7/5 & 7/20 New Japan PPV's - Kizuna Road

[Warner2BruceTD]

7/20

Kazuchika Okada vs. Prince Devitt for IWGP heavyweight title

Yuji Nagata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

La Sombra vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - Right now this was not announced as an IC title match

Masato Tanaka vs. Tetsuya Naito for Never Open weight championship

Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano for IWGP tag team titles

Captain New Japan & Jushin Liger & Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fake & Tama Tonga & Karl Anderson & El Terrible

Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. Taka Michinoku & Taichi for IWGP jr. tag title

Kushida & Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Gedo & Jado & Yoshi-Hashi & Yujiro Takahashi

[Warner2BruceTD]

Notes:

-Hiroshi Tanahashi, mid carder
-Goto/Shibata III
-Finally some new blood in the junior tag title match
-Ten matches. Only two are shit. Something has to give or this will be a 5 hour show. What won't get time?
-Alex Shelley, Shelton Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr not booked. Looks like the CMLL guys may have gotten the spots. All four are being pushed to some degree, I wouldn't read into it.
-Is Wataru Inoue dead or something? Not like I miss him.
-Show will be in Akita. After this, G1 is the next tour.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Here is the 7/5 PPV:

http://www.njpw.co.jp/english/match/card.php?e=730

NJPW "KIZUNA ROAD 2013", 05.07.2013 (Samurai! TV/USTREAM)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Super Strong Machine vs. Toaru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado
2. Togi Makabe, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Takaaki Watanabe
3. Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
4. Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & La Sombra vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
- Bekanntgabe der Teilnehmer am G1 CLIMAX 23
5. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Karl Anderson & Bad Luke Fale
6. CMLL World Tag Team Title: Tama Tonga & El Terrible (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Gedo



Very odd, because this is just a standard Kurokan house show with a bunch of random tags (aside from the Devitt vs Gedo main event).

The first Dragon Gate live iPPV is the day before on 7/4.

[Warner2BruceTD]

More notes:

-The 7/5 show goes head to head with a WWE house show at Sumo Hall
-I'm guessing the hook to that 7/5 show, which on paper does not look worth $25 as it's just a random house show lineup, is that they are announcing the G1 field during the broadcast.

[XavierDZ]

You have no idea how much I fucking love this thread right now.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I like how they aren't even suspending disbelief with the Devitt/Gedo match and advertising Okada vs Devitt for the 20th as if it's a forgone conclusion.

[Warner2BruceTD]

7/5 is a real test.

Will people be willing to pay money to see a bunch of random tags, Devitt pin Gedo, and the reveal of the G1 brackets?

Like somebody said on another board, the G1 reveal is really the main event.

That show has "wait for DailyMotion" written all over it unless it's like $10 or something. They'd have balls asking $25.

[Warner2BruceTD]

La Sombra survived his IWGP IC title defense against Volador Jr tonight, winning by DQ (yeah, I know).

So it's officially La Sombra defending the title against Nakamura on 7/20.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Here is the 7/5 PPV:

http://www.njpw.co.jp/english/match/card.php?e=730

NJPW "KIZUNA ROAD 2013", 05.07.2013 (Samurai! TV/USTREAM)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Super Strong Machine vs. Toaru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado
2. Togi Makabe, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Takaaki Watanabe
3. Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
4. Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & La Sombra vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi
- Bekanntgabe der Teilnehmer am G1 CLIMAX 23
5. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Karl Anderson & Bad Luke Fale
6. CMLL World Tag Team Title: Tama Tonga & El Terrible (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Gedo



Very odd, because this is just a standard Kurokan house show with a bunch of random tags (aside from the Devitt vs Gedo main event).

The first Dragon Gate live iPPV is the day before on 7/4.

CMLL tag title match was good, and the main event was a fuckin blast. Seek it out and don't read spoilers if possible. You'll all love it.

The rest, as expected, skippable.

Review coming sometime Friday.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Show review: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/201...evitt-vs-gedo/

[Warner2BruceTD]

7/20



Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Prince Devitt for IWGP heavyweight title

Yuji Nagata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata

La Sombra (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - IWGP Intercontinental Title

Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for Never Open weight championship

Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano for IWGP tag team titles

Captain New Japan & Jushin Liger & Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fake & Tama Tonga & Karl Anderson & El Terrible

Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov vs. Taka Michinoku & Taichi for IWGP jr. tag title

Kushida & Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Gedo & Jado & Yoshi-Hashi & Yujiro Takahashi


4am eastern/1am pacific late Friday/early Saturday. Order here: http://www.ustream.tv/njpw

[Warner2BruceTD]

TONIGHT

so hyped

[BigBiss]

man i wish I could watch this tonight

[EmpireWF]

Got my hands on the show, only watched the main event so far.

I figured the title wasn't changing but I swear, during Devitt's big false finish towards the end, they had me thinking it was over (Okada, similar to Kurt Angle, kept his shoulder to the mat until the very last second he could kick out).

Don't remember the last finisher where I'm on the edge of my seat when the guy struggles to land it before ultimately hitting it like Okada's Rainmaker.

The August G1 collective will be nuts.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Got my hands on the show, only watched the main event so far.

I figured the title wasn't changing but I swear, during Devitt's big false finish towards the end, they had me thinking it was over (Okada, similar to Kurt Angle, kept his shoulder to the mat until the very last second he could kick out).

Don't remember the last finisher where I'm on the edge of my seat when the guy struggles to land it before ultimately hitting it like Okada's Rainmaker.

The August G1 collective will be nuts.

Did you see Okada/Makabe last month?

Makabe hit a dragon suplex that produced a 2.9 so close, that Fed thinks it was a botch. I just think think Okada is Mr. 2.9.