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Date:\u00a0 February 8th, 2014 It has been awhile since I jumped back to NOAH but with January finally done (for now) I am the ‘farthest’ behind with NOAH of all the major promotions. This was a big card for NOAH, as Morishima defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Yuji Nagata. The rest of the card was faction based, with TMDK taking on all comers. Here is the full card:<\/p>\n – Genba Hirayanagi and Daisuke Harada vs. Taiji Ishimori and Hitoshi Kumano No six man tags, hooray!\u00a0 Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n Genba Hirayanagi and Daisuke Harada vs. Taiji Ishimori and Hitoshi Kumano<\/strong><\/span> They pick up Kumano, double Irish whip but Kumano throws Harada into Hirayanagi and then dropkicks Harada.\u00a0 Kumano makes the hot tag to Ishimori and Ishimori hits a missile dropkick onto Hirayanagi.\u00a0 Ishimori kicks Harada out of the ring and then hits a jumping double knee strike on Hirayanagi.\u00a0 Reverse doublestomp out of the corner by Ishimori, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Ishimori goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits the Meteora.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Ishimori applies a modified Camel Clutch, Harada runs in but Kumano dropkicks him out of the ring.\u00a0 In the ring, Hirayanagi makes it to the ropes, Ishimori picks him up and goes for a piledriver but Hirayanagi grabs Ishimori low and then hits a suplex.\u00a0 Hirayanagi tags in Harada, Harada kicks Ishimori, Irish whip and Harada hits an overhead suplex.\u00a0 Jumping elbow in the corner by Harada and he puts Ishimori up on the top turnbuckle.\u00a0 Harada joins him and he hits a superplex.\u00a0 Facebuster by Harada, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Harada picks up Ishimori but Ishimori elbows him and they trade shots.\u00a0 Superkick by Ishimori, he goes off the ropes but Harada hits a roaring elbow.\u00a0 Harada puts Ishimori on his shoulders and hits a death valley driver.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Harada goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a diving elbow drop.\u00a0 Cover, but Kumano barely breaks it up in time.\u00a0 Harada picks up Ishimori, Irish whip, Ishimori goes for a handstand elbow strike but Harada ducks it and gets Ishimori onto his shoulders.\u00a0 Ishimori lands on his feet when Harada goes for the Turn Over Knee, kick by Ishimori and a cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishimori picks up Harada and he goes for a suplex, but Harada gets out of it.\u00a0 Harada delivers the Henkei Knee Upper, but Ishimori quickly hits an Aussie Suplex Hold for the three count.\u00a0 Your winners: \u00a0Taiji Ishimori and Hitoshi Kumano<\/p>\n Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 This was a really good match and the type of match that I think more wrestling events should start off with.\u00a0 It was not only fast paced to get the crowd excited but it had some really good spots in it.\u00a0 The handstand elbow into the attempted Turn Over Knee for example was really well done, the saves were all timed perfectly, and it was just an exciting match.\u00a0 The time felt right as it didn\u2019t go too long, and all four wrestlers got a chance to shine.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t love Ishimori essentially no-selling the Henkei Knee Upper but besides that this was a really fun match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 7.5<\/span><\/p>\n Kenou and Hajime Ohara vs. Yoshinari Ogawa and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya<\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was a good match, I enjoy a good heel vs. face tag match from time to time as it helps keep things interesting.\u00a0 Fair \u2018see who is stronger\u2019 match-ups are fun too but seeing teams that cheat to beat the poor fan favorite still has a certain amount of extra charm.\u00a0 Kenou and Ohara are also good wrestlers which helps so they don\u2019t have to lean on the \u2018heel\u2019 crutch too much, and Kitamiya continues to improve.\u00a0 Nothing special but a solid mid-card tag match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n Jonah Rock vs. Yoshihiro Takayama<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I am not really sure why this match existed.\u00a0 Takayama was not on any of the matches for the rest of the tour, so it didn\u2019t really set up anything.\u00a0 It was short, which is to be expected but it just meant that not a lot happened.\u00a0 On top of that we all knew there was a 0% chance that Rock was winning so it wasn\u2019t suspenseful.\u00a0 Just an unusual match to have and it lacked a redeemable quality.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Mikey Nicholls vs. Xtra Large<\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I hate to always point this out but the name is misleading, Xtra Large is smaller than I am.\u00a0 This was a pretty good match, its best trait really being that for the entire match they kept it moving so it never got a chance to drag or get boring.\u00a0 I was impressed that everything was pretty crisp, sometimes odd pairings don\u2019t come out well but they had pretty good chemistry together.\u00a0 I am not sure where the SSP came from but I love the move so I am not complaining.\u00a0 Nothing memorable but nothing really wrong with it either.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n Maybach Taniguchi vs. Shane Haste<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m one of the few people apparently that likes Taniguchi\u2019s gimmick, NOAH was so boring for so long with no real \u2018characters\u2019 that I am enjoying they finally made one.\u00a0 The lady in the front row getting mad that Haste landed on her was hilarious and made the match worth watching just for that, I mean if you are in the front row at a wrestling show these things happen.\u00a0 The match got a little plodding a few times and the stands brawling went on a bit too long, but overall it was a good match.\u00a0 Haste is really being put over strong as he essentially got over on the entire Morishima Army (except Morishima himself) and picked up the convincing win.\u00a0 An enjoyable match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami<\/strong><\/span> Ishikawa Irish whips Nakajima and he hits a hard elbow.\u00a0 Ishikawa picks up Nakajima, Irish whip to the corner and Ishikawa hits an elbow.\u00a0 Another elbow by Ishikawa, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishikawa picks up Nakajima, Nakajima goes off the ropes but Ishikawa apples a cobra twist.\u00a0 Nakajima gets into the ropes to force a break, stomps by Ishikawa, he picks up Nakajima and applies a waistlock but Nakajima gets out of it and reverses the hold.\u00a0 They trade waistlocks, elbow by Ishikawa and he goes off the ropes but Nakajima kicks Ishikawa in the chest.\u00a0 Nakajima tags in Yone, Yone kicks Ishikawa when he charges in but Ishikawa kicks him back.\u00a0 Elbow by Ishikawa but Yone delivers a jumping kick.\u00a0 Kicks to the chest by Yone but Ishikawa gets back up and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Yone goes off the ropes but Ishikawa catches him with a dropkick.\u00a0 Ishikawa tags in Kawakami, elbows by Kawakami, Irish whip, reversed, and Kawakami hits an elbow.\u00a0 Irish whip by Kawakami to the corner and he hits an elbow.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to the corner to Yone, Ishikawa hits an elbow and Kawakami hits an elbow as well.\u00a0 Double vertical suplex to Yone, cover by Kawakami but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Waistlock by Kawakami but Yone elbows out of it, German suplex by Kawakami but Nakajima runs in.\u00a0 Yone lariats everybody , and then both he and Nakajima kick Kawakami.\u00a0 Cover, but Ishikawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Nakajima dumps Ishikawa out of the ring and goes out after him, while in the ring Yone goes off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Kawakami doesn\u2019t go down, Yone goes off the ropes again but Kawakami hits an exploder.\u00a0 Kawakami goes for a slam but Yone elbows him off and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Kawakami goes off the ropes, lariat by Yone and he delivers a high kick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yone puts Kawakami up on the top turnbuckle and he hits a Muscle Buster.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima<\/p>\n Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Yone was the person I least wanted to pick on the win so of course he did, I just think in general he is a waste of space at this point in his career.\u00a0 Anyway aside from that this was not a bad match, but not a great one either.\u00a0 The big moves didn\u2019t mean much as it wasn\u2019t long before they were just trading elbow again, and the submission holds on Kawakami came across as just filling time since they meant nothing in the grand scheme of the match itself.\u00a0 The action was fundamentally sound but lacking anything interesting.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n KENTA and Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Atsushi Kotoge<\/strong><\/span> Spear by Sugiura to Marufuji and he hits a big boot in the corner.\u00a0 Jumping lariat by Marufuji, Irish whip, reversed, high kick by Marufuji and he hits a second one.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji picks up Sugiura and goes for the Shiranui but Sugiura blocks it and hits a release German suplex.\u00a0 Superkick by Marufuji but Sugiura hits a series of elbows and both wrestlers fall to the mat.\u00a0 Sugiura tags in KENTA and KENTA hits a swandive missile dropkick.\u00a0 Kick by KENTA in the corner and he hits a running dropkick.\u00a0 Kotoge runs in but KENTA knocks him down with a lariat.\u00a0 KENTA picks up Marufuji and goes for the Go 2 Sleep but Marufuji gets out of it, Marufuji goes off the ropes but KENTA hits a powerslam for a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji picks up KENTA, Irish whip by KENTA but Marufuji dropkicks KENTA.\u00a0 Marufuji tags in Kotoge, Kotoge charges KENTA but KENTA moves out of the way.\u00a0 KENTA dropkicks Marufuji off the apron while Sugiura comes in the ring, Irish whip to Kotoge to the corner but Kotoge avoids both of their charges.\u00a0 Face crusher by Kotoge to KENTA and he dropkicks Sugiura.\u00a0 KENTA goes up to the second turnbuckle, he grabs KENTA and applies a choke over the top rope.\u00a0 Kotoge goes out to the apron, he rolls in and hits a cutter.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kotoge picks up KENTA and goes for the Killswitch, but KENTA blocks it.\u00a0 Drop toehold by KENTA and he applies a STF, but Kotoge makes it to the ropes.\u00a0 KENTA picks up Kotoge, he puts Kotoge on his shoulders but Kotoge slides off and hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Kotoge goes to the apron, Marufuji kicks KENTA as Kotoge goes for a swandive body press, but KENTA gets his knees up.\u00a0 Sugiura grabs Kotoge from the floor and then gets in the ring, and Sugiura plants Kotoge with a spear.\u00a0 KENTA goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving doublestomp.\u00a0 Cover, but Marufuji breaks it up.\u00a0 Sugiura throws Marufuji out of the ring again, KENTA picks up Kotoge but Kotoge hits a backslide for a two count.\u00a0 Roll-up by Kotoge, but he gets another two.\u00a0 Superkick by Kotoge and he hits a second and a third.\u00a0 Leg Kick by Kotoge, cover, but KENTA barely gets his shoulder up.\u00a0 Kotoge picks up KENTA and goes for the Killswitch, but KENTA blocks it.\u00a0 Kotoge drop toeholds KENTA into the second rope and kicks him, he goes off the far ropes but KENTA moves and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count when Marufuji breaks it up.\u00a0 Kick combination by KENTA and he hits the Busaiku Knee Kick.\u00a0 Cover, but Kotoge gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 KENTA picks up Kotoge, elbows by Kotoge and a headbutt, more headbutts by Kotoge but KENTA gets Kotoge on his shoulders and hits the Go 2 Sleep.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 KENTA and Takashi Sugiura<\/p>\n Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I loved the match until the end, but even with that it was really pretty great.\u00a0 Kotoge got an equal chance to shine against Sugiura and KENTA, even winning a strike battle against Sugiura, so I am glad I am not the only one that sees a lot of potential in him.\u00a0 KENTA and Marufuji of course have great chemistry together as they have wrestled with and against each other for over a decade now.\u00a0 I really didn\u2019t like the end where Kotoge shrugs off the Knee Kick, gives KENTA a few hard headbutts which KENTA then promptly shrugs off and wins with the GTS, I don\u2019t mind some \u2018fighting spirit\u2019 but it just wasn\u2019t very well done and made the moves seem a lot less significant.\u00a0 Still, it was a great fast paced and hard hitting match that I\u2019d definitely recommend for a view.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 8.0<\/span><\/p>\n (c) Takeshi Morishima\u00a0vs. Yuji Nagata<\/strong><\/span> Nagata picks up Morishima and hits an armbreaker.\u00a0 Another armbreaker by Nagata and he applies a seated armbar, Kenou and Taniguchi get on the apron but Nagata knocks them off.\u00a0 Nagata goes back to Morishima and clubs him in the back, Morishima chops Nagata and they trade strikes.\u00a0 Nagata goes off the ropes and hits a big boot, sending Morishima into the referee.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Morishima, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Nagata has recovered and joins him.\u00a0 Headbutts by Nagata but Kenou runs in the ring and hits Nagata with the kendo stick.\u00a0 Ohara comes in the ring too, Nagata is thrown in the apron and both Kenou and Ohara hit running strikes.\u00a0 Lariat by Morishima and he goes for a backdrop suplex, but Nagata elbows out of it.\u00a0 Elbows by Nagata, he goes off the ropes but Taniguchi hits him with a chair from the floor.\u00a0 Heel kick by Nagata and both wrestlers are on the mat. \u00a0Exploder by Nagata but Morishima fires back with a lariat, waistlock by Nagata but Morishima elbows out of it.\u00a0 Jumping kick by Nagata, he goes off the ropes but Morishima hits a lariat.\u00a0 Another lariat by Morishima, cover, but it gets a two count. Morishima picks up Nagata and drops him with the backdrop driver, cover, but Nagata barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Lariat to the back of the head by Morishima, he goes off the ropes but Nagata kicks him in the arm and hits a release German suplex.\u00a0 Release backdrop suplex by Nagata and he hits a knee in the corner.\u00a0 Morishima chops Nagata off but Nagata applies the seated armbar.\u00a0 Morishima gets a foot on the bottom rope, Nagata picks him up and he hits another jumping kick.