7 recovered posts from October 2012.
7 recovered posts from October 2012.
Here are details from New Japan on how people outside of Japan can watch the upcoming “POWER STRUGGLE” PPV on 11/11. After watching the 10/8 Sumo Hall show on USTREAM, I found the video quality and value for money to be great and recommend what should be another good show from New Japan.
Time & Date of LIVE iPPV
Nov. 11 (Sun), 2012, starting at 17:00 (Japan std. time) – till the end of all the matches.
Information on the site, price etc.
Price: US$25
Start of sale : Nov. 3rd, 2012
Area: All over the world (except for Japan and the other specific area)
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/njpw1972
* The above URL page will become available in a couple of days.
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NJPW “POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/11/12 (WPW)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
1. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
3. Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto
4. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson
5. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Yujiro Takahashi
–> “NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR ~ ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE” <--
NJPW, 10/30/12
Tsuruga Castle Gymnasium
1,300 Fans
1. BUSHI beat Hiromu Takahashi (5:14) with a Firebird splash.
2. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Wataru Inoue & Takaaki Watanabe (8:03) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Watanabe.
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley beat Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov & Gedo (12:23) when Shelley pinned Gedo after the I-94.
4. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Brian Kendrick & Jado (12:42) when Taguchi used the Magic Mirror GO! on Jado.
5. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., TAKA Michinoku
& Taichi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask & Negro Casas (14:18) when Taichi used the Taichi clutch on Casas.
6. Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii beat Hirooki Goto & Captain New Japan (11:43) when Okada used the Rainmaker on Captain.
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI (15:51) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on YOSHI-HASHI.
NJPW/AJPW “NJPW & AJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ WE ARE PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN TAIWAN”, 10/28/12
Taiwan National University Gymnasium
1. Suwama, Takao Omori & Manabu Soya beat KENSO, Ryota Hama & Seiya Sanada (13:32) when Soya used a Wild Bomber on Hama.
2. New Japan vs. All Japan: Jushin Thunder Liger
beat SUSHI
(3:08) with a Liger bomb.
3. New Japan vs. All Japan: Koji Kanemoto
beat Minoru Tanaka
(9:16) with an ankle hold.
4. New Japan vs. All Japan: Shuji Kondo
& Hiroshi Yamato
beat Tiger Mask
& Hiromu Takahashi
(11:02) when Yamato used a cross-arm suplex hold on Takahashi.
5. New Japan vs. All Japan: Yuji Nagata
beat Masayuki Kono
(8:45) with a backdrop hold.
6. New Japan vs. All Japan: Keiji Muto
, Masakatsu Funaki
& Kaz Hayashi
beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan
, Satoshi Kojima
& Wataru Inoue
(19:07) when Muto used a moonsault press on Inoue.
* Not much information about the shows yet but they appear to have been quite successful.
–> “NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR ~ ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE” <--
NJPW, 10/28/12 (Samurai! TV)
New Sunpia Takasaki
1,250 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov beat Negro Casas & BUSHI (8:36) when Romero pinned Casas.
2. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii beat Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Taichi (10:55) when Ishii used the Ishii clutch on Taichi.
3. Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku
beat Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan (11:47) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Captain.
4. Hirooki Goto, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley beat Kazuchika Okada, Jado & Gedo (14:56) when KUSHIDA pinned Gedo after the I-94.
5. Togi Makabe & Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI (10:12) when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on YOSHI-HASHI.
6. Yujiro Takahashi, Low Ki & Brian Kendrick beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (18:29) when Takahashi used a Bukko Nuki German suplex hold on Taguchi.
NJPW/AJPW “NJPW & AJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ WE ARE PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN TAIWAN”, 10/27/12
Taiwan National University Gymnasium
1. Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono & Minoru Tanaka beat Takao Omori, Manabu Soya & Hiroshi Yamato (12:20) when Funaki used the Hybrid Blaster on Yamato.
2. New Japan vs. All Japan: Tiger Mask
beat SUSHI
(10:15) with a Tiger suplex hold.
3. New Japan vs. All Japan: Seiya Sanada
beat Hiromu Takahashi
(5:18) with the THIS IS IT.
4. New Japan vs. All Japan: Hiroyoshi Tenzan
& Satoshi Kojima
beat KENSO
& Ryota Hama
(13:45) when Kojima used a lariat on Hama.
5. New Japan vs. All Japan: Jushin Thunder Liger
beat Kaz Hayashi
(9:57) with a Liger bomb.
6. New Japan vs. All Japan: Keiji Muto
, Suwama
& Shuji Kondo
beat Yuji Nagata
, Wataru Inoue
& Koji Kanemoto
(18:16) when Suwama used a Last Ride on Kanemoto.
* No details that I can find yet. Bizarrely Kanemoto’s first real appearance on anything resembling a New Japan show this year as he remains a New Japan wrestler who never really works for New Japan for some reason.
–> “NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR ~ ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE” <--
NJPW, 10/27/12 (Samurai! TV)
Koide Village Gymnasium
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Negro Casas beat Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov & Gedo (11:39) when Shelley pinned Gedo after the I-94.
2. YOSHI-HASHI beat Captain New Japan (8:19) with a Swanton bomb.
3. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & TAKA Michinoku
beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado (12:08) when TAKA pinned Jado.
4. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi beat Manabu Nakanishi & BUSHI (11:48) when Taichi used the Taichi clutch on BUSHI.
5. Karl Anderson, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Low Ki & Brian Kendrick (14:32) when Anderson used the Gun Stun on Kendrick.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto beat Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii (16:11) when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on Ishii.
NJPW “~SUPER JR. TAG TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL & FINAL~”, 11/2/12 (Asahi Newstar)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Semi Final: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. TAKA Michinoku
& Taichi
2. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Negro Casas & BUSHI vs. Low Ki, Brian Kendrick, Jado & Gedo
4. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Manabu Nakanishi, Karl Anderson & Captain New Japan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
7. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Final: