
~2nd successful title defense

(7) Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: Naito (12:04) with the Destino on Ospreay

(8) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: [13th Champions] EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs [Challengers] Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Rocky Romero
♦Winner: BUSHI (14:00) following the MX on Romero
~3rd successful title defense

(9) NEVER Openweight Championship Lumberjack DeathMatch: [16th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs [Challenger] Michael Elgin
♦Winner: Suzuki (19:07) with the Gotch-style Piledriver
~3rd successful title defense
~Takashi Iizuka hit Elgin with the Iron Finger, giving Suzuki the opening to finish Elgin with the Gotch-Style Piledriver.
~Suzuki said he would clear out the entire NJPW roster, and that the fans should respect him as the king of the wrestling world.

NJPW [WRESTLING WORLD 2014 in Taiwan Day 2] results for April 13, 2014

New Japan Pro-Wrestling “WRESTLING WORLD 2014 in Taiwan”, 4/13/2014 [Sun] 19:00 @ Taiwan University Gymnasium (NTU Sports Center)
1,600 Spectators

(1) Ryusuke Taguchi & BUSHI vs. El Desperado & Mascara Dorada
◆Winner: Taguchi (9:05) following the dodon on Dorada.

(2) Mascara Don (Manabu Nakanishi), Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Jado & Gedo
◆Winner: Yujiro (8:58) following the Tokyo Pimps on Komatsu.

(3) Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi
◆Winner: Yano (9:53) following the Urakasumi on Taichi.

(4) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship Next Contendership Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
◆Winner: Romero (10:09) following the Contract Killer on Tiger.

(5) Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
◆Winner: Makabe (8:11) following the King Kong Knee Drop on Tonga.

(6) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. [Challengers] Hirooki Goto & Captain Taiwan
◆Winner: Gallows (9:31) following the Magic Killer on Captain.
~ 3rd successful title defense.

(7) NWA World Tag Championship Match: [75th Champions] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [Challengers] Rob Conway & Jax Dane
◆Winner: Tenzan (10:33) with an Anaconda Vice on Dane.
~ 1st successful title defense.

(8) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito & KUSHIDA vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Nakamura (13:40) following the BomaYe on KUSHIDA.

NJPW Event Cards for March & April 2014
https://puroresuspirit.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/njpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2014/

[NJPW News Part 2] New Japan announced the full card for the upcoming “INVASION ATTACK 2014” iPPV on April 6.

The main event will see the IWGP Intercontinental belt once more on the line when Hiroshi Tanahashi defends against the NEW JAPAN CUP 2014 winner Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura wants another shot at the belt that he feels belong solely to him and this could very well be his last chance as he already 0-2, ¼ & 2/9, to Tanahashi this year alone. Nakamura’s mind is solely on recapturing the belt and is looking to carry the momentum from the NJC to total victory.

The semi-final match will see the IWGP Tag belts on the line as Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows defend against the alliance of Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata. Anderson and Goto  are no strangers in the past in being both tag partners and rivals in the ring. Now they both have new tag partners, with Anderson finding success with Gallows, and Goto is looking to align himself with his childhood friend as they try and claim the top prize as a tag team.

Tetsuya Naito claimed a win over Tomohiro Ishii in the NEW JAPAN CUP and has set himself up for a rematch for the NEVER Openweight belt on the iPPV. Before the NJC though, Naito did pick up another win over Ishii and he feels that the momentum for another NEVER reign is firmly in his grasp.

The runner-up in the NEW JAPAN CUP, Bad Luck Fale will not be receiving an IWGP Heavyweight match at the iPPV, though he will be receiving a chance to line himself up either further in the standings as he takes on Okada in a tag match. Fale could indeed earn himself a challenge against Okada in the near future with a win, or at least even a strong showing against the champ.

Ryusuke Taguchi will be getting another chance to settle the score once and for all against Prince Devitt as the two are scheduled to face in singles competition. Taguchi has been trying to reclaim a top position as a New Japan junior since his return from injury, but has yet to get the much needed win to begin the climb back up. Due to the position of this match it appears that a contender for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt could be potentially decided upon as well.

