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#1 ·
Use this thread for posting any spoilers in. Don't be a numpty and complain about seeing spoilers in. If you want to go spoiler free for a show then don't come in here duh.

AJPW "40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR FLASHING TOUR 2012", 08.09.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,350 Fans

1. MAZADA & Aegyptus Aerial besiegen Andy Wu & SUSHI (4:42) mit einem High-Angle Cradle von Aerial gegen SUSHI.
2. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Hiroshi Yamato & Masanobu Fuchi besiegen Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa (9:58) mit einem Small Package von Fuchi gegen Nakazawa.
3. KENSO & The Great Sasuke besiegen Osamu Nishimura & Masao Inoue (10:28) mit dem Sasuke Soecial Version 10.1 Segway von Sasuke gegen Inoue.
4. AJPW World Tag Team Title Skirmish: Joe Doering & Zodiac besiegen Takao Omori & Taiyo Kea (8:38) als Zodiac Omori nach einem Double Impact pinnte.
5. Triple Crown Skirmish: Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto besiegen Suwama, Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo (5:18) nach dem Hybrid Blaster von Funaki gegen Suwama.
6. GAORA TV Title Tournament - Round 1: Yasafumi Nakanoue besiegt Ryota Hama (6:21) mit einem Schoolboy.
7. GAORA TV Title Tournament - Round 1: Kazushi Miyamoto besiegt Manabu Soya (6:01) nach dem Turmeric Bomber.
8. GAORA TV Title Tournament - Round 1: Tomoaki Honma besiegt Masayuki Kono (12:02) mit dem Kokeshi.
9. GAORA TV Title Tournament - Round 1: Seiya Sanada besiegt Yuji Okabayashi (16:04) mit dem THIS IS IT.
Show looks awesome. Funaki winning in 5 again is awesome. Pinning the wrong guy but I love the idea. Maybe Suwama is taking the title. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Nakanoue beating Hama is a major shock. Is it totally ridiculous to think they might kick push him to the title?

Oh and Fuchi beating guys with a small package in 2012 :mark:
 
#343 ·
At least New Japan has send some of their talent over there. Hopefully Takaaki gets booked in singles matches.
 
#344 ·
WNC, 27.12.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,300 Fans


0. Zeus besiegt Hajime Ohara durch KO.
1. Akebono, Takuya Kito & Makoto besiegen Josh O'Brien, Hailey Hatred & Lin Bairon (12:50) nach einer Running Body Press von Akebono gegen O'Brien.
2. Dave Finley Cup - Final: Akira Shinose besiegt Koji Doi (7:02) mit einem Elbow.
3. Daisuke Sekimoto , Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani besiegen Yusuke Kodama, Hoshito Takahashi & Yoshihiro Horaguchi (9:55) nach einem German Suplex Hold von Sekimoto gegen Takahashi.
4. TLC with Hair Clippers in the Bank Match: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei besiegen Yoshiaki Yago & Jiro Kuroshio (14:32) als Kuroshio die Haare geschnitten wurden.
5. WNC Women's Title Tournament - Final: Shuri besiegt Nozaki (5:45) mit einem High Kick - Titelwechsel.
6. WNC Title Tournament - Final: AKIRA besiegt TAJIRI (23:45) mit der Musasabi Press - Titelwechsel.




Tenryu Project "GENICHIRO TENRYU RETURN MATCH ~ REVOLUTION", 29.12.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,741 Fans - No Vacancy


1. MIZUCHI Tournament - Semi Final: Kengo Nishimura besiegt 14K (3:23) mit einer Flying Body Press.
2. MIZUCHI Tournament - Semi Final: Kotaru Nasu besiegt Dragon JOKER (3:19) mit einem Right High Kick.
3. Mitsuo Momota & Great Kabuki besiegen The Winger & Masakazu Nagase (7:48) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Momota gegen Nagase.
4. MIZUCHI Tournament - Final: Kotaru Nasu besiegt Kengo Nishimura (9:21) mit einem High Kick.
5. Tenryu Project International Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara (c) besiegen Ryuji Hijikata & THE KABUKI (24:54) nach einer Moonsault Press von Kajiwara gegen KABUKI (1st defense).
6. Arashi & Tomohiro Ishii besiegen Kazunari Murakami & NOSAWA Rongai (9:18) nach einer Powerbomb von Arashi gegen NOSAWA.
7. Tenryu Project International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Masao Orihara besiegt Takaku Fuke (c) (13:57) mit einem Horizontal Cradle - Titelwechsel.
8. Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto besiegen Seiya Sanada & Yasufumi Nakanoue (11:18) nach einem Turmeric Bomber von Miyamoto gegen Nakanoue.
9. Genichiro Tenryu Return Match: Yuji Nagata , Hiroyoshi Tenzan , Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi besiegen Genichiro Tenryu, Minoru Suzuki, Takeshi Morishima & Yoshihiro Takayama (19:54) nach einem Armlock von Nagata gegen Tenryu.


BJW, 30.12.2012 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall


1. Shinobu & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei - Double Countout (2:20).
1a. Shinobu & Kazuki Hashimoto besiegen Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (6:13) nach einem Kibatsu von Hashimoto gegen Kei.
2. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi besiegen Shinya Ishikawa & Bad Bones (11:56) nach einem German Suplex Hold von Sekimoto gegen Bones.
3. Heisei Yakuza Combination vs. Sumerian Death Squad: Tommy End & Michael Dante besiegen Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba (7:14) nach einem Shubain von Dante gegen Inaba.
4. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Takashi Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & The Winger besiegen Ryuji Ito, Shadow WX & Takumi Tsukamoto (14:01) nach einem Splash Mountain auf Lighttubes von Ishikawa gegen Tsukamoto.
5. Falls Count Anywhere Death Match: "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa, Drake Younger & Danny Havoc besiegen Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Masashi Taketa (10:55) nach einer Death Valley Bomb von Havoc gegen Taketa.
6. Strong BJ vs. Violence CZ: Yoshihito Sasaki besiegt DJ Hyde (10:43) mit einer Lariat.
7. Japan-America Death Match Summit ~ YAKITORI (Nail of Death) Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi besiegt MASADA (18:18) mit dem Diving Bakachinga Elbow Drop.


"NEW YEAR'S EVE TOSHIKOSHI PRO-WRESTLING 2012 ~AIM FOR PRO-WRESTLING 100TH ANNIVERSARY~ SHIORI ASAHI ANNIVERSARY", 31.12.2012 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,058 Fans

0. Pro-Wrestling Olympics Battle Royal: Amigo Suzuki besiegt Chris Trance, Jonathon Bader, Gabriel Wolfe, ***** Greco & Chou-un Shiryu (3:40) mit dem Mescal gegen Trance.
0. Mixed Tag Match: Mad Dog & Vixen besiegen Tetsuya Endo & Cherry (5:08) nach einer Fire Bomb Combo von Dog gegen Endo.
1. 3 Organisation Opposition Battle - Big Japan vs. DDT: Takao Soma besiegt Kazuki Hashimoto (7:40) mit einem Boma Ye.
2. 3 Organisation Opposition Battle - Big Japan vs. KAIENTAI DOJO: Shinya Ishikawa & Shinobu besiegen Taishi Takizawa & Yuki Sato (9:44) nach einem Octopus Hold von Ishikawa gegen Sato.
3. 3 Organisation Opposition Battle - DDT vs. KAIENTAI DOJO: TAKA Michinoku , Daigoro Kashiwa & PSYCHO besiegen MIKAMI , Masa Takanashi & Akito (8:26) nach dem Michinoku Driver II von TAKA gegen Akito.
* Judo Challenge: Kankuro Hoshino besiegt Yuki Sato
* Judo Challenge: Ayumu Honda besiegt Gota Ihashi
* Judo Challenge: Michael Nakazawa besiegt Bad Bones
* Quiz Challenge: Shigehiro Irie besiegt Shinya Ishikawa & Kaji Tomato
* Song Challenge: Ricky Fuji besiegt MIKAMI & Ryuichi Kawakami
4. 3 Organisation Cinderella Title, 12 Person Battle Royal: Mototsugu Shimizu besiegt Makoto Oishi mit einem Cradle (15:08). Reihenfolge des Ausscheidens: Ken Ohka , The Winger , Bambi , Tomimitsu Matsunaga, Karate Brahman, Emi Sakura, Ricky Fuji , Yasu Urano , Atsushi Ohashi , Mame Endo & Makoto Oishi - Titelwechsel.
5. WHCTLC (W Ring Hardcore Table Ladder Chair) Match: MASADA, Masashi Takeda & Hoshitango besiegen "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa , Saburo Inematsu & Danny Havoc (11:37) nach einem Diving Elbow Drop von MASADA gegen Inematsu.
6. Gauntlet Match: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei besiegen Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (5:20) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Shu gegen Honda.
- Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei besiegen Menso~re Oyaji & Golden Pineapple (1:52) als Shu Oyaji über das Top Rope warf.
- Tommy End & Michael Dante besiegen Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (3:33) als Dante Kei pinnte.
- Tommy End & Michael Dante besiegen Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga (1:40) als Oosugi & Senga über das Top Rope flogen.
- Tommy End & Michael Dante besiegen Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (3:12) als Tommy Ishii über das Top Rope warf.
- Abdullah Kobayashi & Sanshiro Takagi besiegen Tommy End & Michael Dante (2:29) als Tommy & Dante über das Top Rope flogen.
- Takao Omori & Manabu Soya besiegen Abdullah Kobayashi & Sanshiro Takagi (0:13) als Kobayashi & Takagi über das Top Rope flogen.
7. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto besiegen Ryuji Ito , Drake Younger & Ryuichi Sekine (18:35) nach einem Fire Thunder von Miyamoto gegen Sekine.
8. Special Singles Match: Osamu Nishimura besiegt Hiroshi Fukuda (9:15) mit einem Spinning Toe Hold.
9. Daisuke Sekimoto , Yuji Hino & Shuji Ishikawa besiegen Hiroo Tsumaki , Hideyoshi Kamitani & Tank Nagai (9:59) nach einem German Suplex Hold von Sekimoto gegen Nagai.
10. 3 Organisation Opposition Battle - Big Japan vs. DDT vs. KAIENTAI DOJO - 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dino besiegen Yoshihito Sasaki & Yuji Okabayashi and Kengo Mashimo & Shiori Asahi (16:39) nach dem Somato von HARASHIMA gegen Asahi.
11. Bonus Track: Abdullah Kobayashi besiegt Shiori Asahi (4:05) mit dem Diving Bakachinga Elbow Drop.




