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NJPW, 7/13/11
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,750 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. KUSHIDA & Takaaki Watanabe beat Kyosuke Mikami & Hiromu Takahashi (7:42) when KUSHIDA used a crab hold on Takahashi.
2. Strong Man & Tomoaki Honma beat Jado & Gedo (7:44) when Strong Man used an Argentine backbreaker on Gedo.
3. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito beat Yuji Nagata & King Fale (9:16) when Saito used the Caribbean Death Grip on Fale.
4. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka , Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (17:03) when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Taguchi.
5. Toru Yano & Hector Garza beat MVP & Jushin Thunder Liger (8:28) when Garza used a Cancun Tornado on Liger.
6. Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask beat Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (13:07) when Kojima used a lariat on TAKA.
7. Special Tag Match: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto (17:00) when Bernard used the Bernard Driver on Tanahashi.

* In a direct rematch from Korakuen, only with the IWGP Tag Team Title not on the line this time, Bad Intentions again bested the all-star team of Tanahashi & Goto. Anderson pinned Goto at Korakuen but today’s finish had more of a bearing on the upcoming IWGP Heavyweight Title match between Tanahashi and Bernard, Bernard spiking Tana with his Bernard Driver for the huge psychological boost heading into the tour climax next Monday.