Impact Wrestling presented Rebellion tonight from the Rebel Nightclub in Toronto, ON, Canada. The show featured two title changes and the surprising appearance of Michael Elgin following the conclusion of the Impact World Championship match.
Impact Wrestling Rebellion Results
Ace Austin defeated Petey Williams, Jake Crist, Aiden Prince, Cousin Jake, and Eddie Edwards – 6-pack scramble match
Cage had little time to soak in his victory, however, as Michael Elgin made his Impact Wrestling debut shortly after the conclusion to tonight’s world title match. Elgin let it be known he wants a shot at Cage and the Impact World Championship.
Rich Swann Defeats Sami Callihan, Retains X-Division Title
The story of Rich Swann vs Sami Callihan at Rebellion was that Swann would never quit. Not even when Callihan brought out a whole bunch of lego or gave him a piledriver on the guard rail.
Tessa Blanchard defeated Gail Kim tonight with her father Tully watching ringside. While Kim showed she hasn’t lost a step since her retirement from the ring, the buzzsaw Tessa Blanchard was too much for her on this night.
After the match, Blanchard showed Gail Kim respect and allowed her to bask in the admiration of her hometown fans.
Michael Elgin’s NJPW contract was not renewed and he is officially now a free agent. NJPW announced today that Elgin and young lion Teruaki Kanemitsu finished up with the promotion.
“After careful consideration and dialogue, Elgin and NJPW have mutually decided to part ways after his contract expired on March 31, 2019,” an NJPW press release reads. “We wish Michael Elgin nothing but the best in his future endeavors.”
Elgin debuted for the promotion in the 2015 G1 Climax tournament. He leaves NJPW as a former NEVER Openweight and IWGP Intercontinental champion.
Michael Elgin In NJPW
I'll be heavily focusing on these ventures again. If you're a wrestler looking for an edge via your in ring work, or your body get started today! pic.twitter.com/ubtiL41lfL
— “Ronin” Michael Elgin (@AaronFrobel86) April 1, 2019
Elgin competed in 4 G1 tournaments. He finished with 8pts in 2015, 10pts in 2016, 8pts in 2017, and 6pts in 2018. In the New Japan Cup tournament, Elgin made it all the way to the semi-finals in 2016. Elgin then went out in the 1st round in 2017, 2nd round in 2018, and 1st round again in 2019, however.
He defeated Kenny Omega in a ladder match to win the IWGP Intercontinental championship match at Dominion in 2016. Elgin would then defend the title in ROH against Dominik Dijak before dropping it to Tetsuya Naito at Destruction in Kobe that September.
In 2018, Elgin had a brief reign as NEVER Openweight champion. He defeated Hirooki Goto and Taichi in a triple threat match at Dominion in Osaka and then dropped it to Goto in a single’s match at Kizuna Road.
Impact Wrestling will film two “One Night Only” specials this weekend. The promotion will be in Binghamton, NY for “Night of the Dummies” and also in Mississauga, ON, for a special show in conjunction with Destiny Wrestling.
The show with Destiny will air next Friday on the Global Wrestling Network. The airdate for “Night of the Dummies” appears to be TBD.
One Night Only: Night of the Dummies
Impact Wrestling/Xcite Wrestling
Binghamton, NY
August 25th, 2018
Eli Drake vs Eddie Edwards
Moose vs KM
Sean Carr vs Brute Vanslyke
Z&E vs LAX
Homicide vs TBD
Wagner Brown vs Axel Lennox
Alisha Edwards vs Rebel
Fallah Bah vs Richard Justice
One Night Only: Bad Intentions
Impact Wrestling/Destiny Wrestling
Mississauga, ON
August 25th, 2018
Petey Williams vs Michael Elgin
The Desi Hit Squad vs OVE
KC Spinelli vs Kiera Hogan
Steel Cage:
Josh Alexander vs Sami Callihan
Tessa Blanchard vs Gisel Shaw
Impact will be live broadcasting today on their Twitch channel as Bound for Glory tickets go on sale. Their next show after today will be on September 9th in Manchester.
