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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

[Results] New Japan, 10/30/12

October 30th, 2012

–> “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 Kaientai Dojo & 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 New Japan beat SUSHI All Japan (3:08) with a Liger bomb.
3. New Japan vs. All Japan: Koji Kanemoto New Japan beat Minoru Tanaka All Japan (9:16) with an ankle hold.
4. New Japan vs. All Japan: Shuji Kondo All Japan & Hiroshi Yamato All Japan beat Tiger Mask New Japan & Hiromu Takahashi New Japan (11:02) when Yamato used a cross-arm suplex hold on Takahashi.
5. New Japan vs. All Japan: Yuji Nagata New Japan beat Masayuki Kono All Japan (8:45) with a backdrop hold.
6. New Japan vs. All Japan: Keiji Muto All Japan, Masakatsu Funaki All Japan & Kaz Hayashi All Japan beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan New Japan, Satoshi Kojima New Japan & Wataru Inoue New Japan (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.

[Results] New Japan, 10/28/12

October 28th, 2012

–> “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 Kaientai Dojo 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 New Japan beat SUSHI All Japan (10:15) with a Tiger suplex hold.
3. New Japan vs. All Japan: Seiya Sanada All Japan beat Hiromu Takahashi New Japan (5:18) with the THIS IS IT.
4. New Japan vs. All Japan: Hiroyoshi Tenzan New Japan & Satoshi Kojima New Japan beat KENSO All Japan & Ryota Hama All Japan (13:45) when Kojima used a lariat on Hama.
5. New Japan vs. All Japan: Jushin Thunder Liger New Japan beat Kaz Hayashi All Japan (9:57) with a Liger bomb.
6. New Japan vs. All Japan: Keiji Muto All Japan, Suwama All Japan & Shuji Kondo All Japan beat Yuji Nagata New Japan, Wataru Inoue New Japan & Koji Kanemoto New Japan (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.

[Results] New Japan, 10/27/12

October 27th, 2012

–> “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 Kaientai Dojo 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.

11/2 Korakuen full card

October 26th, 2012

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 Kaientai Dojo & 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:

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