New Japan Pro Wrestling *Topic Ufficiale*

[Jolly]

Io dico invece finale tra Okada e DB Smith, per continuare il feud tra CHAOS e Suzuki Gun

[Geno]

Erano i risultati live

Okada vince la coppa

Nessun senso

[Hellcome.]

Okada?

[Jolly]

Muoio.

[Sacher]

NJPW, 3/23/13 (WPW/iPPV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,015 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask beat Yuji Nagata, Super Strong Machine & BUSHI (10:07) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on BUSHI.
2. Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI (11:13) when Kojima used a lariat on YOSHI-HASHI.
3. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Hirooki Goto beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. (8:14) with the Goto Shiki.
4. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Kazuchika Okada beat Toru Yano (10:42) with the Red Ink.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & Jado beat Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & TAKA Michinoku Kaientai Dojo (14:04) when Ishii used a brainbuster on TAKA.
6. Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Captain New Japan, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley (13:22) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Captain.
7. New Japan Cup – Final: Kazuchika Okada beat Hirooki Goto (23:52) with the Rainmaker.


* The incredible Kazuchika Okada has done it! In little more than 14 months after returning from his overseas excursion he has now won the IWGP Heavyweight Title, G1 Climax, and New Japan Cup! Okada today completed the hat-trick by winning the 2013 New Japan Cup, first defeating CHAOS comrade Yano in the semi final while Goto beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. Then the two native big guns collided in the final with Okada overcoming Goto (the winner in 3 of the last 4 NJC tournaments before today) using his Rainmaker! And so destiny draws Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada back together and they faced off after the match with their fourth big match since Okada’s return now set for 4/7 at Sumo Hall. Tanahashi is 2-1 going into it having beaten Okada in the Tokyo Dome main event… will Okada continue to make history and defeat the man who took the title from him last June?

* IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title co-holder Alex Shelley challenged Prince Devitt to a match for his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title on 4/7 at Sumo Hall after the semi final.

* Tomoaki Honma returned to New Japan after the second match to save former GBH pal Togi Makabe from a CHAOS beatdown. Honma was fired by New Japan for some allegedly dodgy reasons looks to have been allowed back.

* Nakamura & Ishii challenged the Killer Elite Squad for a match for the IWGP Tag Team Title with Archer & Smith accepting but at the same time Davey Boy Jr. challenged Shinsuke for a match for his IWGP Intercontinental Title! Ishii’s improved results on this tour look to have been rewarded if he’s given a shot at the tag belts.

* It was announced that the NWA will send an “assassin” to the 4/7 Sumo Hall (video) and he is NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Rob Conway, who wrestled in the WWE for 7 years and held the WWE Tag Team Title three times with Sylvain Grenier as La Résistance. Kojima has requested a title match and looks to be the first line of defense against the NWA “invasion”.

* Yuji Nagata has requested a singles match with Kazushi Sakuraba on 4/7 after they collided in a tag match on 3/17 in Amagasaki. These two were youngsters during the legendary New Japan vs. UWFi feud and first met around 18 years ago.

* So after all those challenges “INVASION ATTACK” on 4/7 is shaping up very nicely with a possible card of Tanahashi vs. Okada (IWGP Heavyweight), Nagata vs. Sakuraba, Conway vs. Kojima (NWA World Heavyweight) Nakamura & Ishii vs. KES (IWGP Tag) OR Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (IWGP IC), and Devitt vs. Shelley (IWGP Jr.).

[Sacher]

NJPW "ROAD TO INVASION ATTACK", 05.04.2013 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road to INVASION ATTACK I: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KUSHIDA
2. Road to INVASION ATTACK II: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
3. Road to INVASION ATTACK III: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
4. Road to INVASION ATTACK IV: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
5. Road to INVASION ATTACK V: Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI vs. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Alex Shelley
7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii


NJPW "INVASION ATTACK", 07.04.2013 (WPW)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA (c) vs. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
2. Special Eight Man Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Akebono, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine vs. Bob Sapp, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
3. CMLL World Tag Team Title: Terrible & Tama Tonga (c) vs. La Máscara & Valiente
4. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
5. Special Singles Match: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
7. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

[Sacher]

NJPW “ROAD TO INVASION ATTACK”, 4/5/13 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,800 Fans

1. Road to INVASION ATTACK I: Ryusuke Taguchi beat KUSHIDA (8:47) by pinfall.
2. Road to INVASION ATTACK II: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan (8:01) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Captain.
3. Road to INVASION ATTACK III: Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado (10:29) when Kojima used a lariat on Jado.
4. Road to INVASION ATTACK IV: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama (7:54) when Suzuki was DQ’d.
5. Road to INVASION ATTACK V: Kazuchika Okada & Gedo beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI (12:15) when Okada used the Red Ink on BUSHI.
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) beat Alex Shelley (17:38) with the Bloody Sunday (3rd defense).
7. IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii (20:47) when Smith used the Killer bomb on Ishii (4th defense).

* A couple of days before New Japan’s biggest event since the 1/4 Tokyo Dome show, two titles were defended at Korakuen Hall. “Killer Elite Squad” Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. overcame the challenge of CHAOS’ Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii in a 20 minute battle, Smith pinning Ishii after the Killer bomb to secure a successful V4 defense for the gaijin team. Plenty of action after the main event as TenKoji and Nakanishi came out issuing challenges to the retaining champions, and GHC Tag Team Title co-holder Toru Yano making a failed attempt at one of his patented belt thefts before Suzuki Gun occupied the ring. Looks like some interesting times ahead for the IWGP Tag Team Title but first co-holder Smith challenges Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Title in a couple of days.