We spoke to Joe Hendry on Thursday about Impact’s upcoming UK show. Here is the lineup for it as well:
Impact Wrestling MediaCon Twitch Special Lineup
September 9th, 2018
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match
Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
Hirooki Goto defeated Michael Elgin for the NEVER Openweight Championship today from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Shortly after doing so, however, he was challenged to a future match by Jeff Cobb. Elgin and Cobb were teammates in the World Tag League last year.
The likely time and date for Cobb vs Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship is July 7th at NJPW’s G1 Special in San Fransisco.
Elgin’s run with the belt was the shortest in history. It lasted only 8 days and did not include a single successful title defense. Goto is now a 3x champion and has defended the title 6x in total.
Jeff Cobb, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare & Togi Makabe defeated Rocky Romero, SHO, Toru Yano, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI
BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito defeated El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Jay White, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii defeated David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson
NEVER Openweight Title Hirooki Goto defeated Michael Elgin (c)
Kizuna Road Developments
Jay White and Juice Robinson built up their upcoming title match on today’s show. White attacked Juice after their tag match and attempted to injure his rival’s arm with a chair. Juice fought back and punched the chair into White’s face to end the melee, however.
White also chose to enter the ring separately from his fellow CHAOS stablemates again.
Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi had a weird exchange after their match. Takahashi set the Best of the Super Juniors trophy on the mat in front of Naito. Although Naito initially looked like he was going to bow to the trophy, he instead kicked it and broke off a piece. Takahashi was upset by this. He picked up the trophy and walked away from an apologetic Naito. Whenever he is around a title belt or trophy, Naito can’t help but want to destroy it it seems.
Updated G1 Special In San Francisco Card
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega (c) vs Cody
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
the Young Bucks (c) vs Evil and Sanada
IWGP United States Championship
Jay White (c) vs Juice Robinson
Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito and Bushi
Likely to be announced soon:
NEVER Openweight Championship
Hirooki Goto (c) vs Jeff Cobb
New Japan Pro Wrestling presents Kizuna Road this weekend. The promotion will be Saitama on Friday night and then will present two shows from Korakuen Hall on Sunday and Monday night, each with a title match main eventing the show.
NJPW will continue the tour next week, including a special retirement ceremony for Super Strong Machine on Tuesday.
The company will also be in Tokyo tomorrow night for Lion’s Gate Project 13 featuring many of their top prospects.
Kizuna Road Night #1 Friday, June 15th, 2018 Saitama, Japan
Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura
Shota Umino and Tomoyuki Oka vs Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
Ren Narita, KUSHIDA, and David Finlay vs Roppongi 3K and Rocky Romero
Toa Henare and Togi Makabe vs Yoshi-Hashi and Toru Yano
Elimination Tag Match
Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi, Sanada, Evil, and Tetsuya Naito vs Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, and Takashi Iizuka
Elimination Tag Match
Ryusuke Taguchi, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Gedo, Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, Hirooki Goto, and Kazuchika Okada
Kizuna Road Night #2 Sunday, June 17th, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura
Manabu Nakanishi and Yugi Nagata vs Shota Umino and Tomoyuki Oka
Ren Narita and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
Ryusuke Taguchi, Kushida, Toa Henare, Jeff Cobb, and Togi Makabe vs Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero, Yoshi-Hashi and Toru Yano
Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi, Sanada, Evil, and Tetsuya Naito vs Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, and Takashi Iizuka
David Finlay, Juice Robinson, and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, and Kazuchika Okada
NEVER Openweight Championship
Michael Elgin (c) vs Hirooki Goto
Kizuna Road Night #3 Monday, June 18th, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura
Ren Narita and Shota Umino vs Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
Tomoyuki Oka and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare, David Finlay, and Togi Makabe vs Sho, Yoh, Yoshi-Hashi and Toru Yano
Bushi, Evil, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito vs Taka Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, and Takashi Iizuka
Kushida, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Gedo, Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, Hirooki Goto, and Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs El Desperado
At the very least, Tomohiro Ishii walked out of Korakuen Hall sore today (March 9).
In an opening round New Japan Cup battle, Ishii took on Michael Elgin. The bout was about as hard-hitting as one could imagine going into the event. In the end, “Unbreakable” Elgin picked up the win to advance in the tournament. He’ll meet Juice Robinson, who also advanced today, on Wednesday (March 14).
The Bump
There was one spot in the match that’ll make anyone wince. With Ishii and Elgin perched on the top turnbuckle, Elgin landed the crucifix powerbomb. Ishii plopped on the canvas right on his head. You can see the spot below:
Elgin and referee Red Shoes Umino were clearly communicating with Ishii to see if he was alright. The “Stone Pitbull” was well enough to take a buckle bomb followed by a burning hammer. After the match, Ishii sold being hurt and refused to allow Elgin or anyone else to help him back to his feet. There is no word on Ishii’s condition at this time.
NJPW wrestler, Michael Elgin, has filed a defamation lawsuit against a female wrestler who accused him of covering up an assault committed by a wrestler he was involved in training.
Elgin’s lawyer issued a press release regarding the filing of the lawsuit.
“It is really unfortunate it has come to this,” said Elgin’s lawyer, Steven Kratky. “Some claims *Name Removed* is making about my client are flat-out lies and misleading falsehoods. Mike really struggled with this decision, but ultimately realized that he had no other choice to conclusively establish the truth and clear his name,” the release continued.
Michael Elgin Leaked Text Messages
The party named in the defamation lawsuit posted several text messages from Elgin. These texts featured Elgin speaking poorly of her and his tag-team partner in the NJPW World Tag League, Jeff Cobb. Elgin has since apologized for his comments.
Elgin’s accuser claims he covered up a sexual assault involving a wrestler he was training.
“Look, Mike is only suing to establish the truth: that he is not an abuser, did not abuse Ms. Woodward, and did not cover-up a sexual assault,” Kratky said. “The only way to properly do that is through the judicial process.”
The press release continues:
“The lawsuit also alleges that *Name Removed*, has placed him in a false light by wrongly associating his name with men who sexually assault women and in opposition to the “Me Too” movement, and publicly disclosed private facts.”
New Japan are currently hosting their final tour before the big January 4th spectacular from the Tokyo Dome. The ‘World Tag League’ sees performers from across the globe join forces to go for the coveted prize; a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Titles.
Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin are one of the teams on the tour, Matt Riddle had previously been scheduled to join Cobb however New Japan officials reportedly nixed this plan due to Riddle’s past drug use.
It has now come to light that Elgin is not exactly a huge fan of his WTL partner, the tweet below from Twitter user MOses Malone shows private conversations between herself and Elgin exposing the bad blood and as you can see Cobb has replied…we’ll keep you updated as this situation develops.
Billy Corgan took over control of the National Wrestling Alliance last month and has been building the NWA title by promoting it on Championship Wrestling from Hollywood events since.
On Sunday, Tim Storm (c) defeated Nick Aldis in the first title match under Corgan’s ownership. Yesterday, the company announced they are “open for business” and several wrestlers issued a response.
The @NWA is “open for business” says National Wrestling Alliance President William Corgan (@Billy)
If anyone wants to step up to challenge the champion, reach out to @Lagana.
Is now a good time to mention the fact that Tim used the ropes to reverse the cradle and it shouldn't have counted? Is Mr Scoggins going to re-write history when he tells those kids how he "won"?
Can’t wait to put Tim Storm out of his old misery, gonna spike him on his head with an apron Death Valley Driver sending him into cardiac arrest and pin his tanned corpse for the @nwa world heavyweight championship
In the late 90s, the old NWO faction would release “paid advertisements” on Nitro. Bullet Club is now doing the same in NJPW.
The faction has been the focal point of NJPW’s marketing strategy for their July 1st and 2nd shows in L.A, and have now released the following video:
Bullet Club at NJPW G1 L.A Special
Somewhat surprisingly, Cody will receive an IWGP heavyweight title shot on night 1 of the 2-night event. At Dominion, Cody defeated Michael Elgin in what turned out to be a pretty important match.
The rest of the announced lineup so far:
NJPW July 1st 2017 Lineup
the Briscoes, Will Ospreay, & Roppongi Vice (CHAOS) vs. Bad Luck Fale, the Young Bucks, Yujiro Takahashi & Marty Scurll (Bullet Club)
Jushin Liger, Volador Jr., Dragon Lee & Titan vs. Sanada, Evil, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi (Los Ingobernables)
IWGP U.S Championship Tournament (1st Round)
Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page (Bullet Club)
IWGP U.S Championship Tournament (1st Round)
Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kushida, Jay White & David Finlay vs. Billy Gunn, Yoshi Tatsu, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
The much anticipated Pro Wrestling World Cup has now officially begun.
