NJPW New Japan Cup 2011

[Remus]

New Japan’s Spring tradition since 2005, the New Japan Cup, returns this year for its seventh installment. All sixteen participants and combinations were announced today and the cast is largely expected with the additions of Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka, and MVP as outsiders. Of course, no Tanahashi as the winner of the tournament will challenge him for the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Will Hirooki Goto repeat his 2009 and 2010 NJC victories and go on to face Tanahashi at Korakuen on April 3rd?

Участници:

- Togi Makabe

- Shinsuke Nakamura

- Hirooki Goto (2009 & 2010 Winner)

- Toru Yano

- Hiroyoshi Tenzan

- Takashi Iizuka

- Yuji Nagata (2007 Winner)

- Yujiro Takahashi

- Wataru Inoue

- Tetsuya Naito

- Manabu Nakanishi

- Masato Tanaka

- Giant Bernard (2006 Winner)

- Satoshi Kojima

- Karl Anderson

- MVP

NJPW “39TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”

3/6/11 (Samurai! TV)

Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tetsuya Naito

2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yujiro Takahashi

3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Karl Anderson vs. MVP

4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

5. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Togi Makabe vs. Satoshi Kojima

NJPW, 3/13/11 (J SPORTS)

Act City Hamamatsu

1. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi

2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Wataru Inoue vs. Toru Yano

3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka

4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Tetsuya Naito vs. Masato Tanaka

5. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Yuji Nagata vs. Giant Bernard

NJPW, 3/19/11 (Samurai! TV)

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © vs. KUSHIDA

2. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Winner of Tenzan/Iizuka vs. Winner of Inoue/Yano

3. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Winner of Nagata/Bernard vs. Winner of Naito/Tanaka

4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Winner of Makabe/Kojima vs. Winner of Anderson/MVP

5. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Winner of Nakanishi/Takahashi vs. Winner of Goto/Nakamura

NJPW, 3/20/11 (WPW)

Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

1. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of #2 (3/19) vs. Winner of #3 (3/19)

2. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of #4 (3/19) vs. Winner of #5 (3/19)

3. New Japan Cup – Final

[teddy_hart]

От доста време не съм гледал турнир на NJPW,но се очертава интесен турнир.Ще го гледам с интерес.

[Remus]

NJPW “39TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”

3/6/11 (Samurai! TV)

Tokyo Korakuen Hall

2,005 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga beat Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto & King Fale (9:33) when Honma used the Kokeshi on Fale.

2. Giant Bernard, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA beat Jado, Gedo & Tomohiro Ishii (8:50) when KUSHIDA used the Midnight Express on Gedo.

3. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:35) when TAKA pinned Taguchi.

4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi beat Yujiro Takahashi (9:50) with a German suplex hold.

5. New Japan Cup – Round 1: MVP beat Karl Anderson (12:20) with the TTB.

6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hirooki Goto (13:45) with the Boma Ye.

7. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata (12:58) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Nagata.

8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Togi Makabe beat Satoshi Kojima (16:01) with a Dragon suplex hold.

* New Japan celebrated its 39th anniversary today at a packed Korakuen, with Don Arakawa being inducted into the NJPW Greatest Wrestlers hall of fame.

* Makabe finally earned the revenge he has sought by pinning Kojima in the main event today, in doing so advancing to the next round of the New Japan Cup. Makabe had to dig deep to defeat the previous IWGP Heavyweight Champion, using a Dragon suplex hold to finish him.

* Ruthless Shinsuke Nakamura ended Hirooki Goto’s hopes of winning the New Japan Cup three times in a row by beating his former ally with the Boma Ye.

* MVP continued his impressive start in New Japan, beating IWGP Tag Team Champion, Karl Anderson, to also advance in the New Japan Cup.

* Nakanishi defeated NO LIMIT’s Yujiro Takahashi in the other NJC match today.

* Nakanishi vs. Nakamura and Makabe vs. MVP are set for the second round as a result of today’s outcomes.

[Remus]

NJPW, 3/13/11 (J SPORTS)

Act City Hamamatsu

2,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Tama Tonga beat Hiromu Takahashi (5:13) with a Tornillo.

2. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & KUSHIDA (9:56) when Taguchi used a Gedo clutch II on Liger.

3. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Riki Choshu, Manabu Nakanishi & King Fale beat Jado, Gedo & Tomohiro Ishii (10:10) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Jado.

4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Toru Yano beat Wataru Inoue (10:17) with the Kagamiwari.

5. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Takashi Iizuka (12:50) with the Anaconda Vice.

6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Masato Tanaka beat Tetsuya Naito (13:03) with the Sliding D.

7. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Yuji Nagata beat Giant Bernard (11:32) with a backdrop hold.

8. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima, MVP & Taichi beat Togi Makabe, Karl Anderson & Tomoaki Honma (13:22) when MVP used the TTB on Honma.

9. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi (15:25) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Takahashi.

* Nagata defeated Bernard in a rematch of the 2006 New Japan Cup final, which Bernard won that day. This set up another rematch for the second round, a more immediate one between Nagata and Masato Tanaka with Nagata looking for revenge from ZERO1′s recent Sumo Hall show.

* Tanaka defeated Naito to advance, ending the hopes of a man some predicted could win the tournament.

* Tenzan again beat his nemesis Iizuka to set up a second round showdown with Yano, who beat Wataru Inoue today.

ШОК(!) за загубата на Naito. Не че съм очаквал да спечели, но го виждах поне като полуфиналист, напоследък си има доста силни самостоятелни изяви.

Значи четвъртфиналите ще са:

NJPW, 3/19/11 (Samurai! TV)

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © vs. KUSHIDA

2. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano

3. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Yuji Nagata vs. Masato Tanaka

4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Togi Makabe vs. MVP

5. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

[Remus]

NJPW, 3/19/11 (Samurai! TV)

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

6,500 Fans

1. Tama Tonga & King Fale beat Tiger Mask & Hiromu Takahashi (9:03) when Tonga used the Tongan Twist on Takahashi.

2. Wataru Inoue, Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo (8:58) when Inoue used the Spear of Justice on Jado.

3. Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Tomohiro Ishii beat Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Tomoaki Honma (11:16) when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Anderson.

4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Toru Yano beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11:09) with the Uragasumi.

5. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Manabu Nakanishi (8:49) with the Boma Ye.

6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © beat KUSHIDA (14:52) with the Bloody Sunday (6th defense).

7. Satoshi Kojima, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:54) when TAKA pinned Taguchi after the Michinoku Mephisto.

8. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Togi Makabe beat MVP (10:41) with a King Kong kneedrop.

9. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Yuji Nagata beat Masato Tanaka (16:33) with a backdrop hold.

* Nagata earns almost instant revenge over Tanaka after losing to him on ZERO1′s recent Sumo Hall anniversary show.

* Makabe hands MVP his first New Japan loss in the semi final, pinning him after a King Kong kneedrop.

* CHAOS made sure they have representatives in the semis as Nakamura bested Nakanishi and Yano scored a huge win over Tenzan.

* These results set up Nagata vs. Yano and the old grudge match of Makabe vs. Nakamura!

* Devitt makes a successful V6 defense of his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title over New Japan’s newest signing, KUSHIDA, in an exciting match.

И кардът за утрешното шоу:

NJPW, 3/20/11 (WPW)

Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Jado, Gedo & Killer Rabbit

2. Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto vs. Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga

3. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson vs. Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii

4. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Yuji Nagata vs. Toru Yano

5. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Togi Makabe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue & King Fale vs. Masato Tanaka, Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi © vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi

8. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto vs. Satoshi Kojima & MVP

9. New Japan Cup – Final:

[Remus]

NJPW, 3/20/11 (WPW)

Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

5,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA beat Jado, Gedo & Killer Rabbit (8:38) when Tiger used a jumping crucifix hold on Gedo.

2. Manabu Nakanishi & Koji Kanemoto beat Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga (8:22) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Tonga.

3. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (12:28) when Bernard pinned Ishii after the Magic Killer.

4. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Yuji Nagata beat Toru Yano (7:27) with a reverse Nagata Lock III.

5. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Togi Makabe (9:55) with the Boma Ye.

6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue & King Fale beat Masato Tanaka, Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito (12:23) when Inoue used the Spear of Justice on Naito.

7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi © beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (16:27) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Taichi (2nd defense).

8. Special Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima & MVP beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto (14:44) when MVP used the TTB on Tanahashi.

9. New Japan Cup – Final: Yuji Nagata beat Shinsuke Nakamura (14:44) with a backdrop hold.

* Yuji Nagata, the veteran who refuses to go away in this youth-led era, wins his second New Japan Cup and first since 2007! Nagata defeated Yano in one semi while Nakamura bested Makabe in the other. Then in a heated final, Nagata defeated the CHAOS leader with a backdrop hold.

* This sets up Tanahashi’s V2 defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Title for 4/3 Korakuen against Nagata.

* Speaking of Tanahashi, he was unexpectedly pinned by MVP in a special tag match while teaming with Goto against Kojima & MVP. But the ace of New Japan didn’t lose under normal circumstances as Goto betrayed him and walked out, leaving him to fend for himself against two tough wrestlers. Goto, on the heels of this dastardly act, now intends to head to Mexico indefinitely.

* Prince Devitt continues to rule the junior division with an iron fist, as one day after successfully defending his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against KUSHIDA, he and Taguchi downed TAKA & Taichi in their V2 defense of the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title when Devitt pinned Taichi.