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World Wrestling News Report 12.06.13
Well, hello one and all! I have been away for a couple weeks, so sorry I could not bring wrestling news from foreign countries to you. I had some personal issues mixed with the holiday that got in the way, but all is starting to flow a little bit better again, I think. Things are still kind of rocky for me, it all started when I found out my mother might have cancer. Again. For the third time. That is some rough news and it sucks, to be honest. I think what sucks the most about it is that I live in California now and my mother is in Texas and I have not seen her in about a year. I think I need to dedicate more time to her because who knows what will happen. Pretty scary for me, but I have to just keep moving forward and pray things work out okay.
I do have one thing that is a helpful distraction sometimes; wrestling. Not just watching wrestling, reading and writing about it, but actually doing it. I am about five weeks in to training and it has been a blast. I knew going in that it would be physically demanding, really rough on the body. However, I do not think I understood just how taxing it can be on the body, if that makes sense. It is not really enough to make me want to quit, actually, it motivates me to try harder and keep pushing. I will not sit here and say I will be in WWE someday as the next Daniel Bryan (I am not very big), but that will not stop me from at least going to the tryouts. It is all about living the dream and shooting for the stars. I think this is the only thing I have done in my life where I am aiming high but will not be too broken up if/when I do not reach the goals I set. This is the one time to realistically understand that I may not make it to where I want to be. I want to make it, I am going to try everything I can to make it, but I know not everyone can. Anyhow, enough about me, lets get to some wrestling news, yeah?
Oh, one final note on the wrestling from Mexico…I have to be honest. Not really the biggest fan of lucha because I do not really get it. It is flashy and entertaining, but I have yet to actually understand it and I do not want to report on something I do not understand. It will be back, eventually.
I guess this kind of makes the column Japanese Wrestling News Report this week.
Nothing. You want the news from here, go check out the other news columns. They will be happy to oblige your WWE news needs, I am sure.
Same goes for TNA. Look elsewhere as this week you will find none of it here.
Ah yeah! Time to hit up some Japanese news! Lets see what we got here. Some All-Japan, New Japan, and NOAH results, I will even go back to last week and bring forth some results. Lets start with All-Japan and see what I can conjure up for you.
AJPW started their 2013 Kingcraft Renaissance tour on 11/21, they had their first show at Korakuen Hall, claimed paid attendance was 615 (for reference Korakuen Hall has 2,005 seats).
Osamu Nishimura and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Kazushi Miyamoto and Kotaro Nasu after Nishimura hit a spinning toehold on Nasu at 10:22.
Masanobu Fuchi and Atsushi Aoki defeated Shigehiro Irie and Takao Soma, Aoki scoring a pinfall on Soma at 14:54.
Kento Miyahara and Kotaro Suzuki defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Jun Akiyama, Suzuki hit a mass driver on Kanemura to score the pinfall victory at 14:18.
D-Lo Brown and Bambi Killer defeated Go Shiozaki and KENSO, D-Lo pinned Shiozaki after KENSO turned on him at 13;39. This was the first match as a team after KENSO decided to join Shiozakis stable, Xceed. The reason for that? KENSO has created his own heel stable, DK, with D-Lo and Bambi.
Suwama and Joe Doering defeated Akebono and Takao Omori, Doering pinned Akebono after a lariat at 14:15. Pretty big victory for Doering here as he has earned a shot at the Triple Crown Championship. This will be his second shot at the title, his first being in 2010 before going to WWE developmental where he failed to win the title from Satoshi Kojima.
Gaora TV Championship* Tournament:
SUSHI defeated Hikaru Sato at 11:32.
Keisuke Ishii defeated Masao Inoue at 10:34.
SUSHI and Keisuke Ishii will go on to meet at the 11/24 AJPW show for the Gaora TV title.
*The Gaora TV title is a title that was created in 2012 by AJPW and Gaora TV, the first tournament, and 8-man tournament, took place September 8, 2012 to October 7, 2012 with Seiya Sanada winning. The last champion, Rene Dupree, vacated the title after leaving AJPW for Wrestle-1, leading to the 4-man tournament at this show.
AJPW 11/23 show was held at the Joetsu Sightseeing Center, 337 claimed paid (could not find seating max for Joetsu).
Masanobu Fuchi and Masao Inoue wrestled to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Keisuke Ishii defeated KENSO at 6:14.
Takao Omori defeated Hikaru Sato at 11:42.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Jun Akiyama defeated Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki at 15:49, Kanemaru pinning Suzuki.
Kento Miayhara and Go Shiozaki defeated Bambi Killer and D-Lo Brown at 15:33, Shiozaki pinned Killer scoring revenge on DK after KENSO turned on him and aligning with D-Lo and Bambi.
Joe Doreing and Suwama defeated SUSHI and Akebono after Suwama hit SUSHI with a Last Ride at 14:46.
