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NJPW, 7/7/13
New Sunpia Takasaki
1,677 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask beat Captain New Japan & KUSHIDA (8:41) when Nakanishi used the Ue kara Don on Captain.
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Yuji Nagata & Takaaki Watanabe (11:46) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Watanabe.
4. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (10:57) when TAKA pinned Romero.
5. Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & La Sombra beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado (15:13) when Sombra used the Brillante Driver on Jado.
6. Karl Anderson, El Terrible & Tama Tonga beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Jushin Thunder Liger (8:52) when Anderson used the Gun Stun on Liger.
7. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale beat Kazuchika Okada & Gedo (9:54) when Fale used the Grenade on Gedo.

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NJPW, 7/5/13 (Samurai! TV/iPPV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,015 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Super Strong Machine beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado (9:08) when Iizuka was DQ’d.
2. Togi Makabe, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA beat Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Takaaki Watanabe (11:02) when KUSHIDA used a reverse cross armbreaker on Watanabe.
3. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (11:38) when Taichi used the Low Fly Flow on Koslov.
4. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi beat Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & La Sombra (12:52) when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Honma.
5. Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale beat Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI (9:22) when Fale used the Grenade on YOSHI-HASHI.
6. CMLL World Tag Team Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger beat El Terrible & Tama Tonga (c) (12:12) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Terrible to become the 34th champions.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) beat Gedo (18:11) with the Bloody Sunday (4th defense).

* Prince Devitt had a peculiar task tonight of defending his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title just 2 weeks before he challenges for the IWGP Heavyweight Title. As stipulated when Okada accepted his challenge, Devitt first had to make his V4 defense of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against Okada’s sidekick Gedo. Gedo was hugely popular at Korakuen against Devitt, who has gone from heroic junior ace to one of the most despised wrestlers in the company since his betray of Taguchi and formation of the BULLET CLUB. But great fan support couldn’t carry him to the title as Devitt dropped him with the Bloody Sunday to complete another successful defense. Next target: Okada.

* You can’t keep Hiroshi Tanahashi away from gold for too long! Tanahashi and the legendary Jushin Thunder Liger today ended the 8 month reign of El Terrible & Tama Tonga to become the new CMLL World Tag Team Champions. Tanahashi pinned Terrible with the High Fly Flow to add yet another trophy to his bulging cabinet. They rarely team up but if they head to CMLL to defend these belts, Tanahashi & Liger will make an instantly recognizable team of New Japan stars. This is the third CMLL title Liger, now 48, has held in his career and yet another accolade for this living legend.

* G1 Climax 2013 participants and blocks have been announced! Take a look at Block A! The only ‘surprise’ names this year are Shibata and Ibushi but New Japan has so many stars these days that outsiders aren’t needed as much as they once were. Plus, after some great performances this year Ishii is rewarded with a place in the big one.

Block A:
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Togi Makabe
- Hirooki Goto
- Satoshi Kojima
- Kazuchika Okada
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Lance Archer
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Prince Devitt
- Katsuyori Shibata

Block B:
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan
- Yuji Nagata
- Tetsuya Naito
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Toru Yano
- Yujiro Takahashi
- Minoru Suzuki
- Shelton Benjamin
- Karl Anderson
- Kota Ibushi