Daniel & Rolles Gracie will once again be competing in the New Japan ring, but this time they will be taking on the rule-breaking heels in Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka. Before joining NJPW, Yano was a skilled amateur grappler in his own right, even Iizuka as well before he went over the edge as a full-blooded wild man. It should be interesting to see the Gracies in a new match-up, but more so to see where they will be going following the match.

The event will also see the NWA World Tag belts on the line as Rob Conway & Jax Dane once more defend the belts against Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima. Kojima being the NWA World Heavyweight Champion as well, could be looking to claim the feat that Conway did last year in being a double NWA Champion.

Then the opening contest of the show will see the IWGP Junior Tag belts on the line as the Young Bucks defend against the team of Kota Ibushi & El Desperado. New Japan is clearly looking to start the event off with an explosive start as all four men utilize a lot of aerial feats and quick moves.

Below is the card in full.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “INVASION ATTACK 2014”, 4/6/2014 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(1) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship Match: [37th Champions] “Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson vs. [Challengers] Kota Ibushi & El Desperado
~ 3rd title defense.

(2) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba [Free] vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi

(3) NWA World Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] Rob Conway & Jax Dane vs. [Challenger] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima

(4) Pro-Wrestling vs Jiu-Jitsu Mixed Martial Arts Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. Daniel & Rolles Gracie
(5) Special Single Match: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Prince Devitt
(6) Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga

(7) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challenger] Tetsuya Naito
~ 1st title defense.

(8) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. [Challengers] Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
~ 2nd title defense.

(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [7th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] Shinsuke Nakamura
~ 2nd title defense.

NJPW Event Cards for March & April 2014
https://puroresuspirit.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/njpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2014/

NJPW [IWGP IC, IWGP Tag, NWA Heavyweight] results for February 9, 2014

NJPW “THE NEW BEGINNING in HIROSHIMA”, 2/9/2014 [Sun] 15:00 @ Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
5,040 Spectators (overcrowded sellout)

(1) Kota Ibushi & BUSHI vs. El Desperado & Jushin Thunder Liger
◆Winner: Desperado (8:46) with the Guitarra de Angel on BUSHI.
~ Desperado claims yet another win over Ibushi’s teammates.

(2) Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga
◆Winner: Suzuki (5:32) following the Gotch style Piledriver.

(3) Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: Iizuka (9:16) via foul, Sakuraba with Iizuka’s Iron Finger.

(4) Special Single Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Michael Tarver
◆Winner: Tarver (9:15) following the 1.9 (One Point Nine).

(5) NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: [125th Champion] Satoshi Kojima vs. [Challenger] “BIG DADDY YUM-YUM” Byron Wilcott
◆Winner: Kojima (11:04) following a Lariat.
~ 1st Successful Defense.
~ Tarver attacked Kojima after the match, Tenzan made the save.

(6) Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Yujiro Takahashi
◆Winner: Ishii (11:27) following the Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Honma.
~ Ishii with the final prelude victory heading into the NEVER title match on 2/11.

(7) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
◆Winner: Devitt (11:28) following the Bloody Sunday on Taguchi.

(8) Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI

◆Winner: Goto (14:38) following the Shouten Kai on HASHI.
~ Goto picks up the last prelude win heading into the IWGP title match against Okada on 2/11.

(9) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. [Challengers] “K.E.S.” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
◆Winner: Anderson (12:38) following the Magic Killer on Smith.
~ 1st Successful Defense.

(10) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [7th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] Shinsuke Nakamura
◆Winner: Tanahashi (22:32) with a Dragon Suplex Hold.
~ 1st Successful Defense.

Earlier in the day, Tanahashi announced that he will not be competing in March’s NEW JAPAN CUP tournament. Instead he stated that the winner can chose which title he wants to compete against, and the runner-up will receive the other title match.
Keep in mind that this just follows suit as the NEW JAPAN CUP is primarily held to build up contenders for the IWGP Heavyweight belt, so the main champion, now champion(s), are excluded.

~ Next up is THE NEW BEGINNING in Osaka on 2/11.
NJPW Event Cards for January & February 2014
https://puroresuspirit.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/njpw-event-cards-january-february-2014/

NJPW [IWGP Heavy: Okada vs Anderson] results for November 9, 2013 + WRESTLE KINGDOM 8 “Expected” Matches

NJPW “POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/9/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM in Osaka, Japan (Osaka Prefectual Gymnasium)
6,400 Spectators

(0) Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, KUSHIDA & BUSHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
◆Winner: Koslov (9:50) following the Contract Killer to BUSHI.

