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NJPW, 1/29/12 (J SPORTS)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe (6:45) when Taichi used the Dark Metamorphose on Takahashi.
2. Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask & Captain New Japan beat Takashi Iizuka, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo (8:45) when Captain used the Caribbean Death Grip on Gedo.
3. Masato Tanaka , YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Tomoaki Honma, Tama Tonga & King Fale (10:34) when YOSHI-HASHI used a Swanton bomb on Fale.
4. Special Singles Match: Yuji Nagata beat Toru Yano (11:01) with a backdrop hold.
5. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & KUSHIDA beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Thunder Liger (10:06) when Bernard pinned Tenzan after the Magic Killer.
6. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue (9:50) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Inoue.
7. Special Singles Match: Hirooki Goto beat Yujiro Takahashi (10:00) with the Shouten Kai.
8. Special Tag Match: Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito (17:46) when Okada used the Rainmaker on Tanahashi.

* Okada’s domination of Tanahashi continues in spectacular fashion as the newly returned bad boy pins Tanahashi in today’s tag main event ahead of their IWGP Heavyweight Title match coming up in Osaka.

* Koji Kanemoto has renewed his contract with New Japan under the same terms as last year. He is free to pick and choose when he wants to wrestle and can wander around freely under the New Japan banner. Kanemoto’s body has been feeling the effects of age and injuries in recent years so he isn’t able to wrestle full-time anymore.