AJPW 11/24 show held at Big Hat in Nagano, claimed 1,743 paid (9,500 seat capacity).
Gaora TV Title Tournament Finals: SUSHI defeated Keisuke Ishii at 11:49 to win the title. SUSHI is the 3rd Gaora TV Champion.
Takao Omori and Jun Akiyama defeated Hikaru Sato and Suwama, Akiyama pinned Sato at 15:50.
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Kotaro Suzuki at 20:38 to retain the title. I think this was defense number 7.
D-Lo Brown, KENSO and Masa Chono defeated Atsushi Aoki, Kento Miyahara and Go Shiozaki, KENSO pinned Aoki at 20:41.
Triple Crown Championship: Akebono and Joe Doering went to a double countout at 5:16. Akebono demanded the match restart which is did, Akebono defeated Doering at 2:14 to retain the title. First title defense for Akebono.
NOAH held a couple shows on the 27th and 28th, beginning the Winter Navigation 2013 tour. Interesting note, Davey Richards was booked for the 11/27 show and the 12/7 show, which was supposed to be a GHC Jr. Heavyweight title match. Tatsuhito Takaiwa will be his replacement for the match. Story is that Richards got a head or neck injury at a NXT show and doctors said he could not travel to Japan, but many think it is a WWE storyline of sorts. Basically, Richards is on his way to WWE.
11/27 show was held at Karokuen Hall, 1,200 claimed paid (2,005 seating max).
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya defeated Hitoshi Kumano at 6:43.
Daisuke Harada defeated Pesadiya at 9:28.
Atsushi Kotoge and Takeshi Morishima defeated Hajime Ohara and Genba Hirayanagi, Kotoge hit Hirayanagi with the Kill Switch at 10:45.
Super Crazy defeated Yoshinari Ogawa at 7:20.
Maybach Taniguchi defeated Mohammed Yone at 10:35.
Jushin Liger defeated Zack Saber Jr. at 11:46.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls defeated Taiji Ishimori, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Naomichi Marufuji after Takaiwa hit Ishimori with a Death Valley Bomb for the pin at 15:52.
Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Nagata defeated Takashi Sugiura and KENTA, Nagata pinned KENTA at 25:37.
11/28 results from Fukushima. Apparently, whatever arena they held the show at 500 people, which they claimed, was overflow.
Hajime Ohara defeated Mitsuhiro Kitamiya at 10:06.
Zack Saber Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Hitoshi Kumano and Daisuke Harada at 15:02 when Saber pinned Kumano.
Taiji Ishimori defeated Pesadiya at 8:57.
Pesadiya won an 8-man battle royal, runner-up was Hitoshi Kumano.
Maybach Taniguchi defeated Super Crazy at 10:09.
Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls defeated Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima Nicholls hit Nakajima with the Mikey Bomb at 13:31.
Genba Hirayanagi, Takashi Sugiura and KENTA defeated Atsushi Kotoge, Takeshi Morishima and Naomichi Marufuji, KENTA pinned Kotoge after a GO 2 SLEEP (the original) at 24:10.
This Saturday NOAH has the….GREAT VOYAGE 2013 in TOKYO Vol. 2-Akira Taue Retirement Event (long name). They have a finalized card:
Super Crazy vs. Pesadiya
Mohammed Yone and Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada and Hitoshi Kumano
Yoshihiro Takayama and Hajime Ohara vs. Kensuke Sasaki and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Akira Taue Retirement Match: Akira Taue, Takeshi Morishima, Takashi Sugiura and Genba Hirayanagi vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Masao Inoue and Kentaro Shiga
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask 4 (c) vs. Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Saber Jr.
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima
GHC Heayvweight Championship: KENTA (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
Kenta Kobashi is rumored to be in attendance at this show. Katsuyori Shibata has not wrestled for NOAH in over seven years, this will be his first appearance since September 2006. Lastly, if KENTA retains the GHC Heavyweight Championship, he will set a new record for the most successful defenses in a calendar year. Which is nine.
Lots of stuff from NJPW, I hope I do not miss anything important. I have to go back a bit to 11/23 when they kicked off the World Tag League at Korakuen Hall, they claim 2,150 paid which is well over the 2,005 seat capacity.
Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 4:51 when Tiger used a chickenwing facelock on Komatsu.
Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and TAKA Michinoku defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man and KUSHIDA at 8:36 when TAKA used the Heavy Killer #1 on KUSHIDA.
Yuji Nagata defeated Takashi Iizuka at 6:23 by DQ.
Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated Kota Ibushi and BUSHI at 4:56 when Gallows used the Gallows Pole on BUSHI.
Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado defeated Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin and Taichi at 10:26 when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Taichi.