ZERO1 "HAPPY NEW YEAR", 01.01.2013 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall


1. New Year Genki Match: Yoshikazu Yokoyama besiegt Hayato Mashita (6:00) mit einem Camel Clutch.
2. New Year Women's Match: Meiko Satomura besiegt Yuhi (9:53) mit einem Sleeper Hold.
3. New Year Jr. Match: Mineo Fujita, Yuki Sato & Travis Banks besiegen Craig Classic, Menso~re Oyaj & Bikuma (11:49) nach einer Swanton Bomb von Fujita gegen Bikuma.
4. New Year Special Eight Man Tag Match: Kohei Sato, Ryouji Sai, KAMIKAZE & Onryo besiegen Shito Ueda, Yusaku Obata, Will Gibson & Jesse Williams (16:26) nach dem Onryo Clutch von Onryo gegen Williams.
5. New Year Handicap Match: Akebono besiegt Jason New & Jo Kyung-ho (4:19) mit einem Double Elbow Drop.
6. International Jr. Heavyweight Title & NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Takuya Sugawara (c) besiegt Ikuto Hidaka (13:04) mit dem Shiisanputa.
7. New Year Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka besiegen Daisuke Sekimoto & James Raideen (20:55) nach einem Dragon Suplex von Otani gegen Raideen.


AJPW "NEW YEAR SHINING SERIES 2013 NEW YEAR 2 DAYS", 02.01.2013 (GAORA TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy


1. KENSO besiegt SUSHI (7:13) nach einem Diving Elbow Drop.
2. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka besiegen Osamu Nishimura & Andy Wu (6:32) mit einem Cross Armbreaker von Tanaka gegen Wu.
3. GAORA TV Title Skirmish: Seiya Sanada & Yasufumi Nakanoue besiegen Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto (7:46) als Honma disqualifiziert wurde.
4. Triple Crown Contendership Skirmish: Suwama & Joe Doering besiegen Akebono & Ryota Hama (8:15) nach einer Death Valley Bomb von Doering gegen Akebono.
5. Taiyo Kea Send-Off Match: Keiji Muto, Kaz Hayashi & Masanochu Fuchi besiegen Minoru Suzuki, Taiyo Kea & MAZADA (12:08) mit einem Inside Cradle von Fuchi gegen MAZADA.
6. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (c) besiegen Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono (14:44) nach einem Axe Bomber von Omori gegen Funaki (2nd defense).
7. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title & GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shuji Kondo [GHC] besiegt Hiroshi Yamato [AJPW] (18:36) nach der King Kong Lariat - Titelwechsel.
8. New Year Heavyweight Battle Royal: Taiyo Kea besiegt Seiya Sanada nach dem TKO (7:57). Reihenfolge des Ausscheidens: Yasufumi Nakanoue, Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto, Ryota Hama, Suwama & Joe Doering, Masayuki Kono & Takao Omori & Manabu Soya, Keiji Muto, Osamu Nishimura, KENSO & Seiya Sanada


BJW, 02.01.2013 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,263 Fans


1. Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani besiegen Atsushi Ohashi & Amigo Suzuki (10:04) nach einem Crab Hold von Kamitani gegen Ohashi.
2. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & DJ Hyde besiegen Shinya Ishikawa, Bad Bones & Shinobu (14:20) nach einem Golem Splash von Okabayashi gegen Shinobu.
3. Falls Count Anywhere Death Match: Takashi Sasaki, Shadow WX, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei besiegen Ryuji Ito, Kankuro Hoshino, Takumi Tsukamoto & Masato Inaba (15:03) nach dem Zombie King von Shu gegen Inaba.
4. World War 2013 Death Match: "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa, Drake Younger & Danny Havoc besiegen Jun Kasai, MASADA & Masashi Takeda (13:51) nach einer Death Valley Bomb auf Lighttubes von Havoc gegen Takeda.
5. BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title: Manabu Soya besiegt Yoshihito Sasaki (c) (12:26) mit einem Wild Bomber - Titelwechsel. :(
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka (c) besiegen Tommy End & Michael Dante (15:10) nach einem Fire Thunder von Miyamoto gegen Dante (1st defense).
7. BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Title, Glass Board & New Year Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa besiegt Abdullah Kobayashi (c) (19:37) mit einer Giant Press - Titelwechsel. :)
 
#347 ·
Man, Big Japan really blew all their momentum in a hurry didn't they. The Strong Title has been a massive flop. There's only 3 established singles guys in the division and the majority of the defenses have been vs outsiders. Soya taking the belt is odd and feels desperate. Their crowds have really gone to shit quite quickly too. Struggling to fill half of Korakuen up right now. Shame.
AJPW "NEW YEAR SHINING SERIES 2013", 26.01.2013 (GAORA TV)
Ota Ward Gymnsium

1. Special Tag Match: Keiji Muto & Ric Flair vs. Tatsumu Fujinami & Seiya Sanada
2. Triple Crown: Masakatsu Funaki (c) vs. Akebono
All Japan continuing the randomness
 
#351 ·
Nah, Sanada was already there with Nash, Norton and Vader recently. They're clearly building him as the future ace.

Btw, Akebono is the next Triple Crown challenger for that show.
 
#353 ·
He's hit or miss, tbh, but he's very talented. He's getting more consistent recently. They're probably gonna crown him next year, after the lengthy TV Title run.
 
#355 ·
Fuck yeah, Lynch finally coming through on Destruction and a bunch else including 4 WNC shows that I know a bunch of you have been wishing for.

My connection isn't great in my dorm here so I'll be waiting for a download but those of you watching tonight best enjoy every minute.
 
#357 ·
Doesn't look like it...
JOSHI TV

JAPAN #7137 OZ ACADEMY on GAORA September 8, 2012
(Taped 8-19 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Commando Boirshoi/Rabbit Mito -vs- Nao Komatsu/Saree.
2. Manami Toyoda/Tsubasa Kuragaki/Tomoko Nakagawa -vs- Mayumi
Ozaki/Yumi Ohka/Mio Shirai.
3. Meiko Satomura -vs- Ran Yu-Yu.
4. Mayumi Ozaki -vs- Carlos Amano.
5. Aja Kong/Sonoko Kato -vs- Ayumi Kurihara/AKINO. *Oz Academy Tag Title
6. Chikayo Nagashima -vs- Hiroyo Matsumoto. *Oz Academy Openweight Title

JAPAN #7138 AJW CLASSICS on SAMURAI TV November 2012 #1
Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
November 1(Taped 6-10-94) AJW CLASSICS #92
1. Kyoko Inoue/Rie Tamada -vs- Takako Inoue/Tomoko Watanabe.
2. Yumiko Hotta -vs- Suzuka Minami.
3. Bull Nakano/Aja Kong -vs- Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda.
4. Manami Toyoda/Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Sakie Hasegawa/Kaoru Ito.
November 8(Taped 7-16-94) AJW CLASSICS #93
5. Mariko Yoshida -vs- Rie Tamada.
6. Mima Shimoda -vs- Takako Inoue. (Grand Prix)
7. Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Sakie Hasegawa. (Grand Prix)
8. Bull Nakano/Aja Kong/Suzuka Minami -vs- Manami Toyoda/Kyoko Inoue/
Yumiko Hotta.

