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NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
☆ king of sports ☆
 


Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan - Collectible card company Bushiroad purchased New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2012. Founded in 1972 by star Antonio Inoki, NJPW has been the top company in Japan for most of existence, carried through its early years on the popularity of Inoki and his battles with “legit fighters”. Inoki's love of legitimate martial artists and fighters would help form the “strong style” approach in the ring but carried to extremes in the late 90s and early 00s, “Inokism” would actively damage the company. Inoki was forced to sell in 2005 and NJPW has recovered. Now with the financial power of Bushirod and an exceptionally strong roster of in-ring talent, it appears New Japan could be headed towards a true golden period of in-ring product.



The Year So Far...
 
The Failure at Wrestle Kingdom 7
One year since he returned to the cerulean blue mat, Kazuchika Okada looked to win match #3 of his series with "The Ace" Hiroshi Tanahashi on the biggest stage in New Japan. Okada has grown from being awkward in his role to becoming a guy who is super confident, carries himself like a superstar, and is one of the best workers on the planet. He is "The Rainmaker". In a battle between two guys looking to hit their finisher to secure the win, it was Tanahashi who connected with two High Fly Flows to pin the 2012 G1 Climax winner and make a successful defence. Failing to make his statement win in the Tokyo Dome, "The Rainmaker" scurried to the back crying, embarassed and upset at such a loss to start his 2013.
 
The Machine Gun gets clipped
With Tanahashi still on top of New Japan, long-time gaijin Karl Anderson looked to achieve his dream and become the IWGP Heavyweight champion at The New Beginning. It was at this show last year that nobody gave Okada a chance to beat Tanahashi, so Anderson was looking to hand Tanahashi yet another upset. Anderson fought valiantly but came up just short in the best match of his career. Dreams were dashed and Anderson was sent to the back of the line, needing to find something to help him if he ever wants to reach the top of the mountain.
 
The Rainmaker wins the New Japan Cup
In the wake of Wrestle Kingdom, the King of Sports ignites an annual of willpower known as the New Japan Cup. Bouncing back from his Wrestle Kingdom loss, Kazuchika Okada fought his way through the single elimination tournament by beating Suzuki-gun's Lance Archer, Karl Anderson, and his fellow CHAOS stablemate Toru Yano to make it to the finals. After a gruelling 25-minute match with Hirooki Goto, Okada secured the win - and with it another shot at Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Invasion Attack.
 
A Prince shoots his shot
At NJPW's 41st Anniversary event on March 3, IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Prince Devitt challenged IWGP Heavyweight champion Hiroshi Tanahashi in a true battle of wills. Though neither man's title was on the line in the match, Tanahashi vowed to relinquish the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in case Devitt was victorious. After defeating Devitt, Tanahashi went to help his opponent up, but was pushed away by the disappointed Junior Heavyweight Champion. In the following weeks, Devitt stopped caring about his fellow wrestlers and regularly disrespected both partners and opponents. Failing to capture the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles from the Time Splitters at Invasion Attack was the tipping point for the Irish star. With the returning King Fale - now Bad Luck Fale - by his side, Devitt turned on his Apollo 55 partner Ryusuke Taguchi and dubbed himself the "Real Rock 'n' Rolla" and that he was a changed man.
 
The King of Strong Style remains a fighting champion
Most wrestlers would settle for a tenth of the charisma and presence of Shinsuke Nakamura, who is fantastic and unique. There is nobody like him in all of wrestling, and he stands out from the pack because of it. Since winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship from Hirooki Goto in July 2012, "The King of Strong Style" has been a defending champion. Oliver John (from California's SWF promotion), Hirooki Goto, Karl Anderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, La Sombra, Lance Archer, and Davey Boy Smith Jr. have all stepped up to dethrone the King but failed to get the job done. Shinsuke Nakamura is on a roll and continues to prove his spot as the true top dog of CHAOS.
 
The Rainmaker avenges his big loss
Hiroshi Tanahashi was 2-1 coming into their big match at Invasion Attack, having beat Kazuchika Okada in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 7. That significant loss - and a loss to Minoru Suzuki at The New Beginning - forced Okada to dig down and work to earn this title shot by winning the New Japan Cup. The match was brilliant in every way. Knowing Okada's Rainmaker maneuver would end the match, Tanahashi destroyed his opponent's arm to prevent it from happening. The damage worked as Tanahashi was able to kick out of one Rainmaker but not survive another. Okada finally got his big win over Tanahashi in 2013 and walked out of Invasion Attack as the new IWGP Heavyweight champion. With a G1 Climax win, a New Japan Cup win, and this new reign as champion, the 24-year-old Okada is firmly in the ace seat. A new chapter in the Rainmaker Era begins in 2013.
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NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013 - Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan
 
 
champion
"Rainmaker"
Kazuchika Okada
(CHAOS)

