Toru Yano earned revenge for his recent failed attempt to win the GHC Heavyweight Title today, as he and Iizuka made a successful V2 defense of the GHC Tag Team Title against KENTA & Yoshihiro Takayama. Yano scored the win directly by pinning the GHC Heavyweight Champion and the CHAOS tandem now turn their attention to New Japan’s 6/22 show where they along with Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. challenge Tenzan & Kojima for the IWGP Tag Team Title in a 3WAY Match.

NOAH, 6/8/13
Nasci Hall Umeda
420 Fans – Super No Vacancy

- GHC Tag Team Title: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (c) beat KENTA & Yoshihiro Takayama (17:35) when Yano used the Kagamiwari on KENTA (2nd defense).

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NJPW, 3/10/13
Act City Hamamatsu
2,650 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask beat Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe (8:00) when Tiger used an avalanche-style double-arm suplex on Takahashi.
3. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Super Strong Machine beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Captain New Japan (12:24) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Captain.
4. Togi Makabe, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga beat Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado (11:19) when Anderson used the Gun Stun on YOSHI-HASHI.
5. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & TAKA Michinoku beat Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo (13:01) when Archer used the Blackout on Gedo.
6. Hirooki Goto, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley (15:15) when Goto used the Shouten Kai on KUSHIDA.

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CHAOS duo Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka became the third New Japan team to capture NOAH’s GHC Tag Team Title today at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium. The dastardly duo ended the reign of NOAH all-star team Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji when Yano pinned Sugiura to ensure the former IWGP Tag Team Champions became the 28th GHC Tag Team Champions. This becomes the second major title of Iizuka’s long career after three IWGP Tag Team Title reigns.

NOAH, 3/10/13
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
3,000 Fans – No Vacancy

- GHC Tag Team Title: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji (c) (20:43) when Yano used the Kagamiwari on Sugiura to become the 28th champions.

Bad Intentions finally relinquished their grip on NOAH’s GHC Tag Team Title earlier, just 2 1/2 weeks after losing the IWGP Tag Team Title to TenKoji. They were beaten by one of NOAH’s most reputable tag teams of past years, Triple Crown holder Jun Akiyama and the now-freelance Akitoshi Saito. Despite losing both titles, Bernard and Anderson will go down in record books for being the most successful IWGP Tag Team Champions in a single reign ever and also the first team to hold both the IWGP and GHC Tag Team titles at the same time.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN OSAKA”, 1/22/12
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
3,400 Fans

- GHC Tag Team Title: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito beat Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) (15:38) when Saito used the Death Brand on Anderson to become the 23rd champions.

Bad Intentions will make their V3 defense of the GHC Tag Team Title on NOAH soil against one of NOAH’s most successful tag teams of the past, Triple Crown holder Jun Akiyama and former New Japan wrestler Akitoshi Saito, who held the belts for close to a year in 2002-2003. This big match will take place on 1/22 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium but of course Bad Intentions, who are again angry at being overlooked by Tokyo Sports for the Best Tag Team award after a historic record-breaking year, must first focus on defending the IWGP Tag Team Title at the Tokyo Dome against TenKoji.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN OSAKA”, 1/22/12
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

- GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito

IWGP Tag & GHC Tag double champions Bad Intentions will make their V2 defense of NOAH’s GHC Tag Team Title on 10/31 at Differ Ariake against the young generation team of Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki is the reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion and just bypassed a tough V2 defense against Yoshihiro Takayama, so will be looking to become a 2-crown champion like both Bernard and Anderson are at the moment.

NOAH “NOAHFUL HALLOWEEN NIGHT”, 10/31/11
Tokyo Differ Ariake

- GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi

Bad Intentions made a successful V1 defense of their GHC Tag Team Title earlier today at NOAH’s big Osaka event. Bernard & Anderson can clearly be considered easily the top team in Japan nowadays, holding both New Japan and NOAH’s tag belts, and today’s victory came over Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie, with Bernard pinning Yoshie after the Magic Killer.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN OSAKA”, 07/23/11
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
4,800 Fans – No Vacancy

- GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) beat Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie (16:27) when Bernard pinned Yoshie after the Magic Killer (1st defense).