(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [36th Champions] “Suzuki-gun” TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. [Challengers/Super Jr. Tag Winners] “The Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson
◆Winner: Matt (9:22) following the More Bang 4 Your Buck on TAKA.
~ The Champions fall on their 2nd title defense.
~ The Young Bucks become the 37th IWGP Jr. Tag Champs.
~ Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov, and KUSHIDA all came out to challenge the newly crowned champions.

(2) Special Single Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata
◆Winner: Shibata (9:43) following a Shouten.
~ Shibata beats Honma with Hirooki Goto’s maneuver.

(3) Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: Sakuraba (8:08) with a Sakuraba Lock on Iizuka.

(4) IWGP Tag & NWA World Tag Double Championship Irregular 3WAY Match: [62nd IWGP Champions] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [78th NWA Champions] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. [Challengers] Rob Conway & Jax Dane
~ First pinfall is for the IWGP Tag belts, 2nd pinfall is for the NWA belts.
◆Winner: Archer (8:41) following the Killer Bomb on Tenzan.
~ TenCozy fall on their 3rd IWGP title defense.
~ Killer Elite Squad becomes the 63rd IWGP Tag Champions.
◆Winner: Conway (5:41) following the Ego Trip on Kojima.
~ Conway and Dane become the 79th NWA Tag Champs.
~ This also makes Conway the first man to hold the NWA Heavyweight and NWA Tag belts as the same time.

(5) Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
◆Winner: Ibushi (11:15) with a Phoenix Splash on Devitt.
~ Ibushi gets the win over the current IWGP Jr. Champ.
~ Makabe and Fale continued to brawl after the match.

(6) Special Single Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Tanahashi (17:38) with the High Fly Flow.

(7) Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger Rights Contract & NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
◆Winner: Naito (15:46) with the Stardust Press.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

(8) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [6th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Minoru Suzuki
◆Winner: Nakamura (19:04) following the Boma~Ye.
~ 3rd successful title defense.
~ Nakamura requested that he defends the belt against Tanahashi next.

(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
◆Winner: Okada (22:49) following the Rainmaker.
~ 6th successful title defense.
~ Next up for Okada will be Naito who finally gets his title opportunity at WK8.

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This was New Japan’s final “big” show of the year, next up is WRESTLE KINGDOM 8. Here is what the early “expected” card will look like.

WRESTLE KINGDOM 8 in Tokyo Dome, ¼/2014 [Sat] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan

() IWGP Junior Tag Championship 4WAY Match: [37th Champions] “The Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson vs. [Challengers] Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. [Challengers] “Time Splitters” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. [Challengers] Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov.
~ 1st title defense.

() IWGP Tag Championship Match: [63rd Champions] “KES” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. [Challengers] (WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2013 Winners)
~ 1st title defense.

() Special Single Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
() Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Daniel & Horace Gracie

() IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [66th Champion] Prince Devitt vs. [Challenger] Kota Ibushi (DDT)
~ 5th title defense.

() IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [6th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Hiroshi Tanahashi
~ 4th title defense.

() IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger / 2013 G1 CLIMAX Winner] Tetsuya Naito
~ 7th title defense.

[NJPW News] New Japan held a press conference for the IWGP signing ceremony for their upcoming iPPV on June 22nd. Which sees the main event as Kazuchika Okada defends the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Togi Makabe.

Outside of the shows, both men have seemed to be quiet about the upcoming match as whole. Thought it seems Makabe is going into the show with confidence that he will not fall victim to the young Okada once more, while Okada is looking to claim his second successful defense and carry on with his reign through the G1 Climax in August. Okada’s only aim is to do his best against Makabe and to bring a fierce and intense match-up if it comes down to it.
There will be some pressure on Okada to retain his championship on 6.22 as it was this event last year when Okada lost the belt back to Hiroshi Tanahashi. The ultimate question that is up in the air at this time is who will walk out the rightful champion on 6/22, The Rainmaker or the Unchained Gorilla?

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Among the main event for the IWGP Heavy between Okada and Makabe, there are another 8 matches to fill out the entirity of the show.