JAPAN #7139 AJW CLASSICS on SAMURAI TV November 2012 #2
Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
November 15(Taped 8-24-94) AJW CLASSICS #94
1. Suzuka Minami/Tomoko Watanabe/Chapparita Asari/Rie Tamada -vs-
Hikari Fukuoka/Fusayo Nochi/Commando Boirshoi/Hiromi Yagi.
2. Kyoko Kamikaze -vs- Kumiko Maekawa. (Kickboxing)
3. Chigusa Nagayo/Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Sakie Hasegawa/Mariko Yoshida.
November 29(Taped 8-24-94) AJW CLASSICS #95
4. Eagle Sawai/Carol Midori -vs- Reggie Bennett/Kaoru Ito.
5. Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda -vs- Harley Saito/Jen Yukari. *UWA Tag Title
6. Manami Toyoda -vs- Kyoko Inoue. *IWA - All Pacific Title Unification

JOSHI COMMS

JAPAN #7140 JWP COMM: PURE SLAM 2012 August 19, 2012
Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Nana Kawasa -vs- Lady Steel.
2. Rabbit Mito -vs- Maki Narumiya. *JWP Jr/POP Titles
3. Sachie Abe/KAZUKI/Tomoko Morii -vs- Mariko Yoshida/Carlos Amano/anna.
*Plum Mariko Memorial Match - Submission Match.
4. Manami Toyoda/Tojuki Leon/Ray -vs- Hailey Hatred/Tsubasa Kuragaki/Manami
5. Mayumi Ozaki/Ran Yu-Yu -vs- Hanako Nakamori/Misaki Ohata. Katsu.
6. Emi Sakura/Kaori Yoneyama -vs- Commando Boirshoi/Arisa Nakajima.
*JWP/Daily Sports Women's Tag Titles.
7. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Kagetsu. *JWP Title

JAPAN #7141 JWP COMM: PURE WARS SERIES VOL 3
October 21, 2012 Hakata Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/2 hrs) *DVD*
1. KAZUKI -vs- Lady Steel.
2. Hanako Nakamori/Tomoko Morii -vs- Sachie Abe/Nana Kawasa.
3. Jaguar Yokota/Manami Katsu -vs- Manami Toyoda/Rabbit Mito.
4. Tsubasa Kuragaki/Tojuki Leon/Sendai Sachiko -vs- Commando Boirshoi/
Arisa Nakajima/Maki Narumiya.
5. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Kaori Yoneyama. *JWP Title

JAPAN #7142 JWP COMM: PURE WARS SERIES VOL 4
October 28, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 3/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Tojuki Leon -vs- Kaori Yoneyama.
2. Nana Kawasa/Rabbit Mito -vs- Manami Katsu/Lady Steel.
3. Sachie Abe/KAZUKI -vs- Shu Shibutani/Misaki Ohata.
4. Tsubasa Kuragaki -vs- Ran Yu-Yu -vs- Hailey Hatred. *3-Way Match
5. Commando Boirshoi/Arisa Nakajima -vs- Hanako Nakamori/Tomoko Morii.
*JWP/Daily Sports Women's Tag Titles.
6. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Emi Sakura. *JWP Title

JAPAN #7143 JWP COMM: PURE WARS SERIES VOL 5
November 4, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Manami Katsu/Saree -vs- Nana Kawasa/Rabbit Mito.
2. Tsubasa Kuragaki -vs- Lady Steel.
3. Hanako Nakamori/Tomoko Morii -vs- Sachie Abe/KAZUKI.
4. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Commando Boirshoi.
5. Tojuki Leon/Arisa Nakajima -vs- Emi Sakura/Kaori Yoneyama.

JAPAN #7144 JWP COMM: PURE WARS SERIES VOL 6
November 11, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Nana Kawasa/Rabbit Mito/Saree -vs- Manami Katsu/Lady Steel/Tomoki Yagami.
2. Arisa Nakajima -vs- Tomoko Morii. JWP Title #1 Contender
3. Hanako Nakamori -vs- Tojuki Leon. Tournament Semi-Finals
4. Tsubasa Kuragaki/Sachie Abe -vs- Kayoko Haruyama/KAZUKI.
5. Ran Yu-Yu -vs- Commando Boirshoi.
6. Arisa Nakajima -vs- Hanako Nakamori. *FINAL*

JAPAN #7145 STARDOM COMM: GOLDEN STARS
May 3, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (2 1/2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Mayu Iwatani/Eri Susa/Saki Kashima -vs- Kairi Hojo/Natsumi Showzuki/
Yuuri Haruka. *Elimination Match
2. Act Yasukawa -vs- Arisa Hoshiki.
3. Io Shirao -vs- Yuhi.
4. Natsuki*Taiyo/Yoshiko -vs- Miho Wakizawa/Kyoko Kimura.
5. Yoko Bito -vs- Act Yasukawa.
6. Nanae Takahashi -vs- Hiroyo Matsumoto. *World of Stardom Title

JAPAN #7146 STARDOM COMM: STARDOM X STARDOM 2012
August 5, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (2 3/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Natsuki*Taiyo -vs- Io Shirai.
2. Eri Susa/Yuuri Haruka -vs- Mayu Iwatani/Natsumi Showzuki.
3. Kairi Hojo/Yuhi -vs- Saki Kashima/Act Yasukawa.
4. Hiroyo Matsumoto -vs- Miho Wakizawa.
5. Natsuki*Taiyo -vs- Kyoko Kimura.
6. Nanae Takahashi -vs- Yoshiko. *World of Stardom Title
7. Yuzuki Aikawa -vs- Yoko Bito. *Wonder of Stardom Title

JAPAN #7147 ICE RIBBON COMM: KNIGHTS OF RIBBON 2012
September 23, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (2 3/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Hiroyo Matsumoto -vs- Kujira Oshima.
2. Tsukushi/Kurumi -vs- Cherry/Meari Naito. Int'l Ribbon Tag Title
3. Aoi Kizuki -vs- Riho. *Riho Last Ice Ribbon Match
4. Neko Nitta -vs- Hailey Hatred -vs- Shu Shibutani. *Triangle Ribbon Title
5. Sanshiro Takagi -vs- Miyako Matsumoto.
6. GAMI/Yumi Ohka/Ryo Mizunami -vs- Tsukasa Fujimoto/Hamuko Hoshi/Maki
Narumiya. *Ice Ribbon v. WAVE 2/3 Falls
7. Haruka Shida -vs- Mio Shirai. *ICEx60 Title

JAPAN #7148 ICE RIBBON COMM:YOKOHAMA RIBBON III
October 28, 2012 Yokohama Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Tsukasa Fujimoto -vs- Eri Wakamatsu. (Exhibition)
2. Hikaru Shida -vs- Shoko Hotta. (Exhibition)
3. Aoi Kizuki/Kurumi/Tsukushi -vs- Neko Nitta/Maki Narumiya/NOZOMI.
4. Hamuko Hoshi/Sakura Hirota -vs- Cherry/Meari Naito.
5. Kyoko Kimura -vs- Miyako Matsumoto.
6. Hailey Hatred -vs- Hikaru Shida -vs- Aki Shizuku. *Triangle Ribbon Title
7. Mio Shirao -vs- Tsukasa Fujimoto. *ICEx60 Title

JAPAN #7149 REINA X WORLD 6 COMM August 26, 2012
REINA - CMLL INTERNATIONAL TITLE TOURNAMENT
Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Tojuki Leon -vs- Alex Lee. *Semi-
2. Tiffany -vs- La Malcriada Finals
3. Cherry Tomato -vs- Cherry Samon Aussie.
4. Maki Marumiya -vs- Bambi.
5. Hikari Shida/Tsukasa Fujimoto -vs- Silueta/Crazy Star. *Reina Tag Title
6. Tojuki Leon -vs- Tiffany. *FINAL*

JAPAN #7150 REINA X WORLD 7 COMM September 9, 2012
Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Tsukushi -vs- Miyako Matsumoto.
2. Hiro Tonai/Bambi -vs- Jonathan Bader/Megumi Yabushita.
3. Arisa Nakajima -vs- Crazy Star.
4. Silueta -vs- Alex Lee.
5. Aki Kanbayashi/Cherry Tomato -vs- Manami Toyoda/Tojuki Leon.

MICHINOKU PRO

MICHINOKU PRO #302 M.PRO on SAMURAI TV November 23, 2012
(Taped 11-10 Yahaba) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Kenbai -vs- Ayumu Gunji.
2. Yapper Man #1, #2 and #3 -vs- Kinya Oyanagi/Katsuo/Mika Iida.
3. Ultimo Dragon/Kesen Numa-jiro -vs- Lasse/Owen Phoenix.
4. Rui Hyugaji -vs- Daichi Sasaki.
5. Fujita Jr Hayato -vs- Great Sasuke. *Tohoku Jr. Title

DRAGON GATE

DRAGON GATE #260 DR.GATE PPV: KOBE FESTIVAL (Gaora Version)
September 8, 2012(Taped 7-22 Kobe) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Kenichiro Arai/K-ness/Super Shisa/Shisa Boy -vs- Ryo Saito/Genki Horiguchi/
Jimmy Kanda/Naoki Tanizaki.
2. Chihiro Tominaga/Super Shenlong III -vs- Kotoka/Rich Swann.
3. Atsushi Onita/Stalker Ishikawa -vs- Kzy/Mondai Ryu. *Street Fight
4. Dragon Kid -vs- Ricochet. *Open the Brave Gate Title
5. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora -vs- Shingo Takagi/YAMATO.
*Open the Twin Gate Unified Tag Title.
6. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi/PAC -vs- BxB Hulk/Cyber Kong/Fake Naoki Tanizaki
-vs- Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii/Gamma. *Open the Triangle Gate Trios Title
7. CIMA -vs- Akira Tozawa. *Open the Dream Gate Title (3-Way)

DRAGON GATE #261 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 266 on GAORA
August 30, 2012(Taped 8-12 Nagoya) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
SUMMER ADVENTURE TAG LEAGUE
1. Cyber Kong/Kzy -vs- Super Shenlong III/Chihiro Tominaga.
2. CIMA/Magnitude Kishiwada/Gamma -vs- Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora/
Jimmy Kanda. (B)
3. Super Shisa -vs- Mondai Ryu.
4. Shingo Takagi -vs- Naoki Tanizaki.
5. YAMATO -vs- Kenichiro Arai.
6. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi -vs- Ryo Saito/Genki Horiguchi.
7. BxB Hulk/Akira Tozawa/Fake Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Masaaki Mochizuki/
Dragon Kid/Don Fuji. (A)

DRAGON GATE #262 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 267 on GAORA
September 6, 2012(Taped 8-22 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fuji -vs- Shingo Takagi/Super Shenlong III.
2. Gamma -vs- Mondai Ryu.
3. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi -vs- Jimmy Susumu/Kenichiro Arai.
4. Masamune -vs- Dragon Kid -vs- Jimmy Kagetora -vs- Kzy.
*Open the Brave Gate #1 Contender Match (4-Way).
5. Ryo Saito/Genki Horiguchi/Jimmy Kanda/Naoki Tanizaki -vs- BxB Hulk/Akira
Tozawa/Cyber Kong/Fake Naoki Tanizaki. *Mad Blankey v. Jimmys 2/3 Falls
6. CIMA -vs- YAMATO. *Open the Dream Gate Title
7. Naruki Doi -vs- Kenichiro Arai -vs- Fake Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Jimmy Kanda.
*CIMA Royale, 4-Way Match.

DRAGON GATE #263 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 268 on GAORA
September 9, 2012(Taped 9-1 Osaka) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Super Shenlong III/Chihiro Tominaga -vs- Kotoka/Sachihoko Boy.
2. YAMATO -vs- Naoki Tanizaki.
3. Ryo Saito/Genki Horiguchi -vs- Cyber Kong/Mondai Ryu.
4. Shingo Takagi -vs- Jimmy Kanda.
5. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi -vs- Gamma/Dragon Kid -vs- Masamune/
Super Shisa. *3-Way Match
6. BxB Hulk/Akira Tozawa/Fake Naoki Tanizawa -vs- CIMA/Masaaki
Mochizuki/Don Fuji. *Open the Triangle Gate Trios Title

DRAGON GATE #264 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 269 on GAORA
September 22, 2012(Taped 9-14 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
6 UNIT WARFARE ONE-NIGHT TAG TOURNAMENT
1. Gamma/Genki Horiguchi/Stalker Ishikawa -vs- Akira Tozawa/Cyber Kong/Mondai Ryu.
2. Kenichiro Arai/Super Shisa -vs- Super Shenlong III/Chihiro Tominaga. *Semi-Final #1
3. BxB Hulk/Fake Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Jimmy Kanda/Naoki Tanizaki. *Semi-Final #2
4. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi -vs- CIMA/Dragon Kid. *Semi-Final #3
5. Jimmy Susumu/Ryo Saito/Jimmy Kagetora -vs- K-ness/Masamune/Kotoka.
6. Don Fuji -vs- YAMATO. *Falls Count Anywhere
7. Shingo Takagi -vs- Masaaki Mochizuki.
8. BxB Hulk/Fake Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi -vs- Kenichiro
Arai/Super Shisa. *Tag Tournament 3-Way FINAL

DRAGON GATE #265 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 270 on GAORA
October 8, 2012(Taped 9-30 Kobe) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Gamma/Magnitude Kishiwada -vs- Akira Tozawa/Fake Naoki Tanizaki.
2. Shingo Takagi -vs- Mondai Ryu.
3. Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi/Sachihoko Boy -vs- YAMATO/Super Shenlong III/
4. BxB Hulk -vs- Super Shisa. Chihiro Tominaga.
5. Jimmy Kanda/Mr. Kyukyu Toyonaka Dolphin -vs- Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fuji.
6. CIMA/Dragon Kid/HUB -vs- Jimmy Susumu/Genki Horiguchi/Jimmy Kagetora.
7. Masato Yoshino -vs- Shingo Takagi -vs- Ryo Saito -vs- Cyber Kong -vs- Fake
Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Mondai Ryu -vs- Mr. Kyukyu Toyonaka Dolphin.
*Open the Dream Gate #1 Contender 7-Way Match.

DRAGON GATE #266 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 271 on GAORA
October 19, 2012(Taped 10-12 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Jimmy Kagetora/Mr. Kyukyu Toyonaka Dolphin -vs- Cyber Kong/Mondai Ryu.
2. Kenichiro Arai/K-ness -vs- Sachihoko Boy/Kotoka.
3. Genki Horiguchi -vs- Naruki Doi.
4. BxB Hulk/Akira Tozawa/Kzy -vs- Shingo Takagi/YAMATO/Super Shenlong III.
5. Masato Yoshino/Johnny Gargano -vs- Dragon Kid/AR Fox.
6. Jimmy Susumu/Ryo Saito/Jimmy Kanda -vs- Masaaki Mochizuki/Gamma/Don Fuji.
7. CIMA -vs- Fake Naoki Tanizaki. *No Ropes Lumberjack Match

DRAGON GATE #267 DRAGON GATE INFINITY 272 on GAORA
November 4, 2012(Taped 10-28 Kobe) Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Kotoka/Sachihoko Boy -vs- Mr. Kyukyu Toyonaka Dolphin/Chihiro Tominaga.
2. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kanda -vs- Don Fuji/AR Fox.
3. Jimmy Kagetora -vs- Dragon Kid -vs- Mondai Ryu. *3-Way Match
4. BxB Hulk/Akira Tozawa/Fake Naoki Tanizaki -vs- Shingo Takagi/YAMATO/
Super Shenlong III.
5. CIMA/Masaaki Mochizuki -vs- Ryo Saito/Genki Horiguchi.
6. Magnitude Kishiwada/Gamma/HUB -vs- Masato Yoshino/Naruki Doi/
Johnny Gargano. *Open the Triangle Gate Trios Title

KAIENTAI DOJO

KAIENTAI DOJO #115 K-DOJO TV on GAORA June 18, 2012
(Taped 6-1 Tokyo) (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Hiroshi Fukuda -vs- Ayumu Honda.
2. Ricky Fuji/YOSHIYA/Bambi/Gabaiji-chan -vs- Daigoro Kashiwa/Kaji Tomato/
Boso Boy Raito/Kunio Toshima.
3. HIROKI -vs- Eggplant Nasu. *IND. Jr. Title
4. Shiori Asahi/Makoto Oishi -vs- Hiro Tonai/Yuki Sato.
5. Taka Michinoku -vs- Isami Kodaka.
6. Daisuke Sekimoto/Yoshito Sasaki/Shinya Ishikawa -vs- Yuji Hino/Ryuichi
Sekine/Saburo Inematsu. *2/3 Falls
7. Kengo Mashimo -vs- Great Sasuke. *Strongest-K Title

KAIENTAI DOJO #116 K-DOJO on GAORA October 31, 2012
(Taped 10-14 Tokyo) TAKA MICHINOKU 20th ANNIVERSARY
1. Ayumu Honda -vs- Tank Nagai. Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Ricky Fuji/Saburo Inematsu/Bambi -vs- Boso Boy Raito/Kunio Toshima/
3. Gedo -vs- Taka Michinoku. Nanjo Hayato.
*Taka Michinoku 20th Anniversary Match #1.
4. HIROKI/MIYAWAKI/Daigoro Kashiwa -vs- YOSHIYA/Apple Miyuki/Ryota
Chikuzen. *YOSHIYA Retirement Match and Ceremony.
5. Yuji Hino -vs- Taishi Takizawa. *Strongest-K #1 Contender Match
6. Shiori Asahi/Hiro Tonai -vs- Kengo Mashimo/Ryuichi Sekine.
*Strongest-K Tag Title.
7. Minoru Suzuki/NOSAWA/Taichi -vs- Taka Michinoku/CIMA/Shoichi Funaki.
*Taka Michinoku 20th Anniversary Match #2.