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>

 
challenger
"Wrestling King"
Minoru Suzuki
(Suzuki-gun)
 
champion
"King Of Strong-Style"
Shinsuke Nakamura
(CHAOS)
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>
 
challenger
"Invader X"
Shelton X Benjamin
(Suzuki-gun)
"Ace of the Universe"
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Special Singles Match
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>
"The Machine Gun"
Karl Anderson
"Aramusha"
Hirooki Goto
Special Singles Match
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>
"The Wrestler" 
Katsuyori Shibata
 
"Unchained Gorilla"
Togi Makabe
 
Special Singles Match
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>
 
"The Tokyo Pimp"
Yujiro Takahashi
(CHAOS)
 
champion
"Dangan"
Masato Tanaka
(CHAOS)
NEVER Openweight Championship
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>
challenger
"Kokeshi"
Tomoaki Honma
 
champion
"K.E.S."
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Lance Archer

(Suzuki-gun)

 

challenger
"Muscle Orchestra"
Manabu Nakanishi
Strong Man
 
IWGP Tag Team Championship
VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>

 

challenger
"Crazy Ichizoku"

Toru Yano
Takashi Iizuka

(CHAOS)

 

challenger
"Tencozy"
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Satoshi Kojima
 
Bad Luck Fale
Prince Devitt
VS
<1 fall, 30 minute time limit>
Captain New Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi
champion
"Time Splitters"
Alex Shelley
KUSHIDA

IWGP Junior Heavyweight
Tag Team Championship

VS
<1 fall, 60 minute time limit>

 
challenger
"Forever Hooligans"
Alex Kozlov
Rocky Romero
(CHAOS)
 
Gedo
Jado
Tomohiro Ishii
YOSHI-HASHI
(CHAOS)
Dark Match  
VS
<1 fall, 30 minute time limit>
Jushin Thunder Liger
Maximo
Tiger Mask
Yuji Nagata
 
NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013 ~ PREDICTION KEY
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma
IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs.Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata 
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NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013 ~ PREDICTION KEY

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma
IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. vs. Crazy Ichizoku vs. Muscle Orchestra vs. Tencozy
Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata

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NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013 ~ PREDICTION KEY

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi

NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)

Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs.Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)

Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata

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Always good to see a fellow NJPW dynasty pop up!

 

NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013 ~ PREDICTION KEY
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma
IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan
(get the fook out of here) & Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs.Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma
IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team ChampionshipTime Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs.Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata 

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi

NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)

Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)

Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata

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NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013 ~ PREDICTION KEY

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki

IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi

NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Tag Team Championship - K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)

Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)

Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Shelton X Benjamin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship - Masato Tanaka (C) vs. Tomoaki Honma
IWGP Tag Team ChampionshipK.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) vs. Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man) vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team ChampionshipTime Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) (C) vs.Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Maximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata 

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NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013 - Fukuoka Kokusai Center (7,500)

Fukuoka, Japan

SHOW RATING: 77

 

0. Jushin Liger, Máximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata defeated CHAOS (Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) in 6:15 when Jushin Liger pinned Jado with a Liger Bomb. (60)

1. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Forever Hooligans defeated Time Splitters (C) in 9:32 when Alex Koslov pinned Alex Shelley with a Contract Killer. Forever Hooligans win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles. (59)

2. Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt defeated Captain New Japan and Ryusuke Taguchi in 4:27 when Prince Devitt pinned Captain New Japan with a Bloody Sunday. (49)

3. IWGP Tag Team Championship: TenKoji defeated Muscle Orchestra, Crazy Ichizoku and Killer Elite Squad (C) in 12:53 when Kojima pinned Strong Man with the Cozy Lariat. TenKoji win the IWGP Tag Team titles. (56)

4. NEVER Openweight Championship: Masato Tanaka (C) defeated Tomoaki Honma in 11:41 by pinfall with a Complete Dust. Masato Tanaka makes defence number three of the NEVER Openweight title. (58)

5. Togi Makabe defeated Yujiro Takahashi in 10:58 by pinfall with a King Kong Knee Drop. (60)

- After a long road to recovery after having his knee destroyed by his former partner, Tetsuya Naito made a shocking appearance at Wrestling Dontaku to confront the very man who put him on the shelf. Naito vowed to get revenge on Yujiro Takahashi but stated that was not his only goal as he returns from extensive knee surgery: Naito wants to be the one to dethrone Masato Tanaka and become the NEVER Openweight Champion! After he takes care of Yujiro at Dominion, Naito wants to enter the upcoming G1 Climax as NEVER champion.

- During intermission, they announced the participants in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament, which begins on 5/24 at Korakuen Hall, and finishes on 6/9 in the same building. In all, there are four Korakuen Hall dates on the tour.

