The Natural Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 NJPW “POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/9/13 (WPW/iPPV)Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale2. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka3. Special Singles Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata4. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii5. IWGP Tag Team Title & NWA World Tag Team Title – 3WAY Irregular Rules Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima © vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. © vs. Rob Conway & Jax Dane 6. NEVER Openweight Title (& IWGP Heavyweight Title shot): Tetsuya Naito © vs. Masato Tanaka 7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Minoru Suzuki8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Karl Anderson Credit: puroresufan.com It's about the top two matches for me. Both should deliver in the ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Honma bout to catch a beating. Can't help but wonder what the Tokyo dome plan is for Shibata. Versus Tanahashi is my prediction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Shit, I totally blanked on Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii probably because it's rare for Tanahashi to be on so early in the card. Ishii/Tanahashi in the G1 Climax 23 was the second best match from the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 this show could be so soooo good. I'm apprehensive though because last year's November Osaka show wasn't super hot (it was good but just not like the two so far this year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attila The Hut Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 New Japan hasn't failed me yet this year (with the exception of the Wrestling Dontaku show), so I'm expecting this to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 As expected, another title match was added to Saturday's loaded New Japan Power Struggle show from the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka. Complete lineup: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale Taka Michinoku & Taichi vs. Young Bucks for IWGP jr. tag title Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (IWGP tag champions) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (NWA tag champions) vs.Rob Conway & Jax Dane First fall for NWA tag title Second fall for IWGP tag title Tetsuya Naito vs. Masato Tanaka for Never title Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki for IC title Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson for IWGP title Credit: f4wonline.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Sadly, no one showed up for the show and it was cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The fans hate Naito, so he's got that going for him. NJPW "POWER STRUGGLE", 09.11.2012 (TV Asahi Ch.5/iPPV)Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM6,400 Fans - Super No Vacancy0. Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov besiegen Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, KUSHIDA & BUSHI (9:50) als Koslov BUSHI nach dem Contract Killer pinnte.1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson besiegen TAKA Michinoku & Taichi © (9:22) als Matt TAKA mit dem More Bang for your Buck pinnte - Titelwechsel.2. Special Singles Match: Katsuyori Shibata besiegt Tomoaki Honma (9:43) nach dem Shouten.3. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba besiegen Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (8:08) mit dem Sakuraba Lock von Sakuraba gegen Iizuka.4. IWGP Tag Team Title & NWA World Tag Team Title, Irregular Rules 3 Way Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (c, IWGP) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c, NWA) vs. Rob Conway & Jax Dane - NWA World Tag Team Title: Rob Conway besiegt Satoshi Kojoma - Titelwechsel.- IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer besiegt Hiroyoshi Tenzan - Titelwechsel.5. Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi besiegen Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale (11:15) mit einem Phoenix Splash von Ibushi gegen Devitt.6. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi besiegt Tomohiro Ishii (17:38) mit dem High Fly Flow.7. NEVER Openweight Title & Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title Contendership: Tetsuya Naito © besiegt Masato Tanaka (15:46) mit einer Stardust Press.8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura © besiegt Minoru Suzuki (19:04) nach dem Boma Ye (3rd defense).9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © besiegt Karl Anderson nach dem Rainmaker (6th defense).---NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM VIII IN TOKYO DOME, 04.01.2014Tokyo Dome1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, 4 Way Match: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer © vs. Sieger der WORLD TAG LEAGUE 20133. Special Singles Match: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale4. Hirooki Goto Return Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata5. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuaraba vs. Daniel Gracie & Rolles Gracie6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Deivtt © vs. Kota Ibushi7. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Tetsuya Naito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The Young Bucks won the jr tag titles? Weird, but good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 That Bucks match was awful. Honma/Shibata, Ishii/Tanahashi, Makabe/Ibushi vs Bullet Club and Okada/Anderson are all worth checking out though. Mostly fun show. I'm sure others will enjoy Naito/Tanaka and Nakamura/Minoru more than I did. I can't stand Naito though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Really liked Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson and liked Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii. Testuya Naito getting booed between the silence when he came out to see Okada, damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Really seems like they should have done Okada vs Naito on this show and Okada vs Shibata at the dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I was JUST thinking bout how I wish they had ran Okada vs Shibata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Gold Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Can't think of anyone I went from liking a lot to not caring about in so little time than Naito. I really thought his match with Okada for the Heavyweight championship from 2 years ago was the greatest thing ever. His return from injury has been really underwhelming. Shibata should have taken G1. Tanahashi vs Ishii was motn for sure. I liked Okada vs Anderson too but I was kinda sleepy by the time it was on. I also don't like the Bullet Club hijinx that usually plagues all of Devitt's matches. Big fan of Anderson and Devitt but this stable doesn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manzk Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I thought that the Bucks winning was predictable. Why would they win the tournament if they weren't going to give them the titles and set up something for January? Didn't expect the 4 way tho, that should be a lot of fun. Good wrestling with predictable results, except for the tag match with the 2 falls. Hate those, so anti climatic. Enoyed Naito vs Tanaka, hope Naito opens January with a heel promo turning on the fans and the promotion, saying he beat Tanahashi and is better than Tana etc.That would save this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I got the impression from their G1 match that Okada didn't want anything to do with Shibata. Weird one that, it seemed like they each wanted to have a different kind of match. I should probably watch it again, but I remember Okada looked like he wasn't digging it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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