ULTIMO DRAGON PRODUCE

JAPAN #7151 ULTIMO DRAGON LUCHA FIESTA on SAMURAI TV
November 16, 2012(Taped 11-7 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Lasse/Yapper Man #1 -vs- Takeshi Minaminno/Manjimaru.
2. Dragon Scramble Battle Royal.
3. Katsuhiko Nakajima/Satoshi Kajiwara -vs- Fujita Jr Hayato/Ken 45.
4. A*YU*MI/Ray -vs- GAMI/Mika Iida.
5. Brazo de Plata/Brazo de Bono(Akebono)/Milanito Collection a.t. -vs-
NOSAWA/MAZADA/Bear Fukuda.
6. Ultimo Dragon/Great Sasuke/El Rayo de Jalisco Jr -vs- Ultimo Guerrero/
Hajime Ohara/Black Tiger. *2/3 Falls

BIG JAPAN

JAPAN #7152 BIG JAPAN on SAMURAI TV November 28, 2012
BIG JAPAN TAG LEAGUE (Taped 11-24 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Mens Teoh/Kota Ibushi/Makoto Oishi -vs- Onryo/Hercules Senga/Tsutomu
Oosugi. *Mens Teoh 20th Anniversary Match
2. Yuji Okabayashi/Shinobu -vs- Osamu Nishimura/Shinya Ishikawa.
*Block A FINAL.....Big Japan Tag Title.
3. Yuko Miyamoto/Isami Kodaka -vs- Ryuji Ito/Takumi Tsukamoto.
*Block B FINAL.....Light Tubes, Ladder and Hammer Death Match.
4. Ryota Hama/Yasufumi Nakanoue -vs- Yoshito Sasaki/Hideyoshi Kamitani.
*Big Japan v. All Japan.
5. Takashi Sasaki/Jaki Numazawa/Shadow WX -vs- Jun Kasai/Brahman Kei/
Brahman Shu. *Hardcore Match.
6. Yuji Okabayashi/Shinobu -vs- Yuko Miyamoto/Isami Kodaka.
*Big Japan Tag League FINAL.....Big Japan Tag Title.

JAPAN #7153 BIG JAPAN/DDT on SAMURAI TV November 2012
Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD* BJW
November 1(Taped 10-8 Sapporo) BJW Death Match Wars #2 Tag League
1. Yuji Okabayashi/Shinobu -vs- Daisuke Sekimoto/Yoshito Sasaki. (A)
2. Ryuji Ito/Takumi Tsukamoto -vs- Abdullah Kobayashi/Drake Younger. (B)
*Concrete Block Light Tube Death Match.
November 8(Taped in October) DDT Dramatic Fantasia Returns #2
3. Hiroshi Fukuda -vs- Sanshiro Takagi. (10-13 Yokohama)
*Union Pro Unrecognized US Title.
4. Michael Nakazawa/YOSHIHIKO -vs- Hiroshi Fukuda/Yukio Sakaguchi. (10-21 Tokyo)
5. Shuji Ishikawa/Kengo Ohka(Mashimo) -vs- Shigehiro Irie/Takao Soma.
(10-28 Tokyo Union Pro)
6. Keisuke Ishii -vs- Hiro Tsumaki. (10-28 Tokyo Union Pro)

DDT

JAPAN #7154 DDT on SAMURAI TV November 30, 2012
(Taped 11-25 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Takao Soma/Shigehiro Irie/Keisuke Ishii -vs- Sanshiro Takagi/Makoto Oishi/Akito.
*Fall of a Castle Death Match Final Chapter.
2. Yasu Urano/Hikaru Sato/Gorgeous Matsuno -vs- Masa Takanashi/Tomomitsu
Matsunaga/Yukio Sakaguchi.
3. Dansyoku Deeno/DJ Nira -vs- Michael Nakazawa/Hiroshi Fukuda.
4. Kota Ibushi/Kenny Omega/Gota Ihashi -vs- Yuji Hino/Antonio Honda/Daisuke Sasaki.
5. El Generico -vs- MIKAMI. *KO-D Title
6. Hiroo Tsumaki/Tetsuya Endo/Konosuke Takeshita -vs- Poison Sawada/JARASHIMA/
Takatoge. *Poison Sawada Retirement Match

ZERO-ONE

JAPAN #7155 ZERO-ONE/RIBERA PRODUCE on SAMURAI TV
September 29, 2012(Taped 8-26 Yokohama) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora -vs- Takuya Sugawara/Mineo Fujita.
*NWA Int'l Lightweight Tag Title.
2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Tomohiro Ishii -vs- Shinjiro Otani/Daichi Hashimoto.
3. Takeshi Morishima/Naomichi Marufuji/Super Crazy -vs- Masato Tanaka/Kohei
Sato/Ikuto Hidaka. *Noah v. Zero-One
4. Akebono -vs- Atsushi Onita.
*No Ropes Barbed Wire Barricade Double Hell Megaton Explosion Death Match.

JAPAN #7156 ZERO-ONE on SAMURAI TV November 14, 2012
(Taped 11-6 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Takuya Sugawara/Mineo Fujita/Tim Edison -vs- Ikuto Hidaka/Craig Classic/Jason
2. Kairi Hojo/Yuhi -vs- Mayu Iwatani/Natsumi Showzuki. New.
3. Kohei Sato/Onryo/KAMIKAZE -vs- Shinjiro Otani/Ryuji Sai/Yoshikazu Yokoyama.
4. James Raideen -vs- Maybach Beta. *NWA UN Title
5. Atsushi Onita -vs- Akebono. *Lumberjack Death Match
6. Daisuke Sekimoto -vs- Daichi Hashimoto.
7. Masato Tanaka/Zeus -vs- Shito Ueda/Yusaku Obata. *NWA Intercont'l Tag Title

IGF

JAPAN #7157 IGF on SAMURAI TV November 4, 2012(Taped 10-16 Tokyo)
1. Akira Jo -vs- Kotaro Nasu. Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Alexander Kozlov -vs- Shogun Okamoto.
3. Hiromi Amada -vs- Yusuke Kawaguchi.
4. Bobby Lashley -vs- Kendo Kashin.
5. Josh Barnett -vs- Shinichi Suzukawa.
6. Peter Aerts -vs- Hideki Suzuki.
7. Kazuyuki Fujita -vs- Atsushi Sawada.

DIAMOND RING

JAPAN #7158 DIAMOND RING on SAMURAI TV November 2, 2012
(Taped 10-7 Osaka) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Yasu Kubota/Hide Kubota -vs- Kikutaro/Numazu Man.
2. Satoshi Kajiwara/CHANGO -vs- Kenichiro Arai/K-ness.
3. Ryuji Sai -vs- Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.
4. Masato Tanaka/Magnitude Kishiwada -vs- Katsuhiko Nakajima/Tsurugi.
5. Kensuke Sasaki/Kento Miyahara -vs- Kohei Sato/Yoshikazu Yokoyama.

SMASH

JAPAN #7159 SMASH 25 NEAR LIVE on SAMURAI TV
February 19, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (3 hrs) *DVD*
1. Ricky Fuji/Takuya Kito/Konaka Pale One/Lou Rururu -vs- Keizo Matsuda/
Takashi Okano/Keisuke Yamada/Katsumi Hirano. *Hokuto Pro v. IWA Army
2. Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Ikuto Hidaka -vs- Starbuck/Hajime Ohara/Jessica
3. Jun Kasai/Sabu -vs- KENSO/VENENO. *Hardcore Match Love.
4. AKIRA/Hisakatsu Oya -vs- Tatsumi Fujinami/El Samurai.
5. Kana -vs- Shuri. *SMASH Diva Title
6. Dave Finlay -vs- Yoshihiro Tajiri. *SMASH Title

JAPAN #7160 SMASH FINAL on SAMURAI TV March 21, 2012
(Taped 3-14 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Mio Shirai/Takuya Kito -vs- Koji Doi/Aki Shizuku.
2. Yoshiaki Yago/Josh O'Brien/Tomoko Nakagawa -vs- Hisamaru Tajima/Jiro
Kuroshio/Makoto.
3. Ultimo Dragon/Kana -vs- Mentallo/Shuri.
4. Kim Nun Pun/Lin Bairon -vs- Michael Kovac. *Handicap Match
5. KUSHIDA -vs- Yusuke Kodama.
6. Yoshihiro Tajiri/AKIRA -vs- Starbuck/Hajime Ohara.

WRESTLE NEW CLASSIC (WNC)

JAPAN #7161 WNC COMM: BEFORE THE DAWN April 26, 2012
Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Gedo -vs- Hajime Ohara.
2. Josh O'Brien -vs- Jiro Kuroshio.
3. Yusuke Kodama/Lin Bairon -vs- Koji Doi/Aki Shizuku.
4. Takuya Kito -vs- Hoshito Takahashi. (Exhibition)
5. Kana/Mio Shirai -vs- Shuri/Makoto.
6. AKIRA -vs- Yoshihiro Tajiri.

