[Seabs]

Makabe will probably survive the elimination match and get his shot first. I'd be amazed if they do another Naito or Nakamura match before Makabe. New Japan Cup is coming up so maybe better to have Naito win that to give him some legit momentum and then beat Tanahashi. Not sure who else would be worth winning that other than maybe Goto.

[JoeRulz]

When I think about it, Tanahashi should be the champ until January 4th 2012. Let him retain the title 6-7 times through 2012 - Okada, Anderson, MVP, Makabe, Tanaka, Yano, Nagata one more time, and then - Wrestle Kngdom VII, Tetsuya Naito becomes the new IWGP Champion and a new superstar and face of New Japan, because he just ended Tana's 2 year reign. Tana's reign is being great, and there's few more credible challengers to make it even better. My two cents.

[Bubz]

To be honest I think I see them keeping the belt on Tana for a while longer.

[Cactus]

NJPW's next PPV looks lackluster minus the Elimination match. Nagata and Suzuki has fantastic chemistry, enough to carry the match.

In my books, Makabe is the only legitimate challenger to Tanahashi's belt. Okada doesn't stand a chance in hell to beat Tanahashi.

[Bubz]

Misawa/Kobashi/Kawada vs Jumbo/Fuchi/Taue - AJPW 20/4/91
What. A. Match! The best multi-man tag match I've seen. I was told how good this was before hand but it surpassed my expectations. It went about 50 minutes and it was brilliant for every second. Kawada/Taue once again is probably the highlight as they beat the shit out of eachother and show real hatred. Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi end up working over Kobashi's leg for a long ass time, and once again he plays an incredible face in peril which I think he was best at. This is pretty much non-stop action though and the workovers (first on Kawada, then on Taue, then on Kobashi) were so well done and so entertaining. I could probably watch these guys wrestle all day. One of my favourite parts was when Kawada keeps getting Jumbo into the arm bar as Kobashi and Misawa fend off Jumbo's team mates. Absolutely epic match, probably in the top 5 AJPW matches ever. Rating some these matches 5 stars seems pretty shitty and doesn't do them justice considering some other matches I've had rated at 5 stars in the past.

[Seabs]

Yeah and Okada has looked really dull in the Tana tags from the CMLL shows. Having him hold it for another whole year wont work in the current climate unless he ends up turning full blown heel. 6 defences in a year isn't possible either with New Japan running monthly PPVs.

[smitlick]

Zero1 - Autumn Festival 2010 - ProWrestling Nekketsu Jidai: Autumn

11/10/10

1. International Jr Heavyweight Title
Ikuto Hidaka vs Masamune
**3/4

2. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka vs Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
***1/2

15/10/10

3. Masato Tanaka vs Kohei Sato
***

20/10/10

4. Masato Tanaka & Shota Takanishi vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
**1/2

[Bubz]

Kawada vs Hashimoto - AJPW '04
Great match with awesome selling by both guys. I have to admit to never watching much Hashimoto before but I really liked him here, especially his selling of the arm that he kept so consistent. Kawada as most people know is an incredible seller so when you have two guys like this selling the hell out of limb parts (kawada's leg and Hashimoto's arm) and going after each others weak points you are bound for an awesome match. ****1/2

[GOD of CUNT]

I thought that was an incredible Hashimoto performance. I liked Kawada enough, but Hashimoto made that match. Also think that flat out smokes Kobashi/Akiyama as a "MOTYC". Probably still prefer Kobashi/Takayama as MOTY, but Kawada/Hashimoto is likely top 5.

[antoniomare007]

So Yukes is no longer New Japan's owner, BUSHIROAD (an anime/card game company) bought all their stock on December 31st and are the new owners. They have been a sponsor for some time and have already produced a couple of shows in Korakuen Hall.

They are a smaller company than Yukes though so it's a wait and see kind of deal before we can draw any conclusions.