\u00a0 Wrist-clutch exploder by Nagata, cover, but it gets a two count when the referee is pulled out of the ring.\u00a0 Kenou gets in the ring and kicks Nagata, then Ohara hits a sliding kick.\u00a0 Chokeslam by Taniguchi, Ohara gets a table and slides it into the ring.\u00a0 They set up the table, they put Nagata up on the top turnbuckle but Haste and Nicholls run down and clear the ring of the Morishima Army.\u00a0 The table is laid back down, and Nagata hits a brainbuster onto the table.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Morishima and he hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but Morishima gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Morishima, Morishima clubs him off but Nagata hits a high kick.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Morishima and nails the Backdrop Hold for the three count.\u00a0 Your winner and new champion:\u00a0 Yuji Nagata<\/p>\n Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0The action itself was fine, it was more the story I had an issue with.\u00a0 Morishima is of course a heel and cheated during the entire match with his cronies (apparently this was an unannounced No DQ match), but Nagata was an invading wrestler with no prior ties to NOAH.\u00a0 The crowd kinda cheered for Nagata since he was the face, but on the other hand normally the invading wrestler from New Japan is not cheered.\u00a0 They spent a few months putting over the Morishima Army, and the wrestler they have to overcome the odds and beat him for the belt is a wrestler from another promotion?\u00a0 Just very confusing, it pretty much killed the Morishima Army and they didn\u2019t put over any of their own wrestlers in the process.\u00a0 Aside from some selling issues the match itself was perfectly acceptable although nothing special, but the layout was just too odd for me to fully comprehend.\u00a0 Score: 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Best Match: KENTA and Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Atsushi Kotoge.<\/strong> Aside from them getting a little carried away at the end, I thought that this was a great match. Kotoge is really coming into his own, he isn’t a flawless wrestler by any stretch but everything he did in this match was on point and he was given a lot by KENTA and Sugiura. Marufuji has been wrestling KENTA and Sugiura for so long they have great chemistry, and the match never slowed down for twenty minutes. Really entertaining co-main event.<\/p>\n MVP:<\/strong>\u00a0 Atsushi Kotoge.\u00a0 <\/strong>Even though he got pinned, Kotoge stood out the most on this event. He went toe to toe with both Sugiura and KENTA, and at times came out ahead of both of the veteran NOAH stars. He hit all his moves very crisply and sold moves well also, if this was a main event this could have been a star-making match. He still needs to pick up a big NOAH win, but he definitely appears to be going in the right direction.<\/p>\n Overall:<\/strong>\u00a0 Except for the main event not delivering on a logic level, this was a good event. I am really enjoying the different factions in NOAH, even though the Morishima Army didn’t come out looking great at least TMDK did, and it made the matches a lot more interesting. There was only one not particularly good match on the card and most were above average. The main event from an in-ring standpoint was fine, I just didn’t like the story it was trying to tell, I think a NOAH wrestler would have been better in the Nagata role. Overall, a light recommendation.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:\u00a0 Tokyo, Japan
\nAnnounced Attendance:\u00a0 1,700 (No Vacancy)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n– Kenou and Hajime Ohara vs. Yoshinari Ogawa and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
\n– Jonah Rock vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
\n– Mikey Nicholls vs. Xtra Large
\n– Maybach Taniguchi vs. Shane Haste
\n– Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami
\n– KENTA and Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Atsushi Kotoge
\n– GHC Heavyweight Championship: Takeshi Morishima vs. Yuji Nagata<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHarada and Ishimori start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, waistlock by Harada but Ishimori reverses it into a wristlock.\u00a0 Harada reverses it back, Irish whip by Ishimori, reversed, and Ishimori hits a headscissors.\u00a0 Harada falls out of the ring but he gets back in, Ishimori goes for a superkick but Harada avoids it.\u00a0 Hirayanagi is tagged in, so Ishimori tags in Kumano.\u00a0 Kick by Kumano and he applies a side headlock, but Hirayanagi reverses it.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Hirayanagi and he stomps on Kumano in the back of the head.\u00a0 Irish whip by Hirayanagi, reversed, and Kumano delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Kumano picks up Hirayanagi and throws him into the corner but Hirayanagi hits a lariat.\u00a0 Hirayanagi tags in Harada, and Harada stomps Kumano.