The Puroresu (Japanese Wrestling) thread

gnfnrhead

Three iPPV's this month, getting bigger as they go. The third is the biggest, first is smallest.

NJPW, 9/5/13 (Samurai! TV/iPPV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
2. Yuji Nagata & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Takashi Iizuka & YOSHI-HASHI
3. Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga & Rey Bucanero
4. Togi Makabe & Captain New Japan vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
5. Special Elimination Match I: Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Jado vs. Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
6. Special Elimination Match II: Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & BUSHI vs. Kazuchika Okada, Masato Tanaka , Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo

NJPW, 9/14/13 (Samurai! TV/iPPV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
2. Tiger Mask & BUSHI vs. KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
3. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI
4. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan vs. Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale
5. Special Tag Match: Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin
6. CMLL World Tag Team Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Tama Tonga & Rey Bucanero
7. Special Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada & Masato Tanaka

NJPW “DESTRUCTION”, 9/29/13 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Kobe World Hall

1. Special Singles Match: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
2. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt
3. NEVER Openweight Title (vs. IWGP Heavyweight Title shot): Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
4. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
5. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima

rovert

Mauro Ranallo & Matt Striker will be the English announcers for NJ iPPV.

Dirt worst.

GTR63

rovert wrote: »

Mauro Ranallo & Matt Striker will be the English announcers for NJ iPPV.

Dirt worst.

Ugh not Matt Stinker. I liked Mauro when he did Pride and Strikeforce.

gnfnrhead

Striker is good when he just does his job. He usually tries to be too smart and makes a balls of it.

gnfnrhead

Full card:

NJPW “DESTRUCTION”, 9/29/13 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Kobe World Hall

0. Tiger Mask, BUSHI & Takaaki Watanabe vs. Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI
1. Special Tag Match: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. TAKA Michinoku Kaientai Dojo & Taichi
2. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway NWA (c) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
3. Special 8 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Captain New Japan & X (CMLL wrestler) vs. Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga, Rey Bucanero & Bad Luck Fale
4. Special Singles Match: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
5. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
6. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt
7. NEVER Openweight Title (vs. IWGP Heavyweight Title shot): Masato Tanaka ZERO1 (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima

Looking forward to seeing Sakuraba and Shibata teaming again. Tanahashi has been in great form this year and Devitt is improving every time with the Heavyweights. Just glad he wasnt lumped into that 8 man tag.

gnfnrhead

Power Struggle on the 9th looks like this:

1. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
2. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
3. Special Singles Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata
4. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
5. IWGP Tag Team Title & NWA World Tag Team Title – 3WAY Irregular Rules Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) vs. Rob Conway NWA & Jax Dane NWA
(Two falls, first is for the NWA tag titles, second is for the IWGP tag titles)
6. NEVER Openweight Title (& IWGP Heavyweight Title shot): Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Masato Tanaka ZERO1
7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson

Tanahashi vs Ishii looks to be the stand out there.

Ibushi recently signed a new contract with NJPW so I'm guessing he will get the Jr. title from Devitt in the near future.

The show on the 6th is also an iPPV now. Finals and semi finals of the Jr's tag tournament will be on it.

Gedo and Jado vs The Young Bucks
BUSHI & Valiente vs Forever Hooligans

Mr.Nice Guy

Are the Bullet Club using a new theme? They came out to a different song at a recent show. See around the 14:00 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyBoi_FinWc

BohsJohnny

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Are the Bullet Club using a new theme? They came out to a different song at a recent show. See around the 14:00 mark.

No that is the groups theme Devitt has his own song which i assume you thought was also the Bullet Club's theme here they are using it back in July.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11yh7h_07-new-japan-army-vs-bullet-club-njpw-07-14-13_sport

Mr.Nice Guy

Ah, cheers for that. I love Devitt's theme so I was worried it was ditched.

BohsJohnny

Really good match from the jr tag tournament finals its such a surreal but great thing to see the Young Bucks in New Japan.

Palo Alto

Any truth to the rumours Devitt has signed with WWE?

Would be bittersweet to put it mildly!

rovert

Palo Alto wrote: »

Any truth to the rumours Devitt has signed with WWE?

Would be bittersweet to put it mildly!

No. They are just talking.

Devitt holds the New Japan's Junior Heavyweight belt and most likely will defend it at New Japan's version of Wrestlemania on January 4th. IF signs we probably won't known until then.

gnfnrhead

rovert wrote: »

No. They are just talking.