Prince Devitt gets his rematch against Hiroshi Tanahashi following his BOSJ XX win on June 9th. Devitt completely dominated the every single opponent he faced in the BOSJ, not to say BULLET CLUB as a whole had a hand in that, and now he has his eyes set on going after Hiroshi Tanahashi who defeated him previously on March 3rd of this year.
It has also been mentioned that the winner of this match could indeed be in line as the next challenger for IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Devitt has also stated that he would not relinquish the Jr. Heavyweight belt if he does indeed get a Heavyweight title opportunity.

Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata will meet in the ring yet again as they try and settle who is the better of the two. The two have meet multiple times now in the ring and each time nothing has been officially settled via pinfall or submission. Will we seen another replay like from the May 3rd “Dontaku 2013” show, or will a true victor finally emerge?

Tetsuya Naito will make his official in ring return since being forced out of action due to a severe knee injury that sidelined last October. Yujiro was the last person that Naito faced back in October and proceeded to do even more damage to Naito’s leg before it was all said and done. One has to think that Naito will be looking to exact revenge.

Also announced is that Manabu Nakanishi will get the match against the NWA Champion Rob Conway. After repeated announcements that the NWA would be coming back to NJPW, Nakanishi has taken upon himself to accept the challenge and try and put an end to this NWA invasion. Satoshi Kojima already fell to the invading Conway, but Nakanishi just cannot stand by and let Conway and Bruce Tharpe talk down to his fellow NJPW and Japanese wrestlers.

Both IWGP Tag Class belts will be defending on the show as TenCozy will be defending their newly won IWGP Heavy belts against “CHAOS” Yano & Iizuka and “Killer Elite Squad” Archer & Smith. The 3 way system has proven to be a wild card in the previous matches from this year and this could prove to be no different.
Forever Hooligans, Romero & Koslov, will be defending the IWGP Jr. Tag belts against the TIME SPLITTERS, KUSHIDA & Shelley, in the opening match of the show. Both KUSHIDA and Shelley proved to be the better men over Romero and Koslov in the BOSJ and have earned themselves a shot to reclaim the belts which they lost to the Hooligans on May 3rd.

Though unlike previously announced, Ryusuke Taguchi will not be a part of the show after being held back from competing in his scheduled the semi-final match of BOSJ. Taguchi was reported to have had a lot of pain in his hip, and it seems it will keep him out of action for an undisclosed amount of time.

The event will be on live iPPV for $25 on 6/22 (4am Eastern, 3 am Central, 9 am for England).
Update: As usual the event “will be” on instant video demand for a few days following the initial broadcast.
 http://www.ustream.tv/njpw

Below is the scheduled event card in full.

NJPW “DOMINION 6.22”, 6/22/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM in Osaka

(0) Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi

(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [35th Champions] “Forever Hooligans” Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. [Challengers] “TIME SPLITTERS” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
~ 1st title defense.

(2) Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan vs. “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson, “BadBoy” Tama Tonga & “UnderBoss” Bad Luck Fale

(3) IWGP Tag Championship 3 WAY Match: [62nd Champions] “TenCozy” Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [Challengers] “CHAOS” Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. “K.E.S.” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 1st title defense.

(4) NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rob Conway vs. [Challenger] Manabu Nakanishi

(5) Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton “X” Benjamin
(6) Tetsuya Naito’s Return Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(7) Special Single Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
(8) Special Single Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt

(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Togi Makabe
~ 2nd title defense.

[Puroresu Spirit Extra] Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka “ALL” meme’s, enjoy.

The Yano one came to mind after me and a couple friends were joking with him always hijacking everyone’s titles over the last couple of years. Hopefully you guys get a good laugh out of it.
Then the Iizuka one involves him always attacking NJPW’s commentator, Shinpei Nogami, and taking his shirt from him.

[NJPW News] New Japan announced matches for the next big iPPV on June 22nd and Shinsuke Nakamura heads to CMLL.

First up, Nakamura will be heading to compete in CMLL while the BOSJ XX is taking prominence during this next tour. He will be heading to Mexico next week on May 11th and will remain there for the next month until June 12th.

Then New Japan officially announced 4 matches for the upcoming DOMINION iPPV on June 22nd.

