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

It’s official! New Japan will screen the October 8th Sumo Hall show, “KING OF PRO-WRESTLING”, live on Ustream… and not just to Japan! I can tell you this is the first time a New Japan show has ever been streamed live to English speaking countries… having followed New Japan for many years I’ve waited for this opportunity for us fans. No more rambling, here are the details straight from the horse’s mouth:

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Big NEWS to overseas fans is that: “King of Pro-Wrestling” Ryogoku event on 10/8 will be broadcast through Ustream all over the world !
The hottest 9 matches including all 5 IWGP Championship are there. The air will start at 17:00 on Oct. 8th, J.S.T.
For more in detail, please refer to NJPW Ustream channel / HP etc.
Price: US $25.
Start of sale (plan): Oct. 1, 2012
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/njpw1972

New Japan is finally entering the world of iPPV (internet PPV) starting with the big 8/5 Osaka show, one of the tastiest lineups of the 2012 G1 Climax with Tanahashi vs. Marufuji, Nakamura vs. Okada, and Makabe vs. Naito. But despite a campaign by SSS forum regular enuhito in Japan to show New Japan to the world, this is only available in Japan with no apparent workarounds at the moment. However, it’s my understanding that there may be plans to eventually screen New Japan shows live to the world using the iPPV format. If this happens it will be the first time this has ever happened, as having followed New Japan since the 1990s I’ve still never been able to see it live on my screen.

I remember All Japan airing the main matches of its 2/27/00 Budokan show (Kobashi vs. Vader and Misawa vs. Akiyama) live online at a cost and people in the west were able to watch it so didn’t expect iPPV to be such a distant reality, but there are signs now that in the near future we’ll be able to watch important New Japan shows as they happen. I will keep you updated if there is any confirmation of this.