If you have not yet heard of the tournament or are unaware of the format then check out the statement from WCPW below for full clarification:
“Run over ten separate dates beginning March 21st, the Pro Wrestling World Cup will see competitors from six continents compete in eight preliminary tournaments – to be held in several different countries.
The preliminaries will see eight men competing in a single fall elimination tournament. Each preliminary tournament will consist of competitors from a single country: Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, USA. A tournament will also be held for competitors from the Rest Of The World, with eight further countries represented. Two winners will proceed from each tournament.”
WCPW has now released the match ups for the Canadian leg of the Qualifying rounds in association with Smash Wrestling:
The much anticipated Pro Wrestling World Cup has now officially begun.
If you have not yet heard of the tournament or are unaware of the format then check out the statement from WCPW below for full clarification:
“Run over ten separate dates beginning March 21st, the Pro Wrestling World Cup will see competitors from six continents compete in eight preliminary tournaments – to be held in several different countries.
The preliminaries will see eight men competing in a single fall elimination tournament. Each preliminary tournament will consist of competitors from a single country: Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, USA. A tournament will also be held for competitors from the Rest Of The World, with eight further countries represented. Two winners will proceed from each tournament.”
WCPW has revealed further information on the Canadian & German qualifying rounds that take place May 14th and July 2nd respectively, the Canadian qualifier will feature:
Michael Elgin
Kyle O’Reilly
Harry Smith
Rene Dupree
Tyson Dux
Brent Banks
Tarik
Franky The Mobster
The First Round for the German qualifiers will feature:
Axel Dieter Jr
Tarkan Aslan
“Bad Bones” John Klinger
Pascal Splater
Juvenile X
Lucky Kid
Cash Money Erkan
Crazy Sexy Mike
Both the English and Scottish qualifying rounds have already taken place and you can watch both in full for free on What Culture’s YouTube channel:
New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that several title matches will take place on March 6th 2017. The event is to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the promotion and will air live on New Japan World (5am est.)
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show Lineup
Jushin Liger and Hirai Kawato vs. Tiger Mask and Tomoyuki Oka
Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Gedo and Jado (CHAOS) vs. El Desparado, Taka Michinoku, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki-Gun)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale and Kenny Omega (Bullet Club)
Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, Bushi and Sanada (Los Ingobernables) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, Kushida and Juice Robinson
RPW British Heavyweight Championship
Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. *
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Roppongi Vice (c) vs. Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (Suzuki-Gun)
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (c)(CHAOS) vs. Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe (GBH)**
Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) vs. Tiger Mask W***
* Zack Sabre Jr. is making his NJPW debut ** This match was made after GBH beat CHAOS at Togi Makabe’s anniversary show this weekend. *** non-title match. Tiger Mask W is played by Kota Ibushi and is from the current Tiger Mask anime series.
Here are the results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s ‘The New Beginning’ event that took place in Osaka, Japan to a gate of around 5,500 people:
TAKA Michinoku b. Henare – TAKA took the win in just under 5 minutes after hitting the Heavy Killer Number 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima b. Yoshitatsu & KUSHIDA – Kojima took the pinfall victory for his team after hitting a Lariat on Yoshi Tatsu
Yuji Nagata, Juice Robinson, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV b. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Gedo – Juice continues to impress in his NJPW by taking the pinfall victory over Jado, expect him to have a strong showing in the New Japan Cup as he is expected to enter.
Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi b. Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero & Barreta – Kanemaru took the win over Rocky Romero, yet another win for him over the IWGP Junior Tag Team Champion
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match – SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI b.Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi – SANADA hit the Skull End on Nakanishi to dethrone the champions in their first defence. Los Ingobernables are crowned the 11th champions
Revolution Pro Wrestling British Heavyweight Championship Match – Katsuyori Shibata b. Will Ospreay – Shibata retains his title in an EXCELLENT bout, cementing Will Ospreay as a true global star. Shibata’s next opponent for the belt will most likely be Zack Sabre Jr in the UK
IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match – Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano b. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka – Yano rolled up Davey Boy Smith Jr in a schoolboy to retain his and Ishii’s titles, this was their second successful defence
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match –Hiromu Takahashi b. Dragon Lee – Takahashi hit the TIME BOMB in around 18 minutes to retain his title in his first official defence. Taguchi appeared after the match and will likely be the next challenger for the belt
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match – Tetsuya Naito b. Michael Elgin – Naito hit the Destino to retain his title in his 3rd defence, The Los Ingobernables stable celebrated after the match as all members now hold a championship in NJPW
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Here are the results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s ‘The New Beginning’ show that took place in Sapporo, Japan:
Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado b KUSHIDA & Hirai Kawato – Desperado hit the Guitara de Angel on Kawato to take the win for his team. He now looks set to join the Junior ranks in NJPW following a staredown with KUSHIDA after the match.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata b. Yoshitatsu, Henare & Tomoyuki Oka – Nagata took the submission win with the Nagata Lock 2 on Oka.
Will Ospreay, Jado & Gedo b. Katsuyori Shibata, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV – Ospreay hit the OsCutter on Tiger Mask to take the pinfall victory. He stated after the match that he would defeat Shibata for the Revolution Pro British Heavyweight Championship on February 11th
YOSHI-HASHI b. Takashi Iizuka – YOSHI-HASHI took the win in around 7 minutes with the Karma
Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee b. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi – Dragon Lee won the bout following the Death Nukadora in around 13 minutes, he and Takahashi had a staredown after the bout ahead of their clash over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt on February 11th.
IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: Rocky Romero & Barreta b. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku – Barretta hit the Strong Zero on TAKA Michinoku to retain the belts for Roppongi Vice in their 1st defence as champions.
NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto b. Juice Robinson – Goto successfully defended his NEVER title after hitting the GTR for the pinfall victory. This was his first defence since winning the title from Shibata at Wrestle Kingdom.
IWGP Tag Championship Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano b. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. – Yano rolled up Makabe in a schoolboy for the pinfall victory, this was also Ishii/Yano’s first title defence.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada b. Minoru Suzuki – Okada hit the Rainmaker on Suzuki for his third successful title defence. No one appeared after the match to challenge Okada for the belt however Okada hinted that Tiger Mask W may be his next feud.
New Japan have officially announced the cards for their two ‘New Beginning’ shows that take place on February 5th/11th in Sapporo and Osaka, Japan respectively. Following the events of the New Years Dash show Suzuki-Gun are set to make a huge impact on the landscape of New Japan with the group’s leader Minoru Suzuki set to face IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada for the belt in Sapporo on February 5th.
Also notable is the inclusion of a Revolution Pro Wrestling title bout between Shibata and Will Ospreay on the Osaka show. Shibata won the RPW British Heavyweight title from Zack Sabre Jr at the company’s last York Hall show.
The cards line up as follows:
New Beginning in Sapporo (02/05/17)
KUSHIDA & Hirai Kawato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (Suzuki-Gun)
Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Yoshitatsu & David Finlay & Henare
Katsuyori Shibata & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. CHAOS’ Will Ospreay & Gedo & Jado
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Takashi Iizuka
Michael Elgin & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA & EVIL & BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match – Roppongi Vice (c) vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (Suzuki-Gun)
NEVER Openweight Championship Match – Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Juice Robinson
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match – Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (c) vs. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. The Killer Elite Squad
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match – Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
New Beginning in Osaka (02/11/17)
Yoshitatsu & Hirai Kawato vs. David Finlay & Henare
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & KUSHIDA vs. Suzuki-gun’s Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
Juice Robinson & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo & Jado
Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero & Beretta (CHAOS) vs. Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (Suzuki-Gun)
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi & Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. SANADA & EVIL & BUSHI
Revolution Pro British Heavyweight Championship Match – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Will Ospreay
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match – Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (c) vs. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Killer Elite Squad
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match – Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Dragon Lee
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match – Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin
Here are the results from New Japan’s annual New Year Dash show. This is traditionally seen as New Japan’s version of the ‘Raw After Mania’ and the main storylines/feuds heading into February’s New Beginning shows start to take shape.
