Monday, November 11, 2013

New Japan News and Notes


11/9 NJPW "Power Struggle" iPPV Results: Osaka, Japan
1. The Forever Hooligans, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI def. KUSHIDA, BUSHI, Captain New Japan & Manabu Nakanishi
2. IWGP Jr. Tag Titles: The Young Bucks def. TAKA & Taichi (c's) to win the titles.
* Afterwards, The Forever Hooligans, KUSHIDA (representing Time Splitters) & Suzuki-Gun all requested title shots, leading to a 4-Way match at the 1/4 Tokyo Dome show.
3. Katsuyori Shibata def. Tomoaki Honma by using the injured Hirooki Goto's own finisher, Shouten Kai. 
4. Nagataraba (Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakaruba) def. CHAOS (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka) via double submission.
5. NWA & IWGP Tag Titles, 2-fall match between IWGP Tag Team Champions TenCozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan), NWA Tag Team Champions Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) & NWA Champion Rob Conway & Jax Dane w/Bruce Tharpe
1st fall won by Conway & Dane, winning the NWA Tag Titles. 2nd fall won by Killer Elite Squad, winning the IWGP Tag Titles. 
6. Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi def. IWGP Jr. Champion Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
* Makabe & Fale brawled afterwards. 
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Tomohiro Ishii
8. NEVER Title, 1/4 Tokyo Dome title shot: Tetsuya Naito (c) def. Masato Tanaka to retain the title and title shot rights. 
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) def. Minoru Suzuki to retain the title.
* Afterwards, Nakamura challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi to face him on the 1/4 Tokyo Dome show. Tanahashi came out and accepted. 
10. IWGP World Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Karl Anderson to retain the title. 
* Tetsuya Naito came out afterwards and had a staredown with Okada. 
Earlier today, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they would be conducting a fan vote to determine what will be the final match on the January 4, 2014 Wrestlekingdom VIII show at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Fans can choose between the IWGP World Title match between champion Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito, or the IWGP Intercontinental Title match between champion Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi. 

The following matches have been announced for New Japan's Wrestlekingdom 8 iPPV on January 4, 2014 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan:
1. IWGP World Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
2. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. IWGP Jr. Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
4. 4-Way Match for the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles: The Young Bucks (c's) vs. Suzuki-Gun, The Forever Hooligans & Time Splitters
5. IWGP Tag Team Titles: Killer Elite Squad (c's) vs. Winners of the World Tag League 2013
6. Nagataraba (Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakaruba) vs. Daniel & Horace Gracie
7. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto (Goto's first match since suffering a broken jaw in August)
The iPPV will be held http://www.ustream.tv/njpw

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