NJPW Wrestling Dontaku - 3 май 2012

[nWoHulkster]

New Japan has revealed the full card for the major 5/3 show at Fukuoka International Center today, which includes four title matches and three special matches. As confirmed on the heels of his New Japan Cup win yesterday, Hirooki Goto will be Kazuchika Okada’s next challenger for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in the main event. Also confirmed was the much expected TenKoji defense of the IWGP Tag Team Title against CHAOS’ Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka, who defeated Tenzan & Kojima in a non-title match not long ago. The No Remorse Corps, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero, make their V1 defense of the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title against the masked super hero team of Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask, the first time this title has not been NRC vs. Apollo 55 this year. He’s back! “One World Warrior” Low Ki returns to New Japan for his latest stint and instantly challenges Prince Devitt for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title in a rematch from last year in America when Devitt won during New Japan’s tour of the east coast. Of the special matches announced, the standout is a rematch from the New Japan Cup where Shinsuke Nakamura and Karl Anderson blew the roof off Korakuen Hall with an incredible match that the “Machine Gun” won. Shinsuke will look to avoid a similar upset.

NJPW "NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ WRESTLING DONTAKU 2012" (WPW/PPV)

May 3rd, 2012

Fukuoka International Center

1. Strong Man, Wataru Inoue, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga vs. Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Gedo

2. Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi

3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Davey Richards & Rocky Romero © vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask

4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © vs. Low Ki

5. IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima © vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka

6. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama

7. Special Singles Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson

8. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi

9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Hirooki Goto

[Jericho]

Бая силен кард. Особено интересни са ми 4, 6 и 8.

Главния мач на хартия е слаб, но ако двамата си "наденат работническите ботуши" може и да е забавен. Ако Окада се справи добре, може и да спра да му мраза царуването, кой знае.

[teddy_hart]

Кардът е доста силен.Но най-голям интерес за мен предизвиква мача: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © vs. Low Ki .

[degenerat 2]

Много, много добър кард. След престоя му в CMLL и страхотния мач с Volador Jr., мнението ми за Prince Devitt се затвърди за пореден път, така че с голямо нетърпение очаквам да го видя отново срещу Low Ki, миналата година имаха добър мач, който сега се надявам да надминат. По време на New Japan Cup Karl Anderson ми направи силно впечатление, въпреки че до Bernard никога не ми е бил особено интересен - направи приличен мач с Tenzan и много добър мач с Nakamura. Реваншът им също няма как да не е на ниво. Отборните сблъсъци с по-горна позиция, пък изглеждат повече от добре. И от МЕ-та не мога да се оплача - Okada се представя добре на ринга и направи много силен мач срещу Naito, а за Goto едва ли има нужда да казвам нещо, сиреч мача им има потенциала да е много солиден откъм качество.

[Remus]

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title vacated

Only days before WRESTLING DONTAKU 2012 New Japan announced that Davey Richards will not manage to get in time to Japan due to airport traffic accident. The promotion has declared the title vacant, which leaves tomorrow's PPV with the following card:

NJPW "NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ WRESTLING DONTAKU 2012", 03.05.2012 (WPW/PPV)

Fukuoka International Center

1. Strong Man, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga vs. Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado

2. Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi

3. Gedo & Rocky Romero vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask

4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt © vs. Low Ki

5. IWGP Tag Team Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima © vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka

6. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama

7. Special Singles Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson

8. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi

9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Hirooki Goto

Браво на Richards. Поредното овакантяване. Още едно и получава безплатна поничка.

[degenerat 2]

NJPW “NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ WRESTLING DONTAKU 2012″, 5/3/12 (WPW/PPV)

Fukuoka International Center

6,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Tomohiro Ishii beat Strong Man, Captain New Japan & Tama Tonga (7:12)

when Ishii used a brainbuster on Tonga.

2. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA (8:16) when Taichi used a Taichi-style Gedo clutch on KUSHIDA.

3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask beat Rocky Romero & Gedo (7:50) when Tiger used a crucifix hold on Gedo.

4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Low Ki beat Prince Devitt © (21:01) with the Ki Krusher ’99 to become the 63rd champion.

5. IWGP Tag Team Title: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima ©

(16:47) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Kojima to become the 59th champions.

6. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata (13:43)

when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Makabe.

7. Special Singles Match: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Karl Anderson (12:15) with the Boma Ye.

8. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi (13:59) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Takahashi.

9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © beat Hirooki Goto (24:55) with the Rainmaker (2nd defense).

* Who can stop the Rainmaker!? New Japan Cup winner and IWGP Intercontinental Champion, Hirooki Goto, remains unable to win the greatest prize available, the IWGP Heavyweight Title, after another near miss at a packed Fukuoka International Center today. It was a match that could have gone either way but the vigor and momentum of Okada carried him over the line as he finished off Goto with the Rainmaker. Tanahashi appeared after the match and challenged Okada to a match which would be a rematch of their February class where Okada shocked everyone by winning the title. And it looks like this match could take place at the very same building as last time, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, with “DOMINION 6.16″ looming as New Japan’s next big show.

* Tanahashi had just teamed with Naito to defeat Tanaka & Yujiro before his post-main event appearance, pinning Yujiro after his High Fly Flow. There was said to be some issues between Tanahashi and Naito after the match which could be isolated or hint at some bigger problems.

* Shinsuke Nakamura avenged his upset New Japan Cup loss to Karl Anderson, which was one of my personal favourite matches of 2012 (the NJC match). This was a slightly shorter match but was also said to be very exciting with Shinsuke’s Boma Ye making the difference.

* The thorn in TenKoji’s side, CHAOS’ Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka, became a much bigger problem today. After beating TenKoji in a non-title match then Yano recently pinning Kojima in a singles match, the dastardly heels today went one step further by capturing the IWGP Tag Team Title from Tenzan & Kojima. After the Iron Fingers from Hell by Iizuka, Yano dropped Kojima with his Oni Koroshi for the huge win, very momentous for both men. This is Yano’s first title since he and Makabe held the IWGP Tag Title in 2008 while for Iizuka this is his first title since 1996(!) when he and Kazuo Yamazaki held the tag belts.

* Prince Devitt, the absolute ace of New Japan’s junior division for two years now, said going into his match with the “One World Warrior” Low Ki that he may be the underdog given Ki’s track record across the world where he has wrestled in almost every major promotion. Devitt had beaten Ki last year in New York in an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title defense but today marked Low Ki’s true return to New Japan as he ended Devitt’s half-year reign as champion in an exciting match. Ki spiked Devitt with the Ki Krusher ’99 and finally the Irishman seems to have found his first worthy challenger since Kota Ibushi went down with a long-term injury.