Thursday, January 4, 2018

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12

-Masahito Kakihara won the New Japan Rumble.  Entrants:  Katsuya Kitamura, Bushi, Delirious, Leo Tonga, Manabu Nakanishi, Chase Owens, Yuji Nagata, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Gino Gambino, Aaron Henare, Yoshi-Hashi, David Finlay, Yujiro Takahashi, Cheeseburger, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Kakihara.  Eliminations:  Delirious, Bushi, Leo, Nakanishi, Nagata, Kitamura, Owens, Liger, Tiger Mask, Kanemaru, TAKA, Gambino, Henare, Hashi, Finlay, Takahashi, Kojima, Tenzan, and Cheesebuger.
-The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) d. Roppongi 3K(Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu)(w/ Rocky Romero) to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when Nick made Yohei tap out to the Sharpshooter.
-NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match:  Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka, & Taichi d. Michael Elgin & War Machine(Todd Hanson & Raymond Rowe) when Sabre made Rowe pass out in a triangle hold.  Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, & Trent Barreta d. Sabre/Iizuka/Taichi when Yano rolled up Taichi after a low blow.  Ishii/Yano/Barreta d. Togi Makabu, Juice Robinson, & Ryusuke Taguchi when Yano rolled up Taguchi.  Ishii/Yano/Barreta d. The Guerrillas Of Destiny(Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) & Bad Luck Fale(C) to win the titles when Barreta pinned Tama Tonga with the Dudebuster(cradle behind-the-back piledriver).
-Kota Ibushi d. Cody Rhodes(w/ Brandi) via Phoenix Splash.
-Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe & Seiya Sanada d. The Killer Elite Squad(Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) to win the IWGP Tag Tag Titles when Sanada pinned Smith after the moonsault.
-Hirooki Goto d. Minoru Suzuki in a hair-vs.-hair match to win the NEVER Openweight Title, getting the pin after the GTR(Eye Of The Hurricane onto the knee).
-Will Ospreay won a four-corner match with Yujiro Kushida, Hiromu Takahashi, & Marty Scurll(C) to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title when he pinned Scurll after the Oscutter(middle-rope springboard Cutter).
-Hiroshi Tanahashi d. Jay White with the High Fly Flow(frog splash) to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title.
-Kenny Omega(w/ The Young Bucks) d. Chris Jericho in a no-DQ match to retain the IWGP U.S. Title after a One-Winged Angel(electric chair Michinoku Driver) onto a chair.
-Kazuchika Okada(w/ Gedo) d. Tetsuya Naito with the Rainmaker(windup short-arm lariat) to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title.

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