\u00a0 Elbow by Harada but Kumano returns fire, and Harada hits a hard slap.\u00a0 Harada tags in Hirayanagi, and Hirayanagi stomps on Kumano.\u00a0 Hirayanagi picks up Kumano and he clubs Kumano in the back.\u00a0 Irish whip by Hirayanagi and he hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Reverse chinlock by Hirayanagi but Kumano gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Hirayanagi tags in Harada and Harada stomps on Kumano in the back.\u00a0 Harada picks up Kumano, Kumano clubs Harada in the chest but Harada elbows him back.\u00a0 Hard elbow by Harada, Harada picks up Kumano and he hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Harada goes up to the second turnbuckle and he hits a diving doublestomp.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Harada picks up Kumano and he tags in Hirayanagi.\u00a0 Hirayanagi kicks Kumano in the ribs and knees him in the chest.\u00a0 Hirayanagi and Kumano trade blows, Hirayanagi throws Kumano in the corner and Kumano kicks Hirayanagi back.\u00a0 Kumano goes for a dropkick but Hirayanagi side steps it.\u00a0 Hirayanagi picks up Kumano and goes for a vertical suplex, but Kumano blocks it.\u00a0 Kumano hits a vertical suplex, but Harada runs over and knocks Ishimori off the apron.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Kenou and Ohara brawl with their opponents before the match starts, and they spill outside of the ring.\u00a0 Kenou and Ohara double team Ogawa on the floor, and Kenou uses the kendo stick onto Ogawa.\u00a0 Ohara finally slides Ogawa into the ring where Kenou was waiting.\u00a0 Kenou and Ogawa trade chops, kicks by Kenou but Ogawa catches one and hits a dragon screw leg whip.\u00a0 Ogawa goes off the ropes but Kenou kicks him in the chest.\u00a0 Kenou picks up Ogawa and he throws Ogawa into Ohara\u2019s knee.\u00a0 Snapmare by Kenou to Ogawa and he applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Elbows by Ogawa, he goes off the ropes but Ohara applies a sleeper.\u00a0 Cover by Ohara but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohara throws Ogawa out of the ring, and Kenou hits Ogawa with the kendo stick.\u00a0 Kenou slides Ogawa back into the ring, cover by Ohara but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohara throws Ogawa into the corner and he tags in Kenou.\u00a0 Snapmare by Kenou and he applies a reverse chinlock to Ohara.\u00a0 Kenou chokes Ogawa with his wrist tape before picking him up, snapmare by Kenou and he hits a slingshot doublestomp.\u00a0 Cover by Kenou but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kenou tags in Ohara, he then takes Ogawa out of the ring and twists him around the ring post.\u00a0 Kenou slides Ogawa back in, Ohara picks up Ogawa and he hits a snap vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by Ohara but Ogawa blocks the hiptoss.\u00a0 Hiptoss by Ogawa, he goes off the ropes and Ohara hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Ohara picks up Ogawa and he hits a swinging side slam onto his knee.\u00a0 Ohara goes for a submission but Ogawa gets out of it and hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Ogawa throws Ohara into the corner, reversed, back elbow by Ogawa and he makes the hot tag to Kitamiya.\u00a0 Kitamiya elbows Kenou off the apron, he Irish whips Ohara into the corner and hits a running elbow strike.\u00a0 Snap suplex by Kitamiya to Ohara, he picks him up but Ohara clubs Kitamiya in the back.\u00a0 Back elbow by Kitamiya and he hits a suplex for a two count.\u00a0 Kitamiya goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but Ohara kicks out.\u00a0 Kitamiya goes off the ropes, slaps by Ohara and he kicks Kitamiya in the chest.\u00a0 Dropkick by Ohara, and Ohara makes the hot tag to Kenou.\u00a0 Kenou kicks Ogawa off the apron, and Kenou hits a double jumping knee onto Kitamiya.\u00a0 Sliding kick by Kenou, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Kenou applies an ankle hold to Kitamiya, Ogawa comes in the ring but Kenou catches his kick and kicks Ogawa in the leg.\u00a0 Kenou picks up Kitamiya and rakes him in the eyes. \u00a0Irish whip by Kenou to the corner but Kitamiya hits a spear, Kitamiya picks up Kenou but Kenou gets away and kicks Kitamiya in the chest.\u00a0 Another kick by Kenou and he delivers a kick to the side of Kitamiya\u2019s head.\u00a0 Cover, but Ogawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Kenou and Ogawa trade elbow strikes, Kenou goes off the ropes but Ohara hits a hiptoss.\u00a0 The referee gets knocked down from the hiptoss as well, and Ohara hits Ogawa from the floor with the kendo stick.\u00a0 Kitamiya goes off the ropes but Kenou hits him with a big boot, high kick by Kenou to Kitamiya and he applies a modified Camel Clutch.\u00a0 Ogawa is still outside the ring and Kitamiya is forced to submit.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Kenou and Hajime Ohara<\/p>\n