* New Japan junior king Prince Devitt made a successful V3 defense of his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against Alex Shelley in an exciting match. This was Shelley’s first ever challenge for the belt and he fell short while in the opening match his tag partner KUSHIDA lost to Devitt’s tag partner Taguchi ahead of the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title match between the two sides at Sumo Hall when the “TIME SPLITTERS” will have to perform better.

* New Japan Cup winner Kazuchika Okada won the last preliminary skirmish before he again challenges Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Title at Sumo Hall, making BUSHI tap out to his newly established Red Ink finisher. Okada knows if he loses to Tanahashi again in two days time it may be his last shot at the title for a while but looked in top condition at Korakuen tonight.

* A reminder that the 4/7 Sumo Hall show is live on iPPV for US$25 and based on the card this will be good value for money.

[Geno]

Yano massacrato

[Jolly]

Se Okada perde di nuovo, possono pure andare in giro con scritto "coglioni", in testa

[Geno]

Vista la prima giornata di Invasion Attack

I primi due match scivolano via senza grossi sussulti. Nel terzo match invece appaiono Tanaka e Honma che accompagnano i rispettivi partner di domenica. Honma fa la figura del fesso venendo menato sia da Yujiro che da Tanaka. Al 90% si piglia il pin domenica con mie bestemmie annesse Ma che scarpe aveva poi, oscene a dir poco , comunque nonostante il cambio di attitude Yujiro è sempre anonimo. Non basta fare la pelvica per avere carisma. Suzuki e Takayama invece massacrano Yano e Iizuka dall'inizio alla fine ma alle fine i due mariuoli vincono grazie a un Eddieguerrerata di Yano . D'accordo che Takayama non è mai stato uno col fisico scolpito ma dio mio è inguardabile. Quel Takayama ha le tettine (semicit.). Sticazzissimi alla sfida Tana/BUSHI vs Okada/Gedo, paradossalmente ho più interesse per il titolo IC che per quello massimo. E arriviamo alla fine ai due match titolati

Prince Devitt vs Alex Shelley 8: Buona difesa e diciamo che non mi aspettavo niente di così diverso. Bello scivolone dell'irlandese all'inizio . Nonostante il cambio di attitudine, Devitt è sempre tifatissimo. Nonostante la contesa sia buona, si respirava il sapore di +1. Io non riesco a trovare nessun Junior in grado di sconfiggere Devitt. Come status è ad un livello superiore rispetto agli altri, ho paura che come le altre volte perda il titolo contro un esterno

KES vs Ishii e Nakamura 7: Mi ha deluso abbastanza, speravo meglio. Inizio un pò tentennante ma il finale invece risulta perfettamente riuscito con Ishii e Smith che si intendono molto bene. Ishii over come la madonna come accade abbastanza spesso. Match che è servito più che altro a hypare il match di domani fra lo stesso Smith e Nakamura per il titolo IC. A fine match si presentano Nakanishi e i Tenkoji a sfidare i KES. Un altro KES vs TenKoji , i commentatori a fine match han detto che probabilmente sarà Strongman il partner di Nakanishi e sotto sotto ci spero

[Sacher]

Okada ha battuto Tanahashi e ha riconquistato il titolo IWGP.

[Sacher]

NJPW “INVASION ATTACK”, 4/7/13 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,200 Fans

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley (c) beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:42) when KUSHIDA used a Japanese leg roll clutch hold on Taguchi (3rd defense).
2. Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine & Akebono beat Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Bob Sapp (10:00) when Nakanishi used the Uekara Don on YOSHI-HASHI.
3. CMLL World Tag Team Title: El Terrible & Tama Tonga (c) beat La Mascara & Valiente (8:57) when Terrible used the a powerbomb on Valiente.
4. Special Tag Match: Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (10:41) when Tanaka used the Sliding D on Honma.
5. Special Singles Match: Minoru Suzuki beat Toru Yano (10:09) with a Gotch-style piledriver.
6. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata (11:32) by referee stop (Nagata beat Sakuraba).
7. Triple Main Event I – NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) beat Satoshi Kojima (14:24) with the Ego Trip.
8. Triple Main Event II – IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. (18:04) with the Boma Ye (7th defense).
9. Triple Main Event III – IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) (31:41) with the Rainmaker to become the 59th champion.

* KUSHIDA & Shelley retain the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title over Apollo 55 then Devitt betrays his long-time friend Taguchi after the match! King Fale in a suit appears and helps Devitt beat down Taguchi and TIME SPLITTERS before Devitt unmasks Captain New Japan. Louds boos for Devitt’s heel turn. Devitt says Apollo 55 is over and introduces the “underboss” Bad Luck Fale to the crowd.

* Nagata & Goto vs. Laughter7 ended in horrendous fashion when Saku’s elbow seemed to pop out. Referee quickly stopped the match.

* Okada ends Tanahashi’s latest epic length reign in one of the best matches in years. Gedo challenges Minoru Suzuki after the main event on behalf of Okada, Suzuki walks out and accepts.

[René Gleoci]

Devitt era mai stato heel in NJPW?

[casper-21]

Sì, era stato un membro del CTU.

[Geno]

E' tornato Fale

Ha cambiato nome in Bad Luck Fale e farà da bodyguard a Devitt

L'irlandese ha menato Taguchi tra l'altro