JAPAN #7162 WNC COMM: STARTING OVER May 24, 2012
Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Ultimo Dragon/Yusuke Kodama/Lin Bairon -vs- Yoshiaki Yago/Josh
O'Brien/Tomoka Nakagawa.
2. Toru Yano -vs- Hajime Ohara.
3. Koji Doi -vs- Jiro Kuroshio.
4. Hoshito Takahashi -vs- Takuya Kito.
5. Kana/Shuri -vs- Makoto/Riho.
6. Yoshihiro Tajiri/Mikey Whipwreck -vs- Gedo/Jado. *Hardcore Match
7. Dave Finlay -vs- AKIRA.

JAPAN #7163 WNC COMM July 15, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (2 1/4 hrs)
1. Yoshihiro Tajiri/Naomichi Marufuji -vs- Starbuck/Hajime Ohara. *DVD*
2. Kana -vs- Mio Shirai.
3. Yusuke Kodama -vs- Akira Shinose.
4. Hoshito Takahashi -vs- Takuya Kito -vs- Lin Bairon. *3-Way Hardcore Match
5. Tatsumi Fujinami/Koji Doi -vs- Yoshiaki Fujiwara/Jiro Kuroshio.
6. Ayako Hamada -vs- Shuri.
7. Tajiri interview.

JAPAN #7164 WNC COMM August 6, 2012 Hakata Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/4 hrs)
1. Hideyoshi/Kana/Azul Dragon -vs- Takuya Kito/Lin Bairon/YO-HEY. *DVD*
2. Shuri -vs- Sawako Shimono.
3. Azteca/Satoshi Ogawa/Koji Niizumi -vs- Yusuke Kodama/Koji Doi/Akira Shinose.
4. Hoshito Takahashi -vs- Jiro Kuroshio.
5. Hajime Ohara -vs- El Hijo del Pantera.
6. AKIRA -vs- Leatherface.
7. Yoshihiro Tajiri -vs- Starbuck.

FREEDOMS

JAPAN #7165 FREEDOMS COMM June 28, 2012 Tokyo
Q:ORIGINAL (1 3/4 hrs) *DVD*
1. Great Kojika/Ken Ohka/Ryuichi Sekine -vs- Brahman Kei/Brahman Shu/Karate
2. Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Kamui -vs- SUSUMU/Toru Suguira. Brahman.
3. Kuuga/Bear Fukuda -vs- The Winger/HIROKI.
4. Keizo Matsuda -vs- Antonio Honda.
5. GENTARO -vs- Kenji Fukimoto. *Hardcore Match
6. Takashi Sasaki/Mammoth Sasaki -vs- Tomoaki Honma/Masashi Takeda.
*Hardcore Match.

JAPAN #7166 FREEDOMS COMM July 7, 2012 Yonago Q:ORIGINAL
1. Sakigake -vs- Toru Suguira. (1 1/4 hrs) *DVD*
2. Keizo Matsuda/Bear Fukuda -vs- Kamui/Jun Kawa.
3. Masashi Takeda/Kenji Fukimoto -vs- Brahman Kei/Brahman Shu.
4. HIROKI/HANZO -vs- The Winger/SUSUMU.
5. Takashi Sasaki/GENTARO -vs- Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Yuko Miyamoto.

JAPAN #7167 FREEDOMS COMM July 26, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL
1. Isami Kodaka -vs- Toru Suguira. (1 1/2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Kuuga/Tomoya -vs- Tatsuhito Takaiwa/SUSUMU.
3. Takashi Sasaki/The Winger/Kamui -vs- Tomoaki Honma/Masashi Takeda/
Kenji Fukimoto -vs- Brahman Kei/Brahman Shu/Brahman Karate.
*Scramble Hardcore Elimination Match.
4. HIROKI -vs- Bear Fukuda. *IND. Jr. Title
5. Great Kojika/Antonio Honda -vs- GENTARO/Keizo Matsuda.

JAPAN #7168 FREEDOMS COMM August 5, 2012 Sapporo Q:ORIGINAL
1. SUSUMU -vs- Masaki Ikeda. (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Mototsugu Shimizu -vs- Toru Suguira.
3. Hideki Hosaka/Toru Suguira -vs- Tatsuhito Takaiwa/HIROKI.
4. Great Kojika/Tomoya -vs- Brahman Kei/Brahman Shu.
5. GENTARO -vs- Isami Kodaka.
6. Jun Kasai/Masashi Takeda/Kenji Fukimoto -vs- Takashi Sasaki/The Winger/
Kamui. *Hardcore Match

JAPAN #7169 FREEDOMS/KASAI PRODUCE COMM August 5, 2012
DEATH MATCH TOURNAMENT - ROUND 1 Sapporo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/2 hrs)
1. Hideki Hosaka -vs- Toru Suguira. *Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match *DVD*
2. Brahman Kei -vs- One Man Crew. *Hardcore Match
3. Kamui -vs- Mototsugu Shimizu. *Street Fight Death Match
4. Isami Kodaka -vs- Kenji Fukimoto. *Ladder & Thumbtacks Death Match
5. Masashi Takeda -vs- HIROKI. *Barbed Wire Board Death Match
6. Jun Kasai -vs- Takashi Sasaki. *Sapporo Compilation Death Match

JAPAN #7170 FREEDOMS/KASAI PRODUCE COMM August 19, 2012
DEATH MATCH TOURNAMENT - ROUND 2 Osaka Q:ORIGINAL (1 3/4 hrs)
1. Kuuga/Masamune -vs- HIROKI/SUSUMU. *DVD*
2. Brahman Shu/Brahman Sakigake -vs- Mototsugu Shimizu/Dyna Mido.
*Weapons Death Match.
3. Brahman Kei -vs- Hideki Hosaka. Round 2
*Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight Death Match.
4. Isami Kodaka -vs- The Winger. *Round 2 - Chain Death Match
5. Keita Yano/One Man Crew/Kenji Fukimoto -vs- Takashi Sasaki/MIYAWAKI/
Toru Suguira. *Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match
6. Masada -vs- Kamui. *Round 2 - Barbed Wire Board Double Ladder Death Match
7. Jun Kasai -vs- Masashi Takeda. *Round 2 - Light Tubes +a Death Match

JAPAN #7171 FREEDOMS/KASAI PRODUCE COMM August 27, 2012
DEATH MATCH TOURNAMENT - FINALS Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL (1 1/2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Ricky Fuji/One Man Crew/Ken 45 -vs- HIROKI/SUSUMU/Mototsugu Shimizu.
2. Masada -vs- Brahman Kei. *Semi-Final Homeless Man Death Match
3. Jun Kasai -vs- Isami Kodaka. *Semi-Final Special Ladder Death Match
4. Masato Tanaka/Yoshikazu Yokoyama -vs- Hideki Hosaka/Toru Suguira.
5. Takashi Sasaki/The Winger/Kamui -vs- Badboy Hido/Jaki Numazawa/Kenji
Fukimoto. *Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match
6. Jun Kasai -vs- Isami Kodaka. *FINAL* Special Glass Board Death Match

JAPAN #7172 FREEDOMS COMM September 9, 2012
Ichinoseki Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Ryuichi Sekine/Daichi Sasaki -vs- Toru Suguira/SUSUMU.
2. Hikaru Shida/Tsukasa Fujimoto -vs- Hamuko Hoshi/Maki Narumiya.
3. Brahman Kei/Brahman Shu/Karate Brahman -vs- The Winger/Kamui/Tadanobu
4. Yuko Miyamoto/Shinobu -vs- Fujita Jr Hayato/Ken 45. Fujisawa.
5. Jun Kasai/One Man Crew -vs- Great Sasuke/Kesen Numa-jiro.
*Light Tubes Death Match.
6. Shuji Ishikawa -vs- Tatsuhito Takaiwa.
7. Riki Choshu/Tatsumi Fujinami -vs- Takashi Sasaki/HIROKI.

JAPAN #7173 FREEDOMS COMM: GENTARO AID September 17, 2012
1. The Winger -vs- Ken Ohka. Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Yuiga -vs- Karate Brahman.
3. Masa Takanashi/Kazuhiro Tamura/Marines Mask II -vs- HIROKI/SUSUMU/
4. Tsukasa Fujimoto/Tsukushi -vs- Hamuko Hoshi/Kurumi. Kotaro Nasu.
5. Naoshi Sano/Rikiya Fudo/Amigo Suzuki -vs- Keita Yano/Bear Fukuda/Daisuke
6. Great Kojika -vs- Antonio Honda. Shimoda.
7. Shuji Ishikawa/YOSHIYA -vs- Ryuichi Sekine/Kamui.
8. Jun Kasai/One Man Crew -vs- Yumeji Fugofugo/Nasty Black Panther.
9. Takashi Sasaki/Sanshiro Takagi/Tatsuhito Takaiwa -vs- Brahman Kei/Brahman
Shu/Brahman Keizo (Matsuda).