\nRock attacks Takayama before he can get into the ring, he then punches Takayama down in the corner.\u00a0 Shoulderblocks by Rock but Takayama hits a big boot.\u00a0 Rock rolls out of the ring, Takayama goes out after him and he chokes Rock with his shirt.\u00a0 Takayama throws Rock into the guard rail and then rams him into the ring post.\u00a0 Takayama slides Rock back into the ring and hits him from the floor.\u00a0 Takayama rolls back in and kicks Rock into the corner, Irish whip by Takayama but Rock moves when Takayama charges in.\u00a0 Body avalanche by Rock, he pulls Takayama\u2019s leg outside of the ring and rams it into the ring post.\u00a0 Rock slams Takayama\u2019s leg into the post again and a third time.\u00a0 Rock stomps on Takayama\u2019s leg back into the ring and he applies a single leg crab hold.\u00a0 Takayama quickly gets to the ropes, Rock turns Takayama over and applies a kneelock.\u00a0 Takayama rakes Rock in the eyes to get out of the hold, and Rock kicks Takayama in the leg.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Rock jumps down onto Takayama\u2019s knee and then does it a second time.\u00a0 Takayama goes for a leg drop but Rock moves out of the way, Rock goes off the ropes and he hits a lariat.\u00a0 Takayama doesn\u2019t go down so he hits a second lariat.\u00a0 Rock goes off the ropes and he elbows Takayama in the head.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Rock picks up Takayama but Takayama hits a sunset flip for a two count.\u00a0 Knee to the chest by Takayama, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Takayama picks up Rock and he hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but Rock barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Running Kneelift by Takayama, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Yoshihiro Takayama<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tie-up, wristlock by Nicholls but Xtra Large reverses it.\u00a0 Side headlock by Xtra Large, Nicholls pushes him into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Tie-up, Nicholls gets Xtra Large into the ropes again and he hits a chop.\u00a0 Kick by Nicholls, snapmare, and he applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Xtra Large struggles back up and hits a series of elbow, Irish whip by Nicholls, Xtra Large flips himself out to the apron and then back in the ring before hitting an armdrag.\u00a0 Dropkick by Xtra Large, Nicholls rolls out of the ring as Xtra Large goes up to the top turnbuckle, but Nicholls jumps up on the apron and knocks Xtra Large back to the mat.\u00a0 Nicholls gets on the apron but Xtra Large knocks Nicholls out to the floor, he then gets on the apron and hits a shoot star press down to the floor.\u00a0 Xtra Large slides Nicholls back in the ring, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Xtra Large goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a tornillo, cover, but it gets another two.\u00a0 Nicholls roils out of the ring to re-group, Xtra Large slides out of the ring and throws Nicholls back in.\u00a0 Nicholls rolls himself out to the apron and he kicks Xtra Large when he comes towards him.\u00a0 Nicholls picks up Xtra Large and elbows him in the head.\u00a0 Elbows by Nicholls but Xtra Large elbows him back, slaps by Nicholls and he hits a lariat in the corner.\u00a0 Chops by Nicholls in the corner and he applies a reverse chinlock, snapmare by Nicholls and he puts on the reverse chinlock again.\u00a0 Nicholls knees Xtra Large, Irish whip to the corner but Xtra Large kicks Nicholls back.\u00a0 Strike combination by Xtra Large, Irish whip to the corner and Xtra Large hits a jumping kick.\u00a0 Running double knee strike by Xtra Large, cover, and it gets a two count.\u00a0 Xtra Large puts Nicholls up on his shoulders but Nicholls elbows him off.\u00a0 Chops by Xtra Large, Irish whip, Xtra Large kicks Nicholls back and he hits a quick lariat.\u00a0 Spinebuster by Nicholls and he hits a sliding lariat.\u00a0 Cover, and it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nicholls picks up Xtra Large and goes for a suplex but Xtra Large lands on his feet.\u00a0 Nicholls drops Xtra Large out on the apron, Xtra Large goes for a swandive move but Nicholls catches him with a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nicholls gets Xtra Large up on his shoulders and he hits a death valley driver, cover, but Xtra Large gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Mikey Bomb by Nicholls, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Mikey Nicholls<\/p>\n