Devitt holds the New Japan's Junior Heavyweight belt and most likely will defend it at New Japan's version of Wrestlemania on January 4th. IF signs we probably won't known until then.

I wouldnt put any weight into the result their either. He's long over due dropping it.

rovert

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I wouldnt put any weight into the result their either. He's long over due dropping it.

I believe he is dropping it for sure they didn't sign Ibushi for nothing.

Some hurdles before Devitt leaves:
1. After raising Devitt from a pup Devitt isn't leaving without dropping the title.

2. Someone of Devitt's stature does require giving notice before leaving.

3. Traditionally New Japan contracts expire after the January 4 show.

4. The application of a US Visa and medical tests.

Things might leak before then who knows but these things will be required. So cool the jets he isn't showing up on Raw or even NXT next week or anything.

gnfnrhead

Bucks are the new Junior Tag Champions.

NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM VIII IN TOKYO DOME, 04.01.2014
Tokyo Dome

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, 4 Way Match: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (c) vs. Sieger der WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2013
3. Special Singles Match: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
4. Hirooki Goto Return Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuaraba vs. Daniel Gracie & Rolles Gracie
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Deivtt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

The Junior Tag, Junior, Intercontinental and Heavyweight matches should be great. Ishii instead of Goto and that would have been five potential MOTYC on the one card.

GTR63

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Bucks are the new Junior Tag Champions.

NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM VIII IN TOKYO DOME, 04.01.2014
Tokyo Dome

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, 4 Way Match: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (c) vs. Sieger der WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2013
3. Special Singles Match: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
4. Hirooki Goto Return Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuaraba vs. Daniel Gracie & Rolles Gracie
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Deivtt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

The Junior Tag, Junior, Intercontinental and Heavyweight matches should be great. Ishii instead of Goto and that would have been five potential MOTYC on the one card.

Are they as limited at rasslin as they are at MMA

Machismo Fan

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Ishii instead of Goto and that would have been five potential MOTYC on the one card.

I preferred Goto and Shibata's match this year so I'm happy about that. That is one spectacular pro wrestling card on paper.

rovert

The January 4th show seems like Wrestlemania 17. They need to make it 5 hours long though so everyone gets time!

BohsJohnny

Shame Ishii isn't on the main card probably only the dark match after the great year he has had but apart from that cannot wait for it everything except Makabe/Fale looks good to great.

Machismo Fan

Just booked a week in Japan at the start of January for WrestleKingdom.

gnfnrhead

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Just booked a week in Japan at the start of January for WrestleKingdom.

I hate you. :pac:

BohsJohnny

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Just booked a week in Japan at the start of January for WrestleKingdom.

Jammy **** how I envy you.

gnfnrhead

You can vote for the main event of WrestleKingdom.

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/wrestling/pc/info/131111/index.html

Click on the third (red) box. The option on the left is Okada vs Naito, on the right is Nakamura vs Tanahashi. After that, you need to confirm your choice by selecting the box on the left.

You can copy and paste into Google translate if you want to double check.

rovert

Trailer for January 4:

GTR63

I haven`t a clue what he says but I LOVE their voiceover guy

rovert

After nearly a year of bullying and top rope foot stomps to his balls Captain New Japan pinned Prince Devitt in a tag match today:



Biggest upset of the year.

gnfnrhead

BulletClub's Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson have won the 2013 World Tag League after defeating G.B.H. in the semi-finals and Ten-Koji in the finals.

Tanahashi vs Nakamura for the IC title will be the WrestleKingdom main event. Okada vs Naito will almost definitely be second to last now.

GTR63

Doc Gallows?
I assume thats Luke 'the director of chaos' Gallows. Never knew he joined NJPW or the BulletClub

gnfnrhead

GTR63 wrote: »

Doc Gallows?
I assume thats Luke 'the director of chaos' Gallows. Never knew he joined NJPW or the BulletClub

Awful name (imo) but yep, it's him. Bullet Club has really expanded quickly. A little too quickly for my liking. Gallows only joined at the start of the tournament.

Along with the original four, you have Gallows, the Young Bucks, and for CMLL appearances Rey Bucanero, La Comandante and El Terrible.

Machismo Fan

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Tanahashi vs Nakamura for the IC title will be the WrestleKingdom main event. Okada vs Naito will almost definitely be second to last now.

Not a fan of that at all, especially if Naito is winning (which he should).