Okada pulled out his first successful defense against Minoru Suzuki this past weekend and already has his next challenger to be against Togi Makabe. Okada previously faced Makabe in last years G1 Climax, which saw Okada victorious, and this match is poised to be a revenge match for Makabe.

Following the 4WAY IWGP Tag Championship match on 5.3, TenKoji have once again emerged as the champions. This definitely was not the way that the former champions in “K.E.S.” (Archer & Smith) wanted to have it settled as they were not even involved in the finish in anyway. You have to know that K.E.S. will be looking to reclaim their lost belts, but with yet another multi-team match that leaves a whole other dynamic to the match.

Due to the double knochout finish from the 5.3 show, New Japan has once again placed Goto and Shibata in a single confrontation at DOMINION 6.22. Nothing was settled between the two in the last match and could this next showdown be yet a replay of this last bout, or will someone finally be standing in the end?

Lastly, Tetsuya Naito announced his return to the ring on 5.3 to be on June 22nd. Naito has spent the last 7-8 months sidelined due to a knee injury and will be going against his former tag team partner and current rival in Yujiro Takahashi. Their last meeting saw Yujiro blatantly attack Naito’s knee and that lead to Naito being forced out to undergo surgery on his knee. Will Naito be able to exact some much needed revenge or will his time away from the ring prove to be too much against “Mr. R Rated”?

~ Be sure to check out the link below for the information regarding the BOSJ XX which begins later this month.
http://wp.me/p1NzQs-3NM

Below is the announced card at this time for the DOMINION 6.22 show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “DOMINION 6.22”, 6/22/2013 [Sat] 17:00 Osaka BODY MAKER COLOSSEUM (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
(-) Tetsuya Naito’s Return Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
(-) Special Single Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

(-) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [62nd Champions] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [Challengers] Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 1st title defense.

(-) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Togi Makabe
~ 2nd title defense.

[NJPW News] New Japan announced the full card for the upcoming INVASION ATTACK iPPV for April 7th as well as the lead-in show that will be held on April 5th.

Following his win on March 24th, Kazuchika Okada has once again laid down a claim to another tournament win with the NEW JAPAN CUP, and also the right as the youngest to ever do so (an honor he already held with his victory in the 2012 G1 Climax). Okada has earned himself another title opportunity against the reigning IWGP Heavy Champion in Hiroshi Tanahashi. Of course, Okada already headlined the Tokyo Dome on 1.4 in a losing effort to Tanahashi, though following his win the NJC he appears to have a new found sense of purpose.

The event will be headlined with 2 other title matches with Shinsuke Nakamura looking to defend the IWGP IC against the other half of K.E.S. in Davey Boy Smith Jr. This will mark Nakamura’s 7th defense with the belt as he aims to continue on with his breakthrough reign. First though Nakamura will be going after K.E.S. and their tag team titles as he teams with Tomohiro Ishii on April 5th. Of course this match will be a continuing of the CHAOS vs. Suzuki-gun war.

Following the news of Bruce Tharpe, President of the NWA, stating that he is bringing over a wrestler to compete in NJPW. Satoshi Kojima was the first to challenge the incoming wrestler which has been determined to be the newly crowned NWA Heavyweight Champion, “Iron Man” Rob Conway. Conway has been competing for over 15 years now and is looking to leave his mark in Japan and gain a strong defense as champion in the process.

Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto will be joining forces to take on the Laughter7 duo in Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata. This could potentially be the toughest challenge for Laughter7 yet as there is a lot of history between each man involved. Will Nagata finally be able to pull out a win, with Goto, against the invader team or will Laughter7 once again prove to have fate on their side?

Minoru Suzuki will be looking for revenge against Toru Yano following the 2nd round match of the NEW JAPAN CUP in which Yano walked away with the controversial victory. CHAOS and Suzuki-gun have had nothing but animosity towards each other all throughout this year and “the ultimate invader” Minoru Suzuki will not sit back and let a loss, let alone a “cheap” loss, loom over him. The two will meet in a tag match before the ppv on April 5th, as Suzuki will be teaming with close friend Yoshihiro Takayama as they face the current (NOAH) GHC Tag Champions, Yano and Takashi Iizuka. Takayama of course will be teaming with KENTA in NOAH’s upcoming GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE tournament and will this could become an early look at a possible outcome if KENTA & Takayama managed to win the tag league.