Kyle O’Reilly, Ricochet & David Finlay b. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Henare – Finlay took the win for his team
Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page b. Yoshitatsu & Billy Gunn – Hangman Page took the win after hitting the Right of Passage on Yoshitatsu
YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Barreta b. Adam Cole and The Young Bucks – Yoshi-Hashi took the pinfall victory for his team after rolling up ROH Champion Adam Cole
Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Hiro Saito & Cheeseburger b. Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & BONE SOLDIER – Kojima hit the Lariat on BONE SOLDIER to take the win for his team
Michael Elgin & KUSHIDA b. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi – Elgin took the win after hitting a Burning Hammer on Naito, he now looks set to be the next challenger for Naito’s Intercontinental Championship. CMLL Star Dragon Lee also appeared to attack longtime rival Takahashi and stated that he wants a shot at Takahashi’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Katsuyori Shibata, Yuji Nagata & Juice Robinson b. Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay – Robinson took the shock win over NEVER Champion Hirooki Goto to set himself as the next challenger for the title
NJPW/NOAH legend Minoru Suzuki appeared after the bout with his stable (The Suzuki Army) and attacked the members of CHAOS, Suzuki then proclaimed that all of New Japan’s titles will soon be theirs.
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi b. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI – Nakanishi hit the Hercules Cutter on BUSHI to win the titles and make Los Ingobernables’ title reign end after one day.
– Former Ring Of Honor World Champion Michael Elgin announced on Thursday that he’ll no longer be working for the promotion. He will continue working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (including their joint shows with ROH overseas), but will be working elsewhere in the United States. Elgin signed a 2-year deal with NJPW earlier this year. His new promotion Glory Pro launches in early 2017.
– After returning to the ring at NXT live events last weekend, WWE’s Cathy Kelley has a new video questioning if the Ravishing Russian could be preparing for an extended run in NXT.
Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay b. Adam Cole, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi – Ishii hit the Brainbuster on Yujiro to secure the win for his team
Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Bobby Fish b. Toru Yano, Jado, Rocky Romero & Barreta – Honma hit the Kokeshi headbutt on Romero to take the win
NJPW vs NOAH Special 8 Man Tag Match:Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya b. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi – Shiozaki hit the Go-Arm Lariat on Nakanishi to take the win
IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: The Young Bucks b. Ricochet & David Finlay – The Bucks hit the More Bang For For Your Buck on Finlay to retain their titles IWGP Tag Championship Match:Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa b. The Briscoes – Tonga hit the Guerrilla Warfare on Mark Briscoe to secure the win and make he and his brother the new IWGP Tag Team Champions
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA & Jay Lethal b. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI – Elgin hit the Elgin-Bomb on Naito to take the win for his team
NEVER Openweight Championship Match:Katsuyori Shibata b. Kyle O’Reilly – Shibata took the win via referee stoppage at the 18 minute mark.
Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title Contender Match:Kenny Omega b. Hirooki Goto – Omega hit the One Winged Angel to hold on to the briefcase that earns him an IWGP Title match at the Tokyo Dome in January 2017
?Winner: Omega (21:52) with the Katayoku no Tenshi.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match:Kazuchika Okada b. Naomichi Marufuji – Okada retained his title following a Rainmaker
New Japan have officially announced the full card for their October 10th event ‘King of Pro Wrestling,’ here is how the card stacks up:
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Naomichi Marufuji
Tokyo Dome IWGP Challenge Rights Match: Kenny Omega vs Hirooki Goto
NEVER Openweight Title Match: Katsuyoshi Shibata (c) vs Kyle O’Reilly
Naito, SANADA, EVIL, and BUSHI vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA and Jay Lethal
IWGP Tag Title Match: The Briscoe Brothers (c) vs Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
IWGP Junior Tag Title Match: Young Bucks (c) vs Ricochet and David Finlay
New Japan vs NOAH Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
Here are the results from New Japan’s Destruction in Tokyo event:
Rocky Romero & Barreta b. David Finlay & Henare – Barreta hit the Dudebuster on Henare to secure the win for his team
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi b. Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan – Nagata hit the Exploder of Justice on Captain New Japan for the win
Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV b. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Thunder Liger – Honma took the pinfall win after hitting the Kokeshi
Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo b. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens – Ishii hit the Brainbuster on Tanga Loa to take the pinfall victory
Kyle O’Reilly b. Juice Robinson – O’Reilly took the win after hitting the Armageddon, he is now the next challenger for the NEVER Openweight title
Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay b. Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi – YOSHI-HASHI hit the Karma on Yujiro to secure the pinfall victory for his team
Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & EVIL b. Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi – SANADA hit the Skull End on Taguchi to take the win
NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Katsuyori Shibata b. Bobby Fish – Shibata hit the Penalty Kick to take the pinfall win IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: BUSHI b. KUSHIDA – BUSHI took the pinfall win over KUSHIDA to become the 74th champion in IWGP JH history
Here are the results for New Japan’s Road to Destruction event in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo:
David Finlay b. Henare – Finlay hits the Prima Nocta to take the win
Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens b. Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan – Yujiro hits the Pimp Juice on Captain New Japan to secure the win for his team
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Jushin Thunder Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi b. Will Ospreay, Gedo, Rocky Romero & Barreta – Taguchi pinned Romero to secure the win for his team
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma b. Yuji Nagata & Manadu Nakanishi – Makabe hits the King Kong Knee Drop on Nakanishi to secure the win
EVIL b. Juice Robinson – EVIL took the pinfall victory in this match
Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish b. Katsuyori Shibata & Tiger Mask IV – O’Reilly got the pinfall after he and Fish hit the Chasing The Dragon on Tiger Mask
Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI b. Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa – Ishii hit the Brainbuster on Tanga Loa to secure the victory for his team
Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI b. Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA – BUSHI hit the MX on KUSHIDA to take the pinfall win
Here are the results for Day 17 of the G1 Climax tournament:
Jay & Mark Briscoe b. Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan – The Briscoes win when Mark hits a diving elbow drop on Captain New Japan inside 4 minutes
Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakaishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV b. Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay – Liger took the win with a ground cobra twist
Katsuyori Shibata, Michael Elgin, Satoshi Kojima & KUSHIDA b. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Atsushi Kotoge – Kojima took the win with a Lariat on Kotoge
Kenny Omega, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page b. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI & Jay Lethal – Page took the win for Bullet Club following a Rite of Passage on BUSHI
Tama Tonga b. Bad Luck Fale – Tonga teased twice that he would take the fall so that Fale would have a chance to get to the final, he took the win with the Gun Stun
Hirooki Goto b. Naomichi Marufuji – Goto took the win with the GTR to keep himself alive in the tournament, he just needed a draw or a double DQ/double count out from Okada/Tanahashi
Tanahashi and Okada went to a 30 minute time limit draw, this is a match that you have to go out of your way to see as it is easily one of the greatest matches in G1 tournament history. Due to the result Goto wins A block and advances to the final on Sunday.
Here are the results from Day 16 of the G1 Climax Tournament:
Rysuke Taguchi b. David Finlay – Taguchi takes the win after hitting the Dodon
Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale b. Juice Robinson, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima – Tonga hits the Gun Stun to take the win for his team
SANADA & BUSHI b. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan – SANADA hits the Skull End to take the win for his team
Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji b. Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi – Goto secures the win for his team after hitting the GTR on Jushin Thunder Liger
Kenny Omega b. Katsuhiko Nakajima – Omega hits the One Winged Angel to take his scorecard up to 5-3, Nakajima is now on 4-4
EVIL b. Toru Yano – EVIL takes the pinfall win to move up to 3-5, Yano is now 4-4
Tetsuya Naito b. YOSHI-HASHI – Naito takes the win with the Destino in what is possibly YOSHI-HASHI’s best match to date. Naito is now on 6-2 and YOSHI-HASHI is 3-5
Katsuyori Shibata b. Yuji Nagata – Shibata took the referee stoppage win with Nagata in a sleeper hold, Shibata is now 5-3
Michael Elgin b. Tomoaki Honma – Elgin takes his 5th win of the tournament while handing Honma his 6th loss, Elgin is 5-3, Honma is 2-6