Tag: NJPW

GFW Presents NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 9 PPV Full Card

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Kazuchika Okada

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura VS Kota Ibushi

AJ Styles VS Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) VS Meiyu Tag ( Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: (C) Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kenny Omega

NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Tomohiro Ishii VS Togi Makabe

Minoru Suzuki VS Kazushi Sakuraba (Match can only end by submission, KO or referee stoppage)

8-Man Tag: Mikey Nicholls, Maomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yanu VS Lance Archer, Shelton X Benjamin, Takashi Iizuka & Davey Boy Smith Jr.

6-Man Tag: The Bullet Club ( Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi) VS Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: (C) reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) VS The Time Splitters ( Alex Shelley & Kushida) VS The Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) VS The Young Bucks

(Pre-show Match) 15-Man New Japan Rumble: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata are confirmed participants.

Jim Ross & Matt Striker on commentary

 

AJ Styles Says He Wouldn’t Work For Struggling WWE

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AJ Styles appeared on MLW’s Talking Shop with Rocky Romero to promote New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 9 pay-per-view and new streaming service. Styles mentioned in the interview not wanting to work for a struggling WWE. Styles said:

“Why would I want to go to WWE? I mean honestly… They’re struggling right now with the network… I’m in the hottest wrestling company in the world – New Japan – and I’m with the hottest wrestling group. We can say it over and over again. It’s absolutely true.”

Style’s comments might just be a work designed to hype NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 9 pay-per-view.

Source: cagesideseats.com

NJPW Launches New Japan World, Their Own Version Of WWE Network

Following big announcements that New Japan Pro Wrestling would be on American television (AXS TV) and pay-per-view, NJPW has now announced their own over-the-top distribution network similar to WWE Network. The service is called New Japan World and will cost $8.50 USD and will feature all the promotions live events beginning this month. Events featured will include Wrestle Kingdom 9 and the G1 Climax Tourney.

Wrestling Observer believes NJPW is getting closer to ending it’s relationship with their current television distributor Samurai! TV. At a press conference early Monday, NJPW announced that the Korakuen Hall shows, which previously aired Samurai! will now air on their own service (New Japan World).

NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani has expressed his desire to compete with WWE and said that currently NJPW is the number 2 company as it pertains to business, but number 1 in the ring. They plan to pass WWE and are making moves into American homes, NJPW hopes to earn 100,ooo subscribers for the first year for their service New Japan World. As of now the entire site is in Japanese with apparently no option for a translation. However, some American fans have already ordered the service.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Yoshi Tatsu Suffered Neck Injury

AJ Styles vs. Yoshitatsu 11-8-14(NJPW) – Video Dailymotion.

Check out the Styles Clash at 20:17 in the video at the link provided above.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced on their official web page that former WWE Superstar Yoshi Tatsu will not compete in the rest of the NJPW World Tag League Tournament. Tatsu stated on Twitter that test revealed that he has broken 2 bones in his neck and he believes the injury was sustained during a amcth with AJ Styles fro NJPW’s November 8 Power Struggle show. Tatsu indicated that he is in lots of pain and cannot sleep.

NJPW has indicated that changes to the tournament card are forthcoming.

Tatsu thanked his friends and the YoshiArmy for all their prayers;

NJPW Gets American TV Deal

New Japan Pro Wrestling has reached a television deal with AXS TV ( formerly known as HDNet). The deal was announced in a highlight package previewing AXS TV’s 2015 lineup. NJPW is seen at the 1:34 mark in the video above. The show will debut on Friday, January 16, at 9 P.M. ET.

Reportedly the show will initially feature content from 2013. This will follow NJPW’s foray into American pay-per-view in January, as they’ll co-promote with Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling. The first episode is said to feature the 2013 Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Kazuchika Okada match from the Tokyo Dome. They’re also set to run the 2013 G1 Climax Tournament.

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett and Mauro Ranallo will handle the commentary. Barnett has performed as a pro wrestler for both IGF and NJPW in the past. Barnett and Ranallo will record audio for the series starting next week.

AXS TV is owned by a consortium consisting of Mark Cuban, Ryan Seacrest, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Creative Artist Agency and CBS Corporation ( this info came from Wikipedia).

Source: WrestlingINC.com, UPROXX.com

 

Jim Ross Featured In Latest GFW – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Promo

Jim Ross is featured in the latest promo for the New Japan Pro Wrestling January 4th pay-per-view Wrestle Kingdom 9 from the Tokyo Dome being presented by Global Force Wrestling. The video focuses on The Bullet Club and JR notes that they group is very good as a unit.

JR noted on Twitter that his GFW – NJPW announcing gig is for one night only.

Jeff Jarrett’s GFW Makes Announcement On Jim Ross & NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 9

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Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling announced that WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross, the preeminent voice of pro wrestling for the past 4 decades, has agreed to provide the play-by-play for GFW’s presentation of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s “Wrestle Kingdom 9” live on pay-per-view in North America on January 4, 2015.

This is the 24th year of NJPW’s annual extravaganza at the Tokyo dome. More than 40,000 fans from all around the world are expected to attend.

“I am truly honored and excited to have been asked to be a part of this historic event,” Ross said. ” To be able to return to my roots and to provide play by play for an amazing, pro wrestling product will be special. I never thought I’d ever return to ringside for a wrestling event but this opportunity was just too special to turn down.”

Jarrett said: “I’m excited for this event, and I’m excited for good ol’ JR to be a part of it. GFW fans wanted him, and from day one we said we’re going to give our fans what they want.”

The show will air live at 2 a.m. ET and re-air in prime time at 7 p.m. ET. It will be available on DirecTV, Dish, AT & & U-vers, Comcast, Verizon Fios and all cable systems in the United States, and in Canada on Bell ExpressVu TV, rogers, Shaw, Sasktel and Telus. Check your local listings for availability. The show also will be available on the Flipps app on iTunes and Android.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

AJ Styles To Sign A Deal With NJPW?

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AJ Styles is in talks with New Japan pro Wrestling. Those in NJPW are expecting a deal to be signed soon. Styles is expected to start working for NJPW as early as April.