Shootkick Man
12-20-2014, 03:28 PM
NJPW News] Toru Yano's teammates have finally been revealed to be Pro Wrestling NOAH's Naomichi Marufuji and TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste). After the trio made a shocking appearance to make the save for Yano against a Suzuki-gun assault.
Below is the updated event card for New Japan's big show to kick-off the new year...
New Japan Pro Wrestling “Buddy Fight presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 in Tokyo Dome”, 1/4/2014 [Sun] 16:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
(0) Battle Royal ~ New Japan Rumble: (competitors to be announced during match)
~ Rules: Time difference with 1 minute intervals, over the top rope, competitors will be announced when their theme song plays.
(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship 4WAY Match: [39th Champions] “reDragon” Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. [Challengers] “Time Splitters” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. [Challengers] “Forever Hooligans” Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. [Challengers] “Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson
~ 1st title defense.
(2) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
(3) Toru Yano, Naomichi Marufuji, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Takashi Iizuka, Shelton "X" Benjamin Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(4) Special Single Match ~ Complete Conclusion Rules: Kazushi Sakuraba [FREE] vs. Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION]
~ No pin fall. Only KO, TKO, submission, or referee can stop the match.
(5) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challenger] Togi Makabe
~ 2nd title defense.
(6) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [69th Champion] Ryusuke Taguchi vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega
~ 3rd title defense.
(7) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. [Challengers / WTL 2014 Winners] Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
~ 7th title defense.
(8) Special Single Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles
(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [10th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Kota Ibushi
~ 2nd title defense.
(10) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger / G1 CLIMAX 24 Winner] Kazuchika Okada
~ 1st title defense.
Below is the updated event card for New Japan's big show to kick-off the new year...
New Japan Pro Wrestling “Buddy Fight presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 in Tokyo Dome”, 1/4/2014 [Sun] 16:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
(0) Battle Royal ~ New Japan Rumble: (competitors to be announced during match)
~ Rules: Time difference with 1 minute intervals, over the top rope, competitors will be announced when their theme song plays.
(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship 4WAY Match: [39th Champions] “reDragon” Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. [Challengers] “Time Splitters” KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. [Challengers] “Forever Hooligans” Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. [Challengers] “Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson
~ 1st title defense.
(2) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
(3) Toru Yano, Naomichi Marufuji, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Takashi Iizuka, Shelton "X" Benjamin Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(4) Special Single Match ~ Complete Conclusion Rules: Kazushi Sakuraba [FREE] vs. Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION]
~ No pin fall. Only KO, TKO, submission, or referee can stop the match.
(5) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challenger] Togi Makabe
~ 2nd title defense.
(6) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [69th Champion] Ryusuke Taguchi vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega
~ 3rd title defense.
(7) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. [Challengers / WTL 2014 Winners] Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
~ 7th title defense.
(8) Special Single Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles
(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [10th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Kota Ibushi
~ 2nd title defense.
(10) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger / G1 CLIMAX 24 Winner] Kazuchika Okada
~ 1st title defense.