DDT’s Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega made a successful V2 defense of the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title on home soil against Jado & Gedo yesterday, Omega pinning Gedo for the big win.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010″, 12/26/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) beat Jado & Gedo (21:24) when Omega used the Croyt’s Wrath on Gedo (2nd defense).

NJPW “NEW JAPAN LIVE IN AKITA”, 12/26/10
Akita City Gymnasium #2
1,800 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Jushin Thunder Liger beat Hiromu Takahashi (7:05) with a powerbomb.
2. Hirooki Goto & Koji Kanemoto beat Manabu Nakanishi & King Fale (13:12) when Goto used a crab hold on Fale.
3. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue (13:14) by referee stop (Iizuka beat Inoue).
4. Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii (12:54) when Ishii was DQ’d.
5. Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (14:13) when Naito used a Stardust press on Honma.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi (16:37) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Taichi.

Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask’s four month reign of the GHC Jr. Tag Team Title finally ended today at NOAH’s second Christmas show. Where KENTA and Atsushi Aoki had previously failed, Naomichi Marufuji and Aoki succeeded, Aoki pinning the man who defeated him in the 2009 Best of the Super Jr. semi finals, Kanemoto, to reclaim the tag belts for NOAH.

NOAH “NOAHFUL GIFT IN DIFFER 2010″, 12/24/10
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,400 Fans

- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Aoki beat Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask (c) (23:18) when Aoki used the Assault Point on Kanemoto to become the 13th champions.

NJPW “ROAD TO KINGDOM ~BATTLE XMAS!~”, 12/23/10 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,005 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoaki Honma beat Toru Yano & Jado (10:24) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Jado.
2. Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga (9:16) when Naito used a Stardust press on Tonga.
3. TAKA Michinoku , NOSAWA Rongai & Taichi beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:24) when TAKA used a side cradle on Taguchi.
4. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask beat Masato Tanaka , Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (14:06) when Ishii was DQ’d.
5. Special Tag Match: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Gedo (12:25) when Shiozaki used the Go Flasher on Gedo.
6. Special Tag Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki beat Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue (14:46) when Takayama used a kneelift on Inoue.
7. Special Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima & Kota Ibushi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Prince Devitt (18:21) when Kojima used a lariat on Devitt.

* Wins for many of the outsiders in the big 1/4 build-up matches, the New Japan tag teams losing all three of the main matches including the heavyweight/junior ace team of Tanahashi & Devitt falling to their Tokyo Dome opponents, Kojima & Ibushi.
* Kojima, for really the first time since coming back to New Japan, went into full heel mode after the main event, KO’ing Tanahashi with a lariat and putting one foot on the fallen ace as he raised the IWGP Heavyweight Title. The fans booed him and told him to go home, and Kojima said to them, “I’ll go, you idiots!”. Tanahashi was carried out on a stretcher.
* Young lion Kazuchika Okada made a surprise appearance ahead of his Tokyo Dome return match, dropping Takayama with a German suplex to send a message that he is stronger than before and ready to go at the Dome!
* Taichi’s mystery partners turned out to be TAKA Michinoku and NOSAWA Rongai, the three beating Liger, Kanemoto & Taguchi.

* New Japan has launched a new website design that you can view here.
* WrestleTalk sent along word that they have an audio interview with Prince Devitt up that you can listen to here, with much insight into the Irishman’s time in Japan.

NJPW “SUPER DREAM FIESTA 2010 IN MIYAZAKI”, 12/18/10
Miyazaki Sports Park Gymnasium
1,000 Fans

1. Wataru Inoue beat Tama Tonga (8:29) with the Spear of Justice.
2. Manabu Nakanishi beat King Fale (7:42) with an Argentine backbreaker.
3. Yuji Nagata, Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask beat Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Tomohiro Ishii (14:15) when Ishii was DQ’d.
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo (12:13) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Gedo.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (12:27) when Nakamura used the Boma Ye on Honma.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi (17:15) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Taichi.

NJPW “J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH”, 12/17/10 (J SPORTS)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
400 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga beat Yuji Nagata, Wataru Inoue & King Fale (12:15) when Goto used a Tokkou lariat on Fale.
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (15:02) when Iizuka was DQ’d.
3. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (11:58) when Kojima used a lariat on Honma.
4. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH EXTRA: Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jado & Gedo (15:09) when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Gedo.
5. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Tiger Mask (7:34) with the Boma Ye.
6. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Prince Devitt (8:20) with the High Fly Flow.

* Regarding the low attendance, only 400 “premium” tickets were sold for both of these Differ shows.
* The heavyweights win the series over juniors 3-0, heavyweight ace Tanahashi beating junior ace Devitt in the main event.

NJPW “J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH”, 12/16/10 (J SPORTS)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
350 Fans

1. Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii (10:43) when Ishii was DQ’d.
2. Shinsuke Nakamura beat King Fale (5:54) with a choke.
3. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma beat Jado & Gedo (13:05) when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on Gedo.
4. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga (14:49) when Kojima used a lariat on Tonga.
5. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Manabu Nakanishi beat Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue (14:15) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Inoue.
6. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:29) when Naito used a Stardust press on Taguchi.

* During intermission while Tenzan was sat down doing an interview, Iizuka crept up behind his old enemy and choked him out with a sleeper hold, heating up their 1/4 Tokyo Dome match.

Just a shout-out to announce that the Puroresufan.com network’s Pro Wrestling NOAH fan page, Green Destiny, has returned! It closed quite some time ago after falling inactive but has finally found a new webmaster that I feel can get the site moving again.

So if you like Pro Wrestling NOAH, please bookmark Green Destiny. Content is going to be added over time but the skeleton and updates are already there.