Tomoaki Honma made his surprise return to New Japan in the form of support for Togi Makabe following another attack from Yujiro. The duo use to form G.B.H. (Great Bash Heel) in years prior, but after Honma left NJPW last year Makabe has found himself primarily on his own. No word yet if G.B.H. has truly reformed, but Makabe could really use the aid as they are set to take on Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi.

Tama Tonga will be defending the CMLL World Tag belts, along with Terrible, against La Mascara & Valiente. NJPW has built a strong relationship with CMLL in the last several years and New Japan is yet again giving a platform for the “lucha libre” style to showcase itself.

Prince Devitt will have a heavy few days in front of him as he will be defending his IWGP Jr. belt against Alex Shelley on 4/5 and then on 4/7 the two will be involved in the IWGP Jr. Tag match. As the reigning champions “TIME SPLITTERS” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley will defend against “Apollo55” Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi. Devitt has been on edge over the last month and has been showing plenty of “heel attitude” like tendencies against his opponents. With a huge challenge set before him, will Devitt’s new persona manifest itself over these two shows, or will it prove to have been nothing more than Devitt just looking to blow off some steam.

Below are the event cards for the upcoming shows in April.

New Japan Event Cards for March & April 2013
http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2013/03/03/new-japan-event-cards-for-march-april-2012/
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New Japan Pro Wrestling “Road to INVASION ATTACK”, 4/5/2013 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Road to INVASION ATTACK I: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KUSHIDA
(2) Road to INVASION ATTACK II: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
(3) Road to INVASION ATTACK III: Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
(4) Road to INVASION ATTACK IV: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
(5) Road to INVASION ATTACK V: Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI vs. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo

(6) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: [66th Champion] Prince Devitt vs. [Challenger] Alex Shelley
~ 3rd Defense.

(7) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] “K.E.S.” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. [Challengers] Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
~ 4th Defense.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling “INVASION ATTACK”, 4/7/2013 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] “TIME SPLITTERS” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. [Challengers] Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
~ 3rd Defense.

(2) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine & Akebono [Free] vs. Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Bob Sapp

(3) CMLL World Tag Championship Match: [Champions] El Terrible & Tama Tonga vs. [Challengers] La Mascara & Valiente

(4) Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma [Free] vs. Masato Tanaka [ZERO1] & Yujiro Takahashi
(5) Special Single Match: Toru Yano [CHAOS] vs. Minoru Suzuki [Suzuki-gun]
(6) Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata

(7) Triple Main Event I ~ NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rob Conway vs. [Challenger] Satoshi Kojima

(8) Triple Main Event II ~ IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [4th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 7th Defense.

(9) Triple Main Event III ~ IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [58th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] Kazuchika Okada
~ 8th Defense.

[NJPW News] New Japan announced the full card for WRESTLE KINGDOM 7 which will be held on January 4, 2013.

Among the new announced matched will be KES defending against the “winners of the World Tag League 2012” Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson.
Masato Tanaka will be defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Shelton Benjamin.
Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki will rekindle their previous feuds as they will meet once again one on one at a WRESTLE KINGDOM event.
Then New Japan made it official that the “Prince of Destruction” Daichi Hashimoto, son of the late Shinya Hashimoto, will be making his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling on January 4th as he teams with Keiji Mutoh to take on the team of Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima.

Previous Announcement:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151319150316098

NJPW Presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 7 ～EVOLUTION～ in Tokyo Dome, ¼/2013 [Fri] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan

(0-1) Wataru Inoue, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga vs. Jado, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii
(0-2) Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & BUSHI

(1) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Manabu Nakanishi, MVP & Strongman vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro Takahashi

(2) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Masato Tanaka vs. [Challenger] Shelton Benjamin
~ 1st defense.

(3) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] “Killer Elite Squad” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. vs. [Challengers] “Sword & Guns” Hirooki Goto & “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
~ 2nd Defense.

(4) Special Singles Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki

(5) IWGP Jr. Heavy Championship Triple Threat Match: [67th Champion] Prince Devitt vs. Low Ki vs. Kota Ibushi
~ 1st Defense.

(6) Special Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Keiji Mutoh & Daichi Hashimoto

(7) Special Singles Match: Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata

(8) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
~ 4th Defense.