\nMarufuji punches Haste in the corner as the match starts and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Haste throws Taniguchi into the corner and hits an elbow, but Taniguchi switches positions with him and chokes Haste in the corner.\u00a0 In the middle of the ring they trade elbows, Taniguchi pushes Haste in to the ropes but Haste throws Taniguchi out of the ring.\u00a0 Taniguchi gets on the apron but Haste dropkicks him to the floor.\u00a0 Haste goes to do a tope suicida but Taniguchi hits him in the head with a chair as he dives out.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Haste and throws him into the guard rail.\u00a0 Taniguchi then takes Haste up into the crowd and hits him with a chair.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Haste and throws him into the crowd again.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Haste and brings him back towards the ring, and he throws Haste into the guard rail again before returning to the ring.\u00a0 Kenou slides Haste back into the ring, Taniguchi picks him up, Irish whip, and Taniguchi hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Stomps by Taniguchi to the back and he clubs on Haste.\u00a0 Haste fights back with elbows and an uppercut, Haste goes off the ropes but Taniguchi hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Haste and hits a scoop slam before applying a camel clutch.\u00a0 Haste makes it to the ropes to force a break, elbows by Haste but Taniguchi rakes him in the eyes.\u00a0 Irish whip by Taniguchi from the corner and Taniguchi hits a lariat.\u00a0 Irish whip by Taniguchi but Haste uppercuts him as he charges in and then hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Taniguchi falls out of the ring and Haste sails out onto him (and an angry woman in the front row) with an elbow suicida.\u00a0 Haste slides Taniguchi back into the ring and hits a jumping kick in the corner.\u00a0 Cannonball by Haste, he picks up Taniguchi and goes for a suplex but Taniguchi lands on his feet.\u00a0 Powerslam by Taniguchi, he picks up Haste and goes for a chokeslam but Haste pushes him off.\u00a0 Haste charges Taniguchi but Taniguchi puts the referee in front of him and Haste hits the referee by accident.\u00a0 Taniguchi gets his big metal stick and hits Haste with it, he then pins Haste in the corner with it but Haste throws some nunchucks at him.\u00a0 Lariat by Haste and he applies a choke with the\u00a0 nunchucks.\u00a0 Kenou and Ohara run in to stomp on Haste, but Haste fights them off and hits a lariat onto Ohara.\u00a0 Haste goes off the ropes and hits a lariat to Taniguchi, he picks him back up and a sit-down powerbomb, cover, but Taniguchi gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Haste picks up Taniguchi again and nails the Bomb Valley Death, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Shane Haste<\/p>\n
\nNakajima and Kawakami start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, Kawakami pushes Nakajima into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Waistlock by Nakajima, reversed by Kawakami but Nakajima reverses it back.\u00a0 Wristlock by Kawakami but Nakajima rolls out of it and reverses the hold.\u00a0 Kawakami reverses it back but Nakajima applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Kawakami reverses it, side headlock by Nakajima, Kawakami muscles out of it and applies a side headlock of his own, Nakajima Irish whips out of it and kicks Kawakami.\u00a0 Kawakami fires back with a shoulderblock, and Ishikawa runs in to knock Yone off the apron.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Nakajima and they hit a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Kawakami stomps Nakajima and elbows him but Nakajima elbows Kawakami back and they trade shots.\u00a0 Kawakami goes off the ropes but Nakajima knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Kawakami rolls out to the apron and Nakajima boots him down to the floor.\u00a0 Yone slides Kawakami back into the ring, and Nakajima hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Nakajima tags in Yone, and Yone hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Leg drop by Yone and he knocks Ishikawa off the apron.\u00a0 Yone kicks Kawakami in the back, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yone tags in Nakajima, Irish whip by Nakajima to Kawakami and he hits a back elbow.\u00a0\u00a0 Nakajima knocks Ishikawa off the apron, Nakajima picks up Kawakami and kicks him in the back again.\u00a0 Big boot by Nakajima to Ishikawa, Nakajima then applies a reverse chinlock to Kawakami.\u00a0 Headscissors by Nakajima but Kawakami gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Nakajima tags in Yone, snapmare by Yone and he applies a headscissors to Kawakami.\u00a0 Kawakami gets into the ropes again, and Yone tags in Nakajima.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Kawakami, elbow by Kawakami but Nakajima elbows him back.\u00a0 Kawakami goes off the ropes but Nakajima applies a sleeper.\u00a0 Kawakami gets into the ropes again, Nakajima throws Kawakami into the corner, reversed, and Nakajima boots Kawakami in the head.\u00a0 Flapjack by Kawakami, and he makes the tag to Ishikawa.<\/p>\n
