01/04/10 New Japan Results

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM IV IN TOKYO DOME”,
January 4, 2010 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
41,500 Fans

Nakamura remains the strongest with a decisive victory over Takayama. NJ and NOAH share the spoils with Sugiura besting Goto to keep his title, NJ ace Tanahashi defeating NOAH ace Shiozaki in an alleged 2010 Best Bout candidate, Marufuji dethroning Tiger Mask in a spectacular match, and Makabe making short work of Yone. NO LIMIT returned and made an incredible impact, beating the two gaijin teams to lift the IWGP Tag Team Title – TenKoji comparisons arise as the two cocky youngsters look to become a franchise team for New Japan. Full report to follow of what was called a “god performance”, one of the best Dome shows in years.

1. New Japan Pro-Wrestling 2010 Beginning: Super Strong Machine, Wataru Inoue & Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Kazuchika Okada (4:59) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Okada.

2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Amistad combativa~: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (c) beat Ultimo Guerrero & Averno (9:07) when Taguchi pinned Averno after the Black Hole Vacation (4th defense).

3. IWGP Tag Team Title – 3WAY Hardcore Rules Match ~Victim and Greed~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon (c) and Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (13:28) when Yujiro pinned Anderson after the Limitless Emotion to become the 55th champions.

4. Wrestle Kingdom Special Tag Match ~Blood Stream Blue~: TAJIRI & Masato Tanaka beat Yuji Nagata & Akebono (9:37) when TAJIRI used a Buzzsaw kick on Nagata.

5. Wrestle Kingdom Special 8 Man Tag Match ~The legend never rots~: Terry Funk, Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi beat Abdullah The Butcher, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (8:52) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Iizuka.

6. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Wilderness~: Togi Makabe beat Mohammed Yone (5:39) with a top rope King Kong kneedrop.

7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Highest sky~: Naomichi Marufuji beat Tiger Mask (c) (14:14) with the Tiger Frosion to become the 59th champion.

8. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Radiance~: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Go Shiozaki (19:04) with the High Fly Flow.

9. GHC Heavyweight Title – NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Blast~: Takashi Sugiura (c) beat Hirooki Goto (20:54) with an ankle hold (1st defense).

10. IWGP Heavyweight Title – The newest, The strongest: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:51) with the Boma Ye (4th defense).

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1/2 of the World Tag Team Champs tours NOAH

Keith “Venom” Walker who with “Krusher” Rasche Brown defeated Los Luchas for the World Tag Team Championship titles last month. Walker has been an acomplished independent wrestler in his own right being a former WLW Heavyweight Champion and the AWA Superstars of Wrestling US Title. Walker has also competed in WWE’s developmental leagues Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling. Venom will be starting his tour on Nov. 16th in a match against Mitsuhara Misawa. On the 18th Walker teams with NWA GCW star Bull Buchanan to take on Misawa and Akira Taue. Buchanan and Walker then take on Jun Akiyama and Tamon Honda on the 19th. On the 23rd as part of the Semi-Finals of the Six Man Tag Heavyweight Tournament, Akitoshi Saito, Bison Smith and Walker will take on Misawa, Takeshi Morishima and Mohammed Yone. The 24th sees “Venom” take on GHC Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki. On Thanksgiving, Walker and Buchanan will battle Morishima & Yone. Walkers last match for the month see him teaming with Saito and Smith to take on Akiyama, Takeshi Rikio & Kentaro Shiga.

This excursion could make Walker an International Phenom. Buchanan and Smith have toured regularly with NOAH for several years now.

Credit Green Destiny

Congrats to Bryan Danielson

The would be successor to the National Wrestling Alliance World Championship has obtained championship in a Ring of Honor ring, for NOAH Pro Wrestling. Danielson defeated the JR. Global Honor Champion, Yoshinobu Kanemaru with the Cattle Mutilation in front of 1,150 people to become the only 2nd American Born wrestler to hold such a title. Although Danielson hasn’t been in an NWA Ring lately, we here at the Alliance would like to congratulate the champion and look forward to his lengthy reign.

GCW Updates

First the results have been made available for the GCW Wargames. The video bellow was a 30 minute piece GCW did to count down to their Wargames match. You can read the results by clicking here. What I find really interesting is that Bull Buchanan is returning from his tour of Japan with NOAH. But he isn’t coming alone. Buchanan will be bringing with him to GCW, former NWA Tag Team Champion, D-Lo Brown. This will mark the first time D-Lo has appeared for GCW.