Bad Intentions will make their V1 defense of NOAH’s GHC Tag Team Title in the same building they won the belts recently, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The only difference is that it will be a NOAH show as they defend against Takeshi Morishima and New Japan trueborn Yutaka Yoshie.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN OSAKA”, 7/23/11
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

- GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie

NJPW “DOMINION 6.18″, 6/18/11 (WPW/PPV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
6,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Koji Kanemoto beat Hiromu Takahashi (3:04) with a single-leg crab hold.
2. Brian Kendrick , Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA (8:33) when Kendrick used the Sliced Bread #2 on KUSHIDA.
3. CMLL World Welterweight Title: Mascara Dorada beat Ryusuke Taguchi (c) (8:26) by pinfall to become the 26th champion.
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue beat Takashi Iizuka, Masato Tanaka & Tomohiro Ishii (9:12) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Ishii.
5. Special Singles Match: Yujiro Takahashi beat Tetsuya Naito (11:12) with the Tokyo Pimps.
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi beat Prince Devitt (c) (13:49) with a Firebird splash to become the 61st champion.
7. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer beat Togi Makabe & Satoshi Kojima (12:39) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Kojima.
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: MVP (c) beat Toru Yano (10:50) with a leg roll clutch hold (1st defense).
9. Double Title Match – IWGP Tag Team Title & GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (c) (12:03) when Bernard used the Bernard Driver on Sano (8th defense) to become the 22nd GHC Tag Team Champions.
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) beat Hirooki Goto (25:28) with the High Fly Flow (5th defense).

* A packed house of 6,200 fans saw another great show by New Japan in the hotbed known as Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
* TNA Wrestling’s Brian Kendrick, who became popular in Japan earlier in the 2000s as Spanky in ZERO-ONE, made a surprise appearance in the second match in the place of Killer Rabbit, teaming with Jado & Gedo.
* Taguchi’s half year reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion ended at the hands of the man he won it from, Mascara Dorada, the Funky Weapon failing in his V3 defense of the belt.
* AKIRA returned to his old haunt after the fourth match to continue his feud with former JJ Jacks tag partner Iizuka from TAJIRI’s SMASH promotion. After the same match, Mitsuhide Hirasawa made his long awaited return to Japan, surprisingly betraying his Blue Justice mentor Nagata and possibly (awaiting confirmaiton) joining CHAOS!
* Yujiro drew first blood in what is likely to be a lengthy grudge feud with former NO LIMIT partner Naito, and Naito was gang attacked after the match before Honma made the save.
* Best of the Super Jr. winner, Kota Ibushi, ended Prince Devitt’s one year reign as IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion in an emotional match. After several high profile losses to Devitt, including the 2010 BOSJ final and a title match at this year’s Tokyo Dome show, Ibushi finally rose to the peak of the junior scene to capture the prestigious IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title. Although Devitt’s memorable reign came to an end on the same day his close friend Taguchi also dropped gold, Apollo 55 do still hold the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title remember.
* MVP retained the newly founded IWGP Intercontinental Title in a rematch of the tournament final where he won it, pinning Toru Yano with a cradle for a successful V1 defense.
* Bad Intentions made history twice over with one three count, smashing Chono & Tenzan’s IWGP Tag Team Title defense record while at the same time taking the GHC Tag Team Title from NOAH to become double champions. Bernard & Anderson cement themselves as one of the most dominant teams in Japanese tag wrestling history.
* Tanahashi retained the IWGP Heavyweight Title over Goto in what is being called an epic match. Goto came closer than ever to winning the title that has eluded him so far but disappointingly still wasn’t able to surpass Tanahashi and the wait continues. The two shook hands out of respect after the match, despite their recent bitter. After making history in the match beforehand, Giant Bernard appeared after the match and challenged Tanahashi! Tanahashi counter-challenged Bernard for a shot at the tag belts, with Goto as his partner. If the singles match is realized, Bernard has the chance to become a 3-crown champion.