NJPW Power Struggle 2014

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 10/25/2014 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
(2) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma, Kota Ibushi & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
(3) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: BUSHI & Mascara Dorada [CMLL] vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly [Both ROH]
(4) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: Ryusuke Taguchi & Fuego [CMLL] vs. Taichi & El Desperado
(5) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
(6) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
(7) Special 6 Man Tag Match:Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 10/26/2014 [Sun] 15:00 @ Uonuma City Horinouchi Gymnasium in Niigata
(1) Fuego [CMLL] vs. Sho Tanaka
(2) Alex Koslov & Gedo vs. Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish [Both ROH]
(3) Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask & BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & El Desperado
(4) Toru Yano & Rocky Romero vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
(5) Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Mascara Dorada [CMLL] vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
(6) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto & Captain New Japan vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 10/28/2014 [Tues] 18:30 @ Tsuruga Castle Gymnasium in Fukushima
(1) BUSHI vs. Yohei Komatsu
(2) Rocky Romero & Gedo vs. Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish [Both ROH]
(3) Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger & Mascara Dorada [CMLL] vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & El Desperado
(4) Toru Yano & Alex Koslov vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
(5) Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Fuego [CMLL] vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
(6) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 10/29/2014 [Wed] 18:30 @ Kitakami General Gymnasium in Iwate
(1) BUSHI vs. Sho Tanaka
(2) Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & El Desperado
(3) Kyle O’Reilly [ROH], Bobby Fish [ROH], Mascara Dorada [CMLL] & Fuego [CMLL] vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
(4) Toru Yano & Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
(5) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
(6) Hirooki Goto & Captain New Japan vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 10/30/2014 [Thurs] 19:00 @ New Sunpia Tochigi in Tochigi, Japan
(1) Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish [Both ROH] vs. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
(2) Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada [CMLL] vs. Taichi & El Desperado
(3) Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, BUSHI & Fuego [CMLL] vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
(4) Toru Yano & Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
(5) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
(6) Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/01/2014 [Sat] 18:30 @ Sagamihara Municipal General Gymnasium in Kanagawa
(-) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
(-) Super Jr. Tag Tournament Semi-Final: [Winner of Taguchi/Fuego vs. Taichi/Desperado] vs. [Winner of Liger/Tiger vs. Young Bucks]
NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/02/2014 [Sun] 15:00 @ Twin Messe Shizuoka in Shizuoka
(-) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
(-) Super Jr. Tag Tournament Semi-Final: [Winner of BUSHI/Dorada vs. O’Reilly/Fish] vs. [Winner of KUSHIDA/Shelley vs. Romero/Koslov]

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/03/2014 [Mon] 16:00 @ Gifu Industrial Hall in Gifu
(-) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSH-HASHI
(-) Super Jr. Tag Tournament Final: [Winner of 11/01 Semi-Final] vs. [Winner of 11/02 Semi-Final]

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/04/2014 [Tues] 18:30 @ Fukui Prefectural Industrial Hall, 1st Building in Fukui
(-) Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
(-) Togi Makabe & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
(-) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov

NJPW “Road to POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/06/2014 [Thurs] 18:30 @ Texpia Osaka in Osaka
(-) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & BUSHI vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
(-) Hiroshi Tanahashi & Captain New Japan vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
(-) Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishi, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov

(1) Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
◆Winner: Suzuki (11:14) with the sleeper hold on Gedo.

(2) Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma, Kota Ibushi & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
◆Winner: Ibushi (13:12) following the Phoenix Splash on Tonga.

(3) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: BUSHI & Mascara Dorada [CMLL] vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly [Both ROH]
◆Winner: O’Reilly (10:21) following the Chasing The Dragon on Mascara Dorada
~ ReDragon advance to the semi-finals on 11/2 where they will face either Time Splitters or Forever Hooligans.

(4) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: Ryusuke Taguchi & Fuego [CMLL] vs. Taichi & El Desperado
◆Winner: Taichi (12:19) following an avalanche Black Mephisto on Taguchi.
~Taichi picks up the victory over the reigning IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion. The pinfall over Taguchi could place Taichi next in line for a title shot. Taichi and Desperado advance to the semi-finals on 11/1 where they will face either Liger and Tiger or the Young Bucks.

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New Japan announced the dates for FANTASTICA MANIA 2015. This will be the fifth year that New Japan has co-promoted these shows with CMLL and this year it will run for six dates.

01/13/15 [Tue] 18:30 @ BODYMAKER Colosseum in Osaka
01/14/15 [Wed] 19:00 @ Takamatsu Gymnasium in Kagawa
01/15/15 [Thu] 18:30 @ KBS Hall in Kyoto
01/17/15 [Sat] 18:30 @ Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo
01/18/15 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
01/19/15 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

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(5) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
◆Winner: Matt Jackson (8:32) following the More Bang For Your Buck on Tiger.
~ The Young Bucks defeat the veteran team and advance to the semi-finals on 11/1 where they will face Taichi and El Desperado.

(6) Super Jr. Tag Tournament First Round: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
◆Winner: Romero (15:43) following the Contract Killer on KUSHIDA.
~ Forever Hooligans pick up the victory over the reigning IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and advance to the semi-finals on 11/2 where they fill face ReDragon.

(7) Special 6 Man Tag Match:Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Goto (20:52) following the Shouten Kai on Ishii.
~ Following the match Goto alluded that a revolution has begun with NJPW’s main army standing tall in the main event. With Goto’s victory over the reigning NEVER Champion it’s possible he could be looking to challenge Ishii.