World Tag League – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Rob Conway and Jax Dane at 10:36 when Kojima used a lariat on Conway. Note: This was Rob Conway’s first direct loss on Japanese soil.
World Tag League – Block A: Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma at 10:11 by referee stop (Fale beat Makabe).
World Tag League – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 13:12 when Ishii used a brainbuster on Captain.
World Tag League – Block B: Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra at 14:04 when Okada used the Rainmaker on Sombra.
Results from 11/24 at Kyoto KBS Hall. 1,200 fans claimed (1,500 capacity).
TAKA Michinoku and Taichi defeated Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 8:01 when Taichi used a Taichi-style Gedo clutch on Tanaka.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Yuji Nagata and Tomoaki Honma at 7:27 when Conway used the Ego Trip on Honma.
Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe and BUSHI at 7:56 by referee stop (Fale beat BUSHI).
Tetsuya Naito, La Sombra, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and KUSHIDA defeated Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI, Jado and Gedo at 12:48 when Sombra used the Brillante Driver on Gedo.
World Tag League – Block B: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka at 9:56 when Gallows pinned Iizuka after the Magic Killer.
World Tag League – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin at 12:39 when Tenzan used a moonsault press on Benjamin.
World Tag League – Block A: Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 9:05 when Nakanishi used the Ue kara Don! on Captain.
World Tag League – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. at 13:02 when Nakamura used the Boma Ye on Smith.
Results from 11/25 at the Iwade Municipal Citizen Gymnasium, 1,000 in attendance (unable to find capacity).
TAKA Michinoku and Taichi defeated Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 6:53 when TAKA used the Just Facelock on Komatsu.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Captain New Japan at 8:14 when Conway used the Ego Trip on Captain.
Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated KUSHIDA and BUSHI at 6:57 when Gallows pinned BUSHI after the Magic Killer.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata and Tiger Mask defeated Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi and Gedo at 10:19 when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Gedo.
Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi and La Sombra defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii and Jado at 12:49 when Naito used a Stardust press on Jado.
World Tag League – Block A: Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man at 7:38 when Devitt pinned Strong Man.
World Tag League – Block A: Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma at 11:09 when Smith used the Killer bomb on Honma.
World Tag League – Block B: Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin defeated Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI at 11:37 when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on YOSHI-HASHI.
11/26 results from Texpia Osaka. 800 in attendance (capacity unknown, apparently this was a sell out).
BUSHI defeated Sho Tanaka at 6:04 with the MX.
Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man and KUSHIDA defeated Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and TAKA Michinoku at 9:10 when KUSHIDA used a reverse cradle on TAKA.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Jado and Gedo at 9:25 when Conway used the Ego Trip on Gedo.
Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin and Taichi at 10:48 when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Taichi.
Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Captain New Japan at 13:42 when Yano used the Uragasumi on Captain.
World Tag League – Block A: Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi at 8:58 by referee stop (Fale beat Takahashi).
World Tag League – Block B: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI at 11:09 when Gallows pinned YOSHI-HASHI after the Magic Killer.
World Tag League – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra at 12:49 when Kojima used a lariat on Sombra.
Results from 11/28 at Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium. Attendance: 900 (presumably the capacity is 3,500 or higher by largest claimed attendance, actual capacity not found).
Jado beat Yohei Komatsu at 6:59 with the Green Killer.
Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and BUSHI at 8:53 when Nagata used a backdrop hold on BUSHI.
World Tag League – Block B: Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka at 8:02 when Iizuka was disqualified.
World Tag League – Block A: Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man at 9:13 when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Nakanishi.
Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki and Taichi at 12:43 when Nakamura used the Boma Ye on Taichi.
Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Bad Luck Fale defeated Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Shelton Benjamin and TAKA Michinoku at 8:46 when Anderson pinned TAKA after the Magic Killer.
World Tag League – Block A: Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 10:16 when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on Captain.
Tetsuya Naito, La Sombra and KUSHIDA defeated Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI and Gedo at 14:08 when Naito used a Stardust press on Gedo.
Results from 11/29 at Niihama Citizen Gymnasium. 1,050 fans in attendance (capacity unknown).
Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask and KUSHIDA defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man and Sho Tanaka at 9:04 when KUSHIDA used a moonsault press on Tanaka.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Tomoaki Honma at 7:50 when Conway used the Ego Trip on Honma.
Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe and BUSHI at 7:13 by referee stop (Fale beat BUSHI).
Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and TAKA Michinoku defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii and Jado at 10:02 when TAKA used a la magistral on Jado.
World Tag League – Block B: Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima at 8:57 when Yano used the Akakiri on Kojima.
World Tag League – Block B: Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra defeated Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows at 11:22 when Sombra used a modified inside cradle on Anderson.
World Tag League – Block A: Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 11:18 when Takahashi used the Tokyo Pimps on Captain.
Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI and Gedo defeated Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin and Taichi at 12:45 when Okada used the Rainmaker on Taichi.
Results from 11/30 at Marugame Citizen Gymnasium. 1,000 fans claimed (capacity unknown).
KUSHIDA and BUSHI defeated Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 7:36 when BUSHI used the MX on Komatsu.
Yuji Nagata and Tiger Mask defeated TAKA Michinoku and Taichi at 6:34 when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Taichi.
Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated Togi Makabe and Captain New Japan at 7:26 when Gallows pinned Captain after the Magic Killer.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado at 10:00 when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Jado.
World Tag League – Block B: Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin defeated Rob Conway and Jax Dane at 9:06 when Benjamin used the Paydirt on Dane.
World Tag League – Block A: Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale at 9:12 when Archer used the Killer bomb on Devitt.
World Tag League – Block A: Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man defeated Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii at 8:32 when Strong Man used a Gorilla press on Ishii.
Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma and La Sombra defeated Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI and Gedo at 14:16 when Naito used a Stardust press on Gedo.
Results from 12/1 at Tex Port Imabari. 1, 280 fans in attendance (capacity unknown, apparently this was a sell out).
Jado and Gedo defeated Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 7:27 when Jado used the Green Killer on Tanaka.
Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin, TAKA Michinoku and Taichi defeated Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and BUSHI at 11:19 when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on BUSHI.
World Tag League – Block A: Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man at 9:08 when Smith used an avalanche-style brainbuster on Nakanishi.
Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma at 9:19 by referee stop (Fale beat Honma).
World Tag League – Block B: Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra defeated Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka at 9:08 when Naito used a Stardust press on Iizuka.
World Tag League – Block B: Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI at 11:05 when Conway used the Ego Trip on YOSHI-HASHI.
Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Captain New Japan and KUSHIDA at 15:09 when Nakamura used the Boma Ye on Captain.
Results from 12/3 at Hakata Star Lane. Attendance: 1,850 (capacity, I think, is 895, so this was wall to wall).
Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka and Jado defeated Yuji Nagata, Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu at 8:24 when Jado used the Green Killer on Komatsu.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated KUSHIDA and BUSHI 7:49 when Conway used the Ego Trip on BUSHI.
Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., TAKA Michinoku Kaientai Dojo and Taichi at 8:12 when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on TAKA.
Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 12:37 when Okada used the Rainmaker on Captain.
World Tag League – Block A: Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma defeated Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi at 10:25 when Makabe used a King Kong kneedrop on Takahashi.
World Tag League – Block B: Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra defeated Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin at 7:02 when Sombra used a modified inside cradle on Benjamin.
World Tag League – Block B: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima at 9:45 when Gallows pinned Kojima after the Magic Killer.
World Tag League – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale at 10:47 when Nakamura used the Boma Ye on Devitt.
Results from 12/5 at Hiroshima Green Arena Small Arena. Attendance: 2,500 (not sure of the capacity of the small arena, but this was apparently a super sell out).
TAKA Michinoku and Taichi defeated Tiger Mask and Yohei Komatsu at 7:38 when Taichi used a Taichi-style Liger bomb on Komatsu.
Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man defeated Jado and Gedo at 7:36 when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Jado.
Rob Conway and Jax Dane defeated Yuji Nagata and Tomoaki Honma at 7:35 when Conway used the Ego Trip on Honma.
Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe and KUSHIDA at 7:52 by referee stop (Fale beat KUSHIDA).
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Tetsuya Naito, La Sombra and BUSHI at 11:20 when Liger used a brainbuster on BUSHI.
World Tag League – Block B: Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin defeated Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows at 9:51 when Benjamin used the Paydirt on Anderson.
World Tag League – Block A: Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan at 10:29 when Smith used the Killer bomb on Captain.
World Tag League – Block A: Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii at 14:10 when Tanaka used the Sliding D on Ishii.
World Tag League – Block B: Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka at 11:39 when Okada used the Rainmaker on Iizuka.
World Tag League Standings:
Block A:
1. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. – 8 points
2. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii – 6 points
– Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi – 6 points
– Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale – 6 points
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man – 4 points
– Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma – 4 points
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Captain New Japan – 0 points
Block B:
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima – 6 points
– Tetsuya Naito & La Sombra – 6 points
– Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows – 6 points
– Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin – 6 points
5. Rob Conway & Jax Dane – 4 points
6. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI – 4 points
7. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka – 2 points
You know, writing this column really helps me escape for a bit from life. Life, well, life is a bitch sometimes. While I try to focus on this and not on the bad things going on, I do realize that it is a distraction and is holding me back on this column. For that, I apologize. Eventually, I will be pushing out something that is absolutely fantastic for fans of all wrestling genres. Until that day, however, you will just have to deal with a gimped column. Hope you guys enjoyed the column and I hope to bring you more results and news next week.