\nMarufuji and KENTA start things off.\u00a0 They jockey for position to start, wristlock by KENTA but Marufuji reverses it.\u00a0 KENTA reverses it back but Marufuji flips out of the hold. Kick to the leg by KENTA but Marufuji ducks the PK and returns to this feet.\u00a0\u00a0 KENTA pushes Marufuji into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Marufuji pushes KENTA into the ropes this time and Marufuji also gives a clean break.\u00a0 KENTA pushes Marufuji back into the corner and Marufuji tags in Kotoge.\u00a0 KENTA tags in Sugiura as well, Kotoge and Sugiura circle each other, side headlock by Sugiura, Kotoge can\u2019t Irish whip out of it and Sugiura keeps the hold locked on.\u00a0 Kotoge finally gets out of it but Sugiura shoulderblocks him down.\u00a0 Waistlock by Sugiura, snapmare by Kotoge and he goes off the ropes but Sugiura ducks the kick.\u00a0 Kicks by Kotoge in the corner, Irish whip, and Kotoge hits a jumping elbow.\u00a0 Kotoge hits an armbreaker but Sugiura elbows Kotoge away.\u00a0 Kick by Kotoge and he hits another armbreaker.\u00a0 Elbows by Sugiura but Kotoge hits him back and they trade elbows and headbutts.\u00a0 Kotoge gets the better of it with his headbutt, he picks up Sugiura and tags in Marufuji.\u00a0 Marufuji drops to the floor and hits a running dropkick while Sugiura\u2019s head is on the second rope.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji applies a reverse chinlock to Sugiura and rakes his eyes with his boot.\u00a0 Neck twist by Marufuji, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji picks up Sugiura, he chops Sugiura into the corner and he tags in Kotoge.\u00a0 Kotoge and Marufuji both put pressure on Sugiura\u2019s arm in the corner and Marufuji hits an armbreaker over the ropes.\u00a0 Snapmare by Kotoge and he drops a knee onto Sugiura\u2019s arm.\u00a0 Kotoge applies a stretch hold to Sugiura, they trade elbows and Kotoge hits a big boot followed by a dropkick.\u00a0 Sugiura falls out of the ring, Kotoge goes to do a dive but Sugiura catches him and hits a gutwrench suplex onto the floor.\u00a0 Sugiura drives Kotoge into the guard rail and pounds him in the back.\u00a0 KENTA comes over and kicks Kotoge in the back, KENTA picks up Kotoge and drives her back-first into the apron.\u00a0 KENTA picks up Kotoge and slides him into the ring, cover by Sugiura but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kick to the back by Sugiura and he tags in KENTA.\u00a0 KENTA applies a crab hold to Kotoge but Kotoge gets to the ropes.\u00a0 KENTA tags in Sugiura, and Sugiura puts Kotoge in a crab hold as well.\u00a0 Marufuji comes in and elbows Sugiura, but Sugiura knocks Marufuji out of the ring with a big boot.\u00a0 Sugiura picks up Kotoge, headbutt by Kotoge, Sugiura goes for a suplex but Kotoge lands on his feet.\u00a0 Dropkick by Kotoge and he makes the hot tag to Marufuji.\u00a0 Marufuji elbows both Sugiura and KENTA, he goes off the ropes and Marufuji hits a lariat.\u00a0 Marufuji picks up Sugiura and applies a cobra clutch into a Backstabber, cover, but he gets a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by Marufuji, reversed, Marufuji kicks Sugiura back and he rolls up Sugiura, but Sugiura gets out of it.<\/p>\n
\nThis match is for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0 Tie-up to start, Nagata pushes Morishima into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Tie-up, Morishima gets Nagata to the ropes but Nagata ducks Morishima\u2019s lariat and hits a series of elbows.\u00a0 Morishima returns fire, Nagata goes off the ropes but Morishima hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Nagata rolls out of the ring but quickly gets back in, Morishima ends up on the apron and Nagata boots him off down to the floor.\u00a0 Morishima returns after a moment and they jockey for position, takedown by Nagata and he applies a knee lock.\u00a0 Kicks to the leg by Nagata and he applies a single leg crab hold.\u00a0 Leglock by Nagata and he pulls back on Morishima\u2019s leg.\u00a0 Morishima gets to the ropes to force a break, back up they lock knuckles, Nagata pushes Morishima into the ropes but Morishima chop him.\u00a0 They trade elbows, kicks to the arm by Nagata and he knocks Morishima off his feet.\u00a0 Morishima rolls out of the ring and Nagata goes out after him, knees by Nagata and he throws Morishima into the railing.\u00a0 Morishima fires back with a lariat, and Taniguchi stomps on Nagata. Nagata fights back, Kenou comes over to help and Nagata is double teamed while Morishima gets back into the ring.\u00a0 The referee goes out to restore order, Nagata gets back in the ring and Morishima stomps Nagata down in the corner.\u00a0 Butt smash by Morishima and he hits a second one.\u00a0 Morishima delivers a third running butt smash, Morishima picks up Nagata and he throws him into another corner.\u00a0 Morishima puts Nagata over the second rope and he chokes Morishima with his leg, body press by Morishima but it gets a two count. Morishima applies a reverse chinlock, he picks up Nagata as Taniguchi comes in the ring, they throw Nagata into the corner but Nagata boots Taniguchi and Morishima.\u00a0 Kick to the chest by Nagata and he kicks him again.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Morishima and knees him in the chest.\u00a0 Nagata knocks Morishima into the corner and hits a few more elbows.\u00a0 Irish whip by Nagata and he hits a big boot in the corner followed by an exploder.<\/p>\nGrade: B-<\/strong><\/h3>\n