NJPW, 11/4/12 (Samurai! TV)
Twin Messe Shizuoka
1,600 Fans

1. Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI beat Wataru Inoue & Takaaki Watanabe (9:37) when YOSHI-HASHI used a Swanton bomb on Watanabe.
2. Captain New Japan beat Takashi Iizuka (8:00) by DQ.
3. Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov & Gedo beat KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & BUSHI (12:12) when Koslov pinned BUSHI after Gedo used a diving kneedrop.
4. Low Ki, Brian Kendrick & Jado beat Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Negro Casas (14:20) when Ki used a diving footstomp on Casas.
5. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask (12:29) when Taichi used the Low Fly Flow on Tiger.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii (17:26) when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on Ishii.

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After two successful ventures into NOAH, beating Marufuji in a singles match and with Tenzan defeating Sugiura & Yone yesterday, Satoshi Kojima will challenge Takeshi Morishima for the GHC Heavyweight Title on NOAH’s 12/9 Sumo Hall show in the main event. Yuji Nagata is also in NOAH at the moment as part of the Global League and defeated Go Shiozaki on day one of the tournament so the third generation remains very active even if not the leading force in New Japan these days.

NOAH, 11/3/12
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy

- NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone (12:35) when Kojima used a lariat on Yone.
- Global League – Block A: Yuji Nagata beat Go Shiozaki (18:47) with a backdrop hold.

NOAH, 12/9/12
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

- GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima

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NJPW, 11/3/12
Saitama Memorial Gymnasium
1,200 Fans

1. Hiromu Takahashi beat Takaaki Watanabe (5:34) with a Fisherman’s suplex hold.
2. Tomohiro Ishii beat Captain New Japan (6:29) with a brainbuster.
3. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & BUSHI beat Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov & Jado (12:24) when KUSHIDA pinned Jado after the I-94.
4. Low Ki, Brian Kendrick & Gedo beat Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Negro Casas (11:42) when Ki used a diving footstomp on Casas.
5. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka went to a double countout (5:08).
6. Wataru Inoue, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask beat Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (11:02) when Inoue used the Spear of Justice on TAKA.
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI (15:50) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on YOSHI-HASHI.

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NJPW “~SUPER JR. TAG TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL & FINAL~”, 11/2/12 (Asahi Newstar)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,800 Fans

1. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Semi Final: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (8:13) when Shelley used the Automatic Midnight on TAKA.
2. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (9:19) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Koslov.
3. Low Ki, Brian Kendrick, Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Negro Casas & BUSHI (11:26) when Ki used a diving footstomp on BUSHI.
4. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue beat Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (8:50) when Inoue used a German suplex hold on Iizuka.
5. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata (13:16) when Archer used the Killer bomb on Tenzan.
6. Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Manabu Nakanishi, Karl Anderson & Captain New Japan (16:22) when Ishii used a brainbuster on Captain.
7. Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Final: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (16:42) when KUSHIDA pinned Taguchi after the I-94.

* “Time Splitters” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley wasted no time in earning a second shot at Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov’s IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title by winning the Super Jr. Tag Tournament in today’s finale at Korakuen. They overcame Suzuki-gun’s TAKA & Taichi in their semi final while Apollo 55 defeated the champions in the other to show they also meant business. And so it came down to two fan favourite teams as Devitt & Taguchi faces KUSHIDA & Shelley in an exciting final. But it was the newer team who triumphed as on a big day for him KUSHIDA pinned Taguchi following the I-94. The winners immediately challenged Forever Hooligans for a title shot on 11/11 in Osaka and that is certain to take place.

* New Japan announced that it’s popular collaboration with Mexican giants CMLL will expand in 2013! “FANTASTICA MANIA 2013″ will run over three shows next January instead of two after the concept has been such a success so far.