Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask’s four month reign of the GHC Jr. Tag Team Title finally ended today at NOAH’s second Christmas show. Where KENTA and Atsushi Aoki had previously failed, Naomichi Marufuji and Aoki succeeded, Aoki pinning the man who defeated him in the 2009 Best of the Super Jr. semi finals, Kanemoto, to reclaim the tag belts for NOAH.

NOAH “NOAHFUL GIFT IN DIFFER 2010″, 12/24/10
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,400 Fans

- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Aoki beat Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask (c) (23:18) when Aoki used the Assault Point on Kanemoto to become the 13th champions.

Some quick interpromotional notes.

Nagata made an appearance at a “Corazon Pro Wrestling” show at the Mizuno Futsal Plaza which is adjoined to the Ajinomoto Stadium. He had been in the stadium itself as a special guest before the FC Tokyo vs. Kyoto Sangha FC football game in the J LEAGUE began. At the latter event Nagata wrestled Kazuhiro Tamura of STYLE-E and defeated him but had a lot of praise for the young man, calling him strong.

Corazon Pro Wrestling, 5/9/09
Mizuno Futsal Plaza

- Yuji Nagata beat Kazuhiro Tamura (10:31) with a crab hold.

Masahiro Chono and Tiger Mask will both be making special appearances soon. Chono will be appearing on the Real Japan show of original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, on June 17th in an undetermined match, but most likely one featuring Ganso Tiger Mask. The current Tiger Mask will appear in Michinoku Pro, teaming with two men he has long history with, Jinsei Shinzaki and Dick Togo.

Michinoku Pro, 6/19/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

- Jinsei Shinzaki, Tiger Mask & Dick Togo vs. Shinjitsu Nohashi, Shu Sato & Kei Sato

The hand of New Japan’s diplomacy was outstretched today as NJ wrestlers appeared in no less than three promotions. The big match was the follow up from January 4th’s Nakamura & Goto victory over Misawa & Sugiura as Nakamura took RISE junior Milano Collection AT into enemy territory to battle Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki. The RISE duo were unphased by the booing but lost the match as Milano, who made a good showing in his first big match for quite some time, fell to Shiozaki’s strong arm lariat. Shiozaki and Hirooki Goto had a staredown after the match, suggesting something involving those two could be on the horizon.

Elsewhere the Tiger Masks united to defeat Riki Choshu & Tatsuhito Takaiwa, the original Tiger pinning Takaiwa. In Tokushima, Masahiro Chono appeared on Jinsei Shinzaki’s homecoming show, teaming with the High Priest to beat young men Fujita “Jr.” Hayato & Takeshi Minamino.

NOAH, 3/1/09
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
14,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy

- Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Milano Collection AT (20:30) when Shiozaki used a strong arm lariat on Milano.

Real Japan “CHAOS”, 3/1/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

- Tiger Mask 1 & Tiger Mask 4 beat Riki Choshu & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12:36) when Tiger Mask 1 used a Tiger suplex hold on Takaiwa.

Michinoku Pro “JINSEI SHINZAKI LOCAL RETURN”, 3/1/09
Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium
2,531 Fans - No Vacancy

- Masahiro Chono & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Fujita “Jr.” Hayato & Takeshi Minamino (19:05) when Shinzaki used the Gokuraku Gatame on Minamino.

New Japan vs. NOAH continues at Budokan Hall on March 1st with the official addition of Nakamura & Milano against Sugiura & Shiozaki. This is a continuation from the Dome where Nakamura & Goto defeated Misawa & Sugiura with Sugiura getting a lot of praise for his performance. This could be a chance for Milano to surface, even if he’s to lose like Sugiura did, as he has been somewhat obscure for a long time now and a big match performance could again put him back in the limelight.

NOAH, 3/1/09 (NTV/G+)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

- Special Tag Match: Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Milano Collection AT

Tigers unite in Real Japan on the same day at Korakuen Hall, when the original Tiger Mask and the current generation team up against Riki Choshu & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. Tiger Mask (fourth) said that since Takaiwa is a freelancer now, he has a chance to show what he’s worth here and appear in New Japan (anyone get it?).

Real Japan “CHAOS”, 3/1/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

- Tiger Mask 1 & Tiger Mask 4 vs. vs Riki Choshu & Tatsuhito Takaiwa

After he requested it, New Japan have had a new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title belt created for Tiger Mask. He said if a new IWGP Heavyweight Title belt could be created last year, why not one for the junior strap? A first glimpse of it can be found in the new Weekly Pro - is that it pictured above?