NJPW “SATOSHI KOJIMA 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ~ RUSH!!”, 12/14/11 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Ryusuke Taguchi & Kyosuke Mikami beat Tiger Mask & Hiromu Takahashi (9:00) when Taguchi used the La Atatata on Takahashi.
2. Hideo Saito beat Tomohiro Ishii (5:52) by DQ.
3. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & King Fale (11:11) when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Fale.
4. Special Tag Match: The Great Sasuke & The Great Kosuke beat Jado & Gedo (12:21) when Kosuke used the CCD on Gedo.
5. 3rd Generation vs. Hamaguchi Dojo Special 6 Man Tag Match: Yutaka Yoshie, Wataru Inoue & Tomoaki Honma beat Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura & Koji Kanemoto (13:52) when Inoue used the Spear of Justice on Kanemoto.
6. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA (16:47) when Taichi pinned KUSHIDA after Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver.
7. Satoshi Kojima 20th Anniversary Match: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & FUNAKI (19:38) when Kojima used a Western lariat on FUNAKI.

* Special guests such as Keiji Muto, Toshiaki Kawada, and Stan Hansen appeared as Kojima celebrated his 20th anniversary in style by winning two matches.

* Hiroshi Tanahashi has been named Tokyo Sports MVP, Japanese pro wrestling’s most valuable player. The ageless Yuji Nagata also picked up the Fighting Spirit Award but to the shock of most Bad Intentions were not named Tag MVPs despite a record-breaking year and continuing to reign as IWGP and GHC Tag Team Champions. Yano & Iizuka vs. Muto & Kobashi from “ALL TOGETHER” was also quite surprisingly named 2011 Best Bout in the awards.

TenKoji do battle at Kojima’s upcoming 20th anniversary show with the announcement today that Tenzan will replace the injured Naito in the main event to team with former WWE superstar FUNAKI against Kojima & Kaz Hayashi. Having recently reuniting as a team, this may be the last time the two are on opposite sides for a while. This subsequently frees up a spot in the fifth match and in Tenzan’s place on the 3rd generation team will be New Japan old boy Osamu Nishimura!

NJPW “SATOSHI KOJIMA 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ~ RUSH!!”, 12/14/11 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Tiger Mask & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Kyosuke Mikami
2. Hideo Saito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3. Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & King Fale vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Yujiro Takahashi
4. Special Tag Match: The Great Sasuke & The Great Kosuke vs. Jado & Gedo
5. 3rd Generation vs. Hamaguchi Dojo Special 6 Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Osamu Nishimura & Koji Kanemoto vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Wataru Inoue & Tomoaki Honma
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi
7. Satoshi Kojima 20th Anniversary Match: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & FUNAKI

Ten big matches make up the last major show of 2011 for New Japan in Aichi, the tour climax of the upcoming “NEW JAPAN ALIVE 2011“. All eyes are on the most prestigious prize in Japanese pro wrestling, the IWGP Heavyweight Title, as Hiroshi Tanahashi looks to equal Yuji Nagata’s defense record of ten by making his V10 defense of the belt against the man himself. Tanahashi vs. Nagata is the centerpiece of the entire tour, meaning every main event has a New Japan vs. New Japan look to it, rather than the typical New Japan vs. enemy faction setup. The G1 Climax final is revisited in Aichi also as Tetsuya Naito tries to take down Shinsuke Nakamura, while following on from the IWGP Tag Team Title match in Osaka, Giant Bernard and Minoru Suzuki go to war in singles action.

After bypassing the challenge of Hirooki Goto, Masato Tanaka makes his V2 defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Title against the founding champion MVP, while Prince Devitt again treads on familiar ground by making his V2 defense of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against one of the men who took the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title from he and Taguchi recently, Davey Richards. Of course Richards pinned Devitt in that match and so earns another shot at singles gold as he did during Devitt’s first reign. Special tag matches are also set up including the revival of an old feud between Hirooki Goto and the most successful GHC Heavyweight Champion in its history, NOAH’s Takashi Sugiura. Since their singles series these two have sporadically met in tag action, suggesting another singles match could be on the cards at some point.