New Japan advances on the Tokyo Dome with “WRESTLE KINGDOM V” on January 4th, and the full card of 13 big matches were announced today! As expected, ace Hiroshi Tanahashi is the chosen one to try and bring home the IWGP Heavyweight Champion from freelancer Satoshi Kojima, who has returned to New Japan with such impact this year. The feud that never dies, Togi Makabe vs. Masato Tanaka, continues under it as in a rematch from their IWGP Heavyweight Title slugfest a few months ago, they collide again.

Two young men at the top of their promotions go to war again as Shinsuke Nakamura and Pro Wrestling NOAH’s great young hope Go Shiozaki meet one year to the day after Shiozaki faced Nakamura’s generation rival, Tanahashi, in the same building. One half of NO LIMIT, Tetsuya Naito, is thrown into the spotlight as he challenges the “Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Title in the biggest match of Naito’s career to date. One of New Japan’s brightest young stars, Naito has impressed massively this year and is rewarded with this match.

Another of New Japan’s great young hopes, Kazuchika Okada, returns home after a lengthy spell in TNA Wrestling, as he teams with Hirooki Goto against GHC Heavyweight Champion, Takashi Sugiura, and the man who was in last year’s 1/4 main event, Yoshihiro Takayama. A very big return match for Okada, who will look to show his growth and make an impact. The Best of the Super Jr. final will be replayed, this time over the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title, as two of the most impressive junior heavyweights in Japan, Prince Devitt and Kota Ibushi, collide over the prestigious belt. This continues Devitt’s run of defending the belt against outsiders, the Irishman yet to have defended against one of New Japan’s own.

Old rivals Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki reunite in combat on the heels of Suzuki return to New Japan days ago, in a rematch from the original “WRESTLE KINGDOM” titled show on 1/4/07. Rob Van Dam, known to all American wrestling fans, is another TNA star to hit the Dome as he battles CHAOS second-in-command, Toru Yano. And speaking of CHAOS, the dastardly Takashi Iizuka revives his blood feud from 2009 with the recently returned Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a “DEEP SLEEP TO LOSE MATCH”, where the only way to win is to render your opponent unconscious.

The road to the CMLL/New Japan co-hosted “FANTASTIC MANIA” show sees three of CMLL’s finest showcased at the Dome, as Hector Garza teams with New Japan’s own Jushin Thunder Liger against La Sombra & Mascara Dorada. The show will kick off with a bang as Bad Intentions defend their IWGP Tag Team Title in a 3WAY Match against Tokyo Sports Tag MVP winners, Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man, and TNA Wrestling’s Beer Money Inc., who defeated Bernard & Anderson in a non-title match at the beginning of the G1 Tag League tour.

There will also be two dark matches for fans who arrive early, focusing on interpromotional junior action and the New Japan vs. CHAOS feud.

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM V IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/11 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome

0-1. World Wrestling Interpromotional Match: Wataru Inoue, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Gedo
0-2. World Wrestling Invitation Match: Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kenny Omega & Taichi
1. IWGP Tag Team Title – 3WAY Match: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. James Storm & Robert Roode vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man
2. ROAD TO FANTASIC MANIA: Jushin Thunder Liger & Hector Garza vs. La Sombra & Mascara Dorada
3. DEEP SLEEP TO LOSE: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka
4. NJPW-TNA Greatest Showcase: Toru Yano vs. Rob Van Dam
5. NO JUSTICE, NO LIFE: Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
7. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Combustion I – Kazuchika Okada Return Match: Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama
8. TNA World Heavyweight Title: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
9. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Combustion II: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki
10. The Absolute Exhaust: Togi Makabe vs. Masato Tanaka
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Before the Tokyo Dome comes a build-up show at Korakuen with some big matches leading in!

NJPW “ROAD TO KINGDOM ~BATTLE XMAS!~”, 12/23/10 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Jado
2. Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taichi, X & X
4. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask vs. Masato Tanaka , Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
5. Special Tag Match: Shinsuke Nakamura & Gedo vs. Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki
6. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki
7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Prince Devitt vs. Satoshi Kojima & Kota Ibushi

Full cards for four shows have been announced, including the upcoming “J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH” double header. The 12/18 show was a mystery to me, as I missed a recent announcement that it was happening. It is a charity event with free admission but features all the top names. Taichi is back and teaming with Kojima, who works all of these shows. The only other remaining event of 2010 is the 12/23 Korakuen show called “ROAD TO KINGDOM ~BATTLE XMAS!~”, for which a card should be announced soon. Still no 1/4 matches announced, but there is a press conference set for tomorrow where the full lineup is expected to be announced.

NJPW “J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH”, 12/16/10 (J SPORTS)
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
2. King Fale vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
3. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jado & Gedo
4. Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga vs. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi
5. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue
6. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi

NJPW “J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH”, 12/17/10 (J SPORTS)
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. Yuji Nagata, Wataru Inoue & King Fale vs. Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
3. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi
4. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH EXTRA: Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Jado & Gedo
5. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tiger Mask
6. J SPORTS CROWN DREAM MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt

NJPW “SUPER DREAM FIESTA 2010 IN MIYAZAKI”, 12/18/10
Miyazaki Sports Park Gymnasium

1. Wataru Inoue vs. Tama Tonga
2. Yuji Nagata, Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Tomohiro Ishii
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo
4. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto vs. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi

NJPW “NEW JAPAN LIVE IN AKITA”, 12/26/10
Akita City Gymnasium #2

1. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi
2. Manabu Nakanishi & King Fale vs. Hirooki Goto & Koji Kanemoto
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
4. Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
5. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Satoshi Kojima & Taichi