NOAH

JAPAN #7174 NOAH on SAMURAI TV November 6, 2012(Taped 11-3 Tokyo)
GLOBAL LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Maybach Taniguchi/Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Genba Hirayanagi -vs- Ricky Marvin/
Taiji Ishimori/Atsushi Kotoge.
2. Akitoshi Saito/Kotaro Suzuki -vs- Eddie Edwards/Zack Sabre Jr.
3. Shane Haste -vs- Naomichi Marufuji. (B)
4. KENTA -vs- Kento Miyahara. (A)
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Satoshi Kojima -vs- Takashi Suguira/Mohammed Yone.
*Special NOAH v. New Japan Tag Match
6. Shuji Kondo -vs- Atsushi Aoki. *GHC Jr. Title
7. Takeshi Morishima -vs- Mikey Nicholls. (A)
8. Jun Akiyama -vs- Katsuhiko Nakajima. (B)
9. Yuji Nagata -vs- Go Shiozaki. (A)

JAPAN #7175 NOAH on SAMURAI TV November 20, 2012(Taped 11-17 Nagoya)
GLOBAL LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Zack Sabre Jr -vs- Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.
2. Genba Hirayanagi -vs- Masashi Aoyagi.
3. Taiji Ishimori/Atsushi Kotoge -vs- Akito/Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu.
4. Eddie Edwards -vs- Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
5. Shane Haste/Mikey Nicholls -vs- Naomichi Marufuji/Mohammed Yone.
6. Takeshi Morishima/Ricky Marvin/Super Crazy -vs- Jun Akiyama/Kotaro Suzuki/
7. Go Shiozaki -vs- Kento Miyahara. (A) Atsushi Aoki.
8. Katsuhiko Nakajima -vs- Maybach Taniguchi. (B)
9. Akitoshi Saito -vs- Takashi Suguira. (B)

JAPAN #7176 NOAH on SAMURAI TV November 21, 2012(Taped 11-18 Osaka)
GLOBAL LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Go Shiozaki/Kotaro Suzuki -vs- Taiji Ishimori/Atsushi Kotoge.
2. Mikey Nicholls -vs- Ryuji Hijikata.
3. Shane Haste -vs- Atsushi Aoki.
4. KENTA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Genba Hirayanagi -vs- Takashi Suguira/Ricky Marvin
5. Maybach Taniguchi -vs- Eddie Edwards. Super Crazy.
6. Takeshi Morishima -vs- Kento Miyahara. (A)
7. Naomichi Marufuji -vs- Katsuhiko Nakajima. (B)
8. Mohammed Yone -vs- Yuji Nagata. (A)
9. Akitoshi Saito -vs- Jun Akiyama. (B)

JAPAN #7177 NOAH on SAMURAI TV November 22, 2012(Taped 11-20 Tokyo)
GLOBAL LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Zack Sabre Jr -vs- Atsushi Kotoge.
2. Go Shiozaki/Atsushi Aoki -vs- Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori.
3. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Maybach Taniguchi/Genba Hirayanagi -vs- Mohammed
Yone/Ricky Marvin/Super Crazy.
4. Kotaro Suzuki -vs- Eddie Edwards.
5. Katsuhiko Nakajima -vs- Shane Haste. (B)
6. Kento Miyahara -vs- Mikey Nicholls. (A)
7. Jun Akiyama -vs- Takashi Suguira. (B)
8. KENTA -vs- Takeshi Morishima. (A)

ALL JAPAN

JAPAN #7178 ALL JAPAN on SAMURAI TV November 27, 2012
(Taped 11-23 Osaka) REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL
1. Kazushi Miyamoto -vs- MAZADA. (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Bambi Killer/Franz Dynamite -vs- SUSHI/Yasufumi Nakanoue.
3. Andy Wu -vs- Tomoaki Honma.
4. Masakatsu Funaki/Masayuki Kono/Minoru Tanaka/Koji Kanemoto -vs-
KENSO/Hiroshi Yamato/Kaz Hayashi/Shuji Kondo.
5. Takao Omori/Manabu Soya -vs- Taiyo Kea/Seiya Sanada. (A)
6. Akebono/Ryota Hama -vs- Kohie Suwama/Joe Doering. (B)

NEW JAPAN

JAPAN #7179 NEW JAPAN on TV ASAHI September 23, 2012 Kobe
DESTRUCTION Q:ORIGINAL (3 1/2 hrs) *DVD2*
1. Takashi Iizuka/Tomohiro Ishii -vs- Captain New Japan/Tama Tonga.
2. Alex Shelley/KUSHIDA/BUSHI -vs- Gedo/Rocky Romero/Alex Koslov.
3. Low Ki -vs- Daisuke Sasaki.
4. Minoru Suzuki/Lance Archer/Harry Smith -vs- Yuji Nagata/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/
5. Togi Makabe -vs- Kengo Mashimo. Satoshi Kojima.
6. Kazushi Sakuraba/Katsuyori Shibata -vs- Wataru Inoue/Hiromu Takahashi.
7. Kota Ibushi -vs- Ryusuke Taguchi. *IWGP Jr. Title
8. Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Karl Anderson -vs- Shinsuke Nakamura/Yujiro
Takahashi/Kazuchika Okada.
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi -vs- Naomichi Marufuji. *IWGP Title

JAPAN #7180 NEW JAPAN on SAMURAI TV November 9, 2012
(Taped 10-28 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Rocky Romero/Alex Koslov -vs- ***** Casas/BUSHI.
2. Toru Yano/Takashi Iizuka/Tomohiro Ishii -vs- Lance Archer/Taichi/D. Boy Smith Jr.
3. Minoru Suzuki/Taka Michinoku -vs- Manabu Nakanishi/Captain New Japan.
4. Hirooki Goto/Alex Shelley/KUSHIDA -vs- Kazuchika Okada/Gedo/Jado.
5. Togi Makabe/Karl Anderson -vs- Shinsuke Nakamura/YOSHI-HASHI.
6. Yujiro Takahashi/Low Ki/Brian Kendrick -vs- Hiroshi Tanahashi/Prince
Devitt/Ryusuke Taguchi.

JAPAN #7181 NEW JAPAN on SAMURAI TV November 10, 2012
(Taped 11-4 Shizuoka) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Toru Yano/YOSHI-HASHI -vs- Wataru Inoue/Takaaki Watanabe.
2. Captain New Japan -vs- Takashi Iizuka.
3. Gedo/Rocky Romero/Alex Koslov -vs- Alex Shelley/KUSHIDA/BUSHI.
4. Low Ki/Brian Kendrick/Jado -vs- Prince Devitt/Ryusuke Taguchi/***** Casas.
5. Minoru Suzuki/Taka Michinoku/Lance Archer/Davey Boy Smith Jr/Taichi -vs-
Yuji Nagata/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Satoshi Kojima/Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask.
6. Hiroshi Tanhashi/Togi Makabe/Hirooki Goto/Karl Anderson -vs- Shinsuke
Nakamura/Kazuchika Okada/Yujiro Takahashi/Tomohiro Ishii.

JAPAN #7182 NEW JAPAN NEVER on SAMURAI TV November 24, 2012
(Taped 11-19 Tokyo) Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
FIRST NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT
1. Round 1 Highlights (11-15 Tokyo).
2. Takaaki Watanabe -vs- Yohei Komatsu.
3. Kengo Mashimo -vs- Ryusuke Taguchi. Round 2
4. Karl Anderson -vs- Shiori Asahi. Round 2
5. Masato Tanaka -vs- Taishi Takizawa. Round 2
6. Tomohiro Ishii -vs- YOSHI-HASHI. Round 2
7. Karl Anderson -vs- Kengo Mashimo. Semi-Final
8. Masato Tanaka -vs- Tomohiro Ishii. Semi-Final
9. Yujiro Takahashi -vs- Captain New Japan.
10. KUSHIDA/BUSHI/Hiromu Takahashi -vs- Daisuke Sasaki/Ryuichi Sekine/
11. Masato Tanaka -vs- Karl Anderson *FINAL* Hiro Tonai.

