NJPW 2/20 Results

[Guest Mordecai's Cathedral]

1. Hiroshi Nagao beat Naofumi Yamamoto (5:51) with a chokeslam.

2. Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa beat Yujiro & Katsuhiko Nakajima (8:18) when Goto used a cross armbreaker on Yujiro.

3. Togi Makabe & Masayuki Naruse beat Yutaka Yoshie & Masahito Kakihara (8:39) when Makabe used a lariat on Kakihara.

4. Minoru Tanaka, Jado, Gedo & James Gibson beat Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue, Katsushi Takemura & Taiji Ishimori (10:04) when Tanaka used a cross armbreaker on Inoue.

5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask © beat Jushin Thunder Liger (10:04) with a Tiger suplex hold (1st defense).

6. Osamu Nishimura beat Riki Choshu (9:02) by DQ.

7. New Japan vs. Black New Japan - Singles Elimination Match: Masahiro Chono Black New Japan, Manabu Nakanishi Black New Japan, Minoru Suzuki Black New Japan & Mitsuya Nagai Black New Japan beat Yuji Nagata New Japan, Kensuke Sasaki New Japan, Shinsuke Nakamura New Japan & Hiroshi Tanahashi New Japan

- Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.

- Manabu Nakanishi beat Yuji Nagata () with the Hercules Cutter.

- Shinsuke Nakamura beat Manabu Nakanishi (4:18) with a cross armbreaker.

- Shinsuke Nakamura beat Mitsuya Nagai () with a standing cross armbreaker.

- Minoru Suzuki beat Shinsuke Nakamura (6:34) with a Gotch-style piledriver.

- Minoru Suzuki beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:59) by pinfall after a sleeper hold.

8. IWGP Heavyweight Title & Triple Crown: Satoshi Kojima All Japan © beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan © (59:45) by KO (1st defense) to become the 41st IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

 

Source: www.puroresufan.com

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I'm pissed about the main event. Tenzan's credibility is down the drain right now and now there are rumours he might even retire! Kojima as "King Of Puroresu"? Ugh.

[The Decemberists 0]

I'm pissed about the main event. Tenzan's credibility is down the drain right now and now there are rumours he might even retire! Kojima as "King Of Puroresu"? Ugh.

Well he lasted 59:45 so it's not as if he was squashed.

 

Although I would rather him have won than Kojima.

[Guest Mordecai's Cathedral]

Yeah, but where to go with Tenzan now? With the three joke title-runs he's had, he's lost about all his credibility. I don't see how Tenzan can bounce back from this, really.

[The Decemberists 0]

Either they build him back up strong, or at least try to and have him kick ass in a rematch winning in 20/30m, or it could even be best if he does retire.

 

At least then things couldn't get worse.

[Guest Contentious C]

They won't be building Tenzan back up. There's a reason why Nagata went after Kojima after the match -- it's because Nagata is the guy who's most over out of that generation. If anyone wins it back, it'll be him...wouldn't put it past Tanahashi, either, but I'm thinking it'll be Nagata.

[SinToxic 0]

Tenzan will have all the time in the world to win the title again, seeing how he has held the title this many times. He was getting a bigger push for the past two years (made look like G1 King) than Kojima was in his career. If Kojima would lose he would lose his complete power as an AJ ace and as a top wrestler in Japan. Like i said before, they will always partially blame it on Tenzan not being 100% but baby - I didnt think the match would last that long.

I've dreamt this far so now nothing should stop Kojima for at least few months. I just want him to crush Muto, Chono, Sasaki and Tenryu.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

The main event is a must see match. An easy *****, with incredible drama and heat, especially in the closing stretch. The whole emotion and intensity in the ring, and the arena, was spine tingling. Unless something very special happens later on this year, this should easily win MOTY in Japan, and probably overall as well.

[Guest Contentious C]

Pfffffhahahahahahahahah

[Guest DeathBecomesYou]

Well hopefully it ends up good, I like Kojima and it's good to see him get the big push, a defence vs Nagata should make for good viewing, but i'm personally more interested in the thought of a Kojima vs Tanahashi match.

[JoeDirt 0]

Cool for Kojima. I'm sure it was a great match.