 

A BLOCK B BLOCK
Alex Koslov Alex Shelley
Baretta Brian Kendrick
Gedo Jado
KUSHIDA Jushin Thunder Liger
Prince Devitt Kenny Omega (DDT)
Ricochet (DG) Rocky Romero
Ryusuke Taguchi TAKA Michinoku
Shuji Kondo (AJPW) Taichi Ishikari
Tiger Mask Titan (CMLL)

 

6. Hirooki Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata in 12:50 by pinfall with a Goto Shiki. (67)

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Karl Anderson in 20:22 by pinfall with a High Fly Flow. (76)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi stood tall once again over a defeated Karl Anderson. Tanahashi's celebration was cut short when Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale walked down to the ring to confront "The Ace". Not intimidated, Tanahashi stepped forward to come face to face with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion... but he was blindsided by a Gun Stun from Anderson! Tama Tonga, who was ringside with Karl, joined in on the attack as Prince Devitt made a gun motion with his fingers and shot Tanahashi right in the temple... welcome to the BULLET CLUB.

8. IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura (C) defeated Shelton X Benjamin in 17:38 by pinfall with a Bomaye. Shinsuke Nakamura makes defence number eight of the IWGP Intercontinental title. (61)

- After the match, Hirooki Goto, fresh off his win over Katsuyori Shibata earlier in the night, came down to the ring to challenge Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura questioned Goto's intelligence but did say that we was a fierce warrior. The challenge was accepted and these two wrestlers will wrestle for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Dominion!

9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (C) defeated Minoru Suzuki in 28:46 by pinfall with a Rainmaker. Kazuchika Okada makes defence number one of the IWGP Heavyweight title. (79)

- After a hellacious battle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and make his first successful defence of the title, Kazuchika Okada stood tall with Gedo on his side and cut the end of show promo. "The Rainmaker" claimed that this is his era and he will continue to be the new ace of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. His celebration was cut short by Togi Makabe who claimed that his win over Yujiro Takahashi earlier in the night should give him the next shot at the IWGP Heavyweight title. Okada agreed but he wants to make this more of a challenge for himself because a regular singles match would be too easy for him. Okada will defend the prestigious championship in a No Disqualification match against the "Unchained Gorilla" at Dominion.

 

NOTE FROM HOLLYWOOD: Let me know f the coding is screwed up and I'll look into it. Not sure why the font size is as small as it is. The next size up is too big. This is frustrating and I am not impressed.

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10 hours ago, Hollywood said:

NOTE FROM HOLLYWOOD: Let me know f the coding is screwed up and I'll look into it. Not sure why the font size is as small as it is. The next size up is too big. This is frustrating and I am not impressed.

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Nice show! The coding seems ok to me 😊 maybe just space up differently. For example,

INSTEAD THAN:

8. IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura (C) defeated Shelton X Benjamin in 17:38 by pinfall with a Bomaye. Shinsuke Nakamura makes defence number eight of the IWGP Intercontinental title. (61)

- After the match, Hirooki Goto, fresh off his win over Katsuyori Shibata earlier in the night, came down to the ring to challenge Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura questioned Goto's intelligence but did say that we was a fierce warrior. The challenge was accepted and these two wrestlers will wrestle for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Dominion!

9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (C) defeated Minoru Suzuki in 28:46 by pinfall with a Rainmaker. Kazuchika Okada makes defence number one of the IWGP Heavyweight title. (79)

- After a hellacious battle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and make his first successful defence of the title, Kazuchika Okada stood tall with Gedo on his side and cut the end of show promo. "The Rainmaker" claimed that this is his era and he will continue to be the new ace of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. His celebration was cut short by Togi Makabe who claimed that his win over Yujiro Takahashi earlier in the night should give him the next shot at the IWGP Heavyweight title. Okada agreed but he wants to make this more of a challenge for himself because a regular singles match would be too easy for him. Okada will defend the prestigious championship in a No Disqualification match against the "Unchained Gorilla" at Dominion.

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8. IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura (C) defeated Shelton X Benjamin in 17:38 by pinfall with a Bomaye. Shinsuke Nakamura makes defence number eight of the IWGP Intercontinental title. (61)

- After the match, Hirooki Goto, fresh off his win over Katsuyori Shibata earlier in the night, came down to the ring to challenge Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura questioned Goto's intelligence but did say that we was a fierce warrior. The challenge was accepted and these two wrestlers will wrestle for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Dominion!

 

9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (C) defeated Minoru Suzuki in 28:46 by pinfall with a Rainmaker. Kazuchika Okada makes defence number one of the IWGP Heavyweight title. (79)

- After a hellacious battle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and make his first successful defence of the title, Kazuchika Okada stood tall with Gedo on his side and cut the end of show promo. "The Rainmaker" claimed that this is his era and he will continue to be the new ace of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. His celebration was cut short by Togi Makabe who claimed that his win over Yujiro Takahashi earlier in the night should give him the next shot at the IWGP Heavyweight title. Okada agreed but he wants to make this more of a challenge for himself because a regular singles match would be too easy for him. Okada will defend the prestigious championship in a No Disqualification match against the "Unchained Gorilla" at Dominion.

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