Satoshi Kojima reforms his “KojiKaz” team with Kaz Hayashi on 12/14 at Korakuen as part of his 20th anniversary show. They team up against the special Animal Hamiguchi Dojo pair of Tetsuya Naito and FUNAKI in the main evemt. Kojima will also revive his old Great Kosuke persona to team with The Great Sasuke again Jado & Gedo. More matches to be announced for that show.

NJPW, 11/18/11
Sun Village Shibata

1. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Takaaki Watanabe
2. Kyosuke Mikami vs. Hideo Saito
3. Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs. Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & King Fale vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
5. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Tiger Mask vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
6. Hirooki Goto, MVP, Tetsuya Naito & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka , Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 11/19/11
Odawara Arena

1. Kyosuke Mikami vs. Takaaki Watanabe
2. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3. Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & King Fale vs. Jado, Gedo & Hideo Saito
4. Satoshi Kojima & Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
5. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
6. Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Tomoaki Honma & Prince Devitt vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka , Yujiro Takahashi & Rocky Romero
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 11/20/11
Tatebayashi Citizen Gymnasium

1. Kyosuke Mikami vs. Rocky Romero
2. Tama Tonga & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Jado & Gedo
3. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
4. Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hideo Saito & Tomohiro Ishii
5. King Fale vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Yujiro Takahashi
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, MVP, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA

NJPW, 11/23/11
Tottori Industrial Gymnasium

1. King Fale vs. Takaaki Watanabe
2. Hiromu Takahashi vs. TAKA Michinoku
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Black Buffalo vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
4. Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
5. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki & Taichi
6. Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & MVP vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 11/24/11
Onohara Hall

1. Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jado & Gedo
2. Kyosuke Mikami vs. Hideo Saito
3. King Fale vs. Takashi Iizuka
4. Tomoaki Honma, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
5. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
6. Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, MVP & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue & Tiger Mask

NJPW, 11/26/11
ITEM Ehime

1. Kyosuke Mikami vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. KUSHIDA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Jado & Gedo
3. King Fale vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. Hirooki Goto, Satoshi Kojima & Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
5. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Tiger Mask vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
6. Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka , Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 11/27/11
Tex Port Imabari

1. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Toru Yano
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, King Fale & Kyosuke Mikami vs. Takashi Iizuka, Hideo Saito & Tomohiro Ishii
3. Giant Bernard & Tama Tonga vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
4. MVP, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Masato Tanaka , Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
5. Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 11/28/11
Yamaguchi Butterfly Arena

1. Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jado & Gedo
2. Wataru Inoue & King Fale vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
3. Satoshi Kojima, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero
4. Togi Makabe, Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
5. Tetsuya Naito, MVP, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask

NJPW, 11/29/11
Wakayama Arita Municipal Gymnasium

1. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. King Fale & Kyosuke Mikami vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
3. Karl Anderson, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga vs. Davey Richards, Rocky Romero, Jado & Gedo
4. Giant Bernard, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
5. Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito, MVP & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Wataru Inoue

NJPW, 12/4/11 (WPW/PPV)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Karl Anderson & Killer Rabbit vs. Jado & Gedo
2. Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tomoaki Honma vs. Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito
4. Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & KUSHIDA vs. Takashi Sugiura & Atsushi Aoki
5. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Lance Archer
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Davey Richards
7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Masato Tanaka vs. MVP
8. Special Singles Match: Giant Bernard vs. Minoru Suzuki
9. Special Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

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NJPW “SATOSHI KOJIMA 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ~ RUSH!!”, 12/14/11 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Tag Match: The Great Sasuke & The Great Kosuke vs. Jado & Gedo
2. Satoshi Kojima 20th Anniversary Match: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi vs. Tetsuya Naito & FUNAKI