Source: WrestlingNews.Co
IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega took a jab at WWE during his entrance at Saturday’s NJPW Invasion Attack 2016 event. Omega said that a lot of people wasted their money and time on a show (WrestleMania 32) last week, and he was going to show them what they should have been watching all along.
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi) VS Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi) – Winners: Bullet Club
CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI) VS Jushin Thunder Liger, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata) – Winners: Jushin Thunder Liger, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) VS Los Ingobernables de Japan (Bushi & Evil) – Winners: CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto)
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Ricochet & Matt Sydal VS Roppongi Vice – Winners and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Roppongi Vice
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) KUSHIDA VS Will Ospreay – Winner: KUSHIDA
NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: (C’s) Bullet Club Elite (Young Bucks & Kenny Omega) w/ Cody Hall & Chase Owens VS Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin & Yoshi Tatsu – Winners and new NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin & Yoshi Tatsu
NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Katsuyori Shibata VS Hiroyoshi Tenzan – Winner: Katsuyori Shibata
IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: (C’s) GBH (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) VS Guerrilas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) – Winners and new IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrilas Of Destiny
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Okada W/Gedo VS Tetsuya Naito w/Bushi & Evil – Winner and new IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito
DATE: April 10, 2016 LOCATION: Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Okada ) VS Tetsuya Naito
IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: (C’s) GBH (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) VS Guerrilas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa)
NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Katsuyori Shibata VS Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: (C’s) Bullet Club Elite (Young Bucks & Kenny Omega) VS Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin & Yoshi Tatsu
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) KUSHIDA VS Will Ospreay
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Ricochet & Matt Sydal VS Roppongi Vice
CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) VS Los Ingobernables de Japan (Bushi & Evil)
CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI) VS Jushin Thunder Liger, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata)
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi) VS Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi)
Source: WrestlingINC
New Japan Pro Wresling’s Invasion Attack, which airs on April 10, will have English language commentary. ROH’s Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino will be calling the action. Typically Matt Striker does the English-language commentary, but has Lucha Underground commitments.
ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – Triple Threat Match
(C) Tomohiro Ishii VS Roderick Strong VS Bobby Fish:
Winner: Tomohiro Ishii via pinfall (vertical brainbuster) to retain the ROH World Television Championship
Adam Page VS BJ Whitmer
Winner: BJ Whitmer via inside cradle (low blow)
Dalton Castle w/The Boys VS Hirooki Goto
Winner: Hirooki Goto via pinfall (Shouten Kai)
Alex Shelley VS Christopher Daniels w/Kazarian
Kazarian tries to get involved, but Chris Sabin shows up and helps Shelley win! The Motor City Machine Guns clear the ring as the crowd chants for them!
Winner: Alex Shelley via pinfall
Michael Elgin & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS The Briscoes
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin via pinfall (High Fly Flow)
Okada w/Jado VS Moose (w/ Stokely Hathaway)
Winner: Okada via pinfall (Rainmaker)
NJPW NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship
(C’s) Bullet Club (Kenny Omega & Young Bucks) VS ACH, Matt Sydal & Kushida
Winners: Bullet Club Elite via pinfall (Bullet Club Special #2)
ROH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – NO DQ
(C’s) War Machine VS All Night Xpress
Winners: War Machine via pinfall (Fallout) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championships
ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(C) Jay Lethal (w/Truth Martini & Taeler Hendrix) VS Kyle O’Reilly VS Adam Cole
Winner: Jay Lethal via pinfall (Lethal Injection) to retain the ROH World Championship
Source: WrestlingINC
Tokyo Sports has reported New Japan Pro Wrestling President Kaname Tezuka has resigned. Tezuka was only expected to be in the role for an interim perio. Katsuhiko Harada will be the new NJPW President.
Source: WrestlingINC
New Japan Pro Wrestling has taken another hit, as Enuhito is reporting that Kota Ibushi is leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT to be a freelancer.
Ibushi is reportedly leaving because of the physical and mental toll working for the two companies has taken on him. Ibushi is starting a new organization called Ibushi Wrestling Research Institute. He can still work for NJPW and DDT, because he will not be contracted to either.
Ibushi will return from a major neck injury on March 22 at DDT Ryogoku, but officially as a member of IWRI. New Japan has now lost Ibushi, AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Shinsuke Nakamura and Karl Anderson in recent months.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports the current word is that WWE NXT will see Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson debut at NXT TV tapings in early March.
No word yet on when AJ Styles might debut but at one point WWE did want him as a surprise entrant in the 30-man Royal Rumble main event. That could have changed when the news got out. As noted, Shinsuke Nakamura is headed to do WWE training and medical tests in February but there’s been no word on when he might appear on WWE TV.
On a related note, the Bullet Club name is still owned by New Japan Pro Wrestling as of this week. Gallows owns the rights to the name Biz Cliz.
It was noted previously that there was rumors that Bullet Club members Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga may leave New Japan Pro Wrestling for WWE, but Bad Luck Fale announced that he wouldn’t be leaving New Japan, reports emerged that Bullet Club partner Tama Tonga will be sticking around as well.
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio mentioned on last night’s show that Tonga has re-signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling. The 33-year old has been in New Japan since 2010, and is a founding member of the highly popular Bullet Club faction.
Shortly after we published the story, Tonga took to Twitter to say this wasn’t the case. Tonga said that he’s still a free agent, despite the rumors that he’d re-signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Tonga is the son of Haku, who showed up at Wrestle Kingdom 10 and New Year Dash as a cameo member of the Bullet Club. Tonga’s brother Micah competes for TNA, and performed in the WWE and NXT as Camacho.
Source: WrestlingINC
AJ Styles who is rumored to have given his notice to New Japan Pro Wrestling for a WWE main roster spot, has been pulled from advertising from several Ring of Honor shows, including the ROH 14th Anniversary PPV.
NJPW ran a angle where Bullet Club member Kenny Omega turned on AJ Styles after they defeated Shinsuke Nakamura and YOSHI-HASHI. the rest of Bullet Club including Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows also turned on Styles.
After the beatdown by the Bullet Club, Styles got to his feet and bowed to the crowd it what really seemed like a farewell for Styles, who has competed in NJPW since 2014, and took leadership of the Bullet Club after Finn Balor left.
Wrestling Observer Radio reports that there were also rumors that Rocky Romero and Tama Tonga may be leaving NJPW as well, but there is no word on if they have given their notices. Tonga is the son of legend Haku/Meng.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
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