(9) Main Event ~ IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [58th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
~ 6th Defense.

[NJPW News] New Japan held a press conference for the upcoming iPPV that is coming up on November 11.
The upcoming show will see all 5 of the IWGP belts being defended on the show with the main event seeing Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the IWGP Heavy belt against Yujiro Takahashi. Yujiro has been a thorn in Tanahashi side as of late in terms of in the ring and with the verbal assaults as well. Yujiro has picked up a new overhaul with his character as the “Mr. R Rated”, and is looking to lay claim to his singles title. Tanahashi on the other hand is aiming to continue on to headline Wrestle Kingdom VI in January.
The Intercontinental title will be on the line as Shinsuke Nakamura defends against “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson. Ever since Ginat Bernard left to go back to the WWE, Anderson has taken it upon himself to make a break as one of the top names in NJPW. Anderson got his real start working in the New Japan L.A. Dojo and is very much so a New Japan guy as any of the top guys. This is an big chance for him to have a shot at a singles belt and he is aiming to capitalize on the opportunity. While Nakamura has taken it upon himself to bring some much needed importance to the belt. Nakamura and Anderson have history from their time of training together in the L.A. Dojo and it should see how things have come full circle since 2006.
KILLER ELITE SQUAD, Archer and Smith, will be defending their IWGP Tag belts against the former champions in TenKoji, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima. Of course both teams are looking to carry the IWGP Tag belts into the “WORLD TAG LEAGUE” that begins on November 20, as they will carry the early momentum throughout their scheduled matches. Archer stated that TenKoji might have a strong history, but the times have changed and KES are now indeed the strongest team in NJPW.

Kota Ibushi made a shocking appearance before the IWGP Jr. title press signing to make a bid to be in the title match. President Sugabayashi said that if he wants to compete for the title he will have the opportunity to challenge the champion after their match on 11/11. The match coming up now will be between Low Ki and Prince Devitt. So it seems that Ibushi could very well be aiming for the next title bout following the conclusion of the title match.
Devitt has spent the last few months back at his home in Ireland and after some much needed rest has returned and is ready to reclaim the Jr. Heavyweight belt. Devitt originally wanted a match against Ibushi, but Low Ki pulled out the upset and reclaimed the belt. Devitt made mention to how well traveled and skilled Low Ki can be in the ring, but it is time for him to reclaim his belt in Osaka.
During the photo session, Low Ki said something in the ear of Devitt creating quite a stir between the two. Low Ki was clearly looking to provoke Devitt and he surely got under his skin. Come 11/11 it could appear these two will bring a battle against one another.
TIME SPLITTERS, KUSHIDA & Shelley, will one again get another shot for the IWGP Jr. Tag belts following their win in the Super Jr. Tag League. FOREVER HOOLIGANS came out the victors following their last match on August 8, but after their recent win in the tag league the TIME SPLITTERS are looking to show that the future is theirs and they have grown as a team. Just like their name states, the Forever Hooligans look to remain the champions “Forever”, and on November 11 they aim to prove that they are the best tag team.

Below is the card for the upcoming event, and you can check out the link below to the facebook page on how to order.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151297510681098&set=a.297677646097.181869.189144446097&type=1&relevant_count=1 NJPW “40ｔｈ anniversary POWER STRUGGLE” 11/11/2012 [Sun] 17:00 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium ~ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM

(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [33rd Champions] “FOREVER HOOLIGANS” Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. [Challenger] “TIME SPLITTERS” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
~ 3rd Title Defense.

(2) Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Captain New Japan & Negro Casas [CMLL] vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
(3) Yuji Nagata & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION] & Taichi

(4) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] “Killer Elite Squad” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. vs. [Challengers] “TenKoji” Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
~ 1st Defense.

(5) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Low Ki vs. [Challenger] Prince Devitt

(6) Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata [both Laughter7]

(7) Triple Main Event I ~ Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Right to Challenger Match: [Contract Holder] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Hirooki Goto

(8) Triple Main Event II ~ IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [4th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
~ 3rd Defense.

(9) Triple Main Event III ~ IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [58th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] Yujiro Takahashi
~ 5th Defense.

NJPW Events Listing for November & October 2012
http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/10/20/njpw-event-cards-for-november-december-2012/