JAPAN #7183 NEW JAPAN on SAMURAI TV November 25, 2012
(Taped 11-20 Tokyo) WORLD TAG LEAGUE Q:ORIGINAL (2 hrs) *DVD*
1. Hirooki Goto/Karl Anderson/Jushin Liger/KUSHIDA -vs- Tiger Mask/BUSHI/
Rush/Diamante Azul.
2. Manabu Nakanishi/Strong Man -vs- Toru Yano/Takashi Iizuka. (B)
3. Masato Tanaka/Yujiro Takahashi -vs- MVP/Shelton Benjamin. (B)
4. Yuji Nagata/Masaaki Mochizuki -vs- Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii. (A)
5. Kazushi Sakuraba/Katsuyori Shibata -vs- Gedo/Jado.
6. Minoru Suzuki/Kengo Mashimo -vs- Togi Makabe/Wataru Inoue. (A)
7. Kazuchika Okada/YOSHI-HASHI -vs- Hiroshi Tanahashi/Capt. New Japan. (A)
8. Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Satoshi Kojima -vs- Lance Archer/Davey Boy Smith Jr. (B)

JAPAN #7184 NEW JAPAN on ESPN September 7, 2012 Tokyo Q:ORIGINAL
1. Toru Yano/Takashi Iizuka -vs- Wataru Inoue/Hiromu Takahashi. (2 hrs) *DVD*
2. Low Ki/Rocky Romero/Averno/Alex Koslov -vs- Ryusuke Taguchi/Alex Shelley/
Mascara Dorada/BUSHI.
3. Yujiro Takahashi/Tomohiro Ishii/YOSHI-HASHI -vs- Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask/Capt NJ.
4. Yuji Nagata/Togi Makabe/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Satoshi Kojima -vs- Minoru Suzuki/
Lance Archer/Harry Smith/Taka Michinoku.
5. Naomichi Marufuji/Mohammed Yone -vs- Tetsuya Naito/Tama Tonga. *NOAH v. NJ
6. Hirooki Goto/Karl Anderson -vs- Shinsuke Nakamura/Kazuchika Okada.
7. Kota Ibushi -vs- KUSHIDA. *IWGP Jr. Title
 
#358 ·
Flair's son is training in All Japan for a bit too. I guess that was the difference from the offer he rejected last year.

Sanada was my hot thing this time last year but they've kinda killed him this year. Terribly pointless team with Doering trading the tag belts back and forth and the TV Title feels like a massive step back for him. 2011 he was in All Japan's biggest rivalry with Strong BJ and got to the final of Champions Carnival. 2012 he's getting dominated by Suwama in 2 straight falls with no return and working Nakanoue. He's really good though.

You can quote me on this at the end of the year. 2013 in Japan is gonna be torture. All Japan seem more focused on Muta and Chono again and bringing on old guys for a nostalgia tours and putting guys like Funaki and Akebono in main events rather than guys like Sanada and Suwama. NOAH is dead and done. Big Japan are drawing shit right now and the strong division has fallen to pieces. New Japan I'm worried about with the new ownership and what possible new direction they might take it in. That and DDT will probably be the only saving light. Dragon Gate is the definition of "just there" right now. ZERO-1 has got totally useless and is basically a developmental ground now for gaijins.
 
#360 · (Edited)
Well Tanahashi Fucking won. I'm so fucking pissed right now. At least four 4 star matches on this show. Nakamura/Sakuraba was match of the night for me.

Great show, but what a bitter ending note. Such stupid booking. I have no explanation. I honestly think this ruins Okada. I know that seems like overreaction but this is just dumb. What was the point of the entire briefcase angle? I am so over Tana as champ having the exact same defenses over and over.

Between this and Laughter7 losing both matches I'm really confused on the booking, here.

Just so mad that Okada lost. Stupid.

EDIT: Now that I'm done raging, here is a review.

Missed the first dakr match, the second one was ok but man Taguchi is just awful. BUSHI and Liger made it worthwhile, but very short, as can be expected.

8-man **1/2
I don't really like anyone in this match but Yano, so it was fine, I guess. the big guys tossed people around so it was fun. Most of the match seemed to revolve around the announcer that Iizuka always torments getting revenge. Whatever, crowd was into it I guess.

Shelton vs. Tanaka**1/2
Too short to matter. REWATCH: Upon rewatch this was way worse than I thought. I wonder why I liked it.

Tag titles: ***3/4
Really enjoyed this. Archer was good, and I dare say that DBSJ was even better. Goto also did well as I think Tag matches hide his flaws. Anderson was his usual awesomeness. I really dig KES right now.

Suzuki vs. Nagata ****
This was amazing. A great, striking based brawl built around these two knowing each other so well. I know a lot of people groaned when this match was made again, but I thought this was incredible. Taichi was involved a lot and made everything a lot better. Nagata worked Suzuki's arm and it ended up being the difference. I absolutely loved this.

Junior title:****1/4
Ok so Low Ki's entrance: he raises up from the ground in a three piece suit holding two silver handgun's with a barcode on the back of his neck ALA Hitman and then..........he wrestles in the fucking suit. Seeing him doing all the opening speed spots in that suit was incredible. The whole match was an awesome, fun speedy match that highlighted everybody. I don't agree with Devitt going over and the suit alone had me marking like a bitch for Low Ki to win. you guys GOTTA see this just for the suit. the ultimate bad Ass.

TenKoji vs. Muta/Otani ***1/2
Plodded a little at the beginning. The rest became great, mostly due to Otani. Kojima was also good and the crowd just loved all of this.

Makabe vs. Shibata ***1/2
What the fuck happened? No clue why this was so short or why Makabe went over. Had a really great table spot, but Shibata got owned most of the match. It was a fun brawl but I expected a whole lot more.

Nakamura vs. Sakuraba ****1/2
Maybe this will come down on rewatch....but this was the best MMA hybrid match I've ever seen. Nakamura is just amazing. He can change his style even within the limitations of Sakurba. I was so happy when this match was announced, but everyone seemed so sure this would be bad. I will never doubt Shinsuke again. Just amazing that he pulled off something this good. He also won with basically a Bome Ye curbstomp. Awesome match.

Okada vs. Tanahashi****1/4
It's a really good match, and lots of fun, so maybe I am just holding the finish against it.....but man, the wrong guy went over here. Okada didn't even come off as that strong, in my opinion. He never really felt like he was in control. this honestly felt like a big match to convnce us how great Tanahashi is....and he doesn't need that. I kinda think they destroyed Okada here. The match was your typical legwork vs. neckwork we have come to expect from these two with a lot of really nice counters. Tanahashi goes Slingblade crazy here: I think he hit 4. I just don't get the booking here. Tanahashi goes over is just so deflating for me. Maybe I'm being too hard on the match, but I feel like it almost never got to top gear because Okada never even looked like he was gonna win. I also think Tanahashi did a crappy job selling his neck. I don't know. Maybe I'm just angry.

Anyways, despite some puzzling booking, a great show. 4 matches are ****+. check it out ASAP. It's all great stuff.

I just seriously feel like crying for this dumb booking. Boo-Hoo.
 
#362 ·
I hope it's a rematch, because he's going to lose that title before the Spring.

And... yes. He was not just dressed in a suit (a special suit made for wrestling, somehow), he was the Hitman (I think his title is Agent 47 or something). The Hitman from the video games (with the bar code on the back of his head).
 
#363 ·
No announced challenger for Tanahashi. Nagata would be my guess.

Low Ki wrestled in a black three peice suit with leather gloves and it was the most bad ass thing ever. I marked out through the whole match just for that. He also came to the ring with silver handguns. his whole entrance was just awesome.
 
#366 ·
Weird seeing you rate something that high yet saying one guy didn't look strong. Okada losing was really the wrong decision though.
 
#367 ·
Well you know me, I tend to focus on the negative. I thought the selling was an issue, but I guess they wanted tanahashi to look like superman since they jobbed out the hottest guy in wrestling to him. Who needs selling if the point is just to push him down our throats?

As you can probably tell, I'm a little emotional about the whole thing. I think even these two at their worst is at least ****. I honestly must be letting the result influence my opinion too much. I don't really know. It certainly merits a rewatch.

The structure of the match was good, and okada sold great. There is one long cloverleaf spot that was really amazing, and was easily the most alive the match ever felt. The counters were also better in this match than the previous. I am just flabbergasted that there never even felt like one big moment that okada was going to win, and that the whole match seemed set up to make tanahashi look like okada wasn't in his league. Okada did his usual awesome neck work, but a lot of it got ignored.

Which I don't know....I guess that's why I ended up at the rating I did. I genuinely enjoyed the match, I just can't even express much positivity without the sheer bummerage of the wrong guy going over.

Sigh
 
#369 ·
Okada should not go to the WWE. International talent never do well unless they know english. Though the payday does help, it won't mean much if you are in developmental forever.

In short, don't be Yoshi-Tastu, Okada. Just don't.


Oh, and as one of the people worried about Sakuraba in the Tokyo Dome, I'll happily eat crow. That match was awesome.
 
#370 ·
Wasn't it amazing? I have honestly never seen anything like it. I especially love the late kick out finish, and that knee that shinskay eats. Just an incredible unique match that came off perfectly. I will never doubt shinskay ever again. He used sakurabas limitations and turned them into pure gold.

You don't need to even look at tatsu......just look at tensai!!!!!

Okada in wwe would be the biggest waste of talent of all time. I don't even want to imagine the sheer tragedy if these rumors are true.

Okada was the best in the world. The very best. The hottest thing in wrestling. Now it's all ruined, and can only get worse.

If he really did lose because of wwe....f*ck you times infinity okada. F*ck you for making me enjoy wrestling again and then ruining it.
 
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