Updated Card For The January 4th NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Event

- Here is the updated card for the January 4th NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 event. The show will be available on iPPV through NJPW's Ustream page…

Bad Luck Fale vs. Togi Makabe
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Kazushi Sakuraba and Yuji Nagata vs. Rolles and Daniel Gracie
IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer © vs. Winners of Ongoing World Tag League Tournament
IWGP Junior Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks © vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Prince Devitt © vs. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Tetsuya Naito

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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10/14 New Japan Results

10/14 NJPW iPPV Results: Tokyo, Japan

1. Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine, Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV def. Takashi Iizuka, YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Gedo

2. TAKA & Taichi def. The Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) to win the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles. 

3. Minoru Suzuki def. Toru Yano

4. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takaaki Watantabe

5. The Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale) def. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi

* Honma & Fale had a pull-apart afterwards. 

6. Katsuyori Shibata def. Tomohiro Ishii

* Daniel & Rolles Gracie came out before the match and challenged any NJPW wrestlers for a match at the 1/4 Tokyo Dome.

7. Yuji Nagata def. Kazushi Sakuraba

* Afterwards, Nagata & Sakaruba accepted the Gracies' challenge. 

8. Tetsuya Naito def. Yujiro Takahashi to retain the NEVER Title and the 1/4 Tokyo Dome title shot.

9. Shinsuke Nakamura def. Naomichi Marufuji to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title.

* Afterwards, Minoru Suzuki came out and challenged Nakamura for the 11/9 iPPV. 

10. Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo def. Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP World Title.

* Afterwards, Prince Devitt came out, feigning that he was gonna challenge Okada, but then, Karl Anderson attacked Okada from behind. The Bullet Club attacked Okada and Gedo and left them both laying. Anderson held up the IWGP World Title and said he was gonna win the title on 11/9. 

9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan

9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan

1. Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Takashi Iizuka def. Tiger Mask IV, BUSHI & Takaaki Watanabe 

2. The Time Splitters def. TAKA & Taichi

3. NWA World Champion Rob Conway def. Jushin Liger to retain the title.

4. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Captain New Japan & Mascara Dorada def. Karl Anderson, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Rey Bucanero

5. Toru Yano def. Minoru Suzuki by count-out.

6. Kazushi Sakaruba & Katsuyori Shibata def. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata

* Nagata & Sakaruba got into it afterwards. 

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi def. IWGP Jr. Champion Prince Devitt in a Lumberjack Death Match.

8. Tetsuya Naito def. NEVER Champion Masato Tanaka to win the title. Naito had put up his Tokyo Dome title shot in this match. Afterwards, Yujiro Takahashi came out and challenged Naito for both the NEVER Title and the Tokyo Dome title shot. 

9. IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura def. Shelton Benjamin to retain the title.

* Afterwards, NOAH's Namochi Marafuji came out and challenged Nakamura to a title match which Nakamura accepted. 

10. IWGP World Champion Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo def. IWGP Tag Team Champion Satoshi Kojima to retain the title.

* Afterwards, Hiroshi Tanahashi came out and challenged Okada to a title match for the 10/14 iPPV in Sumo Hall, which Okada accepted.

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Jushin Liger Gets NWA Title Shot, Card For Next New Japan IPPV

Jushin "Thunger" Liger is facing Rob Conway for the NWA World Title at New Japan's Destruction iPPV on September 29th. The following matches are also set for the show:

* Tiger Mask, BUSHI & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI
* KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. TAKA Michinoku Kaientai Dojo & Taichi
* Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Captain New Japan & X (CMLL wrestler) vs. Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga, Rey Bucanero & Bad Luck Fale
* Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
* Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt
* NEVER Openweight Title vs. IWGP Heavyweight Title shot: Masato Tanaka ZERO1 vs. Tetsuya Naito
* IWGP Intercontinental champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin
* IWGP Heavyweight champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima

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New Japan titles to be defended at Death Before Dishonor XI

ROH announced that The Forever Hooligans will defend the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles at the Death Before Dishonor XI event on September 20 in Philadelphia, Pa. The Hooligans will defend the straps against Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. Read more at ROHwrestling.com/news/history-making

The same show will feature the finals of the ROH Title tournament. The Hooligans will also appear at the ROH TV tapings on September 21.

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7/5 NJPW iPPV Results: Tokyo, Japan (Korakuen Hall)

1. IWGP Tag Champions TenCozy & Super Strong Machine def. CHAOS (Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado)

2. Togi Makabe, Manabu Nakanshi, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA def. Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Takaaki Watanabe

3. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) def. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & The Forever Hooligans)

4. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi & Masato Tanaka) def. Tetsuya Naito, Tomoka Honma & IWGP Intercontinental Champion La Sombra

5. The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Karl Anderson) def. IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI

6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Liger def. Tama Tonga & El Terrible to win the CMLL Jr. Tag Titles.

7. Prince Devitt def. Gedo to retain the IWGP Jr. Title.

Source: Puroresu Spirit

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Wrestlers Announced for 2013 New Japan G1 Climax

At today's NJPW Kizuna Road iPPV in Korakuen Hall, the competitors for the 2013 G1 Climax were announced. The G1 Climax starts on August 1 and goes until August 11 where the finals will take place at Sumo Hall in Tokyo. 

The competitors are as follows:

Block A: IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, IWGP Jr. Champion Prince Devitt, IWGP Tag Champion Satoshi Kojima, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Block B: IWGP Tag Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro Takahashi, Minoru Suzuki, Shelton X Benjamin, Toru Yano, Karl Anderson, Kota Ibushi

A video of the announcement can be seen below:

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New Japan and WWE Going Head to Head on July 5th

WWE and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be running head-to-head on Friday, July 5 in Tokyo, Japan. WWE will be running the Ryogoku Kokugikan, while New Japan will be running Korauken Hall. New Japan recently announced that their July 5th Road to Kazuna show will now be an iPPV on http://www.uStream.tv/njpw1972. Originally, the July 5th show was scheduled to be a TV Taping for Samurai TV. On this show, the competitors for the 2013 G1 Climax will be announced.

The card for New Japan's 7/5 show is as follows:

1. IWGP Tag Champions TenCozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) & Super Strong Machine vs. CHAOS (Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado)

2. Togi Makabe, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Takakki Watanabe

3. CHAOS vs. Suzuki-Gun: Tomohiro Ishii & IWGP Jr. Tag Champions The Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) (CHAOS)  vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku (Suzuki-Gun)

4. Tetsuya Naito, Tomoka Honma & IWGP Intercontinental Champion La Sombra vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi)

5. IWGP World Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi vs. The Bullet Club ("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale)

6. CMLL Tag Titles: El Terrible & Tama Tonga (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin "Thunder" Liger

7. IWGP Jr. Title: "The Real Rock & Rolla" Prince Devitt (c) vs. Gedo

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